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What's going on – Tuesday Morning News Roundup
ecthompsonmd October 14, 2008

Tuesday morning News Roundup ACORN has been blamed for a lot of the country’s woes lately. Well, it just so turns out that Senator John McCain attended an ACORN rally back in 2006. The stock market rallied over 900 points yesterday (largest one day jump) behind the news of the European Union and Britain buying up bank shares and securing intra-bank loans. The United States, never wanting to restrain raw capitalism, has been resistant to make such a move. By the way, no matter how much the stock market smiles upon the latest moves, we still have to fix the underlying problem. We need

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Senator Craig vows to fight on, again
ecthompsonmd October 15, 2007

Note that I resisted the title – Senator Craig has his panties in a twist. 🙂 Just in case you are wondering Senator Larry Craig is going to appeal his most recent court decision. He also feels that Mitt Romney has treated him unfairly. Give me a break. The Senator has become Britney Spears. He does something stupid. The press covers it and he whines. ———– From CNN.com: Sen. Larry Craig says he will file an appeal Monday over a judge’s refusal to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea stemming from his arrest in an airport bathroom sex sting. In

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Republican reaction to Larry Craig
ecthompsonmd October 6, 2007

Most Republicans understand that Larry Craig is an anchor and he is pulling the Republican Party down with him. As far as I’m concerned Larry Craig and Mark Foley belong in the same sentence. —— From WaPo: Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho) vowed to serve out the remainder of his term yesterday despite losing his bid to withdraw his guilty plea for disorderly conduct in an airport men’s restroom. Craig, who said earlier that he would resign if unable to withdraw his plea, said he is considering appealing yesterday’s decision by a Minnesota judge. The judge ruled that some of the

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Errington C. Thompson, MD

Dr. Thompson is a surgeon, scholar, full-time sports fan and part-time political activist. He is active in a number of community projects and initiatives. Through medicine, he strives to improve the physical health of all he treats.

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The Thirteeneth Juror

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