Cool. Bring in the feds whenever your boss doesn't like your outfit----Senate Bill Bans Discrimination Against Cross-Dressers

Senate Bill Bans Discrimination Against Cross-Dressers | CNS News:
"The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which will come up for a cloture vote in the Senate today, mandates that employers in the United States permit men to dress as women at work and women to dress as men as long as they otherwise adhere to “reasonable dress or grooming standards.”"

Holy crapoli, they've found a NEW way to make travel suck even more! ----Arming TSA officers hits resistance on the Hill

Arming TSA officers hits resistance on the Hill - Kevin Robillard - POLITICO.com:
"Friday’s slaying of a Transportation Security Administration officer at Los Angeles International Airport is fueling calls from union leaders to give some of the agency’s employees guns, handcuffs and the power to make arrests."

Tell me. Just where is the money going to come from for these nifty "tax credits" (which are NOT tax credits at all) ----436,000 Michiganders could be eligible for Obamacare tax credits next year

Report: 436,000 Michiganders could be eligible for Obamacare tax credits next year | MLive.com:
"An estimated 436,000 Michiganders will be eligible for health insurance tax credits next year, but far fewer are expected to use them, according to a new report."

You liked bailing out the banks? You're gonna love Obama's insurance company bailout! ---The Coming Obamacare Bailout

The American Spectator : The Coming Obamacare Bailout:
"Next on the horizon is an Obamacare “death spiral” for the private health insurance industry.
Taxpayers will now be told a new bailout of hundreds of billions for the private health insurers must be passed, or else private health insurance will go out of business under Obamacare."

How to optimise your WiFi signal

How to optimise your WiFi signal | Hardware.Info United Kingdom:
"A slow wireless connection, it's not fun but it can happen to any of us. We will show you how to perform first-aid next time your home network has an attack of sluggishness. After reading this article you'll be ready to start tinkering around the inner workings of your router. Not with a soldering iron, but with a mouse.

We've all been in this scenario. You're connected to a router and the signal is strong, but internet is really slow. Dial-up connection slow. The signal looks fine, so physically moving the router won't do much. Buying a new router might, but that costs money, and getting a cheap one kind of defeats the purpose.

There are other options. Inside the router there are a number of things you can play around with in order to increase the transfer rate of the wireless signal of your router. We will describe how to make manual adjustments to the bandwidth of the channels and the strength of the signal."

And we give these guys a monopoly to deliver 1st class mail? -----Postal Service Overpaid Truckers $61.5 Million for Their Gas

Postal Service Overpaid Truckers $61.5 Million for Their Gas | Washington Free Beacon:
USPS lost $1.9 billion in second quarter of 2013
"The United States Postal Service overpaid trucking contractors $61.5 million through its Voyager Card Program, which allows drivers to expense their gas on a credit card."

Enviro-nutz ALWAYS choose ANYTHING over kids-----Kid Cages at School Bus Stops Spark Outrage

Kid Cages at School Bus Stops Spark Outrage - David Spady - Page full:
"In Catron County, New Mexico, aggressive Mexican gray wolves are terrorizing residents.
Here wolves are killing pets in front yards in broad daylight, and forcing parents to stand guard when children play outside.
The threat has become so ominous the local school district has decided to place wolf shelters (kid cages) at school bus stops to protect school children from wolves while they wait for the bus or parents. 
These wolf proof cages, constructed from plywood and wire, are designed to prevent wolves from taking a child. 
The absurdity of this scenario is mind-numbing.
What kind of society accepts the idea of children in cages while wolves are free to roam where they choose?"

This ought to be a joke but the joke's on us---------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

Ya get more of what ya subsidize........Welfare, Not Full-Time Work, Is Now America's No. 1 Occupation

Welfare, Not Full-Time Work, Is Now America's No. 1 Occupation - Investors.com:
"Dependency: "Is Welfare The New Normal?" we wondered in an editorial last Thursday, and we didn't have long to wait for an answer. On Friday an answer came back in depressing new data from the Census Bureau.
...A Cato Institute study in August found that welfare now pays more than minimum-wage work in 35 states. Indeed, the federal government has 126 separate programs to help low-income earners.
"The current welfare system provides such a high level of benefits that it acts as a disincentive for work," the study said. "Welfare currently pays more than a minimum-wage job in 35 states, even after accounting for the Earned Income Tax Credit, and in 13 states it pays more than $15 per hour."."

Get government out of the way of entrepreneurs and job creators! -------Microbreweries could double beer production under proposed Michigan law

Microbreweries could double beer production under proposed Michigan law | Crain's Detroit Business:
"HB 4709, sponsored by Rep. Kevin Cotter, R-Mt. Pleasant, would increase the amount of beer a microbrewer could brew annually to 60,000 barrels from 30,000.

HB 4710, sponsored by Rep. Peter MacGregor, R-Cannon Township, would allow a brewpub to have an interest in as many as five other brewpubs, as long as the combined production of those brewpubs does not exceed 18,000 barrels in a year. The law now limits a brewpub to having an interest in up to two others, so long as combined production does not exceed 5,000 barrels a year, according to a House Fiscal Agency analysis.

HB 4711, sponsored by Rep. Andy Schor, D-Lansing, would allow a brewer to sell beer for on-premises consumption at up to two of its licensed locations where it produces beer. The law now only allows for a brewer to sell its beer for on-premises consumption at one location.

Under state law, microbreweries can sell only the beer they produce, and they cannot sell wine or spirits. "

The problem is our new fear of your government! ----Obama: ‘I Want To Put The Fear Of God In All Of You’

Obama: ‘I Want To Put The Fear Of God In All Of You’ « CBS DC:
"President Barack Obama cast Republican Ken Cuccinelli on Sunday as part of an extreme Tea Party faction that shut down the government, throwing the political weight of the White House behind Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the final days of a bitter race for governor.

“Nothing makes me more nervous than when my supporters start feeling too confident,”
Obama said during the rally. “So I want to put the fear of God in all of you.”"

MSM sorta missing a big story......Oh, Barry's MSM propaganda ministers at "work" again. -NYC Subways overrun with homeless as panhandling busts down

Beg Apple: Subways overrun with homeless | New York Post:
"It’s an express train — to the bad old days.
Cops are giving homeless people and panhandlers in the subways the kid-glove treatment, arresting subterranean scofflaws far less frequently than just two years ago, data show.
The ranks of the homeless, meanwhile, have swelled to 1,841 this year — a 13 percent increase over last year’s tally, the city’s Department of Homeless Services says.
For straphangers, it has created an atmosphere of fear.
“I feel threatened, especially taking the train at night,” explained Brooklynite Lortashia Smith, who said she has been followed off trains several times.
“The police can definitely do more.”"

Obama's america: Fluff over substance rules----Illinois gay marriage, not pensions, on tap as legislature returns this week

Illinois gay marriage, not pensions, on tap as legislature returns this week - chicagotribune.com:
"SPRINGFIELD—Illinois lawmakers return to the Capitol on Tuesday for the final scheduled week of the fall session with a measure to legalize same-sex marriage at the forefront and a vote to deal with the state's massive public pension debt unlikely to happen."

And we wonder that these morons can't even teach? ---GA Mom is Banned from Daughter’s School After Posting Weapons Permit on Facebook

GA Mom is Banned from Daughter’s School After Posting Weapons Permit on Facebook:
"“I feel like a criminal. I want I want to be heard. I want a public apology,” says Mount.
On Wednesday, Mount says she was handed a notice from Richmond County Board of Education police.
“He tells me that were going to issue you a criminal trespass warning,” says Mount.
The notice banned her from McBean Elementary School where her disabled daughter attends."

What is it about the super-wealthy that makes them want to stop others from achieving their best?-------Wealthy didn't 'build that,' they 'rode it,' says Gross

Wealthy didn't 'build that,' they 'rode it,' says Gross:
"Many counter that the top 1 percent already pay more than 36 percent of the federal taxes and 40 percent of the income taxes in high-tax states like New York and California.
Others point out that Gross focuses on people who made their fortunes from finance—those who "borrowed money or charged fees on expanding financial assets."

He ignores the vast number of millionaires and billionaires who made their fortunes by starting companies—whether it's a trucking company or tech company, or maker of electric cars or Spanx. 
Should those people also feel guilty?

And with so many Americans not paying any federal income taxes, many argue that the wealthy already carry enough of the burden."

How's that smart diplomacy workin' out? -------Death to America Chants in Tehran as Hardliners Rally

Death to America Chants in Tehran as Hardliners Rally - Bloomberg:
"Tens of thousands of Iranian demonstrators held one of the biggest anti-American rallies in years outside the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, as hardliners stepped up opposition to President Hassan Rouhani’s outreach to President Barack Obama.
Demonstrators waved banners attacking the U.S. and burned American flags during the annual state-sponsored event termed the “Day of National Confrontation Against World Imperialism.”

Dean Marcus "Lioncage" Dantonio to Hokey HamArbor: "6 points... 7 sacks…. girlyman defense, -47 yards rushing. Fat, wet and stupid is no way to go through life, son."

*Dean Marcus "Lioncage" Dantonio  to Hokey HamArbor:    "6 points... 7 sacks…. girlyman defense, -47 yards rushing.

Fat, wet and stupid is no way to go through life, son."

*Dean Vernon Wormer: Here are your grade point avarages. Mr. Kroger: two C's, two D's and an F. That's a 1.2. Congratulations, Kroger. You're at the top of the Delta pledge class. Mr. Dorfman?

Flounder: [drunk] Hello!

Dean Vernon Wormer: 0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son. Mr. Hoover, president of Delta house? 1.6; four C's and an F. A fine example you set! Daniel Simpson Day... HAS no grade point average. All courses incomplete. Mr. Blu...

[sees Bluto with a pair of pencils in his nostrils]

Don't say you weren't warned------The US Economy In Pictures

The US Economy In Pictures | Zero Hedge:
"I have written extensively about the data behind the headline media reports. I have also discussed the importance of the relationship between the underlying data trends relative to broader macroeconomic perspectives.  However, it is sometimes helpful just to view the various economic indicators and draw your own conclusions outside of someone else's opinion.

With the economy now more than 4 years into an expansion, which is long by historical standards, the question for you to answer by looking at the charts below is:

"Are we closer to an economic recession or a continued expansion?"
How you answer that question should have a significant impact on your investment outlook as financial markets tend to lose roughly 30% on average during recessionary periods.  However, with margin debt at record levels, earnings deteriorating and junk bond yields near all-time lows, this is hardly a normal market environment within which we are currently invested.

Therefore, I present a series of charts which view the overall economy from the same perspective utilizing an annualized rate of change. "

We can't keep our current plan. Or even find out about Obama's scam. But we have to pay for "morning-after" pills for folks who want them free?--------Right to Life of Michigan files federal lawsuit against 'Obamacare' over abortion, contraceptives

Right to Life of Michigan files federal lawsuit against 'Obamacare' over abortion, contraceptives | MLive.com:
"Right to Life of Michigan has filed a federal lawsuit over provisions of “Obamacare” that require insurance companies to provide sterilization, contraceptives and “morning-after” pills."

Obama's Scumbags trying to blame the insurance companies??? -----Stage-4 cancer sufferer unhappy with Obamacare gets White House pushback

Stage-4 cancer sufferer unhappy with Obamacare gets White House pushback | Mail Online:
-Dan Pfeiffer, the top White House communications strategist, tweeted out a liberal organization's hit piece on Edie Sundby's insurance company
-Pfeiffer has one of the few 'official' White House Twitter accounts
-The story ran on the Think Progress blog, a project of the Center for American Progress – run by a former Clinton White House chief of staff
-It alleged Sundby's now-famous health insurance limbo is United Healthcare's fault, not Obamacare's
-Sundby, who has battled gallbladder cancer for nearly seven years, wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed about how Obamacare will affect her health
-Her insurance plan will be canceled next month, leaving her to choose between one government plan that won't cover her primary care doctor and another that won't cover her oncologist
-Obama had claimed Americans could keep their doctors after Obamacare became law: 'What happened to the president's promises?' she asked"

Does Environmentalism Cause Amnesia?

Bret Stephens: Does Environmentalism Cause Amnesia? - WSJ.com:
Warming is becoming a major problem. 
"A change in our climate," writes one deservedly famous American naturalist, "is taking place very sensibly." 
Snowfall, he notes, has become "less frequent and less deep." 
Rivers that once "seldom failed to freeze over in the course of the winter, scarcely ever do so now."
(the author is listed below)

China, once the 'land of famine,' nowadays faces a growing problem of childhood obesity."

Only in Africa is food scarcity still an issue, but even there recent food crises in Malawi and Niger did not result in major loss of life.

What does hurt people is bad public policy. 

-Exhibit A is the U.S. ethanol mandate—justified in part as a response to global warming—which diverted the corn crop to fuel production and sent global food prices soaring in 2008. 

-Exhibit B is the cult of organic farming and knee-jerk opposition to GMOs, which risk depriving farmers in poor countries of high-yield, nutrient-rich crops. 

-Exhibit C was the effort to ban DDT without adequate substitutes to stop the spread of malaria, which kills nearly 900,000 people, mostly children, in sub-Saharan Africa alone with each passing year. The list goes on and on.

Environmentalists tend to have conveniently short memories, especially when it comes to their own mistakes. They would do better to learn from history. 

Just take the quote about the warming climate with which this column began. 

It's from "Notes on the State of Virginia" by Thomas Jefferson, published in 1785.

Free for thee but not for me-----Under Health Care Act, Millions Eligible for Free Policies

Under Health Care Act, Millions Eligible for Free Policies:
"Not everyone selects the cheapest option.
Dante Olivia Smith, a lighting designer from Manhattan, learned that federal subsidies would allow her to buy a bronze plan for $24 a month.
"It was astounding," she said. "I almost started crying, and called my mom."

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$409 BILLION increase in just ONE MONTH!!!! ------Federal Debt Jumped $409 Billion in October; $3,567 Per Household

Federal Debt Jumped $409 Billion in October; $3,567 Per Household | CNS News:
"The debt of the federal government, which is normally subject to a legal limit, jumped by $409 billion in the month of October, according to the U.S. Treasury.
That equals approximately $3,567 for each household in the United States, and is the second-largest one month jump in the debt in the history of the country.
...The single greatest one-month increase in the federal government's debt came in October 2008, when Congress enacted the Troubled Asset Relief Program to bail out the financial industry.
In that month, the debt subject to the legal limit climbed by about $545 billion."

National Suicide: You MUST have photo ID to vote in Michigan...... unless you don't have photo ID. Then it's OK to vote anyway.

8 years of the Clintons might have had something to do with it......When did white trash become normal?

When did white trash become normal? | New York Post:
"Society crumbles when it takes cues from the underclass
When Snooki, whose talents include getting sloppy drunk and throwing up on camera, made Barbara Walters’ “Ten Most Fascinating People” list a few years back, one could only ask: Was Octomom not available?"

"Fiasco"? It is an out and out THEFT!!!!! --------The Great Pension-Bonus Giveaway Fiasco

The Great Pension-Bonus Giveaway Fiasco - Bloomberg:
"I’ve been shocked to find out how common “extra payments” or “13th checks” have become among public pension funds. Basically, when returns were higher than the projected average return (generally around 8 percent), they funneled off the extra into a bonus check.
This is … well, gee, profanity is too weak.
It is an insane mangling of the concept of an “average return.”
As should be obvious to anyone who sat through high school math, that average is composed of some years when the return will be higher than the average, and some years when it will be lower. 
You can’t siphon off the “excess” returns from the up years unless you also put in extra cash during years when the market underperforms. 
It goes without saying that they did not top up during the bad years. 
The result is the current mess in Detroit, and elsewhere."

Hey, this could be FUN--------Data breached for Rep. John Conyers, LeBron James, others after limo firm hacked

Data breached for Rep. John Conyers, LeBron James, others after limo firm hacked | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"The stolen files also include records about what took place in the vehicles, including sex, vomiting and smoking marijuana, Krebs reports.
Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., whose data was among those breached, declined to comment Monday.
But his spokesman Andrew Schreiber said he was appreciative that the matter was brought it to his attention."

Puppycide-A surprising number of dogs are shot by cops. A new documentary looks at the problem.

Puppycide | National Review Online:
"It may make brutal reading.
A recent lawsuit in Milwaukee filed by a woman whose dog was killed forced that city to compile its records. “They found that a dog was shot every seven days,” Reasonover says.
“Just in Milwaukee.” "

Hold on folks, we may NOT survive 3 more years of Obamunism-----The "Oh Crap" Moment For Housing Is Now In The Can

The "Oh Crap" Moment For Housing Is Now In The Can | Zero Hedge:
"Real estate guru Mark Hanson updates his housing view following this week's dismal housing industry data:

Sept. Pending Sales... the largest MoM drop since Sept 2001... not 2011... yes, 2001.

Don't let them tell you 'this is normal for Sept'.
The 'oh-crap' moment is now in the can.
Going forward, "Existing Sales" volume will disappoint on a YoY basis for several quarters.
There is no way around it..."