Taxes for thee but not for me------Obama Gives Unions Obamacare Exemption

Sen. Thune: Obama Gives Unions Obamacare Exemption

Sen. John Thune (R-SD), the chairman of the Senate GOP conference, has discovered that President Barack Obama’s administration has decided to grant an exemption to labor unions from Obamacare’s reinsurance tax.

Sort of sad. A new mattress store coming to Flint is worth a news story in Flint. Think about that! Mattress Firm starts construction on new store in Flint Township

Oh, what a GREAT day for Flint!
Mattress Firm starts construction on new store in Flint Township | MLive.com:
"FLINT TOWNSHIP, MI – Another new business is coming to Miller Road in Flint Township.
The Houston-based Mattress Firm is setting up shop at the out lot near Pirates Cove shopping plaza on the corner of Ketzler Drive and Miller Road.
The corporate-owned store will be a new build at 4051 Miller Rd. "

Well, Barry's real name is "Hussein"------How Islamists Stole a Congressional Hearing

Nothing new here.
Peaceful Hindus silenced by murderous Muslims.
Articles: How Islamists Stole a Congressional Hearing:
"Oppressed Hindus from Bangladesh asked for a congressional committee hearing to make known their victimization by Islamists. 
They got their hearing, but they were not given a chance to speak; instead, Islamists took over.
Not one Hindu was invited to be on the panel of speakers. 
The Islamists trashed the only political movement in Bangladesh that offers some hope of secularism.
Evidence suggests that an American lobbying firm working for a Bangladeshi war criminal bought influence with the hearing. 
The same day, the NY Times wrote a staggeringly pro-Islamist editorial, raising the question that perhaps they too were bought with lobbyist money.
On November 20, 2013, a group of loyal Hindu Bangladeshi American citizens were granted a long-awaited hearing by the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee. 
The Hindus wanted to ask the U.S. to stay the hand of the religious extremists who are pushing their compatriots remaining in Bangladesh toward genocide, described more fully here."

This would be funny if it wasn't happening now------1-800-ObamaFlowers

Sunday Funnies: 1-800-ObamaFlowers | Cato's Domain:
(Receptionist) Hello, Welcome to ObamaFlowers, My name is Trina. How can I help you?
(Customer) Hello, I received an email from Professional Flowers stating that my flower order has been canceled and I should go to your exchange to reorder it. I tried your website, but it seems like it is not working. So I am calling the 800 number.
(Receptionist) Yes, I am sorry about the website. It should be fixed by the end of November. But I can help you.
(Customer) Thanks, I ordered a “Spring Bouquet” for our anniversary, and wanted it delivered to my wife.
(Receptionist Interrupting) Sir, “Spring Bouquets” do not meet our minimum standards, I will be happy to provide you with Red Roses.
(Customer) But I have always ordered “Spring Bouquets”, done it for years, my wife likes them.
(Receptionist) Roses are better, sir, I am sure your wife will love them.
(Customer) Well, how much are they?
(Receptionist) It depends sir, do you want our Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum package.
(Customer) What’s the difference?
(Receptionist) 6, 12,18 or 24 Red Roses.
(Customer) The Silver package may be okay, how much is it?
(Receptionist) It depends sir, what is you monthly income?
(Customer) What does that have to do with anything?
(Receptionist) I need that to determine your government flower subsidy, then I can determine how much your out of pocket cost will be. But if your income is below our minimums for a subsidy, then I can refer you to our FlowerAid department.
(Customer) FlowerAid?
(Receptionist) Yes, Flowers are a Right, everyone has a right to flowers. So, if you can’t afford them, then the government will supply them free of charge.
(Customer) Who said they were a Right?
(Receptionist) Congress passed it, the President signed it and the Supreme Court found it Constitutional.
(Customer) Whoa…..I don’t remember seeing anything in the Constitution regarding Flowers as a Right.
(Receptionist) It is not really a Right in the Constitution, but ObamaFlowers is Constitutional because the Supreme Court Ruled it a “Tax”. Taxes are Constitutional. But we feel it is a Right.
(Customer) I don’t believe this…
(Receptionist) It’s the law of the land sir. Now, we anticipated most people would go for the Silver Package, so what is you monthly income sir?
(Customer) Forget it, I think I will forgo the flowers this year.
(Receptionist) In that case sir, I will still need your monthly income.
(Customer) Why?
(Receptionist) To determine what your ‘non-participation’ cost would be.
(Customer) WHAT? Your can’t charge me for NOT buying flowers!
(Receptionist) It’s the law of the land, sir, approved by the Supreme Court. It’s $9.50 or 1% of your monthly income…..
(Customer)interrupting) This is ridiculous, I’ll pay the $9.50..
(Receptionist) Sir, it is the $9.50 or 1% of your monthly income, whichever is greater.
(Customer) ARE YOU KIDDING ME? What a ripoff!!
(Receptionist) Actually sir, it is a good deal. Next year it will be 2%.
(Customer) Look, I’m going to call my Congressman to find out what’s going on here. This is ridiculous. I’m not going to pay it.
(Receptionist) Sorry to hear that sir, that’s why I had the NSA track this call and obtain the make and model of the cell phone your are using.
(Customer) Why does the NSA need to know what kind of CELL PHONE I AM USING?
(Receptionist) So they get your GPS coordinates sir
(Door Bell rings followed immediately by a loud knock on the door)
(Receptionist) That would be the IRS sir. Thanks for calling ObamaFlowers, have a nice day…and God Bless America.

A reason for Thanks. But, still dang sad......----Detroit police tout infrequent achievement: No homicides, shootings in 36 hours

Detroit police tout infrequent achievement: No homicides, shootings in 36 hours | MLive.com:
"DETROIT, MI -- It may not seem like much in most cities across this nation, but when you go 36 hours without police responding to a nonfatal shooting or homicide in Detroit, that's progress."
Police in a press released issued Tuesday afternoon called the 36-hour preceding stretch without a homicide or nonfatal shooting the "longest period of nonviolence" in months.

We gonna get a "fart" surcharge on hamburgers? ----Cow Farts Have ‘Larger Greenhouse Gas Impact’ Than Previously Thought; Methane Pushes Climate Change

Cow Farts Have ‘Larger Greenhouse Gas Impact’ Than Previously Thought; Methane Pushes Climate Change

A new study of methane emissions finds that the U.S. is spewing 50 percent more methane, a greenhouse gas 21 times better at trapping heat than carbon dioxide, into the atmosphere than the Environmental Protection Agency previously assumed.
Several factors contribute to the accumulation of methane gas in Earth’s atmosphere, such as the burning of fossil fuels and leaks from oil and gas refining and drilling, but one contender stands out above the rest as particularly repugnant: cow farts.

Folks. They really are nuts-----Center for Media and Democracy: Liberals are morally superior

This from the leader of a very powerful "mainline" liberal organization:
Center for Media and Democracy: Liberals are morally superior « Watchdog.org:
“Why should we be surprised conservative-funded groups are funding conservative causes?” the reporter asked. Doesn’t the same thing occur on the left?

The answer, according to CMD executive director Lisa Graves: Yes, but the left is morally superior in its motives.

“The question of conservative funders versus liberal funders, I think, is a matter of false equivalency,” Graves responded. “Quite frankly a number of these (corporate donors) like Koch Industries … they’re advancing not just an ideological agenda but an agenda that helps advance the bottom line of their corporate interests. That’s quite a distinct difference from some of the funders in the progressive universe.”

At the heart of CMD’s campaign is the suggestion that conservative political groups cannot legally work together. 
Liberal groups? 
That seems to be okay."

Former Hostages React to Iran's Nuclear Deal

Former Hostages React to Iran's Nuclear Deal:
 ""It's kind of like Jimmy Carter all over again," said Clair Cortland Barnes, now retired and living in Leland, N.C., after a career at the CIA and elsewhere.
He sees the negotiations now as no more effective than they were in 1979 and 1980, when he and others languished, facing mock executions and other torments."

ObamaScam just another day in lib-land------Obamaphones: Rife with Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

Obamaphones: Rife with Waste, Fraud, and Abuse | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation:
"Free cell phones for low-income Americans, one of the fastest growing welfare programs in the United States, is—by the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) own admission—rife with “waste, fraud and abuse.” 
And who is paying for these free Obamaphones?
If you have a phone subscription, you are.
The program, officially called Lifeline, predates Obama’s presidency but has earned the colloquial name “Obamaphone” after nearly tripling in cost since 2008.
Almost everyone who pays a phone bill has an extra monthly charge that contributes to the Universal Service Fund, which covers Lifeline access.
The government pays companies $9.25 for every person connected through Lifeline.
Recipients typically receive a free wireless phone and a certain amount of airtime."

Huntington Beach Bar Fights To Save Sign That Salutes Veterans

Huntington Beach Bar Fights To Save Sign That Salutes Veterans « CBS Los Angeles:
"HUNTINGTON BEACH (CBSLA.com) — Veterans are rallying around a local bar whose owners say they have been ordered to removed a sign that salutes their service.
“Thank a veteran for your freedom!” says a large sign perched above Johnny’s Booze and Pool.
Vets love it and make up a significant part of the establishment’s clientele.
...But someone complained to the city about the sign, and now the bar’s owners say they’ve been ordered to take it down.
“We received a letter in the mail from the city stating that we have to remove it within two days or they were going to fine us, like, $940,” says co-owner John Marovic."

Lucianne.com's annual Thanksgiving cooking thread-Conservative cooks rule!

Lucianne.com News Forum - Thread:
Everyone has a favorite recipe, find it in the back of a kitchen drawer, call your mom, see if you still have that dog-eared copy of the Joy of Cooking. 
It´s on the back of an old electric bill stuck inside the back cover. 
Find it and post it for all your LCom friends. 
If you have a special request let us know, someone can find it somewhere.

He's still got THREE MORE YEARS! Think Europe in 1936......China-Japan rearmament is Keynesian stimulus, if it doesn't go horribly wrong

China-Japan rearmament is Keynesian stimulus, if it doesn't go horribly wrong – Telegraph Blogs:
"Asia is on the cusp of a full-blown arms race.
The escalating clash between China and almost all its neighbours in the Pacific has reached a threshold.
All other economic issues at this point are becoming secondary.
Beijing's implicit threat to shoot down any aircraft that fails to adhere to its new air control zone in the East China Sea is a watershed moment for the world.
The issue cannot easily be finessed.
Other countries either comply, or they don't comply.
Somebody has to back down."

It's not the pay. It's the BENEFITS and RETIREMENT----Two percent salary cut for Muskegon teachers recommended by fact finder

And there is the "kids aren't learning anything" thing....

Two percent salary cut for Muskegon teachers recommended by fact finder | MLive.com:
"Savage said some early childhood teachers have 25 years experience.
According to the salary schedule, their salaries currently range from $63,647 to $71,402."

Assuage might be the better word rather than "assure". And he's lying about NYC in the 70s.-----Goldman Sachs CEO draws on ghost town memories of New York to assure Detroit

Goldman Sachs CEO draws on ghost town memories of New York to assure Detroit | Crain's Detroit Business: "Lloyd Blankfein, who grew up in New York when it suffered economic stagnation and neared financial collapse, drew on his city’s experiences today to provide an optimistic message for insolvent Detroit.
“When I got out of school, in New York City you felt that it was a ghost town,” Blankfein, the CEO of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said today in Detroit.
“That is a dim memory for people my age.”"

Who commits the most brutally violent crimes in America? You might be surprised. "Liberals With Guns!"

Who commits the most brutally violent crimes in America? You might be surprised.

Obama's "smart diplomacy" comin' home to roost------DRUDGE REPORT 2014®

DRUDGE REPORT 2014®:

Seems appropriately named----Believe It Or Not: Japan To Reopen Soccer Facility In Fukushima For 2020 Olympics

Believe It Or Not: Japan To Reopen Soccer Facility In Fukushima For 2020 Olympics | Zero Hedge:
"Below we present a twitter exchange we had with a Japanese media outlet overnight on Twitter. It needs no commentary.

Below we present a twitter exchange we had with a Japanese media outlet overnight on Twitter. It needs no commentary.

SNA Japan @ShingetsuNews

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Plan in the works to decontaminate Fukushima's J-Village in time to reopen it as soccer facility ahead of 2020 Olympics.

Funeral at the school? Why not? There sure ain't much edukatin' goin' on there--------Funeral for Charles White Jr., victim of 'horseplay' shooting, will be at Muskegon High School

Funeral for Charles White Jr., victim of 'horseplay' shooting, will be at Muskegon High School | MLive.com: "MUSKEGON, MI -- The funeral for 17-year-old Charles "C.J." White Jr. who was shot during an incident of "horseplay" last week will be at Muskegon High School Wednesday, Nov. 27.

Isn't government supposed to protect the consumer? -----The Dirty Secret of 'Discounts'—Black Friday and Beyond

The Dirty Secret of 'Discounts'—Black Friday and Beyond - WSJ.com:
Amazon.com Inc. AMZN +0.42%is featuring a Samsung 005930.SE +0.96%60-inch HDTV in its 2013 Holiday Gift Guide.

The TV is selling at a 45% discount to its list price of $1,799.99.

But, according to Decide.com, a price-tracking firm owned by eBay Inc., the TV hasn't sold for anywhere near the list price in months. 

The most it has sold for in the past eight months is $1,297.85, according to Decide.com. 

As recently as October, it was priced at $997.99, about the same as its current sale price.

Another tactic involves raising selling prices ahead of the holidays before the discounts kick in. 

In an analysis for The Wall Street Journal, price-tracking firm Market Track LLC looked at the online price fluctuations of 1,743 products in November 2012. 

Prices climbed an average of 8% in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving for 366, or about a fifth, of the products; the items were then discounted on Black Friday. 

Toys and tools had the biggest pre-Black Friday price increases—about 23%.

This is why unions love to continue "without a contract"----Bill Would Allow Automatic Pay Increases For Public Safety Employees

Bill Would Allow Automatic Pay Increases For Public Safety Employees [Michigan Capitol Confidential]

A new bill giving public safety employees a carve out from a key labor reform is in the House Commerce Committee.

Public Act 54 of 2011 banned seniority-based automatic pay raises for individual government employees when a union contract has expired and no replacement has been negotiated. Before enactment of the law, union members could get automatic pay increases while new contracts were being negotiated, which served as a disincentive to reaching agreements. 

But House Bill 5097, which has 23 co-sponsors, would exempt law enforcement and fire department employees from the law.