This and That...

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"Um, NO.. What You Said Was...."

First watch the video:

(Prediction: Tomorrow, Clown Obuma will come out with another politispeak (another word for LIE) correction *of sorts*, where he tacks toward the American People, saying that: "HHS's efforts to improve the quality of healthcare" has resulted in "insurance companies choosing to *transition* plans."

The slow and subtle goal will be to position HHS... not him... as the perceiver-in-origin of the misleading information.  Creepy Sebelius has already been determined to be expendable... her release/discharge will come as soon as the website is working correctly.  The end of the newly nuanced (McDonough/Jarrett directed) statement will be summarized around: "we must overcome any potential flaw or glitch, accepting the motive was pure, and demand everyone participate in getting things moving forward."

Using Obuma's traditional approach of divide and conquer, "If you do not support the forward looking goal of successful implementation, you are a hateful, selfish non-patriot who does not care about the poor or afflicted.")

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Thin skinned Obuma Admits He's Stacking Courts With Liberal Activist Judges

(Could this be the future Chief Justice???)

(What Socialist Scumbag Obuma is doing with the courts gets amazingly little attention, that needs to change.  Lifetime appointments to the bench of people who are ideologically identical to Van Jones.  And reasonably young so that they'll be around to do damage for a long, long time. Congressional Republicans need to block all his judicial appointments.  We don't need little Lenins in black robes all over the country)


Via Twitchy:

Yep, at a fundraiser in Texas last night, President Obama said his administration is "remaking the courts."

Here's the full quote for context via a WhiteHouse.gov transcript:
Obuma:"We were able to reform our financial system so that the likelihood of taxpayer-funded bailouts is a lot less than it was. We were able to expand funding for young people going to college. We were able to expand national service for young people who want to serve. We fought long and hard for consumer protections that weren't there before."
As Lisa mentioned, we are remaking the courts. I know that we've got some lawyers here, and here in Texas sometimes people feel a little frustrated about the pace of appointments here in Texas. But you should know that in addition to the Supreme Court, we've been able to nominate and confirm judges of extraordinary quality all across the country on federal benches. We're actually, when it comes to the district court, matching the pace of previous Presidents. When it comes to the appellate court, we're just a little bit behind, and we're just going to keep on focused on it.

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Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood

Wednesday night's CMA (Country Music Association) awards opened up with a bang, incorporating Kenny Rogers, the Robertson family from "Duck Dynasty," and even a little Obamacare mockery. That's right, hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood had a special segment and even song mocking the failed health care rollout that featured the pair pretending to sign up for Obamacare and then crooning about the failure. It all started while the pair was singing a new version of "Why Can't We Be Friends" that faked feuds between some of country music's biggest stars (including Kenny Rogers) and Paisley stopping abruptly to complain about back pain. That's when Underwood suggested trying to sign up for Obamacare.

UPDATE: Don't forget—
Brad Paisley sang for the president at his inauguration in 2012. Brad Paisley performed at the White House this past summer. Paisley was rumored to be an Obama supporter in 2009.

Paisley's song, "Welcome to the Future" about racial progress, was inspired by Obama's election in 2008. And the first time he played it live was in front of the president at a Fourth of July celebration at the White House.

Time to Boycott Brad Paisley & Tim McGraw?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2375756/posts

Paisley is a big Obama supporter, but not necessarily into the whole Democratic platform.
http://hollowverse.com/brad-paisley/

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Departing Obumacare Security Official Didn't Sign Off On Obumacare Site Launch

(Obumacare Website Security Officer, (CIO) Tony Trenkle, never signed off on launch. His boss at CMS overrode him... he quit yesterday.  This one has the potential to launch like a rocket.  Hmmm...It depends of whether Trenkle will spill the beans. The Chief Information Officer for the Obamacare website, Tony Trenkle, never approved of site security before launch.  Instead, his boss, Marilyn Tavenner, gave the authorization to proceed.   Mr. Trenkle quit yesterday so you can only imagine what the backstory is to this political decision, forward at all costs.
Just guessing...  my hunch is the guy knew what was coming, was sending warnings, told his boss this is "NOT" ready;  our platform is NOT secure etc. and she just told him they had no choice.  These were political decisions)

Two of the 'Creepy Demons' of the Obumacare Debacle
CMS administrator Marilyn Tavenner (left) - HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (right)

CBS NEWS: 
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57611202/departing-obamacare-security-official-didnt-sign-off-on-site-launch/?tag=socsh

Tony Trenkle, the Obamacare official in charge of HealthCare.gov security efforts announced his resignation Wednesday, effective next week.

CBS News has learned that Trenkle, the Chief Information Officer for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), was originally supposed to sign off on security for the glitch-ridden website before its Oct. 1 launch, but didn't. Instead, the authorization on September 27 was given by Trenkle's boss, CMS administrator Marilyn Tavenner.

As CBS News reported Monday, security assessments fell behind and the website never had the required top-to-bottom tests.
Trenkle and two other CMS officials, including Chief Operating Officer Michelle Snyder, signed an unusual "risk acknowledgement" saying that the agency's mitigation plan for rigorous monitoring and ongoing tests did "not reduce the (security) risk to the ... system itself going into operation on October 1, 2013."

HealthCare.gov exchanges data through a massive hub that includes the IRS, the Social Security Administration, Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs, the Defense Department, the Office of Personnel Management and the Peace Corps.

Both Democrats and Republicans have raised security concerns in two days of Senate hearings. Wednesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told Congress she did not know about the special security waiver that her agency head, Tavenner, granted the website.

"I was not aware of this and I did not have these discussions with the White House because I wasn't aware of them," Sebelius testified.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57611063/sebelius-obamacare-delay-is-not-an-option/

Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., asked, "Did the White House know there had been no end-to-end testing of the security aspects of the exchange?"

"I think the White House was aware of operational issues involving end-to-end testing and I - I don't know of the specifics of - again, I did not have the discussions about this authority to operate issue with the White House," said Sebelius.

"This is a paramount concern," said Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, at a hearing Tuesday. "Consumers have to be absolutely certain that when they go on and they fill out that application ... no one can hack into that and steal their Social Security numbers or identity."

Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, asked Tavenner Tuesday about the website's unusual security authorization without the required testing.

"Are you the official at CMS responsible for making...the security authorization decisions?" Roberts asked.

Tavenner replied, "So I think in the case, because of the visibility of the exchange, the Chief Information Officer wanted to make me aware of it and I agreed to sign it with their recommendation to proceed."

Wednesday, an HHS spokesman said that the reason Tavenner, not Trenkle, signed the security authorization is because HealthCare.gov is "a high-profile project and CMS felt it warranted having the administrator sign the authority to operate memo." HHS also says there is an aggressive risk mitigation plan in effect, "the privacy and security of consumers personal information is a top priority for us" and personal information is "protected by stringent security standards."

Georgetown Law professor Lawrence Gostin is a strong supporter of the Affordable Care Act and helped Congress write the law to meet constitutional standards. But he's critical of the launch without proper security.

"They should've really had this fully tested from top to bottom before the rollout," Gostin told CBS News. "It would've made so much more sense politically, policy-wise and from a security and privacy perspective."

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Strongest typhoon of the year slams Philippines... with winds at times 275 MPH

"195 MPH is something people don't understand unless you've been in something like that. It's unbelievably fast. You cannot stand up. Buildings fly apart and are gone forever. Tree's cannot stay up regardless of what kind they are. A 747 takes off the ground at about that speed. It's something you will never forget."

MANILA, Philippines: One of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded slammed into the Philippines Friday, cutting communications and blocking roads in the center of the country amid worries of serious damage and casualties.

Telephone lines appeared down as it was difficult to get through to the landfall site 650 kilometers (405 miles) southeast of Manila where Typhoon Haiyan slammed into a rural area of the country.

Weather officials said that Haiyan had sustained winds at 235 kilometers (147 miles) per hour, with gusts of 275 kph (170 mph) when it made landfall at Eastern Samar province's Guiuan township.

The local weather bureau makes estimates based on longer periods of time than others, such as the U.S. Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center, which said shortly before the typhoon made landfall that its maximum sustained winds were 314 kilometers per hour (195 mph), with gusts up to 379 kilometers per hour (235 mph).

"195-mile-per-hour winds, there aren't too many buildings constructed that can withstand that kind of wind," said Jeff Masters, a former hurricane meteorologist who is meteorology director at the private firm Weather Underground.
Read more at:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57611404/strongest-typhoon-of-the-year-slams-philippines/

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Report: White House Gives Dem Senators Facing Re-Election "Green Light" To LIE About Bashing ObumaCrappyCare.  In Return, Obuma Doesn't Want Any Calls For Delaying Individual Mandate.

Via Politico:
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/dems-give-wh-tight-deadline-to-fix-obamacare-99560.html

Democratic senators facing voters next year are willing to give the White House time to resolve the glaring problems with Obamacare.

Very little time.

At the pleading of senior White House officials, Senate Democrats are holding off on demands to delay major aspects of the health care law until the Obama administration has the opportunity to fix the website problems that are thwarting enrollment in the program.

Democratic senators facing reelection have a green light to bash the White House and call for certain legislative fixes. But they've been urged by senior administration officials not to insist on delaying the controversial law's core: The mandate for individuals to purchase insurance coverage or face penalties.

Their requests are being heeded — for now.

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), who attended a tense two-hour meeting with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday over the issue, stressed that senators should give the administration just "a little bit" of breathing room.

Read more at:
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/dems-give-wh-tight-deadline-to-fix-obamacare-99560.html

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NYPost:
Via Associated Press
http://nypost.com/2013/11/07/irs-sent-655-tax-refunds-to-a-single-address-in-lithuania/

The Internal Revenue Service issued $4 billion in fraudulent tax refunds last year to people using stolen identities, with some of the money going to addresses in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Ireland, according to a Treasury report released Thursday.

The IRS sent a total of 655 tax refunds to a single address in Lithuania, and 343 refunds went to a lone address in Shanghai.

In the U.S., more fraudulent returns went to Miami than any other city.

Other top destinations were Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta and Houston.

The IRS has stepped up efforts to fight identity theft, but thieves are getting more aggressive, said the report by J. Russell George, Treasury's inspector general for tax administration. Last year, the IRS stopped more than $12 billion in fraudulent refunds from going to identity thieves, compared with $8 billion the year before.

"Identity theft continues to be a serious problem with devastating consequences for taxpayers and an enormous impact on tax administration," George said in a statement. The fraud "erodes taxpayer confidence in the federal tax system."

Thieves often steal Social Security numbers from people who don't have to file tax returns, including the young, the old and people who have died, the report said. In other cases, thieves use stolen Social Security numbers to file fraudulent tax returns before the legitimate taxpayer files.

The IRS, which takes pride in issuing quick refunds, often sends them out before employers are required to file forms documenting wages, the report said.

"The constantly evolving tactics used by scammers to commit identity theft continues to be one of the biggest challenges facing the IRS, and we take this issue very seriously," the IRS said in a statement. "The IRS has a comprehensive and aggressive identity theft strategy that focuses on preventing refund fraud, investigating these crimes and assisting taxpayers victimized by it."

Despite budget cuts, the agency said, agents have resolved more than 565,000 cases of identity theft this year, three times the number of cases resolved at the same time last year.

A separate report by George said the number of identity theft victims is on the rise as thieves get more aggressive.

Through June, the IRS identified 1.6 million victims who had their identities stolen during this year's tax filing season, the report said. That compares with 1.2 million victims in 2012.

Many of these people didn't realize they were victims until they submitted their returns, only to learn from the IRS that someone else had already used their Social Security number to file and claim a refund.

The IRS does a good job of eventually identifying the proper owner of Social Security numbers, but the process can be lengthy, the report said. For cases closed between August 2011 and July 2012, it took an average of 312 days to resolve the case and issue a proper refund, the report said.

The IRS said has resolved most of this year's identity theft cases within 120 days.

Last year, the IRS issued 1.1 million refunds to people using stolen Social Security numbers, the inspector general's report said. Those refunds totaled $3.6 billion.

Additionally, the IRS issued 141,000 refunds last year to people using stolen Taxpayer Identification Numbers, which are typically used by foreign nationals who earn money in the U.S. Those refunds totaled $385 million, the report said.

 

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The Hidden Obamacare Taxes That
Will Crush The Middle Class

By Money Morning Staff Reports

Get ready to be blindsided by a barrage of new taxes. $1 trillion worth...

They'll be coming courtesy of the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare.

And they won't just be affecting those who make over $250,000. The bulk of these taxes will be passed on directly to the middle class.

That's because while a majority of these "stealth taxes" were designed to be taxes on businesses, they're actually transferred directly to ordinary citizens.

They include the investment income surtax, a Medicare payroll tax, even a "tanning tax" on those who utilize indoor tanning services.

"Many of those [hidden] taxes, especially those on hospitals, insurers and medical device manufacturers, will ultimately be passed on through higher health costs," said Michael Tanner an expert on the healthcare law.

In fact, analysts estimate Obamacare will cost the average taxpayer nearly $6,000 in extra taxes as early as next year.

Obamacare Tax Hikes Stoke Outrage
Many of the Obamacare taxes are already in effect, others will hit January 1. But they are already infuriating millions of Americans.

While even Obamacare detractors applaud the requirement that insurance companies cover pre-existing conditions and put a stop to lifetime caps on benefits, they say these laudable benefits don't compensate for the bills high cost - especially in new taxes.

According to most experts, Obamacare will create a total of twenty new taxes or tax hikes on the American people.

In fact, the Obama administration has already given the IRS an extra $500 million to enforce the rules and regulations of Obamacare.

The new taxes don't bode well for millions of middle-class Americans. Incomes for the rich have soared this decade but middle class workers have seen their wages stagnate and even drop since the 2008 Great Recession.

Many fear Obamacare with its high insurance costs and new taxes, could provide the middle class a fatal blow.

Of course, the Obamacare plan was primarily designed to decrease the number of uninsured Americans and reduce healthcare costs.

Many experts are saying it will have the exact opposite effect.

That's just one of the reasons why Republicans hope to defund Obamacare before January.

They claim that the taxes and costs needed to pay for Obamacare will crush the middle class and most U.S. taxpayers, as well as trigger job losses in affected industries.

Tax experts say you should try to estimate how much you will have to pay when the law goes into full effect - and take precautions to limit the damage to your bottom line.

One expert, Dr. Betsy McCaughey, a constitutional scholar with a Ph.D. from Columbia University, recently wrote a best-seller showing Americans how they can not only survive Obamacare, but prosper through it.

McCaughey claims to be one of the only people in the country - including members of Congress - who has actually read the entire 2,572 page law.

Her book, titled Beating Obamacare: Your Handbook for Surviving The New Health Care Law, breaks the huge bill down into 168 pages of actionable advice.

The book, written in an easy going, easy to read style, shows some startling facts about Obamacare not seen in the mainstream press.

For example, she points to a little known passage in the bill that shows how you could get slapped with a $2,000 fine for not having health insurance - even if you do actually have it.

She also goes into detail explaining how a third of all U.S. employers could stop offering health insurance to their workers.

In one chapter, she shows how ordinary Americans will get stuck paying for substance abuse coverage - even if they never touched a drink or drug in their life.

According to McCaughey's research, senior citizens will get hit the hardest.

Hip and knee replacements and cataract surgery will be especially hard to get from Medicare in the months ahead thanks to Obamacare, according to McCaughey.

She warns seniors to get those types of procedures done now before Obamacare goes into effect January 1.

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Numb-Nuts Refuses To Say If He Has Confidence In 'Creepy' Sebelius

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Delaware Announces Number Who Enrolled In ObumaCrappyCare: 4

(Yes, four. Too darn funny...
so what's going on there, Diane?)

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — More than a month after the launch of Delaware's health insurance exchange, officials report only four Delawareans enrolled for insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

As of Wednesday, Delaware's marketplace guide organizations reported four enrollments, 31 enrollment applications completed and 218 accounts created for possible enrollment.

Four community organizations were hired to provide marketplace guides, using a $4 million federal grant.

Brandywine Women's Health Associates in Wilmington reports three enrollments. Christiana Care Health Services in Newark reports one.

The Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care in Easton, Md., and Westside Family Healthcare in Wilmington both have yet to report a single enrollment, application, or account created.