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Posts Made By: Dave Snope

April 30, 2014 07:30 PM Forum: Politics

Healthcare Prices Increase At A Record Rate

Posted By Dave Snope
Thanks, Barry.

With millions of Americans gaining coverage through President Obama's health care law, health care spending spiked by a staggering 9.9 percent in the first quarter of 2014 — the fastest rate since 1980 — according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Obamacare was pitched as a plan to reduce health care spending, and formally titled the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act." In 2009, Obama called the status quo — in which health care spending was accelerating toward becoming one-fifth of the economy — "unsustainable."

May 1, 2014 01:45 AM Forum: Politics

White House Blames Lousy GDP On Weather

Posted By Dave Snope
Record healthcare cost rise, terrible economic growth. The only reason that it grew at all was because of all the govt healthcare spending.

.@CEAChair blames 0.1% Q1 GDP growth on "historically severe winter weather, which temporarily lowered growth in the first quarter."

Now I'm really confused because they said that they are battling global warm-- err, climate change, which was supposed to cause all kinds of economic ruin if we didn't spend massively and regulate massively and increase taxes and do everything possible to ruin economic growth first. But now we're told that cold winter weather stunted growth. I guess once you say that a goofy youtube video was the reason for a spontaneous coordinated terrorist attack on our embassy and that your IRS is not illegally targeting political opposition groups, you feel like you can say anything.

Funny tweets about it here.
http://twitchy.com/2014/04/30/a-hazy-shade-of-b-s-white-house-blames-lousy-gdp-growth-on-winter-seriously/

May 3, 2014 09:29 PM Forum: Politics

Cal Dem Would Like $26/hr Min Wage

Posted By Dave Snope
Aaah, sweet economic parity is her goal. A classless society. You know what that means.

“Let me ask you this question, you’re a good advocate for this,” Gingrich asked Lee. “The mayor of Seattle is proposing that the minimum wage ought to go up to $15 an hour.”

“Good for him,” Lee responded. “In California — more than likely, from what I remembered — a living wage where people could live and take care of their families and move toward achieving the American dream was about $25, $26 an hour.”

“So would you support that as a minimum wage for California?” Gingrich asked.

“Absolutely I would support it for California. I think the regional factors –”

“And you don’t think that’d have an effect on unemployment?” Gingrich interrupted.

“No, Newt, trust me, believe you me,” Lee replied, “you’d have a more productive workforce, you’d have people who could afford to live in areas now where they cannot afford to live. You would increase diversity in certain communities where you don’t have diversity anymore. You would have economic parity and the income gap would begin to close.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/05/02/california-congresswoman-wants-a-26-minimum-wage-in-her-state-video/#ixzz30grV6TJn

May 5, 2014 10:07 PM Forum: Politics

Re: Obamacare

Posted By Dave Snope
That's really terrible for them and I hope they can work it out. I know it's miserable to change doctors after being with one for a long time who knows your history. The new ones start fresh and don't know all the things that you have been through, what worked and more importantly what didn't work, and why. All the burden is switched to the patient to get the new doctors on the right track, and if you're sick you really need someone who can advocate for you to fight through the system. There is also the matter of whether the new doctors and nurses are any good.

You really should send your note to your congressman. They need to be hearing as much of this as possible.

May 8, 2014 08:24 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

The Real State Of The Climate Report

Posted By Dave Snope



Global sea ice area is near a record high for the date
Antarctic sea ice area is at a record high for the date
No global warming for almost two decades
Last two years were the quietest on record for US tornadoes
Last year was a near record low season for Atlantic hurricanes
Nine years without a major US hurricane (category 3-5) strike – longest on record.
Obama’s presidency has had the fewest hurricanes of any presidency
US cooling since 1940
Coldest year on record so far in the US
Record springtime ice on the Great Lakes
Northern Hemisphere winter snow cover since 2004, was the highest decade on record
US winter temperatures have been plummeting since 2000

The White House failed to mention any of these things.

Posted on May 8, 2014 by stevengoddard

May 12, 2014 05:33 PM Forum: Politics

Geithner: White House Wanted Me to Lie

Posted By Dave Snope

It would be much easier to document when this White House does not lie.

Timothy Geithner, the former secretary of the Treasury Department, says the White House wanted him to lie in scheduled appearances on the Sunday TV talk shows. As Geithner writes in his new memoir:

“I remember during one Roosevelt Room prep session before I appeared on the Sunday shows, I objected when Dan Pfeiffer wanted me to say Social Security didn’t contribute to the deficit. It wasn’t a main driver of our future deficits, but it did contribute. Pfeiffer said the line was a ‘dog whistle’ to the left, a phrase I had never heard before. He had to explain that the phrase was code to the Democratic base, signaling that we intended to protect Social Security.”

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/geithner-white-house-wanted-me-lie-sunday-shows_791273.html

May 12, 2014 05:44 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

White House Predicts 10 Degree Warming

Posted By Dave Snope

Last week, the White House predicted 10 degrees warming in the US by 2100 – based on top line research from John Holdren.



In 1971 Holdren forecasted a new ice age. Same guy, wanting the same means to justify his ends, using opposite predictions. Obama really knows how to pick his scientists: terrible science with a large dose of depopulation and banning fossil fuels.

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2014/05/11/john-holdren-the-perfect-10/

May 12, 2014 10:26 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

Antarctic sea ice extent at record level

Posted By Dave Snope
Everywhere you look in the leftist media this week they tell us that the collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is imminent and irreversible. So stop having children and feeding your cat.

Antarctic sea ice has expanded to record levels for April, increasing by more than 110,000sq km a day last month to nine million square kilometres. The National Snow and Ice Data Centre said the rapid expansion had continued into May and the seasonal cover was now bigger than the record “by a significant margin’’. “This exceeds the past record for the satellite era by about 320,000sq km, which was set in April 2008,’’ the centre said.—Graham Lloyd, The Australian, 12 May 2014…

…Himalayan glaciers – for years one of the poster children of the “man-made global warming is real and we’re all doomed” movement – are in no imminent danger whatsoever, a new study has found. Of the 2018 glaciers mapped and monitored for the survey, nearly 87 per cent were found to be stable while only 12 per cent were found to be in retreat. These real-world observations are in marked contrast to the predictions by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its 2007 report that the Himalayan glaciers could disappear “by 2035.”

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/63013

NSIDC chart:



But no, this is the news today:
“Western Antarctic ice sheet collapse has already begun, scientists warn.
Two separate studies confirm loss is inevitable and will cause up to four metres of additional sea-level rise”

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/12/western-antarctic-ice-sheet-collapse-has-already-begun-scientists-warn

LOL, even thought the antarctic temperature has been flat as a ruler for over 30 years, it's all going to go to hell if you don't start driving a Prius now.

Although in the fine print, apparently that is "potentially up to 1,000 years away". LOL.

May 14, 2014 05:45 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

Richard: Climate Change Affects YOU

Posted By Dave Snope
I don't know where you live in CO, but this Colorado changing climate information may help you plan for your snow shovel needs, winter tire rotation, and lawn care schedule.



I suppose that you could wring your hands and write your congressman to demand that "something must be done" about the changing climate, but rational people understand that puny humans do not have enough thermal energy to affect the humongous climate system. Maybe you could start community organizing to demand free Obamablowers for all climate-inflicted victims in CO.

May 15, 2014 02:41 AM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

Fastest Selling Cars - For Rod

Posted By Dave Snope
They're selling like hotcakes!

Cars.com’s Kicking Tires blog has compiled lists of both the fastest selling vehicles in April.

20 fastest selling cars:

2015 Subaru Forester: 7 days
2015 Subaru WRX: 7 days
2014 Land Rover Range Rover: 8 days
2014 Land Rover Range Rover Sport: 10 days
2015 Lexus RX 350: 11 days
2015 Mercedes-Benz GL450: 11 days
2015 Chevrolet Suburban 1500: 13 days
2014 Toyota Highlander: 13 days
2014 Audi Q5: 14 days
2014 Chevrolet Corvette coupe: 14 days
2014 Nissan Rogue: 14 days
2015 Audi A3: 16 days
2014 Mercedes-Benz S550: 16 days
2014 Toyota Tacoma crew cab: 16 days
2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD crew cab: 17 days
2014 GMC Sierra Denali crew cab: 17 days
2014 Lexus GX 460: 17 days
2015 Mazda CX-5: 18 days
2014 BMW X5: 18 days
2014 Toyota Tacoma four-door extended cab: 18 days

http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2014/05/aprils-fastest-and-slowest-selling-cars-.html

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