Year: 2013
How The Obama Administration Bungled Egypt
For the second time in two years, the people of Egypt are rising up against their tyrannical government. Millions of Egyptians took to the streets on June 30th to protest the authoritarian rule and economic mismanagement of the Muslim Brotherhood-led government under Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. Some banners carried by the demonstrators denounced the Obama administration for supporting Morsi’s government, like …
NSA Recruiters Get Serious Backlash from Students
A pair of NSA recruiters gave a presentation to University of Wisconsin language students about why they should consider a career with the NSA. Typical stuff for a college career fair. But it’s doubtful that the recruiters anticipated being barraged with questions about the recent controversies surrounding the agency. The Huffington Post reports: [Madiha] Tahir, a PhD …
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Laughable: Conservatives To Blame For ACA Employer Mandate Delay
As you may have heard, the Obama administration has delayed the employer mandate portion of the Affordable Care Act to January 2015. Avik Roy has a great rundown of the implications of this decision: The Obama administration has decided to delay the implementation of Obamacare’s employer mandate—the requirement that all firms with 50 or …
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Obamacare Employer Mandate: Delayed until 2015
This is simply amazing. Businesses won’t be penalized next year if they don’t provide workers health insurance after the Obama administration decided to delay a key requirement under its health-care law, two administration officials said. The decision will come in regulatory guidance to be issued later this week. It addresses vehement complaints from employer groups …
Justin Carter A Victim Of Zero Tolerance Idiocy
Apparently not even sarcasm is safe anymore, as Texas teenager Justin Carter faces jail time for comments he made on an online video game forum. According to the Huffington Post, the exchange that took place went like this: “[S]omeone had said something to the effect of ‘Oh you’re insane, you’re crazy, you’re messed up in …
Attacking Snowden? It’s What The Government Wants
In light of Edward Snowden’s attempts to receive asylum abroad, the debate on his character began right on cue. On Sunday, June 23rd, news outlets reported that he arrived in Moscow after fleeing Hong Kong. It is unclear where he will go next. It’s possible he will end up in Ecuador or Venezuela. WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange has stated …
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Gallup: 43% Of Uninsured Not Aware Of Obamacare Mandate
How about all that talk from Obamacare supporters where they say, “Once people find out what’s in the bill, they’ll love it!” Think so? From Gallup: The vast majority of Americans, 81%, say they are aware of the 2010 Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) requirement that most Americans must carry health insurance or pay a fine. …
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Sad News: 19 Firefighters Killed In Yarnell Hill Fires
This is just awful: (**Update: The Associated Press is now confirming it was 19 firefighters that died) The Prescott Courier reports 18 firefighters have been killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire in the Town of Yarnell. The fast-moving fire has burned 250 structures in the Town of Yarnell and grown to 2,000 acres, command …
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The EU Reacts (Angrily) to Allegations the NSA is Spying on Them Too
As more information comes out about the government’s sweeping surveillance programs, it appears that the NSA may not be only spying on Americans. Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine reported that the European Union’s diplomatic offices in DC and New York had been bugged by the NSA, that the EU’s Russian headquarters were wiretapped, and that the NSA …
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