Bankrupt Illinois Proposes $100M to Fund Obama Presidential Library

Bankrupt Illinois Proposes $100M to Fund Obama Presidential Library | Truth Revolt

On Friday, an Illinois House Committee cleared a bill that would offer $100 million for the construction of the Barack Obama Presidential Library in Chicago.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel immediately labeled the proposal a brilliant one, stating, “This is the home where the president began his career in public life and also where his family calls home.”
Emanuel says that building the library would create economic development in the city.
There are six locations on the South Side of Chicago that have been targeted for the potential library home, and two universities also want the library.
......Historically, presidential libraries have been built with private funding, then kept open through public funding. 
They also lose money.

Deep-Six The CPI—It Measures Excuses For Money Printing, Not The Real Cost-Of-Living

Deep-Six The CPI—It Measures Excuses For Money Printing, Not The Real Cost-Of-Living | David Stockman's Contra Corner:
"Those claiming the weighting is accurate face a blizzard of legitimate questions.
For example, if healthcare is 18% of the U.S. GDP, i.e. 18 cents of every dollar goes to healthcare, then how can a mere 7% wedge of the CPI devoted to healthcare be remotely accurate? 
In my analysis, the debate over inflation is intrinsically flawed.
What really matters is not the overall rate of inflation, which can be endlessly debated, but the purchasing power of earned income, i.e. wages and the exposure to real-world costs."

What Common Core Proposes to Teach N.Y. Students on ‘Unintended Consequences of American Capitalism,’ ‘Fairness’ and the Progressive Era | TheBlaze.com

What Common Core Proposes to Teach N.Y. Students on ‘Unintended Consequences of American Capitalism,’ ‘Fairness’ and the Progressive Era | TheBlaze.com:
"The proposed k-8 standards for New York deal less with economics and more with history and government, including the founding, the Civil War, the progressive movement of the early 20th century and World Wars I and II, and state, “The purpose of government is to protect the rights of citizens and to promote the common good.”
“The United States is founded on the democratic principles of equality, fairness, and respect for authority and rules,” the proposed k-8 standards for New York says. “Students will explore democratic principles such as dignity for all, equality, fairness, and respect for authority and rules, and how those principles are applied to their community.”

The proposed k-8 standards go on to discuss the progressive movement."

Imagine the unimaginable: what if America never existed?

A Special Note From Dinesh D’Souza | Dinesh D'Souza

Teen charged with "hate crime", adults get a pass------Effort to whitewash Detroit beating suspect begins

Effort to whitewash Detroit beating suspect begins » News -- GOPUSA:
"A hate crime to me is burning a cross on somebody's lawn because of their race or color," lynching someone or painting swastikas on a synagogue, said Attorney Solomon Radner of Southfield following a brief court hearing today.
.....Four adults -- Bruce Wimbush Jr., Wonzey Saffold, James Davis and Latrez Cummings -- are charged with assault with intent to murder and assault with intent to do great bodily harm in the attack and are scheduled for their preliminary examinations on Monday."

Simply stated: Liar-in-chief------President Obama’s Bogus Voting Rights Claims

President Obama’s Bogus Voting Rights Claims:
"Last Friday, in a speech at Al Sharpton’s National Action Network conference, President Obama proudly announced that the Justice Department had taken on more than 100 voting rights cases since 2009.

The problem with that claim is that, since 2009, the Justice Department has taken on only 39 voting rights cases—and as former Voting Section lawyer Christian Adams points out, only 13 were related to protecting minority voting rights.
And, with respect to some of the cases in which the department has been involved, it lost spectacularly—such as its false claim that South Carolina’s voter ID law was discriminatory."
.....If the DOJ is going to ignore cases in which voter fraud is being openly admitted, their prosecution statistics will continue to lose any semblance of credibility.
Not surprisingly, the President ignored the hundreds of people that North Carolina just discovered to have voted twice in the 2012 election and the numerous other cases of voter fraud that have been successfully prosecuted over the past decade by state and local authorities. 
That wouldn’t fit his narrative either.
The President denounces voter fraud as myth, while ignoring documented cases of blatant voter fraud.

Earth Daze: Overcoming Environmental Hysteria

Earth Daze: Overcoming Environmental Hysteria - Reason.com:
"The recent hype about global warming comes from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Most of its members are serious scientists.
But reporters don't realize that those scientists, like bird flu specialists, have every incentive to hype the risk. 
If their computer models (which so far have been wrong) predict disaster, they get attention and money. 
If they say, "I'm not sure," they get nothing. 

 Also, the IPCC is not just a panel of scientists.
It's an intergovernmental panel.
It's a bureaucracy controlled by the sort of people who once ran for student council and are "exhilarated by the prospect of putting the thumb of the federal government on the scale." "

....."The amazing number that most people haven't heard is, if you take all the solar panels and all the wind turbines in the world," says Lomborg, "they have (eliminated) less CO2 than what U.S. fracking (cracking rocks below ground to extract oil and natural gas) managed to do." 

These 15 Grand Rapids Restaurants Will Blow Your Taste Buds Out Of Your Mouth

These 15 Grand Rapids Restaurants Will Blow Your Taste Buds Out Of Your Mouth - Movoto

17 Incredibly Creepy Easter Bunnies (easter, bunny, scary, creepy)

17 Incredibly Creepy Easter Bunnies (easter, bunny, scary, creepy) - ODDEE:

Harry Reid Goes Off: Clive Bundy Supporters are ‘Domestic Terrorists!’

Harry Reid Goes Off: Clive Bundy Supporters are ‘Domestic Terrorists!’:
"Sen. Reid declared on Thursday that the supporters of Cliven Bundy, the rancher who has been standing strong against the federal government, are nothing more than “domestic terrorists.”

Reid’s number one rule: When in doubt, call names.

Last year, Senator Reid stood on the Senate floor and labeled the Tea Party “anarchists” for our unwillingness to mindlessly accept government edicts and runaway spending."

Top 10 Reasons to Vote Democrat in 2014

Top 10 Reasons to Vote Democrat in 2014 | Allen B. West - AllenBWest.com:
"8. I’ll vote Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would.

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Why Westernized Muslims Become 'Radicalized'

Articles: Why Westernized Muslims Become 'Radicalized':
"A new Danish statistical study finds that “Muslims [are] 218 percent more criminal in second generation than first.” 
While some of these crimes are clearly related to Islam – such as attackson Muslim apostates to Christianity – others, such as rampant theft against non-Muslims, would appear banal, until one realizes that even robbery and plunder are justified by Islamic doctrine– as one U.K. Muslim cleric onceclearly said.

The interesting question here is why second-generation Muslims, who are presumably more Westernized than their Muslim parents, are also more “radical.”
Lest one dismiss this phenomenon as a product of economics or some other “grievance” against European host nations, the fact is, even in America, where Muslims are much better assimilated than in Europe, young Muslims are turning to “radicalism.” "
....After all, the mainstream position evoked by most politicians maintains that all U.S. sacrifices in the Muslim world (Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.) will pay off once Muslims discover how wonderful Western ways are, and happily slough off their “Islamist” veneer, which, as the theory goes, is a product of – you guessed it – a lack of democracy, liberty, prosperity, and freedom of expression.
.....Yet here are American and European Muslims, immersed in the bounties of the West, and still do they turn to violent jihad.
 Why think their counterparts, who are born and raised in the Muslim world, where Islam permeates every aspect of life, will respond differently?

History for April 19

History for April 19 - On-This-Day.com

Birth anniversary of legendary crimefighter Eliot Ness (1903-57).

Happy Birthday! Tim Curry, Hugh O’Brian, Maria Sharapova


1764 - The English Parliament banned the American colonies from printing paper money. 

1775 - The American Revolution began as fighting broke out at Lexington, MA. 


1892 - The Duryea gasoline buggy was introduced in the U.S. by Charles and Frank Duryea. 


1897 - The first annual Boston Marathon was held. It was the first of its type in the U.S. 


1927 - In China, Hankow communists declared war on Chaing Kai-shek. 


1933 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a proclamation that removed the U.S. from the gold standard. 

1938 - General Francisco Franco declared victory in the Spanish Civil War. 


1943 - The Warsaw Ghetto uprising against Nazi rule began. The Jews were able to fight off the Germans for 28 days. 


1951 - General Douglas MacArthur gave his "Old Soldiers" speech before the U.S. Congress. In the address General MacArthur said that "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away." 



1989 - A gun turret exploded aboard the USS Iowa. 47 sailors were killed. 


1994 - A Los Angeles jury awarded $3.8 million to Rodney King for violation of his civil rights.
 




1995 - The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, OK, was destroyed by a bomb. It was the worst bombing on U.S. territory. 168 people were killed including 19 children, and 500 were injured. Timothy McVeigh was found guilty of the bombing on June 2, 1997. 

WH Counterterror Chief: Parents Need to Watch for ‘Sudden Personality Changes in Their Children’ | CNS News

WH Counterterror Chief: Parents Need to Watch for ‘Sudden Personality Changes in Their Children’ | CNS News:

"White House Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Adviser Lisa Monaco said it could help prevent terrorism if parents watched for “sudden personality changes in their children at home.”
“President Obama has been laser-focused on making sure we use all the elements of our national power to protect Americans, including developing the first government-wide strategy to prevent violent extremism in the United States,” said Monaco"

LIBERTY REVIEW: Iron FistBy Tammy DerouinThe progressives don’t s...

LIBERTY REVIEW: Iron FistBy Tammy Derouin
The progressives don’t s...:

The progressives don’t see entitlements, Obamacare, and Common Core as a problem.  They see it as a means to an end. The American people will get Obamacare; a health care plan
that will be tailored to fit the will of the ruling party.

The Party Plan! 
It may go something like this.  All rules and regulations are subject to change without notice.  Medical care is not guaranteed, implied or promised.  An administrator will evaluate your condition.  He alone will decide if medical attention is required.  Do not seek the advice of a physician on your own.  Physicians no longer have the authority to think or act without the written consent of an administrator.  Please do not ask an administrator to perform any type of medical treatment.  Administrators are not physicians, they just think for them.  

Business at war with its customers?----When ‘Liking’ a Brand Online Voids the Right to Sue

When ‘Liking’ a Brand Online Voids the Right to Sue - NYTimes.com
Might downloading a 50-cent coupon for Cheerios cost you legal rights?

General Mills, the maker of cereals like Cheerios and Chex as well as brands like Bisquick and Betty Crocker, has quietly added language to its website to alert consumers that they give up their right to sue the company if they download coupons, “join” it in online communities like Facebook, enter a company-sponsored sweepstakes or contest or interact with it in a variety of other ways.

Instead, anyone who has received anything that could be construed as a benefit and who then has a dispute with the company over its products will have to use informal negotiation via email or go through arbitration to seek relief, according to the new terms posted on its site.

......“Although this is the first case I’ve seen of a food company moving in this direction, others will follow — why wouldn’t you?” said Julia Duncan, director of federal programs and an arbitration expert at the American Association for Justice, a trade group representing plaintiff trial lawyers.
“It’s essentially trying to protect the company from all accountability, even when it lies, or say, an employee deliberately adds broken glass to a product.”

Side of Irony? Meal Sickens People at Food Safety Summit

Side of Irony? Meal Sickens People at Food Safety Summit - NBC News.com

At least four people reported getting sick after eating food at the annual Food Safety Summit in Baltimore this month.

Maryland health officials are investigating possible cases of food poisoning at what may be the worst-ever venue — a gathering of government and industry leaders attending a national Food Safety Summit.

At least four people called the Baltimore City Health Department this week to report that they developed diarrhea, nausea and other symptoms about 12 hours after eating a meal April 9 during the conference at the Baltimore Convention Center.

‘Strange Bedfellows’: Tea Party, MoveOn, and Others Joining Together to Oppose This Program | TheBlaze.com

‘Strange Bedfellows’: Tea Party, MoveOn, and Others Joining Together to Oppose This Program | TheBlaze.com:
“We have an even larger coalition of people who are pushing for reform to the NSA,” Maas added. “And it’s quite interesting to see MoveOn, and the Libertarian Party, and FreedomWorks, and the Occupy Wall Street New York City branch, and the central Ohio Tea Party group all signed onto the same cause! It’s quite an amazing thing to see.”"

Why fill potholes when you can fill union pockets?------State money for Detroit bankruptcy deal no sure bet in Michigan Legislature, but Snyder confident

State money for Detroit bankruptcy deal no sure bet in Michigan Legislature, but Snyder confident | MLive.com

LANSING, MI -- Gov. Rick Snyder's push to boost Detroit's bankruptcy with state money appears to be gaining steam but is no sure bet in the Michigan Legislature, where lawmakers representing all parts of the state may decide whether to send up to $350 million to the struggling city.

Tentative agreements between Detroit and its under-funded pensions would reduce proposed cuts for retirees and could pave the way for the the city to exit bankruptcy without selling off art work to satiate creditors.

The slow death of free speech

The slow death of free speech » The Spectator:

"How the Left, here and abroad, is trying to shut down debate —  from Islam and Israel to global warming and gay marriage"

These days, pretty much every story is really the same story:

• In Galway, at the National University of Ireland, a speaker who attempts to argue against the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) programme against Israel is shouted down with cries of ‘Fucking Zionist, fucking pricks… Get the fuck off our campus.’
• In California, Mozilla’s chief executive is forced to resign because he once made a political donation in support of the pre-revisionist definition of marriage.
• At Westminster, the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee declares that the BBC should seek ‘special clearance’ before it interviews climate sceptics, such as fringe wacko extremists like former Chancellor Nigel Lawson.
• In Massachusetts, Brandeis University withdraws its offer of an honorary degree to a black feminist atheist human rights campaigner from Somalia.
• In London, a multitude of liberal journalists and artists responsible for everything from Monty Python to Downton Abbey sign an open letter in favour of the first state restraints on the British press in three and a quarter centuries.
• And in Canberra the government is planning to repeal Section 18C — whoa, don’t worry, not all of it, just three or four adjectives; or maybe only two, or whatever it’s down to by now, after what Gay Alcorn in theAge described as the ongoing debate about ‘where to strike the balance between free speech in a democracy and protection against racial abuse in a multicultural society’.

Police: Man Charged with $45,000 Food Stamp Fraud Bought 1,200 Cases of Red Bull

Police: Man Charged with $45,000 Food Stamp Fraud Bought 1,200 Cases of Red Bull:
A grocery store owner in Bridgeport, Connecticut, was charged Thursday with buying food stamps from 128 customers and using the proceeds to buy $45,000 in bulk merchandise to resell in his shop, including 1,200 cases of Red Bull.

Aslam Khawaja, of Iranistan Avenue, claims he was only trying to help the poor.

If convicted, Khawaja could face up to 20 years in prison and/or a $15,000 fine.

Connecticut is not alone in combating what the Wall Street Journal dubbed the "food stamp crime wave."

In February, Dallas authorities charged Kamardeen Ogunleye and manager Robert Gordon with running a food stamp scheme that cost taxpayers $1,900,000.

In Baltimore, Abdulmalik Abdulla and Ahmed Mohssen were charged in January with running a food stamp scam that cost taxpayers $1,500,000.

Two illegal immigrants from Korea, Hyung Cho and Dae Cho, were sentenced in February for food stamp fraud that cost taxpayers $1,400,000.

Abdullah Aljaradi, of the Second Obama Express and D&M Deli and Grocery, was indicted for allegedly obtaining more than $2,000,000 in payments for food sales that never occurred.

In Tacoma, Washington, the owner of La Popular Cash and Carry, Sandra Flores, was sentenced to 30 days incarceration and a $120,000 fine for running a food stamp scam.

What Obama Isn’t Telling You About the ‘All-of-the-Above’ Energy Strategy | TheBlaze.com

What Obama Isn’t Telling You About the ‘All-of-the-Above’ Energy Strategy | TheBlaze.com:

“It is really depressing when you compare government’s posturing on oil and gas, which Americans want, but the Obama administration wants to inhibits, with solar,” Yeatman told TheBlaze. “They are continuing to throw good money money on green energy. They want to prohibit energy that works and subsidize energy that doesn’t work.”

It's not just the feds. States and counties are stealing your property too------Colo. eminent domain case settled with $115,000 sale

Colo. eminent domain case settled with $115,000 sale | Fox News:
"She said they had every intention of taking the case to court, but the fight got to be too expensive.
"The cabin was condemned on the grounds of plumbing and electricity when it doesn't even have plumbing or electricity,” she said.
“All those things added up in my mind... this is ridiculous, we can never win and our money is not unlimited. 
I have two kids in college this year."

The Barries said  the slim odds laid out by a mediation judge also influenced them to settle.
"The judge, who was the mediator, basically told us, 'You're fighting Summit County, in the Summit County Courthouse with a Summit County jury and a Summit County judge that has to be re-elected by Summit County voters in November, you're not going to win'," said Ceil Barrie.

According to the county's statement, the deal "...will halt... repeated motorized travel in this region, which includes biologically sensitive public lands designated as non-motorized... The purchase will also put an end to the various commercial activities..."
The landowners said they never went off road and never had plans to build on the property. "

Al Gore Calls Global Warming Skeptics “Immoral, Unethical And Despicable”

Al Gore Calls Global Warming Skeptics “Immoral, Unethical And Despicable”

http://weaselzippers.us/183066-al-gore-calls-global-warming-skeptics-immoral-unethical-and-despicable/

Proof of global warming!--------Antarctic sea ice demolishing old records

Antarctic sea ice demolishing old records | Ice Age Now

Setting new all-time daily records

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Antarctic sea ice continues to grow at an alarming rate, says reader Chris Beal.

It’s now 1,636,000 sq km above average, and continues to set new all-time daily records.

The amount of Sea Ice not for this Day/Days has never before seen in Satellite History Records before.

Another vote buyng scam paid for by borrowing from China and putting the tab on the children's credit card-----Biden to lead $600 million work force training effort

Biden to lead $600 million work force training effort - Washington Times

"President Obama on Wednesday tasked Vice President Joseph R. Bidenwith leading a new $600 million White House job training program. The duo will officially announce the initiative during a speech in Pittsburgh on Wednesday afternoon.

It’s not uncommon for Mr. Obama to delegate specific programs to his vice president. In 2009, for example, the president dubbed Mr. Biden the “sheriff” of his stimulus package.

The program announced Wednesday will funnel nearly $500 million into a Labor Department “job-training competition,” through which partnerships of community colleges, employers and industry can apply for funds."

Woman claims she has PTSD from Twitter and cyberstalking

Woman claims she has PTSD from Twitter and cyberstalking | Mail Online:

'Twitter gave me PTSD': Woman claims mean comments and 'cyberstalking' gave her an illness usually suffered by WAR VETERANS

• Melody Hensley claims to suffer from PTSD as a result of years online harassment
• After years of online stalking and trolls, she says she is now too sick to go on the internet
• Ms Hensley says she became a target as she is a feminist and atheist
• Ms Hensley attacked after saying her PTSD is on par with war veterans

Americans, this will destroy our country!-------Rescuing Detroit From Its Own Folly

Rescuing Detroit From Its Own Folly — The Patriot Post:

“It is not the business of government … to preserve the fool from the consequences of his own folly,” said Henry George, a 19th century American writer and politician. Unfortunately, that advice is rarely heeded today.

The Detroit Free Press reports that the federal government is considering providing $100 million to ease the pain of Detroit's ongoing city pension reforms. 

The money technically would not be provided directly to the city's pension program, instead going to Michigan's state fund for “blight remediation,” which would allow the state to provide the same amount to Detroit. 

But the practical result is the same – the U.S. taxpayer getting stuck with part of the bill for Detroit's decades of foolish, unsupportable pension promises. In our current environment where billions and even trillions are common reference points, $100 million may seem like small potatoes. 

But the precedent set by such a bailout would be far-reaching and potentially devastating to the nation's already shaky financial health.

Why? 

Because Detroit is just one example of a major city with unsupportable public-employee pension obligations – in fact it's only number 10 on the list of the worst offenders. 

The top 10, in order of pension debt per capita: Chicago, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Columbus, Los Angeles, San Jose, San Diego, Denver and Detroit.
Considering that public employees are among the most loyal and vocal of Democrat constituencies, the risk of political favoritism is obvious.

As if that's not alarming enough, consider that looming larger behind these cities are states with the same pension debt problems, led by California's estimated $170 billion sea of red ink (and that is the LA Times' “best case” estimate – the worst case is more than $500 billion). 

Note, that is not California's total debt; just its un-funded pension obligations. 

Barack Obama's home state of Illinois is next with more than $100 billion in un-funded pension debt. If the federal government begins handing out money to save major cities from their pension debts, you can bet the states will come begging soon after. 

And the worst pension shortfalls at the state level are concentrated, unsurprisingly, in blue states like California. 

As Mark Alexander wrote last year, it's no coincidence that Detroit is in the shape it's in.

Watch as Anti-NRA Protester Explains Why You Shouldn’t Be Able to Protect Yourself With a Gun If Your Life Is in Danger

Watch as Anti-NRA Protester Explains Why You Shouldn’t Be Able to Protect Yourself With a Gun If Your Life Is in Danger | Video | TheBlaze.com:

“Only a law enforcement officer should be allowed to use weapons,” she said. The same woman also told Joseph that he shouldn’t be able to carry a gun in a bad neighborhood, because he shouldn’t be walking around in a bad neighborhood in the first place."

See the movie that spawned the insanity of Obama'a amerika! (Yes, the entire movie-it's free)---------Reefer Madness

Reefer Madness | SnagFilms