H-1B Obamacare Illinois Bombshell | Adam Andrzejewski

H-1B Obamacare Illinois Bombshell | Adam Andrzejewski:

Billions of dollars of IT contracts are wrapped inside the implementation of Obamacare, with federal tax dollars paying up to 90 percent of the cost for upgrading state Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS).
These awards are some of the largest in state history.

Two weeks ago, Illinois Governor Patrick Quinn became national news for circumventing a three-year procurement process on up to $190 million in no-bid IT contracts. 

Last week, we found that one of the largest bid-contract awards outsources state jobs to H-1B contractors from India. 

This story led the nightly news covering the state capitol.

The Democratic governor awards $71.4 million contract to an outsourcing firm billing up to $256,160 per year per position -- plus $200,000 taxpayer financed "slush fund" for travel.

Well, after 12 tries I got here but.......

....the little dropdown boxes don't work.
All my previous entries dropped.
The left and Barry Hussein are telling us this just like Apple.
With Barry as Steve.
I'm thinkin' not.

Tom Clancy Dead: Celebrated Thriller Author Dies At Age 66

Tom Clancy Dead: Celebrated Thriller Author Dies At Age 66 - Business Insider:
Dang!
First Vince Flynn.
Now Tom.
RIP sir.

How could they have "lots"? 10:19EST-Still waiting.......-Health Insurance Marketplace: Please wait

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How could the fine folks have "lots of visitors...." when no one can even get on the site?

Politichicks.tvRacists and Extremists and Teabaggers--Oh My!

Politichicks.tvRacists and Extremists and Teabaggers--Oh My! - Politichicks.tv
I remember the very first time in my life when I was called a racist. (Mind you, I am no spring chicken either.) 
It was in 2008 during campaign season when it became official that Barack Obama would face John McCain in the fight for the office of the President. 
I was having coffee with my friend Jackie who early on appeared to be leaning on the fence regarding which candidate would get her vote. Apparently she had listened to a few of Obama’s speeches and to my dismay, she was suddenly part of a movement that would sweep the nation and elect then-Senator Barack Obama as president. 
She knew nothing about him, couldn’t name one of his accomplishments and had no knowledge of his voting record during the short time that he was in office. 
Her only defense was that she “liked what he said” and that she was tired of the “rich” Republicans and their “disregard for the poor”. 
I remember asking her what she knew of him and what experience he may have had that would qualify him for the job. 
It seemed that the more I pressed her, the more defensive she became. 
I reminded her that Hitler gave good speeches and history will tell you what happens when you follow a man who only tells you what you want to hear. 
Unfortunately, that must have been the straw that broke the camel’s back because the next words out of my friend’s mouth were accusations that I was a racist, merely because I didn’t like her candidate! 

You Really Ought to Go Home

NSA soon to run our schools?-Utah parents charged with vetting Common Core tests being sworn to secrecy

Utah parents charged with vetting Common Core tests being sworn to secrecy - EAGnews.org powered by Education Action Group Foundation, Inc.:
"SALT LAKE CITY – Leave it to government bureaucrats to think that government transparency efforts should somehow be shrouded in secrecy.
That’s exactly what’s happening in Utah, where state education officials are asking members of a parent review committee tasked with scrutinizing the new Common Core-aligned standardized tests “to sign a nondisclosure agreement that could muzzle them from discussing the test questions with other parents,” reports The Salt Lake Tribune."

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NOT!-Open for business: Michigan's health insurance exchange

Open for business: Michigan's health insurance exchange | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Without further adieu, click here to begin the online health insurance application process that federal officials say will only take about 30 minutes to complete."
And federal officials NEVER lie......
Think about it.
Old people aren't calling-Medicare
Poor people aren't using their Obamaphones-Medicaid
Veterans got VA
The employed got employer insurance.
How many are left that need to call on the first two days? 
And this simple website never even got started.
Wait til they try to replace your hip, kidney, treat your kid for cancer.....
Just wait........ 

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MSNBC 'journalist' tries in vain to sign up for Obamacare - hilarity ensues

Politics: MSNBC 'journalist' tries in vain to sign up for Obamacare - hilarity ensues | Best of Cain:
"So, MSNBC anchor and journalist, Mara Schiavocampo, was told to get on the exchange website and explain just how simple signing up for the new system is.

...then it crashed.

...then she called the help line, where she couldn't get any help.

...then she was trapped in voice-mail hell.

...then she spent a half hour on hold.

....then she got frustrated and gave up.

"At this point," Schiavocampo said, "I'm going to hang up and call it a day. If I were signing up for myself, this is where my patience would be exhausted.""

Movin’ on out… of Illinois

Champion News | Movin’ on out… of Illinois:
"For Illinois, the share of outbound moves in total shipments has consistently been above 50 percent, meaning more households are moving out of state than into the state.
Since 2006, that outbound shipments percentage has trended higher, and in 2011, Illinois “led” the nation on this metric, ranking as the No. 1 state.
It slipped to No. 2 in 2012, barely trailing New Jersey (coincidentally, another state with pressing government fiscal strains).
The accelerating outmigration from Illinois isn’t just a Midwest-to-Sunbelt issue.  
For example, chart here shows how Indiana has seen significant improvement since 2009 – in part as outmigration from Illinois has included moves to Indiana."

The "Greatest Generation" and then there are these guys....WWII veterans storm D.C. memorial closed by government shutdown

WWII veterans storm D.C. memorial closed by government shutdown - News - Stripes:
"WASHINGTON — Wheelchair-bound elderly veterans pushed aside barricades to tour the World War II Memorial Tuesday morning, in defiance of the government shutdown which closed all of the memorials in the nation’s capital.

The four bus loads of veterans — visiting from Mississippi as part of a once-in-a-lifetime Honor Flight tour — ignored National Park Police instructions not to enter the site as lawmakers and tourists cheered them on.

“We didn’t come this far not to get in,” one veteran proclaimed.

The scene was both emotional and comical at once.
After it was clear they had lost control of the situation, Park Police officials stood aside, telling press that they had “asked for guidance on how to respond” to the breach of security."

WWII Vets Knock Over Shutdown Barrier to Visit Memorial

WWII Vets Knock Over Shutdown Barrier to Visit Memorial | Washington Free Beacon:
 "A group of World War II veterans in an Honor Flight group Tuesday knocked over barriers imposed during the government shutdown at the WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C., to get inside.

Why The Federal Government Wants To Redefine The Word 'Cancer'

Why The Federal Government Wants To Redefine The Word 'Cancer' - Forbes:
"The federal government wants to reduce the number of Americans diagnosed each year with cancer.
But not by better preventive care or healthier living.
Instead, the government wants to redefinethe term “cancer” so that fewer conditions qualify as a true cancer. 
What does this mean for ordinary Americans — and should we be concerned?

EPA official who faked CIA ties takes the Fifth -Keeps pension

EPA official who faked CIA ties takes the Fifth - Erica Martinson - POLITICO.com:
"The former senior EPA adviser who stole $900,000 from taxpayers while posing as a CIA agent pleaded the Fifth on Tuesday morning — shortly before House members expressed outrage upon learning that he’s still due to get his government pension."

Doh!....Search | HealthCare.gov

Well, the Obamacare checkin system is down so I tried the helpful "search" function......
I have Dupuytren's disease.
Had 14 hand surgeries.
Got some serious gimp-fingers.
I guess I'm gonna need a bigger healthcare plan......

Search | HealthCare.gov

Yerrrrr OUT!-First day batting average for online Obamacare applications

First day batting average for online Obamacare applications: .000 - Health Exchange - MarketWatch: "President Barack Obama was right when he said there would be a few glitches when signups for the Affordable Care Act began on Tuesday — there were at least 51 of them.

A quick check of all the state Web sites where exchanges have been set up — plus the HealthCare.gov site that will service three-fourths of the country — shows that it was virtually impossible to sign up on the first day."

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Even computers on furlough-Dept. of Ed Shuts Down Web Site. Common Core Hearing Tomorrow

Dept. of Ed Shuts Down Web Site. Common Core Hearing Tomorrow:
"The Michigan Department of Education's website is expected to go dark today because the Legislature has failed to act on allowing the department to spend money to implement the Common Core State Standards, which are integrated throughout the site.

In a memo that went out to school administrators statewide Monday, MDE officials said the site -www.michigan.gov/mde - has to be taken down....

...."If we cannot expend funds on any information, or support and assistance to local schools, then we have to scrub our entire website and restore pages as they are deemed fit," State Superintendent Mike Flanagan said in the Monday memo."

Commander-in-chief cancels football games tellin' us who's boss-BIG TIME

Government shutdown threatens cancellation of college football games involving service academies - ESPN:
"Two college football games on Saturday -- Air Force at Navy and Army at Boston College -- are in danger of being canceled due to the government shutdown caused when Congress did not pass a spending bill to fund the government.
The Department of Defense announced Tuesday that it has temporarily suspended all sports contests at the nation's service academies due to the impasse, which put 800,000 federal workers on furlough."

Trees petrified! US Forest Services non-essential services reduced!

See how the Muskegon area is being affected by federal government shutdown | MLive.com:
"“Due to the lapse in federal government funding, the U.S. Forest Service, as with other federal agencies, is closed with the exception of certain essential services,” the forests' staff wrote in a statement on the forests' website."

Too broke to fix roads, help kids in Detroit but lots of moolah for the rich counties-Michigan budget extends dental care to 64,000 kids

Michigan budget extends dental care to 64,000 kids | Crain's Detroit Business:
"LANSING — About half of Michigan's Medicaid-eligible children and young adults now qualify for dental coverage.

An additional 64,000 kids in Ingham, Ottawa and Washtenaw counties are included in the Healthy Kids Dental program in the state budget that took effect today.

The program is available to a half-million enrollees under age 21 in 78 of Michigan's 83 counties.
It remains unavailable to nearly a half-million poor kids in heavily populated Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Kent and Kalamazoo counties."

Black-hole eruption nearby is a warning for us all

Black-hole eruption nearby is a warning for us all - opinion - 30 September 2013 - New Scientist
We might take it as further evidence of the precariousness of our existence: how the universe teems with threats, some still unsuspected, that might wipe us out in an instant. 
Had our planet orbited a star closer to the Milky Way's black hole, it would have been bathed in radiation – probably killing off our ancestors.

Fraud firm gets OK to sign people up for ObamaCare

Fraud firm gets OK to sign people up for ObamaCare | New York Post:
"Rampant fraud on a New York City contract last year didn’t stop a major nonprofit from landing a slew of federal contracts to sign people up for ObamaCare.
Seedco, a New York-based community-development organization, was sued by the federal government for faking at least 1,400 of 6,500 job placements under a $22.2 million federally funded contract with the city.
Eighteen months later, the feds and Seedco are teaming up again, this time to help medical-insurance seekers maneuver through the maze that is the Affordable Health Care Act."

The answer-It ain't our money....Government shutdown won't be felt in Detroit -- as long as it ends quickly...

Government shutdown won't be felt in Detroit -- as long as it ends quickly, state says | Crain's Detroit Business:
"But if it drags on longer there will no doubt be ramifications as more than 40 percent of the state's roughly $50 billion budget is made up of federal funding."

The religion of "peace"........Arifa Bibi Stoned To Death in Pakistan for Possessing a Cell Phone

Arifa Bibi Stoned To Death in Pakistan for Possessing a Cell Phone:
"“Stoning is a cruel and hideous punishment,” said Shameem.
“It is a form of torturing someone to death.
It is one of the most brutal forms of violence perpetrated against women in order to control and punish their sexuality and basic freedoms.”"

Dallas Acquires MRAP Armored Vehicle As Militarization Of Police Continues

Dallas Acquires MRAP Armored Vehicle As Militarization Of Police Continues - Investors.com:
"In early August, a SWAT team broke through the gates of a 3.5-acre farm in Arlington, Texas, that promotes a sustainable lifestyle and did a 10-hour search of the property. Residents were handcuffed and held at gunpoint as police looked for nonexistent marijuana plants and various city code violations.

As the owners watched, 10 tons of their private property was hauled off in trucks — dangerous items such as blackberry bushes, okra, tomatillo plants, native grasses and sunflowers that provided food and bedding for animals, everything from furniture to compost.

The city said the code citations were issued to the farm after complaints by neighbors "concerned that the conditions" at the farm "interfere with the useful enjoyment of their properties and are detrimental to property values and community appearance."

Do they not understand we're BROKE?!!!!

Tax increase for Muskegon County-wide school technology likely on February ballot | MLive.com:
"The February date was chosen so as not to interfere with a millage request from Muskegon Community College, Sipka said.
The college is asking voters on Nov. 5 to approve $24 million in improvements, which will include some sort of a presence in downtown Muskegon."

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