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Americans will be counting to determine whether health care costs change for them under the new law. | B.K. Bangash/APWASHINGTON — The cost of health coverage under Obamacare remains one the biggest mysteries of the nation’s health care overhaul.
But nagging cost questions will slowly be answered this summer as insurers and state officials set 2014 health plan rates for people who buy coverage outside of work or purchase it through small employers.
Those two coverage areas – the individual and small group markets – face the biggest rule and cost changes next year, when the main provisions of the Affordable Care Act finally kick in.
Early rate proposals around the country are a mix of steep hikes and modest increases. The numbers will change in coming months as state and federal regulators use their new authority under the health care law to review rate-hike requests of 10 percent or more and insurers vary their rate proposals based on competitors’ prices.
The new rates and rules for individual and small group coverage won’t directly affect roughly 84 percent of Americans with job-based health insurance – about 125 million people. But the changes will resonate throughout the health insurance universe and will go a long way toward shaping, and possibly changing, public opinion about Obamacare.
“This is a very, very big deal,” said Doug Holtz-Eakin, the president of the American Action Forum, a conservative research center. “The implications are enormous for the future of American health insurance, and its importance is not best measured by the fraction of people currently covered in the small group or individual markets.”
About 24.5 million people have small-group coverage through companies with 50 or fewer employees, according to federal estimates.
Just 15.4 million people purchase individual coverage, according to the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit health care research center. But that number will increase substantially next year, when premium tax credits become available to help people buy individual coverage through the new online insurance “exchanges” in October.
The individual, or "non-group," market is the most troubled sector. It’s known for high customer dissatisfaction and turnover, high coverage denial rates, lean benefits and premiums that are subject to frequent increases.
The health care law will engineer a complete makeover of individual coverage next year through a series of revisions that are designed to make newly issued policies more generous, accessible, affordable and transparent.
The new rules guarantee access to individual coverage regardless of current or past health problems, require each plan to cover at least 60 percent of costs and limit annual out-of-pocket costs such as co-payments and deductibles.
They also require beefed-up mandatory benefits, limit the amount that older plan members may be charged, outlaw annual benefit-spending limits and no longer allow insurers to vary rates based on a person’s gender, occupation or medical claims history.
Small group plans face the same changes, but they’re more likely to already meet some of the law’s new requirements, such as guaranteed access to coverage. So rate changes in small group plans won’t be as significant as those in the individual market, experts say.
The health law’s “individual mandate” requires all Americans to have health insurance beginning next year or face a fine. The law will bring insurers 25 million new customers over the next decade, according to federal estimates.
The law also requires that all individual and small-group health plans in 2014 cover 10 “essential health benefits,” including substance abuse services, pediatric dental and vision care, mental health treatment and other services often excluded from current policies.
Individual and small group policies that were in effect before the measure was signed into law in March 2010 – known as "grandfathered plans" – aren’t required to meet some of the new rules and consumer protections. Consumers in those plans who want the new protections will have to reinsure under new policies next year.
Premiums: Higher for some, lower for others
Experts say those improved benefits and the guaranteed availability of coverage will increase average premiums for healthy people in the individual market next year.
Those in poor health with the same coverage, however, very likely will see lower rates, on average, as their once-higher premium burden is redistributed among all enrollees. The law prohibits insurers from segregating higher- and lower-cost members into separate risk pools.
A provision that prohibits women from being charged more than men solely because of their sex will shift costs between men and women to eliminate gender variances in states that currently allow it.
New age-rating restrictions that limit older plan members from being charged more than three times as much as younger ones probably will increase individual and small-group premiums for young people and lower them for older people.
With or without the health care overhaul, most experts expect private health insurance premiums to increase next year because of the rising costs. Whether the new law exacerbates or moderates those increases depends on who’s answering the question, what states they’re talking about and which plan members would be affected.
“There are winners and losers in this,” said James O’Connor, a principal at Milliman, an actuarial consulting firm that deals with health care and insurance.
But in New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont and, to a lesser extent, Maine, Washington and Oregon, those same individual-plan premiums might see little or no change and may even decline, O’Connor said. Coverage requirements and consumer protections in those states are already similar to what the new law requires.
Keep in mind that while the improvements in coverage will increase premiums for some, they also may lower out-of-pocket spending for deductibles, coinsurance and co-payments. Increased competition among insurers also will help keep premiums in check.
Rate shock
The prospect of higher premiums has fueled concerns about “rate shock,” in which large numbers of young people – who most likely face the largest premium increases – forgo individual coverage altogether and just pay the fine for violating the individual mandate. If that happens, rates would climb for everyone, experts say.
But tax credits available to individuals and families who earn 133 percent to 400 percent of the federal poverty level will help offset the higher premiums for individual coverage. In 2013, the tax credits would go to individuals who earn roughly $15,300 to $46,000 or to four-person families that earn roughly $31,300 to $94,200.
About two-thirds of people age 30 and under who have no coverage or are enrolled in individual coverage and who won’t qualify for Medicaid – the people most likely to face rate shock – would be eligible, according to estimates by Avalere Health, a health care advisory firm
The tax credits are available only for those who get coverage through the new state insurance exchanges. The amount of the tax credit – which is based on income – is revealed after submitting an online application. The money is sent directly to the applicant’s insurance company to be applied to the premiums.
Young adults who don’t qualify for the tax credit but can’t afford individual coverage will have access to “catastrophic plans,” with lower premiums.
Small group coverage
Individual circumstances will determine whether premiums rise or fall next year for people with small-group or small-employer coverage.
“Groups that are made up of younger, healthy males will tend to have higher rate increases than those groups who are unhealthy or are comprised mainly of older people,” O’Connor said.
And low-cost, small-group plans will see the greatest premium increases, “while those with the greatest decreases will be the high-cost groups,” according to recent congressional testimony by Cori Uccello, a senior health fellow at the American Academy of Actuaries.
The health care law requires that deductibles for small-group plans in 2014 not exceed $2,000 for individuals and $4,000 for families.
While people with individual policies and workers with small-group coverage will experience the biggest cost changes next year, the 125 million other Americans with job-based insurance won’t escape unscathed.
The law imposes taxes on the insurance, pharmaceutical and medical device industries to help pay for expanded Medicaid coverage and premium subsidies. Because they’re nondeductible, those taxes, or a portion of them, very likely will be passed on to all consumers with work-based coverage in the form of higher insurance premiums.
Other factors that will affect premiums next year include geographic cost differences, whether large swaths of employers decide to drop coverage, and the demographics and health status of people who do drop job-based insurance for individual coverage.
The wide range of possibilities underscores the difficulty insurers face in trying to synthesize the new rules, predict their effects and price their products competitively and accurately.
Earl Pomeroy, a former North Dakota Democratic congressman and state insurance commissioner, said insurance companies were facing “the most complicated rating challenge” that he’d ever seen.
“It involves the great unknown,” Pomeroy said. “New systems, new market structures and behavior responses from the population that will be impossible to predict."
Edward J. Snowden continues to stand up against Obama by declaring today on a live newspaper blog, "Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped." [1] Why are liberals like Obama so opposed to the public learning the truth?
Jane M. Orient, M.D., Executive Director of Association of American Physicians and Surgeons discusses the Internal Revenue Service administering ObamaCare. [2]
Is the reason why atheists are more likely to commit suicide is that so many of them have bad relationships with their earthly father and their heavenly father?[3] See: Paul Vitz and Atheism and suicide
If Barack Hussein Obama likes Father's Day so much, then why is the Obama Administration striving so hard to have lesbians get "married".[4]
"Britain's biggest climate problem is with cold winters that lead to thousands of excess deaths." [5] Yet liberal denial continues about the hoax of a global warming crisis.
The world's biggest population of atheists run by secular leftists may implode under crushing debt in about 6 months. Hard landing may be in store for China's economy. [6][7]
Expect the explosive growth of Christianity in China to continue. Biblical Christianity thrives under economic adversity.[8]
‘Natural’ or ‘unnatural’ human behaviour? Many evolutionists consider much of today’s human behaviour ‘unnatural’ — except when it comes to homosexual ‘marriage’.[9]
Now the Obama Administration pretends they do not know where Edward J. Snowden is, perhaps to avoid criticism if Obama tried to extradite him now. [10]
Today, a Question evolution! campaign blog went over 450,000 page views. Also, 20-30 young people will be reading the newest draft of the Question evolution! campaign book for middle school students.[11]
Dr. Joseph James Kennedy: Deceit: the Modus Operandi of Evolution.[12]
Vetoed! Conservative Texas Governor Rick Perry vetoes more than two dozen bills passed by RINOs. [13] Will Perry run for the presidency next?
The President of Equatorial Guinea has warned African leaders not to tolerate, accept or allow the issue of homosexuality to get roots in their countries. Also, 7 reasons why homosexuals have lower moral standards.[14]
News from the Left Coast: "'Less liberal' is the new conservative," as Dems find it necessary to restrain reckless spending by other Dems. [15]
In New Jersey, candidate Steve Lonegan wages an ugly fight before an Administrative Law Judge against a prospective primary opponent. [16][17] A grassroots activist today begs him to knock it off. [18]
Happy Flag Day: "A yearly contemplation of our flag strengthens and purifies the national conscience." — President Calvin Coolidge
God gives victory when His people fight, especially in His Name. [19]
Liberal policies have destroyed Detroit, and now the city defaults on its debt. [20] It may pay only pennies on the dollar to its creditors.
New Jersey grassroots activists have reason to cheer: two genuine conservatives in a Republican special primary for the United States Senate. [21]
Atheism will fold like an accordion in the 4th largest atheist population in the world.[22]
Russians overwhelmingly reject liberal values on homosexuality. Lawmakers pass anti-homosexuality bill in a 435-0 vote. Weak gay activists are easily overpowered by police.[23]
Liberal denial continues: Joe Biden denies that George W. Bush defeated Al Gore for president in 2000, and the liberal media praises Biden for his denial! [24]
Southern Baptist Convention blasts Boy Scouts over stance on homosexuality, votes to encourage defectors. [25]
America's first atheist monument to stand outside Florida courthouse.[26]
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) deputy director Michael Morell has "decided to spend more time with his family" and resign post terror attack in Benghazi.[27]
Why moderates leave an acrid taste in a conservative's mouth. [28]
The modern civil rights movement consists of "demoralizers of the faith" – a far cry from Martin Luther King's day. [29]
The Mainstream Media always ignore this key fact about any mass murder story they cover: it happens in a gun-free zone. [30]
Pope Francis plans to purge the Vatican of the "gay lobby," and speaks candidly about the problem. [31] Why aren't Republican Party leaders as candid?
James Clapper, head of the NSA and now under-fire, said in March that he had no knowledge of the massive phone and email collecting by his agency. [32]
The socialist "paradise" of Venezuela is now on the brink of hyperinflation. [33]
Love Obamacare now? If you live in Ohio, your health insurance premiums went up 88% percent. [34]
NSA officials overheard on how to cause Edward Snowden to be "disappeared". [35]
From the IRS "Keep your religious beliefs to yourself." [36] "You cannot, you know, use your religious belief to tell other people you don’t have a belief, so I don’t believe you need the right to do this, start confrontation, protesting, uh, prot, uh, protest...you don’t apply for tax exemption."
The bright Patriots head coach treats the liberal media with disdain in dismissing their inane hostility to Tim Tebow, on his first day of practice. [37]
Is Edward J. Snowden, who revealed the breathtaking extent of how our government monitors us, a hero, or a traitor? Judge for yourself. [38]
The world's biggest mental health research institute is abandoning the new version of psychiatry's "Bible" (DSM-5).[39]
Great Conservative Sports Star Tim Tebow is reportedly joining the New England Patriots, from where he will be able to crush twice-a-year the liberal New York team that cut him. [40] God does indeed have a sense of humor.
Why is big government a Goliath and why should you fear it? Start with watching a girl with cystic fibrosis nearly die from some arcane rule, while the government waives said rule for a big campaign donor. Then remember a little bit of history. [41]
Homeschooling surge underway: Education at home is growing seven times faster than K-12 enrollment. The homeschool option makes perfect sense, "significantly higher ACT-Composite scores as high schoolers and higher grade point averages as college students." [42]
Michael Reagan: Reform the U.S. tax code. [43]
The joke sport of "rhythmic gymnastics" is part of the 2020 Olympic Games roster.[44]
Britain has a debt-to-revenue ratio of 212%. Britain's external debt to GDP ratio was 390% in 2011.[45]
How long will you keep Charles Darwin on your currency Britain? How long will you run inefficient Darwinism indoctrinating public schools? Behold! Creationism will grow mightily in your land!
Multi-ethnic, Bible-believing church is adding 40-50 new members a year via the internet. Also, will a "God-ordained meeting" prove to yield more fruit than boring atheist meetings led by boring, white, atheist males? [46]
Conservative Rand Paul may challenge the privacy-invading conduct of the Obama Administration in court. [47] Even a few Dems express their opposition to the Big Brother program.
Promoters of marijuana are quiet about the arrest Saturday of a crane operator charged with causing the deaths of 6 people while under the alleged influence of the drug. [48] Authorities still conceal how much pot was in the system of "College Weed Dealer" Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. [49]
Trust the government? How can we in light of the recent scandals? [50]
Leftist vie for the Dem nomination for the special U.S. Senate election in New Jersey, with Rush Holt and media-promoted Cory Booker jumping into the race. [51]
Tag team of scientists show why the eye is still a thorn in the side of Darwinists.[52]
Protecting Christians in populist Muslim countries.[53]
Who is the enemy of the people? Barack Hussein Obama? Or institutions that enable him? [54]
Psychiatry and Darwinism: Pseudosciences in crisis.[55][56]
Primal scream therapy? A liberal evolutionist must have come up with that one!
Marijuana apparently killed again: six deaths in a building collapse have been traced back to a demolition equipment operator who, accordingly to toxicology reports, was allegedly high on pot. [57]
A Great Conservative Sports Star, the center who led the Ravens offense to the Super Bowl victory, declined to attend the White House celebration because Obama is so pro-abortion. [58] Obama-supported "Planned Parenthood performs about 330,000 abortions a year," Matt Birk observed.
"Reading by Bumps: How to navigate the Hebrew Braille Bible, and not go to prison" by Bishop Bert [59]
Obama administration mining Facebook data to predict crimes.[60]
New York City Mayor candidate Anthony Weiner and the New York Times are tying to rehabilitate his sleazy image, but Michelle Malkin has doubts that it will work.[61]
Barack Hussein Obama flip-flops on the Patriot Act.[62]
Why do liberals, RINOs and Darwinist posers like to flip-flop so often?[63][64] Lack of convictions?
"The administration has now lost all credibility..."
And this statement comes from the editorial board of the New York Times, a liberal newspaper. [65][66]
The NSA's domestic spying - and they are spying on Americans - violates the Fourth Amendment. [67]
A Tea Party activist denounces Chris Christie for calling a special election instead of simply appointing an interim United States Senator. (And calling a special election so fast most candidates won't have time to qualify.) [68] While we're at it: is Chris Christie really a Republican? [69]
Robert Bauer: former White House Counsel, who could be the one most responsible for the IRS targeting of the Tea Party and conservatives in general. [70]
10-year old boy fends off armed home intruders with a gun.[71]
Remember this Father's Day: The left's policies are undermining the family.[72]
The Common Core State Standards for education are unconstitutional and illegal. See here for all the laws they violate. [73]
BREAKING NEWS: Steve Lonegan will start at once to gather signatures to get on the primary ballot in the New Jersey special Senate election. [74][75]
Chris Christie called a special election to fill Frank Lautenberg's Senate seat to benefit one man only: himself. And why is he drawing big money from prominent Democratic Party financiers? [76]
The Obama administration is as transparent as a tar pit.[77] American conservatives, like the ones in Florida and Texas, like the refreshing, clear waters of government transparency.
The IRS discriminates because they are a bunch of self-serving, liberal, money grubbers.[78] Eliminate the IRS and slash U.S federal government spending.
Real austerity and not "faux austerity" will help European economies.[79] How long will the liberal heathen rage and deny the obvious?
What's really "transparent" about Barack Hussein Obama? His war on America, and American women, that's what. [80]
Conservative landslide victory Tuesday, by a remarkable 67-27% margin, for an open congressional seat in Missouri. [81]
Tyranny gets a new face today. It is not just the IRS. It is the Democratic Party Caucus of the United States House of Representatives. [82]
BREAKING NEWS: Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey will not name an interim United States Senator immediately. He will call a special election, to take place this October, to name a replacement for the late Senator Frank Lautenberg. [83]
New Jersey voters! Vote today. A Tea Party group publishes its last list of endorsements in races from sheriff to township council. [84]
The lamestream media admit that Tim Tebow is being excluded not primarily because of his quarterbacking skills. [85] Why should the public support the NFL as it discriminates against outspoken Christians?
Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) died Monday. Now Governor Chris Christie must appoint someone to replace him. Whom will that be? [86][87]
Liberal hatred of the First Amendment: [88]
Evolutionists failed to overturn Louisiana pro-creationism law - again! Also, another creationist mother is eager to have her daughter read a draft of the Question evolution! campaign book for middle school students.[89]
Forbes: Religion is an essential driver of economic growth. Evangelicalism is improving the cultures of third world countries and boosting their economies. [90]
UN Agenda 21 threatens San Francisco Bay. But two activists are preparing to sue to fight it. [91]
Liberal censorship continues, by making a big deal out of an offhand reference to "no homo" by a triumphant basketball player. [92] But there's no exception to the First Amendment allowing censorship to promote the homosexual agenda.
Anti-Darwinism has now entered into a mainstream public university. Indiana's Ball State University is now offering a course which is intelligent design friendly.[93]
Same-sex marriage is defeated in the liberal state of Illinois, despite Obama's push for it in his home state. [94] Has Obama become irrelevant?
The academic journal Sociology of Religion shows secularism losing momentum and beginning to decline in both Europe and America by 2050. Other academic research shows it may begin to happen much earlier.[95]
August 2012: A summer of triumph for biblical creation belief. Will August 2013 be a watershed month as well?[96]
Media-promoted Tiger Woods "shot his worst nine-hole score as a professional" but afterward his comments were again self-serving: "I'm sure I'm not the only one who struggled out there." [97] Actually, Woods' score is worse than 69 other players.
The number of adherents of liberal Christianity who will be spit out of Jesus's mouth will be many.[98]
The country with the world's biggest atheist population is very interested in information debunking Darwinism.[99]
The first review of the Question evolution! campaign book for middle school students is in! Rachel finds the book "very interesting". Sarah is "very interested" in reading the book.[100]
Evolutionists, learning science is exciting. The force feeding of stale, evolutionary bunkum is not.[101][102]
The IRS and the White House definitely worked together. The visitor logs show how often IRS Commissioner Shulman visited – and how rarely anyone else did with whom he would have had meetings, of not with Barack Obama. [103]
A Tea Party activist withdraws his earlier call for a temporary criminal registry, in wake of the scandals surrounding the Internal Revenue Service. This is the same agency that will police Obamacare. [104]
Eric Holder gave a private party for his friends in the Mainstream Media, and less than half of them showed up. What does that say about those who did? [105]
After cutting Tim Tebow, the New York Jets now try to stop the building of a family amusement park. [106] Why should the increasingly anti-Christian NFL receive favoritism??
Associated Press reports that Americans may lose the health plan they like under Obamacare.[107]
Student Loan money profits are being siphoned off to pay for ObamaCare.[108]
An activist advises people to elect a sheriff who remembers his Constitutional duty to those who elect him. [109]
"Memorial Day 2013: How it was. What it will be" by Bishop Bert [110]
1960s liberalism is not only financially unsustainable, but its champions are a dying breed.[111]
Understanding gold market dynamics.[112]
Evolutionary racism directed towards an accomplished footballer puts a sour note on a football game.[113] Why are so many liberals racists?
When a republic turns into a democracy, it will surely fail. [114]
Remembering a fallen police officer in Phoenix, Arizona. [115]
Media bullying alert: the lamestream media spend all day picking on undefeated conservative Michele Bachmann, who repeatedly won in a liberal district. Rather their cheap criticism, the media should be asking why they could never defeat her.
Wikipedia continues to lose influence in the world in 2013.[116] Also, interest in Project 200 plus keeps expanding.
Undefeated five-term congressman Michele Bachmann announces that she will retire from her position, and may run for higher office. [117] The liberal machine was never able to defeat her in a Dem state.
Professor attacked by liberals. His "crime"? Teaching students to think for themselves. [118]
Judge-Shopping, or, How Eric Holder Got Away With Spying On A Reporter's Emails: [119]
The liberal nanny mayor of New York City doesn't like street cafes now. [120]
The IRS scandal that the news is not covering, because it's tied in with Obamacare: [121]
Eric Holder now faces investigation for perjury before Congress. Is Barack Hussein Obama paying attention? [122]
France struggles to find a strategy to turn around their economy even though it is right under their nose.[123] The Bible, Adam Smith and Friedrich Hayek
Many things happen in life that cannot be explained by science or philosophy. Atheists and agnostics self intellectually cripple themselves and are clueless about much of reality.[124]
Example of how modern conservatism is more conservative than Republicans from yesteryear: Bob Dole, Republican nominee in 1996, admits that "Reagan couldn't have made it. Certainly, Nixon couldn't have made it .... We might've made it, but I doubt it." [125]
A United States Senator finally says it: Barack H. Obama is throwing away his moral authority to lead. But in fact he never had legal authority to lead, either. [126]
Conservapedia pauses in prayer (not a liberal "moment of silence") in honor of Memorial Day.
RichardDawkins.net keeps getting smited! Has a plague of locusts eaten Richard Dawkins' daily website visitors?[127]
How long will you refuse to humble yourself before the Lord, Richard Dawkins?
Vox Day and a supporter of the Question evolution! campaign agree: The speed at which the secular left is collapsing is happening at an unexpectedly fast rate. [128]
Google USA estimates 101,000,000 search results for the search "Evolution and just so stories".[129]
"President Obama forgets to salute," but the lamestream media downplay gaffes by liberals. [130]
A Tea Party activist urges Congress to seize the moment, now that Obama's luck seems to have run out. [131]
Another study finds that obesity may decrease brain function.[132] See also: Atheism and obesity and Lesbianism and obesity
Have liberal policies destroyed Sweden? "Stockholm rioting continues for fifth night." [133]
The inventor of the concept "Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder" admitted, before he died, that he made the whole thing up. Think about that when the school district tells you to drug your kids. [134]
Dems admit they lack the votes to pass their amnesty-for-illegal-aliens bill, where 60 votes are the minimum needed in the U.S. Senate. [135]
The cold temperatures this spring have even hurt the sale of sporting goods. [136] Yet liberal denial about the cold weather persists, in order to perpetrate a fictional global warming.
World's most popular site devoted to atheism/agnosticism sees a massive loss of global market share according to Alexa. Also, new Question evolution! campaign group leader expected to be installed in June of 2013.[137]
Obama's paternalistic, sexist reference Thursday to a heckler as a "young lady" is no problem for the liberal media, [138] but an Hispanic golfer's offhand racial quip about Tiger Woods is unforgivable.
7 creationist groups have now joined Project 200 plus. Also, 7 ways the Question evolution! campaign is strengthening itself.[139]
An IRS official takes the Fifth Amendment. Or does she? Besides botching her plea, she shows hypocrisy in claiming a freedom she does not grant to others. [140]
Liberal double standard: racist remarks by Joe Biden are no problem, but the lamestream media and Tiger Woods make a big deal about an offhand joke by an Hispanic golfer. [141] Will media bullying enable Tiger Woods to end nearly 5 years without his winning a major?
The BBC News opened a story with this nonsense: “A study of Neanderthal skulls suggests that they became extinct because they had larger eyes than our species.”[142] Why does Darwinism spawn such lame just so stories?
Thomas Sowell recommends parents having their children read the book The New Leviathan which has a number of essays which debunk various liberal sacred cows.[143]
Barack Hussein Obama's "I am an idiot" defense about his recent scandals undermines his "cult of expertise" and statist redemption fantasies that he has been peddling.[144]
Ask yourselves right now: is this still America? Representative Mike Kelly asked that of IRS Acting Commissioner Miller. We should ask it of ourselves. [145]
Contrast the regal behavior of Barack Hussein Obama with the humble behavior of George Washington. [146]
Expert says that the discovery of a 20-year long rainfall in Ireland points to the Great Flood of the Bible being historical.[147]
Why do so many faux Christians deny the Great Flood and try to turn it into a non-Great Flood?[148] Did Jesus, Peter and Moses lie?[149]
Animals are where they are today, not because they evolved there, nor yet because of continental drift, but because they went there after the Great Flood. [150]
A description of "Common Core Education," the harm it can do, and a list of New Jersey primary candidates pledged to stop it. [151]
Outspokenly Christian Kevin Durant gives $1 million to the tornado victims. Durant uaually outscores LeBron, but the liberal media do not promote outspoken Christians.
Why does Glenn Beck, who loves to chart conspiracies on his famous chalkboards, ignore a conspiracy right under his nose? [152]
28 million Americans will be caught in a "massive game of health coverage pingpong" under ObamaCare, and even the liberal media are beginning to panic about this. [153]
Classic communist tactic by the Obama Administration: it files a document in court alleging that a reporter at Fox News is a possible co-conspirator in the "crime" of informing the public. [154] In fact this goes back further – to Henry II. Are we all Thomas Becket now? [155]
Teen awarded for improved capacitor - Intel gave a $50,000 scholarship to a girl whose titanium dioxide capacitor can store almost three times as much electrical energy as previous capacitors and is intended as a battery alternative. [156]
Most mainstream media got the story wrong, claiming incorrectly that her invention can charge a cell phone battery in 30 seconds. (Charging a battery too quickly reduces its life, which is why Motorola and Samsung and the rest keep the amperage low.)Franklin Graham, one of America's most prominent evangelical Christians, says the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service included two of his ministries.[157]
Are many evangelical Christian churches primarily growing in America due to birth rates or due to evangelism?[158]
"Quiverfull" evangelical Christianity, which does not believe in contraception, is now spreading in the UK.[159] In the past 30 years, the number of Anabaptists in North America, including the Amish, has grown significantly, from 313,000 baptized members in 1978 to more than 535,000 in 2010. [160]
Unfortunately for militant atheists, secularist philosophy breeds sub-replacement levels of fertility. See: Decline of atheism
Reuters reports: "Europe is in the midst of its longest recession since it began keeping records in 1995 — even surpassing the calamity that hit the region in the financial crisis of 2008-2009."[161]
Biblical creationism is growing in Europe and its growth rate will accelerate amidst Europe's economic woes.[162]
The UK has experienced one lost economic decade, and it's about to enter a second. [163] When is the UK going to remove Charles Darwin off its currency?[164]
Turkey, a world leader in anti-evolutionism, had its Moody’s credit rating upgraded to investment-grade quality. [165][166]
What is the real IRS scandal? It's the tax code itself. [167]
A video was recently produced on the topic "Why Christianity and the Bible are true." [168]
Abortion: an indispensable right or violence against women?[169]
Bradlee Dean has this scathing commentary on Minnesota's gay "marriage" law. [170]
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Nate, are you still around? If so then this is my friend. She did an amazing thing, accommpanied by a group of other wonderful people who were (and are) also survivors. Respect and love to you and yours and be strong. Davidspencer 10:02, 8 July 2012 (EDT) Hi David - things couldn't be better. My wife is 100% and we're all back at work. Thank you for your kind words and thoughts. Let me see if I can find your email address again. I have something funny to share with you I hope you will like. Nate 10:15, 4 August 2012 (EDT)
I am SO pleased for you that you have, in the midst of my emotion over the olympics, brought a tear to my eyes. As I have said to you before, you know my views on things like this but I have nothing but love for you people and respect for your strength. I hope you enjoy work and all the many many years I hope you all have together. All my love. Davidspencer 12:31, 12 August 2012 (EDT)
Sorry, only meant it to be a 2 hour warning block not a 2 week block! Sorry couldn't fix sooner as internet has been a bit patchy due to the flooding that we have experienced in Queensland over the past few days due to ex-tropical cyclone Oswald. Dvergne 09:49, 30 January 2013 (EST)
"You don't learn do you" isn't a warning and you have no business blocking someone having a discussion with the site owner of all people. Go bully someone else. Nate 11:00, 30 January 2013 (EST)
Actually to be entirely truthful, I have my reservations about monitoring RW for the express intent of banhammering everyone who edits there and here as well. On the other hand, Markman seems steadfast in his judgement -_- brenden 13:27, 17 June 2013 (EDT)
Swordsman should not be allowed back in. It's not his editing of RW which I find problematic, it's his trashtalking of our admins at that website. He is a vandal. He is vandalizing our encyclopedia. He is a Hun, a Visigoth, a barbarian at the gate, clamoring for noble Roman blood. - Markman 13:50, 17 June 2013 (EDT) Oh my goodness. He's not a vandal. By your poor reasoning you should block me too. The admin here know how to take care of themselves. They don't need you to make up rules for them. When I get back from my fishing trip Ill find you TK's instruction to people with blocking rights to only block vandals. There were no spammers back then but theyre essentially vandalizing without any ill will. A hun! You're unintentionally funny. Life is a lot nicer when you don't get so worked up and single someone out my friend. Nate 15:41, 17 June 2013 (EDT)User talk:Brenden/Archive
if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); }I've looked into the Anon/WBC incident before for an essay on freedom of speech as it relates to Internet culture, and while both WBC and Anon showed their typical lack of civility and good manners towards each other they didn't violate the 1st Amendment in any way. I might have made a mistake in the report, though, so if you could show me where one side or the other violated 1st Amendment rights I'd be happy to concede the point. Blessings of the Almighty on you :) 16:25, 3 October 2012 (EDT)
....you'll love this guy's stream of edit comments. Hugs and kisses, MattyD 21:00, 31 October 2012 (EDT)
Why have you just unblocked this user - you better have a good reason! EJamesW 17:23, 2 November 2012 (EDT)
No need to block non-malicious morons. Just let them know that they are being ignored.Brenden 17:39, 2 November 2012 (EDT) DON'T DO IT AGAIN~! Look at the history you moron! EJamesW 17:46, 2 November 2012 (EDT)You've just made yourself look a total idiot. I can't believe I was the one who recommended for promotion. EJamesW 17:58, 2 November 2012 (EDT)
[Comments retracted by poster]Thank you, EJamesW brenden 18:00, 2 November 2012 (EDT)What does mean?
Does that mean you're trying to be sarcastic? But you can't think of anything witty or amusing to type?
Brenden, why don't you just say sorry and leave it at that? (Have you looked at the history of User:Reactionary22, you will see that I gave this guy a chance to respond and chandged his block settings.)
I suppose some Christians never can admit they're wrong...
EJamesW 18:17, 2 November 2012 (EDT)
Ease up E, Brendan has done the same on more than one occasion. Normally we frown upon adjusting others' blocks but no harm, no foul.--Jpatt 19:04, 2 November 2012 (EDT) My apologies, I failed to take a look at the history, and the tone you took kind of distracted me from looking. Sorry about that.brenden 16:54, 3 November 2012 (EDT)Editing is fully restored. Sorry I didn't notice this earlier.--Andy Schlafly 23:55, 11 November 2012 (EST)
Thanks, Mr. Schlaflybrenden 00:39, 12 November 2012 (EST)If you have a personal problem with a sysop, you take it up with Aschlafly. Karajou 11:12, 19 November 2012 (EST)
Just registered. I think an interesting experiment/test could be to add a few articles copied from wikipedia into the wiki after deleting all the spam and see if the content of those articles changes what is being written in the spam. Dvergne 23:57, 17 December 2012 (EST)
I also think we should start and anti-spam squad here to help combat the spam by collecting the IP's and the like and adding those to such sites as Stopforumspam. I also think that copying the spam IP block list from wikipedia is a good Idea as I imagine they would have to have pretty good countermeasures against spam over there. Dvergne 00:02, 18 December 2012 (EST)Thank you for your thoughtfulness. My only concern is accuracy and credibility. I think that sometimes, people can't see how a stranger will react to their writing because we all have internal writing voices which remember all of our intentions rather than what is on the page. Wschact 01:34, 6 January 2013 (EST)
Thank you for your tireless work against vandals. Your efforts are appreciated. :-) Regards, Taj 17:27, 13 January 2013 (EST)It seems the spambots are active again. I might start to port over the new spambot IP blocks from Wikipedia again, as that seamed to be quite efficient at stopping them for a while last time. Dvergne 06:29, 3 February 2013 (EST)
I think I might upgrade that to very active! Have you been getting much spam at your honeypot mate? Dvergne 19:27, 3 February 2013 (EST) It's been ok-ish. I blocked most of the ranges that were targeting my honeypot. brenden 19:50, 3 February 2013 (EST)I think it is poor form to edit talk page comments left by others. If an editor wishes to run afoul of the rules by speaking their mind, it should be their freedom to do so. If that editor happens to be immune to the rules (as with the user in this case), then I think their unfettered comments should stand as testimony to their true nature. Thanks --DonnyC 21:16, 7 February 2013 (EST)
Well, the last time that specific user left his comments, a lot of people were offended. While I agree, that generally, it is inappropriate to censor users, in certain cases, especially when personal attacks are involved, it should be fine. Furthermore, the use of such tags, causes the poster understand that such attacks are not welcome on Conservapedia.Thanks for your input anyways, though. brenden 22:04, 7 February 2013 (EST)
Try now - your account has been promoted.--Andy Schlafly 00:25, 19 February 2013 (EST)
Thanks! brenden 14:59, 19 February 2013 (EST)I still retain my suspicion, but if that contributor wants to reregister we should let him. I probably should have enabled account recreation after the block. - Markman 14:34, 1 March 2013 (EST)
Thanks Brenden. I needed that! AlanE 21:20, 6 March 2013 (EST)
NP brenden 21:30, 6 March 2013 (EST)Hi Brenden. You do not have the authority to undo admin's blocks. If you have an issue, you raise it. DouglasA 15:30, 7 March 2013 (EST)
KK got it. brenden 13:47, 12 March 2013 (EDT)Thanks. JohanZ 11:56, 9 April 2013 (EDT)
No problembrenden 13:25, 9 April 2013 (EDT)Sorry I had been playing around with my signature I have now corrected it. CameronD 13:45, 12 April 2013 (EDT)
If you really do have the ability to implement some technical means to protect this wiki from a certain user's flagrant deletion sprees, I implore you to do so. Asking him to stop won't do a thing. He literally is incapable of changing his ways. --DonnyC 22:57, 23 April 2013 (EDT)
Well I do hope that asking him to change will help him overcome his irritating habit of deleting pages, I am prepared to create a bot. Unfortunately, I have no experience with the MW api, sooo, I see a lot of googling, and asking for technical help in my foreseeable future. brenden 13:42, 24 April 2013 (EDT)I have no intention of leaving, but between C's actions and Aschlafly choosing to ignore the problem(as well as any message I write to him now), it's hard to stay motivated to keep trying to make the site better. I'll stick around for now and continue to fight for this site, but I have this sinking feeling that it is only a matter of time before I'm perma-banned. Thanks for the support though, hopefully those of us who actually care will be able to prevail in the end. Fnarrow 14:24, 25 April 2013 (EDT)
On a related note... am I the only one who sees the hypocrisy in C's repeated use of the 90/10 rule as a reason for banning (including the block of FWilliamM a mere 40 minutes after your unbanning him) when 38% of his own last 500 edits were to talk pages? Fnarrow 00:28, 27 April 2013 (EDT) I do try to unblock the users unfairly blocked by that admin. brenden 01:17, 27 April 2013 (EDT) I know you do and my earlier comment wasn't aimed at you. I was just frustrated with his antics last night and needed to express that to someone. Thank you for doing what you can. Fnarrow 08:32, 27 April 2013 (EDT)That is enough from both of you. Brendan, you have no business or authority unblocking users because of a pet peeve against Conservative, especially when I look into the matter and discover they are proven trolls previously blocked for hostility. User Fnarrow, your whining about being bullied is now over and done with. You chose to come into the site, and you chose to put yourself into conflict with another user when you could have chosen otherwise. This site is an encyclopedia; it is not a site where anyone can cause a fight with anyone else. Karajou 13:51, 27 April 2013 (EDT)
Karajou, I've always respected you, and found you to be a fair, and rational person, despite whatever ideological differences we may have. On the other hand, I must protest that contrary to what you said about FNarrow, "you chose to put yourself into conflict with another user when you could have chosen otherwise." is actually an incorrect take on what happened. FNarrow was according to his contributions, merely being a productive editor, when s/he was provoked by User:C's ad-hominem attacks, and blatant violation of the Commandments. As per my authority to undo blocks placed by a superior, I feel, (and I'm pretty sure that Mr. Schlafly agrees with me), that blocks placed to censor users, and to subvert the policies here, are worthy of an immediate unblock. brenden 14:44, 27 April 2013 (EDT) This edit [1] says a lot in support of my argument; this individual also created three additional accounts via a Philippine proxy in order to cause an attack on user Conservative...and you unblocked two of those socks. What you and FNarrow need to do is not only read the Conservapedia Commandments, but read and heed the warnings at the bottom of my user page. Everyone coming in is going to respect this website and the people in it, or they are out. Karajou 01:04, 28 April 2013 (EDT)Respect,K.? Ha!! Whose wife was implied to be a slut, K; and by whom, and who stood by and let that worm, Cons, get away with it? Who said one thing on Gmail and something else in public when he realised he had to show solidarity with a certain Mexican "gentleman" who backed a coward who has not bothered to do what he said he would do. I am still here, K. Where did Markman go when he realised he had given himself some work to do?
Just one question - why, if lack of citations is such a crime, wasn't I pulled up in 2007? AlanE 02:55, 28 April 2013 (EDT)
Sorry Brenden for smeering your page with my anger. One takes the opportunity when it arises. AlanE 03:12, 28 April 2013 (EDT)
@User:KarajouI don't have the checkuser ability, so I cannot tell if the people I block and unblock are socks. As per respecting the website, and the people (Especially user:C), I do try to respect the person, even if I cannot respect their actions. brenden 13:37, 28 April 2013 (EDT)
I am a friend of Fnarrow and he asked me to post the copy of this email which he sent to cpwebmaster@conservapedia.com on the user talk pages ofa few people whom he said had always been fair to him.I got banned for a day and then Karajou immediately changed it to infinite for no apparent reason immediately after it expired. I have cut the dead end pages by nearly half during my short time there and feel i have made substantive improvements to other articles during that time. While i have had disagreements with Karajou and Conservative, i have always been respectful and adhered to the Conservapedia commandments. Finally, I never had a chance to respond to my accuser and did nothing to deserve this treatment. Please forward this to Mr. Schlafly for review. Thank you, Fnarrow
If my opinion counts for anything, Frank really is a great and passionate guy who could add a lot of valuable knowledge to yosite. That is all, please keep up the great work. JSandler 14:35, 28 April 2013 (EDT)
If you hide another civil discussion that I am having with another editor again, I will ask that you be removed from the website. Thank you. I am sure Karajou and others would agree with me on this matter if I bring up this matter with other Admins. Conservative 16:12, 17 May 2013 (EDT)
How dare you? You insulted Patmac, and a vast host of other anglicans, you dragged me into this fight, and if you don't tone down your insults, I will bring it up with Mr. Schlafly, who certainly agrees that your words are unnacceptable. brenden 16:14, 17 May 2013 (EDT) I don't consider my post to you daring. And I do mean to carry out what I said I would do should you do it again. Conservative 16:15, 17 May 2013 (EDT) That discussion was civil? Calling user:Patmac a untrue christian, who is also a "lying evolutionist"? Really? I have brought this matter with the site's owner already. brenden 16:19, 17 May 2013 (EDT) Stating untruths about the conversation is not going to further your cause. In fact, you are making things worse. For example, I expressly did not answer Pacmac's question on whether or not he was a Christian which is why he repeated this question. You are digging for yourself a deeper hole. I would suggest you stop digging. Conservative 16:28, 17 May 2013 (EDT) Since when is it your right to be implying that any user is not a "True Christian"? And furthermore, can you justify User:Conservative/Patmac dodged this issue?brenden 16:32, 17 May 2013 (EDT)Brenden, you shouldn't have pushed it so far. All C probably meant was that "no true Christian" would advocate this or that. You'd have to be an idiot to take that personally (in fact, you'd have to be an imbecile not to realize that 'be an idiot' was just a figure of speech).
It may seem unfair that sometimes admins get greater leeway when it comes to personal remarks, but getting into a pissing contest over it will never be productive. If you're really worried about fairness, I suggest you consider all the people in totalitarian dictatorships who have NO ACCESS to the Internet and no way to express themselves without a swift ride to prison. Getting blocked on a pro-freedom site for personal remarks hardly compares.
Chill out, and come back refreshed. --Ed Poor Talk 23:48, 17 May 2013 (EDT)
It is nothing to do with like or dislike. It is for your own good. This is a fight you will NOT win. Rob Smith tried this and he now edits at ratwiki, he is an ex-person here. Keep this up and you will be as well. Davidspencer 16:23, 17 May 2013 (EDT)
Thank you, David. I'm sorry for my choice of words now, but I must say, what User:Conservative did was not acceptable, and I tried to do my best to halt it before it returned to another user:C vs other sysops wheel war like last week. brenden 16:27, 17 May 2013 (EDT)I do appreciate it, but don't want to cause disruption--Patmac 16:41, 17 May 2013 (EDT)
I don't see why user page edits should not be understood as talk page edits for purposes of enforcing the 90/10 rule. I'm thinking of indefinitely banning Ryancsh for being a parodist anyway. Look up "Ryan Cash" on google, it seems to be some kind of an internet joke. - Markman 11:25, 5 June 2013 (EDT)
I searched up Ryan Cash, and saw that the second result points to a certain "Sonichu.com". However, I don't see how a website dedicated to provoking the creator of "sonichu" has any connection with Conservapedia or editing at Conservapedia. brenden 13:41, 5 June 2013 (EDT)Considering his past record (see relevant block log) I think that if anything his block was not long enough. Increased length of block to one week. If this was his first offense then maybe it could have ended with a warning. - Markman 14:10, 6 June 2013 (EDT)
Given the fact that you have been chastised for being overly block-happy, I would strongly suggest not touching Rafael again, until Mr. Schlafly condones it. brenden 15:39, 6 June 2013 (EDT)Good day,
I couldn't help but notice that you are not only frequenting a website dedicated solely for the purpose of attacking Conservapedia (everybody knows which website I'm talking about), but that you are also talking with the other liberals there about me. Care to elaborate? - Markman 15:05, 6 June 2013 (EDT)
If you see my goals I stated on my talkpage at that website, you will have your questions answered. As for speaking about you, I don't make assumptions on your motivations, but I have seen your blocking record, and I am frankly less than convinced on your sincerity. brenden 15:32, 6 June 2013 (EDT)Look up "Conservapedia talk:What is going on at CP??" You'll find Swordsman as there in the discussion about the Catholic Church and evolution. - Markman 16:45, 16 June 2013 (EDT)
The idea that the stroke damaged his judgement does not sound unreasonable to me. I think that the main problem with the edit you reverted is that it treats this idea as a fact rather than a likely yet unproven possibility. I changed the wording accordingly. - Markman 04:04, 17 June 2013 (EDT)
The likelyhood of a stroke changing a person's political views are not supported by any reliable neuroscience research. I'm removing it as it seems to be at the best, an unproven claim. brenden 13:27, 17 June 2013 (EDT)There's a surprise for you there. - Markman 19:55, 17 June 2013 (EDT)
Richard B. Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States, 2001-2009. He was elected as a Republican in 2000 with President George W. Bush. Cheney was re-elected along with President Bush in 2004.
Cheney is best known for his strong conservatism, and his promotion of the powers of the presidency, especially in foreign affairs.
if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); }Richard 'Dick' Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. After dropping out of Yale College, he took a BA and an MA in Political Science from the University of Wyoming. He was twice arrested for DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) in his early 20's. He did graduate work in political science at the University of Wisconsin, where in 1964 he met Lynne Cheney, who was finishing her Ph.D. in literature. They have two daughters; Elizabeth and Mary.
Cheney assumed his first political post as an assistant to Wisconsin Governor Warren P. Knowles in the early 1960s, at the age of 28 when he became an intern near the beginning of the Nixon Administration. He quickly came to the attention of Donald Rumsfeld, then directing the Office of Economic Opportunity, and was promoted to a paid position in 1971. When Watergate forced Nixon's resignation in 1973, Cheney became vice president of an investment firm for a year, but Rumsfeld convinced Gerald Ford upon the latter's accession to the presidency that Cheney was indispensable, and he was recalled to public service. Eventually Cheney replaced Rumsfeld as Chief of Staff to Ford as Rumsfeld was promoted to Secretary of Defense. In 1978-88, Cheney served in Congress from Wyoming, becoming the Republican Whip (the #2 job).
Cheney served as Secretary of Defense for President George H. W. Bush in the late 1980s. In the 1990s Cheney worked for the big oil-supply company Halliburton, becoming CEO in 1995. After he left the company with a retirement package of $33 million (which went into a blind trust which Cheney does not control), leftist critics alleged that he twisted American foreign policy for the benefit of Halliburton. There is little or no evidence to backup such claims, however.
On February 11, 2006, Mr. Cheney accidentally[1] shot a hunting partner, Mr. Harry Whittington, in the face with birdshot while the pair were hunting Quail in Corpus Christi, Texas. Mr. Whittington suffered a minor heart attack due to the incident,[2] and Cheney accepted full responsibility for the incident.[3] The incident was, according to all involved, an accident.[4]
A survivor of several heart attacks, Cheney's health was too precarious to run for president. In March 2007 he had surgery to remove a blood clot in his leg, the result of extended periods of sitting while airborne.
During the 2004 Presidential Race it entered the public sphere that his daughter Mary and her lesbian partner were having a child. After leaving office as vice president he announced that he was in favor of gay marriage though he believes it should be decided on a state-by-state basis. He summed up his point of view by saying, "With respect to the question of relationships, my general view is that freedom means freedom for everybody."[5]
On June 1, 2009, Cheney spoke out in favor of gay marriage at the National Press Club.[6]
In August 2011 Cheney released a book entitled In My Time about his experiences as vice president of the United States. In it he discusses a range of sensitive topics such as keeping a drafted letter of resignation in a safe in case he were to ever suffer debilitating health complications.
"It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you." [7] Hayes, Stephen F. Cheney: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President (2007) by a conservative journalist. excerpt and text search In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir (2011)Articles about Dick Cheney from previous "Breaking News"
? Bash, Dana. Cheney accidentally shoots fellow hunter. February 12, 2006 (accessed July 16, 2007), CNN? Lavandera, Ed. Man shot by Cheney: 'Accidents do and will happen' February 20, 2006 (accessed July 16, 2007), CNN? Dana Bash, Suzanne Malveaux, Tim McCaughan. Cheney: 'One of the worst days of my life'. February 16, 2006 (accessed July 16, 2007), CNN? Harry Whittington's hospital statement. February 2006 (accessed July 16, 2007), MSNBC? http://articles.cnn.com/2004-08-24/politics/cheney.samesex_1_basic-fundamental-decision-ban-such-unions-gay-daughter?_s=PM:ALLPOLITICS Cheney describes same-sex marriage as state issue? http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/cheney-reasserts-stance-on-gay-marriages/?scp=1&sq=cheney%20gay%20marriage&st=cse? He Kept the Colors: The True Story of the General, the Old Man and the Flag? - Page 15 L.E. Johnson