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Nearly 59 million lack health insurance: CDC
Post Date: 2010-11-10 11:00:16 by go65
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nearly 59 million Americans went without health insurance coverage for at least part of 2010, many of them with conditions or diseases that needed treatment, federal health officials said on Tuesday. They said 4 million more Americans went without insurance in the first part of 2010 than during the same time in 2008. "Both adults and kids lost private coverage over the past decade," Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told a news briefing. The findings have implications for U.S. healthcare reform efforts. A bill passed in March promises to get health insurance coverage to 32 million Americans who ...
Palin Responds to Real Time Economics and We Respond
Post Date: 2010-11-10 10:42:42 by go65
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Real Time Economics yesterday looked at Sarah Palin’s remarks about monetary policy to a trade association conference. On Monday night, she responded on Facebook: Ever since 2008, people seem inordinately interested in my reading habits. Among various newspapers, magazines, and local Alaskan papers, I read the Wall Street Journal. So, imagine my dismay when I read an article by Sudeep Reddy in today’s Wall Street Journal criticizing the fact that I mentioned inflation in my comments about QE2 in a speech this morning before a trade- association. Here’s what I said: “everyone who ever goes out shopping for groceries knows that prices have risen significantly over the ...
Miller argues misspelled Murkowski ballots should be seen as protest votes
Post Date: 2010-11-10 10:27:18 by Hondo68
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GOP Senate nominee Joe Miller has officially filed suit in federal court against the Alaska Division of Elections' announced rules for counting write-in votes that may be credited to Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R). The suit challenges the rules on a number of grounds. The main argument is that only a correctly spelled ballot, as opposed to a looser standard of "voter intent," should be used to judge whether or not a ballot should be accepted, but Miller's campaign also makes the claim, flagged by TPM's Josh Marshall, that misspelled Murkowski ballots should in fact be interpreted not as votes for the senator but as protest votes against her. From the suit: [T]he new policy ...
U.S. Jobless Claims Fell Last Week to Lowest Level Since July
Post Date: 2010-11-10 10:14:09 by go65
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The number of Americans filing initial jobless claims last week fell to the lowest level in four months, reinforcing evidence the U.S. labor market is healing. Applications for jobless benefits declined by 24,000 to 435,000 in the week ended Nov. 6, lower than the median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington. The total number of people collecting unemployment insurance fell to the lowest level since November 2008, and those receiving extended payments also declined. Fewer firings are a first step to improvement in the labor market, followed by faster job and income growth that will help fuel gains in consumer spending. Bigger increases in ...
Bad News Democrats 2012 Could Be Worse Than 2010
Post Date: 2010-11-10 09:59:46 by Murron
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Bad News Democrats 2012 Could Be Worse Than 2010 By CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Last week's election was bad for Democrats. The next one could be worse. Senate Democrats running in 2012 will be trying to hold their jobs in states where Republicans just scored major congressional and gubernatorial victories - Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, New Mexico and Virginia. The Democrats' problems don't end with senators. President Barack Obama carried those states in 2008, and he will need most of them to win re-election in two years. But this time they all will have Republican governors. These GOP governors can try to inhibit the ...
Bush Dispells Myth About His Alleged Palin Remarks (You Liberal Dumbasses, You)
Post Date: 2010-11-09 19:06:10 by no gnu taxes
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RUSH: I want to give you a chance to comment on something. There are stories going around that do not quote you -- that quote "associates" or "friends" -- saying that you are telling them that Sarah Palin was a bad choice by Senator McCain to be vice president -- PRESIDENT BUSH: Yeah. RUSH: -- and that she -- PRESIDENT BUSH: I have never said that, of course, nor have I read about it. You know, I'm not gonna comment on anybody who might be running for president. But that's what happens in today's world, the blogosphere. You know, people get to hide behind some codename or something. They toss out a gossip or rumor and it floats around the Internet. I never ...
Vets Dine Free at Applebee’s on Thursday
Post Date: 2010-11-09 17:45:54 by WhiteSands
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Vets Dine Free at Applebee’s on Thursday Last year Applebee’s served over a million free meals to American service personnel on Veteran’s Day. And this year they’re ready to do it again, offering up a free entrée to all veterans and active duty military who come in on Thursday, November 11. They’ll dine from a special “Vet’s Day Menu,” including bacon cheeseburgers, Fiesta Lime Chicken and Double Crunch Shrimp. We love this deal, as well as they’re slogan—that they’re “proud to serve those who serve us.” You will, of course, need to provide verification of service, through one of the following methods: U.S. Uniform ...
Judicial Watch Sues Obama Justice Department for Records on Slush Funds for 'Favored Groups'
Post Date: 2010-11-09 16:42:12 by WhiteSands
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Organizations Hand-Picked by Justice Department Reap Large Financial Rewards from Lawsuits to which They Have No Official Connection WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) to obtain information about a DOJ policy that directs large sums of cash settlements from DOJ Civil Rights Division discrimination lawsuits to organizations that are not officially connected to these lawsuits (Judicial Watch v U.S. Department of Justice (No. 10-1783)). According to Judicial ...
Former ACORN Official Agrees to Plea Deal in Nevada Voter Fraud Case
Post Date: 2010-11-09 15:43:24 by WhiteSands
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LAS VEGAS -- A former supervisor for the defunct political advocacy group ACORN agreed to a plea deal Monday in a case alleging that canvassers were illegally paid to register Nevada voters during the 2008 presidential campaign. Amy Busefink, 28, of Seminole, Fla., pleaded the equivalent of a no-contest in state court to two misdemeanor counts of conspiracy to commit the crime of compensation for registration of voters. Her Alford plea acknowledged the state had evidence for a conviction at trial. The plea agreement could get Busefink a year of probation, a $1,000 fine and 100 hours of community service. "That's what Alford pleas are for, to get some finality," said her ...
Wind-power protesters arrested
Post Date: 2010-11-09 15:05:03 by WhiteSands
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About three dozen protesters gathered at the entrance to the project site shortly before 8 a.m. as part of a rally planned by groups that oppose the project on Rollins Mountain and other large-scale wind energy proposals around Maine. Most of those arrested are affiliated with the Maine branch of the national activist group Earth First! Wearing orange ponchos against driving rain and biting wind, they stood across a gravel access road and forced truck drivers to stop for nearly a half-hour. Traffic resumed after the activists ignored warnings from Lincoln police and officers began escorting them to waiting cruisers. One woman was carried by officers when she refused to walk to a police ...
Bachus: Palin Cost Us Control of the Senate
Post Date: 2010-11-09 15:00:22 by go65
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A key Republican House leader told a chamber of commerce audience in his district last week that former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin undermined the GOP’s chance to take control of the U.S. Senate. Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., a favorite to become chairman of the Financial Services Committee in the incoming Republican-controlled House, said that while tea party candidates fared well in House races, in the Senate "they didn't do well at all," according to the Shelby County Reporter. “The Senate would be Republican today except for states [in which Palin endorsed candidates] like Christine O’Donnell in Delaware,” Bachus said at ...
Mitch McConnell fights GOP earmark ban
Post Date: 2010-11-09 14:57:03 by go65
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is maneuvering behind the scenes to defeat a conservative plan aimed at restricting earmarks, setting up a high-stakes showdown that pits the GOP leader and his “Old Bull” allies against Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and a new breed of conservative senators. In a series of one-on-one conversations with incoming and sitting senators, McConnell is encouraging his colleagues to keep an open mind and not to automatically side with DeMint, whose plan calls on Senate Republicans to unilaterally give up earmarks in the 112th Congress, according to several people familiar with the talks. While McConnell is not demanding that rank-and-file Republican ...
FBI: 69 child prostitutes rescued, 99 pimps held
Post Date: 2010-11-09 14:30:54 by WhiteSands
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WASHINGTON — More than five dozen child prostitutes have been found as part of a three-day nationwide crackdown on the sexual exploitation of children, the FBI said. FBI spokesman Jason Pack said Monday that 69 children were removed from prostitution and 99 suspected pimps were arrested in 40 cities across 30 states and the District of Columbia. Authorities arrested 785 other adults on a variety state and local charges, Pack said. All the children found were placed into protective custody or returned to their families. 1. More U.S. news 1. U.S. sees no threat in mystery 'missile' Updated 32 minutes ago 11/9/2010 6:52:01 PM +00:00 U.S. officials say they have no clue who ...
Student who hacked Bill O'Reilly gets 30 months
Post Date: 2010-11-09 14:25:49 by WhiteSands
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A 23-year-old Bellevue, Ohio, man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison following a 2007 online crime spree in which he used a network of hacked computers to attack and knock offline websites belonging to conservative pundits Bill O'Reilly and Ann Coulter. Mitchell Frost must also pay US$40,000 in restitution to O'Reilly and $10,000 to the University of Akron, where he was enrolled at the time of the hacking. He had pleaded guilty to the charges in May. Frost was a first-year student at the university at the time of the attacks. He used the school's computer network to control a botnet he'd built up between August 2006 and March 2007, and launched denial of service ...
Dick Morris needs a new crystal ball
Post Date: 2010-11-09 13:43:28 by go65
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n the run-up to the 2010 midterm elections, Fox's Dick Morris offered numerous incorrect--and often wildly off-mark--electoral predictions in fundraising emails and media appearances, in which he also occasionally got the names of candidates he was promoting wrong. This follows Morris' long history of off-the-mark political prognostications. EMBED Morris offers up numerous incorrect predictions regarding 2010 midterms Morris: "The historical record is 74 seats, set in 1922. I'm confident we're past that." On the November 1 edition of Fox News' Hannity, Morris said: "I believe the Republicans will win 60 to 80 seats in the House, and I personally believe ...
George W. Bush knows exactly how to puncture Barack Obama's pride
Post Date: 2010-11-09 12:29:38 by no gnu taxes
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Last night, an autocue was used in the Indian Parliament for the first time in its history. President Obama spoke for just 20 minutes with the help of “two textbook-sized panes of glass” that were installed by a technical team brought in – at some expense – from the US. “We thought Obama was a trained orator and skilled in the art of mass address,” complained one Indian official to the Hindustan Times. It’s no wonder, then, that Bush-sympathisers long for a return to “Dubyaspeak” and the plain rhetoric of his era. Even my colleague Mary Riddell, hardly a fan, finds the Texan language “attractive”. As it happens, an example of this ...
Pentagon Can't Explain 'Missile' Off California Coast [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-11-09 11:49:31 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon says it's trying to figure out whether a missile was launched off the coast of southern California and who might have launched it. Spokesmen for the Navy, Air Force, Defense Department and North American Aerospace Defense Command say they are looking into a video posted on the website of Southern California television station KFMB. The video appears to show a rocket or some other object shooting up into the sky and leaving a large contrail over the Pacific Ocean. Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan said Tuesday that officials can't confirm that there was a launch and if there was, by whom. He says officials are talking to the Air Force, Navy and ...
New GOP Chairman Of Oversight Committee Plans Hundreds Of Hearings Into Executive Branch ( "I want seven hearings a week, times 40 weeks")
Post Date: 2010-11-09 11:26:05 by Brian S
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Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA), the next chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is planning to massively expand investigations into the executive branch. Issa plans to hold hundreds of hearings, create new subcommittees, and launch investigations into the bank bailout, the stimulus, and health care reform, according to Politico. "I want seven hearings a week, times 40 weeks," Issa said. On Monday, Issa apologized for calling President Barack Obama "one of the most corrupt presidents in modern times" on Rush Limbaugh's radio show. "Do I think the president is personally corrupt, no, I should never have implied that or created ...
Democrats Consoled by Latino Support in Republican `Game Changer' Election
Post Date: 2010-11-09 11:21:52 by Brian S
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Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Along with sweeping Republican gains in the U.S. House, two political realities emerged in this year’s midterm elections with longer-term repercussions for both parties -- one positive, one negative for each. For Republicans, the wave of support extended to state capitals. The party won control of 25 state legislatures -- powered by pickups of about 700 state legislative slots -- and 29 governor’s offices. Next year, states will use data from the 2010 Census to determine the boundaries for House seats, a redistricting process that now is likely to benefit Republicans for the next 10 years. “It’s a game changer,” said Benjamin Ginsberg, a ...
Looming Medicare cuts "catastrophic" for seniors
Post Date: 2010-11-09 11:13:19 by go65
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Looming cuts in Medicare payments to doctors could cause a “catastrophic” drop in health care services to seniors unless Congress approves a 13-month, $15.4 billion temporary fix this month, the president of the American Medical Association said Monday in San Diego. The pay cut scheduled to take effect Dec. 1 would reduce Medicare physician payments by 23 percent for the rest of the year and an additional 1.9 percent beginning in January. If the cuts are implemented, some doctors may be forced to limit the number of Medicare patients they see or face going out of business, said AMA President Dr. Cecil Wilson. “This crisis can only be prevented if Congress takes quick ...
Legislature likely to cut deep to meet possible $25 billion budget gap (Texas)
Post Date: 2010-11-09 10:53:33 by go65
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AUSTIN – Texas faces a budget crisis of truly daunting proportions, with lawmakers likely to cut sacrosanct programs such as education for the first time in memory and to lay off hundreds if not thousands of state workers and public university employees. Texas' GOP leaders, their eyes on the Nov. 2 election, have played down the problem's size, even as the hole in the next two-year cycle has grown in recent weeks to as much as $24 billion to $25 billion. That's about 25 percent of current spending. The gap is now proportionately larger than the deficit California recently closed with cuts and fee increases, its fourth dose of budget misery since September 2008. Against ...
What if states ditch Medicaid? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-11-09 10:51:10 by go65
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The Medicaid expansion was meant to be one of the hallmark accomplishments of health-care reform. The Affordable Care Act will expand the program rapidly by subsidizing insurance for all Americans up to 133 percent of the poverty line, which will add an estimated 16 million new Medicaid enrollees. During the health-care debate, Democrats heralded the move for helping to bring the country closer than ever to achieving universal coverage. But the Medicaid expansion has also become one of the biggest points of tension between the federal and state governments. The federal government will cover all the costs of the expansion until 2019, but the states will eventually be responsible for ...
Fudgepacker-In-Chief's bung hole buddy from college
Post Date: 2010-11-09 06:16:21 by Happy Quanzaa
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We all know about the birth certificate controversy. Hillary Clinton during the 2008 presidential primary floated the possibility that Obama was not born in Hawaii. Obama feed the controversy for a few reasons. First to make the Hillary crowd then later the Republican crowd look like loons. Second there is damaging information on his birth certificate about his father (Muslim-Negro) and other details he would rather not have public. Third since the long form has never been entered into a court of law does it even exist? At this point its much ado about nothing since the communist is residing in the White House. And now it’s leaking out Obama is floating another smoke screen. The ...
Flashback from 1995: Newsweek on Why No One Will Buy Things on the Internet
Post Date: 2010-11-09 00:12:18 by WhiteSands
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We’re promised instant catalog shopping—just point and click for great deals. We’ll order airline tickets over the network, make restaurant reservations and negotiate sales contracts. Stores will become obselete. So how come my local mall does more business in an afternoon than the entire Internet handles in a month? Even if there were a trustworthy way to send money over the Internet—which there isn’t—the network is missing a most essential ingredient of capitalism: salespeople. Flash forward to the present day; many large retail stores have been gutted of their staffs as a cost-saving measure, in part due to online competition. Even more amusing is ...
'Arizona Style' Immigration Law Proposed in Texas
Post Date: 2010-11-09 00:04:09 by WhiteSands
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Less than an hour after the period began for filing bills for consideration in the 2011 Legislative session, State Rep. Debbie Riddle (R-Tomball), a leader of the newly muscular conservatives in the Legislature, filed an 'Arizona style' measure that would crack down on illegal immigration, 1200 WOAI news reports. Riddle says her measure is a response to what she says is the escalating violence caused by Mexican and Latin American gangs in Texas. "It is absolutely out of control with the gang related crime, which is going through the roof, so, yes, we are addressing this, and quite frankly, I am not worried about political correctness," Riddle told 1200 WOAI news. The ...
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