Friday, February 17, 2023
Buying silence, some crooked, with you money!
Facebook Michigan Capitol Confidential
"Government by secrecy, confidentiality and nondisclosure has become a trend in Michigan in recent years.
When taxpayer dollars are spent granting corporate welfare, state officials — including the very lawmakers who allegedly sign off on the deals — are made to sign nondisclosure agreements.
"Government by secrecy, confidentiality and nondisclosure has become a trend in Michigan in recent years.
When taxpayer dollars are spent granting corporate welfare, state officials — including the very lawmakers who allegedly sign off on the deals — are made to sign nondisclosure agreements.
- How many nondisclosure agreements exist on corporate welfare deals?
Thousands of pages.
Paying the admins/teachers more will fix it?-----FAILING SCHOOLS: 55 Chicago Public Schools Have No Students Proficient in Reading or Math | Joe Pags
FAILING SCHOOLS: 55 Chicago Public Schools Have No Students Proficient in Reading or Math | Joe "According to a Wirepoints report, not one student is proficient in math or reading skills in 55 Chicago Public Schools during the 2021-2022 school year.
The Chicago Public School system comprises 649 schools of which
The Chicago Public School system comprises 649 schools of which
- 22 schools had zero students that met expectations for reading comprehension and
- 33 schools had zero students that met grade level standards in math.
The data was analyzed from the annual performance report from Illinois State Board of Education...
24 states sue Biden EPA over water rule that would limit land use for farmers, landowners: 'Improper federal power grab' - TheBlaze
24 states sue Biden EPA over water rule that would limit land use for farmers, landowners: 'Improper federal power grab' - TheBlaze:
The lawsuit explained that if the rule was left in place, "ranchers, farmers, miners, homebuilders, and other landowners across the country will struggle to undertake even the simplest of activities on their own property without fear of drawing the ire of the federal government."
Obama's Longtime Former Personal Doctor Speaks Out, And It's Not Good for Biden's 2024 Run
Obama's Longtime Former Personal Doctor Speaks Out, And It's Not Good for Biden's 2024 Run:
In an interview with the Washington Examiner published Wednesday, Dr. David Scheiner, Obama’s longtime doctor before the White House years, said Americans could expect one thing for sure to come out of the Biden exam — a distortion of the results.
“You’re not going to learn anything. They sugarcoat these things,” Scheiner told the news outlet.
Dems use tax money to hire "expert" paid to report "tolls great!"-----New study finds tolls on 14 highways could bring in $1B for Michigan's road improvement | WWMT
New study finds tolls on 14 highways could bring in $1B for Michigan's road improvement | WWMT
LANSING, Mich. — The debate over potential toll roads in Michigan has a new entry - as a lawmaker-commissioned study shows drivers may see a benefit from adding tolls to highways across the Lower Peninsula, with the funds used to improve state infrastructure.
An expert analysis of Michigan's 31 highways conducted by engineering company HNTB found the state could make a $1 billion income by putting up 14 toll roads - including large sections of I-96, 94, and 131.
One plan would see drivers charged about six cents per mile, though trucks could have to pay four times as much (24 cents/mile).
LANSING, Mich. — The debate over potential toll roads in Michigan has a new entry - as a lawmaker-commissioned study shows drivers may see a benefit from adding tolls to highways across the Lower Peninsula, with the funds used to improve state infrastructure.
An expert analysis of Michigan's 31 highways conducted by engineering company HNTB found the state could make a $1 billion income by putting up 14 toll roads - including large sections of I-96, 94, and 131.
One plan would see drivers charged about six cents per mile, though trucks could have to pay four times as much (24 cents/mile).
The study also suggests discount programs be put in place for low-income drivers (democrat voters).
Any toll roads would need to be approved by the newly Democrat-led Legislature, and the study is an early step in seeing the feasibility and impact of toll road implementation...
Any toll roads would need to be approved by the newly Democrat-led Legislature, and the study is an early step in seeing the feasibility and impact of toll road implementation...
'Lock your doors tonight': Republican senator speaks out after classified briefing on downed UFOs - TheBlaze
'Lock your doors tonight': Republican senator speaks out after classified briefing on downed UFOs - TheBlaze:
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) divulged details about the series of unidentified flying objects that were shot down over the last week, doing for the American people what President Joe Biden has not yet done.
American Preschools Go North Korean - Victory Girls Blog
American Preschools Go North Korean - Victory Girls Blog
"Creepy Joe Biden promoted “Universal Preschool” at his State of Confusion speech February 7th and now comes disturbing evidence on how teachers are to treat those three- and four-year-olds.
In October, the North Carolina Association for the Education of Young Children hosted a conference for child care professionals to complete the mandatory training hours needed to remain licensed in the state. Attendees were required to watch Reflecting on Anti-bias Education in Action: The Early Years, a documentary that follows teachers at two West Coast preschools as they drill their young pupils in a number of “woke” subjects.
At about the 1:30 mark the *teachers* are all remarking how absolutely wonderful the brainwashing has become so embedded that one preschooler spontaneously piped up “non-binary” after the teacher was already trying to get the kids to “let go” of the concept of boys and girls...
Media reports his lie as fact, then moves on. -----The CBO Exposes Biden’s $5.45 Trillion Lie
The CBO Exposes Biden’s $5.45 Trillion Lie - I & I Editorial Board
"...During his State of the Union speech last week, Biden not only claimed that “my administration has cut the deficit by more than $1.7 trillion — the largest deficit reduction in American history,” he also claimed that he’s a miser compared to Donald Trump.
“Under the previous administration, the American deficit went up four years in a row. … Nearly 25% of the entire national debt that took over 200 years to accumulate was added by just one administration alone — the last one,” he said.
“They’re the facts. Check it out. Check it out.”
Well, we checked it out.
“Under the previous administration, the American deficit went up four years in a row. … Nearly 25% of the entire national debt that took over 200 years to accumulate was added by just one administration alone — the last one,” he said.
“They’re the facts. Check it out. Check it out.”
Well, we checked it out.
And it is perhaps the most flagrant of all Biden’s lies.
- The evidence shows that Biden is, in fact, the most fiscally reckless president in history.
What it reveals is that Biden sharply increased the deficit last year, this year, and next year, and he has set the country on course to add a total of $5.45 trillion to the federal deficit over the following decade.
- How do we know this? Because two years ago, when the CBO released its 2021 budget forecast, it did so before any of Biden’s policies had been enacted. That report assumed that the laws in place at the end of President Donald Trump’s term remained in effect for the next decade. So, it serves as a baseline against which we can measure the impact of Biden’s policies.
Incredible how much they "know" is so wrong. From MSU student site, read the comments.-----Tragedy Discussion - Politics Allowed with limits
Tragedy Discussion - Politics Allowed with limits
"Personally there is something fundamentally wrong with society when I can walk into a gun show / store/ shop, buy a fire arm and walk out. Not just some fire arm. I can buy an AR15 and multiple rounds.
The 2nd amendment is ancient and meant for times when we used to load up a musket to shoot someone. We need to adapt to the guns of today.
I get the mental health discussion. I want there to be mental health support and especially after Covid a lot of people need help in that category. But that doesn’t change the fact that I can go (mental health issues or not) and quickly get a gun."
Teacher fired for refusing to conceal students' gender transitions from parents: 'I realized that I couldn't be a Christian and a teacher' - TheBlaze
Teacher fired for refusing to conceal students' gender transitions from parents: 'I realized that I couldn't be a Christian and a teacher' - TheBlaze:
A California school recently fired a Christian teacher after she refused to comply with the district's policies that required her to conceal students' gender transitions from parents, Fox News Digital reported.
Jessica Tapia, a former physical education teacher who worked at the Jurupa Unified School District in Jurupa Valley, California, informed the district that because of her religious beliefs, she would not be able to lie or withhold information regarding the wellbeing of children from their parents.
Bombshells, Landmines, and Nemesis - Victor Davis Hanson
Bombshells, Landmines, and Nemesis - Victor Davis Hanson
- Ironically Joe Biden, the media, and the old House majority have provided Republicans the same tools to discover the truth that the Left had once used to destroy it.
- “bombshell” and “walls are closing” mythologies first of Russian collusion,
- then of supposedly vast Russian social media investments to sabotage the election.
- From there we moved on to the Alfa Bank ping-pong fable,
- the supposed Putin bounties on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan that Trump was said to have ignored and, of course,
- the idea that Hunter’s laptop was just “Russian disinformation.”
These were journalistic sins of commission, warping the news cycle to advance ideological agendas and win elections.
There emerged, however, other real landmines of omission—things the media deliberately ignores, but have the potential to go off and blow up a presidency.
- Taxes Paid (or not paid) by Mr. 10 Percent (BigGuy)...
History for February 17
History for February 17 - On-This-Day.com
Paris Hilton 1981
- 1801 - The U.S. House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Jefferson was elected president and Burr became vice president.
- 1878 - In San Francisco, CA, the first large city telephone exchange opened. It had only 18 phones.
- 1934 - The first high school automobile driver’s education course was introduced in State College, PA.
- 1964 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that congressional districts within each state had to be approximately equal in population. (Westberry v. Sanders)
- 1995 - Colin Ferguson was convicted of six counts of murder in the December 1993 Long Island Rail Road shootings. He was later sentenced to a minimum of 200 years in prison.
Thursday, February 16, 2023
John Kirby uses Chinese spy balloon incident to take shot at Trump, boost Biden. But here's what a top general said. - TheBlaze
John Kirby uses Chinese spy balloon incident to take shot at Trump, boost Biden. But here's what a top general said. - TheBlaze:
A top Biden administration spokesperson used the Chinese spy balloon scandal on Monday to take a shot at former President Donald Trump.
John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council, told reporters that when President Joe Biden came into office, he tasked the intelligence community with conducting "a broad assessment of Chinese intelligence capabilities" to ensure the U.S. is properly defending itself from those threats.
Yes, they hate plastics too-----What the Ohio Train Derailment Says About the Dark Side of Plastics
What the Ohio Train Derailment Says About the Dark Side of Plastics(Bloomberg) -- A Norfolk Southern Corp. train carrying hazardous materials derailed in fiery fashion on the night of Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio.
...The disaster highlights the dangers of the world’s growing reliance on plastics, which two key chemicals of concern — vinyl chloride and butyl acrylate — are used to make.
“This tragedy reminds us we have to pay attention not to just what happens to plastic when you are done with it, but the whole life cycle of using massive amounts of toxic chemicals that have to be transported all over the world to make plastic products,” says Judith Enck, a former administrator at the US Environmental Protection Agency during the Obama administration and now an advocate against plastic pollution...
“This tragedy reminds us we have to pay attention not to just what happens to plastic when you are done with it, but the whole life cycle of using massive amounts of toxic chemicals that have to be transported all over the world to make plastic products,” says Judith Enck, a former administrator at the US Environmental Protection Agency during the Obama administration and now an advocate against plastic pollution...
I doubt they're joking-----It has come to this...WSJ suggests skipping breakfast to save money
It has come to this...WSJ suggests skipping breakfast to save money - DAVID STROM
Despite dramatic rate hikes by the Federal Reserve and the tremendous “success” of the Inflation Reduction Act (which is, ironically, destroying your IRA), the price of breakfast foods continues to skyrocket.
Egg price increases were the wost...
- Pretty sure the suggestion was tongue in cheek, but in the days when the powers-that-be think you should be eating bugs to save the planet, it’s difficult to be sure.
Egg price increases were the wost...
Ex-MSNBC host says she couldn't criticize Hillary Clinton without network's approval - TheBlaze
Ex-MSNBC host says she couldn't criticize Hillary Clinton without network's approval - TheBlaze:
A former MSNBC political commentator recently claimed that she could not broadcast criticism of Hillary Clinton leading up to the 2016 presidential election without first getting approval from the network's president, the New York Post reported.
The enemy within!-----Defense Department DEI Chief Made Disparaging Remarks About White People on Twitter
Defense Department DEI Chief Made Disparaging Remarks About White People on Twitter
- “I’m exhausted with these white folx in the [professional development] sessions.”
is herself, currently on defense, over some things she wrote on Twitter about white people.
This story is an excellent reminder of just how embedded the ideology behind diversity, equity and inclusion is at every level of our government.
This story is an excellent reminder of just how embedded the ideology behind diversity, equity and inclusion is at every level of our government.
FOX News reports:
Defense Department DEI education official claims past racially-charged tweets were ‘private speech’...
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