Monday, October 31, 2011

Skeptic finds he now agrees global warming is real

My Way News - Skeptic finds he now agrees global warming is real
What's different, and why everyone from opinion columnists to "The Daily Show" is paying attention is who is behind the study.
One-quarter of the $600,000 to do the research came from the Charles Koch Foundation, whose founder is a major funder of skeptic groups and the tea party.
The Koch brothers, Charles and David, run a large privately held company involved in oil and other industries, producing sizable greenhouse gas emissions.

The very angry first lady Michelle Obama

CURL: The very angry first lady Michelle Obama - Washington Times
Mad Michelle this week popped down to Davis Island, Fla., to hobnob with the very people her husband despises - the 1 percent.

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Occupy DC to secede from the United States? [VIDEO] |

Occupy DC to secede from the United States? [VIDEO] The Daily Caller
The Daily Caller visited the Occupy DC encampment on Friday and interviewed union organizer Anthony Sluder.
While Sluder appeared to be in charge, he preferred to describe himself as “the one who is informed to inform you.”
Check out what Sluder told TheDC about the “occupiers” and their plan to — you heard it right — secede.

GOLDMAN: Stop Kidding Yourself, The Economy Is Weak And Got Worse In October

GOLDMAN: Stop Kidding Yourself, The Economy Is Weak And Got Worse In October
Remember, this past week, Q3 GDP came in at 2.5%, nearly double the pace of the previous quarter.
And the stock market has rebounded sharply thanks to a surprise string of stronger-than-expected economic data.
But don't get too excited.

From Goldman's Shuyan Wu
"The GSAI fell 0.9 points from 43.3 in September to 42.4 in October.
This is the third straight decline since July, and the second straight month that the headline index has registered below the 50 mark (a sub-50 reading implies that more analysts see contraction in their sectors than expansion)".

Obama clarified what liberalism is

Obama clarified what liberalism is « Don Surber
Obama accepted a whopping $750 million in campaign contributions — a half billion of the money coming from large donors, including the two richest men in America.
That was double the money Republican John McCain collected

GHEI: Europe accepts the inevitable

GHEI: Europe accepts the inevitable - Washington Times
The official European Council statement released Thursday said the deal will result in a “nominal discount of 50 percent on notional Greek debt held by private investors.”
That’s a fancy way to describe what amounts to an orderly default.

Friday, October 28, 2011

It's a Dog's Life (Funny Pics)

Dark Roasted Blend: It's a Dog's Life (Funny Pics)

11 Charged in L.I.R.R. Disability Scheme

11 Charged in L.I.R.R. Disability Scheme - NYTimes.com
Ten of the defendants were taken into custody early Thursday at their homes by agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and state investigators, officials said.
They included seven former railroad workers, including a former union president;

Pensions 101: Your one-stop guide to the crisis in Rhode Island

Pensions 101: Your one-stop guide to the crisis in Rhode Island WPRI.com

Four Reasons Keynesians Keep Getting It Wrong

Allan H. Meltzer: Four Reasons Keynesians Keep Getting It Wrong - WSJ.com
Why is the economic response to increased government spending so different from the response predicted by Keynesian models?
What is missing from the models that makes their forecasts so inaccurate?
Those should be the questions asked by both proponents and opponents of more government spending.
Allow me to suggest four major omissions from Keynesian models:

Thursday, October 27, 2011

The Coalition Of The Swilling

The Coalition Of The Swilling » The NewsHour Hits a MUST-SEE Homerun With This Interview

Bill Ayers Wows Adoring Audience at OccupyChicago

» Bill Ayers Wows Adoring Audience at #OccupyChicago - Big Government
Bill Ayers – the one-time domestic terrorist and leader of the Weather Underground, the self-proclaimed author of Barack Obama’s “Dreams of My Father,” the university professor now living on a government-provided pension – wowed the #OccupyChicago crowd last week.

66% Oppose Forgiveness of Student Loans

66% Oppose Forgiveness of Student Loans - Rasmussen Reports™
One of the loudest demands by the Occupy Wall Street protesters is for forgiveness of the nearly $1 trillion worth of student loans, but Americans strongly oppose forgiving that debt.
Even as President Obama talks about easing the burden on those with student loans, in fact, Americans are more inclined to think the government should help those who haven’t gone to college instead.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 21% of American Adults think the federal government should forgive the nearly $1 trillion in loans it made or guaranteed to help students pay for a college education.
Sixty-six percent (66%) oppose the forgiveness of all student loans.Thirteen percent (13%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

The corruption you see, the doomsday you don't

The corruption you see, the doomsday you don't - chicagotribune.com
Yes, we're talking here in part — but only in part — about the galling expose that began on the front page of Sunday's Tribune under the maddening headline, "Sub for a day, teacher pension for life":

Two lobbyists with no prior teaching experience were allowed to count their years as union employees toward a state teacher pension once they served a single day of subbing in 2007 …
Over the course of their lifetimes, both men stand to receive more than a million dollars each from a state pension fund that has less than half of the assets it needs to cover promises made to tens of thousands of public school teachers. …
The revelation that one day of substitute teaching allowed officials from a state teachers union to tap into an ailing public pension fund is yet another example of how the Illinois pension system has been manipulated for political purposes and personal gain.

Political purposes and personal gain.
Hmm.

10 States With The Highest Debt Per Person

10 States With The Highest Debt Per Person: Report
The total of U.S. state debt, including pension liabilities, could surpass $4 trillion, with California owing the most and Vermont owing the least, according to an analysis released on Monday.
The nonprofit State Budget Solutions combined states' major debt and future liabilities, primarily for pensions and employee healthcare, unemployment insurance loans, outstanding bonds and projected fiscal 2011 budget gaps.
It found that in total, states are in debt for $4.2 trillion

Repeat criminals to face mandatory life sentences

Repeat criminals to face mandatory life sentences Mail Online
Repeat criminals convicted of a second serious offence will face a mandatory life sentence, under new ‘two-strikes’ rules.
Life terms will automatically go to anyone twice given jail terms of ten years or more for crimes such as rape, child abuse, serious GBH and terrorism offences.
They will also apply to the crime of ‘causing or allowing the death of a child’ - the offence for which Baby Peter’s mother and boyfriend were jailed.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Europe Doesn’t Want To Pony Up More Cash, Seeks U.S.-Led IMF Rescue

Europe Doesn’t Want To Pony Up More Cash, Seeks U.S.-Led IMF Rescue
In other words, Europe wants the U.S., China and the Mideast to come to its rescue without Germany, France or other “rich” euro zone members ponying up more cash.

Failed Democrat Pol Sues Critics Over Election Loss

Failed Democrat Pol Sues Critics Over Election Loss - Peter Roff (usnews.com)
Amazingly, rather than laugh the suit out of court U.S. District Court judge Timothy S. Black, an Obama appointee, is allowing it to go forward.

Monday, October 24, 2011

John Who? - WSJ.com

John Who? - WSJ.com
The best detail is this: "The librarians have eschewed the Dewey Decimal System, concerned by historical accounts that portray Melvil Dewey, its inventor, as a racist and misogynist."

Flash mob at Copenhagen Central Station. Copenhagen Phil playing Ravel's...