Napoleon, Duggan appear headed for November showdown for Detroit mayor amid flood of write-ins | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
“My opponent went out and aired negative ads,” Duggan said. “Then, out of the city’s 500,000 registered voters, they found Mike Dugeon.”
With 100% of the precincts reporting, Napoleon had 28,352 votes or 30% of the total votes cast, to 50,328 votes or 53% for write-in candidates, with Duggan presumably garnering the vast majority of those.
Duggan said about 97% of write-ins were correctly spelled for Duggan.
The Mike Dugeon he referenced is a 31-year old barber who was added as a write-in candidate one day before the deadline."
So a last minute "dirty trick" by the black candidate, Napoleon, is just brushed off as a non-event?
Imagine if the cheating was against the black candidate.
Obama: "If I had a mayor in my pocket, he would look like Bennie Napoleon".
Wednesday, August 07, 2013
Primary election in Grand Rapids: Senita Lenear wins Third Ward seat
Primary election in Grand Rapids: Senita Lenear wins Third Ward seat | MLive.com:
"Two words influenced the Rev. Albert Hamstra’s vote for Lenear: “Black female.”
The Christian Reformed Church pastor said “it matters to me to have diverse people in leadership.”
Nothing to see here folks.
Just go back to wor...... er.... ah....home....whatever.
But don't be forgettin' the racism of Paul Dean and Riley Cooper that's what's keeping us down.
Right?
"Two words influenced the Rev. Albert Hamstra’s vote for Lenear: “Black female.”
The Christian Reformed Church pastor said “it matters to me to have diverse people in leadership.”
Nothing to see here folks.
Just go back to wor...... er.... ah....home....whatever.
But don't be forgettin' the racism of Paul Dean and Riley Cooper that's what's keeping us down.
Right?
Michigan medical marijuana panel looks to add PTSD to law but rejects autism, other conditions
Michigan medical marijuana panel looks to add PTSD to law but rejects autism, other conditions | MLive.com:
"In a series of separate votes, the panel rejected petitions seeking to add insomnia, asthma and autism to the list of debilitating conditions under the law. "
Wow.
Insomnia.
Asthma.....asthma?!!
Autism......autism?!!!!!
All "cured" by a little weed.
ObamaCare at it best, dudes.
"In a series of separate votes, the panel rejected petitions seeking to add insomnia, asthma and autism to the list of debilitating conditions under the law. "
Wow.
Insomnia.
Asthma.....asthma?!!
Autism......autism?!!!!!
All "cured" by a little weed.
ObamaCare at it best, dudes.
Obama’s Watergates
Obama’s Watergates | National Review Online:"That too is in accord with the Watergate pattern.
The Nixon administration covered up in Machiavellian fashion the June 1972 Watergate break-in, almost five months before the president’s landslide win.
At least six weeks before the election, the nation knew that there were members of the Nixon administration or the Nixon reelection committee involved in Watergate-related misdeeds — but they found that in comparison to Vietnam, the Chinese initiatives, or the economy, the Watergate news was boring.
Again, that the Obama scandals were successfully kept hushed up before the 2012 election is not unusual."
Imagine that.
A black Nixon!
With all the trimmings......
Why this weekend's Perseid meteor shower should be exceptionally stunning in West Michigan
Why this weekend's Perseid meteor shower should be exceptionally stunning in West Michigan | MLive.com:
"According to NASA, viewing this year should be exceptional if skies are clear, because the moon will be in crescent shape and set early.
Amplifying view opportunities, the moon "will set shortly after midnight, leaving dark skies from late night until dawn," the agency wrote on its website.
Sunday and Monday nights are expected to be the best for Perseid viewing. "
"According to NASA, viewing this year should be exceptional if skies are clear, because the moon will be in crescent shape and set early.
Amplifying view opportunities, the moon "will set shortly after midnight, leaving dark skies from late night until dawn," the agency wrote on its website.
Sunday and Monday nights are expected to be the best for Perseid viewing. "
Newly available wind power often has no place to go
Newly available wind power often has no place to go | McClatchy:
“They’ve connected to the system in our region ahead of planned transmission upgrades,” said Southwest Power Pool’s director of system operations, Don Shipley. “Some of the wind farms have seen fairly significant impacts of up to 50 percent of their projected production.”
In other words, a lot of the power those farms were expecting to generate isn’t making it to the market.
Shipley said the electric market and the wind farms were losing money because of the curtailments, as the pool is unable to sell power that the grid is incapable of transmitting."
“They’ve connected to the system in our region ahead of planned transmission upgrades,” said Southwest Power Pool’s director of system operations, Don Shipley. “Some of the wind farms have seen fairly significant impacts of up to 50 percent of their projected production.”
In other words, a lot of the power those farms were expecting to generate isn’t making it to the market.
Shipley said the electric market and the wind farms were losing money because of the curtailments, as the pool is unable to sell power that the grid is incapable of transmitting."
Community turns against seven teachers and a board member who showed support for a pedophile teacher
Community turns against seven teachers and a board member who showed support for a pedophile teacher - EAGnews.org powered by Education Action Group Foundation, Inc.:
"“Neal made a mistake,” teacher Sally Campbell wrote, according to the newspaper. “He allowed a mutual friendship to develop into much more. He realized his mistake and ended it years before someone anonymously sent something to the authorities which began this legal process.”
“I am asking that Neal be given the absolute minimum sentence, considering all the circumstances surrounding this case,” teacher Amy Huber Eagan wrote to the court. “I am also hoping that he can stay remanded to custody in the Ogemaw County Jail and not be sent to a prison facility.”
“Neal has plead (sic) guilty for his one criminal offense but he is not a predator,” teacher Harriett Coe wrote. “This was an isolated incident. He understands the severity of his action and is sincere in his desire to make amends.”"
Sick.
And doubly sick that these morons are getting paid to "teach" our children.
"“Neal made a mistake,” teacher Sally Campbell wrote, according to the newspaper. “He allowed a mutual friendship to develop into much more. He realized his mistake and ended it years before someone anonymously sent something to the authorities which began this legal process.”
“I am asking that Neal be given the absolute minimum sentence, considering all the circumstances surrounding this case,” teacher Amy Huber Eagan wrote to the court. “I am also hoping that he can stay remanded to custody in the Ogemaw County Jail and not be sent to a prison facility.”
“Neal has plead (sic) guilty for his one criminal offense but he is not a predator,” teacher Harriett Coe wrote. “This was an isolated incident. He understands the severity of his action and is sincere in his desire to make amends.”"
Sick.
And doubly sick that these morons are getting paid to "teach" our children.
Muskegon county election results
| Candidate | Votes | Precincts Reporting |
| Muskegon Mayoral Race | ||
| Zawdie Abiade | 418 | 15/15 |
| Steve Gawron | 1404 | 15/15 |
| Jeanette Moore | 284 | 15/15 |
| Muskegon City Commissioner Race | ||
| Joshua EldenBrady | 94 | 15/15 |
| Donnell Harvey | 107 | 15/15 |
| Ken Johnson | 438 | 15/15 |
| Bill Larson | 598 | 15/15 |
| Lea Markowski | 437 | 15/15 |
| Mark Molitor | 467 | 15/15 |
| RayCharles Roberson | 230 | 15/15 |
| William Snyder | 257 | 15/15 |
| William J. Springsted | 137 | 15/15 |
| Dan (Rinsema) Sybenga | 788 | 15/15 |
| Linda Traylor | 346 | 15/15 |
| Egelston Township Millages | ||
| Fire Dept. Millage Yes, No | 266, 280 | 3/3 |
| Streetlight Millage Yes, No | 241, 306 | 0/3 |
| Hart Millage | ||
| Hart Public Schools Millage Renewal Yes, No |
Detroit City Council incumbents fare well in first by-district primary in nearly a century
Detroit City Council incumbents fare well in first by-district primary in nearly a century | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Detroit City Council incumbents fared well, as did former state representatives, in Tuesday night’s historic primary elections, as voters chose their members by district for the first time in nearly 100 years."
Ya caint fix wat the folks dont want fixed.
"Detroit City Council incumbents fared well, as did former state representatives, in Tuesday night’s historic primary elections, as voters chose their members by district for the first time in nearly 100 years."
Ya caint fix wat the folks dont want fixed.
Oakland Township founder of cancer center faces charges in $35 million Medicare billing fraud scheme
Oakland Township founder of cancer center faces charges in $35 million Medicare billing fraud scheme | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Farid Fata of Oakland Township, who in 2005 founded the hematology centers with offices in Bloomfield Township, Troy, Sterling Heights, Clarkston, Lapeer and Oak Park, allegedly oversaw about $35 million in Medicare billings over a two-year period,"
Wait till Obamacare kicks in and see the fraud.
Solandra on meds, dudes!
"Farid Fata of Oakland Township, who in 2005 founded the hematology centers with offices in Bloomfield Township, Troy, Sterling Heights, Clarkston, Lapeer and Oak Park, allegedly oversaw about $35 million in Medicare billings over a two-year period,"
Wait till Obamacare kicks in and see the fraud.
Solandra on meds, dudes!
Gawron, Abiade and four city commission candidates move on to Muskegon's Nov. 5 general election
Gawron, Abiade and four city commission candidates move on to Muskegon's Nov. 5 general election | MLive.com:
"Losing a bid to retain her at-large seat was incumbent commissioner Lea Markowski, who came in fifth by one vote behind Johnson."
"Losing a bid to retain her at-large seat was incumbent commissioner Lea Markowski, who came in fifth by one vote behind Johnson."
Tuesday, August 06, 2013
Election 2013 Vote Tracker: See the results as they come in, other live updates | MLive.com
Election 2013 Vote Tracker: See the results as they come in, other live updates | MLive.com:
Candidate Votes Precincts Reporting
Muskegon Mayoral Race
Zawdie Abiade 418
15/15
Steve Gawron 1404
15/15
Jeanette Moore 284
15/15
Muskegon City Commissioner Race
Joshua EldenBrady 94
15/15
Donnell Harvey 107
15/15
Ken Johnson 438
15/15
Bill Larson
598
15/15
Lea Markowski
437
15/15
Mark Molitor
467
15/15
RayCharles Roberson 230
15/15
William Snyder 257
15/15
William J. Springsted 137
15/15
Dan (Rinsema) Sybenga 788
15/15
Linda Traylor 346
15/15
Egelston Township Millages
Fire Dept. Millage
Yes, No
266, 280
3/3
Streetlight Millage
Yes, No
0, 0
0/3
Hart Millage
Hart Public Schools Millage Renewal
Yes, No
240, 148
3/6"
Candidate Votes Precincts Reporting
Muskegon Mayoral Race
Zawdie Abiade 418
15/15
Steve Gawron 1404
15/15
Jeanette Moore 284
15/15
Muskegon City Commissioner Race
Joshua EldenBrady 94
15/15
Donnell Harvey 107
15/15
Ken Johnson 438
15/15
Bill Larson
598
15/15
Lea Markowski
437
15/15
Mark Molitor
467
15/15
RayCharles Roberson 230
15/15
William Snyder 257
15/15
William J. Springsted 137
15/15
Dan (Rinsema) Sybenga 788
15/15
Linda Traylor 346
15/15
Egelston Township Millages
Fire Dept. Millage
Yes, No
266, 280
3/3
Streetlight Millage
Yes, No
0, 0
0/3
Hart Millage
Hart Public Schools Millage Renewal
Yes, No
240, 148
3/6"
College Football Will Be Dead in 20 Years
College Football Will Be Dead in 20 Years –:
"College football as we know it will be dead within 20 years, but it won’t be from health/concussion issues, nor will it be because of the “cable sports bubble.”
It will be because colleges and universities as we know them now will cease to exist and when they go they will take collegiate sports with them."
"College football as we know it will be dead within 20 years, but it won’t be from health/concussion issues, nor will it be because of the “cable sports bubble.”
It will be because colleges and universities as we know them now will cease to exist and when they go they will take collegiate sports with them."
'Chicken and waffles' racial stereotypes won't move Detroit forward
Susan J. Demas: 'Chicken and waffles' racial stereotypes won't move Detroit forward | MLive.com:"But the fact that Finley, who's unquestionably intelligent, chose to trot out the loaded "chicken and waffles" line about an African-American in the year 2013 is jaw-dropping. "
OK.
The list of words-white-people-dare-not-utter now includes "chicken" and "waffles"?
What's gonna happen if a bird says "Polly want a cracker"?
PETA SWAT team?
Muskegon woman gets jail for biting off another woman's finger in fight over 50 cents, cigarettes
Muskegon woman gets jail for biting off another woman's finger in fight over 50 cents, cigarettes | MLive.com:
"MUSKEGON, MI – Senta Marlice Staffney got six months in jail for chomping off and spitting out another woman’s ring finger in a fight over 50 cents and a cigarette."
"MUSKEGON, MI – Senta Marlice Staffney got six months in jail for chomping off and spitting out another woman’s ring finger in a fight over 50 cents and a cigarette."
Detroit and the Special-Interest State
RealClearPolicy - Detroit and the Special-Interest State:
Capture by faction has become endemic.
As government has grown and budgets and regulatory empires have expanded, economic and ideological factions have carved off satrapies in the agencies and congressional subcommittees.
The true greens control EPA. Unions have Labor and the NLRB.
The banks have the Fed and Treasury.
The energy companies used to have the Department of Energy, but now it is in the hands of the green crony capitalists.
Farm policy is controlled by a coalition of agricultural interests and food-stamp advocates.
HUD serves housing industry and urban constituencies.
HHS and its state satellites are a tool of the health-care industry -- my state senator in Montana deals with 63 health-care lobbyists, all of them focused on one thing: more money from the state.
Academia, teachers' unions, and the consulting industry control the Department of Education.
Public employees have become a powerful interest group in themselves.
And so on.
As government has grown and budgets and regulatory empires have expanded, economic and ideological factions have carved off satrapies in the agencies and congressional subcommittees.
The true greens control EPA. Unions have Labor and the NLRB.
The banks have the Fed and Treasury.
The energy companies used to have the Department of Energy, but now it is in the hands of the green crony capitalists.
Farm policy is controlled by a coalition of agricultural interests and food-stamp advocates.
HUD serves housing industry and urban constituencies.
HHS and its state satellites are a tool of the health-care industry -- my state senator in Montana deals with 63 health-care lobbyists, all of them focused on one thing: more money from the state.
Academia, teachers' unions, and the consulting industry control the Department of Education.
Public employees have become a powerful interest group in themselves.
And so on.
Conservatives keep arguing about Obama's political philosophy, but they miss the point. His strength is that he has none. He has no views on environmental or labor or health or education policy; whatever the interests that have been given that part of the government want is all right with him. His job is to assure each member of his coalition that it will indeed be given freedom of action, to mediate the occasional conflicts, and to serve as a mouthpiece when interest-group talking points are put on his teleprompter.
The system of capture by faction is also leading to huge and growing systemic corruption, as the beneficiaries tithe to whoever promises to keep the benefits flowing. Business has given up on efforts to support a market economy and devotes itself to competitive crony capitalism. For example, as George Gilder recently wrote in Knowledge and Power, the alternative-energy scams are ruining Silicon Valley by triggering a "general Gadarene rush for green subsidies" and "transform[ing] venture capitalists from heroic contributors to American innovation . . . into a pack of grubby petitioners for pork."
Only the Koch Brothers hold to the ideal of the free market without cronyism, which is why they are so thoroughly excoriated by the Progressives.
Study: U.S. Debt Obligations $70 Trillion
Study: U.S. Debt Obligations $70 Trillion:
"A new study by University of California-San Diego economics professor James Hamilton finds that the United States has over $70 trillion in off-balance sheet liabilities--an amount nearly six times the on-balance-sheet debt figure.
The Treasury debt outstanding is $16.74 trillion. Of that, $4.84 trillion is money the U.S. owes itself.
For that reason, explains Matt Phillips of Quartz, “many analysts tend to focus on the $11.91 trillion in debt that is publicly available to be traded.”
Hamilton’s study, however, examined the federal liabilities that are not included in the government’s officially reported numbers.
Specifically, he examined the federal government’s “support for housing, other loan guarantees, deposit insurance, actions taken by the Federal Reserve, and government trust funds.”
Not surprisingly, Hamilton found that Medicare and Social Security represent the bulk of future U.S. debt obligations, coming in at $27.6 trillion and $26.5 trillion respectively.
The study's $70 trillion debt estimate may actually be overly optimistic."
"A new study by University of California-San Diego economics professor James Hamilton finds that the United States has over $70 trillion in off-balance sheet liabilities--an amount nearly six times the on-balance-sheet debt figure.
The Treasury debt outstanding is $16.74 trillion. Of that, $4.84 trillion is money the U.S. owes itself.
For that reason, explains Matt Phillips of Quartz, “many analysts tend to focus on the $11.91 trillion in debt that is publicly available to be traded.”
Hamilton’s study, however, examined the federal liabilities that are not included in the government’s officially reported numbers.
Specifically, he examined the federal government’s “support for housing, other loan guarantees, deposit insurance, actions taken by the Federal Reserve, and government trust funds.”
Not surprisingly, Hamilton found that Medicare and Social Security represent the bulk of future U.S. debt obligations, coming in at $27.6 trillion and $26.5 trillion respectively.
The study's $70 trillion debt estimate may actually be overly optimistic."
Chicago sees pension crisis drawing near
Chicago sees pension crisis drawing near:
"The pension fund for retired Chicago teachers stands at risk of collapse.
The city's four funds for other retired city workers are short by $19.5 billion.
At least one of the funds is in peril of running out of money in less than a decade."
"The pension fund for retired Chicago teachers stands at risk of collapse.
The city's four funds for other retired city workers are short by $19.5 billion.
At least one of the funds is in peril of running out of money in less than a decade."
Drunk walking leads to pedestrian fatalities
My Way News - Drunk walking leads to pedestrian fatalities:
"Thirty-five percent of those killed, or 1,547 pedestrians, had blood alcohol content levels of .08 or higher, the legal limit for driving, according to data reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration by state highway departments.
Among the 625 pedestrians aged 25- to 34-years-old who were killed, half were alcohol impaired. Just under half the pedestrians killed who were in their early 20s and their mid-30s to mid-50s were also impaired. Only among pedestrians age 55 or older or younger than age 20 was the share of those killed a third or less.
By comparison, 13 percent of drivers involved in crashes in which pedestrians were killed were over the .08 limit."
"Thirty-five percent of those killed, or 1,547 pedestrians, had blood alcohol content levels of .08 or higher, the legal limit for driving, according to data reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration by state highway departments.
Among the 625 pedestrians aged 25- to 34-years-old who were killed, half were alcohol impaired. Just under half the pedestrians killed who were in their early 20s and their mid-30s to mid-50s were also impaired. Only among pedestrians age 55 or older or younger than age 20 was the share of those killed a third or less.
By comparison, 13 percent of drivers involved in crashes in which pedestrians were killed were over the .08 limit."
New paper finds climate change over decades primarily determined by the oceans
New paper finds climate change over decades primarily determined by the oceans — Published in journal Nature | Climate Depot:
"A new paper published in Nature finds climate change over timescales longer than 10 years is “primarily determined by the ocean,” which skeptics, including famed Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Science Dr. William Gray, have been saying for years.
According to the paper, “the ocean significantly affects long term climate fluctuations, while the seemingly chaotic atmosphere is mainly responsible for the shorter-term, year-to-year changes.”
"A new paper published in Nature finds climate change over timescales longer than 10 years is “primarily determined by the ocean,” which skeptics, including famed Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Science Dr. William Gray, have been saying for years.
According to the paper, “the ocean significantly affects long term climate fluctuations, while the seemingly chaotic atmosphere is mainly responsible for the shorter-term, year-to-year changes.”
Monday, August 05, 2013
Detroit City Council needs to get its priorities straight
Feedback: Detroit City Council needs to get its priorities straight | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"I find it interesting, if not mind-boggling, that the Detroit City Council has the time and finds the need to pass a resolution calling for a federal investigation into the killing of Florida teen Trayvon Martin.
With all of Detroit’s problems, bankruptcy, crime, blight, political corruption — to name just a few — they find the time and need to spend on a legally settled trial in another state?
Give us a break.
Is that the most important thing the council has to be concerned with?
Greg Arceri
Northville"
"I find it interesting, if not mind-boggling, that the Detroit City Council has the time and finds the need to pass a resolution calling for a federal investigation into the killing of Florida teen Trayvon Martin.
With all of Detroit’s problems, bankruptcy, crime, blight, political corruption — to name just a few — they find the time and need to spend on a legally settled trial in another state?
Give us a break.
Is that the most important thing the council has to be concerned with?
Greg Arceri
Northville"
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