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DeSwiss's JournalWonkette: ''Fox’s Greta Van Susteren Does Actual Journalism On Junk Insurance Story''
by Doktor Zoom
2:17 pm October 30, 2013
Talk about surprising Fox News Greta Van Susteren did a far better job than CBS News at explaining one of those stories about how mean old Barack Obama wont let people keep their crappy insurance plans that dont insure much of anything. Greta had a brief chat yesterday with Dianne Barrette, the subject of a recent CBS story about how because of the Affordable Care Act, Blue Cross of Florida is canceling her $54/month insurance and forcing her to buy a $591/month plan except, of course, thats not exactly the case. CBS left out a couple of details, like the fact that Barrettes plan doesnt cover hospitalization and only pays $50 toward any of the very few services it does cover. It is the insurance equivalent of wet Kleenex. Unlike CBS, though, Van Susteren got right to the problem with the plan thats being cancelled:
- Your $54 a month policy is a pretty, you know, bare bones policy, Greta said. Why do you want to keep that one, except for the price? Maybe you can get something better with a subsidy?
Well have more on this, right after we deal with these damn flying pigs that have escaped from Hell, which is all iced over.
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Van Susteren ended the report by sympathizing with Barrettes frustration, but also had a suggestion: You have a real stripped-down policy here, and I think you need to find someone who understands this stuff. Its pretty confusing, I concede.
Strange, though, that a blogger who can do some basic research online managed to make some pretty informed estimates of what Barrette should be able to get through the Exchange. Youd think that Teevee news reporters could do that, too. Thats the kind of thing they call reporting. And it also looks like Dianne Barrettes brief career as a Victim Of Obamacare may be ending soon: Erik Wemple reports that Following her chat with Van Susteren, Barrette got word from a network producer that her appointment to appear this morning on Fox News was cancelled.
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Margaret Heffernan: The dangers of "Willful Blindness"

Gayla Benefield was just doing her job -- until she uncovered an awful secret about her hometown that meant its mortality rate was 80 times higher than anywhere else in the U.S. But when she tried to tell people about it, she learned an even more shocking truth: People didn't want to know. In a talk that's part history lesson, part call-to-action, Margaret Heffernan demonstrates the danger of "willful blindness" and praises ordinary people like Benefield who are willing to speak up. (Filmed at TEDxDanubia.)
universe is inside of us and no where else.'' ~Robert Anton Wilson
Carl's Stone Cold Lock Of The Century - Of the Week - Redskins vs. Broncos 2013


TYT: Russell Brand Interview You MUST SEE

"A BBC interview with comedian/actor Russell Brand is getting attention today because, it's said, he speaks for many younger adults who are fed up with politics and politicians.
Brand, who seems almost proud to say he's never voted, makes the case that "the lies, treachery and deceit of the political class that has been going on for generations" make casting a ballot pointless."* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.

''I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.'' ~H. L. Mencken
Carl's Lock - Broncos vs Colts 2013 (Gives up on 2013 Giants' season)

Water Powered Car Unveiled: Yes It's Real
October 19, 2013

Everyday the world becomes aware of technologies that have the potential to halt the unnecessary damage we continue to create using fossil fuels. Weve been talking about it for years, transitioning our way of life to be more harmonious with the planet and its natural systems. Im not talking about solar or wind power (although great), Im talking about clean and green technology that render fossil fuel burning technologies inferior and obsolete.
One of these new technologies is a water fuelled car, and it has been unveiled on a number of occasions. Its an automobile that derives its energy directly from water, and water alone. It is not hard to see why its not available to the masses. An engine powered by water would wipe out a large chunk of the fossil fuel industry and change the way these companies do business all together. The oil and gas corporations combine to bring in trillions of dollars every year. Inventions like these are a direct threat to the industry.
JAPANESE COMPANY UNVEILS WATER POWERED CAR

A Japanese company called Genepax unveiled their water powered car in 2008 in Osaka, Japan (1). It doesnt matter if its tap, bottled, or lake water, anything type of water can make this car run. An energy generator splits the water molecules to produce hydrogen and this is used to power the car. They use a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) to split the Hydrogen from the Oxygen through a chemical reaction. The cell needs only water and air, eliminating the need for a hydrogen reformer and high pressure hydrogen tank.
This isnt a conspiracy! The reality of this device has been verified by patent offices all over the world. To search a Japanese patent, you have to go through the Industrial Property Digital Library (IPDL). This organization makes patents available to the intellectual property department of the Japan Patent Office. The IDPL provides over 60 million documents and their relevant information as published since the end of the 19th century. The fact that these are even published for patent pending says a lot.
Click HERE to view the water energy system patent. You can also visit the Industrial Property Digital Library itself, do a PAJ search. Type in the publication number **2006-244714**. Documents are also on file with the European Patent Office, you can view them HERE. Reuters also did a brief report on the vehicle as you can see in the video below.
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Starfish Turn To Goo, Pacific Sardine Population Collapses, Pink Salmon Turned Canary Yellow Inside

Biologist finds pink salmon that are canary yellow on Canadas Pacific coast Insides also yellow: Heart parts, gill arches, spines, cartilage in head Spleens swollen, livers spotted, some with bugged-out eyes (PHOTOS)
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NPR: Starfish epidemic moving fast Turning into goo in Washington, not just Canada Virus, bacteria or something else entirely? Will it spread to other sea life and other parts of West Coast? (AUDIO)

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Troubling Mystery: Complete collapse of sardine population on West Coast of Canada around Vancouver Official: Its unexpected Expert: Humpback whales rarely seen, theyre telling us something changed nobody knows whats going on
- Also:
Alert: Top Japan nuclear official suggests Fukushima reactors "leaking directly
TV: Nuclear report warns of apocalyptic scenario at Fukushima in weeks ahead --
TV: "Typhoon appears to have affected Fukushima Daiichi plant" -- Giant spike in
Japan Journalist: Plutonium escaped Fukushima reactors as gas, it was a colossal
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ACLU Sues Feds To Disclose Secret Surveillance In Criminal Cases
Source: Talking Points Memo
Dylan Scott October 17, 2013, 5:55 PM EDT
The ACLU sued the Obama administration Thursday, demanding that the Justice Department respond to its request for information about evidence derived from secret surveillance being used in criminal prosecutions. The lawsuit stemmed from a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that the organization filed in March. The ACLU alleged Thursday that the administration had failed to comply fully with its request.
The surveillance in question -- authorized under the 2008 amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and commonly known as FAA -- was at the heart of the leaks by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden this summer. At issue is whether the Justice Department must disclose to criminal defendants that some of the evidence against them was originally derived from warrantless surveillance under the FAA.
"In the five years since the FAA was enacted, not a single criminal defendant has received notice of the government's intent to use or disclose FAA-derived evidence," the ACLU's lawyers wrote. "The failure of these DOJ components to process and release responsive records is of particular concern because the Request relates to a highly controversial surveillance authority whose wisdom, effectiveness, and legality is a matter of intense and ongoing public debate."
As TPM previously reported, the problem of FAA disclosures in criminal cases has been vexing federal prosecutors for the last year. It started when Solicitor General Donald Verrilli assured the Supreme Court last October during oral arguments in Clapper v. Amnesty International that prosecutors would have to disclose to whether FAA surveillance had been used in compiling a criminal case against them -- and the defendant could challenge its constitutionality.
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/aclu-sues-feds-to-disclose-nsa-surveillance-in-criminal-cases

Republican Congressman From Staten Island Denies Having Sex In Brooklyn Wine Bar
Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 5:17 AM

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Staten Island Rep. Michael Grimm denied reports Tuesday that he had a kinky 17-minute sex romp with a woman in the unisex bathroom of a Brooklyn wine bar.
The Republican congressman, who is single, said he didnt score at The Owls Head in Bay Ridge on the Friday preceding the government shutdown two weeks ago.
I will not dignify this absurd distortion of the facts with a response, the pol said, calling the accusations a Democrat-led smear campaign.
A source said Grimm went to the bathroom only to check on the woman, who was upset. It wasnt 17 minutes, the source added.
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Adult Wednesday Addams: (1) Apartment Hunting (2) Job Interview (3) Internet Dating

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