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Obamacare? We were just leaving …

If they didn't know when they passed it, they do now.  Congressmen are getting nervous about the implications of ObamaCare on their pocketbooks.  If they don't bail, you can bet they will try to ammend the law.  Read the whole article at politico.com:

Dozens of lawmakers and aides are so afraid that their health insurance premiums will skyrocket next year thanks to Obamacare that they are thinking about retiring early or just quitting.

The fear: Government-subsidized premiums will disappear at the end of the year under a provision in the health care law that nudges aides and lawmakers onto the government health care exchanges, which could make their benefits exorbitantly expensive.

Democratic and Republican leaders are taking the issue seriously, but first they need more specifics from the Office of Personnel Management on how the new rule should take effect — a decision that Capitol Hill sources expect by fall, at the latest. The administration has clammed up in advance of a ruling, sources on both sides of the aisle said.

If the issue isn’t resolved, and massive numbers of lawmakers and aides bolt, many on Capitol Hill fear it could lead to a brain drain just as Congress tackles a slew of weighty issues — like fights over the Tax Code and immigration reform.

Aaron Weiss vs. The Safe Act

War veteran and current law enforcement officer speaks his mind about repealling the Safe Act during a county legislation meeting in New York.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=44zW84FKd50

Euthanasia for children nears approval by Belgian Parliament; doctors to mass-euthanize children and Alzheimer's patients

This is just sad.  Government sanctioned killings of the young and the infirm.  Maybe giving them hope and purpose instead of an injection would be more appropriate?  Seen at naturalnews.com:

Not enough scandals for you? Here's four more.

Seen at pubsecrets.wordpress.com:

Via Gabriel Malor at Ace’s, who laments that the misbehavior at the EPA has largely flown under the radar, overshadowed so far by the IRS, NSA, Rosen, and so many other stories. He collects them all in a handy post, but here’s a summary:

Pelosi: I don’t recall ever having said that everybody would have a lower premium under ObamaCare…

July 2012 Rep. Pelosi says, "... everybody will have lower rates, better quality care, and better access."

June 2013 Rep. Pelosi says, "I don’t remember saying that everybody in the country would have a lower premium ..."

Pretty short memory there, Ms. Pelosi.  Conveniently after the bait and switch, I might add.

U.S. Spy Agencies Tap Directly Into Google, Facebook, Yahoo, YouTube, Apple, Skype, AOL?

Seen at cnsnews.com:

The National Security Agency, the spy agency which does electronic surveillance for the U.S. government, has been directly tapping into the systems of Google, Facebook, AOL, Yahoo, YouTube, Skype and other Internet organizations, according to a report today in The Guardian, a British newspaper.

The Guardian's report was based on a classified Powerpoint presentation on the program--called PRISM--through which the U.S. government has been covertly collecting information via massive surveillance of the Internet.

"The Guardian has verified the authenticity of the document, a 41-slide PowerPoint presentation--classified as top secret with no distribution to foreign allies--which was apparently used to train intelligence operatives on the capabilities of the program," the paper said. "The document claims 'collection directly from the servers' of major US service providers."

Internet companies contacted by the Guardian denied any knowledge of the secret program.

Google provided a statement to the newspaper that said: "Google cares deeply about the security of our users' data. We disclose user data to government in accordance with the law, and we review all such requests carefully. From time to time, people allege that we have created a government 'back door' into our systems, but Google does not have a back door for the government to access private user data."

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