UPDATE: One lane of Henry Street bridge to reopen - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com

UPDATE: One lane of Henry Street bridge to reopen:

"Norton Shores officials hope to have one lane of the Merrill S. Bailey Bridge on Henry Street moving later today, though it could be months before the repairs to the damaged bridge structure is completed."

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Moron Arrested After Driving Truck Into House

Moron Arrested After Driving Truck Into House:

"Note to Mr. Moron: Don't act like one.

Bryan Scott Moron, 20, of Burleson, Texas, was arrested Friday after he lost control of his truck and struck a mailbox, then a house, MyFOXDFW.com reports."

GordoM-has-sympathy-for-Mr-Moron's-last-name-wonders-how-junior-high-was....

On This Day

On This Day:
"1642 Astronomer Galileo Galilei died in Arcetri, Italy. Democrat leaders fear astronomy will cause global cooling.

1815 U.S. forces led by Gen. Andrew Jackson defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans, the closing engagement of the War of 1812.
Johnny Horton's great, great, great grandma bought a guitar.

1918 President Woodrow Wilson outlined his 14 points for peace after World War I.
Democrats still think that a great plan that just needed more time.

1935 Rock 'n' roll singer Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Miss.

Imagine if he was born in Iran!

1959 Charles De Gaulle was inaugurated as president of France's Fifth Republic.
Don't all surrender monkeys look alike?

1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a war on poverty.

Democrats still think that a great plan that just needed more time...... and money.

1973 Secret peace talks between the United States and North Vietnam resumed near Paris.

Secret peace talks kinda suck.

1976 Chinese premier Chou En-lai died in Beijing at age 77.

Not surprising his last name was "lie".

1982 American Telephone & Telegraph settled the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against it by agreeing to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies.

America now has 2 satellite companies, one cable company per town and 3 phone companies.

1987 The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 2,000 for the first time, ending the day at 2,002.25.

And Tracey Lorenz said the stock market was like Vegas.

1992 President George H.W. Bush, suffering from stomach flu, collapsed during a state dinner in Tokyo.

Sushi and Texans never was a good idea.

1996 Former French president Francois Mitterrand died at age 79.

Sushi and Froggies a good idea.

1998 Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, was sentenced in New York to life in prison.

Soon to be released.......


1999 The top two executives of Salt Lake City's Olympic Organizing Committee resigned after disclosures that civic boosters had given cash to members of the International Olympic Committee.

Everyone shocked, shocked....... soon to be released.


2007 A Moroccan man convicted of aiding three of the four suicide pilots who had committed the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks was sentenced by a German court to the maximum of 15 years in prison for his role in the terror plot."

Already released......

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Where's Gordo?

A continuation of Liam's MLive post:

"That would be a good topic...what is the most humiliating thing that one of your parents (or kids) have ever publicly put you through?"

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Daily Fred Fact

"Some people are homeless because of their financial situation, others are homeless because of substance abuse, while still others are homeless because they looked at Fred Thompson funny and he destroyed their home"


IMAO: Fred Thompson Facts Archives

France counts cost of health reform

Our froggie friends never were much for planning ahead.

BBC NEWS Europe France counts cost of health reform: "The abundance and generosity of its health service has turned France into a nation of hypochondriacs.

It consumes far more drugs than any other nation in Europe, and they are almost always the expensive patented kind rather than the cheaper generic alternatives."

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French healthcare is 'badly run'

Well, this is France, after all.

BBC NEWS Europe French healthcare is 'badly run': "The report says citizens must pay more and doctors must alter their behaviour.
Failure to do so could add 66 billion euros a year to France's public budget deficit by 2020, it adds.
The warning comes after thousands of health workers protested on Thursday over staff shortages and the 'creeping privatisation' of the health system."

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New Jersey Apologizes for Slavery

I guess everything else is just fine in NJ.

Sure glad they took the taxpayer's time and money to straighten things out.

Still waiting for an apology for Newark....

New Jersey Apologizes for Slavery: "New Jersey became the first Northern state to apologize for slavery, as legislators approved a resolution Monday expressing 'profound regret' for the state's role in the practice."

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Upbeat news = no MSM coverage

Kudlow just doesn't make it to the headlines of the MSM.

And the MSM still contends they're unbiased?

Kudlow's Money Politic$: "Despite Friday’s soft jobs number, I do not believe we are heading into a recession. Any slowdown in the U.S will be very short-lived. I’m sticking with Goldilocks 2.0.

Payroll jobs rose a mere 18,000 for December. But we had a 115,000 jobs gain in November and a 159,000 gain in October."

Scientologists heading downtown

Why does everything about Detroit and Scientology always smell real bad?

$9,773 in taxes on a $3.5 million dollar property?

Something ain't right.....

Scientologists heading downtown

The church paid $3.5 million for a vacant eight-story building at Griswold and West Jefferson facing Hart Plaza……. .
……...Because the church will own the building, however, the city won't reap property taxes from it. The site was previously owned by the financial services firm Raymond James & Associates. The firm paid $9,773 in taxes in 2006.

Katrina victims swamp corps with trillions in claims - USATODAY.com

Good grief!

And the democrats tell us we don't need tort reform?

Katrina victims swamp corps with trillions in claims - USATODAY.com: "Tens of thousands of people whose property was destroyed when Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed New Orleans' protective levees have filed claims demanding the government pay astronomical sums that would be enough money to make multimillionaires of everyone in Louisiana."

Student who accidentally fired shot reinstated

Did he "accidently" bring a handgun into school?

There's got to be more to this story ........ or maybe less .........

Student who accidentally fired shot reinstated: "An Ottawa Hills High School student expelled for accidentally firing a gun in the school was unanimously reinstated Monday.
But district staff members believe the student plans to attend classes in another district. Joseph Davon Davis was 16 when a handgun accidentally fired in a school lavatory on Oct. 5, 2006. State law requires a mandatory 180-day expulsion, and students are permitted to apply to be reinstated.
District spokesman John Helmholdt said reports indicate Davis completed counseling and community service. 'There is a sense that this is a young man who recognizes he made a mistake and wants to right a wrong,' he said."

Why is this a "tough" call?

Aren't "illegals" here illegally?

I'm stunned that we used to give them drivers licenses.

It's about time!

Cox makes tough, but correct call on licenses - mlive.com: "Attorney General Mike Cox is getting blasted for his ruling against the issuance of driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. Yet he and other state legal chiefs are only reacting to the vacuum that has served as a substitute for policy all these many years in Washington, D.C."

Urgent: Merrill S. Bailey Bridge closed - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com

Urgent: Merrill S. Bailey Bridge closed - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "Norton Shores officials closed the Merrill S. Bailey Bridge over Mona Lake on Henry Street this morning after discovering Monday night's storms may have undermined a portion of the bridge abutment."

Red Wings fans?

Bloomberg.com: Latin America: "Portuguese authorities seized 9.4 metric tons of cocaine hidden in a shipment of frozen octopus from Venezuela, according to a statement on the Web site of Portugal's judicial police."

University employees get $5,000 for buying home in Detroit

Let's see.....

$5,000 from UofD's money tree (us).

An additional $5,000 from HUD (us).

And a nifty earmark to "non-profit" JVS (paid by us) to "help secure the additional $5,000".

All to give to UofD employees (paid by us) to buy homes? Where the heck do they live now?

University employees get $5,000 for buying home in Detroit: "Under the program, the university will offer a $5,000 down payment to qualifying employees who are buying a home in one of the three university neighborhoods. JVS, a Southfield-based nonprofit human service organization, will partner with the UDM to help employees secure an additional $5,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, officials said."

Peter, Paul & Mary?

When hammers are banned, only the criminals will have hammers ....... and free lunches......

Man robs Subway with hammer: "Authorities are looking for a man who used a hammer to rob a Grand Rapids-area restaurant.
Kent County sheriff's department officials say the robber demanded money and fled with about $200 Sunday night from the Subway restaurant in Alpine Township."

New meaning for "Greatest Hits"?

On This Date in History

1610 The astronomer Galileo Galilei sighted four of Jupiter's moons.

Planets ordered to wear underpants

1789 The first U.S. presidential election was held. Americans voted for electors who, a month later, chose George Washington to be the nation's first president.

Palm Beach voters thought he was Chad Washington

1800 Millard Fillmore, the 13th president of the United States, was born in Summerhill, N.Y.

The Fillmore East and West celebrated his birth.

1927 Commercial transatlantic telephone service was inaugurated between New York and London.

Cell phone service put off for 70 years.

1953 President Harry S. Truman announced in his State of the Union address that the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb.

He lamented that Japan had already surrendered.

1959 The United States recognized Fidel Castro's new government in Cuba.

Oops!

1997 Newt Gingrich became the first Republican re-elected House speaker in 68 years.

Woohoo!

1999 President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial began in the Senate. (He was later acquited on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.)

Doh!

2005 Actor Brad Pitt and actress Jennifer Aniston announced they were separating after four years of marriage.

Who?

2006 Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, facing corruption charges, stepped down as House majority leader. (He resigned from Congress in June 2006.)

Doh!

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tennis is good!

What's not to like?

My goodness are subsidized grocery stores next?

Lack of grocers prompts action: "A recently formed task force has city and business leaders joining together to answer an oft-asked question among Detroiters: Why aren't there more grocery stores in the city?
Dubbed the Detroit Fresh Food Access Initiative, the 40-plus member group of government and business leaders is exploring how local regulations and permit processes can be simplified to attract more full-scale grocers to the city.
Olga Savic, director of strategy and external affairs for the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation and one of the group's co-chairs, said the group's formation couldn't have come at a better time for the city."