Doubling the minimum wage doubles the price of preventing 'disconnected' youth

Ken Braun: Doubling the minimum wage doubles the price of preventing 'disconnected' youth | MLive.com
Local agitators for a $15 minimum wage were again demonstrating by the dozens,briefly blocking the drive-thru at a Detroit McDonald’s on Tuesday. 

......Brookings calculates a figure for ‘disconnected youth,’ which measures young people who are “not working, not in school, and have less than an associate's degree.”
These youngsters with nothing going on are “at increased risk for subsequent poverty and unemployment.”

For 16-19 year olds in the Detroit-area, 9.9 percent fall into the ‘disconnected’ trap, a miserable 82nd out of the 100 largest metropolitan regions. 

It’s worse for the 20-24 year olds, as 22.3 percent score as ‘disconnected’ - 90th out of the 100 regions.

Attie Pollard - Today I think it's a sad day for democracy in...

Attie Pollard - Today I think it's a sad day for democracy in...:
"Today I think it's a sad day for democracy in Michigan.
Don't matter where you stand on the issue of same-sex marriage, we all can agree that active judges should not overrule the will of the people.
If you want to make same-sex marriage the law of the land in the state then you should take the case to the people of the state and have them vote on it at the ballot box, not in the court rooms.
What good is it to have the power to vote if the courts are going to overturn the will of the people."

15 Amazing Colorized Images of Historical Photos

15 Amazing Colorized Images of Historical Photos - ODDEE:

"Two Survivors of the Battle of Gettysburg at the 50th Anniversary Reunion"

School Sends Home Baffling Common Core Math Problem; Check Out This Parents EPIC reply!

Twitter / eli_mari78: A little boy didn't do well ...:

Story of Lacey Holsworth moves beyond the Michigan State community, captures the heart of Jay Bilas

Story of Lacey Holsworth moves beyond the Michigan State community, captures the heart of Jay Bilas | MLive.com:

SPOKANE, Wash. -- In the grand scheme of things, Twitter doesn't mean a whole lot.

So often the source of negative human wrath and anonymous lashing out, it's hard to find the positives.

That was the case for Jay Bilas, who despite having 658,000 Twitter followers himself, followed no one. Until today.

As of Friday, he follows one person in this world, and it's Lacey Holsworth -- the eight-year-old girl from St. Johns, Mich. (@adorablelacey), whose battle with cancer has taken hold of the hearts of Michigan State fans and beyond.

"Wednesday night I was watching Spartan Basketball All-Access," Bilas said in a phone interview with MLive Friday afternoon. "They showed the Michigan State basketball banquet and during Tom Izzo's speech at the banquet, where he had Lacey up on the podium and Adreian (Payne) behind him. He talked about learning lessons from his players and what an inspiration Lacey's been and the courage and toughness she's shown.

"It was really moving and inspiring. If you could watch that with a dry eye, you don't have a heart."

Lacey's unique relationship with Payne has been the lasting image of Michigan State's season. The struggle with cancer became even more difficult as of Wednesday when Lacey suffered a seizure. The fight for her life weighs on Payne as he plays in the NCAA tournament here in Spokane.

"I talked to Lacey and her parents yesterday and it's hard and it's like having a family member that's really sick and ill," Payne said. "The only thing you can do is just play basketball because you can't be there with them. And just knowing that when I play well it makes her happy, it feels like I'm doing something in a way to help her feel better."

With Lacey on his mind, Payne set a new Michigan State NCAA tournament record with 41 points in a win over Delaware Thursday night.

"I was crying watching (her story)," Bilas admitted. "It just motivated me to follow her.

"You see all kinds of stories, but this one seemed different and captured my attention. It captured my heart."

Conservatives Will Not Be Pleased That Obama’s Former Campaign Is Now Using This Symbol to Sell Obamacare | TheBlaze.com

Conservatives Will Not Be Pleased That Obama’s Former Campaign Is Now Using This Symbol to Sell Obamacare | TheBlaze.com:

"Organizing for America, the nonprofit group founded out of President Barack Obama’s former campaign, is now using its own version of the popular “Don’t Tread on Me” symbol to sell Obamacare.

In an email sent out to supporters on Friday, OFA writes: “We’ve been trying to come up with the perfect way to show how proud we are of Obamacare.”"

Pennsylvania Dem took bribe to oppose voter ID law, but never got charged

Report: Pennsylvania Dem took bribe to oppose voter ID law, but never got charged | WashingtonExaminer.com:
"Pennsylvania Democrats reportedly were caught on tape accepting cash bribes, including one lawmaker who was paid to vote against a state voter identification law, but Democratic Attorney General Kathleen Kane shut down the investigation.
 "Before Kane ended the investigation, sources familiar with the inquiry said, prosecutors amassed 400 hours of audio and videotape that documented at least four city Democrats taking payments in cash or money orders, and in one case a $2,000 Tiffany bracelet," the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
"Typically, the payments made at any one time were relatively modest -- ranging from $500 to $2,000 -- but most of those involved accepted multiple payments, people familiar with the investigation said. In some cases, the payments were offered in exchange for votes or contracts, they said.""

After Third Robbery In A Month, Jitterz Java Owner Arming Baristas

After Third Robbery In A Month, Jitterz Java Owner Arming Baristas (VIDEO) | The Federalist Papers:
"This woman’s coffee  shop has been robbed three times in a row.
Now she’s fed up and want’s criminals to know what’s waiting for them!
If you intend on robbing one particular coffee joint in Spokane, Washington, you may get more than just a shot of espresso, because the baristas at Jitterz Java in the town’s northwest are now packing heat.
A number of robberies and attempted robberies already this year have prompted the move.
The latest one caught on CCTV wasn’t successful.
But it’s why Krystal Coggswell and staff want to keep firearms on full view for customers, day and night.
Coggswell say she has a concealed carry permit for the revolver she keeps by her side and says her customers are mostly fine with the new policy.
Moreover, she says she’s been around guns her whole life and knows how to handle one but didn’t say whether she’d use deadly force if faced with a hostile coffee lover."

6 Arguments Only A Liberal Could Believe

6 Arguments Only A Liberal Could Believe - John Hawkins - Page full:

"It's almost impossible to have any kind of meaningful discussion with a liberal because while you're trying to come up with logical points to support your position, he’s trying to come up with new ways to convince people you're Hitler. 

Modern liberalism has turned into a willful embrace of stupidity. 

It's all about setting reason and intellect aside in order to take an emotionally-satisfying position that makes a liberal feel better about himself. 

This is how people who are undeniably intelligent can feel good about taking brainless positions that hurt a lot of people......

1) Everyone who disagrees with a liberal is racist!"

Read the entire analysis..... and maybe think of getting some guns and ammo......

The cast of Today can’t understand why Obama isn’t one of the top leaders in the world

The cast of Today can’t understand why Obama isn’t one of the top leaders in the world | Rare

Fortune magazine recently released their list of the world’s top 50 leaders, and missing from that list is the current president, President Obama.

The cast of NBC’s “Today Show” thought this decision “surprising.”

“Bill Clinton comes in at number five and makes the cover. There are a lot of other notable names here. Tell you what, though, there may be some talk about one leader who did not make the list, the leader of the free world, President Obama. Fortune tells us he was not overlooked, he just did not make the cut,” co-host Savannah Guthrie said.

“Yeah, that’s surprising,” Matt Lauer followed up.

Fortune explained their reasoning in a statement to NBC news:

President Obama wasn’t excluded from Fortune’s World’s 50 Greatest Leaders list. He simply didn’t make this year’s list of 50 outstanding individuals who have demonstrated rare leadership, leadership in multiple areas or who have demonstrated a long history of leading.

Other leaders on the Fortune list include Angelina Jolie, Bono, Malala Yousafzai and Pope Francis, who made the top spot.

Democrats Steal Tea Party Symbol to Promote Obamacare

Democrats Steal Tea Party Symbol to Promote Obamacare:
How desperate are Democrats to sell Obamacare?

So desperate that they're adopting the Tea Party's beloved symbol, the Gadsden "Don't Tread on Me" flag, to sell it, as per this tweet by Democrat strategist Christine Pelosi (yes, that Pelosi family).

The flag is a national symbol, of course, but Democrats have spent the last several years describing it as some kind of latter-day version of the Confederate battle flag, or worse.

How RIDICULOUSLY HARD Can Common Core Math Make Subtraction?

How RIDICULOUSLY HARD Can Common Core Math Make Subtraction? (Video) | The Federalist Papers:
"College students and others at George Mason University were dumbstruck by the tedious nature of an elementary level Common Core problem during a short series of interviews conducted by Campus Reform last week.
The problem, 32-12, was demonstrated to those on campus the traditional way and juxtaposed with the Common Core method.
“That was extra difficult for no reason” one interviewee told Campus Reform.
“Make it simple, cause that’s confusing.
Watch the video:

It's the culture, stupid-------Video: Purse-snatching victim dragged

Video: Purse-snatching victim dragged | WOODTV.com:
"The video showed the suspect’s car as it circled the lot and the victim as she reached in her vehicle and began to put items in the back.
 The woman then left her purse in the grocery cart, and suddenly, the driver of the silver car pulled up next to the victim’s cart, according to the video.
 “He grabs her purse.
She grabs onto the purse as he’s driving away.
He pulls her across and she actually struck that vehicle that was parked there,” Shaw said.
“You would think, if she grabbed onto the purse, she wouldn’t be able to hold on to it.
Unfortunately, she was, and was pulled off balance or however that occurred.”
 The video then showed the victim getting dragged several feet before striking a vehicle parked a few spaces away."

History for March 22 - On-This-Day.com

History for March 22  

Birth anniversaries of Louis L’Amour (1908-88) and Chico Marx of the Marx Brothers (1887-1961).

 

In 1941, the 99^th Pursuit Squadron, better known as the Tuskegee Airmen, was activated.

 

Happy Birthday! Andrew Lloyd Webber, William Shatner,  M. Emmet Walsh 

1457 - Gutenberg Bible became the first printed book. 











1765 - The Stamp Act was passed. It was the first direct British tax on the American colonists. It was repealed on March 17, 1766. 


1903 - Niagara Falls ran out of water due to a drought. 


1935 - Persia was renamed Iran. 


1941 - The Grand Coulee Dam in Washington began operations. 


1954 - The first shopping mall opened in Southfield, Michigan. 


1960 - A.L. Schawlow & C.H. Townes obtained a patent for the laser. It was the first patent for any laser. 


1978 - Karl Wallenda, of the Flying Wallendas, fell to his death while walking a cable strung between to hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 


1987 - A barge loaded with 32,000 tons of refuse left Islip, NY, to find a place to unload. After being refused by several states and three countries space was found back in Islip. 


1989 - The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee reported the class gap was widening. 


1990 - A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, found Captain Hazelwood not guilty in the Valdez oil spill. 

Texas A&M Study calls Obama 5th Best President in America

Affidavit: Teacher had sexual encounter with student at a... WAFFLE HOUSE??!!!!!!!

Affidavit: Teacher had sexual encounter with student at a... | www.ajc.com:

"An arrest affidavit shows investigators claimed Quigley had a sexual encounter in her classroom with two students at the school in September and October of 2012.

A third encounter with one of the two students, according to investigators, took place at a Waffle House in Georgia this past January."

Cavuto Who told Republicans to not be Republicans

Michigan’s Fictitious Budget Surplus, Our Roads, What to do with a so-called $1.3 Billion Surplus?

Michigan’s Fictitious Budget Surplus, Our Roads, What to do with a so-called $1.3 Billion Surplus? | The Bain Report:

"Snyder Aims to use Potholes as Leverage for “Gas Tax” and “Vehicle Registration Fee” increases to get Road Fund Money.

"As I have reported earlier that Senate Majority leader Randy Richardville told the Monroe Chamber that there will be some sort of re-alignment but not until after the elections!

Now this reported in the Detroit News, some Republicans in the House’s majority party say any long-term road funding fix may have to wait until after the November election during the lame-duck session when term-limited lawmakers may feel more comfortable voting for a tax increase."

Mercer Bears vs. Duke Blue Devils - NCAA Tournament Game - Recap

Mercer Bears vs. Duke Blue Devils - NCAA Tournament Game - Recap - March 21, 2014 - ESPN:
"Around The NCAA Tournament
What to watch:
Duke doesn't have to travel far for its round of 64 opponent.
The Blue Devils will play Mercer in Raleigh and are 32-5 in NCAA tournament games they've played in the state of North Carolina.

Who to watch: 
Jabari Parker.
Legacies are made during March Madness, and if Parker is playing his final games in a Duke uniform, this is his chance to leave his mark in Blue Devils lore.

Why to watch:
Duke is among the highest-scoring teams in the nation, but Mercer might have the offensive firepower to keep pace.
The Blue Devils average 119.9 points per 100 possessions, second-best in the nation, while the Bears are 12th-best with 115.7 points."

Ellen Sucks Up to Obama: Obamacare 'Doing Very, Very Well...I Think Everyone's Very Grateful You Did This'

Ellen Sucks Up to Obama: Obamacare 'Doing Very, Very Well...I Think Everyone's Very Grateful You Did This' | NewsBusters:
"Ellen DeGeneres was a completely slavish toady to President Obama as he appeared on her show to sell Obamacare -- not to young people, but to mothers.
The president made his pitch to "especially all the moms out there who may have young people – 26, 27, do not have health insurance, but they think they’re invincible and nothing’s ever going to happen to ‘em – what we’ve said is you never know what life is going to throw at ya."  
For example, a president who lies about keeping your plan and keeping your doctor.
You didn't see that coming!
But DeGeneres said "everyone's very grateful" for Obamacare: "