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Ten Ways Congress Is Blowing Taxpayer Money from Tom Coburn's 'Wastebook'

Republican Sen. Tom Coburn from Oklahoma, who just released his annual “Wastebook,” calls it a “compilation of about $30 billion of stupidity, incompetence, and waste.”  This amount of waste is particularly high considering the Ryan-Murray budget could only muster up

Ten Ways Congress Is Blowing Taxpayer Money from Tom Coburn's 'Wastebook'

CryoSat Satellite Finds Arctic Ice Increased 50% in Volume

Polar sea ice increased 50% over last year, growing from 6,000 to 9,000 cubic kilometers when compared to the same period in 2012. Moreover, this year’s multi-year ice is 30 cm thicker than last year, and scientists claim that thick, multi-year ice

CryoSat Satellite Finds Arctic Ice Increased 50% in Volume

Tech Execs Meet with Obama to Fix Healthcare.Gov and… Social Inequity

A mastermind group of tech company leaders will meet with President Obama to discuss HealthCare.Gov’s myriad problems and presumably come up with solutions to them. Moreover, Obama would like to partner with the companies and address matters pertaining to income

Tech Execs Meet with Obama to Fix Healthcare.Gov and… Social Inequity

EPA Climate Change Analyst Bilks Taxpayers in Phony CIA Plot

In another case of glaring government ineptitude, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) allowed one of its leading climate change experts to defraud taxpayers for nearly $1 million in salary. Moreover, he was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in unearned

EPA Climate Change Analyst Bilks Taxpayers in Phony CIA Plot

Former Secret Service Agent Running for Congress Hits GOP Establishment

Don Bongino, former Secret Service agent, told Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon on Breitbart News Sunday that he is running for Maryland’s Sixth Congressional District as a Republican. The show, which airs every Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125,

Former Secret Service Agent Running for Congress Hits GOP Establishment

Video: Men Brutally Beat Homeless Man

A video of two men brutally beating an apparent homeless man is reported on a Venice Ca. neighborhood blog.  A third man looking on, quickly departed the scene. According to the blog the incident took place on Friday in the

Video: Men Brutally Beat Homeless Man

Low Latino Enrollment Hurting California Obamacare Exchange

The LA Times reports Covered California’s enrollment among Latinos is dreadful, despite spending millions on advertising targeting Spanish-speaking Californians. Overall, less than 4,500 people who speak Spanish as their primary language have enrolled in Obamacare using the state exchange. People who speak

Low Latino Enrollment Hurting California Obamacare Exchange

Rasmussen Reports Americans Prefer Christ in Christmas

More than two-thirds (67%) of Americans think that Christmas is more about Jesus Christ than about Santa Claus. The survey of 1000 American adults conducted on Dec. 9-10 by Rasmussen Reports demonstrates that Americans consider Christmas a day of religious significance

Rasmussen Reports Americans Prefer Christ in Christmas

Trayvon Martin Parents to Publish Book

According to the New York Times, the parents of Trayvon Martin are shopping a book to publishers about their son who was killed in an altercation with neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in 2012.  Tracy Martin and Sabrina Fulton, who

Trayvon Martin Parents to Publish Book

Obamacare Chaos in California

The California Obamacare exchange, Covered California, has enrollment snags preventing thousands of customers from obtaining insurance. Many who selected a plan as early as October are now being told by insurance companies that they have no record of their enrollment. Consumers are

Obamacare Chaos in California

Grover Norquist: Paul Ryan 'Hero' for Budget Deal

Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) President Grover Norquist commended Congress’s recent budget agreement, saying it is a “good deal.”  According to Norquist, Wisconsin congressman “Paul Ryan is a hero. He made all the difference. He went up against the Democrats and

Grover Norquist: Paul Ryan 'Hero' for Budget Deal

REPORT: Lesbian Encounters Rise Dramatically

A recent British study on human sexuality found that the number of women who claim to have had lesbian encounters has increased over the last 20 years.  A 1990 study showed just 1.8 percent of women participated in same-sex relationships,

REPORT: Lesbian Encounters Rise Dramatically

'Selfies at Funerals' Blogger Retires After Obama's Mandela Memorial Pic

The creator of the viral Tumblr blog Selfies at Funerals says his work is done. Jason Feifer reached “funeral selfies” nirvana when President Barack Obama steadied a cellphone camera for a photo of himself with British Prime Minister David Cameron at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service

'Selfies at Funerals' Blogger Retires After Obama's Mandela Memorial Pic

HHS Secretary Sebelius Asks Americans Frustrated by Obamacare to Come Back

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, testifying in front of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, requested that all consumers frustrated by their previous experience with the flawed Healthcare.gov website to please “come back and try again.”

HHS Secretary Sebelius Asks Americans Frustrated by Obamacare to Come Back

Jimmy Carter Applauds Obama Handshake with Cuban Dictator Castro

Former President Jimmy Carter applauded President Obama for shaking Cuban President Raul Castro’s hand during the memorial service for Nelson Mandela on Tuesday in South Africa.  “I think it was something significant,” he told CNN. “I hope that will be an

Jimmy Carter Applauds Obama Handshake with Cuban Dictator Castro

FOOD STAMP NATION: Child Homelessness Spikes in NYC

Andrea Elliott, in her NY Times article “Invisible Child,” articulates the disheartening existence of a family living on the meager support of government welfare. She invites her readers to look through the eyes of Dasani, the family’s 11-year-old girl. The

FOOD STAMP NATION: Child Homelessness Spikes in NYC

Oakland, CA: Bus 'Knockout'

An Oakland, CA man who was punched while riding an AC Transit bus on Wednesday night is possibly the latest victim of the “Knockout game” attacks. The victim, Anthony Lindsey, said, “It was clear since he wanted nothing of mine. Nothing

Oakland, CA: Bus 'Knockout'

Many Obamacare Enrollees May Still Be Uninsured Because of Glitches

On Thursday, the Huffington Post reported that consumers who signed up for insurance on Healthcare.gov may in fact not be registered after all. The article, titled, “Nasty Surprise May Await People Who Thought They Enrolled in Obamacare,” strikes a much

Many Obamacare Enrollees May Still Be Uninsured Because of Glitches

Obama to Give Wind Farms 30-Year Pass on Eagle Deaths

The Obama administration is about to approve a rule that will ensure the death of golden and bald eagles for the next 30 more years.  Hundreds of thousands of birds die each year flying into the deadly turbine blades atop

Obama to Give Wind Farms 30-Year Pass on Eagle Deaths

GOP Objective: Keep Focus on Obamacare

The GOP leadership has its priorities in order, and undoing Obamacare is priority number one. With the Affordable Care Act imploding by its own design and its support continuing to decline even among Democrats, Republicans are choosing not to interfere.

GOP Objective: Keep Focus on Obamacare

Dem Cites Satirical Blog as Credible News Source in Attacking Obamacare Critics

On Wednesday, A New York Democratic Congresswoman cited the satirical Borowitz Report, referring to it as a “distinguished comedic think tank,” in order to undermine Republicans at a House Oversight & Government Reform Committee hearing. Apparently, Carolyn Maloney did not realize that Borowitz

Dem Cites Satirical Blog as Credible News Source in Attacking Obamacare Critics