Friday, October 25, 2013
There are NO words for this......Campaign seeks to eliminate stigma of abortion with personal stories
Campaign seeks to eliminate stigma of abortion with personal stories | The Daily Caller:"Across the country, pro-abortion activists are calling for women to spark a personal, “new conversation about abortion access” in an effort to de-stigmatize the practice.
The 1 in 3 Campaign, as in “1 in 3 women will have an abortion in her lifetime,” a project of the sexual health group Advocates for Youth, is in the midst of its “Week of Action.”"
Is THIS really the "Change" Obama voters had in mind?-----Census Bureau: Means-Tested Gov't Benefit Recipients Outnumber Full-Time Year-Round Workers
Census Bureau: Means-Tested Gov't Benefit Recipients Outnumber Full-Time Year-Round Workers | CNS News:"Americans who were recipients of means-tested government benefits in 2011 outnumbered year-round full-time workers, according to data released this month by the Census Bureau."
Does NOT include SS or Medicare!
Wayne County Sheriff's Office likely to run out of money to pay overtime to jail deputies
Wayne County Sheriff's Office likely to run out of money to pay overtime to jail deputies | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:"Just one month into the new fiscal year, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office is expected to run out of money to pay overtime for deputies at the county jail in about a month."
Hopeless and changed--------Survey marks 2nd year of crime increases
My Way News - Survey marks 2nd year of crime increases:"The government says the rate of violent crime in America went up 15 percent last year and the property crime rate rose 12 percent, signals that the nation may be seeing the last of the substantial declines in crime of the past 20 years.
Last year marked the second year in a row for increases in the crime victimization survey, a report that is based on household interviews."
Obamacare of the future--------British patients at risk in 1 in 4 hospitals: Inspectors raise alarm about long A&E waits, high death rates and staff shortages
Patients at risk in 1 in 4 hospitals: Inspectors raise alarm about long A&E waits, high death rates and staff shortages | Mail Online:(A&E is "accidents and emergencies"-Emergency rooms)
"Patients are at risk in a QUARTER of hospitals: Inspectors raise alarm about long A&E waits, high death rates and staff shortages
-Care Quality Commissions says 44 NHS Trusts are at 'high risk'
-Warning patients are not receiving 'safe, effective, high quality care'
.....Health inspectors have raised fears about high death rates, long waits for A&E, cancer treatment, botched operations and patients struggling to even find staff.
.....They include Aintree University Hospital which is at ‘high risk’ on mortality rates and whistleblowing alerts, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals, rated as high risk for knee replacement and hernia surgery, poor patient experience and A&E waiting times, and Croydon Health Services NHS Trust where patients struggle to find staff to talk to and lack confidence in nurses.
But our real estate prices are a bargain!----- The complete "Deeetroit package!"----Detroit police: Man carjacks woman, sinks SUV, shoots witness
Detroit police: Man carjacks woman, sinks SUV, shoots witness | Detroit Free Press | freep.comDetroit police are looking for a man who carjacked a woman this morning on the city’s east side and shot a man while trying to get away.
..But, he said, three people witnessed the carjacking and began following the suspect, who jumped out of the moving Traverse, which rolled down an embankment and into the water at the Edison Boat Club near Lycaste and Freud.
After bailing from the Traverse, the suspect got into a gunfight with one of the witnesses, who is a concealed pistol license holder, Woody said.
He said shots were fired, the witness was struck in the arm, and then the carjacker stole the witness’ 2009 blue Ford Focus.
Another hour wasted in the hope of change we know will only make things worse-----2012 10 24 Muskegon city commission debate
Another pathetic "debate".
Thankfully not much more than an hour.
The questions to the candidates were reasonable but once again, the "no follow-up questions" format allowed the familiar blathering non-answers to rule.
Muskegon has real issues.
They were NOT addressed at this event.
Here's the MLive link on the event:
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2013/10/live_coverage_follow_the_city_1.html#incart_river
Thankfully not much more than an hour.
The questions to the candidates were reasonable but once again, the "no follow-up questions" format allowed the familiar blathering non-answers to rule.
Muskegon has real issues.
They were NOT addressed at this event.
Here's the MLive link on the event:
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2013/10/live_coverage_follow_the_city_1.html#incart_river
Pigs proving their superiority over us sheep-----Democrats expected to exempt staff from Obamacare
Democrats expected to exempt staff from Obamacare | WashingtonExaminer.com:
"As the Friday deadline approaches for Senate and House committees to determine if staffers will be swept into Obamacare like personal office aides of members, sources tell Secrets that several Democratic staffs will likely be kept out of the troubled health care system."
"As the Friday deadline approaches for Senate and House committees to determine if staffers will be swept into Obamacare like personal office aides of members, sources tell Secrets that several Democratic staffs will likely be kept out of the troubled health care system."
Polar Sea Ice Remains Above Long-Term Average
Polar Sea Ice Remains Above Long-Term Average | Heartlander Magazine:"Viewed together, Arctic and Antarctic sea ice extent shows little if any trend during the past 34 years.
During the latter half of the past decade, global sea ice frequently fell to between 5 and 10 percent below the sea ice extent measured in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but polar ice extent in 2013 has surpassed the long-term average."
(Thomas Mangelsen photo)
"Smart "Doh"-plomacy----Report: Iran may be month from a bomb
Report: Iran may be month from a bomb:
ONE MONTH FROM A BOMB!!!!!!!
"The new assessment comes as the White House ......is trying to persuade Congress not to go ahead with a bill to stiffen sanctions against Iran"
ONE MONTH FROM A BOMB!!!!!!!
"The new assessment comes as the White House ......is trying to persuade Congress not to go ahead with a bill to stiffen sanctions against Iran"
Deja vous all over again-------Investors pile on record debt to buy stocks at record highs
Investors pile on record debt to buy stocks at record highs:"With stocks near all-time highs, investors are taking on record levels of margin debt, something that could accelerate a decline if the market turns south.
Margin levels, or the amount borrowed to purchase securities, hit a record $401 billion in September, according to NYSE Euronext figures released this week. "
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Stalin, Mao and Hitler used their army in the same way--------Army halts training program that labeled Christians as extremists
Exclusive: Army halts training program that labeled Christians as extremists | Fox News:"The Secretary of the Army has ordered military leaders to halt all briefings on extremist organizations that labeled Evangelical Christian groups as domestic hate groups.
The shutdown comes just four days after I reported exclusively about a briefing at Mississippi’s Camp Shelby that labeled the American Family Association as a domestic hate group."
How can anyone excuse this behaviour from any Commander in Chief?-------Benghazi suspects not on State Department's 'Rewards for Justice' list
Benghazi suspects not on State Department's 'Rewards for Justice' list | Fox News:"The State Department's "Rewards for Justice" program -- which offers multimillion-dollar payouts for tips leading to wanted terrorists -- does not include suspects in the Benghazi terror attack.
The State Department has not offered an explanation as to why those individuals are not on the list.
Pressed by Fox News and The Associated Press on Thursday, spokeswoman Marie Harf suggested the important thing was that the Obama administration is resolved to find those suspects. "
Pretending to be adults-----Many Detroit departments 'couldn't perform some of the most basic functions'
Consultant: Many Detroit departments 'couldn't perform some of the most basic functions' | Detroit Free Press | freep.com: "Several of Detroit’s departments were not able to perform some of the most basic functions when Conway MacKenzie began providing work for the city in 2012.“Simple things such as getting bills out on time to the right addresses with the right staffing … were both significant deficiencies,” Charles Moore, a managing partner for the Birmingham-based restructuring firm, said during a bankruptcy court trial today.
“Many of the departments couldn’t perform some of the most basic functions.”"
What do they do that really works? --------------Biderman Blasts Barack Obama's Biggest Of The Big Lies
Biderman Blasts Barack Obama's Biggest Of The Big Lies | Zero Hedge:""Inherent in the nature of government itself is the fact that it is incapable of effectively providing services," Biderman blasts, noting that "by 'effective', he means dollars and hours."
The TrimTabs CEO is breathless in his beration of "the biggest of the big lies," that continues to be believed by most of America ("given their re-election of Barack Obama" he adds), that government can effectively provide services.
The reality is "governments are not capable of getting anything done cost-effectively," and Biderman, focused on Obamacare as a recent example, concludes "its all FUBAR.""
The future and yet not so far away.........China trying to stop patients from killing doctors
China trying to stop patients from killing doctors:"China plans to beef up security in its hospitals to prevent the deaths of doctors and nurses in attacks by patients' relatives who become violent in their anger over the cost and quality of care."
We will find you. And we will out you. And we will punish you!-----Common Core approval sails through Michigan Senate on voice vote
Common Core approval sails through Michigan Senate on voice vote | MLive.com:"LANSING -- All 38 members of the Michigan Senate gave their assent to allowing the Michigan Department of Education to spend money on the Common Core State Standards on Thursday, but in a way that guarantees that approval can't be used against them politically.
Via voice vote, the Senate adopted a substitute version of a resolution passed by the Michigan House last month. It grants the education department permission to spend money on implementing the standards.
The voice method allowed passage of the resolution without requiring senators to record their votes."
Opt-Out Obamacare Penalty Can't Be Enforced -- Unless You Get a Tax Refund
Opt-Out Obamacare Penalty Can't Be Enforced -- Unless You Get a Tax Refund - The Rush Limbaugh Show"Anyway, he said to me that, according to the law, the only way that the government can collect the fine or penalty for you not buying insurance is if you are owed a tax refund.
If you do not owe a tax refund, they cannot go into your bank account or anywhere else and get that money. "
For everyone else that's FRAUD--------Detroit averted 'payless payday' before bankruptcy filing, analyst says
Detroit averted 'payless payday' before bankruptcy filing, analyst says | Crain's Detroit Business:"To avoid running out of money for basic services, the city moved cash around, canceled payments to its pension funds and defaulted on debt in the months before it filed for bankruptcy, Gaurav Malhotra, a partner at Ernst & Young LLP, testified Wednesday in Detroit.
These actions were designed "to ensure that the city did not have a payless payday," "
Now it startin' to make some sense.....IMMIGRATION AND BIG BUSINESS ATTACKS ON THE TEA PARTY
IMMIGRATION AND BIG BUSINESS ATTACKS ON THE TEA PARTY: Why is the Chamber of Commerce and the GOP establishment going after the Tea Party all of a sudden?
It’s battlespace preparation for the immigration reform/amnesty fight.."
Oooohh baby. Bend over. Grab the lube.......this is gonna hurt....... MDOT Director: Michigan roads are 'going to get worse every year' without new investment
MDOT Director: Michigan roads are 'going to get worse every year' without new investment | MLive.com:""They're going to get worse every year," he told reporters after the meeting.
"The worst part is, the longer we wait, the more it's going to cost us to move forward.""
Just don't drive north without your GPS.......Holland-Grand Haven is safest mid-sized metro area in U.S., says insurer
Holland-Grand Haven is safest mid-sized metro area in U.S., says insurer | MLive.com:"West Michigan gets high marks for safety, according to a national insurance company.
Grand Rapids, Holland and Grand Haven each were included in a list of the country’s safest metro areas, ranked by Farmers Insurance Group.
The Grand Rapids-Wyoming area was ranked second in the list of the 20 “most secure” large metropolitan areas with a population more than 500,000.
The city landed between Bethesda, Md., which took first, and Pittsburgh, Pa., at third.
The Holland-Grand Haven area was ranked first in the 20 “most secure” mid-sized cities list with a population between 150,000 and 500,0000 people.
Placing second was Green Bay, Wis., and third was Appleton, Wis."
Red Flags? Company behind ObamaCare site has checkered past
Red Flags? Company behind ObamaCare site has checkered past | Fox News:"Bagnola doesn't buy it, saying when they overhauled DOTAX's IT, "the system was broken all the time."
"I can't believe people continue to hire incompetency," he added. "
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