LIBDEM TWEETS---tweets from @libdem2 and @libdemwasjailed
Showing posts with label Obamacare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Obamacare. Show all posts
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Tweets
Darrell Issa replaces Obamacare with Obamacare https://twitter.com/libdemwasjailed/status/389384232285388803
Obama and the GOP--first Stimulus meeting---Obama offers 1/3 tax cuts so GOP would vote for it---GOP walked into meeting already deciding to vote no---no matter what Obama offered
https://twitter.com/libdemwasjailed/status/347840098504687617
the Obama ""is a socialist"" claim--- Don't you think a Socialist WOULD HAVE nationalized a bank???!!!!
https://twitter.com/libdemwasjailed/status/347843683653132288
Chelsea Manning (formerly Bradley Manning) leaked audio from Providence Inquiry Statement
http://t.co/m46SmlLMnv
SYRIA-----Rand Paul's version http://t.co/ynSdUzmOha
SYRIA-----My version http://t.co/tq5vHF5Sck
sunday october 13
Malala visits Obama in the White House link here
"I thanked President Obama for the United States' work in supporting education in Pakistan and Afghanistan and for Syrian refugees," Yousafzai said in a statement published by the Associated Press. "I also expressed my concerns that drone attacks are fueling terrorism. Innocent victims are killed in these acts, and they lead to resentment among the Pakistani people. If we refocus efforts on education it will make a big impact."
BBC 16 questions (well, statements) for Glenn Greenwald link here
NSA and the Conspiracy to Committ Journalism link here
Business Insider ""Top Republican replaces Obamacare With Obamacare link here
My Blog Post http://libdemtweets.blogspot.com/2013/10/issa-replaces-obamacare-with-obamacare.html
"I thanked President Obama for the United States' work in supporting education in Pakistan and Afghanistan and for Syrian refugees," Yousafzai said in a statement published by the Associated Press. "I also expressed my concerns that drone attacks are fueling terrorism. Innocent victims are killed in these acts, and they lead to resentment among the Pakistani people. If we refocus efforts on education it will make a big impact."
BBC 16 questions (well, statements) for Glenn Greenwald link here
NSA and the Conspiracy to Committ Journalism link here
Business Insider ""Top Republican replaces Obamacare With Obamacare link here
My Blog Post http://libdemtweets.blogspot.com/2013/10/issa-replaces-obamacare-with-obamacare.html
Friday, October 4, 2013
Issa replaces Obamacare with Obamacare
OK so I wrote the piece below, then I saw this from All in With Chris Hayes Video here Twitter link here
THEN I saw this from Josh Barro at Business Insider (I love when this happens)
***anyone notice the headline??
http://www.businessinsider.com/top-republican-calls-for-replacing-obamacare-with-obamacare-2013-10
Why is Darrel Issa Pushing for FEHBP instead of Obamacare (and GOP plan)??
So Darrel Issa has been tweeting since Sept 28 link here about how great FEHBP is link here---and yes it is great---but why is he pushing this now, EVEN instead of GOP link here replace option??
2 page Summary of GOP plan
3rd question, link here
Q. When will these individuals lose FEHB eligibility?
A. Members of Congress and their congressional staff employed by the official office will no longer be eligible for FEHB coverage as of January 1, 2014.
7th question
How are employer contributions for health care coverage premiums treated under the Affordable Care Act and for Federal tax purposes with respect to Members of Congress and congressional employees on the Exchange?
A. Under pre-Affordable Care Act law, Members of Congress and their staff are offered health insurance coverage through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHB), which allows them to choose among various health plans that have contracted with FEHB. As with other health coverage provided in connection with employment, both employer contributions and contributions pursuant to a salary reduction election by employees towards the cost of FEHB coverage may be excluded from the employee’s income and wages for both income and employment tax purposes.
My guess is that Issa knows FEHBP is ending, and that the GOP plan (like every other vote in the House) will die in the Senate or be vetoed by the President.
Politico Article about healthcare changes in Congress link here
Friday, September 27, 2013
thursday sept 26
Iran---hope for Pres Rouhani now, but remember the history with Iran Contra link here
UNGA Thursday highlights from the UN blog link here
NSA link here
NSA Wyden link here
NSA Hearing Video link here
TED CRUZ AND OBAMACARE (This was not a filibuster--the order was backwards--- A Filibuster is)
Ted Cruz talks 21 hours (FAUXLIBUSTER) over Obamacare then votes yes on cloture-- Cruz (R-TX), Yea
Definition of Cloture link here
cloture - The only procedure by which the Senate can vote to place a time limit on consideration of a bill or other matter, and thereby overcome a filibuster. Under the cloture rule (Rule XXII), the Senate may limit consideration of a pending matter to 30 additional hours, but only by vote of three-fifths of the full Senate, normally 60 votes.
Continuing Resolution 100-0 voted yes to proceed
Vote Breakdown 100-0 voted yes link here
9/25/2013:
Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 100 - 0. Record Vote Number: 205.
CR vote on Friday link here
Procedurally, it will be left to Democrats to provide funding for the implementation with a vote in favor of an amendment offered by Reid and Appropriations Chairwoman Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md., that would strip out defunding provisions and make several other changes, including moving up the end date to Nov. 15.
Cruz and Lee will now get that vote in the middle of the day. As part of the agreement offered by Reid, the entire 30 hours available for debate after the vote for cloture (on the House CR that includes defunding of Obamacare) will be yielded back, setting up a string of four votes.
The ultimate result, after adoption of the amendment, will be passage of a “clean” continuing resolution that maintains funding for the health care overhaul, sending the measure back to the House.
link here
Cruz, Lee and their supporters both inside and outside the Capitol are pushing their fellow Republicans to oppose a debate-limiting cloture motion, in a bid to muster 41 votes to send a signal that Reid shouldn’t be allowed to amend the measure with a post-cloture vote to fund the health care overhaul. The effort has the backing of a number of outside conservative and tea-party-affiliated groups.
It is true that imposing limits on the debate will also allow Reid to get a vote on his germane amendment without needing 60 votes.
That’s created a tactical disagreement among Republicans. Corker’s long been critical of the strategy favored by Cruz and Lee.
Did Cruz accomplish anything? link here
Senate votes 100-0 link here
The Senate voted 100-0 to take up the House-passed continuing resolution Wednesday, while Sen. Ted Cruz indicated a willingness to accelerate the timetable for the more important vote to cut off debate on the bill.
The Texas Republican has long said that the real test will come on the vote to limit debate on the underlying bill, after which Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid could get the simple majority vote to strike defunding of the health care law.
If all the debate time is used, that would come on Saturday, although Cruz seems to be expressing a new willingness to truncate the debate time. At the end of his marathon floor talk Wednesday, he floated a series of consent agreements that could shorten the dayslong timeline for final Senate approval of a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown next week.
Though it is unclear whether leaders will accept Cruz’s offers, the fact that Cruz moved at all from his original position that the Senate should take up full debate time to Sunday could mark progress toward avoiding a shutdown. Many, including most Senate Republicans, view government shutdown as an unavoidable outcome unless the GOP cedes debate time. On Wednesday morning, Cruz offered to open debate on the House-approved continuing resolution by unanimous consent as long as the majority agreed to hold the vote to cut off debate on Friday, so more people might pay attention to it.
Cornyn Praises Cruz, but Disagrees on Obamacare Tactics link here
“If we can’t defund it, I’m for delaying it, but here’s the challenge: The end of fiscal year is Monday,” Cornyn said. “Because of the Senate rules, it’s unlikely we’re going to finish this until maybe as late as Sunday, and so I don’t know how much time that Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Cantor have to put together 218 votes in the House without seeing the government shut down.”
And Cornyn said a shutdown would hurt the GOP.
“As much as I loathe Obamacare, I don’t think a shutdown actually works in our best interests because the press and the mainstream media will inevitably side with Prsident Obama, and I don’t want to do anything to change the focus from President Obama and his failed policies, including Obamacare,” Cornyn said Wednesday morning.
Manchin Backs One-Year Delay of Individual Mandate (to avoid shutdown) link here
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., said Thursday that he would support a one-year delay in implementing the individual mandate, the cornerstone of President Barack Obama’s health care law, as part of larger budget negotiations to avert a government shutdown.
“There’s no way I could not vote for it,” Manchin said at a breakfast sponsored by Bloomberg News. “It’s very reasonable and sensible.”
Senate CR keeps funds for Lautenberg Widow link here
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UNGA Thursday highlights from the UN blog link here
The United States has reached a deal with Russia on Syria's chemical weapons, President Obama's ambassador to the United Nations said Thursday.
The U.N. Security Council is scheduled to take up the resolution Thursday evening, Samantha Power tweeted. A vote could come next week. link here
Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday a deal with Iran regarding its nuclear program could come in as little as three months, depending on the country’s willingness to negotiate. link here
WENDY DAVIS WILL RUN link here
Davis, who became a darling of Democratic activists with a lengthy June filibuster of a law to restrict abortion in her state, has been traveling the country fundraising for a possible campaign. Her candidacy has been expected, but she is reportedly set to officially announce her campaign on Oct. 1.
NSA link here
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) suggested on Thursday that the National Security Agency tracked or considered tracking the cellphone location data of millions of people in the United States.
During a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, Wyden asked NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander whether "the NSA has ever collected — or made any plans to collect — Americans' cell site information in bulk."
As a member of the Intelligence Committee, Wyden has access to classified information about the NSA's surveillance programs.
NSA Wyden link here
NSA Hearing Video link here
TED CRUZ AND OBAMACARE (This was not a filibuster--the order was backwards--- A Filibuster is)
Ted Cruz talks 21 hours (FAUXLIBUSTER) over Obamacare then votes yes on cloture-- Cruz (R-TX), Yea
Definition of Cloture link here
cloture - The only procedure by which the Senate can vote to place a time limit on consideration of a bill or other matter, and thereby overcome a filibuster. Under the cloture rule (Rule XXII), the Senate may limit consideration of a pending matter to 30 additional hours, but only by vote of three-fifths of the full Senate, normally 60 votes.
Continuing Resolution 100-0 voted yes to proceed
| Sep 23 | H.J.RES.59 | Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 motion to proceed | Reid | Sep 25 | 100 - 0 No. 205 | I |
Vote Breakdown 100-0 voted yes link here
| Question: | |||
| Vote Number: | 205 | Vote Date: | September 25, 2013, 12:55 PM |
| Required For Majority: | 3/5 | Vote Result: | Cloture Motion Agreed to |
| Vote Counts: | YEAs | 100 |
| NAYs | 0 |
Cloture Motion link here
We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move to bring to a close debate on H.J. Res. 59, a joint resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.
Harry Reid, Barbara A. Mikulski, Joe Donnelly, Richard J. Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Michael F. Bennet, Patrick J. Leahy, Heidi Heitkamp, Debbie Stabenow, Charles E. Schumer, Mark R. Warner, Martin Heinrich, Tim Kaine, Tammy Baldwin, Tom Harkin, Christopher A. Coons, Angus S. King, Jr.
Harry Reid, Barbara A. Mikulski, Joe Donnelly, Richard J. Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Michael F. Bennet, Patrick J. Leahy, Heidi Heitkamp, Debbie Stabenow, Charles E. Schumer, Mark R. Warner, Martin Heinrich, Tim Kaine, Tammy Baldwin, Tom Harkin, Christopher A. Coons, Angus S. King, Jr.
CR vote on Friday link here
Procedurally, it will be left to Democrats to provide funding for the implementation with a vote in favor of an amendment offered by Reid and Appropriations Chairwoman Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md., that would strip out defunding provisions and make several other changes, including moving up the end date to Nov. 15.
Cruz and Lee will now get that vote in the middle of the day. As part of the agreement offered by Reid, the entire 30 hours available for debate after the vote for cloture (on the House CR that includes defunding of Obamacare) will be yielded back, setting up a string of four votes.
The ultimate result, after adoption of the amendment, will be passage of a “clean” continuing resolution that maintains funding for the health care overhaul, sending the measure back to the House.
link here
Cruz, Lee and their supporters both inside and outside the Capitol are pushing their fellow Republicans to oppose a debate-limiting cloture motion, in a bid to muster 41 votes to send a signal that Reid shouldn’t be allowed to amend the measure with a post-cloture vote to fund the health care overhaul. The effort has the backing of a number of outside conservative and tea-party-affiliated groups.
It is true that imposing limits on the debate will also allow Reid to get a vote on his germane amendment without needing 60 votes.
That’s created a tactical disagreement among Republicans. Corker’s long been critical of the strategy favored by Cruz and Lee.
Did Cruz accomplish anything? link here
Senate votes 100-0 link here
The Senate voted 100-0 to take up the House-passed continuing resolution Wednesday, while Sen. Ted Cruz indicated a willingness to accelerate the timetable for the more important vote to cut off debate on the bill.
The Texas Republican has long said that the real test will come on the vote to limit debate on the underlying bill, after which Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid could get the simple majority vote to strike defunding of the health care law.
If all the debate time is used, that would come on Saturday, although Cruz seems to be expressing a new willingness to truncate the debate time. At the end of his marathon floor talk Wednesday, he floated a series of consent agreements that could shorten the dayslong timeline for final Senate approval of a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown next week.
Though it is unclear whether leaders will accept Cruz’s offers, the fact that Cruz moved at all from his original position that the Senate should take up full debate time to Sunday could mark progress toward avoiding a shutdown. Many, including most Senate Republicans, view government shutdown as an unavoidable outcome unless the GOP cedes debate time. On Wednesday morning, Cruz offered to open debate on the House-approved continuing resolution by unanimous consent as long as the majority agreed to hold the vote to cut off debate on Friday, so more people might pay attention to it.
Cornyn Praises Cruz, but Disagrees on Obamacare Tactics link here
“If we can’t defund it, I’m for delaying it, but here’s the challenge: The end of fiscal year is Monday,” Cornyn said. “Because of the Senate rules, it’s unlikely we’re going to finish this until maybe as late as Sunday, and so I don’t know how much time that Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Cantor have to put together 218 votes in the House without seeing the government shut down.”
And Cornyn said a shutdown would hurt the GOP.
“As much as I loathe Obamacare, I don’t think a shutdown actually works in our best interests because the press and the mainstream media will inevitably side with Prsident Obama, and I don’t want to do anything to change the focus from President Obama and his failed policies, including Obamacare,” Cornyn said Wednesday morning.
Manchin Backs One-Year Delay of Individual Mandate (to avoid shutdown) link here
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., said Thursday that he would support a one-year delay in implementing the individual mandate, the cornerstone of President Barack Obama’s health care law, as part of larger budget negotiations to avert a government shutdown.
“There’s no way I could not vote for it,” Manchin said at a breakfast sponsored by Bloomberg News. “It’s very reasonable and sensible.”
Senate CR keeps funds for Lautenberg Widow link here
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Sunday, September 22, 2013
Sunday sept 22
Tylenol (Acetaminophen) overdose is DEADLY AND EASY (This American Life and ProPobulica Reports) link here
The Last Tweets From An American Jihadist In Somalia link here
Omar Hammami grew up in a [Muslim-Christian family link] in the small of town of Daphne, Ala., but ended up in southern Somalia on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist list. Last week, Hammami was reportedly killed by members of al-Shabab, the al-Qaida-linked militant group, after a falling out with its leadership.
He also went by the name of Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki, or "the American."
The story of how a young, charismatic kid from Alabama became a self-described terrorist has fascinated many people, including counterterrorism expert J.M. Berger, author of Jihad Joe: Americans Who Go to War in the Name of Islam.
On March 16, 2012, Hammami got a lot more interesting when he uploaded a video to YouTube, a virtual message in a bottle. Speaking directly to the camera in Arabic and then repeating the message in English, a grim-faced Omar made a shaky plea for help.
"To whomever it may reach from the Muslims … I record this message today because I fear my life may be endangered by [al-Shabab] because of some differences that occurred regarding matters of the sharia and of strategy."
KENYA Update from @911Buff 9:30am
KENYA'S WESTGATE MALL SHOOTING: -
59 DEAD -
160 WOUNDED -
MORE THAN 30 HOURS -TERRORISTS STILL IN MALL -STILL HOLDING HOSTAGES
3 BRITISH DEAD
DC NAVY YARD 'Stand Down' Controversy Continues to Reverberate on Capitol Hill link here
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, had no knowledge until late Tuesday of allegations first reported by the BBC that a heavily armed Capitol Police team was told to stand down when it arrived at the scene.
Part of the animosity stems from the fact that Issa fought tooth and nail to get Pickering to testify in a private deposition. When Pickering finally agreed to talk, Issa kept it under wraps for months and ignored the substance of Pickering's testimony.
This, of course, is what Pickering feared all along, which is why he resisted Issa's deposition invitation in May and offered instead to testify in public before the committee. But Issa balked at the idea and used the threat of subpoena to bring him into a closed door deposition. It was only until Thursday that Pickering and Mullen finally testified in public, much to the relief of the Oversight Committee's ranking member, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD).
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has scrapped a scheduled state visit to the White House amid Brazilian outrage over news that the U.S. spied on her and a Brazilian oil company. link here
DC NAVY YARD 'Stand Down' Controversy Continues to Reverberate on Capitol Hill link here
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, had no knowledge until late Tuesday of allegations first reported by the BBC that a heavily armed Capitol Police team was told to stand down when it arrived at the scene.
Issa debunks Issa on Benghazi
BENGHAZI MORE documents disprove GOP claims link here
Earlier this week, House Oversight Committee chairman Darrell Issa released a scathing critique of the State Department's investigation into the Benghazi incident. Hours later, the committee quietly released documents that run against a number of claims in Issa's report, including the idea that then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was to blame for security failures in Benghazi.
Issa's report said ""the ARB was not comprehensive; it did not conduct thorough interviews, it was plagued by conflicts of interest; and the board failed to hold senior State Department officials accountable, such as Clinton."" BUT The retired admiral [Mullen] added that it was impossible to peg Clinton to the security failures because she was too far removed from those decisions. "[W]e found no evidence whatsoever that [Secretary Clinton] was involved in security decisions [in Libya]," he said.
This, of course, is what Pickering feared all along, which is why he resisted Issa's deposition invitation in May and offered instead to testify in public before the committee. But Issa balked at the idea and used the threat of subpoena to bring him into a closed door deposition. It was only until Thursday that Pickering and Mullen finally testified in public, much to the relief of the Oversight Committee's ranking member, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD).
GOP Healthcare Plan
OBAMACARE after 3 years, 1 presidential election, and 42 votes in Congress to defund or repeal, GOP finally released THEIR replacement Health care law----they have been chanting ""repeal and replace obamacare"" for 3 years now, and now they have replace option GOP Plan
Article on GOP Healthcare plan link here
Senator Coburn predicts latest defunding tactic won't be successful link here
cites CBO report and lack of GOP votes in passing bill
BUSINESS GROUPS HATE GOVT GRIDLOCK ""do something, anything, to help economy"" link here
Groups representing all sizes of the private sector are ramping up calls for Washington to do something – anything – to help the economy, rather than hurt it.
“It’s exasperating because there are real consequences,” said David French, top lobbyist for the National Retail Federation. “The business community sometimes feels like it’s a hostage situation, and they prefer not to have a front row seat.“
They urged Congress to promptly raise the debt ceiling, but refused to call one party out over another.
IMMIGRATION
House "Gang of 7" loses 2 more GOP members (was gang of 8, is now gang of 5) link here
Texas GOP Reps. Sam Johnson and John Carter said in a joint statement that they decided to leave the “gang of seven” because of “a lack of faith in President [Barack] Obama to enforce the current and new laws necessary to solve the immigration problem.”
The first Republican to leave the one-time “gang of eight” earlier this year was Rep. Raúl R. Labrador of Idaho, citing irreconcilable differences with the other members.
That now leaves a “gang of five” with one lone Republican: Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida. The Democrats are Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra and his fellow Californian Zoe Lofgren, Luis V. Gutierrez of Illinois and John Yarmuth of Kentucky.
House Dems outraise GOP in August, have more cash overall as well link here
Dems raised $800,000 more than the National Republican Congressional Committee
House Democrats also have more cash on hand--they reported $4.6 million raised last month and $16.1 million in the bank, while House Republicans raised $3.8 million and ended the month with $12.7 million in cash on hand.
Both committees previously eliminated their outstanding debt from the 2012 cycle.
cites CBO report and lack of GOP votes in passing bill
BUSINESS GROUPS HATE GOVT GRIDLOCK ""do something, anything, to help economy"" link here
Groups representing all sizes of the private sector are ramping up calls for Washington to do something – anything – to help the economy, rather than hurt it.
“It’s exasperating because there are real consequences,” said David French, top lobbyist for the National Retail Federation. “The business community sometimes feels like it’s a hostage situation, and they prefer not to have a front row seat.“
They urged Congress to promptly raise the debt ceiling, but refused to call one party out over another.
IMMIGRATION
House "Gang of 7" loses 2 more GOP members (was gang of 8, is now gang of 5) link here
Texas GOP Reps. Sam Johnson and John Carter said in a joint statement that they decided to leave the “gang of seven” because of “a lack of faith in President [Barack] Obama to enforce the current and new laws necessary to solve the immigration problem.”
The first Republican to leave the one-time “gang of eight” earlier this year was Rep. Raúl R. Labrador of Idaho, citing irreconcilable differences with the other members.
That now leaves a “gang of five” with one lone Republican: Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida. The Democrats are Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra and his fellow Californian Zoe Lofgren, Luis V. Gutierrez of Illinois and John Yarmuth of Kentucky.
House Dems outraise GOP in August, have more cash overall as well link here
Dems raised $800,000 more than the National Republican Congressional Committee
House Democrats also have more cash on hand--they reported $4.6 million raised last month and $16.1 million in the bank, while House Republicans raised $3.8 million and ended the month with $12.7 million in cash on hand.
Both committees previously eliminated their outstanding debt from the 2012 cycle.
Glenn Greenwald article -----The War on Whistleblowers and Journalists link here
FOIA NSA story link here
FOIA MuckRock link here
a website that helps with Government Freedom of Information Act requests
Border detainments of Sarah and her family (all American Citizens, practicing Muslims) returning from a wedding in Canada, information from Border Patrol and other stories of detention and deportation.
Barrett Brown Story link here
the story of Journalist and Activist Barrett Brown, and how his trial and prosecution can affect journalism in the future
I dont understand this----but here it is anyway link here
NIST link here
NIST ITL link here
Friday, September 20, 2013
friday sept 20
A Month after Syria Chemical Weapons attack, many still feel effects link
NSA assesses Snowden leaks link
""When Osama bin Laden learned the NSA was monitoring his satellite telephone, for example, he switched to sending messages by courier. The messages couldn't be intercepted, but the change meant bin Laden's communications became slower and more cumbersome as a result."" LEAVING OUT MENTIONING THAT THE COURIER IS HOW HE WAS CAUGHT!!!!!!! WE NEED MORE SNOWDENS THANK YOU!!!!!
Syrian Deputy Prime Minister (speaking for his party, NOT as Syrian govt, he says) says war is in stalemate, will offer ceaasfire at Geneva link
Iraq Sectarian Violence continues link
Egypt in Crisis The Muslim Brotherhood versus Al Qaeda link
NSA---Snowden took documents from internal website link (it took NSA 4 MONTHS to figure this out??!!!)
Turkey said its warplanes shot down a Syrian helicopter on Monday after it crossed into Turkish airspace and the government warned it had taken all necessary measures to defend itself against any further such violations. link
NSA FISC August 29, 2013 report on Metadata link
5 Things GOP COULD Cut Instead of Food Stamps, If it really cared about the deficit link
How dare they consider such a thing when congressmembers — as Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) explains in the video above — get over $100 a day to eat when they’re traveling? (more from my blog GOP Doesn't care about debt, Congress is the one on welfare)
Congress can cut
1. F-35
2. War on Drugs
3. Nuclear arsenal
4. Crop insurance
5. Tax cuts for the rich
FACT CHECK ON OBAMACARE AND PREMIUMS!!!!!
Obamacare and high premiums link
Health insurance companies across the country are seeking and winning double-digit increases in premiums for some customers, even though one of the biggest objectives of the Obama administration’s health care law was to stem the rapid rise in insurance costs for consumers.
The double-digit requests in some states are being made despite evidence that overall health care costs appear to have slowed in recent years
Federal regulators contend that premiums would be higher still without the law, which also sets limits on profits and administrative costs and provides for rebates if insurers exceed those limits.
If insurers collect premiums and do not spend at least 80 cents out of every dollar on care for their customers, the law requires them to refund the excess.
insurers have gone ahead and charged what regulators described as unreasonable rates because the state had no ability to deny the increases.
Some consumer advocates and policy experts say the insurers may be increasing rates for fear of charging too little, and they may be less afraid of having to refund some of the money than risk losing money.
Germany is ditching nuclear energy, going back to coal, even moving a whole town link
ISRAEL DEMOCRACY JEWISH STATE RABIN QUOTE
NSA assesses Snowden leaks link
""When Osama bin Laden learned the NSA was monitoring his satellite telephone, for example, he switched to sending messages by courier. The messages couldn't be intercepted, but the change meant bin Laden's communications became slower and more cumbersome as a result."" LEAVING OUT MENTIONING THAT THE COURIER IS HOW HE WAS CAUGHT!!!!!!! WE NEED MORE SNOWDENS THANK YOU!!!!!
Syrian Deputy Prime Minister (speaking for his party, NOT as Syrian govt, he says) says war is in stalemate, will offer ceaasfire at Geneva link
Iraq Sectarian Violence continues link
Egypt in Crisis The Muslim Brotherhood versus Al Qaeda link
NSA---Snowden took documents from internal website link (it took NSA 4 MONTHS to figure this out??!!!)
Turkey said its warplanes shot down a Syrian helicopter on Monday after it crossed into Turkish airspace and the government warned it had taken all necessary measures to defend itself against any further such violations. link
Inequality in NYC---Bloomberg versus Bill de Blasio link
NSA FISC August 29, 2013 report on Metadata link
5 Things GOP COULD Cut Instead of Food Stamps, If it really cared about the deficit link
How dare they consider such a thing when congressmembers — as Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) explains in the video above — get over $100 a day to eat when they’re traveling? (more from my blog GOP Doesn't care about debt, Congress is the one on welfare)
Congress can cut
1. F-35
2. War on Drugs
3. Nuclear arsenal
4. Crop insurance
5. Tax cuts for the rich
FACT CHECK ON OBAMACARE AND PREMIUMS!!!!!
Obamacare and high premiums link
Health insurance companies across the country are seeking and winning double-digit increases in premiums for some customers, even though one of the biggest objectives of the Obama administration’s health care law was to stem the rapid rise in insurance costs for consumers.
The double-digit requests in some states are being made despite evidence that overall health care costs appear to have slowed in recent years
Federal regulators contend that premiums would be higher still without the law, which also sets limits on profits and administrative costs and provides for rebates if insurers exceed those limits.
If insurers collect premiums and do not spend at least 80 cents out of every dollar on care for their customers, the law requires them to refund the excess.
insurers have gone ahead and charged what regulators described as unreasonable rates because the state had no ability to deny the increases.
Some consumer advocates and policy experts say the insurers may be increasing rates for fear of charging too little, and they may be less afraid of having to refund some of the money than risk losing money.
Germany is ditching nuclear energy, going back to coal, even moving a whole town link
ISRAEL DEMOCRACY JEWISH STATE RABIN QUOTE
Israel----Dr Stephen Berk quoting Yitzhak Rabin ""Israel can either give citizenship to West Bank and Gaza and be a democracy, or it will not and stay a Jewish State"" link
IRAN VIDEO JON STEWART MAZIAR BAHARI
Iran----Jon Stewart, Maziar Bahari, link
SYRIA CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Syria Chemical weapons roundup link
NSA Thomas Drake, NSA Whistleblower, says should be dismantled and start over link
He was once a top NSA executive before he told a reporter about fraud, mismanagement and massive cost overruns at its flagship digital intelligence program, as well as privacy violations in its top secret surveillance efforts. He did this only after he tried and failed to get NSA and Pentagon inspectors and Congress to act.
(I HAVE FOUND THAT EVERY WHISTLEBLOWER FIRST TRIED TO GO TROUGH TRADITIONAL CHANNELS BEFORE LEAKING)
The Justice Department subsequently charged him under a 1917 espionage statute, but dropped the charge when not a scrap of evidence linked him to spying or a foreign power. The judge in the case called the prosecution “unconscionable.”
Michael Doran explains Al Qaeda link
After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by al Qaeda, Doran wrote a defining piece in Foreign Affairs magazine -- "Somebody Else's Civil War" -- that Middle East experts still cite.
Osama Bin Laden had "no intention of defeating America," Doran wrote. "War with the United States was not a goal in and of itself but rather an instrument designed to help his brand of extremist Islam survive and flourish among the believers."
Al Qaeda wanted Washington to dispatch U.S. troops to the Islamic world, so Muslims would turn on governments allied with the United States -- and provoke their collapse, Doran explained. "Americans, in short, have been drawn into somebody else's civil war."
IRAN VIDEO JON STEWART MAZIAR BAHARI
Iran----Jon Stewart, Maziar Bahari, link
SYRIA CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Syria Chemical weapons roundup link
NSA Thomas Drake, NSA Whistleblower, says should be dismantled and start over link
He was once a top NSA executive before he told a reporter about fraud, mismanagement and massive cost overruns at its flagship digital intelligence program, as well as privacy violations in its top secret surveillance efforts. He did this only after he tried and failed to get NSA and Pentagon inspectors and Congress to act.
(I HAVE FOUND THAT EVERY WHISTLEBLOWER FIRST TRIED TO GO TROUGH TRADITIONAL CHANNELS BEFORE LEAKING)
The Justice Department subsequently charged him under a 1917 espionage statute, but dropped the charge when not a scrap of evidence linked him to spying or a foreign power. The judge in the case called the prosecution “unconscionable.”
Michael Doran explains Al Qaeda link
After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by al Qaeda, Doran wrote a defining piece in Foreign Affairs magazine -- "Somebody Else's Civil War" -- that Middle East experts still cite.
Osama Bin Laden had "no intention of defeating America," Doran wrote. "War with the United States was not a goal in and of itself but rather an instrument designed to help his brand of extremist Islam survive and flourish among the believers."
Al Qaeda wanted Washington to dispatch U.S. troops to the Islamic world, so Muslims would turn on governments allied with the United States -- and provoke their collapse, Doran explained. "Americans, in short, have been drawn into somebody else's civil war."
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