Monday, March 31, 2014

Obamacare Surge and Other News of the Day

++While the website went down this morning,HHS is already calling this the biggest day yet for Obamacare or ACA as its success will be known. Matthew Dowd on Sunday said it is already being distanced from the President and now he will be known for the economy.

++Fox News claimed the target for today was 7 million and 66,000. That may actually be under but we will not know for a couple of weeks according to the government. Lines went around the block at sign-up places in Red States. 

++No matter,Rush Limbaugh has repeated the right-wing meme that the "books are cooked". Lindsey Graham is convinced that the Obama Administration is "totally" fixing the books on Obamacare.

++Germany has confirmed that Russia is withdrawing troops from the Ukrainian border as reported by Reuters this morning.

++Israel refused to release the last set of Palestinian prisoners they agreed to yesterday. Al Fatah said it would pursue the Palestinian state through the United Nations. John Kerry was flown to Israel to calm everyone down. Rumors surfaced again that Israel will only go forward with the peace negotiations if Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard is released from his American jail. One wag commented last week that you know the Mideast talks are in jeopardy anytime Pollard's name is brought up.

++Dmitri Medevev went down to the Crimea to promise all sorts of goodies. Putin's economic adviser said that Fearless leader wants to annex the Baltics,Belarus, and Finland. Maybe that's the reason Belarus made noises last week about joining the EU.

++Lest we forget,Egypt is heading into its May elections, holding 15,000 dissidents in prison and have sentenced 529 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death.

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