Ponzi mastermind Dante DeMiro out of jail, ordered not to gamble MLive.com
"Alleged Ponzi mastermind Dante DeMiro has been released from jail, and has been ordered not to gamble or visit any casinos.
DeMiro, accused of stealing up to $3.9 million from Mona Shores Public Schools"
"ordered not to gamble....."????????
This crook stole $4 MILLION bucks from us taxpayers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Friday, February 04, 2011
Illinois: Pension Debacle Poster Child
Today, Illinois’ unfunded pension liability is estimated to be $78 billion.
How did we get here?
Let’s call it the “Four Rules of Too” for public employees whose salaries are too high; contributions are too low; plans are too bloated; and retirement is too early.
As the following chart regarding the Teachers Retirement System (TRS) shows, over the last decade teacher salaries have risen by 7% per year or 96% compounded and the pension cost (Pension Benefit Obligation) taxpayers are responsible for has gone up 116%.
Dedicated Public Safety Millage Election
Dedicated Public Safety Millage Election - Norton Shores, Michigan
"On February 22, 2011, the City of Norton Shores will have a special election for a Fire and Police Millage.
This millage would allow City Council to levy up to 2 mills for 10 years.
The millage would provide funds specifically for Fire and Police Services.
Please see attached items for more information."
"On February 22, 2011, the City of Norton Shores will have a special election for a Fire and Police Millage.
This millage would allow City Council to levy up to 2 mills for 10 years.
The millage would provide funds specifically for Fire and Police Services.
Please see attached items for more information."
Why Is Wall Street So Addicted to Prestige Colleges?
"The snobbery is very precise: you have to go to Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford and, perhaps, Wharton.
(I do have my Wharton "diploma", fuck you losers....)
And the reason for this is not the belief that these schools provide the best education—in fact, many of those evaluating job candidates were critical of the education offered by these schools.
Rather, it seems that the elite firms are simply using getting into Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Standford and Wharton as a proxy for intelligence."
Well that "proxy for intelligence" worked out well....right?
And they're not kind to Cornell, UoM....and MSU is the equivalent of spinach on your teeth at the Queen's tea.
A Perfect Storm for Wheat
HEARD ON THE STREET: A Perfect Storm for Wheat - WSJ.com
"The global wheat market is caught between freezing winds and a sirocco.
Prices, up 13% since the start of December, likely will keep rising."
"The global wheat market is caught between freezing winds and a sirocco.
Prices, up 13% since the start of December, likely will keep rising."
Measure would undo caregiver unionization
Measure would undo caregiver unionization livingstondaily.com Livingston Daily
"For two years, Paulette Silverson's subsidy checks have been docked for union dues at her private, at-home day care in Brighton Township."
"For two years, Paulette Silverson's subsidy checks have been docked for union dues at her private, at-home day care in Brighton Township."
Thursday, February 03, 2011
Hero Col. West
Col West is from southern Florida, a bastion of the Democratic Party.
He won in a walk. This video is worth the viewing.
This new Congressman was an extremely popular commander in Iraq .
He was forced to retire because during an intense combat action a few of his men were captured.
At the same time his men had captured one of the guys who were with the Iraqis who captured his men. Knowing that time was crucial and his interrogators were not getting anywhere with the prisoner COL West took matters into his own hands.
He burst into the room and demanded thru an interpreter that the prisoner tell him where his men were being taken.
The prisoner refused so COL West took out his pistol and placed it into the prisoner's crotch and fired.
Then the COL told the prisoner that the next shot would not miss.
So the prisoner said he would show where the American service members were being taken.
The Americans were rescued.
Some one filed a report on incorrect handling of prisoners.
COL West was forced to retire.
COL West was just elected in November 2010 to Congress from Florida .
During the elections he was part of a panel on how to handle or how to relate to Muslims.
You will see his answer here.
Here is one of the new congressmen from Florida explaining very definitively in just over a minute the truth about Islam.
Please watch and if you agree; please forward it to your friends, if you disagree, please hit the "delete" button.
http://secure.afa.net/afa/activism/takeaction.asp?id=384
Union study says Michigan's public employees are not overpaid
Union study says Michigan's public employees are not overpaid MLive.com
"But Thursday’s study by Jeffrey Keefe for the Economic Policy Institute in Washington found when educational attainment is factored in, public wages are out of line with the private sector only to the extent they’re less."
Let's see the study!
"But Thursday’s study by Jeffrey Keefe for the Economic Policy Institute in Washington found when educational attainment is factored in, public wages are out of line with the private sector only to the extent they’re less."
Let's see the study!
Michigan Carpenters’ Union Constructing a Fake Dispute
Michigan Carpenters’ Union Constructing a Fake Dispute [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
"the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters is no longer playing by these rules.
Since last summer, the union has been organizing demonstrations against an employer that MRCC members do not work for — supposedly on behalf of construction workers that the union does not represent — and using demonstrators who are not employees of the company being targeted.
Indeed, the demonstrators are frequently not MRCC members either, nor even construction workers at all.
Welcome to “bannering,” a new method being deployed by Big Labor bosses who wish to continue exerting their influence over a marketplace where employers, customers and workers have turned sharply against using union labor."
"the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters is no longer playing by these rules.
Since last summer, the union has been organizing demonstrations against an employer that MRCC members do not work for — supposedly on behalf of construction workers that the union does not represent — and using demonstrators who are not employees of the company being targeted.
Indeed, the demonstrators are frequently not MRCC members either, nor even construction workers at all.
Welcome to “bannering,” a new method being deployed by Big Labor bosses who wish to continue exerting their influence over a marketplace where employers, customers and workers have turned sharply against using union labor."
MSU's "Fairly Ridiculous" FOIA Compliance
MSU's "Fairly Ridiculous" FOIA Compliance [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
"When Michigan State University officials refused to comment on a plagiarism investigation directed at a professor, Michael Van Beek decided to put in a Freedom of Information Act request to find out what was going on."
"When Michigan State University officials refused to comment on a plagiarism investigation directed at a professor, Michael Van Beek decided to put in a Freedom of Information Act request to find out what was going on."
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
2012 46th Democratic National Convention: Charlotte, North Carolina
BarackObama.com 2012 46th Democratic National Convention: Charlotte, North Carolina
"Peoples Convention"?
Yeah, right.......
This dude is focused like a laser on one thing and one thing only.....himself.
"Peoples Convention"?
Yeah, right.......
This dude is focused like a laser on one thing and one thing only.....himself.
ObamaCare Repeal: Harry Reid Confronted in Gourmet Market
Berkshire Blog®™: ObamaCare Repeal: Harry Reid Confronted in Gourmet Market
"McLean, VA -- U.S. Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) may never go grocery shopping for his wife again.
While shopping this past Saturday afternoon amongst the food aisles at his local gourmet grocer in McLean, Virginia, Sen. Reid came across a fellow shopper who recognized him and asked a question that the senior senator from Nevada plainly did not want to answer."
Heh....
"McLean, VA -- U.S. Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) may never go grocery shopping for his wife again.
While shopping this past Saturday afternoon amongst the food aisles at his local gourmet grocer in McLean, Virginia, Sen. Reid came across a fellow shopper who recognized him and asked a question that the senior senator from Nevada plainly did not want to answer."
Heh....
The Iranian Revolution Echoes in Egypt.
Instapundit » Blog Archive » MICHAEL TOTTEN: The Iranian Revolution Echoes in Egypt. Key bit: “What Mubarak and the Shah both …
"MICHAEL TOTTEN:
The Iranian Revolution Echoes in Egypt. Key bit:
If they would have made concessions when they were in a position of power, they could have ne
"MICHAEL TOTTEN:
The Iranian Revolution Echoes in Egypt. Key bit:
If they would have made concessions when they were in a position of power, they could have ne
“What Mubarak and the Shah both failed to understand is that if you make concessions when you’re weak it just increases the appetite for more concessions.
gotiated a smooth transition to a less authoritarian government.”"
Michigan public pay exceeded private pay since 2000
Michigan public pay exceeded private pay since 2000, Gov. Rick Snyder's fiscal guide says MLive.com
"In 2009, average compensation, salary and benefits, for state employees, totaled $85,076.
For teachers, $75,137, and for local government workers, $57,333.
The average private sector benefit package was $39,986."
"In 2009, average compensation, salary and benefits, for state employees, totaled $85,076.
For teachers, $75,137, and for local government workers, $57,333.
The average private sector benefit package was $39,986."
Does Egypt Miss Dubya? Misunderestimating Democracy’s Appeal
Does Egypt Miss Dubya? Misunderestimating Democracy’s Appeal
"When Barack Obama first ran for the White House, a key argument he made was that he could “heal” America’s battered image in the eyes of the world, especially with Arabs, in the wake of the occupation of Iraq and other Bush administration policies.
In June 2009, he gave a much ballyhooed speech in Cairo that the White House dubbed a “new beginning.”
Despite this new beginning, the administration has been largely on the sidelines during the tumult in Egypt, little able to affect or even stay ahead of the events.
One reason may be that the U.S. is actually less popular in Egypt today than it was during the Bush years"
"When Barack Obama first ran for the White House, a key argument he made was that he could “heal” America’s battered image in the eyes of the world, especially with Arabs, in the wake of the occupation of Iraq and other Bush administration policies.
In June 2009, he gave a much ballyhooed speech in Cairo that the White House dubbed a “new beginning.”
Despite this new beginning, the administration has been largely on the sidelines during the tumult in Egypt, little able to affect or even stay ahead of the events.
One reason may be that the U.S. is actually less popular in Egypt today than it was during the Bush years"
Tea Party Terrorists: America's Next Great Threat?
Tea Party Terrorists: America's Next Great Threat? - Broowaha
"It used to be that only the craziest elements of the right wing espoused conspiracies and violent rhetoric.
Not any more."
Read this visit into the mind of madness.
"It used to be that only the craziest elements of the right wing espoused conspiracies and violent rhetoric.
Not any more."
Read this visit into the mind of madness.
Ohio State recruit Chris Carter arrested, accused of fondling girls
Ohio State recruit Chris Carter arrested, accused of fondling girls cleveland.com
"The highly-touted John F. Kennedy High School offensive lineman was arrested Tuesday and suspected of fondling as many as eight girls while pretending to measure them for JROTC uniforms."
ROTC rules!
"The highly-touted John F. Kennedy High School offensive lineman was arrested Tuesday and suspected of fondling as many as eight girls while pretending to measure them for JROTC uniforms."
ROTC rules!
Bunker Middle School Students Build Remote Vehicles
Bunker Middle School Students Build Remote Vehicles Muskegon News
"Muskegon Public Schools Marketing Coordinator"
The broke Muskegon school system has a "marketing coordinator"?!!!!
"Muskegon Public Schools Marketing Coordinator"
The broke Muskegon school system has a "marketing coordinator"?!!!!
Mascots of the self-congratulatory elites
Mascots of the self-congratulatory elites detnews.com The Detroit News
"This is a Third World culture, transplanted from Mexico, and living largely outside the scope of American law, state or federal"
"This is a Third World culture, transplanted from Mexico, and living largely outside the scope of American law, state or federal"
Public-Sector Unions Fight to Keep Bloated Benefits
Public-Sector Unions Fight to Keep Bloated Benefits [Mackinac Center]
"Between Gov. Rick Snyder’s call for a substantial business tax cut and a $1.8 billion state overspending budget gap, lawmakers are looking for places to save.
.....However, the unions rely on data from allies in academia and government who often look only at salaries when comparing private- and public-sector compensation.
In fact, it’s skyrocketing public-sector fringe benefits that are behind much of the disparity.
“Total compensation” properly includes benefits like paid leave, retirement contributions, health insurance and more.
In each of these, public-sector benefits tend to be far more generous"
"Between Gov. Rick Snyder’s call for a substantial business tax cut and a $1.8 billion state overspending budget gap, lawmakers are looking for places to save.
.....However, the unions rely on data from allies in academia and government who often look only at salaries when comparing private- and public-sector compensation.
In fact, it’s skyrocketing public-sector fringe benefits that are behind much of the disparity.
“Total compensation” properly includes benefits like paid leave, retirement contributions, health insurance and more.
In each of these, public-sector benefits tend to be far more generous"
Algore: Increased heavy snowfalls are completely consistent with what they have been predicting as a consequence of man-made global warming. Said the opposite just a few years ago
theblogprof: Algore: Increased heavy snowfalls are completely consistent with what they have been predicting as a consequence of man-made global warming. Said the opposite just a few years ago
"Except that when you watch Gore's movie An Inconvenient Truth, there is no mention of record snowfalls.
Quite the opposite in fact. Flashback to 2009:
Gore Reports Snow and Ice Across the World Vanishing Quickly
Snow and ice across the planet are melting much faster than anticipated, and the cryosphere - the Earth's ice and snow cover - is very vulnerable to climate change, finds a new report presented today at the United Nations Climate Summit by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre."
"Except that when you watch Gore's movie An Inconvenient Truth, there is no mention of record snowfalls.
Quite the opposite in fact. Flashback to 2009:
Gore Reports Snow and Ice Across the World Vanishing Quickly
Snow and ice across the planet are melting much faster than anticipated, and the cryosphere - the Earth's ice and snow cover - is very vulnerable to climate change, finds a new report presented today at the United Nations Climate Summit by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre."
News1Reports.com | Work At Home Mom Makes $6,795/Month Part-Time
News1Reports.com Work At Home Mom Makes $6,795/Month Part-Time
"We just had to find out... So we set out to do some research ourselves. We came across a blog by Jessica Holcomb of Muskegon, MI."
This is an ad put out by the same liars trying to get you to fall for their scam.
It is effective.
"We just had to find out... So we set out to do some research ourselves. We came across a blog by Jessica Holcomb of Muskegon, MI."
This is an ad put out by the same liars trying to get you to fall for their scam.
It is effective.
The Municipal Debt Bubble
The Municipal Debt Bubble - Reason Magazine
"Since 2000 the total outstanding state and municipal bond debt, adjusted for inflation, has soared from $1.5 trillion to $2.8 trillion (see chart).
The recession didn’t slow the spending."
"Since 2000 the total outstanding state and municipal bond debt, adjusted for inflation, has soared from $1.5 trillion to $2.8 trillion (see chart).
The recession didn’t slow the spending."
Report: State workers average twice as much pay as public sector in Michigan
Report: State workers average twice as much pay as public sector in Michigan lansingstatejournal.com Lansing State Journal
"Though average total compensation dropped 13 percent for the state's private sector, it rose 19 percent for state employees and 13 percent for local government workers from 2000 to 2009, the report said.
State workers on average earned more than twice the private sector, with wages and benefits averaging $85,076."
"Though average total compensation dropped 13 percent for the state's private sector, it rose 19 percent for state employees and 13 percent for local government workers from 2000 to 2009, the report said.
State workers on average earned more than twice the private sector, with wages and benefits averaging $85,076."
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