Monday, March 19, 2012
BBC News - Update for world temperature data
BBC News - Update for world temperature data
Despite the revisions, the overall warming signal has not changed.
The scientists say it has remained at about 0.75C (1.4F) since 1900.
Despite the revisions, the overall warming signal has not changed.
The scientists say it has remained at about 0.75C (1.4F) since 1900.
Organizers postpone ballot drive for corporate accountability
Organizers postpone ballot drive for corporate accountability | MLive.com
LANSING – A constitutional amendment that would requirecorporations to fully disclose their campaign spending won't go before votersin November as originally planned, organizers said Sunday.
LANSING – A constitutional amendment that would requirecorporations to fully disclose their campaign spending won't go before votersin November as originally planned, organizers said Sunday.
City of Muskegon's finances bolstered by improved economy but challenges await | MLive.com
City of Muskegon's finances bolstered by improved economy but challenges await | MLive.com
“We tried it before and we can try it again but my fellow citizens can be difficult some times,” Commissioner Steve Gawron said of the special road millage option.
But just as the city faces several difficult financial challenges in the coming years it also goes into the 2012-2013 budget process later in the spring with several advantages, Paul said.
Besides the healthy general fund balance, the city has the “legacy” costs of pension and retiree health care in relative control, labor costs are in check thanks to recent union contracts and the city’s overall debt load is low while it retains unused millage capacity, Paul said.
“We tried it before and we can try it again but my fellow citizens can be difficult some times,” Commissioner Steve Gawron said of the special road millage option.
But just as the city faces several difficult financial challenges in the coming years it also goes into the 2012-2013 budget process later in the spring with several advantages, Paul said.
Besides the healthy general fund balance, the city has the “legacy” costs of pension and retiree health care in relative control, labor costs are in check thanks to recent union contracts and the city’s overall debt load is low while it retains unused millage capacity, Paul said.
In Greece, Business Rules Can Puzzle Entrepreneurs
In Greece, Business Rules Can Puzzle Entrepreneurs - NYTimes.com
ATHENS — It was about a year ago that Fotis I. Antonopoulos, a successful Web program designer here, decided he wanted to open an e-business selling olive products.
Luckily, he already had a day job.
ATHENS — It was about a year ago that Fotis I. Antonopoulos, a successful Web program designer here, decided he wanted to open an e-business selling olive products.
Luckily, he already had a day job.
It took him 10 months — crisscrossing the city to collect dozens of forms and stamps of approval, including proof that he was up to date on his pension contributions — before he could get started.
But even that was not enough.
In perhaps the strangest twist of all, his board members were required by the Health Department to submit lung X-rays — and stool samples — since this was a food company.
Fireworks expected as Michigan State University leaders defend 2011 tuition hike
In Lansing this week: Fireworks expected as Michigan State University leaders defend 2011 tuition hike | MLive.com
University advocates say lawmakers are still steamed that the two schools found loopholes to raise tuition above the 7 percent cap last year.
University advocates say lawmakers are still steamed that the two schools found loopholes to raise tuition above the 7 percent cap last year.
Poll: U.S. Rep. John Conyers may be vulnerable incumbent
Poll: U.S. Rep. John Conyers may be vulnerable incumbent | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
Is it possible that Hansen Clarke is not Detroit’s only endangered incumbent member of Congress?
A newly-released poll by Harstad Strategic Research suggests U.S. Rep. John Conyers, second in congressional seniority only to Michigan’s John Dingell, may also be vulnerable
Is it possible that Hansen Clarke is not Detroit’s only endangered incumbent member of Congress?
A newly-released poll by Harstad Strategic Research suggests U.S. Rep. John Conyers, second in congressional seniority only to Michigan’s John Dingell, may also be vulnerable
Study: State Governments At High Risk For Corruption
Study: State Governments At High Risk For Corruption | Fox News
Eight states got an 'F,' with grades of 59 or lower: North Dakota, Michigan, South Carolina, Maine, Virginia, Wyoming, South Dakota and Georgia.
Individual reports for all 50 states can be found at http://www.stateintegrity.org.
The site, along with a companion page on Facebook, allows readers to send copies of their state report cards to elected officials, to report potential problems, and suggest solutions.
more on Michigan: http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/03/failing_grade_michigan_ranks_a.html
Eight states got an 'F,' with grades of 59 or lower: North Dakota, Michigan, South Carolina, Maine, Virginia, Wyoming, South Dakota and Georgia.
Individual reports for all 50 states can be found at http://www.stateintegrity.org.
The site, along with a companion page on Facebook, allows readers to send copies of their state report cards to elected officials, to report potential problems, and suggest solutions.
more on Michigan: http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/03/failing_grade_michigan_ranks_a.html
Holder's Brainwashing Against Guns Foreshadowed Operation Fast and Furious
Holder's Brainwashing Against Guns Foreshadowed Operation Fast and Furious
He wanted schools to talk about anti-gun propaganda “every day, every school, and every level."
Operation Fast and Furious -- in which Holder’s Department of Justice (DOJ) smuggled guns illegally to Mexican drug cartels -- could finally have provided Holder the material for that anti-gun curriculum.
On December 7, 2011, CBS News investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson (who is the only one in the mainstream media faithfully reporting this story) shared documents proving that the motive behind Operation Fast & Furious was to implement harsher gun regulations.
Ms. Attkisson reported that Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) officials within the DOJ discussed using the illegal gun sales to justify “Demand Letter 3,” which would require some gun shops to report the sales of multiple rifles or long guns.
Each new revelation pushes Operation Fast and Furious up the chain of command and provides more evidence that it was to be used for more gun control.
Here’s a review of what we know.
Readit.
Pass it on!
He wanted schools to talk about anti-gun propaganda “every day, every school, and every level."
Operation Fast and Furious -- in which Holder’s Department of Justice (DOJ) smuggled guns illegally to Mexican drug cartels -- could finally have provided Holder the material for that anti-gun curriculum.
On December 7, 2011, CBS News investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson (who is the only one in the mainstream media faithfully reporting this story) shared documents proving that the motive behind Operation Fast & Furious was to implement harsher gun regulations.
Ms. Attkisson reported that Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) officials within the DOJ discussed using the illegal gun sales to justify “Demand Letter 3,” which would require some gun shops to report the sales of multiple rifles or long guns.
Each new revelation pushes Operation Fast and Furious up the chain of command and provides more evidence that it was to be used for more gun control.
Here’s a review of what we know.
Readit.
Pass it on!
The Vetting - Holder 1995: We Must 'Brainwash' People on Guns
The Vetting - Holder 1995: We Must 'Brainwash' People on Guns
U.S. Attorney Eric Holder announcing a public campaign to "really brainwash people into thinking about guns in a vastly different way."
U.S. Attorney Eric Holder announcing a public campaign to "really brainwash people into thinking about guns in a vastly different way."
Taxpayer Watchdog Exposes the True March Madness: $2.7 Billion in Taxpayer Subsidized Arenas
Taxpayers Protection Alliance - Blog
TPA uncovered that all 13 venues hosting games during the 2012 Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament have received millions of dollars in tax money.
In total, the arenas used in this year's NCAA Tournament have cost local, federal and state taxpayers a combined $2.7 billion
TPA uncovered that all 13 venues hosting games during the 2012 Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament have received millions of dollars in tax money.
In total, the arenas used in this year's NCAA Tournament have cost local, federal and state taxpayers a combined $2.7 billion
U.S. Rep. Hansen Clarke to seek federal bailout to help Detroit
U.S. Rep. Hansen Clarke to seek federal bailout to help Detroit | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
U.S. Rep. Hansen Clarke wants to stop a state takeover of Detroit by getting Washington to authorize a federal bailout.
Clarke, a Detroit Democrat, said Thursday that he knows it's a long shot in the Republican-controlled Congress, "but we've got to work to bring resources back to the city.
I understand the political reality, but I can't accept that things can't change."
U.S. Rep. Hansen Clarke wants to stop a state takeover of Detroit by getting Washington to authorize a federal bailout.
Clarke, a Detroit Democrat, said Thursday that he knows it's a long shot in the Republican-controlled Congress, "but we've got to work to bring resources back to the city.
I understand the political reality, but I can't accept that things can't change."
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