Union's attempt to sidestep right-to-work law killed by Saginaw County commissioners | MLive.com
"Just weeks before Michigan's right-to-work legislation is set to go into effect, Saginaw County's largest employee union came to county leaders Monday, March 11, asking them to do an end run around the new law.
The Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 459 chapter, came before the Saginaw County Board of Commissioners' Labor Relations Subcommittee Monday to request ratification of a 10-year contract that would preserve a requirement for OPEIU members to pay union dues."
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Public comments on new Muskegon Farmers Market plans to be gathered March 18
Public comments on new Muskegon Farmers Market plans to be gathered March 18 | MLive.com:
"The first of promised community forums on the relocation of the Muskegon Farmers Market has been scheduled for Monday, March 18."
"The first of promised community forums on the relocation of the Muskegon Farmers Market has been scheduled for Monday, March 18."
Feds Spend $1.5 Million to Study Why Lesbians Are Fat
Feds Spend $1.5 Million to Study Why Lesbians Are Fat | CNS News:
"The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $1.5 million to study biological and social factors for why “three-quarters” of lesbians are obese and why gay males are not, calling it an issue of “high public-health significance."
"The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $1.5 million to study biological and social factors for why “three-quarters” of lesbians are obese and why gay males are not, calling it an issue of “high public-health significance."
Cincinnati poll worker charged with voting half dozen times in November
Cincinnati poll worker charged with voting half dozen times in November | Fox News:
"I'll fight it for Mr. Obama and Mr. Obama's right to sit as president of the United States," she proclaimed in the interview.
Officials charged that she voted in her own name by absentee ballot and also in person at the polls, but Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph Deters said she also is charged with voting in the name of five other people in various elections."
"I'll fight it for Mr. Obama and Mr. Obama's right to sit as president of the United States," she proclaimed in the interview.
Officials charged that she voted in her own name by absentee ballot and also in person at the polls, but Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph Deters said she also is charged with voting in the name of five other people in various elections."
Average Michigan wage earner is $5,000 behind other Americans
Average Michigan wage earner is $5,000 behind other Americans | Bridge Michigan:
"A 2011 study by Michigan Future Inc. found that per capita earnings from private sector wages in the state, adjusted for inflation, were flat at about $20,000 between 1990 and 2010."
"A 2011 study by Michigan Future Inc. found that per capita earnings from private sector wages in the state, adjusted for inflation, were flat at about $20,000 between 1990 and 2010."
Monday, March 11, 2013
Muskegon broadcaster's labor of love on the market for $300,000
Muskegon broadcaster's labor of love on the market for $300,000 | Detroit Free Press | freep.com: "MUSKEGON -- Doesn't anyone out there want to own a TV station?
That's the question Bud Kelley, the owner of WMKG (Channel 38) in Muskegon, has been asking himself for five years.
He very much wants to sell.
He has sent e-mails, hired a media broker to shop it and dropped the asking price to $300,000, down from $500,000.
He even listed the station on eBay."
That's the question Bud Kelley, the owner of WMKG (Channel 38) in Muskegon, has been asking himself for five years.
He very much wants to sell.
He has sent e-mails, hired a media broker to shop it and dropped the asking price to $300,000, down from $500,000.
He even listed the station on eBay."
Muskegon City Commission: Commerce at Pere Marquette Park to be discussed at Monday work session
Muskegon City Commission: Commerce at Pere Marquette Park to be discussed at Monday work session | MLive.com:
The CJ's on the Beach discussion will likely open up the whole future of commercial development at the community’s premier Lake Michigan beach.
That discussion begins at the work session Monday at 5:30 p.m. at Muskegon City Hall, 933 Terrace St. The city commission’s regular meeting is Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.
Steyn: US 'doomed' in wake of Pop Tart gun suspension
Steyn: US 'doomed' in wake of Pop Tart gun suspension [AUDIO] | The Daily Caller
Steyn, author of “After America: Get Ready for Armageddon,” compared this generation of children, who may have felt threatened by the so-called Pop Tart gun, to the American generation that stormed the beaches of Normandy.
“You’re doomed, America,” Steyn said. “You’re done for. No society can survive this level of stupidity. The school counselor is available to meet with any students who are traumatized by hearing reports of some guy four grades below them who nibbles a Pop Tart into a gun-like shape. I’ve never subscribed to this whole greatest generation thing, you know. But you look at those guys, they weren’t much older than the kids from the school. A lot of them were like 17, 18 years old. And they’re storming out of these transport ships in the churning waters of the English Channel and the North Sea, and they’re landing on the beaches of Normandy. And their getting out of these, and they are storming up the beaches and they’re taking German gunfire and all the rest.”
Steyn went on to say that society cannot survive this sort of “institutionalized stupidity.”
“Do you think if you raised people so that you make a school counselor to available to them in cased they’ve been traumatized by someone who was nibbled a Pop Tart into the shape of a gun — do you think if they’re ever called upon to get out those ships and the storm the beaches of Normandy, do you think they’re going to be up to that? ‘Oh no look, the Germans, they’re all holding Pop Tarts! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!’ No society can survive this level of stupidity. These small things are not small. They tell you a lot about the institutionalized stupidity of our institutions.”
Bad Science and Bad Journalism are a Bad Combination
Bad Science and Bad Journalism are a Bad Combination:
On Wednesday, March 6, the House Science, Space and Technology Committee sent out a notice that its hearing on global warming was cancelled due to the chilly weather and a snowstorm that was about to hit the nation’s capital."
On Wednesday, March 6, the House Science, Space and Technology Committee sent out a notice that its hearing on global warming was cancelled due to the chilly weather and a snowstorm that was about to hit the nation’s capital."
SEC hits Illinois with securities fraud charges
SEC hits Illinois with securities fraud charges - Sun-Times Politics:
"The finding of securities fraud doesn't subject the state to any fines or penalties but amounts to a warning to potential investors about the state's past financial misdeeds."
"The finding of securities fraud doesn't subject the state to any fines or penalties but amounts to a warning to potential investors about the state's past financial misdeeds."
New Muskegon prosecutor gets radio show
New Muskegon prosecutor gets radio show | News | Muskegon News:
"MUSKEGON, Mich. (WZZM) - New Muskegon County Prosecutor D.J. Hilson will begin hosting a radio show next week.
"Straight Talk with D.J. Hilson" will be live on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of every month on 103.7, The Beat starting at 5:00pm.
The station is giving the prosecutor the half-hour live show to talk directly to the community about issues like crime prevention, courts, and the police."
"MUSKEGON, Mich. (WZZM) - New Muskegon County Prosecutor D.J. Hilson will begin hosting a radio show next week.
"Straight Talk with D.J. Hilson" will be live on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of every month on 103.7, The Beat starting at 5:00pm.
The station is giving the prosecutor the half-hour live show to talk directly to the community about issues like crime prevention, courts, and the police."
Sunday, March 10, 2013
What Do You Think about Obama Pardoning the Sequester and Sending It to Portugal?
What Do You Think about Obama Pardoning the Sequester and Sending It to Portugal? - By Andrew Johnson - The Corner - National Review Online:
The question to passers-by: What do you think about Obama pardoning the sequester and sending it to Portugal?"
Must see to the end!
The question to passers-by: What do you think about Obama pardoning the sequester and sending it to Portugal?"
Must see to the end!
The American Ignoramus
Articles: The American Ignoramus:
"What does it mean? At best, the U.S. will have bad political leaders, chosen by low information voters.
At worst, American democracy will slowly shrivel due to widespread ignorance.
Ignorance seldom leads to happy endings."
"What does it mean? At best, the U.S. will have bad political leaders, chosen by low information voters.
At worst, American democracy will slowly shrivel due to widespread ignorance.
Ignorance seldom leads to happy endings."
Green Cars Have a Dirty Little Secret
Bjorn Lomborg: Green Cars Have a Dirty Little Secret - WSJ.com:
"When an electric car rolls off the production line, it has already been responsible for 30,000 pounds of carbon-dioxide emission. The amount for making a conventional car: 14,000 pounds."....But remember, the production of the electric car has already resulted in sizeable emissions—the equivalent of 80,000 miles of travel in the vehicle.So unless the electric car is driven a lot, it will never get ahead environmentally.
And that turns out to be a challenge.
Consider the Nissan Leaf. It has only a 73-mile range per charge. Drivers attempting long road trips, as in one BBC test drive, have reported that recharging takes so long that the average speed is close to six miles per hour—a bit faster than your average jogger.To make matters worse, the batteries in electric cars fade with time, just as they do in a cellphone. Nissan estimates that after five years, the less effective batteries in a typical Leaf bring the range down to 55 miles.
As the MIT Technology Review cautioned last year: "Don't Drive Your Nissan Leaf Too Much."
"When an electric car rolls off the production line, it has already been responsible for 30,000 pounds of carbon-dioxide emission. The amount for making a conventional car: 14,000 pounds."....But remember, the production of the electric car has already resulted in sizeable emissions—the equivalent of 80,000 miles of travel in the vehicle.So unless the electric car is driven a lot, it will never get ahead environmentally.
And that turns out to be a challenge.
Consider the Nissan Leaf. It has only a 73-mile range per charge. Drivers attempting long road trips, as in one BBC test drive, have reported that recharging takes so long that the average speed is close to six miles per hour—a bit faster than your average jogger.To make matters worse, the batteries in electric cars fade with time, just as they do in a cellphone. Nissan estimates that after five years, the less effective batteries in a typical Leaf bring the range down to 55 miles.
As the MIT Technology Review cautioned last year: "Don't Drive Your Nissan Leaf Too Much."
Muskegon County Sheriff's Office may provide reflective safety vests to pedestrians, bicyclers
Muskegon County Sheriff's Office may provide reflective safety vests to pedestrians, bicyclers | MLive.com: "“There is a private citizen who has expressed a genuine interest in how to make it safer for the joggers and bikers and walkers in our area,” said Sheriff Dean Roesler.
“We will be working on a program to provide reflective vests to those who request them.
The program details are in the preliminary stages, but Roesler said he would like to make that happen soon for area residents who enjoy exercising outdoors."
“We will be working on a program to provide reflective vests to those who request them.
The program details are in the preliminary stages, but Roesler said he would like to make that happen soon for area residents who enjoy exercising outdoors."
'Toaster Pastry Gun Freedom Act' proposed in Maryland
'Toaster Pastry Gun Freedom Act' proposed in Maryland | The Daily Caller
"Students could also form their fingers in the shape of a gun without fear of reprisal.
The bill also includes a section mandating counseling for school officials who fail to distinguish between guns and things that resemble guns.
School officials who fail to make such a distinction more than once would face discipline themselves."
"Students could also form their fingers in the shape of a gun without fear of reprisal.
The bill also includes a section mandating counseling for school officials who fail to distinguish between guns and things that resemble guns.
School officials who fail to make such a distinction more than once would face discipline themselves."
Suburbs secede from Atlanta
Suburbs secede from Atlanta
"Some are quietly wondering whether Atlanta is in danger of becoming “the Detroit of the South.”
"Some are quietly wondering whether Atlanta is in danger of becoming “the Detroit of the South.”
Friday, March 08, 2013
Professional fundraisers pocketing 65% of donations collected for charities in Michigan
Schuette: Professional fundraisers pocketing 65% of donations collected for charities in Michigan | MLive.com: "Click here to see the full report, which is organized by both charity name and professional fundraiser.
Or visit the Michigan Attorney General's website to search by charity."
Or visit the Michigan Attorney General's website to search by charity."
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