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|November 1st, 2013, 10:45 AM
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Furious Tech Giants Fight Back Against NSA Surveillance By Justin Maiman, November 1, 2013
It's a million dollar tech headache...caused by the U.S. government.
The New York Times today writes about how companies like Google (GOOG) are spending millions to beef up encryption of their own internal data. Why? To keep the National Security Agency (NSA) from hacking "their systems without their knowledge or cooperation." Those first reports about NSA spying surfaced last June but the fallout continues.
And The Daily Ticker's Aaron Task points out the irony. "This is the government essentially circumventing whatever agreements they had with these companies and finding a loophole".
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|November 1st, 2013, 12:22 PM
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The Outrage Arrives: You can't keep your insurance because Democrats don't want you to control your own health-care spending. By Holman Jenkins, The Wall Street Journal, October 29, 2013
The White House has issued a clarification. When the president said if you like your insurance plan you can keep it, what he meant was you can keep it if he likes it.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans who are getting policy cancellation notices this month can't be as surprised as they pretend to be. President Obama made it clear at his 2010 health care summit what he thought of their taste in insurance.
"It's the equivalent of Acme Insurance that I had for my car. . . . It's basically not health insurance," he explained. "It's house insurance. . . .
"I'm buying that to protect me from some catastrophic situation; otherwise, I'm just paying out of pocket. I don't go to the doctor. I don't get preventive care. There are a whole bunch of things I just do without. But if I get hit by a truck, maybe I don't go bankrupt."
Notice his disdain for those who buy high-deductible policies to protect themselves only from unexpected and unmanageable health-care costs. They are too cheap or too dumb to reach into their own pockets for necessary care that isn't covered by their policy or triggers the deductible.
These customers might like their plan. Their plan might even be the best cure, as many experts believe, for what ails our health-care system, namely too much incentive for Americans to overconsume health care. But Mr. Obama doesn't like their plans so they can't keep them.
Democrats at least are consistent. Back in 1993, during the fight over HillaryCare, Mrs. Clinton explained Democratic reasoning to then-House GOP Leader Denny Hastert. If Americans are allowed too much discretion over how they spend their health-care dollars, Mrs. Clinton said,
"We just think people will be too focused on saving money and they won't get the care for their children and themselves that they need . . .
"The money has to go to the federal government because the federal government will spend that money better."
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|November 4th, 2013, 11:24 AM
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New book: Obama told aides that drones make him 'really good at killing people'
By Jay Busbee | Yahoo News – November 4, 2013
President Barack Obama is criticized every day for the problems and difficulties associated with the Affordable Care Act. But in the long term, it's likely history will scrutinize the CIA's use of drone strikes during his administration with a far more critical eye.
A quote from a new book on the 2012 presidential campaign, "Double Down: Game Change 2012," will surely stoke that interest. As first reported in a book review by the Washington Post's Peter Hamby, Obama told aides in connection with the CIA's drone program that he is "really good at killing people."
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|November 8th, 2013, 01:44 PM
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United States of Underemployment: Dead-End Jobs Prop Up Employment Growth
By Matt Nesto | Breakout November 8, 2013
To say the October jobs report was a surprise doesn't begin to scratch the surface. Not only did the headline reading on this most-important economic barometer come in twice as strong as analysts were expecting, but the monthly snapshot of American labor has once again found a way to simultaneously encourage, confuse, anger and confound -- depending on where you look.
On the surface, the addition of 204,000 new jobs looks pretty good, in fact, it's statistically above the 190,000 average of the last twelve months. The fact that it came at a time when the government was shut down and its elected caretakers were within inches of defaulting on our debt makes it all the more, well, unbelievable.
"It's a weird report" says Zachary Karabell, the head of global strategy at Envestnet and founder of River Twice Research in the attached video. "It's people tending bar. It's lower wage retail jobs. It's lower wage health services jobs" that the economy is creating, and "a lot of these are not particularly well paid and they don't have a great future."
And that's a problem. Not only for the 14-million American who are still out of work and looking to get hired, but more broadly, it undercuts the entire economy.
"If you're earning $18,000 a year as a bartender, that's not going to translate into massive consumer spending," Karabell says.
Nor is it going to generate massive taxpaying either, which is needed more than ever to contend with the nation's burgeoning debt and deficit, including pricey new entitlement programs like Obamacare.
While the slow-but-steady decline in the unemployment rate, from 10% in 2009 to 7.3% today, has lulled some people into thinking things are almost back to normal, the fact is, it's a lot more complicated than a single number. Even members of the Federal Reserve have embraced this concept lately and have been trying to make the case for backing away from long-standing targets on employment and inflation that the central bank has used to drive its interest rate policy.
If all of this data and methodology feels daunting, you're not alone. After all, the highly paid Wall Street economists who are supposed to have a better handle on this than anyone, just missed the target (again) by a mile. In fairness, Karabell and others would say that it's not all the clear what we're aiming at anyways.
"We don't quite know what's okay and what's not," he says. "The fact is, we're not falling apart economically, but we just don't know what the optimal number is."
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|November 8th, 2013, 01:47 PM
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Obama: 'I'm sorry' Americans are losing insurance
Associated PressBy JULIE PACE November 8, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) Seeking to calm a growing furor, President Barack Obama said Thursday he's sorry Americans are losing health insurance plans he repeatedly said they could keep under his signature health care law. But the president stopped short of apologizing for making those promises in the first place.
"I am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me," he said in an interview with NBC News.
Signaling possible tweaks to the law, Obama said his administration was working to close "some of the holes and gaps" that were causing millions of Americans to get cancellation letters. Officials said he was referring to fixes the administration can make on its own, not legislative options some congressional lawmakers have proposed.
"We've got to work hard to make sure that they know we hear them, and we are going to do everything we can to deal with folks who find themselves in a tough position as a consequence of this," Obama said.
The president's apology comes as the White House tries to combat a cascade of troubles surrounding the rollout of the health care law often referred to as "Obamacare." The healthcare.gov website that was supposed to be an easy portal for Americans to purchase insurance has been riddled by technical issues. And with at least 3.5 million Americans receiving cancellation notices from their insurance companies, there's new scrutiny aimed at the way the president tried to sell the law to the public in the first place.
In Thursday's interview, Obama took broader responsibility for the health care woes than in his previous comments about the rollout, declaring that if the law isn't working "it's my job to get it fixed."
"When you've got a health care rollout that is as important to the country and to me as this is and it doesn't work like a charm, that's my fault," he said.
Some Republicans, who remain fierce opponents of the law three years after it won congressional approval, appeared unmoved by Obama's mea culpa.
"If the president is truly sorry for breaking his promises to the American people, he'll do more than just issue a half-hearted apology on TV," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said in a statement.
In recent days, focus has intensified on the president's promise that Americans who liked their insurance coverage would be able to keep it. He repeated the line often, both as the bill was being debated in Congress and after it was signed into law.
But the health care law itself made that promise almost impossible to keep. It mandated that insurance coverage must meet certain standards and that policies falling short of those standards would no longer be valid unless they were grandfathered, meaning some policies were always expected to disappear.
The White House says under those guidelines, fewer than 5 percent of Americans will have to change their coverage. But in a nation of more than 300 million people, 5 percent is about 15 million people.
Officials argue that those forced to change plans will end up with better coverage and that subsidies offered by the government will help offset any increased costs.
"We weren't as clear as we needed to be in terms of the changes that were taking place," Obama told NBC. "And I want to do everything we can to make sure that people are finding themselves in a good position, a better position than they were before this law happened."
The president's critics have accused him of misleading the public about changes that were coming under the law, which remains unpopular with many Americans.
Obama dismissed those accusations, insisting the White House was operating in "good faith." He acknowledged that the administration "didn't do a good enough job in terms of how we crafted the law" but did not specify what changes the administration might make.
The White House has not formally taken a position on a variety of proposals from Congress to address issues that have arisen since the insurance sign-ups launched on Oct. 1.
Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., has proposed requiring insurance companies to reinstate canceled plans, and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is supporting a measure to delay for a year the penalties for going without insurance. Another Democrat, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, is asking Obama to extend the open enrollment period for insurance exchanges because of the widespread problems with the website.
On Wednesday, Obama met at the White House with Senate Democrats facing re-election next year to try to ease their concerns about the impact the rough health care rollout might have on their races. Many senators in the meeting asked for the enrollment period to be extended but the White House said it doesn't think that will be necessary.
The six-month sign-up window ends March 31. Unless Americans have enrolled in a plan by then, they'll face a penalty.
Obama said he remains confident that anyone who wants to buy insurance will be able to do so.
"Keep in mind that the open enrollment period, the period during which you can buy health insurance, is available all the way until March 31," he said. "And we're only five weeks into it."
Administration officials say they expect the website to be working for the vast majority of users by the end of November.
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|November 10th, 2013, 09:44 PM
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Crisis brewing in Israeli-US relations
Associated PressBy JOSEF FEDERMAN | Associated Press Sat, Nov 9, 2013.
JERUSALEM (AP) A pair of testy public exchanges this week appear to have undone whatever good will was created between the Israeli and U.S. governments during a high-profile visit by President Barack Obama early this year.
Tensions burst into the open during a swing through the region by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. In an interview broadcast on both Israeli and Palestinian TV, Kerry questioned Israel's seriousness about peace with the Palestinians. Hours later Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired back, vowing not to cave into concessions to the Palestinians and also saying he "utterly rejects" an emerging nuclear deal between world powers and Iran.
The rancor signals a tough road ahead for the twin American goals of finding a diplomatic solution for Iran's nuclear program and forging peace between Israel and the Palestinians. And it raises the specter of a return to the uncomfortable relationship that has often characterized dealings between Obama and Netanyahu.
Israeli news reports describe Netanyahu as being in "shock" over the possible Iranian compromise. Netanyahu, who sees Iran as an arch-enemy, has vowed to do anything, including a military strike, to prevent Iran from reaching weapons capability.
"If there were a synoptic map for diplomatic storms, the National Weather Service would be putting out a hurricane warning right now," diplomatic correspondent Chemi Shalev wrote on the website of the newspaper Haaretz. "And given that the turbulence is being caused by an issue long deemed to be critical to Israel's very existence, we may actually be facing a rare Category 5 flare up, a 'superstorm' of U.S.-Israeli relations."
Obama and Netanyahu took office just months apart in 2009, but seemed to share little in common. At joint appearances they appeared uncomfortable and even occasionally sparred. In one famous instance, Netanyahu lectured Obama on the pitfalls of Mideast peacemaking in front of the TV cameras at a White House meeting.
The lack of chemistry seems rooted in vastly different world views. Obama is a proponent of diplomacy and consensus, while Netanyahu believes Israel can trust no one and must protect itself.
Netanyahu also enjoys strong ties with U.S. Republicans. In 2012, he was widely perceived to have backed challenger Mitt Romney.
And there has been constant friction over Netanyahu's insistence on continuing to settle Jews on occupied land even as he negotiates with the Palestinians.
Last March, Obama traveled to Israel for a visit widely seen as an attempt to reboot relations. The two leaders appeared together at a series of events, smiling and sharing jokes. But even then there were signs of trouble. Obama urged an audience of university students to pressure Israeli leaders to change their ways and take bold new steps to reach peace with the Palestinians.
Since then, officials on both sides have stressed the countries are close allies regardless of politics. But the atmosphere gradually soured again as Obama pressed forward with his two major diplomatic initiatives.
Over the summer, Kerry persuaded Israel and the Palestinians to return to the negotiating table for the first time in nearly five years. The sides agreed to talk for nine months, with an April target date for reaching a peace deal.
To get talks going, Palestinians dropped a longstanding demand for an Israeli freeze on settlement construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, captured territories that the Palestinians claim for a future state. To get Palestinians back to talks, Israel committed to releasing 104 long-serving Palestinian prisoners. The U.S. also apparently gave vague assurances settlement construction would be restrained.
With negotiations making no visible progress, Israel's release of a second round of Palestinian prisoners two weeks ago all jailed for killing Israelis set off an uproar. Netanyahu followed the release by announcing plans to build thousands of settler homes, infuriating the Palestinians, the Americans and also the moderate camp in Israel itself.
In surprisingly blunt comments, Kerry told Israel's Channel 2 TV on Thursday that Israel faced the possibility of international isolation and renewed violence with the Palestinians if peace efforts failed. He also said the continued settlement construction raised questions about Israel's commitment to peace.
"How can you say, 'We're planning to build in the place that will eventually be Palestine?'" Kerry said. "It sends a message that somehow perhaps you're not really serious."
Netanyahu responded the next morning ahead of a meeting with Kerry. "No amount of pressure will make me or the government of Israel compromise on the basic security and national interests of the State of Israel," the visibly agitated premier said.
Netanyahu also slammed the emerging agreement with Iran. "Iran got the deal of the century, and the international community got a bad deal," he said. "This is a very bad deal and Israel utterly rejects it."
He warned that Israel is "not obliged" to honor the agreement and would do "everything it needs to do to defend itself." Following a tense meeting stretching more than two hours, a planned joint appearance with Kerry and Netanyahu to the media was canceled.
While negotiators in Geneva hammered out details Saturday, the discussed deal appeared to include some relief from painful economic sanctions in exchange for limits on Iranian nuclear activity. However, chances of a deal being struck looked slim late Saturday.
White House spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said Saturday the Obama administration was "in full agreement with Israel on the need to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon" and that the negotiations had that goal in mind.
But Netanyahu has said international pressure should be increased, not eased, until Iran dismantles all suspicious nuclear activities. That position puts him at odds with the U.S. as the White House urges Congress to hold off on new sanctions while negotiations are under way.
For now, Netanyahu's options appear limited. Despite longstanding threats to carry out a military attack on Iran if necessary, it would be all but impossible to do so in the current diplomatic environment. On the Palestinian front, Netanyahu holds most of the leverage and is showing little inclination to change.
Nicholas Burns, a former senior State Department official, said that Netanyahu made an error by airing his grievances publicly.
"Prime Minister Netanyahu's public outburst was unfortunate and ill-advised," Burns, who now teaches at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, wrote in an email. "It has gone down very badly in the U.S."
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|November 12th, 2013, 06:56 AM
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HealthCare.gov Enrollment Falls Far Short of Target
By Christopher Weaver | The Wall Street Journal – November 11, 2013
Fewer than 50,000 people had successfully navigated the troubled federal health-care website and enrolled in private insurance plans as of last week, two people familiar with the matter said, citing internal government data.
The figure is a fraction of the Obama administration's target of 500,000 enrollees for October. The early tally for the HealthCare.gov site, which launched Oct. 1, worries health insurers that are counting on higher enrollment to make their plans profitable...
The administration thus far has said only that about 700,000 people had completed applications in all 50 states, using both the federal and state-run sites, in an Oct. 24 disclosure. An application is an early step for a consumer to determine pricing and eligibility for policies before enrolling.
Ms. Tavenner, who runs the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and her boss, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, both have told Congress that the initial numbers would be low.
So far, private health plans have received enrollment data for 40,000 to 50,000 users of the federal marketplace, the people familiar with the figures said.
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|November 18th, 2013, 10:43 AM
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Walmart warns Obamacare costs could hurt sales
By Shelly Banjo | The Wall Street Journal November 18, 2013
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) has a long list of reasons why its customers aren't spending as much as hoped: the expiration of the payroll tax cut in January, the November rollback of food-stamp benefits and continued uncertainty in Washington.
Now, the world's largest retailer is hinting at a new one: the looming individual mandate to buy health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
The company attributed a third consecutive drop in U.S. comparable-store sales to a laundry list of macroeconomic headwinds when it reported earnings last week. Wal-Mart, which forecast continued gloominess through year-end, told analysts it would watch to see if the federal health-care law would take yet another chunk out of customers' pocketbooks.
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|November 18th, 2013, 10:46 AM
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Obama health care woes become credibility fight
Associated PressBy JULIE PACE | Associated Press November 18, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) Throughout President Barack Obama's first four years in office, he prided himself on his ability to bounce back when much of Washington thought his presidency was in peril.
But the political challenge posed by Obama's disastrous health care rollout is far greater than those he overcame during the nasty debt ceiling fight with Republicans, his stumbling campaign debate in 2012 or even the painful recession.
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|November 21st, 2013, 05:15 PM
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See you all on the other side - of the bridge that is. This government is as corrupt as it gets. Time to move to Canada. The don't get what they want...change 200 year old procedures so you can get it all. So much for checks and balances.
Senate goes 'nuclear,' Democrats approve changes to filibuster rules
By Kasie Hunt and Carrie Dann , NBC News, November 21, 2013
The Senate has voted to change one of the chamber's most fundamental rules, invoking the so-called 'nuclear option' for executive branch and non-Supreme Court judicial nominations.
Fifty-two Democrats voted for the measure, an unprecedented change previously threatened but not invoked until Thursday. Three Democrats -- Sens. Carl Levin of Michigan, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Mark Pryor of Arkansas -- voted with Republicans against the change.
Senate Majority leader Harry Reid speaks following the Senate's vote to instate a simple majority to approve executive branch and judicial nominees except for Supreme Court picks, saying "Washington has been in gridlock, gridlock, gridlock" and "we're sick of it."
The vote overturned an existing rule that required a 60-vote majority for the approval of presidential nominees.
Obama Offers Second Chance For Missouri Court Nominee by Carrie Johnson - NPR, December 3, 2013
President Obama has made it a priority to choose federal judges who are diverse in terms of race or gender. But for the most part, he's avoided controversy for those lifetime appointments.
That's why the nomination of a Missouri lawyer named Ronnie White has raised the eyebrows of experts who've been around Washington for a while. Old hands remember that White was rejected for a federal judgeship back in 1999 after a party line vote by Senate Republicans.
Now, in what experts say could be an unprecedented step, he's getting another chance...
Binder and other experts who study nominations say they can't remember a time when a judge who's been voted down in the Senate has been renominated.
"There may be a case way back when in the early 19th century but for all intents and purposes this is unprecedented for a president to come back and renominate someone," Binder adds...
Conservative groups who follow judicial candidates are digging through his record. Carrie Severino of the Judicial Crisis Network says given the recent change in Senate rules, she thinks White will get through this time.
"It's definitely clear that with the new 51-vote threshold it's going to be very difficult to stop his nomination," Severino says. "So I think they're hoping to get through now some of these more extreme nominees that before would have required a bipartisan consensus to move on."
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|November 25th, 2013, 08:10 AM
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After Iran nuclear deal, tough challenges ahead
By Joby Warrick, Washington Post, November 24, 2013
In Tehran, officials welcomed the deal as the beginning of a new era for the Islamic republic, with President Hassan Rouhani asserting that language in the agreement affirmed Irans right to enrich uranium, which he and other top Iranian officials had demanded as an element of any agreement.
Let anyone make his own reading, but this right is clearly stated in the text of the agreement that Iran can continue its enrichment, and I announce to our people that our enrichment activities will continue as before, Rouhani said in a statement broadcast live on television in Iran on Sunday morning.
Israels Netanyahu calls Iran deal historic mistake
By William Booth, Washington Post, November 24, 2013
JERUSALEM Israeli leaders denounced the interim Iranian nuclear pact signed by the United States and five world powers as a historic mistake that does little to reverse Irans nuclear ambitions and instead makes the world a more dangerous place.
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|November 25th, 2013, 10:09 AM
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Want to Cut Government Waste? Find the $8.5 Trillion the Pentagon Cant Account For
By Lauren Lyster | Daily Ticker, November 25, 2013
If you thought the botched rollout of Obamacare, the government shutdown, or the sequester represented Washington dysfunction at its worst, wait until you hear about the taxpayer waste at the Defense Department.
Special Enterprise Reporter Scot Paltrow unearthed the high cost of the Pentagons bad bookkeeping in a Reuters investigation. It amounts to $8.5 trillion in taxpayer money doled out by Congress to the Pentagon since 1996 that has never been accounted for. (The year 1996 was the first that the Pentagon should have been audited under a law requiring audits of all government departments. Oh, and by the way, the Pentagon is the only federal agency that has not complied with this law.)
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|November 25th, 2013, 10:13 AM
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Companies Prepare to Pass More Health Costs to Workers: Companies are raising workers' premium contributions and shifting other costs, in part because of obamacare
By Theo Francis | The Wall Street Journal, November 25, 2013
Some are dealing with rising expenses by making employees pick up a bigger share of the premiums for coverage of family members. Employees this year are responsible for an average 18% of the cost of individual coverage, but 29% of the cost of family coverage, according to a survey of employee health plans by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust.
"We have seen employers do more cost-shifting, if you will, for an employee to pay a higher portion of the cost of dependent and spouse coverage," said Tracy Watts, U.S. health-care reform leader at Mercer, a benefits consulting unit of Marsh & McLennan Cos.
Between 15% and 20% of eligible workers nationwide tend to skip insurance, benefits consultants say.
Towers Watson & Co., a benefits consulting firm, figures that about half of the usual opt-outs will sign up for next year—meaning an enrollment increase of about 7% or 8%, and a corresponding increase in costs of about 5%.
Haverty Furniture, an Atlanta-based retail furniture chain with stores in 17 Southern and Midwestern states, expects health-care costs to rise by about $2 million, or 20%, next year.
The company expects the bulk of that to come from enrollment increases, and it is raising premiums, deductibles and copayments in response, Chief Financial Officer Dennis Fink said.
"We do think our per-capita cost is going up, but the bigger piece is just people who've chosen not to have coverage," he said.
A quirk of the Affordable Care Act could make it more appealing for companies to raise rates for family coverage than for individuals, said Vivian Ho, a Rice University health-care economist.
Starting in 2015, companies employing 50 or more people must offer affordable health-care coverage to anyone working 30 hours a week or more.
But affordability is measured using the cost of individual coverage, capping the cost at 9.5% of income, Ms. Ho said.
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|November 25th, 2013, 03:50 PM
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More Americans say Obama can't manage government: poll
By Susan Heavey | Reuters November 25, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A growing number of Americans doubt President Barack Obama's ability to manage the nation, according to a CNN/ORC poll released on Monday that reflects the possible larger impact of his administration's fumbled rollout of its healthcare law.
The poll also found that 53 percent of those polled said Obama is not honest or trustworthy, marking the first time that the CNN/ORC polling found a clear majority questioning the president's integrity, CNN said.
Forty percent of the 843 U.S. adults surveyed in the telephone poll early last week said Obama can manage the government effectively, down 12 percentage points from June.
The poll was conducted November 18-20 amid ongoing problems plaguing the president's signature domestic policy achievement, the healthcare law widely known as Obamacare.
HealthCare.gov, the administration's web portal for offering private health coverage to uninsured Americans in 36 of the 50 U.S. states, has been at the center of a political firestorm over technical problems that overwhelmed its October 1 launch and have dogged the system ever since.
In addition, insurance companies have canceled millions of existing insurance policies because of the law, raising questions about Obama's promise that people would be able to keep their policies if they were happy with their coverage.
The pollsters said the survey, conducted by ORC International with a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points, recorded the worst scores for Obama during his five years in office in key categories.
It found that 56 percent of respondents said they did not admire Obama, disagreed with him on important issues and said he does not inspire confidence, while 53 percent said they do not see him as a strong and decisive leader, CNN said.
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|November 26th, 2013, 08:46 AM
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Since nobody cares that in the past month we have given Iran the ability to enrich nuclear grade uranium, destroyed US-Israeli relations, rewritten the rules that govern the Senate for checks and balances, cancelled health insurance for 3.5 million americans, have high underemployment, have large firms like Google fighting NSA spying, and have a president that admits he is "really good at killing people" with drones... I submit the following headline from today. Maybe this tragedy will wake up America
Brian Griffin, Arguably the Smartest Member of the 'Family Guy' Family, Dies at 8
By Kimberly Potts | Yahoo TV, November 26, 2013
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The 709 slim is pretty good. Mine shot fine from the 1st shot on day 1. I did do a thorough cleaning before I shot it though.
This is a discussion on How many shots to break in a new X, Y, or Z within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; OK, folks, I want to get a good carry weapon for Dear Daughter for her 21st. I would like to see her with a single-stack ...
OK, folks, I want to get a good carry weapon for Dear Daughter for her 21st. I would like to see her with a single-stack 9mm, though I would rather see her mousegun than to carry nothing at all.
Prices range from perhaps $300 to perhaps $450. But, heck, I can look at price tags. What I'm concerned about is the break-in period. If a new ____ takes 300 shots of ____ ammo, then I need to add that to the purchase price (in addition to 100 of the carry ammo). It a more expensive weapon is good to go out of the box and only needs the carry ammo test, then the price is a 'push' if the break-in ammo cost equals the price difference.
Yes, I know that saving a bit more for a bit longer is likely to be a better way to proceed (get quality first, etc.) - but timing and the closeness of the likely choices suggest a purchase fairly soon.
How many shots would you plan on for each of these weapons in order to break them in? I would do a fluff-and-buff first on the KelTecs and any other weapon that needed it (I have a Dremel tool).
Kel-Tec P3-AT
Ruger LCP
Diamondback DB380
Kel-Tec PF9
Taurus Slim
Kahr CW9
(Add any similar weapon if you wish, keeping in mind that my daughter is very, very slender... except Rohrbach, which is waaaay out of my price range.)
Or should I look for a used one?
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The 709 slim is pretty good. Mine shot fine from the 1st shot on day 1. I did do a thorough cleaning before I shot it though.
-- Luck favors the well prepared.
and i'm curious to know what it really means to "break in" a gun. i don't want to hijack this thread so if this will take it too far off topic, i'll start it again someplace else.
I would recommend at least 200 rounds for ANY of those guns on your list. Make sure to test out 20-50 rounds of JHP to make sure they feed reliably in those guns. I highly suggest renting those guns before buying any of them. Your daughter may not like the feel or trigger pull of those guns.
I have the Ruger LCP, Kahr P380 and PM9. I used Winchester FMJ, Remington FMJ or PMC FMJ for the initial break in. I use Speer Gold Dots for JHP. I've had the best luck with that combination.
No matter which gun you buy, I recommend a thorough cleaning and light lubrication, follow by racking the slide dozens of times.
my Pf-9 has had only two failures it was with wwb ammo and it was in the first ten rounds when i was probably limp wristing it...It is pretty snappy being light and thin as it is...you might want to start her out shooting a .22 caliber pistol. or maybe get her a .38 snubby, unless she shoots alot....IMO
You may not like guns. You may choose not to own one. That is your right.
You might not believe in God. That is your choice.
However, if someone breaks into your home at 3AM the first two things you are going to do are:
1) Call someone with a gun.
2)Pray they get there in time." - A wise man
-- Luck favors the well prepared.
If I am going to carry the gun, no matter what make it is, I will put 400 to 500 rounds down the pipe and 100 rounds of whatever carry ammo I am going to use. This assures me of how reliable the gun is going to be.
But with today's machining tolerances and quality control on most firearms, there's a possibility that it's mostly mental. I have to admit that the last two firearms I have bought recently were perfect from day 1. Other than a good cleaning, they needed nothing to be accurate and reliable.
-- Luck favors the well prepared.
Taurus Slim PT709, my gun shop guru recommended thorough cleaning 1st and 200 rounds of FMJ (non-WWB) for break-in. It performed flawlessly out of the box for the first 200 rounds, and has since functioned flawlessly over a total of 800 rounds of multiple brands and types of ammo (including 100 rounds of WWB).
** Whether a gun needs "break-in" or not, I would not feel comfortable carrying any semi-auto weapon for SD without putting 200 rounds down range **
That's just me. I would account for 200 rounds with any purchase of a semi-auto. Perhaps just a box of 50 with a revolver.
Know Guns, Know Safety, Know Peace.
No Guns, No Safety, No Peace.
From the choices you listed, I would definately go with the kahr CW9, no question. Not too big, not too little and is very concealable. Kahr does recommend you put 200 rounds through any of their pistols before you seriously consider sending it back to them for malfunction problems. This isn't a bad idea in my opinion and good reasoning for any gun you plan to risk your life on.
I had one light strike on the third mag in my CW9 and now have over 700 trouble free rounds through it. Four boxes of cheap ammo from Academy will cost you $40.00. Two boxes of Hornady CD or Cor-Bon +p ammo will cost you $42.00 to $44.00. Both are good rounds, as are others. Be aware the Cor-Bon is hot and will certainly make you take notice in a light pistol.
I think your daughter will be better served with the CW9 than the smaller, lighter, harder recoiling mouse guns.
Kahr CW9 would be the top of the 9mm's you listed, IMO. You may not need to go the full 200 rounds before you feel comfortable with the functioning of the gun. I felt comfortable after about 100 on my CW9. I would do the 'fluff and buff' on the Kel-Tecs as well changing out the recoil springs. Changing the recoil springs on my LCP changed the feel of the gun and improved the function 100%...
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I don't understand an expensive item having to be "broken in." If the quality of the maunfacturer is all they boast, why doesn't the gun work like it should right out of the box?
I'm all for putting a couple hundred rounds through it to: A. gain confidence in the gun, B. gain confidence in my shooting the gun, but if it takes (or--how dare they even reccommend) 200-300 rounds to works out the "kinks," that only tell me the maker didn't do as well of a job as they claim.
It's brand new! If my car dealer told me I'd have to "break my new car in for a couple thousand miles until it quits breaking down," I'd run!
I'd much rather have my gun maker "break" my gun in before selling it to me.
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well , got to say I pretty much agree.
The DDR dogs now are different than the direct imports I had in the beginning 90's , and different from the first generation offspring I had from the Addi Tonteichens , Ulf Iris , Grando Mecklenburger Buffel .
I was wondering about woner.
I was just going to say Carmen would know! Lol Bill
Stahl my boy!
Carmen how are they different in your opinion please. Bill
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todays version is clownish compared , mostly a niche market , good looking pet .
Thank you!:)
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Read the whole article, 99% of facebook comment suggest they do not agree.
Actually, I had a officer at my house today. She came to buy my lululemon skirt lol paid for my pedicure! anywho she saw my guy and fell in love, told us that the dogs they use were so aggressive and scary, she was plain scared of them, i wonder were DRP get there dogs from.
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Anyone been notified they won the drawing for training camp practices either at the castle or Stevenson?
They said winners will be notified by the 17th...
I'd expect the announcements to come on the 17th. Hoping to get something this year, put in for all three (also put in for the America's Game premier)
I got invited as a special guest by their Marketing Dept. because I had complained about their handing of Lombardi picture taking process at the Spring Festival. Maybe I'll get a tour of the Castle. Maybe I'll meet Ozzie and Steve, and they might take me out to lunch. Maybe not though.
Did we have to register for the drawing, or were PSL holders automatically entered?
Thread: Anyone been notified they won the drawing for training camp?
Only Bryant McKinnie! :slaphead:
BMac is skipping an awards show to get workouts in. Or so he says anyway.Quote:
Bryant Mckinnie @BryantMckinnie 17m
Was suppose to leave 4 L.A. 2day for the ESPY's but choose to stay & not miss any workouts this week. Last full week b4 camp.
well, today is the day....Hope I get an email from the Ravens...
Although today is the target day, do not give up hope if you are not selected. Last year I got a call within a few days of an open spot (somebody probably dropped out). Luckily, I was not tied up and could go. I was happy for the experience but only reminded of how much I miss Westminster.
Keep your fingers crossed.
I put in for all 3 events (Selected facility dates, the Stevenson practice, and the America's Game premier). Hopeful I at least can go to Stevenson.
Put in for the opportunities we could make, and received an email last week that we were drawn for next Friday's practice at the Castle. No specifics yet, as they're sending the information by mail.
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The four Democrats — Max Baucus of Montana, Mark Begich of Alaska, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Mark Pryor of Arkansas — could cite a stack of pragmatic reasons for opposing the gun measure. The four Democrats' states have deep traditions of hunting and gun ownership. They lack large cities, where persistent shootings can build momentum for gun control.
None of that saved the four Democrats from Obama's wrath after the measure fell five votes short of the 60 needed to overcome a filibuster, a crushing defeat for Obama and others who want stronger measures to detect ineligible gun buyers.
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Baucus brushed off Obama's comments, telling reporters, "He can say what he wants to say." Baucus said he is comfortable with his vote, adding: "That's my state."
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Likewise, Pryor is up for re-election next year in a state that Obama lost to Mitt Romney in a landslide, 61 percent to 37 percent. And Begich is seeking a second term next year in Alaska, a solidly Republican state that Obama lost by 14 points.
Heitkamp, just elected in a contest many expected her to lose, won't run again until 2018. But her vote against the gun background-check proposal was in keeping with her widely praised campaign against Republican Rick Berg. Heitkamp inoculated herself on the gun issue by touting her "A" rating from the National Rifle Association.
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Pryor waited until almost the last minute to announce his decision on the background-check measure. "It's too broad, unworkable and unreasonable for hunters and gun owners in our state," he said.
A writer for the political website Arkansas Blog said, even before Pryor cast his vote, it's "doubtful that he'll get credit from the gun zealots for siding with them."
The votes by Pryor, Baucus and Begich stand in contrast to those of two other Senate Democrats facing potentially tough races next year: Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Kay Hagan of North Carolina. Both voted for the expanded background checks on gun buyers.
Begich, Pryor and Heitkamp share their states with Republican senators who voted against the Obama-backed measure.
Some liberal groups are calling for primary challenges to Baucus, Begich and Pryor. The California-based "Courage Campaign" is asking Democratic donors to withhold money from groups that back those three.
Local political activists doubt such tactics will work. The electoral fates of Begich, Baucus, Pryor and Heitkamp will help determine whether Democrats can thrive in largely rural states.


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I went to this salon the get a Brazilian treatment. About a month after I am still losing my hair. I have half my hair volume left. DO NOT GO here or risk going through what I'm going through - every day I pick up a handful of hairs from the bathroom floor. Also read that in Canada they banned this treatment!
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I have followed David through three salons, to his own business at Chateau 1508. He helps me get what I want from my hair, which as much curl as possible with as little daily styling as possible (wash, leave-in conditioner, product, done). In addition, he helps teach me how to get a more formal curly look for going out (and squeezes me in for styling on those special occasions).


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Microsoft and its OEM partners (mainly Nokia) are not shy when it comes to attacking Apple, mainly because the two big tech giants have been jabbing one another for years. 2013 is no different, especially with the release of not only the Lumia 1020, but also the recent iPhone 5S announcement. Launching new advertisements, actors play key roles at Cupertino and poke fun at Apple's latest smartphone.
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Continuing our theme of announcing new products only on one thread, we would like to announce the preliminary testing/availability of the high output version of our Predator ICE.
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New high output requires a 2X sized controller box (it will come with DS tape initially to just install it outside the headlight or inside - E65 & E60)
Existing early release units and some test units still have spade connectors, but by full production in mid April, all future units will have a combination connector that will allow you to install this on your 5 series E39 then take it out and put it into a newer car if you decide to do so with complete plug and play functionality.
We will have a unit for the E92/E90 by the end of April with the high output.
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3) While difficult to quantify in pictures, if you look carefully, you'll see the output differences between the units as the output on the actual rings. In real life this difference is much more pronounced
4) Pricing - while not overtly discussed on the photos, plays a very prominent role in this as the Predator ICE 3W+ is only $199 at retail, whereas the competitor's new offering is $130 more for exactly the same output, while the higher output Predator ICE 5W system while brighter is only slightly less expensive (there may even be a discount/money back program for this product depending on timeframe availability of AMP connectors for all cars).
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Have you ever dreamed of owning a BMW wagon with all the performance of an M3? If so then this is the car for you! This 2000 BMW 323it has been fully and seamlessly converted into an M3 to create the ultimate in utility and performance. Lots of time, money, and dedication were put into ensuring that no shortcuts were taken, and it shows! The body of this car has about 130,000 miles on, but dont let the high miles worry you. Every bit of the drivetrain on this car was swapped from a 2004 M3 coupe with 55,000 miles including: 3.2L 333 hp Inline 6 engine, 6-Speed manual transmission, Full rear end (including subframe, differential and axles), Brakes/Suspension (control arms, trailing arms, links, etc.), Gauge cluster that reflects the actual drivetrain mileage, Steering wheel, Exhaust, Trunk floor sectioned in (along with mobility kit), all welds seam-sealed, HVAC/Air conditioning/Cruise control/all electrical functions work as intended.
The car has also received some factory BMW (non-M3) and aftermarket upgrades. The front fenders/hood/headlights were converted to the 2002+ facelift parts, and brought with the addition of bi-xenon headlights. The front bumper and mirrors are M3 style, and the rest of the car still maintains all original paint in great condition. The interior features trim from the ZHP model 3 series and a Whalen Shift Machine stainless steel shift knob. Currently, the car sits on FK coilover suspension and 17′ Fikse FM10 wheels. This one-of-a-kind wagon is wolf in sheeps clothing, but still turns heads with its good looks.


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Wow, where to start... how about, I received my order from Cruzer this afternoon and my god can this man do nothing to the nth degree?! Everything with this transaction was handled in the utmost professional manner from the beginning estimate on the full armor set, to the individual packing of each piece when it arrived at my door, insured no less!!! Each individual piece ready to be shined up and attached right out of the bubble wrap, and I can't even begin to describe the holster, perfect fit to me and Westars!
Cruzer you are the Man!!!
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Unlocking iPhones is not Very Easy Task
Nowadays, it is the peak of the technological era with newer software's being developed, to create a masterpiece in the realms of the technology named cell phones, which can connect to people by varied means. The technology has stepped into a new horizon where an individual can now connect to his/her family, relatives and friends with just a touch on the screen of their cell phone or by just clicking on to one button. The need of dialing the number does not seem to exist anymore.
Apple iPhones are modern creations of the telecommunication world, which has created a different genre for itself in the market, alluring the consumers to buy it due to the attributes it carries along with it. A cell phone with innovative features and mind blowing applications that make the user buy it at the first look, as it is available in prices ranging in amount within thousands. The Apple iPhone is not just a phone – it is a phone, music player, video player, internet device, and camera all in one, offering an incomparable phone wholly. Well, cost does vary according to its storage capacity i.e. 4GB, 8GB etc. Many individuals buy it along with the network service provider, provided by the company during purchase. They are left with no choice other than buy it along with it as the company convinces them to do so by showing them the brighter side of using it according to them under the offered service provider. But later these consumers decide to unlock the cell phone i.e. jail break to bring the cell ph
one to optimum use, which can be done by adding some more of the applications which the software in the cell phone bestowed by the company does not accept if it is not unlocked. So the necessary of unlocking iPhones, become indeed very important, so as to add and use the applications that, the cell phone can endure to entertain its user.
Contrary to the popular belief, there is no way to manually unlock an iPhone, as it is not all that an easy task which can be accomplished, by just manually dismantling it and assembling it back after few minutes. It is indeed a daunting task, but it has become very easy these days due to the online support available to perform this task. You cannot just manually fiddle with your phone to unlock it and expect it to be compatible, with the different SIM cards that are available in the market. What you would need is a technical professional or a capable program, that would unlock your pone for you allowing you to bring it to optimum use. Definitely going to a technician might prove to be the safer choice, but an expensive one since technicians dealing with Apple iPhones charge big bucks to unlock iPhones.
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Dec. 4, 2012
PARK RIDGE, Ill. -- Senior Adrienne Bicek (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North) and freshman Marni Oldershaw (Oakville, Ontario/Iroquois Ridge) of the No. 22-ranked University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team were named Big Ten Women's Swimmer of the Week and Freshman of the Week, respectively, the conference office announced on Tuesday (Dec. 4). It is the first Big Ten weekly honor for both student-athletes.
Bicek swam four individual events at the Hawkeye Invitational, scoring three top-three finishes, including a win in the 1,650-yard freestyle (16:13.51). She also finished second in the 500-yard freestyle (4:43.28) and third in both the 400-yard individual medley (4:16.04) and the 200-yard butterfly (2:01.13), and she assisted in a win on the 800-yard freestyle relay (7:17.25). Bicek picked up three NCAA 'B' times on the weekend. Among Big Ten swimmers, she ranks second in the 1,650-yard freestyle, third in the 500-yard freestyle and seventh in the 400-yard individual medley.
Oldershaw picked up a pair of individual wins at the Hawkeye Invitational, taking first in both the 200-yard individual medley (1:58.25) and 400-yard individual medley (4:13.36). In addition, she placed second in the 200-yard butterfly (2:00.41) and third in the 200-yard backstroke (1:58.10). She also swam on the winning 800-yard freestyle relay team (7:17.25). Like Bicek, Oldershaw obtained three NCAA 'B' times on the weekend. Her time in the 200-yard individual medley is tops in the conference, and she ranks fourth in the 400-yard individual medley.
Michigan returns to the pool on Thursday, Jan. 3, when it wraps up its annual training trip with the Orange Bowl Classic in Key Largo, Fla. The meet will begin at 2 p.m.
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Lose the badge, tail lights and... lower it
Lose the badge, tail lights and... lower it
wheels on today ... i wanna join
jesus christ, stop ruining good threads with your ****ty, riced out cars with stock suspension.
just put em on ... 16x10.5 and 16x9.5 had em on before just refinished reconfigured re-sitting quarter-panel on lipped. PLayed out and i don't give a **** haha
Ahh the RS'S...They had your pretty much laying floorboards didn't they? haha
Yeah, the skirt in the rear is barely a finger off of the ground... i just have to get the subframe up front out of the way. i might just start cutting things
Sassy attitude wtf?
H&R coilovers not stock suspension.
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Car doesn't look lowered to me look over the other pictures posted in the thread and you will see "stanced" cars
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Ahhh..I wish the person that started the thread could remove other peoples posts. Just because you have coilovers, does not..I repeat..DOES NOT make your car "stanced". I understand you like your car and all..but know your place when posting.
Sorry for the rant..
On with the goodness please.
i thought you had sport springs... since you have coils ... spin em
germansdoitbetter.comWhat was this!? A car show for ants!? Those cars need to be a least...3 times that big!
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germansdoitbetter.comWhat was this!? A car show for ants!? Those cars need to be a least...3 times that big!
Damn, going hard on the newb? lol
But forreal, ditch the tails and spin those puppies down, dont forget to say hi to the ground.
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-Remove the badge regardless of what it stands for.
-If you have coilovers, grab the little wrench that came with them and go whichever way makes them go down.
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Screening marathon / Ars Electronica animation festival
Video screening - Ars electronica animation festival
This is a first for Le Cube: a whole night of screenings, meaning nearly 12 hours of the best current digital films selected by the prestigious international festival, Ars Electronica.
To help you make it through this marathon video night, Le Cube is rearranging its spaces with help from its partner, Fatboy*, offering hot drinks and snacks, and, for the hardiest, breakfast will be served at 7am. Don't forget to bring whatever you need in preparation for your arty night: sleeping bags or blankets, comfy pillows, cuddly toys, sandwiches and energy drinks etc.
On the programme for this night of digital art, you will find films based around various themes such as parallel worlds, dark stories, narration, digital "bestiary", short cut, Chaos (both personal and on a world scale), "visuals & sounds & music" (films where visuals and sounds combine and fuse) and transformations (perceptions of internal and external worlds where construction and destruction are essential parameters). This schedule is rounded off by a Japan Media Art Festival programme, as well as films from among those selected by Young Animation U19.
Duration: 12 hours
Ars Electronica Animation Festival 2011
Curated by Christine Schöpf and Jürgen Hagler
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5 Night : Carnival Triumph Cruise Review by margaritamichelle
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Destination: Western Caribbean
Embarkation: Galveston
The sail-away party was very fun & festive. I loved the music and party atmosphere on the main deck (with all the chairs & huge tv screen)and it was really fun to watch everyone dancing and really getting into vacation mode. Yes, the drinks are expensive but you just have to factor that cost into your vacation budget and there are specials each day that are a little less expensive. More
Food - Having been on Holland America, which has a reputation of having some of the very best food in the cruise-line industry, I had low expecations of the food. We dined at the "Anytime" dining option in the London Dining Room every night and I found the food to be excellent every night. Our Head Waiter (Dalem) and his staff made our dining experience that much more memorable. Definitely ask for his section if you dine on the Triump. We took a bottle of wine for each of us ($10 corkage fee applies) and the staff happily opened them for us and then brought the bottles back the next night when the wine wasn't finished. The chocolate melting cake is truly the best dessert ever and I had it every night!!! We used the buffet a few times and it was fine - lots of options and the lines really weren't bad. The pizza/calzone station was delicious and worth the line there. We never had any experience with food we didn't like nor did we receive cold food. Dalem even brought us second lobster tails, observing how much we were enjoying the first ones.Sea Days - our cruise didn't seem particularly crowded being mid-October and we never had problems finding lounge chairs. Carnival posts a policy that saving chairs longer than 40 minutes is not allowed and towels will be removed, but it wasn't an issue on our cruise so I'm not sure how it would be on a crowded cruise. Again, it was fun to sit near the DJ and listen to upbeat party music while lounging in the hot caribbean sun drinking tropical beverages, but the music does get a little loud after a bit. We simply moved to a different part of the ship - no problem and nothing to complain about. The pools are quite small but we didn't take a cruise with the purpose of swimming so it wasn't a big deal, just an observation.
Ports - Progreso has some nice, traditional shops that you would expect as soon as you get off a cruise... silver, tequila, souvenirs... definitely barter. The sales people will definitely let you know when they cannot go any lower on price! My mom, my sister and I all got some pretty jewelry that will be great souvenirs. Outside of the port shopping, it is pretty typical Mexico. Not too nice of a city, but again, I didn't expect it to be nice based on the research I had done. We walked a few short blocks to the beach where we had a delicious lunch looking out on the water. I can't remember the name of the restaurant but it was on the left as soon as you get to the beach.
We chose not to do any excursions because we only had about 6 hours in port and wanted to shop.
Cozumel - I had been to Cozumel on my last cruise with HAL but Carnival goes into a different port - Puerta Maya. There is a very nice cruise-line built shopping plaza there with plenty of shops for more souvenirs. You could spend the entire day in port shopping if you wanted. I did find that a few of the shops had trouble getting a credit or debit card transaction to go through based on internet service, so it's a good idea to take plenty of cash. We took a taxi out to a beach ($15 cost one way)just past Paradise Beach ("Charlies" or something similar I think it was called) and spent a couple of hours - free beach and really great tamarind margaritas). Beautiful beach and many shades of turquoise water...
Entertainment - the shows were pretty good - didn't go to all of them. Frank, in the piano bar, was amazing and very entertaining. Gerry, in the atrium, is flat-out fantastic. He's an older asain guy from Vancouver, Canada, who can imitate just about any singer but he focused on country music and Elvis. We watched him several times and the atrium was always filled with people whenever he sang. Very personable and he came around to chat with people after he performed. Really funny, talented guy.
I would have to say that on this particular cruise, there was really nothing to complain about. We had a tiny room on the Riviera Deck (4th level) but we were rarely in our room so it was fine. Our shower barely worked above a trickle but as soon as we called someone to fix it, it was taken care of immediately so I was fine with that. Our weather was about as perfect as it gets and the seas were very calm so I admit that helps make the trip that much better.
Will I try Carnival again? Yes - I believe it is a very good value for what you pay for. My mom, sister (first-time cruiser in early 40's) and I all enjoyed ourselves very much. I look forward to trying one of Carnival's newer ships with my own family. Less
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