Abandoned Dogs Roam Detroit in Packs as Humans Dwindle - Bloomberg:
"Dens of as many as 20 canines have been found in boarded-up homes in the community of about 700,000 that once pulsed with 1.8 million people.
One officer in the Police Department's skeleton animal-control unit recalled a pack splashing away in a basement that flooded when thieves ripped out water pipes.
“The dogs were having a pool party,” said Lapez Moore, 30.
“We went in and fished them out."
SLIDESHOW: Detroit's Abandoned Dogs
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Sea lamprey larva poisoned in White River
Sea lamprey larva poisoned in White River | wzzm13.com:
"Sea lamprey larvae that aren't killed in the treatment will eventually grow teeth and eyes and swim out into Lake Michigan.
Each one can kill 40 pounds of fish during its lifetime.
Then they'll return to the river to spawn.
Each female is capable of laying 80,000 eggs."
"Sea lamprey larvae that aren't killed in the treatment will eventually grow teeth and eyes and swim out into Lake Michigan.
Each one can kill 40 pounds of fish during its lifetime.
Then they'll return to the river to spawn.
Each female is capable of laying 80,000 eggs."
After withdrawing invitation, UM apologizes, re-invites Alice Walker to campus
After withdrawing invitation, UM apologizes, re-invites Alice Walker to campus | Crain's Detroit Business:
"The University of Michigan is re-inviting Alice Walker to speak at a future campus event, with apologies, after a previous speaking engagement for the Pulitzer Prize-winning author was reportedly cancelled amid donor concerns over her statements critical of Israel.
Walker, poet-novelist and author of "The Color Purple" and "We are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For," reported via her blog that UM's Center for the Education of Women recently withdrew its invitation to speak at the center's 50th anniversary celebration next year.
That decision followed donors withdrawing support for the Center's celebration, based on Walker's "comments regarding Israel," according to an agent's letter she quotes in the blog entry.
A university leader insisted the decision did not hinge on donor support."
"The University of Michigan is re-inviting Alice Walker to speak at a future campus event, with apologies, after a previous speaking engagement for the Pulitzer Prize-winning author was reportedly cancelled amid donor concerns over her statements critical of Israel.
Walker, poet-novelist and author of "The Color Purple" and "We are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For," reported via her blog that UM's Center for the Education of Women recently withdrew its invitation to speak at the center's 50th anniversary celebration next year.
That decision followed donors withdrawing support for the Center's celebration, based on Walker's "comments regarding Israel," according to an agent's letter she quotes in the blog entry.
A university leader insisted the decision did not hinge on donor support."
State report cards: See how your high school ranks against those statewide
State report cards: See how your high school ranks against those statewide | MLive.com:
"The rankings are based on student performance in math, reading, writing, science and social studies, and, in the case of high schools, on graduation rate data.
Student performance included student achievement, improvement and achievement gaps."
"The rankings are based on student performance in math, reading, writing, science and social studies, and, in the case of high schools, on graduation rate data.
Student performance included student achievement, improvement and achievement gaps."
HIGH SCHOOL RANKINGS
Listed here are area high schools according to state's "top-to-bottom" school performance list, and the schools' percentile rankings:
• Spring Lake High, 88th percentile
• Coopersville High, 77th percentile
• Grand Haven High, 71st percentile
• Mona Shores High, 70th percentile
• Oakridge High, 70th percentile
• Ravenna High, 67th percentile
• Montague High, 60th percentile
• North Muskegon High, 56th percentile
• Reeths-Puffer High, 43rd percentile
• Muskegon High, 27th percentile
• Orchard View High, 24th percentile
• Fruitport High, 19th percentile
• Holton High, 19th percentile
• Whitehall High, 17th percentile
• Muskegon Heights High, 3rd percentile
Color coding school performance could give a kid an inferiority complex
Tim Skubick: Color coding school performance could give a kid an inferiority complex | MLive.com:
"There could be real consequences using the color code instead of letter grades.
Apparently somebody did not consider the fact that if you stick a child with the stigma of an ugly color, such as lime green, (ugh) imagine the impact that will have on the kid’s self- concept, which everyone knows must be nurtured.
Test scores will plummet as they labor under the “label” that will follow them the rest of their lives."
"There could be real consequences using the color code instead of letter grades.
Apparently somebody did not consider the fact that if you stick a child with the stigma of an ugly color, such as lime green, (ugh) imagine the impact that will have on the kid’s self- concept, which everyone knows must be nurtured.
Test scores will plummet as they labor under the “label” that will follow them the rest of their lives."
Man who dobbed in suspects accused of murdering Melbourne baseball player Chris Lane says his son was next
Man who dobbed in suspects accused of murdering Melbourne baseball player Chris Lane says his son was next | Herald Sun:
"Stephens County Courthouse heard how one of the boys accused of murdering Lane, 22, danced and laughed as he was taken into a police station to be charged after the killing on Friday.
James Edwards, 15, was treating the murder as a joke, Mr Hicks told the hearing.
Mr Hicks told the court that Edwards has previously been in contact with police, and that he had "an attitude of total disregard for law enforcement" when he was being charged over Lane's death."
"Stephens County Courthouse heard how one of the boys accused of murdering Lane, 22, danced and laughed as he was taken into a police station to be charged after the killing on Friday.
James Edwards, 15, was treating the murder as a joke, Mr Hicks told the hearing.
Mr Hicks told the court that Edwards has previously been in contact with police, and that he had "an attitude of total disregard for law enforcement" when he was being charged over Lane's death."
Each vote cast in Detroit primary counts, so recount them to get tally right
Stephen Henderson: Each vote cast in Detroit primary counts, so recount them to get tally right | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"Somewhere, a banana republic’s strong man is dumbfounded.
Dumbfounded because in Detroit, you couldn’t fictionalize the election drama that unfolded Tuesday, two weeks after voters cast ballots in the Aug. 6 mayoral primary.
Dumbfounded, because a county election board, acting on the last day before a deadline to certify that election, nearly voted to disqualify 20,000 votes because they may have been incorrectly marked by poll workers.
Dumbfounded because only in Detroit could you whipsaw from one election outcome to another, and from certainty to doubt to limbo in an afternoon."
"Somewhere, a banana republic’s strong man is dumbfounded.
Dumbfounded because in Detroit, you couldn’t fictionalize the election drama that unfolded Tuesday, two weeks after voters cast ballots in the Aug. 6 mayoral primary.
Dumbfounded, because a county election board, acting on the last day before a deadline to certify that election, nearly voted to disqualify 20,000 votes because they may have been incorrectly marked by poll workers.
Dumbfounded because only in Detroit could you whipsaw from one election outcome to another, and from certainty to doubt to limbo in an afternoon."
Detroit mayor count in chaos as Wayne County refuses to certify primary results
Detroit mayor count in chaos as Wayne County refuses to certify primary results | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"A state election panel will have to decide who really won the Detroit mayoral primary after Wayne County election officials on Tuesday refused to certify shocking new election results, which would have invalidated about 20,000 votes and handed the primary win to Benny Napoleon instead of Mike Duggan."
"A state election panel will have to decide who really won the Detroit mayoral primary after Wayne County election officials on Tuesday refused to certify shocking new election results, which would have invalidated about 20,000 votes and handed the primary win to Benny Napoleon instead of Mike Duggan."
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Dangerous trend of increasing militarization of U.S. police
Dangerous trend of increasing militarization of U.S. police |:
"On August 15, 2013, at 5:30 a.m., a young woman was punched in the face at Kings Highway and Rockaway Parkway in Brooklyn and robbed of her iPhone.
A witness followed the robber to a two-story brick building where the Alcis family lives in a basement apartment and called the cops.
So cops stormed the Alcis apartment, which led to Carlos collapsing in a heart attack.
It took the ambulance 30 minutes to arrive although the apartment was only blocks away from Brookdale University Hospital.
By the time the ambulance arrived, however, Carlos had died.
All this over a stolen iPhone.
It turns out the robber suspect was not a member of Alcis family and was not in their apartment. "
"On August 15, 2013, at 5:30 a.m., a young woman was punched in the face at Kings Highway and Rockaway Parkway in Brooklyn and robbed of her iPhone.
A witness followed the robber to a two-story brick building where the Alcis family lives in a basement apartment and called the cops.
So cops stormed the Alcis apartment, which led to Carlos collapsing in a heart attack.
It took the ambulance 30 minutes to arrive although the apartment was only blocks away from Brookdale University Hospital.
By the time the ambulance arrived, however, Carlos had died.
All this over a stolen iPhone.
It turns out the robber suspect was not a member of Alcis family and was not in their apartment. "
Study: welfare pays more than work in most states
Study: welfare pays more than work in most states | The Daily Caller:
"Looking for a good paying job?
Well, look no further.
No, really, stop looking. In 35 states, welfare benefits pay more than a minimum wage job, according to a new study by the libertarian Cato Institute, and in 13 states welfare pays more than $15 per hour."
"Looking for a good paying job?
Well, look no further.
No, really, stop looking. In 35 states, welfare benefits pay more than a minimum wage job, according to a new study by the libertarian Cato Institute, and in 13 states welfare pays more than $15 per hour."
Illegal Aliens Demand Free Organ Transplants
Illegal Aliens Demand Free Organ Transplants | Judicial Watch:
"Illegal immigrants have boldly demanded everything from civil rights in the U.S. to driver’s licenses and government benefits such as welfare and discounted tuition at public universities, so why stop there?
Now they want American taxpayers to finance their organ transplants!
This is even more brazen than the discrimination lawsuits illegal aliens have filed against law enforcement agencies—both federal and local—in the U.S. over the years.
To make their point, the illegal immigrants have gone on a hunger strike outside an Illinois hospital demanding free organ transplants for themselves and their fellow undocumented comrades.
This insanity is taking place outside a prestigious Chicago-area hospital, according to news reports, but it’s only a matter of time before it spreads nationwide."
"Illegal immigrants have boldly demanded everything from civil rights in the U.S. to driver’s licenses and government benefits such as welfare and discounted tuition at public universities, so why stop there?
Now they want American taxpayers to finance their organ transplants!
This is even more brazen than the discrimination lawsuits illegal aliens have filed against law enforcement agencies—both federal and local—in the U.S. over the years.
To make their point, the illegal immigrants have gone on a hunger strike outside an Illinois hospital demanding free organ transplants for themselves and their fellow undocumented comrades.
This insanity is taking place outside a prestigious Chicago-area hospital, according to news reports, but it’s only a matter of time before it spreads nationwide."
Federal Spending by the Numbers 2013
Federal Spending by the Numbers 2013:
"Where Did All the Money Go?
31 cents of every dollar Washington spent in 2012 was borrowed, resulting in a $1.1 trillion deficit.
45 percent, or almost half of all spending ,went toward paying for Social Security and health care entitlements (primarily Medicare and Medicaid).
In 2002, that was only 25 percent.
Without reform of these massive and growing programs, Washington will have to borrow increasing amounts of money, piling debt onto younger generations and putting the nation on a dangerous economic course.
Social Security is the largest federal spending program and has held this position since surpassing defense in 1993.
Medicare is one of the largest and fastest-growing programs in the entire federal budget.
The U.S. Postal Service has been losing money for several years and is drawing down reserves to cover losses. Congress should allow the USPS to restructure and meet the needs of today’s marketplace.
Otherwise, taxpayers will be on the hook when reserves run out.
Energy spending has exploded, yet the increases in oil and gas production have happened on state and private lands."
"Where Did All the Money Go?
31 cents of every dollar Washington spent in 2012 was borrowed, resulting in a $1.1 trillion deficit.
45 percent, or almost half of all spending ,went toward paying for Social Security and health care entitlements (primarily Medicare and Medicaid).
In 2002, that was only 25 percent.
Without reform of these massive and growing programs, Washington will have to borrow increasing amounts of money, piling debt onto younger generations and putting the nation on a dangerous economic course.
Social Security is the largest federal spending program and has held this position since surpassing defense in 1993.
Medicare is one of the largest and fastest-growing programs in the entire federal budget.
The U.S. Postal Service has been losing money for several years and is drawing down reserves to cover losses. Congress should allow the USPS to restructure and meet the needs of today’s marketplace.
Otherwise, taxpayers will be on the hook when reserves run out.
Energy spending has exploded, yet the increases in oil and gas production have happened on state and private lands."
Bank of America to Dissolve Merrill Lynch
Bank of America to Dissolve Merrill Lynch:
"Now, according to an August 2nd filing, Bank of America plans to dissolve the subsidiary while keeping the Merrill Lynch brand for its retail brokerage and investment bank."
"Now, according to an August 2nd filing, Bank of America plans to dissolve the subsidiary while keeping the Merrill Lynch brand for its retail brokerage and investment bank."
Nature's Horror Show: 30 of the World's Ugliest Creatures
Nature's Horror Show: 30 of the World's Ugliest Creatures | Fox News:
Incredibly, no photos of Rep. Henry Waxman (D)
Incredibly, no photos of Rep. Henry Waxman (D)
Switzerland blocks deal to sell ski lifts to N. Korea
Switzerland blocks deal to sell ski lifts to N. Korea - Yahoo! News Singapore:
"Swiss company Bartholet Maschinenbau (BMF) had reportedly all but agreed to sell mechanical chair lifts and cable cars to Pyongyang to help fulfill Kim's vision of a "world class" ski resort, being built as rival South Korea prepares to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games."
"Swiss company Bartholet Maschinenbau (BMF) had reportedly all but agreed to sell mechanical chair lifts and cable cars to Pyongyang to help fulfill Kim's vision of a "world class" ski resort, being built as rival South Korea prepares to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games."
Scalia: Court shouldn't 'invent new minorities' -
Scalia: Court shouldn't 'invent new minorities' - Yahoo! News:
"It's not up to the courts to invent new minorities that get special protections," Scalia told a packed hotel ballroom in southwestern Montana."
"It's not up to the courts to invent new minorities that get special protections," Scalia told a packed hotel ballroom in southwestern Montana."
Detroit's emergency dispatch system goes down
Detroit's emergency dispatch system goes down - theoaklandpress.com:
"FOX 2 is reporting Detroit's emergency dispatch system has crashed for the second time in just over six weeks."
"FOX 2 is reporting Detroit's emergency dispatch system has crashed for the second time in just over six weeks."
Detroit Schools to test muni market this week with $92 million note offer
Detroit Schools to test muni market this week with $92 million note offer | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Standard & Poor's rates the one-year debt SP-1, its second- highest short-term grade."
Say what?!!!!
"Standard & Poor's rates the one-year debt SP-1, its second- highest short-term grade."
Say what?!!!!
Attorney general says pensions protected; DIA says art safe as retirees challenge Detroit bankruptcy
Attorney general says pensions protected; DIA says art safe as retirees challenge Detroit bankruptcy | MLive.com
"Schuette does not challenge Detroit's bankruptcy eligibility, but argued Monday that slashing pensions can't be part of the plan.
“No reasonable person can disagree that the city of Detroit is bankrupt and that federal bankruptcy proceedings under the leadership of Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr is the only avenue to rebuild the Motor City," he said. "However, throughout this bankruptcy process, protections enshrined in the Michigan Constitution by the citizens of our state must be honored, respected and followed."
He cited Article 9, Section 24 of the state constitution, which states "The accrued financial benefits of each pension plan and retirement system of the state and its political subdivisions shall be a contractual obligation thereof which shall not be diminished or impaired thereby."
"Schuette does not challenge Detroit's bankruptcy eligibility, but argued Monday that slashing pensions can't be part of the plan.
“No reasonable person can disagree that the city of Detroit is bankrupt and that federal bankruptcy proceedings under the leadership of Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr is the only avenue to rebuild the Motor City," he said. "However, throughout this bankruptcy process, protections enshrined in the Michigan Constitution by the citizens of our state must be honored, respected and followed."
He cited Article 9, Section 24 of the state constitution, which states "The accrued financial benefits of each pension plan and retirement system of the state and its political subdivisions shall be a contractual obligation thereof which shall not be diminished or impaired thereby."
Part two: More fast-food strikes planned for Flint, Detroit
Part two: More fast-food strikes planned for Flint, Detroit | MLive.com:
"Much like Hodo, Arnold said that big companies should allow their wealth to trickle down to its employees.
“It’s wrong for big corporations to make billions of dollars in profits and pay millions of dollars to their CEOs, while us workers barely scrape by on minimum wage,” she said.
“It’s time for these big fast-food and retail companies to pay up.
They can afford to pay us more and have a responsibility to ensure the workers who keep their businesses booming don’t live in poverty.”
"Much like Hodo, Arnold said that big companies should allow their wealth to trickle down to its employees.
“It’s wrong for big corporations to make billions of dollars in profits and pay millions of dollars to their CEOs, while us workers barely scrape by on minimum wage,” she said.
“It’s time for these big fast-food and retail companies to pay up.
They can afford to pay us more and have a responsibility to ensure the workers who keep their businesses booming don’t live in poverty.”
Tribal Election In Montana Invalidated Because They Didn’t Use Racist Voter ID
Tribal Election In Montana Invalidated Because They Didn’t Use Racist Voter ID | Say Anything:
"What’s interesting is that in elections held by minorities voter ID’s are used all the time.
Here in North Dakota at least one Native American tribe requires an ID to vote in tribal elections, and in Montana a tribe has invalidated an election because some people were allowed to vote without an ID:"
"What’s interesting is that in elections held by minorities voter ID’s are used all the time.
Here in North Dakota at least one Native American tribe requires an ID to vote in tribal elections, and in Montana a tribe has invalidated an election because some people were allowed to vote without an ID:"
Child Rapists and Other Well-Meaning Liberals
Articles: Child Rapists and Other Well-Meaning Liberals:
"In Rose City, Michigan, a middle school teacher named Neal Erickson molested one of his male students. When caught, Erickson, upstanding citizen that he is, pleaded guilty to child rape to spare the young man further pain, and was sentenced to 15-30 years in prison. The reaction of Mr. Erickson's wife and fellow colleagues to his sentence exposes some of the insanity residing inside the American public school system. "
"In Rose City, Michigan, a middle school teacher named Neal Erickson molested one of his male students. When caught, Erickson, upstanding citizen that he is, pleaded guilty to child rape to spare the young man further pain, and was sentenced to 15-30 years in prison. The reaction of Mr. Erickson's wife and fellow colleagues to his sentence exposes some of the insanity residing inside the American public school system. "
High school teacher Toni Erickson is the wife of child rapist Neal Erickson. Clearly, Mrs. Erickson has exhibited loyalty toward her husband and is willing to overlook that he molested an eighth grade boy for three years, and that is very touching. But what's scary is that from Toni's lopsided perspective, the child is less a victim than the rapist.
In her letter to the judge on Neal's behalf, Mrs. Erickson said this:
As for punishment, because I know that is something the community expects, hasn't he been punished enough? He is losing a job he has held for 17 years [during three of which he was raping a child] and losing all future career potential as a teacher.
It's clear that Toni seems more upset about the damage to her husband's future than the physical and psychological damage he imposed on a child. Mrs. Erickson also blames the community for demanding what she apparently feels is a disproportionate level of punishment, and deems herself qualified to determine how much penance for a child rapist is penance enough.
Toni's moral position that statutory rape is not harmful to children was further exposed when she said,
I have seen many delightful students who have been damaged by horrible events in their lives. While I acknowledge that Neal's conduct with [a victim he found 'delightful'] was wrong, I do not believe [the 14-year-old] was damaged by Neal's action[s].
Furthermore, she said,
"I base my opinion on my personal interaction with [the boy], both before and after Neal's actions. However [my daughter] very likely could be [damaged]. Please don't punish her by [her father's] absence in her life."
So according to a woman who has overseen a high school classroom for 15 years, jailing a dangerous predator is cruel, because when he's not molesting boys, Neal is needed to father their daughter?
And it doesn't stop there. Neal Erickson also has a cheering section.
English teacher Sally Campbell lauded Erickson's kindness toward his victim by his decision to plead guilty.
Fourth grade teacher Marilyn Glover described a 'sexual predator' as rapist who rapes a child more than once, and Kathleen Scheel defined sexual molestation of a child as an "inappropriate relationship."
Scheel explained, "I am aware that [Mr. Erickson] made some extremely poor decisions in carrying on an inappropriate relationship with a past student of his."
In her leniency letter, Kathleen wrote that Neal losing his teaching certificate, coupled with the parole that will prevent him from molesting other children is "steep enough of punishments that a long incarceration term is not warranted on top of that."
And here's the ultimate kicker: Kathleen Scheel argued that Erickson had access to 1,000 children but raped only one, proving that "Our community's children are not at risk of Neal's presence -- he is not a predator."
Ms. Scheel explained that in this case, the child rape was simply Neal having "found a strong emotional tie to one particular individual who was too young to be experiencing that type of relationship." Now if that sort of horrifying dismissal of a crime against a child doesn't drive Americans to seriously contemplate home-schooling, nothing will.
Social studies teacher Amy Huber Eagan, wife of school board member Mike Eagan, said that Neal "has been, and will be, greatly missed in the educational arena," which Huber Eagan feels "in and of itself has been a huge punishment to Neal."
Huber Eagan beseeched the judge, "considering all the circumstances surrounding the case... Neal [should] be given the absolute minimum sentence."
Typically, the left operates from an amoral point of view. Then, after their wrongdoings are found out, they argue that the damage they've inflicted either isn't their fault, blown out of proportion, or quantifiable on some sort of sliding scale. Ergo, liberals, from Barack Obama on down to those who defend child rapists, are able to defer personal culpability by consistently portraying the guilty victimizer as an innocent victim.
Jeannie hosts a blog at www.jeannie-ology.com
Domestic dispute call leads to arrest of man with 7 warrants, lots of pot
Domestic dispute call leads to arrest of man with 7 warrants, lots of pot | MLive.com:
"MUSKEGON, MI – A domestic dispute Saturday evening led to an arrest of a 28-year-old Muskegon man who police say had seven warrants out for his arrest and a large quantity of marijuana on his person."
"MUSKEGON, MI – A domestic dispute Saturday evening led to an arrest of a 28-year-old Muskegon man who police say had seven warrants out for his arrest and a large quantity of marijuana on his person."
Staggering: Mich. Family Violently Targeted After Standing Against Teacher Who Molested Their 8th Grade Son
Staggering: Mich. Family Violently Targeted After Standing Against Teacher Who Molested Their 8th Grade Son | TheBlaze.com:
“At one thirty in the morning on a Saturday, I was awoken to a bomb sound going off,” Janczewski said, choking back emotion.
“I went to the window to find my garage was on fire and engulfed in flames, my camper and the side of my house…
If I wouldn’t have woken up, we could’ve all died.”
“At one thirty in the morning on a Saturday, I was awoken to a bomb sound going off,” Janczewski said, choking back emotion.
“I went to the window to find my garage was on fire and engulfed in flames, my camper and the side of my house…
If I wouldn’t have woken up, we could’ve all died.”
Monday, August 19, 2013
Obama for America Volunteer Calls For Arrest of Anyone Opposed To The Obama Regime For Treason… |
Obama for America Volunteer Calls For Arrest of Anyone Opposed To The Obama Regime For Treason… |: "Obama for America Volunteer Calls For Arrest of Anyone Opposed To The Obama Regime For Treason…"
$2,001,093,000,000: Fed’s Ownership of U.S. Debt Breaks $2T for First Time
$2,001,093,000,000: Fed’s Ownership of U.S. Debt Breaks $2T for First Time | CNS News:
"The Federal Reserve’s holdings of publicly traded U.S. Treasury securities—federal government debt—pushed above $2 trillion for the first time last week, hitting approximately $2,001,093,000,000 as of Aug. 14, according to the Fed’s latest weekly accounting."
"The Federal Reserve’s holdings of publicly traded U.S. Treasury securities—federal government debt—pushed above $2 trillion for the first time last week, hitting approximately $2,001,093,000,000 as of Aug. 14, according to the Fed’s latest weekly accounting."
Unemployment rates rise in most US states in July
Unemployment rates rise in most US states in July - Business news - Boston.com:
"The Labor Department said Monday that unemployment rates increased in 28 states.
They were unchanged in 14 and fell in eight states — the fewest to show a decline since January."
"The Labor Department said Monday that unemployment rates increased in 28 states.
They were unchanged in 14 and fell in eight states — the fewest to show a decline since January."
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