Republican Congressman Attacks Sasha And Malia Obama

Rep. Steve King (R-IA)

This week, Breitbart News broke a long-standing security protocol and published a story detailing the precise location where President Obama’s daughters are vacationing this week. On Wednesday, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) used the report to attack the First Daughters for taking a vacation.

King’s comments came during an appearance on Mickelson in the Morning, an Iowa-based radio show. A caller, Carla, brought up sequestration and proceeded to criticize the Michelle Obama and her daughters for taking a vacation in the Bahamas. King agreed — “Carla, you’re on point and on the mark all the way through” — before criticizing them for also taking a vacation last year in Mexico. “That was at our expense, too,” King bemoaned.

CALLER: When I see the First Lady and the beautiful girls going off to the Bahamas waving goodbye to us, it’s really hard to stomach. When we’re tightening our belts, either all of us should do it or none of us should do it. This, I am pretty tolerant, I always have been, I usually shut my mouth. This is not acceptable.

KING: Carla, you’re on point and on the mark all the way through. […] You’re right on the president. He needs to show some austerity himself. Instead he wanted to tell America how bad it was going to be. […] We’ve got the president doing these things. He sent the daughters to spring break in Mexico a year ago. That was at our expense, too. And now to the Bahamas at one of the most expensive places there. That is the wrong image to be coming out of the White House.

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This notion that the Obamas are living a life of excess is beginning to take hold among conservative members of Congress. At the CPAC conference earlier this month, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) smeared Obama for enjoying “the perks and the excess of the $1.4 billion presidency,” a charge that “fail[s] on the facts in simple fairness,” according to CNN.

King is strongly considering running for Iowa’s open Senate seat in 2014. His potential candidacy is already causing consternation among establishment Republicans who worry that he will be a Todd Akin-redux, appealing only to far-right conservatives and turning off everyone else.

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(Difference between revisions)'''VivaYehshua''' is a moderator on [[Shockofgod]]'s chat room. He has completed post high school studies in [[biology]]. He prefers oral debates over written [[creation]] vs. [[evolution]] debates due to time constraints due to him being in a work/university biology student situation.http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/04/add-20-years-of-potential-severe.html  '''VivaYehshua''' is a moderator on [[Shockofgod]]'s chat room. He has completed post high school studies in [[biology]]. He prefers oral debates over written [[creation]] vs. [[evolution]] debates due to time constraints due to him being in a work/university biology student situation.http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/04/add-20-years-of-potential-severe.html  According to a [[Question evolution! campaign blog]], the evolutionist Fergus Mason never showed up for his debate with VivaYehshua.http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/04/add-20-years-of-potential-severe.html A debate offer still stands which requests Mr. Mason debate with a fellow evolutionists against VivaYehshua and the popular Christian YouTube video maker [[Shockofgod]], but Mr. Mason has not yet accepted the debate offer and debated VivaYehshua and Shockofgod with a fellow evolutionist. http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/04/add-20-years-of-potential-severe.html Often evolutionists will refuse to debate or back out of debates when a large potential audience may see the debate.  In addition, Darwinists will make various excuses for ducking debates (see: [[Evolution syndrome]] and [[Instances of Richard Dawkins ducking debates]] and [[Atheism and cowardice]]).  According to a [[Question evolution! campaign blog]], the evolutionist Fergus Mason never showed up for his debate with VivaYehshua.http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/04/add-20-years-of-potential-severe.html A debate offer still stands which requests Mr. Mason debate with a fellow evolutionists against VivaYehshua and the popular Christian YouTube video maker [[Shockofgod]], but Mr. Mason has not yet accepted the debate offer and debated VivaYehshua and Shockofgod with a fellow evolutionist. http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/04/add-20-years-of-potential-severe.html On June 3, 2013, VivaYehshua said he was pleased that evolutionist were afraid to debate him via a debate offer that has repeatedly been given to evolutionists.[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/06/evolutionists-failed-to-overturn.html Evolutionists afraid to debate VivaYehshua via a debate offer given them]Often evolutionists will refuse to debate or back out of debates when a large potential audience may see the debate.  In addition, Darwinists will make various excuses for ducking debates (see: [[Evolution syndrome]] and [[Instances of Richard Dawkins ducking debates]] and [[Atheism and cowardice]]).  

VivaYehshua is a moderator on Shockofgod's chat room. He has completed post high school studies in biology. He prefers oral debates over written creation vs. evolution debates due to time constraints due to him being in a work/university biology student situation.[1]

According to a Question evolution! campaign blog, the evolutionist Fergus Mason never showed up for his debate with VivaYehshua.[2] A debate offer still stands which requests Mr. Mason debate with a fellow evolutionists against VivaYehshua and the popular Christian YouTube video maker Shockofgod, but Mr. Mason has not yet accepted the debate offer and debated VivaYehshua and Shockofgod with a fellow evolutionist. [3] On June 3, 2013, VivaYehshua said he was pleased that evolutionist were afraid to debate him via a debate offer that has repeatedly been given to evolutionists.[4]

Often evolutionists will refuse to debate or back out of debates when a large potential audience may see the debate. In addition, Darwinists will make various excuses for ducking debates (see: Evolution syndrome and Instances of Richard Dawkins ducking debates and Atheism and cowardice).

3 humorous creation vs. evolution events - Fergus Mason's backing out of his agreed upon debate with VivaYehshua

? http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/04/add-20-years-of-potential-severe.html? http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/04/add-20-years-of-potential-severe.html? http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/04/add-20-years-of-potential-severe.html? Evolutionists afraid to debate VivaYehshua via a debate offer given them

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UPDATE 1-U.S. FDA approves Biogen's MS drug, Tecfidera

* Tecfidera expected to become dominant oral MS treatment

* Sales of Tecfidera expected to top $3 billion by 2017

* Tecfidera expected to be launched within days

March 27 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators have approved a new multiple sclerosis drug made by Biogen Idec Inc that is widely expected to become the No. 1 oral treatment for the disease, with annual sales of more than $3 billion.

The drug, Tecfidera, activates a chemical pathway in the body known as Nrf2 which helps protect nerve cells from damage and inflammation. It is expected to be launched within days.

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic condition which attacks the central nervous system and can lead to numbness, weakness, paralysis and blindness. It affects more than 2.1 million people worldwide, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday that the drug may decrease a patient's white blood cell. White blood cells help protect the body from infection, and while no significant increase in infections was seen during clinical trials of the drug, the agency recommended patients have their white blood cell count assessed before treatment and once a year after that.

Biogen already sells the MS drugs Avonex and Tysabri, which together account for about 30 percent of the market. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd's drug Copaxone is the current market leader, with a roughly 29 percent share and annual sales last year of more than $4 billion.

Unlike Copaxone, Avonex and Tysabri, which are injected or infused, Tecfidera comes in the more convenient form of a pill. As such, it will compete with Novartis AG's MS pill Gilenya, which, though first to market, has been dogged by heart safety concerns. Gilenya holds an 8.5 percent share of the market and generated worldwide sales of $1.2 billion last year.

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But some experts say the Affordable Care Act’s exceptions for temporary employees could undercut the goal of expanding coverage to more American workers.

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“That could lead to an increase in part-time workers” who lack insurance, said Susan N. Houseman, an economist at the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research who studies staffing companies. “You regulate something and people will always try to find a way around the regulation.”

Starting in January, employers with at least 50 workers must offer affordable coverage or pay a penalty. To stay under this limit, some are considering outsourcing jobs to specialists such as Kelly Services, Manpower, Robert Half and Randstad, whose stock prices have soared.

“We are already getting inquiries from our client base for companies in and around 50 [employees], asking us to help them understand this legislation, and to inquire as to how we might be helpful,” M. Keith Waddell, Robert Half’s president, told investors on a conference call a few weeks ago. “Our response is that we can legally help them remain under 50.”

The health law is also prompting larger organizations to use temp agencies. By requiring employer coverage only for those who put in at least 30 hours a week, the act appears to create an incentive for companies to do less with permanent workers and more with part-timers, which are the main focus of staffing agencies.

Manpower is talking to clients about “a more flexible labor model,” where workers “might be working 29 hours a week,” company chief executive Jeffrey A. Joerres told investors in January, adding, “We definitely look at it as a positive.”

School administrators in Dothan, Ala., decided to hire substitute teachers through Kelly Services to avoid possible health-cost obligations if they were to employ them directly.

Dothan subs don’t get medical coverage now, and the district pays about $700 per month for the full-time teachers who do. “You multiply that times 300 [substitutes] and you’ve got a big expense,” said Dell Goodwin, personnel director for Dothan City Schools.

Little-known, complex rules developed by the Internal Revenue Service could also allow some full-time jobs placed through temp agencies to come without health benefits.

Manpower, Robert Half and other staffing specialists are giant companies, with far more than 50 employees. So they are subject to the same health act requirements as other companies to offer coverage to full-timers.

But in regulations issued last year, the IRS left an opening for employers of “variable-hour” labor such as temp agencies. If it’s not clear upon hiring that an employee will consistently work more than 30 hours weekly, companies get up to 12 months to determine whether the person is full time and qualifies for health benefits — even if the employee does end up working full time. Few temps last 12 months.

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