My Christmas Poems and Short Story
The Obamacare Train Wreck
Must Read: 12 questions the White House press corps
could have asked Obama about Obamacare. By Mary Katharine Ham
Excerpt: Let’s start with the newsiest based on giant news
that broke just hours before the press conference and move on from there. (But
they'd have to be journalists...~Bob)
Excerpt: Earlier today, Massachusetts
State troopers found 1,250 bags of
heroin labeled with “Obamacare” during a traffic stop in Hatfield, MA.
I guess this isn’t exactly what the White House was looking for when they
wanted to increase Obamacare recognition! (Wear Pajamas. Shoot up. Talk about
Obamacare. ~Bob)
Excerpt: More people believe the moon landing was a hoax
than believe Obamacare will lower healthcare costs, according to a recent
survey. In fact, a
Public
Policy Pollfrom earlier this year that found that Americans are more likely
to buy into a number of conspiracy theories and folklore than to believe many
of the benefits touted by Obamacare supporters.
Oregon Exchange Robocalls Applicants, Warns Them
To Seek Coverage Elsewhere
Excerpt: On Friday, Cover Oregon, the troubled ObamaCare
health exchange,
began
robocalls to applicants, warning them, that if they haven't heard from
the exchange by Monday, they should seek health insurance elsewhere. With less
than two weeks until the mandated January 1st deadline for individuals to have
health insurance, the exchange's late warning may cause gaps in coverage.
ObamaCare may make
finding treatment harder for mentally ill
Excerpt: Even in well-served areas, such as Washington,
D.C., and Massachusetts, demand is so high
practitioners frequently decline to take new patients or private insurance,
according to a Kaiser Family Foundation survey. Such shortages are expected to
only grow now, as the federal health-care law goes into effect and allows more
people to seek help
Good Article: With gift to
hospitals, Democrats continue to scrap Obamacare deficit-reduction. By Timothy P. Carney
Excerpt: You’ve heard of “buy now, pay later.” Obamacare is
“buy now, defund later.”
Since Democrats haphazardly pieced together the Affordable
Care Act in early 2010 (declaring proudly that the bill would reduce the
deficit) the Obama administration and Congress have steadily stripped out the
provisions that were supposed to pay for the law’s subsidies to high-risk
patients and well-connected industries. (Hard to get upset. Anyone with a brain
made of something besides fairy dust knew when it passed that "deficit
reduction" was as big an Obamacare lie as "premium reduction,"
"keep your plan" "keep your doctors" and all the rest of
Obama's lies. ~Bob)
Excerpt: This video is old, but is beginning to make the
rounds again. In it, economist Paul Krugman attempted to show how amazing the
Canadian healthcare system was. As it turns out, actual Canadians are not so
fond of it. Enjoy!
Minnesota Mulls Obamacare
Deadline Postponement: "Zero Policy Cards Have Been Issued." By Cortney
O'Brien
Excerpt: The Obamacare deadline is coming. One state well
aware of the date is
Minnesota,
where computer problems have surfaced since the Oct. 1 launch of its health
insurance marketplace MNsure, leaving many frustrated and without insurance. As
Guy
reported,
in the midst of this crisis executive director April Todd-Malmlov did what any
overseer would do: She went to
Costa
Rica.
We Are Not SUBJECTS (and Other Observations About
Obamacare.) ByLaura Hollis
Excerpt: The unveiling of the dictatorial debacle that is
Obamacare absolutely flabbergasts me. It is stunning on so many levels, but the
most shocking aspect of it for me is watching millions of free Americans stand
idly by while this man, his minions in Congress and his cheerleaders in the
press systematically dismantle our Constitution, steal our money, and crush our
freedoms. The President, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid (with no small help from
Justice John Roberts) take away our health care, and we allow it. They take
away our insurance, and we allow it. They take away our doctors, and we allow
it. (A great declaration of war on Progressivism. Like the Declaration of Independence,
it tells you what has been done wrong, and it tells you why you have to vote
against anyone and everyone who is not ready to repeal ObamaCare. Rolling back
this focused effort to lessen our freedoms is essential to our future, and the
future of our upcoming generations. --Del)
Obamacare outreach
hits the clubs. By Natalie Villacorta
Excerpt: For Obamacare outreach, a Zumba class may work
better than a gay bar. Washington’s
new health insurance exchange dispatched a signup envoy to one of the city’s
gay clubs one recent night to get out the word about Obamacare. It envisioned
men mingling on the dance floor, a cocktail in one hand and enrollment
information in the other. But the brochures about DC Health Link, as the
exchange is called, weren’t snapped up as quickly as the free condoms provided
by a local clinic.
NY Times' David
Brooks Sees Path Of Obamacare's Ultimate Demise
Excerpt: On PBS’s “NewsHour” Friday, New York Times columnist David Brooks
explained that the clock is ticking on ObamaCare. He said if it continues to be
politically untenable (to) Senate Democrats, the individual mandate will be
weakened and ultimately the law will go away.
And in other news...
Excerpt: Al Qaeda's Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
killed 18 Iraqi Army officers, including a senior general and members of his
staff, in a complex suicide attack in the western province of Anbar.
K Street mints money from regs surge. By Megan
R. Wilson
Excerpt: Lobbyists are minting money from the surge in
government regulations. Top K
Street officials say their regulatory work has
accelerated in recent years thanks to the sprawling rule-making from the
healthcare and financial reform laws. (See Obama has created jobs...for lawyers
and lobbyists. ~Bob)
Part of American Free
Speech: Offending the Offenders
Excerpt: With all due respect, the fact is we had four
dead Americans. Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a
walk one night decided to go kill some Americans? What difference at this point
does it make?” Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton. If this doesn’t offend you,
then I’m going to guess you already have a Hillary 2016 sticker on your car.
Having a Servant Is
Not a Right. By Ananya Bhattacharyya
Excerpt AT the heart of the fracas surrounding the arrest of
an Indian diplomat in New York who promised to pay her housekeeper $9.75 per
hour, in compliance with United States labor rules, but instead paid her $3.31
per hour, is India’s dirty secret: One segment of the Indian population routinely
exploits another, and the country’s labor laws allow gross mistreatment of
domestic workers.
Four taken into
custody in fatal Short Hills mall carjacking in New Jersey
White victim, black killers, no statement from Obama,
Jackson, Holder or Sharpton. ~Bob
Qatari Muslim
professor and human rights advocate identified as major financier of al-Qaeda
Excerpt: I am frequently criticized for pointing out that
there is no reliable way to distinguish between "moderate" and
"extremist" Muslims, i.e., jihad terrorists and Islamic supremacists
and Muslims who are peaceful and have no involvement in jihad or supremacist
activity. This is routinely cited as evidence of my "bigotry," as if
I am somehow impugning peaceful Muslims by pointing it out and implying that
all Muslims are terrorists. These are games the Left and Islamic supremacists
play in order to demonize and discredit their opposition, of course, for
actually what I mean is quite clear: that jihadists and jihad sympathizers are
not generally put out of mosques and Islamic organizations, but move freely
within even those who style themselves as "moderate": witness the
many terror convictions of former officials of the Council on American-Islamic
Relations (CAIR), which despite its Hamas ties is routinely presented in the
mainstream media as a respectable civil rights organization. (It is worth
subscribing to the JihadWatch.org newsletter. ~Bob)
Excerpt: A terror-loving top attorney whose clientele has
included Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law and jihadist loving Lynne Stewart was
indicted Thursday for failing to report more than $3 million in income.
'If my son did what
Michael Adebolajo did, I would be happy': Hate preacher Omar Bakri Muhammad
says he is proud of Lee Rigby killer
The Religion of Peace. ~Bob
Excerpt: Don’t write off all academia just yet: The American
Studies programs of at least two schools, Penn State Harrisburg and Brandeis,
have now cut their ties with an academic outfit that voted to boycott Israeli
universities. Too bad universities in New
York City have yet to do likewise.
A decline in courage may be the most striking feature that
an outside observer notices in the West today. - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
4 wounded as US
military aircraft takes on fire during evacuation mission in South
Sudan
Excerpt: Rebel gunfire hit a U.S.
military aircraft trying to evacuate American citizens caught in a remote
region of South Sudan that on Saturday became
a battle ground between the country’s military and renegade troops, officials
said. Four U.S.
service members were wounded.
I'm looking for one person defending Phil Robertson's free
speech rights who also defended Martin Bashir's free speech rights. Anyone?
Douglas County
Sheriff Phil Miller Says A&E Network No Longer Welcome to Film "Duck
Dynasty" at Douglas County Sheriff's Office or Facilities.
Excerpt: “I know it will not matter to A&E, but it will
make me feel better. A&E has produced more than a half dozen programs with
the assistance of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. They will not do any
more with my assistance while I am sheriff. It is time for someone other than Hollywood and the news
media to stand up for what is right!” (I couldn't get interested in the Duck
Dynasty thing. Censorship is when the government stops speech. But an employer
has a perfect right to terminate an employee who brings discredit on the
organization, though not to stop his speech. ~Bob)
Cracker Barrel puts
Duck Dynasty back in stores: ‘We made a mistake. . . we apologize’
Cracker Barrel: We
screwed up big time
Excerpt: That’s the message Cracker Barrel is sending to
enraged customers after the restaurant chain removed Duck Dynasty items from
its stores over fears it might offend people. “Our intent was to avoid
offending but that’s just what we’ve done,” Cracker Barrel said in a statement
posted on its Facebook page. “You told us we made a mistake. (We haven’t eaten
in Cracker Barrel in years since mom saw improper handling of food by wait
staff. --Barb)
Piers Morgan I dare you to do an interview with a Muslim and
ask him about homosexuality, I dee double dare you
Report:
Pink Mafia Bullies GLAAD Experiencing "Record Levels Of Backlash"
After Getting A&E To Suspend Duck Dynasty Star.
Excerpt:
“In the five-and-a-half years I’ve worked at GLAAD, I’ve never received so many
violently angry phone calls and social media posts attacking GLAAD for us
speaking out against these comments,” the media watchdog organization’s vice
president of communications Rich Ferraro told TheWrap."
USSR
'secret' Vietnam soldiers
speak out: 3000 Soviet Vets in Vietnam
Only 7? Someone is auditioning for 'under-achiever of the
year'. --GS
OPERATION AMERICAN SPRING -
Washington, D.C. in the cross-hairs - The Out-of-Control Government Must Be
Stopped. By Harry Riley
Excerpt: (Please add the above title and some or all data
from below to your FB, Twitter, Blog, Email list) TO: Patriots (black,
white, male, female, civilian, military, truckers, bikers, militias, veterans,
old, young, every American that loves freedom and liberty) We are past the
point of no return, thus must move forward with an effort to save our nation,
as there is no other choice. We are asking, pleading with you, and any others
that have resources, national voices, email lists, blogs, FB, Twitter, to call
for a non-violent American Spring sometime in the April/May 2014
time, in Washington D.C. We must appeal to ten million and more American
patriots to come and stay in Washington, D.C. to stop the White House and Congress from total
destruction of the United
States. It’s now or never. God help us. (Col
Riley has been very active in matters related to veterans and protests for some
years now. Now he has arrived at a point where he believes it's time for a
really major action, which he proposes here. I don't know if this will fly or
not, but am passing it on for others to consider. Those of you with your own
mailing lists may wish to circulate this as well. I certainly agree that this
government has been a disaster for the nation, and for them to continue doing
damage for three more years is a very scary proposition. Maybe have some
hundreds of thousands of protesters show up in DC and stay for a while would
get their attention. We can hope. --Del)
Mild
He Lays His Glory By. By Archbishop Cranmer
Excerpt:
It is a curious thing for God to become man; for the Word to become flesh and
dwell among us. We are about to celebrate the day when the Son of God was born
a baby in Bethlehem; when Christ emptied Himself and laid His glory by; born
that man no more may die. He surrendered aspects of His divinity to assume the
mantle of humanity: as the ancient creeds remind us, He was fully man and yet
fully God.
What This School Did To ‘Silent Night’ Isn’t Going Over
Well With Some Parents. By Billy
Hallowell
Excerpt: A Long Island, N.Y., school district has apologized
after it came under fire following a fifth grade choir’s removal of some key
lyrics from the traditional Christmas song “Silent Night.” Many of the
religious lines that point to the very heart of the Christmas season were
simply axed from the students’ Dec. 12 performance at Ralph J. Osgood Intermediate
School. (And again, the
secularists in grade schools act to remove the faintest trace of religion
(Christian religion, of course) from the lives of the school children. How
utterly insane is this. The link takes you to the news article, and there's
video there of the kids singing mutilated Christmas songs. Unbelievable. --Del)
Obama's Syria policy is
pretty much dead, and there are few good options. By Dan Murphy
Excerpt: President Barack Obama's
Syria policy, such as it's been, is now dead.
That it was on life support has been clear for a long
time. But with the routing of the US-backed
Free Syrian Army (FSA) from its
headquarters recently by Islamist rebel fighters, the plug should be pulled.
DHS Complicit In Drug
Cartel Human Trafficking
Excerpt: A federal judge finds that the Department of
Homeland Security, instead of arresting cartel members and the clients who pay
them to smuggle children into the U.S., helps the drug lords complete
the transactions.
Three videos before
breakfast
Laying the foundation for blatant
fascism in the U.S. By Larry Pinkney
Excerpt: When corporations and government become, in
actuality, intertwined as one entity, the end result is fascism. ... The
initial grooming and subsequent installation of Barack Obama as president of
the U.S.
was arranged and choreographed by the corporate power elite for whom he has
been and is a very dangerous tool against struggling everyday people of all
colors nationally and internationally. ... Associate Editor Larry Pinkney is a
veteran of the Black Panther Party, ...
Al Sharpton's Chicago Town Hall Erupts Into Revolt Against
Machine Politics
Excerpt: On Thursday, a town hall meeting hosted by Al
Sharpton and the National Action Network to address gun violence exploded into
a revolt against “Chicago Machine” politics, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and the
aldermen in City Hall, with panel and audience members calling to vote out
their elected officials. One 82-year-old preacher even called for “Tea
Party” style meetings in some of Chicago’s south
side communities such as Altgeld Gardens and Trumbull Park.
Excerpt: It is amazing that Leftist
hero and
Obama buddy Louis Farrakhan can talk about
beheading and stoning gays to death and you won’t hear a word from the
media. The silence is telling and very predictable.
Excerpt: Governor Deval Patrick is a close ally of President
Obama's but he said that he was not involved in the commutation application for
Reynolds Allen Wintersmith Jr., his 39-year-old cousin who was sentenced to
life in prison for possession and intent to distribute.
Oh Little Scrote of
Bethnal Green
New carol from the UK. ~Bob
Funny Christmas
Tweets
Most from the UK. ~Bob
Excerpt: "Pope Francis attacked unfettered capitalism
as 'a new tyranny,'" reads the lead of the
Reuters story by Naomi O'Leary. She is
referring to the
Evangelii Gaudium, the latest apostolic
exhortation from the Holy Father. Similar headlines appeared at
NBC, at the
Daily Kos, in the
Nation and
elsewhere. But as
Robert Ramono points out, nowhere did the
pope actually say those words.
Muslim cleric:
"Blowing oneself up for the sake of Allah is acceptable" -- People
who want to ban this are "trying to alter the religion of Allah"
New Rash of Church
Closings Sweeps Across Indonesia.
By Ryan Morgan
Excerpt: I watched as the pastor began to cry, tears welling
up in his eyes as he described the scene to me. It was May 18th, 2012, and
there were hundreds upon hundreds of screaming fanatics hurling rocks, dirt,
and even bags filled with urine at his congregation as the police stood by and
watched. Signs hanging near his church read "Jesus is a dog" and
"Kill the Christians." The rioters claimed the pastor had never
obtained the proper permits to operate his church, and the local government
agreed, sealing the building and prohibiting the pastor and his congregation
from ever returning.
FBI Raids Gulen School in New
Orleans
Excerpt: FBI and Kenilworth Science and Technology Charter
School officials aren’t saying why the
FBI converged on the Baton Rouge
school’s campus Wednesday evening, carting off boxes.
But the school has ties to a controversial education
movement inspired by a Turkish Muslim scholar, Fethullah Gulen. And other
schools connected with that movement have reportedly been investigated by the
FBI.
Israeli National Skin
Bank
Older, but Snopes says true. ~Bob. Excerpt: This is how I was
asked to supply skin for an Arab woman from Gaza,
who was hospitalized in Soroka
Hospital in Beersheva,
after her family burned her. ... One day she was caught at a border crossing
wearing a suicide belt. She meant to explode herself in the outpatient clinic
of the hospital where they saved her life.
Excerpt: The axiom "monkey see, monkey do" comes
to mind in a recent incident at the Buddhist Temple Wat
Kanteyaram(Eastern United Temple Foundation of Jacksonville Inc.). The
Cambodian Buddhist community rallied in JacksonvilleFlorida on
November 29 through December 1, 2013 to protest "The Great
Supreme Patriarch," Tep Vong, who was to officiate at the Temple's sacred Seima
Kam Buddhist sanctification ceremony. The community was adamant
that the sanctification would be desecrated by Tep Vong's presence, since
he stands accused of a litany of human rights abuses that make him ineligible
to preside over the ceremony.
Please explain
why Obama/Holder went after TrueTheVote but did nothing when the Black Panthers
manned voting polls with weapons? (Holder explained when he said blacks were
"my people." ~Bob) Please explain why Obama spoke out in defense of
Trayvon Martin but was silent on Delbert Belton's murder?
More fruit from Obama's non-Congressionally-authorized,
lead-from-behind war. ~Bob
Aspirin risks may outweigh benefits in healthy adults
Healthy adults who take daily aspirin to stave off heart
disease may be inviting more harm than benefit, according to a new review of
past studies. Adults face a crush of conflicting health messages about aspirin
and the role it plays as a preventive medicine. In an attempt to bring clarity
to the topic, UK researchers
sifted through the most recent evidence from nine randomized controlled trials
– which are considered medicine's gold standard – and other systematic reviews
of such trials. (Mentions well-known GI bleeding, ulcers issues. Does NOT
mention increased risk of macular degeneration (blindness) posed to geriatric
patients by aspirin protocol.
In a rare public apology, the militant leader of Al Qaeda's
branch in Yemen has
said that one of his fighters disobeyed orders and attacked a hospital attached
to the Defense Ministry during an assault that killed 52 people earlier this
month. …We accept full responsibility for what happened in the hospital
and will pay blood money for the victims' families." The apology seemed
prompted by Yemen state
television earlier broadcasting a video showing a gunman attacking doctors and
other hospital staff.
Dr. Manny: ‘Sex Sent
Me to the ER’ TV show makes me sick
Excerpt: As a women’s doctor, I can’t think of anything more
disgusting and reprehensible than glamorizing injuries associated with having
sex. This is exactly what is happening on a new TLC show, premiering
on Dec. 28, called “Sex Sent Me to the ER,” during which scripted actors
reenact real-life sex injuries incurred by regular people. In reports of one
episode, a 440-pound man manages to put his 110 pound girlfriend’s head through
a sheetrock wall while having sex with her. (Saw the previews while watching
TLC. Makes you understand how sick and disgusting the American culture has
become with the current bent of leadership in government, LGBT, progressives,
atheists, ACLU and Satanists throwing out God, Jesus and the 10 Commandments. How
sick to do this just after Christmas…let alone charge us money on our cable and
satellite bills for this type of programming. More fodder for the radical
Islamists….dumb, dumb and dumber. --Barb)
11 for 13. Not sure which i missed. ~Bob
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