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'Health Care in Black & White' Part 1 redux

Since only eight of the vaunted "millions" of TPM users rec'd the original post and no one (huh?) commented, I'm reposting this. Lots of people who saw the trailer said they wanted to see the movie and I don't know...

'Health Care in Black & White' Part 1 NOW SHOWING ON YOUTUBE

Don't press "Play" just yet.Quick promises are the least fulfilled. In previous posts I declared that the premiere of my little movie would occur within x days, and that certainly seemed likely to me at the time. Forgive my wild...

My Aching Imagination

Just a quick note to anyone who might have been waiting for the premiere of "Health Care in Black & White." Yes, the film is on its way, but not today as promised. (Yeah, I know. So sue me. It's...

Premier delayed

The scheduled premier of "Health Care in Black & White" has been delayed until Monday at noon. Please be patient. My computer's CPU is nearly in flames as it processes the video, sound and special effects required for the final...

Public Radio Corrects "Non-partisan" Error

A couple days ago, I posted a blog entry complaining of the too cozy a relationship between public radio and its for-profit business donors. While I still think there is undue influence, I'm happy to report that yesterday PRI's program...

Critics rave for 'Health Care in B&W' !

"Health Care in Black & White" will premiere here at 6 p.m. Eastern Saturday night, but the critics are already raving!WHAT CRITICS ARE SAYING ✯✯✯✯✯ "... a taut sci-fi-drama-suspense-thriller-political-love story that will make you laugh out loud!"-- Mipperc R. Cord,...

Public Radio in the Private Interest

Just today, the nexus of public radio and private profits gave us NPR's national political corespondent and "Fox News Sunday" pundit Mara Liasson Liarsson defending Obama's critics like Joe Wilson as no more caustic or irrational than George Bush's critics....

Patrick Swayze Gives Up Ghost

Actor and dancer Patrick Swayze died at the age of 57 today after a long, brave battle with pancreatic cancer, which is almost always fatal. Not that I was a big fan, but I did like him in "Roadhouse" and...

Last Chance to Influence Health Care Bill

Note: This is a repost of an item that got pushed off the board by spam and long posts almost as soon as it appeared earlier today. I'd hate for you to miss the point: You may not even have...

Use the Extended Tab, Please

To Deep Brain Diarist, dickday and others who tend to write long, please use the extended tab so that more recent posts stay on the aggregate blog's front page longer. I wrote one about half an hour ago. It's already...

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