Saturday, October 15, 2011

The making of SpiceJet's Q400 aircraft

Fake petitions undercut state's voting process

Fake petitions undercut state's voting process - southbendtribune.com
The investigation into suspected fake petition pages used to place Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the 2008 primary ballot looks worse for Democrats the further it goes.
Among the latest revelations: that the fake pages passed through the St. Joseph County voter registration office on days when the Republican head of the office was absent.
And that without the falsified names, Obama and possibly Clinton might not have qualified for the ballot.

The Real ‘Income Disparity’: Government Employee Pensions vs. Private Workers’ Retirement Plans

The Real ‘Income Disparity’: Government Employee Pensions vs. Private Workers’ Retirement Plans

$5,176.34 Bridge Card balance raises questions

Schneider: $5,176.34 Bridge Card balance raises questions Lansing State Journal lansingstatejournal.com
"This is the kind of thing a lot of us cashiers do not understand, but see regularly," said the note accompanying the receipt.
"I hear cases are reevaluated every six months, but ... we have watched the balance on this card climb for years."

Ho Hum, a Black Candidate

Ho Hum, a Black Candidate - WSJ.com
"There's a second reason that some conservatives, particularly tea partiers, largely ignore Cain's race," Travis notes: "it drives a stake through claims that the movement harbors racists."
This seems to us a reversal of cause and effect.
Conservatives and Tea Partiers ignore Cain's race not because they have something to prove but because they didn't care much about race to begin with.

Farm Bureau upset that science kit for students contains left-wing book with misinformation about modern farming

Farm Bureau upset that science kit for students contains left-wing book with misinformation about modern farming MLive.com
“A Hot Planet Needs Cool Kids” holds up Al Gore as an “eco-hero;”
promotes organizations such as Greenpeace and Rainforest Alliance;
urges children to persuade their parents to “Vote Green” and buy organic;
cautions against new-home construction, the plastics industry and conventional agriculture,
and notes “many people believe that it is best for the earth for families to have no more than one child.”

We have allowed the left to turn American schools into liberal/progressive madrases.
Do we on the right have the guts to fix this mess?

The One (Percent)

Exurban League > Home - The One (Percent)
The inconvenient truth that the "I Am The 99 Percent" crowd refuses to face:

Friday, October 14, 2011

House Bill Would Criminalize Satire of TSA Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!

House Bill Would Criminalize Satire of TSA Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
In other words, if you print a t-shirt or produce a publication with a TSA logo, the government may soon be able to arrest and prosecute you.

We Are The 53%

We Are The 53%

Tea Party Uses MichiganVotes to Rank Legislators

Tea Party Uses MichiganVotes to Rank Legislators [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
The lowest scoring House Republicans were Reps. Ed McBroom, Peter Pettallia, Jud Gilbert, Margaret O'Brien, Wayne Schmidt and Dale Zorn.

Sen. Rick Jones was the lowest ranked Senate Republican, followed by Tory Rocca, Geoff Hansen and Tom Casperson.

The simple math of recession

The simple math of recession - The Washington Post
It is the simple math of recession.
Consider housing, which is typically a major factor in recessions.
At the peak of the last boom, Americans were spending $813 billion a year on residential investment.
That figure bottomed out last year at only a $327 billion.

How to Get Rich in CA: Work for Govt.

How to Get Rich in CA: Work for Govt. CalWatchDog
The number is shocking.
Some retired state and local workers will make in retirement nearly twice as much, on average, as private-sector workers.
For them, working as public servants literally turned into a gold mine.