Karen Black-Crowd Funding for Healthcare

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Saturday August 10, 2013 · 12:11 PM PDT

2013/08/10 · 12:11

Unfortunately it was too late for Karen.
"

The sexy star of Five Easy Pieces, Nashville and Easy Rider just to name a few died August 8, 2013 after a long and public struggle with cancer.

Like a sadly increasing number of Americans, she also had to battle our insanely insensitive for profit healthcare system which drained their savings. So, her husband did what any resourceful and despairing partner would do, he set up a crowd funding campaign to pay their medical bills. They reached their goal but it was too late.

CatJab

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Friday November 16, 2012 · 12:15 PM PST

2012/11/16 · 12:15

Et tu, Ding-Dongs?
It seems Twinkies have reached their expiration date, along with alot of union jobs as Laura Clawson served up in this excellent diary today.
Expiration?!? A chemical impossibility for the golden caked classic you may say but if you love them, you best start hoarding them now because their shelf-lives are nigh!
According to The Atlantic and the Chicago Tribune, the run is on!

A ten-count box of Twinkies has been listed on eBay for an opening bid of $200,000, with a buy-it-now for $250,000. Dozens more listings appear at more reasonable prices -- for now.

Enjoy the endangered snack cakes while they last!

CatJab

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Sunday May 06, 2012 · 10:43 AM PDT

2012/05/06 · 10:43

Take to the lanes Saturday May 12th and make a strike for single payer!

Roll in solidarity with us here in Chicago and let your lawmakers know that corporate insurance has gone OVER THE LINE for far too long and that no matter what the court decides, single payer advocates ain't going nowhere until every American is treated with the dignity they deserve and get the care that they need, when they need it.

It's simple. If you're sick, you go see a doctor.
Natch!

CatJab

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Saturday October 29, 2011 · 3:09 PM PDT

2011/10/29 · 15:09

Howdy, I’m Cat!

You may know my incorporated uterus, Cat’s Uterus LLC or you may know that if you ain’t saying single payer I probably ain’t listening, and maybe that myself and fellow kossack Ozzie work with Portland progressive talk show host Adam Klugman (a man with enough sense to work with a couple of kossacks—luv u boss!) but you may not know that I’m a Chicagoan and got to show Jesse LaGreca around last Wednesday and tape him addressing the OccupyChi GA.

Plus he'll be on the air TONIGHT!

Follow the fold to see Jesse address the Chicago GA and a link to listen to him live!

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What is your favorite kind of pie?

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What is your favorite kind of pie?

Deep dish

6 votes

Thin crust

3 votes

Apple

2 votes

Occu-pie

32 votes

Pie...pie

0 votes

Jesse LaGreca joins Adam Klugman on today's show!

CatJab

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Saturday October 08, 2011 · 8:53 AM PDT

2011/10/08 · 08:53

Hi fellow Kossacks,
Even tho I'm a Chicago gal, I've had the pleasure of working for Portland progressive radio host Adam Klugman as he broadcasts each week sharing his own unique take on the weirdness of this world along with a very savvy call-in crowd.

Adam served as creative director for the 2009 "Mad as Hell Doctors" tour, a group of no-nonsense PNHP single payer docs who toured the country stirring it up for single payer.

Well Adam hit the streets Thursday for the kick-off of Occupy Portland and on today's show (3-6 p.m. PDT, 6-9 p.m. EDT), he'll be talking about his experiences, and welcoming our own Jesse LaGreca reporting live from New York!

Here's what the boss got an eyeful of Thursday.

CatJab

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Thursday July 14, 2011 · 1:03 PM PDT

2011/07/14 · 13:03

Are they gay?
Are they too fat?
Are they just too adorable?

And why is the United Nations Agenda 21 a road map toward world-wide Manatee domination?

This article from the Broward/Palm Beach NewTimes made my furry head spin this afternoon and I just had to share it.

Tea Party Hates Manatees, Says Protecting Them Is "Against the Bible"

Oh, Lord help us from these evil adorable abominations that will...
Awww, aren't they cute?!

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What Party would you like running the Government?

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What Party would you like running the Government?

Democratic

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Republican

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Independent

8 votes

Green

10 votes

Manatee

42 votes

Hi, I'm Cat's Uterus, LLC!

CatJab

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Sunday April 17, 2011 · 6:44 PM PDT

2011/04/17 · 18:44

A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Cat!

That's right Kossacks, it's reproductive rights-the good ol' American post-Citizens United way!

When Cat's uterus heard the news from the floor of the Florida house, when the mere mention of her name-uterus, brought the House to the floor--of the floor of the Florida House, she was fit to be tied.

Uterus is not a bad word. It's anatomy people!

But thanks to the Florida chapter of the ACLU and their brilliant site IncorporateMyUterus.Com,
I can make my body MY business and send the message that I'm not going to take this anymore!

Following my uterus' incorpoation and inspired by LaFeminista's great diary in which she offshored her uterus to the Caymans, Cat's Uterus, LLC, decided to take the next logical step as a post-Citizen's United, LLC

I was pretty excited as my uterus didn't tip her hand as to her announcement last week, but join us both as Cat's Uterus', LLC press conference last week.

Because politics is goin' down the tubes!

CatJab

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Friday May 14, 2010 · 8:07 AM PDT

2010/05/14 · 08:07

Blue Dog Jane Harman has been doing everything possible to avoid bumping into Marcy Winograd, much less debating her.
But during the recent California Democratic Convention, at the meeting of the Progressive Caucus (which Marcy helped to found!) Jane had little choice but to finally face her progressive challenger.

Well, that is until Harman decides time's up! Gotta run!
Perhaps she was off to find some of those evil insurgents hiding out in Yemen.
!?!
Yup. Yemen.

The debate offered a rare chance to see the two candidates of CA-36 on the same stage. I haven't seen these videos posted yet, and I thought they're important enough to share.

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Will you phone for Marcy?

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Will you phone for Marcy?

Yes. I'm emailing Bill@WinogradforCongress.com right now!

8 votes

No. But I can contribute.

8 votes

TRUE BLUE RADIO: Relevant Talk

CatJab

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Wednesday May 20, 2009 · 9:03 AM PDT

2009/05/20 · 09:03

And the beat goes on...

I love how Kos can bring people together and how communities are built on ideas and a whole lot of internet-sweat. So I'm excited to be a part of this 'thon to introduce you all to a brand spankin new radio for us, by us and about us.

Shouting out from San Diego to the rest of the Nation Daily from 3pm to 6pm PDT is
TRUE BLUE RADIO

Be a part of the start of something big...

CatJab

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Saturday February 14, 2009 · 4:04 PM PST

2009/02/14 · 16:04

On Groundhog Day my position was "eliminated."
A position I held for over 13 years.
*Poof*
Escorted out the door the same day.
Since then, I've been busy applying for unemployment,
making last minute doc appointments
and alternating between rage, sadness and fear.
Not the most horrible of horror stories, I know.

Sadly, I am frighteningly ordinary.

Or as my friend Donna Smith likes to say about the financial fubar she and bubba-hubby Larry weathered, thanks to the for-profit insurance industry...

"I am not unique."

And CEO's are whining that a $500k compensation cap is a 'very tight limit'
I got a couple hundred bucks coming each week for unemployment,
and I'm utterly, ecstatically grateful for that.

And now I gotta deal with the fact that I have my health insurance till the end of the month...
But I want you to meet some of the peeps that have been watching my back-
for Valentine's Day and all...

CatJab

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Monday December 15, 2008 · 12:03 PM PST

2008/12/15 · 12:03

Our work with Illinois Media Progressives has given us the opportunity to meet some of the most dedicated and quality people in the health care reform movement. From Rep. John Conyers, IL Rep. Mary Flowers, Kay Tillow, Dr. Claudia Fegan, the list is long.

With the call out for house parties on the President-Elect's site, change.gov, we had the opportunity, much to our delight and excitement to speak to and videotape a message from Dr. Quentin Young, National Coordinator for Physicians for a National Health Program, PNHP.

-Catjab and Ozzie

CatJab

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Tuesday September 23, 2008 · 6:09 PM PDT

2008/09/23 · 18:09

...so falls our threshold of the absurd.

Yup-believe your eyes. My buddy Ozzie snapped this in my home state Nebraska on his way to the DNC convention. So quoth Oz..."As a rule, I listen to Nebraska."

As "Single Payer Summer" wanes, and we ease into a "Single Payer Fall"...

Once you’ve finished "McGiggling"...I have updates on the recent healthcare hearing in Champaign, IL, and a wonderland of Single Payer Multimedia Madness!

Including the premiere link to the "Single Payer Minute" with Donna Smith, a weekly show designed to empower and educate activists as to what they can do today for Donna and Single Payer health care.

(Single Payer Mulitmedia Madness is fully covered under Rep. Conyer's health care bill, HR 676)

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