Police: Assault, Robbery Investigated as Hate Bias | NBC4 Washington:
"Police said a man, 28, from Bethesda, Md., was attacked in the 1700 block of Euclid Street, Northwest, in Adams Morgan.
The victim said he was approached by three black males who kicked and punched him to the ground.
According the victim, one of the attackers yelled, “This is for Trayvon,” during the assault. "
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Dominican Republic scammers sell welfare food bought in NYC and shipped in barrels
EXCLUSIVE: Dominican Republic scammers sell welfare food bought in NYC and shipped in barrels - NYPOST.com:
"Food-stamp fraud in New York has turned into foreign aid — to black-market profiteers in the Dominican Republic."
"Food-stamp fraud in New York has turned into foreign aid — to black-market profiteers in the Dominican Republic."
Obama: "I don't need to consult White House lawyers because I know a lot more about the Constitution than the Republicans." |
Obama: "I don't need to consult White House lawyers because I know a lot more about the Constitution than the Republicans."
In an interview after his speech Wednesday in Galesburg, Illinois, President Obama was asked if he consulted White House lawyers before unilaterally delaying the employer mandate in Obamacare. Since Congress, in the Affordable Care Act, specified that the mandate is go to into effect at the start of next year, reporters from the New York Times asked if the president investigated whether he had the legal authority to put it off without going through Congress.
Obama didn’t exactly answer the question. But judging from what he said, his answer was: No, I didn’t consult White House lawyers because I know a lot more about the Constitution than the Republicans who are complaining about it. And besides, they don’t think I’m legitimately the president, anyway.
“People questioned your legal and constitutional authority to do that unilaterally — to delay the employer mandate,” asked the Times’ Jackie Calmes. “Did you consult with your lawyer?”“Jackie, if you heard me on stage today, what I said was that I will seize any opportunity I can find to work with Congress to strengthen the middle class, improve their prospects, improve their security,” Obama began.
“No, but specifically — ” Calmes interjected.
“But where Congress is unwilling to act,” Obama continued, “I will take whatever administrative steps that I can in order to do right by the American people.”
At that point, Obama explained that if Congress doesn’t like what he’s done, then lawmakers can try to do something about it. “I’m not concerned about their opinions,” the president said. “Very few of them, by the way, are lawyers, much less constitutional lawyers.” And some Republicans “think I usurp my authority by having the gall to win the presidency.”
Fruitland Township sues to dissolve or 'fix' White Lake Ambulance Authority
Fruitland Township sues to dissolve or 'fix' White Lake Ambulance Authority | MLive.com:
"On the auditors’ repeated reports of “material weaknesses” in the authority’s financial reporting, Dresen said that with a two-person office it’s difficult to adhere to all standard accounting procedures. "
"On the auditors’ repeated reports of “material weaknesses” in the authority’s financial reporting, Dresen said that with a two-person office it’s difficult to adhere to all standard accounting procedures. "
Detroit vs. Everybody + Colbert = cha-ching day for local T-shirt biz
Detroit vs. Everybody + Colbert = cha-ching day for local T-shirt biz | Crain's Detroit Business:
"I didn't make the attitude 'Detroit v. Everybody' I just diagnosed it.
I was fed up with the negative stereotypes of my city.
And I love this city," he said.
T-shirts at the store cost $29.99; sweats"
"I didn't make the attitude 'Detroit v. Everybody' I just diagnosed it.
I was fed up with the negative stereotypes of my city.
And I love this city," he said.
T-shirts at the store cost $29.99; sweats"
Book Cadillac pays on loan, avoids state default notice
Book Cadillac pays on loan, avoids state default notice | Crain's Detroit Business:
"MSHDA was originally a mezzanine lender in the $180 million financing package for Ferchill to redevelop Book Cadillac.
But it has been the senior lender on the condominium part of the deal since Pittsburgh-based PNC Bank (which acquired senior project lender National City Bank in 2008) and the Lower Woodward Housing Fund maintained by Invest Detroit were both repaid nearly $9 million in combined condo construction loans."
"MSHDA was originally a mezzanine lender in the $180 million financing package for Ferchill to redevelop Book Cadillac.
But it has been the senior lender on the condominium part of the deal since Pittsburgh-based PNC Bank (which acquired senior project lender National City Bank in 2008) and the Lower Woodward Housing Fund maintained by Invest Detroit were both repaid nearly $9 million in combined condo construction loans."
Report: Detroit's 'Eat 'em Up Tigers Guy' killed in hit-and-run
Report: Detroit's 'Eat 'em Up Tigers Guy' killed in hit-and-run | MLive.com:
"He was reportedly with another well-known Detroit street person, known to many a "Dreadlock Mike," who was also killed, Channel 4 reports."
"He was reportedly with another well-known Detroit street person, known to many a "Dreadlock Mike," who was also killed, Channel 4 reports."
President Obama calls the United States and Europe ‘developing countries’ in latest embarrassing gaffe
President Obama calls the United States and Europe ‘developing countries’ in latest embarrassing gaffe – Telegraph Blogs:
"As we’ve seen on a number of previous occasions, Barack Obama clearly struggles with his words when he is without his beloved teleprompter.
He famously claimed to have visited 57 states in his 2008 campaign, and recently was unable to tell the difference between England and Great Britain.
I don’t think any American president, however, has ever referred to the United States, leader of the free world, as a “developing country” before, and nor is Europe a country, as much as the emperors of the European Commission would like the EU to be a superstate."
"As we’ve seen on a number of previous occasions, Barack Obama clearly struggles with his words when he is without his beloved teleprompter.
He famously claimed to have visited 57 states in his 2008 campaign, and recently was unable to tell the difference between England and Great Britain.
I don’t think any American president, however, has ever referred to the United States, leader of the free world, as a “developing country” before, and nor is Europe a country, as much as the emperors of the European Commission would like the EU to be a superstate."
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Outrage as bananas thrown at Italy's first black minister
Outrage as bananas thrown at Italy's first black minister - Telegraph:
"The treatment of Ms Kyenge has thrown a spotlight on the ugly racist currents running through some strands of society in Italy, a country grappling with tensions over rising levels of immigration, particularly from North Africa."
"The treatment of Ms Kyenge has thrown a spotlight on the ugly racist currents running through some strands of society in Italy, a country grappling with tensions over rising levels of immigration, particularly from North Africa."
Lake Michigan Water Trail project begins with inventory of Muskegon-area paddling assets | MLive.com
Lake Michigan Water Trail project begins with inventory of Muskegon-area paddling assets | MLive.com: "WMSRDC has a one-year, $180,000 Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Coastal Zone Management Program grant through the Land Informational Access Association in Traverse City to complete the West Michigan portion of the Lake Michigan Water Trail study.
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How to save a small fortune: Map shows the states that will be dropping sales tax this summer so the price you see on the tag is what you'll actually pay at the register
How to save a small fortune: Map shows the states that will be dropping sales tax this summer so the price you see on the tag is what you'll actually pay at the register | Mail Online:
"Here’s a good way to save some money as tax-free holiday time roles around.
Fill up your gas tank and follow the map.
Slate put together a ‘Tax-Free Road Map’ that shows sixteen states to shop tax-free for particular items in August."
"Here’s a good way to save some money as tax-free holiday time roles around.
Fill up your gas tank and follow the map.
Slate put together a ‘Tax-Free Road Map’ that shows sixteen states to shop tax-free for particular items in August."
Is education nationalization falling apart?
Is education nationalization falling apart? - EAGnews.org powered by Education Action Group Foundation, Inc.:
"Ironically, it is perhaps because Common Core supporters have devoted huge amounts of their time and resources to denying that Washington had a major role in advancing the Core–a role they quietly called for–that may have caused them to miss the cracking in the tripod’s testing leg.
Or perhaps they knew, because most states wouldn’t do so on their own, that they would need Washington to force states to adopt uniform tests, while understanding that openly stating that necessity would prove toxic to their cause.
They knew that Americans, largely, do not want overt federal control over what their schools teach and how their kids are tested.
So they continued to downplay the need to establish any sort of governing structure to keep their tripod together, lest simple logic make clear to the public that only Washington could accomplish what the standardizers need.
In other words, the need to stay hush-hush about the federal role–in order to protect national standardization–ultimately may be what kills it."
"Ironically, it is perhaps because Common Core supporters have devoted huge amounts of their time and resources to denying that Washington had a major role in advancing the Core–a role they quietly called for–that may have caused them to miss the cracking in the tripod’s testing leg.
Or perhaps they knew, because most states wouldn’t do so on their own, that they would need Washington to force states to adopt uniform tests, while understanding that openly stating that necessity would prove toxic to their cause.
They knew that Americans, largely, do not want overt federal control over what their schools teach and how their kids are tested.
So they continued to downplay the need to establish any sort of governing structure to keep their tripod together, lest simple logic make clear to the public that only Washington could accomplish what the standardizers need.
In other words, the need to stay hush-hush about the federal role–in order to protect national standardization–ultimately may be what kills it."
Unions Cry Crocodile Tears on Municipal Pensions
Unions Cry Crocodile Tears on Municipal Pensions [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"These defined-benefit pension systems were a contributor to the mountain of liabilities that finally drove the city of Detroit to seek federal bankruptcy protection last week.
Across the country, they are widely perceived as ocean liners racing toward clearly visible icebergs, with few of the policymakers at the helm doing anything meaningful to reduce speed or change course."
"These defined-benefit pension systems were a contributor to the mountain of liabilities that finally drove the city of Detroit to seek federal bankruptcy protection last week.
Across the country, they are widely perceived as ocean liners racing toward clearly visible icebergs, with few of the policymakers at the helm doing anything meaningful to reduce speed or change course."
THEY KEEP DOING THIS STUFF: ABC’s Misleading Edit of Juror B29.
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THEY KEEP DOING THIS STUFF: ABC’s Misleading Edit of Juror B29.
It’s like you can’t trust journalists to report the news rather than manufacture it.
Yesterday Breitbart News noted the ABC interview with Juror B29. The big news was that Maddy–her last name was never used to protect her privacy–had told Robin Roberts “George Zimmerman got away with murder.” And indeed if you watch the Nightline edit of the interview she does seem to say that without hesitation or reservation.
However, William Saletan at Slate points out that the unedited interview seems to show something different. Maddy actually hesitates twice when answering Roberts’ question which contains the statement “George Zimmerman got away with murder.” As Saletan points out “she looks as though she’s trying to reconcile the sentiment that’s been quoted to her—that Zimmerman ‘got away with murder’—with her own perspective. So she repeats the quote and adds words of her own, to convey what she thinks: that there’s a justice higher than the law, which Zimmerman will have to face ”
I agree with Saletan’s take on this. Maddy appears to be offering a response to a statement that was presented to her. You can see Maddy’s unedited response in the clip below (Scroll in about 2 minutes). . . . NBC is still being sued by George Zimmerman for the misleading edit of the 911 call which made him appear racist. ABC seems to be similarly misleading viewers about what juror Maddy said and meant in an effort to generate headlines.
It’s like you can’t trust journalists to report the news rather than manufacture it.
Friday, July 26, 2013
'Carlos Danger ' rising business superstar
'Carlos Danger ' rising business superstar- MSN Money: "Spirit Airlines seized upon the name for a special promotion offering $24 off its Mexico vacation packages. The airline's new ad shows a superhero hot dog with the name holding a cell phone."Crazy Fast Food Facts
Crazy Fast Food Facts - Likes:
"#13 Every month, 90% of Americans visit a McDonald's restaurant."
"#13 Every month, 90% of Americans visit a McDonald's restaurant."
Here are 5 job stats Obama won’t tell you about
Here are 5 job stats Obama won’t tell you about – Glenn Beck
To explain how badly the Obama administration has failed to fix the economy, Stu read some of the facts that Obama left out (via AEI) of his speech yesterday:
1. Over 69 percent of the jobs created in Q2 2013 and over 57 percent of all the jobs created in the first half of 2013 were created in the three lowest wage sub-sectors of the economy, Retail Trade, Administrative and Waste Services, and Leisure and Hospitality, that otherwise account for an aggregate of only 33 percent of all private sector jobs.2. These jobs, in the aggregate, pay an average of only $15.80 per hour, compared with the other two-thirds of private sector jobs, which pay $27.16 per hour. Relative to unemployment benefits and other assistance, jobs at $15.80 per hour put less than $3.00/hour more in the pockets of a newly working consumer.3. About half of the jobs created during the first half of 2013, and a large majority of the jobs created in Q2 2013, appear to have been part-time jobsthat offer employees as little as one hour of work per week, and up to 35 hours of work.4. After falling from a recession high of 9.2 million to a post-recession low of 7.6 million at the end of Q1 2013, the number of people saying they are working part time because they can’t find full time work (part time for economic reasons) crept back up to 8.2 million, double pre-recession levels.5. Nearly 100 percent of the decline in the U-3 unemployment rate has been the result of there being fewer workers in the labor force as a percentage of the employable population. If the Labor Force Participation Rate had not fallen from October 2009, when unemployment hit its Great Recession peak of 10 percent, unemployment would today still be around 10 percent. Moreover, if the LFPR were held constant from its highest pre-recession level of 66.40 percent in January 2007 (when unemployment was 4.6 percent), the U-3 unemployment rate would be nearly 12 percent today.
10 Crazy Red-Light Camera Cases
10 Crazy Red-Light Camera Cases - Popular Mechanics:
"Red-Light Cameras Bankrupt City
Like many cities around the country, San Bernardino, Calif., tried to make money via red-light cameras.
But it didn't turn out so well for this town.
In 2008, San Bernardino was caught cheating:
To write more tickets, the city was using yellow lights that were timed too short for California law.
When the city restored the proper yellow-light durations, the revenue from red-light violations sank—so much so that San Bernardino was losing money to ATS, the company it hired to operate the camera system.
In 2011, the city council voted to end the contract before its 2014 term and pay ATS what it thought would be a $110,000 exit fee, but ATS claimed it was owed $1.9 million.
In March 2012, the city added three more red-light cameras to try to make enough money to pay back ATS, even though by that time a San Bernardino county court had ruled that photo tickets were inadmissible hearsay. In August 2012 the city filed for bankruptcy, allowing it to finally end its contract with ATS. "
"Red-Light Cameras Bankrupt City
Like many cities around the country, San Bernardino, Calif., tried to make money via red-light cameras.
But it didn't turn out so well for this town.
In 2008, San Bernardino was caught cheating:
To write more tickets, the city was using yellow lights that were timed too short for California law.
When the city restored the proper yellow-light durations, the revenue from red-light violations sank—so much so that San Bernardino was losing money to ATS, the company it hired to operate the camera system.
In 2011, the city council voted to end the contract before its 2014 term and pay ATS what it thought would be a $110,000 exit fee, but ATS claimed it was owed $1.9 million.
In March 2012, the city added three more red-light cameras to try to make enough money to pay back ATS, even though by that time a San Bernardino county court had ruled that photo tickets were inadmissible hearsay. In August 2012 the city filed for bankruptcy, allowing it to finally end its contract with ATS. "
College Republicans Denied Admittance to Obama Speech
College Republicans Denied Admittance to Obama Speech | National Review Online:
"President Obama was bound to receive a warm response from the audience attending his speech at the University of Central Missouri yesterday — because some students who disagreed with him weren’t allowed into the building.
Christopher White of The College Fix reports that students wearing “Tea Party T-Shirts and others who wore patriotic or Republican-inspired clothing” were turned away at the door under the guise of security concerns"
"President Obama was bound to receive a warm response from the audience attending his speech at the University of Central Missouri yesterday — because some students who disagreed with him weren’t allowed into the building.
Christopher White of The College Fix reports that students wearing “Tea Party T-Shirts and others who wore patriotic or Republican-inspired clothing” were turned away at the door under the guise of security concerns"
Michigan town to celebrate annual Bologna Fest
Michigan town to celebrate annual Bologna Fest | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"Yale is known for making bologna since 1906."
"Yale is known for making bologna since 1906."
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