The Week

The CBO says ObamaCare will result in fewer workers, the Senate approves the long-delayed farm bill, and more

1. CBO says ObamaCare will mean two million fewer full-time workers
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office released a report predicting that because of the Affordable Care Act, the economy will have 2.3 million fewer full-time workers in 2021, partly due to some opting to work fewer hours to avoid losing Medicaid or insurance subsidies. Republicans said that proved ObamaCare was a job killer; the White House said it indicated Americans will no longer be “trapped in a job” to avoid losing health coverage. [The Washington Post]
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2. The Senate passes the once-stalled farm bill
The Senate approved the long-delayed $1 trillion farm bill on Tuesday, sending it to President Obama, who is expected to sign it. The bill renews funding for agriculture, dairy production, foreign food…

I know what’s being said

from the readings that I’ve read

that the life we live is tough

and the living of it rough

But here’s the thing I’ve learned

that the life you have you earned

and joy you get from living it

is the work that you’ve put into it

So raise a glass of cheer

for the moment you are here

cuz you know it won’t be long

before this moment here its gone

FBI rescues 16 teenagers, arrests 45 ‘pimps’ during Super Bowl prostitution sting
By James Queally/The Star-Ledger
February 04, 2014
Federal investigators arrested 45 pimps and recovered 16 juveniles during a months-long investigation into sex trafficking at the Super Bowl that spanned New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, officials said today.

All of the juveniles were between the ages of 13 and 17, and six of the rescued teens were from New Jersey, according to Aaron T. Ford, the Special Agent In Charge of Newark’s FBI division. Several international victims of human trafficking were also recovered during the operation, investigators said.

“High-profile special events that draw large crowds have become lucrative opportunities for child prostitution criminal enterprises,” said Ron Hosko, assistant director of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division. “The FBI and our partners remain committed to stopping this cycle of victimization and putting those who try to profit from this…

Reposted from GoDanRiver.com

Duke Energy unsure how long it will take to stop ash leak that has discolored Dan River

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  The Dan River turned grayer and grayer downriver as the ash traveled, and by Tuesday the familiar brown of the river running through Danville had changed to a depressing gray; even some of the vegetation along its banks was covered in gray ash.