Archive for October 2013
Bus driver saves a life – woman may have been about to jump from bridge (Video)
I kind of expect this will break later today or tomorrow and end up in the national news cycle, but just in case it does not …
Read MorePoliticians loaning their own campaigns money … collecting high interest revenue
What an ingenious revenue-generating idea! Politicians are loaning their own campaign money and letting the cash sit in campaign coffers at an interest rate MUCH higher than bank rates. The politicians collect the interest and keep it for themselves, allowing for an ongoing money-laundering scheme.
Read MoreSettled law? Illegal alien deportations at lowest level since 1973
So much for the settled law theory. Since it has not been politically wise to change existing immigration laws during the last decade, the Executive Branch along with support from Democrat-controlled big city mayors, have been quietly telling immigration and border protection line officers to “not be all that concerned” if they run into any…
Read MoreLet’s get Congress and staffers into the individual Obamacare market
Originally, the Affordable Care Act had a provision (the Grassley Amendment) that would put members of Congress into the federal health care exchanges. Grassley’s intent was for member to keep their employer coverage provided by the federal government, but require they choose from the same choices others have on the exchanges. That got screwed up…
Read MoreTwo-thirds of Americans support death penalty
Notice my headline, and then there’s the headline from Gallup Politics today – U.S. Death Penalty Support Lowest in More Than 40 Years.
Read MoreWhite House website: “If you like your plan you can keep it” (Still says that…)
When will this page from the White House website be scrubbed? Today it reads “If you like your plan you can keep it and you don’t have to change a thing due to the health care law.”
Read MoreHow will things be in Afghanistan when the coalition departs?
Ben Anderson, an independent film maker, was embedded with troops in Afghanistan in 2007 and late 2012. Earlier this year he released This is What Winning Looks Like, a documentary including snapshots of what’s happening now as the United States and coalition forces begin their withdrawal. It’s not a pretty picture.
Read MoreAvoid Obamacare penalty by “giving up” huge tax refund
This is hilarious, but not at all unexpected from the left-wing Politico. Paige Cunningham and Rachael Bade penned a post on Friday afternoon referring to a suggestion by Rush Limbaugh on how to avoid the Obamacare tax penalty if you don’t buy a health insurance policy.
Read MoreObama administration knew Benghazi was target for terror attack
CBS News revisited the Benghazi terrorist attack last night on 60 Minutes.
Read MoreUK Guardian: Blame economics graduates for economic crash
My dad was an economics major in college and I enjoy the subject even though I don’t understand all of it. That said, I started reading a post this morning in the UK Guardian referencing current economics students and how they need to expand their training to more than neoclassical theory.
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