Blue Cross North Carolina Seeks Up To 24% Increase For Reinstated Plans Because Of Obamacare Taxes

Here’s how Obama’s cancelled plans “fix” will work he in North Carolina (WRAL) Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina formally asked state regulators Tuesday to resurrect health plans that were to be canceled because they don’t meet minimum requirements under the Affordable Care Act. The move would come at significant cost to consumers, however, […]

 


Uh Oh: Politico’s Roger Simon Proves Bush Didn’t Lie About Iraq War

Uber-liberal opinion writer Roger Simon, not to be confused with Conservative writer Roger L. Simon at Pajamas Media, has a pithy little piece entitled President Obama: Lying liar or media target? and makes a little mistake, which destroys the moonbat arguement that Bush lied, people died The reviews are in, and Obamacare is a disaster. […]

 

Warmists Robert J. Samuelson: We’re Not Sure What’s Going To Happen, But Let’s Get A Carbon Tax In Place Anyhow

The delusion of the Warmists is on complete display in this opinion piece called Global warming pragmatism Economist Robert Pindyck of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently examined the computer models that estimate the effects and costs of climate change – and he didn’t like what he found. The models reflect two gaping uncertainties, he […]

 

Here We Go: NY Times Editorial Board Finally Figures Out An Angle On Obamacare

The Editorial Board of the “Paper of Record” has been strangely silent over the past couple of weeks, with only tiny mentions of the “Affordable” Care Act over the past month, despite the enormous problems that have cropped up. Their last big one was when they deemed that Obama “misspoke” when he said “if you […]

 


Man With Largest Footprint In The World* Touts His Clean Energy Agenda

I’ll give you a moment to stop laughing and clean the tears from your eyes….ready? With Obamacare imploding around his ears, with the deficit continuing to skyrocket, with record debt, record numbers of people out of jobs in the long term, historic numbers of Americans giving up on getting a job in despair, running without […]

 

Surprise: Democrat Controlled Senate Won’t Vote On House “Keep Your Plan” Bill

Senate Democrats care so much about the plight of the American people who are losing their plans and being forced into more expensive plans with smaller networks that may not provide anything more than free birth control that they’re rushing to ignore the Upton bill. (The Hill) Senate Democrats do not expect to vote on […]

 

Syrian Rebels: Hey, Sorry For Beheading The Wrong Person, Our Bad!

Yeah, these are the people which the Obama administration was supporting in Syria against Bashar Assad (Telegraph) Syrian rebel fighters linked with Al Qaeda have asked for “understanding and forgiveness” after mistakenly beheading one of their allies and putting the head on display. In a video posted online, members of Islamic State of Iraq and […]

 


Strange, Most Super Deadly Cyclones Occurred When CO2 Was At “Safe” Levels

Who would have thought it? (IBD) The United Nations climate chief blames the Philippines devastation on climate change, ignoring the historical record that 33 of the 35 most devastating storms occurred with CO2 below current levels. One can appreciate the genuine grief felt by an emotional Naderev “Yeb” Sano as the delegate from a Philippines […]

 

Surprise: Vulnerable Dems Work To Distance Themselves From “Affordable” Care Act

The same legislation all of them who were in office in 2010 voted for (The Hill) Vulnerable Democrats are scrambling to find ways to stand apart from the White House on ObamaCare as the rollout of the high-profile law continues to struggle – and threatens their reelections. A number of red state Democrats in the […]

 



Say, What Defines Success For Obamacare?

That’s something The Politico’s David Nather asks Democrats have a general idea of what it would take to put the Obamacare rollout back on track. Fix the damn website, they say, and most of the other problems will take care of themselves. But will they? The problem is that neither the administration or the House […]

 



NY Times: The ACA Losers Will Be Happy They’re Paying More When They Lose Their Jobs

Over at the NY Post, Michael Goodwin argues that the NY Times’ cheerleading for Obamacare harms the nation, noting that watchdogs became lapdogs. The NY Times continues its lapdog status as the Editorial Board comes out with yet another absurd piece The debate over the effect the Affordable Care Act will have on individuals and […]

 

Interesting: Obama Accused Of Crimes Against Humanity In International Criminal Court

Don’t these people know that Obama was just trying to make their lives better using college bull-session and community organizing inspired notions? (Daily Caller) President Obama has been accused of crimes against humanity in a new complaint submitted to the International Criminal Court, based in the Hague. Obama’s support for Egypt’s recently deposed Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated […]

 




White House To Issue “Sweeping” Mental Health Rules

Many were wondering on Thursday why HHS chief-incompetent Kathleen Sebelius was heading to Atlanta. Some wondered whether she would announce a delay for Obamacare. Nope (The Hill) The Obama administration will issue long awaited regulations Friday that require insurers to treat mental illness and addiction the same as physical illnesses, current and former lawmakers said. […]

 


Surprise: Sebelius Says Employer Based Plans Will Face Same Hurdles As Individual Plans

I’ve mentioned several times that those who receive health insurance through their employer will soon have to deal with the same problems as individuals due to the grandfathering rules established by Health and Human Services. The administration’s own mid-range estimate was that 51% would lose their employer based plans. That would be 78 million people. […]

 

Marijuana Makes Big Gains In Votes: Will DOJ Sue?

The Obama/Holder heavily politicized Department Of Justice is quick to act when any state or municipality decides to enhance illegal immigration law. Same with some states that pass voter ID laws. What about marijuana? So far, nothing when it comes to Colorado, which had perhaps the most amusing referendum (CBS News) A proposal to impose […]

 

Dems Try To Change Subject, Bring Iraq War Into Obama Lied Debate

Liberals are furiously spinning to protect this turd of a law as it becomes quite clear that Mr. Obama knowingly lied about being able to keep your plan if you like it. Here’s another cute on (Daily Caller) President Obama’s “you can keep your health insurance” lie is now being compared to President Bush’s “lie” […]

 

ENDA May Not Get A Vote In House

Here’s what John Boehner’s spokesperson had to say (Politico) “The Speaker believes this legislation will increase frivolous litigation and cost American jobs, especially small business jobs,” Boehner spokesman Michael Steel said in an email Monday. That’s one of the problems Republicans had when ENDA was passed in 2007, when Democrats owned both the House and […]