Author: William Teach

Awesome: Climate Change As Terrorism, U.S. Blamed

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I must admit, this is a new one from the Warmists (who still won’t practice what they preach) (Salon) As part of the pivot to Asia, the U.S. government has ramped up its counterterrorism cooperation with the Philippines, Indonesia and elsewhere. This has, understandably, sparked debate there over the wisdom of increased U.S. military presence. […]

 

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

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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, […]

 

Bummer: Paper Finds Pause In Arctic

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Warmists have been trotting out a meme that there has been no pause at all, that the warming was double what was previously thought (just to be clear, what is called a pause was actually statistically insignificant warming, 0.28 since 1990 and 0.14 since 1997, though the data does show a declining temperature since 2000). […]

 

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

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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

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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

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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 […]

 

Good News: Amnesty Key To Making “Affordable” Care Act Work

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I doubt that this will become a regular talking point for Democrats, but I also bet that they all thinking this (Washington Times) Rep. Jared Polis said Friday the key problem with health care right now is that illegal immigrants aren’t included in Obamacare, and said part of the solution is to pass a bill […]

 

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

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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

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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!

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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 […]

 

House To Vote On “Keep Your Plan” Bill Today

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I think it was a Bad Idea to bring this legislation forward: the “Affordable” Care Act is bad legislation, the rules as written by the Obama controlled HHS made it much worse, and the sooner people feel the pain themselves, the sooner we can repeal and replace this fraud of a law pushed by a […]

 

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

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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

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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 […]

 

50,000 Poles Protest Against UN “Climate Change” Conference

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I know, I know, you’re not hearing much about COP19 in Warsaw, Poland. Neither the American or international press are giving it much coverage. But lots of Polish people were happy to demonstrate against the Big Government notions of the United Nations (CFACT) As more than 50,000 enthusiastic Poles gathered in downtown Warsaw on Monday […]

 

Ahead Of Pitiful Enrollment Numbers, White House Cranks Up The Spin Machine

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One thing we can always depend on from Team O and Democrats is that they never let reality get in the way of spin, and their Obamacare spin has typically made Baghdad Bob smile. Seriously, this Healthcare Tara thing is creepy. And now they’re turning it up a bit more (Politico) One thing we know: […]

 

Cary, NC Resident Charged With Attempt To Aid Syrian Terrorist Group

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Remember, this is just an isolated incident, it’s not part of a wider problem (News and Observer) A Cary man is facing a federal charge that he attempted to aid a foreign terrorist organization, according to a criminal complaint filed by the FBI in federal court last week. Basit Javed Sheikh of Cary is suspected […]

 

Immigration Debate Can Learn From History Or Something

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Team Obama, Democrats, and their sheeple followers are itching to ramp up the push for “comprehensive” immigration reform. The White House and all their peeps have sent out a few tweets here and there. Obama had John “Amnesty” McCain over for tea to discuss the issue last week (interestingly, there are no articles as to […]

 

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

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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

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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 […]

 

Obama Grasps For Some Sort Of Hotcoldwetdry Legacy

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With everything else burning down around his ears, he’ll try a different route (The Hill) President Obama has a chance to craft a second-term legacy on climate change even as the rest of his agenda runs aground in Congress. Gun control legislation is dead; immigration reform is on life support; and reaching a fiscal deal […]

 

Say, How’s That ACA Enrollment Working In North Carolina?

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In a word, “rocky” Rocky Start For North Carolina Health Care Exchanges North Carolina’s largest insurer is having its share of problems with the Obamacare website. Internal emails obtained by WNCN-TV show that Blue Cross Blue Shield show that only 1,000 people had filled out applications as of October 15th. In fact, only one person […]

 

Bummer: Uninsured Not Checking Out Healthcare.fail

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At least not at the moment (Politico) Less than a quarter of uninsured Americans who plan to get health insurance through the Affordable Care Act exchanges have been to an exchange website, a new poll shows. Asked if they’ve been to any government health insurance website since they were launched on Oct. 1, only 22 […]

 

White House To Issue “Sweeping” Mental Health Rules

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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. […]

 

Report States Global Sea Rise Is Much Less Than Estimated

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The average sea rise over the last 7,000-8,000 years is 6-8 inches per century. As I’ve explained before, we use the 7,000-8,000 year figure due to that being the time when the massive sea rise post-glacial period leveled out (relatively). When we discuss averages, we have to consider that when the Earth is in a […]

 

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

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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?

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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

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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

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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 […]

 

Obama Changes “If You Like Your Plan…” Messaging

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I wonder how this would have played prior to the 2012 elections? (Real Clear Politics has the video) (Fox News) The president told about 200 of his campaign supporters and health care activists Monday that the administration had promised Americans they could keep their current coverage — as long as their plans hadn’t changed since […]