Monday, December 02, 2013

NBC’s Chuck Todd Notices One Small Phrase That Has Seriously Undercut the ‘Whole Idea of Government as a Solution’

And this liberal lapdog seems shocked at the concept!
NBC’s Chuck Todd Notices One Small Phrase That Has Seriously Undercut the ‘Whole Idea of Government as a Solution’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"Todd, appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” said of the “private sector” mention:
“That is an acknowledgement that,
‘You know what?
If this was a government operation for a long time and it failed, now we’re bringing in the private sector folks.’
I mean, that is an indictment on the whole idea of government as a solution, frankly…”"

Fascism...again------ Obama spends $600 million on rail projects that benefit private companies

WASHINGTON: Obama spends $600 million on rail projects that benefit private companies | Economy | McClatchy DC:
"The railroad industry brags in its national publicity campaign that it spends billions of dollars improving its infrastructure “so taxpayers don’t have to.”
But the ads don’t tell everything.
The nation’s freight rail network has been the quiet recipient of more than $600 million in federal investment during the Obama administration."

Let's not forget how "inclusive" this little czar is......

Hold your breath and see if the MSM picks this up..... no don't. They won't----- New study from China helps to prove the Abortion-Breast Cancer Link

The liberal media's war on women-Hide those inconvenient truths.
Articles: New study from China helps to prove the Abortion-Breast Cancer Link:
"In the US we are used to abortion advocates claiming that the risk of elective abortion is relatively trivial, and major medical organizations denying any link between abortion and breast cancer.
Now a powerful new study from China published last week by Yubei Huang and colleagues suggests otherwise. The article, a meta-analysis pooling 36 studies from 14 provinces in China, showed that abortion increased the risk of breast cancer by 44% with one abortion, and 76% and 89% with two and three abortions"

You might think this is good news. Obama and his democrats don't------U.S. expected to be largest producer of petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbons in 2013

Graph of U.S., Russian, and Saudi Arabian petroleum and natural gas production, as explained in the article textU.S. expected to be largest producer of petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbons in 2013 - Today in Energy - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

This is FUNNY----Amazon Prime Air: Online retailer to launch drone delivery service

▶ Amazon Prime Air: Online retailer to launch drone delivery service - YouTube: ""

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What Is the Religious Freedom Restoration Act?

What Is the Religious Freedom Restoration Act? | The Volokh ConspiracyThe Volokh Conspiracy
Say that you feel a religious obligation to use a prohibited drug — hoasca (the drug at issue in Gonzales v. O Centro Espírita Beneficente União do Vegetal (2006)), peyote, marijuana, or LSD.
Or say that you’re a landlord who feels a religious obligation not to rent to unmarried couples (or same-sex couples), even though state law bars marital status discrimination or sexual orientation discrimination in housing.
Or say that you feel a religious obligation to help someone commit suicide, in violation of state law — or areligious obligation not to testify against your parent, your child, or a coreligionist, even when you have a legal duty to do so.
Should you be entitled to an exemption from the generally applicable law, because of your religious beliefs? Or should the government be free to apply the law to you just as it does to others?
Until about 1960 (more or less), the rule was what one might call the statute-by-statute exemption model — religious objectors got exemptions if and only if the statute provided for one, as, for instance, draft law historically had. Judges got into the act only insofar as they created common-law exemptions from judge-made common-law rules, and these exemptions were trumpable by statute. The clergy-penitent privilege, which is an exception from the duty to testify, was one example.
But then in Braunfeld v. Brown (1961) the Supreme Court seemed to suggest that the Free Exercise Clause might sometimes constitutionally mandate exemptions. 

Extreme homosexual lobby wants ObamaCare to mandate that you receive potentially tainted blood-----With new HIV research, FDA may let gay men donate blood

This is about mandating "approval" and requiring blood donor sites that pay for blood to accept customers with high risk lifestyles. Follow the money trail. 
And you will not be able to protect yourself or your children.
With new HIV research, FDA may let gay men donate blood - Washington Times:
"“The pressure for change is coming not because of a shortage of blood, but because of the politics of sexual orientation,” said Peter Sprigg, senior fellow for policy studies at the Family Research Council.
Such politicization “should not play any role in the decision making on a health-related issue, on protecting the health of the American people,” he said."

This is near Flint MI. I'm thinkin' business will be brisk-----Well Armed Woman: Genesee County women launch firearms group

Well Armed Woman: Genesee County women launch firearms group | MLive.com:
"The local shooting range or gun shop can sometimes feel something like a boys club, say some women who also buy and shoot firearms.
It can keep some women from feeling comfortable learning about firearms and how to use them, some say.
That was the idea behind a new group  in Genesee County launched by local women forming a local branch of The Well Armed Woman."

OMG! CNN bozette (bozo girl) has lost her mind! ---George Will Cites CNN on Global Warming Causing Asteroids

You Read It Here First: George Will Cites CNN on Global Warming Causing Asteroids | NewsBusters
"CNN anchor Deb Feyerick asked Saturday afternoon if an approaching asteroid, which will pass by Earth on February 15, “is an example of, perhaps, global warming?”
Moments earlier, before an ad break, she segued from the Northeast blizzard to a segment with Bill Nye “the science guy,” by pointing to global warming:
“Every time we see a storm like this lately, the first question to pop into a lot of people’s minds is whether or not global warming is to blame?
 I’ll talk to Bill Nye, ‘the science guy,’ about devastating storms and climate change.”
She never got to that question in the subsequent interview at about 3:25 PM EST during CNN Newsroom, instead transitioning from a snowfall update:
“Talk about something else that’s falling from the sky and that is an asteroid. 
What’s coming our way? 
Is this an effect of, perhaps, of global warming or is this just some meteoric occasion?”"

Workin' HARD on those BIG issues! ----Michigan bill would make it easier to take your roadkill home

Michigan bill would make it easier to take your roadkill home | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"Two Michigan lawmakers are hoping to make it easier for drivers to take their roadkill home.

Sen. Darwin Booher, R-Evart, and Sen. John Pappageorge, R-Troy, have introduced a bill to simplify the process for taking an animal killed by a vehicle — currently allowed by the state but only after getting a free salvage tag from the state Department of Natural Resources or a local police agency."

Shortage of white "surrender" flags also thought to contribute to French PTSD---French soldier accused of cannibalism was suffering PTSD from Afghanistan

French soldier accused of cannibalism was suffering PTSD from Afghanistan - Telegraph:
"Frenchman Jérémy Rimbaud, who has admitted cooking and eating the heart and tongue of a pensioner, was suffering from combat stress after serving in Afghanistan."

OMG! He's lost the photographers! ---Media attacks Obama's 'Soviet-style' publicity policy

Media attacks Obama's 'Soviet-style' publicity policy - Telegraph:
"Major media organisations protest against being shut out of president's events in favour of official photographer"

Lots of "bubbles" out there--Nobel Prize economist warns of U.S. stock market bubble

Nobel Prize economist warns of U.S. stock market bubble - Yahoo News Canada:
"An American who won this year's Nobel Prize for economics believes sharp rises in equity and property prices could lead to a dangerous financial bubble and may end badly, he told a German magazine.
Robert Shiller, who won the esteemed award with two other Americans for research into market prices and asset bubbles, pinpointed the U.S. stock market and Brazilian property market as areas of concern.
"I am not yet sounding the alarm.
But in many countries stock exchanges are at a high level and prices have risen sharply in some property markets," Shiller told Sunday's Der Spiegel magazine.
"That could end badly," he said.
"I am most worried about the boom in the U.S. stock market. 
Also because our economy is still weak and vulnerable," he said, describing the financial and technology sectors as overvalued."

NFL declares violence offensive. Bans self defense Super Bowl Ad+very cool response guy who's been there.


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3 black scum. 1 old, white woman. Media silent........ Defiant 76-year-old woman dies in shootout with gang of three who tried to rob her of bingo money

The female murderess looks like Obama's daughter. 
I bet if Barry had 2 scumbag boys, they'd look like Bradacious and the other dirtball. 
Can't wait for Barry and his propagandists in the MSM to offer their condolences..... right.....
Defiant 76-year-old woman dies in shootout with gang of three who tried to rob her of bingo money | Mail Online:
"A 76-year-old woman was killed in a shootout as a gang tried to rob her outside her South Carolina home in the early hours of Saturday.
Dorothy Hendrix was shot twice by the gang of two men and a woman, but she managed to shoot one of her assailants in the stomach before dying of her wounds.
Steven Hagood, Tereba Geer, and Bradacious Galloway have all been charged with murder."

Settled science? -----Scientists increasingly moving to global cooling consensus

Scientists increasingly moving to global cooling consensus - Finance Post:
"Environmentalist Lawrence Solomon writing in the Financial Post cites the fact that solar activity is currently decreasing at one of the fastest rates as anytime the last 10,000 years. 
Because of this, he says many scientists are actually reverting from the mantra of global warming and are now subscribing to the possibility of global cooling as occurring.
“Now an increasing number of scientists are swinging back to the thinking of the 1960s and 1970s,” Solomon writes.
“The global cooling hypothesis may have been right after all, they say. 
Earth may be entering a new Little Ice Age.”"

SEIU pushs $15/hr minimum... to start-----Wage Strikes Planned at Fast-Food Outlets in 100 Cities

No problemo.
SEIU's connection with Barry and Mooch will guarantee federal subsidies for the ObamaBurger. (tofu in a burgerlike shape, arugula, slice of onion from Mooch's garden and a special sauce to be designed by the HealthCare.gov folks)

Wage Strikes Planned at Fast-Food Outlets in 100 Cities - NYTimes.com:
"The movement, which includes the groups Fast Food Forward and Fight for 15, is part of a growing union-backed effort by low-paid workers — including many Walmart workers and workers for federal contractors — that seeks to focus attention on what the groups say are inadequate wages.
The fast-food effort is backed by the Service Employees International Union and is also demanding that restaurants allow workers to unionize without the threat of retaliation."

Sunday, December 01, 2013

Heck, I thought it was a curling tournament----Researchers confirm meteor as source of flash and boom west of Montreal

Researchers confirm meteor as source of flash and boom west of Montreal | Geekquinox - Yahoo News Canada:

Pretty hard to argue with the guy who was there------'The Communist Party Is The Democratic Party'

Horowitz at Heritage Foundation: 'The Communist Party Is The Democratic Party':
"“My parents called themselves progressives,” Horowitz explained with regard to his communist parents.
“The agenda was a Soviet America...the slogan of the communist party in those days was peace, jobs, democracy. 
Sound familiar?”
That was the theme of Horowitz’s speech as he continued: how the communists had taken over the Democratic Party.
“The communist party is the Democratic Party,” "

Liars on the left project their inner hate-----Dayna Morales, the lesbian waitress who claimed to have been denied a tip over her sexual orientation, was lying. It’s not the first politically correct receipt hoax

Dayna Morales, the lesbian waitress who claimed to have been denied a tip over her sexual orientation, was lying. It’s not the first politically correct receipt hoax | Conservative Infidel Conservative Infidel:
"By now everyone knows that Dayna Morales, the lesbian waitress who claimed to have been denied a tip over her sexual orientation, was lying.
It’s not the first politically correct receipt hoax and it won’t be the last.
Morales’ hoax is a blip in the larger pattern of faked hate crimes.
Bigotry is the witch hunt of the modern Salem and progressive witch hunters are just as careless about facts and evidence. 
Now as then, the goal is to stamp out an attitude and a cultural threat, rather than to enforce the law, and that leads inevitably to the entire tawdry parade of hysterical denunciations and moral panic.
But what is behind this need to manufacture intolerance?
When your only real identity is the hatred of others then it is that hatred which keeps you going. 
An identity built around victimhood needs constant fresh injections of oppression to sustain its existence."

The heroes among us-----Sir Nicholas Winton - BBC Programme "That's Life" aired in 1988 - YouTube

Sir Nicholas Winton who organised the rescue and passage to Britain of about 669 mostly Jewish Czechoslovakian children destined for the Nazi death camps before World War II in an operation known as the Czech Kindertransport. 
This video is the BBC Programme "That's Life" aired in 1988. 

The most touching video ever.

Tom Brink via Google+

1 week ago
In 1939, a 29-yo stockbroker rescued 669 Czechoslovakian children before the Nazi invasion. After the war, he told no one. In 1988, his wife discovered the scrapbook in their attic with all of the children listed. Here is a clip from "That's Life" with Nicholas Winton... (if you have emotions, your eyes may water)

Winton's story: http://www.powerofgood.net/story.php
Winton is 104, he is still alive. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Winton)

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Well, the youth vote carried Obama to victory. Chris Wallace: Isn’t Obamacare Just ‘Income Redistribution?’

Chris Wallace: Isn’t Obamacare Just ‘Income Redistribution?’ - The Federalist Papers:
"“It sounds like what you’re saying is younger people are going to pay more to subsidize older, sicker people,” Wallace challenged.

“It depends on their income, and a whole variety of issues,” Tanden said. “A lot of people are seeing a much better deal in this system. There’s a big question about whether younger people should actually have a much better deal in the system, because they’re going to get pooled with a lot of other people.”

“You’re right about income redistribution,” Capretta said. “It’s $250 billion a year in Medicaid expansion and the subsidy structure that’s basically being paid for by people on Medicare through Medicare cuts and a lot of tax increases. If you want to know what the bill is really about, people in their most honest and candid moments wil admit that it’s basically taking $250 billion a year out of taxes and Medicare, and moving it into the Medicaid expansion and subsidy structures…It is a massive, massive income redistribution.”"

OMG they've embarassed CNN! ObamaCare Website Crashes When CNN Tests Upgraded Version

ObamaCare Website Crashes When CNN Tests Upgraded Version | NewsBusters:
"A really funny thing happened Sunday morning when the folks at CNN’s New Day tried to open a health insurance account at the newly upgraded ObamaCare website.
It crashed (video follows with transcript and commentary):"

10 amazingly defaced textbooks turned to crazy doodles

10 amazingly defaced textbooks turned to crazy doodles | iLyke:

‘Delusional!’ You won’t believe who ‘Meet the Press’ chose for Obamacare ‘reality check’

It's not just that they'd make that choice of propagandists. 
It's that they knew they'd drive viewers away. 
And they didn't care a wit.  

‘Delusional!’ You won’t believe

‘Delusional!’ You won’t believe who ‘Meet the Press’ chose for Obamacare ‘reality check’

I don't like GM, Chevy, rear wheel drive cars, convertibles, or anything to do with the UAW. But this car gives me FEVER! Chevy announces Premiere edition of Corvette Stingray convertible

2014 Corvette Stingray Premiere Edition ConvertibleChevy announces Premiere edition of Corvette Stingray convertible - latimes.com:
"Performance remains unchanged from the rest of the Corvette lineup we tested in August.
A direct-injected, 6.2-liter V-8 makes 460 horsepower and 465 pound-feet of torque, and power flows to the rear wheels via a seven-speed manual transmission or a six-speed automatic.

Chevy will build just 550 of these convertibles, and they’ll only be available in the dark green paint (dubbed Lime Rock by Chevy) with the brown suede interior you see above."

And there is the blackmail angle-----If You Don't Care About The NSA Because You 'Haven't Done Anything Wrong,' You're Wrong

If You Don't Care About The NSA Because You 'Haven't Done Anything Wrong,' You're Wrong | Techdirt:
Cardinal Richelieu's famous line is:
If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.
It's easy to twist almost anything to be used against you if someone cares enough. 
And with a legal code that means people are committing, on average, three felonies a day (at least according to one estimate), it can be even worse. 

That's worth keeping in mind any time someone writes off the NSA as not being an issue for them because they've "done nothing wrong." 
Driving home that point is an excellent short "Op-Doc" in the NY Times by filmmaker Brian Knappenberger, which has brief interviews with a bunch of great people (many of whom you'll hopefully recognize) explaining in very clear terms why you should absolutely care about the NSA
There are many reasons discussed, but a simple one, highlighted by David Sirota, goes back to that quote above. 
You can claim that you've done nothing wrong all you want. 
However, if someone really powerful decides they want to railroad you, you'd be surprised at how much it can be made to look like you've "done wrong." 
And when the NSA (or the FBI) can readily access all sorts of data about your life, their ability to build such a story increases tremendously.

Government transportation-ObamaWreck ----Grand Central-bound commuter train derails in the Bronx

Grand Central-bound commuter train derails in the Bronx | Mail Online:
"The southbound train jumped the tracks as it came around a turn away from the Hudson River towards the Harlem River immediately before the waterside station.
Passengers laid blame on the driver, telling local media the train was driving much faster than usual. "

For those who forgot. Barry called his future self "irresponsible". Even "unpatriotic".

On July 3, 2008, presidential candidate Barack Obama said this:
The problem is, is that the way Bush has done it over the last eight years is to take out a credit card from the Bank of China in the name of our children, driving up our national debt from $5 trillion for the first 42 presidents — #43 added $4 trillion by his lonesome, so that we now have over $9 trillion of debt that we are going to have to pay back — $30,000 for every man, woman and child. 
That’s irresponsible.
It’s unpatrioc.

Black on white attacks continue-"Hunger Games" with an "Obama Twist" --------‘And Wammmmmm’: Teens Randomly Target, Beat Up Senior Citizens

‘And Wammmmmm’: Teens Randomly Target, Beat Up Senior Citizens | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"A Fort Myers, Fla., teen was arrested this week for attacking senior citizens.

Traveshia Blanks is charged with two counts of battery in the seemingly random and senseless attacks, according to WBBH-TV.

One 72-year-old victim told the news station he was weeding his garden Tuesday when he was kicked from behind. The victim fell to the ground and said he saw a woman walking away laughing, joining a group of people.

“I was in shock. Who would expect anything from out of the blue to happen like that. There’s no reason had I done something or said something,” the victim told WBBH."

Obama's america---▶ BEST of OBAMA VOTERS

▶ BEST of OBAMA VOTERS - YouTube: "

Yet the left continues its moronic chant against "big oil.

Three black, murderous, slime. One white med student. Where's Al Sharption? ------New details in U-M student killing: Startled by thieves, Paul DeWolf was shot in seconds

New details in U-M student killing: Startled by thieves, Paul DeWolf was shot in seconds | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"The popular University of Michigan medical student was shot in the neck and killed."

This almost makes me cry-------The rise of Detroit: the early years

The potential.
The greed.
Unions.
Democrats.
The misery brought to millions of Detroit's residents.
The misery to come.....
The rise of Detroit: the early years | The Detroit News

Everyone loves free stuff. Until THEY have to pay for it----How to keep grandma connected when phone companies want out of landline business?

How to keep grandma connected when phone companies want out of landline business? | MLive.com:
"“I foresee a day when we're not going to have mail service universally,” said Sauvage, a retired postal worker. 
“And now not to have phone service universally, I don't like that thought at all.”"

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. For kids. Not adults. And Santa doesn't look loke Jimmy Hoffa-------Detroit retirees facing cuts anxiously await bankruptcy eligibility decision

And just because you voted for crooks who lied to you doesn't mean your "Santa" has the right to take the gifts from under my family's tree and give them to you.

Susan Tompor: Detroit retirees facing cuts anxiously await bankruptcy eligibility decision | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"After 38 years of working as a clerk at the main branch of the Detroit Public Library, Barbara Yokom retired in April 2012.
A little more than a year later, Detroit filed for Chapter 9 relief and threw her health care coverage and a chunk of her pension into the great bankruptcy unknown.
Yokom, 60, jokes that things would be OK if she could get a financial break and declare her two cats, Magoo and Smoky, as dependents."

As NPR and NYT assure their few remaining customers that all is peaceful and well------- NYPD To Businesses: Turn Security Cameras Toward Streets

NYPD To Businesses: Turn Security Cameras Toward Streets « CBS New York:
"NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The NYPD wants business owners to help solve crime in one Harlem precinct by turning their security cameras to the street.
As 1010 WINS’ Gary Baumgarten reported Saturday, police believe crime has spun out of control in the 32nd Precinct, which is bounded by St. Nicholas and Bradhurst avenues on the west, 127th Street on the south, and the Harlem River on the north and east.
With that in mind, the Precinct Cmdr. Rodney Harrison has asked local businesses to help the NYPD by turning their security cameras outward in an attempt to capture crime and assist police in capturing criminals. The program has been dubbed “Grid Search.”
Many nearby residents said it was a splendid idea.
“You’ve got a lot of these gang members out here attacking people for no reason,” said one neighbor, Dwayne. “They need to just put a lot of cameras up in storefronts to lower the crime rate.”"

Every day. In every way. They want to control your life. And penalize you if you object. Severely penalize.

A the (dead)beat goes on------Detroit judge delays lighting proposal on law firm question

It's been like N. Korea so long no one has a clue about American laws or values.

Detroit judge delays lighting proposal on law firm question | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Detroit's bankruptcy judge put off ruling on a proposal to spend as much as $12.5 million annually on street lighting until a law firm explains why it represents both the city and a public lighting district the city created.

Probably true. We just don't know what he promised ACORN, Putin, the unions, his Muslim Brotherhood friends........Michelle Obama on Barack: ‘He Keeps His Promises’

Michelle Obama on Barack: ‘He Keeps His Promises’ | NewsBusters:
"ABC’s Barbara Walters did another in a series of sycophantic gushing and fawning interviews with the Obamas Friday.
In the wake of the President’s fallacious claim that people could keep their health insurance plans if they liked them, the most preposterous part of the interview was when Michelle Obama said her husband “keeps his promises” without any pushback from Walters (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):"

Saturday, November 30, 2013

Math is hard....

Elect crooks, expect honest leaders? Flint City Councilman Eric Mays jailed, accused of drunken driving and marijuana possession

Flint City Councilman Eric Mays jailed, accused of drunken driving and marijuana possession | MLive.com:
"FLINT, MI -- Flint City Councilman Eric Mays was arrested for alleged drunken driving and possession of marijuana on I-475 early Saturday morning.
Mays was elected to Flint City Council for the First Ward in November.
Flint Police Chief James Tolbert said Mays was arrested for operating while under the influence of alcohol, OUIL, possession of marijuana.
According to a news release from Tolbert, Mays was also cited for no proof of insurance and failure to submit to fingerprinting."

This'll give ya a pucker.....For 20 Years the Nuclear Launch Code at US Minuteman Silos Was 00000000

For 20 Years the Nuclear Launch Code at US Minuteman Silos Was 00000000:
"Today I found out that during the height of the Cold War, the US military put such an emphasis on a rapid response to an attack on American soil, that to minimize any foreseeable delay in launching a nuclear missile, for nearly two decades they intentionally set the launch codes at every silo in the US to 8 zeroes."

Funny. The media has kinda forgotten their outrage about this "BIG, BIG" story......----Family Says They Did Tip Gay Server, Didn't Leave Note

Family Says They Did Tip Gay Server, Didn't Leave Note | NBC New York
After a gay server at a New Jersey restaurant said a customer denied her a tip and wrote her a hateful note on the receipt, a local family contacted NBC 4 New York and said their receipt shows they paid a tip and didn't write any such note.
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 -- including with NBC 4 New York -- 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 NBC 4 New York 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.

Read 'em all and cry for our country----Twitter users say ‘Black Friday’ is racist | Twitchy

Twitter users say ‘Black Friday’ is racist | Twitchy
I wonder wich racist decided to call discount day "black friday'

So, you might ask. How were they able to hire those "geniuses" to begin with? ------State's top investment officials get giant pay raises

State's top investment officials get giant pay raises | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"LANSING — The State of Michigan quietly increased the salaries of its top investment officials in the Treasury Department by more than 80% this year, saying it was too difficult to attract and keep qualified people under the former pay rates.
Jon Braeutigam, the state’s chief investment officer, got a 90% pay raise to $333,000 a year from $175,000, department spokesman Terry Stanton confirmed Friday.
Treasury’s two senior directors of investment — Robert Brackenbury and Greg Parker — received 82% pay increases, boosting them from $128,000 to $233,000 a year."

Deadline's here: Is Healthcare.gov fixed? Sort of

This is ALL bu!!sh!t.
I tried the site at 5:40am this morning.
And the "chat" scam at 6:51am after trying for over an hour.
The propagandists at FREEP and other Obama enablers are working full time to spread the lies.
Sad for them, we keep dropping subscriptions to their crapola.
Good for us the web, FoxNews and talk radio are getting the truth out.

Deadline's here: Is Healthcare.gov fixed? Sort of | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
""That said, there could be moments in the middle of the day — seems to be the peak — where capacity goes beyond that current user level, at which point there will be a customer-friendly queuing system which would notify you when to come back to the site and sort of be first in line," Zients said. 
In other words, people will receive an e-mail letting them know when to return to the page."

And they tell us an "education" is important for future success. Whose success? I'm thinkin' the teacher's pockets. Not the student's......Elon University is Offering a Self-Pleasure Course to Teach Students How to Masturbate

Elon University is Offering a Self-Pleasure Course to Teach Students How to Masturbate:
"Though this class is totally bizarre, people seem to be actually interested since it hasn’t been cancelled yet. Two professors Liz Sheehan and Jeff Kaufman, are going to be teaching the class and I honestly would love to know what sort of curriculum they are going to be using to teach this course. "

It's really not about providing a service. Is it? It's about control. Yeah. We get it. Some of us .....

Obama'a america---Fort Myers teen arrested after random attacks

Fort Myers teen arrested after random attacks - NBC-2.com WBBH News for Fort Myers, Cape Coral & Naples, Florida:
Traveshia Blanks, of Fort Myers, is charged with two counts of battery on a person 65 years of age or older.
On Tuesday around 3:50 p.m., deputies responded to a report of a group of people who randomly attacked an unsuspecting victim in the area of South Pointe Boulevard.
"I was in shock. Who would expect anything from out of the blue to happen like that. There's no reason had I done something or said something," said the 72-year-old Fort Myers victim.
The victim stated that while he was weeding his garden, someone kicked him from behind, knocking him to the ground. The victim says he saw a teenage girl laughing at him before she walked back to join a larger group of teens.
"I didn't hear anything. There was nobody in the area at all. It was very quiet [when] all of a sudden I felt a blow to my hip and I was on the ground. I turned around to see what happened and there was a girl standing there laughing," he said.
Concerned citizens saw a group of suspicious teenagers walking down a nearby street and took several photographs with their cell phone, providing investigators with what would later be a crucial piece of evidence.
The investigation into the first incident continued and on Tuesday, a second victim contacted the sheriff's office.
Harry Hurvitz, 89, told deputies that someone rang his doorbell, and he looked and saw several well-dressed teens standing outside his door and one of them appeared to be holding a cell phone or camera.
When he opened the door, one of the juveniles suddenly and without provocation slapped him in the face.
....We talked to students from nearby Cypress Lake High School who didn't seem to think the teens did anything wrong.
"I'm not gonna say it's not right and it's not fun, because it is fun," said a teen familiar with the game.
In many cases across the country, teens are recording the punches and kicks on their cell phones then posting them online. The attacks are often impossible to predict and prevent.
"What's not fun about it? Just go up to a random person, slap them and run away," said another teen.

The budget explained in simple English

OMG, we don't have an official fruit!!!!!! 2013 Senate Bill 515: Declare blueberry as the official state fruit

2013 Senate Bill 515: Declare blueberry as the official state fruit - Michigan Votes:
"2013 Senate Bill 515: Declare blueberry as the official state fruit
Introduced by Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on September 19, 2013, to establish in law that henceforth the blueberry (Vaccinium Cyanococcus) shall be designated as the official State of Michigan fruit.
Note: At present, Michigan does not have an official state fruit.
Past bills have proposed designating the cherry as the official state fruit, and apple cider as the official state beverage."

Union members of the MSM prefer you think they're unbiased. They're not. -----Black Friday Protests and Union Front Groups

Black Friday Protests and Union Front Groups [Mackinac Center]:
"Anticipated Black Friday protests of Walmart later this week most likely involve few actual employees and plenty of people involved with union front groups, according to the Mackinac Center’s labor policy director.

“Their success comes from the media covering it, regardless of how many workers walk out,” F. Vincent Vernuccio told The Washington Free Beacon.
“And there won’t be many workers on Black Friday, just like last year.”"