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The Truth about Health Insurance Premiums and Profits

cato.org

by Alan Reynolds

March 15, 2010

On a recent Fox News debate about health insurance, Democratic political strategist Bob Beckel explained that, "The president needed an enemy, and the insurance companies are it."

Proving that point in a Pennsylvania stump speech, President Obama asked, "How much higher do premiums have to go before we do something about it? We can't have a system that works better for the insurance companies than it does for the American people." On February 20, President Obama used his weekly radio show to express outrage that a fraction of Californians buying individual Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) plans "are likely (sic) to see their rates go up anywhere from 35 to 39 percent." He used those figures to justify preempting state regulation "by ensuring that, if a rate increase is unreasonable and unjustified, health insurers must lower premiums, provide rebates, or take other actions to make premiums affordable." There was always something peculiar about this desperate effort to demonize certain health insurers

Spy chips hidden in 2.5 million dustbins as council snoopers plan pay-as-you-throw tax

Mail Online (UK)

by Steve Doughty

March 5, 2010

The growing threat of a stealth tax on the rubbish we throw away was exposed by startling figures yesterday. More than 2.5 million homes now have wheelie bins fitted with microchips to weigh their contents.

This is an increase of nearly two-thirds in just a year. The bins, which can be electronically identified and weighed, are designed for 'pay-as-you-throw' rubbish tax schemes. Under such schemes - which are likely to be hugely unpopular - families who put out more waste will pay higher taxes to their local council.

Can Jerry Brown shed 'Gov. Moonbeam' label?

sfgate.com

March 4, 2010

Democrat Jerry Brown, at 71 years old, is offering himself to California voters as the pragmatic, moderate and mature gubernatorial candidate with the experience to bring the state back from the brink of disaster.

But with four decades in public service and a reputation as a political chameleon, the attorney general must try to shake the one word that critics have aimed at him for the past 35 years: "Moonbeam." Moments after Brown, who was governor from 1975 to 1983, delivered a three-minute video Tuesday announcing his candidacy, his GOP opponents began reviving memories of the nickname as shorthand for Brown's perceived failings: too liberal, too unorthodox, too unpredictable - just too out there.

Campus chaos: Social justice mobsters attack police, smash windows over tuition hikes

michellemalkin.com

by Michelle Malkin

March 4, 2010

As I've noted before, it's not right-wing Republicans assaulting police officers, abusing government authority to try and drive out the Marines, waging nationwide war on recruiters, and terrorizing researchers in the name of animal rights. It's left-wing

Today, the social justice mobsters on campuses across the country held a nationwide tantrum over tuition hikes. This is how the Left teaches civil discourse to its intellectual progeny: "Gimme!" "Revolucion!" "Smash Patriarchy!"

Brother of Democrat who is undecided on ObamaCare nominated for federal judgeship

hotair.com

by Allahpundit

March 3, 2010

...it shows you how desperate The One is to win votes in the House at this point that he wouldn't even care about the optics here. Dropping this announcement on the very day that he's hosting Matheson's brother to twist his arm on O-Care? What's next? Tel

80% of small firms on verge of failing, survey finds

jan.ocregister.com

by Jan Norman

March 1, 2010

Eighty percent of the owners of small U.S. businesses say their firms may not survive if economic conditions don't improve within nine months.

That's the finding of a random telephone survey of more than 700 business owners by George S. May International, an Illinois-based management consultant. Some businesses are barely hanging on, the survey found UPDATE: The pie chart below reflects respondents who said their companies can't make it more than 9 months, so those who would fail in 3 or 6 months are part of the 80% that would fail within 9 months.. Twenty percent said they could make it longer.

Iowa Court Discovers 'Art' Loophole Allows 17-Year-Old Strippers

The American Spectator

by Robert Stacy McCain

February 13, 2010

The "penumbras and emanations" theory of jurisprudence appears to have taken hold in the heartland: Nude dancing is still an art form in Iowa, at least at a strip club in the tiny town of Hamburg.

The Iowa Court of Appeals on Wednesday dismissed the state's request for a review of the issue. The request followed a judge's 2008 decision that Clarence Judy, then-owner of Shotgun Geniez, didn't violate the state's public indecent exposure law.

I want privacy because I break the law

Zacharysan

by A Toronto Data Guy

February 11, 2010

If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place. If you really need that kind of privacy, the reality is that search engines, including Google, do retain this information.

I've thought about Schneier's response (that people want privacy for a whole host of reasons, like when we make love, sing in the shower, and do things that are totally legal at the time of law) for some time now and I have come to this conclusion...

The Shenzhenian Candidate: Meg Whitman Wants to be Governor of California

The Huffington Post

by Chris Kelly

February 6, 2010

A couple of years ago, someone was trying to sell Vietnamese women on eBay. The auction went on for three days before eBay closed it down. EBay policy strictly forbids the sale or purchase of humans, living or dead.

The CEO of eBay, Meg Whitman, had built a career on one job after another exploiting Asian women, the younger and more vulnerable the better. And they won't talk about where Meg Whitman got rich before eBay. Her real expertise is in globalization. Which is the nice way of saying Asian sweatshops.

Leaders Call for Review After 49 House Websites Defaced

WHIR Web Hosting Industry News

by David Hamilton

January 29, 2010

Following the president's State of the Union address, a hacker infiltrated 49 House of Representatives websites of both political stripes to post an obscene message insulting President Barack Obama.

House chief administrative officer spokesman Jeff Ventura told the press that while most House websites are managed totally by House technicians, individual offices are permitted to contract with a third party to manage new features and updates. The sites that succumbed to the online attack were managed by GovTrends, a private vendor based in Alexandria, Virginia. Ventura told the AP that, while performing an update, GovTrends left itself vulnerable, letting the hacker penetrate individual member sites and committees overnight. This let the attacker leave a message insulting the president, who spoke at the House Wednesday night. The message read that it was "from Brasil," however, the true origins of the attack are unclear, as well as any specific political motivations.

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