Friday, September 06, 2013
The Sun's Magnetic Field Is About to Reverse
The Sun's Magnetic Field Is About to Reverse | Surprising Science:
"Every 11 years, the strength of this magnetic field gradually decreases to zero, then emerges in the opposite direction, as part of the solar cycle."
"Every 11 years, the strength of this magnetic field gradually decreases to zero, then emerges in the opposite direction, as part of the solar cycle."
Are You Smarter Than an American?
Are You Smarter Than an American? - Allie Jones and Philip Bump - The Atlantic Wire:
"If you want a chance to show off your current affairs knowledge, you can try our mini-quiz below, made up of questions from the study, or take Pew's full quiz over here. "
"If you want a chance to show off your current affairs knowledge, you can try our mini-quiz below, made up of questions from the study, or take Pew's full quiz over here. "
Women sell positive pregnancy tests on Craigslist for $25 each
Women sell positive pregnancy tests on Craigslist for $25 each | Mail Online:
"One seller writes 'Wanna get your boyfriend to pop the question?', while some buyers are motivated by revenge"
"One seller writes 'Wanna get your boyfriend to pop the question?', while some buyers are motivated by revenge"
Russia gave UN 100-page report in July blaming Syrian rebels for Aleppo sarin attack
Russia gave UN 100-page report in July blaming Syrian rebels for Aleppo sarin attack | McClatchy:
"Russia says a deadly March sarin attack in an Aleppo suburb was carried out by Syrian rebels, not forces loyal to President Bashar Assad, and it has delivered a 100-page report laying out its evidence to the United Nations."
"Russia says a deadly March sarin attack in an Aleppo suburb was carried out by Syrian rebels, not forces loyal to President Bashar Assad, and it has delivered a 100-page report laying out its evidence to the United Nations."
Hate-filled anti-Republican prof will still make full salary
Hate-filled anti-Republican prof will still make full salary | The Daily Caller:
"The professor who called Republicans racists and rapists may have been relieved of his teaching duties for the rest of the semester, but he will still be paid in full by Michigan State University.
Campus Reform learned from an MSU spokesperson on Thursday that creative writing professor William Penn’s would still receive his annual salary of $146,510.
“His employment status has not changed; his teaching duties have been reassigned,”
"The professor who called Republicans racists and rapists may have been relieved of his teaching duties for the rest of the semester, but he will still be paid in full by Michigan State University.
Campus Reform learned from an MSU spokesperson on Thursday that creative writing professor William Penn’s would still receive his annual salary of $146,510.
“His employment status has not changed; his teaching duties have been reassigned,”
Iran threatens brutal attacks on Americans, Obama family
Iran threatens brutal attacks on Americans, Obama family | The Daily Caller:
"And in an unprecedented statement, a former Iranian official has warned of mass abductions and brutal killings of American citizens around the world and the rape and killing of one of Obama’s daughters should the United States attack Syria."
"And in an unprecedented statement, a former Iranian official has warned of mass abductions and brutal killings of American citizens around the world and the rape and killing of one of Obama’s daughters should the United States attack Syria."
Ficano appointee to be sentenced for creating phony receipts
Ficano appointee to be sentenced for creating phony receipts | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"U.S. District Judge Stephen Murphy will decide today whether Zayd Allebban will become the first appointee of Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano to face prison time in the corruption probe of county government."
The first of many....
"U.S. District Judge Stephen Murphy will decide today whether Zayd Allebban will become the first appointee of Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano to face prison time in the corruption probe of county government."
The first of many....
Detroit Schools open Pre-K enrollment at 70 sites
Detroit Schools open Pre-K enrollment at 70 sites | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"The Detroit Public Schools is encouraging parents to enroll their children in pre-kindergarten programs at 70 sites across the district."
They gonna teech good......rite?
"The Detroit Public Schools is encouraging parents to enroll their children in pre-kindergarten programs at 70 sites across the district."
They gonna teech good......rite?
MSU professor pulled from classroom after rant against Republicans
MSU professor pulled from classroom after rant against Republicans | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"Penn, a tenured professor, was pulled from all his classes Thursday in the wake of videotaped comments he made during a previous class attacking Republicans in general, and Mitt and Ann Romney in particular.
He said Republicans had “raped” the country."
Paid vacation for this bigot, courtesy of us taxpayers.......great!
"Penn, a tenured professor, was pulled from all his classes Thursday in the wake of videotaped comments he made during a previous class attacking Republicans in general, and Mitt and Ann Romney in particular.
He said Republicans had “raped” the country."
Paid vacation for this bigot, courtesy of us taxpayers.......great!
Delayed Detroit police dispatch leads to a daughter's slaying, unanswered questions
Delayed Detroit police dispatch leads to a daughter's slaying, unanswered questions | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"Mother’s Day will never be the same for Tracey Hightower.
That was the day her daughter was fatally stabbed at an apartment in Detroit.
The months since police officers arrived at her door with the tragic news have been hard, because of the killing of 32-year-old Stacey Hightower and because of the knowledge that it took a dispatcher 90 minutes to send officers to the scene."
"Mother’s Day will never be the same for Tracey Hightower.
That was the day her daughter was fatally stabbed at an apartment in Detroit.
The months since police officers arrived at her door with the tragic news have been hard, because of the killing of 32-year-old Stacey Hightower and because of the knowledge that it took a dispatcher 90 minutes to send officers to the scene."
Medical marijuana patients ask review panel to add post-traumatic stress disorder to Michigan law
Medical marijuana patients ask review panel to add post-traumatic stress disorder to Michigan law | MLive.com:
"Gwener was one of roughly 20 patients, activists and entrepreneurs who testified Thursday afternoon at a public meeting of the Michigan Marihuana Review Panel, which is considering a citizen petition to add PTSD to the list of debilitating conditions suitable for treatment under the state's voter-approved law.
The Holland resident is certified to use medical marijuana for chronic pain, but she said the medication also has proved effective for her PTSD and insomnia."
I've read it works wonders on bad breath and shortness of stature too!
"Gwener was one of roughly 20 patients, activists and entrepreneurs who testified Thursday afternoon at a public meeting of the Michigan Marihuana Review Panel, which is considering a citizen petition to add PTSD to the list of debilitating conditions suitable for treatment under the state's voter-approved law.
The Holland resident is certified to use medical marijuana for chronic pain, but she said the medication also has proved effective for her PTSD and insomnia."
I've read it works wonders on bad breath and shortness of stature too!
Threats Shut Down Oregon Bakery That Refused to Make Gay Wedding Cake: “Bible-Thumping, Hypocritical B**ch”
Threats Shut Down Oregon Bakery That Refused to Make Gay Wedding Cake: “Bible-Thumping, Hypocritical B**ch”:
"The owners of an Oregon bakery are shutting down amid threats from the public after they refused to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple in January.
Aaron and Melissa Klein are shutting down Sweet Cakes by Melissa after receiving angry emails and phone calls.
“You stupid bible-thumping, hypocritical b**ch. I hope your kids get really, really, sick and you go out of business,” read one e-mail the couple received.
“Here’s hoping you go out of business, you bigot. Enjoy hell,” said another.
The Klein’s said wedding planners and venues were badgered and harassed until they dropped their bakery from their vendor’s list."
The very powerful "gay rights" movement showing their version of "compassion".
"The owners of an Oregon bakery are shutting down amid threats from the public after they refused to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple in January.
Aaron and Melissa Klein are shutting down Sweet Cakes by Melissa after receiving angry emails and phone calls.
“You stupid bible-thumping, hypocritical b**ch. I hope your kids get really, really, sick and you go out of business,” read one e-mail the couple received.
“Here’s hoping you go out of business, you bigot. Enjoy hell,” said another.
The Klein’s said wedding planners and venues were badgered and harassed until they dropped their bakery from their vendor’s list."
The very powerful "gay rights" movement showing their version of "compassion".
This County Had 124% More Registered Voters Than Eligible Voters – Counting Dead People and Felons
This County Had 124% More Registered Voters Than Eligible Voters – Counting Dead People and Felons | TheBlaze.com:
"In the midst of a national debate over voter integrity, a federal court decree is ordering a Mississippi county to purge its voter rolls of dead people, ineligible felons and people who have moved out of a voting area.
In April, the American Civil Rights Union, a conservative legal group, sued Walthall County, Miss., for having more than twice as many registered voters – 124 percent—than voting-age-eligible residents, based on U.S. Census data. "
"In the midst of a national debate over voter integrity, a federal court decree is ordering a Mississippi county to purge its voter rolls of dead people, ineligible felons and people who have moved out of a voting area.
In April, the American Civil Rights Union, a conservative legal group, sued Walthall County, Miss., for having more than twice as many registered voters – 124 percent—than voting-age-eligible residents, based on U.S. Census data. "
Pressure on Mosaica to improve Muskegon Heights schools growing, documents show
Pressure on Mosaica to improve Muskegon Heights schools growing, documents show | MLive.com:
"MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, MI – If Mosaica Education Inc. wants to keep operating Muskegon Heights schools, it has a lot of work to do this year -- including significantly improving student achievement.
Muskegon Heights officials expressed concerns early last year about the for-profit charter school company that is operating the Muskegon Heights Public School Academy System.
If a list of concerns isn't addressed, the contract to operate the charter school district could be revoked after this school year, documents obtained by MLive and the Muskegon Chronicle show."
The good news: Someone is looking at results.
The bad news: They wouldn't/didn't care when it was run by the unions
"MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, MI – If Mosaica Education Inc. wants to keep operating Muskegon Heights schools, it has a lot of work to do this year -- including significantly improving student achievement.
Muskegon Heights officials expressed concerns early last year about the for-profit charter school company that is operating the Muskegon Heights Public School Academy System.
If a list of concerns isn't addressed, the contract to operate the charter school district could be revoked after this school year, documents obtained by MLive and the Muskegon Chronicle show."
The good news: Someone is looking at results.
The bad news: They wouldn't/didn't care when it was run by the unions
Coffee House in Norton Shores closes, citing business issues
Coffee House in Norton Shores closes, citing business issues | MLive.com:
"NORTON SHORES, MI – It turns out the rumors were right: The Coffee House and Café, located on the corner of Seminole Road and Seaway Drive, opened for the last time this week, according to a statement issued by Nick Mika and Matt Varley, who took over the popular coffee spot earlier this year."
"NORTON SHORES, MI – It turns out the rumors were right: The Coffee House and Café, located on the corner of Seminole Road and Seaway Drive, opened for the last time this week, according to a statement issued by Nick Mika and Matt Varley, who took over the popular coffee spot earlier this year."
Thursday, September 05, 2013
Journalism professor: NRA members deserve execution by firing squad
Journalism professor: NRA members deserve execution by firing squad - Spokane Conservative | Examiner.com:
"On Thursday, Christopher Swindell, a journalism professor at Marshall University in West Virginia, falsely claimed in an op-ed at the Charleston Gazette that the NRA "advocates armed rebellion against the duly elected government of the United States of America" and deserves to be executed by a firing squad.
"That’s treason, and it’s worthy of the firing squad," Swindell wrote."
The pandemic of hate from the academy continues.
"On Thursday, Christopher Swindell, a journalism professor at Marshall University in West Virginia, falsely claimed in an op-ed at the Charleston Gazette that the NRA "advocates armed rebellion against the duly elected government of the United States of America" and deserves to be executed by a firing squad.
"That’s treason, and it’s worthy of the firing squad," Swindell wrote."
The pandemic of hate from the academy continues.
What It Was Like to Work at the Lusty Lady, a Unionized Strip Club
What It Was Like to Work at the Lusty Lady, a Unionized Strip Club - Lily Burana - The Atlantic:
"The nation’s only unionized (SEIU since 1997) and dancer-run adult entertainment business closes September 2 after almost forty years in business. "
"The nation’s only unionized (SEIU since 1997) and dancer-run adult entertainment business closes September 2 after almost forty years in business. "
Did Syrian rebels have sarin gas? Your questions on the crisis answered
Did Syrian rebels have sarin gas? Your questions on the crisis answered | World news | theguardian.com
Islamist groups have become stronger and tend to be better armed and financed than others. Two of the strongest are Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State in Iraq, both of them linked to al-Qaida. JAN insists on a future Syria becoming an Islamic state under sharia law, and has openly pledged its allegiance to the al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. Another important group is Ahrar al-Sham. Sectarianism is also becoming more pronounced, with foreign Arab Shia fighters (including Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah) arriving to fight Sunni extremists. Large numbers of liberal and secular opposition figures have left the country. Important work is still done on the ground by the Local Co-ordination Committees.
EbbTide64: Why is the media assuming that it was Assad who was responsible, when there are reports (here, here & here) of the rebels being caught with sarin?
It is not the media that is assuming that Assad is responsible. The Guardian and other media have reported claims and assessments by the US, UK, France and the Syrian rebels, and of course official Syrian denials. Only western governments have provided any evidence at all, however adequate or convincing it is judged. All three governments also state categorically that the rebels did not have the capacity to mount a CW attack on the scale of what occurred on 21 August. All have stated they are relying on classified sources as well as the precedent of earlier, smaller attacks. More detail is clearly needed to convince sceptics, given the experience of the Iraq WMD dossier.
It has previously been reported that members of the al-Nusra front were caught with sarin nerve gas in Turkey – and this has been echoed by Syrian state media. Dale Gavlak, an independent journalist, has reported a belief that nerve agents used in Ghouta were supplied by Saudi Arabia.
Average Marginal Labor Income Tax Rates under the Affordable Care Act
Average Marginal Labor Income Tax Rates under the Affordable Care Act:
Average Marginal Labor Income Tax Rates under the Affordable Care Act
That is a new paper by Casey Mulligan, here is the abstract:
The Affordable Care Act includes four significant, permanent, implicit unemployment assistance programs, plus various implicit subsidies for underemployment. Every sector of the economy, and about half of nonelderly adults, is directly affected by at least one of those provisions. This paper calculates the ACA’s impact on the average reward to working among nonelderly household heads and spouses. The law increases marginal tax rates by an average of five percentage points (of employee compensation), on top of the marginal tax rates that were already present before the it went into effect. The ACA’s addition to labor tax wedges is roughly equivalent to doubling both employer and employee payroll tax rates for half of the population.
Mulligan summarizes the paper here, with further detail. In another new paper, Mulligan compares ACA with Romneycare.
AP Reporter to State Department: Did Everyone At The White House Have A 'Spine-Removal Procedure This Weekend?'
AP Reporter to State Department: Did Everyone At The White House Have A 'Spine-Removal Procedure This Weekend?' - Fox Nation:
"Associated Press reporter Matt Lee grilled State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Thursday, repeatedly asking her how Secretary of State John Kerry found it "courageous" for President Barack Obama to seek Congressional authorization of military force in Syria.
Lee's argument came from this premise: How is it "courageous" for Obama to ask for Congress to approve something that he believes he has the right to do, anyway?"
"Associated Press reporter Matt Lee grilled State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Thursday, repeatedly asking her how Secretary of State John Kerry found it "courageous" for President Barack Obama to seek Congressional authorization of military force in Syria.
Lee's argument came from this premise: How is it "courageous" for Obama to ask for Congress to approve something that he believes he has the right to do, anyway?"
Student: Michigan State professor's rant went beyond Republicans to Christians, athletes
Student: Michigan State professor's rant went beyond Republicans to Christians, athletes | MLive.com
EAST LANSING -- Sophomore Caroline Freeman was in disbelief as she sat in the front row of MSU professor William Penn's lecture last Thursday.
The 19-year-old kinesiology major from Macomb County was somewhat incredulous at her Michigan State University prof's disparaging remarks about Republicans. But she grew upset when his commentary veered onto other topics she's passionate about.
"He was talking about how Christians are dumb and don't know what what they're talking about and that they're all blind followers," said Freeman, a Christian high school graduate who was raised Lutheran. "He was just tearing down a whole institution of belief, and it had nothing to do with class."
Penn next took on athletes, Freeman said, which also offended her.
"He said athletes were wasting their time trying to throw a ball in a hoop and how we glorify them for no reason," said Freeman, herself a four-sport athlete in high school and a student liaison to MSU's women's basketball team. "He was calling people bad for playing football."
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