Millions in farm subsidies flow freely to DC residents who don't actually farm - Patriot Update

Millions in farm subsidies flow freely to DC residents who don't actually farm - Patriot Update: "The Department of Agriculture awarded nearly $178 billion in farm subsidies between 1995 and 2012.
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Washington, D.C., doesn’t have many farms, or farmers. Yet thousands of residents in and around the nation’s capital receive millions of dollars every year in federal farm subsidies, including working-class residents in Southeast, wealthy lobbyists on K Street and well-connected lawmakers on Capitol Hill."

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7 Chilling Ways the NSA Can Spy On You | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

7 Chilling Ways the NSA Can Spy On You | News & Opinion | PCMag.com: "If the news, or perhaps more accurately Russian propaganda, is to be believed, spy gear for U.S. covert operatives consists of an ill-fitting wig or two, sunglasses, a paper map, a compass, and a pocket knife; the items found on Ryan C. Fogle last spring when he was apprehended by Russian authorities and charged with being a CIA operative. The tools of the trade involve considerably more technology. Just this morning The New York Times reported that the NSA is using radio-wave technology to spy on computers not on the Internet."

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Omnibus: How Congress Gets Away with Spending THIS Much Money

Omnibus: How Congress Gets Away with Spending THIS Much Money: "Imagine for a moment that you were an NBA superstar. It’s tough to fathom making $30.5 million per year like Kobe Bryant does—but just think of that level of wealth.
Even with that superstar salary, to pay for this year’s $1 trillion federal spending spree you would have to work for 32,837 years."

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10 Things You Might Not Realize You’re Paying For Through Washington’s Budget Deal | Vision to America

10 Things You Might Not Realize You’re Paying For Through Washington’s Budget Deal | Vision to America: "Washington is currently considering a $1.1 trillion appropriations bill for fiscal year 2014. The 1,582-page mother of a document sets the spending priorities (not limits) for a variety of government agencies and initiatives. Here are a few you may not know about:

#1 – “Increased Intelligence Collection” Efforts Against Notorious Ugandan Guerilla Leader Joseph Kony: $30 million"

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CNN Calls the Obama Administration LIARS » Eagle Rising

CNN Calls the Obama Administration LIARS » Eagle Rising: "In an article titled “The Truth Behind Obamacare 6 Million Figure,” CNN takes the administration to task for touting information that is, at the very least “misleading.”

The Obama administration been advertising that 6 Million people have healthcare because of Obamacare."

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California Democrat Wants Illegals to Get Free Government Healthcare » Eagle Rising

California Democrat Wants Illegals to Get Free Government Healthcare » Eagle Rising: "Who else but a Democrat and where else but in California would a lawmaker have the absolute chutzpah to suggest that the Affordable Care Act (or a reasonable facsimile thereof) be extended to cover people in the country illegally?"

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