Junior Plans to Milk Parents a Little Longer: Survey:
"While teens expect to rely on their parents more, teens also think they will be financially better off, or as well off as their parents with nearly 65 percent expressing this opinion, the AllState and Junior Achievement USA survey found.
That's up from up from 56 percent last year.
Teens were even more optimistic in Tru's survey, with 90 percent believing they'll be at least as well off as their parents.
.......Unemployment data overall paints a stark picture for young adults as they near the beginning of their careers.
Although the overall unemployment rate edged down to 7.7 percent in February, the jobless rate for those aged 20 to 24 years old stands at 13.1 percent."
Friday, March 29, 2013
The Failure of Deterrence in Korea
The Failure of Deterrence in Korea | World Affairs Journal:
"In a poll released last month by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, 66 percent of South Koreans said they wanted their country to develop nuclear weapons to ward off attacks from North Korea.
In fact, only 48 percent of the population last year believed America would use nukes to retaliate against a North Korean nuclear strike against them, down 7 percent from 2011."
"In a poll released last month by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, 66 percent of South Koreans said they wanted their country to develop nuclear weapons to ward off attacks from North Korea.
In fact, only 48 percent of the population last year believed America would use nukes to retaliate against a North Korean nuclear strike against them, down 7 percent from 2011."
Are We Equal?
Are We Equal? - Walter E. Williams - [page]:
"Are women equal to men?
Are Jews equal to gentiles?
Are blacks equal to Italians, Irish, Polish and other white people?
The answer is probably a big fat no, and the pretense or assumption that we are equal -- or should be equal -- is foolhardy and creates mischief.
Let's look at it."
"Are women equal to men?
Are Jews equal to gentiles?
Are blacks equal to Italians, Irish, Polish and other white people?
The answer is probably a big fat no, and the pretense or assumption that we are equal -- or should be equal -- is foolhardy and creates mischief.
Let's look at it."
Smart Meters.. Cost, efficiency and health
Smart Meters.. Cost, efficiency and health | Ottawa County Patriots:
"Each meter, or portion of the smart energy program, equates to a capital expenditure of $417 per household assuming the MPSC allows CE to recoup the full $750M.
Additionally, utility capital expenditures are allowed a 10% rate of return thru the MPSC. This equates to another $42 per household or another $75M incurred for sheer smart meter profit, over a 7 yr period.
All this to replace meters that still have a useful life. Mr. McKee concurred."
"Each meter, or portion of the smart energy program, equates to a capital expenditure of $417 per household assuming the MPSC allows CE to recoup the full $750M.
Additionally, utility capital expenditures are allowed a 10% rate of return thru the MPSC. This equates to another $42 per household or another $75M incurred for sheer smart meter profit, over a 7 yr period.
All this to replace meters that still have a useful life. Mr. McKee concurred."
Dow Jones Industrial Average 2 Minute, Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares: What Would America Look Like After ‘Getting Cyprused’?
Dow Jones Industrial Average 2 Minute, Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares: What Would America Look Like After ‘Getting Cyprused’?
"Make no mistake about it; ‘The Great Cypriot Train Robbery’ adhered closely to the now accepted methodology of conquest by fear used successfully in America in 2008 when the banksters wanted their $750 billion bailout from Congress."
"Make no mistake about it; ‘The Great Cypriot Train Robbery’ adhered closely to the now accepted methodology of conquest by fear used successfully in America in 2008 when the banksters wanted their $750 billion bailout from Congress."
EPA taking aim at auto emissions, sulfur in gas
EPA taking aim at auto emissions, sulfur in gas - Yahoo! News:
"Reducing sulfur in gasoline and tightening emissions standards on cars beginning in 2017, as the Obama administration is proposing, would come with costs as well as rewards.
The cost at the pump for cleaner air across the country could be less than a penny or as high as 9 cents a gallon, depending on who is providing the estimate."
"Reducing sulfur in gasoline and tightening emissions standards on cars beginning in 2017, as the Obama administration is proposing, would come with costs as well as rewards.
The cost at the pump for cleaner air across the country could be less than a penny or as high as 9 cents a gallon, depending on who is providing the estimate."
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid: When Democrats Swore They Would Never Back Gay Marriage
Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid: When Democrats Swore They Would Never Back Gay Marriage
"The new Democratic advocates for SSM fall into two camps.
The first consists of people who always liked the idea of this but worried about losing national elections.
In his memoir, Democratic consultant Bob Shrum remembers John Kerry fretting that the Massachusetts Supreme Court had forced Democrats to talk about gay marriage before they were ready to.
"Why couldn't they just wait a year?" he asked Shrum, mournfully.
The second camp consists of people who really do oppose the idea of gay people getting married.
Republicans argued that this second camp was tiny, and that liberals were hiding behind it.
They were right!"
GREAT VIDEO!
"The new Democratic advocates for SSM fall into two camps.
The first consists of people who always liked the idea of this but worried about losing national elections.
In his memoir, Democratic consultant Bob Shrum remembers John Kerry fretting that the Massachusetts Supreme Court had forced Democrats to talk about gay marriage before they were ready to.
"Why couldn't they just wait a year?" he asked Shrum, mournfully.
The second camp consists of people who really do oppose the idea of gay people getting married.
Republicans argued that this second camp was tiny, and that liberals were hiding behind it.
They were right!"
GREAT VIDEO!
Buffalo Wild Wings Refuses Service For Police Officers Carrying Guns
Buffalo Wild Wings Refuses Service For Police Officers Carrying Guns « CBS DC:
"MANASSAS, Va. (CBSDC) — A server at Buffalo Wild Wings refused to serve Prince William County police officers because they had their guns displayed.
The Manassas Park Patch reports that the employee wouldn’t serve them despite the plain-clothes officers showing him their badges.
The server reportedly told the officers that it was a gun-free establishment."
"MANASSAS, Va. (CBSDC) — A server at Buffalo Wild Wings refused to serve Prince William County police officers because they had their guns displayed.
The Manassas Park Patch reports that the employee wouldn’t serve them despite the plain-clothes officers showing him their badges.
The server reportedly told the officers that it was a gun-free establishment."
Detroit emergency manager says he'll haggle with bondholders
Detroit emergency manager says he'll haggle with bondholders | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Detroit has about $8.6 billion of long-term bond debt, including $6.1 billion of non-general obligation debt, $963.4 million of general-obligation bonds and $1.5 billion of borrowings to fund pension liabilities, according to a report from a financial team that reviewed the city’s finances.
When other pension and retiree health-care obligations are included, the city burden totals almost $15 billion."
"Detroit has about $8.6 billion of long-term bond debt, including $6.1 billion of non-general obligation debt, $963.4 million of general-obligation bonds and $1.5 billion of borrowings to fund pension liabilities, according to a report from a financial team that reviewed the city’s finances.
When other pension and retiree health-care obligations are included, the city burden totals almost $15 billion."
GERMAN PAPER WARNS OF COMING ICE AGE:
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"GERMAN PAPER WARNS OF COMING ICE AGE:
We may yet see some of the more grizzled would-be climate scientists who warned that global cooling was about to destroy the earth in the 1970s, told us that global warming was about to destroy the earth in more recent decades switch back to telling us that global cooling is soon to destroy the earth.
And all the while championing the same socialist formula to prevent mankind’s destruction — which is no doubt just right around the corner:"
(Video in link)
"GERMAN PAPER WARNS OF COMING ICE AGE:
We may yet see some of the more grizzled would-be climate scientists who warned that global cooling was about to destroy the earth in the 1970s, told us that global warming was about to destroy the earth in more recent decades switch back to telling us that global cooling is soon to destroy the earth.
And all the while championing the same socialist formula to prevent mankind’s destruction — which is no doubt just right around the corner:"
(Video in link)
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