Muslim Prayer Coming to a School Near You:
"A high school near Washington DC has taken a rare step of accommodating Muslim prayer during class hours. Parkdale High School now allows a handful of its students to be excused to pray.
The decision has made some Christian staffers "unhappy".
Prince George County High School Principal Cheryl J. Logan said the initiative is in response to the “needs of the growing Muslim community,” the Washington Post reported. "
Sunday, June 02, 2013
Indy 500 trip nourishes the soul
Indy 500 trip nourishes the soul | Las Vegas Review-Journal:
"Naturally, we have a grilled Hoosier tenderloin sandwich for lunch at Bobby Plump’s Last Shot in historic Broad Ripple Village, where David Letterman used to bag groceries at the Atlas Supermarket.
Bobby Plump is the guy who sank the winning basket for Milan High, enrollment 161, when it beat mighty Muncie Central in the 1954 Indiana state championship game upon which “Hoosiers” is based."
Nice story.
Read it all.
"Naturally, we have a grilled Hoosier tenderloin sandwich for lunch at Bobby Plump’s Last Shot in historic Broad Ripple Village, where David Letterman used to bag groceries at the Atlas Supermarket.
Bobby Plump is the guy who sank the winning basket for Milan High, enrollment 161, when it beat mighty Muncie Central in the 1954 Indiana state championship game upon which “Hoosiers” is based."
Nice story.
Read it all.
School says deaf boy's name sign looks too much like a gun
School says deaf boy's name sign looks too much like a gun:
"Brace yourselves, because this is the dumbest thing you'll hear all day.
The Grand Island (Neb.) school district is forcing a 3-year-old deaf boy to change the way he signs his name, because they say his gestures violate their weapons policy"
"Brace yourselves, because this is the dumbest thing you'll hear all day.
The Grand Island (Neb.) school district is forcing a 3-year-old deaf boy to change the way he signs his name, because they say his gestures violate their weapons policy"
Saturday, June 01, 2013
Canadian relief for Moore tornado victims denied at border…
Instapundit » Blog Archive » THE COUNTRY’S IN THE VERY BEST OF HANDS:
Canadian relief for Moore tornado victims denied at border.
“A Canadian shipment of relief goods bound for storm-ravaged Oklahoma has been stopped at the Canada-U.S. border in Windsor, Ont.
American officials will not allow the 20,000 kilograms of food, blankets and diapers into the country until every item on board is itemized in alphabetical order and has the country of origin of every product noted.”
Canadian relief for Moore tornado victims denied at border.
“A Canadian shipment of relief goods bound for storm-ravaged Oklahoma has been stopped at the Canada-U.S. border in Windsor, Ont.
American officials will not allow the 20,000 kilograms of food, blankets and diapers into the country until every item on board is itemized in alphabetical order and has the country of origin of every product noted.”
Obama Was Crafting 'Cover Story' Before Benghazi Victims Were Dead
Krauthammer: Obama Was Crafting 'Cover Story' Before Benghazi Victims Were Dead:
"Charles Krauthammer "I think there is a bigger story here that will in time come out.
The biggest scandal of all, the biggest question is what was the president doing in those eight hours.
He had a routine meeting at five o’clock.
He never after during the eight hours when our guys have their lives in danger, he never called the Secretary of Defense, he never calls the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, he never called the CIA Director,
Who does he call?
But five hours in he calls the Secretary of State.
And after the phone call she releases a statement essentially about the video and how we denounce any intolerance.
It looks as if the only phone call is to construct a cover story at a time when the last two Americans who died were still alive and fighting for their lives.
There’s the scandal and that has to be uncovered.”"
"Charles Krauthammer "I think there is a bigger story here that will in time come out.
The biggest scandal of all, the biggest question is what was the president doing in those eight hours.
He had a routine meeting at five o’clock.
He never after during the eight hours when our guys have their lives in danger, he never called the Secretary of Defense, he never calls the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, he never called the CIA Director,
Who does he call?
But five hours in he calls the Secretary of State.
And after the phone call she releases a statement essentially about the video and how we denounce any intolerance.
It looks as if the only phone call is to construct a cover story at a time when the last two Americans who died were still alive and fighting for their lives.
There’s the scandal and that has to be uncovered.”"
Allegedly unlicensed driver charged in fatal March 2012 rollover crash at Muskegon River flats
Allegedly unlicensed driver charged in fatal March 2012 rollover crash at Muskegon River flats | MLive.com:
"Timothy Maat, chief Muskegon County assistant prosecutor, said the reasons for the long time lag between the accident and the charging were a lengthy investigation of what caused the accident, including an examination of the car for any mechanical failures, and an investigation of whether Balderas was licensed to drive in any other state or in Mexico.
No license turned up, Maat said."
"Timothy Maat, chief Muskegon County assistant prosecutor, said the reasons for the long time lag between the accident and the charging were a lengthy investigation of what caused the accident, including an examination of the car for any mechanical failures, and an investigation of whether Balderas was licensed to drive in any other state or in Mexico.
No license turned up, Maat said."
Feds suggest anti-Muslim speech can be punished
Feds suggest anti-Muslim speech can be punished - POLITICO.com:
"A U.S. attorney in Tennessee is reportedly vowing to use federal civil rights statutes to clamp down on offensive and inflammatory speech about Islam.
Bill Killian, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, was quoted by the Tullahoma News this week suggesting that some inflammatory material on Islam might run afoul of federal civil rights laws.
"We need to educate people about Muslims and their civil rights, and as long as we’re here, they’re going to be protected," Killian told the newspaper."
"A U.S. attorney in Tennessee is reportedly vowing to use federal civil rights statutes to clamp down on offensive and inflammatory speech about Islam.
Bill Killian, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, was quoted by the Tullahoma News this week suggesting that some inflammatory material on Islam might run afoul of federal civil rights laws.
"We need to educate people about Muslims and their civil rights, and as long as we’re here, they’re going to be protected," Killian told the newspaper."
Friday, May 31, 2013
Burger King's Hands-Free Whopper Commercial Debuts
Burger King's Hands-Free Whopper Commercial Debuts | Fox News Insider:
"In case we humans weren't already in danger of becoming the laziest species on the planet, Burger King is here to help us accelerate our journey in that southerly direction.
The fast-food giant just created the "hands-free Whopper," and it is exactly what it sounds like: a device that makes it possible for you do almost anything while eating a Whopper burger."
"In case we humans weren't already in danger of becoming the laziest species on the planet, Burger King is here to help us accelerate our journey in that southerly direction.The fast-food giant just created the "hands-free Whopper," and it is exactly what it sounds like: a device that makes it possible for you do almost anything while eating a Whopper burger."
Is It Fixable?
Guest Post: Is It Fixable? | Zero Hedge:
"Nations typically enter this vicious cycle once they start having to borrow money just to pay interest on what they already owe.
The US is already way past this point.
If you study US financial conditions, you’ll see that mandatory entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare soak up over 75% of all federal tax revenue collected.
That’s before paying a penny in interest on the debt. The rest of the budget constitutes several trillion dollars in other expenses like genital-groping TSA agents."
"Nations typically enter this vicious cycle once they start having to borrow money just to pay interest on what they already owe.
The US is already way past this point.
If you study US financial conditions, you’ll see that mandatory entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare soak up over 75% of all federal tax revenue collected.
That’s before paying a penny in interest on the debt. The rest of the budget constitutes several trillion dollars in other expenses like genital-groping TSA agents."
PulteGroup plans to move headquarters to Atlanta
PulteGroup plans to move headquarters to Atlanta | www.ajc.com:
"PulteGroup, based in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., suffered a major blow during the housing downturn, but its financial picture has brightened more recently."
"PulteGroup, based in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., suffered a major blow during the housing downturn, but its financial picture has brightened more recently."
How Washington Ruined Your Washing Machine
Sam Kazman: How Washington Ruined Your Washing Machine - WSJ.com:
"In 1996, top-loaders were pretty much the only type of washer around, and they were uniformly high quality. When Consumer Reports tested 18 models, 13 were "excellent" and five were "very good."
By 2007, though, not one was excellent and seven out of 21 were "fair" or "poor."
This month came the death knell: Consumer Reports simply dismissed all conventional top-loaders as "often mediocre or worse.""
"In 1996, top-loaders were pretty much the only type of washer around, and they were uniformly high quality. When Consumer Reports tested 18 models, 13 were "excellent" and five were "very good."
By 2007, though, not one was excellent and seven out of 21 were "fair" or "poor."
This month came the death knell: Consumer Reports simply dismissed all conventional top-loaders as "often mediocre or worse.""
'Complete Streets' found in Muskegon County but more can be done for health and safety
'Complete Streets' found in Muskegon County but more can be done for health and safety | MLive.com:
"The Complete Street experts in Muskegon this week praised the community for bringing together a partnership on public infrastructure engineering with community health that is going on with the One in 21 initiative that aims at making Muskegon County the healthiest county in the state by 2021.
“The collaboration and partnership is just awesome,” Buchtel said of embracing Complete Streets as a way of getting citizens out and walking and biking for improved health."
"The Complete Street experts in Muskegon this week praised the community for bringing together a partnership on public infrastructure engineering with community health that is going on with the One in 21 initiative that aims at making Muskegon County the healthiest county in the state by 2021.
“The collaboration and partnership is just awesome,” Buchtel said of embracing Complete Streets as a way of getting citizens out and walking and biking for improved health."
Petitions seek millage election for Muskegon County school technology
Petitions seek millage election for Muskegon County school technology | MLive.com
Administrators of the 11 traditional public school districts operating in the MAISD originally considered holding the election on Aug. 6.
However, they decided it would be better to hold the election when families are back from summer vacations and students are back in school, said MAISD Superintendent David Sipka. It will be easier for schools to communicate to school families information about the election when school is in session, he said.
..Proceeds of the millage would be divided among the 11 school districts according to enrollment, Sipka said. Muskegon Heights Public Schools Academy System currently is not included, though that could change, he said.
If approved, it is estimated the millage would collect $4.3 million in 2014, its first year in effect.
...Area superintendents have been considering a regional enhancement millage for about the last year and a half, Sipka said. With state per-pupil operating funds in many instances barely covering day-to-day expenses, districts do not have money left over to keep technology updated, Sipka said.
A survey conducted by an outside research group in February found that 68 percent of 400 respondents were supportive of the 10-year, 1-mill tax increase, Sipka said.
Schools need to provide students with the ability to take standardized testing online by 2015. The enhancement millage could be used to pay for computers, netbooks, mobile devices and infrastructure.
It also could be used for surveillance cameras, electronic entry systems and security alarms. It would be up to each school district, not the MAISD, on how the funds would be spent.
This Chart Shows Dow Should Be Lower...a Lot Lower
This Chart Shows Dow Should Be Lower...a Lot Lower:
"The Dow industrials, in particular, have seen a 17 percent jump in 2013 alone even as earnings in the past two quarters have grown little.
That trend disrupted a formerly symbiotic relationship between earnings and stock prices and is indicating that the bluechip average is in for a substantial pullback, "
"The Dow industrials, in particular, have seen a 17 percent jump in 2013 alone even as earnings in the past two quarters have grown little.
That trend disrupted a formerly symbiotic relationship between earnings and stock prices and is indicating that the bluechip average is in for a substantial pullback, "
Jim Rogers: "Nobody Gets Out Of This Situation Until There’s A Crisis"
Jim Rogers: "Nobody Gets Out Of This Situation Until There’s A Crisis" | Zero Hedge:
On Bernanke: "He doesn’t want to be around for the consequences of what he’s doing."
On Fiat: "Paper money doesn’t have a very glorious history, but again, nothing imposed by the government has a very long and glorious history."
On Europe's Crisis: "You can postpone it all you want, but the problems just mount."
On Capitalism: "You are not supposed to take money away from the competent people and give it to the incompetent so that the incompetent can compete with the competent people with their own money. That’s not the way capitalism is supposed to work."
Thursday, May 30, 2013
The best way to win an argument? Shout louder than everyone else and people will simply assume you're right
The best way to win an argument? Shout louder than everyone else and people will simply assume you're right | Mail Online:
"Researchers analysed more than a billion tweets from pundits during American sporting events
Found that being confident makes you more popular than being right
The pundits and amateurs studied made a similar number of correct predictions, yet those who were 'louder' and more confident were seen to be more trustworthy and popular"
"Researchers analysed more than a billion tweets from pundits during American sporting events
Found that being confident makes you more popular than being right
The pundits and amateurs studied made a similar number of correct predictions, yet those who were 'louder' and more confident were seen to be more trustworthy and popular"
10+ Useful System Tools Hidden in Windows
10+ Useful System Tools Hidden in Windows:
"Whether you’re using Windows 7, Windows 8, or an older version of Windows, Windows contains a variety of system utilities that are well-hidden.
Some are buried deep in the Start menu, while others can only be accessed via a command."
"Whether you’re using Windows 7, Windows 8, or an older version of Windows, Windows contains a variety of system utilities that are well-hidden.
Some are buried deep in the Start menu, while others can only be accessed via a command."
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Government Goes Too Far When It Requires Paid Vacations For Workers
Government Goes Too Far When It Requires Paid Vacations For Workers - Investors.com:
"The Center for Economic and Policy Research has just followed up its 2007 report with "No-Vacation Nation Revisited," a study that suggests the U.S. is a backward country that doesn't measure up to European and Japanese standards because government here doesn't mandate paid vacations."
"The Center for Economic and Policy Research has just followed up its 2007 report with "No-Vacation Nation Revisited," a study that suggests the U.S. is a backward country that doesn't measure up to European and Japanese standards because government here doesn't mandate paid vacations."
Michigan Now Considering Anti-Sharia Bill - CAIR Files Suit in Oklahoma
Michigan Now Considering Anti-Sharia Bill - CAIR Files Suit in Oklahoma | DCXposed:
"Lawmakers in Michigan are considering a bill that would ban Sharia law in that states courts, but the measure is being opposed fervently by The Council on American-Islamic Relations(CAIR), a Muslim activist group, and in some states that have already approved anti-Sharia legislation, such as Oklahoma, CAIR has actually filed suit in an attempt to reverse the anti-Sharia law. "
"Lawmakers in Michigan are considering a bill that would ban Sharia law in that states courts, but the measure is being opposed fervently by The Council on American-Islamic Relations(CAIR), a Muslim activist group, and in some states that have already approved anti-Sharia legislation, such as Oklahoma, CAIR has actually filed suit in an attempt to reverse the anti-Sharia law. "
Kindergartener gets detention for Lego gun size of quarter
Kindergartener gets detention for Lego gun size of quarter | The Daily Caller:
"This time, the perpetrator was a six-year-old boy.
The menacing weapon in question was a plastic Lego G.I. Joe gun roughly the size of a quarter, reports WGGB-TV.
The incident unfolded Friday morning on a school bus headed to Old Mill Pond Elementary School in Palmer, Mass.
Another student on the bus spotted the Lego piece and promptly shouted to the driver."
"This time, the perpetrator was a six-year-old boy.
The menacing weapon in question was a plastic Lego G.I. Joe gun roughly the size of a quarter, reports WGGB-TV.
The incident unfolded Friday morning on a school bus headed to Old Mill Pond Elementary School in Palmer, Mass.
Another student on the bus spotted the Lego piece and promptly shouted to the driver."
Eyelid lifts for Medicare patients cost taxpayers millions
Eyelid lifts for Medicare patients cost taxpayers millions - Florida - MiamiHerald.com:
"Aging Americans worried about their droopy upper eyelids often rely on the plastic surgeon’s scalpel to turn back the hands of time. Increasingly, Medicare is footing the bill.
Yes, Medicare. The public health insurance program for people over 65 typically does not cover cosmetic surgery, but for cases in which a patient’s sagging eyelids significantly hinder their vision, it does pay to have them lifted. In recent years, though, a rapid rise in the number of so-called functional eyelid lifts, or blepharoplasty, has led some to question whether Medicare is letting procedures that are really cosmetic slip through the cracks — at a cost of millions of dollars."
"Aging Americans worried about their droopy upper eyelids often rely on the plastic surgeon’s scalpel to turn back the hands of time. Increasingly, Medicare is footing the bill.
Yes, Medicare. The public health insurance program for people over 65 typically does not cover cosmetic surgery, but for cases in which a patient’s sagging eyelids significantly hinder their vision, it does pay to have them lifted. In recent years, though, a rapid rise in the number of so-called functional eyelid lifts, or blepharoplasty, has led some to question whether Medicare is letting procedures that are really cosmetic slip through the cracks — at a cost of millions of dollars."
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Union president chows down and snoozes on the job
Union president chows down and snoozes on the job - NYPOST.com:
"Union fat cat Mark Rosenthal spends more time sleeping at his desk than organizing labor, a series of damning photos reveals.
The 400-pound president of Local 983 of District Council 37 — the city’s largest blue-collar municipal-workers union — often downs a huge meal, then drops into dreamland in the early afternoon, members of the union’s executive board told The Post."
"Union fat cat Mark Rosenthal spends more time sleeping at his desk than organizing labor, a series of damning photos reveals.
The 400-pound president of Local 983 of District Council 37 — the city’s largest blue-collar municipal-workers union — often downs a huge meal, then drops into dreamland in the early afternoon, members of the union’s executive board told The Post."
Is Gang Of Eight's $3,000 Bonus To Hire New Immigrants Constitutional?
Is Gang Of Eight's $3,000 Bonus To Hire New Immigrants Constitutional? by Andrew Malcolm - Investors.com:
"As IBD has explained, employers who offer insurance that is deemed either too pricey or too skimpy will have to pay an annual $3,000 fine for each full-time worker who takes advantage of ObamaCare's subsidies to buy coverage.
Since legalized immigrants wouldn't be eligible for ObamaCare subsidies for a decade or more, their employers could avoid an ObamaCare fine for years to come for each legalized immigrant on the payroll. What is more, because the fine is nondeductible, it would be the equivalent of $5,000 in annual wages for a profit-making firm facing a combined 40% federal and state tax rate.
It's easy to imagine a scenario in which an employer, faced with a choice between shifting a legalized immigrant or U.S. citizen to part-time status, would be persuaded by government incentives to tilt against the citizen."
"As IBD has explained, employers who offer insurance that is deemed either too pricey or too skimpy will have to pay an annual $3,000 fine for each full-time worker who takes advantage of ObamaCare's subsidies to buy coverage.
Since legalized immigrants wouldn't be eligible for ObamaCare subsidies for a decade or more, their employers could avoid an ObamaCare fine for years to come for each legalized immigrant on the payroll. What is more, because the fine is nondeductible, it would be the equivalent of $5,000 in annual wages for a profit-making firm facing a combined 40% federal and state tax rate.
It's easy to imagine a scenario in which an employer, faced with a choice between shifting a legalized immigrant or U.S. citizen to part-time status, would be persuaded by government incentives to tilt against the citizen."
Report: One Out of Every Five Registered Ohio Voters Is Bogus
Report: One Out of Every Five Registered Ohio Voters Is Bogus | The Gateway Pundit
A new report found that one out of every five Ohio voters was probably ineligible to vote.
Human Events reported:
Human Events reported:
Vote fraud is no big deal, right? It hardly ever happens. It’s so rare that it’s not even worth discussing. Anyone who claims to take the integrity of our ballots seriously is cynically exploiting phantom fears for the purpose of suppressing the Democrat-loving minority vote.To keep that silly narrative alive, it’s important not to read the Sunday edition of theColumbus Dispatch, in which readers were informed that “more than one out of every five registered Ohio voters is probably ineligible to vote.”Furthermore, “in two counties, the number of registered voters actually exceeds the voting age population: Northwestern Ohio’s Wood County shows 109 registered voters for every 100 eligible, while in Lawrence County along the Ohio River it’s a mere 104 registered per 100 eligible.”31 more counties report over 90 percent voter registration, which is a good 20 percent higher than the national average. The Buckeye State sure is civic-minded! Well, except that 1.6 million of the 7.8 million registered voters in the state haven’t voted in at least four years. So I guess they were civic minded, once upon a time. Never fear – I’m sure plenty of those “inactive” voters will reactivate themselves just in time for Barack Obama’s re-election.
Student Loan Bubble? Just Discharge It
Student Loan Bubble? Just Discharge It | Zero Hedge:
"Meet Mike Hedlund.
This Klamath Falls native may have just made legal history by winning a 10 year battle to have the bulk of his $85,000 in federal student loans, which he accumulated as a law student at Willamette University in Salem, discharged.
The result of this legal decision will likely have epic implications for an entire generation drowning in debt, as it has now "opened the flood gates" for all those in Mike's position to challenge their massive debt encumbrance."
"Meet Mike Hedlund.
This Klamath Falls native may have just made legal history by winning a 10 year battle to have the bulk of his $85,000 in federal student loans, which he accumulated as a law student at Willamette University in Salem, discharged.
The result of this legal decision will likely have epic implications for an entire generation drowning in debt, as it has now "opened the flood gates" for all those in Mike's position to challenge their massive debt encumbrance."
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