The Daily Caller – by Katie McHugh

Hundreds of thousands of Americans who purchase their own health insurance have received cancellation notices since August because the plans do not meet Obamacare’s requirements.

The number of cancellation notices greatly exceed the number of Obamacare enrollees.

Insurance carrier Florida Blue sent out 300,000 cancellation notices, or 80 percent of the entire state’s individual coverage policies, Kaiser Health News reports. California’s Kaiser Permanente canceled 160,000 plans — half of its insurance plans in the state — while Blue Shield of California sent 119,000 notices in mid-September alone.   Continue reading “Health insurance cancellation notices soar above Obamacare enrollment rates”

Defense One – by Kevin Baron

The average cost of each U.S. troop in Afghanistan will nearly double in the last year of the war to $2.1 million, according to a new analysis of the Pentagon’s budget.

For the past five years, from fiscal 2008 through 2013, the average troop cost had held steady at roughly $1.3. million. But the Pentagon’s 2014 war budget would dramatically increase that figure. The added cost, argue Defense Department officials, is a reflection of the price of sending troops and equipment back home in the drawdown.   Continue reading “Each U.S. Troop In Afghanistan Now Costs $2.1 Million”

Huffington Post – by Eric Zuesse

An extensive new research report explains how the Koch brothers’ business operation and their political operation are actually mutually reinforcing sides of one single operation. The report, by the International Forum on Globalization, an anti-globalization think tank, finds:

Page 2: The Kochs own 2 million acres in Alberta’s tar sands land (in addition to their 25% ownership of the XL if it gets built) and would therefore increase their net worth by around $100 billion if the XL gets built (which would make the world’s dirtiest oil cost-competitive to sell).  Continue reading “Keystone XL Pipeline Would Double the Kochs’ Net Worth, Says New Report”

Gun Grabbers Gabrielle Giffords and Mark KellyAmmoLand – by AWR Hawkins

Washington DC – -(Ammoland.com)-  In their non-stop push for more gun control, former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly have presented Congress with a letter referencing “16 more mass shootings” since the heinous crime at Sandy Hook Elementary on December 14, 2012.

They do not list the supposed 16 mass shootings in their letter, which was published online by Politico, but they do mention the Tucson shooting from January 2011, the Aurora movie theater shooting from July 2012, and the Sikh Temple attack in August 2012. All three of these crimes occurred well before, not after, the shooting at Sandy Hook.   Continue reading “Giffords, Kelly Claim ’16 More Mass Shootings’ Since Sandy Hook – Did We Miss Something?”

Carole Grant, 75, has been told she owes almost $61,000 for nearly 20 years of pension overpayments. (Photo: Christopher Grant)Yahoo Finance – by Melanie Hicken

Some pension plans have overpaid retirees for years — now they’re demanding their money back.

For retirees, it can mean owing tens of thousands of dollars. And with little warning, their pension checks are being slashed to cover their debt.   Continue reading “Pensions Ask Retirees to Pay Back Tens of Thousands”

Pirates attack vessel and kidnap US sailors off Nigerian coastReuters

Pirates attacked an oil supply vessel off the Nigerian coast and kidnapped the captain and chief engineer, both U.S. citizens, an American defense official and security sources said on Thursday.

Pirate attacks off Nigeria’s coast have jumped by a third this year as ships passing through West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, a major commodities route, have come under threat from gangs wanting to snatch cargoes and crews.   Continue reading “Pirates kidnap two U.S. sailors off Nigerian coast -sources”

Townhall – by Katie Pavlich

Earlier this week we learned of NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s $1.1 million anti-gun advertisement buy for Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Terry McAuiliffe. Bloomberg funneled the money into Virginia through his PAC, USA Independence and advertisements have been running on radio and television since Tuesday. One television ad in particular targets the “gun show loophole” and states in a voiceover, “The gun show loophole. It means anyone can buy a gun without a background check.” The ad shows photos of mass murders Seung-Hui Cho (Virginia Tech), Adam Lanza (Sandy Hook), Aaron Alexis (Navy Yard) and James Holmes (Aurora Colorado theater) while implying these killers purchased their guns through this so-called “loophole.”   Continue reading “Guess Who’s Lying About the ‘Gun Show Loophole’ in Virginia?”

Tech Dirt – by Tim Cushing

Oh, the hilarity that is the phrase “criminal justice system.” Talk to any defense attorney and they’ll tell you how the deck is stacked against defendants and defense lawyers. The ideal of “innocent until proven guilty” has become little more than a disclaimer tacked onto cop-centered reality shows. Defendants are guilty until the jury is somehow tricked by the defense into handing down a “not guilty” verdict. A lot of effort goes towards dissuading defendants from even making it this far, as prosecutors will present worst-case scenarios comprised of every violation conceivable in order to get an agreement to plead guilty to a lesser charge.    Continue reading “Texas Judge Forced To Resign After Being Caught Texting Instructions To Assistant DA During Trial”

Max Velocity Tactical

I’ve had a few inquiries about gear requirements for the Patrol Class. It seems like a good opportunity to allay some fears. Here is the LINK to my original post about the Patrol Class.

I will be sending out a detailed info packet to attendees closer to the time, as I do currently with the CRCD class. There is a basic list on the Class Schedule post HERE. Given that you have to have attended CRCD to attend Patrol you will know what I am talking about.   Continue reading “Patrol Class Gear Questions”

Millington Naval Base ShootingHuffington Post

A gunman shot several people near a U.S. Navy base in Millington, Tenn., authorities say.

Fox13 reports that an employee of the base was relieved of duty today and is suspected of shooting at random people after going to his car. The suspect, an Army National Guardsman, is in custody, the Navy reported in a press release. Two National Guard soldiers were treated for non-life threatening injuries, and NBC News reports that one was shot in the leg and another was shot in the foot.   Continue reading “Millington Naval Base Shooting: Several People Shot, Gunman In Custody, Officials Say”

BANKSTERS AThe Common Sense Show – by Dave Hodges

Your life depends on whether you begin to take your assets out the bank and begin to purchase life sustaining supplies.You need to start this process, today, in accordance with the principles I laid out in a previous article.   Continue reading “Your Life Depends on Literally Taking Your Money Out of the Bank”

bitcoin cartel moneyFree-Man’s Perspective – by Paul Rosenberg

I’m going to use a couple of passages from the Bible (the original set of moral standards for our Western civilization), followed by an examination of both Bitcoin and cartel money, to see how they hold up in comparison.

As for my use of the term “cartel money,” it’s the best short description I know for the dollars, euros, yen (and so on) that we use in our daily commerce. They are produced by secretive and monopolistic groups of private banks. That rather precisely matches the definition of cartel.   Continue reading “Is Bitcoin More Dangerous than “Cartel Money”?”

Rush Limbaugh

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RUSH: For those of us who take as long as we can to pay our taxes, October 15th was the extension filing date for 2012, and I dutifully was in there.  My accountant, who is almost afraid to be my accountant because he thinks he’s gonna get targeted, too, just ’cause his name’s on my return, he said, “Look, you may not know this, but you keep talking about these Obamacare fines if you don’t buy a policy.  Do you know that under the law –” and I had to go look it up.  Not that I didn’t believe him, but he just never gets political with me.  He stays over there.  (interruption)  No, no.  He’s not lib.  It’s a professional relationship.   Continue reading “Opt-Out Obamacare Penalty Can’t Be Enforced — Unless You Get a Tax Refund”

Obama wants Marines to wear ‘girly’ hatsNew York Post – by Jeane MacIntosh

A change to the Marine Corps’ uniform hats could take the hard-nosed Leathernecks from the Halls of Montezuma to the shops of Christopher Street.

Thanks to a plan by President Obama to create a “unisex” look for the Corps, officials are on the verge of swapping out the Marines’ iconic caps – known as “covers” — with a new version that some have derided as so “girly” that they would make the French blush.   Continue reading “Obama wants Marines to wear ‘girly’ hats”

File:Sambucus nigra0.jpgBefore It’s News – by Alton Parish

Researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University are making efforts to forge ahead with the scientific studies of traditional Chinese medicine and put the result to good use. They have recently published the new book Authentication of Valuable Chinese Materia Medica

Researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) are making efforts to forge ahead with the scientific studies of traditional Chinese medicine and put the result to good use. They have recently published the new book Authentication of Valuable Chinese Materia Medica and at the same time exploring the mechanism for Chinese medicine compound prescriptions in preventing elderly or chronic diseases. PolyU will also host an international conference on related topics next month.   Continue reading “Science Validating Traditional Chinese Medicine”