Tuesday, May 9, 2017




Cleaning Up Democrats’ Healthcare Mess

Susan Stamper Brown
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Posted: May 08, 2017 12:01 AM
Cleaning Up Democrats’ Healthcare Mess
  
Last time they were in charge, Democrats created the dumpster fire we know as Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act, which is nothing more than a failed wealth redistribution experiment.
Historians will look back at the Obama years and note the rise of Democrat Party lemmings who threw themselves off the Obamacare Cliff in a fit of melodramatic sanctimoniousness. They will question why Democrats passed a bill they knew from the beginning was a pile of excrement and then left it for someone else to clean up.
And that cleanup is upon us, given some people are asked to pay premiums the equivalent of small house payments to pay for policies requiring $10,000 (or more) in out-of-pocket costs. Ironically, Democrats promised Obamacare would lower costs.
Historians will also ask how leading Democrats like Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Barack Obama never second-guessed their decisions even while watching Obamacare collapse from within.
Rather than joining with Republicans to rescue Americans from this dying legislative monstrosity that made healthcare less accessible and increasingly unaffordable, Democrats chose to take the low road, propagating fear and lies about the House bill known as the American Health Care Act [AHCA].
Now that the bill has reached the Senate, Democrats will either participate in the legislative process or they will answer to their constituents back home about why they failed to help fix the mess they created.
Stop listening to the naysayers. Like any bill, the AHCA is a work in progress and will not become law as it currently stands. But, you would never know that, listening to scaremongers’ cock-and-bull stories about the Republicans’ nefarious plan to kill people with preexisting conditions by obliterating access to healthcare coverage.
It is quite the opposite.
It is a boldfaced lie to say the AHCA ditches people with preexisting conditions. As Townhall editor Guy Benson recently pointed out, “people with preexisting conditions are offered several layers of protection” including: Insurers are mandated to sell plans to everyone, period. Those with preexisting conditions who live in “a state that does not seek an optional waiver from the AHCA’s (and Obamacare’s) ‘community rating’ regulation cannot be charged more than other people for a new plan when they seek to purchase one.” Moreover, those who are “insured and remain continuously insured cannot be dropped from their plan due to a preexisting condition, and cannot be charged more after developing one” even if they change jobs or switch plans. Furthermore, if someone is uninsured and has a preexisting condition and lives in a state with a community rating waiver, the state must grant that person access to the $130 billion high risk pool fund provided under the AHCA.
Obamacare failed for many reasons. It lacked choice and flexibility. It also failed to consider human nature and what happens when government dictates what it wants rather than the other way around. Such as the assumption that healthy young people, many of whom are baristas still residing in their parents’ basement, would miraculously bankroll the costs of the sick and elderly. Surely, an economics course would have helped Democrats understand that in the real world, nothing is free, so mandating “free” preventive care means people will use it, ergo costs spike.
The Democrats who created this crisis see it as a campaign opportunity. They care nothing about the plight of everyday Americans now suffering thanks to their poor decisions and should pay the price for their arrogance and dismissiveness in upcoming elections.







Monday, May 8, 2017

Key Take-Away: ISIS is setting conditions for its annual Ramadan campaign, anticipated to begin on May 26 with intent to exploit security vulnerabilities across the country...


Iraq Situation Report: 
April 21 - May 5, 2017
By: Jessa Rose Dury-Agri and the ISW Iraq Team

Key Take-Away: ISIS is setting conditions for its annual Ramadan campaign, anticipated to begin on May 26 with intent to exploit security vulnerabilities across the country. ISIS tested security in and around Baghdad by conducting a successful Suicide Vehicle-Borne IED (SVBIED) attack in central Baghdad and attempting additional attacks in Balad, Tarmiyah, and Jurf al-Sakhr. ISIS strained Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) resources by increasing the tempo of attacks in Ramadi and far west Anbar Province. ISIS attempted numerous attacks in Salah al-Din province, which the ISF foiled. The attacks indicate ISIS's continued attack capabilities in this zone. ISIS attacked Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) near Mosul in a potential bid to incite sectarian violence and detract from Mosul operations. Security forces must complete the campaign for Mosul while protecting Baghdad and repelling ISIS attacks across Anbar, Salah al-Din, Diyala, and Ninewa Provinces. ISF resources are further strained in Maysan and Basra Provinces, which mobilized two operations commands to address tribal violence. ISIS will continue to create and exploit weaknesses in Iraqi security prior to its Ramadan offensive.
 

Sunday, May 7, 2017

Emmanuel Macron, a "Useful Infidel," is not a supporter of terrorism or Islamism. It is worse: he does not even see the threat...

France: Emmanuel Macron, Useful Idiot of Islamism

by Yves Mamou  •  May 7, 2017 at 1:30 am
  • Emmanuel Macron, a "Useful Infidel," is not a supporter of terrorism or Islamism. It is worse: he does not even see the threat.
  • Louizi's article gave names and dates, explaining how Macron's political movement has largely been infiltrated by Muslim Brotherhood militants.
  • Is Macron an open promoter of Islamism in France? It is more politically correct to say that he is a "globalist" and an "open promoter of multiculturalism". As such, he does not consider Islamism a national threat because the French nation, or, as he has said, French culture, does not really exist.
 
Emmanuel Macron (Image source: European External Action Service)
During the cold war with the Soviet Union, they were called "Useful Idiots". These people were not members of the Communist Party, but they worked for, spoke in favor of and supported the ideas of Lenin and Stalin. In the 21st century, Communism is finally dead but Islamism has grown and is replacing it as a global threat.
Like Communism, Islamism -- or Islamic totalitarianism -- has been collecting its "Useful Infidels" the same way Communism collected its Useful Idiots. There is, however, an important difference: under the Soviet Union, Useful Idiots were intellectuals. Now, Useful Infidels are politicians, and one of them may be elected president of France today.

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Fear and Loathing in North Korea...!


Fear and Loathing in
North Korea

The riddle of North Korea is easier to understand if you study not just the country’s missiles, but its history. Intercept columnist Mehdi Hasan writes that the oft-forgotten fact of massive U.S. bombing of North Korean civilians in the Korean War helps explain its hostility toward the United States.

North Korea is led by Kim Jong-un, whose propaganda uses the specter of American menace to bolster his dictatorship. Reporter Mattathias Schwartz reports that Kim’s aim of instilling global fear gets an unexpected helping hand from President Donald Trump, whose political standing is also bolstered by exaggerating the threat of a nuclear attack from Pyongyang.
                        
Peter Maass
Senior Editor
                       
Why Do North Koreans Hate Us? One Reason — They Remember the Korean War.
Mehdi Hasan
Americans may not remember the devastating impact of U.S. bombing raids on civilian targets, but North Koreans cannot forget it.
 
                       
North Korea Wants to Convince the World It Can Nuke Hawaii. Donald Trump Is Happy to Oblige.
Mattathias Schwartz
The Trump administration’s rhetoric suggests North Korea is on the verge of striking the United States. In fact, its long-range missile tests keep failing

Europe's Childless Leaders Sleepwalking Us to Disaster...!

Europe's Childless Leaders Sleepwalking Us to Disaster

by Giulio Meotti  •  May 6, 2017 at 5:00 am
  • As Europe's leaders have no children, they seem have no reason to worry about the future of their continent.
  • "Europe today has little desire to reproduce itself, fight for itself or even take its own side in an argument". — Douglas Murray, The Times.
  • "'Finding ourselves' becomes more important than building a world." — Joshua Mitchell.
 
Living for today: Europe's most important leaders are all childless, among them German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and Mark Rutte (right), Prime Minister of the Netherlands. (Image source: Minister-president Rutte/Flickr)
There have never been so many childless politicians leading Europe as today. They are modern, open minded and multicultural and they know that "everything finishes with them". In the short term, being childless is a relief since it means no spending for families, no sacrifices and that no one complains about the future consequences. As in a research report financed by the European Union: "No kids, no problem!".
Being a mother or a father, however, means that you have a very real stake in the future of the country you lead. Europe's most important leaders leave no children behind.
Europe's most important leaders are all childless: British PM Theresa May, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and the French presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron. The list continues with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Libtardian Attack on Fox News...

Sean Hannity Tweets About MASSIVE Story That Is Going To Bring FOX News Crumbling Down

Fox News went TOO FAR. Here’s what’s about to happen, and it’s NOT GOOD
Fox News has gone waaaay too far in its slide to the left. Something is about to happen to the beloved network and it is NOT GOOD.
Fox’s last big-name conservative, Sean Hannity, has revealed that the powers that be at Fox are trying to oust co-President Bill Shine.
Shine came up as a producer for Hannity’s show, and is today in charge of most programming on the network.
He’s also the last pusher of a conservative agenda among Fox executives, apparently.
In a series of tweets, Hannity confirmed that SOMEONE is trying to get Shine fired, and that if that happens, Fox is FINISHED.

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

No Workey no Jobey! DUH!

Immigrant Workers Stunned To Be Fired After Skipping Work For Protest

More than 20 immigrant workers in Michigan were stunned to find themselves out of a job after they skipped work to attend a "Day Without Immigrants" rally in February.


Read more:  http://dailycaller.com#ixzz4fvEXzNoZ

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