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Friday, November 23, 2012
Thanksgiving is a ‘White Supremicist Holiday,’ says Professor
thecollegefix.com by Mobify
You didn’t realize that every bite of turkey and stuffing was an expression of white supremacy, did you?
That’s because you aren’t an elite, left-wing academic like Robert Jensen–professor of journalism at the University of Texas, who calls Thanksgiving a “white supremacist holiday.”
You didn’t realize that every bite of turkey and stuffing was an expression of white supremacy, did you?
That’s because you aren’t an elite, left-wing academic like Robert Jensen–professor of journalism at the University of Texas, who calls Thanksgiving a “white supremacist holiday.”
Dour ‘social justice’ teachers remind us why we should hate Thanksgiving
Dour ‘social justice’ teachers remind us why we should hate Thanksgiving - EAGnews.org
Dorris’ anger extended beyond the menu and its origins.
“If there really was a Plymouth Thanksgiving dinner, with Native Americans in attendance as either guests or hosts, then the event was rare indeed” he wrote.
“Pilgrims generally considered Indians to be devils in disguise and treated them as such.
Dorris’ anger extended beyond the menu and its origins.
“If there really was a Plymouth Thanksgiving dinner, with Native Americans in attendance as either guests or hosts, then the event was rare indeed” he wrote.
“Pilgrims generally considered Indians to be devils in disguise and treated them as such.
Walmart picketers rage against the market
Blog: Walmart picketers rage against the market
The ultimate irony of the unions' attack on Walmart is that the low prices the company has introduced to retailing have enhanced the standard of living of the poorest Americans, enabling them to get more for their limited funds.
This poverty-fighting role of the company is never acknowledged on the left.
But by their behavior, we can tell that the poorest Americans, (cruelly - and hilariously -- mocked by the website People of Walmart) understand what Walmart does for them.
The ultimate irony of the unions' attack on Walmart is that the low prices the company has introduced to retailing have enhanced the standard of living of the poorest Americans, enabling them to get more for their limited funds.
This poverty-fighting role of the company is never acknowledged on the left.
But by their behavior, we can tell that the poorest Americans, (cruelly - and hilariously -- mocked by the website People of Walmart) understand what Walmart does for them.
Google's warning over UN summit meeting to update global web rules
Google's warning over UN summit meeting to update global web rules | Mail Online
A forthcoming United Nations-organised conference on communications poses a grave threat to the freedom of the internet, Google has warned.
The Silicon Valley search giant said the December gathering of the UN's International Telecommunications Union comes amid 'a growing backlash on Internet freedom'.
A forthcoming United Nations-organised conference on communications poses a grave threat to the freedom of the internet, Google has warned.
The Silicon Valley search giant said the December gathering of the UN's International Telecommunications Union comes amid 'a growing backlash on Internet freedom'.
Roosevelt’s movable feast sparked outrage in year of ‘Franksgiving’
Roosevelt’s movable feast sparked outrage in year of ‘Franksgiving’ - Washington Times
The year was 1939, and American businesses, still reeling from the previous year’s recession, decided they wanted an extra week of Christmas shopping.
The solution?
They asked President Roosevelt to move Thanksgiving up a week.
Roosevelt complied — and confusion and outrage ensued.
The year was 1939, and American businesses, still reeling from the previous year’s recession, decided they wanted an extra week of Christmas shopping.
The solution?
They asked President Roosevelt to move Thanksgiving up a week.
Roosevelt complied — and confusion and outrage ensued.
Fail: Lone Union Worker Walks Out of Walmart
Fail: Lone Union Worker Walks Out of Walmart
In an inspiring example of Union Fail, the planned union walkout on Walmart during Black Friday led off with a one-employee walkout at a Walmart in St. Cloud, Florida on Wednesday.
The walkout was led by – and entirely constituted by – Vanessa Ferreira, 59.
She told her manager that she was going on strike.
The other workers watched her leave, shrugged, and went back about their business.
The police then warned Ferreira for trespass.
In an inspiring example of Union Fail, the planned union walkout on Walmart during Black Friday led off with a one-employee walkout at a Walmart in St. Cloud, Florida on Wednesday.
The walkout was led by – and entirely constituted by – Vanessa Ferreira, 59.
She told her manager that she was going on strike.
The other workers watched her leave, shrugged, and went back about their business.
The police then warned Ferreira for trespass.
The GOP Turnout Myth
Strassel: The GOP Turnout Myth - WSJ.com
Even as Republicans have engaged in some agonizing over their candidate and agenda, many have sought comfort in the notion that a big part of the loss came down to simple mechanics. President Obama had a stunning Election Day operation, which turned out his base. Mitt Romney's shop, by contrast, failed to get people to the polls.
That explanation is soothing because it suggests that, in the future, all the GOP needs is a slicker piece of get-out-the-vote software.
It's also broadly wrong.
The turnout myth comes from a statistic that has been endlessly repeated: Mitt Romney got fewer votes than John McCain in 2008.
This isn't quite true (Mr. Romney this week eked past the McCain totals), and in any event it is somewhat irrelevant.
The Romney vote count reflects a nationwide voter turnout that was down nearly five percentage points from 2008.
What matters is how the GOP did in the battleground states.
Even as Republicans have engaged in some agonizing over their candidate and agenda, many have sought comfort in the notion that a big part of the loss came down to simple mechanics. President Obama had a stunning Election Day operation, which turned out his base. Mitt Romney's shop, by contrast, failed to get people to the polls.
That explanation is soothing because it suggests that, in the future, all the GOP needs is a slicker piece of get-out-the-vote software.
It's also broadly wrong.
The turnout myth comes from a statistic that has been endlessly repeated: Mitt Romney got fewer votes than John McCain in 2008.
This isn't quite true (Mr. Romney this week eked past the McCain totals), and in any event it is somewhat irrelevant.
The Romney vote count reflects a nationwide voter turnout that was down nearly five percentage points from 2008.
What matters is how the GOP did in the battleground states.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Make Thanksgiving 2012 an ‘Agenda 21 Knowing Thanksgiving’
Make Thanksgiving 2012 an ‘Agenda 21 Knowing Thanksgiving’
While dinner is cooking take your school age children outside and show them the innocuous looking, wireless Smart Meter attached to the outside of your house.
That wireless device is a mechanism by which your local utilities commission—under complete control of the UN—knows your every move, right down to how many people are in your place of dwelling.
While dinner is cooking take your school age children outside and show them the innocuous looking, wireless Smart Meter attached to the outside of your house.
That wireless device is a mechanism by which your local utilities commission—under complete control of the UN—knows your every move, right down to how many people are in your place of dwelling.
Black Friday Walmart protests spark more debate over labor unions
Black Friday Walmart protests spark more debate over labor unions | MLive.com
Making a Change at Walmart has no other official walkouts planned in Michigan as of Tuesday morning, but there is a separate "Occupy Black Friday" event scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at the Walmart at 501 N. 9th St. in Kalamazoo.
Making a Change at Walmart has no other official walkouts planned in Michigan as of Tuesday morning, but there is a separate "Occupy Black Friday" event scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at the Walmart at 501 N. 9th St. in Kalamazoo.
Fatal chain-reaction crash: Vehicle strikes deer, sending it through windshield of another vehicle, killing Bridgeport woman
Fatal chain-reaction crash: Vehicle strikes deer, sending it through windshield of another vehicle, killing Bridgeport woman | MLive.com#incart_river
The deer collided with a southbound vehicle, crashing through the windshield and causing fatal injuries to a 35-year-old Bridgeport woman who was in the passenger seat.
Her husband, a 34-year-old Bridgeport man, was driving.
The deer collided with a southbound vehicle, crashing through the windshield and causing fatal injuries to a 35-year-old Bridgeport woman who was in the passenger seat.
Her husband, a 34-year-old Bridgeport man, was driving.
Monday, November 19, 2012
Muskegon County election results certified; local recounts can be filed
Muskegon County election results certified; local recounts can be filed | MLive.com
The certification process for the Muskegon County results took longer than normal as clerks from local municipalities brought ballots to the Muskegon County Clerk’s office to be re-examined and retabulated after tabulating machines jammed on election night and threw off ballot counts, Grimm said
The certification process for the Muskegon County results took longer than normal as clerks from local municipalities brought ballots to the Muskegon County Clerk’s office to be re-examined and retabulated after tabulating machines jammed on election night and threw off ballot counts, Grimm said
Burgess-Norton pollution found to be spreading in Muskegon neighborhoods; citizens concerned
Burgess-Norton pollution found to be spreading in Muskegon neighborhoods; citizens concerned | MLive.com
“We have known of a Nims Street contamination issue since 2006,” Hopkins said. “There are several plumes of pollution in that area. Some of that we can specifically tie to Burgess-Norton.”
“We have known of a Nims Street contamination issue since 2006,” Hopkins said. “There are several plumes of pollution in that area. Some of that we can specifically tie to Burgess-Norton.”
The States Fight In the Last Ditch Against Obamacare
The American Spectator : The States Fight In the Last Ditch Against Obamacare
The Cato Institute's Michael Cannon explains, "defaulting to a federal exchange exempts a state'semployers from the employer mandate -- a tax of $2,000 per workerper year."
This is why more than half of the 50 have opted not toset up state-run exchanges.
The Cato Institute's Michael Cannon explains, "defaulting to a federal exchange exempts a state'semployers from the employer mandate -- a tax of $2,000 per workerper year."
This is why more than half of the 50 have opted not toset up state-run exchanges.
Tim Skubick: Governor proposes way to stabilize funding for firefighters, cops and other essential local services
Tim Skubick: Governor proposes way to stabilize funding for firefighters, cops and other essential local services | MLive.com
Instead of a tax cut that everyone else received, the big guys were tagged with a defacto tax increase. They muttered about it but were told to be patient.
So they’ve been waiting on the sidelines for their turn and that is at hand with a proposed repeal of the personal property tax (PPT) on business equipment.
The governor has hatched a new deal to grant tax relief for the manufacturers while at the same time restoring money to local governments that deeply rely on the PPT to fund their firefighters, cops and other essential services.
The repeal of the PPT costs locals $800 million and some loose change, so you can see why they are worried.
Already whacked by the loss of state revenue sharing and declining local property tax collections, another $800 million hit is the equivalent of Hurricane Sandy hitting the mitten-state.
The governor’s solution is to re-allocate (a.k.a. steal) 1.5% of the money collected on the state use tax, which is basically a tax on business equipment that comes in over state lines.
The revenue would repay about 90% of what the cities and townships lose.
The locals were worried that in order to receive the payback, they would have to beg the legislature every year to do it.
With the turnover in those ranks, there was no guarantee that future salons might help.
Instead of a tax cut that everyone else received, the big guys were tagged with a defacto tax increase. They muttered about it but were told to be patient.
So they’ve been waiting on the sidelines for their turn and that is at hand with a proposed repeal of the personal property tax (PPT) on business equipment.
The governor has hatched a new deal to grant tax relief for the manufacturers while at the same time restoring money to local governments that deeply rely on the PPT to fund their firefighters, cops and other essential services.
The repeal of the PPT costs locals $800 million and some loose change, so you can see why they are worried.
Already whacked by the loss of state revenue sharing and declining local property tax collections, another $800 million hit is the equivalent of Hurricane Sandy hitting the mitten-state.
The governor’s solution is to re-allocate (a.k.a. steal) 1.5% of the money collected on the state use tax, which is basically a tax on business equipment that comes in over state lines.
The revenue would repay about 90% of what the cities and townships lose.
The locals were worried that in order to receive the payback, they would have to beg the legislature every year to do it.
With the turnover in those ranks, there was no guarantee that future salons might help.
Solution: The governor would create an entity outside of government to be a pass through vehicle through which the locals get their money without a legislative vote.
While that sounds good, future lawmakers could change that down the road after this governor leaves or even before.
The locals were worried that in order to receive the payback, they would have to beg the legislature every year to do it.
Plus you’ll likely have some push back from those who now get the 1.5% of the use tax and don't want to share it with anybody else.
Hefty School Employee Pensions Burden State Taxpayers
Hefty School Employee Pensions Burden State Taxpayers [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
When Flint Community Schools Superintendent Linda Thompson made news that she was going to retire, what was missed was the fiscal impact of her leaving the school system.
Thompson worked 36 years for the Flint school district and will be 57 when she retires.
A public school employee who worked 36 years for Flint schools and made Thompson's average salary of $175,649 the past three years would earn a pension of $94,850 a year.
If that 57-year-old retiree received a pension for the 26 years of his or her life expectancy with a 3 percent cost of living annual increase, it would grow to $204,552 a year.
"They are getting lavish benefits from an underfunded pension system,” said James Hohman, a fiscal policy analyst with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
"But the terms are the terms.
The problem with the pension system is the politicians don’t put enough money aside for it.
It's not her fault that politicians can't be trusted to manage a pension."
Thompson's benefits are part of the guarantees written into the contracts she worked under in her time in the district. The generous terms highlight the need for serious reform of the taxpayer-funded teacher pensions systems.The Michigan Public School Employees' Retirement System’s unfunded liability has reached $22.4 billion.
One reason is the state tacks on a 3-percent annual cost of living adjustment to many of the pensions of public school retirees...
A 2010 study done by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy found that only 6 of 24 major private companies in Michigan had a defined benefit pension plan similar to what teachers are offered.
And none of the 24 private companies offered cost-of-living increases.
When Flint Community Schools Superintendent Linda Thompson made news that she was going to retire, what was missed was the fiscal impact of her leaving the school system.
Thompson worked 36 years for the Flint school district and will be 57 when she retires.
A public school employee who worked 36 years for Flint schools and made Thompson's average salary of $175,649 the past three years would earn a pension of $94,850 a year.
If that 57-year-old retiree received a pension for the 26 years of his or her life expectancy with a 3 percent cost of living annual increase, it would grow to $204,552 a year.
"They are getting lavish benefits from an underfunded pension system,” said James Hohman, a fiscal policy analyst with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
"But the terms are the terms.
The problem with the pension system is the politicians don’t put enough money aside for it.
It's not her fault that politicians can't be trusted to manage a pension."
Thompson's benefits are part of the guarantees written into the contracts she worked under in her time in the district. The generous terms highlight the need for serious reform of the taxpayer-funded teacher pensions systems.The Michigan Public School Employees' Retirement System’s unfunded liability has reached $22.4 billion.
One reason is the state tacks on a 3-percent annual cost of living adjustment to many of the pensions of public school retirees...
A 2010 study done by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy found that only 6 of 24 major private companies in Michigan had a defined benefit pension plan similar to what teachers are offered.
And none of the 24 private companies offered cost-of-living increases.
Feds gave battery firm $1M on day of bankruptcy filing
USA TODAY: Electric car battery maker A123 Systems received a $946,830 check from the U.S. Energy Department on the day it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month -- providing more ammunition for critics who say the Obama administration is blindly funding failed clean energy companies.
The Waltham, Mass.-based company also told two U.S. senators in a letter this week that it may seek more money from the $249.1-million Energy Department stimulus award it won in 2009.
A123's Oct. 16 check was the latest payment as part of the original grant, which is distributed incrementally as the company meets certain benchmarks.
The Waltham, Mass.-based company also told two U.S. senators in a letter this week that it may seek more money from the $249.1-million Energy Department stimulus award it won in 2009.
A123's Oct. 16 check was the latest payment as part of the original grant, which is distributed incrementally as the company meets certain benchmarks.
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Mexican company eyes bankrupt Hostess Brands as Twinkies loyalists snatch the sweet confections off shelves in a frenzy
Mexican company eyes bankrupt Hostess Brands as Twinkies loyalists snatch the sweet confections off shelves in a frenzy | Mail Online
Mexican company Grupo Bimbo is reportedly eyeing Hostess Brands
Mexican company Grupo Bimbo is reportedly eyeing Hostess Brands
Downgrade Diary: Waiting for the Return of the Old Gods
Downgrade Diary: Waiting for the Return of the Old Gods
That's the real message of the election: There is no electoral majority of any significance either for either stimulus economics or cutback economics.
Obama has no mandate; he merely was better in rousing his base for one day.
Romney, even if he had squeaked out a "victory," would have had no backing for trying to reverse our headlong plunge toward the abyss.
We don't have the vision and/or guts to make the choices that could save us; so the crash will come.
Maybe there isn't a way.
Maybe we've gone too far; maybe as has been said democracy ends when 50.1 percent of the voters realize they can plunder the rich and the public treasury.
Maybe the mass delusion that we can magically create wealth is too widespread.
My main consolation is that the change will uproot many of the delusions that have sprouted up.
My main fear is that history shows this is never, ever, a peaceful process.
That's the real message of the election: There is no electoral majority of any significance either for either stimulus economics or cutback economics.
Obama has no mandate; he merely was better in rousing his base for one day.
Romney, even if he had squeaked out a "victory," would have had no backing for trying to reverse our headlong plunge toward the abyss.
We don't have the vision and/or guts to make the choices that could save us; so the crash will come.
Maybe there isn't a way.
Maybe we've gone too far; maybe as has been said democracy ends when 50.1 percent of the voters realize they can plunder the rich and the public treasury.
Maybe the mass delusion that we can magically create wealth is too widespread.
My main consolation is that the change will uproot many of the delusions that have sprouted up.
My main fear is that history shows this is never, ever, a peaceful process.
Swipe Fees: The Hidden Tax the Candidates Never Discussed
Swipe Fees: The Hidden Tax the Candidates Never Discussed | RealClearPolitics
Every American household on average pays about $427 a year in the swipe fee “tax.”
Banks have a right to charge for the use of their cards and make a profit if they earn it; however, they don’t have a right to price-fix, which is exactly what they are doing.
Visa and MasterCard each set the fees for their banks, and none of the banks compete.
Every American household on average pays about $427 a year in the swipe fee “tax.”
Banks have a right to charge for the use of their cards and make a profit if they earn it; however, they don’t have a right to price-fix, which is exactly what they are doing.
Visa and MasterCard each set the fees for their banks, and none of the banks compete.
Pallywood Body Double
Pallywood Body Double - By Mark Steyn - The Corner - National Review Online
So today the Palestinian Association of Hamilton (Ontario) held a rally to protest the brutal Israeli violence rained down on the people of Gaza.
To promote the event, they used a heartrending picture of an innocent Palestinian baby bloodily injured by the Israeli war machine’s indiscriminate bombing raids on Gaza.
Unfortunately, the innocent Palestinian baby turns out to be an innocent Israeli baby bloodily injured by Palestinian rockets in the Hamas attack on Kiryat Malachi.
Oh, well. Close enough for the western media.
So today the Palestinian Association of Hamilton (Ontario) held a rally to protest the brutal Israeli violence rained down on the people of Gaza.
To promote the event, they used a heartrending picture of an innocent Palestinian baby bloodily injured by the Israeli war machine’s indiscriminate bombing raids on Gaza.
Unfortunately, the innocent Palestinian baby turns out to be an innocent Israeli baby bloodily injured by Palestinian rockets in the Hamas attack on Kiryat Malachi.
Oh, well. Close enough for the western media.
How Free Speech Died on Campus
The Weekend Interview with Greg Lukianoff: How Free Speech Died on Campus - WSJ.com
At Western Michigan University, it is considered harassment to hold a "condescending sex-based attitude."
At Western Michigan University, it is considered harassment to hold a "condescending sex-based attitude."
Saturday morning links | AEIdeas
Saturday morning links | AEIdeas:
6. Via Freakonomics: After affirmative action ended in CA, the minority graduation rate increased 4.4%, partly due to less academic mismatch.
6. Via Freakonomics: After affirmative action ended in CA, the minority graduation rate increased 4.4%, partly due to less academic mismatch.
Global warming stopped 16 years ago, reveals Met Office report quietly released... and here is the chart to prove it
Global warming stopped 16 years ago, reveals Met Office report quietly released... and here is the chart to prove it | Mail Online
The figures reveal that from the beginning of 1997 until August 2012 there was no discernible rise in aggregate global temperatures
This means that the ‘pause’in global warming has now lasted for about the same time as the previous period when temperatures rose, 1980 to 1996
The figures reveal that from the beginning of 1997 until August 2012 there was no discernible rise in aggregate global temperatures
This means that the ‘pause’in global warming has now lasted for about the same time as the previous period when temperatures rose, 1980 to 1996
How Free Speech Died On Campus
How Free Speech Died On Campus - Slashdot
"The WSJ catches up with FIRE's Greg Lukianoff and his crusade to expose how universities have become the most authoritarian institutions in America.
In Unlearning Liberty, Lukianoff notes that baby-boom Americans who remember the student protests of the 1960s tend to assume that U.S. colleges are still some of the freest places on earth.
But that idealized university no longer exists.
Today, university bureaucrats suppress debate with anti-harassment policies that function as de facto speech codes.
FIRE maintains a database of such policies on its website.
What they share, lifelong Democrat Lukianoff says, is a view of 'harassment' so broad and so removed from its legal definition that 'literally every student on campus is already guilty.'"
"The WSJ catches up with FIRE's Greg Lukianoff and his crusade to expose how universities have become the most authoritarian institutions in America.
In Unlearning Liberty, Lukianoff notes that baby-boom Americans who remember the student protests of the 1960s tend to assume that U.S. colleges are still some of the freest places on earth.
But that idealized university no longer exists.
Today, university bureaucrats suppress debate with anti-harassment policies that function as de facto speech codes.
FIRE maintains a database of such policies on its website.
What they share, lifelong Democrat Lukianoff says, is a view of 'harassment' so broad and so removed from its legal definition that 'literally every student on campus is already guilty.'"
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