Author: William Teach

90,000 Health Insurance Policies At Risk In Nevada Thanks To Obamacare

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Do you find it as interesting as I do that a law meant to help people without health insurance obtain that insurance creates so many darned losers? (Las Vegas Review Journal) Local business owners might be hoping the Affordable Care Act’s insurance mandates cover sticker shock. The law’s employer coverage mandate doesn’t take effect until […]

 

Don’t Forget, It’s Illegal To Wear An American Flag Shirt Today

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Why? Because it’s Cinco De Mayo, an obscure holiday that is really only celebrated in the Mexican state of Pueblo, and has become an occasion to drink heavily here in the United States. Except for the illegal aliens and those who are here legally who push Mexican supremacy…isn’t that bigoted?…, returning parts of the US […]

 

Dems Really Antsy Over Release Of CIA Torture Report, Which, Dude, Was Like Years Ago

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Seriously, like, you know, the “torture” of stone cold jihadis was over two years ago. Unless, of course, Team Obama has continued the practice of rendition, water boarding, etc (Politico) Wondering what happened to the controversial CIA interrogation report that the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to declassify a month ago? So are many Senate Democrats. […]

 

Politico: You Know, This Obama Guy Has A Tough Time Making Fun Of Himself

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SO, apparently, it’s not just late night and other comedians that have trouble goofing on Obama: Obama himself has an issue Barack Obama laughs at but not with President Barack Obama is very smart (as he could tell you). He is also very funny (and the first to laugh at his own jokes). He is […]

 

Obama Economy: Record High For Women Not In Workforce

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Here’s your real war on women (CNS News) The number of women 16 and older not in the labor force climbed to a record high of 55,116,000 in April, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This means that there were 55,116,000 women 16 and older who were in the civilian nonsinstitutional […]

 

Failed State Obamacare Exchanges Becoming Money Pits

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But, it’s working! (WSJ) Yesterday we noted the ABC/Washington Post poll showing Mr. Obama with the lowest marks of his presidency, just two weeks after he claimed success in rolling out insurance policies under the Affordable Care Act. “This thing is working,” President Obama said of the law on April 17. Now the latest edition […]

 

Jay Carney Oops: Hey, Obama’s Libya Adventure Was A Failure

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This is what happens when someone is parsing their words so much in order to avoid telling the truth: they inadvertently let something through (Daily Caller) White House spokesman Jay Carney let President Barack Obama’s Benghazi cat out of the bag today, when he acknowledged that the president’s unilateral intervention in the 2011 Libyan civil […]

 

Rush: Progressive Truth Squad’s Next Target Is Orlando Magic Owner

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Regardless of what your opinion of Rush Limbaugh is, when he makes pronouncements, he tends to be way more often than not. When he says “don’t doubt me on this”, he tends to be right. And said pronouncements aren’t usually the easy. common sense, “well, sure, of course” type ones. Here’s another (The Blaze) Following […]

 

Democrats Have A Love/Hate Relationship With Citizens United Ruling

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In the US Senate, Democrats are planning a push for a Constitutional amendment to overrule the Citizens United case (via Hot Air) (The Hill) Senate Democrats will schedule a vote this year on a constitutional amendment to reform campaign finance as they face tens of millions of dollars worth of attack ads from conservative groups. […]

 

Good Grief: “Climate Change To Make Fargo As Hot As Phoenix”

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Warmists just need their fix of saying incredibly insane things, much like crack addicts need a hit on a constant basis. Here’s Nation Editor-at-Large Chris Hayes (no one watches his MSNBC show) yammering on during a radio interview Climate Change Will Make Fargo as Hot as Phoenix “Are you the unluckiest reporter in America today?” […]

 

New Benghazi Emails Show White House Collusion To Blame Video

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I’m not sure that this is quite the bombshell some are positioning it to be: let’s not forget that the US embassy in Egypt was apologizing for the video just hours before it was attacked and burned on September 11, 2012. However, it is quite damning (Fox News) Newly released emails on the Benghazi terror […]

 

On Obamacare Repeal: In Defense Of Rand Paul And Cathy McMorris-Rodgers

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There’s been quite a few verbal barbs aimed at Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, the #4 Republican in the House, over comments about reforming Obamacare rather than repealing it. Allahpundit writes Interestingly, it’s Cathy McMorris-Rodgers’s comments about “reforming” rather than repealing the O-Care exchanges that drew most of the blog chatter this weekend, not Rand’s equally eyebrow-raising remarks […]

 

Ted Cruz Calls On John Kerry To Resign Over Israel “Apartheid” Remarks

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Of course, does it really matter? Obama would just replace Kerry with another far left incompetent. And someone else who doesn’t like Israel (The Blaze) In a scathing speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Monday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called for Secretary of State John Kerry’s resignation over his alleged comments comparing […]

 

DHS Head Jeh Johnson Wants Immigration To Respect Sanctity Of Family

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When I mention that it is not the immigration system that is broken, but the politicians, this is what I’m referring to (CNS News) Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, asked by President Obama to review U.S. deportation policy in the face of congressional inaction, says he is “looking for ways to more effectively enforce and […]

 

Dionne: You Gun Owners Are Supremacists

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Climate change believers (who are typically hypocrites, but that’s a separate story) refer to non-believers as “deniers”, in an attempt to equate non-belief in climate change to denial of the Holocaust (interestingly, so many of these same climate change believers hate Israel). Along comes E.J. Dionne, referring to gun owners as gun supremacists, in what […]

 

Joe Biden Using Office To Burnish His Foreign Policy Cred Ahead Of Possible 2016 Run Or Something

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Is this an Important Story Of The Day? Is it Vital Information? Trending? Nope. What it is is an article that made me laugh first thing in the morning due to the absurdity, which did not go over well since I have a chest cold. That said, there is relevance to this Fox News article […]

 

NY Times: We Don’t Really Know About E-Cigs, So Let’s Regulate Them

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Progressives at their best. It’s for your own good. We’re just trying to help your, to protect you from yourself. Hence the reason Progressivism is called “nice fascism”. Here’s the NY Times Editorial Board The rapidly growing electronic-cigarette business would finally be brought under regulatory supervision under long-delayed rules proposed by the Food and Drug […]

 

Obama Weekly Address Pushes Raising The Minimum Wage

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I would have guessed that it would have been about something like the pressing issues in the Eastern Pacific, seeing as how Obama is on a trip to visit our allies in the region. Or, perhaps, the issue of Ukraine, of which there is a worry about open warfare. Nope (video here) Hi, everybody. In […]

 

Treacher: Is It OK To Not Give A Hoot About Cliven Bundy?

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Good question (Daily Caller) I haven’t been following the Cliven Bundy case because, believe it or not, southwestern grazing disputes have never been among my interests. I know the Daily Caller has done stories about him because I’ve seen the headlines, but I haven’t followed the whole thing. I haven’t written a word about him […]

 

Phew! Congress Look To Regulate Photoshopped Ads

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Having solved all of America’s problems, it’s easy to do things like this. It’s for the kids, ya know (Yahoo) Could the beautiful and perfect airbrushed images we often see in advertisements become a thing of the past? Yes – if a bill proposed by Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and California Congresswoman Lois Capps becomes […]

 

Surprise: FDA To Propose New Regs On E-cigs, Require ID For Purchase

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Whoa, whoa, whoa, isn’t that racist? (NY Times) The Food and Drug Administration will propose sweeping new rules on Thursday that for the first time would extend its regulatory authority from cigarettes to electronic cigarettes, popular nicotine delivery devices that have grown into a multibillion-dollar business with virtually no federal oversight or protections for American […]

 

Rolling Stone Reports Obama Plans To Kill Keystone XL

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This comes via Yid With Lid, who notes that the only question left is the timing of the announcement (Rolling Stone) At the same time, the president is likely to announce his decision on the northern leg of the Keystone XL, the hugely controversial 1,179-mile-long pipeline that would bring tar-sands oil down from Alberta to […]

 

Good News: IRS Paid Bonuses To Employees Who Were Delinquent On Taxes

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Do as I say, not as I do (AP) The Internal Revenue Service has paid more than $2.8 million in bonuses to employees with recent disciplinary problems, including $1 million to workers who owed back taxes, a government investigator said Tuesday. More than 2,800 workers got bonuses despite facing a disciplinary action in the previous […]

 

GOP Decides On A #FireReid Strategy For Midterms

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This was a strategy used effectively during the 2010 mid-terms against Nancy Pelosi. Will it work against Reid? (Boston Herald) To hear party operatives describe the fight for the Senate, it’s the boogeyman billionaires against the shifty septuagenarian. For months, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been pushing an unrelenting string of criticism against Charles […]

 

MHP: Democrats Should Tell Those Who Lost Their Plans To “Deal With It”

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I think this is an excellent campaign slogan for Democrats (video available at the DC and Hot Air) (Daily Caller) Republicans, she argued, “go into a fallen-down, blighted house, slap some granite countertops while ignoring real problems, and declare their work the best thing ever! They have swagger.” “And then you have the people who […]

 

Maryland Democrat Running For Governor: Serving In Iraq War Not A “Real Job”…

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It’s not the first time a Democrat has insulted military members and veterans, and it certainly won’t be the last. Democrats, not all of them, mind you, but a goodly chunk show a disdain for the military. What is interesting is that a) this is Blue on Blue, and b) how the attack is phrased […]

 

California Proposes Ban On Judges Linked To Boy Scouts

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You know, because tolerance. But, in Liberal World tolerance is a one way street, and you will be made to care. And comply. Free association and free thought are Not Allowed (Daily Caller) California is proposing to ban members of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) from serving as judges because the Boy Scouts do […]

 

David Brooks: Obama Has A Manhood Problem In The Middle East

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I predict David Brooks will be forced to give some sort of grovelling apology by the end of the day, possibly before noon, especially when liberals start race-baiting him. The NY Times columnist appeared on Meet The Press, answering a question on the Ukraine situation (Mediaite) “Basically, since Yalta, we’ve had an assumption that borders […]

 

Archbishop Of Wales Uses Easter Sermon To Preach About “Climate Change”

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Well, obviously that’s one of the main reasons God sacrificed his only Son! (Wales Online) Climate change disaster can be combated by people living by the values of Jesus Christ, the Archbishop of Wales has said. In his Easter sermon at Llandaff Cathedral, Dr Barry Morgan called on worshippers to make fundamental changes to their […]