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Health Insurance Brokers Prepare
Clients For Obamacare Sticker Shock

Forbes Magazine, by Dr. Scott Gottlieb, M.D. Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 1/23/2013 12:14:24 AM Post Reply

A California insurance broker, who sells health plans to individuals and small businesses, told me that she’s prepping her clients for a sticker shock. Her local carriers are hinting to her that premiums may triple this fall, when the plans unveil how they’ll billet the full brunt of Obamacare’s new regulations and mandates. California is hardly alone. Around the country, insurers are fixing to raise rates by double digits. They’re privately briefing politicians in Washington on what’s in store. Those briefings are leaving a lot of folks up and down Pennsylvania Avenue jumpy. What’s gives? President Obama, after all

Barack Obama Is Boring

Real Clear Politics, by Robert Tracinski Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 1/23/2013 12:05:13 AM Post Reply

I was not going to comment on President Obama´s second inaugural address until I saw a headline quoting a line from the speech: "We are made for this moment." Really? "This moment"—again? (Snip) This is the president´s favorite false alternative: either we do things "alone," or government does them for us "collectively." What this world view leaves out, of course, is the voluntary cooperation of private individuals, particularly their cooperation in the free market. Which is to say that he excludes from his world view the actual majority of human activity. But this is the basic false alternative

Sloane Stephens beats Serena
Williams in Australian Open

BBC News, by Piers Newbery Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 1/23/2013 12:05:01 AM Post Reply

Title favourite Serena Williams went out of the Australian Open in a huge shock as injury derailed her hopes against Sloane Stephens in the quarter-finals. The 15-time Grand Slam champion led her fellow American by a set and a break, but after being treated for a back spasm in the second set went down 3-6 7-5 6-4. Stephens, 19, is on the verge of breaking into the world´s top 20 and was playing in her first Grand Slam quarter-final. She gave a good account of herself in the opening stages, but Williams looked to have seen off

Stricken dolphin who ´asked´ Hawaii diver
for help: Moment mammal stuck on fish-
ing line pushed itself into scuba instructor
and waited patiently to be freed

Daily Mail [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/22/2013 11:38:06 PM Post Reply

A dolphin tangled in fishing line sought help from a diver in the waters of Hawaii.[Snip]Mr Laros was leading a group of snorkelers for a manta ray dive experience off the Big Island´s Kona International Airport when the dolphin squealed out, with the man telling the local media ´there was no question this dolphin was there for help.´ The group were enjoying the aquatic sights when suddenly they heard a dolphin cry and the bottlenose dolphin swam in their direction. Mr Laros told KITV how he soon noticed that the dolphin´s movements were inhibited because it was

GM foods pose new risk as ´viral
gene´ is missed in crops

Daily Express [UK], by John Ingham Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/22/2013 11:24:30 PM Post Reply

New fears were raised over genetically modified food yesterday after researchers found regulators had missed an "unsuspected viral gene" in widely used crops. A study published last month found that the commonest modification in GM crops includes a "significant fragment of a viral gene" known as Gene VI. The study by European Food Standards Agency experts published in the journal GM Crops and Food said the gene “might result in unintended phenotypic changes" which means it could have unintended genetic or environmental consequences. [Snip] Two thirds of GM crops approved in the US contain the hitherto unidentified viral gene.

Prince Harry Compares War to
PlayStation, and Taliban
Are Not Amused

New York Times, by Robert Mackey Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/22/2013 11:12:38 PM Post Reply

A Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday that Prince Harry must have “mental problems,” following the broadcast of remarks by the royal in which he said that killing militants from an Apache helicopter was similar to playing video games. (Snip) In another edit of the footage, posted online by The Guardian, Prince Harry, who is known as Captain Wales in the army, explained that he was glad to have been “pushed forward to the front seat,” the one reserved for the attack helicopter’s gunner. That was, he said, “a joy for me because I’m one of those people that loves playing PlayStation and Xbox,

Collin County Sheriff Won´t
Enforce Gun Laws That He
Says Violate Constitution

NBC Universal [Dallas], by Kevin Cokely Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 1/22/2013 11:11:27 PM Post Reply

Collin County Sheriff Terry Box says he, nor his deputies, will enforce unconstitutional gun laws put in place by whom he calls misguided politicians. In the statement, Box said the following: In light of recent events I feel I need to make a public statement of my views on this subject. As the Sheriff of Collin County, Texas, I have for the past 28 years served to protect and keep safe all citizens of our county, recognizing the trust placed in me with this profoundly important responsibility. Unfortunately, the recent surge in the numbers of innocent victims who have died at the hands of unstable criminals

To Malians, al-Qaeda is
a foreign invader

Telegraph [UK], by David Blair Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/22/2013 11:07:36 PM Post Reply

The refugees came home on board a canoe, paddling across a verdant swamp forming a cool oasis in the wastes of the Sahel. As they disembarked, I asked why they felt safe enough to return to their town in central Mali, barely five days after fleeing its capture by radical Islamists. “Because the French have come,” replied Mahmadou Djire. “They are here to save us.” Nearby, the first Tricolours were flying in Diabaly, welcoming a French military column with a blaze of blue, white and red. Anyone who saw the recapture of this town of 35,000 people after its brief

David Cameron promises an in-out
referendum on Britain in Europe.
You can thank Ukip for this

Telegraph [UK], by Tim Stanley Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/22/2013 11:01:31 PM Post Reply

So, now we know what the big applause line is going to be in the Prime Minister’s much anticipated speech on Europe. Today, David Cameron will tell the world that democratic consent for the EU is “wafer thin” and “it is time for the British people to have their say.” If the Tories form a government in 2015, they will hold an in-out referendum on our membership. It’s a game-changing proposal and music to this Eurosceptic’s ears. With one speech, the Prime Minister has morphed from Ted Heath to Margaret Thatcher. If only his backbenchers could convince him to drop

Obama faces new pressure
on Keystone pipeline

Washington Times, by Ben Wolfgang Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/22/2013 10:44:24 PM Post Reply

President Obama’s Inauguration Day vow to fight climate change is facing an unexpectedly early test as a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline now rests solely with his administration. Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman on Tuesday removed the only other remaining hurdle by formally approving the pipeline’s modified 194-mile route through his state, skirting sensitive ecological areas and clearing up the last major question mark on the course of the proposed $7 billion Canada-to-Texas project. “Construction and operation of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline … would have

Apple May Face First
Profit Drop in Decade
as IPhone Slows: Tech

Bloomberg News, by Adam Satariano Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 1/22/2013 10:41:46 PM Post Reply

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook is feeling the heat. Eighteen months after taking over from Steve Jobs, Cook is facing rising production costs, competition from Samsung Electronics Co. and slowing growth in smartphones, threatening profits for the world’s most valuable company. An earnings report tomorrow may show that fiscal first- quarter net income slipped 2 percent to $12.8 billion, or $13.48 a share, according to analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg. That would be the first drop since 2003. In all except one quarter since that same year, profit has jumped more than 10 percent.

Netanyahu, allies narrowly cling
to victory in Israeli election

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 1/22/2013 10:37:15 PM Post Reply

Jerusalem – In a stunning setback, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu´s hard-line bloc fared worse than expected in a parliamentary election Tuesday, exit polls showed, possibly forcing the incumbent Israeli leader to invite surprisingly strong moderate rivals into his government and soften his line toward the Palestinians. TV exit polls showed the hard-liners with about 61 seats in the 120-seat parliament, a bare majority, and the counts could change as actual votes are tallied. The unofficial TV results had Netanyahu winning only 31 seats,

Sting operations reveal Mafia
involvement in renewable energy

Washington Post, by Anthony Faiola Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/22/2013 10:36:21 PM Post Reply

PALERMO, Italy — Inside a midnight-blue BMW, a Sicilian entrepreneur delivered his pitch to the accused mafia boss. A new business was blowing into Italy that could spin wind and sunlight into gold, ensuring the future of the Earth as well as the Cosa Nostra: renewable energy. “Uncle Vincenzo,” implored the businessman, Angelo Salvatore, using a term of affection for the alleged head of Sicily’s Gimbellina crime family, 79-year-old Vincenzo Funari. According to a transcript of their wiretapped conversation, Salvatore continued, “for the love of our sons, renewable energy is important. .?.?. it’s a

Obama ‘will not oppose’ House GOP
plan to suspend debt limit until May

Washington Post, by Lori Montgomery* Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/22/2013 10:33:52 PM Post Reply

House Republicans are advancing a novel plan to suspend enforcement of the federal debt limit through May 18, a move that would lift the threat of a government default and relieve the air of crisis that has surrounded their budget battle with President Obama. The measure — set for a vote Wednesday in the House — would not resolve the dispute over how to control the national debt. But after the traumatic “fiscal cliff” episode at the end of last year, it would buy policymakers a little breathing room to continue the argument without another economy-rattling

Ehrlich: ‘Nobody has the Right to
Have 12 Children – or Even Three’

Cybercast News Service, by Pete Winn Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 1/22/2013 10:13:16 PM Post Reply

Paul Ehrlich, the doomsday biologist who coined the term “The Population Bomb” more than 40 years ago with a book of the same name, says the world now faces “dangerous trends” of global climate change and overpopulation, which threaten our extinction. Reducing the number of people is still the answer to civilization’s woes, Ehrlich and his wife Anne wrote in an article published Jan. 9 by London’s Royal Society. “To our minds, the fundamental cure, reducing the scale of the human enterprise (including the size of the population) to keep its aggregate consumption within the carrying capacity of

They hate me, they really hate me

Slate, by John Dickerson Original Article

Posted By: smcchk- 1/22/2013 10:10:52 PM Post Reply

When you are on the Fox News´ ticker for the wrong reasons, it´s time to put things into context. On the eve of the president´s inauguration, I wrote a piece about what President Obama needs to do to be a transformational rather than caretaker president. I was using a very specific definition of transformational presidencies based on my reading of a theory of political science and the president´s own words about transformational presidencies from the 2008 campaign. It was also based on these givens: the president is ambitious, has picked politically controversial goals,

Can You Pass The Great
Obama Inaugural Quiz?

Cybercast News Service, by Dan Joseph Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 1/22/2013 10:09:50 PM Post Reply

Obama´s second inaugural seemed like the perfect opportunity to find out firsthand just how connected Obama´s most dedicated supporters are to political reality. So, MRCTV went to the National Mall in Washington, DC and quizzed some of those who turned out at the inaugural to see just how much they knew about Obama´s first-term track record. What we found was that many struggled to exhibit even the most basic knowledge of the president´s actions over the last four years.

CBS Political Director Responds
To Fox By Quoting Friend:
Obama Should Inspire GOP
‘Not To Be Whinier’

Mediaite, by Noah Rothman Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/22/2013 10:02:35 PM Post Reply

CBS News’ political director John Dickerson came under fire from the hosts of Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends this week after he published a column in Slate magazine where he suggested President Barack Obama should “go for the throat” in negotiations with his Republican opponents. On Tuesday, Dickerson responded to his critics by, among other things, quoting a conservative friend who advised Republicans to be less sensitive to criticism. “Barack Obama should inspire us conservatives to be better, not to be whinier,” Dickerson quoted his friend as saying. “They hate me, they really hate me,”

Indonesia sentences British grandmother
to death for smuggling drugs
into resort island

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/22/2013 9:58:01 PM Post Reply

Bali, Indonesia - An Indonesian court sentenced a British grandmother to death on Tuesday for smuggling cocaine worth $2.5 million in her suitcase onto the resort island of Bali — even though prosecutors had sought only a 15-year sentence. Lindsay June Sandiford, 56, wept when judges handed down the sentence and declined to speak to reporters on her way back to prison, covering her face with a floral scarf. She had claimed in court that she was forced to take the drugs into the country by a gang that was threatening to hurt her children. Indonesia, like many Asian countries,

Some good advice from ol’ Bubba

Washington Times, by Wesley Pruden Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 1/22/2013 9:53:35 PM Post Reply

Nobody wants rain on Inauguration Day. For the partisans among us — and that includes approximately half of us, give or take a few hundred thousand — it’s a day for celebration of the nation and its history, the continuity of its institutions, and the promise of the future. For the celebrating pols, it’s a day to celebrate not having to go home and get a job, and to mark the promise of another four years at the public trough. For Barack Obama, it’s a celebration of his agenda, both the one seen and the other unseen. We’ll see soon enough what’s in the unseen, and how much he can get through a divided

Do Gun Control Laws Control Guns?

Creators Syndicate, Inc., by Thomas Sowell Original Article

Posted By: tyshab- 1/22/2013 9:53:20 PM Post Reply

The gun control controversy is only the latest of many issues to be debated almost solely in terms of fixed preconceptions, with little or no examination of hard facts. Media discussions of gun control are dominated by two factors: the National Rifle Association and the Second Amendment. But the over-riding factual question is whether gun control laws actually reduce gun crimes in general or murder rates in particular. If, as gun control advocates claim, gun control laws really do control guns and save lives, there is nothing to prevent repealing the Second Amendment, any more than there

Pentagon: Al Qaeda´s ally is
top suspect in Algeria attack

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/22/2013 9:48:03 PM Post Reply

The Pentagon on Tuesday stopped short of saying Al Qaeda North Africa affiliate is definitely to blame for the deadly Algeria terrorist attack, but it said there is good reason to believe the group had a leading role. "When it comes to terrorist attacks of this sort in North Africa, AQIM has to be at the top of the list of suspects, I´ll put it that way," said Pentagon press secretary George Little, referring to Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. The White House said the Obama administration is working with the Algerian government to learn more about what happened and did not echo concerns expressed by

New Dem. Finance Chief Dined
With Fidel Castro

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/22/2013 9:32:26 PM Post Reply

Politico reported this morning that "Henry R. Muñoz III of San Antonio -- an Obama bundler and a national chairman of the Futuro Fund, a group of Latino leaders who raised money for the president’s reelection -- is expected to be named DNC Finance Chair, the first Latino to hold the title." What´s also interesting about Muñoz, though Politico omitted this fact, is that he at least once dined with Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. "Muñoz’s clout has only expanded in the ensuing years — in politics, philanthropy and his profession," mysanantonio.com reported two years ago.

CBS´s Attkisson: Obama Admin.
Has Stonewalled on Benghazi
Since October

Newsbusters, by Matthew Balan Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/22/2013 9:27:35 PM Post Reply

On Tuesday, CBS´s Sharyl Attkisson broke on Twitter that the Obama administration "has indicated that it will not be answering Benghazi question we´ve been asking since Oct." Attkisson, who has provided hard-hitting reporting on the September 11, 2012 Islamist attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya, listed many of the questions that the executive branch has yet to answer about the story. The journalist noted in a later Tweet that "CBS News FOI´d Benghazi info from State Dept, CIA, FBI and Defense Dept. None has been provided." Attkisson also pointed out a false claim by the administration:

A Tale Of Two Inaugurals:
In 2005, Media Sneers;
In 2013, Media Cheers

Mediaite, by Noah Rothman Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/22/2013 9:20:48 PM Post Reply

From substance to style, most are aware that the nation’s political press has imposed wildly divergent standards on themselves in their coverage of the administration of President Barack Obama and that of his predecessor, President George W. Bush. This lamentable condition has been well documented, so it may seem unsurprising that the press would cover Obama’s second inaugural far differently than they did Bush’s. But one’s ability to experience surprise is regularly challenged by the political press and their staggering disregard for consistency. A glance at how the media covered yesterday’s festivities and those of eight years ago

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