Thursday, June 19, 2014
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Study: Average Individual Market Premiums Soar 49 Percent Under Obamacare
Monkey say, monkey do.
That central Obamacare promise, like its closest cousins, have been downgraded and revised to death. Last year, scholars at the Manhattan Institute ran a 49-state analysis of individual market healthcare rates under Obamacare and found a 41 percent increase on average. Their follow-up study of more than 3,100 counties across the country pegs the average hike at 49 percent. Consumers in New York -- home to a distorted, "death spiral"-plagued individual market prior to Obamacare -- are among the few Americans who've enjoyed an average rate drop. Virtually everywhere else, price tags went in the wrong direction.
More with video@ Townhall
Degradation of Ukraine's military machine multiplies the brutality of war
Via u_96
The civil war that gripped the east of Ukraine, takes more lives, while obeying Kiev armed forces have not been able to achieve any clear result. Proclaims the operation to "protect people from aggression" Ukrainian campaign its growing brutality is more like the war in Africa.
Price degradation
That operation launched against Kiev militia units encountered in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, will face serious problems became apparent in April. Ancient principle of the strategy, showing that to win you need to know yourself and the enemy was broken almost immediately. April 13, 2014 Acting President of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov militia presented an ultimatum demanding the release of the captured administrative buildings during the day. The ultimatum was rejected. The next day, Alexander Turchinov announced the beginning of the anti-terrorist operation.
April 16, 2014 Ukrainian command attempted to discourage Slovyansk militias, but simply an attempt to "call in the city" on the armor and change flags on government buildings back to the Ukrainian ended up being on the side of the six militia went airborne combat vehicles with their crews.
This incident revealed two important things. First, it became clear that the leadership of the anti-terrorist operation has no information, will act against whom troops: support militia from the locals, get up "living chains" in the path of the vehicle, was an unpleasant surprise.
Price degradation
That operation launched against Kiev militia units encountered in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, will face serious problems became apparent in April. Ancient principle of the strategy, showing that to win you need to know yourself and the enemy was broken almost immediately. April 13, 2014 Acting President of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov militia presented an ultimatum demanding the release of the captured administrative buildings during the day. The ultimatum was rejected. The next day, Alexander Turchinov announced the beginning of the anti-terrorist operation.
April 16, 2014 Ukrainian command attempted to discourage Slovyansk militias, but simply an attempt to "call in the city" on the armor and change flags on government buildings back to the Ukrainian ended up being on the side of the six militia went airborne combat vehicles with their crews.
This incident revealed two important things. First, it became clear that the leadership of the anti-terrorist operation has no information, will act against whom troops: support militia from the locals, get up "living chains" in the path of the vehicle, was an unpleasant surprise.
More @ LENTA.RU
Putin Advisor Proposes "Anti-Dollar Alliance" To Halt US Aggression Abroad
Via Jeffery
It has been a while since both Ukraine, and the ongoing Russian response to western sanctions (which set off the great Eurasian axis in motion, pushing China and Russia close together, and accelerating the "Holy Grail" gas deal between the two countries) have made headlines. It is still not clear just why the western media dropped Ukraine coverage like a hot potato, especially since the civil war in Ukraine's Donbas continues to rage and claim dozens of casualties on both sides. Perhaps the audience has simply gotten tired of hearing about mixed chess/checkers game between Putin vs Obama, and instead has reverted to reading the propaganda surrounding just as deadly events in the third war of Iraq in as many decades.
However, "out of sight" may be just what Russia's political elite wants.
It has been a while since both Ukraine, and the ongoing Russian response to western sanctions (which set off the great Eurasian axis in motion, pushing China and Russia close together, and accelerating the "Holy Grail" gas deal between the two countries) have made headlines. It is still not clear just why the western media dropped Ukraine coverage like a hot potato, especially since the civil war in Ukraine's Donbas continues to rage and claim dozens of casualties on both sides. Perhaps the audience has simply gotten tired of hearing about mixed chess/checkers game between Putin vs Obama, and instead has reverted to reading the propaganda surrounding just as deadly events in the third war of Iraq in as many decades.
However, "out of sight" may be just what Russia's political elite wants.
More @ Zero Hedge
Vermont Clerk Who Defended Himself From An Armed Robber Will Likely Be Fired
A convenience store clerk in Rutland, Vermont pulled a .380 pistol in response to an armed robber pulling a knife on him, and will likely be fired for carrying a handgun on company property.
Frankly, Don Pitaniello doesn’t seem to mind his potential firing all that much. It seems that he’d rather be armed and alive and looking for a new job that be just another potential victim:
“I knew his intentions as soon as he came in,” Pitaniello said. “When he told me to empty the register, I cocked my head and said ‘Really?’”
More @ Bearing Arms
"HARD DRIVES DESTROYED"
Via Jeffery
Ex-IRS official Lois Lerner’s crashed hard drive has been recycled, making it likely the lost emails of the lightening rod in the tea party targeting controversy will never be found, according to multiple sources.
“We’ve been informed that the hard drive has been thrown away,” Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, the top Republican on the Finance Committee, said in a brief hallway interview.
Ex-IRS official Lois Lerner’s crashed hard drive has been recycled, making it likely the lost emails of the lightening rod in the tea party targeting controversy will never be found, according to multiple sources.
“We’ve been informed that the hard drive has been thrown away,” Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, the top Republican on the Finance Committee, said in a brief hallway interview.
More @ Politico
Iraq Update: Corporate Kidnappings
40 Indians working for a Turkish construction company in Mosul, Iraq were taken hostage by ISIS.
During the last Iraqi insurgency, the kidnapping of foreign workers provide three benefits:
More @ Global Guerrillas
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