This is a wonderful 3 minutes.
Grab a hankie....
"The Thai telecommunications conglomerate True is getting rave reviews worldwide for its latest spot, "Giving," which tells the story of a man unexpectedly rewarded for a lifetime of good deeds he performed without expecting anything in return."
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Yesterday, Obama Was Not My President--or Yours
Yesterday, Obama Was Not My President--or Yours:
"It was also an act that places Obama's passivity during the Benghazi attacks--and his decision to fly to Las Vegas the next day for a campaign fundraiser--in perspective.
This is a president who, even as Navy Seals approached Osama bin Laden's hideout, retired to play cards with his pals.
The image is of a man with little regard for the lives of Americans in "his" military, or their families, beyond their use as campaign props."
"It was also an act that places Obama's passivity during the Benghazi attacks--and his decision to fly to Las Vegas the next day for a campaign fundraiser--in perspective.
This is a president who, even as Navy Seals approached Osama bin Laden's hideout, retired to play cards with his pals.
The image is of a man with little regard for the lives of Americans in "his" military, or their families, beyond their use as campaign props."
Aaron Alexis and the war on standards
Aaron Alexis and the war on standards | Power Line:
"According to reports, Alexis was arrested in Seattle in 2004 for shooting out the tires of a parked car. Apparently, he did so in a rage because he felt two construction workers had disrespected him.
The Seattle police said today that it referred Alexis’ case to the Seattle Municipal Court for charges of property damage and discharge of a firearm.
But there’s no indication that Alexis was ever prosecuted. "
"According to reports, Alexis was arrested in Seattle in 2004 for shooting out the tires of a parked car. Apparently, he did so in a rage because he felt two construction workers had disrespected him.
The Seattle police said today that it referred Alexis’ case to the Seattle Municipal Court for charges of property damage and discharge of a firearm.
But there’s no indication that Alexis was ever prosecuted. "
Thirteen killed at Navy Shipyard by a crazy person (and William Jefferson Clinton)
Blog: Thirteen killed at Navy Shipyard by a crazy person (and William Jefferson Clinton):
President Clinton?
In 1993, Clinton issued an order banning guns from US military bases.
Excepting military police and troops shooting under supervision at practice ranges, no person (regardless of rank) is today allowed to carry any weapon (including standard service pistols) onto any US military base or to keep any weapon, even stored securely, in his office or personal quarters.
Prior to that order, officers of certain ranks were required to wear side arms.
Anyone who watched more than a few minutes of the extensive television coverage of yesterday's attack at the Navy Shipyard saw multiple accounts by senior Navy officers who described running for their lives after others nearby them fell or hiding under their desks, desperately texting colleagues seeking and offering reassurance that they had escaped the shooter thus far.
Think about that.
Career commissioned officers of the United States Navy--the Navy of "I have not yet begun to fight!" and "Don't give up the ship!"--the Navy of "We have met the enemy and they are ours!" and "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!"--the Navy of which George Washington said "[W]ithout a decisive Naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious!"--had no choice but to "shelter in place," cowering despite their proven personal courage and the best training in human history, while a lone gunman without benefit of body armor calmly executed 12 of their colleagues and wounded as many others.
NAVSEA has been described as the beating heart of the US Navy. (It might be better to say that it is the Navy's brain.) Our response to this attack should not be to lament (as one hospital spokeswoman, Dr. Janice Orlowski, said) that "there is something evil at the heart of American society that we as Americans have to work to try to eradicate." We should re-arm the officers commissioned to defend America so that they can in turn defend themselves.
It happened once because we were foolish. Twice because we were too politically correct to learn from the Fort Hood attack.
What will it make of us if we allow this to happen again?
When Men Hoist the Pirate Flag
When Men Hoist the Pirate Flag | According To Hoyt:
"Chivalry and the code thereof was the laying down of those good reproductive (and civilizational) rules that make for a functioning society that passes on its values to its young: men who put their strength at the service of the weaker; women who praised them and admired them for it; and children who were raised to do the same.
Tearing it down might seem like freedom, but you can’t remove the walls and wish the roof would remain standing."
"Chivalry and the code thereof was the laying down of those good reproductive (and civilizational) rules that make for a functioning society that passes on its values to its young: men who put their strength at the service of the weaker; women who praised them and admired them for it; and children who were raised to do the same.
Tearing it down might seem like freedom, but you can’t remove the walls and wish the roof would remain standing."
Global warming report could backfire on environmentalists
Global warming report could backfire on environmentalists | WashingtonExaminer.com:
"HOLDING CLIMATE CHANGE DENIERS ACCOUNTABLE" read the headline of a League of Conservation Voters press release announcing a $2 million barrage of ads aimed at Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, as well as GOP Reps. Mike Coffman, Dan Benishek and Rodney Davis.
"We're changing the terms of the climate change debate," said an LCV spokesman. "It's no longer acceptable to be a member of Congress and deny basic science."
"HOLDING CLIMATE CHANGE DENIERS ACCOUNTABLE" read the headline of a League of Conservation Voters press release announcing a $2 million barrage of ads aimed at Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, as well as GOP Reps. Mike Coffman, Dan Benishek and Rodney Davis.
"We're changing the terms of the climate change debate," said an LCV spokesman. "It's no longer acceptable to be a member of Congress and deny basic science."
wait but why: Why Generation Y Yuppies Are Unhappy
You MUST click link to see the entire excellent fable:
wait but why: Why Generation Y Yuppies Are Unhappy:
"Paul Harvey, a University of New Hampshire professor and GYPSY expert, has researched this, finding that Gen Y has "unrealistic expectations and a strong resistance toward accepting negative feedback," and "an inflated view of oneself." He says that "a great source of frustration for people with a strong sense of entitlement is unmet expectations. They often feel entitled to a level of respect and rewards that aren’t in line with their actual ability and effort levels, and so they might not get the level of respect and rewards they are expecting."
For those hiring members of Gen Y, Harvey suggests asking the interview question, “Do you feel you are generally superior to your coworkers/classmates/etc., and if so, why?” He says that “if the candidate answers yes to the first part but struggles with the ‘why,’ there may be an entitlement issue. This is because entitlement perceptions are often based on an unfounded sense of superiority and deservingness. They’ve been led to believe, perhaps through overzealous self-esteem building exercises in their youth, that they are somehow special but often lack any real justification for this belief.""
wait but why: Why Generation Y Yuppies Are Unhappy:"Paul Harvey, a University of New Hampshire professor and GYPSY expert, has researched this, finding that Gen Y has "unrealistic expectations and a strong resistance toward accepting negative feedback," and "an inflated view of oneself." He says that "a great source of frustration for people with a strong sense of entitlement is unmet expectations. They often feel entitled to a level of respect and rewards that aren’t in line with their actual ability and effort levels, and so they might not get the level of respect and rewards they are expecting."
For those hiring members of Gen Y, Harvey suggests asking the interview question, “Do you feel you are generally superior to your coworkers/classmates/etc., and if so, why?” He says that “if the candidate answers yes to the first part but struggles with the ‘why,’ there may be an entitlement issue. This is because entitlement perceptions are often based on an unfounded sense of superiority and deservingness. They’ve been led to believe, perhaps through overzealous self-esteem building exercises in their youth, that they are somehow special but often lack any real justification for this belief.""
Sun Mysteriously Goes All Quiet Just When Its Activity Should Be Highest
Sun Mysteriously Goes All Quiet Just When Its Activity Should Be Highest - Wired Science:
"Almost every measure of solar activity flatlined over the weekend.
The event, though not unprecedented, is odd considering that our local star has just passed what is supposed to be the peak of its solar cycle, when activity is at its highest."
"Almost every measure of solar activity flatlined over the weekend.
The event, though not unprecedented, is odd considering that our local star has just passed what is supposed to be the peak of its solar cycle, when activity is at its highest."
Sugar is 'addictive and the most dangerous drug of the times'
Sugar is 'addictive and the most dangerous drug of the times' - Telegraph:"Obesity hit the headlines in July when police arrested three people from the town of Alkmaar for abusing Shetland ponies by filming them while they ridden by obese women clad in erotic clothing and wielding whips."
Yeah, yeah.
Sugar is bad, big deal.
But fat women on tiny horses with whips............
....ummmmm.......tiny horses......squished by fat women......ummmmmm
Monday, September 16, 2013
Palin firefighter copyright lawsuit Complaint — no proof of “fundraising” off photo
Sarah Palin | SarahPAC | Firefighter Photo | Ground Zero:
"Another media meme is created. Plus — some legal lessons."
Never trust the MSM.
NEVER!
"Another media meme is created. Plus — some legal lessons."
Never trust the MSM.
NEVER!
Congress’s Exemption from Obamacare
Congress’s Exemption from Obamacare | National Review Online:"Senator David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, has demanded a floor vote on his bill to end an exemption that members of Congress and their staffs are slated to get that will make them the only participants in the new Obamacare exchanges to receive generous subsidies from their employer to pay for their health insurance.
Angry Senate Democrats have drafted legislation that dredges up a 2007 prostitution scandal involving Vitter. The confrontation is a perfect illustration of just how wide the gulf in attitudes is between the Beltway and the rest of the country — and how viciously Capitol Hill denizens will fight for their privileges"
Washington really is like Heaven for our elected "betters".
'Hot dog seasoning emergencies' and other stupid Illinois political tricks
Blog: 'Hot dog seasoning emergencies' and other stupid Illinois political tricks:
"The Illinois Department of Corrections declared a "hot dog seasoning emergency" when the department ran out of seasoning at the Menard Correctional Center meat shop.
They resorted to an emergency $15,000, no-bid contract to restock their supply to end the crisis.
This isn't an isolated incident.
For the fiscal year that ended June 30, Gov. Pat Quinn's administration approved more than $135 million in no-bid, emergency purchases.
The practice has continued into the current fiscal year, with Illinois Medicaid officials awarding no-bid ObamaCare contracts that could be valued as high as $190 million.
These aren't real emergencies.
This is mismanagement and failure to plan ahead.
Mismanagement shouldn't be used as an excuse for government to give out emergency, no-bid contracts that skirt the regular competitive bidding rules.
The problem with competitive bids, of course, is that the wrong people might bid too low, and favored vendors, those rich sources of patronage jobs, campaign donations, and what the Chicago vernacular calls "clout," might have to make do with the diminished profit opportunities offered by the free markets for their goods and services."
.........Now that Illinois has given us Barack Obama as president, crony capitalism is alive well beyond the dreams of Gilded Age robber barons.
"The Illinois Department of Corrections declared a "hot dog seasoning emergency" when the department ran out of seasoning at the Menard Correctional Center meat shop.
They resorted to an emergency $15,000, no-bid contract to restock their supply to end the crisis.
This isn't an isolated incident.
For the fiscal year that ended June 30, Gov. Pat Quinn's administration approved more than $135 million in no-bid, emergency purchases.
The practice has continued into the current fiscal year, with Illinois Medicaid officials awarding no-bid ObamaCare contracts that could be valued as high as $190 million.
These aren't real emergencies.
This is mismanagement and failure to plan ahead.
Mismanagement shouldn't be used as an excuse for government to give out emergency, no-bid contracts that skirt the regular competitive bidding rules.
The problem with competitive bids, of course, is that the wrong people might bid too low, and favored vendors, those rich sources of patronage jobs, campaign donations, and what the Chicago vernacular calls "clout," might have to make do with the diminished profit opportunities offered by the free markets for their goods and services."
.........Now that Illinois has given us Barack Obama as president, crony capitalism is alive well beyond the dreams of Gilded Age robber barons.
The Price of Non-Victory
The Price of Non-Victory | National Review Online
There’s a detail deep in this Washington Post story that deserves to be more widely known:
As it intensifies its withdrawal from Afghanistan, the U.S. military is being forced to fly massive amounts of gear and equipment out of the country instead of using cheaper overland and sea routes, according to Pentagon officials.
Military logisticians would like to send home 60 percent of their equipment and vehicles by trucking them into Pakistan and then loading them onto ships — the least expensive method by far. But cargo is flowing out on that route at only one-third the planned rate, the officials said.
They’re right. Flying the stuff out – to prevent the Taliban getting hold of them – is up to seven times as expensive. So what’s the problem with the land routes? Well, the political class that’s spent a decade blathering about an “exit strategy” apparently failed to anticipate an exit fee:
The government of Afghanistan closed the border this summerafter a dispute over whether the Pentagon and its contractors should have to pay $70 million in customs “fines” for taking the military gear out of the country. The Pentagon has refused to pay, calling the penalties a thinly veiled attempt at a shakedown.
There’s a price for everything – except for incurring the displeasure of the superpower. From kleptocrat clients in Kabul to war criminals in Damascus, no one has to worry about that. Imagine what Karzai must think of the guys who’ve kept him alive for 12 years even to attempt this shakedown.
We’ve wasted much of the last month bleating about how some pointless strike on Syria is necessary to maintain America’s credibility. But the biggest blow to that global credibility is the superpower’s inability to win wars.
The American way of war doesn’t work; around the world everybody knows it; and we on the right need to address it.
Obama: An American Chamberlain
Blog: Obama: An American Chamberlain:"It is, in short, not too much to speak of the week just past as another Munich.
In particular, one could fairly quote Winston Churchill's bitter speech to the House of Commons after that false peace:
"We have sustained a total and unmitigated defeat...
We are in the presence of a disaster of the first magnitude...
[O]ur loyal, brave people...should know the truth.
They...should know that we have sustained a defeat without a war, the consequences of which will travel far with us along our road; they should know that we have passed an awful milestone in our history;
..and that the terrible words have for the time being been pronounced against the Western democracies:
"'Thou are weighed in the balance and found wanting.'"
Boston Marathon Charity Funds Pose New Challenges for Victims
Boston Marathon Charity Funds Pose New Challenges for Victims - Brian Feldman - The Atlantic Wire:
"Two victims of the Boston marathon bombing, J.P. and Paul Norden, were each awarded $1.2 million dollars from the One Fund, but they are wary to spend it.
....Technically becoming a millionaire overnight has brought its own of complications for their recovery. For instance:
The payments are tax-free, but they will force the Norden brothers off the state health insurance program for the poor.
At the end of the year, they must begin buying their own medical insurance.
Coverage for prosthetics varies from policy to policy, but doctors and prosthetists agree that the lifetime cost of a new limb — especially for Paul Norden — easily could be more than the Norden brothers were awarded.
The devices, which wear out, must be replaced every few years and regularly maintained."
"Two victims of the Boston marathon bombing, J.P. and Paul Norden, were each awarded $1.2 million dollars from the One Fund, but they are wary to spend it.
....Technically becoming a millionaire overnight has brought its own of complications for their recovery. For instance:
The payments are tax-free, but they will force the Norden brothers off the state health insurance program for the poor.
At the end of the year, they must begin buying their own medical insurance.
Coverage for prosthetics varies from policy to policy, but doctors and prosthetists agree that the lifetime cost of a new limb — especially for Paul Norden — easily could be more than the Norden brothers were awarded.
The devices, which wear out, must be replaced every few years and regularly maintained."
Wind farms and renewable energy: a modern version of a medieval scam
Wind farms and renewable energy: a modern version of a medieval scam – Telegraph Blogs:
"It is difficult to think of a more medieval technology than wind mills.
They were cutting edge when Henry II was king and Richard the Lionheart was launching crusades.
The first certain reference to a wind mill in Europe dates from 1185AD Yorkshire, apparently.
Of course, the climate was warmer back then, as even the UN's International Panel on Climate Change now accepts.
Perhaps Ed Davey might like to try to tell us that's why our medieval fore bearers went for wind."
.....Unlike solar, which, thanks to innovation, will soon be cost effective, wind farms look like they be harvesting subsidies for a generation to come.
Far from progressive, they seem to be about rent seeking.
And what could be more atavistic than that?
Through every age, a tiny parasitical elite seeks to game the system to transfer wealth from the many to the few.
"It is difficult to think of a more medieval technology than wind mills.
They were cutting edge when Henry II was king and Richard the Lionheart was launching crusades.
The first certain reference to a wind mill in Europe dates from 1185AD Yorkshire, apparently.
Of course, the climate was warmer back then, as even the UN's International Panel on Climate Change now accepts.
Perhaps Ed Davey might like to try to tell us that's why our medieval fore bearers went for wind."
.....Unlike solar, which, thanks to innovation, will soon be cost effective, wind farms look like they be harvesting subsidies for a generation to come.
Far from progressive, they seem to be about rent seeking.
And what could be more atavistic than that?
Through every age, a tiny parasitical elite seeks to game the system to transfer wealth from the many to the few.
The more I think about it, the more the renewable energy scam seems just a contemporary manifestation of this ancient, hideous idea.
Matthew Shepard, Trayvon Martin, Brandon Darby and the Power of Leftist Mythmaking
Matthew Shepard, Trayvon Martin, Brandon Darby and the Power of Leftist Mythmaking:
Despite the clear evidence that the story that Shepard was done in by deadly homophobia was inaccurate and that Shepard was instead killled in a meth-fueled bender by another man who was bisexual, Hicklin states:
There are valuable reasons for telling certain stories in a certain way at pivotal times, but that doesn’t mean we have to hold on to them once they’ve outlived their usefulness.
Take a moment and read that quote again, because it's one of the clearest statements ever written on how the left sees "the narrative." It's moral relativism applied to epistemology and metaphysics. There is no such thing as truth to the left. There are "certain stories" that can be told "a certain way." The story tellers, whether they are artist or journalist, simply pick and choose which story they will tell which way depending upon whether it's a "pivotal time."
This philosophy explains why in so many cases you get a story that is heavily hyped in the culture at one point and then later the real story comes out. While trying to drive a gay rights agenda, the myth of Matthew Shepard was useful, so that's what ended up getting reported. If it's useful to say that Shepard was killed by homophobic good ol' boys in Wyoming, the news media and the arts go all in on that story.
.....The Matthew Shepard case proved that America was so homophobic that gay men could be crucified by straight men just for being gay. Except the story we were sold wasn't true.
The Trayvon Martin myth proved that America was so racist that young black men can't walk the streets without fear of being racially profiled and murdered. Except it wasn't true.
The Steubenville myth proved that America is so sexist and sports-obsessed that a small town covers up a brutal rape. Except it wasn't true.
The Brandon Darby myth proves that America uses entrapment to make up stories about a terrorism threat that doesn't really exist. Except it wasn't true.
Obama Then and Now: the Rashomon Effect (first in a series)
Roger’s Rules » Obama Then and Now: the Rashomon Effect (first in a series):
“Fundamentally transforming the United States of America” appeared to mean one thing in October 2008.
It means something quite different now, in 2013.
The words are the same, but the meaning has changed, changed utterly."
.....Obama’s statement from a speech about the future of America’s economy in September 2010:
"We can’t tell them [i.e., other nations], don’t grow.
We can’t — drive our SUVs and you know, eat as much as we want and keep our homes on you know, 72 degrees at all times, and whether we’re living in the desert or we’re living in the tundra, and then just expect that every other country’s going say OK."
I know that that speech was widely criticized on the right back in 2010.
But somehow it just slid down the memory hole.
“We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes [at] 72 degrees at all times and then just expect that every other country’s going say OK.”
How does that sound today?
We can’t drive our cars, eat what we want, and heat our houses because other countries may not like it.
That’s what the president of the United States said.
“Other countries” tell Americans whether and what they can drive, eat, and to how warm or cool they can keep their houses.
It was meant to be a “Green” speech, a “leading-from-behind” speech, a speech that would reinforce the idea that America was not special, not “exceptional” (just as Obama, and now Vladimir Putin, said!), not in charge of its own destiny because, whatever advantages we enjoyed, “You didn’t build that.”
There is a species of the anti-American left, consisting of about 95 percent of the professoriate and miscellaneous other elements, who find such rhetoric inspiring.
“Fundamentally transforming the United States of America” appeared to mean one thing in October 2008.
It means something quite different now, in 2013.
The words are the same, but the meaning has changed, changed utterly."
.....Obama’s statement from a speech about the future of America’s economy in September 2010:
"We can’t tell them [i.e., other nations], don’t grow.
We can’t — drive our SUVs and you know, eat as much as we want and keep our homes on you know, 72 degrees at all times, and whether we’re living in the desert or we’re living in the tundra, and then just expect that every other country’s going say OK."
I know that that speech was widely criticized on the right back in 2010.
But somehow it just slid down the memory hole.
“We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes [at] 72 degrees at all times and then just expect that every other country’s going say OK.”
How does that sound today?
We can’t drive our cars, eat what we want, and heat our houses because other countries may not like it.
That’s what the president of the United States said.
“Other countries” tell Americans whether and what they can drive, eat, and to how warm or cool they can keep their houses.
It was meant to be a “Green” speech, a “leading-from-behind” speech, a speech that would reinforce the idea that America was not special, not “exceptional” (just as Obama, and now Vladimir Putin, said!), not in charge of its own destiny because, whatever advantages we enjoyed, “You didn’t build that.”
There is a species of the anti-American left, consisting of about 95 percent of the professoriate and miscellaneous other elements, who find such rhetoric inspiring.
What really drove Colorado recall vote -- hint: it wasn't 'voter suppression'
What really drove Colorado recall vote -- hint: it wasn't 'voter suppression' | Fox News:
"The American people will tolerate many things but as history has shown, the one thing that can serve as a catalyst for revolution is action without representation.
We have a fervent belief in our right to be heard.
The entire idea of our democracy is predicated on the notion that our representatives have an obligation to at least listen to their constituents before taking action on their behalf."
"The American people will tolerate many things but as history has shown, the one thing that can serve as a catalyst for revolution is action without representation.
We have a fervent belief in our right to be heard.
The entire idea of our democracy is predicated on the notion that our representatives have an obligation to at least listen to their constituents before taking action on their behalf."
Global warming is just HALF what we said: World's top climate scientists admit computers got the effects of greenhouse gases wrong
Global warming is just HALF what we said: World's top climate scientists admit computers got the effects of greenhouse gases wrong | Mail Online:
"They recognise the global warming ‘pause’ first reported by The Mail on Sunday last year is real – and concede that their computer models did not predict it.
But they cannot explain why world average temperatures have not shown any statistically significant increase since 1997.
They admit large parts of the world were as warm as they are now for decades at a time between 950 and 1250 AD – centuries before the Industrial Revolution, and when the population and CO2 levels were both much lower.
The IPCC admits that while computer models forecast a decline in Antarctic sea ice, it has actually grown to a new record high.
Again, the IPCC cannot say why.
A forecast in the 2007 report that hurricanes would become more intense has simply been dropped, without mention.
This year has been one of the quietest hurricane seasons in history and the US is currently enjoying its longest-ever period – almost eight years – without a single hurricane of Category 3 or above making landfall."
"They recognise the global warming ‘pause’ first reported by The Mail on Sunday last year is real – and concede that their computer models did not predict it.
But they cannot explain why world average temperatures have not shown any statistically significant increase since 1997.
They admit large parts of the world were as warm as they are now for decades at a time between 950 and 1250 AD – centuries before the Industrial Revolution, and when the population and CO2 levels were both much lower.
The IPCC admits that while computer models forecast a decline in Antarctic sea ice, it has actually grown to a new record high.
Again, the IPCC cannot say why.
A forecast in the 2007 report that hurricanes would become more intense has simply been dropped, without mention.
This year has been one of the quietest hurricane seasons in history and the US is currently enjoying its longest-ever period – almost eight years – without a single hurricane of Category 3 or above making landfall."
Employment gap between rich, poor widest on record
My Way News - Employment gap between rich, poor widest on record:
"The gap in employment rates between America's highest- and lowest-income families has stretched to its widest levels since officials began tracking the data a decade ago, according to an analysis of government data conducted for The Associated Press."
"The gap in employment rates between America's highest- and lowest-income families has stretched to its widest levels since officials began tracking the data a decade ago, according to an analysis of government data conducted for The Associated Press."
How best to fix roads after funding deal is a no-go? Grab a shovel and some asphalt
Tim Skubick: How best to fix roads after funding deal is a no-go? Grab a shovel and some asphalt | MLive.com:
"His admission comes in the wake of numerous published reports that the much celebrated $1.2 billion figure was not going to be much celebrated by stingy lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. "
"His admission comes in the wake of numerous published reports that the much celebrated $1.2 billion figure was not going to be much celebrated by stingy lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. "
Obamacare will question your sex life | New York Post
Obamacare will question your sex life | New York Post:
‘Are you sexually active? If so, with one partner, multiple partners or same-sex partners?”
Be ready to answer those questions and more the next time you go to the doctor, whether it’s the dermatologist or the cardiologist and no matter if the questions are unrelated to why you’re seeking medical help. And you can thank the Obama health law.
“This is nasty business,” says New York cardiologist Dr. Adam Budzikowski. He called the sex questions “insensitive, stupid and very intrusive.” He couldn’t think of an occasion when a cardiologist would need such information — but he knows he’ll be pushed to ask for it.
The president’s “reforms” aim to turn doctors into government agents, pressuring them financially to ask questions they consider inappropriate and unnecessary, and to violate their Hippocratic Oath to keep patients’ records confidential.
Embarrassing though it may be, you confide things to a doctor you wouldn’t tell anyone else. But this is entirely different.
Doctors and hospitals who don’t comply with the federal government’s electronic-health-records requirements forgo ince.ntive payments now; starting in 2015, they’ll face financial penalties from Medicare and Medicaid
Florida official tells Christian charity to choose between Jesus and cheese
Florida official tells Christian charity to choose between Jesus and cheese | Fox News
For the past 31 years, the Christian ministry has been providing food to the hungry in Lake City, Fla. without any problems. But all that changed when they said a state government worker showed up to negotiate a new contract.
“The (person) told us there was a slight change in the contract,” Daly told me. “They said we could no longer have religious information where the USDA food is being distributed. They told us we had to take that stuff down.”
Daly said it’s no secret that the Christian Service Center is a Christian ministry.
“We’ve got pictures of Christ on more than one wall,” she said. “It’s very clear we are not social services. We are a Christian ministry.”
Daly and her staff sat in stunned disbelief as the government agents also informed them that the Christian Service Center could no longer pray or provide Bibles to those in need. The government contract also forbade any references to the ministry’s chapel.
“We asked if we had to change the name of the organization but that said we could leave that,” Daly said. “But we had to take our religious stuff down.”
Sunday, September 15, 2013
In Defense of Diana West
In Defense of Diana West | CNS News:
"Far from being lowly spear carriers on the fringes, pro-Soviet operatives in case after case ascended to posts of great power and influence.
Among the most famous-though only three of a considerable number-were Alger Hiss at the State Department, Harry D. White at the Treasury and Lauchlin Currie at the White House.
All of these, as we now know, were Soviet agents, well positioned to affect the course of American policy in matters of concern to Soviet dictator Stalin."
This is really, really INTERESTING!
Well worth your time.
So much disinformation, so little time to inform ourselves.
"Far from being lowly spear carriers on the fringes, pro-Soviet operatives in case after case ascended to posts of great power and influence.
Among the most famous-though only three of a considerable number-were Alger Hiss at the State Department, Harry D. White at the Treasury and Lauchlin Currie at the White House.
All of these, as we now know, were Soviet agents, well positioned to affect the course of American policy in matters of concern to Soviet dictator Stalin."
This is really, really INTERESTING!
Well worth your time.
So much disinformation, so little time to inform ourselves.
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