Thursday, April 03, 2014
Things Get Tense When Bachmann Grills Former CIA Deputy Director Over Benghazi Talking Points | Video | TheBlaze.com
Things Get Tense When Bachmann Grills Former CIA Deputy Director Over Benghazi Talking Points | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"The former deputy director of the CIA insisted during a congressional hearing Wednesday that he did not alter the infamous 2012 Benghazi talking points due to political pressure, despite pointed questioning by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.).
“The narrative that the attack evolved spontaneously from a protest was a narrative that intelligence community analysts believed,” Mike Morell said. “That turned out to be incorrect. But that is what they believed at the time. So there is no politics there whatsoever.”"
"The former deputy director of the CIA insisted during a congressional hearing Wednesday that he did not alter the infamous 2012 Benghazi talking points due to political pressure, despite pointed questioning by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.).
“The narrative that the attack evolved spontaneously from a protest was a narrative that intelligence community analysts believed,” Mike Morell said. “That turned out to be incorrect. But that is what they believed at the time. So there is no politics there whatsoever.”"
Employers Say Obamacare Will Cost Them $5,000 More Per Employee
Employers Say Obamacare Will Cost Them $5,000 More Per Employee | Washington Free Beacon: "Obamacare will cost large companies between $4,800 and $5,900 more per employee and add hundreds of millions to their overhead, according to a new survey.
The American Health Policy Institute conducted a confidential survey of 100 large employers—those with 10,000 or more employees—asking what costs they expect to incur from Obamacare over the next decade.
Factoring in the health care law’s added mandates, fees, and regulatory burdens, employers anticipate cost hikes between $163 million and $200 million in 2016, a 4.3 percent increase.
By 2023, employers will be paying 8.4 percent more than “what they would otherwise be spending” for their employees’ health care."
The American Health Policy Institute conducted a confidential survey of 100 large employers—those with 10,000 or more employees—asking what costs they expect to incur from Obamacare over the next decade.Factoring in the health care law’s added mandates, fees, and regulatory burdens, employers anticipate cost hikes between $163 million and $200 million in 2016, a 4.3 percent increase.
By 2023, employers will be paying 8.4 percent more than “what they would otherwise be spending” for their employees’ health care."
Deal in works to bring pro soccer — and potential 5,000-seat stadium — to Detroit
Deal in works to bring pro soccer — and potential 5,000-seat stadium — to Detroit | Crain's Detroit Business:"Duggan said he’s been working on a deal for the “past several seasons” and looked at stadium locations in Pontiac, Livonia and Canton Township before deciding to focus on downtown Detroit.
The stadium would seat 5,000 with room for 8,000 on open hills in the end zones.
He said he expected the stadium could be built for $2 million, but expects to spend $5 million."
War drums--Argentine leader claims Falklands a NATO nuclear base
Argentine leader claims Falklands a NATO nuclear base - Yahoo News:"Buenos Aires (AFP) - Argentine President Cristina Kirchner claimed Wednesday that the Falkland Islands serve as a nuclear base for the NATO alliance in the South Atlantic.
Argentina, which calls the archipelago the Malvinas, claims the British overseas possession as its own, and fought a brief but bloody war for it in 1982.
The islands, she said, "constitute a NATO military nuclear base in the South Atlantic -- this is the truth that they can't continue to hide."
She alleged the archipelago is "among the most militarized areas in the world," saying some 1,500 soldiers and 2,000 civilian military personnel are stationed there amid a population of just 1,000."
Crackdown on distracted driving
Crackdown on distracted driving - My9 New Jersey:
"He pulled over a man he spotted talking on his phone.
The man got a $130 ticket.
But that's not the only action considered distracted driving.
Texting, eating and drinking, putting on makeup, checking laptops and tablets, and watching movies; police here have seen it all.
The heavy crackdown will continue for three weeks.
After that, police will still issue tickets but they're hoping drivers will change their bad habits before the fines double this summer."
"He pulled over a man he spotted talking on his phone.The man got a $130 ticket.
But that's not the only action considered distracted driving.
Texting, eating and drinking, putting on makeup, checking laptops and tablets, and watching movies; police here have seen it all.
The heavy crackdown will continue for three weeks.
After that, police will still issue tickets but they're hoping drivers will change their bad habits before the fines double this summer."
The media hate Republicans
The media hate Republicans: Column
This all sounds like news. You've got charges of huge bribes, rampant hypocrisy, illegal weapons and even a connection with foreign terrorists — and from a leading politician in an important state.
It sounds like something out of a Hollywood thriller: Anti-terrorist politician actually running guns to terrorists. But that's precisely what's been charged in California, although with a final plot twist that Hollywood would never imagine.
California State senator (and, until last week, candidate for secretary of state) Leland Yee was well-known as an anti-gun activist. Then, last week, he was indicted for, yes, conspiring to smuggle guns and rocket launchers between mobsters and terrorists in exchange for massive bribes. Somehighlights, as excerpted by San Francisco Magazine.
Yee told an FBI agent that, in exchange for $2 million in cash, he'd fill a shopping list of weapons, which he took personal responsibility for delivering, according to the indictment. He also allegedly "masterminded" a complex scheme bring illegal weapons into the country, agreeing to "facilitate" a meeting with an illegal arms dealer to arrange for the weapons to be imported via Newark, N.J. In arranging all of this, the indictment said, Yee relied on connections with Filipino terrorist groups who could supply "heavy" weapons, including the Muslim terrorists of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Yee allegedly noted that the Muslim terrorists had no reservations about kidnapping, extortion and murder.
This all sounds like news. You've got charges of huge bribes, rampant hypocrisy, illegal weapons and even a connection with foreign terrorists — and from a leading politician in an important state.
But — and here's the part Hollywood would miss — outside of local media like San Francisco magazine, the coverage was surprisingly muted.The New York Times buried the story as a one-paragraph Associated Press report on page A21, with the bland dog-bites-man headline, "California: State Senator Accused of Corruption." This even though Yee was suspended, along with two others, from the California state senate in light of the indictment.
CNN, home (also until last week) of Piers Morgan, whom Yee had praised for his anti-gun activism, didn't report the story at all.
When prodded by viewers, the network snarked that it doesn't do state senators.
Which is odd, because searching the name of my own state senator, Stacey Campfield, turns up a page of results, involving criticisms of him for saying something "extreme".
Meanwhile, CNN found time to bashWisconsin state senator and supporter of Gov. Scott Walker, Randy Hopper over marital problems.
When prodded by viewers, the network snarked that it doesn't do state senators.
Which is odd, because searching the name of my own state senator, Stacey Campfield, turns up a page of results, involving criticisms of him for saying something "extreme".
Meanwhile, CNN found time to bashWisconsin state senator and supporter of Gov. Scott Walker, Randy Hopper over marital problems.
But there's a difference. They're Republicans. When Republicans do things that embarrass their party, the national media are happy to take note, even if they're mere state senators. But when Democrats like Yee get busted for actual felonies, and pretty dramatic ones at that, the press suddenly isn't interested.
We've seen this before, of course: Washington Post reporter Sarah Kliff dismissed the horrific Kermit Gosnell trial as a "local crime story", even as the press was going crazy covering another equally local crime story, the George Zimmerman trial. Likewise, another state senator, Texas' Wendy Davis, got national attention when she filibustered an abortion bill, a story that fit conveniently with the "war on women" theme used by Democrats.
It's almost as if "what's news" is just a synonym for "what advances the narrative chosen by the Democratic Party." The question that "news" operations like CNN may want to ask is, how many people are really interested in getting their news from party organs.
Blog: Obama's Rose Garden phony numbers 'tell'
Blog: Obama's Rose Garden phony numbers 'tell':
The first part of the tell was the obvious outright lie told by the president in a “poor me” moment of self-pity. From the official transcript:
And we didn’t make a hard sell. We didn’t have billions of dollars of commercials like some critics did.
Billions of dollars of commercials? Even if anyone believed the fairy tales about the Evil Koch Brothers, billions of dollars could not have been spent on anti-Obamacare commercials. That is the budget of an entire presidential campaign, planes, travel, and ubiquitous advertising, the whole nine yards.
The only advertising budget that even approaches that figure is the one spent by the federal and state governments promoting Obamacare. Last summer, theAssociated Press tallied up the Obamacare spending plans of the feds and the states, and came up with the figure of $684 million. So lavish a marketing budget covered embarrassments like the $1.7 million tedious Richard Simmons video promoting Covered California:
......and a variety of other tasteless, ludicrous, and insulting initiatives like the infamous Pajama Boy.
......and a variety of other tasteless, ludicrous, and insulting initiatives like the infamous Pajama Boy.
Even The New York Times reported that:
From January until the end of March, the Centers for Medicare andMedicaid Services, which runs the HealthCare.gov site and administers the Affordable Care Act, will have spent $52 million on paid media, officials said.
Not since New Coke has there been an advertising campaign so well-funded and so ineffective.
Why the All-Ivy League Story Stirs Up Tensions Between African Immigrants and Black Americans
Why the All-Ivy League Story Stirs Up Tensions Between African Immigrants and Black Americans - The Wire:
"The story of the first-generation Ghanian-American student accepted by all eight Ivy league schools is wonderful, but it also stirs up the tension between black Americans and recent African immigrants — especially when you describe him as "not a typical African-American kid."
That's been the reaction to USA Today's profile on Kwasi Enin, a Long Island high schooler who got into the nation's most competitive schools through hard work and, according to IvyWise CEO Katherine Cohen, being African (and being male).
At one point the piece reads:
"Being a first-generation American from Ghana also helps him stand out", Cohen says. "He's not a typical African-American kid.""
"The story of the first-generation Ghanian-American student accepted by all eight Ivy league schools is wonderful, but it also stirs up the tension between black Americans and recent African immigrants — especially when you describe him as "not a typical African-American kid."That's been the reaction to USA Today's profile on Kwasi Enin, a Long Island high schooler who got into the nation's most competitive schools through hard work and, according to IvyWise CEO Katherine Cohen, being African (and being male).
At one point the piece reads:
"Being a first-generation American from Ghana also helps him stand out", Cohen says. "He's not a typical African-American kid.""
History for April 3
History for April 3 - On-This-Day.com
1513 - Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida. He had sighted the land the day before.
1829 - James Carrington patented the coffee mill.
1860 - The first Pony Express riders left St. Joseph, MO and Sacramento, CA. The trip across country took about 10 days. The Pony Express only lasted about a year and a half.
1882 - The American outlaw Jesse James was shot in the back and killed by Robert Ford for a $5,000 reward. There was later controversy over whether it was actually Jesse James that had been killed.
1946 - Lt. General Masaharu Homma, the Japanese commander responsible for the Bataan Death March, was executed in the Philippines.
1948 - U.S. President Harry Truman signed the Marshall Plan to revive war-torn Europe. It was $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
1953 - "TV Guide" was published for the first time.
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "mountaintop" speech just 24 hours before he was assassinated.
1982 - John Chancellor stepped down as anchor of the "The NBC Nightly News." Roger Mudd and Tom Brokaw became the co-anchors of the show.
1996 - Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski was arrested. He pled guilty in January 1998 to five Unabomber attacks in exchange for a life sentence without chance for parole.
Birth anniversary of the first internationally famous American literary figure Washington Irving (1783-1859).
Birth anniversaries of Marlon Brando (1924-2004), Leslie Howard (1893-1943), Henry Luce (1898-1967)
Happy Birthday! Doris Day, Eddie Murphy, Wayne Newton
1513 - Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida. He had sighted the land the day before.
1829 - James Carrington patented the coffee mill.
1860 - The first Pony Express riders left St. Joseph, MO and Sacramento, CA. The trip across country took about 10 days. The Pony Express only lasted about a year and a half.
1882 - The American outlaw Jesse James was shot in the back and killed by Robert Ford for a $5,000 reward. There was later controversy over whether it was actually Jesse James that had been killed.
1946 - Lt. General Masaharu Homma, the Japanese commander responsible for the Bataan Death March, was executed in the Philippines.
1948 - U.S. President Harry Truman signed the Marshall Plan to revive war-torn Europe. It was $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
1953 - "TV Guide" was published for the first time.
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "mountaintop" speech just 24 hours before he was assassinated.
1982 - John Chancellor stepped down as anchor of the "The NBC Nightly News." Roger Mudd and Tom Brokaw became the co-anchors of the show.
1996 - Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski was arrested. He pled guilty in January 1998 to five Unabomber attacks in exchange for a life sentence without chance for parole.
Wednesday, April 02, 2014
Exclusive! See alleged Fort Hood shooter’s photo
Exclusive! See alleged Fort Hood shooter’s photo:"“As you may know, Fort Hood is a gun-free zone and soldiers are unable to defend themselves.
Someone tell that to the shooter please"
Common Core Opponents Another Step Closer to HUGE Win in Oklahoma
"Under the bill, the state Board of Education would draft new standards specifically tailored for Oklahoma students to replace Common Core, which has been adopted by 45 states so far.“The Republican-controlled Senate voted 37-10 on Tuesday for the bill repealing the standards over the objections of some Democrats who argued it is a political decision to roll back Common Core, which has faced fierce resistance from grassroots conservative groups,” the Associated Press reports."
Don’t Mess With Poland
Don’t Mess With Poland — War is Boring — Medium:
"Four years ago, Poland was set to become the staging ground for advanced U.S. ballistic missile interceptors.
But after the plan collapsed—and seeing defense budgets in the rest of Europe on the decline—Polish political leaders decided they needed their military to fend for itself.
And now with an aggressive Russia bearing down on Ukraine, Warsaw is getting even more worried—and prepared.
“The world stands on the brink of conflict, the consequences of which are not foreseen,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said shortly after Russia’s Feb. 27 invasion of Crimea."
"Four years ago, Poland was set to become the staging ground for advanced U.S. ballistic missile interceptors.But after the plan collapsed—and seeing defense budgets in the rest of Europe on the decline—Polish political leaders decided they needed their military to fend for itself.
And now with an aggressive Russia bearing down on Ukraine, Warsaw is getting even more worried—and prepared.
“The world stands on the brink of conflict, the consequences of which are not foreseen,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said shortly after Russia’s Feb. 27 invasion of Crimea."
The ObamaCare Copperheads
The ObamaCare Copperheads - WSJ.com:
"Courtesy of Democrats like Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Mark Begich of Alaska and Mark Warner of Virginia, the big idea is to create a cheaper, worse type of coverage on the ObamaCare exchanges.
All current plans are more or less interchangeable because of the law's benefit and wealth redistribution mandates.
They differ based mainly on how much of the upfront cost is built into the premium, with tiers known as platinum, gold, silver and bronze.
The Senators want to create a new "copper" policy that would cover 50% of average medical expenses with the rest out of pocket.
Are people really clamoring for even higher ObamaCare deductibles?"
"Courtesy of Democrats like Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Mark Begich of Alaska and Mark Warner of Virginia, the big idea is to create a cheaper, worse type of coverage on the ObamaCare exchanges.
They differ based mainly on how much of the upfront cost is built into the premium, with tiers known as platinum, gold, silver and bronze.
The Senators want to create a new "copper" policy that would cover 50% of average medical expenses with the rest out of pocket.
Are people really clamoring for even higher ObamaCare deductibles?"
Secretive Obamacare Study Reportedly Reveals ‘Enrollment’ Numbers the White House Doesn’t Want to Talk About
"As the White House and news headlines celebrate Obamacare “enrollment” hitting the 7 million mark, a secretive study from the RAND Corporation reportedly suggests as few as 858,000 previously insured Americans have actually paid for their new policies.President Barack Obama announced an “enrollment” total of 7,041,000 on Tuesday during a press conference, heralding it as proof that the Affordable Care Act is successful and here to stay.
The White House has not provided answers to key questions about the numbers, including how many enrollees were previously insured, how many Americans have actually paid their first month’s premium or how many Americans have seen their costs increase."
White House says 7 MILLION Obamacare enrollments, but study shows 858,000
White House says 7 MILLION Obamacare enrollments, but study shows 858,000 | Mail Online:
"'The debate over repealing this law is over':
Obama boasts 7.1 MILLION have signed up to Obamacare - but study shows just 858,000 newly insured Americans have paid up!
-President took a major victory lap and took political shots at Republicans, but ignored shortcomings in his administration's official numbers
-Press secretary Jay Carney will only say 'we're aggregating a lot of data' when asked how many enrollees have paid for coverage
-Carney dodged questions about damning study that showed very few Obamacare customers were uninsured before the law took effect
-Percentages from a hush-hush RAND Corporation study suggest barely 858,000 previously uninsured Americans have enrolled and paid premiums
-HHS Secretary Sebelius met a televised challenge Monday about 'unpopular' Obamacare with lengthy awkward silence"
"'The debate over repealing this law is over':
-President took a major victory lap and took political shots at Republicans, but ignored shortcomings in his administration's official numbers
-Press secretary Jay Carney will only say 'we're aggregating a lot of data' when asked how many enrollees have paid for coverage
-Carney dodged questions about damning study that showed very few Obamacare customers were uninsured before the law took effect
-Percentages from a hush-hush RAND Corporation study suggest barely 858,000 previously uninsured Americans have enrolled and paid premiums
-HHS Secretary Sebelius met a televised challenge Monday about 'unpopular' Obamacare with lengthy awkward silence"
Ted Nugent ‘Gun Rights Musical' coming to NYC, Summer 2015
"If all things go as planned, next summer Ted Nugent and company will follow the lead of other notable rock musicians and bring his music and message to Broadway, in a new stage production, thematically centered on gun rights.
“We’ve been workshopping this for months in Michigan.
Ted’s been developing this concept for years.
We’re going to protect personal freedom with the only weapon NYC has left — the music,” a representative for Nugent told Guns.com.
Written by Nugent and composer/lyricist/Nugent’s former Damn Yankees bandmate Tommy Shaw and with technical advisement from Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine,
Stranglehold: A Musical about Control will examine the motivations, emotions and costs behind freedom hindering legislation through the highly interactive mechanisms of musical theater."
Democrats and Republicans Are Driving America off the Fiscal Cliff
Democrats and Republicans Are Driving America off the Fiscal Cliff:
"America has a debt of $17 trillion. That’s more than $54,000 for every man, woman, and child in the United States. It is unsustainable and has to stop.
Failure to do so will leave generations of Americans strapped with a crushing load of debt that jeopardizes their prosperity and that of the nation.
Congress doesn’t need a twelve-step program to cure its addiction to overspending;
Tea Party Patriots has a one-step proposal that can prevent the nation from careening off this mountain of debt.
By shaving one penny from every dollar spent by Congress, we can balance the federal budget in about five years and, in the process, restore fiscal sanity to congressional spending.
Failure to take this action now brings us perilously closer to a tipping point that would have cataclysmic effects on our nation."
"America has a debt of $17 trillion. That’s more than $54,000 for every man, woman, and child in the United States. It is unsustainable and has to stop.Failure to do so will leave generations of Americans strapped with a crushing load of debt that jeopardizes their prosperity and that of the nation.
Congress doesn’t need a twelve-step program to cure its addiction to overspending;
Tea Party Patriots has a one-step proposal that can prevent the nation from careening off this mountain of debt.
By shaving one penny from every dollar spent by Congress, we can balance the federal budget in about five years and, in the process, restore fiscal sanity to congressional spending.
Failure to take this action now brings us perilously closer to a tipping point that would have cataclysmic effects on our nation."
X-Rays, Mashed Potatoes and Agents Paid to Do Nothing: Eight Horrible Claims From an Ex-TSA Agent
X-Rays, Mashed Potatoes and Agents Paid to Do Nothing: Eight Horrible Claims From an Ex-TSA Agent | TheBlaze.com:
"Jason Harrington shocked the nation when he confirmed in his January write-up, “Dear America, I Saw You Naked,” what many Americans had already feared about the Transportation Security Administration: That it’s a bloated organization managed by petty bureaucrats.
An air traveler is patted down after passing through a full-body scanner at the Transportation Security Administration security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport, Feb. 20, 2014 in Los Angeles. (Getty Images)
Now, three months after Politico published the former TSA agent’s original exposé, Harrington is back with more details on the federal organization that has for the past decade harassed American flyers. But instead of focusing solely on the antics of low-level TSA employees, as his original piece did, Harrington has decided to shine a light on the agency’s management."
"Jason Harrington shocked the nation when he confirmed in his January write-up, “Dear America, I Saw You Naked,” what many Americans had already feared about the Transportation Security Administration: That it’s a bloated organization managed by petty bureaucrats.An air traveler is patted down after passing through a full-body scanner at the Transportation Security Administration security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport, Feb. 20, 2014 in Los Angeles. (Getty Images)
Now, three months after Politico published the former TSA agent’s original exposé, Harrington is back with more details on the federal organization that has for the past decade harassed American flyers. But instead of focusing solely on the antics of low-level TSA employees, as his original piece did, Harrington has decided to shine a light on the agency’s management."
Nude cleaning business asks applicants for cash
Nude cleaning business asks applicants for cash | WOODTV.com:
"GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — After a tip to ReportIt, Target 8 went undercover to discover a man with a wild name, a shady past and a nude house cleaning business that local police are also checking out.
The questionable business being run out of an office at Brookfield Office Plaza on 28th Street is owned by a man named Sexual Sin Blue.
That wasn’t always his name — he grew up in Lansing as Reginald Jones.
Target 8 never learned precisely why he changed his name.
It could have something to do with his business, which is, “as he explained it, naked house cleaning,” Grand Rapids Police Department Lt. Pat Merrill said.
Blue has been running Craigslist employment ads for Grand Rapids, Muskegon and the Detroit area for his Exotic Five Star Professional Maid Service, a business he started in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
The ad says “Exotic means ‘NUDE’ house cleaning for high-profile clients.”"
"GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — After a tip to ReportIt, Target 8 went undercover to discover a man with a wild name, a shady past and a nude house cleaning business that local police are also checking out.The questionable business being run out of an office at Brookfield Office Plaza on 28th Street is owned by a man named Sexual Sin Blue.
That wasn’t always his name — he grew up in Lansing as Reginald Jones.
Target 8 never learned precisely why he changed his name.
It could have something to do with his business, which is, “as he explained it, naked house cleaning,” Grand Rapids Police Department Lt. Pat Merrill said.
Blue has been running Craigslist employment ads for Grand Rapids, Muskegon and the Detroit area for his Exotic Five Star Professional Maid Service, a business he started in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
The ad says “Exotic means ‘NUDE’ house cleaning for high-profile clients.”"
Fake hit-man case leads to no-contest pleas by two Ravenna sisters
Fake hit-man case leads to no-contest pleas by two Ravenna sisters | MLive.com:
"MUSKEGON, MI – Vickie Lynn Brill and Diane Marie Hart, Ravenna sisters charged with trying to hire a hit man to murder Hart’s husband, have both pleaded no contest as charged.
Around noon Tuesday, April 1, the 51-year-old Brill pleaded to solicitation to murder.
She entered the plea in front of Muskegon County 14th Circuit Chief Judge William C. Marietti.
Marietti committed to cap her minimum sentence at six years in prison.
The maximum can still be anything up to life in prison. "
"MUSKEGON, MI – Vickie Lynn Brill and Diane Marie Hart, Ravenna sisters charged with trying to hire a hit man to murder Hart’s husband, have both pleaded no contest as charged.Around noon Tuesday, April 1, the 51-year-old Brill pleaded to solicitation to murder.
She entered the plea in front of Muskegon County 14th Circuit Chief Judge William C. Marietti.
Marietti committed to cap her minimum sentence at six years in prison.
The maximum can still be anything up to life in prison. "
Loophole city!------Special Enrollment Periods for complex cases in the Health Insurance Marketplace | HealthCare.gov
Special Enrollment Periods for complex cases in the Health Insurance Marketplace | HealthCare.gov:
Open Enrollment for 2014 Marketplace coverage is over. Outside the Open Enrollment period, you can enroll in a private health plan through the Marketplace only if you qualify for a special enrollment period.
You can qualify for a special enrollment period if either of the following applies to you:
Open Enrollment for 2014 Marketplace coverage is over. Outside the Open Enrollment period, you can enroll in a private health plan through the Marketplace only if you qualify for a special enrollment period.You can qualify for a special enrollment period if either of the following applies to you:
- You have a qualifying life event like having a baby, getting married, or losing other coverage. Learn more about special enrollment periods and other coverage options outside Open Enrollment.
- You have other complicated situations, as described on this page.
Other complicated cases that may qualify for a special enrollment period
Below are cases and examples that may also qualify you for a special enrollment period.
Exceptional circumstance
You faced a serious medical condition or natural disaster that kept you from enrolling. For example:
You faced a serious medical condition or natural disaster that kept you from enrolling. For example:
- An unexpected hospitalization or temporary cognitive disability
- A natural disaster, such as an earthq
- ake, massive flooding, or hurricane
- A planned Marketplace system outage, such as Social Security Administration system outage
Misinformation or misrepresentation
Misconduct by a non-Marketplace enrollment assister (like an insurance company, navigator, certified application counselor, or agent or broker) resulted in you:
Misconduct by a non-Marketplace enrollment assister (like an insurance company, navigator, certified application counselor, or agent or broker) resulted in you:
- Not getting enrolled in a plan
- Being enrolled in the wrong plan
- Not getting the premium tax credit or cost-sharing reduction you were eligible for
Enrollment error
Your application may have been rejected by the insurance company’s system because of errors in reading the data, or some of the data was missing or inaccurate.
Your application may have been rejected by the insurance company’s system because of errors in reading the data, or some of the data was missing or inaccurate.
System errors related to immigration status
An error in the processing of applications or system caused you to get an incorrect immigration eligibility result when you tried to apply for coverage.
An error in the processing of applications or system caused you to get an incorrect immigration eligibility result when you tried to apply for coverage.
Display errors on HealthCare.gov
Incorrect plan data was displayed at the time that you selected your health plan, such as benefit or cost-sharing information. This includes issues where some consumers were allowed to enroll in plans offered in a different area, or enroll in plans that don’t allow certain categories of family relationships to enroll together.
Incorrect plan data was displayed at the time that you selected your health plan, such as benefit or cost-sharing information. This includes issues where some consumers were allowed to enroll in plans offered in a different area, or enroll in plans that don’t allow certain categories of family relationships to enroll together.
Medicaid/Marketplace transfers
If you applied for Medicaid through your state, or were sent to Medicaid from the Marketplace, but you weren’t eligible for Medicaid.- Your state transferred your information to the Marketplace but you didn’t get an answer about your eligibility and/or didn’t get enrolled before March 31.
Error messages
Your application was stopped due to specific error messages. For example, you received a "data sources down" error message or another error message that didn’t allow you to enroll.
Unresolved casework
You’re working with a caseworker on an enrollment issue that didn’t get resolved before March 31.
You’re working with a caseworker on an enrollment issue that didn’t get resolved before March 31.
Victims of domestic abuse
You’re a victim of domestic abuse and weren’t previously allowed to enroll and receive advance payments of the premium tax credit separately from your spouse. You’ll be able to do so now.
You’re a victim of domestic abuse and weren’t previously allowed to enroll and receive advance payments of the premium tax credit separately from your spouse. You’ll be able to do so now.
Other system errors
Other system errors that kept you from enrolling, as determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Other system errors that kept you from enrolling, as determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
If you qualify for a special enrollment period
If you think you qualify for a special enrollment period, contact the Marketplace Call Center at 1-800-318-2596 (TTY: 1-855-889-4325)
Russia could achieve Ukraine incursion in 3-5 days: NATO general
Russia could achieve Ukraine incursion in 3-5 days: NATO general - Yahoo News:"BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia has massed all the forces it needs on Ukraine's border if it were to decide to carry out an "incursion" into the country and it could achieve its objective in three to five days, NATO's top military commander said on Wednesday.
Calling the situation "incredibly concerning", NATO's supreme allied commander in Europe, U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove, said NATO had spotted signs of movement by a very small part of the Russian force overnight but had no indication that it was returning to barracks."
Bumped....again---------Just read a bit about 1930s Europe. Everything old is new again......All You Need to Know About Ukraine
"Take a look at the map above.
It tells you all you need to know about why Ukraine is in the cross-hairs of the world's super powers.
It is about the Russian pipeline network that feeds Europe, plain and simple.
Ukraine is, as you can see, a pretty damn important piece in the Russian energy distribution network.
This has nothing to do with Russians in Ukraine.
"Brother Vlad" would gun those "countrymen" down in a heartbeat if they threatened his pipelines.
He'd then return to his morning tea without a second thought.
"Pass the toast Alina."
Oh, and unless you have been drinking the western media Kool Aid, the Brits and Yanks would do the same.
This isn't a cultural issue, it's a matter of ECONOMICS, POWER AND POLITICS.
The 64 million dollar question now is how far will the delusional, intellectually bankrupt "gentlemen" that inhabits the White House push this with Putin..?
Obama's foreign policy is a joke.
The decisions coming out of this administration are nothing short of BRAIN DEAD.
Imposing sanctions on Russia only serves to push Putin into a corner.
If he backs down now he loses credibility, which means he can't, as it would be political suicide."
N.C. State Board Finds More than 35K Incidents of 'Double Voting' in 2012
N.C. State Board Finds More than 35K Incidents of 'Double Voting' in 2012 | National Review Online:
"North Carolina’s Board of Elections found that tens of thousands of registered voters from the state have personal information matching that of registered voters in other states, and appear to have voted in states other than North Carolina in 2012.
In some cases, votes were cast under names of individuals who had passed away before Election Day.
The review searched databases in 27 other states and 101 million voter records for information such as matching names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers.
The review found that 35,570 North Carolina voters from 2012 shared the same first names, last names, and dates of birth with individuals who voted in other states.
Another 765 Tar Heel State residents who voted in 2012 had the the same names, birthdays, and final four digits of a Social Security number as voters elsewhere."
"North Carolina’s Board of Elections found that tens of thousands of registered voters from the state have personal information matching that of registered voters in other states, and appear to have voted in states other than North Carolina in 2012. In some cases, votes were cast under names of individuals who had passed away before Election Day.
The review searched databases in 27 other states and 101 million voter records for information such as matching names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers.
The review found that 35,570 North Carolina voters from 2012 shared the same first names, last names, and dates of birth with individuals who voted in other states.
Another 765 Tar Heel State residents who voted in 2012 had the the same names, birthdays, and final four digits of a Social Security number as voters elsewhere."
WH Report: Chronic Marijuana Users Up 84% in 10 Years
WH Report: Chronic Marijuana Users Up 84% in 10 Years | CNS News:"The number of chronic marijuana users--defined as those who used it on four or more days in the past month--increased 84.3% between 2000 to 2010, according to a RAND Corporation report commissioned by the White House."
Creepy: Obama USDA Wants Grandparents to Read Government-Approved Bedtime Stories About Healthy Eating
Creepy: Obama USDA Wants Grandparents to Read Government-Approved Bedtime Stories About Healthy Eating:
"The department also directed grandparents to read government bedtime stories to “show how much they love and care about their grandchildren.”
“Show your grandchild games, activity sheets, and other fun ways to learn about good nutrition at My Plate Kids’ Place,” the USDA said. “For a bedtime story, read The Two Bite Club.”
“The Two Bite Club,” which is available in English and Spanish, is a USDA “educational storybook” about a family of cats that uses government charts to determine its food intake.
The story encourages children to try two bites of foods in the USDA’s “My Plate” food diagram.
After trying broccoli, yellow apples, low-fat yogurt, and “hard-cooked” eggs, the children in the story get certificates of participation."
"The department also directed grandparents to read government bedtime stories to “show how much they love and care about their grandchildren.”“Show your grandchild games, activity sheets, and other fun ways to learn about good nutrition at My Plate Kids’ Place,” the USDA said. “For a bedtime story, read The Two Bite Club.”
“The Two Bite Club,” which is available in English and Spanish, is a USDA “educational storybook” about a family of cats that uses government charts to determine its food intake.
The story encourages children to try two bites of foods in the USDA’s “My Plate” food diagram.
After trying broccoli, yellow apples, low-fat yogurt, and “hard-cooked” eggs, the children in the story get certificates of participation."
Yellowstone Volcano Eruption in 2014? Are Animals Are Fleeing Park As 'An Alert'?
Yellowstone Volcano Eruption in 2014? Are Animals Are Fleeing Park As 'An Alert'?:
"A number of bloggers are posting videos that show bison and other animals allegedly leaving Yellowstone National Park, prompting theories that as earthquakes ramp up the seismic activity will set off the Yellowstone supervolcano.
Two of the main bloggers behind the discussion stress that there’s no way to know when the supervolcano will go off but note that the 4.8 magnitude earthquake that hit on March 30 seemed to set off a reaction from the animals, who are moving for a reason.
“Whether I believe this, or whether I don’t believe the story or not, I don’t know.
I can tell you this story I saw this morning about the buffaloes running the street … whether or not it’s because of any activity in Yellowstone or not, I don’t know,” said blogger Jay Lee, who posted a story on his site tatoott1009.com.
“But I’ll tell you this, whatever the case may be, that their running away from Yellowstone is an alert of some sort.”"
"A number of bloggers are posting videos that show bison and other animals allegedly leaving Yellowstone National Park, prompting theories that as earthquakes ramp up the seismic activity will set off the Yellowstone supervolcano.Two of the main bloggers behind the discussion stress that there’s no way to know when the supervolcano will go off but note that the 4.8 magnitude earthquake that hit on March 30 seemed to set off a reaction from the animals, who are moving for a reason.
“Whether I believe this, or whether I don’t believe the story or not, I don’t know.
I can tell you this story I saw this morning about the buffaloes running the street … whether or not it’s because of any activity in Yellowstone or not, I don’t know,” said blogger Jay Lee, who posted a story on his site tatoott1009.com.
“But I’ll tell you this, whatever the case may be, that their running away from Yellowstone is an alert of some sort.”"
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