Over the weekend, This American Life and Planet Money ran a story by Chana Joffe-Walt looking at the extraordinary growth of America’s disability insurance system. Joffe-Walt visited Hale County, Ala., where one-in-four residents is on disability, looked at the lawyers who specialized in winning disability cases against the government (and getting paid by taxpayers for… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Knew
Jake Tapper’s Panel Guests Battle Over Dead Assault Weapons Ban: ‘We Knew From The Start’ It Wouldn’t Pass
A panel discussion on CNN’s The Lead Wednesday examined the apparently stalled negotiations in Washington regarding new gun control measures that may be adopted in the wake of the Newtown shootings. One panel guest, a reporter for USA Today, said that it was clear “from the start” that a new assault weapons ban was a… Read more »
Morning Bell: What Reagan Knew About Missile Defense
It would take only 33 minutes for a missile to reach the U.S. from anywhere in the world. That’s a sobering thought when North Korea is taunting America with threatening video propaganda about its nuclear capabilities and Iran is advancing its nuclear program. In response to these threats, the Obama Administration announced Friday that it… Read more »
Who Knew?… Satan Looks Just Like Obama
Who knew? Beezlebub looks just like Barack Obama. History Channel’s Satan looks like Obama’s lost Kenyan twin. The Daily Mail reported: Sunday evening’s episode of the History Channel’s hit series ‘The Bible’ threw up an awkward coincidence when viewers noticed that Satan bore a remarkable resemblance to President Obama. Twitter exploded into life during the… Read more »