Senate Stalls As Shutdown Looms 

As expected, Friday afternoon the Senate rejected the House's resolution to keep the government open while defunding Obamacare. But House conservatives stuck to their guns. They worked through the weekend, doing their part to avoid a partial government shutdown at midnight tonight, while taking a second shot at Obamacare. 

Delayed Again 

With just four days left until Obamacare's official launch, the Obama Administration announced today that it has been forced to delay online enrollment for small businesses in the so-called "SHOP exchanges." In addition, the Obamacare exchange in the District of Columbia will not be ready on time. 

Obama Reaches Out To Iran, Again 

During his address to the U.N. General Assembly today, Barack Obama reached out yet again to Iran. Obama used his U.N. speech to announce that he is directing Secretary of State John Kerry to pursue the diplomatic overtures that have been coming from Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani.

But despite those overtures and nice words, Iran has done nothing of substance to suspend its nuclear weapons program. Obama is being played. And Rouhani has done this before. 

The Fed's Funny Money 

Fed boss Ben Bernanke shocked financial markets yesterday when he announced that the Federal Reserve had decided not to "taper" the "funny money" it was pumping into the economy. The Fed is currently creating $85 billion a month that is then used to buy U.S. Treasury bonds, thus funding our debt. 

This is the equivalent of your family being $10,000 in debt and you saying to your spouse, "No problem. I just drew $10,000 on a piece of paper and cut it out so you can take it to the bank."