Good News: Estimates Show Double The Obamacare Enrollments Into Medicaid/SCHIP

The Washington Post’s Sarah Kliff highlights the supposed “sign-ups” on the last day or something The evidence we have so far – albeit limited – suggests that lots of Obamacare shoppers made it in just under the wire. California estimates that 27,000 people picked insurance plans this past Monday and 29,000 the Friday prior. Just […]

 

Oops: Slightly Over Half Of Counties In Federal Exchange Lack Affordable Obamacare Plans

Sticker shock (USA Today) More than half of the counties in 34 states using the federal health insurance exchange lack even a bronze plan that’s affordable – by the government’s own definition – for 40-year-old couples who make just a little too much for financial assistance, a USA TODAY analysis shows. Many of these counties […]

 

Here’s A Handy Dandy Warmist Survival Guide For Christmas Climate Change Discussions

We’re almost to Climate Christmas, folks, just today and tomorrow Survival Guide For Climate Change Debates When extended family gets together over the holidays, dinner conversations can sometimes be awkward — such as when your uncle from South Carolina talks politics with your niece from the Bay Area. When thorny questions about climate change arise […]

 

Army Officer: Don’t Say Christmas

The political Left has spent a long time infiltrating and taking control of many segments of the nation, such as education, government bureaucracies, Hollywood, and unions. Now they’re working heavily to take over the military and work their Progressive magic. And saying Christmas? Brother, that’s just wrong. Here’s Todd Starnes reporting (Fox News) Two weeks […]

 

Are People Ready For The “Affordable” Care Act Deductible Sticker Shock?

Much of the focus with Obamacare, ie, the “Affordable” Care Act, has been on the premiums during the sign up season. Especially since so many have had to deal with the myriad of problems with the websites. But, there’s another bomb that will explode when people attempt to use the insurance (WRAL) As a key […]

 

Florida Rejects Satanic Temple Holiday Display

Here’s an interesting one: one of the things I and many others have noted is that the Constitution does not restrict religion in Government nor on Government property. The 1st Amendment simply stops government from creating a national religion, along with stopping Los Federales from stopping the free practice of religion. But, we’re heading to […]

 

11th Hour Obamacare Exemption Allows Purchase Of Catastrophic Insurance

The unilateral President has made yet another unilateral, possibly lawless, decision (Washington Post) The Obama administration on Thursday night significantly relaxed the rules of the federal health-care law for millions of consumers whose individual insurance policies have been canceled, saying they can buy bare-bones plans or entirely avoid a requirement that most Americans have health […]

 

Complainers Complain About Nativity Scenes At Gitmo, Forcing Removal

Well, we know who should be pulling full duty on Christmas (Fox News) The commander of the Guantanamo Bay naval base decided Wednesday to move Nativity scenes from two dining halls following complaints that the decorations improperly promoted Christianity. Both Nativity scenes will be moved to the courtyard of the base chapel, said Kelly Wirfel, […]

 

Surprise! Majority Of Uninsured Disapprove Of Obamacare

Remember how Mr. Obama and so many other Democrats told us that people would love Obamacare as time went on? How’s that working out? (NY Times) Americans who lack medical coverage disapprove of President Obama’s health care law at roughly the same rate as the insured, even though most say they struggle to pay for […]

 

Warmist Christmas Wish List Includes New “Carbon” Regulations

Continuing the 25 Days Of Climate Christmas, here’s Warmist Karen Telleen-Lawton in Santa Barbara (Noozhawk) My holiday wish list is a little beyond my family to manage, so I’m putting it out to the world. It’s not dazzling or even visible in the short term, but stems from the startling fact that the U.S. still […]

 

Senate Democrats Prefer Illegal Alien Benefits To Military Benefits

We’ve long known that Democrats are not particular supporters of the military. This seemingly grew out of the hippy/anti-Vietnam movement…interestingly, a war started by Democrats…and strengthened during the Carter years, to the point that the Left has been attempting to cut military spending at every turn. They’re still trying to do it today, supporting cuts […]

 

Bummer: 8 Ways “Climate Change” Is Ruining Christmas

There is a 9th: having to listen to Warmists whine about Hotcoldwetdry ruining Christmas as they drive around in fossil fueled vehicles. Continuing the 25 Days Of Climate Christmas 8 Ways Climate Change Is Wrecking Christmas Santa and his polar bear neighbors in the North Pole aren’t the only ones dealing with the consequences of […]

 

Here Comes The Small Business “Affordable” Care Act Bomb

Another day, another big concern with Obamacare (Politico) Think the canceled health policies hurt the Obamacare cause? There’s another political time bomb lurking that could explode not too long before next year’s elections: rate hikes for small businesses. Like the canceled individual health plans, it’s another example of a tradeoff that health care experts have […]

 

Your Old-Fashioned Christmas Tree Trimming Is Mostly Bad For Climate Change

Continuing the 25 Days Of Climate Christmas (TribLive) Strands of lights are ubiquitous this time of year – tangled in leafless trees, framing windows, sparkling their way to Santa’s sled. They are a beaming reminder of the warm feelings of the holiday season and the environmental costs of this time of hyper-consumption. In 2003, a […]

 

Poll Shows Americans Tired Of Nanny Government

They’re tired of Ye Olde Nanny State Of course, when it comes to something individuals are against, they’re happy to ask government to pull out the banhammer (Daily Caller) Americans want the government to stop acting like their mother. According to a Reason-Rupe poll, Americans do not want government to ban trans-fats, e-cigarettes, online poker, […]

 

Obama Uses Newtown Anniversary To Push “Grassroots” Gun Control

Did you expect him to do anything else? (The Hill) President Obama marked the anniversary of the elementary school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, and called for a nationwide grassroots push for gun control in his weekly radio address. The president’s statement came a day after a gunman shot at least one student and then committed […]

 

Bummer: “Climate Change” Bad For Santa Or Something

Continuing the 25 Days Of Climate Christmas Tough sledding ahead for Santa This Christmas is turning out to be a potentially bad season for Santa Claus. The North Pole is melting and as it shrinks there’s the danger that it will reveal the location of the secret workshop where Santa and the elves spend most […]

 

Yet Another Study Finds Previous Warm Periods Warmer Than Today

If only those darned people during the Roman and Medieval Warm Periods didn’t drive fossil fueled vehicles and leave their appliances plugged in when not in use. And hair spray! They used lots of hair spray! I’ve seen the movies! (Daily Caller) If you think the Earth is hot now, try wearing plate armor in […]

 

Obama Kick Obamacare Requirements Down The Road

Another day, another problem (Politico) Why do Republicans even bother trying to delay Obamacare? President Barack Obama’s doing it all by himself. On Thursday, the Obama administration gave customers permission to pay their premiums as late as Dec. 31 for coverage that starts Jan. 1, and officially gave customers an extra week – until Dec. […]

 

Politico: Say, Kay Hagan’s In A Speck Of Trouble

Humorously, the article is entitled “North Carolina’s choice“, and when I brought up the Politico app on my tablet and click on the link for the article Politico gave me an add for some sort of beer. Which we need, considering what Kay Hagan and her party have done to North Carolina. She might need […]

 

Survey Shows Obamacare To Damage U.S. Employment And Health Benefits

Gee, if only someone had predicted that something like this could happen going back to the time before the “Affordable” Care Act was passed. This was information that people really needed! Interestingly, this survey is mostly being ignored by the national media. Nationally, I can only find an article by CBS News and a blog […]

 

Six Year Old Suspended For “Sexual Harassment”

Progressivism run amok. (KRDO) A six year old boy is suspended from school in Canon City for kissing a classmate on the cheek. His mother says it’s a crush and the two children like each other. But the school is calling it something else; sexual harassment. First grader, Hunter Yelton, told us he loves science […]

 

Harry Reid Personally Intervenes To Reverse Casino Visa Ruling

The big question is whether this violates Senate rules (Washington Times) The Obama administration overruled career Homeland Security officials and expedited visa applications for about two dozen foreign investors for a politically connected Las Vegas casino hotel after repeated pressure from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his staff, according to internal government documents obtained […]

 

Katherine Hayhoe: “Climate Change” Facts Aren’t Enough Or Something

Dude (and dudettes), if only Warmists had engaged in some sort of spreading awareness campaign over the past few decades (Delaware Online) As the global science of human-caused climate change improves, the public’s inadequate understanding “is definitely a worry,” a top national researcher said Monday. “I think, for a long time, we’ve been operating under […]

 

“Affordable”: Prescription Meds May Take Hit Under Obamacare

The hit parade grows (The Blaze) First some consumers found they couldn’t keep their existing health insurance plans. Then others learned they couldn’t keep their doctors. Now it’s possible that under Obamacare, some people won’t be able to keep their medications, or at least not afford them, under the complex formulary structure of the plans […]

 

Here We Go: Warmists Trot Out “Cold And Snow Caused By Warming” Meme

I had a brief Twitter debate with a Warmist Sunday afternoon, brief on my part, because I had to bow out due to other obligations, and noted https://twitter.com/WilliamTeach/status/409816181496107008 The way Warmists have positioned “climate change” means there is no way to ever disprove it, the same as a cult. That’s how we end up with […]

 

MSNBC: Calling It Obamacare Is Raaaaacist

When it comes to saying something bat-guano insane, in particular pulling out the Race Card, there’s a whole range of nut-balls at MSNBC to choose from. Pretty much the entire liberal staff. In this case, it’s Melissa Harris-Perry on her Sunday show, who decided To Be Brave and say the word (Daily Caller) “I want […]

 

California Health Insurance Exchange Shares Patient Information Without Consent

Hey, why? It’s not as if President Obama and his team haven’t arbitrarily changed “It’s The Law” on a whim and gotten away with it (LA Times) Raising concerns about consumer privacy, California’s health exchange has given insurance agents the names and contact information for tens of thousands of people who went online to check […]

 

Good News: Wind Farms Get A Pass For Killing Eagles

So far, I can’t find any environmental groups, Sierra Club, Greenpeace, NRDC, Earth First, etc, who are outraged by this. Some link to news articles, but have offered no articles themselves (USA Today) The Obama administration said Friday it will allow some companies to kill or injure bald and golden eagles for up to 30 […]

 

70% Of California Doctors Say “NO” To Obamacare

This is where the rationing and long waiting lines start (Washington Examiner) An estimated seven out of every 10 physicians in deep-blue California are rebelling against the state’s Obamacare health insurance exchange and won’t participate, the head of the state’s largest medical association said. “It doesn’t surprise me that there’s a high rate of nonparticipation,” […]