September 18, 2013 – 10:40 am
I bet you’re really, really surprised (Forbes) Walgreen and another 17 large employers are turning to a new concept of giving them money to buy health benefits via private online marketplaces known as exchanges. Aon Hewitt, the large employee benefits consultancy, said Walgreens will be the largest employer thus far to join its Aon Hewitt […]
September 18, 2013 – 8:42 am
Say, how’d all these believers in Hotcoldwetdry travel to Washington? (Climate Progress) Tuesday marked the first time that individuals impacted by climate change had a chance to come before Congress and tell their stories, according to Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), who helped co-founded the Safe Climate Caucus. Six people with personal stories and one scientist […]
September 18, 2013 – 8:14 am
Initially, when I ran across this article at Memeorandum and started reading it, it seemed to be a typical Politico portrait of just how super-awesome Obama is And what’s right with President Obama? Barack Obama is a man of different talents, instincts and interests than Clinton. But now that Washington is in pile-on mode — […]
September 16, 2013 – 8:52 am
They also notice that there’s a Typical Pattern to how he operates President Obama does friends no favors Barack Obama’s got a knack for turning trial balloons into piñatas, and then leaving his allies to pick up the mess. The pattern: He floats a buddy for a top job early, deliberates long enough for the […]
September 15, 2013 – 7:35 am
If you thought his speech on Syria was bad, wait till you hear this one (The Hill) President Obama will speak Monday from the White House Rose Garden to mark the five-year anniversary of the financial crisis and highlight his administration’s response to it. In other words, he’ll try and fist bump himself, and perhaps […]
September 14, 2013 – 12:37 pm
Guest Post by William Teach of Pirate’s Cove. Follow me on Twitter @WilliamTeach. There have been over 300 murders in Chicago this year, which doesn’t count all the attempted murders and other violence in the Windy City, and kids are scared to go to school as they pass through gang wars in safe passage areas, […]
September 14, 2013 – 6:41 am
Here’s one of those articles I promised would be forthcoming which would show that no, Obama’s not a screwup, that he’s not getting played and owned by Putin and Assad, in fact, he’s super awesome and things are going according to plan (Washington Post) Watching the maneuvering between the United States, Russia and Syria over […]
September 13, 2013 – 8:35 am
Well, in all fairness, it is incredibly difficult for Jay Carney to defend Obama when Obama’s been flipping and flopping, zigging and zagging, playing some golf, changing his mind, blamestorming, dropping the ball and responsibility in Congresses lap, playing golf, walking back John Kerry’s comments, walking them forward, walking them back, agreeing with Putin, getting […]
September 11, 2013 – 7:51 am
I was eminently impressed that the speech actually started on time. I was unimpressed that he decided to make his plea from the same spot in which Joe Biden proclaimed that passing Obamacare was a “big f’ing deal“. Trotting down the red carpet to discuss potential military action and a serious international issue just doesn’t […]
September 10, 2013 – 9:41 am
Alternate title: Vlad PWNS Barack. Somehow, I don’t think Vladimir Putin will be particularly please when Obama attempts to take credit for this plan. Which we know Obama will attempt, probably during his address tonight (Fox News) Syria’s foreign minister said Tuesday his government has accepted a Russian proposal to turn over control of its […]
