Sunday, February 17, 2008
A 2006 Volvo is "high-end"?
Bid for doctor's mansion lower than minimum - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "Outside, high-end autos lined the road: a 2008 Mercedes Benz, a 2006 Volvo, a silver Cadillac Escalade."
Group (of nearly 20!!) wants TV makers to take back old sets
"nearly 20 people"? and this is a news item?
Group wants TV makers to take back old sets - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "As nearly 20 people marched in downtown Ann Arbor Friday - some wearing cardboard TVs over their heads while pretending to be zombies - Greg Sobczynski led them in chants.
'Take my TV back!' the Ann Arbor man yelled as many of the marchers yelled back, 'Don't let it poison me.'"
Group wants TV makers to take back old sets - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "As nearly 20 people marched in downtown Ann Arbor Friday - some wearing cardboard TVs over their heads while pretending to be zombies - Greg Sobczynski led them in chants.
'Take my TV back!' the Ann Arbor man yelled as many of the marchers yelled back, 'Don't let it poison me.'"
Gadgets don't help cheaters prosper -
Let's see...
1. "research" says don't worry about cheating.
2. The "brave" folks at GVSU report a decline in "dishonesty cases".
3. There is technology available to find cheaters.
4. The technology isn't "popular" with GVSU instructors.
5. "Faculty members stress academic integrety".
Everything is fine on campus as long as conservatives are kept from tenure.....
Gadgets don't help cheaters prosper - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "Yet research indicates that cheating in high school and college isn't any more common today than it was 30 years ago.
........At Grand Valley State University, the number of 'dishonesty cases' reported to administrators has steadily declined, dropping from 57 three years ago to 40 last year. ...........Faculty members stress academic integrity, she said, and also have access to an online plagiarism detection service called Turnitin.com. The international database receives and catalogs about 100,000 student papers daily and scans each one for originality. But it's not very popular among GVSU instructors. Only 32 of them currently are using it."
1. "research" says don't worry about cheating.
2. The "brave" folks at GVSU report a decline in "dishonesty cases".
3. There is technology available to find cheaters.
4. The technology isn't "popular" with GVSU instructors.
5. "Faculty members stress academic integrety".
Everything is fine on campus as long as conservatives are kept from tenure.....
Gadgets don't help cheaters prosper - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "Yet research indicates that cheating in high school and college isn't any more common today than it was 30 years ago.
........At Grand Valley State University, the number of 'dishonesty cases' reported to administrators has steadily declined, dropping from 57 three years ago to 40 last year. ...........Faculty members stress academic integrity, she said, and also have access to an online plagiarism detection service called Turnitin.com. The international database receives and catalogs about 100,000 student papers daily and scans each one for originality. But it's not very popular among GVSU instructors. Only 32 of them currently are using it."
CARPE DIEM: Recession Odds Falling on Intrade.com
Moneymen put their money where their future is.
Democrat politicians continue to preach fear.
CARPE DIEM: Recession Odds Falling on Intrade.com: "Recession odds have fallen by 12 points on Intrade.com over the last 4 weeks
Democrat politicians continue to preach fear.
CARPE DIEM: Recession Odds Falling on Intrade.com: "Recession odds have fallen by 12 points on Intrade.com over the last 4 weeks
(see chart above, click to enlarge)."
Human error?
Do the Clintons own The NY Post? Simple "human error" that she gets ALL the votes and no angst filled screams of disenfranchisement?
OBAMA ROBBED IN NY - New York Post: "'Some initial tallies had zeros, but it was most likely due to human error. Those were unofficial numbers, and no confirmed results have been released yet.'
In a predominantly black Brooklyn district for which Clinton was given credit for a 118-0 victory on Primary Night, the Board of Elections' latest figures indicate that she may not even come out the winner - Obama currently has 116 votes to her 118."
OBAMA ROBBED IN NY - New York Post: "'Some initial tallies had zeros, but it was most likely due to human error. Those were unofficial numbers, and no confirmed results have been released yet.'
In a predominantly black Brooklyn district for which Clinton was given credit for a 118-0 victory on Primary Night, the Board of Elections' latest figures indicate that she may not even come out the winner - Obama currently has 116 votes to her 118."
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Does this mean the "culprit" is us and "we" should give them a bunch of our moolah?
I'm getting a painful feeling in my wallet..... am I just another greedy conservative paranoid?
KTVB.COM News Idaho News on Demand: "'The United States and the developed states as a whole are the countries that created the problem, caused the problem of climate change in the first place. In my view, that's what a culprit means,' he said in an interview this week on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly debate on climate change."
Friday, February 15, 2008
CMU Promise is dead
Interesting they would promise that someone else would pay the bills (the Michigan taxpayers!) and call it the "CMU Promise".
And now that it's "dead" the taxpayers are the fault.
Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "The CMU Promise is no more.
The tuition guarantee remains in force through summer for everyone currently attending Central Michigan University.
The Board of Trustees today killed the promise for anyone enrolling for fall and later.
The promise, which CMU enacted in 2005, ensured that incoming freshmen and transfer students would pay a flat tuition rate for up to five years and the same room and board rates for two years"
The tuition guarantee remains in force through summer for everyone currently attending Central Michigan University.
The Board of Trustees today killed the promise for anyone enrolling for fall and later.
The promise, which CMU enacted in 2005, ensured that incoming freshmen and transfer students would pay a flat tuition rate for up to five years and the same room and board rates for two years"
Another Massacre At A "Gun Free Zone"
Can't anyone outside of the MSM and academia connect the gunshot dots?
Another Massacre At A "Gun Free Zone" College Campus KXNet.com North Dakota News: "At one time I was very against arming teachers or allowing qualified students to carry on campus. I’m not any more. These maniacs go to those schools KNOWING that their’s will be the only gun there - until police arrive. And that can take minutes."
Another Massacre At A "Gun Free Zone" College Campus KXNet.com North Dakota News: "At one time I was very against arming teachers or allowing qualified students to carry on campus. I’m not any more. These maniacs go to those schools KNOWING that their’s will be the only gun there - until police arrive. And that can take minutes."
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Interesting headline from New York Times
Parent Shock: Children Are Not Décor - New York Times: "(In 2005, Ms. Gregory says in her book, 10 times as many women had their first child between age 35 and 39 as in 1975, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 13 times as many had their first between 40 and 44.)"
Imagine if her name was "Imus"?
Jane Fonda -- I Wasn't Into Cu*t! - TMZ.com - Entertainment News, Celebrity Gossip and Hollywood Rumors
Special rules for "special" neurotics....
"Everyone is equal. Some of us are just more equal than others"
Special rules for "special" neurotics....
"Everyone is equal. Some of us are just more equal than others"
Fascists!
Maybe just "progressives?"
Thomas Sowell on Liberal Fascism on National Review Online: "This is the sort of book that challenges the fundamental assumptions of its time — and which, for that reason, is likely to be shunned rather than criticized."
You're too stupid to eat what you want!
Being Overweight May Raise Cancer Risk: "Being obese or even overweight may increase a person's risk of developing up to a dozen different types of cancer, European researchers report in a new study."
And if your "healthcare" is "free government healthcare", then it is the government's interest to control your costly, expensive-to-the-taxpayer(government)-behavior".
And if your "healthcare" is "free government healthcare", then it is the government's interest to control your costly, expensive-to-the-taxpayer(government)-behavior".
Maybe Cuba is better for fatsos?
Federal Lab Says It Can Harvest Fuel From Air!
Federal Lab Says It Can Harvest Fuel From Air (With a Catch) - : "This plan has a minor hurdle, too; the electricity for driving the chemical processes, according to a white paper describing the overarching concept, would come from nuclear power."
Dang!
I thought "the power of change" would do the trick AND keep baby seals happy AND nuke free.....
Democrats pour on the campaign cash
Superdelegates get campaign cash - : "elected officials serving as superdelegates have received about $890,000 from Obama and Clinton in the form of campaign contributions over the last three years,' the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics reported today."
Imagine the MSM's angst if this was GOPer cash......
The MSM said the same thing about Fidel.....
Nicaraguan leader calls Obama's campaign 'revolutionary' : "President Daniel Ortega, who led the 1979 revolution in Nicaragua, says Barack Obama's presidential bid is a 'revolutionary' phenomenon in the United States.
'It's not to say that there is already a revolution under way in the U.S. ... but yes, they are laying the foundations for a revolutionary change,' the Sandinista leader said Wednesday night as he accepted an honorary doctorate from an engineering university.
Ortega led a Soviet-backed government that battled U.S.-supported Contra rebels before he lost power in a 1990 election. He returned to office last year via the ballot box."
'It's not to say that there is already a revolution under way in the U.S. ... but yes, they are laying the foundations for a revolutionary change,' the Sandinista leader said Wednesday night as he accepted an honorary doctorate from an engineering university.
Ortega led a Soviet-backed government that battled U.S.-supported Contra rebels before he lost power in a 1990 election. He returned to office last year via the ballot box."
Doh!
Former GOP Senator Endorses Obama: "In an odd bit of timing, Chafee made the announcement the same day Republican front-runner Sen. John McCain planned his first campaign trip to Rhode Island. McCain's last visit here was to campaign and raise money for Chafee during his failed re-election bid. ......
During that race, Obama came to Rhode Island twice for Whitehouse, who has endorsed Clinton."
During that race, Obama came to Rhode Island twice for Whitehouse, who has endorsed Clinton."
ROTHBURY will have it all; rules too!
Interesting.... 72 beers/camper, total ban on animals and it's a "global warming" event?
Oh yeah, the 72 beer minimum!!!!!
Call in the OJ Dream Team to stop that outrageous discrimination against....... whatever....
ROTHBURY will have it all; rules too - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "A three-case beer limit -- or 72 cans per person -- for those camping at the festival is just one of the nuggets of information on the ROTHBURY festival Web site: www.rothburyfestival.com
Beer in cans only is welcome. Dogs, cats and other animals are not.
ROTHBURY is July 3-6 with the headliner Dave Matthews Band leading the Saturday entertainment. The first-year festival will feature 70 bands and have a global warming/alternative energy theme."
Beer in cans only is welcome. Dogs, cats and other animals are not.
ROTHBURY is July 3-6 with the headliner Dave Matthews Band leading the Saturday entertainment. The first-year festival will feature 70 bands and have a global warming/alternative energy theme."
Amazon.com: The Making of Second Life: Notes from the New World: Books: Wagner James Au
Amazon.com: The Making of Second Life: Notes from the New World: Books: Wagner James Au: "The wholly virtual world known as Second Life has attracted more than a million active users, millions of dollars, and created its own—very real—economy."
Washington Diarist
Washington Diarist: "The question of whether Barack Obama will make a fine commander-in chief finally depends on your view of the direction of history in the coming years. I cannot escape the foreboding that we are heading into an era of conflict, not an era of conciliation. I do not mean that there will be many wars, though I cannot imagine that the threat to American security from Al Qaeda and its many associates can be met without a massive and sustained military operation in western Pakistan, and I cannot imagine any Pakistani government ordering such an operation."
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Government-Defined Patriotism
Government-Defined Patriotism: "An interview in The Nation's blog with Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH):
I've talked to Barack a lot about his Patriot Corporation Act, which is not trade per se, but it's certainly part of the economic package around globalization. The Patriot Corporation Act has not gotten the attention that I would hope it would. But, basically it says that if you play by the rules, if you pay decent wages, health benefits, pension; do your production here; don't resist unionization on neutral card check, then you will be designated a 'Patriot Corporation' and you will get tax advantages and some [preference] on government contracts.
There is so much here that's profoundly objectionable. On card check, it's 'patriotic' to support the elimination of the secret ballot in the workplace? It's 'patriotic' to pay an employee $14 an hour, but not $13.83? Play by the rules? What does that mean?"
I've talked to Barack a lot about his Patriot Corporation Act, which is not trade per se, but it's certainly part of the economic package around globalization. The Patriot Corporation Act has not gotten the attention that I would hope it would. But, basically it says that if you play by the rules, if you pay decent wages, health benefits, pension; do your production here; don't resist unionization on neutral card check, then you will be designated a 'Patriot Corporation' and you will get tax advantages and some [preference] on government contracts.
There is so much here that's profoundly objectionable. On card check, it's 'patriotic' to support the elimination of the secret ballot in the workplace? It's 'patriotic' to pay an employee $14 an hour, but not $13.83? Play by the rules? What does that mean?"
Washington Diarist
Washington Diarist: "I cannot escape the foreboding that we are heading into an era of conflict, not an era of conciliation. I do not mean that there will be many wars, though I cannot imagine that the threat to American security from Al Qaeda and its many associates can be met without a massive and sustained military operation in western Pakistan, and I cannot imagine any Pakistani government ordering such an operation. It is not 'the politics of fear' to remind Obama's legions of the blissful that, while they are watching Scarlett Johansson sway to the beat, somewhere deep inside a quasi independent territory we might call Islamistan people are making plans to blow them to bits. (Yes, they can.)"
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Snow, ice cover could help lake levels - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com
Snow, ice cover could help lake levels : "Above average precipitation in January and extensive ice cover on Lake Michigan caused water levels to rise three inches last month,"
When will we start to hear the cries of "we must stop Global Climate Change" because lake levels are RISING!!!!"?
GordoM-knows-the-Gorbal-warmers-are-adaptive
When will we start to hear the cries of "we must stop Global Climate Change" because lake levels are RISING!!!!"?
GordoM-knows-the-Gorbal-warmers-are-adaptive
Global Warming redefined?
Snow, ice cover could help lake levels - : "Though this winter has been colder and produced more snow than last winter, average air temperatures to date have been about 1 degree above the long-term average, said Bill Marino, a National Weather Service meteorologist.
'Temperatures have been significantly cooler than last year, by about 2.2 degrees, but we're still warmer than normal,' Marino said."
Huh?
'Temperatures have been significantly cooler than last year, by about 2.2 degrees, but we're still warmer than normal,' Marino said."
Huh?
Why Republicans are Happier
The "secret" is pretty simple.
You control your life and future, you're happy.
You give control to others, you ain't so happy.
Duh....
Why Republicans are Happier « The View from Alexandria: "No single morsel of happiness data, though, is more intriguing than this: Republicans are happier than Democrats."
Monday, February 11, 2008
Multi Culturism that works!
Punditry Professor Bainbridge: "In a more culturally confident age, the British in India were faced with the practice of “suttee”—the tradition of burning widows on the funeral pyres of their husbands. General Sir Charles Napier was impeccably multicultural:
‘’You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: When men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”"
‘’You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: When men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”"
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