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To: koan who wrote (754556)	11/25/2013 12:58:42 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1583492

The widespread toxicity of ObamaCare will impact all federal elections .......................................................................................................................... Checkmate, ObamaCare Rob Cunningham USA ^ \| 11/25/2013 \| Rob Cunningham The collision is unavoidable. Barack’s pathological narcissism will ultimately face the fierce, direct opposition of the political best interests of Hillary (and Bill) Clinton, most House Democrats and virtually all Senate Democrats in 2014 and 2016. These two massive, ideological forces will rip apart the Democrat Party and badly weaken the mainstream media’s corrosive influence in America. The widespread toxicity of ObamaCare will impact all federal elections, driving the majority of office seeking Democrats to choose self-preservation and party-preservation over saving Obama’s personal legacy. Checkmate. America wins. The expanding nightmare of ObamaCare, with policy cancellation victims exceeding five million in 2013, will explode to an estimated one hundred and twenty million policy cancellation victims in 2014. The mounting political pressure on all politicians to reverse and repeal the wealth evaporating impact of Obama’s healthcare tyranny is absolutely unavoidable. Within one month of the disastrous, public debut of the “Affordable” Care Act, thirty-nine Democrats (approximately 20 percent of all House Democrats) swiftly turned their back on Barack’s legacy legislation. Thanks to Harry Reid and Barack Obama recently exercising the “nuclear option” in the Senate, Republicans and Democrats need only cast 51 Senate votes to repeal ObamaCare in January, 2015. This repeal vote will happen. And Obama will veto this effort, attempting to spin the vote as an egregious assault on his legacy. He will also enlist his fellow travelers to decry this bi-partisan Senate repeal effort as further evidence that America is an inherently racist nation. Desperation is all that remains. He will fail as even his media cheerleaders capitulate to reality. Not Iran, immigration reform nor gun control diversions will wag this dog from biting Obama and the Democrat party in their rear ends.

To: koan who wrote (754556)	11/25/2013 1:10:04 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1583492

>> Now, California isn’t the only place where Obamacare is looking pretty good. A number of states that are running their own online health exchanges instead of relying on HealthCare.gov are doing well. Kentucky’s Kynect is a huge success; so is Access Health CT in Connecticut. New York is doing O.K. And we shouldn’t forget that Massachusetts has had an Obamacare-like program since 2006, put into effect by a guy named Mitt Romney. Except NONE of these places is performing anywhere near where they need to be to make Obamacare actually work.

To: koan who wrote (754556)	11/25/2013 1:54:55 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1583492

Six 'Knockout' Attacks in New Haven, Connecticut by Dr. Susan Berry 24 Nov 2013 629 post a comment Six “knockout” style attacks took place in New Haven, Connecticut over two days this past week, according to local police. The New Haven Independent reported that a group of young men approached five males and a 68 year-old woman at different times on Monday and Tuesday evenings. In all cases, one of the young men in the group faced off with the victim, punched him or her in the face or head, then ran off with the rest of the group, laughing. One of the victims was medical researcher Lawrence Hsieh, a young man who spoke with the Independent. Hsieh, who is schooled in Taekwondo, said he did not have time to defend himselfwhen he was walking in New Haven and three young men in hoodies approached him. One in the group, Hsieh said, punched him in the nose, knocking him to the ground, then ran off, laughing with his friends. “The whole ordeal was over in 30 seconds,” Hsieh said, whose nose is swollen and may be broken as a result. “I’ve never experienced face-to-face violence, where you see the person you are going to violate or who violates you up close,” he added. All six of the “knockout” attacks were reported to have taken place near the train station, the Church Street South housing project, and Church Street in New Haven, according to Lt. Joe Witkowski. Witkowski said, in addition to Hsieh, three males—28, 29, and 30 years of age—were struck in the face. A 68 year-old woman was also reportedly struck from behind. The woman fell and hit her head on the pavement. A final victim was a 31 year-old male who was, once again, punched in the face and then kicked before his assailant and his friends left, laughing. The “Knockout Game” has been increasingly reported in cities in the United States. It is an unprovoked assault that appears to be motivated by malice, desire for Internet fame, or bigotry. The Independent had no report of the physical description of the attackers or the victims besides their ages. The attacks in other cities have typically been carried out by a group of young black men on a lone white or Asian individual. Hsieh’s photo appears in the original article in the Independent, and he is Asian. The Independent reported that, in the “Knockout Game,” “random strangers” are attacked. breitbart.com

To: koan who wrote (754556)	11/25/2013 2:15:25 PM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB TideGlider Respond to of 1583492

Homosexual Activist Honored by Obama Arrested for Molesting Boy Our liberal overlords have a way to go before they have finished normalizing homosexuality. People are still likely to become disgusted and enraged when they read stories like this: An openly homosexual teenager, who was given a position as an “adviser” to Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and honored by President Barack Obama at a White House “gay pride” dinner, has been indicted on more than a dozen counts of sexual misconduct with a minor under the age of 15. Caleb Laieski, now 18, was 17 at the time of the alleged abuse. His alleged victim, a close friend he met on TrevorSpace (a social media site for children and young adults aged 13-24 who have an interest in homosexuality), was only 14 at the time. The younger boy said the sex was consensual, but that he felt “pressured” to participate. However, Arizona law says no one younger than 15 is capable of giving consent. In an unusual twist, Laieski is also considered a victim in the case, since at least some of the charges stem from a three-way sexual encounter the boys had with 43-year-old Chris Wilson, an openly homosexual Phoenix police officer who was arrested more than a year ago and is now in jail awaiting trial for his role in the abuse of both children. Although Laieski was a minor at the time, his participation in sex acts with the younger boy violate state law, which says it is a crime for older minors to have sexual contact with children under the age of 15. Laieski rose to national prominence after he and a 35-year-old friend, Casey Cameron, sent e-mails to 5,000 Arizona schools in 2011 demanding special protections for gay students and threatening legal action if they failed to bring their policies in line with his demands. … Initially, investigators saw Laieski only as a victim in the case, but police records show that Laieski actively pressured his young friend not to tell anyone about the abuse in order to protect his rising star from being tarnished, even after the younger boy became suicidal. Declaring that sickness is normal or that it is a “civil right” does not make it any less potentially lethal. If a painting could weep, there would be tears in George Washington’s eyes. moonbattery.com

To: koan who wrote (754556)	11/25/2013 2:21:31 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583492

Obama’s Shoot With Pornographer Terry Richardson Thanks to the media blockade, we will continue for years to learn ever more about the character chosen by the powers that be to be hyped into the White House as the personification of political correctness — so we will continue for years to be ever more appalled: On June 20, 2007, then-Sen. Barack Obama (D.-Ill.), who was seeking the Democratic presidential nomination at the time, hosted a “portrait session” in his U.S. Senate office where he posed for and with Terry Richardson… To provide some background on Richardson, for those who aren’t familiar with the shadowy borderland between lame, pretentious “art” and straightforward pornography, here’s an excerpt from the flyleaf on a collection of his work: “Welcome to ‘Terryworld,’ the land restraint forgot. Porn stars, super models, transsexuals, hillbillies, friends, pets and celebrities all do for his lens what they’ll do for no other. And if any of them later wonder why they did it, just blame it on ‘Terryworld,’ where taboos are null and void, and fashion finds sex a perfect fit.” If you venture past the flyleaf, here’s what you’ll find inside: The book itself includes photos of oral sex; a nude model wearing a “slut” crown riding a bike; a young man appearing to hang by a belt from a door; models urinating in the snow; a young woman with a large gold ball stuffed into her vagina; naked models with bags over their heads or their eyes darkened; a man with a toothbrush in his rectum; and Richardson with his teeth on a tampon string while it is inside a model’s vagina. Appearing in his own work is a Terry Richardson trademark. Here he is with a sheep: [ Pic of Obama's photographer enthusiastically and joyfully having sex with a sheep deleted for fear a liberal would report me to the SI authorities. If you're curious, you can click on the link below. ] …and here he is with the man we are now asked to regard as the President of the United States: Did Obama and his people know who they were dealing with? It’s hard to say, because the White House isn’t talking. If not, they failed to do so much as a Google search, because Richardson had been in the news in recent years. To give just one example: The Sept. 10, 2006 edition of the Sunday Mail (South Australia) reported, “A new national advertising campaign portraying childlike young women in sexually explicit poses has outraged childhood and family groups. The Lee Jeans advertisements suggest prostitution, pornography and oral sex and the models involved, although aged in their 20s, appear to be much younger. Australian Childhood Foundation chief executive officer Dr. Joe Tucci said the pictures were a ‘horrific’ representation of young people in sexually explicit poses. He called on the Advertising Standards Bureau to ban the billboard and magazine advertisements, shot by American photographer Terry Richardson.” Back in 2008, Obama said, “Judge me by the people with whom I surround myself.” Apparently liberals were the only ones who listened, because no one else could fail to be disgusted. moonbattery.com .... Richardson also directed the music videos for " Wrecking Ball" by Miley Cyrus [24] and " Do What U Want" by Lady Gaga and R. Kelly. wikipedia

To: koan who wrote (754556)	11/25/2013 3:30:14 PM
From: joseffy	2 Recommendations Recommended By d[-_-]b FJB Respond to of 1583492

Walmart Protests Lack Actual Walmart Employees

To: koan who wrote (754556)	11/25/2013 3:34:52 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1583492

Socialist, Communist authors make Obama administration reading list ………………………………………………………………………………. The Daily Caller ^ \| 11/25/2013 \| Patrick Howley Socialist, Communist, and McCarthy-era blacklisted writers appear on the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new “Books That Shaped Work in America” list celebrating the department’s 100th anniversary. A Socialist leader, two Stalin apologists, two blacklisted ’50s screenwriters, and a suspected Marxist are included on the list, which DOL compiled based on recommendations from various figures in the community. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez described the program as an “online book club.” Better not invite Tailgunner Joe McCarthy. The first two reds on the list are Sidney and Beatrice Webb, who made it for their 1897 work “Industrial Democracy,” recommended by Carter administration Labor Secretary Ray Marshall. The Webbs were supporters of the Communist economic experiment and are known in academia as apologists for Josef Stalin, whose regime they wrote about from firsthand observation in their 1935 book “Soviet Communism: A New Civilization.” A.I. Bezzerides’ 1949 novel “Thieves Market” made the list, which makes the Department of Labor more welcoming than Red Scare Hollywood. ”During the McCarthy period, Variety said, he had trouble getting movie work because of his known leftist sympathies, but continued to pick up television jobs,” according to Bezzerides’ 2007 New York Times obituary. Budd Schulberg’s 1955 novel “On the Waterfront,” based on his 1954 screenplay for the Marlon Brando film, made the DOL list. Schulberg was named in House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) testimony as a onetime member of the Communist Party. He wound up naming other Communists in his own HUAC testimony. Michael Harrington’s 1962 book “The Other America,” recommended by former Labor secretary Robert Reich, cracked the list. Harrington was an open Socialist and co-chairman of the Democratic Socialists of America. He was identified in his New York Times obituary as “probably the most visible spokesman for Socialist ideals in the United States” with the exception of longtime Party leader Norman Thomas. Feminist Betty Friedan’s 1963 book “The Feminine Mystique” made the list, despite the fact that Friedan, “from her college days and until her mid-thirties, was a Stalinist marxist (or a camp follower thereof),” according to a June 2000 column by David Horowitz, citing a 2000 Friedan biography. She was also, according to Horowitz, “the political intimate of leaders of America’s Cold War fifth column, and for a time even the lover of a young communist physicist working on atomic bomb projects with J. Robert Oppenheimer…she was certainly familiar with the writings of Engels, Lenin, and Stalin on the subject and had written about it herself as a journalist for the official publication of the communist-controlled United Electrical Workers union. Friedan’s secret was shared by hundreds of her comrades on the Left though not, of course, by the unsuspecting American public…” Though the DOL list includes many left-wing writers like Upton Sinclair, John Steinbeck, environmentalist Rachel Carson, economist John Maynard Keynes, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor, it also includes some right-leaning or conservative authors including Milton Friedman, Peggy Noonan, Ayn Rand, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison.