Monday, September 02, 2013

Pure Michigan hopes to lure Chinese visitors, the world's largest tourism spenders

Pure Michigan hopes to lure Chinese visitors, the world's largest tourism spenders | MLive.com:
 "The number of Chinese students at Michigan universities has exploded in the last few years.
They're expected to represent roughly 12 percent of Michigan State University's entering freshman class."

Labor Day 2013: Fewer Saginaw and Bay County government jobs, more waitresses and hotel workers

Labor Day 2013: Fewer Saginaw and Bay County government jobs, more waitresses and hotel workers | MLive.com:
"SAGINAW, MI — Chris Reynolds has a bachelor's degree from Wayne State University and experience in event planning, but, when his job search wasn't panning out, he found work as a manager and bar tender at the Dockside restaurant in downtown Bay City."

Seriously, four years (or more!).
Thousands of dollars.
For a college "degree" in "event planning"?!!!!!

Private school vs. public school: Only bad people send their kids to private school.

Private school vs. public school: Only bad people send their kids to private school. - Slate Magazine
You are a bad person if you send your children to private school. 
Not bad like murdererbad—but bad like ruining-one-of-our-nation’s-most-essential-institutions-in-order-to-get-what’s-best-for-your-kid bad. 
So, pretty bad.

Good for your kid.
Bad for the collective.
Commie-think!

Sunday, September 01, 2013

EU plans to fit all cars with speed limiters

EU plans to fit all cars with speed limiters - Telegraph:
"All cars could be fitted with devices that stop them going over 70mph, under new EU road safety measures which aim to cut deaths from road accidents by a third."

Squirrel Power!

Squirrel Power! - NYTimes.com:
"But since Memorial Day, I’ve cataloged reports of 50 power outages caused by squirrels in 24 states.
(And these, of course, are only those power outages severe enough to make the news.)
Fifteen hundred customers lost power in Mason City, Iowa; 1,500 customers in Roanoke, Va.; 5,000 customers in Clackamas County, Ore.; and 10,000 customers in Wichita, Kan. — and that was just during two particularly busy days in June.
A month later, there were two separate P.O.C.B.S., as I’ve come to call power outages caused by squirrels, around the small town of Evergreen, Mont., on a single day."

Global Warming Expedition Foiled By Ice

Global Warming Expedition Foiled By Ice | Power Line:
"Arctic Watch faces out onto our proposed eastern route.
Richard dropped me a note the other day advising:
“This has been the coldest season with the most ice since we started Arctic Watch in 2000.
Almost no whales.
The NWPassage is still blocked with ice.
Some of the bays still have not melted!”

See who's traveling with Gov. Rick Snyder on China trip

See who's traveling with Gov. Rick Snyder on China trip | MLive.com:
"In all, roughly 60 people are participating in some portion of the trip.
The trip is funded by the Michigan Economic Growth Foundation and the MEDC's corporate funds."

The mask is off: They hated Bush, not war

Blog: The mask is off: They hated Bush, not war:
"We do know that the anti-war left is mute and out of business now that "hope and change" is the one starting wars.
The silence or indifference is that Obama is a liberal Democrat, as Keith Wagstaff points out:
"Part of the reason, the study says, is that Democratic politicians in the Bush era found it politically useful to co-opt the anti-war movement for votes.
 That all changed after Obama was elected:  "

Ralph Peters- Most Phenomenally Stupid Misuse Of Our Military I've Seen

Video: Ralph Peters- Most Phenomenally Stupid Misuse Of Our Military I've Seen (+video) | Restoring Liberty:
BILL HEMMER: You are strong in your opposition to this. Why?
RALPH PETERS: Well, because it’s the most phenomenally stupid misuse of our military I’ve ever seen. No one in this administration has been able to explain what tangible vital security interest we have in Syria or in stopping this fighting. This military demonstration — and that’s what it’s going to be — is about Obama shooting off his mouth about red lines and chemical weapons. Now he feels he has to do something. He doesn’t want to do too much, he doesn’t want to do too little. He’s not thinking through the potential consequences, and I see no, no way, Bill, in which a military attack on Syria is worth it for the United States or will end well.

Michigan Republicans for Medicaid expansion want you to know they still really, really hate Obamacare

Michigan Republicans for Medicaid expansion want you to know they still really, really hate Obamacare | MLive.com:
"But it wasn't the state savings that won over reluctant Republicans, it was the business implications and reforms, including co-pays, income-based premiums and a 48-month cap on coverage for able-bodied adults, who could have the choice to stay on Medicaid and pay higher premiums or get private insurance through an upcoming exchange."

State gets go-ahead to certify Detroit primary

State gets go-ahead to certify Detroit primary | Crain's Detroit Business:
"State elections officials can proceed with the certification of Detroit's Aug. 6 mayoral primary after Michigan's Court of Appeals threw out a lower court's order that temporarily halted the process.
The Appeals Court action Friday followed a motion by Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette to have Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Joyce Draganchuk's temporary restraining order reversed."

EPIC FAIL: Al Sharpton Reports

Too freakin' funny!
It's only 37 seconds long.
The laugh of the day.
Democrat-think at its best.......


ObamaCare's 'Free' Benefits Not so Free

ObamaCare's 'Free' Benefits Not so Free:
"P. J. O'Rourke famously said that if you think health care is expensive now, wait until it's free. "

Obama 'hasn't come close' to justifying war in Syria, Rep. Justin Amash says

Obama 'hasn't come close' to justifying war in Syria, Rep. Justin Amash says | MLive.com:
"Amash, R-Cascade Township, tweeted his stance after Obama announced he would seek congressional approval for any action.
"Pres Obama hasn't come close to justifying war in #Syria," Amash tweeted. "I look forward to this debate. Pres must comply w/ vote of Congress; not optional."

Unrest from Fruitport, Montague brewing over Muskegon district's Storyville project for Norton Shores Library

Unrest from Fruitport, Montague brewing over Muskegon district's Storyville project for Norton Shores Library | MLive.com:
"The operating costs would “be budgeted like any other function of the library,” Cross said.
We’ve got to take care of taxpayers’ money, obviously.

Michigan Obamacare Medicaid Expansion: Facts, Figures, Background

Michigan Obamacare Medicaid Expansion: Facts, Figures, Background [Mackinac Center]:
"What you don’t know can hurt you"

What Happens When a Man Takes on the Feds

The Weekend Interview with Craig Zucker: What Happens When a Man Takes on the Feds - WSJ.com:
"Buckyballs was the hottest office game on the market.
Then regulators banned it.
Now the government wants to ruin the CEO who fought back."

Cornel West: MLK 50 Was 'Coronation of Bonafide House Negro of Obama Plantation...Al Sharpton'

Cornel West: MLK 50 Was 'Coronation of Bonafide House Negro of Obama Plantation...Al Sharpton' | NewsBusters:
"Cornel West had some harsh comments for MSNBC's Al Sharpton and Michael Eric Dyson Friday.

Early in the radio show "Smiley and West," West said of the previous day's commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington, "We saw of course the coronation of the bonafide house negro of the Obama plantation, our dear brother Al Sharpton, supported by the Michael Dysons and others who’ve really prostituted themselves intellectually in a very ugly and vicious way" (video follows with transcript and commentary):"

New Orleans Firefighters Charged With Setting Fires in National Wildlife Refuge

New Orleans Firefighters Charged With Setting Fires in National Wildlife Refuge:
"Two New Orleans firefighters were charged in federal court for setting fires in the marsh of Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge."

Two Women Allegedly Gang-Raped by a Dozen Juveniles

Two Women Allegedly Gang-Raped by a Dozen Juveniles:
"On Thursday, two women ages 32 and 24, were allegedly gang-raped by 10-12 black juveniles at Kosciuszko Park in Wilmington, Deleware."