Harry Reid Losing Support for Senate Minority Leader

Harry Reid Losing Support for Senate Minority Leader:

"It seems that Democrats are adrift without any real leadership. Throughout the tough midterms, countless Democrats fled from the once-popular President Obama and worked feverishly to try and distance themselves from his agenda that, up until recently, has served as the defining theme of Democratic leadership.

Now, it seems that Senate Democrats may be looking to throw another Democrat leader overboard- current Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid."

Gruber’s Taped Comments Prove Progressives “Lied About Everything”

Krauthammer: Gruber’s Taped Comments Prove Progressives “Lied About Everything” (Video) | The Gateway Pundit:
Charles Krauthammer weighed in on the recent videos of Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber admitting Democrats knowingly lied to the American public in order to pass Obamacare.

Charles told Bill O’Reilly Democrats “lied about everything.”

“This is exactly what conservatives have been saying for four years. What we’re hearing now is the true voice of liberal arrogance. [T]hey believe they know the right way—they have to lead the masses to the Promised Land, and they can only do it by deception. And that’s what he said openly…[they] lied about everything.”

Obama To Give Work Permits to Four Million Foreigners

Obama To Give Work Permits to Four Million Foreigners | The Daily Caller:
"President Barack Obama unilaterally will award work permits to more than four million foreigners, most of whom are now living illegally in the United States, according to statements by White House officials to The New York Times.
The move, which the Times spun as a way to “protect up to 5 million from deportation,” will be implemented as soon as this month, and will provide work permits to roughly four million illegals plus an unnamed number of university-trained foreigners either living legally in the United States or overseas.
Obama’s promised award of work permits likely exceeds the 4.3 million Americans who will turn 18 this year, and is also almost equal to the six million new jobs added to the nation’s economy since his inauguration in 2009.
The extra work permits will be in addition to the almost one million work permits that have been given, or promised to, younger illegals, additional guest workers and migrants by Obama since 2009.
The country also accepts roughly one million new immigrants and 650,000 non-agricultural guest workers per year."

Upset Mom Finds Herself Contacting the News After Reading the Answers on Her Son’s Islam Worksheet | Video | TheBlaze.com

Upset Mom Finds Herself Contacting the News After Reading the Answers on Her Son’s Islam Worksheet | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"A mother in Union County, North Carolina, told WJZY-TV that her son, a freshman at Porter Ridge High School, brought home a worksheet on Islam containing some questionable answers. She was upset enough over the assignment that she contacted the school and her local news station after reviewing the material.

The sentence that bothered the mom the most stated, “Most Muslims’ faith is stronger than the average Christian.”

Read some of the other answers from the world history assignment below:"

Michigan State Spartans @ Navy 9:00pm

(10) Michigan State Spartans added a new photo. - Michigan State Spartans:
"The Spartans had an amazing day touring the US Naval Academy. 
Events included observing the morning colors, breakfast with the Commandant, stepping aboard a yard patrol craft ship, checking out a humvee and a KnightHawk helicopter, testing out a ship simulator, observing the noon meal formation and finally eating with the entire Brigade.
Then it was time to get down to business with an afternoon practice."

Muskegon's Deyonta Davis signs with Michigan State, says he wants to win 'another ring' in college

Muskegon's Deyonta Davis signs with Michigan State, says he wants to win 'another ring' in college - MLive.com:
"MUSKEGON, MI – Deyonta Davis usually lets his rim-rattling dunks and shot-blocking ability do his talking on the basketball court.
 On Thursday afternoon, a brief smile and a few words were all that was necessary.
 Davis, Muskegon’s 6-foot-10, 215-pound all-state forward and one of the nation’s top recruits, signed his national letter-of-intent to play next season at Michigan State University. 
Davis, a five-star recruit and rated No. 23 nationally by Rivals.com, is the lynchpin of MSU’s three-player class for 2015."

History for November 14

History for November 14 - On-This-Day.com
Robert Fulton 1765- Engineer and inventor (steamboat), Claude Monet 1840- French impressionist , painter, Aaron Copland 1900- Composer, writer


Joseph McCarthy 1909- Politician (U.S. Senator from Wisconsin),  Fred Haise 1933- Engineer, former NASA astronaut, P.J. O'Rourke 1947- Political satirist, journalist, writer


1851 - Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick" was first published in the U.S.


1935 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed the Philippine Islands a free commonwealth after its new constitution was approved. The Tydings-McDuffie Act planned for the Phillipines to be completely independent by July 4, 1946.


1940 - During World War II, German war planes destroyed most of the English town of Coventry when about 500 Luftwaffe bombers attacked.


1956 - The USSR crushed the Hungarian uprising.


1972 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 1,000 (1,003.16) level for the first time.


1972 - Blue Ribbon Sports became Nike.


1983 - The British government announced that U.S.-made cruise missiles had arrived at the Greenham Common air base amid protests.


1994 - U.S. experts visited North Korea's main nuclear complex for the first time under an accord that opened such sites to outside inspections.

Trey Gowdy Takes on Obamacare Architect For Lying to "Stupid" Americans - Katie Pavlich

Trey Gowdy Takes on Obamacare Architect For Lying to "Stupid" Americans - Katie Pavlich:

"He just proved that he is willing to lie. He's willing to lie because he has the arrogance of thinking that he knows what is best for this country and the citizens and voters do not, so keep that in mind the next time anybody tries to sell you on a big piece of legislation by calling this comprehensive," Gowdy continued, adding that he'd like to see someone from the administration apologize for what Gruber said. "They lied, they got away with it and they got the bill that they wanted."

Nancy Pelosi Says ‘I Don’t Know’ Jonathan Gruber — but the Media Quickly Found Some Damning Information to the Contrary | TheBlaze.com

Nancy Pelosi Says ‘I Don’t Know’ Jonathan Gruber — but the Media Quickly Found Some Damning Information to the Contrary | TheBlaze.com:

"House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday tried to downplay comments by an architect of Obamacare, who was caught talking about the “stupidity of the American voter,” by saying she doesn’t even know who he is, even though her office has relied on his analysis before.

“I don’t know who he is,” she told reporters. “He didn’t help write our bill.”

THOUSANDS of Washingtonians Pledge Civil Disobedience to New Anti-Gun Laws

THOUSANDS of Washingtonians Pledge Civil Disobedience to New Anti-Gun Laws:

"The nature of private firearm ownership is, at the term would suggest, to maintain the tools for self-defense privately. Anyone who questions why citizens would object to having government monitor who is armed and who is not is a person not well-acquainted with the modus operandi of despots and tyrants throughout the past few centuries.

Patriotic citizens in Washington State, however, might have to deal with a tyrannical law on the books, but have noted that enforcing the law may be more difficult than lawmakers had anticipated."

‘It’s all BS!’ Megyn Kelly just can’t take it anymore!

‘It’s all BS!’ Megyn Kelly just can’t take it anymore! - BizPac Review:
"The disconnect couldn’t have been clearer
Fox News’ Megyn Kelly continued her tour de force attack on the lies at the heart of Obamacare’s passage Tuesday during an interview with a Democratic pollster who all but admitted the truth behind a videotape showing a key architect of the law bragging about the “stupidity of the American voter” but said it didn’t matter."

Loyola University considers ‘gender neutral’ restrooms, gender ‘inclusivity’

Loyola University considers ‘gender neutral’ restrooms, gender ‘inclusivity’:
"Just the start for a new LGBT coalition across Chicago colleges, sponsor promises
Loyola University Chicago’s student government is considering whether to recommend all restrooms on campus be made “gender-neutral.”
What’s not clear from the sponsor, however, is whether multi-stall restrooms would be open to men, women and trans students for simultaneous use.
It’s part of a broader legislative push to remove gender from any campus consideration, including words like “him” and “her” in student government documents or even senate meetings.
Other schools in the region are talking about gender-neutral restrooms as well: Ohio State University earlier this year started letting students request to live on dorm floors with only gender-neutral restrooms, according to The Lantern."

Feeding The Homeless: 90 Year Old Florida Man Ticketed Twice!!

Feeding The Homeless: 90 Year Old Florida Man Ticketed Twice!!:

"90 year old Fort Lauderdale resident, Arnold Abbott, was cited recently for the second time for illegally feeding the homeless on Fort Lauderdale Beach.Abbott

Abbott coordinated a team of chefs who dished out free food, while being recorded by uniformed police. While being interviewed by WPLG-TV, Abbott was confronted and escorted away in front of a large crowd of supporters. He was fingerprinted and issued a citation on the spot."

Michigan Chamber CEO Blasts Film Subsidies as a 'Boondoggle'

Michigan Chamber CEO Blasts Film Subsidies as a 'Boondoggle' [Michigan Capitol Confidential]: "Studley read from a Michigan Economic Development Corp. memo dated Feb. 18, 2014.
“A total of $26,551,106 in film credits were claimed from the Department of Treasury in 2013,” he said.
“As of Dec. 31, 2013, a total of $225,539,660 in film tax credits have been paid out by the state with $94,148,139 in potential film credits that remain eligible to be claimed under the tax credit program.”

“What is the return on this?” 
Studley asked, before turning again to the MEDC memo.
“For the calendar year 2013 here are the permanent jobs created:
for the movie 'Man v. Wild,' zero permanent jobs;
for the movie 'Fish Zoos Zoos Wham Whams,' zero jobs; for the movie 'Chasing Jimmy,' zero jobs;
for 'Detention of the Dead,' zero;
for 'Actor,' zero;
for 'AKA Jimmy Picard,' zero;
for 'Beside Still Waters,' zero; for 'Blue Goji Boxing,' zero;
for 'Keystone Studio’s 100th Anniversary Collection,' zero;
for 'Low Winter Sun,' zero.”"

This is great!-----Bathrobe-wearing watchdog turns tables on Detroit squatter

Bathrobe-wearing watchdog turns tables on Detroit squatter « Watchdog.org:
"WatchdogWire.com
Charlie LeDuff, a Fox 2 reporter known for his offbeat exposés, went mano a mano with a Wayne County squatter.
Lynn Arthur Williams Jr., on probation for a felonious assault with a deadly weapon, had taken up residence in a single-family Detroit home bought by Sarah Hamilton-Gilmer.
Hamilton-Gilmer planned on a third-party short sale with the house, but Williams wouldn’t budge. Police were called; the squatter accused the homeowner of attacking Williams with a car; the homeowner denied the accusation but still went to jail. 
As for Williams?
The squatter remained comfortably ensconced in Hamilton-Gilmer’s abode.
End of story? 
Not by a long shot.

Watch what happens when LeDuff turns the tables on Williams."

Feds dig up $2 million to support networking needs of amateur fossil fans

Feds dig up $2 million to support networking needs of amateur fossil fans « Watchdog.org: "TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Fossil lovers now have one more way to link up and talk about dinosaurs thanks to a mammoth-sized federal grant.
Critics call it more buried treasure.
The University of Florida broke ground earlier this year on a taxpayer-supported initiative purporting to connect amateur fossil enthusiasts across the country with each other and professional aficionados through a new online communication network.
The cost: $2 million.
The plan is a mouthful, called Fostering Opportunities for Synergistic STEM in Informal Learners, or FOSSIL, (STEM is an acronym for Science Technology Engineering and Math).
Simply put, it consists of a user-friendly website, social media outreach and event get-togethers.
The website — the networking hub — hosts mainly contact lists, event information and a newsletter."

With Yet Another Senate Seat Win, Republicans Set to Dominate the Senate

With Yet Another Senate Seat Win, Republicans Set to Dominate the Senate:

"Beyond losing control of the Senate, Democrats are forced to witness the continued strengthening of the GOP as Sullivan’s victory means the Republican Party has picked up eight seats in the Senate when they only needed 6 to control it."

Feds contact school as student-led boycott of Michelle O lunches begins today

Feds contact school as student-led boycott of Michelle O lunches begins today - EAGnews.org: "SCHOFIELD, Wis. – Students at Wisconsin’s D.C. Everest High School are sending a message to federal officials today by boycotting one-size-fits-all school lunches regulations they believe are too restrictive.
Senior Meghan Hellrood organized the boycott to draw attention to new regulations implemented through the Healthy and Hunger Free Kids Act, the pet project of First Lady Michelle Obama that aims to fight childhood obesity through government bureaucracy.
The federal edicts impose strict limitations on calories, fat, salt, portion sizes and other aspects of food sold at schools participating in the National School Lunch Program that have convinced more than a million students to stop buying lunch at school, devastating school lunch revenues.
The restrictions, which have been phased in since 2012, also resulted in over a $1 billion in food waste in schools across the country due to a requirement that students take a fruit or vegetable, whether they want it or not.
D.C. Everest Principal Tom Johansen told WSAU.com he certainly understands why students there are revolting against the new rules, and the boycott has already prompted federal officials to take action."

......some are more equal than others.......Black males murder five year old white girl in Milwaukee. No national outrage

Black males murder five year old white girl in Milwaukee. No national outrage - Wounded American Warrior:
"Two black males in Milwaukee walked up to the home of a white family, in a majority black neighborhood, and unleashed a hail of gunfire. 
A five year old white girl was murdered while sitting on her grandfather’s lap.
Milwaukee police say there is no question the shooters were deliberating trying to kill people inside the house.
At least a dozen bullets were fired directly into the house.
There may have been a third person driving a getaway car.
The house was located in a census tract that is 77% black and 14% white.
The Milwaukee Sentinel and Milwaukee channel 6 have actually been trying to downplay the murder. They are falsly reporting that it was “a stray bullet.”
That directly contradicts all the evidence found by police.
If the races were reversed, this would be the biggest news story in the entire western world right now. Imagine for one second that two white males walked up to a black occupied home, in a mostly white neighborhood, and opened fire.
Imagine a five year old black girl was murdered while sitting on her grandfather’s lap. 
There would weeks of national coverage. 
There would be documentaries. 
The story would be revisited by the national media over and over for the next ten years."

Net Neutrality—and Obama's Scheme for the Internet—Are Lousy Ideas

Net Neutrality—and Obama's Scheme for the Internet—Are Lousy Ideas - Reason.com:
"The nightmare outcome? 
The Internet becomes more expensive and less convenient for consumers, and it becomes harder for small content producers to compete.
That's what might conceivably happen.
Here's what actually is happening, right now:
We know, indisputably, thanks to the heroic disclosures by Edward Snowden and the tireless work of journalists like Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald, that the federal government is attempting to use the Internet to build a global Panopticon, capable of accessing everyone's personal information at any time for any reason or no reason.
We also know that one way the government is trying to accomplish this is by securing the cooperation of private companies.
You can attempt to thwart surveillance by using encryption—but encryption only protects data in transit.
Once it's received and decrypted, it's an open book.
If the government can compromise private data custodians, encryption loses a lot of its efficacy.
This is exactly what happened to Google, which had its internal traffic bugged by the NSA."

Big Decision by Federal Appeals Court Could End Controversial Concealed Carry Restrictions in California | TheBlaze.com

Big Decision by Federal Appeals Court Could End Controversial Concealed Carry Restrictions in California | TheBlaze.com:

"A federal appeals court let stand its previous ruling that San Diego County was wrong to require people to show good cause beyond self- defense to get a concealed weapons permit."

Suburban DC school district takes Christmas off calendar after Muslims complain

Suburban DC school district takes Christmas off calendar after Muslims complain - EAGnews.org: "ROCKVILLE, Md. – Christmas is now just December 25th in the Montgomery County school district.
The suburban DC district stripped Christmas and Jewish holy holidays from its official calendar after Muslim parents complained.
But that’s not good enough as they say the move does “nothing to gain parity and a day off for the Muslim holiday of Eid,” according to WTOP.
“Equality is really what we’re looking for,” Saqib Ali, co-chair of Equality for Eid, says.
“Simply saying we’re not going to call this Christmas, and we’re not going to call this Yom Kippur, and still closing the schools, that’s not equality.”
CAIR isn’t happy either.
“What’s really concerning to us is that similar conditions weren’t placed on any other faith community,” a representative of the group, Zainab Chaudry, says, the station reports."

Government Report Finds Rampant Nepotism At The DOJ

Government Report Finds Rampant Nepotism At The DOJ | The Daily Caller:
"A new government investigation has uncovered rampant nepotism at a Justice Department agency, where senior officials routinely gave paid federal jobs to their children stretching back at least to 2005.
The investigation focused on three senior officials at the Executive Office for Immigration Review, a DOJ agency whose mission is to “to adjudicate immigration cases by fairly, expeditiously, and uniformly interpreting and administering the Nation’s immigration laws.
Under delegated authority from the Attorney General, EOIR conducts immigration court proceedings, appellate reviews, and administrative hearings.”
The report not only implicated all three in hiring relatives for paid student positions, but found that “the practice of hiring relatives of employees into step positions in EOIR was widespread over a period of years. 
… Multiple EOIR officials told the OIG that hiring relatives for paid student positions was a standard practice or commonplace.”"

History for November 13

History for November 13 - On-This-Day.com
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850-- Author, best known for Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Louis Brandeis 1856- Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1916 to 1939, Jimmy Kimmel 1967
- Comedian, talk show host ("Jimmy Kimmel Live") 


1789 - Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter to a friend in which he said, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." 


1805 - Johann George Lehner, a Viennese butcher, invented a recipe and called it the "frankfurter." 


1927 - The Holland Tunnel opened to the public, providing access between New York City and New Jersey beneath the Hudson River. 


1940 - The Walt Disney movie "Fantasia" had its world premiere at New York's Broadway Theater. 


1956 - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws calling for racial segregation on public buses. 


1998 - Monica Lewinsky signed a deal with St. Martin's Press for the North American rights to her story about her affair with U.S. President Bill Clinton. 


2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush signed an executive order that would allow for military tribunals to try any foreigners captured with connections to the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. It was the first time since World War II that a president had taken such action. 

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

http://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2014/11/dancing-marionettes-by-tammy-derouin.html

"Our first line of defense is information.  The American people were betrayed.  The puppet press tampered with the message and refused to deliver the truth.  There is no doubt in my mind that this administration used some very convincing, strong armed tactics to turn our free press into the dancing marionettes of the Obama administration. "

Disturbing Evidence that Barack Obama is Purposefully Putting Our Border Patrol in Harm’s Way

Disturbing Evidence that Barack Obama is Purposefully Putting Our Border Patrol in Harm’s Way:

"KVOA, the NBC affiliate in Tucson, reports that border patrol agents are being stripped of their guns.
We learned that U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Offices of Border Patrol and Training and Development are inspecting the quality of agents’ M4 carbines throughout Border Patrol sectors nationwide. But agents tell us, some of those M4s have not been replaced. And, we’ve learned, agents are required to share rifles amongst each other."

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker wants to drug test welfare recipients

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker wants to drug test welfare recipients - The Washington Post:
"Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has said he wants recipients of food stamps and unemployment benefits to undergo drug tests, a move that could face possible legal trouble.
The state is already one of five that require public assistance applicants who are convicted of drug felony charges to be tested for drugs, along with Maine, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Virginia, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Should Walker propose a broader measure that involves testing benefits applicants either randomly or without suspicion that they have used drugs, it could be found unconstitutional because of  a 2003 Michigan Court of Appeals case, the NCSL said.
In 2010, at least 12 states tried passing legislation that would have enacted “suspicionless” drug testing for public assistance recipients, but none passed."

Guess What a Store Owner Says Gun Sales Are Doing in Ferguson as City Prepares for Grand Jury Report | Video | TheBlaze.com

Guess What a Store Owner Says Gun Sales Are Doing in Ferguson as City Prepares for Grand Jury Report | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"The grand jury investigating the shooting death of Michael Brown is expected to release a decision soon, and in the Ferguson, Missouri, area people are preparing for violence.

As one gun store owner put it, gun sales are starting to “skyrocket.”

Note almost all are coming here from Europe/Asia. On ships!------'Killer shrimp' among 7 new aquatic pests banned from Michigan waters

'Killer shrimp' among 7 new aquatic pests banned from Michigan waters | MLive.com:

The newly-listed pests are:

• Stone moroko: Also known as the topmouth gudgeon, this species of minnow is native to Asia and is considered an invasive pest in Europe. Large-scale efforts in the United Kingdom have attempted to eradicate the fish, which carries a pathogenic parasite that wipes out other minnow species.

• Zander: A close relative of the walleye, regulators are concerned this species of river fish could compete with native U.S. walleye or reproduce with them to create a hybrid. In Europe, zander are considered a game fish in some countries. In places where they have been introduced, biologists have noted "reduced populations of prey fish and competitor fish, as well as trophic changes, and in the case of some Turkish lakes, extirpation of endemic species," according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

• Wels catfish: Native to Eastern Europe and Asia, this species of catfish can grow up to 10 feet long. Climate matching has found the Great Lakes region to be a "very high" match for its native waters. Regulators are concerned introduction of the fish to U.S. waters could have harmful effects on native fish and mollusk populations, and lead to habitat degradation and possible disease transmission.

• Killer shrimp: This aggressive predator native to the Black and Caspian seas have regulators particularly worried. The species could "severely threaten the trophic levels of the Great Lakes by preying on a range of invertebrates," according to the DNR. The shrimp are known for slaughtering prey without eating them. They breed rapidly, are largely unchecked by natural enemies, and are believed to invade new areas byhitching a ride in ballast water.

• Yabby: A type of large blue Australian crayfish that biologists fear would compete with indigenous crayfish species.

• Golden mussel: According to the DNR, the golden mussel is not yet in the United States, but the species is tolerant of a wide range of environments and could easily colonize in the Great Lakes if introduced. Similar in size and shape to the zebra mussel, the golden mussel is a distinctive gold color with a pearly coating on the inside shell. The bivalve is native to Asia and could "pose a substantial threat to aquatic invertebrates and have the capacity to significantly alter all levels of food chain activity."

• Red swamp crayfish: The DNR says this species of large, dark red crayfish, native to the southeastern U.S., can quickly dominate water bodies and is "virtually impossible to eradicate." They outcompete smaller native crayfish species, gobble a range of food, are highly adaptable to new habitats, highly fertile, can survive drought conditions through burrowing and are known to migrate over land in search of new waters. In 2009, the Wisconsin DNR took aggressive measures to eradicate them from two suburban ponds.