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7621  Other / Politics & Society / Re: US health care mandate (Obamacare) on: November 19, 2014, 02:14:47 AM



All of #GruberGate in Two Minutes







7622  Other / Politics & Society / Re: The Negative Consequences of Net Neutrality Explained in 2 Minutes on: November 18, 2014, 09:56:57 PM
Quote from: Merriam-Webster link=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/democracy
democracy
1  b :  a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections
Quote from: Merriam-Webster link=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plutocracy
plutocracy
1  :  government by the wealthy

You write as if plutocracy were republican democracy.

You write as if lobbyists paid very well for influencing politicians' votes do not exist...

Comcast loves 0bama's plan. Does that mean the people voted for Comcast?

More control from government will not make things easier for creatives minds now, especially the ones with ideas but no money. This has been proven over and over again.


7623  Other / Politics & Society / The Negative Consequences of Net Neutrality Explained in 2 Minutes on: November 18, 2014, 07:37:38 PM



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oRoG8SqChE


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Bitcoin and every single people involved in its development will be regulated... For the good of bitcoin, among other things.


7624  Other / Politics & Society / Re: US health care mandate (Obamacare) on: November 18, 2014, 07:18:21 PM








7625  Other / Politics & Society / Re: I feel bad for the guy who landed Philae on the comet. on: November 18, 2014, 07:16:22 PM
This is a highlight of Dr. Matt Taylor's career and all anybody can talk about is his stupid shirt. http://ablogaboutnothinginparticular.com/?p=3422





That cool shirt was designed by a talented woman... Now sold out... follow the thread from this link.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=304950.msg9563729#msg9563729


7626  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Ebola Nurse Wants Everyone To Stop Calling Her Ebola Nurse on: November 18, 2014, 05:16:21 PM


A reminder:

While Ebola Nurse was screaming to everyone who wanted to interview her to trust her 100%, Dr. spencer was jogging, took cabs, went to the subway system all the way from Harlem to Brooklyn to go bowling. He had Ebola. They asked him if he stayed in his apartment all that time. He said: YES.
He only confessed after the cops checked the digital time stamps on his metrocard (NY subway system card). He is now Ebola free, after a cost of $20 millions.
http://www.jammiewf.com/2014/tab-for-treating-ebola-doctor-in-nyc-20-million/

While this spencer dude was creating a general panic, mostly by lying, another professional decided she would never comply to the authority and would sue for her rights not to follow a self quarantine because she knew better.

2 nurses got full blown Ebola in the US. They are both Ebola free. They will NEVER be remembered as the Ebola nurses. They will be remembered as the nurses who got Ebola.


But Ebola Nurse will, thanks to her non professional non trusting self centered attention grabbing what about me attitude...


7627  Other / Politics & Society / Re: US health care mandate (Obamacare) on: November 18, 2014, 04:53:10 PM



Jonathan Gruber Convinced Obama To Create The Individual and Employer Mandates


Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber convinced President Barack Obama to create the individual and employer mandates in the health care law, which Obama originally opposed as a presidential candidate.

During the 2008 presidential campaign, an obscure but influential left-wing group called the Herndon Alliance approached the campaigns of Obama and fellow Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and John Edwards to get all three major Democrats on board with health care reform. The candidates came up with differing plans. Of the three, Obama positioned himself as an opponent of mandates. […]

After Obama won the presidential election in November 2008, he added Gruber to his transition team. The New York Times later reported that Gruber became “Mr. Mandate” on the Obama health care reform team. Obama finally announced his support for the mandate in July 2009, the very same month that he met personally with Gruber in the Oval Office. Obama’s decision was made during a series of Obamacare-designing White House meetings, of which Gruber was present at five.

“It is his research that convinced the Obama administration that health care reform could not work without requiring everyone to buy insurance,” the Times reported in 2012, when Gruber was publicly hoping the Supreme Court would uphold the constitutionality of the individual mandate, which it eventually did.

http://dailycaller.com/2014/11/17/jonathan-gruber-convinced-obama-to-create-the-individual-and-employer-mandates-video/



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0bama: "Some adviser” I just found out about..."



7628  Other / Politics & Society / Re: US health care mandate (Obamacare) on: November 18, 2014, 04:41:03 PM



Obama 2012 Campaign Press Release: Gruber “Helped Write Obamacare”



The Obama administration can try to distance itself from Jonathan Gruber all it wants, but a 2012 press release from Obama’s own presidential campaign  shows that when it comes to Obamacare, the president and Gruber are joined at the hip.

The White House understandably wants to distance itself from Gruber. A series of videos that feature him bragging about his role in deceptively crafting Obamacare have started to come out, and they’re not even remotely helpful to the Obama administration. While on camera, Gruber claimed that lack of transparency in the law was a good thing, that the administration’s rhetoric about the so-called Cadillac tax was a complete lie, and that the lies were all necessary because stupid American voters were too dumb to know what was good for them.


http://thefederalist.com/2014/11/18/obama-2012-campaign-press-release-gruber-helped-write-obamacare/


7629  Other / Politics & Society / Re: US health care mandate (Obamacare) on: November 18, 2014, 04:16:31 PM





http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/18/us/politics/health-law-turns-obama-and-insurers-into-allies.html?_r=0


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0bamacare an amazing deal for insurers, not so much for anyone else. The NYT knew that all along...



7630  Other / Politics & Society / Re: US health care mandate (Obamacare) on: November 18, 2014, 04:54:59 AM



Obama In 2006: I’ve Stolen Ideas From Jon Gruber Liberally... (VIDEO)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6yoHcOhF0U

Then

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_e00NjQvFM

But

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQOuVeolN6g

... Interesting...





7631  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Reddit’s science forum banned climate deniers. on: November 18, 2014, 04:23:05 AM



What the mainstream media wont tell you about global warming



Between the recent “deal” with China, reports of Obama taking climate action via executive fiat, and the debate over keystone, global warming has been over the mainstream media recently. But instead of debating whether or not the global warming hypotheses is a valid threat to the Earth, the media starts with the premise that the theory is real and anybody who contests global warming is the equivalent of people who don’t believe the holocaust actually happened, they are called deniers.

The “LA Times” refuses to print letters that disagree with global warming, CNN openly mocks them on air, the NY Times ran a cartoon suggesting climate change skeptics should be stabbed to death, and MSNBC and CBS only interview climate change believers on their programs.

The fact that the liberal skewed media refuses to look at both sides of the climate argument should be evidence enough that they realize global warming theory is flawed. But as one who likes to use facts, below are twelve facts the mainstream media isn’t telling you about climate change. They may not make one believe that global warming is a fraud, but they should at least destroy the argument that climate change is settled science.

1) Through Halloween of 2014- The Global Warming Pause has lasted 18 years and one month. Heartland Institute analyst, Peter Ferrara, notes“If you look at the record of global temperature data, you will find that the late 20th Century period of global warming actually lasted about 20 years, from the late 1970s to the late 1990s. Before that, the globe was dominated by about 30 years of global cooling, giving rise in the 1970s to media discussions of the return of the Little Ice Age (circa 1450 to 1850), or worse.” So there was thirty years of cooling followed by 20 years of warming and almost 18 years of cooling…and that’s what the global warming scare is all about.

2) Antarctic Sea Ice is at record levels and the Arctic ice cap has seen record growth.  Global sea ice area has been averaging above normal for the past two years. But to get around those facts, the global warming enthusiasts are claiming that global warming causes global cooling (really).

3) Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is not a pollutant it’s what you exhale and it is what “feeds” plants. Without CO2 there would not be a single blade of grass or a redwood tree, nor would there be the animal life that depends on vegetation; wheat and rice, for example, as food. Without CO2 mankind would get pretty hungry. Even worse the global warming proponents keep talking about population control because they don’t want more people around to exhale, and let’s not talk about what they say about stopping methane (no spicy foods, no cows, no fart jokes).

4) There is not ONE climate computer model that has accurately connected CO2 to climate change. In fact CO2 is at its highest levels in 13,000 years and the earth hasn’t warmed in almost 18 years. Approximately 12,750 years ago before big cars and coal plants CO2 levels were higher than today. And during some past ice ages levels were up to 20x today’s levels.

5) Even with the relatively high levels there is very little CO2 in the atmosphere. At 78% nitrogen is the most abundant gas in the Earth’s atmosphere. Oxygen is the second most abundant gas-of-life in the atmosphere at 21%. Water vapor is the third most abundant gas-of-life in the atmosphere; it varies up to 5%. Exhale freely because carbon dioxide is the least abundant gas in the atmosphere at 0.04%.

6) The climate models pushed by the global warming enthusiasts haven’t been right. Think about that one for a second. If you believe what people like Al Gore the polar ice caps should have melted by now (actually by last year), most coastal cities should be underwater and it should be a lot warmer by now. As my Mom always said, Man plans and God laughs. The Earth’s climate is a very complicated system and the scientists haven’t been able to account for all the components to create an accurate model.

7) You are more likely to see the tooth fairy or a unicorn than a 97% consensus of scientists believing that there is man-made global warming. The number is a convenient fraud. Investigative journalists at Popular Technology reported the 97% Study falsely classifies scientists’ papers, according to the scientists that published them.  A more extensive examination of the Cook study reported that out of the nearly 12,000 scientific papers Cook’s team evaluated, only 65 endorsed Cook’s alarmist position. That is less than 0.97%. How did they come up with 97%? Well out of all the scientists who had a definite opinion, 97% agreed there was global warming and it was the fault of mankind. And how did the Cook folks determine which scientists believed what? They didn’t ask, they read papers written by these scientists and came up with their own opinion.

8 ) I changed my mind…this past February, Patrick Moore, a Canadian ecologist, and the co-founder of Greenpeace, the militant environmental group told members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee “

There is no scientific proof that human emissions of carbon dioxide are the dominant cause of the minor warming of the Earth’s atmosphere over the past 100 years.”
There are more like Moore.

9) Back to Ice Age– predictions. When I took Earth Science in college 38 years ago, the professor explained that the scientific consensus was we are heading toward an ice age.  That was just before text books were changed to discuss global warming. That was followed by calling it climate change. Now many scientists claim there is new evidence that the Earth may be heading toward an ice age (please stop crying Mr. Gore).

10) Droughts have not increased.

It is misleading and just plain incorrect to claim that disasters associated with hurricanes, tornadoes, floods or droughts have increased on climate timescales either in the United States or globally,”
Professor Roger Pielke Jr. said in his testimony before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

11) Polar Bears are alive and well and not dying out. In the Fall 2014 issue of RANGE Magazine Dr. Susan Crockford wrote,

“In a recent TV ad campaign, the Center for Biological Diversity said, “global warming is pushing polar bears to the absolute brink.” Results of recent research show this to be a lie – fat, healthy bears like this one from near Barrow, Alaska, are still common and many of the assumptions used by computer models to predict future disasters have turned out to be wrong.”
In case you were wondering, walruses are doing fine also.

12) No Increase In Hurricanes: A study published in the July 2012 Journal of the American Meteorological Society concluded unequivocally there is no trend of stronger or more frequent storms, asserting:

We have identified considerable inter-annual variability in the frequency of global hurricane landfalls, but within the resolution of the available data, our evidence does not support the presence of significant long-period global or individual basin linear trends for minor, major, or total hurricanes within the period(s) covered by the available quality data.
The only thing “man-made” about global warming, is the argument that we should all stop thinking because there is a scientific consensus about global warming. There are too many questions still open.

http://hotair.com/archives/2014/11/17/what-the-mainstream-media-wont-tell-you-about-global-warming/



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7632  Other / Politics & Society / Re: How can the U.S. fix Detroit? on: November 18, 2014, 03:36:06 AM
Detroit need millions of dollars to fix it up. Not gonna happen anytime soon.



Unless........



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zR3fgoEarg

http://zworlddetroit.com/  (Will never happen, but...)


7633  Other / Politics & Society / Ebola Nurse Wants Everyone To Stop Calling Her Ebola Nurse on: November 17, 2014, 11:41:49 PM


“I never had Ebola, so please stop calling me ‘the Ebola Nurse’ – now!








http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/17/stop-calling-me-ebola-nurse-kaci-hickox

7634  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Study: Everyone hates environmentalists and feminists on: November 17, 2014, 11:31:16 PM



http://www.xojane.com/issues/xonews-feminist-banned


Then...


Time Magazine apologizes for discovering that modern feminism is really unpopular


Editor’s Note:

TIME apologizes for the execution of this poll; the word ‘feminist’ should not have been included in a list of words to ban. While we meant to invite debate about some ways the word was used this year, that nuance was lost, and we regret that its inclusion has become a distraction from the important debate over equality and justice.

–Nancy Gibbs

http://time.com/3576870/worst-words-poll-2014/


7635  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: Anita Sarkeesian - Feminist Frequency - Donating in Bitcoin on: November 17, 2014, 10:54:39 PM
third wave feminism
fourth wave feminism

Quote
Feminists who currently advocate for a fourth-wave of feminism believe the circulation of feminist issues rely on social media technology for communicating and organizing their activism efforts. “It's defined by technology: tools that are allowing women to build a strong, popular, reactive movement online.”


Even better. Much respect for you and what you believe in. None for anita the fraud... Smiley

7636  Other / Politics & Society / Re: How can the U.S. fix Detroit? on: November 17, 2014, 10:15:26 PM
We all know Detroit is the butt of all city jokes in the U.S. The place is in utter disrepair, the city is huge compared to the taxes it receives--so naturally bad things started to happen. Business and economic growth don't exactly thrive in a place declared by the FBI as the murder capital of the U.S. So in your opinion, what can fix Detroit? Other than Robocop of course.

Stop voting for the democrats.



Cuz everyone knows we're a few republicans away from Utopia?  Roll Eyes

I don't know about that. I know the democrats and the unions had a free ride for their ultimate Utopia for the past 50 years. It was called Detroit. We can all see the result. It is basic History 101.

7637  Other / Politics & Society / Re: How can the U.S. fix Detroit? on: November 17, 2014, 07:20:41 PM
We all know Detroit is the butt of all city jokes in the U.S. The place is in utter disrepair, the city is huge compared to the taxes it receives--so naturally bad things started to happen. Business and economic growth don't exactly thrive in a place declared by the FBI as the murder capital of the U.S. So in your opinion, what can fix Detroit? Other than Robocop of course.

Stop voting for the democrats.

7638  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Reddit’s science forum banned climate deniers. on: November 17, 2014, 04:57:32 PM

Speaking of war, I got to thinking about one of my favorite quotes:

Quote
We got around to the subject of war again and I said that, contrary to his attitude, I did not think that the common people are very thankful for leaders who bring them war and destruction.

"Why, of course, the people don't want war," Goering shrugged. "Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship."

There is one difference," I pointed out. "In a democracy the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars."

"Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."

This actually maps fairly well to the CAGW thing and is a cut-out of how sheeple are induced to support nonsense wars.  The propaganda about the danger of catastrophic global climate change has been so strong and effective that anyone who doubts it is considered a threat to their fellow 'global citizens.'



My daughter watches cartoons on cartoon network. And its even on there. In casual dialogue like its completely assumed to be true. That seems to be the tactic now, assume its true and ridicule anyone who questions it. The lack of a single accurate model predicting future trends be damned. If you can repeat the same dogma enough times than it becomes true, no need to establish credibility through accurate predictions in the past and use that credibility to earn serious consideration in your future predictions.







7639  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Study: Everyone hates environmentalists and feminists on: November 17, 2014, 04:40:53 PM
Everyone (=100%) hates feminists(=50%+) and environmentalists (>0%), leads to the only conclusion possible, this study is a scam! Would you have been clement on Goebbels&co, me not.

xoxo

You are 100% + 50% + 0% =150% absolutely right!.
Salon.com is the mouth of Goebbels&co and this whole site is a scam. I am glad we could agree on something.

As a reminder this is the article in full.








http://www.salon.com/2013/09/26/study_everyone_hates_environmentalists_and_feminists_partner/


Thank you again for playing  Wink Smiley


7640  Other / Politics & Society / Lib Law Prof: Obama's Executive Amnesty 'Tears at Fabric of The Constitution on: November 17, 2014, 04:05:49 PM

Liberal Law Professor Jonathan Turley: Obama's Executive Amnesty Threat 'Tears at Very Fabric of The Constitution"


As President Obama prepares to issue an executive order effectively legalizing five million illegal immigrants this week, many on the left and the right are issuing their criticisms toward him for violating the process and going at it alone.

On Friday George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley, who describes himself as a liberal, made an appearance on The Kelly File to discuss the issue. He warned that not only is the country at a tipping point, something he warned about in congressional testimony earlier this year, but also expressed his hope that President Obama doesn't get away with it.

"What I'm hearing certainly causes great concern that he will again violate the separation of powers," Turley said. "No president can take on the power of all three branches and that's what he seems to be doing. He certainly seems to be taking on legislative authority. He isn't be particularly coy about this, you know he says 'this is what I wanted to get out of legislation and I'm going to do it on my own' and that does become a government of one."

Turley also cautioned the President against ignoring the results of the 2014 midterm elections by going around Congress on this issue despite frustration of partisan disagreements.

"It's a very sad moment but it's becoming a particularly dangerous moment if the president is going to go forward, particularly after this election to defy the will of Congress yet again. I can understand the frustration, these are two political parties that cannot get along but as you said, we have a Democratic process and a Congress that's coming in with the full voice of the American people behind them, that's what an election is, you may disagree with the outcome, but you have to respect the outcome," Turley continued. "What the President is suggesting is tearing at the very fabric of the constitution. We have a separation of powers that gives us balance and that doesn't protect the branches. It's not there to protect the executive branch or the legislative branch, it's there to protect liberty. It's there to keep any branch from assuming so much control that they become a threat to liberty."

"I always tell my friends on the Democratic side, we will rue the day when we helped create this uber presidency," he said. "What the Democrats are creating is something very very dangerous. They're creating a president who can go at it alone and to go at it alone is something that is a very danger that the framers sought to avoid in our constitution."

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/11/17/libera-law-professor-jonathan-turley-i-hope-obama-doesnt-get-away-with-executive-amnesty-n1919710?utm_source=BreakingOnTownhallWidget_4&utm_medium=story&utm_campaign=BreakingOnTownhall

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