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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Mark Dantonio is back!
Mark Dantonio is back - LSJ Blogs: Hey, Joe
"On the way back, anyway.
As detailed here, Dantonio came to MSU's presser today and expects to be in the coaching box for Saturday's game against Wisconsin."
"On the way back, anyway.
As detailed here, Dantonio came to MSU's presser today and expects to be in the coaching box for Saturday's game against Wisconsin."
Michigan Film Office, refundable tax credits
Michigan Film Office, refundable tax credits [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
"A new issue paper from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency estimates that Michigan film production tax breaks and subsidies generated the equivalent of approximately 355 full time jobs in 2009, or 1,542 if 'indirect' jobs are also counted.
During that year the film incentives' net cost to taxpayers was $37.5 million.
When the agency figures in other factors the cost comes to $193,333 per job created by the incentives, or $44,561 per job if one includes the estimate of 'indirect jobs' created."
"A new issue paper from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency estimates that Michigan film production tax breaks and subsidies generated the equivalent of approximately 355 full time jobs in 2009, or 1,542 if 'indirect' jobs are also counted.
During that year the film incentives' net cost to taxpayers was $37.5 million.
When the agency figures in other factors the cost comes to $193,333 per job created by the incentives, or $44,561 per job if one includes the estimate of 'indirect jobs' created."
ACORN Is Very Much Alive; Funding Ban Dies This Week
The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : ACORN Is Very Much Alive; Funding Ban Dies This Week
They're baaack.... and guess which political party is bringing them back?
They're baaack.... and guess which political party is bringing them back?
Politics Versus Gold
RealClearPolitics - Politics Versus Gold
"One of the many slick tricks of the Obama administration was to insert a provision in the massive Obamacare legislation regulating people who sell gold.
This had nothing to do with medical care but everything to do with sneaking in an extension of the government's power over gold, in a bill too big for most people to read."
...The desire to restrain or control the buying and selling of gold is just one of the many signs of the inherent conflict between the freedom of the individual and the left's attempts to control our lives.
Sneaking a provision on gold purchases and sales into massive legislation that is supposedly about medical care is just one of the many cynical tricks used to circumvent the public's right to know how they are being governed.
"One of the many slick tricks of the Obama administration was to insert a provision in the massive Obamacare legislation regulating people who sell gold.
This had nothing to do with medical care but everything to do with sneaking in an extension of the government's power over gold, in a bill too big for most people to read."
...The desire to restrain or control the buying and selling of gold is just one of the many signs of the inherent conflict between the freedom of the individual and the left's attempts to control our lives.
Sneaking a provision on gold purchases and sales into massive legislation that is supposedly about medical care is just one of the many cynical tricks used to circumvent the public's right to know how they are being governed.
Opinion: Let's reform state government
Opinion: Let's reform state government - Frank J. Donatelli - POLITICO.com
"Here are some major reforms these state policymakers could pass immediately:
Public pension reform.
State liabilities for pension funds have reached an astounding $5.2 trillion, with an additional $3 trillion shortfall.
Many states provide inflation-protected, guaranteed benefits to government workers who retire as early as age 55.
However, private-sector workers, who pay for this, have not done so well.
Millions have lost jobs, and virtually all have seen their 401(k)’s shrink.
We need some tough reforms to control public pension costs, including changing the defined-benefit plans into defined-contribution plans, barring part-time government workers from receiving full benefits and ensuring that all enrollees contribute to their own retirement and health care plans.
Republicans should follow the courageous example of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who is seeking to bring these soaring costs under control."
"Here are some major reforms these state policymakers could pass immediately:
Public pension reform.
State liabilities for pension funds have reached an astounding $5.2 trillion, with an additional $3 trillion shortfall.
Many states provide inflation-protected, guaranteed benefits to government workers who retire as early as age 55.
However, private-sector workers, who pay for this, have not done so well.
Millions have lost jobs, and virtually all have seen their 401(k)’s shrink.
We need some tough reforms to control public pension costs, including changing the defined-benefit plans into defined-contribution plans, barring part-time government workers from receiving full benefits and ensuring that all enrollees contribute to their own retirement and health care plans.
Republicans should follow the courageous example of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who is seeking to bring these soaring costs under control."
Overseas Stimulus Operations
Overseas Stimulus Operations NetRight Daily
"According to the U.S. Treasury, about $4.065 trillion of the national debt is held overseas, 30 percent of the total $13.4 trillion debt.
That means almost a third of all interest paid on the debt goes overseas."
This can't be good.
"According to the U.S. Treasury, about $4.065 trillion of the national debt is held overseas, 30 percent of the total $13.4 trillion debt.
That means almost a third of all interest paid on the debt goes overseas."
This can't be good.
The Big Picture
The Big Picture
"We now live in an era defined by increasing Corporate influence and authority over the individual."
"We now live in an era defined by increasing Corporate influence and authority over the individual."
Mayor: Arrested Christians 'attacked' Michigan city
Mayor: Arrested Christians 'attacked' Michigan city
"Officers arrested the Christian missionaries and illegally confiscated their video cameras, which were being used to record the events, according to the Thomas More Law Center of Ann Arbor, Mich., which is representing the defendants.
The Dearborn city attorney said the confiscated videos and cameras will be returned this week."
"Officers arrested the Christian missionaries and illegally confiscated their video cameras, which were being used to record the events, according to the Thomas More Law Center of Ann Arbor, Mich., which is representing the defendants.
The Dearborn city attorney said the confiscated videos and cameras will be returned this week."
Meme of the Week: Reductio Ad Somalia
Meme of the Week: Reductio Ad Somalia - Megan McArdle - Business - The Atlantic
"Short version of the first lesson: what's yours is what's left after you pay for what you use up, which means after taxes.
Shorter version: don't like government?
Try Somalia (and let us know how that works out for you)."
Inside the mind of madness.....
"Short version of the first lesson: what's yours is what's left after you pay for what you use up, which means after taxes.
Shorter version: don't like government?
Try Somalia (and let us know how that works out for you)."
Inside the mind of madness.....
Monday, September 27, 2010
Dem Whip: GOP majority will issue birther subpoenas
Dem Whip: GOP majority will issue birther subpoenas - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room
"House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) warned Republicans will investigate President Obama's birthplace if they take over Congress."
And if Barry O'Carter had proof it wouldn't be a big deal...right....?
"House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) warned Republicans will investigate President Obama's birthplace if they take over Congress."
And if Barry O'Carter had proof it wouldn't be a big deal...right....?
Segway owner Jimi Heselden dies after riding one of his machines off cliff
Segway owner Jimi Heselden dies after riding one of his machines off cliff Mail Online
"The multi-millionaire owner of the Segway company died in a freak accident yesterday when he rode one of the high-tech two-wheel machines off a cliff and into a river."
"The multi-millionaire owner of the Segway company died in a freak accident yesterday when he rode one of the high-tech two-wheel machines off a cliff and into a river."
Local Tea Party group may have uncovered massive vote fraud in Texas | Washington Examiner
Local Tea Party group may have uncovered massive vote fraud in Texas Washington Examiner
"“What we saw shocked us,” she said.
“There was no one checking IDs, judges would vote for people that asked for help.
It was fraud, and we watched like deer in the headlights.”"
"“What we saw shocked us,” she said.
“There was no one checking IDs, judges would vote for people that asked for help.
It was fraud, and we watched like deer in the headlights.”"
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Reynolds’ Law
Reynolds’ Law « The View from Alexandria
"The government decides to try to increase the middle class by subsidizing things that middle class people have:
If middle-class people go to college and own homes, then surely if more people go to college and own homes, we’ll have more middle-class people.
But homeownership and college aren’t causes of middle-class status, they’re markers for possessing the kinds of traits — self-discipline, the ability to defer gratification, etc. — that let you enter, and stay, in the middle class.
Subsidizing the markers doesn’t produce the traits; if anything, it undermines them."
"The government decides to try to increase the middle class by subsidizing things that middle class people have:
If middle-class people go to college and own homes, then surely if more people go to college and own homes, we’ll have more middle-class people.
But homeownership and college aren’t causes of middle-class status, they’re markers for possessing the kinds of traits — self-discipline, the ability to defer gratification, etc. — that let you enter, and stay, in the middle class.
Subsidizing the markers doesn’t produce the traits; if anything, it undermines them."
Hoyer: Ethics cleaned up because Dems trying Dems still have their posts
Hoyer: Ethics cleaned up because Dems trying Dems still have their posts - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room
"'The fact of the matter is the ethics process is working,' Hoyer said.
'The fact of the matter is, unlike under Republicans, we haven't fired the chairman of the Ethics Committee because they went after somebody in the Democratic Party, and we haven't removed any members from the Ethics Committee.
The ethics process is working.'
When asked about holding trials before voters commit to Rangel and Waters again in November, Hoyer responded, 'I think that needs to be resolved as quickly as possible."
"'The fact of the matter is the ethics process is working,' Hoyer said.
'The fact of the matter is, unlike under Republicans, we haven't fired the chairman of the Ethics Committee because they went after somebody in the Democratic Party, and we haven't removed any members from the Ethics Committee.
The ethics process is working.'
When asked about holding trials before voters commit to Rangel and Waters again in November, Hoyer responded, 'I think that needs to be resolved as quickly as possible."
Your Insane U.S. Energy Department
Your Insane U.S. Energy Department
"In mid-September, Cathy Zoi, an Assistant Secretary of Energy, said that the U.S. Department of Energy has a “mandate” to issue regulations about what household appliances should be available to Americans in the future."
"In mid-September, Cathy Zoi, an Assistant Secretary of Energy, said that the U.S. Department of Energy has a “mandate” to issue regulations about what household appliances should be available to Americans in the future."
Worm hits computers of staff at Iran nuclear plant
The Associated Press: Worm hits computers of staff at Iran nuclear plant
"A complex computer worm capable of seizing control of industrial plants has affected the personal computers of staff working at Iran's first nuclear power station weeks before the facility is to go online, the official news agency reported Sunday."
Are worms the new nukes?
"A complex computer worm capable of seizing control of industrial plants has affected the personal computers of staff working at Iran's first nuclear power station weeks before the facility is to go online, the official news agency reported Sunday."
Are worms the new nukes?
U.S. Gift for Iraqis Offers a Primer on Corruption
U.S. Gift for Iraqis Offers a Primer on Corruption - NYTimes.com
"The laptops arrived in two shipments, on Feb. 20 and Feb. 23.
The original shipping documents mistakenly listed the computers’ destination as Umm Qasr, not Babil, which caused confusion.
By April, though, the American military had tracked them down and repeatedly tried to clear them through customs and truck them to Babil.
Then, in August, Iraqis auctioned off 4,200 of the computers — for $45,700.
The whereabouts of the rest are unknown."
"The laptops arrived in two shipments, on Feb. 20 and Feb. 23.
The original shipping documents mistakenly listed the computers’ destination as Umm Qasr, not Babil, which caused confusion.
By April, though, the American military had tracked them down and repeatedly tried to clear them through customs and truck them to Babil.
Then, in August, Iraqis auctioned off 4,200 of the computers — for $45,700.
The whereabouts of the rest are unknown."
Is Sharia Law Creeping Into American Lives?
Is Sharia Law Creeping Into American Lives?
"“Every major Muslim organization is controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood, a former FBI Agent John Guandolo said, which he said was formed to overthrow America and establish Islamic law.
“They’re having great success of implementing Shariah law, I could give you a thousand examples,’’ Guandolo said."
"“Every major Muslim organization is controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood, a former FBI Agent John Guandolo said, which he said was formed to overthrow America and establish Islamic law.
“They’re having great success of implementing Shariah law, I could give you a thousand examples,’’ Guandolo said."
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Flat-screen prices to tumble ahead of holiday season
Flat-screen prices to tumble ahead of holiday season - Sep. 23, 2010
"An historically large oversupply of LCD TV panels is causing television prices to fall right in time for the holiday shopping season."
And some said Obama's economics would be bad for Americans......geh...
"An historically large oversupply of LCD TV panels is causing television prices to fall right in time for the holiday shopping season."
And some said Obama's economics would be bad for Americans......geh...
Former Monterey Park police chief cashed out $372,559 in leave time the year he retired
Former Monterey Park police chief cashed out $372,559 in leave time the year he retired - SGVTribune.com
"The city's former police chief cashed in $372,559 in unused sick, vacation and holiday pay before he retired last year, according to city documents.
In addition, former Monterey Park Police Chief Jones Moy filed for workers' compensation benefits in the months before he left the post in September 2009."
"The city's former police chief cashed in $372,559 in unused sick, vacation and holiday pay before he retired last year, according to city documents.
In addition, former Monterey Park Police Chief Jones Moy filed for workers' compensation benefits in the months before he left the post in September 2009."
Can a bigger booze tax reduce disease, crime?
Can a bigger booze tax reduce disease, crime? - CNN.com
"Doubling the current state taxes on alcohol -- which would tack on as much as 50 cents to the price of the average six-pack or bottle of wine -- could be expected to reduce alcohol-related deaths by 35 percent, fatal car crashes by 11 percent, and the rates of sexually transmitted disease by 6 percent, according to the study."
Why not just ban alcohol?
Or just too much alcohol...or waaay too much alcohol....
Oh, it's really about more taxes....I get it.....
"Doubling the current state taxes on alcohol -- which would tack on as much as 50 cents to the price of the average six-pack or bottle of wine -- could be expected to reduce alcohol-related deaths by 35 percent, fatal car crashes by 11 percent, and the rates of sexually transmitted disease by 6 percent, according to the study."
Why not just ban alcohol?
Or just too much alcohol...or waaay too much alcohol....
Oh, it's really about more taxes....I get it.....
Coach Dantonio Makes First Public Appearance Since Heart Attack
Coach Dantonio Makes First Public Appearance Since Heart Attack
Nice video...and their daughter was Homecoming Queen!
Nice video...and their daughter was Homecoming Queen!
Top 12 Chris Christie ‘Greatest Hits’ Clips | The Blaze
Blaze Mix Video: Top 12 Chris Christie ‘Greatest Hits’ Clips The Blaze
Wow!
Send this to EVERY polititian and candidate you know!
Wow!
Send this to EVERY polititian and candidate you know!
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