Monthly Archive: April 2013
A 46% Price Increase for Health Insurance for 20 to 29 Year Olds — even after the ObamaCare Subsidies — is a Pretty Good Reason Not to Buy Any
This from Kessler in the WSJ, The Coming ObamaCare Shock: “According to consultants from Oliver Wyman (who wrote on the issue in the January issue of Contingencies, the magazine of the American Academy of...
Think Progress: Liberals Recognize Fatal Flaw of ObamaCare, Slam “insidious” South Carolina Bill which Exploits It
Besides making a shrill comparison between gutting ObamaCare and the beginning of the Civil War — typical liberal hysterics — Think Progress liberals are finally beginning to understand that the entire ObamaCare experiment will...
How the Gun Vote in the U.S. Senate is a Direct Political Result of ObamaCare Fallout
It was funny to see the mainstream media blame the National Rifle Association and Gun Owners of America for the failure of the Democratically controlled U.S. Senate to fail to pass President Obama’s gun...
Cost Increase Estimates from ObamaCare Backer Gruber, if Accurate, will be Politically Deadly to Dems
From National Review’s “ObamaCare gets a Makeover and You are Paying for It:” “Health economist Jon Gruber, who helped craft Obamacare, says ‘a slice of the younger population’ will see the most substantial increase....
WHO Admits Transmission of Bird Flu in China, “is more easily transmissible from poultry to humans”
This story, from Reuters out of China, has a few key points: “this virus is more easily transmissible from poultry to humans than H5N1” “one problem in tracking H7N9 is the absence of visible...
Prince Henry’s Going to the South Pole with Walking with the Wounded South Pole Allied Challenge (video)
Watch at about the 24:30 minute mark to hear Prince Henry talk about participating in this inspiring international charity event. If you keep watching you will hear from one of the American team members...
The Stickman, found in the center of the Universe
Of course, there are no spiritual or other implications of this scientific find. 😉 The image can be found on the web here, and the article, here. Here are a few sentences on the...
The Society of Actuaries Agree: ObamaCare will make the Insurance Pool Sicker, More Costly
From the Economist: “The Society of Actuaries predicted that insurers’ costs in the individual market would jump by 32% by 2017, due in part to the poor health of those newly enrolled.”
Taft-Harley Plans Toast Under ObamaCare
The word on the street is that Taft-Hartley plans are toast under ObamaCare — as in — no mas. Unions have been petitioning the White House and HHS for waivers, and are being told...
The Web Investigates who set off the Boston Bombs — A Fascinating Crowd Response — See the Suspects
Fifteen hours after this web site was posted, it had 1.5 million visitors.
The Gun Bill Dies in the U.S. Senate — a three sentence explanation of why it died
Sixty votes were needed. The expanded background check bill received 54 votes, five Democrats voted against it. Senator Thune’s reciprocity bill received 57 votes — which allows reciprocity for concealed carry permits across state...