Business survey: Michigan should spend to aid Detroit recovery

Business survey: Michigan should spend to aid Detroit recovery | Crain's Detroit Business:
Businesspeople think Michigan needs to open the purse strings and help fund infrastructure, job training and aid for a post-bankruptcy Detroit if the state wants them to benefit more from the economic recovery. 
....Ciura also placed top priority on state assistance to Detroit in its recovery after its plan of adjustment to exit an $18 billion bankruptcy takes effect next week. 
So did 38 percent of respondents in the survey, and 79 percent said it was at least somewhat important. 

13 Facts About Ferguson the Media Will Never Tell You

13 Facts About Ferguson the Media Will Never Tell You:

"According to protesters who erupted in violence after a grand jury declined to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., this was the case of a white policeman shooting an unarmed black teenager with his hands in the air in a community plagued by racial tension."

Bragging rights: See where Michigan cities rank on 'best of' lists

Bragging rights: See where Michigan cities rank on 'best of' lists | MLive.com

African-American Journalist says “The Issue Here is Black Criminality, Not the Behavior of Cops” - Eagle Rising

African-American Journalist says “The Issue Here is Black Criminality, Not the Behavior of Cops” - Eagle Rising:

"Jason Riley is an accomplished journalist with the Wall Street Journal and on Tuesday he made some major waves with what may go down as the most Un-PC comment ever told.

Riley was on Fox News speaking with Megyn Kelly when he said,"

Utilities' report warns of energy shortage: Consumers, DTE urge building new power plants

Utilities' report warns of energy shortage: Consumers, DTE urge building new power plants | Crain's Detroit Business:
Michigan's two largest utilities -- Consumers Energy and DTE Energy Co. -- are mounting a major public relations effort to make legislators and electric customers aware that a shortage of power generation reserve could occur in Michigan and the Midwest starting in 2016.
The public education campaign began last month with the release of a utility-commissioned report by Lansing-based Public Sector Consultants Inc. called Electric Reliability in Michigan: The Challenge Ahead.
The use of the word "reliability" in the report surprised some experts because that word generally is used by state regulators -- and even DTE and Consumers themselves -- to describe the frequency and duration of power failures caused by storms. 
But utility representatives said that because of the planned retirement of nine coal-fired power plants in Michigan over the next two years, reliability now also means the ability of power companies to provide adequate electricity to customers at peak demand. 

Robot Proves Antarctic Ice Thicker than Thought

Robot Proves Antarctic Ice Thicker than Thought:

"On Monday, the team responsible for the study asserted in the journal Nature Geoscience, "We suggest that thick ice in the near-coastal and interior pack may be under-represented in existing in situ assessments of Antarctic sea ice and hence, on average, Antarctic sea ice may be thicker than previously thought." SeaBED traversed both east and west Antarctica, taking measurements across 50 hectares and finding ice as much as 16 m"

Oh lordy, we bad! (specially in Detroit!)-----The 5 Worst States for LGBT People

The 5 Worst States for LGBT People | Rolling Stone

5. Michigan

States like Tennessee and North Dakota present strong cases for inclusion as the last spot on this list. Tennessee is one of the eight "Don't Say Gay" states, as well as ranking high in income inequality and poverty and low in public support for same-sex marriage. Gay Tennesseans are also less likely to know someone like them, as the state has the fourth-smallest percentage of LGBT citizens. It's got nothing on North Dakota, where only 1.7 percent of the population identifies as LGBT, the lowest in the nation. 

Protests in front of the federal court in Detroit, Michigan on February 25th, 2014. (Photo: Courtney Sacco/Corbis)

But we're going with Michigan. While having more gays than those others, the state has a disproportionately high hate crime rate, with one survey ranking Michigan as high assecond in the nation. These incidents largely target transgender women of color. In 2013, Detroit resident Coko Williams was fatally shot after her throat had been slashed. The previous year, police found the mutilated torso of 19-year-old Michelle Hillard; Michigan Live reports another woman was "burned so badly she couldn't be identified for 11 days." An attack on a lesbian couple in April further highlighted the inadequacy of the state's laws in prosecuting hate crimes.

This wave of anti-LGBT violence is part of the reason why Detroit was named the most dangerous city in the nation for gay travelers, and the survey also cited the metro area's dwindling number of gay bars and high poverty rate...

Retail Disaster: Holiday Sales Crater by 11%, Online Spend Declines: NRF Blames Shopping Fiasco On "Stronger Economy"

Retail Disaster: Holiday Sales Crater by 11%, Online Spend Declines: NRF Blames Shopping Fiasco On "Stronger Economy" | Zero Hedge
Last year was bad. 
This year is an outright disaster.

As we reported earlier using ShopperTrak data, the first two days of the holiday shopping season were already showing a -0.5% decline across bricks-and-mortar stores, following a "cash for clunkers"-like jump in early promotions which pulled demand forward with little follow through in the remaining shopping days. 

However, not even we predicted the shocker just released from the National Retail Federation (NRF), the traditionally cheery industry organization, which just reported absolutely abysmal numbers:
sales during the four-day Thanksgiving holiday period crashed by a whopping 11% from $57.4 billion to $50.9 billion, confirming what everyone but the Fed knows by now:
the US middle class is being obliterated, and that key driver of 70% of US economic growth is in the worst shape it has been since the Lehman collapse, courtesy of 6 years of Fed's ruinous central planning. 

...Also did we mention the NRF is perpetually cheery and always desperate to put a metric ton of lipstick on a pig? 
Well, hold on to your hats folks:

He also attributed the declines to better online offerings and an improving economy where “people don’t feel the same psychological need to rush out and get the great deal that weekend, particularly if they expected to be  more deals,” he said.

Whatever Happened to Inflation?

Whatever Happened to Inflation? - Reason.com
In recent years, U.S. federal deficits have declined from more than $1.2 trillion to less than $600 billion. 
This is not because the government has made hard choices to raise revenue or cut spending but because rising asset prices have resulted in greater tax receipts from the wealthy. 
Yet this windfall can only last until the next meaningful correction in asset prices. 
If tax revenues fall, growing federal deficits would compel the Fed to print the difference. 
In that case, foreign banks would need to buy even more dollars to maintain their currency valuations. 
If they lose the will to keep pace, the dollar would lose relative value. 
A weaker dollar could be the spark that finally ignites significant CPI inflation in the United States.

Story to watch: Teens beat motorist to death with hammers in St. Louis | Twitchy

Story to watch: Teens beat motorist to death with hammers in St. Louis | Twitchy:

"A 32-year-old man was beaten to death with hammers by at least two teens early Sunday morning on Itaska Street.

The victim was identified as Zemir Begic, 32, of the 4200 block of Miami Street. He had injuries to his head, abdomen, face and mouth. He was taken to St. Louis University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead."

Who Boycotts Wal-Mart?

Who Boycotts Wal-Mart? | National Review Online:
Social-justice warriors who are too enlightened to let their poor neighbors pay lower prices. 
...Ironically, the anti-Wal-Mart crusaders want to make life worse for people who are literally counting pennies as they shop for necessities. 
Study after study has shown that Wal-Mart has meaningfully reduced prices: 3.1 percent overall, by one estimate — with a whopping 9.1 percent cut to the price of groceries. 
That comes to about $2,300 a year per household, savings that accrue overwhelmingly to people of modest incomes, not to celebrity activists and Ivy League social-justice crusaders.

Ultimately, these campaigns are exercises in tribal affiliation. 
The Rolex tribe, and those who aspire to be aligned with it, signal their status by sneering at the Timex tribe — or by condescending to it as they purport to act on its behalf, as though poor people were too stupid to know where to find the best deal on a can of beans. 
Or call it the Trader Joe’s tribe vs. the Wal-Mart tribe, the Prius tribe vs. the F-150 tribe.

How Much Obamanomics Has Cost Us

How Much Obamanomics Has Cost Us:

"What has been the price tag for the audacious Obamanomics experiment? How much has it all cost — the bailouts, the debt, the stimulus plans, the printing of cheap money, Obamacare and all the rest?"

WOW: Look at how much Walmart pays their employees when there is NO MINIMUM WAGE laws

WOW: Look at how much Walmart pays their employees when there is NO MINIMUM WAGE laws

History for December 1

History for December 1 - On-This-Day.com
Mary Martin 1913, Stansfield Turner 1923, Woody Allen 1935 


Lou Rawls 1935, Richard Pryor 1940, Bette Midler 1945 


1835 - Hans Christian Andersen published his first book of fairy tales. 



1913 - Ford Motor Co. began using a new movable assembly line that ushered in the era of mass production. 


1941 - In the U.S., the Civil Air Patrol was created. In April 1943 the Civil Air Patrol was placed under the jurisdiction of the Army Air Forces. 


1943 - In Teheran, leaders of the United States, the USSR and the United Kingdom met to reaffirm the goal set on October 30, 1943. The previous meeting called for an early establishment of an international organization to maintain peace and security. 


1952 - In Denmark, it was announced that the first successful sex-change operation had been performed. 


1955 - Rosa Parks, a black seamstress in Montgomery, AL, refused to give up her seat to a white man. Mrs. Parks was arrested marking a milestone in the civil rights movement in the U.S. 


1959 - 12 countries, including the U.S. and USSR, signed a treaty that set aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve, which would be free from military activity. 


1969 - The U.S. government held its first draft lottery since World War II. 


1991 - Ukrainians voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union.
 

Black Sheriff Skewers ‘S.O.B.’ Eric Holder and Groups That Infiltrated Ferguson, ‘Like Vultures on a Roadside Carcass’

Black Sheriff Skewers ‘S.O.B.’ Eric Holder and Groups That Infiltrated Ferguson, ‘Like Vultures on a Roadside Carcass’:

"Sheriff Clarke contended that Holder owes an apology to every man or woman who serves in law enforcement and urged them to confront Holder when they see him about whether he’s ready to apologize.
Clarke referred to Holder, who in his position is the “top cop in the nation,” as an “S.O.B.” for his forked tongue in referring to officers as “serving admirably” while almost simultaneously accusing them of being racists. 
“Remember that the next time this guy [Holder] comes to town,” the Sheriff urged to his fellow law enforcement officers. “Because he’s on a mission.”

Obama Fiddles While Ferguson Burns

Obama Fiddles While Ferguson Burns | Somewhat Reasonable: 
"The Russian ex-KGB agent whom Obama promised he’d be “more flexible” with after his election has invaded neighboring Ukraine with impunity and now sends Russian bombers to patrol the Gulf of Mexico, which had been a sole sphere of this country’s influence since the time that James Monroe was President.


The Islamic State that the Obama administration derided as the “junior varsity” (and helped prompt Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s recent resignation in part for having disagreed) is on the march in Syria and Iraq with captured American weapons and stolen bank money, beheading Americans on YouTube while the president goes off to play golf.

And in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of one of the country’s oldest and most beautiful cities west of the Alleghenies, the city burns over racial tensions that the president had implicitly promised to heal but has done nothing other than to exacerbate."

‘We’ll Tear This G**damn Country Up!’

‘We’ll Tear This G**damn Country Up!’ » The Right Scoop -: "
Calypso Louis Farrakhan quit preaching about the black mothership enough to incite a riot over the Ferguson shooting, and luckily the cameras were rolling.
Watch below:

The Coming Arctic War

The Coming Arctic War | Dave Hodges – The Common Sense Show
Part One of this series detailed how the Russians are preparing to win World War III, while America continues to dismantle her military power.
The question that many are asking is where will the next great war to end all wars take place? 
Many speculate that it will take place in either Syria or Ukraine.
However, mounting evidence would suggest elsewhere.
Please consider the following quote from one of my military sources.

“Probably not in Ukraine or in Syria and certainly not in Iran, will we see the commencement of World War III. One of my most trusted sources has informed me that the United States has secretly brokered a deal with Canada and Norway to militarize the North Pole as a proxy military force. The two nations will provide some of the manpower and forward bases of operations while the U.S. provides the weaponry and funding. I have said it before and I am saying it again, it looks more and more like World War III will have its beginnings in the North Pole where it is likely that we will see the first direct face-off of NATO forces and the Russian Federation”.  

The Recent History

Under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, which was finalized in 1982, countries can lay claim to the ocean floor well beyond their borders so long as they can provide convincing scientific evidence to prove that a particular seabed is an extension of their continental shelf.
Already, countries have sovereign rights to resources within 200 nautical miles of their territorial waterways.
For a country to determine whether they have economic sovereignty beyond that distance, the UN agreement requires comprehensive mapping that establishes some sort of geologic justification for the claim.
And where the Arctic is concerned, Canada, the US, Norway, Russia, and Denmark have been amassing scientific evidence for more than a decade in an effort to increase their piece of this resource-rich pie.

Gallup: Record Number of People NOT Getting Medical Care Due to High Costs

Gallup: Record Number of People NOT Getting Medical Care Due to High Costs:

"When it was revealed that President Obama lied over and over again when he told America that if we liked our plans, we could keep them, he justified his manipulation as worthwhile because finally, people would be insured.

According to a recent Gallup poll, however, more people than ever are forgoing getting the necessary medical care because of the high costs created by Obamacare."

Yikes! Moochelle Moron alert!-------Michelle Obama's racial obsession is traceable to her semi-illiterate thesis on being black at Princeton

(2) Facebook:
"Michelle Obama's racial obsession is traceable to her semi-illiterate thesis on being black at Princeton, which Christopher Hitchens once noted "wasn't written in any known language."
What a devastating indictment Michelle's thesis is—of her, and of Princeton:"

"These are not mere typos in Michelle's Princeton thesis; they reflect an estranged relationship with the English language: bit.ly/ObamaThesis.
The grammar is wrong; the tenses are garbled. 
People are ignorant "of" the plight of the lower class, not ignorant "to" their plight. 
And "desparation" should be spelled "desperation."

35 Years Of Unprecedented Melting Has Left More Sea Ice On Earth Than 35 Years Ago

35 Years Of Unprecedented Melting Has Left More Sea Ice On Earth Than 35 Years Ago | Real Science:
"The area of sea ice on Earth is higher now than it was on this date 35 years ago.
This is the exact opposite of what 97% of climate experts predicted. 
It is also the exact opposite of what 97% of climate experts report is happening."

Goods, bad news-------‘Ferguson protestors’ lead Time magazine’s Person of the Year balloting

‘Ferguson protestors’ lead Time magazine’s Person of the Year balloting - EAGnews.org:
"NEW YORK – The looters and rioters torching businesses in Ferguson, Missouri may well end up being Time magazine’s “Person of the Year.”
With one week left to go, “Ferguson protestors” lead voting with 10.8 percent, according to the publication’s website.
Other notables include:
* Vladimir Putin – 4.6 percent.
* Pope Francis – 2.6 percent.
* Barack Obama – 2.4 percent.
* Beyonce – 2.3 percent.
* Elon Musk – 1.7 percent.
* Elizabeth Warren – 1.4 percent.
* Hillary Clinton – 1.4 percent.
* Kanye West – 1.1 percent.
* Kim Kardashian – 1 percent."

CNN’s Sally Kohn: Ferguson has Taught Us that Whites Are All Racists Because of ‘White Privilege’

CNN’s Sally Kohn: Ferguson has Taught Us that Whites Are All Racists Because of ‘White Privilege’:

"Like the anti-1% mantra and the purchase of carbon credits, the concept of white privilege is just another tool for bored, white liberals to demonstrate their “progressive” attitudes so that they may endear themselves to their similarly-moronic friends who reside within the same bubble of repeated delusions."

In the "old America", this would be an impeachable offense-------IRS accused of sharing 2,500 private taxpayer documents with White House

IRS accused of sharing 2,500 private taxpayer documents with White House - Washington Times
The Internal Revenue Service may have given thousands of confidential filings from private taxpayers to the White House to review, a lawsuit against the Treasury Department just revealed.
The suit, filed against Treasury’s inspector general by Cause of Action, a legal advocacy outfit, reveals a steady stream of communication went on between the White House and the IRS — a potentially “improper” stream, the group alleged, The Daily Caller reported.

Colorado Walmart Worker Protested Low Wages By Doing WHAT?!

Colorado Walmart Worker Protested Low Wages By Doing WHAT?!
Colorado Walmart employee Barbara Gertz says she makes $10.40 an hour with a $2 night shift differential. In protest of “low wages,” she traveled across the country to New Jersey where she complained about how she and her husband have never been able to take a vacation. 
************************

On a related note, The New York Slime did a hit piece on Walmart that was filled with so many lies it may as well have been an Obama speech.

David Tovar, Vice President, Walmart Corporate Communications responded with his own edits on Walmart’s blog. David decided he wasn’t going to let these lies this go unchecked.

Oh yeah, the ONLY folks who are NOT RACISTS are those burning down the businesses in Ferguson----------The new threat: 'Racism without racists'

The new threat: 'Racism without racists' - CNN.com:
"...They talk more about the racism uncovered in the knife fight photos -- it doesn't wear a hood, but it causes unsuspecting people to see the world through a racially biased lens.
It's what one Duke University sociologist calls "racism without racists."
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, who's written a book by that title, says it's a new way of maintaining white domination in places like Ferguson.
"The main problem nowadays is not the folks with the hoods, but the folks dressed in suits," says Bonilla-Silva.
"The more we assume that the problem of racism is limited to the Klan, the birthers, the tea party or to the Republican Party, the less we understand that racial domination is a collective process and we are all in this game."
As people talk about what the grand jury's decision in Ferguson means, Bonilla-Silva and others say it's time for Americans to update their language on racism to reflect what it has become and not what it used to be.
The conversation can start, they say, by reflecting on three phrases that often crop up when whites and racial minorities talk about race:
'I don't see color'
'But I have black friends'
'Who you calling a racist?'

This attack on America won't stop until we DEMAND that it stop!------TaxProf Blog: The IRS Scandal, Day 570

TaxProf Blog: The IRS Scandal, Day 570:
Breitbart:  Obama: Not Legitimate for Future Presidents to Lower Taxes via Executive Action:

After unilaterally granting temporary amnesty and work permits to millions of illegal immigrants last week, President Barack Obama said it would not be legitimate for a future president to unilaterally lower tax rates. 

When asked on ABC's This Week if his successor could unilaterally act to lower taxes if Congress does not, Obama replied, "absolutely not."

Obama, despite the IRS's targeting of conservative and Tea Party organizations, also said that his administration only audits "folks who are most likely to be cheating" and said that even though the IRS does not "audit every single person... we still expect that people are going to go ahead and follow the law."

• The IRS Scandal, Day 569 (Nov. 29, 2014)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 568 (Nov. 28, 2014)

Federal Judge: Illegals Can Now Sue the Government for Not Acting Quick Enough

Federal Judge: Illegals Can Now Sue the Government for Not Acting Quick Enough:

"Millions of illegal immigrants now enjoy the benefits of legalization without having gone through the official immigration process. With President Obama’s unilateral amnesty order, an estimated 5-6 million illegal immigrants are now free from having to worry about deportation and suffering the consequences of their criminal acts.

Now, a federal judge has ruled that millions of illegals who have been detained in the past may now sue the federal government for not working quickly enough to assess whether they could stay in the U.S. or not."

Tax-foreclosure crisis looming as lawmakers set to act

Tax-foreclosure crisis looming as lawmakers set to act:

"State lawmakers are rushing to ease a tax-foreclosure crisis in Wayne County that could mirror the housing meltdown of half a decade ago — and could give Detroit another spate of bad headlines.
In Wayne County, mainly Detroit, are tens of thousands of property owners in foreclosure on taxes.
State lawmakers are poised to pass bills that would let counties slash interest and penalties.
The goal is to keep people in their homes if they're willing to go on payment plans.
The two lawmakers who've championed the bills for years, both Democrats, are term-limited this year.
.....This year, the Wayne County treasurer began foreclosure proceedings on a stunning 76,000 properties, including 62,000 in Detroit, capping three years of increased efforts to collect back taxes from people like Marcella Crockett, 39, of Detroit.