Big incentive for school attendance: Cash
"Stacey Wright had more than a dozen choices when it came to enrolling three of her children in an elementary school, from charters to magnets to traditional public schools in every corner of the city.
She chose Jefferson Elementary School, the brick St. Louis public school across the street.
And for that, she may get $900."
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Appeals Court: `The Tea Party' can't make Michigan ballot
Appeals Court: `The Tea Party' can't make Michigan ballot FOX 21 Online
"The Michigan Court of Appeals has decided a group calling itself 'The Tea Party' doesn't qualify for the Nov. 2 ballot because it didn't correctly show the party name on petitions.
Republicans and tea party activists say 'The Tea Party' that has nominated nearly two dozen candidates is a fake aimed at hurting them by drawing away votes from Republicans.
They've been fighting the group's efforts to get on the ballot.
The court released its decision Monday.
It says the word 'the' was not in 24-point bold face type on the petitions as required by law.
A message seeking comment was left for the lawyer representing the 'The Tea Party.'
A lawyer for the opposition says he's waiting to see if 'The Tea Party' appeals to the Michigan Supreme Court."
"The Michigan Court of Appeals has decided a group calling itself 'The Tea Party' doesn't qualify for the Nov. 2 ballot because it didn't correctly show the party name on petitions.
Republicans and tea party activists say 'The Tea Party' that has nominated nearly two dozen candidates is a fake aimed at hurting them by drawing away votes from Republicans.
They've been fighting the group's efforts to get on the ballot.
The court released its decision Monday.
It says the word 'the' was not in 24-point bold face type on the petitions as required by law.
A message seeking comment was left for the lawyer representing the 'The Tea Party.'
A lawyer for the opposition says he's waiting to see if 'The Tea Party' appeals to the Michigan Supreme Court."
Monday, August 30, 2010
Is It Hot In Here? Or Is It Just You?
Is It Hot In Here? Or Is It Just You? - CNBC
"It turns out that many women like a guy who uses a tacky pick-up line.
At least many British women do.
A 'survey' done by UK online casino MrGreen.com claims that nearly 60 percent of women believe it takes a sense of humor and confidence for a guy to walk up to a woman and say, 'Did it hurt when you fell out of heaven?'
I would add that it also takes about three or four beers."
"It turns out that many women like a guy who uses a tacky pick-up line.
At least many British women do.
A 'survey' done by UK online casino MrGreen.com claims that nearly 60 percent of women believe it takes a sense of humor and confidence for a guy to walk up to a woman and say, 'Did it hurt when you fell out of heaven?'
I would add that it also takes about three or four beers."
It's Not A Question Of IF Sovereign Nations Will Default, But HOW
It's Not A Question Of IF Sovereign Nations Will Default, But HOW
"The sovereign debt crisis is not European: it is global.
And it is not over."
"The sovereign debt crisis is not European: it is global.
And it is not over."
Sunday, August 29, 2010
EPA Surrenders to NRA on Gun Control Issue
EPA Surrenders to NRA on Gun Control Issue - US News and World Report
"The EPA had planned to solicit public responses to the petition for two months, but this afternoon issued a statement rejecting a 100-page request from the Center for Biological Diversity, the American Bird Conservancy, and three other groups for a ban on lead bullets, shot, and fishing sinkers. The agency is still considering what to do about sinkers."
In other words, they can do whatever they want but they didn't want to do it just before an election.
Does this sound as creepy to you as it does to me?
"The EPA had planned to solicit public responses to the petition for two months, but this afternoon issued a statement rejecting a 100-page request from the Center for Biological Diversity, the American Bird Conservancy, and three other groups for a ban on lead bullets, shot, and fishing sinkers. The agency is still considering what to do about sinkers."
In other words, they can do whatever they want but they didn't want to do it just before an election.
Does this sound as creepy to you as it does to me?
Almost disaster in St.Maarten: Boeing 747 aborts landing because there is another 747 on the runway
LiveLeak.com - Almost disaster in St.Maarten: Boeing 747 aborts landing because there is another 747 on the runway
"Almost disaster in St.Maarten: Boeing 747 aborts landing because there is another 747 on the runway"
"Almost disaster in St.Maarten: Boeing 747 aborts landing because there is another 747 on the runway"
Divorce Law Firm in New York in Split of Its Own
Divorce Law Firm in New York in Split of Its Own - NYTimes.com
"Now, Mr. Sheresky, Mr. Aronson and Mr. Mayefsky may be facing their most challenging breakup yet: their own.
Mr. Sheresky, 82, left the firm in a huff last month, claiming that his former partners reneged on a longstanding commitment to take care of him financially in the twilight of his career.
Mr. Aronson, 61, and Mr. Mayefsky, 57, denied that such a vow existed, and dissolved the partnership, forming a new one with Pamela M. Sloan, who joined the original firm in 2007.
Mr. Sheresky responded strongly Friday by filing a $26 million lawsuit in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, alleging breach of contract and fraud."
Ah, Schadenfreude!
"Now, Mr. Sheresky, Mr. Aronson and Mr. Mayefsky may be facing their most challenging breakup yet: their own.
Mr. Sheresky, 82, left the firm in a huff last month, claiming that his former partners reneged on a longstanding commitment to take care of him financially in the twilight of his career.
Mr. Aronson, 61, and Mr. Mayefsky, 57, denied that such a vow existed, and dissolved the partnership, forming a new one with Pamela M. Sloan, who joined the original firm in 2007.
Mr. Sheresky responded strongly Friday by filing a $26 million lawsuit in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, alleging breach of contract and fraud."
Ah, Schadenfreude!
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Public Pensions and Our Fiscal Future
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Public Pensions and Our Fiscal Future - WSJ.com
"As former Speaker of the State Assembly and San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown pointed out earlier this year in the San Francisco Chronicle, roughly 80 cents of every government dollar in California goes to employee compensation and benefits.
Those costs have been rising fast."
"As former Speaker of the State Assembly and San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown pointed out earlier this year in the San Francisco Chronicle, roughly 80 cents of every government dollar in California goes to employee compensation and benefits.
Those costs have been rising fast."
Obama, Democrats got 88 percent of 2008 contributions by TV network execs, writers, reporters
Obama, Democrats got 88 percent of 2008 contributions by TV network execs, writers, reporters Washington Examiner
"Senior executives, on-air personalities, producers, reporters, editors, writers and other self-identifying employees of ABC, CBS and NBC contributed more than $1 million to Democratic candidates and campaign committees in 2008"
"Senior executives, on-air personalities, producers, reporters, editors, writers and other self-identifying employees of ABC, CBS and NBC contributed more than $1 million to Democratic candidates and campaign committees in 2008"
Friday, August 27, 2010
Grand juror should determine if fake Tea Party ploy is a crime
Editorial: Grand juror should determine if fake Tea Party ploy is a crime detnews.com The Detroit News
Oakland Circuit judges should grant County Executive L. Brooks Patterson's petition that they appoint a one-person grand jury to investigate possible election fraud.
Voters deserve fair elections, and efforts to deceive them should be revealed and prosecuted.
Oakland Circuit judges should grant County Executive L. Brooks Patterson's petition that they appoint a one-person grand jury to investigate possible election fraud.
Voters deserve fair elections, and efforts to deceive them should be revealed and prosecuted.
Poll finds solid support in Michigan for tea party's causes
Poll finds solid support in Michigan for tea party's causes lansingstatejournal.com Lansing State Journal
An EPIC/MRA poll of 600 likely general election voters released exclusively to the Free Press and WXYZ-TV (Channel 7) showed only 3 percent of respondents and 2 percent of households had a tea party member in them, but 44 percent statewide are in support of its call for lower taxes, less spending and a reined-in government.
The poll showed 33 percent were opposed to the tea party, and 23 percent undecided.
An EPIC/MRA poll of 600 likely general election voters released exclusively to the Free Press and WXYZ-TV (Channel 7) showed only 3 percent of respondents and 2 percent of households had a tea party member in them, but 44 percent statewide are in support of its call for lower taxes, less spending and a reined-in government.
The poll showed 33 percent were opposed to the tea party, and 23 percent undecided.
Environmental Protection Agency Reviewing Petition to Ban Lead Bullets
Environmental Protection Agency Reviewing Petition to Ban Lead Bullets The Weekly Standard
"Will Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson make a back door move to ban lead bullets the day before the November 2 elections?"
"Will Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson make a back door move to ban lead bullets the day before the November 2 elections?"
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Fruitport casino plan gets the cold shoulder from Michigan House of Representatives
Fruitport casino plan gets the cold shoulder from Michigan House of Representatives MLive.com
"The chances of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians building a casino at the former Great Lakes Downs racetrack site suffered a setback Wednesday."
"The chances of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians building a casino at the former Great Lakes Downs racetrack site suffered a setback Wednesday."
"Three Things About Islam"
New Zeal: "Three Things About Islam"
"Three things you probably didn't know about Islam."
"Three things you probably didn't know about Islam."
Retiree Ponzi Scheme $16 Trillion Short
Retiree Ponzi Scheme $16 Trillion Short: Laurence Kotlikoff - Bloomberg
"Social Security has also played a central role in the massive, six-decade Ponzi scheme known as U.S. fiscal policy, which transfers ever-larger sums from the young to the old."
"Social Security has also played a central role in the massive, six-decade Ponzi scheme known as U.S. fiscal policy, which transfers ever-larger sums from the young to the old."
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
MSNBC Swears to Allah that Obama's Not A Muslim
MSNBC Swears to Allah that Obama's Not A Muslim - HUMAN EVENTS
"What McConnell actually said in response to the Muslim question was:
'The president says he's a Christian.
I take him at his word.
I don't think that's in dispute.'
Over at MSNBC, that's Republican code for: 'He's a Muslim!'
North Korean TV's Ed Schultz hysterically babbled:
'McConnell gave cover.
That's what he did.
He gave cover to all those low information voters out there who still believe this garbage about President Obama being a Muslim. ...
The Republican leadership just loves to feed the fire.'"
"What McConnell actually said in response to the Muslim question was:
'The president says he's a Christian.
I take him at his word.
I don't think that's in dispute.'
Over at MSNBC, that's Republican code for: 'He's a Muslim!'
North Korean TV's Ed Schultz hysterically babbled:
'McConnell gave cover.
That's what he did.
He gave cover to all those low information voters out there who still believe this garbage about President Obama being a Muslim. ...
The Republican leadership just loves to feed the fire.'"
Morgan Stanley Says Government Defaults Inevitable
Morgan Stanley Says Government Defaults Inevitable - Bloomberg
"Investors will face defaults on government bonds given the burden of aging populations and the difficulty of securing more tax revenue, according to Morgan Stanley.
“Governments will impose a loss on some of their stakeholders,” Arnaud Mares, an executive director at Morgan Stanley in London, wrote in a research report today.
“The question is not whether they will renege on their promises, but rather upon which of their promises they will renege, and what form this default will take.”
The sovereign-debt crisis is global “and it is not over,” the report said."
"Investors will face defaults on government bonds given the burden of aging populations and the difficulty of securing more tax revenue, according to Morgan Stanley.
“Governments will impose a loss on some of their stakeholders,” Arnaud Mares, an executive director at Morgan Stanley in London, wrote in a research report today.
“The question is not whether they will renege on their promises, but rather upon which of their promises they will renege, and what form this default will take.”
The sovereign-debt crisis is global “and it is not over,” the report said."
Monday, August 23, 2010
Little-known fact: Obama's failed stimulus program cost more than the Iraq war
Little-known fact: Obama's failed stimulus program cost more than the Iraq war Washington Examiner
* Obama's stimulus, passed in his first month in office, will cost more than the entire Iraq War -- more than $100 billion (15%) more."
* Obama's stimulus, passed in his first month in office, will cost more than the entire Iraq War -- more than $100 billion (15%) more."
Sunday, August 22, 2010
"a division between what he calls the Mainstream Public and the Political Class"
The Weekend Interview with Scott Rasmussen: America's Insurgent Pollster - WSJ.com
"Mr. Rasmussen has a partial answer for Mr. Emanuel's question, and it lies in a significant division among the American public that he has tracked for the past few years—a division between what he calls the Mainstream Public and the Political Class."
"Mr. Rasmussen has a partial answer for Mr. Emanuel's question, and it lies in a significant division among the American public that he has tracked for the past few years—a division between what he calls the Mainstream Public and the Political Class."
Media misses the point about mosque
Media misses the point about mosque - NYPOST.com
"But collectively they weren’t simply “fatalities.”
And individually they weren’t merely lost or killed, and they didn’t merely perish or die.
They were MURDERED.
And yet how many times have you heard the 3,000 dead described on TV newscasts as murder victims?
Not even once, right?
The M-word is never used."
"But collectively they weren’t simply “fatalities.”
And individually they weren’t merely lost or killed, and they didn’t merely perish or die.
They were MURDERED.
And yet how many times have you heard the 3,000 dead described on TV newscasts as murder victims?
Not even once, right?
The M-word is never used."
Michigan Democrats embarrassed by Fake Tea Party
TaxingTennessee: Michigan Democrats embarrassed by Fake Tea Party
"Michigan Democrats embarrassed by Fake Tea Party
Democrats want one of their own fired after he tried to create a fake tea party to pull votes away from Republicans. Of course, they had to take action after the County Clerk uncovered the fraud.
Democrats on the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Saturday called for the removal of a county Democratic Party employee in the wake of allegations of fraud by Oakland County Clerk Ruth Johnson a day earlier.
Commissioner Dave Coulter, D-Ferndale, said in an e-mail Saturday that Democratic commissioners approved the following statement:
“Democrats on the Board of Commissioners are very concerned about allegations that an employee of the county party may have had a role in fraudulent Tea Party candidate filings.
We have been strong advocates for open and transparent county government, and there is no place in our politics where deception can be tolerated.
Without commenting on the legal merits of these accusations, we ask for the immediate removal of Jason Bauer as an employee of the Oakland County Democratic Party.
Our caucus members and candidates demand the highest ethical standards of ourselves, our government and our party, and any violation of those standards must have real and significant consequences.”"
"Michigan Democrats embarrassed by Fake Tea Party
Democrats want one of their own fired after he tried to create a fake tea party to pull votes away from Republicans. Of course, they had to take action after the County Clerk uncovered the fraud.
Democrats on the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Saturday called for the removal of a county Democratic Party employee in the wake of allegations of fraud by Oakland County Clerk Ruth Johnson a day earlier.
Commissioner Dave Coulter, D-Ferndale, said in an e-mail Saturday that Democratic commissioners approved the following statement:
“Democrats on the Board of Commissioners are very concerned about allegations that an employee of the county party may have had a role in fraudulent Tea Party candidate filings.
We have been strong advocates for open and transparent county government, and there is no place in our politics where deception can be tolerated.
Without commenting on the legal merits of these accusations, we ask for the immediate removal of Jason Bauer as an employee of the Oakland County Democratic Party.
Our caucus members and candidates demand the highest ethical standards of ourselves, our government and our party, and any violation of those standards must have real and significant consequences.”"
LA unveils $578M school, costliest in the nation
LA unveils $578M school, costliest in the nation - Yahoo! News
"With an eye-popping price tag of $578 million, it will mark the inauguration of the nation's most expensive public school ever.
The K-12 complex to house 4,200 students has raised eyebrows across the country as the creme de la creme of 'Taj Mahal' schools, $100 million-plus campuses boasting both architectural panache and deluxe amenities."
This is NUTS!
The people behind this must be tracked down and ground into animal feed!
"With an eye-popping price tag of $578 million, it will mark the inauguration of the nation's most expensive public school ever.
The K-12 complex to house 4,200 students has raised eyebrows across the country as the creme de la creme of 'Taj Mahal' schools, $100 million-plus campuses boasting both architectural panache and deluxe amenities."
This is NUTS!
The people behind this must be tracked down and ground into animal feed!
"More evidence that Illinois taxpayers pay too much for education, not too little"
Champion News: "More evidence that Illinois taxpayers pay too much for education, not too little"
Wow!
Read this!
Wow!
Read this!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)