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Peshmerga launch massive offensive on ISIS sites in Zammar, Mosul
Today's Headlines

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Page 6: Politix
Vermont bails on single-payer health care	11 23:55 Varmint Slusort7530 [1751]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Boko Haram again kidnapped girls and women in Nigeria	7 22:43 JosephMendiola [1766]
13-year-old suicide bomber arrested in Kabul city	0 [1731]
American jailed for 15 years for helping Al-Qaeda	1 21:45 Super Hose [1755]
ATC approves bail of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi in Mumbai attacks case	0 [1739]
Army chief signs death warrant of six terrorists	1 12:39 AlanC [1731]
US led coalition foils ISIL attempt to invade Haditha	3 11:25 bman [1732]
Iraqi artillery kills, injures dozens of ISIS militants near Fallujah	2 16:33 Besoeker [1734]
Kurdish Peshmerga kill 60 ISIS militants in violent clashes, regain control of 7 villages in Zamar	1 20:39 JosephMendiola [1726]
ISIS militants sneak from Iraq, destroy six checkpoints in Jordan	1 01:14 JosephMendiola [1732]
Peshmerga launch massive offensive on ISIS sites in Zammar, Mosul	0 [1764]
Fresh air strikes kill 57 terrorists in Tirah	2 20:19 USN, Ret. [1734]
Iraq Kurds in Push to Retake Sinjar Area from Jihadists	0 [1738]
Terror leader slain in Dagestan last week identified	0 [1740]
Security Forces Arrest Several Suspected Terrorists	0 [1734]
U.S.-Led Aircraft Carry Out 61 Raids in Iraq since Monday	0 [1729]
Huthi Militiamen Seize Yemen State Offices	1 08:55 Frank G [1736]
IS Jihadists Kidnap Two Kurdish Reporters in Syria	0 [1736]
Confused Boko Haram hearing "Allahu Akbar!"	0 [1730]
Hundreds Of Egyptians Returning From Syria Arrested In Last Year	0 [1744]
Afghanistan Drone Strike Kills 11, Including 4 Pakistani Taliban	0 [1734]
Bulgaria Detains Foreign Suspects Bound For Syria Conflict	0 [1739]
Helmand Attack Ends with 7 Killed	0 [1747]
Iraq Kurds Launch Sinjar Offensive After Coalition Air Strikes	0 [1733]
Syria-Bound Girl Removed From Plane On UK Runway	5 16:46 irishrageboy [1736]
Five TTP militants killed in Karachi clash	1 09:05 Frank G [1743]
Two RKK militants captured in southern Thailand	0 [1736]
Page 2: WoT Background
Russian MP urges ban on use of ‘Islamist militant’ in mass media	5 21:39 Charles [1761]
Militants competing for the 'terror trophy'	0 [1740]
Peshawar in state of permanent war	0 [1735]
Jamaatul Ahrar denounces Peshawar attack amid national outrage	1 23:05 JosephMendiola [1750]
Outrage in India after Pakistani court grants bail 26/11 mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi	1 15:33 SteveS [1730]
U.S. to send Iraq 250 MRAP vehicles for free, says Pentagon	7 16:49 irishrageboy [1732]
ISIS To Impose Conscription On Iraqi Youth	0 [1734]
Israel, US Boycott Conference In Geneva For Palestinian Human Rights	5 20:20 Barbara [1732]
Boston Marathon bomber to appear in court this week	1 22:45 Daffy Angaigum8797 [1756]
Tsarnaev sister charged with making bomb threat	5 21:53 Super Hose [1761]
Israeli IS ‘Leader’ Says Caliphate Will Rule Over Jews	1 17:39 bigjim-CA [1729]
IS militant seeks Chechen wife for 15-year-old jihadi	2 22:42 Daffy Angaigum8797 [1746]
Phillipines declares unilateral holiday ceasefire with Maoists	1 22:52 JosephMendiola [1762]
Inquiry Clears British Soldiers Of Murder And Torture Of Iraqis	0 [1733]
Report: Spike in Syria Passport Applications	0 [1735]
Afghanis Fighting in Syria alongside Regime, Says Monitor	0 [1733]
Mass Grave of 230 Killed by IS Jihadists Found in Syria	0 [1736]
Pakistan PM Lifts Moratorium On Death Penalty After School Attack	0 [1732]
Iraqi Terrorist Reportedly Executed 150 Women For Resisting "Sexual Jihad"	5 21:57 Super Hose [1750]
MILF to begin turning over weapons next month	0 [1730]
Yemeni Shiite Rebels Take Over State-Run Newspaper	1 07:34 ed in texas [1737]
Obama Likely To Sign Bill Underscoring US-Israel Strategic Ties	2 10:37 Pappy [1735]
Hamas' Deputy Chief Says It Has Patched Up Ties With Iran	0 [1736]
France: 5 Terror Attacks Thwarted since 2013, Networks Broken	0 [1736]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Egyptian wife divorces husband over demands to look like Kim Kardashian	3 20:44 JosephMendiola [1741]
Diplomacy between Washington and Havana After 50 Years	6 22:03 Super Hose [1758]
Indian SSBN starts sea trials	2 20:46 JosephMendiola [1755]
India tests new space launch vehicle and crew module	3 13:17 3dc [1723]
AyPee - The Ill Fated Schemes to upend the Castro regime.	3 20:27 USN, Ret. [1735]
Ukrainian peace talk preliminaries to begin Sunday	0 [1736]
Russia Finance Ministry Selling Reserves to Support Ruble	3 07:32 ed in texas [1732]
Saudi to Continue 'Massive' Spending Despite Oil Price Fall	2 12:16 AlanC [1731]
Turkish Lira Hits New Record Low on Emerging Market Jitters	1 07:28 ed in texas [1737]
New Navy drone looks & swims like a shark	1 11:26 Deacon Blues [1733]
Russian TV warns Slavs not to drink with "Mongoloids" for health reasons	2 15:30 JFM [1731]
Obama Signs $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill Into Law	3 23:24 JosephMendiola [1750]
Devastating Sony Hack Just A Malware Rehash, Say Experts	3 12:07 Iblis [1746]
Putin holds late-night phone conferences on Ukraine with Euro leaders	2 23:42 JosephMendiola [1749]
Page 4: Opinion
Why Liberals Really, Really Hate Us	16 23:12 KBK [1749]
Fast draw – Hamas is no terrorist organization	6 12:33 JFM [1733]
Turkey's war on the rule of law continues	1 07:55 ed in texas [1736]
Rage and grief	4 14:17 rjschwarz [1744]
Challenge for politicians	0 [1731]
Untimely shrouds	3 15:32 Barbara [1737]
Assault on education	2 17:22 bigjim-CA [1729]
Empty Palestinian Threats	0 [1733]

Government

Vermont bails on single-payer health care

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            Posted by: Beavis  ||
            12/18/2014            08:28   ||
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#1 Yeah double digit payroll tax plus 9.5% income tax proved A tough sell. LOL.

                Posted by: Shipman    ||
                12/18/2014 9:15                Comments ||
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#2 Sounds like a good idea until the bill shows up.

                Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305    ||
                12/18/2014 11:19                Comments ||
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#3 EU, that's a fine summation of all lefty policies.

I think Mrs. Thatcher had a line about that.

                Posted by: AlanC    ||
                12/18/2014 12:18                Comments ||
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#4 Funded by punishing people for working to subsidize people who didn't look after their health...

Who could see any problems from that?!

                Posted by: Bright Pebbles    ||
                12/18/2014 12:44                Comments ||
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#5 Liberal ideologues.... until the check comes.

                Posted by: Besoeker    ||
                12/18/2014 15:58                Comments ||
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#6 As of 2013 there were 626,630 people in Vermont according to a census. Can't be sustainable.

                Posted by: Deacon Blues    ||
                12/18/2014 16:02                Comments ||
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#7 I think Mrs. Thatcher had a line about that.

"The problem with socialism is you eventually run out of toilet paper."

                Posted by: SteveS    ||
                12/18/2014 16:45                Comments ||
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#8 As of 2013 there were 626,630 people in Vermont according to a census.

They just need to import another 626,630 Massholes. Health insurance problem solved.

/sarc(?)

                Posted by: Pappy    ||
                12/18/2014 18:50                Comments ||
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#9 They don't need Massholes, they can get Mexicans cheaper.

                Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305    ||
                12/18/2014 19:24                Comments ||
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#10 #7 I think Mrs. Thatcher had a line about that.

"The problem with socialism is you eventually run out of toilet paper."

"we have cheaper paper - Venezuelan Bolivar Fuertes - trading at 6.3/$....errr 6.5...errr...6.7"

                Posted by: Frank G    ||
                12/18/2014 20:48                Comments ||
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#11 The actuary on me tell me you can make a subsistent pool regaedless of the prrticipantd

                Posted by: Varmint Slusort7530    ||
                12/18/2014 23:55                Comments ||
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11	Islamic State
3	TTP
2	Hamas
2	Houthis
2	Govt of Iraq
2	Govt of Syria
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Commies
1	al-Nusra
1	Boko Haram
1	Moro Islamic Liberation Front
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Salafists

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