Lucious dismissal latest twist in MSU saga - College Basketball Nation Blog - ESPN
"Late Tuesday night, as Tom Izzo released a statement revealing his dismissal of his starting guard for 'conduct detrimental to the program,'
Lucious himself reacted to the news on his Twitter account.
His tweet -- bound to enter Michigan State lore, and already generating some rather hilarious 140-character comedy -- was simply this: 'Man did I really mess up this time...off 2 the gym I go!'"
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Rick Comley to retire at end of season
Rick Comley to retire at end of season
@LisaByington: #msu announces retirement of Rick Comley at end of season."
BIG!
@LisaByington: #msu announces retirement of Rick Comley at end of season."
BIG!
Champion News
Champion News
"We have an example of an $189,000/yr music teacher who pulls down a $130,000 pension at age 55 after contributing less than a self-employed music teacher would contribute to Social Security for a pension of $21,000 at age 62 here: Teacher Contributes Less for His $130K Pension Than You Do for Your $21K Social Security.
Here's a story of a $75,000/yr kindergarten teacher with a pension of $155,000/yr.
Pension Insanity: $75,000 Salary Turns Into $155,000 Pension for One Kindergarten Teacher.
Or how about a $1 million dollar payout for two high school teachers to retire early?
$1 Million Payout to Two Teachers Proves Schools Should Pay for Pensions, Not the State.
And finally this one explains why pensions cost so much: Teacher's 41% Salary Increase Costs Taxpayers $1.3 Million in Extra Pension Payments."
"We have an example of an $189,000/yr music teacher who pulls down a $130,000 pension at age 55 after contributing less than a self-employed music teacher would contribute to Social Security for a pension of $21,000 at age 62 here: Teacher Contributes Less for His $130K Pension Than You Do for Your $21K Social Security.
Here's a story of a $75,000/yr kindergarten teacher with a pension of $155,000/yr.
Pension Insanity: $75,000 Salary Turns Into $155,000 Pension for One Kindergarten Teacher.
Or how about a $1 million dollar payout for two high school teachers to retire early?
$1 Million Payout to Two Teachers Proves Schools Should Pay for Pensions, Not the State.
And finally this one explains why pensions cost so much: Teacher's 41% Salary Increase Costs Taxpayers $1.3 Million in Extra Pension Payments."
Public Employee Union Benefits Are a Fiscal Disaster
Public Employee Union Benefits Are a Fiscal Disaster - US News and World Report
"state and local workers now earn an average of $14 more per hour in wages and benefits than their private sector counterparts.
In general, the average state government worker reaps retirement benefits several times richer than a counterpart in the private sector, a critical reason why public pension costs have become unsustainable.
For example, state and local governments contributed $3.04 per hour toward each employee's retirement in 2007, according to U.S. Labor Department figures, while private employers paid 92 cents an hour.
.....The most egregious issue is pensions.
Many state workers can retire in their mid-50s on close to full pay and, therefore, can receive pensions for more years than they have worked, even though they are young enough to take another job.
In this sense, public sector pensions have created a new class of millionaires.
Take a pension's present value; that is how much cash you would need to buy an annuity making payments equal to the pension.
In many cases, you would find the cash needed would be well into seven figures.
And these calculations don't even include the value of retiree healthcare benefits, which for many retirees vastly exceed those in the private sector.
In a number of states, these benefits include health insurance approximating $14,000 per year for family coverage, which is exempt from taxation.
"
"state and local workers now earn an average of $14 more per hour in wages and benefits than their private sector counterparts.
In general, the average state government worker reaps retirement benefits several times richer than a counterpart in the private sector, a critical reason why public pension costs have become unsustainable.
For example, state and local governments contributed $3.04 per hour toward each employee's retirement in 2007, according to U.S. Labor Department figures, while private employers paid 92 cents an hour.
.....The most egregious issue is pensions.
Many state workers can retire in their mid-50s on close to full pay and, therefore, can receive pensions for more years than they have worked, even though they are young enough to take another job.
In this sense, public sector pensions have created a new class of millionaires.
Take a pension's present value; that is how much cash you would need to buy an annuity making payments equal to the pension.
In many cases, you would find the cash needed would be well into seven figures.
And these calculations don't even include the value of retiree healthcare benefits, which for many retirees vastly exceed those in the private sector.
In a number of states, these benefits include health insurance approximating $14,000 per year for family coverage, which is exempt from taxation.
"
Liberals trying to draft Keith Olbermann for Joe Lieberman's Senate seat
Liberals trying to draft Keith Olbermann for Joe Lieberman's Senate seat - The Hill's Ballot Box
"Liberals want Keith Olbermann to run for retiring Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman's (I-Conn.) seat"
"Liberals want Keith Olbermann to run for retiring Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman's (I-Conn.) seat"
New Bill Aimed at Easing Fees, Regulations and Licensing Imposed on Businesses
New Bill Aimed at Easing Fees, Regulations and Licensing Imposed on Businesses [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
"MacMaster said constituents asked him why their licensing fees were increasing.
“I couldn’t give them an honest answer,” he said.
“Our government doesn’t need to be increasing those fees to feed our spending.
The cuts should come from the government, not with their fees going up.”"
This guy gets it too!
"MacMaster said constituents asked him why their licensing fees were increasing.
“I couldn’t give them an honest answer,” he said.
“Our government doesn’t need to be increasing those fees to feed our spending.
The cuts should come from the government, not with their fees going up.”"
This guy gets it too!
Missouri Ahead of the Game in Dealing with Illegal Immigrants
Missouri Ahead of the Game in Dealing with Illegal Immigrants
"In 2007, the Missouri General Assembly approved HJR 7 to place on the ballot a proposed constitutional amendment designating English as the official language of Missouri.
.......Another measure that directly addresses the issue of illegal immigration was passed in 2008.
HB 1549 requires our Highway Patrol and other law enforcement officials to verify the immigration status of any person arrested, and inform federal authorities if the person is found to be here illegally. It also allows Missouri law enforcement officers to receive training to enforce federal immigration laws.
.......2009 saw another significant piece of legislation passed dealing with illegal immigration.
HB 390 ensures Missouri’s public institutions of higher education do not award financial aid to individuals who are here illegally. "
If only EVERY state did the same.........
"In 2007, the Missouri General Assembly approved HJR 7 to place on the ballot a proposed constitutional amendment designating English as the official language of Missouri.
.......Another measure that directly addresses the issue of illegal immigration was passed in 2008.
HB 1549 requires our Highway Patrol and other law enforcement officials to verify the immigration status of any person arrested, and inform federal authorities if the person is found to be here illegally. It also allows Missouri law enforcement officers to receive training to enforce federal immigration laws.
.......2009 saw another significant piece of legislation passed dealing with illegal immigration.
HB 390 ensures Missouri’s public institutions of higher education do not award financial aid to individuals who are here illegally. "
If only EVERY state did the same.........
Fed Likely to Press On With QE Even as Business Lending Rises
Fed Likely to Press On With QE Even as Business Lending Rises - Bloomberg
"Since reducing its target federal funds rate to near zero in December 2008, the central bank has used its balance sheet as a monetary policy tool.
Its assets have tripled to $2.43 trillion from $873 billion in February 2008."
"Since reducing its target federal funds rate to near zero in December 2008, the central bank has used its balance sheet as a monetary policy tool.
Its assets have tripled to $2.43 trillion from $873 billion in February 2008."
Monday, January 24, 2011
STANLEY KURTZ: Tucson, Piven and the Left’s Strategic Blunder
Instapundit » Blog Archive » STANLEY KURTZ: Tucson, Piven and the Left’s Strategic Blunder.
“The hope of silencing Beck in the wake of Tucson has lured the left into a strategic blunder.
They’ve decided to turn Piven into a martyr.
Yet in doing so the left has tied itself to Piven’s wild writings and over-the-top radicalism.
Dreier acts as though Piven’s scholarly work is somehow different from the calls for rioting, crisis, and polarization in her two notorious Nation articles.
Actually, Piven’s scholarly writings are worse. . . . A quarter century later the Nation has embraced Piven’s call for Euro-style rioting in America, allowing her to speak with the magazine’s editorial voice.
It’s not Beck who’s tarring the left with the brush of Piven’s radicalism.
They’re doing it to themselves.”
Related, from Ann Althouse:
Do academics mean to have influence or not?
Are we supposed to think of them as oversmart flakes who are tucked away in institutions where they won’t screw up real life for the rest of us?
Because that’s the only way in which it makes sense to portray Glenn Beck as the villain.
He took an academic seriously, as if she meant what she said and expected real people to hear and act.
Indeed. And one of Althouse’s comments suggests that the logic of blaming Beck is this: “Because if Americans learn the truth of what the Left really is, they’ll want to shoot them.”
Thus, accurate quotes are an incitement to violence!"
“The hope of silencing Beck in the wake of Tucson has lured the left into a strategic blunder.
They’ve decided to turn Piven into a martyr.
Yet in doing so the left has tied itself to Piven’s wild writings and over-the-top radicalism.
Dreier acts as though Piven’s scholarly work is somehow different from the calls for rioting, crisis, and polarization in her two notorious Nation articles.
Actually, Piven’s scholarly writings are worse. . . . A quarter century later the Nation has embraced Piven’s call for Euro-style rioting in America, allowing her to speak with the magazine’s editorial voice.
It’s not Beck who’s tarring the left with the brush of Piven’s radicalism.
They’re doing it to themselves.”
Related, from Ann Althouse:
Do academics mean to have influence or not?
Are we supposed to think of them as oversmart flakes who are tucked away in institutions where they won’t screw up real life for the rest of us?
Because that’s the only way in which it makes sense to portray Glenn Beck as the villain.
He took an academic seriously, as if she meant what she said and expected real people to hear and act.
Indeed. And one of Althouse’s comments suggests that the logic of blaming Beck is this: “Because if Americans learn the truth of what the Left really is, they’ll want to shoot them.”
Thus, accurate quotes are an incitement to violence!"
MLive.com Muskegon Forum
MLive.com Muskegon Forum
29356. are we ALL birthers?
by muskigordo, 01/24/11 4:02 PM
Does simply asking the democrat governor who promised to end these questions to produce the document make me a birther?
Does greeb and his ilk simply not care?
They just trust the guy who lied about everything to get elected?
http://muskegonpundit.blogspot.com/2011/01/wh-birthers-arent-rational.html"
29356. are we ALL birthers?
by muskigordo, 01/24/11 4:02 PM
Does simply asking the democrat governor who promised to end these questions to produce the document make me a birther?
Does greeb and his ilk simply not care?
They just trust the guy who lied about everything to get elected?
http://muskegonpundit.blogspot.com/2011/01/wh-birthers-arent-rational.html"
"Big Sugar" Cartel Cost Consumers $4.5B Last Year
CARPE DIEM: "Big Sugar" Cartel Cost Consumers $4.5B Last Year
"In a recent Wall Street Journal letter titled “The Sugar Program Makes Sense,” the American Sugar Alliance’s chief economist claimed that “sugar policy operates at no cost to the government and is projected to do so for the next decade.”
While it’s true that U.S. sugar producers haven’t tapped American taxpayers directly since the beet sugar farmers raked in more than $240 million in farm subsidy payments from 2000 to 2005, U.S. sugar policy did force American consumers to pay out $4.5 billion last year in higher sugar prices to support the “Big Sugar” cartel."
"In a recent Wall Street Journal letter titled “The Sugar Program Makes Sense,” the American Sugar Alliance’s chief economist claimed that “sugar policy operates at no cost to the government and is projected to do so for the next decade.”
While it’s true that U.S. sugar producers haven’t tapped American taxpayers directly since the beet sugar farmers raked in more than $240 million in farm subsidy payments from 2000 to 2005, U.S. sugar policy did force American consumers to pay out $4.5 billion last year in higher sugar prices to support the “Big Sugar” cartel."
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