Judy Plapinger
Member (since June 2009)
About Judy
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Writer and researcher
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College graduate
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90 minutes a day or more
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90 minutes a day or more
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Oct 21, 2009 - 6:09 PM PDT
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Sep 17, 2009 - 1:28 AM PDT
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Judy posted and liked this story - Nov 7, 2009
Judy posted and liked this story - Nov 7, 2009
Judy posted this story - Nov 2, 2009
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In Manhattan, Immigrant Jail Draws Scrutiny
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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 21, 2009
Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 21, 2009
Judy posted and liked this story - Oct 20, 2009
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A New Recycling Strategy Is Catching On
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Judy posted and liked this story - Oct 20, 2009
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A New Recycling Strategy Is Catching On
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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 5, 2009
Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 5, 2009
A good blog post that dispels yet another mythical health care debating point. Can we please just insure everyone, please? Give everyone access to ... More »
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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 5, 2009
Judy posted this story - Oct 5, 2009
Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 5, 2009
Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 5, 2009
Judy reviewed this story - Oct 5, 2009
Mountaintop Mining is one of the truly bizarre practices that go on in this country. There is a chance that the Obama Administration and the ... More »
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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 4, 2009
Judy posted this story - Oct 4, 2009
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What I Saw at the Afghan Election
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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 3, 2009
Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 3, 2009
I'm amazed that the best critique of the right-wing noise machine--and the mass media's reaction to it--comes from...David Brooks??
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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 3, 2009
This is good, practical advice. I found myself a little stunned that such an article needs to be written; everything in it seems like common-sense ... More »
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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 2, 2009
Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2009
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Op-Ed Columnist: The Wizard of Beck
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Judy reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2009
This whole thing is fruit of the poisoned tree. The intentions here, whether illegal or only unethical, are disgusting because all parties were ... More »
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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Sep 29, 2009
Judy reviewed this story - Sep 25, 2009
I love Bill McKibbon. I love his passion and devotedness to cause, but this piece is really a plea for involvement in his 350.org cause (which ... More »
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Judy reviewed this story - Sep 25, 2009
This story provides interesting detail and analysis of the tenuous relationship between Pakistan and the U.S.
This article highlights the difficulties the U.S. faces in working with Pakistan (and Afghanistan) to fight the Taliban and other extreme ... More »
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Judy reviewed this story - Sep 25, 2009
Dan Froomkin is persuasive in his main point that it would be a sign of strength not weakness were Obama to change his mind about staying in Afghanistan because of evidence and reassessment of the military strategy.
Though this opinion is persuasive, there's little discussion of what would happen if we did pull out of Afghanistan, especially what it would mean ... More »
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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Sep 25, 2009
This is a perfect example of the difference between politics and reality. I have no doubt that the administration would have taken just as much ... More »
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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Sep 25, 2009
Judy posted and reviewed this story - Sep 24, 2009
So hard to separate the corruption from the public interest. Health Care legislation is like compost--the end result can be a rich product that can ... More »
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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Sep 24, 2009
Judy posted and reviewed and liked this story - Sep 24, 2009
This is potentially very exciting news. AIDS vaccines have failed overwhelmingly. This study could open the door to better success.
Aidsvax, was originally made by Genentech and is an engineered version of a protein found on the surface of the AIDS virus; it is grown in a broth ... More »
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Judy posted and reviewed and liked this story - Sep 24, 2009
Judy posted and reviewed and liked this story - Sep 24, 2009
Judy posted and reviewed this story - Sep 18, 2009
Judy posted and reviewed this story - Sep 17, 2009
Judy posted and reviewed this story - Aug 24, 2009
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Wonk Room » Koch Industries Not Only Fueling K St. Lobbying Boom And Anti-Obama Tea Party Protests, But Democrats Too
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As they've been saying since Watergate, "Follow the money." Koch Industries has been backing right-wing think tanks and so-called grassroots groups ... More »
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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Aug 24, 2009
Judy reviewed this story - Aug 17, 2009
Judy posted and reviewed this story - Aug 16, 2009
The author gets a little too pompous from time to time ("justiciable"? is inaccurate at the least), but overall a compelling, well-argued piece that ... More »
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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Aug 16, 2009
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In America, Crazy Is a Preexisting Condition
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