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Mayor Bloombreg's Stepchild

I hear people joking all the time about being treated like a stepchild. For the last... more

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The Sad Ghosts of Christmas Just Past

“The Sad Ghosts of Christmas Just Past” is a collection of photographs of... more

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Art 101: Tabla Rasa Gallery's backroom art sale - New York NY

Art works in Tabla Rasa's ongoing exhibits in the front of the gallery are more... more

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It’s a Winter Wonderland: Happy Holidays!

“It's a Winter Wonderland” includes a number of stunning... more

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In God’s name: hate is the abomination: rally and march tonight 12/16/10 - New York NY | Examiner.com

Tonight, December 16, 2010 at 7:30 PM a memorial service and rally will be held at... more

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Weekly Pulse: DADT, Vampire Bees, and Other Hazards to Your Health

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger

Dr. Kenneth Katz recently published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine titled “Health Hazards of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” This week, he penned an op/ed for RH Reality Check about his experiences treating U.S. military at an STD clinic in San Diego. Dr. Katz sees the Pentagon’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” rule for LGB members of the military as a huge roadblock to good medical care. He’s pretty confident that his military patients feel safe divulging their sexual histories to a civilian doctor like himself. But when those troops go overseas, they are cared for by military doctors. Technically, doctor-patient communication is exempt from DADT, but many patients don’t realize that they can tell their military doctors about gay sex without fear of reprisals (at least in theory). Dr. Katz’s patients have told him that they won’t go for recommended follow-up STD screening after they ship out because they’re afraid to be honest with their doctors. He worries about how many troops are suffering from treatable infections in war zones because they aren’t allowed to serve openly.

Food stamp use skyrockets, swordfish sales unaccountably flat

Monica Potts of TAPPED points to the alarming statistic that in the last month alone an additional 500,000 Americans went on food stamps. She notes that the right wing website Daily Caller is alarmed not by the fact that fellow citizens can’t afford food, but rather that there’s no gruel-only foodstamp program available:

Meanwhile, the conservative news site The Daily Caller is shocked, shocked, to learn that you can use food stamps to buy all manner of food. The government, apparently, doesn’t restrict you from purchasing an $18-per-pound swordfish steak from Whole Foods. But that kind of discovery, like almost everything else in the “debate” over food stamp use, is the sort of ridiculous one that comes from a person who’s never been hungry.

The Hyde Amendment

In Campus Progress, Jessica Arons and Madina Agénor call for the repeal of the Hyde Amendment for being an assault on the reproductive rights of poor women and women of color. The Supreme Court declared abortion to be a constitutional right in 1973, yet nearly 40 years later, the Hyde Amendment still prohibits nearly all federal funding for abortions. In practice, the women most affected by the Hyde Amendment are those who depend on government health care programs like Medicaid and the Indian Health Service:

Former U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL), the law’s sponsor, admitted during debate of his proposal that he was targeting poor women because they were the only ones vulnerable enough for him to reach. “I certainly would like to prevent, if I could legally, anybody having an abortion, a rich woman, a middle-class woman, or a poor woman,” he said. “Unfortunately, the only vehicle available is the … Medicaid bill.”

Meanwhile, ultra-conservative Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) is calling on Congress to de-fund the reproductive health provider Planned Parenthood, Andy Birkey reports in the Minnesota Independent. In an interview with a conservative news site, Bachmann doubled down on that idea, suggesting that all of health care reform be de-funded because it funds abortions. This is not true. The aforementioned Hyde Amendment guarantees as much. Furthermore, even though health reform never would have funded abortions, President Obama signed an eleventh-hour executive order guaranteeing that health care reform would not fund abortions.

Brooklyn bees gorge on maraschino cherry run-off

Home beekeeping is the hottest new trend for health-conscious locavores. New York City recently changed the law to accommodate beekeepers in the five boroughs. Just because you live in an industrial neighborhood in Brooklyn is no reason to miss out on this sweet action, right? Well, actually, there is a catch. That nice honey at the farmers’ market tastes like lavender because that’s what those rural bees ate. What do bees in Red Hook, Brooklyn eat? Run-off from a maraschino cherry factory. The overindulgent bees “look like vampires” according to one local keeper and their honey runs bright red. Maraschino honey sounds like a delicious mash-up of high and low culture. Unfortunately, Sarah Goodyear reports in Grist that the end product doesn’t taste nearly as good as it looks. Arthur Mondella, the owner of Dell’s Maraschino Cherries, wants to do right by the beekeepers. He initially suggested putting out vats of different colored syrup to “help” the bees make rainbow honey. His proposal was not well-received by the crunchy set. Instead, he has agreed to work with the beekeepers to keep the bees out of the vats next year.

This post features links to the best independent, progressive reporting about health care by members of The Media Consortium. It is free to reprint. Visit the Pulse for a complete list of articles on health care reform, or follow us on Twitter. And for the best progressive reporting on critical economy, environment, health care and immigration issues, check out The Audit, The Mulch, and The Diaspora. This is a project of The Media Consortium, a network of leading independent media outlets.By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Dr. Kenneth Katz recently published... more

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Check out Brooklyn's best new transformative band!

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Terra Fossil @ Best Buy Wine in Brooklyn!

Get some Terra Fossil Wine Malbec, Cabernet and Merlot at Best Buy Wine & Liquor... more

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#MN TEA Time on 1280AM The Patriot, 7a-9a Saturday 11/27/2010 Minnesota State TEA Party talks issues

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Get Indian Princess' New Album Free

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Sunday afternoon 11/28 in Brooklyn: Jewish love songs with wine and chocolate

On Sunday afternoon, November 28th at 3pm Kane Street Synagogue in Cobble Hill,... more

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M for Montreal - Get set for a Music Fest!

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Fred Terna and Rebecca Shiffman: An oral history of a Jewish-American marriage - New York NY | Examiner.com

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City Tech Marks Kristallnacht with author Ann Kirschner Thursday Nov 11

City Tech will mark the 72nd anniversary of Kristallnacht and the 65th anniversary of... more

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Meet Jewish authors and artists at King Con, Brooklyn's comic convention

This weekend enthusiasts and creators are gathering at the Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 Fourth... more

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Halsey Street Grill Part 2

After last weeks post about the Halsey Street Grill. I had to pay them a vist.... more

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Final Chapter for Brownstone Books?

Closure of Bedford Stuyvesant book store. There has been some talk in the community... more

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Hibiscus Day Spa Celebrates 5 YEARS!

Hibiscus Day Spa celebrates it’s 5th year anniversary with $50 spa month... more

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A DRUNK and Her Pa-Dunk-a-Dunk In Brooklyn (VIDEO) - The Daily Blender

Brooklyn is like living on another planet. This broad is mess!

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