Obama stash funds Detroit-area group boosts hours of Obamacare 'navigators' as health care sign-ups rise

Detroit-area group boosts hours of Obamacare 'navigators' as health care sign-ups rise | MLive.com:

DETROIT (AP) — The community health director at Dearborn-based nonprofit organization ACCESS said his staff has helped hundreds of people enroll in plans under the federal health care overhaul and educated thousands about the available options. 

That's despite technical problems that have plagued the site and frustrated consumers in Michigan and across the country since its Oct. 1 debut.

""I'm not a politician. ... I'm just seeing it from the human side," said Hammad, whose organization is one of four in Michigan sharing $2.5 million from the federal government to help people sign up for insurance."

Just ONE day's worth of Public Pension WARNINGS that will be mostly ignored.

Pension Tsunami:

Today's American left shares much with National Socialists of the 30s.

BDS | Boycott Divest | Seattle | Israeli Soldier | Israel:
"At a BDS event in Portland, a professor from a Seattle university told the assembled crowd that the Jews of Israel have no national rights and should be forced out of the country.
When I asked, “Where do you want them to go?” she calmly answered, “I don’t care. I don’t care if they don’t have any place else to go. They should not be there.” …
And during a presentation in Seattle, I spoke about my longing for peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
When I was done, a woman in her 60’s stood up and yelled at me, “You are worse than the Nazis. You are just like the Nazi youth!”"

This is really sweet-Russian video that made the whole world cry

Creepy Kids in Creepy Vintage Ads

wait but why: Creepy Kids in Creepy Vintage Ads

The new civility-White vaginas banned for Ivy League Vagina Monologues

White vaginas banned for Ivy League Vagina Monologues | The Daily Caller:
"At this year’s edition of “The Vagina Monologues” jointly staged by Columbia University and Barnard College, the producers have outlawed the vaginas of white students.

The producers unanimously chose to ban white people and their vaginas from participating in the episodic play because they believe white women have been over-represented in past performances, reports The College Fix. They say white women are over-represented in mainstream feminist discourse as well."

Yes, he's a democrat......Andy Dillon's campaign investigated over handling of $130,000 loan

Andy Dillon's campaign investigated over handling of $130,000 loan | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"State election officials are investigating the way Michigan Treasurer Andy Dillon’s gubernatorial campaign handled a $130,000 loan it received in 2010, according to state records.

The issue of the way the loan was handled faces review by state officials as a possible violation of the Michigan Campaign FinanceAct. It is one of several campaign-finance reporting problems that remain outstanding after Dillon’s campaign officials filed new and amended reports in September that were supposed to clear up discrepancies of more than $100,000."

"Excellence", Obama style......Oh, Good Grief… Obamacare Staffers Unable to Sign Up People at Government Enrollment Event

Oh, Good Grief… Obamacare Staffers Unable to Sign Up People at Government Enrollment Event | The Gateway Pundit:
"In Obamacare’s first week online.
** Millions of Americans were turned away.
** The online system crashed.
** 99% of applications may have hit a wall and weren’t processed.
** The Obamacare website shut down after only a week in operation.
That’s not all…
Yesterday at an Obamacare enrollment event with HHS Secretary Sebelius, staffers were unable to get on the website."

Is this still America? JPAC admits to phony ceremonies honoring ‘returning’ remains

JPAC admits to phony ceremonies honoring ‘returning’ remains - Stripes - Independent U.S. military news from Iraq, Afghanistan and bases worldwide:
"The Department of Defense unit charged with recovering servicemembers’ remains abroad has been holding phony “arrival ceremonies” for seven years, with an honor guard carrying flag-draped coffins off of a cargo plane as though they held the remains returning that day from old battlefields.

The Pentagon acknowledged Wednesday that no honored dead were in fact arriving, and that the planes used in the ceremonies often couldn’t even fly, and were towed into position."

'America needs a white Republican president': Joe the Plumber causes outrage with racist post

'America needs a white Republican president': Joe the Plumber causes outrage with racist post | Mail Online:

Joe the Plumber', the everyman used by John McCain in the 2008 presidential campaign, has sparked outrage with an online comment piece claiming 'America needs a white, Republican president'. 

In an article posted to his website on Thursday, Joe Wurzelbacher assured readers that wanting a 'white Republican president doesn’t make you a racist, it just makes you American.'

The controversial post contended that '[i]n the pre-black president era, criticizing the president was simply the American thing to do. An exercise of one’s First Amendment right. Criticism had nothing to do with color, because there had never been a black president.'

Joe the Plumber: In an article posted to his website on Thursday, Joe Wurzelbacher assured readers that wanting a 'white Republican president doesn¿t make you a racist, it just makes you American'

The eyebrow-raising opinion piece questioned why nobody accused black people of racism 'when blacks had sanity and disagreed with the policies of racist white Democrat presidents.' 

The conservative activist also brought Mexicans into his argument, saying 'many deranged Mexicans' who fight for immigration rights 'are not called racist.' 

The scathing post has triggered a social media backlash, with users accusing Republican party member Wurzelbacher of racism.

146,000 Michiganders — at least — face loss of cheap policies under new health care reform rules

146,000 Michiganders — at least — face loss of cheap policies under new health care reform rules | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

5 Things Super Successful People Do Before 8 AM

5 Things Super Successful People Do Before 8 AM - Forbes

Debt Ceiling: China Calls for World to Be 'De-Americanised'

Debt Ceiling: China Calls for World to Be 'De-Americanised' - IBTimes UK:
China's official news agency has called for the creation of a "de-Americanised world", saying the destinies of people should not be left in the hands of a hypocritical nation with a dysfunctional government."

Something stinks here......A job engine sputters as hospitals cut staff

A job engine sputters as hospitals cut staff:
"Hospitals, a reliable source of employment growth in the recession and its aftermath, are starting to cut thousands of jobs amid falling insurance payments and in-patient visits.

The payroll cuts are surprising because the Affordable Care Act (ACA), whose implementation took a big step forward this month, is eventually expected to provide health coverage to as many as 30 million additional Americans."

Gun grabbers victory sooo close...... California Governor Jerry Brown Vetoes Semi-Automatic Rifle Ban

California Governor Jerry Brown Vetoes Semi-Automatic Rifle Ban
"According to the legislation, it would have classified “a semiautomatic centerfire rifle that does not have a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept no more than 10 rounds as an assault weapon.
The bill would require a person who, between January 1, 2001, and December 31, 2013, inclusive, lawfully possessed an assault weapon that does not have a fixed magazine, including those weapons with an ammunition feeding device that can be removed readily from the firearm with the use of a tool, and who, on or after January 1, 2014, possesses that firearm, to register the firearm by July 1, 2015.
By expanding the definition of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.”

This was one of seven bills that Brown vetoed.

However, Governor Brown did sign into law 11 gun related laws. 
Here’s a list of those bills that were signed by Governor Brown:"

Teachers as THOUGHT POLICE! Fascism="Private/Public Partnership"-A Step Toward Facebook.gov?

A Step Toward Facebook.gov? - Reason.com

Earlier this month Facebook launched a pilot program to give Maryland school officials their own complaint channel to flag content for takedown, with the stated aim of protecting teens from “cyber-bullying” whether in or out of school, a topic on which Maryland recently passed a new law. 

As Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler seems to envision things (listen here), the channel will empower Maryland officials to seek takedown of speech that they deem to constitute bullying even if it violates no law: “We’re not going to go after you, but we are going to take down the language off of Facebook, because there’s no redeeming societal value and it’s clearly hurting somebody.”

Libertarians and First Amendment advocates, myself included, have reacted with alarm. Criminal defense lawyer Scott Greenfield:

While Facebook may be a private enterprise, fully entitled to decide what content is acceptable on its platform and similarly entitled to decide that its users will no longer be allowed to write “Suzy is a poo poo head” on the wall, it’s not that simple when the censor is a state actor and the content at issue is deemed offensive not because it violates any law, but because someone is empowered to stifle speech that doesn’t comport with their vision of redeeming societal value, whatever that means.

Except Magadishu's got a nifty beach-CBS '60 Minutes' Bob Simon: Detroit reminds me of Mogadishu, Somalia

CBS '60 Minutes' Bob Simon: Detroit reminds me of Mogadishu, Somalia | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"Speaking by phone Friday, Simon said that of all the places he has visited in more than four decades of reporting, much of it as a foreign correspondent, Detroit reminds him most of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.

“And Mogadishu is the worst place I’ve ever been,” said Simon, 72.
“Not the worst place in terms of danger, but the worst place in terms of what it looks like.”"

Crew members: ‘Captain Phillips’ is one big lie

Crew members: ‘Captain Phillips’ is one big lie | New York Post:
"All of this is the basis for “Captain Phillips,” starring Tom Hanks as the titular, real-life hero.
The only problem, say some members of the real Capt. Phillips’ crew, is none of it is true.
Capt. Richard Phillips, they say, is no hero, and the film is one big lie.

“Phillips wasn’t the big leader like he is in the movie,” says one crew member, who, for legal reasons, spoke with The Post anonymously.
He worked very closely with Phillips on the Maersk Alabama and was alarmed by his behavior from the beginning.
Phillips, he says, had a bad reputation for at least 12 years prior, known as a sullen and self-righteous captain.
“No one wants to sail with him,” he says."

Dude, ya can't "Bill Clinton" it. Ya gotta inhale and swallow it.....Denver mulls outlawing drifting marijuana smoke

Denver mulls outlawing drifting marijuana smoke - Yahoo News Canada: "
DENVER (Reuters) - The use of recreational marijuana is now legal in Colorado, but if a proposed ordinance becomes law in the state's largest city, pot smokers could face jail time and fines if smoke wafts onto a neighbor's property.
A measure under consideration by the Denver City Council would impose up to $999 in fines and a maximum one-year jail sentence for anyone caught smoking marijuana in city parks or other public venues.
But as written, the law would extend the same criminal sanctions to offenders on private property."

It's back with a vengeance: Private debt

It's back with a vengeance: Private debt:
"At $3.04 trillion, the total is up 22 percent over the past three years.
Student loans are up a whopping 61 percent.
Total household debt, according to the Fed's flow of funds report, is at $13 trillion, nearly back to its pre-crisis level in 2007 and a shade below government debt of $15 trillion.
"We have not solved (anything) when it comes to the deleveraging myth," said Michael Pento, president of Pento Portfolio Strategies.
"We have learned nothing.""

10 Things You Can Do On a PC Without Ever Touching the Mouse

10 Things You Can Do On a PC Without Ever Touching the Mouse

New career path-"Hit Kids" - School worker hires hit on 4th-grader

School worker hires hit on 4th-grader | WOOD TV8:
"The 9-year-old intended victim, also a fourth-grader, said something he shouldn't have to the woman. 
The school's investigation revealed the worker gave two other fourth-graders a total of $1 and told them to beat him up."

"DetroitThink" infects Europe-European mass car makers' luxury challenge looks doomed

European mass car makers' luxury challenge looks doomed | The Detroit News
Europe’s tentative recovery after reaching 20-year car sales lows ought to promise hope for ravaged bottom lines, but some mass manufacturers seem determined to jeopardize their already rocky finances by reverting to tried and tested ways of losing money.

Instead of just slashing excess capacity, cutting costs, and facing up to the threat from Korean manufacturers Kia and Hyundai by producing handsome cars which sell on their merits with cast-in-concrete guarantees, many of Europe’s loss makers are opting for a delusional and well-traveled dead-end street. They are trying to maximize profit margins by moving upmarket into German luxury territory now owned by the likes of BMW, VW’s Audi and Mercedes-Benz.

This is a well-documented direction if you seriously want to lose lots of money...

Moody’s Investors Service, in a recent report, said four of Europe’s biggest car makers — Ford Europe, GM Europe’s Opel Vauxhall, Fiat-Chrysler and Peugeot-Citroen — are expected to lose a combined $6.6 billion this year, about the same as in 2012.

Too many nuts in America! Northwestern, Ryan Field Will Be Peanut Free on October 19

Northwestern, Ryan Field Will Be Peanut Free on October 19 - NUSPORTS.COM - The Northwestern Official Athletic Site:
""We're excited to host our first Peanut Free Day at Ryan Field," said Northwestern head football coach Pat Fitzgerald.
 "Nut allergies affect a sizable segment of the population and those people have to be very conscious of it at all times, in environments outside their control. "

Obamacare computer code riddled with typos, Latin filler text, desperate programmer comments and disastrous architecture

Obamacare computer code riddled with typos, Latin filler text, desperate programmer comments and disastrous architecture:
"If I had told you one month ago that ten days into the launch of Obamacare not a single person could be confirmed to have successfully enrolled, you would have called me a lunatic. 
And yet, here we are, tens days into the launch, and guess what?
The White House cannot produce a single person who has successfully enrolled through the federally-run exchange Healthcare.gov.
Not one."

Beautiful, smart Megan wallops snarky, alleged female Maddow and MSNBC President Wants 'Investigation' Into Fox News' 'Impossible' Ratings Gain

MSNBC President Wants 'Investigation' Into Fox News' 'Impossible' Ratings Gain - The Hollywood Reporter:
"Megyn Kelly blew out Rachel Maddow in the key demo on Tuesday after losing to her the night before.
"I have never seen it in all my years of cable," says Phil Griffin."






Yes, this is a female human.......

I'm from the government. I'm here to.....you know the rest....Application Status

Application Status:

Suppose they say ""¡Cállate, so' puta!"", what then? Secretary of State asks 600 noncitizens to get off voter rolls

Secretary of State asks 600 noncitizens to get off voter rolls | MLive.com:
"In 2012, the Secretary of State's office said there could be as many as 4,000 noncitizens who are signed up to vote."

Sup? LA run by republicans? 'Racist' LA police dogs only bite Latinos and African-Americans

'Racist' LA police dogs only bite Latinos and African-Americans - Americas - World - The Independent:
"During the 1980s, some Los Angeles police officers would allegedly refer to black youths as “dog biscuits”."

Detroit "leaders" find new ways to waste tax dollars-First look at The Z: It's not your typical Detroit parking deck

First look at The Z: It's not your typical Detroit parking deck | Crain's Detroit Business:
"When is a parking garage a destination?
When it is an art gallery, too.
A 10-story parking garage soon to open in Detroit's central business district will blend 1,300 parking spots with the work of 27 mural artists from across the globe."