Pet shop owner who sold goldfish to boy hauled before court and ordered to wear electronic tag
"Buying a goldfish at a pet shop used to be an innocent childhood pleasure.
But today an elderly pet shop owner told how she was 'entrapped' into selling a goldfish to a 14-year-old schoolboy, then warned she could face jail.
She had breached a law introduced in 2006 which bans selling live fish to anyone under 16."
Important stuff you won't get from the liberal media! We do the surfing so you can be informed AND have a life!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
The Associated Press: Prudential to take $100M health care charge in 1Q
The Associated Press: Prudential to take $100M health care charge in 1Q
"Insurer Prudential Financial Inc. said Monday that it will take a $100 million charge in the first quarter in relation to the recent health care overhaul legislation."
"Insurer Prudential Financial Inc. said Monday that it will take a $100 million charge in the first quarter in relation to the recent health care overhaul legislation."
No Time for a Real Threat as ABC and CBS Skip Arrest of Man Targeting GOP’s Cantor
No Time for a Real Threat as ABC and CBS Skip Arrest of Man Targeting GOP’s Cantor
"Yet after the networks led last week with less-immediate threats against Democrats, they weren’t so interested in a real case of a death threat against a Republican as neither CBS nor ABC aired a word about the arrest and NBC’s Brian Williams gave it short-shrift after leading last Wednesday with Democrats as the victims:
“It's getting ugly as anger over health care reform erupts into some over-the-top rhetoric, including threats now against members of Congress.”"
"Yet after the networks led last week with less-immediate threats against Democrats, they weren’t so interested in a real case of a death threat against a Republican as neither CBS nor ABC aired a word about the arrest and NBC’s Brian Williams gave it short-shrift after leading last Wednesday with Democrats as the victims:
“It's getting ugly as anger over health care reform erupts into some over-the-top rhetoric, including threats now against members of Congress.”"
American music during World War Two-World War II song Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.
American music during World War Two - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"An article published in Stars & Stripes during WWII credits Clarence Zylman of Muskegon, Michigan, as the original Boogie Woogie Bugler."
"An article published in Stars & Stripes during WWII credits Clarence Zylman of Muskegon, Michigan, as the original Boogie Woogie Bugler."
James Lovelock: Humans are too stupid to prevent climate change
James Lovelock: Humans are too stupid to prevent climate change
"One of the main obstructions to meaningful action is 'modern democracy', he added"
"One of the main obstructions to meaningful action is 'modern democracy', he added"
CNN Fails to Stop Fall in Ratings
CNN Fails to Stop Fall in Ratings
"CNN continued what has become a precipitous decline in ratings for its prime-time programs in the first quarter of 2010, with its main hosts losing almost half their viewers in a year."
"CNN continued what has become a precipitous decline in ratings for its prime-time programs in the first quarter of 2010, with its main hosts losing almost half their viewers in a year."
Monday, March 29, 2010
Rep. Burgess: If Mandate To Buy Health Insurance Upheld By Court, No Limit To What Govt Can Force People To Buy
Rep. Burgess: If Mandate To Buy Health Insurance Upheld By Court, No Limit To What Govt Can Force People To Buy
"Representative Michael Burgess (R-Texas) told CNSNews.com that if the mandate in the health care law requiring individuals to purchase health insurance or be penalized is upheld by the courts, the federal government could mandate anything, such as requiring all Americans to purchase a General Motors car."
"Representative Michael Burgess (R-Texas) told CNSNews.com that if the mandate in the health care law requiring individuals to purchase health insurance or be penalized is upheld by the courts, the federal government could mandate anything, such as requiring all Americans to purchase a General Motors car."
Sunday, March 28, 2010
My Way News - Many felony pot cases getting tossed out of court
My Way News - Many felony pot cases getting tossed out of court: "Police in a northern California town thought they had an open-and-shut case when they seized more than two pounds of marijuana from a couple's home, even though doctors authorized the pair to use pot for medical purposes."
Seven arrested in FBI raids linked to Christian militia group
Seven arrested in FBI raids linked to Christian militia group
Seven arrested in FBI raids linked to Christian militia group"
Seven arrested in FBI raids linked to Christian militia group"
Most Say Tea Party Has Better Understanding of Issues than Congress - Rasmussen Reports™
Most Say Tea Party Has Better Understanding of Issues than Congress - Rasmussen Reports™: "The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 52% of U.S. voters believe the average member of the Tea Party movement has a better understanding of the issues facing America today than the average member of Congress. Only 30% believe that those in Congress have a better understanding of the key issues facing the nation."
STEYN: A healthy dose of catastrophe
STEYN: A healthy dose of catastrophe
"Which is to say that right now, the future lies somewhere between the certainty of decline and the probability of catastrophe.
What can stop it?
Not a lot."
"Which is to say that right now, the future lies somewhere between the certainty of decline and the probability of catastrophe.
What can stop it?
Not a lot."
Coward Russ Carnahan Pushes Bogus Tea Party Lie to Media
Coward Russ Carnahan Pushes Bogus Tea Party Lie to Media– Claims Prayer Service With Coffin Was a Violent Threat - Big Government
"Claims Prayer Service With Coffin Was a Violent Threat
Remember as you read this: There is nothing the democratic-media complex will not do to lie about the tea party patriots or to prop up these horrid leftists who are transforming our country into some kind of quasi-socialist state.
On Sunday night several members of the St. Louis Tea Party Coalition held a prayer vigil at Russ Carnahan’s office for the millions of babies that will be slaughtered under the democrat’s pro-abortion health care bill.
We also prayed for the handicapped and the elderly who will be turned away as they face the death panels created by this bill.
And, as we stood outside his office in the rain, we prayed for our country and for the democrats in Washington DC who were stealing away our freedom at that very moment.
We brought a coffin with us to represent the millions of Americans who will suffer from inadequate treatment and perish under Obamacare."
Read this and fear for YOUR freedoms.
"Claims Prayer Service With Coffin Was a Violent Threat
Remember as you read this: There is nothing the democratic-media complex will not do to lie about the tea party patriots or to prop up these horrid leftists who are transforming our country into some kind of quasi-socialist state.
On Sunday night several members of the St. Louis Tea Party Coalition held a prayer vigil at Russ Carnahan’s office for the millions of babies that will be slaughtered under the democrat’s pro-abortion health care bill.
We also prayed for the handicapped and the elderly who will be turned away as they face the death panels created by this bill.
And, as we stood outside his office in the rain, we prayed for our country and for the democrats in Washington DC who were stealing away our freedom at that very moment.
We brought a coffin with us to represent the millions of Americans who will suffer from inadequate treatment and perish under Obamacare."
Read this and fear for YOUR freedoms.
Fake Products and Companies Certified by Energy Star
Fake Products and Companies Certified by Energy Star - Popular Mechanics
"The Government Accountability Office Punk'd Energy Star recently by submitting fake products and companies for certification.
1. Tropical Thunder Appliances
To perform this investigation, the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) March 26, 2010, report states that it "used four bogus manufacturing firms and fictitious individuals to apply for Energy Star partnership." All four qualified. In fact, two of the fake firms received requests for real companies to buy their Energy Star–certified products—none of which exist. ."
Ten more!
"The Government Accountability Office Punk'd Energy Star recently by submitting fake products and companies for certification.
1. Tropical Thunder Appliances
To perform this investigation, the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) March 26, 2010, report states that it "used four bogus manufacturing firms and fictitious individuals to apply for Energy Star partnership." All four qualified. In fact, two of the fake firms received requests for real companies to buy their Energy Star–certified products—none of which exist. ."
Ten more!
They Fly First Class « John Stossel
They Fly First Class « John Stossel
"Will you and your family put off a vacation this year because you can't afford it?
Too bad, because you have paid for some terrific trips -- for government bureaucrats.
The Washington Times reports that last year $13 billion in tax dollars was spent to pamper 'public servants' on trips that double as vacation junkets."
"Will you and your family put off a vacation this year because you can't afford it?
Too bad, because you have paid for some terrific trips -- for government bureaucrats.
The Washington Times reports that last year $13 billion in tax dollars was spent to pamper 'public servants' on trips that double as vacation junkets."
Michigan Great Lake Wind Council meets the public -- and council members call response 'surprisingly favorable'
Michigan Great Lake Wind Council meets the public -- and council members call response 'surprisingly favorable'
"Two more public meetings are planned.
Both will start with a 6 p.m. open house, followed by 7:00 p.m. presentations.
The meetings are intended to end by 9 p.m.
APRIL 14: Danforth Place. 4989 Danforth Road, Escanaba, (Upper Penninsula).
MAY 4: Muskegon Community College, Collegiate Hall, 221 S Quarterline Rd, Muskegon."
Be there or pay the price of your laziness.
"Two more public meetings are planned.
Both will start with a 6 p.m. open house, followed by 7:00 p.m. presentations.
The meetings are intended to end by 9 p.m.
APRIL 14: Danforth Place. 4989 Danforth Road, Escanaba, (Upper Penninsula).
MAY 4: Muskegon Community College, Collegiate Hall, 221 S Quarterline Rd, Muskegon."
Be there or pay the price of your laziness.
Arenas will return to Wizards
Arenas will return to Wizards
"Arenas avoided jail time for the offense, instead receiving a sentence that also includes two years of probation, a $5,000 fine and 400 hours of community service."
Interesting.
DC has very strict gun laws with mandatory jail sentences.
But Arenas walks.
Ah yes, the two Americas.
One for the rich and famous and another for us rabble.
It ain't gonna get better folks.
The media is enbracing this cuz they think they're in the first group.
They always are....until they're not.
"Arenas avoided jail time for the offense, instead receiving a sentence that also includes two years of probation, a $5,000 fine and 400 hours of community service."
Interesting.
DC has very strict gun laws with mandatory jail sentences.
But Arenas walks.
Ah yes, the two Americas.
One for the rich and famous and another for us rabble.
It ain't gonna get better folks.
The media is enbracing this cuz they think they're in the first group.
They always are....until they're not.
ALERT: Reid Supporters Throw Eggs at Tea Party Express Buses
ALERT: Reid Supporters Throw Eggs at Tea Party Express Buses
"Supporters of Senator Harry Reid have just thrown eggs at the Tea Party Express bus caravan - striking at least one of the three buses (the red Tea Party Express bus) with multiple eggs.
About 35 Reid supporters had lined Highway 95 in front of the Nugget Casino in Searchlight where they were attempting a counter-demonstration the tens of thousands of tea party supporters who are gathering for the 'Showdown in Searchlight.'"
Hmmm.
No frowny faces reporting this hate on TV.
"Supporters of Senator Harry Reid have just thrown eggs at the Tea Party Express bus caravan - striking at least one of the three buses (the red Tea Party Express bus) with multiple eggs.
About 35 Reid supporters had lined Highway 95 in front of the Nugget Casino in Searchlight where they were attempting a counter-demonstration the tens of thousands of tea party supporters who are gathering for the 'Showdown in Searchlight.'"
Hmmm.
No frowny faces reporting this hate on TV.
No 'special relationship' between Britain and US: MPs
No 'special relationship' between Britain and US: MPs
"'The UK must continue to position itself closely alongside the US but there is a need to be less deferential and more willing to say no where our interests diverge,' the committee chairman, Labour's Mike Gapes, said, summing up the report.
He added that the phrase 'special relationship' -- first coined by Winston Churchill in 1946, the year after World War II -- was 'potentially misleading, and we recommend that its use should be avoided'."
The world will truly love us when Obama is president....right?
"'The UK must continue to position itself closely alongside the US but there is a need to be less deferential and more willing to say no where our interests diverge,' the committee chairman, Labour's Mike Gapes, said, summing up the report.
He added that the phrase 'special relationship' -- first coined by Winston Churchill in 1946, the year after World War II -- was 'potentially misleading, and we recommend that its use should be avoided'."
The world will truly love us when Obama is president....right?
The Empire Strikes Back
Power Line - The Empire Strikes Back
"Good post on the true cost of ObamaCare.
But it gets better: the Dems are now shaking down CEOs who don't get with the program.
In the attached letter, Henry Waxman not only orders the CEOs of AT&T, Caterpillar, Deere & Co, and Verizon to testify before the Energy and Commerce Committee, but also to produce internal analyses and emails related to their statements.
They don't expressly subpoena the CEOs, so we can hope that they tell the Dems to GFY, though somehow I doubt that will happen.
The Dems sent these letters to the Republicans on the committee after 6pm tonight with no advance notice or prior cooperation.
Here is the letter Waxman sent to the Chairman of AT&T; the others are similar. Click to enlarge:"
READ THIS LETTER!
So if an American company tells its employees the true cost of Obama care, the federal government will intimidate (and fine or imprison) the company's executives?
And our American media refuses to report this?!!!
"Good post on the true cost of ObamaCare.
But it gets better: the Dems are now shaking down CEOs who don't get with the program.
In the attached letter, Henry Waxman not only orders the CEOs of AT&T, Caterpillar, Deere & Co, and Verizon to testify before the Energy and Commerce Committee, but also to produce internal analyses and emails related to their statements.
They don't expressly subpoena the CEOs, so we can hope that they tell the Dems to GFY, though somehow I doubt that will happen.
The Dems sent these letters to the Republicans on the committee after 6pm tonight with no advance notice or prior cooperation.
Here is the letter Waxman sent to the Chairman of AT&T; the others are similar. Click to enlarge:"
READ THIS LETTER!
So if an American company tells its employees the true cost of Obama care, the federal government will intimidate (and fine or imprison) the company's executives?
And our American media refuses to report this?!!!
321 killed in previously unreported Congo massacre
321 killed in previously unreported Congo massacre
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- At least 321 civilians were killed in a previously unreported massacre in Congo in late 2009, while villagers that escaped their rebel captors were sent back with their lips and ears cut off as a warning to others of what would happen if they tried to talk,"
Is this the Africa so wistfully portrayed in our new America?
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- At least 321 civilians were killed in a previously unreported massacre in Congo in late 2009, while villagers that escaped their rebel captors were sent back with their lips and ears cut off as a warning to others of what would happen if they tried to talk,"
Is this the Africa so wistfully portrayed in our new America?
Obama, scolding GOP, makes 15 appointments
Obama, scolding GOP, makes 15 appointments
"The Constitution gives presidents the power to appoint nominees who would otherwise require Senate confirmation while the chamber is in recess.
The appointments expire at the end the next legislative session, which in this case means the end of 2011.
Mr. Becker, a former AFL-CIO and Service Employees International Union lawyer, has been the target of fierce opposition as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups have warned he would pursue union interests at the expense of employers, including a stalled piece of legislation that would make union organizing easier."
Two points.
The phrase "legislation that would make union organizing easier" is the destruction of the secret ballot in union elections known as "card check".
Card check is back folks.
And it is as anti-American as any piece of legislation ever proposed in our country.
The republican party leaders should have seen this coming.
Did they know and simply dodge the issue?
Or were they scammed again because they're a bunch of lazy fools?
Either way, we need more change in the party.
"The Constitution gives presidents the power to appoint nominees who would otherwise require Senate confirmation while the chamber is in recess.
The appointments expire at the end the next legislative session, which in this case means the end of 2011.
Mr. Becker, a former AFL-CIO and Service Employees International Union lawyer, has been the target of fierce opposition as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups have warned he would pursue union interests at the expense of employers, including a stalled piece of legislation that would make union organizing easier."
Two points.
The phrase "legislation that would make union organizing easier" is the destruction of the secret ballot in union elections known as "card check".
Card check is back folks.
And it is as anti-American as any piece of legislation ever proposed in our country.
The republican party leaders should have seen this coming.
Did they know and simply dodge the issue?
Or were they scammed again because they're a bunch of lazy fools?
Either way, we need more change in the party.
KUHNER: Will America break up?
KUHNER: Will America break up?
"President Obama is splintering America.
The passage of Obamacare was a historic victory for liberal governance.
Yet, its true cost may be that it triggers the eventual breakup of the country.
Mr. Obama has achieved what his liberal predecessors - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, Bill Clinton - could only dream of: nationalized health care.
Obamacare signifies the government take-over of one-sixth of the U.S. economy.
It has dealt a mortal blow to traditional America.
We are now a European-style socialist welfare state.
The inevitable permanent tax hikes, massive public bureaucracy and liberal ruling elites will stifle competition and initiative."
And the looming bankruptcy of most of our cities, counties and states isn't even counted in this equation.
"President Obama is splintering America.
The passage of Obamacare was a historic victory for liberal governance.
Yet, its true cost may be that it triggers the eventual breakup of the country.
Mr. Obama has achieved what his liberal predecessors - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, Bill Clinton - could only dream of: nationalized health care.
Obamacare signifies the government take-over of one-sixth of the U.S. economy.
It has dealt a mortal blow to traditional America.
We are now a European-style socialist welfare state.
The inevitable permanent tax hikes, massive public bureaucracy and liberal ruling elites will stifle competition and initiative."
And the looming bankruptcy of most of our cities, counties and states isn't even counted in this equation.
CBO report: Debt will rise to 90% of GDP
CBO report: Debt will rise to 90% of GDP
"President Obama's fiscal 2011 budget will generate nearly $10 trillion in cumulative budget deficits over the next 10 years, $1.2 trillion more than the administration projected, and raise the federal debt to 90 percent of the nation's economic output by 2020, the Congressional Budget Office reported Thursday."
This explosion of government spending will destroy our country.
Are the Tea Party members the only ones who have a clue?
The medicare part A underfunding already equals the entire value of all the stocks of all the companies on all the stock exchanges of every country in the world.
That's about $40 trillion dollars.
http://muskegonpundit.blogspot.com/2009/12/world-equity-value-us-medicare-debt.html
Will we end up as the 21st century's USSR?
A corrupt, bankrupt group of bickering small countries?
A North American Europe?
"President Obama's fiscal 2011 budget will generate nearly $10 trillion in cumulative budget deficits over the next 10 years, $1.2 trillion more than the administration projected, and raise the federal debt to 90 percent of the nation's economic output by 2020, the Congressional Budget Office reported Thursday."
This explosion of government spending will destroy our country.
Are the Tea Party members the only ones who have a clue?
The medicare part A underfunding already equals the entire value of all the stocks of all the companies on all the stock exchanges of every country in the world.
That's about $40 trillion dollars.
http://muskegonpundit.blogspot.com/2009/12/world-equity-value-us-medicare-debt.html
Will we end up as the 21st century's USSR?
A corrupt, bankrupt group of bickering small countries?
A North American Europe?
In the faces of Tea Party shouters, images of hate and history
Colbert I. King - In the faces of Tea Party shouters, images of hate and history - washingtonpost.com
"They were spotted last weekend on Capitol Hill under the Tea Party banner protesting the health-care-reform bill.
Some carried a signs that read 'If Brown [Scott Brown (R-Mass.)] can't stop it, a Browning [high power weapon] can.'
Some shouted racial and homophobic epithets at members of Congress.
Others assumed the role of rabble, responding to the calls of instigating Republican representatives gathered on a Capitol balcony."
This is the meme that the left hopes to use to marginalize ANY dissent.
Nothing really new here.
"Anyone who disagrees with us is a racist, homophobe, sexist, baby killer, etc."
We must fight them everywhere.
"They were spotted last weekend on Capitol Hill under the Tea Party banner protesting the health-care-reform bill.
Some carried a signs that read 'If Brown [Scott Brown (R-Mass.)] can't stop it, a Browning [high power weapon] can.'
Some shouted racial and homophobic epithets at members of Congress.
Others assumed the role of rabble, responding to the calls of instigating Republican representatives gathered on a Capitol balcony."
This is the meme that the left hopes to use to marginalize ANY dissent.
Nothing really new here.
"Anyone who disagrees with us is a racist, homophobe, sexist, baby killer, etc."
We must fight them everywhere.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
JammieWearingFool
JammieWearingFool
"These clowns can't even install windows but we expect they can run our healthcare system?
Good luck with that."
"These clowns can't even install windows but we expect they can run our healthcare system?
Good luck with that."
Nursing homes at breaking point, says report
Nursing homes at breaking point, says report The Australian
"AUSTRALIAN nursing homes have reached breaking point due to chronic underfunding and staff shortages, with reports of physical assaults increasing by more than 50 per cent and sexual assaults by 36 per cent."
"AUSTRALIAN nursing homes have reached breaking point due to chronic underfunding and staff shortages, with reports of physical assaults increasing by more than 50 per cent and sexual assaults by 36 per cent."
For Years, Deaf Boys Tried to Tell of Priest’s Abuse
For Years, Deaf Boys Tried to Tell of Priest’s Abuse - NYTimes.com
"They told other priests.
They told three archbishops of Milwaukee.
They told two police departments and the district attorney.
They used sign language, written affidavits and graphic gestures to show what exactly Father Murphy had done to them.
But their reports fell on the deaf ears of hearing people."
"They told other priests.
They told three archbishops of Milwaukee.
They told two police departments and the district attorney.
They used sign language, written affidavits and graphic gestures to show what exactly Father Murphy had done to them.
But their reports fell on the deaf ears of hearing people."
Supply fears start to hit Treasuries
Supply fears start to hit Treasuries
“The environment for debt auctions has turned negative,” says Rick Klingman, managing director at BNP Paribas. “Long-term rates are rising and it is no coincidence that this has occurred after the passage of healthcare reform and the end of Fed buy-backs.”"
“The environment for debt auctions has turned negative,” says Rick Klingman, managing director at BNP Paribas. “Long-term rates are rising and it is no coincidence that this has occurred after the passage of healthcare reform and the end of Fed buy-backs.”"
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