Genesis, according to Energy Secretary Steven Chu, will be built on federal land and ultimately employ perhaps 800 people during its construction and 47 people once it is up and running. This would seem to be a lot of money to generate very few jobs at a time when the nation is on the verge of bankruptcy, but the project really isn’t about jobs. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/6/last-week-the-obama-administrations-department-of-/
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Commentary Magazine writes: As Alana just wrote, two days ago, President Obama made this claim: “We said working folks deserved a break, so within one month of me taking office, we signed into law the biggest middle-class tax cut in history, putting more money into your pockets.” Glenn Kessler, the Washington Post’s fact-checker, calls that claim “ridiculous” and a “whopper,” which is a colloquial way of saying Obama’s claim is a lie.
Perhaps this is what a desperate president does at times like these. But Obama needs to be careful; if he isn’t, the public will not only turn on him because of his manifest incompetence (which Americans are doing in rather large numbers these days), but also because of his deeply flawed public character.
More and more these days, the president’s rhetoric can be fairly judged to be cynical, hypocritical and untrue. Even the Washington Post says so. http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/09/07/obama-rhetoric/
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Perhaps this is what a desperate president does at times like these. But Obama needs to be careful; if he isn’t, the public will not only turn on him because of his manifest incompetence (which Americans are doing in rather large numbers these days), but also because of his deeply flawed public character.
More and more these days, the president’s rhetoric can be fairly judged to be cynical, hypocritical and untrue. Even the Washington Post says so. http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/09/07/obama-rhetoric/
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Yahoo reports: Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday signed into law a stricter, four-year lifetime limit on cash welfare benefits, prompting advocates for the poor to warn that tens of thousands of residents will find themselves without cash assistance on Oct. 1.
Michigan's first-year Republican chief executive said the state will offer exemptions to the limit for those with a disability who can't work, those who care for a disabled spouse or child and those who are 65 or older and don't qualify for Social Security benefits or receive very low benefits.
Some recipients who are the victims of domestic violence also may be temporarily exempted.
"We are returning cash assistance to its original intent as a transitional program to help families while they work toward self-sufficiency," http://news.yahoo.com/mich-governor-signs-48-month-welfare-limit-231915012.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reason.com writes: Whoops! ObamaCare Backers in Wisconsin Produce Report Showing That the Health Care Overhaul Will Make Health Insurance More Expensive
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/62801.html#ixzz1XIaXS17G
Reason.com writes: Whoops! ObamaCare Backers in Wisconsin Produce Report Showing That the Health Care Overhaul Will Make Health Insurance More Expensive
http://reason.com/blog/2011/09/06/whoops-obamacare-backers-in-wi
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The UK Express writes: Cancer scans are being rationed by family doctors as health bosses order GPs to save money, it emerged last night.[Snip]Instead, they are being told to pass the patients on to consultant doctors who will then decide if an ultrasound, MRI or CT scan is needed. Health experts warned last night that the extra referral was putting patients' lives at risk by causing potentially deadly delays. http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/269929/GPs-told-to-ration-scans-for-cancer
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Weasel Zippers reports: Union Bosses From AFL-CIO, SEIU And UAW Given Taxpayer-Funded Ride Aboard Air Force One To Labor Day Rally In Detroit…http://weaselzippers.us/2011/09/06/union-bosses-from-afl-cio-seiu-and-uaw-given-taxpayer-funded-ride-aboard-air-force-one-to-labor-day-rally-in-detroit/
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Politico writes: Part of a speech Obama gave in 2010 to the United Nations General Assembly is featured in an ad aimed to rally support for the Palestinians upcoming bid for statehood at the United Nations on Sept. 20, Reuters reported on Wednesday.“When we come back here next year, we can have an agreement that can lead to a new member of the United Nations, an independent, sovereign state of Palestine living in peace with Israel,” Obama said in the 2010 speech in the clip that is played in the radio ad.
The Palestinians use of the remarks is at odds with the Obama administration’s current all-out push to stop the Palestinians from pursuing their statehood bid. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/62801.html#ixzz1XIaXS17G
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The Denver Post writes: Just two weeks before the 9/11 hijackers slammed into the Pentagon and World Trade Center, members of a Saudi family abruptly vacated their luxury home near Sarasota, Fla., leaving a brand new car in the driveway, a refrigerator full of food, fruit on the counter — and an open safe in the master bedroom.
In the weeks to follow, law enforcement agents not only discovered the home was visited by vehicles used by the hijackers, but also phone calls were linked between the home and those who carried out the death flights — including leader Mohamed Atta — in discoveries never before revealed to the public.
Ten years after the deadliest attack of terrorism on U.S. soil, new information has emerged that shows the FBI found troubling ties between the hijackers and residents in the upscale community in southwest Florida, but the investigation wasn't reported to Congress or mentioned in the 9/11 Commission Report.
For Graham, the connections between the hijackers and residents raise questions about whether other Saudi nationals in Florida knew of the impending attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people.
The FBI investigation began the month after 9/11 when Larry Berberich, senior administrator and security officer of the gated community known as Prestancia, reported a bizarre event that took place two weeks before the hijackings. http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_18848217
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Asian Age reports: At least 9 Indian medical professionals are among 90 people charged in the US in a massive healthcare fraud under which false claims to the tune of USD 295 million were submitted to public insurance provider.
A nationwide takedown by 'Medicare Fraud Strike Force' operations in eight cities resulted in charges against 91 defendants for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes, the US Justice Department said today.
"The defendants charged in this takedown are accused of stealing precious taxpayer resources and defrauding Medicare -- jeopardising the integrity of our healthcare system and our nation's most critical healthcare programme for personal gain," Attorney General Eric Holder said.
According to court documents, the defendants allegedly participated in schemes to submit claims to Medicare for treatments that were medically unnecessary and often never provided.
In several cases, patient recruiters and other co-conspirators were paid cash kickbacks in return for supplying information to providers, who then submitted fraudulent billing to Medicare for services that were unnecessary or never provided.
From Brooklyn to Miami to Los Angeles, the defendants allegedly treated the Medicare programme like a "personal piggy bank", Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer said.
http://www.asianage.com/international/indians-among-90-people-charged-healthcare-fraud-us-802
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Investors.com wrote: Operation Gunwalker, the rogue ATF operation to arm Mexico's cartels, extends now to three White House officials. A bell goes off with the one named Dan Restrepo.
In the weeks to follow, law enforcement agents not only discovered the home was visited by vehicles used by the hijackers, but also phone calls were linked between the home and those who carried out the death flights — including leader Mohamed Atta — in discoveries never before revealed to the public.
Ten years after the deadliest attack of terrorism on U.S. soil, new information has emerged that shows the FBI found troubling ties between the hijackers and residents in the upscale community in southwest Florida, but the investigation wasn't reported to Congress or mentioned in the 9/11 Commission Report.
For Graham, the connections between the hijackers and residents raise questions about whether other Saudi nationals in Florida knew of the impending attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people.
The FBI investigation began the month after 9/11 when Larry Berberich, senior administrator and security officer of the gated community known as Prestancia, reported a bizarre event that took place two weeks before the hijackings. http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_18848217
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Asian Age reports: At least 9 Indian medical professionals are among 90 people charged in the US in a massive healthcare fraud under which false claims to the tune of USD 295 million were submitted to public insurance provider.
A nationwide takedown by 'Medicare Fraud Strike Force' operations in eight cities resulted in charges against 91 defendants for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes, the US Justice Department said today.
"The defendants charged in this takedown are accused of stealing precious taxpayer resources and defrauding Medicare -- jeopardising the integrity of our healthcare system and our nation's most critical healthcare programme for personal gain," Attorney General Eric Holder said.
According to court documents, the defendants allegedly participated in schemes to submit claims to Medicare for treatments that were medically unnecessary and often never provided.
In several cases, patient recruiters and other co-conspirators were paid cash kickbacks in return for supplying information to providers, who then submitted fraudulent billing to Medicare for services that were unnecessary or never provided.
From Brooklyn to Miami to Los Angeles, the defendants allegedly treated the Medicare programme like a "personal piggy bank", Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer said.
http://www.asianage.com/international/indians-among-90-people-charged-healthcare-fraud-us-802
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Investors.com wrote: Operation Gunwalker, the rogue ATF operation to arm Mexico's cartels, extends now to three White House officials. A bell goes off with the one named Dan Restrepo.
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