MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'al franken'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:54:37 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4911453&cid=t_216358_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FnTYzEENXook%2F By Neal McCluskey Yesterday, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) held his fifth — and perhaps final – Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee show-hearing lambasting for-profit colleges. As usual, it was a decidedly one-sided affair, with no profit-defenders apparently invited to testify, and Republican committee members boycotting. Perhaps the only interesting thing that occurred was Sen. Al Franken (D-MN), who has never given any indication he doesn’t support Harkin’s obsessive whale hunt, saying the proceedings could have benefitted from more than one point of view. According to MarketWatch, Franken lamented that “it would have been nice to have someone here to represent the for-profit schools.” Now, he might have only wanted a for-profit rep there to recei... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4911453 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:16:42 +0100 4911453 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4704625&cid=t_216358_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FmHm_xNboeSc%2F By George Scoville A bombing campaign by either Israel or the United States would rally the Iranian people to support an otherwise unpopular and incompetent regime. What else will it take to rally the so-called fiscal hawks to the cause of reducing spending, balancing the budget, and averting national bankruptcy? Senator Franken’s Pay for War Resolution is a superficially a step in the right direction; but when it comes to war, the Senate could probably easily rally a 60-vote supermajority to override any offset requirements. It should be easy to rally around Paul Ryan’s Medicare choice plan, since seniors will lose benefits in the long run anyway. Tax reform proposals are rallying back on both sides of the aisle–will any of them stick? Tuesday Links is a post from Cat... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4704625 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:37:23 +0100 4704625 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4349496&cid=t_216358_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F-ayb1xioRpc%2F By David BoazAdvocates of limited government often worry about how to maintain republican government and freedom if a substantial portion of the population don’t pay taxes and are net beneficiaries of government largesse. Lately, it seems like a lot of the advocates of bigger government and higher taxes don’t pay their own taxes — like Tom Daschle, Timothy Geithner, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Charles Rangel, Al Franken, Governor David Paterson’s top aide, Democratic National Convention staffers, Al Sharpton, and so on. Now the Washington Post has found another one: Since joining the D.C. Council two years ago, Michael A. Brown has become the chief advocate for raising taxes on the city’s wealthiest residents, arguing that those who earn at least $250,000 a year ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4349496 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:02:46 +0100 4349496 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3885330&cid=t_216358_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FoIsjZmS85d4%2F Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) sent out an email today suggesting that WiFi is threatened by the Google-Verizon “deal” on ‘net neturality regulation. The Google-Verizon framework was written so as not to apply to wireless Internet services,” says Franken. “If you use wi-fi or access the Internet on your phone, this is a serious problem. This doesn’t exhibit a basic understanding of the technologies. WiFi is a wireless technology, but it’s not what they’re talking about when they say “wireless.” They’re talking about the communications services provided by wireless carriers. iPhones switch back and forth between AT&T’s service and WiFi pretty seamlessly, so the error is forgiveable—unless, say, you’re some... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3885330 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:53:45 +0100 3885330 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3714157&cid=t_216358_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FAtQ5zIAnbUM%2F By Ilya ShapiroI agree with Jillian Bandes’s characterization of the Democrats’ “bottom of the order” questioning (the committee being stacked 12-7, the day began with the junior Dems) and indeed was dreading having to sit through all sorts of parochial bloviations.  Even Al Franken wasn’t too exciting, just making the point Justice Kennedy was wrong not to consider in legislative history in arbitration cases and expounding at length on the theme that money in politics is bad and so therefore was Citizens United.  Kagan responded that “Congress’s intent is the only thing that matters [to statutory interpretation]”—a position sure to infuriate her future would-be colleague Justice Scalia—but also that the Court “should not re-write the law,” instead allowing Congre... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3714157 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:00:43 +0100 3714157 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3105251&cid=t_216358_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F12%2F19%2Fits-the-comedy-stupid%2F Jon Stewart My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up: Newspapers are hanging on for dear life. Comedians, meanwhile, are cleaning up. In fact, one is a now the junior senator from Minnesota. For many Americans, “The Daily Show,” hosted by satirist Jon Stewart, has supplanted the evening news. And this year The Onion, a site that is 100 percent parody, won a Peabody Award for its online send-up of cable-TV news. One-time sportscaster Keith Olbermann brings attitude aplenty to his MSNBC show, “Countdown.” They say things. They’re not afraid. You might call them modern-day court jesters. From wikipedia: Jesters could give bad news to the King that no-one else would dare deliver. The best example of this is in 1340, when the French fleet was destroyed at the Batt... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3105251 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:41:08 +0100 3105251 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2605939&cid=t_216358_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FHgOj_NwmI5A%2F In a twist on the “lack of deep thinking” idea, part of what might be going on in Sotomayor’s head—why she keeps answering questions about judicial philosophy with reference to precedent rather than constitutional first principles is because she’s not an originalist. How can we hope for her to tell us her understanding of the meaning of the constitutional text, after all, if that text’s meaning changes with the times? For example, Stuart Smalley Al Franken asked Sotomayor point blank, “do you believe the right to privacy includes the right to have an abortion?” The nominee began here response with: “The Court has said….” That is, it is not the Constitution—whatever your view of it may be, whether you think it contains a right to abortion or not—that is the supreme... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2605939 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:00:33 +0100 2605939 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2382261&cid=t_216358_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FL5E-Hh7pQ-w%2F President Obama is not the only one with a difficult decision to make in the face of mounting pressure from various groups.  The Republicans will have to decide what posture to take: combative or deferential, political or analytical. With Obama still at the height of his popularity, and with solid Democratic control of the Senate (even without Arlen Specter and Al Franken), the GOP is unlikely to sustain a filibuster or generate significant opposition to any but the most extreme nominee — such as the radical transnationalist Harold Koh, whose nomination to be the State Department’s head lawyer is currently pending. What Republicans should do instead is force a full public debate about constitutional interpretation and judicial philosophy, laying out in vivid detail what kind of judges... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2382261 Fri, 01 May 2009 15:28:13 +0100 2382261 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=624519&cid=t_216358_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Fi-am-nothing-if-not-fair-tonight-chance.html Click here for the background if you have no idea what I'm talking about in this post.Karen Spaeth, Staff ContactColemanforsenate.comkspaeth@colemanforsenate.comHi Karen,I think you'll agree there is nothing quite like the start of a political campaign. Much like the start of baseball's spring training, it is a time of universal optimism and hope, when all those seeking to serve our great country look forward to a season of hard work in the marketplace of ideas, when incumbents get to brag about their record and newcomers can bring their fresh new perspective to the table of discourse. Surely all of Minnesota is in for a feast at this table from now until November, 2008. I hope there's pot roast. I like pot roast.Sadly, this spirit of hopefulness for our democratic process was dealt a shoc... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=624519 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:17:00 +0100 624519 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=624518&cid=t_216358_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fshocking-discovery-concerning-norm.html I could have listened to Al Franken more. In the almost three years he was broadcasting the flagship show on the Air America radio network I did all I could to make sure I never missed a hate e-mail of the day, a 15 second debunk, or an episode of the Oy Yoy Yoy show. But there were times when I would do things. Things like get out of the car to pump gas and not leave the radio on, get the mail without wearing my Walkman, even.....days when I slept through the show and never caught it later on the computer. Now Al has decided to run for the U.S. Senate, and the show is gone forever. I will never have those moments back, and it saddens me.In looking at the record of the man who now holds that Senate seat however, I have found what could quite possibly be the reason Franken decided he had to... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=624518 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:04:00 +0100 624518 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=624517&cid=t_216358_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F01%2Fal-franken-is-selfish-bastard.html So this is it Al? After 3 years together you're just going to walk out? You get some cockamamie idea about running for one of Minnesota's United States Senate seats .........and you just want to throw everything away?........what about us?!!! You selfish......egotisical.....meglomaniac..... and making your last show on Valentine's day. Why not just throw my heart down the garbage disposal?Remember Reno Al? The day after the 2004 presidential election? I woke up sometime that morning after a textbook binge drinking session on election night and heard your voice. I remember your words that day as if they were spoken 5 minutes ago:It's Wednesday, November 3rd, and The Al Franken Show is on the air. First, the good news: Ralph Nader did not swing a single state. As for the bad news, that's why... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=624517 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:02:00 +0100 624517