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To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (905799)	12/6/2015 11:55:01 PM
From: Bonefish	Respond to of 1578254

He's an Obama apologist.

To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (905799)	12/7/2015 6:10:03 AM
From: FJB	Respond to of 1578254

Brazil's Marxist President Facing Impeachment The Impeachment Process Begins Latin Lefty Meltdown the-american-interest.com On the heels of the news that Brazil’s recession has deepened, the speaker of Brazil’s lower house, Eduardo Cunha, has announced he will initiate impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff. Bloomberg: Cunha told reporters in Brasilia on Wednesday he “profoundly regrets” what’s happening. “May our country overcome this process,” he said. The impeachment process could take months, involving several votes in Congress that ultimately may result in the president’s ouster. Rousseff would challenge any impeachment proceedings in the Supreme Court, according to a government official with direct knowledge of her defense strategy. The speaker’s decision will put the president’s support in Congress to a test after government and opposition spent months trying to rally lawmakers to their sides. The move also threatens to paralyze Rousseff’s economic agenda as she focuses on saving her political life rather than reviving growth. Her ouster would mark the downfall of the ruling Workers’ Party that won global renown for lifting tens of millions from poverty before becoming ensnared in Brazil’s largest-ever corruption scandal. For those interested, Bloomberg has a good primer on how impeachment works in Brazil. The gist: If the lower house votes to impeach, it goes to the Senate. At that point, Dilma would no longer serve as President until proceedings end or 180 days have passed. As of now, it’s not clear how much support there is for impeachment, but Cunha presumably wouldn’t move the process forward if doing so weren’t at least somewhat popular. Needless to say, Dilma’s ouster would be a huge setback for Brazil’s Leftist Worker’s Party. The Latin Lefty meltdown continues.

To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (905799)	12/8/2015 10:24:53 AM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Recommended By locogringo Respond to of 1578254

The Chimp DESTROYED our healthcare system for a 2% reduction in people uninsured. UFB! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Obama Administration: Obamacare Has Driven Health Spending Up, While Covering Fewer Than Expected For years, we’ve heard from Obamacare’s supporters that the law has been a success, because, they say, it has provided more people with health insurance, and slowed the growth rate of health spending. Well, the returns are in. Last week, the Obama administration’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its official estimates of the uninsured population and of health spending. And in 2014, we learned, Obamacare’s coverage expansion fell between 6 and 12 million short of expectations, while driving the growth of health spending to its highest rate in 7 years. ... Last week, CMS came to a different conclusion. According to their estimates, the number of uninsured fell by 12.6 million from 2010 to 2014. And 2010’s uninsurance rate was artificially higher due to the Great Recession; if you use 2008 as the baseline, the number of uninsured fell by only 6.7 million. In other words, all of the disruption, spending, taxation, and premium hikes in Obamacare has only reduced the percentage of U.S. residents without health insurance by 2.7%, from 13.9% to 11.1%: a remarkably small reduction, and far lower than what the law was supposed to achieve. Cont... forbes.com