Friday, October 18, 2013
Michigan Says There Is No Evidence Anyone In The State Has Enrolled For Obamacare…
Michigan Says There Is No Evidence Anyone In The State Has Enrolled For Obamacare… | Weasel Zippers:"Ann Flood, who on Nov. 1 will become the director of the department, said she checked with her staff and “we actually do not have any confirmation of anyone (in Michigan) signing up on the exchange.”"
Be afraid. Very afraid!-----Question of the Day: Should Norton Shores develop a downtown district?
Question of the Day: Should Norton Shores develop a downtown district? | MLive.comBefore we give ANY more money
OR power to ANY government functionary, how 'bout they show us their list of "successes" in the private market place.
Or in retail development.
Or ANYTHING!
Docs worried sick over ObamaCare
Docs worried sick over ObamaCare | New York Post:"“ObamaCare is going to send me more patients to see and then cut the payments to provide the care — that’s what’s going to happen,” predicted Donald Moore, a primary-care doctor in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.
“I will not accept it.”"
Obamacare levies fines on non-profit hospitals that offer free healthcare to the poor
Poor Richard's News - Obamacare levies fines on non-profit hospitals that offer free healthcare to the poor:"It’s ironic isn’t it?
The left’s chief complaint about the American healthcare system is that it’s “for profit,” but Obamacare will end up forcing non-profit hospitals to either go under or become for-profit institutions themselves.
From day 1, Obamacare has not been about improving healthcare or making it more affordable.
It’s been about government control.
Sadly, the American people are only now beginning to find out the truth about how devastatingly unaffordable the Affordable Care Act really is."
Police Called After Man Spits On Chihuahua
Police Called After Man Spits On Chihuahua « CBS Seattle:"Seattle police responded to a strange call Tuesday afternoon: a report of an assault on a Chihuahua.
The dog’s owner told police a man in her Ravenna apartment complex spit on her dog from an upper balcony.
The woman said she’d had problems with the man before. When officers tried to contact the suspect, no one came to the door of his apartment."
Another "Einstein" promises to "boost my quality of life" by taking my money..........Question of the Day: Should Norton Shores develop a downtown district?
Question of the Day: Should Norton Shores develop a downtown district? | MLive.comShould Norton Shores city officials work to develop a downtown district?
Norton Shores resident Jason Flanders thinks so.
The pharmaceutical salesman, who is one of five candidates vying for four at-large city council seats, said a downtown development could help the municipality remedy what he has called its “identity problem.”
Flanders said the city should look to popular West Michigan destinations like Holland and Grand Haven as examples of how downtown districts can help shape a city’s image and boost residents' quality of life.
I wouldn't fly in his airliner.
I wouldn't let him "fly" with my tax dollars.
Do something.
With your money.
Achieve something.
With your money.
Then tell me how great you'd be with MY money.
Boyhood Is Not a Mental Illness
The American Spectator : Boyhood Is Not a Mental Illness:"But along the way he raises the taboo question of whether we “label boys as mentally unstable, behaviorally unmanageable, academically underachieving, in need of special-education services, or displaying behavior warranting school suspension just because their behavior deviates noticeably from that of the average girl?”
He adds, “In a sense, girl behavior has become the standard by which we judge all kids.”"
My GOD, it's growing!------'Restoring Our Communities' policy package aimed at redeveloping Detroit beyond Midtown and downtown
'Restoring Our Communities' policy package aimed at redeveloping Detroit beyond Midtown and downtown | MLive.com:"DETROIT, MI - With 78,000 empty buildings in a 139-square-mile city, Detroit has been ragged on both physically and mentally, with some national news outlets even showing aerial video of the uniquely giant and vacant Packard Plant while equating it to the city’s blight.
But Detroit residents and members of Michigan United have released a plan that they said will help Detroiters keep their homes, while bringing redevelopment to areas beyond Midtown and downtown."
If Obamacare was a ship-----Obamacare woes widen as insurers get wrong data
Obamacare woes widen as insurers get wrong data - MarketWatch:"Insurers say the federal health-care marketplace is generating flawed data that is straining their ability to handle even the trickle of enrollees who have gotten through so far, in a sign that technological problems extend further than the website traffic and software issues already identified."
Map of the day: Middle-class stagnation? Well, Americans have managed to get pretty fat over the last 25 years
Map of the day: Middle-class stagnation? Well, Americans have managed to get pretty fat over the last 25 years | AEIdeas:"The map shows the percentages of the U.S. population medically defined as obese, which means a body mass index of 30 or greater, by state, from 1985 to 2010.
Stagnating middle-class?
Flat real household income?
Decline of the middle-class?
The rich getting richer, poor getting poorer?
Judging by the availability of cheap calories and the increase in obesity, the poor and the middle class must be doing pretty well today."
We're the mouse----Tech Expert to NBC Reporter on Obamacare Roll-Out: Without Changes, ‘This Project is Doomed’
Tech Expert to NBC Reporter on Obamacare Roll-Out: Without Changes, ‘This Project is Doomed’ | Mediaite:"“Amateur hour,” said software programing company owner Luke Chung.
“It looks like it was created by someone who’s never delivered commercial software before.”
“Programming experts say a lot of work needs to be done,” Costello reported.
“If they don’t change management, this project is doomed,” Chung concluded.
“Because we’ve already seen what the existing management considers ready for shipping. And it’s not.”"
Michigan Senate OK's plan to cut off benefits for unemployed residents who fail drug tests
Michigan Senate OK's plan to cut off benefits for unemployed residents who fail drug tests | MLive.com:"Unemployed residents who fail or refuse to take a drug test required by a prospective employer could lose jobless benefits under a pilot program advanced Thursday by Michigan's Republican-led state Senate.
The measure, approved largely along party lines in a 28-10 vote, would treat failure or refusal to take a pre-employment drug test as proof that an individual "refused an offer of suitable work."
But it would not require businesses to report results of drug tests unless they choose to.
Democrats in both chambers have raised concerns about the bill"
Tucked-In Goodies Make Bad Budget Deal Even Worse
Tucked-In Goodies Make Bad Budget Deal Even Worse - Investors.com:
Among other provisions, this "clean" debt bill:
• Adds $2 billion for construction work on the Olmsted Locks and Dam on the lower part of the Ohio River. That's an increase of 276% over what had been appropriated for this project. By an odd coincidence, much of this money will be spent in Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's home state. The Senate Conservatives Fund dubbed it the "Kentucky Kickback."
• Hands $174,000 over to Bonnie Englebardt, widow of the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg. Never mind that she'd been married to Lautenberg for just nine years when he died, or that it was his second marriage, or that Lautenberg's net worth was upwards of $116 million when he died.
• Promises federal workers a 1% raise starting in January, in addition to providing back pay for the two weeks they were off due to the shutdown. Too bad for all those private sector workers who will see their pay and hours cut next year thanks to ObamaCare.
• Gives the Transportation Department $450 million more to repair flood-damaged roads in Colorado.
• Devotes $3.1 million for a Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. This board, unfortunately, has nothing to do with protecting Americans from ObamaCare's violations of privacy and civil liberties. It's meant to ensure that federal anti-terrorism efforts don't cause discomfort to anyone at home.
Meanwhile, the deal left ObamaCare alone, except for one meaningless tweak, and did nothing to rein in the other runaway entitlement programs. Worse, it totally ignored the nation's long-term debt crisis.
Obama might consider all this a victory. But the country is the poorer as a result.
Morons rule!--Feds test Obamacare site until week before launch
Report: Feds test Obamacare site until week before launch | The Daily Caller:"That testing, one source said, is normally done by a company with technical capabilities like IBM — not a federal agency — to act as a systems integrator.
“The challenge with this project was that the decisions were made very, very late in the project, and no one organization … seemed to know how this complex ecosystem of applications, interfaces, user processes and hardware should all work together,” the source told the Washington Examiner.
IT problems frequently occur when federal government agencies choose to take on roles normally reserved for private contractors."
"PowerPlant tippin'"---Explosive blasts to 'tip over' 10-story former Sappi power plant building Oct. 27
Explosive blasts to 'tip over' 10-story former Sappi power plant building Oct. 27 | MLive.com:"When an explosives demolition crew from Atlanta brings down the 10-story former Sappi power plant Sunday, Oct. 27, the goal will be to “tip” the 200-foot building to the ground."
Prisoners of the union thugs-2nd SF Bay area transit strike in 4 months begins
My Way News - 2nd SF Bay area transit strike in 4 months begins:"People in the San Francisco Bay area faced a frustrating commute Friday as workers for the region's largest transit system walked off the job for the second time in four months.
The walkout began at midnight Thursday, the culmination of six months of on-again, off-again talks that fell apart. The impasse came after a marathon negotiating session that led the agency and its two largest unions closer to a contract deal.
About 400,000 riders take BART every weekday on the nation's fifth-largest commuter rail system."
Air Force Begins B-52 Upgrades
Air Force Begins B-52 Upgrades | Defense Tech:"The Air Force is reaching milestones with its ongoing effort to upgrade and modernize the B-52 bomber, an iconic workhorse battle-tested aircraft first built in the 1960s, service officials said.
The service is making progress with efforts to upgrade the electronics and communications technology of the B-52 aircraft and also moving along with an initiative to configure the aircraft with the ability to carry up to eight J-Series precision-guided weapons internally – in addition to carrying six weapons on each wing, Air Force officials said."
Water dept. execs think birds, fish don't pee---Water Supply Cut Off After Man Urinates In Reservoir
Water Supply Cut Off After Man Urinates In Reservoir « CBS Seattle:
"An administrator for the Water Bureau, David Shaff, said that because of this incident, roughly 7.8 million gallons of drinking water will be discarded.
He said the bureau often finds dead animals in the same drinking supply but the water isn’t dumped.
“This is different,” Shaff told the newspaper.
“Do you want to drink pee?”"
"An administrator for the Water Bureau, David Shaff, said that because of this incident, roughly 7.8 million gallons of drinking water will be discarded.
He said the bureau often finds dead animals in the same drinking supply but the water isn’t dumped.
“This is different,” Shaff told the newspaper.
“Do you want to drink pee?”"
Thursday, October 17, 2013
State Workers Earn $5.8 Billion More in Benefits Than Private Sector Employees
State Workers Earn $5.8 Billion More in Benefits Than Private Sector Employees [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:"In Michigan, the difference in benefits between state and local government workers and the average taxpayer who supports them is $5.8 billion per year, according to a new study.
If the state eliminated that discrepancy, the Michigan income tax could be cut in half and there still would be money left over."
Study: Food Stamps Most Rapidly Growing Welfare Program
Study: Food Stamps Most Rapidly Growing Welfare Program | Washington Free Beacon:"Tanner’s report, “SNAP Failure: The Food Stamp Program Needs Reform,” finds that in 2000 the cost of the food stamp program was just $17 billion.
It has risen in cost to $78 billion today.
Spending on advertising and outreach for food stamps by federal and state governments has also increased, now amounting to $41.3 million a year.
States like Florida have hired “food stamp recruiters,” who have a quota of signing up 150 new recipients each month.
Rhode Island hosts “SNAP-themed bingo games,” and the USDA tells its field offices to throw parties to get more people on their rolls."
Here don't come da judge......2 Oakland County judges took days off for conference, but didn't go
2 Oakland County judges took days off for conference, but didn't go | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"Records obtained by the Free Press under the Freedom of Information Act show Judges Rae Lee Chabot and Shalina Kumar marked down Aug. 19 and 20 as education days to attend the Michigan Judges Association Annual Conference.
The county paid the $150 registration fee for Chabot.
Kumar did not register.
Neither set foot on the island.
Both called the time cards a mistake and said they would rectify them."
"Records obtained by the Free Press under the Freedom of Information Act show Judges Rae Lee Chabot and Shalina Kumar marked down Aug. 19 and 20 as education days to attend the Michigan Judges Association Annual Conference.
The county paid the $150 registration fee for Chabot.
Kumar did not register.
Neither set foot on the island.
Both called the time cards a mistake and said they would rectify them."
Spooky and Delicious Halloween Cakes
#8 I need BRAAAAAAINNNS!!!
These brainy cake balls are sure to creep out and delight your Halloween party guests. The only special equipment you need are brain-shaped silicon ice cube molds. The outside is frosting, inside you will find chocolate cake and raspberry sauce!
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There's no place Mark Hollis would rather be than Michigan State
There's no place Mark Hollis would rather be than Michigan State | The Detroit News:"Raise the roof
While the game is over, his evening is just getting started. Hollis has agreed to greet alumni and students at the Sigma Chi house. He and Nancy jump in his SUV and make the drive over. Hollis admits he’s not sure what to expect.
He parks the car and he and Nancy are hand-in-hand again. Before long, Hollis is the center of attention, taking pictures with everyone in attendance and sitting on a giant bench that sits in the front yard the members have just completed.
But Hollis has his eyes on the roof.
That’s where he’s headed.
He’s led through the house, up the stairs and into the bathroom.
It’s about what you’d expect for a house full of college guys.
But Hollis is fired up, he’s headed out to the roof.
The cameras start clicking and he’s joined by a dozen other Sigma Chi members as the traffic on Grand River Avenue slows to take it in. Hollis beams.
He comes downstairs and addresses the crowd, talking about what a great day it has been for Michigan State.
For him, too, since he said he’s always wanted to step out on that roof."
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