Allegiant closing GR base, some flights WOOD TV8
Allegiant Air, which 16 months ago opened a base at the Ford International Airport, will end that part of its operation and cut back on flights offered from Grand Rapids, an airport spokesperson told 24 Hour News 8.
The base housed two planes and a staff of about 60 people in West Michigan, including crews, pilots and flight attendants.
After October 31, the airline will discontinue its base in Grand Rapids.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
Study: Detroit's air closely resembles dog poop
Study: Detroit's air closely resembles dog poop MLive.com
A new study released by the University of Colorado found residents of Detroit and Cleveland are breathing in harmful bacteria linked with animal feces.
A new study released by the University of Colorado found residents of Detroit and Cleveland are breathing in harmful bacteria linked with animal feces.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Michigan's population decline has surprising twist, new 2010 Census report shows
Michigan's population decline has surprising twist, new 2010 Census report shows MLive.com
Michigan is the only state to have lost population, Census numbers released earlier this year showed.
The state lost the equivalent of a mid-sized city, dropping about 54,000 people to 9.8 million.
That's Jenny's legacy, dudes.
Michigan is the only state to have lost population, Census numbers released earlier this year showed.
The state lost the equivalent of a mid-sized city, dropping about 54,000 people to 9.8 million.
That's Jenny's legacy, dudes.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
You’re Either On The Bus, Or Under It.
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"HOWIE CARR: You’re Either On The Bus, Or Under It.
“No wonder it’s being called the Magical Misery Tour.
It’s a listening tour where Obama doesn’t listen to anybody except his own Kool-Aid drinkers.”
Many points for incorporating the Beatles, Ken Kesey, and Tom Wolfe in one passage.
Posted by Glenn Reynolds at 10:51 am"
"HOWIE CARR: You’re Either On The Bus, Or Under It.
“No wonder it’s being called the Magical Misery Tour.
It’s a listening tour where Obama doesn’t listen to anybody except his own Kool-Aid drinkers.”
Many points for incorporating the Beatles, Ken Kesey, and Tom Wolfe in one passage.
Posted by Glenn Reynolds at 10:51 am"
Former Muskegon Community College instructor says he was treated unfairly by administrators
"Speaking to a packed crowd at the MCC Board of Trustees meeting, Harry Brown said he was “fired” from his position as head of MCC's TV station after he criticized Nesbary's administration for the “diminution of the faculty television program director's authority.”"
Heck, he ought to be rehired just because he can use "diminution" in a sentence........oh, it's his lawyer's verbiage..........never mind.
Pretty nice pension!
Wow!
54 years old and ya get $46,284/yr pension starting at....well ......54 years old.
But wait there's more!
Free medical!
Free dental!
Free vision!
All starting at ....54 years old!
And ending at...good golly, who knows!
It's nice being a Muskegon county retiree, ain't it?
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'Little Luke'
'Little Luke' - LSJ Blogs: Hey, Joe
"Some excerpts of note:
* At a cost that Shapiro estimates in the millions of dollars, he said his benefits to athletes included but were not limited to cash, prostitutes, entertainment in his multimillion-dollar homes and yacht, paid trips to high-end restaurants and nightclubs, jewelry, bounties for on-field play (including bounties for injuring opposing players), travel and, on one occasion, an abortion."
This is gonna be BIG!
"Some excerpts of note:
* At a cost that Shapiro estimates in the millions of dollars, he said his benefits to athletes included but were not limited to cash, prostitutes, entertainment in his multimillion-dollar homes and yacht, paid trips to high-end restaurants and nightclubs, jewelry, bounties for on-field play (including bounties for injuring opposing players), travel and, on one occasion, an abortion."
This is gonna be BIG!
David Kolb: Can Michigan Democrats catch up to Wisconsin and Ohio?
David Kolb: Can Michigan Democrats catch up to Wisconsin and Ohio? MLive.com
"Will Michigan “Go Blue” again in the 2012 presidential elections?
I remain unconvinced, and I’m an optimist."
What a surprise!
As David Kolbe continues his pro-union, anti-employer crusade, his disdain for the simple American looking for a job begins to filter through his rhetoric.
What he misses (by design?) is the reality that the business climate in Wisconsin and Ohio has improved markedly.
Employment is up, state revenue is up and employers are flocking to the newly "red" states.
Because of the pro-employer policies of the governors and legislatures of Ohio and Wisconsin, more employees are earning a paycheck-and paying taxes.
Get the connection? Employers.....employees...?
That's good for workers, taxpayers and those who need the safety net that only profitable companies and hard working employees can guarantee.
Instead, Kolbe adopts the divisive, pure politics of the MoveOn.org and ACORN playbook.
Obama has taken the same big spending, anti-employer stance.
How's that working out for you?
"Will Michigan “Go Blue” again in the 2012 presidential elections?
I remain unconvinced, and I’m an optimist."
What a surprise!
As David Kolbe continues his pro-union, anti-employer crusade, his disdain for the simple American looking for a job begins to filter through his rhetoric.
What he misses (by design?) is the reality that the business climate in Wisconsin and Ohio has improved markedly.
Employment is up, state revenue is up and employers are flocking to the newly "red" states.
Because of the pro-employer policies of the governors and legislatures of Ohio and Wisconsin, more employees are earning a paycheck-and paying taxes.
Get the connection? Employers.....employees...?
That's good for workers, taxpayers and those who need the safety net that only profitable companies and hard working employees can guarantee.
Instead, Kolbe adopts the divisive, pure politics of the MoveOn.org and ACORN playbook.
Obama has taken the same big spending, anti-employer stance.
How's that working out for you?
Students at Jackson high schools could choose to sleep in, start class later under proposal
Students at Jackson high schools could choose to sleep in, start class later under proposal MLive.com: "Students at Jackson High School and T.A. Wilson Academy would have the option of starting and finishing the school day later under a proposal that’s under consideration.
The Jackson School Board is considering the proposal because studies have shown teenagers are better able to learn later in the morning.
No decision has been made.
“We are still in the process of adjusting some schedules and seeking staff that would be interested in this adjusted schedule,” said Ben Pack, assistant superintendent for human resources and secondary curriculum. “It would be up and running ... at the earliest in second trimester, which would be the end of November.”"
This is a GREAT idea!
Most high pay jobs allow their employees to arrive whenever they want.....right?
Oh, that's government jobs.....and we're broke so there won't be too many new jibs like that.....bummer dudes....
The Jackson School Board is considering the proposal because studies have shown teenagers are better able to learn later in the morning.
No decision has been made.
“We are still in the process of adjusting some schedules and seeking staff that would be interested in this adjusted schedule,” said Ben Pack, assistant superintendent for human resources and secondary curriculum. “It would be up and running ... at the earliest in second trimester, which would be the end of November.”"
This is a GREAT idea!
Most high pay jobs allow their employees to arrive whenever they want.....right?
Oh, that's government jobs.....and we're broke so there won't be too many new jibs like that.....bummer dudes....
Critic says anti-Sharia bill 'polarizes people based on fear'
Metro and State Critic says anti-Sharia bill 'polarizes people based on fear' The Detroit News
"Detroit— Prominent Muslim leaders and others on Tuesday announced their opposition to a bill to ban 'foreign laws' in Michigan, calling the measure a racist attack on Islam.
State Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Harvey Santana, D-Detroit, joined activists at a press conference outside Cadillac Place in Midtown to denounce a bill sponsored by Rep. Dave Agema, R-Grandville, to outlaw state courts from implementing foreign laws, including Sharia, or Islamic law.
'I'm appalled as the first Muslim woman serving in the Michigan legislature,' Tlaib said. 'This is taking a community and casting suspicion on them … targeting them, and it's completely wrong.
'It's racism at its core.'
Agema has called bigotry allegations 'hogwash.'
Santana said the bill 'polarizes people based on fear.'
'The real fear here is diversity,' Santana said.
Dawud Walid, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, attended the event Tuesday and said his group plans to file a lawsuit if the legislation is passed.
A House committee has yet to take up the bill"
Opposing Sharia law in the USA is "racist"?
We've got to out these monsters and offer them a one way to a place that does offer Sharia law.
"Detroit— Prominent Muslim leaders and others on Tuesday announced their opposition to a bill to ban 'foreign laws' in Michigan, calling the measure a racist attack on Islam.
State Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Harvey Santana, D-Detroit, joined activists at a press conference outside Cadillac Place in Midtown to denounce a bill sponsored by Rep. Dave Agema, R-Grandville, to outlaw state courts from implementing foreign laws, including Sharia, or Islamic law.
'I'm appalled as the first Muslim woman serving in the Michigan legislature,' Tlaib said. 'This is taking a community and casting suspicion on them … targeting them, and it's completely wrong.
'It's racism at its core.'
Agema has called bigotry allegations 'hogwash.'
Santana said the bill 'polarizes people based on fear.'
'The real fear here is diversity,' Santana said.
Dawud Walid, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, attended the event Tuesday and said his group plans to file a lawsuit if the legislation is passed.
A House committee has yet to take up the bill"
Opposing Sharia law in the USA is "racist"?
We've got to out these monsters and offer them a one way to a place that does offer Sharia law.
It's getting harder for schools to measure up to federal standards
It's getting harder for schools to measure up to federal standards MLive.com
"Not only do those numbers have to be achieved by students as a whole, but also by certain subsets of students, including African-American, low-income and disabled students.
In addition, a school won't meet AYP unless 95 percent of every subset takes the exams"
Interesting the focus of this article is on "schools" rather than on the child who isn't learning.
But it's "schools" who pay teachers, right?
So we gotta focus on them....right?
"Not only do those numbers have to be achieved by students as a whole, but also by certain subsets of students, including African-American, low-income and disabled students.
In addition, a school won't meet AYP unless 95 percent of every subset takes the exams"
Interesting the focus of this article is on "schools" rather than on the child who isn't learning.
But it's "schools" who pay teachers, right?
So we gotta focus on them....right?
New fuel could spell trouble for cruisers
New fuel could spell trouble for cruisers Detroit Free Press freep.com
"Owners of many of the classic cars that will join Saturday's Woodward Dream Cruise say they believe a gasoline blend approved to come on the market this year poses a threat to their vehicles.
The fuel is to contain 15% ethanol, an alcohol additive made from corn."
A threat to old cars?
Heck, converting corn to ethanol is a threat to every human on the earth!
"Owners of many of the classic cars that will join Saturday's Woodward Dream Cruise say they believe a gasoline blend approved to come on the market this year poses a threat to their vehicles.
The fuel is to contain 15% ethanol, an alcohol additive made from corn."
A threat to old cars?
Heck, converting corn to ethanol is a threat to every human on the earth!
Steve Holy, Steel Magnolia, and more will be unplugged for 'mellower' Moose Fest in Muskegon
Steve Holy, Steel Magnolia, and more will be unplugged for 'mellower' Moose Fest in Muskegon MLive.com
"The three main headliners are Steve Holy, Steel Magnolia and Brantley Gilbert, a newcomer who has generated a lot of buzz recently.
Pearce said the artists will sound a little different than they do on the radio because Moosefest will be entirely acoustic."
It's Muskegon!
It's free!
Come on down!
(click the link to get the free tix!)
"The three main headliners are Steve Holy, Steel Magnolia and Brantley Gilbert, a newcomer who has generated a lot of buzz recently.
Pearce said the artists will sound a little different than they do on the radio because Moosefest will be entirely acoustic."
It's Muskegon!
It's free!
Come on down!
(click the link to get the free tix!)
August 16 Wisconsin recall election results
August 16 Wisconsin recall election results - JSOnline
"Six months of hugely contentious and massively expensive political warfare reaches its conclusion Tuesday, with the final elections of the 2011 state Senate recall saga."
All caused by democrats unhappy with democracy.
A bummer for the democrat party and the Wisconsin taxpayers.
"Six months of hugely contentious and massively expensive political warfare reaches its conclusion Tuesday, with the final elections of the 2011 state Senate recall saga."
All caused by democrats unhappy with democracy.
A bummer for the democrat party and the Wisconsin taxpayers.
DHS audit finds millions in questionable purchases
DHS audit finds millions in questionable purchases MLive.com
"The audit of the Michigan Department of Human Services' automated accounting system found state workers used taxpayer money to buy the workers' cars for welfare clients and to buy hundreds of dollars worth of gift cards."
"The audit of the Michigan Department of Human Services' automated accounting system found state workers used taxpayer money to buy the workers' cars for welfare clients and to buy hundreds of dollars worth of gift cards."
Toll of weekend Detroit shootings now totals 25 as police increase patrols
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Toll of weekend Detroit shootings now totals 25 as police increase patrols
In addition, Detroit Police are now reporting one additional shooting from 6 a.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday, bringing the total to 16 people shot, six fatally, during that 24-hour period.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Robert Heinlein
“Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man.
Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people.
Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.
This is known as ‘bad luck.’”– Robert Heinlein
As true today as it ever was.
Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people.
Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.
This is known as ‘bad luck.’”– Robert Heinlein
As true today as it ever was.
What Obama’s Brush with the Tea Party Reveals About Him
What Obama’s Brush with the Tea Party Reveals About Him « The Greenroom
"What’s more, being called a socialist is hardly on a par with being called a terrorist.
The term socialism may seem like a dirty word to a “centrist” like Obama, but it is a bonafide political ideology, not to mention a label proudly worn by at least one member of the U.S. Senate (and coincidentally a man who votes almost unfailingly with Obama’s congressional caucus). As far as I know, there are no self-described terrorists in Congress.
Lastly, as for the claim that Obama was not born in the United States, the birther controversy, like the truther controversy, is history. Everyone has moved on from it—except apparently for Obama."
"What’s more, being called a socialist is hardly on a par with being called a terrorist.
The term socialism may seem like a dirty word to a “centrist” like Obama, but it is a bonafide political ideology, not to mention a label proudly worn by at least one member of the U.S. Senate (and coincidentally a man who votes almost unfailingly with Obama’s congressional caucus). As far as I know, there are no self-described terrorists in Congress.
Lastly, as for the claim that Obama was not born in the United States, the birther controversy, like the truther controversy, is history. Everyone has moved on from it—except apparently for Obama."
AirVenture 2011 - The World's Greatest Airshow
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2011 honoring 100 Years of Naval Aviation
This is a compilation of clips from AirVenture 2011 set to "Starlight" by Muse
Lesson From Europe (Take 2)
Stephens: Lesson From Europe (Take 2) - WSJ.com
"'The real lesson from Europe,' wrote Paul Krugman in January 2010, 'is actually the opposite of what conservatives claim:
Europe is an economic success, and that success shows that social democracy works.'
Here are some postcards from the social democracy that works."
"'The real lesson from Europe,' wrote Paul Krugman in January 2010, 'is actually the opposite of what conservatives claim:
Europe is an economic success, and that success shows that social democracy works.'
Here are some postcards from the social democracy that works."
Monday, August 15, 2011
Pat Buchanan Challenges Warren Buffett: 'Set an Example and Send a Check for $5 Billion to the Federal Government'
Pat Buchanan Challenges Warren Buffett: 'Set an Example and Send a Check for $5 Billion to the Federal Government' NewsBusters.org: "The liberal media are predictably fawning over billionaire Warren Buffett's op-ed in the New York Times Monday calling for new taxes on the super-rich.
This led MSNBC's Pat Buchanan on Monday's 'Morning Joe' to challenge the Oracle of Omaha asking, 'Why doesn’t he set an example and send a check for $5 billion to the federal government?' (video follows with transcript and commentary):"
This led MSNBC's Pat Buchanan on Monday's 'Morning Joe' to challenge the Oracle of Omaha asking, 'Why doesn’t he set an example and send a check for $5 billion to the federal government?' (video follows with transcript and commentary):"
State educators: Michigan accreditation system 'no longer has relevance' | MLive.com
State educators: Michigan accreditation system 'no longer has relevance' MLive.com
"Michigan's school accreditation system “no longer has relevance” state educators say, as every school in the state has met state criteria despite sliding backward on federal testing goals."
The only answer is vouchers for parents and children.
We must free the young people from these madrases of politically correct non-teaching!
"Michigan's school accreditation system “no longer has relevance” state educators say, as every school in the state has met state criteria despite sliding backward on federal testing goals."
The only answer is vouchers for parents and children.
We must free the young people from these madrases of politically correct non-teaching!
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