What’s interesting in the news today?
First up, the plot thickens….
From Politico “House Republicans forced through a short-term government funding bill that delays Obamacare and permanently repeals a tax on medical devices, setting up their most dramatic face-off ever with President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats.
The vote to delay Obamacare was 231-192, with two Republicans voting against the bill, while two Democrats supported it. The Republicans opposed to the bill were New York Reps. Chris Gibson and Richard Hanna, and the Democrats who supported the measure were North Carolina Rep. Mike McInytre and Utah Rep. Jim Matheson.
The move represents a complete about-face by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and the House Republican leadership. They wanted to shift the focus of health care and budgetary squabbles onto the debt ceiling fight, but conservative Republicans honed in on the government funding battle.”
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Maybe Boehner has found his spine.
From TheWallStJournal “House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) issued a statement blasting Democrats for not reconvening the Senate sooner, in the latest round of recriminations over a rapidly approaching government shutdown.
If the Senate reconvenes as planned Monday afternoon, Democrats will be engaging in an act of “breathtaking arrogance,” Mr. Boehner said in a written statement early Sunday afternoon.
“They will be deliberately bringing the nation to the brink of a government shutdown for the sake of raising taxes on seniors’ pacemakers and children’s hearing aids and plowing ahead with the train wreck that is the president’s health care law,” Mr. Boehner said.”
Why should Democrats worry? They know the media will carry their water and blame it all on those dastardly Republicans.
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Here’s a summary of the job killing ObamaCare has wrought on the economy.
From InvestorsBusinessDaily “ObamaCare’s impact on jobs is hotly debated by politicians and economists. Critics say the Affordable Care Act, with its employer mandate to provide health insurance, gives businesses an incentive to cut workers’ hours. This year, report after report has rolled in about employers restricting work hours to fewer than 30 per week — the point where the mandate kicks in. Data also point to a record low workweek in low-wage industries.
In the interest of an informed debate, we’ve compiled a list of job actions with strong proof that ObamaCare’s employer mandate is behind cuts to work hours or staffing levels. As of Sept. 25, our ObamaCare scorecard included 313 employers. Here’s our latest analysis, focusing on cuts to adjunct hours at nearly 200 college campuses. The ObamaCare list methodology is explained further in our initial coverage; click on the employer names in the list below for links to supporting records, mostly news accounts or official documents.”
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Canada has revoked the tax exempt status of The Islamic Society of North America for supporting terrorism.
From TheTorontoSun “The Canada Revenue Agency has revoked the charitable status of an Islamic group after it says it distributed over $280,000 to an agency allegedly linked to a terrorist organization in Pakistan.
The CRA announced Friday it will strip the Islamic Society of North America Canada’s Development Foundation of its charitable status.
After a nearly two-year-long audit of its books, the CRA said it found evidence linking the group to an organization that funds a terrorist organization in Pakistan.
“The Government of Canada has made it clear that it will not tolerate the abuse of the registration system for charities to provide any means of support to terrorism,” a press release from the CRA said.”
And yet Pres. Obama praises them, and recently released a video which was played at their annual conference thanking them for their work…….
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I’ve told you before about this woman’s fraudulent credentials. And yet McCain hire her. Now you know why he supports the rebels in Syria. This is the type of adviser he takes advice from.
From TheDailyCaller “Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain hired the Syria analyst in favor of U.S. intervention who was fired for fabricating her Ph.D., Foreign Policy reported.
Elizabeth O’Bagy, formerly of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), will start Monday as a legislative assistant in Sen. McCain’s office.
McCain told Foreign Policy that “Elizabeth is a talented researcher, and I have been very impressed by her knowledge and analysis in multiple briefings over the last year.” The senator’s office said they would not make any further comment on O’Bagy’s employment.”
Gee, I wonder why?…… 🙄
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And lastly, I wonder when Holder and the DoJ will get around to investigating these leakers?
From TheDailyCaller “A leaked State Department email indicates that officials were worried about the safety of House Oversight Committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa after Democrats revealed his plans for a secret trip to Libya this week.
Issa, a Republican from California, has safely returned from his fact-finding trip to the country as his committee continues to investigate the terrorist attacks that killed America’s ambassador and three others in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012.
CBS News reported Thursday on an email that quoted a Libyan national sharing “his concern and his opinion that Representative Issa should not come to Libya for his own safety.”
““Ranking Member Elijah Cummings’ reckless release of information was not going to deter Chairman Issa from conducting his oversight responsibilities in the wake of the Benghazi tragedy,” Issa spokesman Frederick Hill told The Daily Caller. “Fortunately, despite the media attention and resulting threat, no security incident occurred during Rep. Issa’s time in Libya.”
That’s low, even for a treasonous Dem like Cummings.
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Wandering Views 
I’m not surprised that lots of Americans are not for America. This has almost always been true, but the Vietnam War made it respectable.
The war we’re in has nothing to do with territory or military hegemony. It has to do with religion and culture.
Except for China, that is. That’s about economy and hegemony.
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Islamic terrorists (or rather disgruntled students) invaded a college in Nigeria and shot up a dorm. They killed about 50 students.
No reason it couldn’t happen here.
The disgruntled students were upset because some of the other students weren’t Muslim.
Same as in Nairobi.
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Chas
and oil, don’t forget the oil. I don’t always understand why opposing whatever war we’re in gets the automatic unAmerican label. We have become a people that does not consider alternatives to military strikes in many ways and that’s not really terrific. I was glad to see actual debate on Syria and glad to see Pres. Obama taking it to the Congress.
On shooting up a dorm — our American experience of late ought to prove that you don’t have to have religious cause to go on killing spree.
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But most of the recent killing sprees have had religious ojrigins.
I didn’t know until just a couple of minutes ago that the Saudis had bought ARAMCO. I thought that was a slways a small part of America in Arabia.
I read it in On Saudi Arabio. They bought ARAMCO in 1980.
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Good to see you back CB.
I am glad to see that Congress actually listened
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Oil really doesn’t need to be an issue anymore. The US has enough natural gas (via fracking–the horror) that we could be nearly energy independent for the next 100 years, easily.
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