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That's a Fact Jack!

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Kansas now able to actually
enforce welfare restrictions

By Travis Perry  /   February 7, 2014

OSAWATOMIE, Kan. — After a Kansas Watchdog investigation last year uncovered public welfare dollars ending up at strip clubs, casinos and liquor stores, the Sunflower State has finally put some bite into its once-weak welfare restrictions.

During the course of three months during 2012, Kansas Watchdog discovered that state aid recipients withdrew more than $43,000 in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits from ATMs at places like Golden Eagle Casino in Horton, Vegas Video Adult Superstore in Wichita and G Spot, a Junction City strip club, among others.

But as of Feb. 1, all that has come to a screeching halt, according to the Kansas Department for Children and Families, which administers TANF cash distribution in the state.

Theresa Freed, director of communications for DCF, told Kansas Watchdog the state agency flipped the switch a week ago on a new program that will halt all unauthorized spending of welfare dollars — as much as the state can.

The solution comes in the form of Fraud Navigator, a payment-processing program offered by the state's third-party vendor, FIS Government Solutions. The vendor manages the actual transactions of Kansas' Electronic Benefit Transfer cards, also known as Vision cards.

Freed said that Fraud Navigator not only will block inappropriate TANF electronic transactions at the cash register, but also will prevent recipients from withdrawing cash from ATMs at specific locations.

That last part is crucial, as it closes a loophole that was about a mile wide.

Before Fraud Navigator, a Kansas welfare recipient with a fully loaded EBT card could grab some fast cash from an onsite ATM to sidestep state regulations that forbid government assistance dollars from being used to purchase alcohol, tobacco or lottery tickets.

The move also aligns Kansas with federal welfare requirements. As part of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, all states are required to implement measures to prevent TANF funds from being used at strip clubs, liquor stores and casinos by Feb. 22.

But DCF is keeping a tight lid on exactly how the program works.

"To ensure the integrity and effectiveness of our anti-fraud efforts, the specifics on the operational aspects of the product cannot be shared," Freed said.

And that includes the price, too. Freed would only say the state is billed monthly based on the volume of transactions Fraud Navigator blocks. Freed added that "any information beyond this point is proprietary due to the cost arrangements Kansas made with our contractor."

Contact Travis Perry at travis@kansaswatchdog.org, or follow him on Twitter at @muckraker62. Like Watchdog.org? Click HERE to get breaking news alerts in YOUR state!

Part of 14 in the series Welfare Abuse

1.Tennessee Watchdog investigation prompts welfare reform bill
2.Washington state slashes welfare fraud at strip clubs, casinos
3.Iowa wants to stop welfare use at strip clubs, but can't
4.Stores don't want pictures on Illinois food-stamp cards
5.Picture this: Oregon lawmakers hope ID will limit welfare fraud
6.Iowa can't hide EBT purchase data
7.Wisconsin takes aim at food-stamp pushers
8.Still OK to use welfare benefits at New Mexico strip clubs
9.Iowa officials stall release of welfare transactions
10.Kansas welfare spending spans nation
11.Iowa officials say overseeing welfare program not their job
12.Kansans spent welfare cash on strippers, smokes and sour mash
13.Kansas to change toothless welfare laws
14.Kansas now able to actually enforce welfare restrictions

http://watchdog.org/127789/kansas-welfare-tanf/

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Mooch: I Can Save Justin Bieber!

(Oddly enough, Mooch doesn't mention ripping his arms off
and beating him with the bloody stumps)

Via ABC News:

What would first lady Michelle Obama, a mother of two girls, do if she also had a son — or more to the point, a 19-year old international pop star with a penchant for fast cars, private jets, weed and alcohol named Justin Bieber?

"I would pull him close. You know, I don't know if it would be advice as much as action," Obama said in a recent interview with Univision Radio host Enrique Santos. "I would be very present in his life right now. And I would be probably with him a good chunk of the time, just there to talk, to figure out what's going on in his head, to figure out who's in his life and who's not, you know."

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"I found that to be the case with my kids," she said. "They just want you near, you know — they want that advice from a parent. They want to see you on a daily basis, you know, because the thing is he's still a kid. He's still growing up. So, I would pull him close."

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Nut case Eric Holder Compares 1960s Civil Rights Movement To
"Struggle For LGBT Equality"  

(Nothing like pissing on the memories of the people who were
lynched during that era to score cheap political points with the base)

Via The Hill:

The Obama administration will continue the extension of federal benefits to married same-sex couples as heterosexual couples, Attorney General Eric Holder will announce on Saturday.

The Justice Department plans to issue a policy memo on Monday, which will allow same-sex couples to be able to file jointly for bankruptcy and will mandate that they will not be compelled to testify against each other in trial, among other new rights.

Holder will deliver the news at a gala thrown by the gay rights group Human Rights Campaign at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York City Saturday night.

"Just like during the civil rights movement of the 1960s, the stakes involved in this generation's struggle for LGBT equality could not be higher. Then, as now, nothing less than our country's commitment to the notion of equal protection under the law was on the line," Holder will say in his speech, according to an excerpt.

"As attorney general, I will not let [the Justice] Department be simply a bystander during this important moment in history."

Same-sex couples will have the right to file for domestic support obligations, including alimony and are eligible for Justice Department programs that provide compensation to surviving spouses of public safety officers.

Federal inmates in same-sex marriages will also receive the same benefits as married straight couples – such as, exchanging correspondence, having visitation rights and receiving "compassionate release" or a sentence reduction because of the incapacitation of a spouse. Same-sex inmates may also receive escorts to a spouse's funeral and are eligible to be furloughed in the event of a crisis involving their spouse.

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Teens randomly attacking people on Rainier Ave.

An hour earlier police said the same teens ransacked and terrorized customers at a  Rite Aid off Rainier.  Seattle police said officers aware of problems in the area but are not doing any special patrols.

In fact, the Ethiopian church's pastor said the police didn't even ask them for their surveillance video.

Read More:
http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/teens-randomly-attacking-people-along-rainier/ncsQC/

A copy of the police report *briefly* flashed on the screen during the TV report confirms that the perps are all black males and females, and the victims white, but the news media does not once mention race, just "teens" committing "seemingly random" attacks.  The media did not find it important to note that the surrounding area (Rainier Valley) is 83% non-white; but the victims are overwhelmingly white, however, they did express that the neighborhood "doesn't have the best reputation".

A black woman interviewed is dismissive, chalking the mob assaults up to "teen peer pressure" (Oh! well, okay then! Moving on ....)

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Putin Snubs Obamas - Chooses Racist Tweeter Irina Rodnina to Light Olympic Torch at Sochi Winter Olympics

A rather blatant snub occurred at the opening ceremonies of the Sochi Olympics today. Irina Rodnina was hand-selected by President Vladimir Putin to light the Olympic torch.

Why is this a big deal?

Because... of this wordless Tweet (below) with a digitally manipulated photo of the President and First Lady that Rodnina sent out last September...

While Rodnina, currently a member of parliament for Putin's United Russia political party, has since deleted the photo from her Twitter account, she insisted she had done nothing wrong in a follow-up tweet, according to the Guardian. "Freedom of speech is freedom of speech," she wrote in September, "and you should answer for your own hang-ups."

She subsequently deleted the offending Tweet, but refused to apologize for it.

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul quickly responded on Twitter, calling Rodnina's actions "outrageous behavior, which only brings shame to her parliament and country."

Rodnina's selection to light the Olympic cauldron seems to suggest otherwise from Russia's perspective.

Rodnina is one of the most successful figure skaters in the world. She won 10 World Championships in a row and 3 successive Olympic gold medals. She is the first pair skater to win gold medals with two different partners.

This is perhaps in retaliation to what some have called a "Star-Spangled middle finger" by President Obama.

Putin has loudly decried homosexuality with recently passed anti-gay legislation that criminalises portraying homosexuality to children as anything other than undesirable and unnatural. Despite the new laws, Putin has vowed not to persecute any athletes or attendees that wear rainbow badges during the Olympics.

So, it seems entirely likely that when Obama opted out of attending the Olympics and sent, in his stead, lesbian tennis star Billie Jean King and gay hockey player Caitlin Cahow, that Putin was less than pleased.

Who knew that a "p*ssing contest" was going to be one of the events in this year's Olympic games?

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That's a Fact Jack!

From Captain Phillips to Benghazi – Obama's Cowardice & Lies Exposed

by Leon Puissegur Feb. 8, 2014

Obama's Spineless Ideology!

Have many in the mainstream media looked into Obama's background deep enough to see that maybe we have a Muslim for a President? Have they ever questioned President Obama about why he studied Marxism while he was at Occidental College in California? Has anyone even thought of asking President Obama just what he learned from Frank Marshall Davis, a devout Communist, who was on the FBI watch list? It seems that many are unwilling to question or make statements about Obama due to how he abuses the Internal Revenue Service and other agencies to silence his opponents. No matter, we are now going to pose a question of this man known as Barack Hussein Obama and demonstrate that he is not only a liar, but a coward as well, and how this may be the reason that the deaths of Americans occurred in Benghazi.

Let us begin with the list of lies from Obama compared to other Presidents and this list is not a total list of lies from the Liar- in-Chief.

President Obama:

1.I will have the most transparent administration in history.

2.The stimulus will fund shovel-ready jobs.

3.I am focused like a laser on creating jobs.

4.The IRS is not targeting anyone.

5.It was a spontaneous riot about a movie.

6.If I had a son.

7.I will put an end to the type of politics that "breeds division, conflict and cynicism".

8.You didn't build that!

9.I will restore trust in Government.

10.The Cambridge cops acted stupidly.

11.The public will have 5 days to look at every bill that lands on my desk

12.It's not my red line - it is the world's red line.

13.Whistle blowers will be protected in my administration.

14.We got back every dime we used to rescue the banks and auto companies, with interest.

15.I am not spying on American citizens.

16.Obama Care will be good for America.

17.You can keep your family doctor.

18.Premiums will be lowered by $2500.

19.If you like it, you can keep your current healthcare plan.

20.It's just like shopping at Amazon.

21.I knew nothing about "Fast and Furious" gunrunning to Mexican drug cartels.

22.I knew nothing about IRS targeting conservative groups.

23.I knew nothing about what happened in Benghazi.

24.I have never known my uncle from Kenya, who is in the country illegally, and that was arrested and told to leave the country over 20 years ago.

25.And, I have never lived with that uncle.  He finally admitted (12-05-2013) that he DID know his uncle and that he DID live with him.

Here, at 26, we show what is perhaps the biggest lie this president has ever stated.

1."I, Barrack Hussein Obama, pledge to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America."
President Obama sounds more like the Character on Hogan's Hero's, Sergeant Schultz, "I know nothing!"

We have to state that this does not include any lies from his State of The Union address on January 29, 2014, during which he came out once again and declared he would go on with his "Climate Change" policy, even while the nation is nearly in a mini Ice Age.

We do know that many will state that other Presidents lied also, so let us examine that item.

First, recall the words of Lyndon Banes Johnson:
We were attacked (in the Gulf of Tonkin)

Richard Nixon uttered these immortal words:
I am not a crook.

Then there is George H. W. Bush's Infamous Lie:
Read my lips – No New Taxes

Then there was Bill Clinton:
I did not have sex with that woman... Miss Lewinski.

We show George Jr. here, but we have to consider that maybe he was right and those weapons went to Iran and Syria, but in either case here:
Iraq has weapons of mass destruction.

So, Obama is not the first liar to occupy the White House, but he is most definitely the most consistent liar to hold the office, and no one should believe a word out of his mouth is true. However, let us show what may be perhaps the best example of how much of a coward Obama really is, and how this may well have been one of the reasons that Obama also lied about Benghazi!

Let us lay this out for you to understand what we may have found due to another post that popped up about the recent Captain Phillips movie. This film is about a man who was rescued from Somali Pirates. We sat down and watched the movie and wondered why Navy Seals 36 hours before they killed those that held Captain Phillips. The movie expressed some insight into the actions, but it did not reveal the true lack of action and the act of pure cowardice by none other than President Barack Obama himself!

Jack Wheeler, a man of integrity, penned an article, which we will cite below. What is written in the article is what makes Jack Wheeler much more solid and credible than anything Obama could ever dream of. We have to remember here that Obama has been a liar from day one, and his lies just keep on coming along with his actions which place him as perhaps the worst president of all time, even worse than Jimmy Carter.

The following article of facts regarding the incident was written by Dr. John "Jack" Wheeler, part of it is below, and the entire article is below all the "opinions" of how we link the coward Obama to both Somali and Benghazi!


Dr. Wheeler was a man of honor: a West Point graduate, a Vietnam veteran, and the man who was the driving force behind financing the construction of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. He fought long and hard for the dignity and honor of the fallen Vietnam War soldiers. He served three presidents as an aide and advisor -- Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, for whom he was a special assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force and a military consultant.


Jack Wheeler was a graduate student at the Harvard Business School when he was recruited to be an advisor to the president regarding military tactics.  He was a man of integrity and served on the General Staff at the Pentagon.


Shortly after writing this article, he was mysteriously murdered sometime between Dec. 28th and 31st in 2010, and his body was dumped in a dumpster in Newark, Delaware. Wheeler had homes in Washington, D.C. and New Castle, Del.(See - http://patriotsbillboard.org/this-obama-lie-will-make-your-eyes-bleed/)

Here we can see a totally different man than President Obama could ever hope to be. The article by Wheeler demonstrates what few can actually use to show just how a direct link could be made from the Captain Phillips Somali Pirates raid to the failures of Benghazi. This direct link falls on Obama and his ideologies as president.

According to the movie, the SEALs just waited to take out the Pirates, and that took 36 hours, but once again, this is just a production from Hollywood, glamorizing what actually happened. If we dig into this as we are about to show you, a distinct connection can be made between the lack of action by Obama and the actions taken with the Somali Pirates

Wheeler's article alleges that President Obama actually allowed the situation to continue for 36 hours, and he explains the reasoning. Once you read this article, it becomes apparent that there is a very close correlation to the actions with the Somali Pirates and the 9-11 terrorist attack in Benghazi. It clearly shows a president that was very indecisive, and it seemed to be the same lack of action that caused the death of 4 men in Benghazi. If we just take the facts as shown in the following article, we can clearly see that Barack Obama took credit when none was due. It also shows gives insight as to why Benghazi is still being covered up

We are only suggesting that the lack of action by President Obama then, and during Benghazi, seems to indicate that we do not have an honorable or courageous man in the White House, but rather a coward. Here's the article. Feel free to comment below.

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THE REAL STORY OF THE MAERSK ALABAMA HIJACKING AND OBAMA'S FRIGHTFUL IN-ACTION DURING THE CRISIS

Posted on January 20, 2014 by PatriotsBillboard

All of us need to raise our glasses the highest to the Navy SEALs, who popped those three Somali pirates. And I'm sure you want to hear the real story of what happened especially because there is a revoltingly opportunistic and cowardly side to it.


Why, for example, did it take SEAL Team Six (aka DEVGRU, Navy Special Warfare Development Group) over 36 hours to get to the scene?


Because President Obama refused to authorize the SEAL deployment for those 36 hours, during which the OSC – the on scene commander, Cmdr. Frank Castellano of the USS Bainbridge – repeatedly requested them. Cmdr. Castellano is a very, very mature and experienced commanding officer and is rock solid in his decisions.


Once the SEALs arrived – parachuting from a C-17 into the ocean near the ship – Obama then imposed Rules of Engagement (ROE) specifying the SEALs could not do anything unless the life of the hostage, Captain Richard Phillips, was in "imminent" danger.


Thus, when Capt. Phillips attempted to escape by jumping off the lifeboat into the ocean, the SEAL snipers had all four pirates (one later surrendered) sighted in and could have taken them out then and there – but they could not fire due to Obama's ROE restrictions.


When the SEALs approached the lifeboat in a RIB (rigid-hull inflatable boat) carrying supplies for Capt. Phillips and the pirates, the pirates fired upon them. Not only was no fire returned due to Obama's ROE, but as the pirates were shooting at the RIB, SEAL snipers on the Bainbridge had them all dialed in. Again, no triggers were pulled due to the ROE.


Two specific rescue plans were developed by Cmdr. Castellano and the SEAL teams. Obama personally refused to authorize them.


After the second refusal and days of dithering, Cmdr. Castellano decided he had the Operational Area and OSC authority to "solely determine risk to hostage" and did not require any further approval by the president. He took unilateral action on Sunday, April 12, 2009.


Four hours later, the White House is informed that three pirates are dead and Capt. Phillips has been rescued unharmed. Then a White House press release was immediately issued, giving credit to the president for his "daring and decisive" behavior that resulted in such success.


Obama has absolutely no military knowledge or experience whatsoever. He demanded decisional control over the entire hostage drama to the last detail. All actions required his personal approval. He dithered like a coward while the world laughed at our warships flummoxed by four illiterate teenagers with worn-out AKs in a lifeboat.


Only when the Navy Commander decided to ignore his Pantywaist-in-Chief and take action and responsibility himself, were the incredible skills of the SEALs put into play.


That Obama could cynically and opportunistically claim that his "bold" "calm" "tough" leadership was responsible should remind everyone that not a single action, not a single word of this man can be trusted. He is bereft of honesty and moral character. He is a complete Zero.


The HFR raises a glass full of pride and gratitude to Navy Commander Frank Castellano, the Navy SEALs for their incredible competence, and our military. Let's hold a Tea Party in their honor.


What a low-life, lying, racist, Muslim, Marxist, Manchurian coward we have running our government. It is a disgrace to the office. Anybody reading to this point that voted for this worthless son of a bitch step forward to show America how altogether stupid you really are!!

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Ross.... this was cruising around the internet about 10 years ago in relation to the millennium "end times" and 9/11 conspiracies.  It seems to be back in a big way.  The text is identical.

I would really question why he would even mention something like that without further explanation.  A "plot" like that would be a pretty big deal, and there would presumably be a bulk of evidence to convince the president of its existence.  It's a fairly large order to enslave the entire nation, even in a metaphorical sense, so there would have to be very large scale operations to complete the plan.  Certainly, he would have some idea of who, how, and/or why, and would include it in any discussion of why he thought there was such a plot.

The closest thing I could find was this video, Uploaded on May 25, 2009

J.F.K. gives a speech at the national press club about never tolerating secret societies or media cover-ups:

Obviously the closed society that JFK was referring to in that video was the Soviet Union.  But this speech says nothing about anyone in this country conspiring to take over.

Here is the full speech by JFK back in April 27, 1961 to the Press.  The consensus of their opinion (the experts) was, "...this speech did cost him his life, since he did challenge the powers that be directly by opposing secret societies and oaths."