Student who accidentally fired shot reinstated

Did he "accidently" bring a handgun into school?

There's got to be more to this story ........ or maybe less .........

Student who accidentally fired shot reinstated: "An Ottawa Hills High School student expelled for accidentally firing a gun in the school was unanimously reinstated Monday.
But district staff members believe the student plans to attend classes in another district. Joseph Davon Davis was 16 when a handgun accidentally fired in a school lavatory on Oct. 5, 2006. State law requires a mandatory 180-day expulsion, and students are permitted to apply to be reinstated.
District spokesman John Helmholdt said reports indicate Davis completed counseling and community service. 'There is a sense that this is a young man who recognizes he made a mistake and wants to right a wrong,' he said."

Why is this a "tough" call?

Aren't "illegals" here illegally?

I'm stunned that we used to give them drivers licenses.

It's about time!

Cox makes tough, but correct call on licenses - mlive.com: "Attorney General Mike Cox is getting blasted for his ruling against the issuance of driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. Yet he and other state legal chiefs are only reacting to the vacuum that has served as a substitute for policy all these many years in Washington, D.C."

Urgent: Merrill S. Bailey Bridge closed - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com

Urgent: Merrill S. Bailey Bridge closed - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "Norton Shores officials closed the Merrill S. Bailey Bridge over Mona Lake on Henry Street this morning after discovering Monday night's storms may have undermined a portion of the bridge abutment."

Red Wings fans?

Bloomberg.com: Latin America: "Portuguese authorities seized 9.4 metric tons of cocaine hidden in a shipment of frozen octopus from Venezuela, according to a statement on the Web site of Portugal's judicial police."

University employees get $5,000 for buying home in Detroit

Let's see.....

$5,000 from UofD's money tree (us).

An additional $5,000 from HUD (us).

And a nifty earmark to "non-profit" JVS (paid by us) to "help secure the additional $5,000".

All to give to UofD employees (paid by us) to buy homes? Where the heck do they live now?

University employees get $5,000 for buying home in Detroit: "Under the program, the university will offer a $5,000 down payment to qualifying employees who are buying a home in one of the three university neighborhoods. JVS, a Southfield-based nonprofit human service organization, will partner with the UDM to help employees secure an additional $5,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, officials said."

Peter, Paul & Mary?

When hammers are banned, only the criminals will have hammers ....... and free lunches......

Man robs Subway with hammer: "Authorities are looking for a man who used a hammer to rob a Grand Rapids-area restaurant.
Kent County sheriff's department officials say the robber demanded money and fled with about $200 Sunday night from the Subway restaurant in Alpine Township."

New meaning for "Greatest Hits"?

On This Date in History

1610 The astronomer Galileo Galilei sighted four of Jupiter's moons.

Planets ordered to wear underpants

1789 The first U.S. presidential election was held. Americans voted for electors who, a month later, chose George Washington to be the nation's first president.

Palm Beach voters thought he was Chad Washington

1800 Millard Fillmore, the 13th president of the United States, was born in Summerhill, N.Y.

The Fillmore East and West celebrated his birth.

1927 Commercial transatlantic telephone service was inaugurated between New York and London.

Cell phone service put off for 70 years.

1953 President Harry S. Truman announced in his State of the Union address that the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb.

He lamented that Japan had already surrendered.

1959 The United States recognized Fidel Castro's new government in Cuba.

Oops!

1997 Newt Gingrich became the first Republican re-elected House speaker in 68 years.

Woohoo!

1999 President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial began in the Senate. (He was later acquited on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.)

Doh!

2005 Actor Brad Pitt and actress Jennifer Aniston announced they were separating after four years of marriage.

Who?

2006 Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, facing corruption charges, stepped down as House majority leader. (He resigned from Congress in June 2006.)

Doh!

GordoM-remembers-it-all

tennis is good!

What's not to like?

My goodness are subsidized grocery stores next?

Lack of grocers prompts action: "A recently formed task force has city and business leaders joining together to answer an oft-asked question among Detroiters: Why aren't there more grocery stores in the city?
Dubbed the Detroit Fresh Food Access Initiative, the 40-plus member group of government and business leaders is exploring how local regulations and permit processes can be simplified to attract more full-scale grocers to the city.
Olga Savic, director of strategy and external affairs for the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation and one of the group's co-chairs, said the group's formation couldn't have come at a better time for the city."

Liberal Fascism. A redundancy?

Amazon.com: Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning: Books: Jonah Goldberg

"Buy this book...or the dog dies"

Tornado Warning issued for Muskegon, rest of area under a Tornado Watch

The anti-casino gods don't seem to like this get together?

Maybe it'll suck up the round-a-bout!

yes.....

WZZM13 - Tornado Warning issued for Muskegon, rest of area under a Tornado Watch: "WZZM 13's Phil Dawson is in Muskegon working on a story at city hall. The meeting was interrupted and people inside were told to seek shelter in the basement."

Homeless Michigan Dems?

Momma always told me voting democrat would be bad for my future.

National convention hotel rooms taken away from Michigan Dems: "LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan Democrats no longer can count on getting hotel rooms at their national convention in Denver.
The Democratic National Committee's Rules Committee last month stripped Michigan of its 156 national convention delegates as punishment for scheduling an early presidential primary in violation of party rules. State party officials had until Saturday to come up with an alternative to the Jan. 15 contest, but declined to do so.
That decision caused the DNC to informally tell state Democratic Chairman Mark Brewer that the party no longer has reservations at the Red Lion Hotel Denver Central during the Aug. 25-28 convention, state party spokesman Jason Moon said Monday.
'We think that those hotel rooms will be given back to us,' Moon added."

Nifty thunderstorm in January

I've always loved thunderstorms and a rare Winter T-storm is just another treat from those 10,000 sq. ft. mansion owners and private jet flyers.

Thank you global warmers!

Hollywood keeps giving, even if their movies suck......

GordoM-finds-the-good-in-everything

Cheap Tatas?

Tatas are always to be prized, but inexpensive Tatas are a rare treat.

And at $2500?

Ummmmmm.....nice Tatas....

Maybe I need two?

All eyes on Tata's Rs 1 lakh car-India Business-Business-The Times of India: "the Tata people's car which has been dominating mindspace both inside and outside the industry for its sheer concept and execution since the better part of a decade."

New Fred Thompson Video: Kill. Protect. Punch.

You cannot see this video and not vote for Fred!

Or you may die!

New Fred Thompson Video: Kill. Protect. Punch.

Isn't "dipping" the same thing as "stealing"?

The Detroit News Online: "Lawmakers and Gov. Jennifer Granholm dealt with the deficit by delaying payments to state universities and community colleges, dipping into funds set aside for job training and substance abuse treatment and selling off part of the state's future tobacco settlement. Taxes were not raised to fill the hole."

I just saw a PT Cruiser with a "car bra".

Gave me the willies......

Wow! Miss America might be packin'!

BLACKFIVE: Army Medic (and Miss Utah) Competing in Miss America Pageant: "GI Jill, Sergeant Jill Stevens, a Utah National Guard Medic and OEF veteran, is someone you can be proud of and support on January 26, 2008, when she competes in the Miss America Pageant.
As a National Guard soldier in College, her university pageant director convinced her to compete. She scoffed at the idea."

She's Smokin'!

Heh....

Deja Vu - WSJ.com: "a New York alderman, Peter McGuinness, proposed a city ordinance that would prohibit women from smoking in hotels, restaurants or other public places.
'Young fellows go into our restaurants to find women folks sucking cigarettes,' the alderman argued. 'What happens? The young fellows lose all respect for the women, and the next thing you know the young fellows, vampired by these smoking women, desert their homes, their wives and children, rob their employers and even commit murder so that they can get money to lavish on these smoking women.'"

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A great question

TCS Daily - My Global Warming Question: "My question is this:
what are the most persuasive reasons for believing that the rise in temperature is due to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide?"