White House, Hill Raided Millions from Anti-Bioterrorism Fund

White House, Hill Raided Millions from Anti-Bioterrorism Fund:
"Congress and the Obama White House looked for billions of dollars a few years ago to offset the costs of a legal settlement with black farmers and American Indians,  to increase education aid to the states and to develop a vaccine for swine flu.
To get those billions, they looked to the same coffer:
Project BioShield, a $5.6 billion fund created specifically to prepare America for a bioterrorist attack and develop treatments for deadly viruses such as Ebola.
Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., warned that the BioShield fund was not supposed to be raided as a source of “Monopoly money for politicians.”"

Dem Wants Gag Order On Liberal Lawyer Representing GOP In Obamacare Lawsuit | The Daily Caller

Dem Wants Gag Order On Liberal Lawyer Representing GOP In Obamacare Lawsuit | The Daily Caller:

"As part of his contract with the House of Representatives, Turley agreed not to speak to the media about the case itself. But Brady wants to extend that to pretty much anything critical of Obama’s use of executive power — especially convenient given the uproar concerning the White House’s announcement of executive amnesty just last week."

Crazy pool vortex

Liberal Group Sees Executive Actions as Way Forward, Offers a Wish List of Actions

Liberal Group Sees Executive Actions as Way Forward, Offers a Wish List of Actions:

"Now that President Barack Obama has shown he does not need to work with Congress to achieve the changes he wants, a liberal organization is calling on Obama to go further.
Monday, the Campaign for America’s Future — a self-described “strategy center for the progressive movement” — co-director Robert Borosage offered up a left-wing wish list of items on which he says Obama should take action with his “pen and his phone.”

VA woman admits $7.2 million child-credit tax scam

VA woman admits $7.2 million child-credit tax scam « Watchdog.org
More than a year after Watchdog reported the IRS sent thousands refunds to the tiny town of Parksley, Va., a woman has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and mail fraud.
Linda Avila admitted to obtaining more than $7.2 million in refunds by exploiting the federal government’s child tax credit program.
Avila filed more than 1,700 tax returns with stolen identifications used by illegal immigrants, mainly from Mexico.
The Virginian-Pilot reported that Avila, 50, operated a landscaping and cleaning business in Parksley.
Investigators found copies of refund checks in amounts from $4,000 to more than $7,000.
The tax returns frequently cited foreign dependents, which increased the refund amounts.
Avila had the refunds mailed to various post office boxes on the Eastern Shore and in Delaware, according to court records.
The workers cashed the checks and turned over most of the money to Avila, keeping a small fee for themselves.

Michael Bloomberg’s Advice for What to Tell Pro-Gun Relatives Over Thanksgiving Dinner | TheBlaze.com

Michael Bloomberg’s Advice for What to Tell Pro-Gun Relatives Over Thanksgiving Dinner | TheBlaze.com:

"Everytown for Gun Safety, the organization funded by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, issued a set of five talking points for gun control advocates to follow when trying to persuade their pro-gun friends and relatives of their error in thinking on Thanksgiving."


This turkey makes more sense than Bloomberg. 

7 Reasons Why Coffee Is Good For You

7 Reasons Why Coffee Is Good For You | Popular Science:

IRS planning bonuses for employees who owe taxes

Top Republican: IRS planning bonuses for employees who owe taxes | WashingtonExaminer.com:
"A top Senate Republican is fuming over an announcement by Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen that he plans to hand out bonuses to union and non-union members who work for the agency, potentially including those who owe back taxes. 
 “It’s no wonder the American people find it hard to believe the IRS needs more money when the agency fails to collect back taxes from their own employees and instead rewards them with bonuses,”
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, who is likely to become chairman of the Senate Finance Committee in January."

Top Republican: IRS planning bonuses for employees who owe taxes | WashingtonExaminer.com

Top Republican: IRS planning bonuses for employees who owe taxes | WashingtonExaminer.com:

“It’s no wonder the American people find it hard to believe the IRS needs more money when the agency fails to collect back taxes from their own employees and instead rewards them with bonuses,” Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, who is likely to become chairman of the Senate Finance Committee in January. “American families have been doing more with less for far too long now, and it is time the IRS do the same.”

Hatch has publicized a letter sent this week from Koskinen to IRS employees, announcing the agency will hand out “performance awards,” worth one percent of employee base salary."

He too damn IMPORTANT for facts-------Obama Did Not Watch St. Louis County Prosecutor’s Announcement

Obama Did Not Watch St. Louis County Prosecutor’s Announcement « CBS DC

WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — 
President Barack Obama appealed for calm and understanding in Ferguson on Monday after a grand jury decided not to indict in the death of Michael Brown, pleading with both residents and police officers to show restraint.
“We are a nation built on the rule of law, so we need to accept that this decision was the grand jury’s to make,” Obama said. 

CBS News reports that Obama did not watch St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch’s announcement, but his aides did and briefed him. It was the fifth time Obama addressed Brown’s death.

‘Heartbreaking’ Video Shows the Moment a Ferguson Store Owner Processes What Looters Have Done. But This Isn’t Just Any Business…

‘Heartbreaking’ Video Shows the Moment a Ferguson Store Owner Processes What Looters Have Done. But This Isn’t Just Any Business… | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"Amid the chaos and smoke from burning buildings in Ferguson, Missouri, on Monday night, one ransacked business stood out:
Ferguson Market and Liquor, the very store Michael Brown was shown on video robbing before he was fatally shot."

White House Releases Plan 3,415 Regulations Thanksgiving

White House Releases Plan 3,415 Regulations Thanksgiving | The Daily Caller:
"While Americans are focused on what delicious foods they’re going to eat for Thanksgiving, the White House is focused on releasing its massive regulatory agenda — marking the fifth time the Obama administration has released its regulatory road map on the eve of a major holiday.

The federal Unified Agenda is the Obama administration’s regulatory road map, and it lays out thousands of regulations being finalized in the coming months. Under President Barack Obama, there has been a tradition of releasing the agenda late on Friday — and right before a major holiday."

History for November 26

History for November 26 - On-This-Day.com
Charles M. Schulz 1922, Tina Turner (Anna Mae Bullock) 1938, John McVie (Fleetwood Mac) 1945


1825 - The first college social fraternity, Kappa Alpha, was formed at Union College in Schenectady, NY. 


1832 - Public streetcar service began in New York City. 


1867 - J.B. Sutherland patented the refrigerated railroad car. 


1940 - The Nazis forced 500,000 Jews of Warsaw, Poland to live within a walled ghetto. 


1941 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day. 


1973 - Rose Mary Woods, told a federal court that she was responsible for the 18-1/2 minute gap in a key Watergate tape. Woods was U.S. President Nixon's personal secretary. 


1975 - Lynette"Squeaky" Fromme was found guilty by a federal jury in Sacramento, CA, for trying to assassinate U.S. President Ford on September 5. 


1992 - The British government announced that Queen Elizabeth II had volunteered to start paying taxes on her personal income. She also took her children off the public payroll. 


1997 - The U.S. and North Korea held high-level discussions at the State Department for the first time. 


2003 - The U.N. atomic agency adopted a resolution that censured Iran for past nuclear cover-ups and warning that it would be policed to put to rest suspicions that the country had a weapons agenda. 

Sneak Peek: Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson’s Response to Racially Charged Question in First Interview After Grand Jury Decision | Video | TheBlaze.com

Sneak Peek: Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson’s Response to Racially Charged Question in First Interview After Grand Jury Decision | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"In his first interview since a Ferguson grand jury declined to indict him, officer Darren Wilson reportedly told ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos that he feared for his life and relied on his police training when he fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown earlier this year. He also apparently asserted that race played no role in how he handled the situation.

Wilson expressed regret that a man lost his life, but said he wouldn’t have handled the situation any differently if he had a chance to do it over, according to Stephanopoulos."

The Path to a Permanent GOP Majority

The Path to a Permanent GOP Majority:

"The GOP has been granted a second chance after the November 2014 elections. If we want to lose our majorities again and help elect Hillary Clinton or whoever the Democrats decide to crown in 2016, the quickest way for us to do that is to spend like drunken sailors like we did last time we controlled both houses of Congress and get nothing else done.

What should we be doing?"

What could possibly go wrong?-------Orwellian campus initiative of the week: ‘Neutral Observer Program’ at UO

Orwellian campus initiative of the week: ‘Neutral Observer Program’ at UO
Via Peter Bonilla of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), who tweets “please let that be a joke flyer”:

The University of Oregon is apparently soliciting law students to serve as “neutral observers” at “protests, rallies, and demonstrations” on campus, according to the blog UO Matters, which is frequently critical of the administration.

The point of neutral observers is to provide a “calming effect” at events where safety is at risk, the school says: 
“The presence of trained observers at these events allows for the availability of unbiased witnesses should there be any form of escalation.”

They help “create a campus environment in which all voices can be heard” and “protect individual’s freedom of speech,” the school says.

Who Will Pay Ebola Patients' Medical Bills in the U.S.?

Who Will Pay Ebola Patients' Medical Bills in the U.S.? - NationalJournal.com:
"The arrival of Ebola in the United States this year led to an unprecedented medical response involving experimental drugs, round-the-clock care, and layers upon layers of protective gear.
And none of it has been cheap.
Nine people have been treated for the virus in the U.S. since August. Seven recovered.
The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, which treated one of them, estimates treatment for patients diagnosed with Ebola costs $50,000 a day.
Officials at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, which cared for two patients, put the daily cost at $30,000, and the total at $1.16 million for a single patient. 
Most patients have been hospitalized for more than two weeks.
The U.S. has shown it can beat Ebola.
But who will pay for the expensive care it takes to do it?"

Sorry, Bloomberg: FBI Report Says Far Fewer Officers Killed in 2013 as Gun Sales Skyrocketed

Sorry, Bloomberg: FBI Report Says Far Fewer Officers Killed in 2013 as Gun Sales Skyrocketed:

"Police departments in major cities around the country often are charged with enforcing the kinds of unconstitutional anti-gun laws for which cities like Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C. have become known. From time to time, coalitions of police officers speak-out against lenient firearm laws and bolster the erroneous claim that more guns in the hands of the populace threaten the safety of law enforcement officers."

Jake Tapper Exposes Gruber's ObamaCare Deception: 'Fooling' You

Jake Tapper Exposes Gruber's ObamaCare Deception: 'Fooling' You:

"TAPPER: And keep in mind, of course, Gruber thinks ObamaCare is a good thing. It's just that we voters were too stupid to realize that. So, we had to be fooled. And that's why so many people are mad about it. And with a Republican-controlled Senate and House and a pending Supreme Court case, all of this impact might have an impact on you. "