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To: FJB who wrote (741085)	9/22/2013 4:00:28 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576890

Well, to be fair, I think we have entered a new era in which poverty will proliferate at an accelerating pace, with or without Obamacare. It is convenient to blame it on wealth disparity, but the truth is the wealth disparity and poverty are largely codependent on a third factor -- technological innovation. We really just don't need labor like we once did, and that is going to continue for the foreseeable future. I really don't know what people without skills are going to do 20 years from now.

To: FJB who wrote (741085)	9/22/2013 5:09:58 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1576890

Ted Cruz: Harry Reid 'abusing his power' by asking for majority vote on Obamacare By TIM MAK \| SEPTEMBER 22, 2013 washingtonexaminer.com As Congress hurtles towards a government shutdown, Sen. Ted Cruz warned his Senate colleagues that voting to take up a House bill funding government but not Obamacare would actually enable Obamacare's funding. Last week, the House passed legislation that would fund government but defund Obamacare. But Cruz is concerned that taking up the House bill and ending debate on it would allow Senate Democrats to pass an amendment reinserting Obamacare funding with a smaller, 50-vote threshold. "A vote for cloture is a vote for Obamacare," Cruz, R-Texas, said on " Fox News Sunday." Cloture is a technical term for ending debate on a piece of legislation, and requires the consent of 60 senators. The Texas Republican accused Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., of "abusing his power" and using "brute political power to force" the funding of Obamacare with a simple majority vote, a move that allows Democrats to change the bill without Republican support. But Democrats charge that Cruz and other Senate Republicans are ignoring the will of Americans who elected a Democratic majority in the Senate. "I don't think we should throw tantrums when we lose elections ... not since Ronald Reagan has a president been elected twice" with a popular majority, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said. "I cannot believe that they are going to throw a tantrum and throw the American people and our economic recovery under a bus." Cruz said he hoped Reid would allow a 60-vote threshold for all amendments to the funding bill, which would give Republicans a chance to defeat them, but conceded that was unlikely. Expecting Reid to just gut the Obamacare provision and then send the bill back to the House, Cruz has called on House Republicans to pass individual appropriation bills for individual departments, like the Pentagon. "See if Harry Reid is willing to shut down the military because he wants to force Obamacare on the American people," he said. Regardless, Cruz thinks that the onus is squarely on Democrats if the government shuts down as scheduled in eight days. "I don't think that Harry Reid and President Obama should shut down the government," Cruz said.

To: FJB who wrote (741085)	9/22/2013 5:42:53 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1576890

Terrorists in Kenya mall attack include 27-year-old from Kansas City September 22, 2013 kansascity.com Sources within the terror group Al-Shabaab say one of the attackers at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, is from Kansas City, sources were reporting to today. Ben Curtis \| AP Photo Trucks of soldiers from the Kenya Defense Forces arrive after dawn Sunday outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi. Islamic extremist gunmen lobbed grenades and fired assault rifles inside Nairobi's top mall Saturday, killing dozens and wounding over a hundred in the attack. Early Sunday morning, 12 hours after the attack began, gunmen remained holed up inside the mall with an unknown number of hostages. Related News Kenyan forces say they rescued 'most' hostages Obama phones Kenyan president after mall attack NY Rep. King: Al-Shabab recruited in US Victims of the Kenya mall attack A look at major terror attacks in East Africa 10 things to know about Somali militants al-Shabab CNN, a reporter for a Kenyan newspaper and a Kenyan blog all were reporting the link of a 27-year-old Kansas City man to the attack. Two other Americans from Minnesota were among nine people listed on a since-shuttered Twitter account, the sources said. Other names include two individuals from Somalia and one each from Canada, Finland, Kenya and the United Kingdom, according to the list. They range in age from 20 to 27 years old. \| The Star Read more here: kansascity.com

To: FJB who wrote (741085)	9/22/2013 5:45:01 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1576890

Al-Shabaab: Three Americans Among Gunmen in Kenya Mall pjmedia.com ^ \| 9/22/13 \| Bridget Johnson Al-Shabaab is claiming that there are American gunmen among those still holed up in the Westgate mall in a standoff with Kenyan and Israeli special forces. The Somali al-Qaeda affiliate tweeted a series of names on its latest account before Twitter against suspended the group. Al-Shabaab has been creating new accounts each time they get shut down but a movement of pro-Kenyan tweeters has been tracking down the new accounts and complaining to Twitter. “We received permission to disclose the names of our mujahideen inside #Westgate,” their latest account tweeted. They proceeded to tweet the names one by one, including Ahmed Mohamed Isse, 22, “native” of St. Paul, Minn., Abdifatah Osman Keenadiid, 24, of Minneapolis, and Gen Mustafe Noorudiin, 27, of Kansas City, Mo. (Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...