Sunday, August 18, 2013
Michigan Freedom Fund lists 6 embarrassing Democrats
Tim Skubick: Michigan Freedom Fund lists 6 embarrassing Democrats | MLive.com
At the top of the list, he dragged out a 2006 campaign spending violation by Mark Schauer. Maybe you’ve heard of him, although 70% of the voters have not. He’s the likely D running against Gov. Snyder.
The Schauer campaign was fined $200,000 for allegedly “ disregarding campaign finance laws.” Hit number one.
Hit number two.
Rep. Brian Banks (D-Detroit) has had his problems with the law and Mr. McNeilly is aggrieved that the House Democrats have done nothing about it other than to appoint Mr. Banks to the Criminal Justice committee. (Snicker, snicker.)
Hit number three.
A former state supreme court justice, Democrat Diane Hathaway, has traded in her black robe for a prison uniform. She’s in the slammer for shady business dealings.
Hit number four.
Where or where has Charles Pugh gone? The former president of the embattled Detroit City Council has been AWOL “after allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a teen boy” surfaced. Maybe Mr. Pugh is with Carman Santiago?
Hit number five.
Former Detroit Council woman Monica Conyers recently finished a prison term for bribery.
And hit number six: Kwame Kilpatrick is currently in the slammer but not with Ms. Hathaway.
Well there you have it, six hits or as the Freedom Fund sums it up, “One Michigan Democrat after another is either in prison, just got out of prison or is on their way there soon.”
Beach officer fired over Trayvon Martin comments
Beach officer fired over Trayvon Martin comments | www.palmbeachpost.com:
"The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported (http://bit.ly/15XKSpo ) Todd Snipes was fired Friday for unprofessional conduct.
County officials say Snipes showed "horrible judgment made worse during a racially charged atmosphere."
Snipes is accused of writing a post on Facebook after George Zimmerman's acquittal in the 17-year-old's death that read:
"Another thug gone.
Pull up your pants and be respectful.
Bye bye thug r.i.p."
Snipes was a Volusia lifeguard for 24 years and a law enforcement officer for 15.
An official said Snipes apologized but that his remorse was "not in any way proportionate to this damage."
"The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported (http://bit.ly/15XKSpo ) Todd Snipes was fired Friday for unprofessional conduct.
County officials say Snipes showed "horrible judgment made worse during a racially charged atmosphere."
Snipes is accused of writing a post on Facebook after George Zimmerman's acquittal in the 17-year-old's death that read:
"Another thug gone.
Pull up your pants and be respectful.
Bye bye thug r.i.p."
Snipes was a Volusia lifeguard for 24 years and a law enforcement officer for 15.
An official said Snipes apologized but that his remorse was "not in any way proportionate to this damage."
Attorneys general raise privacy concerns over ObamaCare navigators (video) - The Hill's Healthwatch
Attorneys general raise privacy concerns over ObamaCare navigators (video) - The Hill's Healthwatch: "Bondi said that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is making it easier for someone to be hired as a so-called navigator, cutting back on background checks and eliminating a fingerprinting requirement, which could make it easier for a person’s private information to fall into the wrong hands.
“Because of time constraints, HHS [is] cutting back on the requirement to become a navigator, meaning they're not going to be doing background checks.
They're not going to be fingerprinting these people,” said Bondi in an interview with Fox.
“And it's more than navigators. It's people that assist the navigators.
Now, these navigators will have our consumers throughout the country's most personal and private information — tax return information, Social Security information.
And our biggest fear, of course, is identity theft.”
“Because of time constraints, HHS [is] cutting back on the requirement to become a navigator, meaning they're not going to be doing background checks.
They're not going to be fingerprinting these people,” said Bondi in an interview with Fox.
“And it's more than navigators. It's people that assist the navigators.
Now, these navigators will have our consumers throughout the country's most personal and private information — tax return information, Social Security information.
And our biggest fear, of course, is identity theft.”
Another Day, Another 100 Million Down the Rat Hole |
Another Day, Another 100 Million Down the Rat Hole |:
"In keeping with their practice of throwing money at nearly bankrupt green energy companies, the Obama administration dumped 100 million dollars into a nearly bankrupt company named Ecotality.
At the time the grant was given to Ecotality, they were nearly bankrupt, but the executives were offered 1 million dollars by their Chinese partners if they could secure free government money.
It turned out to be a slam dunk."
"In keeping with their practice of throwing money at nearly bankrupt green energy companies, the Obama administration dumped 100 million dollars into a nearly bankrupt company named Ecotality.
At the time the grant was given to Ecotality, they were nearly bankrupt, but the executives were offered 1 million dollars by their Chinese partners if they could secure free government money.
It turned out to be a slam dunk."
The 'clown controversy' is further evidence that the left is freaking out
Blog: The 'clown controversy' is further evidence that the left is freaking out:
"So why is the left so whiny?
What's the big deal about "a clown being clownish" by wearing the president's mask?
The answer is this:
"So why is the left so whiny?
What's the big deal about "a clown being clownish" by wearing the president's mask?
The answer is this:
State police and lawmakers want to boost speed limits across Michigan
State police and lawmakers want to boost speed limits across Michigan | Michigan Radio:
"Republican state Senator Rick Jones plans to introduce legislation next month to increase the limits.
The former county sheriff says the measure would also reduce speed traps."
"Republican state Senator Rick Jones plans to introduce legislation next month to increase the limits.
The former county sheriff says the measure would also reduce speed traps."
Texas Police Hit Organic Farm With Massive SWAT Raid
Texas Police Hit Organic Farm With Massive SWAT Raid:
The raid on the Garden of Eden farm appears to be the latest example of police departments using SWAT teams and paramilitary tactics to enforce less serious crimes. A Fox television affiliate reported this week, for example, that police in St. Louis County, Mo., brought out the SWAT team to serve an administrative warrant. The report went on to explain that all felony warrants are served with a SWAT team, regardless whether the crime being alleged involves violence.
In recent years, SWAT teams have been called out to perform regulatory alcohol inspections at a bar in Manassas Park, Va.; to raid bars for suspected underage drinking in New Haven, Conn.; to perform license inspections at barbershops in Orlando, Fla.; and to raid a gay bar in Atlanta where police suspected customers and employees were having public sex. A federal investigation later found that Atlanta police had made up the allegations of public sex.
Other raids have been conducted on food co-ops and Amish farms suspected of selling unpasteurized milk products. The federal government has for years been conducting raids on medical marijuana dispensaries in states that have legalized them, even though the businesses operate openly and are unlikely to pose any threat to the safety of federal enforcers.
SWAT Team raids?!!!
September 11, 2012: A day that will live in infamy
Articles: September 11, 2012: A day that will live in infamy:
"The al-Qaeda message on September 11, 2012 was instantly understood in the White House, where Valerie Jarrett, Barack Obama, and John Brennan are intimately familiar with the war theology of Islam.
They constantly find ways to enable it.
The flood of lies about Benghazi was engineered by our media and Democrat Party Machine, to cover up al-Qaeda's obvious message to the world.
Hillary Clinton and her husband were of course complicit in that massive cover-up.
Oil money may be buying the Hillary run for president of the United States.
Today our media-political class is still trying to make you forget September 11, 2012."
"The al-Qaeda message on September 11, 2012 was instantly understood in the White House, where Valerie Jarrett, Barack Obama, and John Brennan are intimately familiar with the war theology of Islam.
They constantly find ways to enable it.
The flood of lies about Benghazi was engineered by our media and Democrat Party Machine, to cover up al-Qaeda's obvious message to the world.
Hillary Clinton and her husband were of course complicit in that massive cover-up.
Oil money may be buying the Hillary run for president of the United States.
Today our media-political class is still trying to make you forget September 11, 2012."
Black woman kills 12 y.o. white boy with blow torch |
Censored News: Black woman kills 12 y.o. white boy with blow torch |:
"But have you heard or seen news about a 44-year-old black woman named Mona Nelson who is on trial for the murder-by-blow-torch of a 12-year-old white Texas boy, Jonathan Foster?
Even worse, Nelson committed the murder more than 2½ years ago, on Christmas Eve 2010 — but we’d heard/seen NOTHING about this.
That’s because in Obama’s America, blacks now enjoy “black skin privilege” and Big Media simply turn a blind eye to black crimes, especially black-on-white crimes."
"But have you heard or seen news about a 44-year-old black woman named Mona Nelson who is on trial for the murder-by-blow-torch of a 12-year-old white Texas boy, Jonathan Foster?
Even worse, Nelson committed the murder more than 2½ years ago, on Christmas Eve 2010 — but we’d heard/seen NOTHING about this.
That’s because in Obama’s America, blacks now enjoy “black skin privilege” and Big Media simply turn a blind eye to black crimes, especially black-on-white crimes."
CDC Study Ordered by Obama Contradicts White House Anti-gun Narrative
CDC Study Ordered by Obama Contradicts White House Anti-gun Narrative:
"For example, the majority of gun-related deaths between 2000 and 2010 were due to suicide and not criminal violence:
.....defensive use of guns “is a common occurrence,” according to the study:
Almost all national survey estimates indicate that defensive gun uses by victims are at least as common as offensive uses by criminals, with estimates of annual uses ranging from about 500,000 to more than 3 million per year, in the context of about 300,000 violent crimes involving firearms in 2008.
Accidental deaths due to firearms has continued to fall as well, with “the number of unintentional deaths due to firearm-related incidents account[ing] for less than 1 percent of all unintentional fatalities in 2010.”
"For example, the majority of gun-related deaths between 2000 and 2010 were due to suicide and not criminal violence:
.....defensive use of guns “is a common occurrence,” according to the study:
Almost all national survey estimates indicate that defensive gun uses by victims are at least as common as offensive uses by criminals, with estimates of annual uses ranging from about 500,000 to more than 3 million per year, in the context of about 300,000 violent crimes involving firearms in 2008.
Accidental deaths due to firearms has continued to fall as well, with “the number of unintentional deaths due to firearm-related incidents account[ing] for less than 1 percent of all unintentional fatalities in 2010.”
Indiana union’s “Ponzi-like scheme” will cost National Education Association $14 million
Indiana union’s “Ponzi-like scheme” will cost National Education Association $14 million - EAGnews.org powered by Education Action Group Foundation, Inc
The state sued ISTA and NEA, claiming more than $27 million was owed to participating school districts after the trust went under due to bad, high-risk investments.
Under the terms of the settlement, NEA and ISTA will pay $14 million to the state within 10 days of all 27 school districts involved agreeing to the terms. Which union owes what was not disclosed, but it is academic since the Indiana affiliate is millions of dollars in the red and still effectively under NEA administratorship. The immediate payment will have to come from NEA’s national coffers, which means teachers all across the country are on the hook again to bail out ISTA.
City of Muskegon agrees to purchase new downtown farmers market for $1
City of Muskegon agrees to purchase new downtown farmers market for $1 | MLive.com:
"MUSKEGON, MI – As work progresses on the construction of a new $3 million-plus Muskegon Farmers Market in downtown Muskegon, a non-profit development group and the city of Muskegon have agreed to terms of a property transfer."
"MUSKEGON, MI – As work progresses on the construction of a new $3 million-plus Muskegon Farmers Market in downtown Muskegon, a non-profit development group and the city of Muskegon have agreed to terms of a property transfer."
Saturday, August 17, 2013
University of Maryland Eastern Shore professors to get bulletproof whiteboards
University of Maryland Eastern Shore professors to get bulletproof whiteboards - Baltimore Sun:
"Calling "campus violence a reality" to prepare for, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore announced plans Thursday to spend $60,000 on the Clark Kent of teacher supplies: an innocuous-looking white board that can stop bullets.
The high-tech tablet — which hangs on a hook, measures 18 by 20 inches and comes in pink, blue and green — can be used as a personal shield for professors under attack, according to the company that makes it, and a portable writing pad in quieter times."
"Calling "campus violence a reality" to prepare for, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore announced plans Thursday to spend $60,000 on the Clark Kent of teacher supplies: an innocuous-looking white board that can stop bullets.
The high-tech tablet — which hangs on a hook, measures 18 by 20 inches and comes in pink, blue and green — can be used as a personal shield for professors under attack, according to the company that makes it, and a portable writing pad in quieter times."
Pentagon Car Rentals: We Don’t Try Harder
Pentagon Car Rentals: We Don’t Try Harder | TIME.com:
"Eighty-nine of the vehicles were driven less than 1,000 miles each. The Navy, Defense Logistics Agency, the Pentagon Force Protection Agency and the Washington Headquarters Services agency lacked controls to ensure they leased only needed vehicles.
As a result, they spent $2 million annually on the leases when they should have spent only $800,000."
"Eighty-nine of the vehicles were driven less than 1,000 miles each. The Navy, Defense Logistics Agency, the Pentagon Force Protection Agency and the Washington Headquarters Services agency lacked controls to ensure they leased only needed vehicles.
As a result, they spent $2 million annually on the leases when they should have spent only $800,000."
Oklahoma Anti-Sharia Law Thrown Out by a Federal Judge |
Oklahoma Anti-Sharia Law Thrown Out by a Federal Judge |:
"Tulsa World reports:
An Oklahoma constitutional amendment that would bar the state’s courts from considering or using Sharia law was ruled unconstitutional Thursday by a federal judge in Oklahoma City.
In finding the law in violation of the U.S. Constitution’s Establishment Clause, U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange issued a permanent injunction prohibiting the certification of the results of the state question that put the Sharia law ban into the state constitution.
“While the public has an interest in the will of the voters being carried out, the Court finds that the public has a more profound and long-term interest in upholding an individual’s constitutional rights,” the judge wrote.
How can a law that is being called upon to protect the Constitution of the United States be considered “unconstitutional?”
I would say "This defies any logic at all" but so much of today's news is illogical.
We are doomed......
"Tulsa World reports:
An Oklahoma constitutional amendment that would bar the state’s courts from considering or using Sharia law was ruled unconstitutional Thursday by a federal judge in Oklahoma City.
In finding the law in violation of the U.S. Constitution’s Establishment Clause, U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange issued a permanent injunction prohibiting the certification of the results of the state question that put the Sharia law ban into the state constitution.
“While the public has an interest in the will of the voters being carried out, the Court finds that the public has a more profound and long-term interest in upholding an individual’s constitutional rights,” the judge wrote.
How can a law that is being called upon to protect the Constitution of the United States be considered “unconstitutional?”
I would say "This defies any logic at all" but so much of today's news is illogical.
We are doomed......
Armed Washington Man Demands Victim Apologize "For All The Things White People Did To Black People"
Armed Washington Man Demands Victim Apologize "For All The Things White People Did To Black People": "The court document states that the victim identified the man as the "same person who had just pointed a handgun at him for 15-20 seconds and demanded he apologize for all the things white people did to black people."
The victim told the officers that he was “scared out of his mind” during the holdup.
He offered Nyashanu his wallet, but he was not interested in money.
He just wanted an apology.
The victim “apologized profusely” to Nyashanu, who then let him go.
Nyashanu’s gun was loaded when police found him, and he had several more rounds of ammunition in his backpack."
The victim told the officers that he was “scared out of his mind” during the holdup.
He offered Nyashanu his wallet, but he was not interested in money.
He just wanted an apology.
The victim “apologized profusely” to Nyashanu, who then let him go.
Nyashanu’s gun was loaded when police found him, and he had several more rounds of ammunition in his backpack."
Million Muslim March in Washington D.C. Planned for 9-11 Anniversary
Million Muslim March in Washington D.C. Planned for 9-11 Anniversary | Independent Journal Review:
"We at AMPAC (American Political Action Committee) are planning an historic event for 9.11.13 where one million Muslims will march to Washington D.C. and demand that our civil rights be protected by our government.
We are demanding that laws be enacted protecting our 1st amendment .
We are asking President Obama to fulfill his promise from his first campaign for Presidency of a transparent government.
Lastly we are asking for the release of the 9/11 commission report to the American people."
"We at AMPAC (American Political Action Committee) are planning an historic event for 9.11.13 where one million Muslims will march to Washington D.C. and demand that our civil rights be protected by our government.
We are demanding that laws be enacted protecting our 1st amendment .
We are asking President Obama to fulfill his promise from his first campaign for Presidency of a transparent government.
Lastly we are asking for the release of the 9/11 commission report to the American people."
NAACP attacks Dartmouth students who threw 'Crips and Bloods' frat party
NAACP attacks Dartmouth students who threw 'Crips and Bloods' frat party:
"The Dartmouth College chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) harshly criticized a “Bloods and Crips” themed-party, despite apologies from the sorority and fraternity that hosted the event earlier this summer. "
No outrage from the NAACP on the real Bloods or Crips.
Just upset with the playtime ones.....
"The Dartmouth College chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) harshly criticized a “Bloods and Crips” themed-party, despite apologies from the sorority and fraternity that hosted the event earlier this summer. "
No outrage from the NAACP on the real Bloods or Crips.
Just upset with the playtime ones.....
POLITICKING WITH TAXPAYER MONEY
Instapundit » Blog Archive » POLITICKING WITH TAXPAYER MONEY:
The Hill: Health group’s ObamaCare enrollment drive targets states with GOP governors.
“The window to begin enrolling in the law’s new coverage options opens in just 50 days.
Enroll America, a prominent nonprofit with close ties to the White House, said it’s focusing on 10 states as it ramps up a massive education campaign that will ultimately cost tens of millions of dollars.”
Enroll America isn’t just a “nonprofit,” it’s the shady “nonprofit” on whose behalf Kathleen Sebelius was shaking down companies she regulates for donations.
Now this non partisan nonprofit, on whose behalf a sitting Obama Administration official used her official position to raise money, is targeting Republican governors.
Remember when Democrats were complaining about a “culture of corruption?”
The Hill: Health group’s ObamaCare enrollment drive targets states with GOP governors.
“The window to begin enrolling in the law’s new coverage options opens in just 50 days.
Enroll America, a prominent nonprofit with close ties to the White House, said it’s focusing on 10 states as it ramps up a massive education campaign that will ultimately cost tens of millions of dollars.”
Enroll America isn’t just a “nonprofit,” it’s the shady “nonprofit” on whose behalf Kathleen Sebelius was shaking down companies she regulates for donations.
Now this non partisan nonprofit, on whose behalf a sitting Obama Administration official used her official position to raise money, is targeting Republican governors.
Remember when Democrats were complaining about a “culture of corruption?”
Medicaid Expansion is Wrong for Michigan-And why!
Medicaid Expansion [Mackinac Center]:
"The following is a collection of commentaries and analyses that Mackinac Center experts and others have written over the past several months about why Michigan should not expand Medicaid under Obamacare."
"The following is a collection of commentaries and analyses that Mackinac Center experts and others have written over the past several months about why Michigan should not expand Medicaid under Obamacare."
Exec: GM plans to grow Detroit internship program, could expand to Flint
Exec: GM plans to grow Detroit internship program, could expand to Flint | MLive.com:
"....one of 108 students to complete the GM Student Corps internship program, which was introduced in May to develop and implement service projects in Metro Detroit neighborhoods. "
"....one of 108 students to complete the GM Student Corps internship program, which was introduced in May to develop and implement service projects in Metro Detroit neighborhoods. "
Friday, August 16, 2013
Breast implants suicide bomb threat: Heathrow on high alert over “credible” intelligence
Breast implants suicide bomb threat: Heathrow on high alert over “credible” intelligence - Mirror Online:
"Heathrow Airport is on high terror alert amid fears women suicide bombers are ready to strike with explosives concealed in breast implants."
"Heathrow Airport is on high terror alert amid fears women suicide bombers are ready to strike with explosives concealed in breast implants."
These Amazing Maps Show How Threatened Your Home Is by Fires, Floods, and Hurricanes
These Amazing Maps Show How Threatened Your Home Is by Fires, Floods, and Hurricanes | Wired Design | Wired.com:
"When people are shopping for homes, they look at the square footage and compare school districts, but few remember to ask the listing agent about the likelihood of their dream home being flattened by a nightmarish superstorm.
Trulia, the online real estate service, is trying to facilitate this uncomfortable conversation by providing buyers and renters a data visualization tool that maps the historical rate of wildfires, tornadoes, and hurricanes for a given zip code.
Yesterday, they put the finishing touches on one of the most comprehensive sets of disaster maps available anywhere."
For West Michigan, click on Chicago, biggify and drag the map to see Muskegon.
Amazing!
"When people are shopping for homes, they look at the square footage and compare school districts, but few remember to ask the listing agent about the likelihood of their dream home being flattened by a nightmarish superstorm.
Trulia, the online real estate service, is trying to facilitate this uncomfortable conversation by providing buyers and renters a data visualization tool that maps the historical rate of wildfires, tornadoes, and hurricanes for a given zip code.
Yesterday, they put the finishing touches on one of the most comprehensive sets of disaster maps available anywhere."
For West Michigan, click on Chicago, biggify and drag the map to see Muskegon.
Amazing!
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