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In
This Issue:
1.
The next threat to your privacy
2.
20 easy ways to save more money
3.
Basic knife handling-bushcraft skills
4.
Make your own little bee houses, Cold frame
DIY
5.
The folly of celebrity worship
Who has access to your Social Security number, your bank information, and your tax records?
When Obamacare's health insurance exchanges open, your data could be exposed to shysters and hackers, thanks to serious vulnerabilities in the system.
The exchanges are scheduled to open on October 1 (just 53 days away). But the list of implementation failures keeps growing, and the security of Americans' data is threatened.
THREAT #1: Obamacare "Navigators"
Navigators are a group of people and organizations that are going to be facilitating signups for Obamacare's insurance exchanges.
- Example: Planned
Parenthood has applied for navigator grants to work with consumers.
- Danger: HHS will not
require navigators to undergo "minimum eligibility criteria and
background checks." The Administration's training program does not require navigators to
participate in anti-fraud classes. And many states do not have plans for investigating unscrupulous
navigators who may attempt to prey on vulnerable and
unsuspecting Americans. Even California's Democratic
insurance commissioner—a strong supporter of Obamacare—admitted "we
can have a real disaster on our hands" if scam artists posing as
navigators get access to applicants' Social Security numbers,
bank accounts, and other personal information.
THREAT #2: Obamacare's Data Hub
The data hub is a massive compilation of tax filings, Social Security reports, and other government data that will be used to determine eligibility for subsidized insurance.
- Insecure? The hub isn't scheduled to be certified as
secure until September 30—only one day before the
exchanges open for business.
- Cutting
Corners: The HHS
inspector general recently released a report highlighting major delays in
implementation of Obamacare's data hub. The report amplifies what former HHS
officials have
been saying for months: The Administration has been cutting
corners on data privacy for the exchanges, raising major
questions about whether the data on the hub can be certified as secure—or whether
Obamacare will place Americans' tax and other personal information at risk.
The
Obama Administration's shoddy, slapdash approach to Obamacare implementation is
placing the sensitive personal data of millions of Americans at risk. It's one
more reason why Congress should refuse to spend a
single dime
implementing this unfair, unworkable, and unpopular law.
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Here Are 20 Easy Ways
To Start Saving More Money
"It’s easy to look for the best price on an item when shopping,
or add money to your savings account every week, but thinking
long-term is an intentional action that takes thought and planning..."
"It’s easy to look for the best price on an item when shopping,
or add money to your savings account every week, but thinking
long-term is an intentional action that takes thought and planning..."
Dave Canterbury discusses some
basic knife handling and stuff we should probably know already but it never
hurts to be reminded. He then moves on to demonstrating some notching
techniques……
Make your own little Bee Houses
Since the bee
population is kind of on the decline with all the chemicals being used
everywhere and whatnot, it's good to try and help them out with places to nest
so that they can continue to pollinate your fruits and berries.
This is just a real easy project, great to put up around the house or even better, in the garden to attract those helpful bees. Really, the bees will nest in any holes that are in a safe and dry space, so this can be made from a wide range or scrap materials.
Materials: (suggested)
This is just a real easy project, great to put up around the house or even better, in the garden to attract those helpful bees. Really, the bees will nest in any holes that are in a safe and dry space, so this can be made from a wide range or scrap materials.
Materials: (suggested)
·
a few scrap
boards/planks
·
a log or two
·
Nails and Hammer
·
Drill or Drill
Press
·
Some kind of Chop,
Miter, Slide, or Circulating Saw to cut the boards. A good hand saw, if that's
all you have, will do.
·
Sand paper, if you
want it to look nice
Gardening Tips: A Cold Frame to
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The Nanny State-We love our government
The Redistribution of Wealth to the Rich
The following is about the redistribution from the poor and middle class to the wealthy. There are at least a hundred ways this is accomplished, but just a dozen or so of the more important ways will be covered here. What lead me to do this research was the controversy of the 2008 presidential campaign after Obama made the political mistake of advocating "spreading the wealth around."
Of course, saying that seemed shocking to some, but what false outrage! Virtually all Republicans and Democrats alike believe in certain social programs that "spread the wealth." I didn't hear any of them advocating the dismantling of welfare, Medicaid or public education. These certainly help poorer people at the expense of the wealthier who pay most of our taxes.
It was called "socialism" when Obama advocated the same thing most Republicans believe in. Why? Because he advocated a bit more wealth be redistributed? That's not a principled argument. By the way, in 2000, complaining about the Bush tax cuts, McCain said...
Continues here....
http://www.999ideas.com/redistribution-of-wealth.html
The
Parting Thought – Not to worry in the land of the free!
US Media a monument to Poor Taste…
I’ve long contended that I believe the end game of those
Corporatists that run our world is a feudalistic state of affairs where they
represent the “Nobility” of the Middle Ages. This theory of mine originally
came about when I began to think about the mystifying rise of celebrities as
cultural icons. The Kardashians, whatever it is that they do, certainly are
among the most famous of today’s celebrities.
Many of these celebrities are notable not for their
talent, but for their ability to manipulate public relations and the media. The
Kardashians were not the first intimation that came to me about what I see is a
trend to use subtle propaganda techniques to pave the way for full blown
Medieval Feudalism. One of the first indications that came to mind was the TV
program “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.” The show’s host was Englishman
Robin Leach. With his upper crust sounding English voice, actually a worked
over Cockney dialect, he would breathlessly show the viewers sumptuous estates
and introduce them to the wealthy celebrity wannabe’s who owned this monuments
to poor taste.
The recent birth of the Royal baby in England and the
round the clock coverage by CNN illustrates my point. Our news shows give us
more “news” on the box office from this week’s movies, than it does about
deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq. The “Cult of Celebrity” in my opinion is
propaganda to pave the way for a feudal system where we the citizens spend our
time thinking about the doings of our “betters”, rather than our responsibilities
as citizens. When there is this absorption about the wealthy class and their
lives, the fact that many escape their duplicitous deeds by being so wealthy,
becomes and accepted reality. There is much evidence and little doubt that the
recession of 2008 was brought about by illegal activity on the part of the
financial community. Yet almost all of that community has escaped real criminal
punishment for their deeds and when light prison sentences have been imposed,
they spend their time is minimum security federal prison camps, with many of
the comforts of home.
We and many of the industrialized nations are supposed to
be Republics, not Monarchies and to my mind we are fast elevating our
“entrepreneurial and entertainment” class into our new nobility. The reality is
that there is little any of us can do about this except to try to expose it and
hope people wake up. I think though that having won the “celebrity war” there
is coming an expansion by our “elite” into making ones status in society’s
hierarchy, into ones’ privilege under the law and I’ll explain further the
signs of this that I see occurring right now. Read more of this post
A Decline in Reading, Obsession w/ Cell Phones, Games
& Video…
Ignorance in America is growing, it must be contagious. It is fueling a citizenry who cannot read or
think for themselves. Little wonder why
America seems to be singing its swan song…Curtis White
Despite spending more on public education than any other nation, America’s education system, once among the world’s best, has fallen on hard times. The latest evidence of this can be found in the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), an exam given every few years by the federal Department of Education to fourth, eighth, and 12th graders.
The latest results of this test show that only one third of American students exhibited proficiency in science and technology. Only three percent of students are classified as “advanced.” According to the Wall Street Journal, “[t]hirty-four percent of fourth-graders scored at or above proficient. Describing the life cycle of an organism is an example of a skill demonstrated by fourth graders at the proficient level. Thirty percent of eighth graders met the mark, by demonstrating, for example, that they could recognize plants produce their own food.” As students progress in age, it seems their knowledge declines, as only 21 percent of 12th grade students met the criteria sufficient to be considered proficient.
Out of 55 countries in an
Urban Institute study of countries that succeed in improving academic
achievement of low-income children, the U.S. ranked 36th, according to the
Education Trust, a nonprofit that focuses on closing the gap.
Most studies indicate a rise in single parent families a
major contributor to the decline in education, behavioral issues among youth…
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