Author: William Teach

Unsurprisingly, Obama Uses SOTU To Vow To Go It Alone

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He literally created obstructionism by declaring that everyone hates his agenda. Because that’s what he does. Even on the few occasions he’s supposedly reached out (remember the “charm offensive”?) he’s coupled that with the same bitter, confrontational tone. And, no, I did not watch the his wish-list of partisan rancor, there’s no way I could […]

 

Racist Al Gore Tells World Economic Forum They Have To Find Ways To Keep Africa’s Population Down

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Al Gore pops his head up at Davos…say, how’d he get there? A fossil fueled flight?…to make a racist pronouncement (via Climate Depot). (CNBC) Stopping overpopulation is one way the dangers of climate change can be mitigated, according to two of the most prominent believers in global warming. Former Vice President Al Gore and Microsoft […]

 

Autocrat-lite POTUS To Unilaterally Raise Minimum Wage For Federal Contractors

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I’m sure Team Obama gave long, careful thought to this, weighing the pros and cons, considering the costs….or, really, sat around in a bull session which included political wonks, none with any experience in the private market, saying “how can we pump up he moonbat base”? (NY Times) President Obama plans to sign an executive […]

 

Are You Ready For Another Massive Polar Plunge?

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Is this what Warmists mean when they yammer on about the dangers of “climate change” (Accuweather) The next blast of brutal cold will grip most of the eastern two-thirds of the United States early this week and could yield the lowest temperatures so far this winter in many communities. While harsh cold is returning to […]

 

WH: Obama Will Look To Work With Congress, Except When He Won’t

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What’s the over/under on the number of times Mr. Obama will say “if Congress won’t act, I will”, adding the silly “I’ve got a pen and a phone”? (Politico) President Barack Obama will deliver an “optimistic” State of the Union address Tuesday prodding Congress to address economic mobility and income inequality – or risk an […]

 

Introspection Fail: WH Document Recommends Obama Distance Himself From Congress After Fail Year

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The Washington Post doesn’t have a “Humor” section, so I guess they had to put this article in “Politics” Obama’s rough 2013 prompts a new blueprint An internal White House assessment concludes that President Obama must distance himself from a recalcitrant Congress after being badly damaged last year by legislative failures, a government shutdown and […]

 

NC DOJ: Illegal Aliens Can Forget About In-state Tuition

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I have to wonder how many other states will be in the same boat? New Jersey had to pass a law to give them in-state tuition. Many GOP controlled states will say “nope!” (WRAL) Students who arrived in the United States illegally cannot get in-state tuition in North Carolina community colleges or universities, even if […]

 

New Poll Shows Continued Drop In Support For Obamacare

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You’re shocked, I know (Fox News) A record high number of voters now oppose the 2010 Affordable Care Act and a record low number supports it, according to the latest Fox News poll. In addition, a majority thinks the new law will increase their health care costs, while few think it will improve their quality […]

 

Will Obama Discuss “Climate Change” During The 2014 SOTU?

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It’ll be a hoot if he does, making a push for legislation and executive action, mostly kingly executive action*, along with the typical hyper-partisan demeaning of Republicans? (Daily Caller) President Barack Obama is expected to talk about fighting global warming in his upcoming State of the Union address next week, during what could be the […]

 

The Hill: Five Things To Watch For Obama’s 2014 SOTU

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A big question for the 2014 SOTU is: will anyone be awake for it? As Peggy Noonan writes Because when I imagine Barack Obama’s State of the Union, I see a handsome, dignified man standing at the podium and behind him Joe Biden, sleeping. And next to him John Boehner, snoring. And arrayed before the […]

 

Independent Federal Watchdog Group Says NSA Phone Program Is Illegal

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And recommends shutting it down. Good thing the NY Times buries the story on page A14 of the print edition, wanting to protect Obama and his 100% support of the domestic spying program. (NY Times) An independent federal privacy watchdog has concluded that the National Security Agency’s program to collect bulk phone call records has […]

 

Obama Admin Fears Failure To Fix Healthcare.gov Could Bankrupt Insurers

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They’ve already wasted hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars building a barely functional website though a no-bid contract to CGI. Now they have to spend hundreds of millions more (Fox News) While the administration publicly expresses full confidence in its health care law, privately it fears one part of the system is so flawed it […]

 

Prosperity Is Driving Climate Change, Per UN Report

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Being a rich country is considered bad, as is living a modern lifestyle (Daily Caller) Growing global economies through expanded trade between rich and poor countries is driving global warming, according to a draft report from the United Nation’s climate bureaucracy. The international agency said that rich countries are “outsourcing” carbon dioxide emissions to poor […]

 

Target Joins Growing Number Of Companies Dropping Health Insurance For Part-Timers

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More victims of Obama’s signature legislation, aided and abetted by most Democrats (Bloomberg) Target Corp. (TGT) said it will end health insurance for part-time employees, joining Trader Joe’s Co., Home Depot Inc. and other retailers that have scaled back benefits in response to changes from Obamacare. About 10 percent of Target’s part-time employees, defined as […]

 

It took one woman 6 WEEKS of daily work to cancel her Obamacare policy

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It is getting easier to actually enroll in Obamacare, as the website issues are being fixed…except for those pesky security features…and ability to pay online…and many State run exchanges…anyhow, we knew that the website wouldn’t stay a complete failure as time went on. But, what if you found a plan offered outside of Obamacare? Lesli […]

 

Dems On MLK Day: Vote Is Precious, So Let’s Not Verify That Someone Is Eligible

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The Talking Points Memo went out and Democrats yammered on about voter ID (Daily Caller) Martin Luther King Day is a day of service, quiet reflection – and implications that those supporting voter ID laws are akin to 1960s segregationists. Democratic politicians and their allies took to the airwaves Monday to campaign against state laws […]

 

Obama Whines About Race For Declining Approval Rating

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Race card played (Bloomberg) President Barack Obama said that racial tensions may have softened his popularity among white voters within the last two years, according to a story posted on the New Yorker magazine’s website today. “There’s no doubt that there’s some folks who just really dislike me because they don’t like the idea of […]

 

Islamic Terrorists Threaten Sochi Olympics

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Don’t forget, al Qaeda is on the run, and we aren’t supposed to worry about this tiny, itty bitty subset of Islam. Heck, even mentioning it is surely Islamophobic (ABC News) Citing a new “surprise package” for Russia and Olympic spectators, Islamist militants in the North Caucasus Sunday launched a new threat to the Sochi […]

 

Surprise: Team Obama Delays Equal Coverage Provision

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Another week, another part of Obamacare delayed by unilateral executive fiat (Fox News) The Obama administration is reportedly delaying enforcement of another aspect of ObamaCare, one that prohibits employers from providing better health benefits to top executives than those being offered to regular employees. According to The New York Times, tax officials said they would […]

 

NY Times Joins The “We’re Concerned About Killer Suffering” Bandwagon

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Since the day stone cold killer Dennis McGuire was exectuted, many media outlets have expressed their concern. Now the NY Times, essentially the “paper of record”, joins in (NY Times) : As the lethal drugs flowed into his veins in the Ohio death chamber, Dennis B. McGuire at first “went unconscious” and his body was still, […]

 

UN: Failure To Stop “Climate Change” Will Be Costly, So Spend Lots Of Money Now

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Interestingly, countries didn’t spend hundreds of billions into the trillions to stop Hotcoldwetdry before the 17 year pause (NY Times) Nations have so dragged their feet in battling climate change that the situation has grown critical and the risk of severe economic disruption is rising, according to a draft United Nations report. Another 15 years […]

 

Celebrities Who Certainly Won’t Sign Up For Obamacare Pimp Obamacare

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The other day I had a brief Twitter discussion pointing out that Magic Johnson was able to get health care for his HIV without Obamacare, that he wasn’t dropped, and that the person who pimped Magic Johnson pushing Obamacare, Valerie Jarret, isn’t getting her health insurance through the Exchange. Nor is Magic (CNBC) Jennifer Hudson […]

 

Interesting: The Same People Pushing Climate Change Also Want To Legalize Pot

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Think about it. Here’s the Boston Herald’s Howie Carr discussing Gov. Deval Patrick wanting to hire an official state weatherman to deal with “climate change” (via Tom Nelson) Wait a second, some of you may be saying, that Tim Murray snowstorm was in October, so how can it be global warming? If anything, it’s global […]

 

Rachel Maddow: Christie Issue Means We Need More Dogged Local Journalists

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Investigating Republicans, of course. How cute. A nominal Republican is having a bit of an issue, so now she’s all for hardcore investigative journalism. Locally. Democracy demands it Democracy needs dogged local journalism (Multiple paragraphs regarding “lane closures” to start) It’s one thing for public officials to subject one another to that kind of low-level, […]

 

Obama Once Again Proposes Caps On Charitable Giving

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Which has caused the United Way and other groups to hit Washington (Daily Caller) Leaders of the charitable coalition the United Way swarmed Capitol Hill Tuesday to lobby against the Obama administration’s proposed cap on the charitable deduction in the federal tax code. Lowering the charitable deduction has long been an Obama policy objective. United […]

 

White House Delays Yet Another Deadline Of “It’s The Law”

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It’s good to be the king (The Hill) The Obama administration announced Tuesday that it was again extending the ObamaCare enrollment deadline for people with pre-existing conditions. The administration said it will extend the Pre-Existing Conditions Insurance Plan (PCIP), slated to end January 31, until March 15. “As part of our continuing effort to help […]

 

Interesting: New Paper Blames 17 Year Pause On Low Solar Activity

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Surprisingly, this is one of the few papers that actually makes sense, to a degree (via Watts Up With That?) Reduced Solar Activity Disguises Global Temperature Rise DOI: 10.4236/acs.2014.41008 Author: Peter Stauning ABSTRACT The question whether human activities seriously affect climate is asked with increasing voice these days. Quite understandable since the climate appears to […]

 

Obama Was Told Benghazi Was A Terrorist Attack

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You don’t say (Fox News) Minutes after the American consulate in Benghazi came under assault on Sept. 11, 2012, the nation’s top civilian and uniformed defense officials — headed for a previously scheduled Oval Office session with President Obama — were informed that the event was a “terrorist attack,” declassified documents show. The new evidence […]

 

People Who Paid For Obamacare Are STILL Unable To Get Health Care

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  The heck you say Help! I can’t use my Obamacare benefits Jeanne Patterson really needs to see a doctor but had to cancel her appointment last week. Why? Because her new Obamacare benefits were not in order, forcing her to spend hours and hours on hold with her insurer, Independence Blue Cross. Many folks […]