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October 28, 2013

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Happy Monday.

The Obamacare website went down yesterday due to some kind of network failure that was immediately blamed on a contractor.

What most of ya'll know about the health insurance "death spiral" that the President either doesn't know or doesn't want to mention yet.

Speaking of things the President doesn't know, there's a report that Obama was unaware that the NSA was targeting foreign leaders like German Chancelor Angela Merkel. There's also a report that Obama was aware of the spying, but let's be honest: given this Administrations SOP, Obama didn't know, didn't want to know, and wouldn't be told about it until it was going to be in the papers. See also: every scandal of this White House.

The Atlantic has a piece: "One Chart That Explains Why McDonald's Killed the Dollar Menu." It's good, but not as good as our own John E.'s more succinct explanation:

MT @TheAtlantic: Why McDonald's killed the dollar menu, explained in 1 pic pic.twitter.com/eK0kVuFCMw
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) October 28, 2013

Don't forget to pick up this week's podcast with Ben Domenech. It was a fun time.

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Speaking of things the President doesn't know, there's a report that Obama was unaware that the NSA was targeting foreign leaders like German Chancelor Angela Merkel. There's also a report that Obama was aware of the spying, but let's be honest: given this Administrations SOP, Obama didn't know, didn't want to know, and wouldn't be told about it until it was going to be in the papers. See also: every scandal of this White House. The Atlantic has a piece: "One Chart That Explains Why McDonald's Killed the Dollar Menu." It's good, but not as good as our own John E.'s more succinct explanation: MT @TheAtlantic: Why McDonald's killed the dollar menu, explained in 1 pic pic.twitter.com/eK0kVuFCMw — John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) October 28, 2013 Don't forget to pick up this week's podcast with Ben Domenech. It was a fun time. 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