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Saturday, December 22, 2012

Missouri 'Secret Santa' showers $100 bills on superstorm Sandy-hit areas in New York, New Jersey | Synopsis

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Missouri 'Secret Santa' showers $100 bills on superstorm Sandy-hit areas in New York, New Jersey

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A Little Bit of Liberty by Nrbelex
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NEW YORK –  A Missouri man posing as "Secret Santa" is giving away $100,000 this holiday season and spent a day in New Jersey and New York giving money to people robbed of their belongings or homes by Superstorm Sandy. But the Kansas City businessman says money is not the issue. It's about random acts of kindness. Secret Santa started his East Coast visit Thursday in Elizabeth, N.J. In Staten Island, the anonymous benefactor walked up to surprised residents and thrust $100 bills into their hands. He said he is setting an example and hopes others will follow. Keeping close watch over the cash handouts was his security entourage -- police officers in uniform from New York and New Jersey, plus FBI agents.

People:

Superstorm Sandy

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Relevance: 0.366454

Santa

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Relevance: 0.333449

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StateOrCounty: Missouri

Overall Sentiment: 0.17559

Relevance: 0.325947

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City: NEW YORK

Overall Sentiment: 0.214164

Relevance: 0.835751

City: Kansas City

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GeographicFeature: Staten Island

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Relevance: 0.362948

Region: East Coast

Overall Sentiment: 0.0131654

Relevance: 0.332647

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Friday, December 21, 2012

Could Romney Repeal The Health Law? It Wouldn't Be Easy | Synopsis

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Could Romney Repeal The Health Law? It Wouldn't Be Easy

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HHS DOA by Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com
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"On Day 1 of my administration, I'll direct the secretary of Health and Human Services to grant a waiver from Obamacare to all 50 states. And then I'll go about getting it repealed," he told Newsmax TV in September 2011. But there are two big questions there. First of all, could a President Romney actually stop the health law in its tracks? And if he did try, what would happen? First, it turns out that stopping the law may be harder than the law's opponents realize. For one thing, if he's elected, Romney can't just grant waivers letting states ignore the law on his first day as president. "There are waivers under the law, but not an across-the-board waiver," said Tom Miller, a lawyer with the conservative American Enterprise Institute. For the record, Miller is an avid opponent of the health law.

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President Romney

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0.243132"Sure, he can rewrite the regulations for example ... but fundamentally, he can't change the law," he said. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.243132
  • Mean: 0.243132
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Tom Miller

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Relevance: 0.4841

SentimentQuote
-0.268173"There are waivers under the law, but not an across-the-board waiver," said Tom Miller, ...
0"You can try anything under the law," he said. ...
-0.223641"If you implement it in its entirety you'll also cause chaos in the market — would be my rejoinder," he said. ...
-0.23055"If you implement it in its entirety you'll also cause chaos in the market — would be my rejoinder," he said. "We're going to have chaos in either case."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 4
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.722364
  • Mean: -0.180591
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Robert Laszewski

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Relevance: 0.318927

SentimentQuote
0.0858774"Budget reconciliation rules require them to have a budget resolution, and require them to be able to vote out the changes, and that timetable will take him to at least mid-year," he said. ...
0"Every state legislature's got a decision to make about whether they build an insurance exchange or not," Laszewski said. ...
-0.334123"Every state legislature's got a decision to make about whether they build an insurance exchange or not," Laszewski said. "Everyone has sort of treaded water until the election — then we're go or no go. If Romney's elected, it's like - we don't know what's going to go or not. And it's just going to be one hell of a mess."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 3
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.2482456
  • Mean: -0.082748533333333
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Obamacare

Overall Sentiment: 0.214699

Relevance: 0.28486

SentimentQuote
0.317899"On Day 1 of my administration, I'll direct the secretary of Health and Human Services to grant a waiver from Obamacare to all 50 states. And then I'll go about getting it repealed," he told ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.317899
  • Mean: 0.317899
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

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  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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Overall Sentiment: 0.0780817

Relevance: 0.353307

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