Guess who is waging “the mother of all wars,” against President Obama

“This is the mother of all wars we’ve got in the next 18 months,” he says, “for the life or death of this country.” He called out the names of 31 people at the Vail meeting who each contributed more than $1m over the past 12 months to defeat President Obama’s reelection bid.

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How will the Corrupt, Koch Brothers, Conservative Wing of the Supreme Court Decide On The Fate of Obamacare?

I’ve long said the Federal government forcing people to buy health insurance is the same as forcing them to purchase ketchup. I still think I’m right. The Interstate Commerce Clause doesn’t allow the federal government to do this. That’s why state government’s force buyers of vehicles to purchase car insurance. The states can, the feds can’t. FDR knew this and that’s why he made Social Security a tax.

However, there is a clever argument as to why the feds can compel people to buy health insurance and it’s not the same as forcing them to purchase ketchup. I disagree, but click on the link below for a convincing argument on the subject.

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German public sector workers to get 6.3% pay rise

The public workers of Germany will receive a 6.3% pay increase over the next year. In the United States, we’re cutting public sector pay and laying off workers. Why the difference? The Germans are more heavily unionized, half of all corporate boards are filled with union members, and the German government doesn’t offshore jobs, at least to the extent the US government does.

But there’s something more important here. The Germans know what an economy is for. It’s for the German people, all of them. In the United States, the economy is ruled by Wall Street and the rich at the expense of the 99 percent.

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Guess which Senators Voted To Protect Oil Tax Breaks

These senators received $23,582,500 From Big Oil. Who were they?

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Did Ernest Hemingway Commit Suicide Because of a Dead Cat?

Why did Ernest Hemingway commit suicide? How many cats did he shoot? For that matter, how many people did he shoot? Apparently, several people and one cat. “We have come at a most interesting time,” Hemingway wrote. “Just in time to see the great Hemingway cry because he has to kill a cat.”

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What is the most important lesson you have learned in your life?

I know what I have learned about the most important things in life. There’s one person I know that has it right. Click on the link to see her answer to “What is the most important lesson you have learned in life?”

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Review of the Hunger Games, volume 2, Catching Fire

I thought this was better than the first book, but at times it was a bit formulaic. Collins follows the typical pattern of 1. building toward a conflict, 2. conflict, 3. Katniss reflecting on the conflict and other things, 4. building toward a new conflict, 5. new conflict, 6. Katniss reflecting, ya da ya da. You get the picture.

Collins, however, kept the suspense high, the mystery of people’s motives well hidden until the end, and the conflict riveting at the same time. She is a master story teller and his created a wonderfully bleak world. The only thing stopping this book from becoming a five star in my mind is the lead character, Katniss, is not as sympathetic as other characters in other books. On the other hand, maybe this is a five star because it’s a plot driven rather than character driven book, and Katniss is as bleak of a character as the world Collins has created. On the other hand, Cormac McCarthy created an even bleaker world in “The Road” and I found myself rooting and feeling sorry and hoping for the best for the kid in that book. So I’ll keep Catching Fire at four stars.

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Spain in Revolt Via a General Strike Over Austerity Measures

Everybody with a quarter of a brain knows that when a government cuts spending during an economic crisis the crisis deepens, shifting more people onto the poverty rolls, wiping out the tax base and cutting more jobs via school, police and fire departments.

In Spain, the people have had enough of the bullshit, they’re out in the streets engaged in a general strike. Business has been brought to a standstill in Madrid, Barcelona and other cities. Occupy Spain!

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Audit finds illegal overtime and unpaid wages at Apple factory

Steve Jobs sure knew what he was doing. An independent audit has discovered that workers at an Apple factory were forced to work overtime without pay. Why would we be surprised?

“The Fair Labor Association (FLA) said employees at Foxconn, which produces products including iPhones and iPads, typically worked more than 60 hours a week during peak periods but were paid unfair compensation for overtime.”

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The Supreme Courts Ends Historic Health Care Arguments

(Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Wednesday ended more than six hours of oral arguments over three days about whether President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law would survive constitutional scrutiny, setting up to deliver a ruling on its fate by late June.

Over the past three days, the nine-member court delved into whether Congress exceeded its authority by requiring most Americans to obtain health insurance by 2014 or face a penalty, along with whether the entire wide-ranging law must be struck down if they found that critical provision to be invalid.

The Koch Brothers wing of the court, Scalia, Thomas, Roberts and Alito have likely already made up their minds. No doubt they want a Republican to become president and striking down the health care act will help to undermine Obama’s reelection chances, so naturally they’re going to vote against the law regardless of the legal merits of it.

(Reporting by Jeremy Pelofsky; Editing by Howard Goller and Will Dunham)

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