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Company Behind Failed Obamacare Site Rewarded With $8 Billion In Future Work

 LONELYCONSERVATIVE.COM 10 Hours Ago Company Behind Failed Obamacare Site Rewarded With $8 Billion In Future Work CGI, the Canadian company behind the botched Obamacare website, is being rewarded for its massive failure with more work –  8 billion dollars worth of future contracts . CGI Federal now has an $8 billion pipeline of future task orders — doubling its federal business over the period of a year — including big-ticket items such as $871 million for the Defense Information Services Agency, a $143 million contract to do visa processing in China, and a five-year, "indefinite quantity" contract for the Department of Homeland Security and Coast Guard. (It's also working with state governments too — California, for example, handed it a $399 million contract to revamp its tax processing system). I wasn't familiar with the term "upward failure" before, but  it's certainly appropriate here . View Original Webpage Company Behind Failed Obamacare Site Rewar...

Texas Gun Owners Rally At The Alamo – Update: Armed Protest Ends Quietly And Peacefully

 PAT DOLLARD YOUNG AMERICANS 1 Hour Ago Texas Gun Owners Rally At The Alamo – Update: Armed Protest Ends Quietly And Peacefully Oct 19, 2013 Infidel Alie SAN ANTONIO —  Gun enthusiasts gathered at the Alamo Saturday to rally for the right to openly carry firearms, without state and local restrictions that are now in place. Demonstrators, many carrying rifles, shotguns or 19th-century pistols, cheered speakers who urged them to hold tight to their firearms, as their protected Constitutional right. Featured speaker Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, a candidate for lieutenant governor whose General Land Office oversees the Alamo, approved the use of the Alamo grounds for the event. Until 2011 the Alamo was overseen by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, which limited demonstrations at one of the state's most recognized landmarks. Police Chief William McManus said this week that police would oversee the protest, which he expected to be peaceful. Excerpted from  NBC NEWS:...