Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Pocket : The Joke's on Us

Pocket : The Joke's on Us: "You can’t make this stuff up. On the health law’s pseudo-deadline day, following a huge push for people to visit the website, HealthCare.gov went down. Politico summed it up:"



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Company Closing Doors because of Obamacare » Eagle Rising

Company Closing Doors because of Obamacare » Eagle Rising: "Waterford-based Yankee One Dollar stores will be gone within the next five months, its owner told the Post Star of Glens Falls. Keith Flike blamed the Affordable Care Act and the increase in the state’s minimum wage for the decision to shut down. Each store has six to 10 employees, he told the Post Star."



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New York Public Library Puts 20,000 Hi-Res Maps Online & Makes Them Free to Download and Use - Open Culture

New York Public Library Puts 20,000 Hi-Res Maps Online & Makes Them Free to Download and Use - Open Culture: "When I was a kid, my father brought home from I know not where an enormous collection of National Geographic magazines spanning the years 1917 to 1985. I found, tucked in almost every issue, one of the magazine’s gorgeous maps—of the Moon, St. Petersburg, the Himalayas, Eastern Europe’s ever-shifting boundaries."



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6 Democrat Policies We Wish Were April Fools’ Jokes (But Aren’t) | Conservative Byte

6 Democrat Policies We Wish Were April Fools’ Jokes (But Aren’t) | Conservative Byte: "It’s April Fools’ Day, and while Americans across the country pull fun pranks on their family and friends, Democrats have some April Fools’ “jokes” of their own as well. Unfortunately, their jokes are very real, and they get told every day of the year."



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US Government Is World's 3rd Largest Economy | Conservative Byte

US Government Is World's 3rd Largest Economy | Conservative Byte: "Monday’s open enrollment deadline for ObamaCare, which, with its subsidies and tax credits, represents the largest expansion of government, is a good time to assess the total scale of government in the US."



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The Astonishing Way a Deadly Accurate Sniper Killed Six Taliban Insurgents From 930 Yards… With ONE Bullet | TheBlaze.com

The Astonishing Way a Deadly Accurate Sniper Killed Six Taliban Insurgents From 930 Yards… With ONE Bullet | TheBlaze.com: "The marksman, a Lance Corporal in the Coldstream Guards, apparently hit a suicide bomber’s trigger switch from 930 yards, causing an explosion that killed him and five of his fellow terrorists."



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Connecticut Residents’ Gun Rights Change Dramatically on April 1 — and It’s No April Fools’ | TheBlaze.com

Connecticut Residents’ Gun Rights Change Dramatically on April 1 — and It’s No April Fools’ | TheBlaze.com: "Troopers say that beginning April 1, long guns cannot be sold or transferred without one of the following documents: a permit to carry pistols or revolvers, an eligibility certificate for pistols or revolvers or a long gun eligibility certificate."



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National Minimum Wage Hurts Low-Cost Areas

National Minimum Wage Hurts Low-Cost Areas: "A one-size-fits-all minimum wage will disproportionately hurt low-skilled workers in low-cost areas, say Andrew Biggs and Mark Perry, resident scholars at the American Enterprise Institute.

A national minimum wage is just that -- a national wage floor that all employers, regardless of location, must pay workers. This means that the wage applies no matter the variations in living costs across the country. The impact in some areas could be disastrous"



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What Happened to the 40 Million Uninsured Number that Was Used to Pass ObamaCare?

What Happened to the 40 Million Uninsured Number that Was Used to Pass ObamaCare?: "So yesterday was the day – the deadline date. The date to which we must have signed up for Obamacare. Or is it?

As they said in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie: “It’s more of a suggestion, then an actual rule.”"



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