Confessions of a Quantitative Easer

Andrew Huszar: Confessions of a Quantitative Easer - WSJ.com:
"I can only say: I'm sorry, America.
As a former Federal Reserve official, I was responsible for executing the centerpiece program of the Fed's first plunge into the bond-buying experiment known as quantitative easing.
The central bank continues to spin QE as a tool for helping Main Street.
But I've come to recognize the program for what it really is: the greatest backdoor Wall Street bailout of all time."

Tom Izzo suggests Kentucky ‘forfeit’ after John Calipari’s ‘unfair’ comment

Tom Izzo suggests Kentucky ‘forfeit’ after John Calipari’s ‘unfair’ comment | For The Win:
"“The issue becomes playing teams (like Michigan State) this early is not fair for my team,” Calipari said Thursday.
“It may be fair for everybody else. But it’s no fair for my team. …It’s just not traditional in the sense everybody stays four years. So it’s not fair when we walk in and everybody else is more experienced.”"

A "glitch" here, a "glitch" there. What difference does it make?------Glitch flubs prices on O-Care exchange

Glitch flubs prices on O-Care exchange | TheHill:
"A technical glitch meant the Washington website sent the applicants' monthly income to a federal hub instead of their yearly income, according to a report in The Seattle Times.
Based on that incorrect information, consumers were told they qualified for higher tax credits and would pay less for their health insurance.
“.....We are still trying to figure out how this happened," exchange CEO Richard Onizuka told the paper."

Medicaid's awful results: Column

Medicaid's awful results: Column:
"Coverage isn't care, notes Roy -- and in the case of Medicaid, coverage may be worse than not being covered.

That's because extensive research indicates that Medicaid recipients actually do worse than people without any insurance at all. 
A University of Virginia study found that Medicaid patients hospitalized for major surgery were actually 13% more likely to die in the hospital than those without any health insurance.
Likewise, the National Cancer Institute found that late-stage prostate cancer, late-stage breast cancer, and late-stage melanoma were actually much more common in Medicaid recipients than in the uninsured.
And a Johns Hopkins study of patients receiving lung transplants found that Medicaid patients were 29% more likely to die within three years."
...Why Medicaid recipients do worse isn't entirely clear, but it's likely because the best doctors seldom accept Medicaid, leaving patients with subpar physicians. 
In addition, Roy opens with the story of Deamonte Driver, a seventh grader with a tooth abscess who wound up dying when it turned into a brain infection, after being shuffled from doctor to doctor for weeks. Uninsured patients probably go straight to the Emergency Room or to a free clinic, while Medicaid recipients may waste precious days, weeks, or months trying to navigate the bureaucracy.

Headline of the day:Michigan senator proposes ban on owning monkeys

Michigan senator proposes ban on owning monkeys | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

ACLU: No Access to TV, Radio for Accused Boston Bomber Is 'Torture'

ACLU: No Access to TV, Radio for Accused Boston Bomber Is 'Torture':
"They asserted that Tsarnaev was suffering “extraordinary and severe” restrictions that the ACLU regards as “torture,” including his lack of access to TV and radio, family photos, joining in prayer with his fellow prisoners, and the refusal of the prison to let anyone see Tsarnaev except his immediate family and his attorneys."

Doctors Will Be Left Paying Tab for Obamacare ‘Grace Periods’

Doctors Will Be Left Paying Tab for Obamacare ‘Grace Periods’: Report | TheBlaze.com:
"The Affordable Care Act entitles consumers eligible for the federal subsidy to three “free” months of health care if they choose to default on their premiums, meaning  doctors and hospitals will be left paying the tab.
If people can’t pay their premiums and instead decide to cancel their policies, they are given a three-month “grace period,” Watchdog.org reports.
..Consumers need to pay a premium for just one month to be eligible for the three-month grace period, according to Section 156.270 of the Affordable Care Act. 
The insurance company then covers claims for the first month while doctors and hospitals are left covering the remaining two months.

Yesterday's news but important-----New Undercover Video Catches Obamacare ‘Navigators’ Advising Potential Applicant to ‘Lie’

New Undercover Video Catches Obamacare ‘Navigators’ Advising Potential Applicant to ‘Lie’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"A new video produced by James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas seemingly shows Obamacare “navigators” in Dallas, Texas, advising a man to provide false information on his application to get more subsidies and a lower premium.

Secretly video recording the exchange, a Project Veritas “investigator” tells Obamacare navigators at the National Urban League’s offices in Dallas that he never reports his outside income when filing his taxes, which is likely untrue. The navigators then advise him not to get himself in “trouble” by reporting the income to the IRS now.

“You’re supposed to file a percentage of it,” the navigator, identified as “Mrs. Dorothy,” says in the video. “Don’t get yourself in trouble by declaring it now.”

“Yeah, it didn’t happen,” another navigator, “Lakisha Williams,” adds."

It Took Three 20-Something Programmers a Couple of Nights to Come up With an Obamacare Website Alternative

It Took Three 20-Something Programmers a Couple of Nights to Come up With an Obamacare Website Alternative | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"The three programmers based their site, which took them a couple of nights to create, off code buried by high-priced contractors on the original Obamacare website. 
They simply found an easier and cheaper way to make the experience doable for the average consumer.

“That’s the great thing about having such a small team,” Kalogeropoulos said.
“You sit around a table and say, ‘
OK, how does this work?’
There’s no coordination meetings, there’s no planning sessions.
It’s like, ‘Well, let’s read the document and let’s implement this.’”"

Koleeg makks u smurt-Public University’s Plaque Labels President Lincoln A Democrat

Public University’s Plaque Labels President Lincoln A Democrat:
"CHICAGO – A public university in President Abraham Lincoln’s home state of Illinois is adorned with a plaque that states Lincoln – arguably the most famous and influential president in American history – was a Democrat.
Lincoln was a Republican.
The plaque, located on a historic building that’s part of Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago and installed in 1905, states: “This building is dedicated to public service honoring the memory of Abraham Lincoln   Democrat.”"

The Controversial Way a Conservative White Guy Fooled a Predominantly Black District Into Voting Him Into Office

The Controversial Way a Conservative White Guy Fooled a Predominantly Black District Into Voting Him Into Office | TheBlaze.com:
"One of his mailers even said, “Endorsed by Ron Wilson,” implying he had attained support from a famous former black state representative. 
In fact, in fine print below the endorsement, the campaign clarified that “Ron Wilson and Dave Wilson are cousins.”
“He’s a nice cousin,” Wilson told KHOU-TV. 
We played baseball in high school together. 
And he’s endorsed me.”"

Yes. There is a "rest of the story"-------"Think" "Progress" on guns: Lying, lazy, or both?

"Think" "Progress" on guns: Lying, lazy, or both? | The Daily Caller:

On Saturday, nearly 40 armed men, women, and children waited outside a Dallas, Texas area restaurant to protest a membership meeting for the state chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a gun safety advocacy group formed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Click and read the REAL story behind this leftist lie: http://dailycaller.com/2013/11/11/think-progress-on-guns-lying-lazy-or-both/#ixzz2kNttN1Dq

Be afraid. Be VERY afraid........From my friends at MoveOn.org

Dear Michigan MoveOn member,
I'm Kate Madigan, a member of the organization Climate Parents, and I started a petition to the Michigan State Board of Education, which says:

Please support the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for the benefit of Michigan students. Our children deserve the best possible science education, and that includes gaining a foundation in climate science. The NGSS will help Michigan students prepare for the challenges and opportunities they will face throughout their lives.

When I became a mom, my desire to help create a better world became more personal and urgent. I've reflected on the biggest challenges my two sons will face. Doing something about climate change rose to the top of my list. 
So I was heartened to learn that the Michigan State Board of Education is considering adoption of 21st-century science standards that include climate science, beginning with a public hearing on November 19 in Lansing.
The board is being pressured to reject the new, world-class science standards by climate change deniers like State Representative Tom McMillin. Rep. McMillin recently introduced a bill to stop the NGSS from being taught because, as he said, the standards "get into controversial issues such as man-made global warming as fact." 

Tell the Board of Education that we want climate science taught in our schools.

At a time when impacts like drought, more intense storms, and heat waves have already begun to take a toll on Michigan agriculture and the Great Lakes, it's more important than ever for Michigan students to gain a strong understanding of the causes and impacts of climate change.
Let's tell the State Board of Education that the Next Generation Science Standards will give our kids the foundation to identify the solutions we need.

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks!
–Kate Madigan
This petition was created on MoveOn's online petition site, where anyone can start their own online petitions. Climate Parents didn't pay us to send this email—we never rent or sell the MoveOn.org list.

Want to support our work? MoveOn Civic Action is entirely funded by our 8 million members—no corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. Chip in here.

▶ CAUGHT ON TAPE: Obamacare Navigators Counsel Applicants to "Lie" - YouTube

▶ CAUGHT ON TAPE: Obamacare Navigators Counsel Applicants to "Lie" - YouTube: ""

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North Korea 'Publicly Executed 80 People,' South Korean Paper Reports

North Korea 'Publicly Executed 80 People,' South Korean Paper Reports:
"North Korea publicly executed around 80 people earlier this month, many for watching smuggled South Korean TV shows, a South Korean newspaper reported Monday.

Seriously. Ya can't make this up----Feds to discuss rescue for endangered butterflies in Oakland County...like right next to Detroit.....

Feds to discuss rescue for endangered butterflies in Oakland County | The Detroit News:
"Federal officials are hosting a public meeting in Oakland County this week to discuss placing two butterfly species on the endangered list.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to protect the Dakota skipper and the Poweshiek skipperling.
The Poweshiek skipperling previously was found in Michigan and seven other states, as well as Canada.
It now inhabits only a few native prairie remnants in Wisconsin and Michigan, and in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
Surveys indicate that Poweshiek skipperlings are gone from nearly 90 percent of the sites where they once were found.
The Dakota skipper is found in Minnesota, North and South Dakota, and Canada.
Both species are threatened by habitat loss."

ANYTHING to take the focus off the MEAP scores.....Michigan schools to be hailed for cardiac arrest readiness

Michigan schools to be hailed for cardiac arrest readiness | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"It’s being sponsored by the Michigan Departments of Community Health and Education along with the American Heart Association and a group focused on preventing sudden cardiac deaths"

Nothing to see here folks.....Headless, burned body found in vacant Detroit school

Headless, burned body found in vacant Detroit school | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"A decapitated and badly burned body was found by police in an abandoned Detroit school building on the city’s west side Sunday afternoon."

Nice tweets, honey.........They Loved Your G.P.A. Then They Saw Your Tweets.

Ummm, yes. They do.

They Loved Your G.P.A. Then They Saw Your Tweets. - NYTimes.com:
"At Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Me., admissions officers are still talking about the high school senior who attended a campus information session last year for prospective students.
Throughout the presentation, she apparently posted disparaging comments on Twitter about her fellow attendees, repeatedly using a common expletive.
Perhaps she hadn’t realized that colleges keep track of their social media mentions.
“It was incredibly unusual and foolish of her to do that,” Scott A. Meiklejohn, Bowdoin’s dean of admissions and financial aid, told me last week.
The college ultimately denied the student admission, he said, because her academic record wasn’t competitive. But had her credentials been better, those indiscreet posts could have scuttled her chances.
“We would have wondered about the judgment of someone who spends their time on their mobile phone and makes such awful remarks,” Mr. Meiklejohn said."

Shocker! ObamaCare crooks as honest as Obama himself------The Unhealthy Truth About Obamacare's Contractors

The Unhealthy Truth About Obamacare's Contractors - Forbes:
"But Serco is also a company with a checkered present.
In July, Britain placed its contracts with Serco Group and another firm under parliamentary review for charging for prisoner-related services it did not provide.
The Serious Fraud Office has now launched an inquiry into the overcharging on electronic tagging contracts for offenders, following the claims by the justice secretary.
In August, police were called in to investigate fraudulent behavior by Serco staff—falsifying documents under a seven year £285 million contract that calls for delivering prisoners to court on time.
Last month, Serco CEO Chris Hyman resigned weeks before the launch of a government investigation into the alleged fraud."

This could get INTERESTING........McCotter claims aide sabotaged 2012 campaign

McCotter claims aide sabotaged 2012 campaign | The Detroit News:
"In the legal complaint, McCotter alleges Yowchuang intentionally submitted fraudulent nominating petitions to generate a cash payment from an unknown source to repay his former fraternity at Central Michigan University more than $20,000 that he allegedly embezzled."

Protect your family from Obama's deteriorating electrical grid-Power outage hits Roosevelt Park, some parts of Norton Shores

Power outage hits Roosevelt Park, some parts of Norton Shores | MLive.com:
"The outage was reported just before 10:30 a.m. A Consumers Energy crew is checking for the cause and it isn't clear when power will be restored, according to the Consumers Energy website."

It's the CULTURE, stupid!-----------Bryant Park ‘shooter’ all but confessed online

Bryant Park ‘shooter’ all but confessed online | New York Post:
"A 16-year-old suspected gang-banger virtually confessed to shooting two people over a coat at the Bryant Park skating rink as he ranted online about keeping the cops at bay and whether to kill himself, make the cops kill him or surrender Sunday.

“FEDS AT MY DOOR IM GOIN OUT WITH A BANG!!!!!!! TAKE MY SOUL,’’ Corey Dunton wrote on Facebook as police descended on his mom’s Bronx apartment, where he was hiding, around 8 a.m.

“LOVE ALL MY REAL N- - -AS ALL MY REAL SHORTYS FEDS TRIEN KICK DOWN MY DOOR ITS OVER WERE DO I GO FROM HEREEEEE MANNNNN DO I END MY LIFE IDK WAT TO DO I F- - KED UP,’’ Dunton wrote about an hour later.

“THESE N- - -AS GUNNA HAVE TO TAKE ME OUT TAKE MY LIFE THESE N- - -AS BEEN BANGIN FOR LIKE A F- -KIN HOUR I AINT GOIN TO JAIL I REATHER TAKE MY LIFE!!”

Shortly after, Dunton meekly surrendered. He was charged Sunday night with attempted murder, assault, criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment."

Pray no one you love lives in her area-Meet the seemingly unfireable female firefighter

Meet the seemingly unfireable female firefighter | New York Post:
"She’s the Teflon probie.
Despite failing a required FDNY running test five times, Wendy Tapia was allowed to graduate from the Fire Academy and become a firefighter.
On Dec. 2, she is taking the test for an unprecedented sixth time.
Tapia was one of only five women among 285 new firefighters who graduated from the FDNY’s Randall’s Island training academy on May 17.
The class was hailed as the most diverse group of rookies ever, all of them EMTs or paramedics seeking promotion to firefighter.
She joined a group of just 35 women among the 11,000 Bravest."

▶ Geezer's quest for ObamaCare...... - YouTube

Well, I tried the nifty "Chat" option:

[10:07:21 am]: Thanks for contacting Health Insurance Marketplace Live Chat. Please wait while we connect you to someone who can help.

[10:07:25 am]:  Please be patient while we're helping other people.

[10:07:30 am]: Welcome! You're now connected to Health Insurance Marketplace Live Chat. Thanks for contacting us. My name is David. To protect your privacy, please don't provide any personal information, like Social Security Number, or any other sensitive medical or personal information.

[10:07:46 am]: David

How may I assist you?

[10:08:50 am]: james

I'm at the place where I see the enroll button but when I click it, it sends me back to the beginning. I've already "Selected" my plan.

[10:10:33 am]: David

We apologize for any technical difficulties you may be experiencing as you use HealthCare.gov. We know this can be frustrating, and we're working around the clock to improve HealthCare.gov and to make sure your experience with it is a positive one. You may also call the Marketplace at 1-800-318-2596 and we can help you compare and choose a plan over the phone.

[10:13:35 am]: james

Did you read my post? I've ALREADY SELECTED the plan I want. I do NOT need any help in PLAN SELECTION. I'm at the "ENROLL" button. It doesn't seem to work. HELP ME! MY INSURANCE WILL BE CANCELLED IN 2 MONTHS!

[10:16:35 am]: David

I apologize that you are unable to access the "enroll" button. We have a lot of visitors trying to use our website right now. That is causing some glitches for some people. You may also call into the Marketplace at 1-800-318-2596 and we can help you complete the enrollment section. [10:18:56 am]: David Do you have any other questions that I can help you with? [ 10:21:13 am]: David Are you still there?  [10:23:34 am]: David Thank you for contacting Health Insurance Marketplace Live Chat. We are here to help you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  [10:23:45 am]: Your chat session is over. Thanks for contacting us, and we hope we've answered your questions. Have a great day.  [10:23:45 am]: 11/11/2013

So, I gave them a call......

▶ Geezer's quest for ObamaCare...... - YouTube: ""

Chinese chicken here? How'd that work out with dog food? -----Chicken Slaughtered, Raised In China Could Pose Major Risk

Schumer: Chicken Slaughtered, Raised In China Could Pose Major Risk « CBS New York:
"Chicken from China has officials on alert, including U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)

As WCBS 880’s Jim Smith reported Sunday, Schumer said first, the U.S. Department of Agriculture only allowed chickens that had been processed in China to be sold in the U.S.
Now, he said the USDA plans to green-light poultry raised and slaughtered in China.
This has never happened before, and it is a bad idea, Schumer argued.
“China has a terrible record on health safety, and chickens are one of the things that need the most care and inspections,” he said."

"Where do we get such men?" ----WWII Doolittle Raiders making final toast

My Way News - WWII Doolittle Raiders making final toast:
"After Thomas Griffin of Cincinnati died in February at age 96, the survivors decided they would gather this autumn for one last toast together.
Only four of the 80 Raiders are still alive, and one wasn't able to travel because of his health.
Raiders expected to attend were Richard Cole, Doolittle's co-pilot, of Comfort, Texas; David Thatcher of Missoula, Mont., and Edward Saylor of Puyallup, Wash.
Fourth surviving Raider, Robert Hite, 93, won't make it but his son and other family members from Nashville, Tenn., planned to be there.
Hite is the last alive of eight Raiders who were captured by Japanese soldiers. 
Three were executed; another died in captivity.
The goblets, presented to the Raiders in 1959 by the city of Tucson, Ariz., have the Raiders' names engraved twice, the second upside-down. During the ceremony, white-gloved cadets pour cognac into the participants' goblets.
Those of the deceased are turned upside-down.
The cognac will be from 1896, Doolittle's birth year."

United States of Underemployment: Dead-End Jobs Prop Up Employment Growth

United States of Underemployment: Dead-End Jobs Prop Up Employment Growth | Breakout - Yahoo Finance:
""It's a weird report" says Zachary Karabell, the head of global strategy at Envestnet and founder of River Twice Research in the attached video.
"It's people tending bar.
It's lower wage retail jobs.
It's lower wage health services jobs" that the economy is creating, and "a lot of these are not particularly well paid and they don't have a great future."
And that's a problem.
Not only for the 14-million American who are still out of work and looking to get hired, but more broadly, it undercuts the entire economy.
"If you're earning $18,000 a year as a bartender, that's not going to translate into massive consumer spending," Karabell says.
Nor is it going to generate massive taxpaying either"

Muskegons schools don't teach. One's bankrupt. The largest on the way. Citizens and businesses are leaving. And THIS is the Big DEAL? ------Peg West (MLive editor): Muskegon City Commission will be without a woman, and that is a loss for the community

Peg West: Muskegon City Commission will be without a woman, and that is a loss for the community | MLive.com:
"But there is a glaring omission:
No woman will take a seat at the decision-making table of this city.
And that is no small matter.
Just the optics of an all-male commission for a city this size, where about half the population is women, is cringe-worthy. 
What also is missing is a representative voice(s) at the table."

Is this the world's most wasteful green idea? Wind turbine produces just £5 energy a month

Is this the world's most wasteful green idea? Wind turbine produces just £5 energy a month | UK | News | Daily Express:
"Blundering officials have been blasted for installing a wind turbine in such a calm area it will take 452 years to generate enough energy to pay for itself.
The Welsh Government spent £48,000 of tax payers money on the "obscenely expensive vanity project" which produces just £5 worth of electricity a month."

The Onion Will End Its Print Run in December

HARDOCP - The Onion Will End Its Print Run in December:
"The Onion Will End Its Print Run in December
The Onion, arguably the most read satirical site on the Net, is closing up the last of its print markets with the final publication in December.
The Onion will then be found only in digital form online, folding to the same economic pressures as other print mediums are facing.
Then again, this is the Onion, the whole announcement might be a prank."

Thank you vets!-Veterans Day

Veterans Day — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts:
"On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in the First World War, then known as "the Great War."
Commemorated as Armistice Day beginning the following year, November 11th became a legal federal holiday in the United States in 1938. "

Venezuelan military seizes major retail chain

Venezuelan military seizes major retail chain:
"CARACAS — Thousands of Venezuelans lined up outside the country's equivalent of Best Buy, a chain of electronics stores known as Daka, hoping for a bargain after the socialist government forced the company to charge customers "fair" prices.

President Nicolás Maduro ordered a military "occupation" of the company's five stores as he continues the government's crackdown on an "economic war" it says is being waged against the country, with the help of Washington.

Members of Venezuela's National Guard, some of whom carried assault rifles, kept order at the stores as bargain hunters rushed to get inside.

"I want a Sony plasma television for the house," said Amanda Lisboa, 34, a business administrator, who had waited seven hours already outside one Caracas store. "It's going to be so cheap!""

EPA Closure of Last Lead Smelting Plant to Impact Ammunition Production

EPA Closure of Last Lead Smelting Plant to Impact Ammunition Production

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is not content to infringe on property rights; recent actions taken against the country's last lead smelting facility will affect the right to keep and bear arms, as well, by substantially impacting the production of ammunition. As of December 31, 2013, the lead refining plant will close for good.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports:

About 145 employees of the Doe Run lead smelter [in Herculaneum, Missouri] learned they will lose their jobs at the end of December because of the plant’s closure, the Doe Run Co. said Wednesday. An additional 73 contractor jobs also will be eliminated.

The job cuts were expected. The plant, which has operated for more than a century and is the lone remaining lead smelter in the United States, announced in 2010 that it will cease operations at the end of this year.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said the company “made a business decision” to shut down the smelter instead of installing pollution control technologies needed to reduce sulfur dioxide and lead emissions as required by the Clean Air Act.

That all sounds so very sterile, but the truth of the matter is that in shuttering this plant, the Obama administration has taken yet another unconstitutional step, one that will severely impinge on the nation's ammunition manufacturing capability. Why would the Doe Run Company, the owners of the Missouri lead smelting facility, agree to being run out of business by the EPA? One word: extortion.

In a document published on its website, the EPA explains that in order for Doe Run to continue its operations, the company would have to agree to pay “$65 million to correct violations of several environmental laws at 10 of its lead mining, milling and smelting facilities in southeast Missouri. The settlement also requires the company to pay a $7 million civil penalty.”

Obama web team vs America in WW2

March 21st 2010 to October 1 2013 is 3 years, 6 months, 10 days.

December 7, 1941 to May 8, 1945 is 3 years, 5 months, 1 day

What this means is that in the time we were attacked at Pearl Harbor to the day Germany surrendered is not enough time for this federal government to build a working webpage.

Mobilization of millions, building tens of thousands of tanks, planes, jeeps, subs, cruisers, destroyers, torpedoes, millions upon millions of guns, bombs, ammo, etc. 
Turning the tide in North Africa, Invading Italy, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge, Race to Berlin - all while we were also fighting the Japanese in the Pacific!!

And they can't build a webpage.

Obama's america-Houston-Two dead, 22 hurt in another US shooting

Interesting this was a top story in the Sidney Morning Herald
Two dead, 22 hurt in another US shooting:
"Two people have been killed and at least 22 others hurt when gunfire rang out at a large house party in suburban Houston, sending partygoers fleeing in panic, authorities said.
The shots erupted late Saturday night at the party where more than 100 mostly young adults had gathered at a home in the Cypress area of Houston's suburbs, the Harris County Sheriff's Office said."

Have these morons ZERO access to any media? Renisha McBride demonstrators ask: "What if she were a white woman shot by a black man?"

Renisha McBride demonstrators ask: What if she were a white woman shot by a black man? | MLive.com:
"I don't have all of the facts, but I'm outraged that a 19-year-old was shot in the face and no one has been arrested," said Dream Hampton, one of the organizers of the demonstration.

About 50 demonstrators gathered to demand an arrest. 

There carried signs that read "Justice for Renisha" and repeatedly chanted the victim's name.

"I don't need the whole story at this point," said Hampton. 
"I need somebody in handcuffs, whether the charge is manslaughter... or whatever."

....."Black life is so devalued... It makes people like the one who did that so full of fear. If this man was afraid, he could have just picked up the phone and dialed 911."

The incident has sparked widespread outrage and social media activity reminiscent of the response to the 2012 Florida shooting of Trayvon Martin, a black teenager who was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer.

"It's amazing that in 2013, we still see the lack of value on African American life," said Rev. David Bullock of Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church in Highland Park.

"We though it was just in Sanford, Florida, but it's also Dearborn Heights, Michigan... 

We cannot let the system that is supposed to deliver justice off the hook. 

We understand there is a process, but you remember when Trayvon Martin was killed... they were shuffling their feet."

He said there may not have been any prosecution in that case had there not been a national outcry.
The shooter, George Zimmerman, was ultimately acquitted.

"If I knock on somebody's door and they are worried why I'm there, they can call 911," Bullock said. "They can come to the door and say 'I'm not opening the door. What do you want?'

"... We cannot stand here and say it is normal to kill a stranger just because you are afraid."

Sam Riddle of the National Action Network said Detroit activists have been in contact with Rev. Al Sharpton and expect him to weigh in on the matter soon.

Sharpton is a nationally known civil rights leader with an ability to mobilize widespread demonstrations.

"Had she been a white woman and the shooter a black man," activist Dawud Walid asked the crowd, "would the shooter be sitting comfortably at home watching TV today?"

Incredible, lying article that boils down to the same old, same old: "Anything you do that we don't like is RACIST!"------------Detroit's bankruptcy brings up more than finances

Detroit's bankruptcy brings up more than finances - latimes.com: "DETROIT — Sheilah Johnson was a building inspector for the city for 28 years, a college graduate who passed up jobs that paid more because a city job offered stability and the promise of a good pension. (Yeah, right...)

But the city's recent plunge into bankruptcy — overseen by an outside emergency manager answerable to the state government, not the citizens of Detroit — makes her wonder whether she and other African American residents of the impoverished city will be able to stop Wall Street creditors from seizing what's left of a municipal treasury they paid into for most of their lives. (Umm, dear.... there is nothing left in the treasury. You spent it all. It's not the banks that want money. It's the UNIONS who bankrupted the city that want the money!)

"When my 9-year-old grandson asks me, 'Grandma, are they trying to make us slaves again?' how do I answer that child?" Johnson said, breaking into tears during court hearings over the city's bid to launch the nation's largest-ever municipal bankruptcy.
"We do not need a slave owner, and I am not a slave.""

EPA Bans Most Wood-Burning Stoves

EPA Bans Most Wood-Burning Stoves | Off The Grid News:

The EPA has banned the production and sale of the types of stoves used by about 80 percent of those with such stoves. ...

Most of the wood stoves currently nestled inside cabins and homes from coast-to-coast don’t meet the new environmental standard. The EPA launched a “Burn Wise” website to help convince the public that the new regulations were needed.

Trading in an old stove for a newer stove isn’t allowed.

“Replacing an older stove with a cleaner-burning stove will not improve air quality if the older stove is reused somewhere else,” the website says. “For this reason, wood stove change out programs usually require older stoves to be destroyed and recycled as scrap metal, or rendered inoperable.”

In some areas of the country, local governments have gone further than the EPA and banned not just the sale of such stoves, but the usage of old stoves – and even the usage of fireplaces. That means that even if you still have a stove or a fireplace, you can’t burn it for fear of a fine. Puget Sound, Washington, is one such location.

And here for more loss of your freedoms: http://www.epa.gov/burnwise/ordinances.html

Flipping on Trans Fats

Flipping on Trans Fats | The Volokh ConspiracyThe Volokh Conspiracy:
"But there was a time when health experts, and the self-appointed food nannies, thought trans fats were safe.
Indeed, as detailed in this Atlantic piece (and this lengthier academic article), there was a time when groups like the Center for Science in the Public Interest were urging fast food chains and others to replace animal fats with PHOs. 
So while CSPI today praises the FDA for targeting trans fats, it also celebrated decisions by fast food chains like Burger King to start using trans fat-heavy PHOs.
In other words, had it not been for the food nannies, American consumption of trans fats might not have been so high in the first place."

Is Chicago More Dangerous than Afghanistan?

Is Chicago More Dangerous than Afghanistan?:
"Chicago, once known most for its wind, the Cubs, and being home to the tallest building in the United States, now has a more ominous and alarming monicker.
This Midwest American city has gained the unfortunate title of Murder Capital, USA. With the highest murder rate out of all 50 states and gun violence at an all time high, crime in Chi-town has become so rampant that seemingly ridiculous comparisons have become actual topics for debate.

One of the most recent assertions: that Chicago has become more dangerous in terms of homicide prevalence than Afghanistan is for a soldier.
Whether this can be supported with evidence is a whole different matter."

128,738 registered voters. Only 15,494 voted. And this was about a TAX INCREASE!

2078 votes was the difference.
In a county of 170,000 residents.

S&P downgrades France's credit rating but market reactions were contained

S&P downgrades France's credit rating but market reactions were contained — MercoPress:
"Another setback for the French government as the rating agency Standard & Poor’s cut its appraisal of the country’s credit worthiness. 
It reduced its rating one notch to AA from AA+."

Fed Creating Massive Bubble

David Stockman: Fed Creating Massive Bubble:
""Now we have the greatest mother of all bubbles.
And there's nobody left in the stock market today except drugged-up day traders and robots who are being mainlined by the daily injections of liquidity from the Fed. 
This is utterly irrational."

The United States is at the mercy of the same crew of central bankers who brought the nation the dot-com crash and the housing bubble, according to Stockman — not exactly a track record of success.
And, he added, long-time Fed banker Janet Yellen has been nominated to be the next Fed chair."

Talks on Iran's nuclear programme collapse at the eleventh hour after France says it will not be forced into a 'sucker's deal'

Talks on Iran's nuclear programme collapse at the eleventh hour after France says it will not be forced into a 'sucker's deal' | Mail Online: "
-Complained it did not go far enough to contain Iran's nuclear ambitions
-Talks will resume on November 20 in an attempt to reach a compromise
-Iranian TV condemned France saying they were 'Israel's representatives'"

RIP brave fathers, brothers, sons. 11-10-1975 The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

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