Supreme Court Pares Back Obamacare’s Contraception Mandate | TheBlaze.com

Supreme Court Pares Back Obamacare’s Contraception Mandate | TheBlaze.com:
"The Court decided that Obamacare cannot be used to require for-profit, closely held companies to provide certain birth control drugs and devices — such as morning after pills — that could cause abortion.
The case was brought by Hobby Lobby, a Oklahoma-based retail chain owned by the Green family. The Greens said they are willing to cover 16 of the 20 birth control methods mandated by Obamacare to its employees, but not four others because the risk of abortion goes against their religious beliefs."

Border Patrol Agent: ‘If the Administration Says This Isn’t Amnesty, Don’t Believe Them’ | CNS News

Border Patrol Agent: ‘If the Administration Says This Isn’t Amnesty, Don’t Believe Them’ | CNS News:
“Even if the administration says this isn’t amnesty, don’t believe them,” Spratte added.
President Obama recently praised  10 illegal immigrants, which the administration dubbed “Champions of Change,” during a June 17 event at the White House. "

Case Against Benghazi Suspect Could Shape Legacies of Obama, Holder — and Affect Potential Candidacy of Hillary Clinton | Video | TheBlaze.com

Case Against Benghazi Suspect Could Shape Legacies of Obama, Holder — and Affect Potential Candidacy of Hillary Clinton | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"Unfolding during an election year, the case against alleged mastermind Ahmed Abu Khattala could help shape the legacies of Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder, and spill over into the potential 2016 presidential candidacy of Hillary Rodham Clinton."

Majority Of Delinquent Detroit Water Customers In Culture Of: ‘You’re Not Making Me Pay,’ Says Deputy Director

Majority Of Delinquent Detroit Water Customers In Culture Of: ‘You’re Not Making Me Pay,’ Says Deputy Director « CBS Detroit:
DETROIT (WWJ) – Several people protested outside the Detroit Water And Sewerage Department building Thursday, saying customers are having service cut off at an alarming rate and the practice is inhumane.
Organizer David Bullock with the Change Agent Consortium says the water department is going after customers that may be as little as $150 delinquent and says the department ignores large corporations which are behind.
“People always want to attack the poor … why are we attacking poor people?” he asked.
But when asked which large companies are behind in their payments, Bullock would only say that WWJ should research the issue.
“I think you all should be standing with us,” Bullock told WWJ’s Marie Osborne.
“I think you all should be demanding the same level of accountability for firms and corporations in the city of Detroit – that they are levying on residential customers.”
The water department states that there are about 60,000 delinquent accounts in the city of Detroit – with the average arrearage about $560."

Obama's Involvement In The Children’s Scandal Is Worse Than You Probably Thought

Obama's Involvement In The Children’s Scandal Is Worse Than You Probably Thought:
"Our Dear Leader states that all of this is just coincidence.  It’s all just the result of children wanting a better life, and his administration had nothing to do with this situation.
Well, my friends, we all know he is a liar. I think as time goes by and the evidence comes out, as it always does, we will see that this is nothing less than an orchestrated effort by the President of the United States and his administration to flout the duly enacted immigration laws of this country for political purposes.  He wants the Hispanic vote in November and couldn’t get amnesty through Congress, so he decided to send out the word quietly that he would not turn these children away–and they could stay."

3 in the Top Ten!------Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities in the U.S. - Answers.com

Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities in the U.S. - Answers.com

Feel-good video of the day!

Post by Jeff Head.

Yet, Michigan politicians want to increase our gas tax.To a national "highest"-------Marylanders To Pay More At The Pump This Fourth Of July Weekend

Marylanders To Pay More At The Pump This Fourth Of July Weekend « CBS Baltimore:
"“Both nationally and in Maryland, the average today is $3.68 a gallon.
That’s up two cents from a week ago nationally.
And here in Maryland, it’s up about three cents,” said Ragina Cooper-Averella, AAA Mid-Atlantic.
The rising price of gas is a direct reflection of conflict in Iraq.
Analysts are now focused on the militant uprising in the country, where America gets a large percentage of its oil supply."

ISIS Mocks Obama in Latest Video: “Obama, Did You Prepare Enough Diapers For Your Soldiers?”

ISIS Mocks Obama in Latest Video: “Obama, Did You Prepare Enough Diapers For Your Soldiers?” | The Gateway Pundit:
"The Islamist Abu Saffiya from Chile, shows off the spoils of war and raises the Islamic flag at a former Iraqi military base.
Another Islamist mocks Obama at the end of the video:
“Obama, did you prepare enough diapers for your soldiers?”"

Remember, these same (ALWAYS REELECTED) folks will be spending the billions (yes, $$billions) that are pouring into the "resurection" of Deeetroit------Detroit City Councilman Scott Benson Arrested on Suspicion of Drunk Driving

Detroit City Councilman Scott Benson Arrested on Suspicion of Drunk Driving –  Deadline Detroit:
"WXYZ reports that Detroit City Councilman Scott Benson was found passed out at the wheel at traffic light in Southfield Sunday night and was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving.
The station reports that he remains in the custody of Southfield Police, and a $500 bond has been set.
 The incident, according to WXYZ, happened around 7:30 p.m. at a traffic light at 8 Mile near the southbound Southfield Rd. service drive.
He was in a 2008 Ford Crown Victoria."

BIPARTISAN: Americans Overwhelmingly DO NOT Want More Immigration, Says New Gallup Poll

BIPARTISAN: Americans Overwhelmingly DO NOT Want More Immigration, Says New Gallup Poll:
"By almost a two-to-one margin, 41% to 22%, more Americans think immigration should be lowered from present levels, rather than be increased, as Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner desire. Groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce,  hungry to import cheap labor, are pressuring political leaders to go against the wishes of the American people, as the poll indicates. "

Isn't it time we imposed "coffee-control" (Java-justice!) on those in need of special attention?-----Woman arrested after throwing cup of coffee into customer's face at Ann Arbor Starbucks

Woman arrested after throwing cup of coffee into customer's face at Ann Arbor Starbucks | MLive.com: "Ann Arbor police arrested a woman who threw a hot cup of coffee into the face of a customer at the Main Street Starbucks Saturday morning.

The Starbucks Coffee at 300 S. Main St. in downtown Ann Arbor was the scene of a woman throwing coffee into the face of another customer Saturday morning.
.....“It was kind of unprovoked,” he said.
The woman immediately left the scene but was tracked down a few blocks away.
Dennis said the woman was arrested and taken to the Washtenaw County Jail.
Dennis said there was no medical treatment sought at the scene by the customer who was hit in the face by the cup of coffee.
He said it’s unknown if medical treatment was needed later on.

It ain't just the feds who're gettin' rich and doin' nothin'-----Ending the federal worker gravy train

Ending the federal worker gravy train | New York Post:
This month’s congressional hearing on outlandish bonuses at the Veterans Administration is the latest proof that the nation needs to overhaul how federal workers in every department are paid and promoted.
They’re on the gravy train, and taxpayers are being taken for a ride.
Back in 1883, Congress passed the Pendleton Act to replace patronage with a federal civil service in which workers would be hired and paid based on merit.
There is no MERIT anymore.
Scramble the letters.
What you have now is a TIMER system.
Workers put in time and get hefty salaries and bonuses, regardless of work quality, with virtually no risk of being fired.
...The regional director overseeing the Pittsburgh VA collected a $63,000 award in 2012 shortly after six vets treated there died needlessly from legionella, an infection traced directly to poor maintenance of the facility.
The General Accountability Office investigated VAs nationwide and reported in July 2013 that doctors get bonuses regardless of work quality. 
A radiologist cited for mistakes reading mammograms got a $8,216 bonus, even though a professional-standards board deemed him unqualified to continue his current duties.
A surgeon suspended for 14 days for abandoning a patient on the operating table and leaving the medical center, with only unsupervised residents to complete the procedure, still got an $11,189 annual bonus.
But it’s not just the VA. 
Every federal department has this putrid culture.

In Fairfax County kindergarten classes, school system’s future comes into focus

In Fairfax County kindergarten classes, school system’s future comes into focus - The Washington Post: "Long an enclave of predominantly white, middle-class families with a top-class school system, Fairfax has experienced a dramatic demographic shift in recent years that is nowhere more obvious than in the county’s kindergarten classrooms.
The white student population is receding and is being replaced with fast-growing numbers of poor students and children of immigrants for whom English is a second language. 
More than one-third of the 13,424 kindergartners in the county this year qualified for free or reduced-price meals, a federal measure of poverty, and close to 40 percent of the Class of 2026 requires additional English instruction, among the most ever for a Fairfax kindergarten class.
The demographic changes in Fairfax are likely to have long-term implications for the school system:
Most of this year’s kindergarten class will spend the next 12 years in county schools.
Schools officials believe that the challenges that come with a less-affluent and less-prepared population will exacerbate the system’s struggles with a widening achievement gap for minorities and ballooning class sizes.
The rising enrollment — the overall student body has surged by more than 22,000 since 2004 — is not sustainable at the current funding level, schools officials said, "

‘Disgraceful!’: The Reason Cracker Barrel ‘Terminated’ a 73-Year-Old Military Veteran Has Resulted in Something of a PR Nightmare | Video | TheBlaze.com

‘Disgraceful!’: The Reason Cracker Barrel ‘Terminated’ a 73-Year-Old Military Veteran Has Resulted in Something of a PR Nightmare | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"A Vietnam veteran has been “terminated” from his job at Cracker Barrel in Venice, Florida, after he gave a corn muffin to a man who appeared to be homeless.
Joe Koblenzer, 73, says he was working his shift earlier this month when a men entered the restaurant and asked only for mayonnaise and some tarter sauce. The veteran gladly provided some packets of condiments and also added a corn muffin as a kind gesture."

Water shortages leading right back to corn and ethanol

Water shortages leading right back to corn and ethanol « Hot Air
"The 2012 – 2013 drought season saw more and more people having trouble accessing potable ground water, or even sufficient moisture for agriculture.
It’s long been known that this problem is exacerbated by expanding corn production, driven by a need to feed the government mandated ethanol market. 
But a recent study from an unusual source sheds some new light on this situation.
The source for this study actually is the interesting part, as it comes from Ceres, a group self-described as “a non-profit organization advocating for sustainability leadership.”
Among their key issues, they list climate change and the need to move away from fossil based fuels.
In other words, this isn’t exactly a right wing think tank.
But now they’ve released a lengthy study on the subject of aggressive corn production to meet ethanol demands and the effect it is having on water supplies."

History for June 30

History for June 30 - On-This-Day.com:

Birth anniversary of singer/actress Lena Horne (1917-2010).

Happy Birthday! Vincent D’Onofrio,  Pat Schroeder, Mike Tyson

1097 - The Crusaders defeated the Turks at Dorylaeum. 


1894 - Korea declared independence from China and asked for Japanese aid. 






1908 - A meteor explosion in Siberia knocked down trees in a 40-mile radius and struck people unconscious some 40 miles away. 


1913 - Fighting broke out between Bulgaria and Greece and Spain. It was the beginning of the Second Balkan War. 


1930 - France pulled its troops out of Germany’s Rhineland. 






1934 - Adolf Hitler purged the Nazi Party by destroying the SA and bringing to power the SS in the "Night of the Long Knives." 





1936 - Margaret Mitchell’s book, "Gone with the Wind," was published. 


1953 - The first Corvette rolled off the Chevrolet assembly line in Flint, MI. It sold for $3,250. 


1964 - The last of U.N. troops left Congo after a four-year effort to bring stability to the country. 

1971 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the government could not prevent the Washington Post or the New York Times from publishing the Pentagon Papers. 


1971 - The Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 11 returned to Earth. The three cosmonauts were found dead inside. 


1971 - The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified when Ohio became the 38th state to approve it. The amendment lowered the minimum voting age to 18. 


1998 - Officials confirmed that the remains of a Vietnam War serviceman buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery were identified as those of Air Force pilot Michael J. Blassie. 

Obama Says He’ll Work Without Congress | TheBlaze.com

Obama Says He’ll Work Without Congress | TheBlaze.com:
"Obama’s promise in his weekly address echoes a tweet sent out by the White House Twitter account Friday, quoting the president as saying, ”We can’t afford to wait for Congress…and that’s why I’m going ahead without them when I can."