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In The News:
Herman Cain explains the gender gap: ‘Men Are Much More Familiar’ With Policy Than ‘Other People’:
Asked about a new Washington Post/ABC News poll showing President Obama beating Romney on women’s issues, Cain explained this by saying that men tend to be more familiar with policy, while others only know about Obama’s family.
Nikki Haley: ‘There Is No War On Women, Women Are Doing Well’
Bay Buchanan: Obama Waging ‘Real War On Women’
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The Ryan Republican budget is not so popular in Michigan: Republican Congressman Scolded And Mocked By Senior Citizens For Embrace Of Ryan Budget:
[Congressman Dan Benishek, a medical doctor,] told the audience that the United States has the best health care system in the world, before he was literally laughed at by several attendees.
“We have the highest life spans in the world,” argued Benishek. Several women in the audience quickly pointed out that in fact, many countries with universal health care place higher than the United States in terms of life expectancy, including Canada, Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands. The United States ranks 50th, just behind South Korea and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“I don’t believe that’s true,” said Benishek. “How can you not know that, you’re a medical doctor?” one woman replied.
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From TPM's Idealab, an interactive map showing wind resources in the United States:
Want to see which way the wind is blowing, all across America? An amazing new real-time, animated map of the country’s wind resources has got your back.
The map, launched online at Hint.fm in late March, shows “the delicate tracery of wind” across the contintental U.S. — with coursing lines gray lines representing the wind’s direction, shaded according to speed. The map is even zoomable, for a more local view.
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Quick Links:
Food Stamps Reduced The Poverty Rate By Nearly 8 Percent In 2009
Stocks Slide A Fifth Day, Longest Streak This Year
Arkansas Fires Coach Bobby Petrino For Misdeeds
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