Author: William Teach

VA Under Investigation For Whistleblower Retaliation

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The hit parade keeps coming (Wall Street Journal) A federal watchdog is investigating allegations of dozens of complaints of backlash against whistleblowers at the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to a release Thursday. The U.S. Office of Special Counsel, a federal body that protects government employees from improper employment practices, including backlash against whistleblowers, announced […]

 

North Korea Claims To Be Holding An American “Tourist”

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Fallout from the Bergdahl exchange? First, let’s consider The swap of five high-level Taliban operatives — dubbed a jihadist “Dream Team” — for a U.S. Army sergeant accused by fellow soldiers of desertion has “encouraged” the Afghan terror group to kidnap more U.S. service members, according to a report. A source described as a Taliban […]

 

Obama’s “Carbon” Plan: Killing Jobs, Costing Americans Money

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I’m still not that concerned with Obama’s climate change plan: there is a low probability that it will actually be implemented. There will be too many lawsuits filed and fought. Republican led states, and perhaps energy states with Democrat leadership, will blow the regulations off. A GOP president starting in 2017 will roll the regs […]

 

Team Obama “Surprised” By Bergdahl Reaction

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One does have to wonder what was going through the heads of Obama and the people working for him regarding the prisoner swap that released 5 hardcore Islamists, high ranking members of the Taliban, in exchange for a soldier who deserted, and possibly gave aid and comfort to the enemy. Defense and CIA were overruled, […]

 

Good News: Alameda County Passes Sales Tax Increase To Fund Illegal Alien Health Care

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I actually think this idea is sensational: it means more illegals will stream into Alameda County, California. I think most California counties should pass the same measures, so that illegals tend to go there, rather than to the states that are trying to stop the flow of illegals (Reuters) Voters in California’s Alameda County passed […]

 

Can You Guess What You’ll Need To Attend EPA “Climate Change” Hearings?

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The EPA apparently doesn’t want Black people to attend (The Blaze) Democrats have argued for the past few years that voter ID laws are being used by Republicans to create obstacles to voting by minorities, the elderly and others. But on Monday, the Obama administration said it would require anyone who wants to attend critical […]

 

Telling High Schoolers No Short Shorts Is Body Shaming Or Something

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I’m sure almost every high school boy would agree that teenage high school girls should be allowed to wear extremely revealing clothing in school (Global News) It all started when Grade 11 student Lindsey Stocker was singled out by Beaconsfield High School officials for the length of her shorts. “I was in violation for showing […]

 

Obama’s Climate Policy Thought: “Are we ready for battle?”

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As I noted yesterday, I’m not going to get to worked up when it comes to Obama’s climate change plan. There are many things we could discuss, such as The EPA admitting that it will raise the cost of energy by 6.5% by 2020, regardless of any spin by Obama and EPA head Gina McCarthy […]

 

Obama’s Power Plant Rules Seek To Reduce CO2 By 30%

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Of course, not while he’s in office. Nor anytime soon. The full details of Obama’s energy cost skyrocketing plan will be released by the EPA today (Wall Street Journal) The Environmental Protection Agency will propose a draft rule on Monday seeking a 30% reduction in carbon-dioxide emissions by 2030 from existing power plants based on […]

 

Obama’s Foreign Policy Doctrine: “Don’t Do Stupid Sh*t”

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This is not The Onion or other parody site (Politico) Forget The New Yorker’s “leading from behind,” and even President Barack Obama’s own “singles … doubles.” The West Wing has a preferred, authorized distillation of the president’s foreign-policy doctrine: “Don’t do stupid sh–.” The phrase has appeared in The New York Times three times in […]

 

Bummer: Fast Food Place Robbed Same Day It Went Gun Free

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Serendipity is a stone cold mother, isn’t it? (Daily Caller) On the same day that Sonic, an Oklahoma City-based fast food chain, issued a statement against customers carrying guns at their restaurants, an employee at the company’s Topeka, Kan. store was robbed. According to Topeka police, two males robbed a carhop on Friday afternoon, reports […]

 

Obama Weekly Address: Common Sense “Carbon” Reductions Or Something

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With so much raging around his ears, especially the VA scandal, for which the Eric Shinseki has finally thrown himself on his sword (though O called him a super awesome guy and the problems weren’t really Shinseki’s fault), O decides that nothing else is as important as instituting “carbon” rules for power plants, artificially raising […]

 

State Spokesweenie: “Obama Doesn’t Give Himself Enough Credit”

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“Credit for what?” (via The Lonely Conservative) (Washington Free Beacon) State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki was openly mocked by the assembled press corps Thursday after saying President Obama “doesn’t give himself enough credit for what he’s done around the world.” Associated Press reporter Matt Lee asked sarcastically whether he deserved 200 percent credit, while another […]

 

Palin Says Illegals Get Better Care Than Veterans, To Some Degree

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Well, Team Obama and Democrats certainly works harder to make sure that illegals are treated better overall (video available at Mediaite) (Politico) Sarah Palin says illegal immigrants are getting better health care than the country’s vets. “In many respects, illegal aliens in our country today are receiving better health care, more benefits than our troops,” […]

 

This Just In: Obamacare Is Still Pretty Unpopular

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The hell you say! (The Hill) Attitudes toward ObamaCare have only changed slightly despite the administration’s success in enrolling more than eight million people, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday. The poll found 43 percent approve of ObamaCare, but a majority disapproves of it. (WT-the disapproval number is 51%) A Department of Health and […]

 

Obama To West Pointers: Fight Climate Change

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I initially planned on going with the Politico article with the headline… Barack Obama still undecided on Eric Shinseki …but, then, no one should be surprised that Obama is dithering yet again. The Mozilla CEO was forced out for donating $1000 to the California Prop-8 pro-traditional marriage movement. Employees at countries across the country are […]

 

Elijah Cummings Is The Dems Benghazi Warrior Or Something

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It’s actually rare that an article really ticks me off: I expect bad behavior and moonbattery from Progressives. This, though, is disgusting Democrats’ Benghazi warrior He’s the man who helped bring you Sandra Fluke. Rep. Elijah Cummings is the Democrats’ top guy on the new Benghazi select committee, but fighting Republican-driven scandals is old hat […]

 

Liberals Are Super Upset About A Few People Killed With A Gun…

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…but not over the others killed with a knife. …but not over those hit with a car. …but not the tens of millions killed and tortured by their favored communist/socialist rulers like Stalin, Mao, Chavez. …but not over the tens of thousands killed in Syria by guns, bombs, and chemical weapons. …but not the millions […]

 

Surprise: Obamacare Causing Lots Of Union Contract Issues

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Healthcare costs are often a sticky point when it comes to union contracts. I can specifically recall several contract negotiations for a company with over 180k employees in recent years, over moving employees from standard plans to Health Care Savings accounts. Now this same thing is playing out, and the higher costs are thanks solely […]

 

What’s The Real Reason For The VA Scandal?

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As the VA scandal rolls along, with much of the major media wanting to ignore it or bury the coverage deep in the website/newspaper, many are trying to use distraction-blame. Obviously, Democrats are trying to Blame Bush. He certainly does bare some blame. But, as the liberal talking point regarding 9/11 went, “who’s president now?”, […]

 

Obviously, California Mass Murder Means Typical Calls For “Gun Control”

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Never let a good crisis go to waste (Politico) Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Sunday he would urge Senate leaders to reconsider tougher gun control and mental health measures in the wake of this weekend’s deadly shootings near the University of California, Santa Barbara. Appearing on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” the Connecticut Democrat said the recent […]

 

Bipartisan Lawmakers Call For Criminal Investigation Into VA Scandal

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Will Eric Holder use his highly politicized Justice Department to investigate? (LA Times) The Justice Department should enter the investigation of whether Veterans Affairs employees have falsified records to cover up long waits at VA medical facilities, Democratic and Republican lawmakers said Sunday. “Only the Department of Justice and the FBI have the resources, the […]

 

Hooray! Obama To Warn Of Foreign Policy Over-reach In West Point Commencement Campaign Speech

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So far, Mr. Obama’s foreign policy has been a mess. Yes, he does have a few successes. He ordered (after massive prodding) the attack that killed Bin Laden. Which ticks off Islamists, but, to hell with them. He got Anwar Al Awlaki (which has gotten him attacked by people on the left and right for […]

 

Obama’s State Department Really Loves A Cleric Who Wants Americans Killed

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If only was something available for State Department weenies to do research on people they endorse (Washington Free Beacon) The State Department’s Counter Terrorism (CT) Bureau promoted on Friday a controversial Muslim scholar whose organization has reportedly backed Hamas and endorsed a fatwa authorizing the murder of U.S. soldiers in Iraq. The CT bureau on […]

 

Obama Barely Mentions VA Scandal In Memorial Day Weekly Address

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I don’t want to jump on the Bystander President too much, because he offers nice sentiments (video here) (White House) Hi, everybody. It’s Memorial Day weekend — a chance for Americans to get together with family and friends, break out the grill, and kick off the unofficial start of summer. More importantly, it’s a time […]

 

Gun Free Durham Barbecue Joint Surprisingly Robbed

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I know, you’re shocked. I remember reading about the robbery the other day, seriously, how dare someone rob a barbecue joint here in NC? That’s considered sacrilege in the South. But, there is a hitch (Daily Caller) A barbecue restaurant in Durham, North Carolina, was robbed at gunpoint on Sunday night, despite having posted a […]

 

Miami VA Whistleblower Claims Drug Dealing, Physical Abuse Cover Up

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Yet another problem at a VA hospital? Obama will be madder than hell, and get right on it (Fox News) A VA police officer says administrators at the hospital in Miami where he works are covering up crimes at the facility, including evidence of physical abuse of patients and drug dealing. Thomas Fiore, who still […]

 

Palin Says Obama’s “Too Lazy” To Hold Anyone Accountable For VA Scandal

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As many of you know, I’m not a big fan of Sarah Palin anymore, but she does make a good, cogent point about the World Of Obama (Mediaite) Sarah Palin joined Sean Hannity Wednesday night to take on everything from the VA to the war on women, but Palin was particularly fired up about slamming […]

 

Group Offers $1 Million Bounty For IRS “Smoking Gun”

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In the recent past, it would have been intrepid members of the 5th estate, those who are paid to be reporters/journalists, who are specifically named in the 1st Amendment of the US Constitution’s Bill Of Rights. They would have been looking for The Big Story, The Big Scoop, a way to make their mark, to […]