Philadelphia Speaks Forum - Neighborhoods, Sports, Restaurants and more - National http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/ Talking presidential politics? Things happening in Washington impact us here, talk about it! en Mon, 20 May 2013 01:28:38 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/images/styles/DeFraction/misc/rss.png Philadelphia Speaks Forum - Neighborhoods, Sports, Restaurants and more - National http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/ <![CDATA[Serial Killer... why isn't this in the news?]]> http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36722-serial-killer-why-isnt-news.html Fri, 17 May 2013 18:58:00 GMT by Helen Pow
via Daily Mail (London UK)

Second 'house of horrors' abortion clinic where doctor 'twisted heads off fetus' necks with his bare hands' is investigated in TexasHouston doctor Douglas Karpen is accused by four former employees of delivering live babies during third-trimester abortions and killing them
Witnesses said he would either snip their spinal cords, stab a surgical instrument into their heads or twist their heads off with his hands
Texas Department of State Health Services is using in its investigating of the doctor
Accusations come days after Dr Kermit Gosnells was found guilty of murdering newborns at his Philadelphia abortion clinic


Read more: Douglas Karpen: Second 'house of horrors' abortion clinic is investigated in Texas | Mail Online ]]> National Viburnum http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36722-serial-killer-why-isnt-news.html Random thoughts and John Quincy Adams, my new column http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36703-random-thoughts-john-quincy-adams-my-new-column.html Thu, 16 May 2013 15:01:31 GMT COLUMN: Random thoughts and John Quincy Adams - CacheValleyDaily.com : Opinion... COLUMN: Random thoughts and John Quincy Adams - CacheValleyDaily.com : Opinion


Those who once attended Salsamania might be shocked to see I am no longer on my Rutherford B. Hayes kick. ]]> National ChiefSalsa http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36703-random-thoughts-john-quincy-adams-my-new-column.html The IRS Raids 60 Million Personal Medical Records http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36693-irs-raids-60-million-personal-medical-records.html Wed, 15 May 2013 16:55:21 GMT *By Scott Gotleib via Forbes:* The Internal Revenue Service is facing a class action lawsuit alleging that more than 60 million personal medical... By Scott Gotleib via Forbes:

The Internal Revenue Service is facing a class action lawsuit alleging that more than 60 million personal medical records were improperly accessed, and stolen, by agents from the embattled agency. It’s just one more reason, as I wrote yesterday, to re-think the agency’s role under Obamacare.

Inevitably, Obamacare confers the IRS with broad access to information about our health insurance, as well as direct electronic linkages into a new government super computer that will also store a lot of bottom line information about our individual healthcare choices.

It’s a recipe for mischief by an agency that’s proving that it can’t be fully trusted.

The IRS Raids 60 Million Personal Medical Records - Forbes

IRS faces class action lawsuit over theft of 60 million medical records | Healthcare IT News ]]> National Viburnum http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36693-irs-raids-60-million-personal-medical-records.html Oh Dey Commin .... http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36692-oh-dey-commin.html Wed, 15 May 2013 16:23:36 GMT CLAIM: OBAMA CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR ATTACKED ROMNEY WITH LEAKED DOCS... IRS approved liberal groups while Tea Party in limbo... GOP Rep: Impeachment Not... CLAIM: OBAMA CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR ATTACKED ROMNEY WITH LEAKED DOCS...
IRS approved liberal groups while Tea Party in limbo...
GOP Rep: Impeachment Not 'Off The Table'...
Prominent Catholic Prof. Claims IRS Audited Her After Speaking Out Against Obama...
Demanded to Know Who Was Paying Her...

IRS ASKED FOR FACEBOOK POSTS, READING LISTS, PRIVATE THOUGHTS

THE BUCK STOPS -- WHERE?

'PRESIDENT PASSERBY': Deflects blame, claims ignorance...

FLASHBACK: 'I Bear Responsibility for Everything -- To Some Degree'...

Axelrod on Benghazi: 'This Story Is BS'...

POLITICO: OBAMA LOSES DC...

Dem Leader Struggles to Keep Track of Scandals...

HILL: Obama needs a DRUDGE...

Sun unleashes massive solar flares...

W.H. Blames Treasury Dept for IRS Scandal...

CARNEY: Just because IRS apologized doesn't mean it did anything wrong...

POLL: Most Want IRS Officials Fired or Jailed...

Boehner: 'Who's going to jail over this scandal?'

REPORT: Agency demanded list of students trained by conservative group...

FRANKLIN GRAHAM: WE WERE TARGETED...

Rev. Billy Graham Endorsed Romney...

'Special unit' went after pro-Israel Jewish groups...

Official speedily approved exemption for Obama's brother's 'charity'...

Agency won't say if it will comply with congressional demand... ]]> National BReynoldsIsBald http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36692-oh-dey-commin.html Daily Show comments on the IRS targeting conservatives issue. http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36689-daily-show-comments-irs-targeting-conservatives-issue.html Wed, 15 May 2013 14:19:23 GMT Watch The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Barack Trek: Into Darkness online | Free | Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/watch/489732#i1,p6,d1) Watch The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Barack Trek: Into Darkness online | Free | Hulu ]]> National raider.adam http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36689-daily-show-comments-irs-targeting-conservatives-issue.html <![CDATA[0.08 --> too high. Is it time to go to 0.05?]]> http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36678-0-08-too-high-time-go-0-05-a.html Tue, 14 May 2013 17:41:25 GMT U.S. safety board proposes tougher drunk-driving threshold - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/14/us/ntsb-blood-alcohol/index.html) U.S. safety board proposes tougher drunk-driving threshold - CNN.com ]]> National toxigal http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36678-0-08-too-high-time-go-0-05-a.html <![CDATA[" It could be some sort of flesh eating virus."]]> http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36676-could-some-sort-flesh-eating-virus.html Tue, 14 May 2013 16:34:43 GMT Bachmann threatens to leave Minnesota over marriage equality... Bachmann threatens to leave Minnesota over marriage equality ]]> National quaker http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36676-could-some-sort-flesh-eating-virus.html <![CDATA[DOJ Secretly Obtains Months Of AP Phone Records; AP Condemns 'Unprecedented Intrusion']]> http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36663-doj-secretly-obtains-months-ap-phone-records-ap-condemns-unprecedented-intrusion.html Tue, 14 May 2013 00:31:26 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what... WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news.

The records obtained by the Justice Department listed outgoing calls for the work and personal phone numbers of individual reporters, for general AP office numbers in New York, Washington and Hartford, Conn., and for the main number for the AP in the House of Representatives press gallery, according to attorneys for the AP. It was not clear if the records also included incoming calls or the duration of the calls.

In all, the government seized the records for more than 20 separate telephone lines assigned to AP and its journalists in April and May of 2012. The exact number of journalists who used the phone lines during that period is unknown, but more than 100 journalists work in the offices where phone records were targeted, on a wide array of stories about government and other matters.

In a letter of protest sent to Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday, AP President and Chief Executive Officer Gary Pruitt said the government sought and obtained information far beyond anything that could be justified by any specific investigation. He demanded the return of the phone records and destruction of all copies.

Full story: DOJ Secretly Obtains Months Of AP Phone Records; AP Condemns 'Unprecedented Intrusion' ]]> National Viburnum http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36663-doj-secretly-obtains-months-ap-phone-records-ap-condemns-unprecedented-intrusion.html GOP probes Sebelius fundraising push http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36662-gop-probes-sebelius-fundraising-push.html Tue, 14 May 2013 00:26:08 GMT House Republicans sought detailed information Monday about Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius's effort to raise money for a group promoting President Obama's healthcare law.

GOP leaders on House committees wrote to Sebelius on Monday asking for a breakdown of the groups she contacted and a list of any other HHS officials involved in the fundraising push.

The Washington Post first reported Friday that Sebelius has asked healthcare executives and community groups to donate to Enroll America, a non-profit group formed to promote the Affordable Care Act and encourage people to enroll in new coverage options.

HHS has defended the fundraising effort, saying it is clearly authorized by federal healthcare law and consistent with the department's mission of promoting wider access to healthcare.


Read more: GOP probes Sebelius fundraising push - The Hill's Healthwatch
Follow us: @thehill on Twitter | TheHill on Facebook ]]> National Viburnum http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36662-gop-probes-sebelius-fundraising-push.html Internal Revenue Service http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36655-internal-revenue-service.html Mon, 13 May 2013 16:24:27 GMT Just wait until they get even more authority and more power in 2014. Just wait until they get even more authority and more power in 2014. ]]> National BReynoldsIsBald http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36655-internal-revenue-service.html The Age of Sardonicism, my new column http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36621-age-sardonicism-my-new-column.html Fri, 10 May 2013 15:16:23 GMT COLUMN: The Age of Sardonicism - CacheValleyDaily.com : Columnists... COLUMN: The Age of Sardonicism - CacheValleyDaily.com : Columnists


There is a great irony posting this column here.

I use the Jeff Lurie marriage as an example, but do not mention him by name. ]]> National ChiefSalsa http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36621-age-sardonicism-my-new-column.html House Repubs want change overtime law http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36608-house-repubs-want-change-overtime-law.html Thu, 09 May 2013 13:19:21 GMT House approves bill to change overtime pay law... House approves bill to change overtime pay law

Quote:
SAM HANANEL , THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
POSTED: Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 7:22 PM
WASHINGTON - The Republican-led House on Wednesday approved a measure that would give private sector workers the option of trading overtime pay for extra time off weeks or months later.

[snip]
]]> National Jayfar http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36608-house-repubs-want-change-overtime-law.html Three missing Ohio women found... http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36581-three-missing-ohio-women-found.html Tue, 07 May 2013 15:15:46 GMT ...and this dude gives great interview! Three missing Ohio women found a decade later, police ID suspects... ...and this dude gives great interview!

Three missing Ohio women found a decade later, police ID suspects

Charles Ramsey Interview, Cleveland Man That Found Amanda Berry - YouTube ]]> National quaker http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36581-three-missing-ohio-women-found.html Echols of West Memphis Three settling in Salem, Mass. http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36575-echols-west-memphis-three-settling-salem-mass.html Tue, 07 May 2013 13:37:31 GMT Freed death-row inmate looks for a new beginning in Mass. town... Freed death-row inmate looks for a new beginning in Mass. town

I've always been fascinated by this story and have watched all three parts of the documentary several times. ]]> National quaker http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36575-echols-west-memphis-three-settling-salem-mass.html FBI stops home grown terror plot. http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36566-fbi-stops-home-grown-terror-plot.html Mon, 06 May 2013 22:51:05 GMT Buford Rogers, hmmm doesn't sound like your typical Islamic terrorist. :eekfacepalm:\


Officials: Minnesota man arrested on suspicion of plotting terror attack - U.S. News ]]> National Dotec1 http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/forum/national/36566-fbi-stops-home-grown-terror-plot.html