Think I read about media cover-ups when Jews were beaten and killed back in the day-----The Knockout Game -- NYT/NPR Say No Big Deal

Little seems to have changed with today's American liberal media.
We expect it with NYT/CNN/MSNBC/CBS/NBC/ABC.
But it is especially galling to see American tax dollars supporting the cover-up at the government funded NPR and PBS.
Pravda by any other name.
The Knockout Game -- NYT/NPR Say No Big Deal | RealClearPolitics:
"The "knockout game" -- and the media underreporting of it -- combines the breakdown of the family with the media's condescending determination to serve as a public relations bureau for blacks.
The "game" is a dare in which a young man -- all the perps appear to be male people of color, mostly blacks -- tries to literally knock out an innocent bystander with one blow.
Both National Public Radio and The New York Times say these reports of the "knockout game" being widespread are overblown and do not represent a trend. 
Really?
According to Colin Flaherty, author of "White Girl Bleed A Lot: The Return of Racial Violence to America and How the Media Ignore It," the knockout game has gone national. He describes "knockouts" in Philadelphia, Atlantic City, St. Louis, Birmingham, Chicago, Charlotte, Milwaukee, Denver, Minneapolis, Georgetown, New York City, Greensboro, Baltimore, Las Vegas, Kansas City, Miami, Cleveland, Nashville, Peoria, Seattle, Saratoga Springs, Atlanta and a host of others towns and cities."

No mention of "race" in the story......you know what that means......Hamden High School student arrested for playing 'knockout game'

Hamden High School student arrested for playing 'knockout game' - KFVS12 News & Weather Cape Girardeau, Carbondale, Poplar Bluff:
 "HAMDEN, CT (WFSB) -A Hamden High School student has become a victim of a brutal trend known as the "knockout game."
A male senior was walking in the halls of Hamden High School on Friday when police said a student "ran toward him and punched him under the eye."
Because of the assault, the senior suffered an eye injury."

The reason the GOP loses-act like the democrat thugs. Just do it stupider----Tea party critics blast 'incumbent protection act' approved by Republican-led Michigan Senate

The ruling republicans see balanced budget and Tea Party as the enemy.
We see the GOPer leadership as "democrats without any social skills".
Tea party critics blast 'incumbent protection act' approved by Republican-led Michigan Senate | MLive.com
"But what's largely gone unreported is that the bill also would lift a longstanding prohibition against primary spending by political party caucuses.
That would allow committees run by current lawmakers to back state House or Senate candidates of their choosing - including themselves or their colleagues.

Tea party activists say that the proposed change would protect "establishment" candidates from grassroots challengers. Some are derisively referring to the bill as the "incumbent protection act."

"The intent is to keep the ruling political class the ruling political class," said Joan Fabiano, founder of Grassroots in Michigan. "Whoever is going to be the team player, according to the powers that be, will have considerably more financial resources at their disposal."

Thank you kids. We get to spend the moolah. You get to pay. Keep voting democrat!!! -----N.Y. Leads With $66.5 Billion Unfunded Retiree Cost, S&P Says

N.Y. Leads With $66.5 Billion Unfunded Retiree Cost, S&P Says - Bloomberg:
 "New York’s $66.5 billion unfunded obligation for costs such as retiree health care is the largest among U.S. states as the governments’ combined liability fell about 3 percent from a 2011 survey, Standard & Poor’s said.
The liability of the third-most-populous state surpassed that of California, which has a $65 billion unfinanced burden, according to an S&P report released today.
New Jersey was third with $64 billion in other post-employment benefits.
Oklahoma had the lowest.
States’ collective burden was about $529 billion. "

Taxes to bureaucrats are like chocolate for fat people. They know they are long term bad. But it feels so good in the short run------"'Tax on tax' keeps Illinois gas prices among nation's highest

'Tax on tax' keeps Illinois gas prices among nation's highest - News - The State Journal-Register - Springfield, IL:
"The state’s share of the sales tax is 5 percent, while local governments receive 1.25 percent.
Some municipalities pile their own sales taxes on fuel in addition – ranging from 0.25 percent in some small communities to 3.5 percent in the city of Chicago.
The city of Springfield has no municipal motor-fuel tax.
California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Michigan and New York are among the handful of other states that charge a motor-fuel sales tax."

Phony "non-partisan" group gets rich--Families USA Received $1 Million to Promote Obamacare

Million to Promote ObamacareCapitol City Project:

‘Non-partisan’ group paid $1 million to produce positive Obamacare

 stories

November 25, 2013 | Joe Schoffstall

With the roll out of Obamacare being as disastrous as possible for the Obama administration, one group was given a $1 million grant to help lead a rebranding effort with hopes of salvaging the law in the eyes of the American people.

Families USA (FUSA) — an organization that describes itself as a “national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans” — was given a $1.1 million grant by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on October 4, 2013, to gather “success stories” of Americans dealing with Obamacare and distribute them to the media who often refer to them as an “independent” group. This is part of a greater upcoming effort to bolster the perception of the lowly health care law.

However, the organization is a far cry from “non-partisan” and is extremely close to the Obama Administration and Enroll America – the group leading the efforts to sign people up for Obamacare.

Philippe Villers, the president of Families USA, serves as the Secretary and Treasurer of Board of a little-known group called the Herndon Alliance. The Herndon Alliance originated in Herndon, VA in 2005 and produced research the left used to sell the overhaul of the United States health care system and counteract opposition as the president was making a push for Obamacare.

As Lachlan Markay of the Washington Free Beacon noted, they are credited with crafting President Obama’s, “If you like your health care plan, you can keep it” message, and are even backed with money from George Soros’ Open Society Institute.

....some are just more equal than others......

Thankful for so much. But 5-7" is the cherry on top of the sundae! Accumulating snow on the way to much of Michigan for Thanksgiving, but just how much?

Snowshoes are ready!

Accumulating snow on the way to much of Michigan for Thanksgiving, but just how much? | MLive.com

Heck, if yer brought up to hate America yer gonna hate America. No matter how "smart" the libs tell you you are----Ronan Farrow links Thanksgiving to genocide

Ronan Farrow links Thanksgiving to genocide | The Daily Caller:
"Ronan Farrow, alleged genius and MSNBC’s newest host, took to Twitter to share some thoughts about Thanksgiving on Wednesday:
Farrow is the 25-year-old son of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen, though there is some speculation that his father may actually be Frank Sinatra. He has impressive professional and academic credentials, graduating from college at 15 and Yale Law School at 21 before being named a Rhodes Scholar at 23. He also allegedly worked for Hillary Clinton and the late Richard Holbrooke at the State Department.

But Farrow’s public comments have not lent weight to his genius reputation. Appearing on MSNBC in October, he declared – to much ridicule — that Bill and Hillary Clinton “represent a style of honesty that the public craves.” With his Thanksgiving tweets, he gives off the impression he is nothing more than a run-of-the-mill leftwing hack.

Farrow’s MSNBC show is set to premier sometime in 2014."

Before Chainsaws - America's Logging Industry

Before Chainsaws - America's Logging Industry « Log Home bLog:
"Before chainsaws were invented, the logging industry in the United States & Canada was a seriously challenging occupation and we are only talking about 125 years ago.
In the Pacific Northwest there were forests full of monster trees and cutting them down was done by hand.
A friend sent me these photos and I had to share them with you."

War drums! ----Argentina declares war on falkland island oil reserves las malvinas exploration

The Argentine economy is collapsing.
England has almost eliminated their navy.
Barack "Peace-in-our-time" Obama has shown his true colors.
NATO is an environmental club.
The perfect mix for WW3
Argentina declares war on falkland island oil reserves las malvinas exploration | World | News | Daily Express:
"ARGENTINA has declared war on the Falkland Islands’ oil reserves after the country’s Congress today passed a law imposing criminal sanctions on any “illegal exploration around Las Malvinas”."

FLASH-BBC News - China sends warplanes to newly declared air zone

They are NOT our friends!
BBC News - China sends warplanes to newly declared air zone

The vast zone, announced last week, covers territory claimed by China, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea.

China has said all planes transiting the zone must file flight plans and identify themselves, or face "defensive emergency measures".

But Japan, South Korea and the US have all since flown military aircraft through the area.

Continue reading the main story

“sThe new dispute in an already tense region has raised concerns it could escalate into an unplanned military incident.

China's state news agency Xinhua quoted air force spokesman Col Shen Jinke as saying several fighter jets and an early warning aircraft had been deployed to carry out routine patrols as "a defensive measure and in line with international common practices".
He said the country's air force would remain on high alert and would take measures to deal with all air threats to protect national security.

They'd NEVER lie like this if they knew the media would call them on it. But they know their comrades in the media........ The Next ObamaCare Mirage

Thomas Miller and Abby McCloskey: The Next ObamaCare Mirage - WSJ.com:
"The president jumped on this theme in his press conference on Nov. 14.
"I'm not going to walk away from something that has helped the cost of health care grow at its slowest rate in 50 years," he said. On Wednesday, the White House Council of Economic Advisers published a report claiming that "the ACA is contributing to the recent slow growth in health care prices and spending."
These assertions border on nonsense.
National spending on health care is projected to reach a record $2.9 trillion in 2013, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 
This is more than 25% above pre-recession spending levels in 2007. 
Health-care expenditures per capita and as a percentage of GDP are also at record highs, expected to top out this year at $9,216 and 18% respectively."

Sure sounds like a democrat to me.

10 classic American brands that are foreign-owned

10 classic American brands that are foreign-owned | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"These are ten great American brands that are foreign-owned.

4. Good Humor

• Founding date: 1923

• Category: Ice cream

• Current parent company: Unilever

• Currently headquartered: England

• In 1923, Harry B. Burt of Youngstown, Ohio, patented his new method of making frozen confections — freezing ice cream bars to wooden handles and coating them in a hard chocolate layer. According to Burt, the value of the new process was in its sanitation and cleanliness. Instead of opening a store to sell his new Good Humor bars, Burt organized a fleet of ice-cream trucks with bells and carefully trained white-clad salesmen. When its founder died in 1926, the company went public and successfully expanded across much of the U.S. Unilever subsidiary Lipton purchased Good Humor in 1961.

Hey, maybe the sky really is falling--------Dad: Son struck by meteorites while playing outside

Dad: Son struck by meteorites while playing outside | News - Home:
 "LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. -The family of a 7-year-old boy says their son was hurt after small meteorites fell from the sky while he was playing outside."

They are NOT our friends--U.S. Sent B-52s Into China Air Zone, Official Says

U.S. Sent B-52s Into China Air Zone, Official Says - Bloomberg:
"The U.S. flew two unarmed B-52 bombers into a disputed air-defense zone claimed by China, the first test of China’s response amid escalating tensions in the region that have implications for international air travel."

"Obama" becoming a synonym for "turkey"?

And everyone thinks it's Walmart's fault-------When Roosevelt (he was a democrat...OMG!) replaced "Thanks" with commerce.

Pilgrims and Indians and the First Thanksgiving:
"In 1939, Franklin D. Roosevelt departed from tradition by declaring November 23, the next to the last Thursday that year, as Thanksgiving.
All of Lincoln's successors had proclaimed Thanksgiving for the final Thursday in November.
But in 1939, the National Dry Goods Association had requested Roosevelt move Thanksgiving back one week to allow for a longer Christmas season. 
This caused considerable controversy, with 23 states celebrating Thanksgiving on the 23rd, and 23 states waiting until the 30th.
This Thanksgiving was called "Franksgiving" by many who considered Roosevelt's proclamation an outrage.
In 1941, Roosevelt announced that the extending of the Christmas season had caused no increase in retail sales, and on November 26, 1941, he signed a bill that established the fourth Thursday in November as the national Thanksgiving holiday, which it has been ever since."

Turkey lyin' to a turkey....

And the silent bailout continues. Hey, it's a black city......-----Detroit gets $24M federal grant to hire 150 firefighters

Detroit gets $24M federal grant to hire 150 firefighters | The Detroit News:
"The Detroit Fire Department was awarded $24 million in federal funding to hire 150 firefighters, lawmakers announced Wednesday.
U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin said the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Program grant will help protect Detroiters."

▶ WKRP "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" Thanksgiving - YouTube

▶ WKRP "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" Thanksgiving - YouTube: "

Birth of the democrat party

"I am no cook. But I can follow the directions. Which said to let the bird chill in the sink for a few hours."

The Desolate Wilderness

More if you care about our history:
Review & Outlook: The Desolate Wilderness - WSJ.com:
"Here beginneth the chronicle of those memorable circumstances of the year 1620, as recorded by Nathaniel Morton , keeper of the records of Plymouth Colony, based on the account of William Bradford , sometime governor thereof:
So they left that goodly and pleasant city of Leyden, which had been their resting-place for above eleven years, but they knew that they were pilgrims and strangers here below, and looked not much on these things, but lifted up their eyes to Heaven, their dearest country, where God hath prepared for them a city (Heb. XI, 16), and therein quieted their spirits."

Try this at today's Thanksgiving......

Ask each person this question:
The Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving.
Who were they thanking?
What were they giving thanks for?
 

Governor William Bradford's 1623 Thanksgiving Day Proclamation

Governor William Bradford's 1623 Thanksgiving Day Proclamation

Inasmuch as the great Father has given us this year an abundant harvest of Indian corn, wheat, peas, beans, squashes, and garden vegetables, and has made the forests to abound with game and the sea with fish and clams, and inasmuch as he has protected us from the ravages of the savages, has spared us from pestilence and disease, has granted us freedom to worship God according to the dictates of our own conscience.
Now I, your magistrate, do proclaim that all ye Pilgrims, with your wives and ye little ones, do gather at ye meeting house, on ye hill, between the hours of 9 and 12 in the day time, on Thursday, November 29th, of the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and twenty-three and the third year since ye Pilgrims landed on ye Pilgrim Rock, there to listen to ye pastor and render thanksgiving to ye Almighty God for all His blessings.
--William Bradford
Ye Governor of Ye Colony

The Real Story of Thanksgiving-The one they don't teach in schools anymore.

An especially good rendition of the first Thanksgiving.

Read it all.
Make sure your kids read it.
Have a wonderful, thankful Thanksgiving!
The Real Story of Thanksgiving - The Rush Limbaugh Show
......But while most of the rest of the world has been experimenting with socialism for well over a hundred years – trying to refine it, perfect it, and re-invent it – the Pilgrims decided early on to scrap it permanently. What Bradford wrote about this social experiment should be in every schoolchild's history lesson If it were, we might prevent much needless suffering in the future. 

"The experience that we had in this common course and condition, tried sundry years...that by taking away property, and bringing community into a common wealth, would make them happy and flourishing – as if they were wiser than God," Bradford wrote. "For this community [so far as it was] was found to breed much confusion and discontent, and retard much employment that would have been to their benefit and comfort. For young men that were most able and fit for labor and service did repine that they should spend their time and strength to work for other men's wives and children without any recompense...that was thought injustice." 
Why should you work for other people when you can't work for yourself? 
What's the point? Do you hear what he was saying, ladies and gentlemen?
 The Pilgrims found that people could not be expected to do their best work without incentive. 
So what did Bradford's community try next? 
They unharnessed the power of good old free enterprise by invoking the undergirding capitalistic principle of private property. 
Every family was assigned its own plot of land to work and permitted to market its own crops and products. And what was the result?

.... In no time, the Pilgrims found they had more food than they could eat themselves. Now, this is where it gets really good, folks, if you're laboring under the misconception that I was, as I was taught in school. So they set up trading posts and exchanged goods with the Indians. The profits allowed them to pay off their debts to the merchants in London. And the success and prosperity of the Plymouth settlement attracted more Europeans and began what came to be known as the "Great Puritan Migration." Now, you probably haven't read this. You might have heard me read it to you over the previous years on this program, but I don't think this lesson is still being taught to children -- and if not, why not? I mean, is there a more important lesson one could derive from the Pilgrim experience than this? 
Thanksgiving, in other words, is not thanks to the Indians, and it's not thanks to William Bradford. It's not thanks to the merchants of London. Thanksgiving is thanks to God, pure and simple......

Thanksgiving Proclamation - Proclamation - Thanksgiving Day - 1863

WallBuilders - Thanksgiving Proclamation - Proclamation - Thanksgiving Day - 1863

President Abraham Lincoln's Proclamation of Thanksgiving
Issued, October 3, 1863

The year that is drawing towards its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God.

In the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to invite and provoke the aggressions of foreign States, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere, except in the theater of military conflict; while that theater has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union.

The needful diversions of wealth and strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defense have not arrested the plough, the shuttle or the ship. The axe has enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battlefield; and the country, rejoicing in the consciousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years with large increase of freedom.

No human counsel hath devised, nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy.

It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and voice by the whole American people; I do, therefore, invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer to our beneficent Father, who dwelleth in the heavens. And I recommend to them that, while offering up the ascriptions justly due to him that, for such singular deliverances and blessings; they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it, as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes, to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility, and union.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington this third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the independence of the United States the eighty-eighth.

Abraham Lincoln

Wal-Mart deserves the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize for improving the lives of millions of low-income consumers globally

Wal-Mart deserves the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize for improving the lives of millions of low-income consumers globally | AEIdeas:
"Bottom Line: Any neutral observer who looks at the significant economic benefits generated by Wal-Mart in terms of everyday low retail prices for groceries, prescription drugs, clothing, and household items that generate billions of dollars in cost savings for low-income Americans, along with millions of job opportunities in cities across America for low-income Americans with above-market compensation and significant advancement opportunities, could only come to one conclusion: Wal-Mart is truly great for low-income Americans.

Inspired by this Vancouver Sun article and to provide some counterbalance to Professor Massengill’s vilification of Wal-Mart, I hereby nominate Wal-Mart for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize for its significant contributions to society, for improving the US and world economies, for directly creating more than two million jobs worldwide at its retail outlets and helping to support many thousands of jobs indirectly for all of the thousands of suppliers to Wal-Mart, and for its contributions to improving the lives of millions of lower-income consumers by offering “Everyday Low Prices.”"

Ace of Spades' Talking Points for Talking With Your Obnoxious Progressive Family Members About Obamacare This Thanksgiving

Ace of Spades' Talking Points for Talking With Your Obnoxious Progressive Family Members About Obamacare This Thanksgiving:
"6. Remember when you were so confident, arrogant, snotty, sneering, and dismissive about legitimate and informed concerns about Obamacare? 
You were wrong.
And you weren't just wrong on the facts, but you were wrong on a human level.
You very nearly screamed your ignorant opinions and shouted down dissent.
You sneered at people as ignorant who actually knew more than you did, and you indulged in entirely-unwarranted moral preening about your alleged concern for the poor.
Despite the fact that you never do anything to actually aid the poor.
Apparently shouting at relatives is your idea of "charity.""

I'm thinkin' this won't look as good 20 years from now.......or as real.......Tattoos so real it's scary

Tattoos so real it's scary | Home - Social Local:

Remember the "bad old days" when this was considered an outrage? ---Crowd of 100 Illegal Aliens Attack U.S. Border Patrol, Mexican Authorities Let Them Go

Crowd of 100 Illegal Aliens Attack U.S. Border Patrol, Mexican Authorities Let Them Go:
"A group of 100 Mexican nationals illegally crossed into the United States and attacked U.S. Border Patrol Agents with rocks and bottles, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP).
The violent group was allowed to run back into Mexico and were permitted to disperse by Mexican authorities without being arrested or otherwise suffering any consequences for their brutal attacks on U.S. law enforcement.
The attack occurred in southern California on November 24, 2013. "

No books here: New Texas library is all digital

No books here: New Texas library is all digital | Crave - CNET:
"San Antonio's BiblioTech, believed to be the first public bookless library in the US, offers computers, Internet access, e-readers, and technology classes."

Best "worst" movie EVER--Aspen-Mt. Brighton connection-----Vail resorts bought Detroit area Mt. Brighton Ski Resort

Cold spell helps newly renovated Mt. Brighton Ski Resort open ahead of schedule | MLive.com:
"The lift that opened Wednesday is brand new, and the snow on the ground at the mountain came from a new snowmaking system.
Both are part of a $10 million investment that parent company Vail Resorts has made to upgrade facilities at Mt. Brighton.
Vail acquired the resort in December 2012."

The two lift operators at Mt. Brighton become the best skiers in Aspen.
Redefining camp. 
But it IS a fun movie.

Aspen Extreme is a 1993 film about two ski buddies, TJ Burke (Paul Gross) and Dexter Rutecki (Peter Berg), who move from Brighton, Michigan to Aspen to seek a better life. The two friends quickly become Aspen ski instructors, but women, drugs, and job troubles threaten to destroy their relationship. Along the way, TJ tries to realize his dream of becoming a professional writer, and the pair train for the upcoming Powder 8 ski competition.

The supporting cast includes Finola Hughes, Teri Polo, William Russ, and Trevor Eve. The cover of the US video release quotes the Seattle Times as referring to the film as "Top Gun on the Ski Slopes."

Some only live to hate.

This guy was an Obama approved illegal immigration plant! --Holding Foreign Visitors to Their Promises

Another staged performance.
And the propagandist MSM played right along
Holding Foreign Visitors to Their Promises | National Review Online:
"Yesterday’s heckler at Obama’s pro-amnesty speech in San Francisco was Ju Hong, an approved guest of the White House and an illegal alien from South Korea who recently graduated from UC Berkeley.
People who still say illegal aliens “live in the shadows” obviously don’t know this guy:
He’s on Twitter and LinkedIn, was a member of student government, has lobbied for taxpayer subsidies for illegal-alien students, and has been the subject of so much fawning news coverage he has his own topic page at the Cal student paper."

Seriously folks. These morons are gonna decide if your kid gets to see a doctor-----Obamacare Enrolls Man's Dog for Health Insurance

Obamacare Enrolls Man's Dog for Health Insurance | CNS News:
"For pet owners across the country, you should rejoice!
Your pets are eligible for Obamacare benefits.
Colorado resident Shane Smith received a letter informing him that his dog, Baxter, was successfully enrolled in the Affordable Care Act.
Smith’s own policy was cancelled under Obamacare, so he decided to enroll with the government’s program. 
During the application process, which he decided to do by phone, he was asked several security questions; he used his dog’s name for one of the codes.
An error in data collection obviously occurred."

This crap is getting old FAST. Just wait until this type of allegation is protected by federal law----Will Leaving a Cash Tip Open Us Up to This Kind of Fraud?

Will Leaving a Cash Tip Open Us Up to This Kind of Fraud? -UPDATED: "
Dayna Morales, a former Marine and a server at Gallop Asian Bistro in Bridgewater, posted a photo on Facebook earlier this month, showing the bill with a line through the space for a tip.
The photo of the receipt showed someone had written, “I’m sorry but I cannot tip because I do not agree with your lifestyle.”
Morales indicated in her Facebook post and in subsequent media interviews . . .that the customer wrote that line.
But a family contacted NBC 4 New York claiming their receipt from the restaurant shows they did leave a tip, and provided what they said was a credit card statement as proof.
The husband and wife, who asked to remain anonymous, showed. . .a receipt that appeared to be printed at the same minute, on the same date, for the same $93.55 total, except with an $18 tip.
They also provided a document they said was a Visa bill, which appears to indicate their card was charged for the meal plus the tip, for a total of $111.55."

Taxes for thee but not for me------Obama Gives Unions Obamacare Exemption

Sen. Thune: Obama Gives Unions Obamacare Exemption

Sen. John Thune (R-SD), the chairman of the Senate GOP conference, has discovered that President Barack Obama’s administration has decided to grant an exemption to labor unions from Obamacare’s reinsurance tax.

Sort of sad. A new mattress store coming to Flint is worth a news story in Flint. Think about that! Mattress Firm starts construction on new store in Flint Township

Oh, what a GREAT day for Flint!
Mattress Firm starts construction on new store in Flint Township | MLive.com:
"FLINT TOWNSHIP, MI – Another new business is coming to Miller Road in Flint Township.
The Houston-based Mattress Firm is setting up shop at the out lot near Pirates Cove shopping plaza on the corner of Ketzler Drive and Miller Road.
The corporate-owned store will be a new build at 4051 Miller Rd. "

Well, Barry's real name is "Hussein"------How Islamists Stole a Congressional Hearing

Nothing new here.
Peaceful Hindus silenced by murderous Muslims.
Articles: How Islamists Stole a Congressional Hearing:
"Oppressed Hindus from Bangladesh asked for a congressional committee hearing to make known their victimization by Islamists. 
They got their hearing, but they were not given a chance to speak; instead, Islamists took over.
Not one Hindu was invited to be on the panel of speakers. 
The Islamists trashed the only political movement in Bangladesh that offers some hope of secularism.
Evidence suggests that an American lobbying firm working for a Bangladeshi war criminal bought influence with the hearing. 
The same day, the NY Times wrote a staggeringly pro-Islamist editorial, raising the question that perhaps they too were bought with lobbyist money.
On November 20, 2013, a group of loyal Hindu Bangladeshi American citizens were granted a long-awaited hearing by the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee. 
The Hindus wanted to ask the U.S. to stay the hand of the religious extremists who are pushing their compatriots remaining in Bangladesh toward genocide, described more fully here."

This would be funny if it wasn't happening now------1-800-ObamaFlowers

Sunday Funnies: 1-800-ObamaFlowers | Cato's Domain:
(Receptionist) Hello, Welcome to ObamaFlowers, My name is Trina. How can I help you?
(Customer) Hello, I received an email from Professional Flowers stating that my flower order has been canceled and I should go to your exchange to reorder it. I tried your website, but it seems like it is not working. So I am calling the 800 number.
(Receptionist) Yes, I am sorry about the website. It should be fixed by the end of November. But I can help you.
(Customer) Thanks, I ordered a “Spring Bouquet” for our anniversary, and wanted it delivered to my wife.
(Receptionist Interrupting) Sir, “Spring Bouquets” do not meet our minimum standards, I will be happy to provide you with Red Roses.
(Customer) But I have always ordered “Spring Bouquets”, done it for years, my wife likes them.
(Receptionist) Roses are better, sir, I am sure your wife will love them.
(Customer) Well, how much are they?
(Receptionist) It depends sir, do you want our Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum package.
(Customer) What’s the difference?
(Receptionist) 6, 12,18 or 24 Red Roses.
(Customer) The Silver package may be okay, how much is it?
(Receptionist) It depends sir, what is you monthly income?
(Customer) What does that have to do with anything?
(Receptionist) I need that to determine your government flower subsidy, then I can determine how much your out of pocket cost will be. But if your income is below our minimums for a subsidy, then I can refer you to our FlowerAid department.
(Customer) FlowerAid?
(Receptionist) Yes, Flowers are a Right, everyone has a right to flowers. So, if you can’t afford them, then the government will supply them free of charge.
(Customer) Who said they were a Right?
(Receptionist) Congress passed it, the President signed it and the Supreme Court found it Constitutional.
(Customer) Whoa…..I don’t remember seeing anything in the Constitution regarding Flowers as a Right.
(Receptionist) It is not really a Right in the Constitution, but ObamaFlowers is Constitutional because the Supreme Court Ruled it a “Tax”. Taxes are Constitutional. But we feel it is a Right.
(Customer) I don’t believe this…
(Receptionist) It’s the law of the land sir. Now, we anticipated most people would go for the Silver Package, so what is you monthly income sir?
(Customer) Forget it, I think I will forgo the flowers this year.
(Receptionist) In that case sir, I will still need your monthly income.
(Customer) Why?
(Receptionist) To determine what your ‘non-participation’ cost would be.
(Customer) WHAT? Your can’t charge me for NOT buying flowers!
(Receptionist) It’s the law of the land, sir, approved by the Supreme Court. It’s $9.50 or 1% of your monthly income…..
(Customer)interrupting) This is ridiculous, I’ll pay the $9.50..
(Receptionist) Sir, it is the $9.50 or 1% of your monthly income, whichever is greater.
(Customer) ARE YOU KIDDING ME? What a ripoff!!
(Receptionist) Actually sir, it is a good deal. Next year it will be 2%.
(Customer) Look, I’m going to call my Congressman to find out what’s going on here. This is ridiculous. I’m not going to pay it.
(Receptionist) Sorry to hear that sir, that’s why I had the NSA track this call and obtain the make and model of the cell phone your are using.
(Customer) Why does the NSA need to know what kind of CELL PHONE I AM USING?
(Receptionist) So they get your GPS coordinates sir
(Door Bell rings followed immediately by a loud knock on the door)
(Receptionist) That would be the IRS sir. Thanks for calling ObamaFlowers, have a nice day…and God Bless America.

A reason for Thanks. But, still dang sad......----Detroit police tout infrequent achievement: No homicides, shootings in 36 hours

Detroit police tout infrequent achievement: No homicides, shootings in 36 hours | MLive.com:
"DETROIT, MI -- It may not seem like much in most cities across this nation, but when you go 36 hours without police responding to a nonfatal shooting or homicide in Detroit, that's progress."
Police in a press released issued Tuesday afternoon called the 36-hour preceding stretch without a homicide or nonfatal shooting the "longest period of nonviolence" in months.

We gonna get a "fart" surcharge on hamburgers? ----Cow Farts Have ‘Larger Greenhouse Gas Impact’ Than Previously Thought; Methane Pushes Climate Change

Cow Farts Have ‘Larger Greenhouse Gas Impact’ Than Previously Thought; Methane Pushes Climate Change

A new study of methane emissions finds that the U.S. is spewing 50 percent more methane, a greenhouse gas 21 times better at trapping heat than carbon dioxide, into the atmosphere than the Environmental Protection Agency previously assumed.
Several factors contribute to the accumulation of methane gas in Earth’s atmosphere, such as the burning of fossil fuels and leaks from oil and gas refining and drilling, but one contender stands out above the rest as particularly repugnant: cow farts.

Folks. They really are nuts-----Center for Media and Democracy: Liberals are morally superior

This from the leader of a very powerful "mainline" liberal organization:
Center for Media and Democracy: Liberals are morally superior « Watchdog.org:
“Why should we be surprised conservative-funded groups are funding conservative causes?” the reporter asked. Doesn’t the same thing occur on the left?

The answer, according to CMD executive director Lisa Graves: Yes, but the left is morally superior in its motives.

“The question of conservative funders versus liberal funders, I think, is a matter of false equivalency,” Graves responded. “Quite frankly a number of these (corporate donors) like Koch Industries … they’re advancing not just an ideological agenda but an agenda that helps advance the bottom line of their corporate interests. That’s quite a distinct difference from some of the funders in the progressive universe.”

At the heart of CMD’s campaign is the suggestion that conservative political groups cannot legally work together. 
Liberal groups? 
That seems to be okay."

Former Hostages React to Iran's Nuclear Deal

Former Hostages React to Iran's Nuclear Deal:
 ""It's kind of like Jimmy Carter all over again," said Clair Cortland Barnes, now retired and living in Leland, N.C., after a career at the CIA and elsewhere.
He sees the negotiations now as no more effective than they were in 1979 and 1980, when he and others languished, facing mock executions and other torments."

ObamaScam just another day in lib-land------Obamaphones: Rife with Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

Obamaphones: Rife with Waste, Fraud, and Abuse | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation:
"Free cell phones for low-income Americans, one of the fastest growing welfare programs in the United States, is—by the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) own admission—rife with “waste, fraud and abuse.” 
And who is paying for these free Obamaphones?
If you have a phone subscription, you are.
The program, officially called Lifeline, predates Obama’s presidency but has earned the colloquial name “Obamaphone” after nearly tripling in cost since 2008.
Almost everyone who pays a phone bill has an extra monthly charge that contributes to the Universal Service Fund, which covers Lifeline access.
The government pays companies $9.25 for every person connected through Lifeline.
Recipients typically receive a free wireless phone and a certain amount of airtime."

Huntington Beach Bar Fights To Save Sign That Salutes Veterans

Huntington Beach Bar Fights To Save Sign That Salutes Veterans « CBS Los Angeles:
"HUNTINGTON BEACH (CBSLA.com) — Veterans are rallying around a local bar whose owners say they have been ordered to removed a sign that salutes their service.
“Thank a veteran for your freedom!” says a large sign perched above Johnny’s Booze and Pool.
Vets love it and make up a significant part of the establishment’s clientele.
...But someone complained to the city about the sign, and now the bar’s owners say they’ve been ordered to take it down.
“We received a letter in the mail from the city stating that we have to remove it within two days or they were going to fine us, like, $940,” says co-owner John Marovic."

Lucianne.com's annual Thanksgiving cooking thread-Conservative cooks rule!

Lucianne.com News Forum - Thread:
Everyone has a favorite recipe, find it in the back of a kitchen drawer, call your mom, see if you still have that dog-eared copy of the Joy of Cooking. 
It´s on the back of an old electric bill stuck inside the back cover. 
Find it and post it for all your LCom friends. 
If you have a special request let us know, someone can find it somewhere.