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Nation

Medicare Advantage patients helpless as they lose their doctors: David Freddoso
It takes a Potemkin Village to declare Mission Accomplished on Obamacare: LI
Obamacare site blunders on, delivers long-expected sticker shock: ConIntel

CBS: No, the White House is Lying--Obamacare Site Still Isn't Working: WFB
CBS: User Info Getting Messed Up During ObamaCare Enrollment: Breitbart
GOP "strategist": Reagan is dead; move on: Molly K. Hooper

Gallup: Democrats, Youth Bought Pigs in Pokes Wholesale: Bryan Preston
Supreme Court Could Defund Obamacare: Ashton Ellis
Consumers Fear Ending Up Without Health Coverage On New Year’s Day: KHN

Economy

“Common Core’s odd approach to teaching Gettysburg Address”: Protein Wisdom
UPS: Obamacare caused company to drop benefits of 15,000 spouses: BPR
7 of 10 worst states for Medicaid doctor access expanding Medicaid: ConIntel

Website, Schmebsite, Keep Your Eyes on the Big Ball: David Limbaugh
I’ll tell you what’s wrong with Conservatives: Allen B. West
A Challenge to Our Beliefs: Thomas Sowell

Scandal Central

What does it take to get fired by this administration?: Flopping Aces
Attkisson: Fast and Furious Whistleblower 'Rare Example' Amidst Obama's 'War On Leaks': MRC
Fox reporter confronts State Department on Iran denial: Josh Gerstein, Politico

Media

Yahoo/Daily Ticker: It's Your Fault The Economy Sucks: Ace
A World of Lies: Dennis Prager
NBC's Gregory Cuts Off GOP Congressman to Spew ObamaCare Propaganda: NB

No, the Doe Run smelter closure isn’t going to affect ammo prices and isn’t backdoor gun control: Bob Owens
CBS Blames Obama’s Premature Lame Duck Status on Conservatives: TruthRevolt
Leftist Group Attacks Conservative with Homophobic Slurs, Wonders Why He’s Anonymous: AllAm

World

For our Iran nuke deal negotiator, there’s no business, like failed business: David Gerstman
Iran Announces Second Nuclear Reactor: WFB
WaPo Columnist: Israel's Fault Iran Wants to Go Nuclear: TruthRevolt

Why Should We Study War?: Bruce Thornton
Russia Outlaws The Building of Mosques, Will Get Tougher On Islam: Shoebat
Chinese Yuan Surpasses Euro, Becomes Second Most Used Currency In Trade Finance: ZH

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

How Google Taught Itself Good Design: Farhad Manjoo
Amazon Delivery-by-Drone Seen Grounded Under Expected U.S. Rules: SFGate
Google Cloud Compute goes live: Joab Jackson, IT World

Cornucopia

Healthcare.gov: Everything Will Be “Right” in 2017: MOTUS
You Picked A Fine Time To Leave Me, Blue Shield: HayRide
ObamaCare: Written in Stone (…ish clay): Liberal Logic

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QOTD: "Leon Trotsky allegedly said, “You may not believe in war, but war believes in you.” Though likely a mistranslation, the sentiment is still valuable. War and its horrors will always be with us, along with its unavoidable suffering and cruelty, “such as have occurred and always will occur as long as the nature of mankind remains the same,” as Thucydides writes. And as long as we cherish our way of life, with its freedom and human rights, its prosperity and its opportunity, we will at times have to make the awful decision to send our citizens to fight, kill, and die to defend those goods from those who want to destroy them. The more we know about war, the better equipped we will be to make that choice and see our efforts succeed." --Bruce Thornton