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Will Chuck Hagel Be Obama´s
Pentagon Downsizer-In-Chief?
Investors Business Daily, by Staff
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Posted By:Desert Fox, 2/1/2013 9:37:30 PM
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| Defense: Chuck Hagel´s record in the Senate is a problem, but just as troubling is his failure to explain how he´ll keep America strong within an administration that´s bent on shrinking the military. We have been hearing a lot about the "independence" of former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, especially from his cheerleaders. It´s "among his more attractive qualities," says the New York Times in praising Hagel´s rocky performance at his Thursday confirmation hearing. The sad irony is that Hagel, nominated by President Obama to succeed Leon Panetta as secretary of defense, may turn out to be among the least
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Japanorama, 2/1/2013 9:53:36 PM (No. 9153342)
Hagel would fire only Republican officers.
Count on it.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
kanphil, 2/1/2013 10:06:31 PM (No. 9153355)
The thought of that stupid oaf in charge of the greatest military in the history of the world makes my blood run cold.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Th-Gr-Sil-Majority, 2/1/2013 10:31:42 PM (No. 9153384)
...you do have to wonder if Hagel was put up to take the flak and be withdrawn so as to slide the real desire through...
...with the announcement of women in combat, I do recall some woman who was being touted a few weeks back as a possible...
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
bighambone, 2/1/2013 10:55:35 PM (No. 9153417)
Obama and his close in crew will micro manage the downsizing of the Department of Defense, and Hagel will be their yes man at the Pentagon. If Obama thought that Hagel would give him any trouble in that respect Hagel would never have been nominated.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 2/2/2013 3:35:43 AM (No. 9153577)
I forsee Hagel embedding our troups into every jihadist organization he can find.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
god of irony, 2/2/2013 8:07:14 AM (No. 9153756)
Let me tell you first hand, downsizing and the destruction of our military is happening today! Training is being cut, construction and maintainence are being slashed. Morale in the crapper. And most importantly, we have returned to the bad old days of the Clinton policy of zero defects in personnel. Troops are being kicked out and forbidden to re-enlist for the smallest of reasons. No one trust anybody else amymore and it is every soldier for themselves.
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Peace Envoys From Taliban
at Loose Ends in Qatar
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New York Times, by Rod Norland
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/11/2013 9:01:21 PM
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DOHA, Qatar — When a handful of Taliban emissaries flew into Qatar on an American plane in 2010, the Obama administration hoped they would help negotiate a peace deal that could stabilize Afghanistan and allow the United States a graceful exit. Three years after that secret arrival, the Taliban officials remain idle and their political office here remains unused. “They are just living here enjoying the air-conditioning, driving luxury cars, eating and making babies,” one Afghan diplomat in Qatar said. “It’s all they can do; they have no work to do.”
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N. Korea knows how to
miniaturize nuclear bombs,
U.S. military agency says
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Yonhap News (South Korea), by Lee Chi-dong
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/11/2013 8:19:49 PM
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WASHINGTON -- A U.S. military intelligence agency believes that North Korea has learned how to mount nuclear bombs on ballistic missiles, a U.S. congressman said Thursday, citing a classified report. But the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) still questions whether the secretive nation has mastered the sophisticated technology, according to Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO). In a congressional hearing, he quoted the report as saying, "DIA assesses with moderate confidence the North currently has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by ballistic missiles; however the reliability will be low."
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Sen. Mark Kirk: Booze and boat
parties smoothed bipartisan gun deal
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Washington Times, by Cheryl K. Chumley
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/11/2013 7:53:07 PM
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Sen. Mark Kirk says the real driving force behind the gun deal that was hatched by bipartisan work was booze and boat retreats. The Illinois Republican said to reporters that visits to the Black Tie, a yacht owned by Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin, played a large role in the Democratic-Republican come-together over background checks and other legislation related to gun control, Roll Call reported. “You guys really ought to go out to National Harbor and see the Black Tie, which has been much of the reason for much of the bipartisan cooperation around here,”
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$1.1 Million of Soros Money Tied To
Magazine That Released McConnell Tape
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Cybercast News Service, by Mike Ciandella
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/11/2013 7:50:36 PM
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George Soros isn´t behind everything the left does, but it sure seems like he helps fund it all. The lefty magazine Mother Jones released a tape, reportedly obtained from a Democratic Super PAC in Kentucky, in an effort to hurt Mitch McConnell´s bid for reelection in the U.S. Senate. But, Mother Jones has funding baggage of its own. Mother Jones is the news outlet of The Foundation for National Progress, the left-wing "umbrella organization that exists to publish and support Mother Jones." It also founded the Media Consortium. The FNP received $485,000 in Soros funding in 2008.
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Sebelius Tries To Blame GOP For
Coming ObamaCare Failures
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Investor´s Business Daily, by Editorial
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/11/2013 7:33:29 PM
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Health Care: As Democrats grow increasingly worried that ObamaCare will explode on the launch pad just as midterm elections get going, the Obama administration seeks to pin blame on Republicans. Good luck with that. Earlier this week, Health and Human Services head Kathleen Sebelius admitted that she didn´t realize how complicated getting ObamaCare off the ground would be. Sebelius complained that "no one fully anticipated" the difficulties involved in implementing ObamaCare, or how confusing it would be with the public. She wasn´t talking about the massive and impossible task of imposing central planning on one-sixth of the nation´s economy.
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Obama Wants Americans´
Hard-Earned Retirement Savings
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Investor´s Business Daily, by Editorial
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/11/2013 7:25:34 PM
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Greed: Last year Washington raked in $1.16 trillion in individual income tax revenue and expects to squeeze $1.36 trillion out of taxpayers in 2013. But President Obama wants more — and he´s coming after your retirement. Obama´s budget proposes lowering the amount Americans can put away in retirement accounts without a tax penalty. Retirement contributions are made in pre-tax dollars, which lowers your taxable income. Capping the contributions increases taxable income, raising the tax burden. It also cuts into the dollars available for retirement. The president´s proposal limits accounts to $3 million in accumulated savings, enough to fund an annual
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Obama´s Budget And The
Appearance Of Reform
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Investor´s Business Daily, by Charles Krauthammer
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/11/2013 7:19:56 PM
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Well, at least we´re starting to get the procedure right. Washington has rediscovered the beauty of the boring. It´s called "regular order," using the normal, routine, constitutional process to arrive at, for example, a budget. Normal had disappeared during the Obama years. Republicans duly submitted annual budgets, which the president then used for target practice, most famously demagoguing Paul Ryan´s 2011 budget as un-American. Meanwhile, the Democratic-controlled Senate simply stopped producing budgets for four years. And the ones the White House put out were so preposterous that, for example, the 2011 version was rejected by the Senate 97-0.
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Remembering Margaret Thatcher
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Townhall, by Michael Reagan
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/11/2013 7:03:14 PM
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Margaret Thatcher, who served as prime minister of Britain from 1979 to 1990, is most famous for teaming up with my father Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II to peacefully end the Cold War and bring about the collapse of the Soviet Union. But at home, the “Iron Lady’s” intellect, political will and love of freedom and capitalism also saved Britain from its long, slow death by socialism. Prime Minister Thatcher freed up Britain’s economy by deregulating business, privatizing government-owned industries and breaking the back of the powerful unions that were smothering her country to death.
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The Pursuit of Happiness, the
Pursuit of Virtue, and the
Right of Conscience
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Townhall, by Bradley Abramson
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/11/2013 6:57:52 PM
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In the American Declaration of Independence, our Founding Fathers proclaimed that we are endowed by our Creator with the unalienable right to the pursuit of happiness. Unfortunately, we have long forgotten what our Founders meant by that now iconic phrase—“the pursuit of happiness”—and, as a consequence, we are now in jeopardy of losing the very liberty our Founders purchased for us at the risk of their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. Indeed, if we properly understood what our Founding Fathers meant by the phrase “pursuit of happiness,” a photographer in New Mexico, a pastry business owner in
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Kentucky Democrat Claims He
Knows Who Taped McConnell
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Rushlimbaugh.com, by Rush Limbaugh
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/11/2013 5:33:38 PM
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RUSH: From the Huffing and Puffington Post: "Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has been hit with an ethics complaint after a leaked tape revealed he was discussing with aides how to take on potential opponent Ashley Judd. The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has asked the Senate ethics committee and the FBI to investigate whether McConnell was having a discussion about potential Judd weaknesses -- including her mental health and religion -- on government time."
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Biden: Gun Owners ‘Like The Way It
Feels…Like Driving a Ferrari’
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ABC News, by Mary Bruce
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/11/2013 5:21:40 PM
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Vice President Joe Biden this morning said that the “cultural norm” about gun ownership has changed, arguing that many people buy guns, not for protection or hunting, but because “it’s like driving a Ferrari.” “It used to be we were dealing almost exclusively with hunters,” Biden said on MSNBC. “There’s a whole new sort of group of individuals now who, I don’t know what the numbers are, that never hunt at all but they own guns for one of two reasons: self protection or they just like the feel of that AR-15 at the range.”
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Dems Want to Separate
You from Your Guns
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Rushlimbaugh.com, by Rush Limbaugh
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/11/2013 5:17:02 PM
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RUSH: I checked the e-mail during the break at the top of the hour, and there´s some people wanting to know why I haven´t spent a lot of time on the latest involving gun control. Toomey-Manchin, Pennsylvania and so forth. It´s not that I haven´t, folks, and we´ve got some stuff on it coming up. There´s really only one thing you need to know. The Democrats want to do away with the Second Amendment, and if they can, they want to end up registering every gun and its owner in this country.
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Obamacare architect Rockefeller:
It´s ´beyond comprehension´
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Washington Examiner, by Paul Bedard
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Posted By: Drive- 4/10/2013 7:17:19 AM
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West Virginia Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller, one of the towering architects of Obamacare, on Tuesday openly criticized program managers for not moving quickly enough to build the system, warning that if it gets off to a bumpy start it will just get worse. Decrying the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as way too complex, he warned the acting Medicare director that Obamacare is "so complicated and if it isn´t done right the first time, it will just simply get worse."
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Ben Carson steps down as
Hopkins commencement speaker
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Baltimore Sun, by Andrea K. Walker
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Posted By: toledo- 4/11/2013 7:11:23 AM
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Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson stepped down Wednesday as commencement speaker at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine after complaints from students about controversial comments concerning same-sex marriage. The withdrawal came less than a week after medical school Dean Paul B. Rothman chastised Carson for his comments and met with graduating students concerned that the famed physician was an inappropriate commencement speaker.
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Obama enjoys ´sequester soul concert´
at White House amid massive budget
cuts and government worker furloughs
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Business Insider, by Staff
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/10/2013 4:24:28 AM
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The sequester may have many across the country singing the blues, but for President Obama, it was all about Memphis Soul. Even with the threat of furloughs and government cuts sparked by the sequester, Obama took the time to enjoy a star-studded concert at the White House tonight. The White House celebration of Memphis Soul music in the East Room--which included special guest appearances by Queen Latifah and Justin Timberlake--is likely to rile Obama´s Republican foes. Some conservatives have called on Obama to give up golf, especially since popular public tours of the White House have been canceled because of
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Obama: Put Nation´s 4-Year-Olds
in ‘Public Preschool;´ Will
Save on ‘Child-Care Costs´
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Cybercast News Service, by Terence P. Jeffrey
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/10/2013 1:18:38 PM
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In the message he issued along with his budget proposal on Wednesday morning, President Barack Obama said he wants to see 4-year-old children in the United States enrolled in public schools. Obama said America needs to start enrolling 4-year-olds to make sure the children are “better prepared for the demands of the global economy” and to help parents save on "child-care costs." After saying the United States needs to “equip our citizens with the skills and training” to fill jobs in manufacturing, energy and infrastructure, Obama said, “And that has to start at the earliest possible age.”
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Daughter of Obama´s former
pastor charged with fraud
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Reuters, by Mary Wisniewski
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Posted By: mitzi- 4/11/2013 1:11:19 AM
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The daughter of President Barack Obama´s controversial former pastor was indicted on Wednesday on charges of money laundering and lying to federal authorities, a Justice Department spokeswoman said. Jeri L. Wright, 47, the daughter of Jeremiah Wright, was accused of participating in a fraud scheme led by a former suburban police chief and the chief´s husband that involved a $1.25 million state grant, according to the Attorney´s office for the Central District of Illinois in Springfield. Wright, of the Chicago suburb of Hazel Crest, was charged with two counts of money
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Obama´s Army Outmaneuvered by the NRA
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NationalJournal, by Beth Rinehard
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Posted By: FlyRight- 4/10/2013 7:18:37 AM
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Although the first votes on gun -control legislation have yet to be cast, by some measures the National Rifle Association has already won. Obama’s ambitious plans to ban assault weapons and limit magazine capacities are off the table, while the NRA suggested it could support the most likely outcome -- expanded background checks -- as recently as 1999. The NRA claims that the president’s efforts have triggered a fundraising surge and boosted its membership from 4 million to nearly 5 million.
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End this bizarre fantasy
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New York Post, by Andrea Peyser
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/11/2013 5:10:54 AM
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Is Anthony Weiner completely delusional? Or is he out of his flipping, sex-crazed gourd? Whatever big-busted fantasies crawl around the ex-congressman’s delirious noggin, la Weiner made his next goal as clear as the skin of the wholesome college students he craved: He relishes being Mayor Weiner. Please, shut up this clown. These days, the genitally obsessed Weiner has nothing much to do, except sit in his lavish Manhattan apartment and — the inhumanity! — change the poopy diapers of his 16-month-old son, Jordan. Worse, Weiner is living under a kind of house arrest, sentenced to take extreme grief
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Senate votes 68-31 to move
forward with gun control measure
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The Hill [Washington DC], by Jonathan Easley & Ramsey Cox
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/11/2013 12:23:49 PM
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The Senate voted to move forward on gun control Thursday, clearing the first of what is expected to be many 60-vote hurdles for the legislation. (Snip) Sixteen Republicans voted in favor of the motion, while two Democrats — both from states President Obama lost in the 2012 election — voted against it. The two Democrats were Sens. Mark Begich (Alaska) and Mark Pryor (Ark.), both of whom face reelection next year.The 16 Republicans who voted to proceed were
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Pat Smith and 700 Special Ops
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American Spectator, by Jeffrey Lord
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/11/2013 6:13:54 AM
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Seven hundred Military Special Operations professionals. And one insistent and very angry Mom. This is becoming a deadly combination for the political game players in the Obama Administration. Sean Smith, the young State Department computer wizard who was brutally murdered that September night in Benghazi, was Pat Smith’s only child. Let’s say that again. Sean Smith was Mrs. Smith’s only child. To listen to her recent radio interview with another Sean… Sean Hannity… is to have the heart break.
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4 annoying ways climate change
will make your life a bummer
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The Week, by Chris Gayomali
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 4/10/2013 7:30:26 PM
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Within the next few decades, carbon emissions could cause global temperatures to rise between 4 and 11 degrees Fahrenheit, melting ice caps and causing sea levels to rise. The price of crops like coffee and chocolate will skyrocket, and countless cuddly animals around the globe could be wiped out. And yet, a lot of people find it hard to really care about climate change. But don´t be fooled: Climate change will affect you. Here´s a brief sampling of ways that warmer temperatures will suck the fun out of your life: 1. Your flights will be more turbulent
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Sebelius: Implementing Obamacare
More ´Difficult´ Than Anticipated
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Breitbart´s Big Government, by Tony Lee
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/10/2013 7:21:14 AM
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Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius conceded Monday that implementing the Affordable Care Act has been more complicated and frustrating than the Obama administration expected, largely due to Republicans who have opposed the law´s state-based exchanges and Medicaid expansion. "The politics has been relentless and that continues," Sebelius said. "There was some hope that once the Supreme Court ruled in July, and then once an election occurred there would be a sense that, ´This is the law of the land, let´s get on board, let´s make this work.´"
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