EDITORIAL: FTC floats Drudge tax - Washington Times
"In other words, government policy would encourage a tax on websites like the Drudge Report, a must-read source for the news links of the day, so that the agency can redistribute the funds collected to various newspapers."
Sunday, June 06, 2010
U.S.’s $13 Trillion Debt Poised to Overtake GDP
U.S.’s $13 Trillion Debt Poised to Overtake GDP: Chart of Day - Bloomberg.com
"President Barack Obama is poised to increase the U.S. debt to a level that exceeds the value of the nation’s annual economic output, a step toward what Bill Gross called a “debt super cycle.”"
"President Barack Obama is poised to increase the U.S. debt to a level that exceeds the value of the nation’s annual economic output, a step toward what Bill Gross called a “debt super cycle.”"
Only through unfairness can fairness be achieved!
Only through unfairness can fairness be achieved!
"Only through unfairness can fairness be achieved!
I'm noticing a very peculiar trend in restrooms lately.
In government buildings, I am seeing floor after floor in which there are two types of restrooms, labeled thusly:
Women's Restroom
and
Unisex Restroom
While it's not the biggest deal in the world, I find myself having no other choice than to use the unisex restroom, but I wondered why women would have restrooms which no one else is allowed to use.
Is this some sort of twisted implementation of 'potty parity'?
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held hearings Wednesday on the 'Potty Parity Act,' a bill that seeks to address the unequal number of restroom facilities for women in federal buildings by requiring at least a 1-to-1 ratio for toilets, including urinals, in women's and men's restrooms.
Obviously the elimination of men's rooms (by simply converting them to 'unisex') achieves such parity without much expense, because it allows women to use 100% of the toilets, while forbidding men from using half of them.
Unless men object, women are thus over-enabled, and the 'problem' is solved."
"Only through unfairness can fairness be achieved!
I'm noticing a very peculiar trend in restrooms lately.
In government buildings, I am seeing floor after floor in which there are two types of restrooms, labeled thusly:
Women's Restroom
and
Unisex Restroom
While it's not the biggest deal in the world, I find myself having no other choice than to use the unisex restroom, but I wondered why women would have restrooms which no one else is allowed to use.
Is this some sort of twisted implementation of 'potty parity'?
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held hearings Wednesday on the 'Potty Parity Act,' a bill that seeks to address the unequal number of restroom facilities for women in federal buildings by requiring at least a 1-to-1 ratio for toilets, including urinals, in women's and men's restrooms.
Obviously the elimination of men's rooms (by simply converting them to 'unisex') achieves such parity without much expense, because it allows women to use 100% of the toilets, while forbidding men from using half of them.
Unless men object, women are thus over-enabled, and the 'problem' is solved."
Employee Records Hard to Come by at Mysterious State Child Care Agency
Employee Records Hard to Come by at Mysterious State Child Care Agency [Mackinac Center]
"The Michigan Home Based Child Care Council (MHBCCC), a controversial government agency that the legislature attempted to defund but was kept alive by the Michigan Department of Human Services, said in a June 2 letter it doesn't have a job description for its $80,000 executive director position and doesn't track the hours of its top executive.
But once contacted by Michigan Capitol Confidential, MHBCCC Executive Director D. Elizabeth Jordan stated Saturday in an e-mail the agency would provide a job description. Jordan's e-mail said there were no time sheets.
The government agency replied to a Freedom Of Information Act request by the Mackinac Center For Public Policy in a June 2 letter.
It stated:
'Executive Director Time Sheets or other records which demonstrate hours spent on the job on MHBCCC-related business and which explain the fulfillment of the aforementioned job description and requirements.
Please be advised that no such documents exist.'
Jordan signed the June 2 letter that stated there were no documents on her job.
Jordan's salary is $80,000 a year."
"The Michigan Home Based Child Care Council (MHBCCC), a controversial government agency that the legislature attempted to defund but was kept alive by the Michigan Department of Human Services, said in a June 2 letter it doesn't have a job description for its $80,000 executive director position and doesn't track the hours of its top executive.
But once contacted by Michigan Capitol Confidential, MHBCCC Executive Director D. Elizabeth Jordan stated Saturday in an e-mail the agency would provide a job description. Jordan's e-mail said there were no time sheets.
The government agency replied to a Freedom Of Information Act request by the Mackinac Center For Public Policy in a June 2 letter.
It stated:
'Executive Director Time Sheets or other records which demonstrate hours spent on the job on MHBCCC-related business and which explain the fulfillment of the aforementioned job description and requirements.
Please be advised that no such documents exist.'
Jordan signed the June 2 letter that stated there were no documents on her job.
Jordan's salary is $80,000 a year."
Mackinac ideas deserve aggressive action | detnews.com | The Detroit News
Mackinac ideas deserve aggressive action detnews.com
"For decades, Detroit has devolved into the poster child for all the failures of the entitlement world first envisioned by the Great Cities concept of President Lyndon Johnson.
For two decades, the Detroit Chamber of Commerce leadership conference has become the poster child for well meaning discussion of important issues, but no significant progress.
But now, in a span of just three hours, all of that has a chance to change"
"For decades, Detroit has devolved into the poster child for all the failures of the entitlement world first envisioned by the Great Cities concept of President Lyndon Johnson.
For two decades, the Detroit Chamber of Commerce leadership conference has become the poster child for well meaning discussion of important issues, but no significant progress.
But now, in a span of just three hours, all of that has a chance to change"
O.C. loses fight to keep pension data secretunty Register
O.C. loses fight to keep pension data secret - OC Watchdog : The Orange County Register
"We won!
The Orange County Employees Retirement System must hand over the the names and yearly pension amounts of retirees collecting at least $100,000, a judge has ruled.
"We won!
The Orange County Employees Retirement System must hand over the the names and yearly pension amounts of retirees collecting at least $100,000, a judge has ruled.
Glenn Reynolds: Higher education's bubble is about to burst | Washington Examiner
Glenn Reynolds: Higher education's bubble is about to burst Washington Examiner: "the amount families pay for college has skyrocketed 439 percent since 1982. ... Normal supply and demand can't begin to explain cost increases of this magnitude.'"
Saturday, June 05, 2010
Sweden to boycott Israeli cargo
Sweden to boycott Israeli cargo
"Swedish dockworkers are set to launch a week-long boycott of Israeli ships and goods to protest Monday's takeover of a Gaza-destined aid flotilla, a union spokesman said Saturday."
"Swedish dockworkers are set to launch a week-long boycott of Israeli ships and goods to protest Monday's takeover of a Gaza-destined aid flotilla, a union spokesman said Saturday."
Busted
Busted - John J. Miller - The Corner on National Review Online
"Since the fall of the Soviet Union, statues of Joseph Stalin have been torn down all over Europe and even in the former Soviet Union itself.
The world is closer than ever before to a consensus on the evils of communism and Stalin's primary role in the worst crimes of the last century.
And yet a statue of Stalin is included in the National D-Day Memorial, to be dedicated in Bedford, Virginia, this Sunday, June 6."
"Since the fall of the Soviet Union, statues of Joseph Stalin have been torn down all over Europe and even in the former Soviet Union itself.
The world is closer than ever before to a consensus on the evils of communism and Stalin's primary role in the worst crimes of the last century.
And yet a statue of Stalin is included in the National D-Day Memorial, to be dedicated in Bedford, Virginia, this Sunday, June 6."
Give Peace a Chance
Give Peace a Chance - Mark Steyn - The Corner on National Review Online
"In contrast to the general directions of Helen ('Go back to Germany and Poland') Thomas, the peace-lovers aboard the Mavi Marmara were more specific:
In response to a radio transmission by the Israeli Navy warning the Gaza flotilla that they are approaching a naval blockade, passengers of the Mavi Marmara respond, 'Shut up, go back to Auschwitz' and 'We're helping Arabs go against the US, don't forget 9/11'.
Such amusing conversationalists"
"In contrast to the general directions of Helen ('Go back to Germany and Poland') Thomas, the peace-lovers aboard the Mavi Marmara were more specific:
In response to a radio transmission by the Israeli Navy warning the Gaza flotilla that they are approaching a naval blockade, passengers of the Mavi Marmara respond, 'Shut up, go back to Auschwitz' and 'We're helping Arabs go against the US, don't forget 9/11'.
Such amusing conversationalists"
SHOCKING: Report: Obama knew from the beginning that oil leak would likely last months.
SHOCKING: Report: Obama knew from the beginning that oil leak would likely last months.
“This makes all those golf outings, sports-team photo ops, and celebrity jams with Paul McCartney over the past six weeks feel extra special, doesn’t it?”
“This makes all those golf outings, sports-team photo ops, and celebrity jams with Paul McCartney over the past six weeks feel extra special, doesn’t it?”
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