More Startling Information Revealed About The VA Scandal…This Is Worse Than We Thought

More Startling Information Revealed About The VA Scandal…This Is Worse Than We Thought:
"According to Acting Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibson, the number of veterans who potentially died as a result of long delays at VA facilities in Phoenix is more than twice as many as reported last month.
Of the approximately 1,700 veterans VA Inspector General Richard Griffin reported were in danger of being “lost or forgotten” within the department’s bureaucracy and systematic delays, 17 were said to have died as a result. Gibson recently appeared in Phoenix – the epicenter of the VA scandal – for the first time in his current capacity, where he announced another 18 veterans died after their names were scrubbed from waiting list records."

Are heavy trucks getting a free pass in road funding debate?

Are heavy trucks getting a free pass in road funding debate? | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
The House action followed a Free Press report in August that documented how Michigan routinely issues permits to trucks that far exceed Michigan’s already highest-in-the-nation gross weight limit of 164,000 pounds — but charges only $50 for each permit. 
That’s far less than what neighboring states charge for overweight permits. 
The Free Press also reported that Michigan’s fines for overweight trucks haven’t gone up since 1988.
....“Those that put the most stress on the roads have to pay their fair share,” Lane said. Doubling the overweight permits fees may sound like a big step, she said, but not when the overweight truck might weigh 1 million pounds or more and the permit fee is only going from $50 to $100.

9 Weird and Fascinating Things Found At the Vatican

9 Weird and Fascinating Things Found At the Vatican (Vatican, strange things) - ODDEE:

"Vatican City is home to infinite mysteries and conspiracy theories. Despite all the rumors, there are a few well-known and really strange things found at the Vatican. Here's is a list of the top 10."

The unions HATE this. "Competition......"------Walmart's Savings Catcher

Walmart's Savings Catcher:
"We compare advertised prices.
You save.
Savings Catcher compares advertised prices so you can save time and money.
Just enter your receipt number and if we find a lower advertised price, we’ll give you the difference."

Terrorist Commander Freed by Obama Vows to Kill More Americans

Terrorist Commander Freed by Obama Vows to Kill More Americans:
"Obama himself, when asked if it was possible for the terrorists he released to return to the battlefield, responded, “Absolutely.”
Judge Andrew Napolitano told Tim Constantine this week on TPNN’s Capitol Hill Show,  that Obama’s release of the five terrorist leaders represented “providing material assistance to a terrorist organization,” and is “an impeachable offense.”

Pot for Pets: Companies Make Hemp-Laced Meds for Fidos

Pot for Pets: Companies Make Hemp-Laced Meds for Fidos - NBC News.com:
Marijuana is going to the dogs, but it's not your parents' Woodstock weed.

Georgia, a 5-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, is a medical marijuana patient. Kelly Conway, Georgia's owner, takes some heat when she tells friends about the unorthodox treatment.

"People will say they can't believe I'm letting her get high, but she's not getting high," Conway said.

No, Georgia is not ingesting the same kind of pot that Snoop Dogg smokes. (Or New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd eats.) Georgia, along with a growing number of pets, eats hemp-based capsules that contain only trace amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol — or THC — the psychoactive ingredient that provides the cannabis high.

Consumers Now Paying 'Living Wage' Fee in City With $15 Minimum Wage

Consumers Now Paying 'Living Wage' Fee in City With $15 Minimum Wage:

"In the city of SeaTac, Wash., where the minimum wage is now $15 an hour, one business is charging customers a “living wage” surcharge.

An airport parking service, Masterpark, “is charging customers an additional 99 cents per parking day,” reported Northwest Watchdog.

Near SeaTac, Seattle also is hiking its minimum wage.

On Monday, the city council voted unanimously to raise the minimum wage over several years until it reaches $15 an hour.

In an Associated Press interview afterward, City Council member Kshama Sawant, a self-described socialist, noted that “$15 in Seattle is just the beginning.”"

NOAA shows ‘the pause’ in the U.S. surface temperature record over nearly a decade

NOAA shows ‘the pause’ in the U.S. surface temperature record over nearly a decade | Watts Up With That?:
"Not only is there a pause in the posited temperature rise from man-made global warming, but a clearly evident slight cooling trend in the U.S. Average Temperature over nearly the last decade:"

There's an Intelligence Crisis at the White House

There's an Intelligence Crisis at the White House:
"For years, word has circulated in Washington that the president frequently refuses to take intelligence briefings or chooses to ignore the advice offered in those meetings by intelligence officers."

Obama: ‘Absolutely No Apologies’ for Bergdahl Prisoner Swap | TheBlaze.com

Obama: ‘Absolutely No Apologies’ for Bergdahl Prisoner Swap | TheBlaze.com:
"While making no reference to accusations that Bergdahl was a deserter, the president said, “we don’t condition whether or not we make the effort to try to get them back.”
Obama last year signed the National Defense Authorization Act, which requires the president to give Congress 30 days’ notice before releasing terror detainee from Guantanamo Bay. That didn’t happen with the Bergdahl swap, which the White House termed an “oversight.”







He told us what he was going to do.

More Smart Cars Tipped in Overnight Pranks in San Francisco's Twin Peaks, Cole Valley

More Smart Cars Tipped in Overnight Pranks in San Francisco's Twin Peaks, Cole Valley | NBC Bay Area
These incident follow a series of tippings reported about two months ago.
Three Smart cars were tipped early one morning in April within a 10-block radius near Bernal Heights.
The prank is considered felony vandalism, according to police.

Nancy Pelosi: Obama Is The Most Non-Partisan President Ever

Nancy Pelosi: Obama Is The Most Non-Partisan President Ever | The Federalist Papers:
Nancy Pelosi either consumes very powerful mind altering drugs on a daily basis, or she deliberately lies…

Via the Washington Times:
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that President Obama is the least partisan president she has worked with during her extensive time in Washington, and said the problem lies with the GOP.

“This is as non-partisan a president as I’ve ever served with,” the California Democrat said at her weekly press briefing.

She was asked whether she believes Mr. Obama would be able to work with Republicans if they were able to take control of the Senate and hold the House this November.

She said when Democrats held both chambers under President George W. Bush in 2007-2008 she and her troops were able to work with him on everything from the Wall Street bailout to immigration to energy.

History for June 8

History for June 8 - On-This-Day.com: 

Birth anniversaries of Francis Crick (1916-2004) and Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959).

 

Happy Birthday! Scott Adams, Barbara Bush,  James Darren

1783 - One of the most violent volcanic eruptions of recorded history began when the Laki volcano in southern Iceland spewed lava, ash, and acid rain for the next eight months. The eruption brought famine which took the lives of 100,000 and its climatic and atmospheric effects were felt worldwide.


1869 - Ives W. McGaffey received a U.S. patent for the suction vacuum cleaner. 


1872 - The penny postcard was authorized by the U.S. Congress. 


1947 - "Lassie" debuted on ABC radio. It was a 15-minute show. 



1987 - Fawn Hill began testifying in the Iran-Contra hearings. She said that she had helped to shred some documents. 


1988 - The judge in the Iran-Contra conspiracy case ruled that Oliver North, John Poindexter, Richard Secord and Albert Hakim had to be tried separately. 


1995 - U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady was rescued by U.S. Marines after surviving alone in Bosnia after his F-16 fighter was shot down on June 2. 


1996 - China set off an underground nuclear test blast. 


1998 - The National Rifle Association elected Charlton Heston to be its president. 


1998 - The space shuttle Discovery pulled away from Mir, ending America's three-year partnership with Russia. 

Special Forces Member Noticed Something in the Bergdahl Release Video That You Probably Missed | TheBlaze.com

Special Forces Member Noticed Something in the Bergdahl Release Video That You Probably Missed | TheBlaze.com:
"Most Americans who watched the video purporting to show the moment Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was released into U.S. custody were likely primarily interested in seeing what Bergdahl looked like after nearly five years in Taliban captivity."

Oklahoma Makes Huge Decision on Common Core | TheBlaze.com

Oklahoma Makes Huge Decision on Common Core | TheBlaze.com:
"Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed a bill to repeal Common Core standards in the state on Thursday, saying Oklahomans are “capable of developing our own academic standards that will be better than Common Core.”
The state is now clear to formulate new English and math standards specifically tailored for Oklahoma students."

See What Happens When Megyn Kelly Asks Bergdahl’s Former Platoon Members to Raise Their Hands If They Think He Should Be Court-Martialed | Video | TheBlaze.com

See What Happens When Megyn Kelly Asks Bergdahl’s Former Platoon Members to Raise Their Hands If They Think He Should Be Court-Martialed | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"Six former members of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s platoon spoke out in an exclusive interview with Megyn Kelly Thursday night — and every single one of them want the recently freed soldier to be court-martialed and face charges for allegedly “deserting” his post.
Further, when Kelly asked each of the six men to raise their hand if they believe Bergdahl “deserted,” all of them raised their hands."

22 Vintage Ads Designed To Keep Women In Their Place...

22 Vintage Ads Designed To Keep Women In Their Place... The Last One Hit Me So Hard - Dose - Your Daily Dose of Amazing:

This Is Who Will Pay Fines Under the Obamacare Mandate

This Is Who Will Pay Fines Under the Obamacare Mandate:

.....what of the estimated 4 million Americans who likely will pay a fine in 2016 for noncompliance with the individual mandate?

They make up about 13 percent of the 30 million uninsured Americans projected for 2016, according to CBO and the Joint Committee on Taxation. They don’t get a break from the penalty under the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, because they:

• Live in the United States as legal citizens.
• Are law-abiding and not incarcerated.
• Are not members of an Indian tribe.
• Make enough money to file an income tax return.
• Make enough money to not be eligible for Medicaid.
• Make enough money so that potential health insurance premiums would not take up 8 percent of their entire salary.

The penalty becomes more severe each year, starting at $95 per U.S. adult (or 1 percent of taxable income, whichever is greater) this year, progressing to $325 (2 percent of taxable income) in 2015, and reaching $695 (2.5 percent of taxable income) by 2016.

She Wanted to Transfer Her Son to a Different Hospital for Better Treatment – Now She’s Living Her ‘Nightmare’ | TheBlaze.com

She Wanted to Transfer Her Son to a Different Hospital for Better Treatment – Now She’s Living Her ‘Nightmare’ | TheBlaze.com:
"In a case eerily similar to the ongoing Justina Pelletier saga, a mother from Kansas City, Missouri, is battling a Chicago hospital after her 16-year-old son was placed in temporary protective custody amid allegations of “medical child abuse.”

CBO Quietly Drops Forecast That Obamacare Will Cut the Deficit

CBO Quietly Drops Forecast That Obamacare Will Cut the Deficit | The Fiscal Times:
One of the Obama administration's major selling points in passing the Affordable Care Act in 2010 was a Congressional Budget Office forecast that the controversial legislation would reduce the deficit by more than $120 billion over the coming decade.
The CBO has consistently projected that President Obama's overhaul will reduce the deficit, and the agency estimated that the Republicans’ 2011 effort to repeal the legislation would increase deficits by $210 billion from 2010 to 2021.
In April, the agency quietly signaled that it can no longer make that projection; that the law had been changed and delayed so much that there is no longer a credible way to estimate the long-term effects on the deficit of all elements of the program taken together.
In a little noticed footnote to a report updating estimates of the effects of the insurance coverage provisions of the law, the agency headed by Douglas Elmendorf acknowledged that neither CBO nor the Joint Committee on Taxation could determine precisely how scores of provisions other than the insurance coverage would impact long term government spending.

Unions and libs. They destroy everything they touch------New York's Met opera house on edge of precipice

New York's Met opera house on edge of precipice, says Peter Gelb | Music | The Guardian:
"Grand opera is dying along with its increasingly ancient audience, according to Peter Gelb, general manager of one of the grandest operas in the world, the Metropolitan in New York.
The renowned 3,800-seat opera house is fighting a losing battle on many fronts, and could face bankruptcy within three years, he says – and the crisis he sees in his own company could be a warning to many other opera houses.
A long-running dispute with unions, which are threatening strike action, is only one of his many problems.
Box office receipts are flatlining, and seat occupancy was down to 80% in the most recent season, while costs are soaring: the opera recently spent $169,000 (£100,000) on a spectacular poppy field set for a new production of Borodin's Prince Igor."

Black on white crime MUST not be reported as black on white crime!-------------------San Leandro mob attacks prompt ‘wilding’ task force

San Leandro mob attacks prompt ‘wilding’ task force - Crime Scene:
San Leandro police are creating a task force to tackle recent cases of “wilding,” robberies and other attacks said to be committed by large groups of people, including an incident in which a group briefly tried to take a car with a 2-year-old child inside, officials said.
On Monday, a middle school student holding a bag that contained Nike shoes was pistol-whipped and temporarily left unconscious on the 2100 block of East 14th Street, while a second victim was also knocked to the ground and robbed of his iPhone and Nike shoes, said San Leandro police Lt. Rick DeCosta.
About 40 minutes later, a sergeant witnessed the end of an altercation in which a large group of teens had surrounded a car with two adults and a 2-year-old child inside and blocked them from entering a parking lot. 
When the victims asked the group to move, they yelled obscenities and told them to “go around.”

Guess What the School Did to a First-Grader Who Turned in a Toy Gun Mistakenly Left in His Backpack | Video | TheBlaze.com

Guess What the School Did to a First-Grader Who Turned in a Toy Gun Mistakenly Left in His Backpack | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"He approached his teacher and handed over the toy gun: “I’m not a-sp’osed to have this,” Simak recalled to WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh.
With that, Simak was sent to the office at Martin Elementary School in New Kensington, Pennsylvania — about 20 miles northwest of Pittsburgh — and suspended, said his mother, Jennifer Mathabel."

Government Union Demands Major Upgrades to Taxpayer-Funded Research Facility

Government Union Demands Major Upgrades to Taxpayer-Funded Research Facility | Washington Free Beacon:
The labor union representing employees at the National Weather Service is demanding major upgrades to a new water resources facility at the University of Alabama, including that each employee have a soundproof office, receive a pay increase, and have access to a community garden.
The National Water Center will soon open on the University campus in Tuscaloosa, after construction was completed in December 2013.
The National Weather Service Employees Organization (NWSEO) has submitted a list of demands to add to the $18.8 million facility before they begin their work.
A list of “National Water Center Proposals” submitted on May 28, obtained by the Washington Free Beacon, reveal the extravagant demands made by the union.
“Cubicles will not be used in the building, each person will have their own office,” the union has demanded. The office walls will be a minimum of 3 inches thick and “insulated with ‘Quiet Batt 30 Soundproofing Insulation.’”
The offices will also be furnished with a desk from the Kathy Ireland Southampton Onyx Collection, have a “Freedom Task Chair with Headrest,” and a 51 inch Samsung television, with a cable package that includes all available news and weather channels.

What a low class moke------Obama chews gum during D-Day ceremonies, sparks Twitter outrage

Obama chews gum during D-Day ceremonies, sparks Twitter outrage - Washington Times:
President Obama was caught on camera chewing gum during the D-Day ceremonies in France as Queen Elizabeth II was welcomed, and Twitter feeds worldwide exploded with criticism.
“Obama and his chewing-gum. Classy” one French user tweeted sarcastically.
“Not very elegant, the Obama attitude in the middle of the ceremony,” another user said, while yet another added, “Is there anyone who will ask Barack Obama to stop chewing on his gum like a cowboy?”
The words “shameful” and “vulgar” were thrown around as social media networks lit up with outrage at Mr. Obama’s display.
“Obama do you want a Coke too while chewing gum while the Marseillaise is being played?” one tweet fumed, in reference to the president’s lack of respect for the French National anthem.

Why Are Obama's Regulators Stockpiling Your Financial Records?

Why Are Obama's Regulators Stockpiling Your Financial Records? - Investors.com

Diversity Police: Republicans are scratching their heads over the Obama regime's privacy-invading "National Mortgage Database Project." 

What's it for? 

That's easy: redistribution of wealth.

In an unprecedented federal intrusion, the president's most radical financial regulators — Mel Watt of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and Richard Cordray of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — are creating a massive discrimination database on as many as 230 million Americans.

It will encompass a mortgage holder's entire credit history — including credit scores and account balances — and all credit lines, from credit cards to student and car loans.

"Why are we collecting this amount of data on this many individuals?" asked GOP Rep. Randy Neugebauer of the House banking panel.

The key data that the agencies plan to collect involve "household demographics" — namely, "race/ethnicity." The database will be used to compare the credit outcomes of minority vs. white borrowers. Any statistical disparities will be used to make "disparate impact" bias cases against private creditors in a vast redistribution scheme.

.......In their data dragnet, Obama's diversity police will snag your Social Security number and all account numbers. Don't worry about hacking, identity theft or cyberfraud, they assure us. They'll store your personal info in "locked file rooms, locked file cabinets" inside a building with "security cameras" and 24-hour security guards.

Income Growth In Right-to-Work States Significantly Higher

Income Growth In Right-to-Work States Significantly Higher [Michigan Capitol Confidential]

Fed-Up Mom Vindicated After Taking a Stand Over Sign That Said the ‘Law’ Requires a Nurse to Have ‘Private’ Conversations With Minors | TheBlaze.com

Fed-Up Mom Vindicated After Taking a Stand Over Sign That Said the ‘Law’ Requires a Nurse to Have ‘Private’ Conversations With Minors | TheBlaze.com:
"The hospital claims it was attempting to interpret state and federal law that allows minors the ability to access certain types of care without their parents’ knowledge or consent. These services include prenatal and pregnancy-related health care, substance abuse services, STD diagnosis or treatment and birth control at provider’s discretion."



How long before this becomes law?

Is this simply a government hunting club?--------USDA’s Wildlife Services killed 4 million animals in 2013; seen as an overstep by some

USDA’s Wildlife Services killed 4 million animals in 2013; seen as an overstep by some - The Washington Post
For years, the massive toll of wild animals exterminated by the federal government as a service to everything from airports to ranches has bounced up and down like a yo-yo.
Last year it was up again.
The more than 4 million animals shot, poisoned, snared and trapped by the Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services in fiscal year 2013 included
75,326 coyotes,
866 bobcats,
528 river otters,
3,700 foxes,
12,186 prairie dogs,
973 red-tailed hawks,
419 black bears and
at least three eagles, golden and bald.
But while there’s a list of animals killed, there’s little data showing the cause for each killing, the methods used and the reasons behind mistakes that lead to massive kills of animals that aren’t targeted.

California Legislators Want to Tell College Kids When to Have Sex

California Legislators Want to Tell College Kids When to Have Sex - Hit & Run : Reason.com:

The California state legislature is eagerly jumping into bed with college students but really killing the mood with some unsexy rules.

State Sen. Kevin de Leon (D–Los Angeles) has introduced a bill that would require state universities to set strict parameters on what constitutes consensual sex. According to the text of SB 967, the student initiating sexual contact must establish "affirmative consent," defined as:

an affirmative, unambiguous, and conscious decision by each participant to engage in mutually agreed-upon sexual activity. Consent is informed, freely given, and voluntary. It is the responsibility of the person initiating the sexual activity to ensure that he or she has the consent of the other person to engage in the sexual activity. Lack of protest or resistance does not mean consent, nor does silence mean consent.

Consent must be ongoing throughout a sexual encounter and can be revoked at any time. The existence of a dating relationship between the persons involved, or the fact of past sexual relations between them, should never by itself be assumed to be an indicator of consent.

The bill also explicitly lists several circumstances in which the initiator can be convicted of rape even after obtaining consent:

(A) The accused's belief in consent arose from the self-induced intoxication or recklessness of the accused.

(B) The accused did not take reasonable steps, in the circumstances known to the accused at the time, to ascertain that the complainant was consenting.