[REUTERS] U.S. Senator John Maverick McCain ... the Senator-for-Life from Arizona, former presidential candidate and even more former foot soldier in the Reagan Revolution... will submit an opinion piece to the Russian newspaper Pravda in response to an op-ed on Syria in The New York Times ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... by Russian President Vladimir Putin ...Second and fourth President of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead... that infuriated many members of Congress, a front man said on Friday.
"Senator McCain is glad to take them up on the offer and will submit a piece," said Brian Rogers, a front man for the senior Republican senator, one of the leading congressional voices on international affairs. Pravda isn't the official Russian press anymore. Komersant would be more influential, probably. You'd expect a "foreign policy expert" like McCain to know that.
The announcement came a day after the venerable U.S. newspaper published a Putin commentary in which the Russian leader painted himself as a peacemaker and lectured Washington for what he called a tendency to use "brute force" in international politics.
Many U.S. politicians made clear they did not welcome the Russian leader's input into their debate over approving missile strikes in response to the apparent use of chemical weapons by Putin's ally, Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs... .
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The Obama administration on Friday denied a request from labor unions to have their healthcare plans receive tax subsidies under ObamaCare.
A White House official said the Treasury Department has determined that the healthcare plans used by many union members -- known as multi-employer or Taft-Hartley plans -- cannot be made eligible for subsidies that are intended to help uninsured people afford coverage.
"The Treasury Department issued a letter today making clear that it does not see a legal way for individuals in multi-employer group health plans to receive individual market tax credits as well as the favorable tax treatment associated with employer-provided health insurance at the same time," the official said.
Nevertheless, the administration said it plans to work with unions to make sure members can obtain coverage through the new insurance exchanges.
"The administration will work with multi-employer plans and other non-profit plans and encourage them to offer coverage through the Marketplace, on an equal footing, to create new, high-quality, affordable options for all Americans," said the official.
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Trumka came out of there not saying anything, which is totally out of character for him. He was obviously told to keep quiet. I'd wager a deal of some kind was cut.
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Either that, or no deal was cut, and he was honestly dumbstruck. As has been noted, obooboo doesn't need union support to win any more elections. I think the donks have given up on the 2014 mid-terms and are trying to figure out how to hunker down and wait for the 2016 presidential contest.
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unions are sinking in membership, power, and influence. Trumka just got that message
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...red-on-red that I doubt is finished...Trumka realizing that membership sometimes doesn't have its benefits?
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If O needed them, a way would have been found. Executive Orders could have been written.
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"Popcorn ordered for 2014...?"
Yes, Uncle, I've tripled my normal order for that. ;-p
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Democrats in DC to the Union Leaders: Sit down and shut up or we kick you off the porch and put you back into the fields like the rest of your people.
[DAILYMAIL.CO.UK] Minneapolis mayoral candidate Jeffrey Alan Wagner promises that if he's elected, 'I will not take money from the developers, I will not take money from the political angle - I will not even go to strip clubs anymore!'
'You know what I want?' says a woman who opens Wagner's video. 'A Minneapolis mayor who really represents the people.'
Then Wagner appears, shirtless, walking out of a lake with a coffee cup in his hand.
'Wake the f*** up!' he later yells into the camera,' and then disappears back into the lake after the woman has poured him a fresh cup of coffee.
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if you think this guy has no chance.....two words .... Jesse Ventura
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...who says Norwegians have no sense of humor...? See also "Nobel Peace Prize"...
[THEHILL] Sen. John Maverick McCain ... the Senator-for-Life from Arizona, former presidential candidate and even more former foot soldier in the Reagan Revolution... (R-Ariz.) hinted that he might be serving his last term in office, admitting that he does not want to become "one of these old guys that should've shoved off."
McCain, a 27-year veteran of the Senate and former presidential candidate, made the admission while speaking about his relationship with President B.O..
"The president and I, he's in his last term, I'm probably in mine, the relationship we have had over the past three years is quite good," McCain told The Wrap in an interview. "Quite good."
The 77-year-old's current term is up in 2016. When asked if this would really be his last term, McCain backtracked a bit.
"Nah, I don't know," McCain said. "I was trying to make a point. I have to decide in about two years so I don't have to make a decision. I don't want to be one of these old guys that should've shoved off." Whoops. Too late. Yeah, we wouldn't want that...
McCain made the initial remark about retirement off-the-cuff to a group of Obama supporters who interrupted the interview as he was arguing that television providers should unbundle their channels.
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"The president and I, he's in his last term, I'm probably in mine, the relationship we have had over the past three years is quite good,"
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thank you for your (military) service ... the rest not so much.
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He still acts like a prisoner of war, trying to get along with those who are in power in DC, instead of standing up to them with his fundamental principles. Those behaviors may have been necessary for a prisoner of war but not for a Senator. I do not understand his posturing in Egypt, as well as his unrestrained hawkishness for a Syrian attack. He embarrasses himself and does not realize it. What would he have done as a president? He may have been nearly as bad as O. It is disconcerting to think about it.
We in the US have made the atmosphere of elective office so toxic that only sociopaths, opportunity seekers, and bottom feeders want the job. Good professional people, with a desire for public service, are unwilling to put up with the viciousness, toxic atmosphere, and ad hominem attacks on themselves and members of their families.
Therein lies the fundamental flaw in our present day republic. Solve that problem and you are on the way to responsible and sustainable government.
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[BREITBART] A bill that would allow non-physicians to perform abortions in the first trimester of pregnancy is awaiting signature by Gov. Jerry Governor Moonbeam Brown ... those who ignore history are bound to repeat it ... of Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, by Sep. 30. The bill, AB 154, passed both houses of the state legislature with strong support from Planned Parenthood ...has received federal funding since 1970, when President Richard Nixon signed into law the Family Planning Services and Population Research Act. It is sometimes described as the gynecololgical wing of the Democratic party. and pro-choice groups. Planned Parenthood stands to benefit most directly from the bill, as non-physician staff at its clinics would be able to obtain abortion licenses.
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A bit ironic given that one argument for legalized abortion was that they would be performed by physicians rather than 'technicians'.
Given the recent trend for states to try and regulate everything from lemonade stands to interior decorators, I'm can't think of any other area where requirements are being loosened. There will be a license fee, of course.
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Be assured the MSM will not report any raise in deaths associated with this change than they do with existing reporting of deaths done by physicians practitioners (see Kermit Gosnell). If it doesn't fit the narrative, it can't exist.
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The easier it is for caliphornians to get abortions, the sooner our problems will be solved. Hopefully this trend encircles the blue US costal states ASAP.
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If it saves one child, it will be worth it.
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Why non-doctors? because fewer and fewer MDs are willing to end a human life like that.
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OS, according to Wikipedia, the Hippocratic oath reads in part:
"I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody if asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect. Similarly I will not give to a woman an abortive remedy. In purity and holiness I will guard my life and my art."
Maybe they're starting to pay attention to that.
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[POLITICO] Less than half of Americans trust the government to handle problems, a all-time low, according to a new poll. Just 49 percent of Americans said they had a great deal or fair amount of confidence in the federal government to handle international problems, according to a Gallup poll released Friday. The previous low was 51 percent in 2007.
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When one thinks of gov't, especially poor gov't, we tend to think in terms of elected officials. The real danger lies not in elected officials who can be eventually voted out. The real danger lies in career civil servants such as the IRS's Lois Lerner who cannot easily be gotten rid of. People like Lerner tend to rapidly multiply. When indolence, greed, and incompetence become institutionalized in vast numbers, recovery is quite difficult if not hopeless.
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Appears to me some folks who are dependent on a GIvernment check are starting to get better at math. Watching Detroit, California and Chicago drift to 3rd world status I suspect the poll numbers will drop even further.
[WASHINGTONTIMES] Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Thursday he will visit Maryland next week after his recent television and radio ads that label the Free State the "fee state" and urge businesses to move south for lower taxes.
Mr. Perry said in a statement that he was scheduled to travel to Maryland on Wednesday "to highlight Texas' commitment to keeping taxes low."
A spokeswoman from Mr. Perry's Austin office declined to give details on where he would be visiting on his tour.
A 30-second television ad and one-minute radio spot also began airing Thursday, criticizing Maryland taxes and encouraging business owners to "think Texas, where we've created more jobs than all the other states combined."
The $500,000 in ads, as well as the upcoming trip are being paid for by TexasOne, a public-private partnership that markets Texas as a business-friendly state.
Maryland isn't the first state the Texas group has targeted. Nor is it the first time Mr. Perry has dropped in on states where his advertisements are running. The Texas governor has also gone to Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,, Illinois, New York, Connecticut, Illinois and most recently Missouri.
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Seems like every other auto on the freeways in Dallas, Texas have out of state license plates, yawl.
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Georgia is experiencing an infestation from California as well. Coastal SC is said to be dealing with New Yorkers and New Jersey transplants. If they begin to get involved in local politics, we're doomed.
I think you mean y'all. A "yawl" is a type of sailboat.
And they can't drive worth a shit here in Austin
They don't drive worth a crap here in the DFW area either. They're a damn nuisance. Road hazards.
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Well, at least the jobs aren't going 'overseas'.
Just as a note to keep in mind, the raise of feudalism began when the workers/labor were tied to the land. You can bet that the political powers at hand are trying to think up some way to re-institute that rather than reform their own behaviors that cause this situation to arise.
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Texas taxes property (unimproved land values are THE capitalist tax) but not comparative advantage (i.e employing, working, saving, investing) so no wonder their economy isn't fubar.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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...Second and fourth President of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead...
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[BREITBART] A bill that would allow non-physicians to perform abortions in the first trimester of pregnancy is awaiting signature by Gov. 
