Monday, September 30, 2013

Dog Chews Off Owner's Toe and Saves His Life- Jerry Douthett and Kiko


MICHIGAN– Forget the nagging wifeclichés – a gnawing dog may be good for your health. A drunk man who’d passed out woke to find his toe amputated by his pet terrier. Good thing, because it led to a diabetes diagnosis.  This dog, like many others, seems to have the ability to detect illness. – Global Animal
Associated Press–
A Michigan man says he’s grateful his dog ate most of his toe while he was passed out drunk.
Jerry Douthett of Rockford says Kiko’s action helped uncover an undiagnosed diabetic condition and led to treatment that could save his life.
The Grand Rapids Press reported that the 48-year-old musician knew for a while something was wrong with his foot.
He resisted seeking care until giving in to his nurse wife’s pressure one day last month.
Before going for an appointment, Douthett says he went out drinking, then came home and passed out.
When he awoke, the terrier was beside him in bed and lots of blood was where his toe used to be.
His wife rushed him to Spectrum Health Blodgett Campus, where doctors found a bone infection and amputated the rest of the toe.

ObamaCare Mandate To Shut Down Little Sisters Of The Poor

ObamaCare Mandate To Shut Down Little Sisters Of The Poor - Investors.com:
"HHS has ruled that if the Sisters don't offer insurance policies to their employees that include free coverage for sterilization procedures, artificial contraceptives and abortifacients, these vowed-to-poverty women will have to pay about $1 million in IRS fines, effectively making their work nearly impossible."

Captain Capitalism: Turn In Your Yachts!

Captain Capitalism: Turn In Your Yachts!:

Militarization Of Police Continues-SWATs Up?

Dallas Acquires MRAP Armored Vehicle As Militarization Of Police Continues - Investors.com:
"The SWAT raid came after "the Arlington Police Department received a number of complaints that the same property owner was cultivating marijuana plants on the premises," the city's statement said.
So why not just knock on the door with a search warrant?

An Arlington spokeswoman said the raid was perfectly legal and appropriate.
"The purpose was to improve the quality of life, to resolve safety issues within neighborhoods and to hold the property owner responsible for creating blight conditions on their property," she stated, not really explaining how this or even marijuana cultivation requires a SWAT team."

How A Wearable Patch Could Help Prevent Mosquito Bites

ToyotaVoice: How A Wearable Patch Could Help Prevent Mosquito Bites - Forbes:
"Kite, a new wearable patch, may be the solution to the fight against mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases.
A team of scientists developed Kite to block the way mosquitoes track humans through the CO2 we release as we breathe.
The patch, which works for up to 48 hours, doesn’t use the harmful chemicals used in traditional bug repellents, yet it practically makes a person invisible to pesky mosquitoes."

Oh Great, Facebook Wants to Know When You're Being Sarcastic

RealClearTechnology - Oh Great, Facebook Wants to Know When You're Being Sarcastic:
"Facebook can’t detect sarcasm, for example.
If you post on your wall that you “just can’t wait for more news” about your long-estranged school friend’s daily calorie intake as they pursue yet another fad diet, it will take you at your word and send you “helpful” links to celebrity weight loss programmes. 
Deep learning is an attempt to tap into these more subtle aspects of human thought, building on what we have already achieved in machine learning."

Judge approves deal in Alabama prison case over HIV-State taxpayers fund ACLU for plans of big lawsuit for when inmates get HIV

Judge approves deal in Alabama prison case over HIV | The Montgomery Advertiser | montgomeryadvertiser.com:
"MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has approved a settlement to end the segregation of HIV-positive inmates in Alabama prisons.
.....The American Civil Liberties Union represents inmates who sued to end the practice.
Thompson approved $1.3 million in legal fees and expenses that will have to be paid by the state."

Ridiculous, onerous, budget-busting, unfair, stolen, criminal Pensions Give New Meaning To 'If It's Too Good To Be True'

Generous Pensions Give New Meaning To 'If It's Too Good To Be True' - Forbes:
"Nationally, state plans covering public employees of cities, police, etc. are underfunded by $1.4 trillion, or 14 followed by 11 zeros. 
To correct that underfunding, you have to take the entire gross domestic product of Norway, add it to Belgium, and throw in Austria, and give all that to the states.

Raising taxes will not work because there is just too much money to raise. 
Moreover, many residents wonder why they have to pay high taxes to fund state pensions that are much more generous than they could ever receive. 
Some states replace nearly 90% of an employee’s annual salary, with yearly increases greater than the cost of living. 
Some employees can retire at full pension at age 55 or earlier, and they contribute far less than a private employee’s must pay."

Oshkosh 2013 Highlight Reel-Wow, gives me the shivers!

The Associated Press=Unpaid (until later....wink, wink....) PR firm of democrat party

The Associated Press Goes to Bat For the Democratic Party | Power Line:
"The AP pretends to be a neutral, just-the-facts information source, but it is nothing of the kind. 
While there are some good reporters at the AP, the overwhelming majority function, as to issues that are politically controversial, as advocates for the Democratic Party."

Obamacare Website Quietly Deletes Reference to 'Free Health Care' -The first of many "deletions"

Obamacare Website Quietly Deletes Reference to 'Free Health Care' | The Weekly Standard:
"Even as President Obama and his administration are making a last minute push to encourage enrollment in Obamacare, a quiet change was made on the Healthcare.gov website regarding those who will still not be able to afford coverage after the program kicks in.
From at least June 26, 2013 to as recently as September 15, under the topic, "Where can I get free or low-cost care in my community?" the following statement appeared: "If you can't afford any health plan, you can get free or low-cost health and dental care at a nearby community health center."

'HILARIOUS": Top MIT scientist mocks newest UN climate report -Cash still rolls in!

'HILARIOUS": Top MIT scientist mocks newest UN climate report | The Daily Caller:
"“I think that the latest IPCC report has truly sunk to level of hilarious incoherence,” Dr. Richard Lindzen told Climate Depot, a global warming skeptic news site.
“They are proclaiming increased confidence in their models as the discrepancies between their models and observations increase.”"

Prominent Muskegon attorney, depressed. Steals... no, "misappropriates", money. Shockingly still depressed!

Prominent Muskegon attorney faces discipline over thousands kept from former firm | MLive.com:
"Davis attributed his behavior to financial pressures.
In his defense he asserted his conduct was caused by a “temporary mental disability” – a “very high level of stress and depression he was undergoing as the result of facing serious financial difficulties.”"

Flint working hard to attract "Detroit style"bailout: Man dead following hit and run in Flint; violent crime reported on Flint area college campuses rises.

Police news: Man dead following hit and run in Flint; violent crime reported on Flint area college campuses rises | MLive.com:

"Gve them bread and circuses" NFL Sacks Taxpayers for Stadium Subsidies and Other Goodies

NFL Sacks Taxpayers for Stadium Subsidies and Other Goodies | Heartlander Magazine:
"The NFL is technically a nonprofit — thanks to a special exception in the tax code carved out by Congress in the 1960s — despite making billions of dollars of profit each year and paying top executives seven-figure salaries.

The NFL is allowed to negotiate contracts that would be illegal for companies like Apple or Exxon — thank Congress again for that one."
....Judith Grant Long, a Harvard University professor of urban planning, calculates that league-wide, 70 percent of the capital cost of NFL stadiums has been provided by taxpayers, not NFL owners."

They're ba-aack.........Lenders warn auto dealers about bias

Lenders warn auto dealers about bias | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Auto lenders are peppering dealerships with letters that say analyses of the dealerships' practices indicate a pattern of discrimination against minorities, women or the elderly in the loans they arrange for those customers.
....Many dealers say they think the letters were prompted by pressure on the lenders by the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and see them as another attempt by the bureau to extend its oversight to dealers
The law that created the bureau in 2010 did not give it jurisdiction over auto dealers."

Michigan Gov. Snyder accepts bribe, kneels, kisses ring. Praise as "statesman" oozes from MSM.

Tim Skubick: Gov. Snyder doesn't mind sidling up to White House if it helps Detroit | MLive.com:
"It was shades of Gov. Chris Christie walking around with the President himself in the aftermath of New Jersey’s tragic hurricane Sandy.
The occasion in Motown centered on the financial hurricane that threatens to bury the city and the rest of the state with it.
And just like Mr. Christie, Mr. Snyder is not about to put on his GOP partisan hat and tell the White House folks to take a hike, because they were riding in to deliver some badly needed financial largesse."

US police obtaining military vehicles to aid hunt for criminals and us?

US police obtaining military vehicles to aid hunt for criminals | Fox News:
"“Having a tactical vehicle will not only provide warrants execution with the equipment to assist in performing their jobs, but will provide an overall safety arch," Chief Deputy Marlin Suell reportedly wrote to county commissioners in informing them of the acquisition.

The vehicle costs about $600,000, but the county obtained it solely for the cost of transporting it from Fort Hood."

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Driving affects ovaries and pelvis, Saudi sheikh warns women-American lawyers openly salivating!

Driving affects ovaries and pelvis, Saudi sheikh warns women - Alarabiya.net English | Front Page:
 "Saudi women seeking to challenge a de facto ban on driving should realize that this could affect their ovaries and pelvises, Sheikh Saleh bin Saad al-Luhaydan, a judicial and psychological consultant to the Gulf Psychological Association, told Saudi news website sabq.org.
Driving “could have a reverse physiological impact.
Physiological science and functional medicine studied this side [and found] that it automatically affects ovaries and rolls up the pelvis.
This is why we find for women who continuously drive cars their children are born with clinical disorders of varying degrees,” Sheikh al-Luhaydan said."

Greece is starting to look like Weimar Germany...... and USA

Greece is starting to look like Weimar Germany – Telegraph Blogs
Economic collapse, mass joblessness, uniformed paramilitaries, street violence, political assassinations and, now, a round-up of opposition MPs. 
Euro-wracked Greece is beginning to feel eerily like Weimar Germany.

"The right to a family life" protects murderers who kill folks with families.

Britain may need to withdraw from European Convention on Human Rights, says Cameron - Telegraph: "The ECHR has been invoked by foreign criminals and terrorists fighting deportation from Britain.
They argue that its provisions mean they are entitled to various rights to be considered, including the right to a family life.
That has led to foreign criminals being allowed to remain the UK because they have family connections here."

20th Century Death

20th Century Death | Information Is Beautiful

"Gobsmacking" instead of healthcare-NHS 'bans' GPs from carrying out minor operations on patients who smoke unless they promise to quit

NHS 'bans' GPs from carrying out minor operations on patients who smoke unless they promise to quit | Mail Online:
"It was getting caught when he put on ear defenders and hygienic headgear for his job inspecting catering equipment.
As a result, the lump was becoming painful.
Mr Merrett, 46, said: ‘I was told, in no uncertain terms, that unless I gave up smoking or signed up to a quitting clinic they would refuse to treat me. 
I was gobsmacked.’
He claims the doctor told him: ‘These directions are not mine. 
It’s not me refusing this treatment,  it’s the NHS trust.’"

Racial-quota bean counters demand more whites be arrested!-Racist Pot Prosecution in Louisiana

Racist Pot Prosecution in Louisiana | Best Black News:
"Although whites and Blacks use marijuana at roughly equal rates, Blacks are far more likely to be arrested for possession.
In Louisiana, the racial bias in prosecution is extreme.
“In Tangipahoa Parish, blacks are 11.8 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana than whites and in St. Landry Parish the rate of black arrests for marijuana is 10.7 times as likely as whites.”"

Reporters to reveal ‘US assassination program’

Reporters to reveal ‘US assassination program’ Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!:
"I don’t want to give too much away but Glenn and I are working on a project right now that has at its center how the National Security Agency plays a significant, central role in the US assassination program,” "

Cultural equalists aghast- Boys stomp girls on the math SAT test

Boys vs. girls on the math SAT test | AEIdeas:
"I created the animated video above in the fall of 2010 after the SAT test results were released showing that boys scored 34 points higher on average on the math SAT test that year, following a long trend back to at least 1972 of boys outperforming girls on the math SAT test (see this recent CD post for more details).
Now that the 2013 results have just been released showing another +30 point advantage for boys on the math SAT, I thought it would be a good time to feature the video."

"Egg Heads" really do have eggs instead of brains in their heads! The dismal failure of 'Big Data'

The dismal failure of 'Big Data' | ZDNet:
"After the financial meltdown in 2008, Alan Greenspan, the former Chairman of the Federal Reserve was asked questions by a Washington committee about how the crisis occurred.
He said all his financial models over the past 40 years were wrong.
Yet those models informed his adjustment of interest rates, and if they were based on wrong models, he likely harmed the economy, consistently, decade after decade.
It's truly an epic fail for Big Data."

The Well Armed Woman-It's free coffee day!

"I just heard on the news that it was National Coffee Day! Going to go get another cup!" 
Gun Gift Shop:

Is that my lunch money in your bra or are you just happy to see me?-School district accountant accused of stealing $3 million in school lunch money by stuffing it in her bra

School district accountant accused of stealing $3 million in school lunch money by stuffing it in her bra - NY Daily News:
"Judith Oakes, who worked for the school district in Rialto, Calif., was caught on video stuffing cash from the lunch program into her brassiere, police said."

Former "Green Cities" coordinator's new job is to spread fear!

Old, crumbling dams pose potential hazards across Michigan | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"It’s “in very, very poor shape,” said Steve Montle, Flint’s former Green Cities coordinator who now works on city projects as a consultant.
Based on its location, it’s considered a high-hazard dam — meaning if it failed, people likely would die and significant structural damage could occur.
Told of the dam’s condition, Lee, 18, of Clarkston said,
“I had no idea.
I’m a little bit scared to be sitting here right now.”"

Revealed: Detroit Gave $2 Billion in Undisclosed Union-Brokered Bonuses

Revealed: Detroit Gave $2 Billion in Undisclosed Union-Brokered Bonuses:
"A stunning new actuary report on Detroit's pension implosion has revealed that Detroit trustees doled out nearly $2 billion in undisclosed holiday "bonuses" to Detroit workers and retirees negotiated by the city and its unions."

The REAL reason AARP is supporting Obamacare!


TaxMoney pit becomes enormous sinkhole for taxpayers-Economics of Detroit favor rehabbing historic buildings, expert says

Economics of Detroit favor rehabbing historic buildings, expert says | MLive.com:
"DETROIT, MI - Hundreds of developers, tax attorneys, accountants and other community revitalization professionals converged on Detroit last week for the Novogradac Historic Tax Credit Conference."
"If we pay them, they will come....."

Saturday, September 28, 2013

A weatherman breaks down in tears and vows NEVER to fly again due to grim climate-change report

A weatherman breaks down in tears and vows NEVER to fly again due to grim climate-change report | Mail Online:
"Holthaus, who now writes for Quartz, has decided he will also reduce his carbon footprint by giving up on air travel.
‘I just broke down in tears in boarding area at SFO while on phone with my wife.
 I've never cried because of a science report before. #IPCC,’ was his first tweet on around 2pm on Friday.
‘I realised just now:
This has to be the last flight I ever take.
I’m committing right now to stop flying.
It’s not worth the climate,’ he tweeted a few minutes later."

Worse Is the New Normal

Worse Is the New Normal | National Review Online:
"George Orwell, after attending a meeting of impoverished but passive miners, remarked sadly that “there is no turbulence left in England.” 
The Democrats, and much of the Republican establishment, have made a bet that there is no turbulence left in America, and the citizenry will stand mute before Obamacare’s wrecking ball.
Unless they’re willing to accept a worse life for their children and grandchildren, middle-class Americans need to prove them wrong."

Panicky unions want judge to stop certification elections

Panicky unions want judge to stop certification elections - EAGnews.org powered by Education Action Group Foundation, Inc.

Welcome to Obama's bail-out, hand-out nation.

Varney & Co. | Fox Business:
"More money to Detroit?"
Must see video!

President Obama lied to us -- he told America some real whoppers about ObamaCare

President Obama lied to us -- he told America some real whoppers about ObamaCare | Fox News:
"President Obama lied to us.
It wasn’t a white lie. 
It wasn’t a fib. 
It wasn’t a half truth.
 It was a bold-faced lie."

The Catchy Obamacare Song That Will Probably Have You Singing, Laughing and Nodding in Agreement

The Catchy Obamacare Song That Will Probably Have You Singing, Laughing and Nodding in Agreement | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"What’s a law that’s so good
folks who passed and defended it
see it and got waivers
to be exempted? It’s

like Olestra, at first
it sounded hip
but we quickly found ourselves
dealing with a whole lot of sh…

Obamacare, Obamacare
Unions and businesses both in despair"

Financial tsunami rewards loyal democrat leaders and voters in Detroit

Treasury official to coordinate funds for blight fight as part of $320M in aid to Detroit | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Obama administration officials said today they are sending someone to Detroit to coordinate a federal effort to help fix the city.
It's part of a plan by U.S. President Barack Obama that will commit at least $320 million to bankrupt Detroit, primarily through grants and other programs, to raze blighted buildings, hire police and firefighters and improve transit."

Woman makes sandwiches for boyfriend; liberals make poopy in pants

Woman makes sandwiches for boyfriend; liberals make poopy in pants | The Daily Caller:
"WHAT THE F***??? THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!!

Noah Rothman, Mediaite:

[A] young woman has attracted attention from culinary world icons such as Emeril Lagasse, Michael White and Ken Friedman with 300sandwiches.com,” a New York Post story published on Tuesday began. The Post revealed that this mystery woman was, in fact, New York Post Page Six reporter Stephanie Smith. The Post story revealed that she not only enjoys making sandwiches for her boyfriend, he requests them frequently. Now, outrage is swelling over Smith’s boyfriend’s sandwich requests."

Seymour Hersh: Bin Laden Raid “One Big Lie”

Seymour Hersh: Bin Laden Raid “One Big Lie” Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!: "On the subject of the Navy Seal raid that supposedly resulted in the death of the Al-Qaeda terror leader, Hersh remarked,
“Nothing’s been done about that story, it’s one big lie, not one word of it is true.”
Hersh added that the Obama administration habitually lies but they continue to do so because the press allows them to get away with it.
“It’s pathetic, they are more than obsequious, they are afraid to pick on this guy [Obama],” Hersh told the Guardian."

No MSU football today so....Insult the Bye Week with a Limerick

Insult the Bye Week with a Limerick:
"The Bye Week just isn't that great: 
Their players are all second-rate, 
The coaches are punks, 
Their fans are all drunks 
And their cheerleaders are overweight."

Lots more at link.

Friday, September 27, 2013

"If you like your plan, you can keep your plan." - Barack Obama







My Current Plan (BCBS)
Mo pmt: $286.25
Annual Deductable: $1000
Co-pay:30%
Max annual out-of-pocket: $3500 (plus monthly payments)

Similar plan BENEFITS to what I now have:
Mo pmt: $829.84
Annual Deductable: $1500
Co-pay:20%
Max annual out-of-pocket: :$4000 (plus monthly payments)

Similar plan PRICE to what I now have:
Mo. pmt:$267.26
Annual Deductable: $7500
Co-pay:20%
Max annual out-of-pocket:$11,000 (plus monthly payments)


Plus there's this gem: *These rates do not include upcoming federal taxes that will be added to your bill when they become effective.

20 Things I Learned While I Was in North Korea

wait but why: 20 Things I Learned While I Was in North Korea
15) No North Korean people have access to the internet because the government is concerned that people would see things that would make them feel unfairly critical toward the West, and the government would like to protect the West's reputation by preventing the people from going on the internet.

Yup. That is the story I was told when I asked our North Korean guide why no one can go on the internet. One of the most absurd explanations for anything—apparently the government isn't even trying to lie credibly anymore.

What the (most privileged) people do have access to is the North Korean intRAnet, a network limited to government-approved North Korean websites.

How to cut the Google cord

How to cut the Google cord | How To - CNET:
"If Google services work for you, there's no reason to change.
After all, it's no accident the company's worth a gazillion dollars.
But if you're wondering whether a competing service might have more to offer, making the switch from Gmail, Google Drive, or Google search isn't difficult.
 It's got nothing to do with politics, economics, or philosophy.
Honest."

Cooley Law Plans To RAISE Tuition, Will Consider LOWERING Standards

Cooley Law Plans To RAISE Tuition, Will Consider LOWERING Standards « Above the Law: A Legal Web Site
The median LSAT score for students at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School is 145. This means that Cooley is already trawling in the waters of the bottom 25 percent of LSAT takers. So when Cooley Law Dean Don LeDuc says that the school might consider lowering its admissions standards to cover the drop in law school applications, it’s fair to ask what’s lower than the bottom of the barrel.
Are they going to start admitting people who took the LSAT in crayon? Are they going to start admitting people who can’t read? If the median score is 145 and you’re going to bring that number down, what (if any) “standards” does your school still purport to have?
Cooley would rather lower its standards than lower its tuition. In fact, LeDuc says that tuition is going the other way: Cooley announced that it will raise first-year tuition by 9 percent and tuition on everybody else by 8 percent. It’s almost as if Cooley has taken upon itself the responsibility of punishing people too ignorant to research legal education….
I use strong words when discussing Cooley because I think what they are doing is wrong. Tuition at Cooley will now cost $43,500 for the first year. Charging $43,500 for people who struggle to break 145 on the LSAT is just taking advantage of people who are too disadvantaged or uninformed to protect themselves. That’s all it is. It’s like giving a high school drop-out a predatory home loan, paying a drug addict in drugs for sexual favors, or convincing grandma to invest her life savings in a risky business venture. Cooley has a ridiculous informational advantage over its students, and it is literally targeting and exploiting people with poor logical reasoning skills, as evidenced by their performance on the LSAT.

American ethnicity map shows melting pot of ethnicities that make up the USA today

American ethnicity map shows melting pot of ethnicities that make up the USA today | Mail Online:
Melting pot: This map shows the ethnic heritage of Americans

Detroit's Pension Ponzi Scheme

Blog: Detroit's Pension Ponzi Scheme:
"So who benefited from this abuse of the trustees' powers?
According to their spokeswoman:
"Of all the nonpension payments, she said, 54 percent went to active workers, 14 percent went to retirees and 32 percent went to the city, which used its share to lower its annual contributions to the fund. 
The excess payments were often made near the end of the year, when recipients needed money for the holidays, or to heat their homes."
So in addition to playing Santa Claus to retirees each December and using the pension fund as a slush fund, the trustees paid out money already in the plan to help the city fund payments into the plan?
That is a fraud on both the taxpayers and the retirees who depend upon the solvency of the plan. 
 Why aren't these people in jail? "

When Bubbles Fail: Albert Edwards Explains What Happens When The Fed Can No Longer Contain The Fury Of The "99%"

When Bubbles Fail: Albert Edwards Explains What Happens When The Fed Can No Longer Contain The Fury Of The "99%" | Zero Hedge:
"The premise in Albert Edwards' latest letter "Is the Fed blowing bubbles to cover up growing inequality... again" is simple: the unprecedented social inequality in the US (and the rest of the world - as pointed out here), and what it will ultimately lead to.
Regarding what it will lead to, Edwards believes, is that "growing inequality drains the swimming pool dry. 
The crunch, when it comes, will be ugly." 
Simple enough."

Father of Brooklyn teen Jean Fritz Pierre who drowned on class trip gets call from school about his absences

Father of Brooklyn teen Jean Fritz Pierre who drowned on class trip gets call from school about his absences | Mail Online:
"'Don’t you know my son is dead?': Father of boy who drowned on class trip gets call from school about his absences
Jean Fritz Pierre, 16, died while swimming in a lake on a school trip in June
His father Jonas Pierre, who is already suing the city for $10M, says the school called to discuss his son's record of skipping class"

The Times Climbs Off the Hockey Stick

The Times Climbs Off the Hockey Stick | National Review Online:
"Rich notes below Richard Muller’s New York Times piece on how the world “mistakenly took the hockey stick seriously“. "

Gun Owners Agree… McDonald’s Coffee is Better Than Starbucks |

Gun Owners Agree… McDonald’s Coffee is Better Than Starbucks

Fix Bayonets!

Fix Bayonets!:
"The Republican war over whether to bow to the seemingly inevitable and fund Obamacare is a Panama Canal issue. How one votes here may decisively affect one’s career."

Cavuto: Mr. President, We At Fox News Are Not The Problem

$67 Million Missing from Obamacare Slush Fund

Report: $67 Million Missing from Obamacare Slush Fund:
"A Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report released on Wednesday found that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) cannot account for $67 million spent from an Obamacare implementation slush fund.
"Specifically, the IRS did not account for or attempt to quantify approximately $67 million [from the slush fund] of indirect ACA costs incurred for Fiscal Years 2010 through 2012," read the report."

Audit: Real estate investments cost Detroit pension funds more than $144 million over two years

Audit: Real estate investments cost Detroit pension funds more than $144 million over two years | Crain's Detroit Business:
"The report also found "disconcerting administrative protocols for the handling of employee health care and other benefits," according to a news release.

The audit also found that 13 percent of the city's unemployment compensation claims processed between July 2011 and March 2013 were "likely fraudulent."

In addition, there were questionable interest rates applied to GRS annuities and overtime pay included in the average final compensation calculation, the report's executive summary says."

Detroit is number one market in the country to buy rather than rent, report says

Detroit is number one market in the country to buy rather than rent, report says | MLive.com:

Titanic battle between "art" lovers and "handicapers"

Why Calder flowers now will stay into ArtPrize's final week | MLive.com:
"GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Removal of an ArtPrize piece that Alexander Calder’s grandson called an “abomination” is being postponed so the artist’s son, who has Down Syndrome, can see the work during a school field trip next week."

Trayvon Martin Verdict Proves It’s ‘Legal To Hunt’ Children In Florida

University Of Maryland Official: Trayvon Martin Verdict Proves It’s ‘Legal To Hunt’ Children In Florida:
"A University of Maryland official is coming under fire after he sent an email to students where he wrote that the verdict in the Trayvon Martin case is evidence that "it is legal to hunt down and kill American children in Florida.”"

New normal-no corporate spending unless government contributes

Norton Shores issues tax break for expansion at Eagle Machine Tool | MLive.com:
"The Industrial Facilities Exemption was for machinery and equipment totaling $137,500 and will help add two jobs in the Muskegon area, said Eagle Machine Tool Corp. President Ted Fleis."

Muskegon County man found with heroin needle in arm in Applebee's parking lot |

Muskegon County man found with heroin needle in arm in Applebee's parking lot | MLive.com:
"In the last couple of months, there have been several reports of heroin-related incidents reported to police.
The problem has worsened since 2009, authorities have said, as heroin is quickly becoming one of the drugs of choice in urban areas of the county."

'Healthy Muskegon Day' proves good health can only come from government grants

'Healthy Muskegon Day' provides updates on community projects, introduces future endeavors | MLive.com:
"The presentation provided evidence that the Healthy Muskegon Initiative is making strides.
The biggest being the McLaughlin Grows Urban Farm, which was able to double the size of its farm thanks to the grant. "

Thrown Out of Egypt, The Muslim Brotherhood Moves Office…To LONDON

Thrown Out of Egypt, The Muslim Brotherhood Moves Office…To LONDON (Geller, Atlas Shrugs)

Thursday, September 26, 2013

65 Outrageous Lies by President Obama

Save a Forest: Print Your Emails

Save a Forest: Print Your Emails | AEIdeas
"I’ve featured this before on CD, but it’s so good I thought it was time to post it again:
In response to the ubiquitous email taglines inspired by a sincere, but possibly misguided attempt to help save the planet like: “Please consider the environment before printing – Save trees, save paper” and “Be green, keep it on the screen,” tree farmer and keyboard player (Allman Brothers, Rolling Stones) Chuck Leavell uses this email tagline:
Notice: It’s OK to print this email. Paper is a biodegradable, renewable, sustainable product made from trees. Growing and harvesting trees provides jobs for millions of Americans. Working forests are good for the environment and provide clean air and water, wildlife habitat and carbon storage. Thanks to improved forest management, we have more trees in America today than we had 100 years ago.
That tagline was featured in Chuck’s Wall Street Journal op-ed in March 2011 (co-authored with Carlton Owen, forester, wildlife biologist and CEO of U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities), where they concluded that “We don’t advocate wanton waste of paper or any other material, but avoiding the print option does absolutely nothing to save the planet or forests. Honest, it’s okay to print. Trees are renewable, recyclable and sustainable.”

Detroit Police: Now finding residents who've "moved". They're in the suburbs!

Police: Body parts found in suburban Detroit sewer:
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say body parts have been found in a sewer in suburban Detroit for the third time in just over a year."

WARNING!-Microsoft: Security diversity good and you ain't got it with us.

Microsoft: Security Essentials provides "baseline" protection - Neowin:
"Holly Stewart, senior program manager of the Microsoft Malware Protection Center, has told Dennis Technology Labs in an interview that Security Essentials is intended to provide "baseline" protection and recommended that users install an anti-virus on top of it for better security from advanced threats.

Stewart said,
"It’s not as efficient to have one kind of weapon. 
Like anything you must have that diversity. 
It’s a weakness to just have one.""

Double Down: Obamacare Will Increase Avg. Individual-Market Insurance Premiums By 99% For Men, 62% For Women

Double Down: Obamacare Will Increase Avg. Individual-Market Insurance Premiums By 99% For Men, 62% For Women - Forbes

Recreating ridiculous family pictures

Recreating ridiculous family pictures | Don'tpokethebear.com:

Only little pay property taxes in Detroit-$27 million in tax incentives approved for new Detroit office tower

$27 million in tax incentives approved for new Detroit office tower | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Developers of a proposed $111 million office building in Detroit received approval Wednesday for $27 million in tax incentives.
The board of the Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority voted Wednesday afternoon during a meeting at the Guardian Building to approve the incentives for the 320,000-square-foot office building on the Monroe Block, bounded by Monroe, Bates and Farmer streets, Woodward Avenue and Cadillac Square.
The brownfield incentives won't be awarded until after the building is constructed.
Construction of the development by Livonia-based Schostak Bros. & Co. "

Obamacare fiscal jihaad against marriage: The New Federal Wedding Tax

The New Federal Wedding Tax: How Obamacare Would Dramatically Penalize Marriage:
 "One bizarre feature of the Senate-passed health care bill is its pervasive bias against marriage.
Under the bill, couples would face massive financial penalties if they marry or remain married.
Conversely, couples who cohabit without marriage are given highly preferential financial treatment.
If the Senate bill becomes law, saying “I do” would cost some couples over $10,000 per year."

Military commanders investigated for mishandling Army’s ‘lost’ Medal of Honor nomination

Military commanders investigated for mishandling Army’s ‘lost’ Medal of Honor nomination | McClatchy
Petraeus, based in Kabul, commanded the U.S.-led international force in Afghanistan in the summer of 2010, when Swenson’s original Medal of Honor packet – the telephone book-size package of sworn witness statements, maps and other documents supporting the nomination – went missing. 
Every electronic copy of the packet also disappeared from U.S. military computer systems, except for an incomplete version that was found on a classified network.
......But according to an Aug. 4, 2011, Memorandum of Record obtained by McClatchy, the “informal” investigation failed to pinpoint the reason why Swenson’s paperwork disappeared. 
Moreover, the probe was closed despite uncovering evidence of a possible attempt to kill Swenson’s award through an improper downgrade to a Distinguished Service Cross.

$5.25 Million for Senate Hair Care and 21 Other Ways Politicians Are Living the High Life at Your Expense

$5.25 Million for Senate Hair Care and 21 Other Ways Politicians Are Living the High Life at Your Expense : Freedom Outpost:
"In fact, just the other day Nancy Pelosi insisted that there were "no more cuts to make" to the federal budget."
Keep in mind that there are only 100 U.S. Senators, and many of them don't have much hair left at this point."

"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.."....... well it is sure gettin' popular.......

Truly "Exceptional" And Dumber Than Ever: Verbal SAT Scores Plunge To Fresh Record Low | Zero Hedge:
"Having followed this tragic development year after year, it is amazing that we are still surprised by what the chart below shows, yet here we are: surprised.
Although judging by recent social, fiscal and monetary developments (and the complete lack thereof as the same old broken approaches are tried with a lunatic's intensity and an idiot's resolve that this time will be different), we can certainly believe it.
In brief: another year, another record low for the average verbal SAT score, and another sad achievement for a nation that is getting fatter, dumber and ever more in debt."

Shock report! Detroit stole its way to bankruptcy!

Detroit Spent Billions Extra on Pensions - NYTimes.com:
"Detroit’s municipal pension fund made payments for decades to retirees, active workers and others above and beyond normal benefits, costing the struggling city billions of dollars and helping push it into bankruptcy, according to people who have reviewed the payments.
The payments, which were not publicly disclosed, included bonuses to retirees, supplements to workers not yet retired and cash to the families of workers who died before becoming eligible to collect a pension, according to reports by an outside actuary and other people with knowledge of the matter.
How much each person received is not known. But available records suggest that the trustees approving the payments did not discriminate; nearly everybody in the plan received them.
Most of the trustees on Detroit’s two pension boards represent organized labor, and for years they could outvote anyone who challenged the payments."

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

FHA financially DOA.

The Federal Housing Administration may need a bailout:
"The Federal Housing Administration, weighed down by losses on souring loans, will likely need a cash infusion from the U.S. Treasury for the first time in its nearly 80-year history when the current budget year ends, according to sources familiar with the matter."

Government binges on taxpayer drunkenness,

Census: State and Local Income, Sales, Motor Fuel, Motor Vehicle, and Alcoholic Beverage Taxes Hit All-Time Highs in 2nd Quarter | CNS News:
" Revenues from state and local individual income taxes, general sales and gross receipt taxes, motor fuel taxes, motor vehicle taxes and taxes on alcoholic beverages each hit all-time highs in the second quarter of this year, according to data released today by the Census Bureau."

Obama’s UN Declaration: ‘The World Is More Stable Than It Was Five Years Ago’-Clarifies "I meant my golf world"........

PJ Media » Obama’s UN Declaration: ‘The World Is More Stable Than It Was Five Years Ago’:
"President Obama gave a meandering defense of U.S. policy before the United Nations General Assembly in New York today, capped by declarations of wiggle room on key issues such as Iran as he directed Secretary of State John Kerry to begin dialogue with new “reformer” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

......He even declared that al-Qaeda had still been damaged even after rattling off recent terror attacks, and boldly proclaimed “the world is more stable than it was five years ago” — just before acknowledging that “a glance at today’s headlines indicates that dangers remain.”"

Goats in Detroit? Councilman explores new way to address unruly lawns-Unions complain recruitment efforts going baaaaaadly........

Goats in Detroit? Councilman explores new way to address unruly lawns | MLive.com:
"It's been proven to save money and it's an inventive way to address some issues that we all have," Tate said."

Obama’s handshake a ‘kiss of death’

Obama’s handshake a ‘kiss of death’ | New York Post:
"Two years after Obama shook hands with Libyan dictator Moammar Khadafy at the G-8 summit in Italy in 2009, Khadafy was dead, tortured and killed by foes after a 42-year reign of terror.
In May 2011, Obama shook hands with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad — and just this past March, the communist leader died of cancer.
Egyptian despot Hosni Mubarak shared a handshake with the Leader of the Free World at the White House in September 2010.
The ailing 85-year-old former president is now under house arrest in a military hospital outside Cairo."

Gore Wrong As Arctic Ice Cap Grows By Million Square Miles In Year

Gore Wrong As Arctic Ice Cap Grows By Million Square Miles In Year - Investors.com:
"A 2007 prediction that summer in the North Pole could be "ice-free by 2013" that was cited by former Vice President Al Gore in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech has proven to be off . .. by 920,000 square miles.
But then Democrats have never been good at math — or climate science."

Disability Insurance Trust Fund Nears Insolvency-Senate moves to redefine "insolvency".

Disability Insurance Trust Fund Nears Insolvency | Mercatus: "Data from the 2013 Trustees Report show that the disability fund is currently predicted to be three years from insolvency. "

Wayne State forfeits state funding- Coconspirators giddy!

14 of Michigan's public universities to benefit as Wayne State forfeits state funding | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"Wayne State University’s 8.9% tuition hike, which violated a tuition increase cap put in place by the Legislature, will benefit Michigan’s other public universities as they now divide funding that would have gone to WSU.

State Budget Director John Nixon formally notified WSU on Sept. 10 that it was forfeiting $534,700 in performance funding.
That money, in turn, was divided among the other 14 public universities.
....But at Wayne State, the lost state money is far less than the university is getting from its tuition hike.
The increase, which is 5.15% higher than the state limit, is expected to generate around $7 million in additional revenue this year, WSU spokesman Matt Lockwood said."

Union collaborator of indeterminate gender gets new job.

Interim Wayne State Provost Margaret Winters gets job through 2015 | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Winters, .....was lead management negotiator through months of contentious bargaining with the American Association of University Professors-American Federation of Teachers Local 6075.
The talks led to a controversial eight-year labor contract with Wayne State's faculty union."

Rainbow of voters: More than 7,000 Forest Hills students create ArtPrize voter tsunami.

Rainbow of leaves: More than 7,000 Forest Hills students create ArtPrize entry | MLive.com:
"While ArtPrize draws artists from all over the world, more than 7,000 are right in West Michigan schools – and all in one entry."

These 7000 "artists" won't affect the ArtPrize voting......... right?

Shocking! Government simplifies and combines words "lie and cheat" into "Oversights". Linguists and media charmed.

Michigan Strategic Fund under fire over incomplete, overstated data on job creation | MLive.com:
"LANSING — The Michigan Strategic Fund is under fire from both Republicans and Democrats after an audit report found it gave the Legislature incomplete and overstated data on jobs created from business incentive programs.

A report released Tuesday by Michigan's Auditor General found that the MSF, part of the taxpayer-supported Michigan Economic Development Corp., hasn't been verifying that certain grant recipients are meeting program requirements or creating the jobs they promised.
Those "oversights" led to overstated jobs figures in its annual Legislative report."

A Giant in the Global Warming Farce, David Suzuki, Doesn’t Know Anything About Anything

iOwnTheWorld.com » Blog Archive » A Giant in the Global Warming Farce, David Suzuki, Doesn’t Know Anything About Anything:
"This is stunning.
One of the darlings of the climate change movement is a clueless jackass.
This interview is ridiculous."

Kid sees, grabs hooters-wrecks artist's "elements of the human body".

ArtPrize entry damaged when child accidentally knocks over ceramic figures | MLive.com:
"The voluptuous figures, which were placed on four wooden benches, are meant to evoke subtle elements of the human body, according to VanCamp's artist statement."

Detroit utilizing You Tube to maintain reputation-"Flint ain't nottin dude!"

Watch surveillance footage of 64-year-old man beaten in lot of Detroit gas station | MLive.com:

more video here:
https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+video+detroit+man+beaten&oq=youtube+video+detroit+man+beaten&aqs=chrome..69i57.10515j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Private-Public-Partnership scam creates opportunity for American innovation

Markets in everything: Another college textbook alternative and the “airbnb for dogs” | AEIdeas:
"McGraw-Hill’s best-selling “Microeconomics” by McConnell, Brue and Flynn (19th edition) is $173.22 on Amazon, and that’s for the paperback version.
In contrast, students can purchase “Principles of Microeconomics” by Timothy Taylor (2nd edition) from Textbook Media Press starting at only $19.95 for the online version of the book or pay $22.95 for the iPad, iTouch and iPhone/Smartphone version. "
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

French compose skit for "Saturday Night Live" except it ain't a joke.... but it ought to be.......

French Court Orders Flagship Sephora Store Not To Work So Much | Zero Hedge:
"There has to be some intangible benefit from this ludicrous court ruling?
Indeed there is.

"Advocates of more-limited hours argue that allowing employees to work late or on Sundays can hurt the country's social fabric, preventing families from spending time together."
And there it is: capitalism's ugly underbelly exposed, risking such disastrous consequences as "hurting a country's social fabric" (the country in question of course being France which with Swiss watch regularity undergoes deadly race and unemployment-motivated riots) and preventing families from clicking on their iPads at dinner time. Together.

Unions opposed to late opening said Monday's ruling vindicated their cause.
"This decision encourages us in our battle," said Eric Scherrer from the CFTC union, part of a group of retail unions that brought the case against Sephora before the courts.
"What those companies are doing is illegal," he said."

Obamacare bill SO bad that simply reading or discussing it now classified as hazardous to lib's emotional health!

Articles: The Wrecking Ball Known as ObamaCare:
"It is mindboggling that so many people are totally unaware of ObamaCare, have no interest in discussing it, and are dismissive and rude if someone attempts to have a rational conversation about a law that will drastically change the landscape of this country.This deliberate ignorance continues to beget denial.
....Daily, one learns that ObamaCare is a job destroyer. 
The graph here shows that deep cuts to jobs will continue as "ObamaCare kills off at least two percent of the U.S. full-time workforce."
The list of companies cutting hours for workers continues to grow.
Employers seek to keep staff below the 30-hour threshold set by the not-so Affordable Care Act.
Thus, "according to an April survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), 41% of 603 small business owners" are delaying hiring.
In fact, "one in five [have] already cut hours, while 20% have reduced payroll."

WHY WE SUCK

Majority of democrat voters with accents on welfare.

Majority of illegal (and legal) immigrants are on welfare |:
"This important news was never reported by the mainstream media.
It confirms what many of us instinctively already know.
Although the news is more than 2 years old, I only just discovered it on Judicial Watch. "

Media annoyed mass murderer isn't white, Palen relative. Petulance preempts publishing!

Why Has The Media Stopped Talking About The Navy Yard Shooter? | American Glob:
"The media typically loves stories about people who go on shooting sprees but just a few days after the Navy Yard shooting story broke, no one in the media is talking about it anymore. 
Why?
The answer is pretty simple.
The story didn’t fit the media’s preferred gun control narrative."

School "protects" children from child who enjoys toys that most male children like.

Student Suspended For Playing With Airsoft Gun - In His Own Yard | Independent Journal Review:
"A seventh-grade student in Virginia has been suspended from school for playing with an airsoft gun.
In his own yard.
As he waited for the school bus.
Worse?
He could be expelled for the rest of the school year."

Mark Steyn's Epic Rant: UN's IPCC Confesses No Global Warming Since 1998

Delusional lib columnist thinks people enjoy returning dirty, empty pop cans.

Tim Skubick: Michigan DEQ considers changes to popular bottle bill | MLive.com:
"An industry source reveals the bottle folks may be willing to expand the law to include those newly invented containers if the greens agree to the redemption centers.

UAW say their shares of Chrysler worth more than anyone will pay. Demand "card check" vote on value.

Chrysler Group files for IPO as Fiat seeks deal to merge automakers | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Marchionne, who is chief executive officer of both Fiat and Chrysler, and the United Auto Workers’ healthcare trust are locked in a dispute over Chrysler’s value.
Fiat is seeking to buy the trust’s stake and merge the two companies to create a global player with the scale to compete with industry leaders Toyota Motor Corp. General Motors Co. and Volkswagen AG.

A stock sale may delay a Fiat-Chrysler merger, Marchionne, 61, said on Sept. 13., adding that the two sides “are not getting closer, but we keep on talking.”"

Democrat Pelosi suggests unemployed "follow your passion", eat "wellness, prevention, health" rather than expensive food.

Pelosi: Death of 40-hour work week means freedom to ‘follow your passion’ - BizPac Review:
"Pelosi was unfazed.
"Some parts of Obamacare need to be clarified, she acknowledged, but losing that 40-hour work week will really free Americans to “pursue your happiness … follow your passion.”
“Obverwhelmingly, for the American people, this is a liberation,” the San Francisco millionaire said dreamily, possibly confusing “the American people”  who have to make a living with her fellow guests at George Soros’s wedding Saturday in New York.
“It’s about wellness, it’s about prevention, it’s about a healthy America,” she said."

Climate scientists fear grant reductions-"baffled" that computer models don't drive climate results!

Antarctic sea ice hit 35-year record high Saturday:
"Antarctic sea ice has grown to a record large extent for a second straight year, baffling scientists seeking to understand why this ice is expanding rather than shrinking in a warming world."

S. Korea troops kill man trying to swim to North

S. Korea troops kill man trying to swim to North | Fox News
Sup?

For the left, Walmart is the brick and mortar version of Sarah Palin

Whitehall Township board upholds planners approval of White Lake Wal-Mart 'superstore' | MLive.com:
"WHITEHALL, MI – Whitehall Township officials voted 5-0 Monday, Sept. 23 to uphold the site plan approval of the township planning commission for a new Wal-Mart “superstore” at the Whitehall exit of U.S. 31.
The township board rejected the appeal of BOW NOT – Back Off Wal-Mart, Not Our Town – who have passionately fought the retailer’s entry into the White Lake area.
A BOW NOT spokeswoman and the opposition group’s Traverse City attorney indicated the group would continue its appeal to the Muskegon County Circuit Court in the next 30 days."
And it sure showcases their concern for those poor who want to shop with limited funds.
Heh!

Monday, September 23, 2013

Poland Confiscates Half Of Private Pension Funds To “Cut” Sovereign Debt Load….

Instapundit » Blog Archive » HOW DID I MISS THIS? Poland Confiscates Half Of Private Pension Funds To “Cut” Sovereign Debt Load….

Here’s a Reuters story.
Key bit: “The Polish pension funds’ organisation said the changes may be unconstitutional because the government is taking private assets away from them without offering any compensation.” 
You think? 
I hope that if anyone even tried this here, the responsible government bureaucrats would be — literally, not metaphorically — swinging from the lampposts by the next day."

Muskegon's Elks Lodge shooting Sunday was county's worst mass homicide since 1998

Muskegon's Elks Lodge shooting Sunday was county's worst mass homicide since 1998 | MLive.com:
"Not since Seth Privacky killed five people, including four of his family members, at his home in November 1998 have so many people been killed in one incident in the county."

White House hides aid for criminals in immigration bill

White House hides aid for criminals in immigration bill | The Daily Caller:
"The White House is trying to hide unpopular provisions in the Senate’s immigration bill that would allow immigrant criminals to stay in the country and would increase the inflow of low-skill refugees from war-torn countries, says a top White House official."

Obama Administration Demands Teacher Redistribution for NCLB Waivers

Obama Administration Demands Teacher Redistribution for NCLB Waivers | Heartlander Magazine:
"Two years after the Obama administration offered states a Monopoly-style “get out of jail free” card from some demands of the 2001 No Child Left Behind law, it will offer another round of waivers in exchange for further policy changes.
...Perhaps the most far-reaching federal demand in the ESEA Flexibility Renewal Form is that states “ensure that poor and minority students are not taught at higher rates than other children by ineffective teachers.
Say what?
Smooth dudes.
Make the rules so complex, even the opposing media can't explain them.

Kyle Olson spars with Mike Huckabee over Common Core

Step Aside Trillion Dollar Coin, Here Comes The Trillion Dollar Bill

Step Aside Trillion Dollar Coin, Here Comes The Trillion Dollar Bill | Zero Hedge

A Girl And A .22

A Girl And A .22 - Forbes:
"The fastest growing consumer segment in the firearms business is women. 
Half of Roe and Zeller’s students are women, and they fill as many as half a dozen of Excel’s ladies-only classes a month.
Pink self-defense weapons make headlines, but women are serious about arming themselves and embracing the world of guns, Zeller says, “in droves.”
With little experience firing a gun other than on a few untrained occasions, I learned the four rules of gun safety (all guns are always loaded, don’t point the gun at anyone you don’t intend to shoot, don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you’re ready to shoot, and identify your target and what’s behind it),"

'Family glitch' in health law could be painful

'Family glitch' in health law could be painful:
"Congress defined "affordable" as 9.5% or less of an employee's wages, mostly to make sure people did not leave their workplace plans for subsidized coverage through the exchanges.
But the "error" was that it only applies to the employee — and not his or her family.
So, if an employer offers a woman affordable insurance, but doesn't provide it for her family, they cannot get subsidized help through the state health exchanges."

2400 pages.
Over a million words.
And who know how many millions of tax dollars spent on brewing up this paper monstrosity.
And billions of "juice" to get it passed.
And it still looks like it was written by a 4th grader on crack!

Road Funding Finds New Target With Horse-Drawn Vehicles

Road Funding Finds New Target With Horse-Drawn Vehicles [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"Add horse-drawn buggies to the list of vehicles targeted for increased fees in Michigan.
House Bill 4965, which was introduced by State Rep. Joel Johnson, R-Clare, would allow counties to charge a $50 registration fee for horse-drawn vehicles. 
The bill says the money can only be used for road repairs."

Gullible Green sailors trapped in the Arctic

Gullible Green sailors trapped in the Arctic:
"The naïve advice of ardent activists can kill.
Last spring, Paul Beckwith of Sierra Club Canada predicted that the Arctic seas would be ice-free ice this summer.
(So did Britain’s BBC network.)
This exciting adventure opportunity attracted a variety of yachts, sailboats, rowboats, and kayaks owners to try sailing the fabled Northwest Passage.

As a former sailboat owner I can understand their excitement, but my heart aches for the agonies they now face.
The Arctic sea ice suddenly expanded 60% this fall, after the coldest summer in the modern Alaska temperature record.
The passage is now impassable.
More than a dozen of the boats are trapped, apparently even including a group of tiny American jet-ski “personal watercraft” that were attempting to cross from the east coast of Russia to the North Atlantic. 
Arctic observers are now warning that even Canadian icebreakers might not be able to rescue them."

Quantitative Easing Worked For The Weimar Republic For A Little While Too

Quantitative Easing Worked For The Weimar Republic For A Little While Too |:
"There is a reason why every fiat currency in the history of the world has eventually failed. 
At some point, those issuing fiat currencies always find themselves giving in to the temptation to wildly print more money."

Gunman executed non-Muslims - after asking them to name Prophet Mohammed's mother

Terror in Kenya: Survivors reveal how gunman executed non-Muslims | Mail Online:
"'If they found me, I'm white... so I'm dead': Survivors reveal how gunman executed non-Muslims - after asking them to name Prophet Mohammed's mother
Survivors said they saw fellow shoppers mercilessly executed after being singled out as non-Muslim
Shoppers said people were lined up and gunned down for failing to recite passages from the Koran "

Pot the right medicine for potholes?

RUMBLINGS: Pot the right medicine for potholes? | Crain's Detroit Business:
"The prospect of state lawmakers pushing forward on a plan to raise taxes by $1.2 billion to fix Michigan roads appears to have gone up in smoke, but a proposal to tax medical marijuana might be just what the doctor ordered.

"Pot for potholes" is a plan Rep. Mike Callton, R-Nashville, Mich., has discussed, and he estimates it could generate $5 million to $10 million per year in state revenue that could be dedicated to road funding.
But he knows it's not nearly enough.
"That why I say it's 'pot for potholes,' not "pot for bridge reconstruction,' " Callton said. "

One Weird Trick to Expose the Truth About ObamaCare

Articles: One Weird Trick to Expose the Truth About ObamaCare:
"At that point my suggestion (which I titled "one weird trick" because advertisers claim it gets readers' attention and I want yours) is to insist that

(a) all exemptions from the coverage of the act, including House and Senate members and staff, favored donors, and other cronies be scrapped. We are all covered or none are;

and(b) given the huge amounts of fraud already rampant within the Medicare, Medicaid, and food stamp entitlement programs, no subsidies will be given out absent proof of identity and income verification. 
(The government will be relying on the "honor system" for income representations and about 2 weeks from launch cannot still put in place a computer system to correctly calculate subsidies.)

If the Democrats refuse to agree to these provisos, it seems to me the public debate -- if the Republicans can muster any sort of decent response -- is not evil Republicans shutting down the government but rather, the Democrats are so committed to increase fraud and favoritism to their supporters and donors that THEY'D shut down the government to keep that graft and privilege alive."

Taxpayers can no longer afford costly prevailing wage law

Chris Fisher: Taxpayers can no longer afford costly prevailing wage law (guest opinion) | MLive.com:
"Prevailing wage increases the cost of government for Michigan taxpayers.
Study after study concludes that prevailing wage mandates drive up costs by as much as 15 percent on taxpayer-funded construction projects. "

5 Dead, 19 Wounded as Chicago Violence Rages On

5 Dead, 19 Wounded as Chicago Violence Rages On | NBC Chicago:
"At least 24 people have been shot, five of them fatally, in Chicago since Friday, police said."

In the Grip of Gangs: Muskegon communities damaged, fearful over issue, authorities say

In the Grip of Gangs: Muskegon communities damaged, fearful over issue, authorities say | MLive.com
"MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – Muskegon County may not be Chicago or Detroit when it comes to organized crime, but make no mistake: 
Gang activity is here and it has taken its toll on once-peaceful Muskegon neighborhoods where residents are terrorized by groups of gun-slinging, dope-dealing men walking the streets."

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Venezuela orders temporary takeover of toilet paper factory

Venezuela orders temporary takeover of toilet paper factory - Yahoo News Canada:
"CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan state agency on Friday ordered the temporary takeover of a factory that produces toilet paper in what it called an effort to ensure consistent supplies after embarrassing shortages earlier this year."

Top 10 bogus arguments for the Marketplace Fairness Act

Top 10 bogus arguments for the Marketplace Fairness Act | R Street Institute | Free Markets. Real Solutions.

Who betrayed Navy SEAL Team 6?

KUHNER: Who betrayed Navy SEAL Team 6? - Washington Times:
"Navy SEAL Team 6 has attained international prominence for one reason:
They were responsible for killing Osama bin Laden. They are American heroes.
Yet, their own government betrayed them. Several days after the bin Laden operation, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. — in a pathetic attempt to spike the football and gloat — publicly revealed their central role in the raid. His revelations put a giant target on the backs of every Navy SEAL Team 6 member. "

U.S. pilot scares off Iranians with 'Top Gun'-worthy stunt: 'You really ought to go home'

U.S. pilot scares off Iranians with 'Top Gun'-worthy stunt: 'You really ought to go home' - Washington Times:
"The Aviationist reports that in March a U.S. MQ-1 drone came close to being intercepted by an Iranian F-4 Phantom combat plane, but the Iranian aircraft stopped short after a warning by an American pilot.

“He [the Raptor pilot] flew under their aircraft [the F-4s] to check out their weapons load without them knowing that he was there, and then pulled up on their left wing and then called them and said ‘you really ought to go home,’” Gen. Welsh said."

'Lost generation' struggles

'Lost generation' struggles | The Detroit News:
"No voting bloc has been more responsible for Barack Obama’s two terms in office than the youth vote. And, ironically, no demographic has suffered more from his policies.

With presidential initiatives from Obamacare to higher taxes suppressing job creation, young workers are hurting in the worst economic recovery since the Great Depression.
The recovery has left them behind, creating a “lost generation,” reports the Wall Street Journal, which mirrors the White House’s model of heavily-regulated European economies where youth unemployment is a staggering 23 percent.
The U.S. jobless rate for those under 25 is 15.6 percent — more than double the rest of the working population — with their median weekly wage falling more than 5 percent since 2007."

Protesters dive into Venice's canal to block cruise ships - Telegraph

Protesters dive into Venice's canal to block cruise ships - Telegraph
Likely, few protesters survived the polluted Venetian water.
Polluted NOT by the cruise ships that fiance much of the good in Venice.

Creepy Uncle Sam is the best DC mascot since real Uncle Sam

Creepy Uncle Sam is the best DC mascot since real Uncle Sam | The Daily Caller:
"The left is having a temper tantrum.
Reading a couple of liberal scribes over the past 24 hours, we can almost hear the huffing and puffing, the indignant stamping of feet; reading their tweets, we can nearly hear the feverish pitch of their whines.
Oh, the outrage.
Won’t somebody please think of the children?
On and on.
The cause?
These hysterically creepy ads Generation Opportunity released urging young people to opt out of Obamacare on Oct. 1."