Tag Archives: Obamacare
Health Prices Up, House Approves Pipeline
Saturday, November 15, 2014
Nation: The 2015 Obamacare healthcare policies go on sale today, but the price will go up in many parts of the country. Seven million Americans have Obamacare policies but many will have to shop around and switch or pay more …
Immigration Fight, Iraq Buildup
Saturday, November 8, 2014
The New Deal: President Obama and Republican leaders knocked heads at lunch yesterday over immigration reform. The newly empowered congressional bosses warned Obama not to take executive action and the president said he would do exactly that if he is …
Unemployment Drops, Superstorm Coming
Friday, November 7, 2014
Econ 101: Just three days after an election that was taken as a vote of no confidence in President Obama’s stewardship, the Labor Department announced today that unemployment has fallen to 5.8 percent with an addition of 214,000 jobs in …
Investigators Arrive, When Pigs Fly
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Ukraine: A team of international investigators finally reached the wreckage of Malaysia Flight 17 today, two weeks after it was brought down by a missile. They are expected to focus first on finding remains of the dead and collecting their …
Evidence of Shootdown, Healthcare Hit
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
MH17: The NY Times published photos of a piece of fuselage that shows perforations from shrapnel, indicating that the jet was hit with the fragmenting warhead of an SA-11 antiaircraft missile. It appears to be the first physical evidence of …
Religious Objection Wins, FB Lab Rats
Monday, June 30, 2014
The Supremes: The court edited a key provision of Obamacare this morning with a 5-4 majority saying an employer with religious objections does not have to provide free contraception under its healthcare plan. The ruling came in the case brought …
Heavy Fighting, Climate Change is Now
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Ukraine: Thirty-four rebels and four Ukrainian soldiers were killed in fighting to re-take the city of Sloviansk from pro-Russian gunmen. The fighting in Sloviansk has been the government’s biggest effort to reassert control in Eastern Ukraine as rebels control key …
Ukraine Deal, Everest Disaster
Friday, April 18, 2014
Ukraine: An agreement to cool the Ukraine crisis, including the withdrawal of armed protesters occupying government buildings, has been reached between the US, Russia, Ukraine and European countries. A joint statement says, “All illegal armed groups must be disarmed; all …
Chile Quake, Fast Food Fight
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Quake: An 8.2 magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck off the north coast Chile last night, resulting in six deaths and street flooding in some areas. Landslides blocked roads, power was knocked out, an airport was damaged, and fire destroyed several …
New Last Words, Possible Spy Trade
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Flight 370: The competence of Malaysian authorities is under question again after they gave a new version of the last words from Flight 370. They now say one of the pilots in the missing jet said, “Good night Malaysian three …