Obama's apparatchiks stole the government to ensure continuation of the regime----The most transparently hypocritical administration in history

And his loyal propagandists in the MSM do as they're told.
Blog: The most transparently hypocritical administration in history:
"For example, because rules involving the coverage mandates were delayed until December 2012, insurers had to scramble to design policies.
It wasn't until spring that the policies were ready for review by state insurance commissions, which meant all that information had to be squeezed into the websites in a short period of time.
When the entire government is put into service to re-elect the president, bad things are bound to happen."

For them, it's "Anything 'cep Christ-No mas"-----------Obama sent out really ridiculous Christmas cards this year

Obama sent out really ridiculous Christmas cards this year | Rare:
"The White House Christmas card is literally a pop-up card of the White House.
“Open the card and a tasteful pop-up image of the White House appears – along with images of the First Family’s pups, Sunny and Bo,” the New York Post writes.
“As we gather around this season, may the warmth and joy of the holidays fill your home,” the card reads.

You think it can't happen here? ------Peripheral Europe's New Normal: 50 Applicants For One Minimum Wage Job

Peripheral Europe's New Normal: 50 Applicants For One Minimum Wage Job | Zero Hedge

While it is arguable whether two instances of the same event are sufficient to indicate a pattern, when it comes to Europe under the New (feudal) Normal we are willing to make a generalizing extrapolation.
Recall a week ago when we reported that hours after unleashing a campaign to hire 400 employees for its brand new megastore in the Mediterranean city Valencia, Ikea's servers in Spain promptly crashed after the company got at least 20,000 applicants (and possibly many more that would have registered had the system not experienced its Obamacare moment).
The punchline here, of course, is not the dilapidated server infrastructure of Ikea - in a world in which nobody spends any growth CapEx any more that is to be expected - but that there were 20,000 applicants for what were effectively 400 minimum wage jobs, or, said otherwise: 50 candidates for each job.
Hardly a ringing endorsement of the mythical recovery that Spain's premier Rajoy fabulates in people's minds on a daily basis.
Needless to say, the 2% "success rate" of applicants means it is three times harder to get a minimum wage job in this European country than to get into Harvard. 
Today, we find the same 2% number in action once again, as if by magic, only this time relating to minimum wage job applicants in that other European basket case - Greece.

From Keep Talking Greece

More than 18,000 candidates for 390 job vacancies at €580 gross

More than 18,000 candidates sent their CVs to OTE after Greece’s biggest Telecommunication Company  announced 390 job vacancies for salespersons. What if the salary is the minimum wage of  just 580 euro gross per month. i.e. some 480 euro net. With more than 1,3 million people without job, unemployment rate at 27.4% and businesses closing down one after the other, people have not much chances and options.

At the same time, Greek media report that OTE is estimated to send to “voluntary retirement” more than 2,000 employees, personnel from the “old guard” that was hired on permanent status.

390/18,000 = 2.2%, or rounded down, the same success rate as in Spain.

Which brings us to what is emerging as Europe's magic number, namely, 1 in 50, or what an unemployed person's chances are of getting a minimum wage job. Aka, welcome to the reekovery.

THE Citizen Anthem of the times--------You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Blue Shield

Muslim campaigners protest sale of alcohol in popular East London area | Mail Online

Muslim campaigners protest sale of alcohol in popular East London area | Mail Online

Muslim protestors demand restaurants and shops stop selling 'evil' alcohol warning them they face 40 lashes if they carry on 

• -Dozens of men and women gathered on Brick Lane for protest
• -Delayed as English Defence League members staged counter-protest
• -Among protestors was Anjem Choudhary, former leader of Al-Muhajiroun
• -Organisers said protest was held yesterday to coincide with large numbers of office workers expected to be celebrating Christmas in the area

Dozens of Muslim protestors gathered to demand that businesses stop selling alcohol in a popular East London area yesterday.

The group, led by former Al-Muhajiroun leader Anjem Choudary, warned restaurants and shops in the Brick Lane area that they face 40 lashes if they continue to sell the product, which is banned under Sharia Law.

Around 60 men and women in burkhas handed over warning letters to Muslim-owned businesses in the area after the protest was initially delayed by a small number of English Defence League members staging a counter-protest.

Why shouldn't we ask "Is college worth it?" Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe on the High Cost of College

Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe on the High Cost of College - Reason.com

"If we are lending money that ostensibly we don't have to kids who have no hope of making it back in order to train them for jobs that clearly don't exist, I might suggest that we've gone around the bend a little bit," says TV personality Mike Rowe, best known as the longtime host of Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs.

"There is a real disconnect in the way that we educate vis-a-vis the opportunities that are available. You have - right now - about 3 million jobs that can't be filled," he says, talking about openings in traditional trades ranging from construction to welding to plumbing. "Jobs that typically parents' don't sit down with their kids and say, 'Look, if all goes well, this is what you are going to do.'"

Rowe, who once sang for the Baltimore Opera and worked as an on-air pitchman for QVC, worries that traditional K-12 education demonizes blue-collar fields that pay well and are begging for workers while insisting that everyone get a college degree. He stesses that he's "got nothing against college" but believes it's a huge mistake to push everyone in the same direction regardless of interest or ability. 

Proof there is no sexism in the worker's paradise! Meebee we could send some of our american feminists to advise............ The women behind the throne in North Korea's 'empire of horror'

The women behind the throne in North Korea's 'empire of horror' - Telegraph:
"Now Jang, Mr Kim’s uncle and one of North Korea’s most powerful men, has been erased.
The reclusive communist state confirmed his execution on Thursday.
The 30-year-old Mr Kim, it appeared, was demonstrating in no uncertain terms who really ran the show.
But another tantalising suggestion is crystallising.
Was Jang’s death by firing squad a sign that the real power behind the throne lies with the two women in Mr Kim’s life?

"The final decision on Jang Song-thaek was made by Kim Jong-un and Jang’s wife, Kim Kyung-hui," said Lee Yun-keol, the head of the North Korea Strategic Information Service Centre, based in Seoul.
"Jang was chosen as a prey by his wife and nephew to maintain the Kim dynasty regime.""

Monster murderer gets political make-over by Denver newspaper----Denver Post Stealth Edits Out ‘Socialist’ from Profile of Arapahoe School Shooter

The scumbag was left wing lunatic who hated republicans.
Seemed to fit in well with the faculty........

Denver Post Stealth Edits Out ‘Socialist’ from Profile of Arapahoe School Shooter | Mediaite:

In a profile on the shooter in the Denver Postwhich focused on his “strong political beliefs,” several of Pierson’s classmates offered their impressions of the shooter. One of the shooter’s classmates described him as a “very opinionated socialist.” Shortly after that post was published, however, that description was edited out. The current copy simply describes him as “very opinionated.”

The gunman’s parents divorced in late 2011, according to court records. The divorce was finalized in August 2012.

Thomas Conrad, who had an economics class with the gunman, described him as a very opinionated Socialist.

“He was exuberant I guess,” Conrad said. “A lot of people picked on him, but it didn’t seem to bother him.”

The new copy, however, edits out the specific political beliefs that Pierson reportedly held so “strongly.”

“Thomas Conrad, who had an economics class with Pierson, described him as very opinionated.”

The edited post did not remove a passage which notes how Pierson described himself as a “Keynesian” who regularly attacked the free market philosophies of economist Adam Smith.

Wouldn't a ban on SUVs prevent this type of tragedy? Teen hit by SUV;pushed into brick pillar

And what about stronger pillars that don't crash down on innocent teenagers?!!!!
If it saves just one life......
Teen hit by SUV;pushed into brick pillar | WOOD TV8:
"GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - A teenager is recovering at a Grand Rapids hospital after a SUV backed into him, pushed him into a pillar and the pillar came crashing down onto him."

The amazing human mind-----RC SR-71 jet with real engines. [VIDEO]

RC SR-71 jet with real engines. [VIDEO]:

The bigger the lie.......FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY… Al Gore Predicted the North Pole Will Be Ice Free in 5 Years

FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY… Al Gore Predicted the North Pole Will Be Ice Free in 5 Years | The Gateway Pundit:
"FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY—
Al Gore predicted the North Polar Ice Cap would be completely ice free in five years.
Gore made the prediction to a German audience in 2008.
He told them that “the entire North ‘polarized’ cap will disappear in 5 years.”"

Lunatics still getting funding and publicity----The End of the Arctic? Ocean Could be Ice Free by 2015

The End of the Arctic? Ocean Could be Ice Free by 2015 - The Daily Beast:
"Secretary Hagel promised in his November 22 announcement that the US military would also work to “preserve the Arctic environment.”
That goal will be impossible to achieve if temperatures keep rising, say scientists.
The physical momentum of global warming—rooted in the fact that carbon dioxide [CO2] lingers in the atmosphere for many years after being emitted—insures that Arctic and global temperatures will rise for decades to come, even if humanity reduces annual emissions of greenhouse gases. 
Thus scientists regard further melting of the Arctic as inevitable.
The only disputes are over how much and how fast.

“We are going to get into a ghastly situation for the planet at some point and whether it is happening next year or it is going to take a few decades is the only question,”
Wadhams testified to Parliament in 2012.
Although Wadhams stands alone in projecting an ice-free Arctic as soon as 2015, other scientists agree that the day is coming fast"

Odd geezer still tryin' to get "health insurance" from Obamacare "experts"

This is the first time I was aware we were supposed to contact the insurance company about payment.
Odd that the professional chatter didn't have the phone number of Michigan BCBS, as there are ONLY 3 insurance providers in the entire state of Michigan who are part of Obamacare.
Then again, not so surprising.....
We are SOOOOO screwed!

My chat today:

Sunday, 12-15-2013 

Thanks for contacting us. My name is PGSUT0944. To protect your privacy, please don't provide any personal information, like Social Security Number, or any other sensitive medical or personal information.

[10:16:51 am]: PGSUT0944

Hello, my name is Amanda, how may I help you today?

[10:18:57 am]: james

I just spent 10 minutes on chat trying a simple answer. Please help.  Need BCBS phone # Michigan. The phone # the other chat professional gave is for Florida. I live in Michigan  

[10:20:01 am]: PGSUT0944

Thank you. One moment please while I look that up.

[10:21:59 am]: PGSUT0944

Was your plan the Blue Cross Blue Sheild?

[10:22:45 am]: james

yes

[10:22:59 am]: PGSUT0944

Thank you. One moment please.

[10:25:46 am]: PGSUT0944

Thank you for your patience. I am still researching that information.

[10:27:05 am]: PGSUT0944

This may take a little bit, my computer isn't pulling up the number so, I am contacting someone else to look it up.

[10:28:09 am]: james

I'm still here...

[10:29:36 am]: PGSUT0944

Thank you for your patience.

[10:30:50 am]: PGSUT0944

We do not have the number for Michigan Blue Cross Blue Shield but, if you call your State Department of Insurance, they can give you the number. Their number is (877) 999-6442.

[10:32:26 am]: james

I thought I was to pay the federal government, not the local insurance company. Obamacare is to bill me. Right?

[10:33:04 am]: PGSUT0944

No, payment goes through the insurance company.

[10:35:06 am]: PGSUT0944

Your insurance company is supposed to tell you how to make the payment but, since you haven't received materials, you would need to contact them.

[10:35:20 am]: james

thank you

[10:35:25 am]: PGSUT0944

Thank you for contacting Health Insurance Marketplace Live Chat.  We are here to help you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

[10:35:47 am]: Your chat session is over. Thanks for contacting us, and we hope we've answered your questions. Have a great day.

[10:35:47 am]: 12/15/2013

Obama's propagandists in the MSM have done a masterful job minimizing this real problem----CBS Notices 'Another Problem' With ObamaCare – Higher Deductibles; ABC, NBC Omit

Waddya bet Obama's "answer" is a special government agency to "fix" the problem. 
"Blue Ribbon" committee!
CBS Notices 'Another Problem' With ObamaCare – Higher Deductibles; ABC, NBC Omit | NewsBusters:
"Scism and Martin detailed how the report from HealthPocket Inc., "a company that compares health-insurance plans for consumers", analyzed the health care plans in 34 out of the 36 states that haven't set up their own exchanges under the controversial health care law.
The report also underlined that the $5081 average cost is "42% higher than the average deductible of $3,589 for an individually purchased plan in 2013 before much of the federal law took effect."

The Wall Street Journal correspondents also noted how "'cost-sharing' subsidies to help pay deductibles are available to people who earn up to 2.5 times the poverty level....[but] the cost-sharing subsidies for deductibles don't apply to the bronze policies.""

Holy crapoli! The DOE has 104,179 EMPLOYEES?!!!! IG: Personal Information Stolen from 104,179 after Energy Department Cyber Attack

And they've accomplished what......
IG: Personal Information Stolen from 104,179 after Energy Department Cyber Attack | Washington Free Beacon:
"Hackers were able to obtain personal information from 104,179 Department of Energy employees and contractors during an attack this summer, according to the Inspector General."

Something is seriously wrong with the Secret Service..... or maybe it's someone else.........Nelson Mandela memorial security scandal: 'There were no checks'

Nelson Mandela memorial security scandal: 'There were no checks' | WashingtonExaminer.com:
"It's becoming increasingly clear that when President Obama arrived at the Nelson Mandela memorial service in Johannesburg, South Africa Tuesday, he stepped into an atmosphere so chaotic, disorganized, and unsafe that under any other circumstances the White House and Secret Service might well have insisted the president not appear.

FNB Stadium, where the memorial was held, seats 95,000 people.
Even with a steady rain and thousands of empty seats in uncovered areas, there were tens of thousands of people in the area with the president. 
It appears most of them got in without going through any security.

"There were no security checks upon entry to the stadium," a local South African activist wrote Friday in a letter to the Johannesburg Star newspaper.
"I walked freely to my seat without passing through metal detectors, being searched or any other check."

The stadium's main entrance was "completely unattended," a reporter for a Washington, D.C., television station told Politico.
"There were no workers performing bag checks or pat-downs — there were no magnetometers to walk through, no metal detector wands being used — anywhere.""

State would demolish Joe Louis under plan for new hockey arena

State would demolish Joe Louis under plan for new hockey arena | Crain's Detroit Business:
"The state will pay to demolish Joe Louis Arena after the Detroit Red Wings move into a new facility sometime in 2017 or 2018.
The hockey team has played at the city-owned arena since 1979.

News of the arena’s fate was disclosed Friday afternoon during a Downtown Development Authority special meeting to approve sending to the city council a concession management agreement between the DDA and Olympia Development of  Michigan for a new $650 million arena and entertainment district at I-75 and Woodward Avenue.
ODM is the real estate arm of the Ilitch family, who own the Detroit Red Wings."

Another heartwarming video-Gunny & Glock - Wrong Girl

Gunny & Glock - Wrong Girl - Extended Version - YouTube: "

Still waitin' for the guy who would've been Trayvon's Dad to speak out-------New details in U-M student killing: Startled by thieves, Paul DeWolf was shot in seconds

Guess who are the murderers and guess who is the dead medical student.
Is there racism in this country?
You bet there is!
And it's driven by racist politicians who brainwash black youths into believing white success is stolen from black people.
That turns into hate, folks.
New details in U-M student killing: Startled by thieves, Paul DeWolf was shot in seconds | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"Paul DeWolf was asleep late that Tuesday night, scheduled to work the next morning at the Ann Arbor VA Hospital.

The sound of the door opening to his basement room in the Phi Rho Sigma house near the University of Michigan campus startled him.
Three men crept in and shut the door.

DeWolf, 25, lifted his head and asked what was going on.
One of the intruders pointed a gun and ordered him not to move.

At some point, DeWolf got out of bed and groped for something on his dresser.
The man with the gun tried to hit DeWolf with the weapon and it went off.

The popular University of Michigan medical student was shot in the neck and killed."

That this is even a question is a disgrace-----Should state hold back 3rd-graders who can't read well?

Hold 'em back?
That'll make 'em feel bad.
No, we MUST promote them to the next grade where they don't teach reading.
That's what we've been doin'.
Don't want no body feelin' bad......
Should state hold back 3rd-graders who can't read well? | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"If Michigan lawmakers follow Florida’s lead by holding back third-graders with poor reading skills, the state would join a fast-growing movement across the country. 
But can Michigan replicate Florida, where the 10-year-old policy has resulted in short-term gains?"

A nice way to start your day-----Chicago's Magical Piano - YouTube

▶ Chicago's Magical Piano - YouTube: ""

History for December 15

History for December 15 - On-This-Day.com:
1981 - The U.S. Congress passed $200 billion spending bill. At the time it was the largest in U.S. history










1791 - In the U.S., the first ten amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, went into effect following ratification by the state of Virginia.

Junk science kills people! Study Linking GMOs to Tumors in Rats Retracted

Study Linking GMOs to Tumors in Rats Retracted | The Volokh ConspiracyThe Volokh Conspiracy:
"In September 2012, Food & Chemical Toxicology published a peer-reviewed study purporting to show that rats fed genetically modified corn had a higher incidence of tumors than those that were not.
This was significant, as this study was the first to find evidence of an adverse health effect in any mammal species from the consumption of GM foods.
The study immediately faced a wave of criticism from scientists and experts in the field, who noted the paper’s many methodological failings.  
In response to such criticism, Food & Chemical Toxicology retracted the paper on November 28, after the paper’s authors refused to withdraw it on their own. 
The authors are now threatening suit against the journal, and anti-GMO activists are organizing a boycott, but the editors are standing their ground."

Big Education attending to the IMPORTANT issues----Houston school board votes to ban 'offensive' mascots

Houston school board votes to ban 'offensive' mascots | Fox News:
"While the new policy does not refer to specific nicknames or types of mascot, the school district has said that three campuses — the Lamar High School Redskins, Hamilton Middle School Indians and Welch Middle School Warriors — would be affected.

A fourth school, Westbury High, might have to drop the use of Rebel, even though connections to the Confederacy were eliminated more than two decades ago."