Rushmore blockage stirs anger in S.D. | Argus Leader | argusleader.com:
"Blocking access to trails and programs at South Dakota’s most popular attraction was one thing, but state officials didn’t expect Congress’ budget stalemate to shut down a view of Mount Rushmore.
The National Park Service placed cones along highway viewing areas outside Mount Rushmore this week, barring visitors from pulling over and taking pictures of the famed monument."
Saturday, October 05, 2013
Hey, let's try to find our own ObamaCare Navigator!
Health Insurance Marketplace: Please wait:
Yes, the BIG-guy's entire system has crashed but, no worries!
We still have our Navigators..... right.
I've googled/Binged for an hour and can only find "Navigator jobs" links.
Is this the way our system will work when the system begins to work?
Here's what the leaders in our state have provided:
http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,4612,7-132-2943---,00.html
Yes, the BIG-guy's entire system has crashed but, no worries!
We still have our Navigators..... right.
I've googled/Binged for an hour and can only find "Navigator jobs" links.
Is this the way our system will work when the system begins to work?
Here's what the leaders in our state have provided:
http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,4612,7-132-2943---,00.html
Not sure if this is true...but there are no surprises anymore.....Feds Try to Close the OCEAN Because of Shutdown
Feds Try to Close the OCEAN Because of Shutdown:"Just before the weekend, the National Park Service informed charter boat captains in Florida that the Florida Bay was "closed" due to the shutdown.
Until government funding is restored, the fishing boats are prohibited from taking anglers into 1,100 square-miles of open ocean.
Fishing is also prohibited at Biscayne National Park during the shutdown. "
We have hit the iceberg yet our "Captains" are arguing over when dessert will be served! U.S. Treasury Warns of What's to Come: "Catastrophic Effect... Could Last for More Than a Generation"
U.S. Treasury Warns of What's to Come: "Catastrophic Effect... Could Last for More Than a Generation"
While all the political hoopla in Congress will eventually lead to an agreement on raising the debt ceiling, the fact is that we are very quickly approaching our limit as a nation.
At some point our creditors are going to pull the plug.
They understand that the $200 trillion in obligations we have will never be met. Countries like Russia, China, and even the private central banking conglomerates are positioning their chess pieces right now for when this day comes.
The end result is going to widespread financial and economy destruction, a meltdown of the U.S. dollar, and a collapse of our very way of life as tens of millions of Americans will be instantly impoverished.
Economic analyst John Williams has warned that when it does finally happen, we can fully expect disruptions to our food supplies and the normal flow of commerce.
Without the U.S. dollar as a viable mechanism of exchange, such a scenario could very quickly lead to civil unrest, violence, and widespread looting.
While most Americans may deny that the possibility exists, it’s exactly the scenario that U.S. Homeland Security experts and the Pentagon have been simulating for years.
The gaul of this little man to "punish" us! Army-Boston College, Navy-Air Force to play Saturday
Army-Boston College, Navy-Air Force to play Saturday - ESPN:"Navy and Air Force received the go-ahead to play football because the game is not funded by the government. A sellout crowd is expected.
"We're just grateful that the Department of Defense is allowing us to move forward," Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuk said. "
Heck, it worked for JFK-Dead people can sign up for health care in Kentucky
Dead people can sign up for health care in Kentucky | The Daily Caller:
"Question 39 on the kynect: Kentucky’s Healthcare Connection printable application form for a single person health seeking either coverage or help paying costs, states:
“If you are filling out this application on behalf of a person who recently passed away, enter the deceased person’s date of death.”"
"Question 39 on the kynect: Kentucky’s Healthcare Connection printable application form for a single person health seeking either coverage or help paying costs, states:
“If you are filling out this application on behalf of a person who recently passed away, enter the deceased person’s date of death.”"
Big media exposes Obama pettiness..... NOT! Military keeps Camp David open, cuts NFL, baseball coverage to troops overseas
Military keeps Camp David open, cuts NFL, baseball coverage to troops overseas | WashingtonExaminer.com:
"President Obama has visited the Navy-run presidential retreat Camp David in central Maryland only 32 times, but it is being kept open during the government shutdown for his entertainment and security at the same time the Pentagon is cutting sports coverage to hundreds of thousands of troops around the world."
"President Obama has visited the Navy-run presidential retreat Camp David in central Maryland only 32 times, but it is being kept open during the government shutdown for his entertainment and security at the same time the Pentagon is cutting sports coverage to hundreds of thousands of troops around the world."
BarryCare enrolement portends end-of-medical-care-as-we-know-it-Most Obamacare enrollment applications flawed
Most Obamacare enrollment applications flawed:
"As few as 1 in 100 applications on the federal exchange contains enough information to enroll the applicant in a plan.......
"It is extraordinary that these systems weren't ready," said Sumit Nijhawan, CEO of Infogix, which handles data integrity issues for major insurers including WellPoint and Cigna, as well as multiple Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliates."
"As few as 1 in 100 applications on the federal exchange contains enough information to enroll the applicant in a plan.......
"It is extraordinary that these systems weren't ready," said Sumit Nijhawan, CEO of Infogix, which handles data integrity issues for major insurers including WellPoint and Cigna, as well as multiple Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliates."
Friday, October 04, 2013
Swat Officer is Asked by School Not to Wear His Uniform and Gun When Picking Up His Daughter
Swat Officer is Asked by School Not to Wear His Uniform and Gun When Picking Up His Daughter:
"Entz Elementary School in Mesa, Arizona received some complaints about the armed officer having a gun.
So the principal of the school called him up and made a very audacious request, asking him to not wear his gun and uniform at school because it alarmed some of the parents."
"Entz Elementary School in Mesa, Arizona received some complaints about the armed officer having a gun.
So the principal of the school called him up and made a very audacious request, asking him to not wear his gun and uniform at school because it alarmed some of the parents."
Who Shut Down the Government?
Who Shut Down the Government? - Thomas Sowell - Page 1:
"The Senate chose not to vote to authorize that money to be spent, because it did not include money for ObamaCare.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says that he wants a "clean" bill from the House of Representatives, and some in the media keep repeating the word "clean" like a mantra.
But what is unclean about not giving Harry Reid everything he wants?
If Senator Reid and President Obama refuse to accept the money required to run the government, because it leaves out the money they want to run ObamaCare, that is their right.
But that is also their responsibility."
"The Senate chose not to vote to authorize that money to be spent, because it did not include money for ObamaCare.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says that he wants a "clean" bill from the House of Representatives, and some in the media keep repeating the word "clean" like a mantra.
But what is unclean about not giving Harry Reid everything he wants?
If Senator Reid and President Obama refuse to accept the money required to run the government, because it leaves out the money they want to run ObamaCare, that is their right.
But that is also their responsibility."
BarryKare makin' folks "go skinny" or "get skinny" or ...... whatever.....
Employers Offering ‘Skinny’ Health Plans to Avoid Obamacare Penalties | Heartlander Magazine:
"Contrary to the commonly held expectations that the new health care reform law would incease benefits, skinny health plans are now being pitched around the country by benefits advisers and insurance brokers.
They cover minimal requirements such as preventive services, and often little else.
Some of the plans don't cover surgery, X-rays, or prenatal care, and others will be paired with limited packages to cover additional services, such as paying out $100 a day for a hospital visit.
This type of plan allows companies with low-wage workers to avoid the $2,000-per-worker penalty for failing to offer insurance coverage."
"Contrary to the commonly held expectations that the new health care reform law would incease benefits, skinny health plans are now being pitched around the country by benefits advisers and insurance brokers.
They cover minimal requirements such as preventive services, and often little else.
Some of the plans don't cover surgery, X-rays, or prenatal care, and others will be paired with limited packages to cover additional services, such as paying out $100 a day for a hospital visit.
This type of plan allows companies with low-wage workers to avoid the $2,000-per-worker penalty for failing to offer insurance coverage."
Detroit Still Sending Tax Notices 15 Years After Company Closed
Detroit Still Sending Tax Notices 15 Years After Company Closed [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"On the latest bill (pictured nearby), Bogaert wrote on the bill that she sent back to the city:
"We do not own this building and have not been there in more than 15 years."
"On the latest bill (pictured nearby), Bogaert wrote on the bill that she sent back to the city:
"We do not own this building and have not been there in more than 15 years."
What a coincidence: Single ObamaCare success story is … OFA volunteer
What a coincidence: Single ObamaCare success story is … OFA volunteer « Hot Air:
"Or would they? Rothman was convinced they would properly vet The Only Man In America With ObamaCare Exchange Insurance … at least until he wasn’t:
Chances are you will soon be hearing the name Chad Henderson and his heroic story of enrolling successfully in a health care exchange. His is a saga of hope and redemption.
If Chad can do it, maybe the millions of other healthy young people needed to sustain this program can too.
UPDATE: It turns out Henderson’s knowledge of OFA was not the result of his astuteness or political acumen. According to his LinkedIn profile, he is a current OFA volunteer.
Maybe those many media outlets who spoke with him will make note of this seemingly relevant fact.
OFA?
You mean Organizing for America, which spent the last year stuffing e-mail inboxes with an avalanche of missives about just how easy and wonderful ObamaCare would be?
That OFA?"
"Or would they? Rothman was convinced they would properly vet The Only Man In America With ObamaCare Exchange Insurance … at least until he wasn’t:
Chances are you will soon be hearing the name Chad Henderson and his heroic story of enrolling successfully in a health care exchange. His is a saga of hope and redemption.
If Chad can do it, maybe the millions of other healthy young people needed to sustain this program can too.
UPDATE: It turns out Henderson’s knowledge of OFA was not the result of his astuteness or political acumen. According to his LinkedIn profile, he is a current OFA volunteer.
Maybe those many media outlets who spoke with him will make note of this seemingly relevant fact.
OFA?
You mean Organizing for America, which spent the last year stuffing e-mail inboxes with an avalanche of missives about just how easy and wonderful ObamaCare would be?
That OFA?"
Economics of fascism-can't happen here........right?
Economics of fascism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
"an economy where the government exerts strong directive influence, and effectively controls production and allocation of resources.
In general, apart from the nationalizations of some industries, fascist economies were based on private property and private initiative, but these were contingent upon service to the state."
"an economy where the government exerts strong directive influence, and effectively controls production and allocation of resources.
In general, apart from the nationalizations of some industries, fascist economies were based on private property and private initiative, but these were contingent upon service to the state."
After Shutdown: Administration Gives $445,000,000 to Corporation for Public Broadcasting
After Shutdown: Administration Gives $445,000,000 to Corporation for Public Broadcasting | CNS News:
"On the first day of the “shutdown” of the federal government, when members of the U.S. Senate were going to the well of their house to point out that the shutdown would prevent the National Institutes of Health from starting clinical trials for cancer patients and others facing possibly terminal illnesses, the administration was giving $445,000,000 to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, according to the Daily Treasury Statement.
That means PBS NewsHour, National Public Radio and Sesame Street got a taxpayer subsidy during the shutdown, but not would-be cancer patients at the NIH."
"On the first day of the “shutdown” of the federal government, when members of the U.S. Senate were going to the well of their house to point out that the shutdown would prevent the National Institutes of Health from starting clinical trials for cancer patients and others facing possibly terminal illnesses, the administration was giving $445,000,000 to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, according to the Daily Treasury Statement.
That means PBS NewsHour, National Public Radio and Sesame Street got a taxpayer subsidy during the shutdown, but not would-be cancer patients at the NIH."
Run-over Mass. biker has long criminal record
Run-over Mass. biker has long criminal record | Boston Herald
The Lawrence motorcyclist struck and paralyzed as a desperate SUV driver tried to escape the rage of other bikers in New York on Sunday has a six-page criminal record that began at age 12 with a negligent driving charge and includes jail time for drugs, guns, resisting arrest and other convictions, according to court records.
Edwin Mieses, 32, never got a driver’s license in the Bay State, the Registry of Motor Vehicles said, but he was frequently nabbed behind the wheel, and even sentenced to jail for driving without a license, court records show. Mieses has a pending case out of Lawrence District Court for driving suspended, subsequent offense, said Carrie Kimball Monihan, spokeswoman for the Essex County District Attorney’s Office. Mieses also has 15 guilty findings for criminal offenses including distribution of cocaine, possession of a firearm without a permit, knowingly receiving stolen property, resisting arrest and several motor vehicle violations, court records show.
Mieses was sentenced to jail in 2004 for distribution of cocaine, in 2001 for operating without a license, in 2000 for possession of a firearm, and in 1999 for possession of marijuana, receiving stolen property, destruction of property and attaching plates, according to court records.
The Lawrence motorcyclist struck and paralyzed as a desperate SUV driver tried to escape the rage of other bikers in New York on Sunday has a six-page criminal record that began at age 12 with a negligent driving charge and includes jail time for drugs, guns, resisting arrest and other convictions, according to court records.
Edwin Mieses, 32, never got a driver’s license in the Bay State, the Registry of Motor Vehicles said, but he was frequently nabbed behind the wheel, and even sentenced to jail for driving without a license, court records show. Mieses has a pending case out of Lawrence District Court for driving suspended, subsequent offense, said Carrie Kimball Monihan, spokeswoman for the Essex County District Attorney’s Office. Mieses also has 15 guilty findings for criminal offenses including distribution of cocaine, possession of a firearm without a permit, knowingly receiving stolen property, resisting arrest and several motor vehicle violations, court records show.
Mieses was sentenced to jail in 2004 for distribution of cocaine, in 2001 for operating without a license, in 2000 for possession of a firearm, and in 1999 for possession of marijuana, receiving stolen property, destruction of property and attaching plates, according to court records.
Six decades in Detroit: How abandonment, racial tensions and financial missteps bankrupted the city
Six decades in Detroit: How abandonment, racial tensions and financial missteps bankrupted the city | The Detroit News:
It was called a city of magic, and many believed the best was yet to come.
For a week in July 1951, Detroit put down its tools to reflect on its magnificence.
The city that in four decades transformed from an unremarkable Midwestern community into a prosperous urban powerhouse was celebrating its 250th birthday.
A million people lined Woodward for a parade.
A musical written for the occasion, “City of Freedom,” ran for 11 days.
The city marked the anniversary by creating the Detroit Historical Museum and launching a fundraising drive for Cobo Hall.
“The magic of Detroit is the way it sprang apparently full grown, fully prepared, into a world-wide metropolitan eminence, virtually overnight, after two centuries of somnolent obscurity,” John C. Manning, editor of The Detroit Times, wrote in the anniversary’s program.
How much of America does Barry and his army have the ability to shut down?
Northern Light: Does the Federal Government actually own Land and control morals?:
"Expand your view to read how much land the Federal Government is holding in violation of the Constitution. The Federal Government has no authority to control land or morals.
Here is the defining in the Constitution to the extent the Federal Government Constitutionally is limited to: "
"Expand your view to read how much land the Federal Government is holding in violation of the Constitution. The Federal Government has no authority to control land or morals.
Here is the defining in the Constitution to the extent the Federal Government Constitutionally is limited to: "
"The French Way" as prototype for US? Who’d a-thunk it?
Who’d a-thunk it? | AEIdeas:
"Incumbent businesses using the political process to thwart competition and raise prices for consumers?
Small independent book shops in France are complaining that Amazon’s practice of offering books at a discount with free shipping undermines their already struggling business.
Solution?
French lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a bill that will bar booksellers from offering five-percent discounts and free shipping at the same time — a move that appears aimed squarely at U.S. retail giant Amazon."
"Incumbent businesses using the political process to thwart competition and raise prices for consumers?
Small independent book shops in France are complaining that Amazon’s practice of offering books at a discount with free shipping undermines their already struggling business.
Solution?
French lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a bill that will bar booksellers from offering five-percent discounts and free shipping at the same time — a move that appears aimed squarely at U.S. retail giant Amazon."
The good die young.......
My Way News - Legendary Vietnam Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap dies:
"HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vo Nguyen Giap, the brilliant and ruthless self-taught general who drove the French out of Vietnam to free it from colonial rule and later forced the Americans to abandon their grueling effort to save the country from communism, has died.
At age 102, he was the last of Vietnam's old-guard revolutionaries"
"HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vo Nguyen Giap, the brilliant and ruthless self-taught general who drove the French out of Vietnam to free it from colonial rule and later forced the Americans to abandon their grueling effort to save the country from communism, has died.
At age 102, he was the last of Vietnam's old-guard revolutionaries"
Obamacare: Error 404
Obamacare: Error 404 | WashingtonExaminer.com:
The wave of computer glitches that has undermined the unveiling of Obamacare now has its own YouTube video, thanks to the Republican National Committee.
The RNC today released “Error 404,” which shows the frustration news organizations had signing on to the Obamacare site this week.
The RNC release said:
This week Democrats shut down the federal government, refusing to give Americans reprieve from the trainwreck that is Obamacare. The Republican National Committee (RNC) is highlighting the President’s rosy Rose Garden speech versus the reality that is error messages, “please wait” signs and elevator hold music. See the new video, “Error 404.”“Democrats shut down the government amid disastrous headlines and with a majority of the country opposing Obamacare,” said RNC Chairman Reince Priebus. “Obama knows he’s selling a lemon and giving big business a break from Obamacare, why not the rest of America?”
$175 premium for a young, healthy student? Thanks, Obamacare!
$175 premium for a young, healthy student? Thanks, Obamacare! | WashingtonExaminer.com:
"American media outlets were finally able to track down a mythical creature — a person who actually signed up for the Obamacare exchanges online.
But that person, Chad Henderson, admitted to the Washington Post that the premium for the plan he enrolled in was $175. Ouch! Wasn’t Obamacare supposed to lower premiums?
Henderson’s going to pay a $175 premium and he won’t even receive vision or dental insurance. He has contacts, so not having vision insurance is kind of a bum deal."
"American media outlets were finally able to track down a mythical creature — a person who actually signed up for the Obamacare exchanges online.
But that person, Chad Henderson, admitted to the Washington Post that the premium for the plan he enrolled in was $175. Ouch! Wasn’t Obamacare supposed to lower premiums?
Henderson’s going to pay a $175 premium and he won’t even receive vision or dental insurance. He has contacts, so not having vision insurance is kind of a bum deal."
Tesla slips for a second day after Model S fire
Tesla slips for a second day after Model S fire | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"Tesla Motors fell for a second day after an Oct. 1 fire in one of its vehicles raised questions about the car’s safety, prompting the electric-car maker to issue a statement citing a collision as the cause."
"Tesla Motors fell for a second day after an Oct. 1 fire in one of its vehicles raised questions about the car’s safety, prompting the electric-car maker to issue a statement citing a collision as the cause."
Last call at 4 a.m.? Legislation would allow some Michigan bars, restaurants to serve alcohol later
Last call at 4 a.m.? Legislation would allow some Michigan bars, restaurants to serve alcohol later | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"If approved, businesses would have to purchase an after-hours permit for $10,000 each year.
That money would be distributed, with 85% to local police departments, 10% to the Liquor Control Commission and 5% to the local unit of government.
Sen. Virgil Smith, D-Detroit, who is sponsoring the bill"
"If approved, businesses would have to purchase an after-hours permit for $10,000 each year.
That money would be distributed, with 85% to local police departments, 10% to the Liquor Control Commission and 5% to the local unit of government.
Sen. Virgil Smith, D-Detroit, who is sponsoring the bill"
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