Weekend Gun Report: October 4-6, 2013 – NYTimes.com

A 5-year-old boy was wounded in an accidental, self-inflicted shooting in Huntsville, Ala., Saturday morning.

via Weekend Gun Report: October 4-6, 2013 – NYTimes.com.

We refuse to pay our debts that we ran up unless you bail us out!?! Boehner Stands Firm on Demand for Concessions From Obama – NYTimes.com

Speaker John A. Boehner stood his ground on Sunday, insisting that his Republican House majority would not pass measures either to fund and reopen the entire federal government or to increase the nation’s soon-to-be-breached borrowing limit without concessions from President Obama.

via Boehner Stands Firm on Demand for Concessions From Obama – NYTimes.com.

Pretty clear he is not in control and is increasingly looking powerless… Boehner: Shutdown Won’t End Until Democrats Back Down

Boehner didn\’t deny that he initially agreed to a \”clean\” continuing resolution with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) but said \”I and my members decided the threat of Obamacare and what was happening was so important that it was time for us to take a stand.  And we took a stand.\”

via Boehner: Shutdown Won’t End Until Democrats Back Down.

Social dialogue – Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion – European Commission

European social dialogue refers to discussions, consultations, negotiations and joint actions involving organisations representing the two sides of industry employers and workers. It takes two main forms:a tripartite dialogue involving the public authorities,a bipartite dialogue between the European employers and trade union organisations. This takes please at cross-industry level and within sectoral social dialogue committees.

via Social dialogue – Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion – European Commission.

Tunisia reaches deal on power transfer – TUNISIA – FRANCE 24

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Tunisia’s ruling Ennahda party reached an agreement with the opposition on Saturday to replace the existing coalition government with an interim body within the next three weeks, in an effort to end months of political crisis in the country.

via Tunisia reaches deal on power transfer – TUNISIA – FRANCE 24.

A ‘Conservative’ vision for America – ‘The Cruelty of Republican States in One Chart’

The Last Of The Millenniums

red state poor

‘When you look at these income eligibility levels, you see just how cruel the existing system is’.

‘For instance, in Alabama, you can’t get Medicaid if your income exceeds 23 percent of the poverty level, or $4,500 for a family of three’.

‘Just think about that for a second’.

‘Do you think you could find a place to live, pay your bills, and feed your family on that income’?

‘But the state of Alabama says if you’re that rich, you can afford to buy health insurance’.

‘In Texas, the state that will be depriving the most people of insurance by rejecting the expansion, only families under 25 percent of the poverty level, or $4,894 for a family of three, will be eligible for Medicaid’.

‘I’m guessing that’s about what Rick Perry spends on boots every year.

‘The states rejecting the expansion of Medicaid are the ones that already make it…

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