All of these trips, of course, are taken on the taxpayer dime. Simply going home to Chicago doesn’t suffice for the Obamas. They have taken full advantage, and I do stress ‘taken advantage,’ of perks that come with the Oval Office with their numerous, extravagant vacations and parties on what seems like a monthly basis."Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Michelle Obama is a Big Fan of Splurging
Michelle Obama is a Big Fan of Splurging: "It’s easy to understand how someone would think she meant travel. After all, she spent more than $7 million on a 3-day side trip jaunt over to Italy. That’s just a dent in the tens of millions of dollars that she has spent on trips to Spain, Africa, China, Colorado, Martha’s Vineyard, and the list goes on and on. Don’t forget about that annual 2-week plus lavish vacation to Hawaii for Christmas!
All of these trips, of course, are taken on the taxpayer dime. Simply going home to Chicago doesn’t suffice for the Obamas. They have taken full advantage, and I do stress ‘taken advantage,’ of perks that come with the Oval Office with their numerous, extravagant vacations and parties on what seems like a monthly basis."
All of these trips, of course, are taken on the taxpayer dime. Simply going home to Chicago doesn’t suffice for the Obamas. They have taken full advantage, and I do stress ‘taken advantage,’ of perks that come with the Oval Office with their numerous, extravagant vacations and parties on what seems like a monthly basis."A Pharmacist Pitches Comparison Shopping for Prescription Drugs
A Pharmacist Pitches Comparison Shopping for Prescription Drugs - Businessweek:
Michael Rea was working as a pharmacist at a Kansas City, Mo., Walgreens (WAG)in 2008, when an elderly customer came to him with a dire situation: The co-pays on her monthly prescription costs were making it hard for her to afford her mortgage payments. When Rea crunched the numbers, he says, he was able to save the patient $250 a month by choosing cheaper drugs and shopping at pharmacies that offered better deals.
Michael Rea was working as a pharmacist at a Kansas City, Mo., Walgreens (WAG)in 2008, when an elderly customer came to him with a dire situation: The co-pays on her monthly prescription costs were making it hard for her to afford her mortgage payments. When Rea crunched the numbers, he says, he was able to save the patient $250 a month by choosing cheaper drugs and shopping at pharmacies that offered better deals.
The patient kept her house, and Rea launched Rx Savings Solutions to extend the service to others. Last month, Rea says the Olathe (Kansas)-based company won a contract to pare prescription costs for employees of the state of Kansas. Between that deal and work for other employers, Rea expects Rx Savings to serve 250,000 people in 2014—enough for the 14-employee company to be profitable this year.
Rx Savings takes advantage of pricing practices that result in prescription costs that vary widely among different pharmacies. For example, Consumer Reportspublished research last year showing that the cost of a month’s supply of generic Lipitor, used to lower cholesterol, varied from $17 to $150, depending on the pharmacy. “The idea of saving money isn’t novel,” says Rea, but pharmacists are generally too busy to parse pricing data for patients individually.
Your tax dollars at work-----U-M to move big tree for building project
U-M to move big tree for building project | The Detroit News:
"Ann Arbor — Plans for a $135 million addition to the University of Michigan’s business school include moving a 65-foot-tall tree that’s thought to be more than 200 years old.
The Ann Arbor News reports the Stephen M. Ross School of Business project includes moving the oak from its place in a courtyard at the north side of the Ross complex, facing the School of Education, to a lawn area off Tappan Street.
School spokesman Rick Fitzgerald says the cost of between $300,000 and $400,000 to move the tree is factored into the overall project, which is funded by donors.
Fitzgerald said the tree, which has a trunk that’s 55 inches in diameter, must be moved to build a connection between the planned building, the existing Ross building and the library building."
"Ann Arbor — Plans for a $135 million addition to the University of Michigan’s business school include moving a 65-foot-tall tree that’s thought to be more than 200 years old.The Ann Arbor News reports the Stephen M. Ross School of Business project includes moving the oak from its place in a courtyard at the north side of the Ross complex, facing the School of Education, to a lawn area off Tappan Street.
School spokesman Rick Fitzgerald says the cost of between $300,000 and $400,000 to move the tree is factored into the overall project, which is funded by donors.
Fitzgerald said the tree, which has a trunk that’s 55 inches in diameter, must be moved to build a connection between the planned building, the existing Ross building and the library building."
These 2 Maps Blow Up the Debate on The Keystone Pipeline
These 2 Maps Blow Up the Debate on The Keystone Pipeline:
"Now do you get it?
The Keystone Pipeline would represent a .04% increase in U.S. pipelines.
That’s 4/100ths of 1%, a comparison identical to 2 feet versus 1 mile, or 1 teaspoon compared to 3 1/4 gallons.
Of course, we should build the pipeline.
It should have been built years ago.
The next time anyone questions the wisdom of it, use these graphs and these comparisons to educate them."
"Now do you get it?The Keystone Pipeline would represent a .04% increase in U.S. pipelines.
That’s 4/100ths of 1%, a comparison identical to 2 feet versus 1 mile, or 1 teaspoon compared to 3 1/4 gallons.
Of course, we should build the pipeline.
It should have been built years ago.
The next time anyone questions the wisdom of it, use these graphs and these comparisons to educate them."
Parents Thought They Were Meeting With the School Principal to Complain About State Testing — Instead, They Were Greeted by a Cop | TheBlaze.com
Parents Thought They Were Meeting With the School Principal to Complain About State Testing — Instead, They Were Greeted by a Cop | TheBlaze.com:
"The Finneys claim they didn’t receive notice of the cancellation and showed up at the school in the morning. They were greeted by a police officer.
According to the Journal, the Finneys said the officer was kind, but told them being on school property while actively opposed to the test was “kind of a trespassing thing.” Further, the Finneys claim, they were told their kids weren’t permitted on school grounds if they were not participating in the state exams."
"The Finneys claim they didn’t receive notice of the cancellation and showed up at the school in the morning. They were greeted by a police officer.
According to the Journal, the Finneys said the officer was kind, but told them being on school property while actively opposed to the test was “kind of a trespassing thing.” Further, the Finneys claim, they were told their kids weren’t permitted on school grounds if they were not participating in the state exams."BIG!-----Supreme Court upholds Michigan's ban on affirmative action
Supreme Court upholds Michigan's ban on affirmative action | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a ban on using race in admissions to Michigan’s public universities.
The court was divided on the case, which overturns a U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals decision.
The opinion, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, says the case is not about race admissions policies but about whether voters in a state can choose to prohibit consideration of racial preferences."
"The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a ban on using race in admissions to Michigan’s public universities.
The court was divided on the case, which overturns a U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals decision.The opinion, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, says the case is not about race admissions policies but about whether voters in a state can choose to prohibit consideration of racial preferences."
Calif. tax preparers paid bounty for every Obamacare sign up
Calif. tax preparers paid bounty for every Obamacare sign up | The Daily Caller:
"Tax-preparing companies are getting paid by an Obamacare exchange to enroll people in Obamacare plans, The Daily Caller has learned.
At least 79 tax service providers, including offices of major companies like Liberty Tax Service and Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, are listed as certified Obamacare enrollment entities in the state of California, according to state exchange records.
California’s Obamacare exchange, Covered California, pays enrollment entities for signing people up for Obamacare.
“Certified Enrollment Entities are paid a flat-fee of $58 per successful application and $25 per successful annual renewal,” according to California Health Benefit Advisers.
”The Enrollment Entities compensate the individual Enrollment Counselors.”"
"Tax-preparing companies are getting paid by an Obamacare exchange to enroll people in Obamacare plans, The Daily Caller has learned.At least 79 tax service providers, including offices of major companies like Liberty Tax Service and Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, are listed as certified Obamacare enrollment entities in the state of California, according to state exchange records.
California’s Obamacare exchange, Covered California, pays enrollment entities for signing people up for Obamacare.
“Certified Enrollment Entities are paid a flat-fee of $58 per successful application and $25 per successful annual renewal,” according to California Health Benefit Advisers.
”The Enrollment Entities compensate the individual Enrollment Counselors.”"
Obama's green energy projects fail, even when they are successful
Abengoa: Obama's green energy projects fail, even when they are successful | The Daily Caller:
While the CEC is concerned about visual impacts, and local tribes worry about the project due to potential artifacts that may be present, American taxpayers should be opposed to the cronyism, abuse, mismanagement, and violations involved in one of the companies: Abengoa — which received $2.8 billion in taxpayer funding.
While the CEC is concerned about visual impacts, and local tribes worry about the project due to potential artifacts that may be present, American taxpayers should be opposed to the cronyism, abuse, mismanagement, and violations involved in one of the companies: Abengoa — which received $2.8 billion in taxpayer funding.
This report will expose one of the largest recipients of Obama’s green energy funding: Abengoa — which if not stopped, will get even more taxpayer dollars.
On April 2, 2014, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, said: “the department would probably throw open the door for new applications for renewable energy project loan guarantees during the second quarter of this year.”
On April 2, 2014, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, said: “the department would probably throw open the door for new applications for renewable energy project loan guarantees during the second quarter of this year.”
Here’s a taste of what you’ll learn about Abengoa and how it operates:
- Crony-connected, Stimulus-funded, Spanish-owned company builds/opens solar generating station—currently producing electricity.
- Brings foreigners to U.S. to fill jobs from welders to administration to engineers to management—often working on tourist visas for as long as 9 months.
- Many Americans, who do have jobs on the project, get fired so expats can have the jobs.
- Health insurance fraud committed by putting expats on plans when they are not on payroll (expats on tourist visas were paid out of accounts payable).
- American vendors/contractors payments are intentionally delayed while U.S. taxpayer funds are in Spain collecting interest—$70 million owned to U.S. vendors.
New York City has roasted a man to death.
Brazen Bull | National Review Online:
They’re from the government, and they’re here to hurt.
Because of his mental problems, Mr. Murdough was to be kept under close supervision — he was to be checked every 15 minutes, in fact.
Mr. Murdough, trying to keep from freezing to death, was instead baked to death.
...For the negligent homicide of Mr. Murdough, the corrections officer responsible for checking on his condition was given a 20-day suspension.
When this produced a gale of criticism, it was extended to 30 days.
Because the law is written in no small part for the benefit of those who enforce it, the officer cannot legally be suspended for a longer period.
A mechanical-systems supervisor was transferred.
The warden in charge has been transferred as well, and has received a ceremonial demotion.
Rikers corrections officers are represented by a powerful union, and government employees are the nation’s most powerful special-interest group.
How powerful?
Two senior Rikers officers who were charged with a raft of felonies involving the abuse of an inmate during a training exercise, and who filed false reports to cover it up and suborned new recruits to file false reports to support their fiction, continued collecting six-figure compensation packages until the moment the judge’s gavel came down to punctuate the word “Guilty.”"
They’re from the government, and they’re here to hurt.
Because of his mental problems, Mr. Murdough was to be kept under close supervision — he was to be checked every 15 minutes, in fact.
Rikers Island has many problems, from gang riots to widespread rape.
There are plenty of criminals on both sides of the bars.
It also has some more mundane problems, such as malfunctioning climate-control systems. Mr. Murdough was kept in a six-by-ten cinderblock cell, which effectively became a brick oven when the dysfunctional heating system caused the temperature in the cell to become, in the precisely chosen words of Mark Cranston, the acting commissioner of the city’s corrections department, “unusually high,” which is precisely what you’d have to be to imagine that those words provide an adequate description of the circumstances in question.
Mr. Murdough, trying to keep from freezing to death, was instead baked to death.When this produced a gale of criticism, it was extended to 30 days.
Because the law is written in no small part for the benefit of those who enforce it, the officer cannot legally be suspended for a longer period.
A mechanical-systems supervisor was transferred.
The warden in charge has been transferred as well, and has received a ceremonial demotion.
Rikers corrections officers are represented by a powerful union, and government employees are the nation’s most powerful special-interest group.
How powerful?
Two senior Rikers officers who were charged with a raft of felonies involving the abuse of an inmate during a training exercise, and who filed false reports to cover it up and suborned new recruits to file false reports to support their fiction, continued collecting six-figure compensation packages until the moment the judge’s gavel came down to punctuate the word “Guilty.”"
Terrorists take up arms as Kerry blames Israel
Terrorists take up arms as Kerry blames Israel:
"The information comes after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry largely blamed Israel for the collapse in Mideast talks he was attempting to broker here.
Israel is considering rescinding the amnesty deal extended to members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the so-called military wing of PA President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah organization."
"The information comes after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry largely blamed Israel for the collapse in Mideast talks he was attempting to broker here.
Israel is considering rescinding the amnesty deal extended to members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the so-called military wing of PA President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah organization."And now we drop hundreds of millions (of money that doesn't exist) on the same geniuses who destroyed the city-----As Detroit rape kits sit untested, justice for victims is denied
As Detroit rape kits sit untested, justice for victims is denied | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"Nearly five years after the discovery of 11,000 abandoned rape evidence kits in a Detroit police warehouse sparked outrage, only about 2,000 of the kits have undergone DNA testing, allowing serial rapists to remain free and in some cases commit more attacks."
History for April 22
History for April 22 - On-This-Day.com
Earth Day. See www.earthday.org/International Mother Earth Day (United Nations)
Birth Anniversaries: Queen Isabella I (Spain) 1451, Nikolai Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin) 1870 - Russian premier (1917-1924), J. Robert Oppenheimer 1904 - Physicist, designed and built the first atomic bomb
1509 - Henry VIII ascended to the throne of England upon the death of his father Henry VII.
1861 - Robert E. Lee was named commander of Virginia forces.
1864 - The U.S. Congress passed legislation that allowed the inscription "In God We Trust" to be included on one-cent and two-cent coins.
1889 - At noon, the Oklahoma land rush officially started as thousands of Americans raced for new, unclaimed land.
1915 - At the Second Battle Ypres the Germans became the first country to use poison gas.
1930 - The U.S., Britain and Japan signed the London Naval Treaty, which regulated submarine warfare and limited shipbuilding.
1952 - An atomic test conducted in Nevada was the first nuclear explosion shown on live network television.
1970 - The first "Earth Day" was observed by millions of Americans.
1987 - The American Physical Society said that the "Star Wars" missile system was "highly questionable" and would take ten years to research.
1993 - The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated in Washington, DC.
2000 - Elian Gonzalez was reunited with his father. He had to be taken from his Miami relatives by U.S. agents in a predawn raid.
Earth Day. See www.earthday.org/International Mother Earth Day (United Nations)
National Jelly Bean Day
Happy Birthday! Glen Campbell, Jack Nicholson
Birth Anniversaries: Queen Isabella I (Spain) 1451, Nikolai Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin) 1870 - Russian premier (1917-1924), J. Robert Oppenheimer 1904 - Physicist, designed and built the first atomic bomb
1861 - Robert E. Lee was named commander of Virginia forces.
1864 - The U.S. Congress passed legislation that allowed the inscription "In God We Trust" to be included on one-cent and two-cent coins.
1889 - At noon, the Oklahoma land rush officially started as thousands of Americans raced for new, unclaimed land.
1915 - At the Second Battle Ypres the Germans became the first country to use poison gas.
1930 - The U.S., Britain and Japan signed the London Naval Treaty, which regulated submarine warfare and limited shipbuilding.
1952 - An atomic test conducted in Nevada was the first nuclear explosion shown on live network television.
1970 - The first "Earth Day" was observed by millions of Americans.
1987 - The American Physical Society said that the "Star Wars" missile system was "highly questionable" and would take ten years to research.
1993 - The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated in Washington, DC.
2000 - Elian Gonzalez was reunited with his father. He had to be taken from his Miami relatives by U.S. agents in a predawn raid.
Monday, April 21, 2014
Judge says ordinary tools actually are ‘weapons’
Judge says ordinary tools actually are ‘weapons’:
"Ordinary tools, such as pliers, screwdrivers and wrenches, are “weapons” and so a Chicago school was correct to punish a teacher who brought them to class for a visual aid, according to a new court decision."
"Ordinary tools, such as pliers, screwdrivers and wrenches, are “weapons” and so a Chicago school was correct to punish a teacher who brought them to class for a visual aid, according to a new court decision."Britain Urged to Pull Out of EU, Restore Its Sovereignty | CNS News
Britain Urged to Pull Out of EU, Restore Its Sovereignty | CNS News:
“Absolutely remarkable that a proud and independent country – the Mother of Parliament some people say – got into a position where now 70 percent of our laws – 70 percent of our sovereignty – is actually surrendered to – if pooled -- with 28 other countries,” Stanbury said."
“Absolutely remarkable that a proud and independent country – the Mother of Parliament some people say – got into a position where now 70 percent of our laws – 70 percent of our sovereignty – is actually surrendered to – if pooled -- with 28 other countries,” Stanbury said."Holi crapoly! These people really are morons!!-------This one graphic explains everything wrong with the liberal gun debate
This one graphic explains everything wrong with the liberal gun debate | Rare:
"Liberals love to talk about how people shouldn’t have guns, but they are missing one important thing: knowledge about guns.
In a new infographic from Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun group Everytown.org, an image with a bullet coming out of the chamber in tact.
“Who is faster than a speeding bullet?” the infographic asks.
“Nobody.”
People on social media were quick to point out the blunder."
"Liberals love to talk about how people shouldn’t have guns, but they are missing one important thing: knowledge about guns.
In a new infographic from Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun group Everytown.org, an image with a bullet coming out of the chamber in tact.
“Who is faster than a speeding bullet?” the infographic asks.
“Nobody.”
People on social media were quick to point out the blunder."
Duncan on Mexican Women Who Cross U.S. Border to Give Birth: ‘These Are Our Kids’ | CNS News
Duncan on Mexican Women Who Cross U.S. Border to Give Birth: ‘These Are Our Kids’ | CNS News: " Education Secretary Arne Duncan visited an elementary school in Columbus, N.M. last year where 75 percent of the students live in Mexico but are being educated in the United States because their mothers crossed the border to seek medical help, and their birth here makes them U.S. citizens."Their district dissolved, Buena Vista residents must repay $6.6 million in school debts
Their district dissolved, Buena Vista residents must repay $6.6 million in school debts | MLive.com
BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP, MI — Buena Vista Township businesses and residents will repay the defunct school district's debts for at least two years.
Although the Saginaw County district has been closed since July 2013, it still has $6.5 million in debt. The district has a projected deficit of $4.05 million and $2.5 million remaining on a bond voters passed in 2005. All that money must be repaid to the state.
BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP, MI — Buena Vista Township businesses and residents will repay the defunct school district's debts for at least two years.
Although the Saginaw County district has been closed since July 2013, it still has $6.5 million in debt. The district has a projected deficit of $4.05 million and $2.5 million remaining on a bond voters passed in 2005. All that money must be repaid to the state.
Next year, district residents also must decide whether renew a tax on businesses and secondary homes to keep whittling away at the deficit.
“It’s going to be a tough sell to renew a millage for a school district that doesn’t exist,” said Chris Frank, Saginaw Intermediate School District assistant director of finance and business operations.
If voters reject the millage, he said, the Michigan Treasury could tax all residents in the jurisdiction of the former school district to complete the debt collection. The state islegally required to collect the money the Buena Vista School District borrowed.
Buena Vista School District dissolved in July 2013 at the order of the Michigan Legislature after a financial crisis left it unable to pay teachers.
The school district closed for two weeks in May 2013 as the state and Saginaw ISD scrambled to find a way to educate Buena Vista students and return enough funding to the district to complete the school year.
The state released up to $460,000 in the state per-pupil funding, allowing Buena Vista to provide classes to the about 300 students who remained.
Detroit Gives Pensioners a Sleight of Hand
Detroit Gives Pensioners a Sleight of Hand - Bloomberg View
Detroit Gives Pensioners a Sleight of Hand
Detroit doesn’t have any money. Rather, it doesn’t have enough money: It cannot both pay its debts and run the city. That’s why the city filed for bankruptcy some months back, over the outraged protests of pensioners who stand to lose a big chunk of their monthly checks.
Today, those pensioners are breathing a little easier. The city seems to have struck a deal that will leave their pensions in better shape than previously feared. Instead of cutting those monthly checks by as much as a third, the city will trim them by less than 5 percent.
Detroit Gives Pensioners a Sleight of Hand
Detroit doesn’t have any money. Rather, it doesn’t have enough money: It cannot both pay its debts and run the city. That’s why the city filed for bankruptcy some months back, over the outraged protests of pensioners who stand to lose a big chunk of their monthly checks.
Today, those pensioners are breathing a little easier. The city seems to have struck a deal that will leave their pensions in better shape than previously feared. Instead of cutting those monthly checks by as much as a third, the city will trim them by less than 5 percent.
How did they make such a big change? In part by assuming higher investment returns:
The city initially factored in rates of 6.25 percent and 6.5 percent for the two funds, but eventually agreed that the funds could be presumed to do better -- 6.75 percent -- because of an improved outlook based on the funds’ 2013 performance as compared with 2012.
The city also promises lower or no cost-of-living adjustments, and less in the way of retiree health benefits. And the proceeds from a proposed deal, not yet agreed upon, to save the Detroit Institute of Arts’ collection by soliciting a mix of state and private funds to pay off the pensioners.
Naturally, many other creditors are unhappy. And taxpayers should probably be wary, too. Raising the assumed rate of return on your pension funds is every government’s favorite way to lower its required pension contribution, but if the assumptions don’t pan out, the city will still be on the hook for the pensions -- or back in bankruptcy again. It’s particularly risky if you just had a nice big run-up in the stock market, which seems to promise untold future riches. That, of course, is usually when the market is preparing for a correction.
The Scientific Community Is Plagued by Western Self-Loathing – The 'Treason of the Intellectuals'
The Scientific Community Is Plagued by Western Self-Loathing – The 'Treason of the Intellectuals'
What stops the Earth from looking like Pluto is energy from the Sun.
The quantity and type of energy coming from the Sun varies over cycles that range up to 1,500 years long.
The cycle we can see with our own eyes, in our own lifetimes, is the sunspot cycle that is normally eleven years long.
A decade ago there was a wide range of predictions from the solar physics community about how strong the current cycle, No 24, would be.
One list of 45 predictions ranged from a sunspot number of 50 at the low end to 190 at the high end. Strangely, the climate science community at the time had no interest in what the Sun might do.
The predictions at the low end were correct.
It has become established—for those who are willing to look at the evidence—that climate will very closely follow our colder Sun.
Climate is no longer a mystery to us.
We can predict forward up to two solar cycles, that is about twenty-two years into the future.
When models of solar activity are further refined, we may be able to predict climate forward beyond a hundred years.
What stops the Earth from looking like Pluto is energy from the Sun.
The quantity and type of energy coming from the Sun varies over cycles that range up to 1,500 years long. The cycle we can see with our own eyes, in our own lifetimes, is the sunspot cycle that is normally eleven years long.
A decade ago there was a wide range of predictions from the solar physics community about how strong the current cycle, No 24, would be.
One list of 45 predictions ranged from a sunspot number of 50 at the low end to 190 at the high end. Strangely, the climate science community at the time had no interest in what the Sun might do.
The predictions at the low end were correct.
It has become established—for those who are willing to look at the evidence—that climate will very closely follow our colder Sun.
Climate is no longer a mystery to us.
We can predict forward up to two solar cycles, that is about twenty-two years into the future.
When models of solar activity are further refined, we may be able to predict climate forward beyond a hundred years.
WeMOG-Wed. April 23
Come join us for a hike in the Grand River Ravines North and
South Parks on Wednesday April 23.
Meet at 1
p.m. at the parking lot of the South Park, and when we've finished
there, we'll take a short drive to the North Park.
Both are short walks,
less than 2 miles, I think.
It is a bit muddy, so wear
appropriate footwear.
Here is a link to more information about the
parks: http://www.miottawa.org/Parks/fillmore.htm
Directions:
From the North, take I-96 East to the Coopersville exit 16,
(68th St.) go south past M-45 to Fillmore St. Go East on Fillmore to just
past 40th St. You'll see a red barn on the left with a small parking
area. We will meet there. The address is 3991 Fillmore St.
Georgetown Township 49428 if you want to plug it in to your GPS.
Google maps says it takes 30 minutes from the intersection
of US31 and I-96.
From the East, take M-45 West to 48th St, go south to
Fillmore, then East to the Red Barn parking area.
After we walk the South Park, it is a 5 minute drive to the
North park.
This one has a really nice view of the river.
I will cancel by 11 a.m. if the weather is not cooperative.
Nati Watters
New York Times Columnist: Obama Has a ‘Manhood Problem’ in the Middle East | Video | TheBlaze.com
New York Times Columnist: Obama Has a ‘Manhood Problem’ in the Middle East | Video | TheBlaze.com: "“[L]et’s face it,” he said. “Obama, whether deservedly or not, does have a — I’ll say it crudely, but a manhood problem in the Middle East. Is he tough enough to stand up to somebody like Assad, somebody like Putin?”"Union POWER!!!-------REQUIRE companies give workers' personal info to unions?
REQUIRE companies give workers' personal info to unions? | The Daily Caller:
The Obama administration is poised to change regulations to allow for union “ambush elections” in which workers have less time to decide whether or not to join a union — and in which workers’ phone numbers and home addresses are provided to unions.
The administration’s National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) proposed rules would allow for union elections — in which workers at a company vote whether or not to unionize — to be held 10 days after a petition is filed. And what, exactly, would be happening to the unions during those 10 days? The new rules require employers to disclose workers’ personal information, including phone numbers, home addresses, and information about when they work their shifts.
Insiders close to the situation believe the new rules will almost certainly go into effect with few or no fundamental changes."
The administration’s National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) proposed rules would allow for union elections — in which workers at a company vote whether or not to unionize — to be held 10 days after a petition is filed. And what, exactly, would be happening to the unions during those 10 days? The new rules require employers to disclose workers’ personal information, including phone numbers, home addresses, and information about when they work their shifts.
Insiders close to the situation believe the new rules will almost certainly go into effect with few or no fundamental changes."
Snow day provision in Michigan budget bill will ease winter's effect on schedules
Snow day provision in Michigan budget bill will ease winter's effect on schedules | MLive.com
LANSING -- A provision tucked into the revised School Aid funding measure signed by Gov. Rick Snyder last Friday gives schools more flexibility in how they deal with days missed because of snow and bone-chilling temperatures this winter.
The supplemental budget bill, which passed the legislature in late March, includes a provision which gives districts the option to hold classes for only 174 days if they had more than that amount originally scheduled.
The provision still requires schools to offer a minimum of 1,098 hours of instruction even if they forgo making up the additional scheduled days. State law mandates the number of hours schools must be in session in order to be eligible for state aid payments.
WeMOG Tue. April 22
Monthly Meeting
Russ'
April
22, 2014
Meeting
starts at 12:30 p.m.
New time for our monthly meeting is 12:30 pm, April
22, at the Russ' in Grand Haven
We will be planning May Activities. Bring
ideas for May activities.
We can play dominos after meeting. Bring dominos.
We have the room from 12:30 to 3:30
Those
going to Boyarthy's Lodge June 4-6 at Walahalla, please come for a short
meeting after our April meeting.
Directions:
Russ' is on US-31 between Taylor and Robins Rd. on the west side.
Your
WeMOG Member
Bonnie
Spoelhof
Fuyao Automotive to invest $15.3M at Orion Twp. facility
Fuyao Automotive to invest $15.3M at Orion Twp. facility | The Detroit News:
"Fuyao Automotive North America has plans to invest $15.3 million to add equipment and more than 100 jobs to its Orion Township facility.
Fuyao, a subsidiary of Fuyao Glass Industry Group, an international manufacturer of automotive glass, will add equipment to manufacture auto glass assembly parts.
The Orion Township facility currently provides warehousing, repackaging and inspection for auto glass suppliers.
The project will receive a $1 million Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant from the Michigan Strategic Fund, Gov. Rick Snyder’s office said Thursday.
Orion Township plans to offer a property tax abatement."
"Fuyao Automotive North America has plans to invest $15.3 million to add equipment and more than 100 jobs to its Orion Township facility.Fuyao, a subsidiary of Fuyao Glass Industry Group, an international manufacturer of automotive glass, will add equipment to manufacture auto glass assembly parts.
The Orion Township facility currently provides warehousing, repackaging and inspection for auto glass suppliers.
The project will receive a $1 million Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant from the Michigan Strategic Fund, Gov. Rick Snyder’s office said Thursday.
Orion Township plans to offer a property tax abatement."
WeMOG Tomorrow!
Time
to burn off those
Cadbury
Creme Eggs, Peeps & Robin's Eggs*
Meet
at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, April 21
in
the parking lot of the
(near Pere Marquette Park
See map and directions below)
Walk
along the Lake Michigan Channel,
See the
Lighthouses and
maybe
all the way to the
Norman
Kruse Dog Beach,
depending
on our Post-Easter stamina!
Option
for coffee, beverages & food
afterwards
at
Mango's
Bar & Grille
Be Careful Where You Complain About Government – The FBI Is Listening
Be Careful Where You Complain About Government – The FBI Is Listening:
"According to recent reports, the Federal Bureau of Investigations is picking up where the IRS left off in targeting patriotic Americans. If a recent encounter described by a South Carolina gun merchant is any indication, federal agents are now beginning to literally treat advocates of limited government as terrorists."
"According to recent reports, the Federal Bureau of Investigations is picking up where the IRS left off in targeting patriotic Americans. If a recent encounter described by a South Carolina gun merchant is any indication, federal agents are now beginning to literally treat advocates of limited government as terrorists."Earth ‘Serially Doomed’: UN Issues New 15 Year Climate Tipping Point – But UN Issued Tipping Points in 1982 & Another 10-Year Tipping Point in 1989!
Earth ‘Serially Doomed’: UN Issues New 15 Year Climate Tipping Point – But UN Issued Tipping Points in 1982 & Another 10-Year Tipping Point in 1989! | Climate Depot:
"In 1982, the UN issued a two decade tipping point.
UN official Mostafa Tolba, executive director of the UN Environment Program (UNEP), warned on May 11, 1982, the “world faces an ecological disaster as final as nuclear war within a couple of decades unless governments act now.”
According to Tolba in 1982, lack of action would bring “by the turn of the century, an environmental catastrophe which will witness devastation as complete, as irreversible as any nuclear holocaust.”"
Climate Depot Factsheet on Inconvenient History of Global Warming 'Tipping Points' -- Hours, Days, Months, Years, Millennium -- Earth 'Serially Doomed'
"In 1982, the UN issued a two decade tipping point.
UN official Mostafa Tolba, executive director of the UN Environment Program (UNEP), warned on May 11, 1982, the “world faces an ecological disaster as final as nuclear war within a couple of decades unless governments act now.”
According to Tolba in 1982, lack of action would bring “by the turn of the century, an environmental catastrophe which will witness devastation as complete, as irreversible as any nuclear holocaust.”"
Earth ‘Serially Doomed’: UN Issues New 15 Year Climate Tipping Point – But UN Issued Tipping Points in 1982 & Another 10-Year Tipping Point in 1989!
Climate Depot Factsheet on Inconvenient History of Global Warming 'Tipping Points' -- Hours, Days, Months, Years, Millennium -- Earth 'Serially Doomed'
It's difficult to keep up whether it is hours, days, months or 1000 years. Here are few recent examples of others predicting "tipping points" of various duration.
Months: Prince Charles claimed a 96-month tipping point in July 2009
Years: 2009: NASA’s James Hansen Declared Obama Only First Term to Save The Planet! — ‘On Jan. 17, 2009 Hansen declared Obama only ‘has four years to save Earth’ or Flashback Oct .2009: WWF: 'Five years to save world'
Decades: 1982: UN official Mostafa Tolba, executive director of the UN Environment Program (UNEP), warned on May 11, 1982, the 'world faces an ecological disaster as final as nuclear war within a couple of decades unless governments act now.'
It is becoming obvious that the only authentic climate "tipping point" we can rely is this one:
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