Thursday, January 11, 2018

Illinois city runs out of other people's money

Illinois city runs out of other people's money:

Illinois city runs out of other people's money

Elected officials in the City of Harvey, Illinois are going to be missing their paychecks, as the decades of over-spending and over-taxing finally come home for the politicians responsible for the crisis.

Zack Keske of the Chicago Tribune reports:

Elected officials in Harvey learned Thursday they would not be getting paid this pay cycle due to the city's "financial constraints," according to an email obtained by the Daily Southtown.

City [c]omptroller Louis B. Williams notified officials early Thursday afternoon that the city could not pay them this pay period but hoped to process payments as early as within a week.

"Due to the financial constraints the City is experiencing, we are unable to pay elected officials for this current pay period 01/05/18," reads the email, which Williams sent to the mayor, aldermen, the treasurer, the clerk, the deputy clerk[,] and a mayoral aide. "Regarding your paychecks, we will keep you all updated, as we are hoping to process them sometime next week if funding is available. Thank you for your patience and understanding at this time."

The brief communication prompted email responses from multiple aldermen, who claimed they had been left in the dark about the city's financial state and requested that a meeting be called to discuss the matter, emails provided by one of the aldermen show..."

Read on!

AM Fruitcake

History for January 11

History for January 11 - On-This-Day.com:
Alexander Hamilton 1755 - United States Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of America's first constitutional lawyers and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury., Ezra Cornell 1807, John A. MacDonald (Canada) 1815

Alice Paul 1885, Carroll Shelby 1923, Jim Hightower 1943

1770 - The first shipment of rhubarb was sent to the United States from London.

1805 - The Michigan Territory was created.

1867 - Benito Juarez returned to the Mexican presidency, following the withdrawal of French troops and the execution of Emperor Maximilian.

1902 - "Popular Mechanics" magazine was published for the first time.

1913 - The first sedan-type car was unveiled at the National Automobile Show in New York City. The car was manufactured by the Hudson Motor Company.

1922 - At Toronto General Hospital, Leonard Thompson became the first person to be successfully treated with insulin.

1935 - Amelia Earhart Putnam became the first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to California.

1958 - "Seahunt" debuted on CBS-TV. The show was aired on the network for four years.

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

https://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2018/01/january-10-2018-fetch-and-retrieve-by.html

Fetch and Retrieve

By Tammy Derouin

Today's world is full of instant information. Type a question into the search bar and you are given pages of sources to find your answer. You can also verbally ask a question and the computer will verbally respond. What was once a science fiction dream has become reality. We've adapted rather quickly to having questions answered, on the spot, with so little effort being required.

Image result for free clip art Playing Fetch

Having instant answers is convenient but there's also a downside. The process of learning how to search for answers is sometimes lost. I remember going to the library and spending Saturday afternoons, in addition to time spent in the school library during the week, looking for information for research papers and other assignments. It would have been much more convenient to sit at home and look things up on a computer. However, the search was in many ways part of the lesson. It took time and patience to get answers.

There was also an understanding that the sources were truthful. Credibility was once a high standard in the world of news and information. Periodicals such as news magazines and newspapers are a common source of information for research papers. Opinions may differ, which was also the purpose of some research papers, but there was a certain trust that the sources would have the correct facts.

I read an interesting article this past week on the history of fake news and how it has always been part of human history. Fake news or propaganda, is used to sway or deceive a population to furthering an agenda. Today's high tech version of fetch and retrieve is very convenient. But, are the sources credible? Do they believe in being impartial and presenting the truth or do they favor a political agenda and therefore spin, re-create or completely disregard the truth.......

The way we were-----Bobby Rydell - Forget Him

Boob-tube-----1990's Tv Commercials Part 3

WATCH: Teacher Questions Superintendent’s Massive Raise, So She’s Assaulted And Arrested | The Daily Sheeple

WATCH: Teacher Questions Superintendent’s Massive Raise, So She’s Assaulted And Arrested | The Daily Sheeple:
"A teacher was attacked and arrested for legally asking why the school board was getting a raise as the schools fall apart and class sizes grow.

Vermillion Parish, LA...

Below is a video of what standing up for children and calling out corruption looks like in the land of the free."
Read it and watch video.
Hard to believe.

To see the full interaction, watch the video below.

How Much Longer Does South Florida Have Until The Real Estate Apocalypse Begins? | CleanTechnica

How Much Longer Does South Florida Have Until The Real Estate Apocalypse Begins? | CleanTechnica:

"How much longer does southern Florida have until real-estate values in the region collapse on the back of flagging demand?
At some point the reality that the region is not long for this world will have to sink in, and when it does, demand for homes in the region will crater to a degree that not many living there now probably fully comprehend … so, when will that be?
...That article noted that events such as Hurricane Irma are slated to make it abundantly clear to all of those who aren’t senile that South Florida is in an incredibly vulnerable position with regard to sea level rise and climate change.
...The piece from Bloomberg provides more: “It’s too soon to know how Irma affected the market, says Aaron Terrazas, a senior economist at Zillow.
But there’s anecdotal evidence that it’s taking a toll on property values: A company that assesses flood risks is booming, and workshops for municipal leaders to deal with the impact are drawing sold-out crowds..."
Read on.

Angela Merkel gets a lesson in free speech - Washington Times

Angela Merkel gets a lesson in free speech - Washington Times:

Image result for Flicker commons images Angela Merkle

"Alas, not so elsewhere, even among America’s allies pretending to honor free speech. Britain has an Official Secrets Act, which severely restricts what newspapers can print about affairs of state, and stepping out of line invites severe consequences. Germany has a particularly hard time understanding free speech.
Germans pretend to the right to speak freely, but it’s a pretense. They are free only to speak freely of what the government says is OK to say. The fatherland has a tough new line, effective this New Year’s Day, written to curtail “hate speech” on social media. That’s the bad news. The good news is that only five days into the new year the state has struck active resistance."

Jack In the Box CEO Says 'It Just Makes Sense' To Replace Workers With Robots - Slashdot

Jack In the Box CEO Says 'It Just Makes Sense' To Replace Workers With Robots - Slashdot:

"Per Business Insider, Jack in the Box CEO Leonard Comma told an industry crowd that "it just makes sense" to swap cashiers for inanimate machines in the year 2018.
Not because he thinks 2018 will be the year that fast food gets technologized so much as it's the year that Jack in the Box's home state of California increases the minimum wage to $11.
In fact, wage bumps hit 18 states this year, with California on pace to become the first $15-wage state in coming years -- a prospect that terrifies industry executives.
...What a difference a dollar an hour apparently makes: He told the crowd that with "the rising costs of labor," it's time to start thinking about automating restaurants."

Feds Raid California 'Maternity Hotels' for Birth Tourists - NBC News

"Southern California apartment complexes that doubled as "maternity hotels" for Chinese women who want made-in-America babies were raided early Tuesday, capping an unprecedented federal sting operation, officials said.

...Instead, the investigation was aimed at ringleaders who pocketed hundreds of thousands of dollars tax-free to help Chinese nationals obtain visas and then pamper them until they delivered in an American hospital at a discount, court papers show.

...All told, the feds raided 20 locations in Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties, targeting three competing birth tourism schemes, officials said. The suspected operators have not been charged but are being questioned.
The organizers who allegedly ran the Carlyle site, Chao Chen and Dong Li, used a website to drum up business, touting the benefits of a child with U.S. citizenship: 13 years of free education, low-cost college financial aid, less pollution, and a path for the entire family to emigrate when the child becomes an adult..."

Read on!

Lunch video-----Best Political Speech by an Entertainment Celebrity: Who Will Win?

Noon-toon

Celebrating Marx at Carnegie Mellon University | The American Spectator

Celebrating Marx at Carnegie Mellon University | The American Spectator:

Image result for Flicker commons images Karl Marx

"The self-anointed keeper of the Marxist flame, co-namesake of history’s deadliest ideology — Marxism-Leninism — would have chortled at what’s happening at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. In 2018, this prestigious university, named for two of history’s wealthiest capitalists, freshly infused with a huge quarter-billion-dollar-plus estate gift from industrialist William S. Dietrich II, and where students are hit for $70,000 per year, will be celebrating the birth of Karl Marx."

Trump Ends Temporary Protected Status For 200,000 El Salvadorans - Breitbart

President Donald Trump’s deputies are ending the often-extended ‘TPS’ temporary refugee status for up to 200,000 El Salvadoran migrants, which was first granted when earthquakes hit their home country in 2001.

The TPS decision underlines Trump’s determination to enforce the nation’s immigration laws, and to push his “Buy American, Hire American” inauguration-day promise, despite growing pressure from the GOP’s business-first wing, Democrats and their allies in the establishment media.

...Many of the El Salvador migrants were living illegally in the United States when the earthquake hit their home country in 2001.

Since then, the “Temporary Protected Status” has been extended 11 times by Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama..."

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Thursday, January 11, 2018