I think the TSA agent was afraid of sock monkeys named "Rooster"-------TSA shakes down a toy monkey for his tiny gun

TSA shakes down a toy monkey for his tiny gun | Rare:
"We can all rest a little easier now:
Mr. Rooster Monkburn, the cowboy sock monkey, has been disarmed by the fine agents of the Transportation Security Administration in St. Louis.
Phyllis May is a small business owner who makes and sells sock monkey dolls.
She had a few with her to work on during the flight, and one was a cowboy character with a small plastic gun in his holster.
“She said ‘If I held it up to your neck, you wouldn’t know if it was real or not,’ and I said ‘really?’” said May.
Obviously a tiny plastic gun stolen from a sock monkey would be enough to scare any thinking person. I mean, look at this terrifying weapon.
The agent then threatened to call the police."

31.9%: U.S.-Mexico Border City Leads Nation in Unemployment

31.9%: U.S.-Mexico Border City Leads Nation in Unemployment | CNS News:
"The Yuma, Ariz., metropolitan area, which sits on the U.S-Mexico border, had a 31.9 percent unemployment rate in October, the highest of any metropolitan area in the country, according to data released last week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The El Centro, Calif., metropolitan area, also on the U.S.-Mexico border, had a unemployment rate of 22.8 percent, the second highest in the country."

Lots of auto-innovation here-----1st Annual Wal-mart Car show

1st Annual Wal-mart Car show | Petals...:

Massive Crash On Snowy Highway in Germantown || Car pile-up in Wisconsin caught on traffic camera - YouTube

▶ Massive Crash On Snowy Highway in Germantown || Car pile-up in Wisconsin caught on traffic camera - YouTube: "

MUST SEE morons on the road-----Amazing video shows 40 car pile-up on snow-covered Wisconsin highway

Amazing video shows 40 car pile-up on snow-covered Wisconsin highway | Mail Online:
"Incredible footage of a mass pile-up, involving around 40 cars on a snow-covered highway, has been released - and miraculously, no one died.
The crashes occurred on Highway 41/45 near Germantown, Wisconsin on Sunday and continued for around five minutes.
Several cars skidded off the road onto a grass verge, while many others crashed as they sped towards the carnage, unable to stop fast enough in the wintry conditions."

Well heck, the guy WAS speeding! ---Cop Kills Unarmed Man After Sarcastic Remark

» Cop Kills Unarmed Man After Sarcastic Remark Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!: "A campus police offer in San Antonio has been placed on paid leave following the shooting of an unarmed student who directed a sarcastic remark toward the officer.
The incident took place Friday morning during a traffic stop close to the University of the Incarnate Word. KSAT News reports that 23-year-old honor student Robert Cameron Redus was shot to death by Cpl. Christopher Carter at around around 2 a.m.
After pulling Redus over for speeding, according to the police report, witnesses said that the officer emptied his gun into the student, without warning and despite the fact he was unarmed.

“I didn’t hear him say anything like, ‘Get down on your hands and knees,’ you know? I didn’t hear him say anything. He just started shooting,” one witness said. “He emptied the gun on him… Boom, boom, boom.Six shots — five or six.”
Another witness, Mohammad Haidarasl, says that Redus’ last words were “Oh, you’re gonna shoot me?” said to Carter in a sarcastic off-handed tone. Haidarasl added that he heard the officer saying “Stop resisting, stop resisting.”"

Will male babies be forced to have sunglasses implants in order to avoid "objectifying gazing"? Liberals want to stop men from checking out women

AG Holder and Moochelle gonna have some fun wit dis!
Liberals want to stop men from checking out women | The Daily Caller:
In the progressive future, men will not be able to look at women’s bodies because that is a terrible thing to do — and science says so.

Researchers have offered a definitive report into the science of the male “objectifying gaze” in the December 2013 volume of “Sex Roles: A Journal of Research” (Volume 69, Issue 11-12, pp 557-570).

"Fifty-one percent of the U.S. population is a victimized group now.
Don’t you know?
Women are like Indians now.
You can’t give them a once-over, a polite grin, and be on your way.
You can’t notice the fruits of their several-hour morning project of preparing themselves to be looked at. 
Pretty soon, looking at a woman’s chest will legally be a “hate” crime instead of a love crime.

It’s already started.
There was the Massachusetts secretary who sued her boss for staring at her breasts.
There was the social media uproar when two tech conference presenters in San Francisco made a joke presentation for an app based on men’s desire to stare at breasts.

This is what the progressives exist to do. 
They take away our activities. 
If it’s an activity and it’s kind of fun or pleasurable, the progressives are going to take it away.

That’s the very basis of their personality type. 
They’re the regulators. 
The hall monitors."

Sup? Did Obama take over the NFL? --No tailgating parties at Super Bowl stadium

This is shear thuggery!
No tailgating parties at Super Bowl stadium - ESPN New York

SECAUCUS, N.J. -- Forget about setting up those kegs or buffet tables in the parking lot before this season's Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium. There will be no tailgating, according to the game's committee CEO, Al Kelly.

"You will be allowed to have food in your car and have drink in your car," Kelly said. "And provided you're in the boundaries of a single parking space, you'll be able to eat or drink right next to your car. However, you're not going to be able to take out a lounge chair, you're not going to be able to take out a grill, and you're not going to be able to take up more than one parking space. And it'll all be watched very carefully."

“

You will be allowed to have food in your car and have drink in you car. And provided you're in the boundaries of a single parking space, you'll be able to eat or drink right next to your car.

”-- Al Kelly, Super Bowl committee

..There will be only three ways for the expected 80,000 ticket holders to get to the game. The committee will charter buses called the Fan Express, which will cost $51 and pick up and drop off passengers at nine locations around the region. Fans can also take N.J. Transit to the MetLife Stadium stop or be dropped off by vehicles that must have parking passes.

There will be fewer than 13,000 parking spots available for fans.

And hiring a black car, taxi or limo won't be an option for VIPs who will spend thousands of dollars per ticket. No cars will be allowed near the stadium on game day without parking passes, and any car that drops off a passenger will have to wait at the stadium.

...Fans who had considered parking farther from the stadium and getting there on foot will not be allowed to enter.

"You cannot walk to the Super Bowl," Kelly said. "You can get your hotel to drop you off at one of the New Jersey Transit locations or get the shuttle to take you to a Fan Express location, but you cannot walk."

Just what is one's "Fair Share"? CBO:Top 40% Paid 106.2% of Income Taxes; Bottom 40% Paid -9.1%, Got Average of $18,950 in 'Transfers'

The CBO calls it "government transfers". 
We taxpayers call it "used to be our money".

CBO:Top 40% Paid 106.2% of Income Taxes; Bottom 40% Paid -9.1%, Got Average of $18,950 in 'Transfers' | CNS News:
"The top 40 percent of households by before-tax income actually paid 106.2 percent of the nation’s net income taxes in 2010, according to a new study by the Congressional Budget Office.

At the same time, households in the bottom 40 percent took in an average of $18,950 in what the CBO called “government transfers” in 2010.

Out of your pockets and into the pockets of the union thugs who destroyed an industry-----Treasury "Out" Of GM For $10.5 Billion Loss (Claims 768% ROI)

Treasury "Out" Of GM For $10.5 Billion Loss (Claims 768% ROI) | Zero Hedge:

This makes perfect sense to me-------Man Leaps to His Death in Shopping Mall After Girlfriend Insists on More Shopping

Man Leaps to His Death in Shopping Mall After Girlfriend Insists on More Shopping:
"CHINA - a 38-year-old man leaped to his death after an argument with his girlfriend who insisted they continue shopping. CCTV captured Tao Hsiao and his girlfriend in a mall in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, east China where they had reportedly been shopping for five hours or so before he hit his limit. "

Global Warmists wetting their thongs! HyperMach unveils SonicStar supersonic business jet concept

HyperMach unveils SonicStar supersonic business jet concept:
"With its ability to cruise at Mach 3.5 at an altitude of 60,000 ft. (18.9 km), the SonicStar will be able to fly from New York to Paris in under two hours or from New York to Sydney in just five hours - a journey that currently takes over 20 hours on a commercial airliner."

Barny Fife with a tank AND his own personal NSA-------Cellphone data spying: It's not just the NSA

Except this "Officer Fife" has real bullets in his tank and needs to fill up all the new jails.
Cellphone data spying: It's not just the NSA:
"The National Security Agency isn't the only government entity secretly collecting data from people's cellphones. Local police are increasingly scooping it up, too.

Armed with new technologies, including mobile devices that tap into cellphone data in real time, dozens of local and state police agencies are capturing information about thousands of cellphone users at a time, whether they are targets of an investigation or not, according to public records obtained by USA TODAY and Gannett newspapers and TV stations.

The records, from more than 125 police agencies in 33 states, reveal:

• About one in four law-enforcement agencies have used a tactic known as a "tower dump," which gives police data about the identity, activity and location of any phone that connects to the targeted cellphone towers over a set span of time, usually an hour or two. A typical dump covers multiple towers, and wireless providers, and can net information from thousands of phones."

Where's our "Smart Diplomacy"? ------China-Japan Conflict Could Lead to World War III, Warns Former UN Ambassador

» China-Japan Conflict Could Lead to World War III, Warns Former UN Ambassador Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!:
"Former Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations Sha Zukang has warned that the dispute between Japan and China over the Senkaku Islands could lead to World War III."

Police search for sign terrorist, claim constructing and displaying signs encouraging "couch-incineration" may to be gateway to Al- Qaeda or Barcalounger-ism or something really scary like that.....

Hopefully AG Holder will deem this a Hate-Crime.
Imagine the angst, the fear experienced by every family who loves their couch, their loveseat or loves to snuggle in their Barcalounger.
Is no couch safe in America any more?!!!!!!!!
Attorney: Holding 'Burn the Couch' Sign 'Not a Criminal Act':
"Is someone who holds up a sign at a game responsible for something that then happens in a city four hours away?

It's the question now being asked following a post on the East Lansing police department's official Facebook page Monday, asking for tips to help identify the man who held up the now arguably infamous 'Burn the Couch' sign seen during Saturday's broadcast of the MSU-OSU title game.

The post, which included a screen capture from the Saturday night broadcast of the game, said ELPD was looking to identify the person holding the sign and added that tips can remain anonymous.

....Connor Swanson, a graduate student at Michigan State, said he believed there was a possibility the sign might've encouraged people to behave the way they did.
"Who's to say if it would've happened if he didn't hold it up (the sign)," Swanson said. 
"I feel like people would've partied, but it wouldn't have been that crazy.""

Arguably, the most significant single event of that millennium. - This Day in History

My Way - My Way Today - This Day in History:
"1953 Hugh Hefner published the first "Playboy" magazine with an investment of $7,600."

Lest we not forget------TaxProf Blog: The IRS Scandal, Day 214

TaxProf Blog: The IRS Scandal, Day 214:
"The IRS Scandal, Day 214
By Paul Caron Share

Bloomberg Video: Will IRS Scandal Lead to GOP Retaking the Senate?
Breitbart:  Treasury IG Office: Audits of ObamaCare Critics Just a Coincidence
Conservative Happenings:  Obama Dismisses IRS Targeting of Conservatives: ‘They’ve Got a List, and Suddenly Everybody’s Outraged’
Discriminations: Obama, Flip-Flopping, Now DEFENDS IRS Targeting of Conservatives!
The Other News: Obama: There Was No IRS Scandal – It Was Just Made Up By the Media
Mike Price:  IRS: The Evolution of a Scandal in the President’s Mind
Reason:  Obama Dismisses IRS Targeting of Conservative Groups as Non-Issue, Complains About "So-Called Progressives" Who Thought It Was
Washington Times editorial:  IRS Doubles Down:  Tax Man Prepares Another Crackdown on Free Speech"

Gonna be a busy item---------Detroit Police Chief Craig backs sensors to track gunfire

Detroit Police Chief Craig backs sensors to track gunfire | The Detroit News:
"Detroit— Detroit police are considering making a second run at using “ShotSpotter” technology that uses sound sensors to find where gunshots are coming from, Chief James Craig said Friday.

...Mayor Dave Bing pushed two years ago for the city to sign a three-year, $2.6 million contract to use ShotSpotter, but the City Council narrowly rejected the measure.
Craig recently started drafting a plan for using the technology but has not requested funding from the city, said Detroit Police Sgt. Michael Woody, a department spokesman."

If it turns out to be "bad", blame Bush and Palin......Scientists Discover Huge Freshwater Reserves Beneath the Ocean

....if it turns out to be "good" credit our "leader" B Hussein Obama ....... right?
Scientists Discover Huge Freshwater Reserves Beneath the Ocean - Slashdot:
""Scientists have discovered huge freshwater reserves beneath the seabed on continental shelves off the coast of Australia, North America, China and South Africa.
'The volume of this water resource is a hundred times greater than the amount we've extracted from the Earth's sub-surface in the past century since 1900.
Fresh water on our planet is increasingly under stress and strain so the discovery of significant new stores off the coast is very exciting.
It means that more options can be considered to help reduce the impact of droughts and continental water shortages' says Dr Vincent Post of the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT) and the School of the Environment at Flinders University.""

If they build it, we won't come------Work on M-1 started?

More money to the "connected" to build another boondoggle for Detroit.
Follow the money!
Work on M-1 started? Blog offers photo | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Has work begun on Woodward Avenue for the M-1 Rail streetcar line?
Maybe, sort of, possibly.
A photo published Dec. 4 by real estate blog Detroit.Curbed.com showed overnight underground street work being done at Woodward Avenue and Congress Street.
M-1 project spokesman James Canning said he couldn't confirm whether the work being done in the photo was, in fact, related to the $137 million streetcar effort. 
The M-1 project itself hasn't begun such work.
However, Canning did say utility companies such as DTE and Comcast have received approval to begin the underground work required before construction of the 3.3-mile streetcar line can begin in the spring."

"Concerned statements" seem to be all they are producing these days--------U.S. Students Slide on International Measure

U.S. Students Slide on International Measure | Heartlander Magazine:
"The latest international test scores, released Tuesday, show U.S. students sliding further behind their global counterparts in math, reading, and science.
On the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a test administered every three years, U.S. students came in 20th in reading in 2012.
In 2009, they were tenth. On math, U.S. students ranked 30th this year. In 2009, they ranked 24th.
And in science, U.S. students were 23rd of the more than 65 countries tested, four below their 2009 ranking.
The results generated a raft of concerned statements."

WeMOG hike for Wed. 12/11/2013

Hike Nordhouse Dunes

Wednesday, December 11

1:00

Nordhouse Dunes is between Ludington and Manistee at Lake Michigan.  If not too windy, we will hike the ridge trail overlooking Lake Michigan.  If too windy, we will

stay on the more sheltered wooded trails.  The hike will take about

 2 1/2 hours. Trail is uneven and moderately hilly.

Car Pool - 10:30 at Russ' on Holton Road, soouthwest corner of the parking lot.

Hike begins by 1:00 at the Nurnberg Trailhead.

Coffee and sustenance at Big Boy on U.S. 10/31, east of Ludington following the hike.

Cancellation or weather related change of plans by 8:00 a.m.

Directions - Take U.S. 31 North to the Ludington exit and turn right (east). Go about 2 miles to Stiles Road (light) and turn left (north).  Go 8.6 miles to Townline Rd and turn right (east).  Go 1/2 mile to Quarterline Rd. and turn left (north). Go 1.5 mi. to Nurnburg Road and turn right (west).  Go 6.5 miles to the trail head. 

 With the leaves down, the views from the ridge are spectacular.

Note: Nordhouse Dunes is the only Federally designated wilderness area in the lower peninsula.

Call or email me with questions:My phone: 231-421-4409 My E-address EyeOnMuskegon@gmail.com

Tomorrow (Tue. 12/10/13) morning! Save on blood work-hey, I got a BIG deductible.

Mercy H.E.A.R.T. Center

The following are program of the Mercy H.E.A.R.T. Center at 1212 E. Sherman Blvd., Muskegon.

Cholesterol, Lipid and Glucose Screening

Second Tuesday of each month, 7 a.m. to noon

$6 for cholesterol or glucose screenings, $15 for a lipid profile and $21 for both.

No appointment needed. To learn more, call 231-672-3648.

Somehow this doesn't surprise. -------Michigan Schools Promoting Large Number Of Students Who Cannot Read

Michigan Schools Promoting Large Number Of Students Who Cannot Read [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"More than half of the third graders at Three Lakes Academy in the Upper Peninsula failed to score proficient on the state reading test in 2010-2011.
But none of the school's 14 third-graders were held back.
At Howell Public Schools, none of the 35 third-graders who didn't rate proficient at reading were held back.

OMG! There won't be a smart bra! ---'Smartbra’ To Combat Stress-Related Overeating Is A Bust

'Smartbra’ To Combat Stress-Related Overeating Is A Bust | CNS News:
"There are smartphones and smart appliances, but Microsoft has discovered that smart technology goes only so far.
The tech giant has decided not to pursue the idea of a “smartbra” with embedded sensors dreamed up by a team of researchers to combat stress-related overeating."

Quotations of the day: William Taft and the NY Times

Quotations of the day: William Taft and the NY Times | AEIdeas:
"Carpe Diem
Quotations of the day: William Taft and the NY Times
Mark J. Perry | December 7, 2013, 8:46 pm
1. “No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.”

~William Howard Taft referring to the temperance movement of the early 1900s that was a major force in America’s First War on Drugs Peaceful Americans Who Chose to Use Intoxicants Not Currently Approved of by the Government, Who Will Lock Users Up in Cages if Caught.

2. “Once men get in the habit of helping themselves to the property of others they are not easily cured of it.”

~The NY Times editorializing in 1909 against the federal income tax.

MP: Unfortunately, our tolerance of: a) busybodies telling other people how to behave, and b) the practice of theft by taxation and civil forfeiture, has increased over the last 100 years, and the War on Drugs has contributed to both forms of despicable behavior."

Shockingly, they are NOW out of money.... your money..... and they want some more....City Spends $8 Million on Theater — Sells It Eight Years Later for $135,000

Will someone follow the money?
PLEASE!
City Spends $8 Million on Theater — Sells It Eight Years Later for $135,000 [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
"Eight years after the city of Pontiac spent $8 million renovating a theater that city officials say never reopened, the city sold it to a developer for $135,000.
Pontiac Emergency Manager Louis Schimmel said the deal is expected to be completed within two weeks."

Coming Soon: Obamacare Burns Down Volunteer Fire Departments

The PJ Tatler » Coming Soon: Obamacare Burns Down Volunteer Fire Departments

Through the magic combination of Obamacare and the IRS, volunteer firefighters may be considered “employees,” and their volunteer fire departments may be forced to give them healthcare. Or pay penalties that would force them to shut down.

The International Association of Fire Chiefs has asked the Internal Revenue Service, which has partial oversight of the law, to clarify if current IRS treatment of volunteer firefighters as employees means their hose companies or towns must offer health insurance coverage or pay a penalty if they don’t.

“It could be a huge deal,” said U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-11, Hazleton, who is seeking clarification from the IRS. “In Pennsylvania, 97 percent of fire departments are fully or mostly volunteer firefighters. It’s the fourth highest amount in the country.”The organization representing the fire chiefs has been working on the issue with the IRS and White House for months.

So far, the IRS hasn’t decided what to do.

Efforts to reach spokesmen for the IRS were unsuccessful.

One would think that since volunteer firefighters aren’t paid, usually belong to small fire departments that operate on a shoestring and don’t work more than 29 hours per week fighting fires, Obamacare wouldn’t touch them. But the IRS considers all volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel to be employees. So the IRS could well rule that they must be extended healthcare, or their fire departments face penalties. The IRS hasn’t decided if it’s going to continue that thinking applied to Obamacare.

If it does, then volunteer fire departments will face a world of hurt. They could go away, leaving rural communities vulnerable.

How to destroy a nation

The Religious Makeup Of America

The Religious Makeup Of America - Business Insider:

When you take decades to destroy a great city, tough questions will follow-----Pensions in play in Detroit bankruptcy: What's equitable?

And no one in Muskegon county government seems to have a clue what's happening to Detroit.
Pensions in play in Detroit bankruptcy: What's equitable? | Crain's Detroit Business:
"All pensioners may have been made equal to other unsecured creditors who hold contracts with Detroit, by a federal bankruptcy court judge — but that may not necessarily put them on equal footing.

Now that Judge Steven Rhodes has found the city's 21,000-plus retirees are no different than many other creditors who have rights under a contract with the city, attorneys expect the city will submit what federal law calls a "fair and equitable plan" to restructure its debt by late February.

But what is equitable, for example, to former city employees who have been retired for years, are physically unable to return to work, do not receive Social Security if they were police officers or firefighters, and received promises from a city that was once in much better shape? "

Can we get those "clunker" cars back? Report: Scientists predict a century of global cooling

Report: Scientists predict a century of global cooling | The Daily Caller:
"German scientists found that two naturally occurring cycles will combine to lower global temperatures during the 21st century, eventually dropping to levels corresponding with the “little ice age” of 1870.

“Due to the de Vries cycle, the global temperature will drop until 2100 to a value corresponding to the ‘little ice age’ of 1870,” write German scientists Horst-Joachim Luedecke and Carl-Otto Weiss of the European Institute for Climate and Energy."

Welcome to Obamacare-----New Affordable Care US health plans will exclude top hospitals

New Affordable Care US health plans will exclude top hospitals - FT.com:
"Americans who are buying insurance plans over online exchanges, under what is known as Obamacare, will have limited access to some of the nation’s leading hospitals, including two world-renowned cancer centres.
Amid a drive by insurers to limit costs, the majority of insurance plans being sold on the new healthcare exchanges in New York, Texas, and California, for example, will not offer patients’ access to Memorial Sloan Kettering in Manhattan or MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, two top cancer centres, or Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, one of the top research and teaching hospitals in the country."

Why not $100/hr? -----The True Cost of a Higher Minimum Wage

The True Cost of a Higher Minimum Wage - Zachary Karabell - The Atlantic:
"What’s not clear, however, is whether mandating a higher wage will do anything to change that. Nearly 20 states have a higher minimum wage than the federal rate.
That means that the federal law has little effect in wide swaths of the country.
What’s more, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 5 percent of all workers are paid at or less than the current minimum wage. 
Thus, increasing it will make precious little difference in most people’s lives.
.....Under a higher minimum wage, a significant number of companies would likely trim payrolls in order to maintain profits."

"Choice" is an option...if you're rich------You Want to Keep Your Doctor? ‘You Can Pay for It,’ Says Obamacare Architect

You Want to Keep Your Doctor? ‘You Can Pay for It,’ Says Obamacare Architect | CNS News:
"Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a former health policy adviser in the Obama White House, grudgingly admitted on Sunday that President Obama did promise the American people that they could keep their doctors if they liked them under Obamcare.
“No one guaranteed you that your premium wouldn't increase,” Emanuel, a medical doctor, told Fox News Sunday.
“The president guaranteed me I could keep my doctor,” Chris Wallace told Emanuel.
“And if you want to, you can pay for it,” Emanuel responded. 
“As a matter of fact, choice is something we all understand, and we all understand that for more choice, more benefits, you have to pay more.”"

This plan will work. Unless the democrats and unions stop it.Paul unveils plan for Detroit 'economic freedom zone'

Paul unveils plan for Detroit 'economic freedom zone' | The Detroit News

Kentucky U.S. Sen. Rand Paul unveiled Thursday his plan to save Detroit two days after a judge officially declared the Motor City bankrupt.

Paul, widely considered a 2016 potential presidential candidate, said he will introduce legislation Monday to create “economic freedom zones” by dramatically lowering taxes in depressed areas and loosen visa rules to encourage foreign entrepreneurs to immigrate to the city.

“We hope to create taxes so low you essentially are able to bail yourselves out,” Paul said Thursday in a conference call outlining his plan."

Obama's america--Hate-criminal--Waitress Accused of Lying About Anti-Gay Customers Denying Her a Tip Now Out of a Job

I wonder how many lawyers have contacted he about an unfair firing lawsuit.
Waitress Accused of Lying About Anti-Gay Customers Denying Her a Tip Now Out of a Job | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"Morales received more than $3,000 in donations via PayPal, Gothamist reported, and promised to donate the money to the Wounded Warriors (which she hadn’t as of this week).
Some individuals have indicated receiving refunds from Morales after her story began falling apart, Gothamist added.
(The couple whom she accused of not leaving a tip and leaving an anti-gay note instead presented a receipt with a tip and no note as evidence of Morales’ apparent hoax.)"

Anyone hear from Al Sharpon on this? Veteren Jim Vester murdered after arranging to buy iPad from Craigslist

I assume if Obama had any sons they'd look just like these two scumbags......
Veteren Jim Vester murdered after arranging to buy iPad from Craigslist | Mail Online:
"Tyron Kincade, 19, and his brother Tyshaune Kincade, 18, have been arrested and charged with Vester's murder"

This ain't good-----Japan Press: "China-Japan War To Break Out In January"

Japan Press: "China-Japan War To Break Out In January" | Zero Hedge

Following China's unveiling of its air defense identification zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea, overlapping a large expanse of territory also claimed by Japan, the Japanese media has, as The Japan Times reports, had a dramatically visceral reaction on the various scenarios of a shooting war. 

From Sunday Mainichi's "Sino-Japanese war to break out in January," to Flash's "Simulated breakout of war over the Senkakus," the nationalism (that Kyle Bass so notably commented on) is rising.

Which side, wonders Shukan Gendai ominously, will respond to a provocation by pulling the trigger? 

The game of chicken between two great superpowers is about to begin.

Via The Japan Times,

Five out of nine weekly magazines that went on sale last Monday and Tuesday contained scenarios that raised the possibility of a shooting war.

No more potash? Potential ... with a grain of salt

Well, we still got pot in Michigan.
Potential ... with a grain of salt | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Only weeks after a swirl of media reports trumpeted that potash soon may become a $65 billion industry for Michigan, the owner of the only potash mine in the state stopped production of the mineral and laid off a dozen workers."

They STILL had a statue of Lenin?!!! Protesters in Kiev Topple Lenin Statue as Rallies Grow

Protesters in Kiev Topple Lenin Statue as Rallies Grow - NYTimes.com:
"KIEV, Ukraine — Protesters in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, toppled the city’s main statue of Lenin on Sunday and then pounded it into chips with a sledgehammer as a crowd chanted and cheered.
The destruction of the statue was a cathartic moment in the biggest day of demonstrations so far against President Viktor F. Yanukovich’s turn away from Europe."

Face it. Our rulers just don't like us to have a choice about anything. Except killing babies.........New York City proposal seeks ban on electronic cigarette use in public

It's the look they don't like?
New York City proposal seeks ban on electronic cigarette use in public | Fox News:
"New Yorkers who say electronic cigarettes helped them quit smoking asked city lawmakers at a hearing this week not to ban the nicotine inhalers from restaurants, workplaces and other indoor spaces, saying there isn't enough evidence they pose a health risk to justify their exclusion.

"The facts are that this isn't smoking," Jesse Gaddis, a representative from Brooklyn-based Bedford Slims, an e-cigarette company, toldThe New York Post as he exhaled wasps of white mist during his testimony. "This is vapor."

Another attendee at Wednesday's meeting said, "These people would try to get you to prohibit penicillin ... if there was grant money in it.""

The predictive powers of media-----1993 Independent Article About Osama Bin Laden

These MSM bozos couldn't predict tomorrow's weather..... oh, wait. They have. And they're wrong about that too!
1993 Independent Article About Osama Bin Laden - Business Insider:
"This article from Dec. 6, 1993, by Robert Fisk of The Independent, titled, "Anti-Soviet warrior puts his army on the road to peace," is stunning to consider 20 years later.

Osama bin Laden, fresh off the US-backed mujahadin's victory over Russia in 1989, flew his men, materials and money down to Sudan, ostensibly to start public works projects.

When asked if they were militant training camps, the "Saudi entrepreneur" and future leader of al Qaeda told Fisk: "I am a construction engineer and an agriculturalist. If I had training camps here in Sudan, I couldn't possibly do this job.""

Theatre Full Of Bikers And Only 2 Seats Left. What Would You Do?

Theatre Full Of Bikers And Only 2 Seats Left. What Would You Do?

British writer: Michigan State beats Ohio State with class, celebrates with class

British writer: Michigan State beats Ohio State with class, celebrates with class | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:

US-based British sportswriter Simon Veness revels in a win for the ‘good guys’ in Indianapolis.

We have a saying in British sporting circles – form is temporary, but class is permanent. 

And that never seemed like a greater truism afterthe events at Lucas Oil Stadium on Saturday night.
....And it owed everything to the class of Mark Dantonio, who has – in the eyes of this observer-from-afar – created an atmosphere of nobility in competition and respectfulness in attitude, two qualities that probably seemed as outdated as the idea of 12-win seasons and Rose Bowl bids back in September.

...."At the same time, we wait to see if the apparent hubris of OSU’s leader is affected in defeat, if an upset in this manner counts for anything in Columbus. I may have missed it, but I didn’t see a quoted word from the head coach admitting that the better team carried the day; that the Spartans are deserving of their ticket to Pasadena; anything, in fact, that showed an awareness of a world beyond his own.

So, if Urban Meyer really wants to learn the lessons of his first defeat with the Buckeyes, he needs to look not at the game tape of how his team were substantially and indisputably undermined on the field – but at how the opposite sideline conducted itself off it.

In this case, class may not necessarily be permanent, but it has certainly lasted since November 2006, when Mark Dantonio took up the reins at Spartan Stadium. And it will probably last as long as he fancies the task of pitting MSU against college football’s ‘super-powers.’"

WeMog-Tomorrow-Everyone invited

Meet at Picnic Shelter Parking lot (ski trails)

 at 12:25 at Hoffmaster State Park,

Monday, December 9.   

Boots hit the trail at 12:30. 

Plan to hike a couple of hours. 

There are lots of options, so group can choose trails.

Happy Hiking

Well-armed young women help spike growing gun-ownership numbers

Well-armed young women help spike growing gun-ownership numbers - Boulder Daily Camera:

The Well Armed Woman -- their slogan is "Where the Feminine and Firearm Meet" -- advertises stylish purses designed for concealed carry.

Another online retailer, Pistols & Pumps -- "Concealed and High Heeled" -- offers pink camouflage hats and bra-mounted holsters.

Gungoddess.com -- the name, apparently, is sufficient -- sells a variety of "gun bling," including leopard-print handgun grips and zebra-print ear protection.

Such items may seem odd to some, but these retailers understand their customer base -- a group of young, strong, determined and armed women. And just because their bullets may be fired from pistols with rhinestone-studded grips doesn't mean they shouldn't be taken seriously.

These women are among a growing population of gun owners who fiercely fight for their right to own and carry a gun for self-protection.

Self-reported gun ownership -- among both men and women in the U.S. -- is the highest it has been since 1993.

"A woman with pepper spray is smart, a woman who takes self-defense is prepared, but a woman with a gun is scary," said Rachael Makowski, a 25-year-old nanny in Westminster, Colo. 

"And when it comes down to my life or theirs, I want them to be just as afraid of me as I am of them."

7 Nelson Mandela Quotes You Probably Won't See In The U.S. Media

7 Nelson Mandela Quotes You Probably Won't See In The U.S. Media

7. On the U.S. war with Iraq:
“If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world,
it is the United States of America. They don’t care for human beings.”
Via cbsnews.com

6. On Israel:
“Israel should withdraw from all the areas which it won from the Arabs in 1967,
 and in particular Israel should withdraw completely from the Golan Heights,
from south Lebanon and from the West Bank.”
Via jweekly.com

5. On the U.S. war with Iraq:
“All that (Mr. Bush) wants is Iraqi oil.”
Via cbsnews.com



4. Mandela on Castro and the Cuban revolution:
“From its earliest days, the Cuban Revolution has also been a source of
inspiration to all freedom-loving people.
We admire the sacrifices of the Cuban people in maintaining their independence
and sovereignty in the face of the vicious imperialist-orquestrated campaign to
destroy the impressive gain made in the Cuban Revolution.
… Long live the Cuban Revolution. Long live comrade Fidel Castro.”
Via lanic.utexas.edu

3. Mandela on Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, his longtime supporter:
“It is our duty to give support to the brother leader … especially in regards 

to the sanctions which are not hitting just him, they are hitting the 

ordinary masses of the people … our African brothers and sisters.”Via finalcall.com

2. On the U.S. preparing to invade Iraq in a 2002 interview with Newsweek:
“If you look at those matters, you will come to the conclusion
that the attitude of the United States of America is a threat to world peace.”
Via newsweek.com

1. On a Palestinian state:
“The UN took a strong stand against apartheid; and over the years,
an international consensus was built, which helped to bring an end to
this iniquitous system.
But we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the
 freedom of the Palestinians.”

Via cbsnews.com

The World's 18 Strangest Airports

Airports and Architecture - The World's 18 Strangest Airports - Popular Mechanics

8: Princess Juliana International Airport

Simpson Bay, Saint Maarten

Our president is a serial liar and no one in the media seems to care------Twisting the truth till you cry uncle

Carr: Twisting the truth till you cry uncle | Boston Herald:
"But the confusion was understandable, Baghdad Jay Carney explained at the White House this week.
Back when the question of his relationship with Uncle Omar arose, after his pinch for drunken driving in Framingham in 2011, Carney said the staff “looked at the record, including the president’s book, and there was no evidence that they had met.”

Consider that for a moment.
The aides consulted “the book” — “Dreams from My Father.”
This is Barack’s “autobiography,” which a convicted Weatherman terrorist now claims to have ghostwritten.
It includes what is now acknowledged to be a “composite girlfriend,” and was peddled to publishers with a description of Obama as Kenyan-born, although he now claims to have been born in Hawaii, or as he calls it, “Asia.”

“Dreams from My Father” — obviously, an extremely credible source."

Embezzle a half million? No problemo in Flint Michigan-----Career Alliance saga ends with no jail time for those who misused $500,000 in taxpayer money

With zero penalty for the theft, why not try it again?
Career Alliance saga ends with no jail time for those who misused $500,000 in taxpayer money | MLive.com
 "FLINT, MI -- A scandal that took down the head of a public agency, a Flint police chief and his father, as well as a former Flint School Board member has come to end with more than $500,000 in taxpayer money misused and not a single day of jail for anyone involved.

Pamela Loving, the former head of Career Alliance who a federal judge called the leader of the "criminal episode," was ordered to pay back more than a half-million dollars after she admitted to embezzling tax-payer money and funding a program led by a relative without approval of the federal government.

U.S. District Judge Mark A. Goldsmith, however, spared Loving from more than a year in prison and instead placed her on five years' probation with a year of house arrest.

Loving, who is unemployed and has filed for bankruptcy, was also ordered to pay $586,000 in restitution."

▶ 12/7/2013 - Michigan State 34 Ohio State 24 - YouTube

▶ 12/7/2013 - Michigan State 34 Ohio State 24 - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

The unions and their democrat friends don't want you to read this---Why does Walmart get 38 applications for every opening? Because it offers economic opportunity, hope and change

The "Harvard" of employment opportunity!
Carpe Diem | AEIdeas

Why does Walmart get 38 applications for every opening? Because it offers economic opportunity, hope and change

Mark J. Perry | December 6, 2013, 6:26 pm

There’s a lot of rhetoric, especially from the left, that is very dismissive of working at Walmart. Go the Wikipedia entry for “Criticism of Walmart” and you’ll find references to the following criticisms of being a Walmart employee: low wages, poor working conditions, being forced to work off the clock, being denied overtime pay, not being allowed to take breaks, violations of child labor laws, instances of minors working too late, during school hours, or for too many hours in a day, labor racketeering crimes, sexual discrimination, limiting or eliminating health care benefits, poorly-run and understaffed stores, etc. You get the idea – it must be a pretty terrible place to work, right? But then why do so many people actually want to work for the retail giant, based on the huge number of applications that Walmart receives every time it opens a new store?

For example, Walmart received 23,000 applications for 600 new jobs at the two new stores that it opened this week in Washington, DC. That’s more than 38 applications for every position. 
In contrast, Harvard only gets about 17 applications for every available opening in its freshman class, Stanford gets about 15 students applying per opening, Yale receives roughly 14 applications per opening, and Princeton gets 12.7 applications for every slot in its freshman class.

When Walmart is considering employee applications for its news stores, why can it be twice as selective as Harvard and three times more selective than Princeton when those elite universities consider student applications for freshman admission? 

In other words, why do so many people want to work at Walmart?

A VERY sh!tty day-----Ottawa County farmer recovering from entanglement in manure spreader

Gotta hope he's OK
And give thanks Obamacare isn't in force yet.
Ottawa County farmer recovering from entanglement in manure spreader | MLive.com:
"Deputies said Vanderzwaag’s clothing became entangled in the power take-off (PTO) shaft of the manure spreader he was using in a field. "