Sunday, December 01, 2013

Larwyn's Linx: New website, same lousy ObamaCare

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Nation

New website, same lousy ObamaCare: Silvio Canto, Jr.
Old, liberal Democrat: Vote Republican — Save the Country: Arnold Trebach
The War on Women Drags On: Jazz Shaw

GOP doctors go for Congress amid ObamaCare fiasco: Alexandra Jaffe, Hill
Punch Me: Democrats preparing for more bad news: John Dickerson, Slate
Democrats worry leaders in denial on Obamacare: Alex Isenstadt, Politico

NYT Wants Military Pay on the Chopping Block: William Teach
The 2016 Presidential Candidate That No One is Talking About: Dean Garrison
Man Builds Gun With Materials Bought AFTER Airport Security: VictoryGirls

Economy

Crime rate plunges after city dumps unionized police: Thomas Lifson
There’s Time to Stop the Next Big Boondoggle: Debra Saunders
What If Buying Coffee Was Like Buying ObamaCare?: Tammy Bruce

Scandal Central

FBI purged jihadi Qur'an verses from training materials: Robert Spencer
Obamas visit illegal immigrant protesters: ‘We’re very proud of you’: RWN
Obama: We’re Investigating My Own Obliviousness On Obamacare Site: WZ

Climate & Energy

U.N. Repudiates Global Warming: Douglas Herz

Media

FLOTUS at the Barbara Walters Improv: Barack ‘keeps his promises’: Michelle Malkin
Everything Seemingly is Spinning Out of Control: Ed Driscoll
Tomorrow Will Be “Dancing With The Obamacare Stars”: Prepare For Lots Of Spinning!: Mark Horne

Reporter tells MSNBC Obama administration ‘most hostile to the media . . . in US history’: BPR
Kanye West Hates Jewish People: Ed Driscoll
Barbara Walters silent as first lady says Obama ‘keeps his promises’: BPR

Manufacturing Intolerance: Daniel Greenfield
Obama’s Lips Are Moving, He’s Lying: Sara Noble
Jezebel Writer Wishes Gov Walker Died In Car Wreck, Apologizes: WZ

World

What part of “Death to America” do they not understand?: Diogenes
Missile Warheads in Jamaica: Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
‘Secret talks with Iran led Obama to shelve strike on Syria’: Times of Israel

Iran Demands US Apologize and Give Them More Money as They Enrich: Sara Noble
Temple Mount closed after Jews and Muslims clash: Lazar Berman
Now I love these guys for two reasons: Sondrak

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Google’s 200 ranking factors: The complete list [infographic]: Alltop
The Dismantling of POTS: bold move or grave error?: Slashdot
Inhaled Stem Cells Might Replace Lost Neurons: Caitlin Shure

Cornucopia

The Ballad of Kiwi Gardner: Sam Laird, Mashable
Hanging With the Mall Rats; Waiting for the Doors to Open: MOTUS
Paul Walker: His life of 'Fast and Furious' cars: Chris Woodyard, USA Today

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Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Support Matt Bevin for Senator in Kentucky

QOTD: "The Senate is where the most dramatic changes could occur if a GOP wave develops next year.

In 2010, Republicans gained six Senate seats including two states that Sen. John McCain carried in 2008 (Arkansas and North Dakota) and four states that then-Sen. Obama won (Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin). The only Democrat to win a Senate race in a McCain state in 2010 was Joe Manchin III in West Virginia. A six-seat takeover wasn’t enough for a majority in 2010 but would be enough next year.

Democrats have demonstrated their ability to win close Senate races in the past. But it’s worth noting that the party won six races last cycle with 51 percent of the vote or less in what was likely a more favorable environment than 2014. Incumbent Sen. Jon Tester was re-elected with 48.6 percent in Montana and Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown won with 51 percent. Open seat Democratic candidates such as New Mexico’s Martin Heinrich and Wisconsin’s Tammy Baldwin won with 51 percent, and Indiana’s Joe Donnelly and North Dakota’s Heidi Heitkamp just cracked 50 percent.

Readers beware, this is not a projection. It’s too early for that. But Democrats ought not simply dismiss out of hand that 2014 could be another bad year — even a very bad year — for their party." --Nathan L. Gonzales, "Open Your Mind to the Possibility of Another Midterm Mess for Democrats"

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