Editors note: (Ralph Turchiano) Requested Re-Post from 2012 White House confirmed the hack but downplayed it, saying no damage was done and it was unsuccessful Military Office targeted which controls the President’s travel, interoffice communications, and nuclear codes By Meghan Keneally PUBLISHED:08:16 EST, 1 October 2012| UPDATED:11:54 EST, […]
Editors Note: (Ralph Turchiano) Requested Re-Post from JUN 2013 Explosive revelations about a behind-the scenes deal between the political rivals Bill Clinton dubbed Obama ‘incompetent’ and ‘an amateur’ during secret meetings, sources claimed By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 11:35 EST, 2 June 2013 | UPDATED: 12:01 EST, 2 […]
Around 110 million Americans are now on government welfare benefits This equates to more than one third of the country relying on handouts At least 51 million are using food stamps and 83 million are on Medicaid Analysts are calling for the minimum wage to be increased […]
By Marc A. Thiessen July 28 From Europe to the Middle East, we have seen how disaster follows U.S. retreat and disengagement from the world. But the one area where President Obama seemed to be leaning forward was drone strikes. He personally approved terrorist “kill lists” and has […]
The Philippines’ tough stance can only end in embarrassment (People’s Daily Online) 13:04, May 13, 2014 This year, the Philippines’ conduct on the South China Sea issue has been bewildering: At first, it pretended to be a victim of China’s “threat of force”, complained that China was preventing […]
‘By Zhang Yunbi (China Daily) 07:26, April 25, 2014 The PLA is fully capable of safeguarding China’s Diaoyu Islands, says spokesman US President Barack Obama’s promise of military cover for Japan’s claim on the Diaoyu Islands faces the potential of backfiring, observers said.
EEV: Repost from OCT 2013 Meet Sylvia Burwell, the woman who ordered the government shutdown By Elizabeth Chuck Mandel Ngan / AFP/Getty Images Sylvia Mathews Burwell smiles as President Barack Obama announces her as his choice to be the next White House budget director on March […]
EEV: In addition to Bloomberg’s analysis, failing to abide by the Budapest referendum may result in all military agreements being looked at with skepticism. China may now be encouraged to make a move for the South China Sea. – seeking an end to Syria’s civil war – halting Iran’s nuclear […]
– casting an expected decline in American work hours as a boon to worker freedom and family values – Obamacare would mean more family time for mothers, more study opportunities for college students and less job stress for older workers. – “The single mom, who’s raising three kids […]
EEV: Would Like Verification on the Claim ” $100 million will go to study how to get Americans to buy more maple syrup “ The massive five-years agriculture spending plan, signed Friday by President Obama, includes a $3 million plan for Christmas tree taxes Most of the bill […]
U.S. says no evidence Obamacare software written in Belarus Hayden confirmed that a U.S. intelligence agency had recently issued, then retracted, a report related to possible involvement by a Belarus company in writing the software. Valery Tsepkalo, director of the government-backed High-Technology Park (HTP) in Minsk, said: “One […]
Obama admits intelligence chief fault over false Senate testimony – members of Congress who warn of the dangerous precedent set by allowing an intelligence chief to lie to legislative bodies tasked with overseeing the powerful spy agencies President continues to defend James Clapper in the face of calls […]
Denise Tsang denise.tsang@scmp.com UPDATED : Thursday, 30 January, 2014, 9:15am US President Barack Obama proclaimed America had usurped China as the world’s No 1 investment destination, a bold statement that left some economists scratching their heads. The White House cited an AT Kearney survey as the basis […]
George Tsunis should have Googled ‘Norway’ before his Senate hearing. Right about now Obama is wishing he hadn’t nominated George Tsunis to be the next ambassador to Norway. Why? Partly because he doesn’t know really basic things about Norway (like the fact that they don’t have a […]
– “suspicion and distrust of senior military officers by senior White House officials – including the president and vice-president – became a big problem for me” Robert Gates, who also served under George W Bush, says relations between White House and Pentagon are strained Dan Roberts in […]
Posted By Patrick Howley On 7:11 PM 12/28/2013 The Democratic National Committee (DNC) sent out a paranoid email Saturday evening urging supporters to vote for Democrats so that Republicans can’t impeach President Obama. The email, subject line “Impeachment,” was sent to Obama for America supporters, imploring them to […]
PUBLISHED : Sunday, 22 December, 2013, 5:49am UPDATED : Sunday, 22 December, 2013, 5:49am The Washington Post US President Barack Obama winds up a press conference on possible NSA reforms. Photo: AFP US President Barack Obama signalled that he might halt […]
Photo: EPA A book for young schoolchildren, titled “Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope” is now widely discussed on the Web, although the book was written as early as before the November 2008 election that brought Obama to power for the first time. To be more […]
Posted By Tim Cavanaugh On 10:36 AM 11/29/2013 In | No Comments As President Obama faces a small revolt within his own party, a Washington Post op-ed is calling for the United States to end presidential term limits and allow him to run again in 2016. “Barack Obama […]
The White House published its ‘fact sheet’ on the nuclear agreement a day before the text of the pact was officially released The Obama administration claimed the agreement ‘halts the progress of Iran’s nuclear program’ Iran insists that it hasn’t given up its right to enrich uranium The […]
Posted By Robby Soave On 9:01 AM 11/22/2013 In | President Obama’s refusal to allow journalists to photograph him at key events has now drawn the ire of the White House Correspondents’ Association, which joined other media outlets in sending a letter of protest to the president’s press […]
Source: Reuters – Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:17 AM Author: Reuters (Adds details of report and quotes from hearing) By Roberta Rampton and Caren Bohan WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, who has portrayed himself as surprised by technical problems with the government’s new health care […]
By David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor PUBLISHED: 16:18 EST, 14 November 2013 | UPDATED: 17:04 EST, 14 November 2013 The Obama administration has directly conceded for the first time that ‘in many cases,’ health insurance plans offered through government exchanges are more expensive than plans consumers bought […]
Obama suddenly pivoted Monday night, adding conditions to his pledge that no one would lose insurance plans that they liked The Affordable Care Act requires policies to include a set of coverage items including maternity and pediatric care, whether or not people want it As costs rise, insurance […]
Claim comes from new book ‘Double Down: Game Change 2012’ about Obama’s re-election campaign Obama Administration has not commented on the report Remark was made while discussing drone strikes with aides President won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 By Michael Zennie PUBLISHED: 16:51 EST, 3 November 2013 […]
Posted By Neil Munro On 12:20 PM 11/01/2013 President Barack Obama has given the nation a new “Council on Climate Preparedness and Resilience” that expands government bureaucrats’ role in how Americans use their lands, energy, waters and property. Obama announced the executive order Friday, the day […]
World Oct. 28, 2013 – 07:00AM JST WASHINGTON — Europeans should be grateful for U.S. spying operations because they keep them safe, U.S. lawmakers said Sunday, urging allies to improve their own intelligence and oversight efforts. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers called “disingenuous” foreign governments’ outrage over […]
Obama aware of Merkel spying since 2010: German report 27 Oct 2013 Berlin (AFP) US President Barack Obama was personally informed of mobile phone tapping against German Chancellor Angela Merkel, which may have begun as early as 2002, German media reported Sunday. Bild am Sonntag newspaper quoted US intelligence […]
By David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor PUBLISHED: 09:28 EST, 24 October 2013 | UPDATED: 15:11 EST, 24 October 2013 Senator Dick Durbin claimed that a senior Republican House member blew up at President Obama during tense government-shutdown talks The White House admitted Thursday that it was […]
Congressional deal set a time limit for a debt-ceiling extension, but didn’t cap it with a fixed dollar amount Obama’s three autumn demands – a new budget, a farm bill and comprehensive immigration reform – could take the U.S. into uncharted debt territory while Treasury stops enforcing a […]
Posted By Jeff Poor and Vince Coglianese On 2:13 AM 05/20/2013 In Politics | The usually-cocksure Jay Carney has rarely appeared so uncomfortable. “What I can tell you is that this president believes strongly in the First Amendment and is a strong defender of the First Amendment,” Carney […]
Administration’s tactics, which include using Espionage Act to pursue leakers, have had chilling effect on accountability – study Karen McVeigh in New York theguardian.com, Thursday 10 October 2013 10.00 EDT Under Obama, the Espionage Act has been used to mount felony prosecutions against six government employees and […]
While advancements in medicine and technology have prolonged life expectancy and decreased premature deaths overall, women in parts of the country have been left behind. Grace WylerOct 7 2013, 9:10 AM ET (jessiejacobson/flickr) The Affordable Care Act took a major step toward implementation last Tuesday with the launch […]
By Meghan Keneally PUBLISHED: 09:42 EST, 7 October 2013 | UPDATED: 09:44 EST, 7 October 2013 The website dedicated to helping find kidnapped children has been turned off during the government shutdown but the First Lady’s healthy living initiative has not received the same treatment. Amber Alerts […]
EEV: So, if they get Full pay, then why are they not working? Source: Reuters – Sat, 5 Oct 2013 03:45 PM Author: Reuters By Thomas Ferraro and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives agreed on Saturday to […]
Pulitzer Prize winner explains how to fix journalism, saying press should ‘fire 90% of editors and promote ones you can’t control’ Seymour Hersh exposed the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam war, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize. Photograph: Wally McNamee/Corbis Seymour Hersh has got some […]
By David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor PUBLISHED: 15:58 EST, 24 September 2013 | UPDATED: 20:57 EST, 24 September 2013 Fakest of the fake? Barack Obama’s Twitter following includes 19.5 million people who don’t exist, and the first lady has 1.9 million nonexistent fans of her own Among […]
EEV: Crowdsourcing the Presidents location, appears to be a valid new security risk. We do not however support the apparent risk this may bring. Screenshot: whereisobama.at In response to what some consider over-reaching surveillance programs conducted by US intelligence agencies, which have been shown to collect thousands of communications with […]
10:53 PM 08/27/2013 Robby Soave Reporter, The Daily Caller For President Obama, the student loan crisis is personal. The Obamas had not repaid all of their $120,000 student loan debts until his election to the Senate in 2004. In a series of speeches last week, […]
Robert Fisk Tuesday 27 August 2013 ‘All for one and one for all’ should be the battle cry if the West goes to war against Assad’s Syrian regime Getty Images If Barack Obama decides to attack the Syrian regime, he has ensured – for the very first time […]
EEV: Deserves acknowledgement Source: Reuters – Mon, 26 Aug 2013 08:42 PM Author: Reuters By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama presented the Medal of Honor on Monday to Army Staff Sergeant Ty Carter, who risked his life to save a wounded […]
By Peter McKay PUBLISHED: 17:12 EST, 25 August 2013 | UPDATED: 17:12 EST, 25 August 2013 As the centenary of the 1914-1918 Great War approaches, historian Christopher Clark points out that conflict’s eerie, modern relevance. ‘The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand began with a cavalcade of […]
Post-Obamacare law hiring at the Department of Health and Human Services included 86 ‘criminal investigators,’ but just two ‘consumer safety’ officers On the day President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law in 2010, HHS received authority to make 1,814 new hires The authorization included positions for […]
EEV: All this expense for a dog? First Family returned to the elite vacation spot after skipping annual holiday before last year’s election Bo, the Obama family’s beloved dog, arrived for the holiday in a MV-22 Osprey aircraft He will enjoy an eight-day holiday with plenty of manicured grass […]
EEV: This is posted not just because it is anti-American. It is posted to fully comprehend the firestorm this administration has unleashed for its unwavering support of the Muslim Brotherhood. Morsi was democratically elected, but that does not give any political official the right to supersede the countries constitution. The Egyptians did […]
By Hayley Peterson PUBLISHED: 21:17 EST, 22 July 2013 | UPDATED: 21:48 EST, 22 July 2013 As President Obama campaigns to increase the minimum wage, his own interns aren’t getting paid a cent to work a minimum of 45 hours a week. White House interns are expected […]
The National Council of La Raza is likely to benefit from grant money set aside in an immigration bill drafted by its former policy director Legislation passed in the Senate would exclude three-time DUI offenders from a path to citizenship, but two-time drunk drivers would be acceptable Passport […]
Repeated assaults leave bankers in quivering heaps By Jasper Hamill Posted in Data Networking, 18th July 2013 11:43 GMT Cloud storage: Lower cost and increase uptime Half of all the world’s critical financial exchanges have suffered cyber attacks in the past year, a report has found. A joint […]
Posted By Charles C. Johnson On 9:24 PM 07/17/2013 In World | No Comments President Barack Obama’s half-brother, Malik Obama, had a close relationship with Libyan dictator Muammar Gadhafi that continued from the 1980s until the dictator’s death. A photograph obtained by the Daily Caller shows Malik […]
Presidential Directives Mostly Withheld by White House : If one is looking for a copy of a Presidential Policy Directive issued by President Obama, the last place to turn is the White House website. In most cases, the Obama White House does not disclose presidential directives even when […]
