Regulations will make it harder to move European data to third countries, with fines running into billions for failure to comply.
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Alaska’s supply of flu vaccinations was not affected during the federal government’s partial shutdown, but efforts to monitor influenza were crippled before furloughed federal workers were able to return to work.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-18 02:04:022016-04-11 11:16:09Alaska’s Supply of Flu Shots Safe in Shutdown
Republican Senator Ted Cruz, a conservative whose defiant stand against Obamacare helped prompt the U.S. government shutdown, has blocked the Senate from voting on the nomination of Tom Wheeler to be Federal Communications Commission chairman.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made it clear on Thursday that repealing Obamacare would never be used by Republicans again to bring the federal government to a halt.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-18 02:00:342016-04-11 11:16:10McConnell: No More Shutdowns Over Obamacare
As they wrap up their 13-month probe into the terrorist attacks in Benghazi that killed four Americans, congressional investigators have zeroed in on a press release issued the day before the murders by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney.
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Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor, said in an extensive interview this month that he did not take any secret N.S.A. documents with him to Russia when he fled there in June, assuring that Russian intelligence officials could not get access to them.
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The continuing resolution Congress approved last night with the help of the Republican leaders in both the House and Senate funds and permits implementation of an Obamacare regulation that forces Christians to act against their faith by forcing them to buy and/or provide insurance coverage for abortion-inducing drugs and devices.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-18 01:51:112016-04-11 11:16:11GOP-Leadership-Backed CR Funds Reg Forcing Christians to Act Against Faith
President Obama will nominate Jeh Johnson, formerly the Pentagon’s top lawyer and a key figure in the administration’s debate over the legality of drone use, to head the Department of Homeland Security, according to White House officials.
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President Obama and the Democrats may have won the fight to keep Obamacare funding intact, but the president’s signature health-care takeover is self-destructing as even Healthcare.gov contractors say they are falling ill and “fainting in conference calls” because they can’t keep up with demand to fix the program’s glitches.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-18 01:43:242016-04-11 11:16:11Obamacare Troubleshooters Faint from Exhaustion
Watching Barack Obama and his shutdown shenanigan theatre, I discovered I have something in common with our inchoate president — we both want Americans to suffer.
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Davion Navar Henry Only loves all of his names. He has memorized the meaning of each one: beloved, brown, ruler of the home, the one and only. But he has never had a home or felt beloved. His name is the last thing his parents gave him.
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A former middle school principal in North Carolina is accused of sexually assaulting a student while the boy’s unsuspecting parent was outside the room.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-18 01:36:452016-04-11 11:16:12David Ellis Edwards, Principal, Raped Boy In Office While Parent Was Outside: Cops (+video)
Capitol Hill talk regarding the Senate deal apparently includes a provision that would take away the Congress’ power to increase the debt ceiling. According to Politico, it looks like the buzz appears to be true.
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To enroll in a new ObamaCare health insurance plan on the federal marketplace, most consumers must first provide private personal information.
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Nothing could be clearer to me based on what we all witnessed in Washington during these last few weeks and these last five years, than that Barack Obama and the Democratically controlled Senate have no interest in making anything approaching a “big bargain.”
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-10-17 02:16:322016-04-11 11:16:12In Restoring America: The Harder the Conflict, the More Glorious the Triumph
A baby boom among conservatives could push the nation’s politics further right in the coming decades, especially since liberals aren’t having as many children, according to a new study of online dating habits of conservatives and liberals.
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Short of an economic meltdown, there is only one thing that might produce meaningful change: a mass movement for tax, spending and entitlement reform led by the cohort that is the least organized but will be the most affected if we don’t think long term — today’s young people.
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Chase Bank has moved to limit cash withdrawals while banning business customers from sending international wire transfers from November 17 onwards, prompting speculation that the bank is preparing for a looming financial crisis in the United States by imposing capital controls.
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While Democrats are being cast as the early winners in the deal to end the government shutdown and raise the debt limit, the White House doesn’t see itself as the victor.
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What do America’s college students want? They want to be oppressed. More precisely, a surprising number of students at America’s finest colleges and universities wish to appear as victims — to themselves, as well as to others — without the discomfort of actually experiencing victimization.
The U.S. House of Representatives late on Wednesday passed legislation to avoid a damaging default on government debt and to reopen federal agencies shuttered when funding ran out on October 1.
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Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday blasted the Republican Party as “irrelevant” and responsible for “creating one of the greatest political disasters” he’s ever seen.
Lt. Col. Todd Breasseale, a spokesman in the Office of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, is refusing to say whether the Department of Defense would attempt to stop a civilian Catholic priest, who had been a contract chaplain for the military, from administering the last rites to a serviceman on a U.S. military base.
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New EU Rules to Curb Transfer of Data to US after Edward Snowden Revelations
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by Ian TraynorRegulations will make it harder to move European data to third countries, with fines running into billions for failure to comply.
Alaska’s Supply of Flu Shots Safe in Shutdown
/0 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Associated PressAlaska’s supply of flu vaccinations was not affected during the federal government’s partial shutdown, but efforts to monitor influenza were crippled before furloughed federal workers were able to return to work.
U.S. Senator Cruz Blocks Confirmation of New FCC Chairman
/13 Comments/in Featured, News /by Alina SelyukhRepublican Senator Ted Cruz, a conservative whose defiant stand against Obamacare helped prompt the U.S. government shutdown, has blocked the Senate from voting on the nomination of Tom Wheeler to be Federal Communications Commission chairman.
McConnell: No More Shutdowns Over Obamacare
/23 Comments/in Featured, News /by Todd BeamonSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made it clear on Thursday that repealing Obamacare would never be used by Republicans again to bring the federal government to a halt.
House Panel on Benghazi Eyes White House Document, Panetta Testimony
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by James RosenAs they wrap up their 13-month probe into the terrorist attacks in Benghazi that killed four Americans, congressional investigators have zeroed in on a press release issued the day before the murders by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney.
Gov. Christie Pokes Fun at Booker’s Senate Victory (+video)
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Catalina CamiaLeave it to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to make his congratulatory wishes to Sen.-elect Cory Booker a poke in the ribs.
Snowden Says He Took No Secret Files to Russia
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by James RisenEdward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor, said in an extensive interview this month that he did not take any secret N.S.A. documents with him to Russia when he fled there in June, assuring that Russian intelligence officials could not get access to them.
GOP-Leadership-Backed CR Funds Reg Forcing Christians to Act Against Faith
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Terence P. JeffreyThe continuing resolution Congress approved last night with the help of the Republican leaders in both the House and Senate funds and permits implementation of an Obamacare regulation that forces Christians to act against their faith by forcing them to buy and/or provide insurance coverage for abortion-inducing drugs and devices.
Obama to Nominate Jeh Johnson, Former Pentagon Official, as Next DHS Secretary
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Scott Wilson and Greg MillerPresident Obama will nominate Jeh Johnson, formerly the Pentagon’s top lawyer and a key figure in the administration’s debate over the legality of drone use, to head the Department of Homeland Security, according to White House officials.
Obama Romneyizes the Republicans
/1 Comment/in Featured, Opinion /by Daniel HenningerOne of the more compelling finds in the opinion-polling swamps is that most people would like to see the entire Congress replaced.
Obamacare Troubleshooters Faint from Exhaustion
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Chelsea SchillingPresident Obama and the Democrats may have won the fight to keep Obamacare funding intact, but the president’s signature health-care takeover is self-destructing as even Healthcare.gov contractors say they are falling ill and “fainting in conference calls” because they can’t keep up with demand to fix the program’s glitches.
Americans Must Suffer
/4 Comments/in Featured, Opinion /by William L. GensertWatching Barack Obama and his shutdown shenanigan theatre, I discovered I have something in common with our inchoate president — we both want Americans to suffer.
Amid Churchgoers, an Orphan Pleads for a Family
/0 Comments/in Featured, Kathleen's Korner /by Lane DeGregoryDavion Navar Henry Only loves all of his names. He has memorized the meaning of each one: beloved, brown, ruler of the home, the one and only. But he has never had a home or felt beloved. His name is the last thing his parents gave him.
David Ellis Edwards, Principal, Raped Boy In Office While Parent Was Outside: Cops (+video)
/4 Comments/in Featured, Video /by Huffington PostA former middle school principal in North Carolina is accused of sexually assaulting a student while the boy’s unsuspecting parent was outside the room.
Senate Deal Weakens Congress On Debt Ceiling (+video)
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Kerry PicketCapitol Hill talk regarding the Senate deal apparently includes a provision that would take away the Congress’ power to increase the debt ceiling. According to Politico, it looks like the buzz appears to be true.
Privacy Threat Found in ObamaCare Website
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Peter DoocyTo enroll in a new ObamaCare health insurance plan on the federal marketplace, most consumers must first provide private personal information.
In Restoring America: The Harder the Conflict, the More Glorious the Triumph
/1 Comment/in Featured, From Joe's Desk /by Joe MillerNothing could be clearer to me based on what we all witnessed in Washington during these last few weeks and these last five years, than that Barack Obama and the Democratically controlled Senate have no interest in making anything approaching a “big bargain.”
Study: Conservative Baby Boom will Shift Nation Further Right
/5 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Paul BedardA baby boom among conservatives could push the nation’s politics further right in the coming decades, especially since liberals aren’t having as many children, according to a new study of online dating habits of conservatives and liberals.
Sorry, Kids. We Ate It All.
/2 Comments/in Featured, Opinion /by Thomas L. FriedmanShort of an economic meltdown, there is only one thing that might produce meaningful change: a mass movement for tax, spending and entitlement reform led by the cohort that is the least organized but will be the most affected if we don’t think long term — today’s young people.
Chase Bank Limits Cash Withdrawals, Bans International Wire Transfers (+video)
/2 Comments/in Featured, Video /by Paul Joseph WatsonChase Bank has moved to limit cash withdrawals while banning business customers from sending international wire transfers from November 17 onwards, prompting speculation that the bank is preparing for a looming financial crisis in the United States by imposing capital controls.
White House: ‘There Are No Winners Here’ (+video)
/1 Comment/in Featured, Video /by Jennifer EpsteinWhile Democrats are being cast as the early winners in the deal to end the government shutdown and raise the debt limit, the White House doesn’t see itself as the victor.
The Wannabe Oppressed
/0 Comments/in Featured, Opinion /by Stanley KurtzWhat do America’s college students want? They want to be oppressed. More precisely, a surprising number of students at America’s finest colleges and universities wish to appear as victims — to themselves, as well as to others — without the discomfort of actually experiencing victimization.
U.S. House Passes Bill to Reopen Government, Increase Debt Limit
/5 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorThe U.S. House of Representatives late on Wednesday passed legislation to avoid a damaging default on government debt and to reopen federal agencies shuttered when funding ran out on October 1.
Rush Limbaugh: GOP ‘So Irrelevant’ (+video)
/4 Comments/in Featured, Video /by Mackenzie WeingerRush Limbaugh on Wednesday blasted the Republican Party as “irrelevant” and responsible for “creating one of the greatest political disasters” he’s ever seen.
DoD Refuses to Say If It Would Stop Priest from Giving Last Rites to Dying Serviceman—‘We Are Currently Litigating’ Matter
/6 Comments/in Featured, News /by Terence P. JeffreyLt. Col. Todd Breasseale, a spokesman in the Office of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, is refusing to say whether the Department of Defense would attempt to stop a civilian Catholic priest, who had been a contract chaplain for the military, from administering the last rites to a serviceman on a U.S. military base.