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Obama's Two Hundred and Fifty-Ninth Week in Office1/9/2014Obama and the IRSLate to the party: FBI finally contacts some targets of IRSDarrell Issa Details Obama Donor Conflict of Interest on IRS Tea Party Targeting InvestigationRepublicans call for removal of Obama supporter leading IRS targeting probeThere's Already 17 Times More Coverage on Christie Scandal Than in Last Six Months of IRSFreedomWorks CEO: New IRS Guidelines Target Tea Party and Exempt UnionsObama Ethics, Year 5Darrell Issa Demands Answers from Eric Holder on 'Operation Choke Point' Bank ShakedownDOJ Wants to Know 'Race, Sex, Disability, Age and English-Learner Status' of Misbehaving Students, Schools Urged to...

Corruption is often cited as one of the biggest problems in governments across the world. Though many would like to dismiss it as a third-world problem or as an issue associated with the mobsters and gangsters of yesteryear, corruption is alive and kicking in more countries than you might think. Transparency International’s study of corruption found that two-thirds of the world’s nations scored below 50 on their corruption index, with the worst possible score being a 0 and the best, 100. While many developed countries posted fine scores — Denmark and New Zealand led the way, tied at 91 —...

The List: Obama's Two Hundred and Fifty-Eighth Week in Office1/2/2014Obama Ethics, Year 5Obama's Half-Brother 'Floored' About President's Lying About Meeting HimJustice Department Spending $544,338 for an 'Enhanced Company Profile' on LinkedInOFA Using Democratic Operatives to Push Obamacare PropagandaObama Executive Order Would Seize US Infrastructure, Citizens For National DefenseMilitary drones set to get stronger chemical weapons and could soon make their OWN decisions during missionsObama and Your PrivacyNSA seeks to build quantum computer that could crack most types of encryptionLet them eat ...kaleFun, sun and a lot of Golf: Obamas living the life on extended Hawaii vacationObama tees off for seventh...

A list of "quick-reads". I suppose everyone has seen lists of the "World's Shortest Books." Since I think we Jews could use our own special list, I have as a public service prepared the first annual Official Jewish List of the World's Shortest Books for 2013. 1. "The List of Palestinian Contributions to Mankind," by Shimon Peres. 2. "How Likud Differs from the Labor Party,” by Benjamin Netanyahu. 3. “Ideas for Conflict Resolution Through Meditation and Quilting,” by Sheikh Raed Salah. 4. “Arab Terrorists We Have Condemned,” by the B'Tselem Human Rights Group. 5. "Our record of Defending Freedom of...

Obama's Two Hundred and Fifty-Seventh Week in Office12/26/13Obama and Israel, Year 5Obama Admin to IDF Generals: Stop Being So Concerned About Israel's SecurityObamanomicsWhere the 1.3 million people losing unemployment aid this week liveWeekly US jobless claims drop 42K to 338KObama Channeling Pope Francis to Sell Wealth RedistributionAverage US 30-Year Mortgage Rises to 4.48 Pct.Even Mother Jones blasts Obama economy 'Not since the Great Depression has the U.S. experienced such unemployment'  Read more at ObamacareHow ObamaCare Saves 30 Million From Being Uninsured While Leaving 30 M Without CoverageReport: States withholding payments to ObamaCare contractorMass., Vt. halt payments to firm behind...

Do you ever find yourself arguing with liberals on the internet? Are you tired of people telling you about how awesome free healthcare is for the economy? Or how you should just shut up and pay your fair share because crack whores need iPhones too? Or how we should ban the super ultra-deadly assault rifle AR-15 shotgun Glock? Or been asked why do you hate old people, you cismale gendernormative fascist, hatey-McHaterton-hatey-hate-hatemongering racist? Have you grown frustrated because arguing with the willfully ignorant is like repeatedly punching a really dumb cactus? Well, I’ve prepared a handy checklist so you can...

Obama's Two Hundred and Fifty-Sixth Week in Office12/19/2013Let them eat....kaleVIP Hotel and Vehicles for Mandela Funeral Trip More Than $11MObama Ethics, Year 5 Confirmation for No. 2 Homeland Security job moves ahead: Alejandro Mayorkas, has been under investigation by the department’s inspector general over allegations that he mismanaged a visa program for foreign investors, a claim he has emphatically denied. Obama cites 'unfair' sentences, pardons 8 crack cocaine offendersIn Feb 2010, Obama Admitted 8-9 Million Would Lose Insurance --Then Went Out and Repeated Lie 17 TimesDrunken beatings and threats made with a knife: Obama's half-brother writes book on the horrors of...

Obama's Two Hundred and Fifty-Fifth Week in Office12/12/2013ObamanomicsSurvey: Nearly half of CFOs plan to cut jobs over ObamacareInitial jobless claims rose 68,000 to 368,000 as per this morning's figures.Socialism Viewed Positively by 36% of AmericansObama Dead Pool FileHawaii Health Director Loretta Fuddy dies in small plane crashHealth director who approved Obama birth certificate dies in plane crashObamacareObamacare: California enrollees make up nearly a third of nation's total: '143,608 people will likely receive Medi-Cal coverage as a result of contacting Covered California. That’s about 40% of all applications completed through the exchange,'The Health and Human Services Department told House Oversight and...

Obama's Two Hundred and Fifty-Fourth Week in Office12/5/2013Obama Voter FraudIRS Floats Strict Rules for Political Groups Before 2014 Midterm ElectionsObama Ethics, Year 5WH Marks Mandela's Death with Pic of Obama in Mandela´s CellCarney on Death of U.S. Teacher in Benghazi: 'We Expect the Libyan Government to Investigate This'Carney: 'Nobody spoke to the president' while issuing statement about Obama's unclePresident Obama acknowledges having lived with his uncleObamanomicsHere Is The "Growth" - Inventory Hoarding Accounts For Nearly 60% Of GDP Increase In Past YearConsumption Contribution Lowest Since 2009US economy expands at 3.6 percent rate in Q3 but business stockpiles drive half of...

Labor unions and liberal groups are pressing President Obama to select left-wing nominees for key regulatory and judicial posts in the aftermath of the Senate nuclear option. Groups have been meeting with White House officials throughout the year to influence the president’s selection of nominees and plan to ramp up their efforts in the weeks ahead. “Before we weren’t trying to push people with a labor backgrounds because we knew they would never have been confirmable,” said a senior labor official. “That bar has been removed. You’ll see considerable interest in seeing more progressive people appointed to positions.” Groups are...

Obama's Two Hundred and Fifty-Third Week in Office11/28/2013Community Organizer to the WorldObama: We´ll spend today like many of youPresident pitches in for Thanksgiving: Obamas continue family tradition by handing out food to the poor... and boxes of White House M&MsWhite House Slam GOP's Food Stamp Reforms in Thanksgiving MessageObama and Israel, Year 5Report: Obama asks Netanyahu to 'take a breather' from vocal criticism of Geneva dealObamanomicsDisturbing truth behind Obama's travel junkets; Spending totals hundreds of millionsThe Bitcoin Parabola Continues: Up 10% In 12 Hours, Hits $1170'Wave Of Disaster' Threatens U.S. Mortgage Market "I Work At McDonalds, But I Can't Afford...

"Having been early to the party of Angie's List (ANGI) short sellers, I would be remiss not to update readers to the fact that I changed my outlook for the company. In my columns spanning over the course of a year, my issues with Angie's List were not so much with its business model but with the valuation. I did not believe their subscription model would justify the market cap. Most consumers prefer FREE and the number of those who would pay an ongoing annual subscription of $50 is naturally far less than the 80 million visitors a month who...

Obama's Two Hundred and Fifty-Second Week in Office11/21/2013Let them eat..... KaleReport: Obama's Christmas Vacation Likely to Top $4 million Obama and Israel, Year 5Report: In Moscow, Netanyahu Asks Putin to Take Lead From Obama in Iran Negotiations Israeli Foreign Minister: Time to look for other allies U.S. Official: Israel's Position on Iran Could Lead to War; Top White House official warns that Israel’s proposal that Iran totally dismantle its nuclear capacity would likely lead to war.One Day Later, U.S. Condemns Khamenei's Remarks; U.S officials condemn the anti-Israel remarks by Iran’s leader, but only after Israel expresses disappointment that it took so...

Obama's Two Hundred and Fifty-First Week in Office11/14/2013Obama vs the 1st AmendmentLeaked Documents Reveal Obama Administration Push for Internet Freedom Limits, Terms That Raise Drug Prices in Closed-Door Trade Talks (Public Citizen Inc)Benghazi-GateBenghazi attackers reportedly knew location of ambassador's safe roomCongressman: Benghazi survivors suggested fighting NEVER stopped between consulate and CIA annex"Discredited" Benghazi Whistleblower DisappearsBenghazi Survivors Given NDAs at CIA Memorial Service for Woods, DohertyJoltin' Joe BidenObama, Biden Hold Hands in Immigration PrayerObamanomicsObama Slams Media: You Guys Don't Write About What Goes RightObama: There Were ´A Whole Bunch Of Folks Up In Congress´ Who Made The Same PromiseObama: I need...

President Obama's Two Hundred and Fiftieth Week in Office11/7/2013ObamacareObama: Most People Will Be Better Off, "They Don't Necessarily Know It Right Now"Obama Plays The Victim: 'I've Been Burned' By ObamaCare WebsiteObama says 'sorry' to Americans losing health insuranceObama Flies to Texas to Thank Alinsky Group For Their Support  Big F'ing Deal: Delaware Has Spent $4 Million to Enroll Four People in ObamacareWasserman Schultz: 'Obama and I Didn’t Lie About Obamacare'Pro-Obamacare team trains reporters on covering Obamacare website problemsSpeaker of the House, John Boehner: Truth-O-Meter Tense Moment as Senator Calls for Sebelius to ResignObamacare Restrictions Lead Brooklyn Couple To Consider Divorce...

Obama's Two Hundred and Forty-Ninth Week in Office10/31/2013ObamacareObamacare FY14 Budget: 'To Ensure Integrity of Programs That Redistribute Tens of Billions'Health Insurance Losses to Get Worse: 51 Percent to Lose Employer Based Insurance After apology, Sebelius subpoenaed over Obamacare websiteObama Officials In 2010: 93 Million Americans Will Be Unable To Keep Their Health Plans Under Obamacare HHS Unable to Say if Obamacare Plans Will Force Americans to Pay for Abortion; HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius unable to answer question on abortionExasperated Sebelius Caught on Hot Mic: 'Don't Do This to Me'Obama Heckled in Boston, ObamaCare Speech Interrupted, Crowd Boo ProtestersSebelius Obamacare: This Is...

Obama's Two Hundred and Forty-Eighth Week in Office10/24/2013Obama and The Muslim BrotherhoodAnti-terror rules relaxed to let Libyans get military training in U.S.Benghazi-GateHillary Clinton Heckled: "Benghazi, You Let Them Die!"CBS News May Drop Benghazi Bomb On ObamaAlgerian troops find huge arms cache on Libya border [incl 500 MANPAD]Security Officer in Charge of Benghazi Guards: Attackers Said 'We're Here to Kill Americans'Obama and Your PrivacyState Department Will Not Answer If The NSA Spied On ObamaNSA monitored calls of 35 world leaders after US official handed over contactsObamacareSebelius: 'I Don't Work For' People Who Want Me to Resign'It's signed, sealed, and it's delivering...

Obama's Two Hundred and Forty-Seventh Week in Office10/17/2013It's 3 am and nobody's thereSen. Ted Cruz blocks confirmation of Tom Wheeler, nominee for FCC chairmanGrowing Hezbollah Presence in Southwest U.S.Obama AmnestyObama promises huge gain from immigration -- that benefits only immigrants (VIDEO)Obama to House: Now Let's Negotiate Citizenship for Illegals Immigration battle threatens to dwarf debt-limit fight as many Republicans fear power of 17 MILLION newly legalized loyal DemocratsThe Obama Shut DownBarack Obama to Congress: Time to Ignore 'Activists,' 'Bloggers,' and 'Talking Heads on Radio' Obama Admin Had Attorneys During Shutdown Push HHS Abortion MandateObama scolds Congress for 'unnecessary damage' upon government’s...

Obama's Two Hundred and Forty-Sixth Week in Office10/10/2013The Obama Shut DownGOP, W.H. to keep talking after Obama meeting Obama rejects Boehner’s proposal for short-term debt-ceiling hikeWhite House says bill to pay military death benefits 'not necessary,' senator blasts ObamaSocial Security Fully Staffed/Open, But Cuts ServicesObama campaign manager: House Republicans 'committing economic treason'Republican debt-ceiling fix in doubt as Senate Dems objectGOP offers short-term debt-limit increase, but wants negotiations before ending shutdownHatch Scorches Lew: 'Not True, 'Simply False' 'Four Pinocchios'Treasury secretary warns debt ceiling crisis is hurting US economyIntentional? - Lawmakers Question Obama Admin's Decision To Deny Death Benefits - The Kelly File...

The Obama Shut Down10/8/2013President Obama Admits Real Reason Why He's Been Rejecting GOP Funding BillsMilitary chapel closed in Georgia: 'Shutdown: No Catholic service till further notice'Priest: Obama Admin. Denied Mass to CatholicsObama Warns "No Magic Bullets", Exploring "All Default Contingencies"Deja vu... Obama repeats the condemnation of striking workers....againObama: Republicans Using 'Extortion' On Debt LimitObama Says He Will Negotiate Once G.O.P. Ends 'Threats''Gestapo' tactics meet senior citizens at YellowstoneArmed Guards Kick Senior Citizens Out of Yellowstone ParkDigging In: Obama calls Boehner to say won´t negotiate, plans to make statementExclusive Gyms For Members Of Congress Deemed 'Essential,' Remain Open During ShutdownDepartment of...