Biden promotes free colonoscopies to seniors in Florida
Occasionally something comes along that just leaves one in a state of amazement. This stuff couldn’t be made up.
In Florida this afternoon, Vice President Joe Biden reminded supporters that thanks to President Obama, they could now get colonoscopies without a co-pay.
SO now we can get reamed for free thanks to B.O. and company.
They already have the recently expanded I.R.S., so bend over, they’ll get you one way or the other.
Sampling errors seen skewing polls Obama’s way
Not much of a surprise here…various commentators have drilled into polls to take prior note of this. It’s nice to have it consolidated, along with a good graphical chart to illustrate the point:
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Ever since the arguably skewed CNN poll of a few weeks back, conservative voters have been looking at the methodology of polling companies with an increasing amount of skepticism. The fact that most polls have used a model that tries to mimic the voter turnout in 2008, when Democrats beat Republican turnout by 7 points (as opposed to presidential elections like 2004, where turnout between the two parties was relatively even), has not improved this state of affairs. …
Another shot of economic methamphetamine from the Fed:
Fed Pulls Trigger, to Buy Mortgages in Effort to Lower Rates
The Federal Reserve fulfilled expectations of more stimulus for the faltering economy, taking aim now at driving down mortgage rates.
The Fed said it will buy $40 billion of mortgages per month in an attempt to foster a nascent recovery in the real estate market. The purchases will be open-ended, meaning that they will continue until the Fed is satisfied that economic conditions, primarily in unemployment, improve.
Enacting the third leg of quantitative easing will take the Fed’s money creation past the $3 trillion level since it began the process in 2008.
One can go back in American history and find repeated episodes of inflationary policies to attempt to revive and overcome economic difficulties. Based on the historical record (even ignoring cases of foreign inflationary experiences like Zimbabwe, Wiemar Germany, and others) from the 1770’s on, inflationary policies have ultimately failed every time they have been tried.
It’s worth recalling Einstein’s definition of insanity as expecting a different outcome from repeating the same procedure over and over again.
By that definition, our current liberal financial managers are a perfect casebook illustration of the Michael Savage observation that “Liberalism is a mental disorder.”
NY Federal Judge Strikes Down ‘Indefinite Detention’ Provision in NDAA
It’s nice to know that the Constitution still trumps Kafkaesque legislative acts of tyranny.
An anti-terrorism law was struck down Wednesday by a federal judge who said she saw legitimate fears in claims by journalists, scholars and political activists that they could face indefinite detention for exercising First Amendment rights.
U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest in Manhattan ruled that the law, passed as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012, was unconstitutional. She said the government has softened its position toward those who filed suit challenging the law, but she said the “shifting view†could not erase the threat of indefinite military detention. She urged Congress to make the law more specific or consider whether it is needed at all.
“First Amendment rights are guaranteed by the Constitution and cannot be legislated away,†Forrest wrote. “This Court rejects the Government’s suggestion that American citizens can be placed in military detention indefinitely, for acts they could not predict might subject them to detention.â€
The Chief sees no other possible outcome for this…assuming that we still want to have constitutional government.
“That is no small question bandied about amongst lawyers and a judge steeped in arcane questions of constitutional law; it is a question of defining an individual’s core liberties,†she said.
She questioned in her 112-page opinion whether a news article perceived as favorable to the Taliban and garnering support for the Taliban could be considered to have “substantially supported†the Taliban?
“How about a YouTube video? Where is the line between what the government would consider “journalistic reporting†and “propaganda?†she asked. “Who will make such determinations? Will there be an office established to read articles, watch videos, and evaluate speeches in order to make judgments along a spectrum of where the support is ‘modest’ or ‘substantial?’â€
Russians Say Anti-U.S. Attack in Libya Vindicates Their Position
Upon learning of the violent death of the United States ambassador to Libya on Wednesday, many Russians responded with variations on “I told you so.â€
Russia has long argued that the West should not support popular uprisings against dictatorships in the Middle East lest Islamic fundamentalism take hold.
They just may have a pretty good point…one they say they learned the hard way…in Afghanistan.
Britain and US ‘have no moral right to prevent Israel acting against Iran’
Content in reports from the London Telegraph that is typically missing from US lamestream media.
US and UK essentially tell Netanyahu: go slow, or better yet, just go away without standing up to Adolf Ahmadinejad:
Benjamin Netanyahu denounced American and British efforts to restrain Israel from striking Iran, saying that no-one had a “moral right” to prevent his country from acting against a mortal threat.
Meanwhile, in addition to admonitions from both the Brit PM and Hilary C, there are dueling reports concerning the willingness/unwillingness of B.O.’s willingness to meet with Netanyahu.
Based on the reported details, it sure looks like The One is more than willing to throw Israel under the bus in the name not not being willing to rock the Islamist’s boat. What else is new?