Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Post office suspends retirement contributions

Post office suspends retirement contributions
"The financially troubled Postal Service is suspending its employer contribution to the Federal Employee Retirement System."

Michigan Redistricting: Official Republican State Senate Map Released

RightMichigan.com Michigan Redistricting: Official Republican State Senate Map Released
"Michigan Redistricting: Official Republican State Senate Map Released"

Texas Turns Off Lights on Federal Lightbulb Ban

CARPE DIEM: Texas Turns Off Lights on Federal Lightbulb Ban
"lets any incandescent light bulb manufactured in Texas - and sold in that state - avoid the authority of the federal government or the repeal of the 2007 energy independence act that starts phasing out some incandescent light bulbs next year.'"

I KEEP WARNING PEOPLE NOT TO PICK ON BLOGGERS

Instapundit » Blog Archive » I KEEP WARNING PEOPLE NOT TO PICK ON BLOGGERS

Is Newspaper Coverage of Economic Events Politically Biased?

Is Newspaper Coverage of Economic Events Politically Biased? by John Lott, Kevin Hassett :: SSRN: "Accusations of political bias in the media are often made by members of both political parties, yet there have been few systematic studies of such bias to date.
This paper develops an econometric technique to test for political bias in news reports that controls for the underlying character of the news reported.
Our results suggest that American newspapers tend to give more positive news coverage to the same economic news when Democrats are in the Presidency than for Republicans."

Medicaid for the middle class?

AP Exclusive: Medicaid for the middle class? - Yahoo! News
"The Medicare actuary's office roughed out some examples to illustrate how the provision would work.
A married couple retiring at 62 in 2014 and receiving the maximum Social Security benefit of $23,500 apiece could get $17,000 from other sources and still qualify for Medicaid with a total income of $64,000."

Governerd’s Bill 411: How Michigan Taxpayers Really Pay For DRIC

Governerd’s Bill 411: How Michigan Taxpayers Really Pay For DRIC Windsor Square

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Extreme Low Pass

Good News: Black unemployment at 16%

theblogprof: Good News: Black unemployment at 16%

GE's Finest Gun

GE's Finest Gun

FDA issues graphic cigarette labels

My Way News - APNewsBreak: FDA issues graphic cigarette labels

Collect the whole set!

The Law School Bubble

The Law School Bubble

Why the Jobs Situation Is Worse Than It Looks

Why the Jobs Situation Is Worse Than It Looks - US News and World Report
"The Great Recession has now earned the dubious right of being compared to the Great Depression.
In the face of the most stimulative fiscal and monetary policies in our history, we have experienced the loss of over 7 million jobs, wiping out every job gained since the year 2000."

State Taxpayers May Eat $1.6 Million Loan for Defunct Green Bus Company

State Taxpayers May Eat $1.6 Million Loan for Defunct Green Bus Company [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
"In September of 2009, Fisher Coachworks was mentioned in a press release from Gov. Jennifer Granholm as a “green technology” company that was part of the “new energy economy for Michigan.”
Two years later, the state says Fisher Coachworks is out of business and the state has to write off $1.6 million it loaned the electric bus manufacturing company."

"Green" is the new "red" in more ways than one.

Michigan gets $3.3 million to fight food-stamp fraud and abuse, Sen. Debbie Stabenow says

Michigan gets $3.3 million to fight food-stamp fraud and abuse, Sen. Debbie Stabenow says MLive.com: "U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow said this morning that Michigan has been awarded $3.3 million to fight fraud and abuse in the food-assistance program."

What a country!
The bigger the iddiot, the more moolah they get.

What Is The Q-Ratio?

What Is The Q-Ratio?
"What Is The Q-Ratio, And Why Do People Think It's Predicting A Market Crash?"

Obama Backs EPA War on Coal, While Networks Ignore Harm to Industry

Obama Backs EPA War on Coal, While Networks Ignore Harm to Industry NewsBusters.org
"According to Paul Bedard's June 8 Washington Whispers column in US News & World Report, 'two new EPA pollution regulations will slam the coal industry so hard that hundreds of thousands of jobs will be lost, and electric rates will skyrocket 11 percent to over 23 percent, according to a new study based on government data.'

The Hill reported that the EPA is attempting to 'impose new regulations aimed at limiting greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants including mercury and arsenic.'"

Scientists See More Deadly Weather, but Dispute the Cause - NYTimes.com

Scientists See More Deadly Weather, but Dispute the Cause - NYTimes.com

How to Delete an Account from Any Website

How to Delete an Account from Any Website - Social Networks PCMag.com

Fast and Furious Backpedaling at the Department of Justice

Power Line - Fast and Furious Backpedaling at the Department of Justice
"The operation's goal was to establish a nexus between straw purchasers of assault-style weapons in the United States and Mexican drug-trafficking organizations (DTOs) operating on both sides of the United States-Mexico border."

This is HUGE.
READ IT and understand just how gangster our government has gone!

Monday, June 20, 2011

MORE ON THAT ATF GUN-SMUGGLING DEBACLE

Instapundit » Blog Archive » MORE ON THAT ATF GUN-SMUGGLING DEBACLE: Mega-Scandal: Was ‘Gunwalker’ a PR Op for Gun Control?
“Buckle up:
An agent testifies that surveillance stopped at the border, meaning the operation didn’t actually trace guns to cartels to make arrests.
The only conclusion?
Law enforcement wasn’t the point, orchestrated violence was, and that’s a history-making scandal. . . .
At the same time they were damning gun dealers in public, the administration was secretly forcing them to provide weapons to the cartels, by the armful and without oversight.”

Well, people are calling it worse than Iran-Contra.

Also, Michael Walsh bears down on this scandal in the Post.
“Fast and Furious was supposed to prove the theory.
That is, the administration ‘knew’ who the bad guys were — legitimate gun dealers in the Southwest — and set out to make them the heavies in a phony sting operation.”"

Incredible Recycled 747 Airplane House Completed in Malibu!

FIRST PHOTOS: Incredible Recycled 747 Airplane House Completed in Malibu! Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

Another Reason For Companies to Leave California

CARPE DIEM: Another Reason For Companies to Leave California
"'Enterprising trial attorneys by the dozen are using an obscure California labor law requiring retailers such as such as Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Target to have enough seats on hand for their workers."

Free breakfasts, lunches for children available throughout the area | MLive.com

Free breakfasts, lunches for children available throughout the area MLive.com: "The sites must be located in areas where more than half the families' earnings are 185 percent or less than the poverty level — the threshold for children to qualify for free or reduced-price lunches at school.
Meals at the summer sites are free to all children 18 and under"

$48,414

S.S. Milwaukee Clipper to offer weekend tours starting in July | MLive.com

S.S. Milwaukee Clipper to offer weekend tours starting in July MLive.com
"The S.S. Milwaukee Clipper will be receiving visitors again starting this summer, after a three-year hiatus.
The ship will be open for tours from 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays starting July 2 through Labor Day.
The ship also will be open July 4."

Idaho family abandons snake-infested house

Idaho family abandons snake-infested house Seattle Times Newspaper

Why Political Perversions Get A Pass

Irish Examiner USA: Why Political Perversions Get A Pass

Obama Campaign Offering "Dinner With Barack" For $5

Obama Campaign Offering "Dinner With Barack" For $5 - Political Punch

Abysmal Graduation Rate Puts Chicago State Accrediation at Risk

Abysmal Graduation Rate Puts Chicago State Accrediation at Risk : Chicagoist
"The state of Illinois may want to put a hold on the magical $40 million it granted to Chicago State University last month for a new West Side campus. According to the Tribune,
'Chicago State University is at risk of losing its accreditation because of 'remarkably poor' graduation and retention rates, as well as tumultuous leadership and finances, according to the region's accrediting agency.
'In a letter obtained by the Tribune, the Higher Learning Commission cites several 'grave' concerns regarding the future of the South Side school that serves roughly 6,800 students. The most pressing problems derive from managing enrollment, but other issues include a reduction in student financial assistance that led to dropouts and delayed approval of budgets.'
CSU's graduation rate - 12.8 percent over six years - makes the city's public high schools look downright wonderful"

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Why Obama's hometown has the highest gas prices in America

Blog: Why Obama's hometown has the highest gas prices in America
"What are the consequences of living in the last of the one-party machine towns, a town that has hosted the Daley family as well as being the hometown of Barack Obama and the cronies he put in power (including Bill Daley, his Chief of Staff)?
Politicians who have no problem imposing the highest gas prices in America on their citizens."