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National weather agency spared from furloughs after rash of tornadoes

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“Forecasters at the National Weather Service (NWS) will not be forced to take furloughs during the summer hurricane season following the recent destruction caused by tornadoes in Oklahoma, CNN reported on Saturday. The NWS was part of the initial plan by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to impose as many as 20 mandatory days off without pay for its 12,000 employees in July and September, a move caused by federal budget cuts. The cuts would have taken effect during what forecasters predicted would be an abnormally severe hurricane season.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/01/weather-agency-spared-from-furloughs-after-rash-of-tornadoes/

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Social (Un)Security: “You Died This Month? We’ll Keep Your Dough.”

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“With the recent death of a family member on the 26th of the month, I was reminded of a special provision for social security that gives the government a free pass for a last moment of theft, and that’s after a lifetime of theft under the guise of overseeing one’s ‘security.’ The provision essentially states that in the month of death, a person shall not receive any benefits for that month for the days that person was alive.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/138334.html

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Your Tax Dollars at Work: Medicare Financing Plastic Surgery

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“Aging Americans worried about their droopy upper eyelids often rely on the plastic surgeon’s scalpel to turn back the hands of time. Increasingly, Medicare is footing the bill. Yes, Medicare. The public health insurance program for people over 65 typically does not cover cosmetic surgery… In recent years, though, a rapid rise in the number of so-called functional eyelid lifts, or blepharoplasty, has led some to question whether Medicare is letting procedures that are really cosmetic slip through the cracks — at a cost of millions of dollars. In 2001, physicians billed taxpayers a total of $20 million for the procedure. By 2011, the price tag had quadrupled to $80 million.”

http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/your-tax-dollars-at-work-medicare-financing-plastic-surgery/

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Welfare Case Manager Accused Of Offering Benefits For Sex

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“A state welfare worker is facing charges after allegedly offering benefits in exchange for sex. The District Attorney’s office says the Department of Public Welfare case manager John Geary told a woman he would give her extra cash and extra benefits if she engaged in sexual acts with him. According to the police criminal complaint, Geary also repeatedly asked the woman to smoke crack with him on the weekends when his wife was working and his children were asleep in their North Versailles home.”

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/05/28/dpw-case-manager-accused-of-offering-benefits-for-sex/

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Ron Paul: The Real Meaning of President Obama’s National Security Speeches

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“This past Thursday and Friday, President Obama delivered two speeches designed to outline his new thinking on national security and counter-terrorism. While much was made in the media of the president’s statements at the National Defense University and the US Naval Academy suggesting that the most active phase of US military action overseas was coming to an end, this ‘new’ approach is but the same old policy wrapped in new packaging. In these addresses, the president panders to the progressives, while continually expanding and solidifying the ‘enabling act’ principle.”

http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2013/may/25/the-real-meaning-of-president-obama’s-national-security-speeches.aspx

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The deeper agenda behind Japan’s “Abenomics”

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“The policy known as ‘Abenomics’ is a mix of monetary easing, stimulative spending and growth-inducing steps including deregulation in sectors such as energy.  Some Abe allies worry that a hasty push for constitutional changes could upset voters who want the focus to stay firmly on the economy – repeating a mistake seen as a key factor in Abe’s first failed attempt to govern. ‘He wants to achieve what he left undone – to break free of the ‘post-war regime’,’ said Koichi Hagiuda, a lawmaker and special aide to Abe. ‘What is most symbolic of that is the constitution that was drafted in one short week under (U.S. General Douglas) MacArthur’s Occupation.'”

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/24/us-japan-abe-specialreport-idUSBRE94N04020130524

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Lawsuit filed over veteran’s psychiatric detention over Facebook posts

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“A civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of an ex-Marine who was detained in a psychiatric facility after posting anti-government messages on Facebook, using the case to criticize a program that looks for veterans who may have become extremists. Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute filed suit in Richmond over the weeklong detention last August of Brandon J. Raub, a veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Attorneys for Raub claimed his detention came under a federal program called ‘Operation Vigilant Eagle’ involving surveillance of veterans who express views critical of the government.”

http://www.wtop.com/41/3332852/Facebook-posts-Suit-filed-over-vets-detention

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Debt ceiling suspended: US takes on $300bn in new debt after hitting $16.7 trillion

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“America’s ticking debt bomb has been reset. Washington has suspended the debt ceiling, setting a date, and not a concrete dollar sum as a deadline, an unprecedented first in US history. Citing ‘extraordinary measures’, the US Treasury has further delayed tackling America’s debt, and will wait until Labor Day, September 2nd, to revisit the burgeoning crisis. The ceiling has been lifted, and the Treasury has promised it will keep cash pumping into government spending programs beyond the debt limit through a series of emergency cash tools.”

http://rt.com/business/us-debt-ceiling-suspended–510/

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Pentagon plans to fight ‘War on Terror’ for another 20 years

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“Even after cutting off the head of al-Qaeda, the United States Department of Defense doesn’t believe an end to the war on terror is in sight. On Thursday, one Pentagon official predicted the mission against al-Qaeda could continue for another two decades. Speaking to the Senate Armed Services early Thursday, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations Michael Sheehan said the Pentagon has no plans to pull out of its almost 12-year-old war overseas. When asked for his take on how long the war on terror could go on for, Sheehan told lawmakers, ‘At least 10 to 20 years.'”

http://rt.com/usa/terror-al-qaeda-pentagon-war-397/

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The Truth: Chained CPI Is Worse Than You Thought

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“The proposal to change the measure of inflation used for federal programs to chained CPI, which rises more slowly than conventional inflation measures, is usually framed as a Social Security cut. And it is. The CBO estimates that it will save $133 billion in Social Security costs over 10 years.  But it’s also a tax increase. Currently, the cutoffs for different tax brackets rise with CPI-U, a non-chained measure of inflation. Chained CPI would cause the cutoffs to rise more slowly, pushing more and more people into higher tax brackets. That raises $99 billion over 10 years. So about 43 percent of the deficit reduction from chained CPI comes from increased taxes.”

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/05/the-truth-chained-cpi-is-worse-than-you.html

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