Almost One in Four 26-Year-Olds Still Live with Parents

Almost One in Four 26-Year-Olds Still Live with Parents:

A ten-year survey of millennials reveals that almost one in four (22.6%) 26-year-olds are still living with their parents.

The U.S. Department of Education report confirmed that, if you are tired of living with Mom and Dad, then do your homework and stay in school. 
According to the survey titled“Where Are They Now," education makes a difference: generally those with more schooling were less likely to be living at home. 
The study shed some light on how older millennials have been faring during the Great Recession. 

According to a Pew Research analysis of the 2012 data, lower levels of employment, an increase in college enrollment, and a decrease in young people getting married are major factors in the increase of millennials living at home. 

The survey followed 13,000 high school students who were sophomores in 2002, and checked in with them in 2012 to see where are they now.  Some of the results are:

• 10% living with roommate(s), prompting fellow millennial Katy Waldman to write an embarrassing Slate article bearing the headline, "More 27-Year-Olds Live With Parents Than Roommates"
• 53.8 percent made less than $25,000 from employment in 2011
• 40%  had been unemployed for one or more months since January 2009
• 13% reported they were neither working for pay nor taking postsecondary courses
• 60.2 %  of those who had enrolled in college, reported they had taken out student loans

This is what other countries do when illegals break their laws------US Army vet faces 3 years in Canadian prison after mistakenly bringing gun to border

US Army vet faces 3 years in Canadian prison after mistakenly bringing gun to border, says lawyer | Fox News:
"Louis DiNatale, the former Army soldier, says he forgot the gun was inside his wife's car, so when he was asked by a Canadian border agent when the last time he had a weapon on him, he responded, "Earlier that week," The Los Angeles Times reported.
The border agent searched his wife's car and located a .380 handgun.

"It was an honest mistake," DiNatale, told Postmedia News Wednesday from Louisville, Ky., where he works as a paralegal.
"There's not even a traffic ticket in my background.
Why would I come to Canada to bring a small weapon to smuggle in?"

He was handcuffed, jailed for four days and posted bail. 
His court date is set for June."

They're preparing for an invasion or an attack?

South Carolina Woman Shoots and Kills Violent, Abusive Boyfriend

South Carolina Woman Shoots and Kills Violent, Abusive Boyfriend:
"As we’ve said numerous times in the past, guns are the ultimate equalizer.

They can easily allow someone smaller, slower, weaker or older than their attacker to quickly gain the upper hand.

 That’s exactly what happened in this story out of Orangeburg, SC."

Another Obama Success Story: Healthcare Costs for Small Businesses Have Doubled Since 2009

Another Obama Success Story: Healthcare Costs for Small Businesses Have Doubled Since 2009 | Jammie Wearing Fools

Don’t worry, though, ObamaCare will fix all this or something.

Healthcare costs for small businesses have doubled under President Obama, according to a new study.

The report from the National Small Business Association (NSBA) surveyed 780 small business owners and found that healthcare cost increases are preventing many companies from growing.

The study found the cost of providing health insurance to employees has nearly doubled during the Obama administration. Currently, small businesses pay a monthly average of $1,121 per employee for health insurance premiums, up from $590 in 2009.

According to the study, 91 percent of small businesses saw their healthcare costs go up during their most recent renewal period.

A prominent House Republican pointed to the study as “further evidence” that ObamaCare is hurting small businesses.

“Surprisingly, there are some that deny the healthcare law is hurting the economy or small businesses, despite the mounting evidence of the law’s ill effects,” said Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), chairman of the House Small Business Committee.

Retirement plan for Paterson cops, firefighters puts four-year tab at $11 million

Retirement plan for Paterson cops, firefighters puts four-year tab at $11 million : page all - NorthJersey.com: "PATERSON – City officials are planning to borrow $1.65 million to pay nine firefighters and eight police officers for unused leave days when they retire.

This would represent the fourth consecutive year in which Paterson has borrowed money to pay severance to retiring firefighters and police officers at a total cost of more than $11 million over that time."

Fla. Bill Banning Suspension for Gun-Shaped Pop-Tarts Moves Forward

Fla. Bill Banning Suspension for Gun-Shaped Pop-Tarts Moves Forward | National Review Online:

"Students in Florida are one step closer to being able to freely make gun symbols out of pastries and their fingers without retribution.

..... The Republican-introduced “Pop-Tart Bill,” named after a Maryland eight-year-old who was suspended for biting his snack into the shape of a gun, unanimously passed the K–12 subcommittee with bipartisan support. “This is addressing a zero-tolerance policy that often will not allow people to use common sense because their hands are tied,”

Really, really worth your time. Our government at war with US------Catherine Engelbrecht's Testimony at House of Representatives Hearing on...

Hate is the Force that Gives the Left Meaning

Hate is the Force that Gives the Left Meaning:

"Watch MSNBC or browse any left-wing site and you see a level of anger that would make you think that Al Gore had just conceded or Nixon had just won reelection.
There’s more anger in the privileged circles of the left than in the political rearguard of the Tea Party.

That anger trickles from the top down.
Obama’s interview with Bill O’Reilly was yet another opportunity for the most powerful man in the country to blame a vast right wing conspiracy.
A day doesn’t pass without another email from Obama, his wife, Sandra Fluke or Joe Biden warning that without another five or ten dollar contribution, the “right” will take over America.

The left has unchallenged control over the government, academia and the entertainment industry and yet it talks as if the country is 5 seconds away from Sarah Palin marching into Washington D.C. at the head of an army of Duck Dynasty fans to outlaw abortion."

Illegals Supposedly Helping Our Economy: Not!

Illegals Supposedly Helping Our Economy: Not! » Black & Right:
According to the White House…
"It is helpful to take a moment to reflect on the important contributions by the generations of immigrants who have helped us build our economy, and made America the economic engine of the world."

How do immigrants strengthen the U.S. economy?
By earning and sending their money back home.

Mexico received $21.59 billion in remittances from emigrants in 2013, a figure that was down 3.7 percent compared to 2012, the Bank of Mexico said.

Maybe “down” but still almost $22 billion that could have stayed here, and it appears the cost to US taxpayers exceeds what they send back home (and I only say “exceeds” because we don’t have accurate numbers as to how many people we’re talking about)."

History for February 8

History for February 8 - On-This-Day.com

Birth anniversary of Jules Verne, Father of Science Fiction (1828-1905).

Birth anniversary General William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-91).

In 1587 Mary, Queen of Scots was executed at Fotheringhay, England.

Happy Birthday! Brooke Adams, John Grisham, Nick Nolte

1861 - A Cheyenne delegation and some Arapaho leaders accepted a new settlement (Treaty of Fort Wise) with the U.S. Federal government. The deal ceded most of their land but secured a 600-square mile reservation and annuity payments.
 

1896 - The Western Conference was formed by representatives of Midwestern universities. The group changed its name to the Big 10 Conference. 


1904 - The Russo-Japanese War began with Japan attacking Russian forces in Manchuria. 


1910 - William D. Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America. 


1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced a plan to re-introduce draft registration. 

1993 - General Motors sued NBC, alleging that "Dateline NBC" had rigged two car-truck crashes to show that some GM pickups were prone to fires after certain types of crashes. The suit was settled the following day by NBC. 

$5 BILLION?!!!!!!!!!!!--------Billions Wasted on Unreliable Obamacare Exchanges

Billions Wasted on Unreliable Obamacare Exchanges:
"The federal taxpayers have spent over $5 billion to build Obamacare’s exchanges. 
Unfortunately for taxpayers, these investments have not delivered a good return and are ongoing.
Despite the muddled launch of many exchanges, the federal government is still doling out grant money, giving out over $200 million to nine states last month.
Fourteen states and the District of Columbia are running their own Obamacare exchanges and they all received federal grant money to help build them—a total of over $4 billion. California alone received $1 billion to set up its exchange.
Many state-based exchanges have struggled with similar website problems as the federal healthcare.gov site, and some are still barely operational despite being four months into the open enrollment period.
Consider Maryland and Oregon:
The Maryland exchange, called the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, has received $171 million in federal grant money but its exchange still isn’t functioning properly, causing enrollment difficulty and the site even listed an incorrect phone number to call for assistance"

NO mention, at all, this is the medical pot outlet for Muskegon..........Hydroponics business in Muskegon allegedly targeted by thieves

Hydroponics business in Muskegon allegedly targeted by thieves | MLive.com:

MUSKEGON, MI -- A hydroponics business in Muskegon was allegedly broken into over the weekend, police said.

Muskegon Police Department officials were notified to the alleged break-in at Big Blue Hydroponics, in the 500 block of Ottawa Street, around 12:34 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1. The business is equipped with an alarm system which had been activated, sending police officers to the scene.

California’s Two Droughts

California’s Two Droughts | National Review Online:
"Californians have not built a major reservoir since the New Melones Dam more than 30 years ago.
As the state subsequently added almost 20 million people, it assumed that it was exempt from creating any more “unnatural” Sierra lakes and canals to store precious water during California’s rarer wet and snow-filled years.

Then, short-sightedness soon became conceit. 
Green utopians went further and demanded that an ailing three-inch bait fish in the San Francisco delta receive more fresh oxygenated water.
In the last five years, they have successfully gone to court to force millions of acre-feet of contracted irrigation water to be diverted from farms to flow freely out to sea."

Congressman Tried to Shut Down a Tea Party Leader at Thursday’s Hearing — That’s When a GOP Rep. Showed He Wasn’t Having Any of It

Congressman Tried to Shut Down a Tea Party Leader at Thursday’s Hearing — That’s When a GOP Rep. Showed He Wasn’t Having Any of It | Video | TheBlaze.com
That’s when Jordan stepped in to make a simple but effective point.

“Ms. Engelbrecht,” Jordan said, “in the first 20 years of business, did OSHA ever visit your place of business?”
“No sir,” she responded.

“Never once?”

“No sir.”

“After you filed the [tax-exempt application for King Street Patriots], OSHA visited then, right?”

“Yes sir.”

“In the first 20 years of business did the [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives] ever come to your business?” Jordan continued.

“No sir.”

“And they came a couple times once you filed your application?”

“Yes sir.”

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) pressed Tea Party group leader Catherine Engelbrecht during a hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill. (AP)

“And in your first 20 years of business, did the IRS ever audit you?”

“No sir.”

“But once you filed your application, they audited you?”

“Many times.”

“And in your first 20 years of business, did the FBI ever visit you?”

“No sir.”

“But once you filed your application, did they visit you?”

“Six times.”

Jordan made his final point: “Mr. Connolly wants us to believes that’s all a coincidence.”

Unamused with Jordan’s line of questioning, an agitated Connolly shot back, insisting that he’s merely looking for evidence of the scrutiny being politically motivated.

“You can believe it’s all a coincidence,” Jordan said. “I refuse to do so.”

“I believe in fact-based, empirical oversight,” Connolly responded. “And innuendo and drawing conclusions and paranoia do not substitute for fact-based, empirical oversight.”

Connolly concluded by muttering the word “McCarthyism”:

Humana Will Get $250-450 Million to Offset Expected Loses This Year. That's Just One Insurer.

Humana Will Get $250-450 Million to Offset Expected Loses This Year. That's Just One Insurer. | National Review Online:
"A few weeks ago, we were told not to listen to the hype about Obamacare’s troubles, because insurers believed it was all going to be okay. Better yet, even after a rocky start in 2014, it was going to be good for their businesses.
And indeed, it is likely that the reason they agreed to let the federal government tell them what they can sell or not and at what price is that they thought this was worth it in exchange for Obamacare’s forcing citizens to buy their products.
But what will this bargain take? 
One large health insurer, Humana, is going to need between $250 and $450 million payment (some or most​ of it could be coming from taxpayers) to compensate for their loses in 2014. "

Jails Enroll Inmates in Obamacare to Pass Hospital Costs to U.S

Jails Enroll Inmates in Obamacare to Pass Hospital Costs to U.S. - Bloomberg:
"Being arrested in Chicago for, say, drug possession or assault gets you sent to the Cook County Jail to be fingerprinted, photographed and X-rayed.
You’ll also get help applying for health insurance. 
 At least six states and counties from Maryland to Oregon’s Multnomah are getting inmates coverage under Obamacare and its expansion of Medicaid, the federal and state health-care program for the poor."

Dems gettin' a bit goosey......

https://my.democrats.org/Impeachment

Geezers take over ski resorts---Wednesday at A-Basin

Kind of amazing.
Maybe a bit depressing but ...
We healthy retireds are sitting up top Arapaho Basin at the Black Mountain Lodge with all the very friendly workers under 30 and hear three songs in a row on the lodge's music system: Bohemian Rhapsody (1975), Layla (1970) and Marrakesh Express (1969).
Our generation has spent this generation into soon-to-be bankruptcy while they wait on us with our geezer music playing in the background.
And still they smile.....and vote for Obama......

Honeybunch disappearing along a ridge at A-Basin. WINDY and COLD!

We stopped shivering for a moment:

This soldier makes me proud to be an American-----Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Silences Crowd After Laughter is Heard

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Silences Crowd After Laughter is Heard:

Think You’re Having a Bad Day? This Guy’s Rude Introduction to the Power of a Snow Plow is Worse

Think You’re Having a Bad Day? This Guy’s Rude Introduction to the Power of a Snow Plow is Worse | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"In movies, it’s what happens right as a person thinks “could this day get any worse?” and then a passing truck sloshes dirty street water at them as they’re walking down the sidewalk.

This video is the winter version of that bad day — only perhaps worse."

An Inconveint Truth-Court Orders Utility To Address Wind Turbine Noise Problems

Court Orders Utility To Address Wind Turbine Noise Problems [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:

""There are only two ways to reduce the noise level," Martis said.

"One would be to increase the distance between the turbines and the homes, and it is too late for that.

The other is to reduce the decibel level, which would significantly increase the operating costs of the plant."

 Lake Winds is a 56-turbine facility located south of Ludington in Mason County.

It was the utility company's first wind plant project in Michigan. Residents who live near the $250 million plant began complaining of health problems shortly after the turbines began operating.

They filed a lawsuit on April 1 arguing that noise, vibrations and flickering lights emanating from the wind plant were adversely affecting their health. 

Among the symptoms noted in the lawsuit were dizziness, sleeplessness and headaches."

National insanity!.... or Media Lies?--------------CNN Poll: Pathway to citizenship trumps border security

CNN Poll: Pathway to citizenship trumps border security – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs: "Washington (CNN) - Americans overwhelmingly favor a bill that would give most undocumented immigrants a pathway towards citizenship, according to a new national poll.

 And a CNN/ORC International survey also indicates that a majority of the public says that the government's main focus should be legalizing the status of the undocumented rather than border security."

Obama's america-FBI Agents revolt against Eric Holder

FBI Agents revolt against Eric Holder | Power Line

FBI AGENTS REVOLT AGAINST ERIC HOLDER

First it was the Justice Department’s career prosecutors; now it’s FBI agents. The federal employees responsible for fighting crime are simply unable to digest the anti-law enforcement slop being served up by their boss, Attorney General Holder.

The FBI’s beef is with the selection of Debo Adegbile as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. The FBI Agents Association’s opposition is based on the way in which Adegbile defended, and led the cheers for, cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal.

The problem isn’t that Adegbile defended Abu-Jamal. 
The problem, as Bill Otis explains, is that Adegbile led a street campaign to denounce the policeman Abu-Jamal killed, Officer Daniel Faulkner, and the police in general, as an occupying fascist army.

Who-d a-thunk it? Government involvement in sports stadiums and the Olympics are financial boondoggles?

Who-d a-thunk it? Government involvement in sports stadiums and the Olympics are financial boondoggles? | AEIdeas:
"Carpe Diem
Who-d a-thunk it? Government involvement in sports stadiums and the Olympics are financial boondoggles?
Mark J. Perry | February 6, 2014, 3:58 pm
From James Surowiecki’s article in The New Yorker “The Sochi Effect“:

Whatever happens on the ice and snow of Sochi in the next couple of weeks, one thing is certain:
this Winter Olympics is the greatest financial boondoggle in the history of the Games.
Back in 2007, Vladimir Putin said that Russia would spend $12 billion on the Games. 
The actual amount is more than $50 billion. (By comparison, Vancouver’s Games, in 2010, cost $7 billion.)

As Josh Barro points out in a Tweet, $50 billion is 2.5% of Russia’s GDP, and the equivalent of the US spending $400 billion on the Olympics (that’s also equivalent to the annual Gross State Product of Massachusetts).
HT: Greg Allar"

Frustrating Medicare catch: Who's an in-patient at the hospital and who's under observation?

Frustrating Medicare catch: Who's an in-patient at the hospital and who's under observation? | Fox News:
"But when she was 95, Felton fell late one night at home and was taken by ambulance to the emergency room, where doctors found she'd broken her pelvis in three places.

Brier said the doctors told her that after leaving the hospital, her mother "would have to go to rehab and learn to walk again and learn to function again."

But Brier and her sisters were told that would mean a skilled nursing facility, which is expensive. But, if she "stayed three full nights, we were told that was the criteria for having Medicare pay for the rehab," Brier said.

There's a nasty catch, however-- many people in the hospital are not officially considered "in-patients" but rather "under observation" although the difference is not obvious.

Says Toby Edelman of the Center for Medicare Advocacy, “Once they are in the hospital and in a bed for several days, getting care and treatment and medicine and food, (a) wristband, they think they're in-patients.  People have no idea that they're out-patients.""