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$enate Talkathon Is All About The Green

March 11, 2014 • Top Story • 1910

Democrats in Senate had a pajama party last night to push their green initiatives. Sure, most of the talk was about green energy and saving the planet, but the real green at stake was cold, hard cash in the form of massive campaign contributions from big donors trying to cleanup their own images. After 14 hours of hot air, the only thing that was decided, Republicans want the planet to die.

Links

-> Dems’ All-Night Talkathon on Climate Change Includes Swipes at Republicans’ ‘Dark Money’

-> What Was the Point of ObamaCare?

-> FCC Targets Black Conservative In TV Station Fight

-> Wall Street Is Going Crazy For A Revolutionary Technology That Could Change The Energy Market As We Know It

-> The Five Paths To Being the Best at Anything

-> 9 Odd Facts About Malaysian Flight Mh370

-> 9 Things Great Leaders Do in Difficult Times

Top Photo: StockMonkeys.com via Flickr
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Do Nothing Congress Is Good At Something: Getting Rich

March 10, 2014 • Top Story • 1693

The 113th Congress has not been a very good one and that’s putting it lightly. Of the last 15 Congresses seated on Capitol Hill, most have had a bill conversion rate between 2.72% and 8.69%, the current incarnation… 1.37%. While they may not get much via legislation, they certainly do one thing well, get rich. This may not surprise anyone, but is should certainly appall.

Links

-> See How Unproductive The 113th Congress Has Been in 3 Graphs

-> Gallup: Percentage of Uninsured Americans Higher Now Than in 2008

-> Study: Southern Poverty Law Center Ignores Liberal Hate

-> Dems Plan All-Night Senate Talkathon — on Climate Change

-> Sbarro Files For Bankruptcy (Again)

-> 17 Mind-Blowing Facts About Russia

-> The 6 Numbers Every Smart Business Owner Must Know

Top Photo: Sean MacEntee via Flickr
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Forgiveness Isn’t Fairness

March 7, 2014 • Top Story • 1406

Here’s a scenario: Person A puts money away from every paycheck, check by check, accumulating monies until the day comes to put that surrender that money as a reasonable down payment on $300k home. Person B talks about saving money, inherits a little bit of money and tries to capitalize on a high risk loan, with very little money down for a $400k home. Flash forward – person B can’t make mortgage payments, facing foreclosure and their local Congressman sees this as an opportunity to cash in, pushing a law that forgives debt. But what about Person A, the hard working, common sense American who was smart enough to realize they could only afford a $300k home? He has to pay a higher rate to cover Person B. That sounds fair, right?

Links

-> Mortgage Debt Forgiveness: It’s All About Fairness

-> The Other Higher Education Bubble: Labor Supply

-> February: 223,000 More Unemployed Individuals

-> Why Bankers Want Control of Ukraine

-> The White House Promises There Will Be No Obamacare Bailout

-> Lois Lerner’s IRS ‘Immunity Deal’

-> How to Prove Your Concept Will Attract Customers

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Choice In Healthcare? What Is This, Capitalism?

March 6, 2014 • Top Story • 1497

Zeke Emanuel is defending his pet project, Obamacare, and it’s stripping of American’s ability to chose their own insurance plan. Zeke writes an op-ed claiming that choice is a bad thing, it drives up costs, lets doctors screw patients and keeps insurance companies from being flexible. The BS alarm in CapUnion HQ is just overloaded. I wonder if Zeke makes an appearance in CNN’s 8 part campaign ‘documentary’ on his brother Rahm?

Links

-> In Health Care, Choice Is Overrated

-> 60K Unaccompanied Illegal Alien Children Will Be Caught in ’14; Up 815% in 3 Yrs

-> Elijah Cummings Gives Oscar-Worthy Performance In Irs Hearing Freakout

-> The Outing of Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Is Brilliant Journalism

-> SPIN: U.S. Stocks Rise as Jobless Claims Fall to 3-Month Low

-> Doctors Only For Big Problems: Obamacare Architect

-> Simple Way to Make People Exponentially More Productive

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Hump Day Cometh

March 5, 2014 • Top Story • 1442

The First Lady’s pet project -‘Let’s Move’- is facing student revolt, Lois Lerner pleads the fifth and instigates near fisticuffs in Congress, Russia tells USA to go pound sand and the Bitcoin universe is crumbling. Is this week almost over?

Links

-> Let’s Move: 1.6M Paying Students Drop School Lunch–‘Challenges With Palatability’

-> Tempers Flare After Lois Lerner Declines To Testify About IRS Targeting

-> Russia Warns Could ‘Reduce To Zero’ Economic Dependency On US

-> American CEO Of Bitcoin Exchange Firm Dies In Suspected Suicide

-> The Canary In The Coal Mine For Wall Street Trading Revenue Is Whimpering

-> Ten Foreign Policy Principles For The Next Republican Administration

-> 7 Ways To Cut Your Turnover Costs And Boost Morale

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Red Tape Strangles TV

March 4, 2014 • Top Story • 1609

The Video Choice Act is on its way to passage and it’s a humdinger. This bill would squash the free market that currently exist within the pay-TV universe. Somehow, the government thinks that by putting another middle man, the FCC, between consumers and sellers, the prices will come down and be more ‘fair.’ ::FACEPALM::

Links

-> ‘Video Choice Act’ Is A Bad Deal For Everybody Making, Selling, Watching TV Content

-> Report: DC’s Green-Approved Buildings Using More Energy

-> US prepares $1B aid package for troubled Ukraine

-> New York’s Governor Partied With Reporters Last Night

-> Will Sgt. Bergdahl Be Left Behind In Afghanistan?

-> Inside The 2014 Forbes Billionaires List: Facts And Figures

-> One Decision That Might Double Your Profit

Top Photo: Department for Communities and Local Government via Flickr
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80’s Deja Vu

March 3, 2014 • Top Story • 1730

As the last vestige of the Cold War in unfolding before our eyes, we hearken back to a simpler time when Russia was our enemy and everyone knew it. Flash forward to 2012, the President to be all but laughs about Russo-American relations, mocking Mitt Romney about his deceleration that Russia is our biggest threat. Hmmm…maybe if Romney had won, he would have seen this coming?

Links

-> The Eighties Called: Do We Want Their Foreign Policy Back?

-> UKRAINIAN EFFECT: Stock Markets Around The World Are Tanking

-> Buffett Hints At More Heinz-Like Deals In Annual Letter

-> Israeli Defense Firm Wins $145 Million Contract For Surveillance Towers On Arizona’s Border With Mexico

-> US Removes Israel From Intellectual property watch list

-> Almost Half A Billion Worth Of Bitcoins Vanish

-> The Fascinating Link Between Creativity And Dishonesty

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Anybody who once hits the bulleye—it doesn’t matter in what profession—will have the brains and stamina to stage a comeback.

” Irving Thalberg ”
Socialist Speak For Taxes: ‘Shared Responsibility Payment’

February 28, 2014 • Top Story • 1630

The IRS is re-classifying the Obamacare Mandate Tax, it’s now a “Shared Responsibility Payment.” Oddly enough, the Affordable Care Act passed Constitutional muster in the Supreme Court because it was a ruled tax, not a regulation. And even further, the President has used this fact to tweak Obamacare via executive order. All this being said, the IRS still has the gall to call this a ‘Shared Responsibility Payment.’ But maybe it’s unfair to criticize the IRS, it does have a better ring to it and really is a more accurate description, than ‘Individual Mandate.’

Links

-> Obamacare Tax Is A “Shared Responsibility Payment”

-> Dumb, Uneducated, And Eager To Deceive: Media Coverage Of Religious Liberty In A Nutshell

-> Welfare Payout Statistics That Will Make You Really Angry

-> Convicted Terrorist Worked as Obamacare Navigator

-> Court: School Can Ban Us Flag Shirts For Safety

-> Your Information For Sale: The Illicit Online Marketplace

-> 10 Tips for Navigating Trade Shows

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Pay Your Prisoners Well

February 27, 2014 • Top Story • 1606

It’s only a drop in the bucket compared to the full federal budget, but the Social Security Administration has been paying millions out to prisoners. This is the same Govt that wants us to enroll in Obamacare and trust that everything will be safe. This Govt couldn’t manage a lemonade stand.

Links

-> SSA Sent Estimated $1 Million in Improper Payments to Prisoners

-> Rolls-Royce Drone Ships Challenge $375 Billion Industry

-> Internships Aren’t Worth It — Here’s Why

-> The $1M-A-Month Business Behind Your Favorite Twitter Accounts

-> How to Avoid Hiring Duds

-> New Move to Expand Small-Business Government Contracts, Theoretically at Least

-> Here’s Everything Inside The $85,000 Oscar Nominee Swag Bag

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$enate Talkathon Is All About The Green

Do Nothing Congress Is Good At Something: Getting Rich

Forgiveness Isn’t Fairness

Choice In Healthcare? What Is This, Capitalism?

Hump Day Cometh

Red Tape Strangles TV

80’s Deja Vu

Socialist Speak For Taxes: ‘Shared Responsibility Payment’

Pay Your Prisoners Well

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