Lansing-area students may face suspension for unauthorized Capitol protest
Rachel Jackson is a rookie at playing hooky.
But the Eastern High School junior had enough fluency in truancy to lead hundreds of students to skip school Friday and send state lawmakers a message: Don't cut education funding.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
The Compensation of An “Unappreciated” and “Devalued” Spanish Teachertial]
The Compensation of An “Unappreciated” and “Devalued” Spanish Teacher [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
"A teacher taking a job at L’Anse Creuse Public Schools four years ago would have seen his or her salary increase by 37 percent from then until today.
The district pays 100 percent of the health insurance premiums for teachers and allows up to 38 visits to a chiropractor for fully-covered massage therapy treatments.
Amber Kasic Sullivan, a Spanish teacher at L’Anse Creuse High School, did a guest column for the Detroit Free Press this week.
In it, she explained that she felt “very unappreciated” and “devalued.”"
"A teacher taking a job at L’Anse Creuse Public Schools four years ago would have seen his or her salary increase by 37 percent from then until today.
The district pays 100 percent of the health insurance premiums for teachers and allows up to 38 visits to a chiropractor for fully-covered massage therapy treatments.
Amber Kasic Sullivan, a Spanish teacher at L’Anse Creuse High School, did a guest column for the Detroit Free Press this week.
In it, she explained that she felt “very unappreciated” and “devalued.”"
Saturday, March 19, 2011
The 5-fingered piano girl who will blow you away
theblogprof: Video: The 5-fingered piano girl who will blow you away
"If this was a genetic defect, you have to know there are liberal ghouls that would have had her aborted.
How many other musical geniuses have been?
Another Mozart?
Beethoven?
How many brilliant minds were sacrificed to Molech in this country alone?"
Watch this and wonder about "handicaps".
My golly, I'm tearing up just watching and listening.
Who told this lovely child she could make beautiful music...when it was "clear" it was not possible for her "kind"?
"If this was a genetic defect, you have to know there are liberal ghouls that would have had her aborted.
How many other musical geniuses have been?
Another Mozart?
Beethoven?
How many brilliant minds were sacrificed to Molech in this country alone?"
Watch this and wonder about "handicaps".
My golly, I'm tearing up just watching and listening.
Who told this lovely child she could make beautiful music...when it was "clear" it was not possible for her "kind"?
Moonrise, Moonset and Moonphase for U.S.A. – Michigan – Detroit – March 2011
Moonrise, Moonset and Moonphase for U.S.A. – Michigan – Detroit – March 2011
Go to any Lake Michigan beach at 6:00-6:45 AM tomorrow for a great show!
SuperMoon!
Go to any Lake Michigan beach at 6:00-6:45 AM tomorrow for a great show!
SuperMoon!
Four truths and three falsehoods about the March 19 supermoon
Four truths and three falsehoods about the March 19 supermoon Water EarthSky
"What’s true – and false – about the March 19 supermoon"
"What’s true – and false – about the March 19 supermoon"
Sat: Blue Lake Township to investigate controversial firefighter training session
Sat: Blue Lake Township to investigate controversial firefighter training session MLive.com: "Stapel said he arrived to the training session at 7:45 p.m. and worked until 9 p.m., which is supported by a time sheet Radtke provided to the Chronicle. He said he didn't know what the training would be when he went to Bower's house, but he didn't expect to do construction work.
“All I did the whole time I was there was hang sheetrock,” he said.
Radtke said firefighters were paid for training from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., but most stayed to work on the house until about 9:30 p.m. without pay for the last half-hour. He provided The Chronicle with a copy of a handwritten outline of the training session, which listed, as educational elements of the training: noting elements of roof, ceiling and wall construction; looking at what a firefighter would need to avoid while cutting through a wall to escape a fire; and looking at how to cut around a window to create a door if a fire blocks normal entrances."
“All I did the whole time I was there was hang sheetrock,” he said.
Radtke said firefighters were paid for training from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., but most stayed to work on the house until about 9:30 p.m. without pay for the last half-hour. He provided The Chronicle with a copy of a handwritten outline of the training session, which listed, as educational elements of the training: noting elements of roof, ceiling and wall construction; looking at what a firefighter would need to avoid while cutting through a wall to escape a fire; and looking at how to cut around a window to create a door if a fire blocks normal entrances."
American Thinker: The Media and the Republicans
American Thinker: The Media and the Republicans: "The American mainstream media, once the most dominant news gathering entity in the world, has lost its credibility and is in the process of losing its influence. Yet the Republicans and some conservative intelligentsia in Washington D.C. still foolishly curry the media's favor, cower in fear of their by-gone power and do not understand their motives and mindless acquiescence to group-think mentality.
Since 1990 total newspaper circulation has dropped by 17.3 million readers (28%). The three network news broadcasts have suffered a similar fate. Since 1991 they have lost 12.6 million viewers (34%). The various mainstream news magazines such a Time and Newsweek are a mere skeleton of their former selves."
Since 1990 total newspaper circulation has dropped by 17.3 million readers (28%). The three network news broadcasts have suffered a similar fate. Since 1991 they have lost 12.6 million viewers (34%). The various mainstream news magazines such a Time and Newsweek are a mere skeleton of their former selves."
Costa Mesa layoffs: Nearly half of Costa Mesa city employees get layoff notices
Costa Mesa layoffs: Nearly half of Costa Mesa city employees get layoff notices - latimes.com
"Costa Mesa has sent layoff notices to nearly half of its employees in a dramatic austerity program being closely watched by other cities struggling with ballooning pension obligations."
"Costa Mesa has sent layoff notices to nearly half of its employees in a dramatic austerity program being closely watched by other cities struggling with ballooning pension obligations."
Helen Thomas Defends Palestinian Suicide Bombers in Playboy Magazine
Helen Thomas Defends Palestinian Suicide Bombers in Playboy Magazine « Commentary Magazine
"Veteran reporter Helen Thomas turned up in Playboy magazine this month (fully clothed, don’t worry) as part of her ongoing anti-Semitic publicity tour."
"Veteran reporter Helen Thomas turned up in Playboy magazine this month (fully clothed, don’t worry) as part of her ongoing anti-Semitic publicity tour."
European governments “completely puzzled” about U.S. position on Libya
European governments “completely puzzled” about U.S. position on Libya The Cable
"Clinton's unwillingness to commit the United States to a specific position led many in the room to wonder exactly where the administration stood on the situation in Libya.
'Frankly we are just completely puzzled,' the diplomat said.
'We are wondering if this is a priority for the United States.'"
"Clinton's unwillingness to commit the United States to a specific position led many in the room to wonder exactly where the administration stood on the situation in Libya.
'Frankly we are just completely puzzled,' the diplomat said.
'We are wondering if this is a priority for the United States.'"
Retirees see pension tax as attack on middle class
Retirees see pension tax as attack on middle class - BusinessWeek
"Snyder says Michigan can't afford the $900 million it loses to some of the nation's most generous senior tax breaks, and seniors are pushing the tax burden onto younger residents.
Retirees say it's unfair to make them pay more so Snyder can cut business taxes by $1.7 billion."
"Snyder says Michigan can't afford the $900 million it loses to some of the nation's most generous senior tax breaks, and seniors are pushing the tax burden onto younger residents.
Retirees say it's unfair to make them pay more so Snyder can cut business taxes by $1.7 billion."
Spartans played for Merchant after coach left
Spartans played for Merchant after coach left - Washington Times:
"When Joanne McCallie left Michigan State to coach at Duke, incoming recruits Kalisha Keane,
Johnson, Brittney Thomas and Cetera Washington didn’t look for a way out.
They stayed and became Spartans under new coach Suzy Merchant.
Turned out to be a good move.
Michigan State won its first outright Big Ten title this season and is a No. 4 seed in the NCAA tournament. The Spartans (26-5) will play Northern Iowa (27-5) on Sunday night in Wichita, Kan."
"When Joanne McCallie left Michigan State to coach at Duke, incoming recruits Kalisha Keane,
Johnson, Brittney Thomas and Cetera Washington didn’t look for a way out.
They stayed and became Spartans under new coach Suzy Merchant.
Turned out to be a good move.
Michigan State won its first outright Big Ten title this season and is a No. 4 seed in the NCAA tournament. The Spartans (26-5) will play Northern Iowa (27-5) on Sunday night in Wichita, Kan."
» Is Obama’s Team Ready to Dump the Dollar?
» Is Obama’s Team Ready to Dump the Dollar? The Loft
"This week, Geithner said he was 'quite open' to the establishment of a new global reserve currency."
"This week, Geithner said he was 'quite open' to the establishment of a new global reserve currency."
Congressional Scorecard
Congressional Scorecard
"The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a public policy organization dedicated to the principles of free markets and limited government, has assembled a voting scorecard for the 112th Congress focusing on worker issues.
CEI’s labor policy website, Workplacechoice.org, will be the only real time congressional voting scorecard devoted to analyzing Congress’ labor record from a free-market perspective."
"The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a public policy organization dedicated to the principles of free markets and limited government, has assembled a voting scorecard for the 112th Congress focusing on worker issues.
CEI’s labor policy website, Workplacechoice.org, will be the only real time congressional voting scorecard devoted to analyzing Congress’ labor record from a free-market perspective."
End the Drug War, Save Black America
End the Drug War, Save Black America - Reason Magazine
"'Therefore, if the War on Drugs were terminated, the main factor keeping race-based resentment a core element in the American social fabric would no longer exist.
America would be a better place for all.'"
"'Therefore, if the War on Drugs were terminated, the main factor keeping race-based resentment a core element in the American social fabric would no longer exist.
America would be a better place for all.'"
Michigan Automotive News -
Michigan Automotive News -: "With video: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder booed by union workers at Ford Focus celebration"
Qadaffi's Chicago Connection
"And who can forget the photo of a beaming Obama shaking hands with a starstruck Qadaffi at the G8 summit in Italy in July 2009?"
TARP Was No Win for the Taxpayers
Articles & Commentary
"Almost 30 months after its birth, TARP is far from dead.
More than 550 banks, AIG, GM, Chrysler and others still have approximately $160 billion of taxpayer money outstanding."
"Almost 30 months after its birth, TARP is far from dead.
More than 550 banks, AIG, GM, Chrysler and others still have approximately $160 billion of taxpayer money outstanding."
Friday, March 18, 2011
WEAC’s bullying tactics against businesses unworthy behavior for so-called “public servants”
"Union leaders can dress it up and use innocuous-sounding phrases like “ voluntary consumer activism,” but the bottom line is that Wisconsin’s unions are now resorting to thug-like behavior against political opponents, real or imagined."
Union equates lavish benefits to black civil rights
Union equates lavish benefits to black civil rights Byron York Politics Washington Examiner
"Fresh from defeat in Wisconsin, union leaders are planning a new campaign not just to head off future challenges to their collective bargaining powers but also to make the case that organized labor's benefits and prerogatives -- wages, health care, and pensions that are more generous than those of comparable workers in the private sector -- are the moral equivalent of rights won by black Americans during the civil rights movement."
"Fresh from defeat in Wisconsin, union leaders are planning a new campaign not just to head off future challenges to their collective bargaining powers but also to make the case that organized labor's benefits and prerogatives -- wages, health care, and pensions that are more generous than those of comparable workers in the private sector -- are the moral equivalent of rights won by black Americans during the civil rights movement."
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