Saturday, July 09, 2011

"Michigan Man" accused of having sex with horse


ST. JOHNS - A 62-year-old Riley Township man facing charges he had sexual intercourse with a horse was accused of a similar crime 10 years ago, court records show.

If it was a male horse would he get away with it?

Friday, July 08, 2011

President Obama Receiving Sycophantic Laughter

President Obama Receiving Sycophantic Laughter -- Daily Intel
"Obama may, in fact, be the funniest person alive.
Either that, or people are just overdoing it in an effort to ingratiate themselves to the most powerful person in the world.
Could be either one."

Police Watch as SB1070 Illegal alien supporters desecrate US Flag during...

WHOA! 56 L.A. County Cities Have No Money To Pay For Retiree Healthcare

WHOA! 56 L.A. County Cities Have No Money To Pay For Retiree Healthcare
"The report — aptly titled 'Whoa! The State of Public Pensions In Los Angeles County' — found that at least 56 of L.A. County's 88 cities have not funded retiree healthcare at all."

Thursday, July 07, 2011

EPA Regulations | Coal Industry | Job Loss

EPA Regulations Coal Industry Job Loss The Daily Caller
"The coal industry is crying foul over new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations which they say will be among the most be costly rules ever imposed by the agency on coal-fueled power plants.
The result, industry insiders say: substantially higher electricity rates and massive job loss."

Illinois drops writing from standardized exam

WLS 890AM
"Illinois will assess only reading and arithmetic now that high school juniors will no longer be tested on their writing skills during standardized exams every spring, according to a published report.
Cutting the writing exams will save about $2.4 million amid the state's budgetary shortfalls.
Writing tests for elementary and middle school students were dropped last year."

Pajamas Media » Why the Shock Over Atlanta Teacher Cheating?

Pajamas Media » Why the Shock Over Atlanta Teacher Cheating?
"The teacher stayed.
The fix was in.
The principal put his “integrated faculty” accolade above his students’ education.
Parents became surrogate biology teachers or hired tutors.
Some of us students took novels to class to dull the boredom.
Others passed notes.
But no one complained once the new code of silence about the uneducated new black teacher was accepted as Orwellian reality.
The death-of-public-education die had been cast
."

Super 8: Debt Boogeyman Overdone?

Pension Pulse: Super 8: Debt Boogeyman Overdone?

401(k) Law Undercuts Savings for Retirement - WSJ.com

401(k) Law Undercuts Savings for Retirement - WSJ.com
"The problem: More than two-thirds of companies set contribution rates at 3% of salary or less, unless an employee chooses otherwise.
That's far below the 5% to 10% rates participants typically elect when left to their own devices, the researchers said"

Very interesting.

Michigan Democrats to judge Gov. Rick Snyder on job creation

Michigan Democrats to judge Gov. Rick Snyder on job creation MLive.com
"Michigan Democrats to judge Gov. Rick Snyder on job creation"

Well, the demos are experts in job destruction.
This ought to be interesting.

Federal government wants to know why costs are rising so much at Jackson Community College

Federal government wants to know why costs are rising so much at Jackson Community College MLive.com
"Listed are schools that ranked in the top 5 percent in terms of cost increases. JCC narrowly missed escaping the dubious distinction, ranking 54th among 54 colleges on the list."

54th out of 54 seems like the bottom to me.
Meebee the writer went to JCC?

Michigan's sharp rise in births to unwed moms means 'a lot more children growing up in poverty'

Michigan's sharp rise in births to unwed moms means 'a lot more children growing up in poverty' MLive.com
"The sharp increase in the number of unmarried women having babies means trouble ahead for mothers and children in Michigan, according to the Michigan League for Human Services."

But it means lots of union jobs for state and county workers so the incentive from government will be for more unweds.