Report: Great Lakes water levels may flirt with record lows | Metro Detroit | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
Lake levels are measured monthly. The record lows for Huron and Michigan were recorded in 1964 and 1965.
This November, the levels could drop below the November 1964 level, which was about 28 inches below the year-to-year average for the month of November.
Friday, September 07, 2012
Thursday, September 06, 2012
Prepare For The Coming Housing Collapse
Prepare For The Coming Housing Collapse - Business Insider
Wall Street economists, analysts and other pundits have smugly noted that a consensus has been reached that housing is bottoming.
So it’s time for me to show you why this consensus view is pure rubbish.
Wall Street economists, analysts and other pundits have smugly noted that a consensus has been reached that housing is bottoming.
So it’s time for me to show you why this consensus view is pure rubbish.
Amazon unveils new, larger Kindle Fire models
My Way News - Amazon unveils new, larger Kindle Fire models
Amazon also unveiled a premium Kindle Fire model, one with the ability to connect to the 4G cellular networks that phone companies are building.
It will cost $499 and come with 32 gigabytes of memory and an 8.9-inch screen.
A data plan will cost $50 a year.
Amazon also unveiled a premium Kindle Fire model, one with the ability to connect to the 4G cellular networks that phone companies are building.
It will cost $499 and come with 32 gigabytes of memory and an 8.9-inch screen.
A data plan will cost $50 a year.
Muskegon County commissioner, township trustee candidates maintain primary wins after recounts
Muskegon County commissioner, township trustee candidates maintain primary wins after recounts
MLive.com: Democratic challenger Susie Hughes’ primary election victory over Muskegon County Commissioner Scott Plummer was upheld this week as part of multiple recounts conducted for local races.
MLive.com: Democratic challenger Susie Hughes’ primary election victory over Muskegon County Commissioner Scott Plummer was upheld this week as part of multiple recounts conducted for local races.
Iran, Hezbollah establish training base in Nicaragua
Iran, Hezbollah establish training base in Nicaragua | The Times of Israel
Iran has established a training base in northern Nicaragua near the border with Honduras that is used by Hezbollah, Israel Radio reported Thursday.
Approximately 30 members of the terrorist organization reside inside the area, which is closed to locals. The Hezbollah men reportedly receive all their supplies from Tehran.
Iran has established a training base in northern Nicaragua near the border with Honduras that is used by Hezbollah, Israel Radio reported Thursday.
Approximately 30 members of the terrorist organization reside inside the area, which is closed to locals. The Hezbollah men reportedly receive all their supplies from Tehran.
Collective Bargaining and Human Rights
Collective Bargaining and Human Rights | The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty
Coerced Association
Politicians have created mandatory good-faith bargaining between employers and certified unions representing employees.
Workers are coerced into association with unions through majority vote, and employers are forced into a bargaining association with the unions.
The bargaining must be in “good faith,” which means that no take-it-or-leave- it offers may be made. All of this is coerced, not free, association.
Coerced Association
Politicians have created mandatory good-faith bargaining between employers and certified unions representing employees.
Workers are coerced into association with unions through majority vote, and employers are forced into a bargaining association with the unions.
The bargaining must be in “good faith,” which means that no take-it-or-leave- it offers may be made. All of this is coerced, not free, association.
Obama's African-American clients got coupons, not cash
Obama's African-American clients got coupons, not cash | The Daily Caller
Plaintiffs’ attorneys took home nearly $1 million in Barack Obama’s 1995 class-action discrimination lawsuit against Citibank, but 183 of the 186 plaintiffs did not get a dime.
Three named plaintiffs in the lawsuit — Selma Buycks-Roberson, Calvin Roberson and Renee Brooks –- each collected $20,000.
But none of the 18 ordinary, or non-named, plaintiffs that The Daily Caller was able to reach for comment reported receiving any money.
This is despite a claim to TheDC by the lawsuit’s initiator, attorney Fay Clayton, that the settlement paid the 186 non-named clients between $770 and $3,250 each. [RELATED: With landmark lawsuit, Barack Obama pushed banks to give subprime loans to Chicago's African-Americans]
According to the court docket, President Barack Obama was lead attorney for Roberson and Brooks, as well as the second listed attorney for Buycks-Roberson, in the lawsuit, which claimed that Citibank discriminated against African-Americans in its mortgage practices.
Plaintiffs’ attorneys took home nearly $1 million in Barack Obama’s 1995 class-action discrimination lawsuit against Citibank, but 183 of the 186 plaintiffs did not get a dime.
Three named plaintiffs in the lawsuit — Selma Buycks-Roberson, Calvin Roberson and Renee Brooks –- each collected $20,000.
But none of the 18 ordinary, or non-named, plaintiffs that The Daily Caller was able to reach for comment reported receiving any money.
This is despite a claim to TheDC by the lawsuit’s initiator, attorney Fay Clayton, that the settlement paid the 186 non-named clients between $770 and $3,250 each. [RELATED: With landmark lawsuit, Barack Obama pushed banks to give subprime loans to Chicago's African-Americans]
According to the court docket, President Barack Obama was lead attorney for Roberson and Brooks, as well as the second listed attorney for Buycks-Roberson, in the lawsuit, which claimed that Citibank discriminated against African-Americans in its mortgage practices.
Sex-change surgery for prison inmate granted by judge
Sex-change surgery for prison inmate granted by judge - U.S. News
A federal judge in Boston on Tuesday ordered the Massachusetts Department of Corrections to provide sex-change surgery to a transgender inmate serving life in prison for murder, ruling that failure to do so violated the prisoner's Eighth Amendment right to adequate treatment.
A federal judge in Boston on Tuesday ordered the Massachusetts Department of Corrections to provide sex-change surgery to a transgender inmate serving life in prison for murder, ruling that failure to do so violated the prisoner's Eighth Amendment right to adequate treatment.
Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Elizabeth Warren Wins Our Vote! | Harvard Law School Is Bogus
Elizabeth Warren Wins Our Vote! | Harvard Law School Is Bogus
....we set out to determine, looking at all those who have been caught during the last century pretending to be of Native American ancestry, just who is the most egregious perpetrator of this particular type of fraud — in the vernacular, the most “dishonest injun.”
From a large number of initial candidates, we agreed on three qualifications necessary to make the final ballot.
To be a finalist, someone must: (1) have no Native American ancestors; (2) have sought professional advancement via affirmative representations of Native American status; and (3) have asserted that status in at least one published book.
Below is our Letterman-style list of the five most “dishonest injuns,” arranged from lowest to highest total votes.
....we set out to determine, looking at all those who have been caught during the last century pretending to be of Native American ancestry, just who is the most egregious perpetrator of this particular type of fraud — in the vernacular, the most “dishonest injun.”
From a large number of initial candidates, we agreed on three qualifications necessary to make the final ballot.
To be a finalist, someone must: (1) have no Native American ancestors; (2) have sought professional advancement via affirmative representations of Native American status; and (3) have asserted that status in at least one published book.
Below is our Letterman-style list of the five most “dishonest injuns,” arranged from lowest to highest total votes.
Tuesday, September 04, 2012
Obama sells old ideas as new
Obama sells old ideas as new – USATODAY.com
"Everybody's watching what's going on in Beijing right now with the Olympics," Obama said while campaigning in 2008.
"Think about the amount of money that China has spent on infrastructure. Their ports, their train systems, their airports are all vastly superior to us now, which means if you are a corporation deciding where to do business you're starting to think, 'Beijing looks like a pretty good option.' "
First of all, that's nonsense.
Our infrastructure is vastly superior to China's.
For instance, we have more than 11 times as many airports with paved runways as they do. China's Olympic stadium is falling apart, unused today.
Far more disturbing is the fact that Obama looks at the huge economic strides made in China since it adopted market-based reforms and concludes that what we should learn from the communists is to drop more money on vast state-run boondoggles.
That's just weird.
"Everybody's watching what's going on in Beijing right now with the Olympics," Obama said while campaigning in 2008.
"Think about the amount of money that China has spent on infrastructure. Their ports, their train systems, their airports are all vastly superior to us now, which means if you are a corporation deciding where to do business you're starting to think, 'Beijing looks like a pretty good option.' "
First of all, that's nonsense.
Our infrastructure is vastly superior to China's.
For instance, we have more than 11 times as many airports with paved runways as they do. China's Olympic stadium is falling apart, unused today.
Far more disturbing is the fact that Obama looks at the huge economic strides made in China since it adopted market-based reforms and concludes that what we should learn from the communists is to drop more money on vast state-run boondoggles.
That's just weird.
US debt tops $16 trillion: So who do we owe most of that money to?
US debt tops $16 trillion: So who do we owe most of that money to? | Fox News
Fully two-thirds of the national debt is owed to the U.S. government, American investors and future retirees, through the Social Security Trust Fund and pension plans for civil service workers and military personnel.
China, it turns out, holds less than 8 percent of the money our government has borrowed over the years.
Fully two-thirds of the national debt is owed to the U.S. government, American investors and future retirees, through the Social Security Trust Fund and pension plans for civil service workers and military personnel.
China, it turns out, holds less than 8 percent of the money our government has borrowed over the years.
Chevy Volt production to be suspended for a month
Chevy Volt production to be suspended for a month | ksdk.com
GM executives have attributed the sales increase to strong demand for a low-emissions version of the Volt that qualifies for California's coveted carpool lanes, which GM launched in March. Previous versions of the Volt didn't qualify.
GM executives have attributed the sales increase to strong demand for a low-emissions version of the Volt that qualifies for California's coveted carpool lanes, which GM launched in March. Previous versions of the Volt didn't qualify.
F-35B Ship Suitability Testing-MUST SEE!
The F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing variant completed ship suitability testing aboard the USS WASP (LHD-1) off the coast of Virginia in October 2011. Combined, F-35B test aircraft BF-2 and BF-4 accomplished 72 short takeoffs and 72 vertical landings during the three-week testing period.
'Husbands, beat your wives so they will mend their ways,' Egyptian cleric advises
'Husbands, beat your wives so they will mend their ways,' Egyptian cleric advises | The Times of Israel
A good woman, even if beaten by her husband, puts her hand in his and says: ‘I will not rest until you are pleased with me.’
This is how the Prophet Muhammad taught his women to be,” Al-Rahman said in comment aired in August, according to a translation provided by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).
A good woman, even if beaten by her husband, puts her hand in his and says: ‘I will not rest until you are pleased with me.’
This is how the Prophet Muhammad taught his women to be,” Al-Rahman said in comment aired in August, according to a translation provided by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).
Source: Paul 'Republican No More,' Not Ruling Out Third-Party Run
Source: Paul 'Republican No More,' Not Ruling Out Third-Party Run
Upset by how the Republican Party establishment “disrespected” them during the Republican National Convention, over 300 Ron Paul supporters joined a conference call on Sunday night to discuss plans to urge Paul to run as a third-party candidate on the Libertarian Party ticket.
Upset by how the Republican Party establishment “disrespected” them during the Republican National Convention, over 300 Ron Paul supporters joined a conference call on Sunday night to discuss plans to urge Paul to run as a third-party candidate on the Libertarian Party ticket.
Fears Rising, Spaniards Pull Out Their Cash and Get Out of Spain
Fears Rising, Spaniards Pull Out Their Cash and Get Out of Spain - Business News - CNBC
It is, Julio Vildosola concedes, a very big bet.
After working six years as a senior executive for a multinational payroll-processing company in Barcelona, Spain, Mr. Vildosola is cutting his professional and financial ties with his troubled homeland.
He has moved his family to a village near Cambridge, England, where he will take the reins at a small software company, and he has transferred his savings from Spanish banks to British banks.
“The macro situation in Spain is getting worse and worse,” Mr. Vildosola, 38, said last week just hours before boarding a plane to London with his wife and two small children.
“There is just too much risk. Spain is going to be next after Greece, and I just don’t want to end up holding devalued pesetas.”
It is, Julio Vildosola concedes, a very big bet.
After working six years as a senior executive for a multinational payroll-processing company in Barcelona, Spain, Mr. Vildosola is cutting his professional and financial ties with his troubled homeland.
He has moved his family to a village near Cambridge, England, where he will take the reins at a small software company, and he has transferred his savings from Spanish banks to British banks.
“The macro situation in Spain is getting worse and worse,” Mr. Vildosola, 38, said last week just hours before boarding a plane to London with his wife and two small children.
“There is just too much risk. Spain is going to be next after Greece, and I just don’t want to end up holding devalued pesetas.”
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