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Tuesday, September 16, 2014
More Bad News for Obama: Young People Have Given Up on ‘Mr. Hope’n’Change’
More Bad News for Obama: Young People Have Given Up on ‘Mr. Hope’n’Change’:
"Senator Obama ascended to the presidency thanks to an invigorated Democrat base coupled with a strong turnout for young voters- a practically unreachable demographic. After spewing false promises of “hope’n’change,” Obama made young people swoon with the prospect of an exciting new era in politics previously marred by foreign fiascos."
"Senator Obama ascended to the presidency thanks to an invigorated Democrat base coupled with a strong turnout for young voters- a practically unreachable demographic. After spewing false promises of “hope’n’change,” Obama made young people swoon with the prospect of an exciting new era in politics previously marred by foreign fiascos."
9 Facts About How the Poor in America Live
9 Facts About How the Poor in America Live:
"Many in America, while struggling, also have more assets than you might assume from media reports."
"Many in America, while struggling, also have more assets than you might assume from media reports."
Hmmm. We got a jail goin' up here too........Dan Gilbert gonna bail us out?--------Ex-CFO Sledge, 2 others indicted in mismanaged Wayne County jail project
Ex-CFO Sledge, 2 others indicted in mismanaged Wayne County jail project | Crain's Detroit Business:
A one man grand jury convened almost a year ago to explore public neglect of duty, fraud and other misconduct allegations over the stalled Wayne County Jail project has returned three indictments, against the former county CFO, an attorney and a jail contractor.
A one man grand jury convened almost a year ago to explore public neglect of duty, fraud and other misconduct allegations over the stalled Wayne County Jail project has returned three indictments, against the former county CFO, an attorney and a jail contractor.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy’s office today announced charges were brought against Carla Sledge, 62, of Bonita Springs, Fla., former CFO to Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano
....Sledge, who was CFO of the county from 2005 to 2013, was a Crain’s CFO of the Year honoree in 2011. She joined the county as a deputy CFO in 1995, and told Crain’s three years ago her responsibilities were evolving.
“I have to look to the future with revenues on the decline and expenses the way they are,” she said. “What the CEO needs, more than just a bean counter, is someone who can put together a strategy on how the county can stay healthy."
A report submitted to the county commissioners in June indicates that finishing the Gratiot project would cost $163.7 million plus another $29.2 million in various “nonconstruction costs” including some insurance and legal expenses, telephone and IT systems, architecture and engineering. That, plus an estimated $157 million “close-out” cost on the original project, could put completion costs at $349.9 million.
Rock Ventures LLC, the development arm of Dan Gilbert’s real estate business empire, meanwhile, has proposed to purchase the 15.5-acre site and four other sites for $50 million....
The grand jury probe is ongoing, county officials said Monday, meaning it is possible other charges will be brought.
Unions destroy jobs. It's that simple-----Workplace Freedom Spurs Rising Tide of Abundance in Midwest
Workplace Freedom Spurs Rising Tide of Abundance in Midwest | Heartlander Magazine:
Some 24 states have passed right-to-work laws, which allow workers free choice with respect to being represented by a labor union. The other 26 states permit union shop labor agreements that require employees to join the labor union representing workers where one exists, or at least pay dues to that union.
The right-to-work states have had substantially more economic success than the others that restrict individual rights with respect to employment. Perhaps the ultimate test of the quality of life of an area is whether people move into or away from it.
Migration
A net movement into a state is a strong indication that people perceive that life will be better there than that in the area from which they came. Over time, there has been a dramatic movement from the states without right to work laws to ones where the laws exist.
Consider the first decade of this century: from 2000 to 2009, nearly five million native-born Americans moved from the non-right-to- work states into the 22 states with right-to-work laws. On average, over 50 Americans moved to states with those perceived better employment opportunities every hour — night and day, seven days a week.
Those perceptions were accurate. Through the last one-third of a century since the late 1970s, employment growth in the right-to-work states was twice as great, in percentage terms, as in states without those laws.
Not surprisingly, income growth has been dramatically higher in the right to work states. And, despite the increasing number of mouths to feed in those states, income per person also rose faster.
Democrats Show Allegiance to Mexico During Parade
Democrats Show Allegiance to Mexico During Parade:
"When candidates campaign for election to represent a congressional district, legislative district, city, what have you, in the United States, one would think they would proudly exhibit their pride in America and determination to represent our republic and all Americans. That was not the case for two candidates in Arizona. Both are Democrats. One is the incumbent candidate in the 1st congressional district. The other is the Democrat nominee for governor."
"When candidates campaign for election to represent a congressional district, legislative district, city, what have you, in the United States, one would think they would proudly exhibit their pride in America and determination to represent our republic and all Americans. That was not the case for two candidates in Arizona. Both are Democrats. One is the incumbent candidate in the 1st congressional district. The other is the Democrat nominee for governor."
The perfect democrat politician........Hillary Clinton, World-Champion Pretend Griller
Hillary Clinton, World-Champion Pretend Griller | National Review Online
How perfectly Clintonian:
“While a crowd of several thousand Democrats waited on a sloping, grassy field below, Mrs Clinton, her husband and Senator Harkin staged a mini-grilling of steaks for the press at a single barbecue grill in a fenced-off enclosure, framed by a handsome tree and a picnic table filled with some patient Iowans.
Mrs Clinton gamely posed, pretending to grill a steak that had been pre-cooked for her.”
How perfectly Clintonian:
“While a crowd of several thousand Democrats waited on a sloping, grassy field below, Mrs Clinton, her husband and Senator Harkin staged a mini-grilling of steaks for the press at a single barbecue grill in a fenced-off enclosure, framed by a handsome tree and a picnic table filled with some patient Iowans.
Mrs Clinton gamely posed, pretending to grill a steak that had been pre-cooked for her.”
Why, they’re just regular folks, just like us! (AP photo.)
Remember all those relentless media references to George W. Bush’s alleged “fake” “plastic” turkey while visiting the troops in Iraq?
You got a gun in yer butt .... or is that where you keep the dog treats?-------Anal Probes Run Amok: Drug-Sniffing Dogs Must Be Stopped.
Anal Probes Run Amok: Drug-Sniffing Dogs Must Be Stopped. - YouTube:
"The case of Timothy Young made national headlines in 2012 when New Mexico police anally probed him in search of drugs (no contraband was found).
His ordeal was the result of a false positive alert by a drug-sniffing police dog.
Incredibly, the same dog was involved in a case involving another New Mexico resident that resulted in forced rectal exams that uncovered no drugs.
That case ended with authorities paying a $1.6 million settlement (Young's case is still pending).
Although presented as impartial and infallible, it turns out that such dogs are not only often poorly trained, they are frequently wrong.
....While convinced of dogs' potential usefulness, Falco agrees that police dogs are generally poorly trained and handled."
"The case of Timothy Young made national headlines in 2012 when New Mexico police anally probed him in search of drugs (no contraband was found).
His ordeal was the result of a false positive alert by a drug-sniffing police dog.
Incredibly, the same dog was involved in a case involving another New Mexico resident that resulted in forced rectal exams that uncovered no drugs.
That case ended with authorities paying a $1.6 million settlement (Young's case is still pending).
Although presented as impartial and infallible, it turns out that such dogs are not only often poorly trained, they are frequently wrong.
....While convinced of dogs' potential usefulness, Falco agrees that police dogs are generally poorly trained and handled."
No money for potholes but........Marquette, MI: Taco Truck Grabs Grant Jump Start
Marquette, MI: Taco Truck Grabs Grant Jump Start « My Article Monkey!:
"MARQUETTE – With a $7,775 grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Dia de los Tacos food truck owner Mike Walker is looking to upgrade his restaurant on wheels.
“We started out with a pretty small amount of seed money and bringing in that influx of cash is really going to help us be a bit more stable,” Walker said.
The grant is part of the MEDC’s Mobile Cuisine Start up Program, which is intended to “expand the mobile cuisine, or food truck, industry throughout Michigan,” according to an MEDC-issued press release.
The program provided one-time grants of up to $10,000 to new food truck businesses or to growing pre-existing businesses.
It required at least a 25 percent match from the business, though projects with a higher match were scored more favorably."
"MARQUETTE – With a $7,775 grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Dia de los Tacos food truck owner Mike Walker is looking to upgrade his restaurant on wheels.
“We started out with a pretty small amount of seed money and bringing in that influx of cash is really going to help us be a bit more stable,” Walker said.
The grant is part of the MEDC’s Mobile Cuisine Start up Program, which is intended to “expand the mobile cuisine, or food truck, industry throughout Michigan,” according to an MEDC-issued press release.
The program provided one-time grants of up to $10,000 to new food truck businesses or to growing pre-existing businesses.
It required at least a 25 percent match from the business, though projects with a higher match were scored more favorably."
History for September 16
History for September 16 - On-This-Day.com
J.C. Penney 1875, Allen Funt 1914, Lauren Bacall 1924
B.B. King 1925, Peter Falk 1927, George Chakiris 1933
Mickey Rourke 1956, David Copperfield 1956, Marc Anthony 1968
1620 - The Mayflower departed from Plymouth, England. The ship arrived at Provincetown, MA, on November 21st and then at Plymouth, MA, on December 26th. There were 102 passengers onboard.
1782 - The Great Seal of the United States was impressed on document to negotiate a prisoner of war agreement with the British. It was the first official use of the impression.
1908 - General Motors was founded by William Crapo "Billy" Durant. The company was formed by merging the Buick and Olds car companies.
1963 - "The Outer Limits" premiered on ABC-TV.
1965 - "The Dean Martin Show" debuted on NBC-TV.
1968 - "The Andy Griffith Show" was seen for the final time on CBS.
1974 - U.S. President Ford announced a conditional amnesty program for draft-evaders and deserters during the Vietnam War.
J.C. Penney 1875, Allen Funt 1914, Lauren Bacall 1924
B.B. King 1925, Peter Falk 1927, George Chakiris 1933
Mickey Rourke 1956, David Copperfield 1956, Marc Anthony 1968
1620 - The Mayflower departed from Plymouth, England. The ship arrived at Provincetown, MA, on November 21st and then at Plymouth, MA, on December 26th. There were 102 passengers onboard.
1782 - The Great Seal of the United States was impressed on document to negotiate a prisoner of war agreement with the British. It was the first official use of the impression.
1908 - General Motors was founded by William Crapo "Billy" Durant. The company was formed by merging the Buick and Olds car companies.
1963 - "The Outer Limits" premiered on ABC-TV.
1965 - "The Dean Martin Show" debuted on NBC-TV.
1968 - "The Andy Griffith Show" was seen for the final time on CBS.
1974 - U.S. President Ford announced a conditional amnesty program for draft-evaders and deserters during the Vietnam War.
Monday, September 15, 2014
One ‘Little-Noticed’ Move Obama Pulled Off That Carries ‘Far-Reaching Consequences’ | TheBlaze.com
One ‘Little-Noticed’ Move Obama Pulled Off That Carries ‘Far-Reaching Consequences’ | TheBlaze.com:
"The reversal increased since late 2013 after Democrats stripped Republicans of their ability to filibuster the president’s nominees, the Times added, calling it “a little-noticed shift with far-reaching consequences for the law and President Obama’s legacy.”
More from the Times:"
"The reversal increased since late 2013 after Democrats stripped Republicans of their ability to filibuster the president’s nominees, the Times added, calling it “a little-noticed shift with far-reaching consequences for the law and President Obama’s legacy.”
More from the Times:"
Houston convenience store owner Usman Seth kills robber in gunfight
Houston convenience store owner Usman Seth kills robber in gunfight | Mail Online
'I had to protect my family': Houston convenience store owner kills robber in gunfight
'I had to protect my family': Houston convenience store owner kills robber in gunfight
- Terror: Usman Seth said the gunman threatened his sister at the cash register with a shotgun
- History of violence: The family convenience had been threatened by robbers multiple times since it was opened three years ago
- Gunfight: Seth shot the masked gunman in the leg once before finally hitting him again and killing him
Barack Obama’s Biggest Lie
Roger L. Simon » Barack Obama’s Biggest Lie:
"But execrable as that serial prevarication may have been, it doesn’t hold a proverbial candle to his most recent whopper — that the Islamic State is not Islamic — not to mention its corollary, or perhaps subsidiary lie, that real religions do not indulge in murder.
Islam has been doing that pretty much straight through for fourteen centuries, both outwardly toward Christians and Jews, and inwardly in its unresolved pathological conflict between its Sunni and Shiite strains that continues, as the world well knows, to this day and undoubtedly into the foreseeable future, spewing an uncountable number of corpses as it goes."
...So everybody in our administration, and even most of our military, seems to lie these days, but the source of the lies comes from the top, POTUS.
He governs our land where the truth dare not be uttered, the enemy never named.
We all know we’re in a civilizational war with Islam, have been for quite some time and likely to be for a lot longer, but our officials and our mainstream media will do everything possible not to admit it.
They assume, I guess, if we tell the Islamic world they’re peaceful often enough, they will become it.
That’s the most optimistic view of it.
The pessimistic view is that a number of our leaders and media want us to lose. Either way we’re in a pack of trouble.
"But execrable as that serial prevarication may have been, it doesn’t hold a proverbial candle to his most recent whopper — that the Islamic State is not Islamic — not to mention its corollary, or perhaps subsidiary lie, that real religions do not indulge in murder.
Islam has been doing that pretty much straight through for fourteen centuries, both outwardly toward Christians and Jews, and inwardly in its unresolved pathological conflict between its Sunni and Shiite strains that continues, as the world well knows, to this day and undoubtedly into the foreseeable future, spewing an uncountable number of corpses as it goes."
...So everybody in our administration, and even most of our military, seems to lie these days, but the source of the lies comes from the top, POTUS.
He governs our land where the truth dare not be uttered, the enemy never named.
We all know we’re in a civilizational war with Islam, have been for quite some time and likely to be for a lot longer, but our officials and our mainstream media will do everything possible not to admit it.
They assume, I guess, if we tell the Islamic world they’re peaceful often enough, they will become it.
That’s the most optimistic view of it.
The pessimistic view is that a number of our leaders and media want us to lose. Either way we’re in a pack of trouble.
Child pornography conviction overturned because the government violated the Posse Comitatus Act
Child pornography conviction overturned because the government violated the Posse Comitatus Act - The Washington Post:
The Posse Comitatus Act (PCA), 18 U.S.C. § 1385, “prohibits Army and Air Force military personnel from participating in civilian law enforcement activities.” [Footnote: The PCA states, “Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.”] We have previously recognized that, “[a]lthough the PCA does not directly reference the Navy,” “PCA-like restrictions” apply to the Navy as a matter of Department of Defense (DoD) and Naval policy….
...Agent Logan’s search was not reasonably focused on carrying out such a legitimate military investigation. NCIS is authorized to investigate criminal operations that “significantly affect the naval establishment.” Agent Logan understood that he did not have the authority to search any location, but had to limit his searches to areas where there was “a Department of Navy interest.” Yet, Agent Logan’s search did not meet the required limitation. He surveyed the entire state of Washingtonfor computers sharing child pornography. His initial search was not limited to United States military or government computers, and, as the government acknowledged, Agent Logan had no idea whether the computers searched belonged to someone with any “affiliation with the military at all.” Instead, it was his “standard practice to monitor all computers in a geographic area,” here, every computer in the state of Washington….
The Posse Comitatus Act (PCA), 18 U.S.C. § 1385, “prohibits Army and Air Force military personnel from participating in civilian law enforcement activities.” [Footnote: The PCA states, “Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.”] We have previously recognized that, “[a]lthough the PCA does not directly reference the Navy,” “PCA-like restrictions” apply to the Navy as a matter of Department of Defense (DoD) and Naval policy….
...Agent Logan’s search was not reasonably focused on carrying out such a legitimate military investigation. NCIS is authorized to investigate criminal operations that “significantly affect the naval establishment.” Agent Logan understood that he did not have the authority to search any location, but had to limit his searches to areas where there was “a Department of Navy interest.” Yet, Agent Logan’s search did not meet the required limitation. He surveyed the entire state of Washingtonfor computers sharing child pornography. His initial search was not limited to United States military or government computers, and, as the government acknowledged, Agent Logan had no idea whether the computers searched belonged to someone with any “affiliation with the military at all.” Instead, it was his “standard practice to monitor all computers in a geographic area,” here, every computer in the state of Washington….
The Shocking Display Seen at NYC’s Muslim Day Parade | Video | TheBlaze.com
The Shocking Display Seen at NYC’s Muslim Day Parade | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"A marching band from the NYPD and a contingent of New Jersey Girl Scouts in Muslim attire kicked off the event. The streets were filled with flag-waving marchers, pro-Islam floats and a demonstration of a hanging.
That’s right, a hanging:"
"A marching band from the NYPD and a contingent of New Jersey Girl Scouts in Muslim attire kicked off the event. The streets were filled with flag-waving marchers, pro-Islam floats and a demonstration of a hanging.
That’s right, a hanging:"
TSA DEMANDS TO CONDUCT FULL BODY PAT DOWN ON MAN AFTER HIS PLANE ALREADY LANDED
VIDEO: TSA DEMANDS TO CONDUCT FULL BODY PAT DOWN ON MAN AFTER HIS PLANE ALREADY LANDED | The Daily Sheeple:
A local Fox News story about the incident said that Nygard, “was on a list that should have singled him out for screening — but that didn’t happen.”
According to the report, Nygard should have been subjected to enhanced screening at Minneapolis Airport because his name was, “on the secondary security screen list known as “quad S,” and Nygard, “had a boarding pass designated with four bold S’s.”
The TSA failed to notice the details on Nygard’s boarding pass and he was allowed to board the plane.
It was only after a Spirit employee called the TSA when the plane was half way to Denver that the oversight was recognized.
It was only after a Spirit employee called the TSA when the plane was half way to Denver that the oversight was recognized.
Nygard, “slipped through three layers of security, and no one was any the wiser until he was already in the air,” states the report, noting that some of the red flags that get someone on the ‘quad S’ list include, “buying your ticket the same day, paying cash, or getting a one-way ticket.”
In an email to Infowars, Nygard said that the Fox News story was mostly “lies,” noting that he was forced to undergo a full body pat down at Minneapolis Airport.
Nygard also states that Fox News’ characterization of him as a “Somali-American man” is inaccurate given that his descendents are Poles and Norwegians.
Nygard also states that Fox News’ characterization of him as a “Somali-American man” is inaccurate given that his descendents are Poles and Norwegians.
Transparently Bad: U.S. Whistleblowers Feel Blowback
Transparently Bad: U.S. Whistleblowers Feel Blowback
Federal employees who expose government waste, fraud and abuse are having a tough time in the “most transparent administration in history.”
Robert MacLean, a former air marshal, told a House subcommittee Tuesday that managers at the Transportation Security Administration “thumb their nose” at whistleblower protection laws.
MacLean, who complained that air marshals were improperly grounded by the TSA, is taking his termination to the U.S. Supreme Court after losing a series of lopsided proceedings at the agency. He said the TSA branded him “an organizational terrorist.”
Robert Van Boven, former director of a Veterans Affairs facility in Texas, said, “The (bureaucratic) culture fights transparency and degrades whistleblowers.”
Boven, a medical doctor, was fired after alleging “fraudulent billing and ghost employees who didn’t help one single veteran.”
Nevertheless, whistleblowing is on the rise, according to Carolyn Lerner, chief attorney in the U.S. Office of Special Counsel.
“The numbers are through the roof,” Lerner reported.
The outcomes aren’t necessarily good news for taxpayers or advocates of open government.
Of 2,900 cases last year, 1,400 involved retaliation against whistleblowers, and whistleblowers prevailed less than a quarter of the time.
“There is a new trend,” saidTom Devine, legal director for the Government Accountability Project. “(Washington) is making it a crime to blow the whistle.
You have the choice of resigning or facing charges.
That’s chilling.”
Federal employees who expose government waste, fraud and abuse are having a tough time in the “most transparent administration in history.”
Robert MacLean, a former air marshal, told a House subcommittee Tuesday that managers at the Transportation Security Administration “thumb their nose” at whistleblower protection laws.
MacLean, who complained that air marshals were improperly grounded by the TSA, is taking his termination to the U.S. Supreme Court after losing a series of lopsided proceedings at the agency. He said the TSA branded him “an organizational terrorist.”
Robert Van Boven, former director of a Veterans Affairs facility in Texas, said, “The (bureaucratic) culture fights transparency and degrades whistleblowers.”
Boven, a medical doctor, was fired after alleging “fraudulent billing and ghost employees who didn’t help one single veteran.”
Nevertheless, whistleblowing is on the rise, according to Carolyn Lerner, chief attorney in the U.S. Office of Special Counsel.
“The numbers are through the roof,” Lerner reported.
The outcomes aren’t necessarily good news for taxpayers or advocates of open government.
Of 2,900 cases last year, 1,400 involved retaliation against whistleblowers, and whistleblowers prevailed less than a quarter of the time.
“There is a new trend,” saidTom Devine, legal director for the Government Accountability Project. “(Washington) is making it a crime to blow the whistle.
You have the choice of resigning or facing charges.
That’s chilling.”
Biased government media-----Scots independence battle reaches fever pitch on streets and screens
Scots independence battle reaches fever pitch on streets and screens - Yahoo News:
""We pay our license fees.
We don't want them to favour us - we were just marching for an impartial state broadcaster," said Liz, a teacher.
Salmond has frequently accused the BBC - which could be carved up if Scotland votes for independence - of siding with the unionists.
A BBC spokesperson said the corporation has been "rigorously impartial".
But the incident showed the high emotions and divisions stirred by the referendum, which could result in the end of the 307-year-old union with England and the break-up of the United Kingdom."
""We pay our license fees.
We don't want them to favour us - we were just marching for an impartial state broadcaster," said Liz, a teacher.
Salmond has frequently accused the BBC - which could be carved up if Scotland votes for independence - of siding with the unionists.
A BBC spokesperson said the corporation has been "rigorously impartial".
But the incident showed the high emotions and divisions stirred by the referendum, which could result in the end of the 307-year-old union with England and the break-up of the United Kingdom."
Exclusive: Feds Find Anti-Israel and Pro-Palestine 9/11 Message to America on Border Fence
Exclusive: Feds Find Anti-Israel and Pro-Palestine 9/11 Message to America on Border Fence: "NOGALES, Arizona -- On September 11, 2014, individuals or a group in Mexico hung a message to America over the U.S.-Mexico border wall condemning American support for Israel and declaring support for Palestine.
U.S. federal agents discovered the banner draped over the primary border fence in Arizona’s Yuma Sector in a restricted area that could only have been reached from Mexico.
The message also contained an image described by authorities as an anarchist symbol.
The incident was kept secret from the American public by federal authorities."
U.S. federal agents discovered the banner draped over the primary border fence in Arizona’s Yuma Sector in a restricted area that could only have been reached from Mexico.
The message also contained an image described by authorities as an anarchist symbol.
The incident was kept secret from the American public by federal authorities."
Onity Wins: Hotels That Bought Their Easily-Hacked Door Lock Can't Sue According To Court
Onity Wins: Hotels That Bought Their Easily-Hacked Door Lock Can't Sue According To Court | Techdirt:
A couple years back, I wrote about the curious case of Onity, a company that makes door locks for hotel rooms. Thing is, their locks fail to do the one thing they're supposed to do, as shown when one man at a Black Hat security conference used a cheap device to access the lock's dataport and cause it to unlock. The idea was that a lock that is defeated by equipment that costs pocket change isn't so much a lock as it is a decoration. Onity, in the company's infinite wisdom, claimed the long term fix, a new system board, was available to its customers...for a price.
A class action's worth of hotels weren't satisfied with paying twice for the same product just to make it work, so they filed a lawsuit. That filing was recently rejected by a judge using some awfully strange logic.
A couple years back, I wrote about the curious case of Onity, a company that makes door locks for hotel rooms. Thing is, their locks fail to do the one thing they're supposed to do, as shown when one man at a Black Hat security conference used a cheap device to access the lock's dataport and cause it to unlock. The idea was that a lock that is defeated by equipment that costs pocket change isn't so much a lock as it is a decoration. Onity, in the company's infinite wisdom, claimed the long term fix, a new system board, was available to its customers...for a price.
A class action's worth of hotels weren't satisfied with paying twice for the same product just to make it work, so they filed a lawsuit. That filing was recently rejected by a judge using some awfully strange logic.
The court’s decision turns on three key facts. First, the plaintiffs didn’t allege any actual security breaches; the courts says they are suing “only for the costs of preventing future unauthorized access.” Second, each lock still works in the sense that it “still performs the functions of locking the door upon closing it and unlocking it upon insertion of a properly-coded key card….the locks do not begin to fail on their own upon installation, nor are they all ‘doomed to fail’ eventually.” Third, the court says any future security breaches “could occur only if third parties engaged in criminal conduct to enter Plaintiffs’ hotel rooms.”Let's deal with these in order. Onity's lock has a gaping security hole that's laughably easy to exploit. For anyone with fifty dollars in their pockets, the lock might as well not be there at all. The very nature of the condition of the product is a breach and, in any case, at least is easily understandable as a product that doesn't perform its basic functions, which is what makes the second claim by the judge so galling.
Extent of Antarctic sea ice reaches record levels, scientists say
Extent of Antarctic sea ice reaches record levels, scientists say - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation):
Scientists say the extent of Antarctic sea ice cover is at its highest level since records began.
Scientists say the extent of Antarctic sea ice cover is at its highest level since records began.
Satellite imagery reveals an area of about 20 million square kilometres covered by sea ice around the Antarctic continent.
Jan Lieser from the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) said the discovery was made two days ago.
"This is an area covered by sea ice which we've never seen from space before," he said.
"Thirty-five years ago the first satellites went up which were reliably telling us what area, two dimensional area, of sea ice was covered and we've never seen that before, that much area.
"That is roughly double the size of the Antarctic continent and about three times the size of Australia."
Respiratory Virus Enterovirus D68 Spreads to the Northeast
Respiratory Virus Enterovirus D68 Spreads to the Northeast - ABC News
Enterovirus D68, the respiratory illness suspected of hospitalizing hundreds of children across the nation, has now spread to the Northeast and is likely to hit the whole country.
Connecticut and New York are the latest states to report cases of the rapidly spreading virus that has targeted young children, especially those with asthma, in 21 states.
The Connecticut Department of Public Health received reports "from two hospitals in different parts of the state of clusters of severe respiratory illness among young children that could be due to enterovirus D68," the agency said in a statement.
Rational Thinking About Irrational Numbers
Rational Thinking About Irrational Numbers | Somewhat Reasonable:
"In the last 100 years, the amount of CO2 in the air has increased from three molecules per 10,000 molecules of air, to four molecules out of 10,000 molecules of air.
Which means we are being asked to believe the increase of one molecule of CO2 out of 10,000 molecules of air in the last 100 years is causing catastrophic climate change that threatens mankind.
This is all fascinating to me, given Secretary of State John Kerry’s comments on the immense threat of a catastrophe based on out of control climate, when we have groups like ISIS and Hamas running around.
Seems to me that there is a lot of inconsistency here.
The idea from John Kerry is that CO2-induced warming is an imminent national security threat.
So he is saying the increase of one molecule of CO2 per 10,000 molecules of air in the last 100 years is a threat on par with what is going on in the Middle East?
How can that even be close.
The real threat when it comes to CO2 is the agenda that paints it as a threat. One, it makes us more reliant on an unstable area of the world.
Two, the policies limiting its use starve the lifeline of our economy.
As I have opined before, it’s the global warming agenda that is the major threat, not global warming."
"In the last 100 years, the amount of CO2 in the air has increased from three molecules per 10,000 molecules of air, to four molecules out of 10,000 molecules of air.
Which means we are being asked to believe the increase of one molecule of CO2 out of 10,000 molecules of air in the last 100 years is causing catastrophic climate change that threatens mankind.
This is all fascinating to me, given Secretary of State John Kerry’s comments on the immense threat of a catastrophe based on out of control climate, when we have groups like ISIS and Hamas running around.
Seems to me that there is a lot of inconsistency here.
The idea from John Kerry is that CO2-induced warming is an imminent national security threat.
So he is saying the increase of one molecule of CO2 per 10,000 molecules of air in the last 100 years is a threat on par with what is going on in the Middle East?
How can that even be close.
The real threat when it comes to CO2 is the agenda that paints it as a threat. One, it makes us more reliant on an unstable area of the world.
Two, the policies limiting its use starve the lifeline of our economy.
As I have opined before, it’s the global warming agenda that is the major threat, not global warming."
....But let’s look more closely at this in the U.S., since we naturally want to lead the world to a brighter tomorrow.
It is estimated that the U.S. has averaged 20% of the CO2 input from man over the last 100 years . Assuming all the increase of CO2 is man-made, that would mean in 50,000 molecules of air, the U.S. has added one molecule of CO2 in the last 100 years, while the global GDP skyrocketed.
How much is that a year?
Well we have to divide the figure above.
One molecule per 50,000 in the last 100 years means we have averaged one molecule of CO2 for every 5,000,000 molecules of air per year. So we are asked to believe that is changing the climate?
But wait, let’s think locally to act globally (I have a sweatshirt that says that).
300,000,000 people.
How many molecules of CO2 does the average American add to the atmosphere every year?
One molecule of CO2 out of every 1,500,000,000,000,000 molecules of air each year.
Why you selfish capitalist pig.
You are destroying the planet by your very existence (though the plants love you – I saw a tree hug a human the other day).
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