Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Pre 9-11 "knowledge"
Wasn't George W president in 1994? No... it might have been that other guy.... Willie.....
Debt of Honor (1994) is a novel by Tom Clancy.
Debt of Honor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "In a parallel to the real-life September 11, 2001 attacks seven years after the book's publication, the book ends with an embittered Japanese airline pilot crashing his Boeing 747 into the U.S. Capitol building during a joint session of Congress with the President attending. He does this to avenge the deaths of his brother and son during the war. This paves the way for Ryan, who has just been appointed Vice President, to become President in the next book, Executive Orders."
September 11, 1994: Suicidal Man Attempts to Crash Small Airplane into White House
Frank Corder piloted this Cessna, which crashed into the White House lawn and skidded up to the side of the building. [Source: Getty Images]A suicidal and apparently apolitical pilot named Frank Corder steals a single-engine plane from an airport north of Baltimore, Maryland, and attempts to crash it into the White House. He crashes into a wall two stories below the presidential bedroom (President Clinton is not there at the time). Corder is killed on impact. . [Time, 9/26/1994; New York Times, 10/3/2001] A Time magazine story shortly after the incident notes, “The unlikely incident confirmed all too publicly what security officials have long feared in private: the White House is vulnerable to sneak attack from the air. ‘For years I have thought a terrorist suicide pilot could readily divert his flight from an approach to Washington to blow up the White House,’ said Richard Helms, CIA director from 1966 to 1972.” The article further notes that an attack of this type had been a concern since 1974, when a disgruntled US Army private staged an unauthorized helicopter landing on the South Lawn. Special communications lines were established between the Secret Service and Washington’s National Airport control tower to the Secret Service operations center, but the line is ineffective in this case because no flight controller pays attention to the flight in time. [Time, 9/26/1994]
Entity Tags: Secret Service, Richard Helms, William Jefferson ("Bill") Clinton, Frank Corder
Category Tags: Warning Signs
Debt of Honor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "In a parallel to the real-life September 11, 2001 attacks seven years after the book's publication, the book ends with an embittered Japanese airline pilot crashing his Boeing 747 into the U.S. Capitol building during a joint session of Congress with the President attending. He does this to avenge the deaths of his brother and son during the war. This paves the way for Ryan, who has just been appointed Vice President, to become President in the next book, Executive Orders."
September 11, 1994: Suicidal Man Attempts to Crash Small Airplane into White House
Frank Corder piloted this Cessna, which crashed into the White House lawn and skidded up to the side of the building. [Source: Getty Images]A suicidal and apparently apolitical pilot named Frank Corder steals a single-engine plane from an airport north of Baltimore, Maryland, and attempts to crash it into the White House. He crashes into a wall two stories below the presidential bedroom (President Clinton is not there at the time). Corder is killed on impact. . [Time, 9/26/1994; New York Times, 10/3/2001] A Time magazine story shortly after the incident notes, “The unlikely incident confirmed all too publicly what security officials have long feared in private: the White House is vulnerable to sneak attack from the air. ‘For years I have thought a terrorist suicide pilot could readily divert his flight from an approach to Washington to blow up the White House,’ said Richard Helms, CIA director from 1966 to 1972.” The article further notes that an attack of this type had been a concern since 1974, when a disgruntled US Army private staged an unauthorized helicopter landing on the South Lawn. Special communications lines were established between the Secret Service and Washington’s National Airport control tower to the Secret Service operations center, but the line is ineffective in this case because no flight controller pays attention to the flight in time. [Time, 9/26/1994]
Entity Tags: Secret Service, Richard Helms, William Jefferson ("Bill") Clinton, Frank Corder
Category Tags: Warning Signs
Join Our Premiere Catheter Club!
Join Our Premiere Catheter Club! | The Daily Caller:
Medical Skyboxes: The hospital where I was born–St. John’s in Santa Monica–has just opened new “VIP Caritas Suites,” which “offer an upgraded stay for patients who want additional amenities and a more restful atmosphere.”
“Absent are the clatter of computer keys and the rattle of food carts rumbling down hallways. Signs of comfort are everywhere, such as in the reception area where an artisan glass jug filled with lemon slices dispenses cool water. The fourth-floor windows offer a panoramic view of the city, and nurses sit quietly at the elegant wooden table at the nurses’ station–their noisy equipment stashed in a separate nearby room.“
Hmm. This sort of thing could detract from the socially-egalitarian, class-mixing experience of post-Obamacare medicine … P.S.: I should add that the regular rooms at St John’s are extremely nice and the nurses excellent. This looks like a way to extract a bit more money ($500/day) with over-the-top service and a few strategically placed artisanal jugs. But if the best nurses gravitate toward VIP-high roller duties the end result could eventually look a lot like the market segmentation of airlines. …
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Brawl for the Hall: New York Primary Election Day, Sept. 10, 2013
Brawl for the Hall: New York Primary Election Day, Sept. 10, 2013:
"THE POLLS HAVE CLOSED. HERE ARE OUR INITIAL PROJECTIONS:
Bill de Blasio has a large lead over Bill Thompson and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, according to an exit poll by Edison Research.
The pollster, who did an exit poll for the Daily News and other outlets said, "It is possible, but not certain that de Blasio could hit the 40% threshold and avoid a runoff."
Controller John Liu and former Rep. Anthony Weiner are "trailing in single digits."
State Sen. Daniel Squadron and Brooklyn Councilwoman Letitia James are the top two candidates for Public Advocate.
It is too early to determine whether either will hit the 40% needed to avoid a runoff.
The race for City Controller between candidates Eliot Spitzer and Scott Stringer is too close to call."
"THE POLLS HAVE CLOSED. HERE ARE OUR INITIAL PROJECTIONS:
Bill de Blasio has a large lead over Bill Thompson and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, according to an exit poll by Edison Research.
The pollster, who did an exit poll for the Daily News and other outlets said, "It is possible, but not certain that de Blasio could hit the 40% threshold and avoid a runoff."
Controller John Liu and former Rep. Anthony Weiner are "trailing in single digits."
State Sen. Daniel Squadron and Brooklyn Councilwoman Letitia James are the top two candidates for Public Advocate.
It is too early to determine whether either will hit the 40% needed to avoid a runoff.
The race for City Controller between candidates Eliot Spitzer and Scott Stringer is too close to call."
Dem Senator to MSNBC: ‘We Aren’t Trusting Assad, We’re Trusting the Russians’
Dem Senator to MSNBC: ‘We Aren’t Trusting Assad, We’re Trusting the Russians’ | Mediaite:
“Why would you trust Assad, Mitchell asked Heitkamp.(Sens. Heidi Heitkamp D-ND)
“Assad has, until this initiative, denied there was an attack, denied he was part of it, denied he has chemical weapons.
Why on earth would we trust this man to tell us he’s turned them all over to international monitoring and that he is signing a treaty that he’s never redesigned?”
“We’re not trusting Assad,” Heitkamp explained. “We’re trusting the Russians to come to the table…”
“Whoa,” Mitchell interjected. “You’re trusting the Russians?”"
“Why would you trust Assad, Mitchell asked Heitkamp.(Sens. Heidi Heitkamp D-ND)
“Assad has, until this initiative, denied there was an attack, denied he was part of it, denied he has chemical weapons.
Why on earth would we trust this man to tell us he’s turned them all over to international monitoring and that he is signing a treaty that he’s never redesigned?”
“We’re not trusting Assad,” Heitkamp explained. “We’re trusting the Russians to come to the table…”
“Whoa,” Mitchell interjected. “You’re trusting the Russians?”"
Seeing her for the first time again
"In response to all of the questions: I had a hernia repair to fix residual tears from a previous surgery.
I wish I could remember this but I was definitely out of it.
This was my fifth surgery within our six years of marriage and she's been by my side through all of it. In a previous surgery I suffered a severe complication and we didn't know if I'd ever function the same again. She is the love of my life.
Glad everyone is enjoying the video"
I wish I could remember this but I was definitely out of it.
This was my fifth surgery within our six years of marriage and she's been by my side through all of it. In a previous surgery I suffered a severe complication and we didn't know if I'd ever function the same again. She is the love of my life.
Glad everyone is enjoying the video"
Detroit slows Michigan muni-bond sales to fewest in a decade
Detroit slows Michigan muni-bond sales to fewest in a decade | Crain's Detroit Business:
"The smallest amount of municipal-bond issuance in Michigan in 10 years is threatening to derail the state's economic comeback, showing how Gov. Rick Snyder underestimated the fallout from Detroit's bankruptcy."
"The smallest amount of municipal-bond issuance in Michigan in 10 years is threatening to derail the state's economic comeback, showing how Gov. Rick Snyder underestimated the fallout from Detroit's bankruptcy."
The Next Battle Looms: Taxing "Purchases on the Internet"
The Next Battle Looms: Taxing "Purchases on the Internet":
"As reported at mackinac.org:
Both pieces of legislation ignore the direct benefits brick-and-mortar stores receive in exchange for the state sales taxes they collect; namely, the roads and other infrastructure that are not equally used by Internet retailers. Further, not every Internet retailer is a gigantic behemoth akin to Amazon or Overstock.com. Retailers who provide services from their respective home offices - and who barely scrape by under the current tax structure of over 7,000 U.S. tax jurisdictions - would find the collecting and remittance of sales taxes in-state or nationwide cumbersome, expensive and potentially fatal to their business.
These bills will do nothing to grow a business-friendly environment in Michigan. It will mean more government, more regulation, more compliance, and more tax collection. Please contact your legislators and ask them not to support HB 4202 and 4203. Find Rep. Kowall here and Rep. VerHeulen here."
"As reported at mackinac.org:
Both pieces of legislation ignore the direct benefits brick-and-mortar stores receive in exchange for the state sales taxes they collect; namely, the roads and other infrastructure that are not equally used by Internet retailers. Further, not every Internet retailer is a gigantic behemoth akin to Amazon or Overstock.com. Retailers who provide services from their respective home offices - and who barely scrape by under the current tax structure of over 7,000 U.S. tax jurisdictions - would find the collecting and remittance of sales taxes in-state or nationwide cumbersome, expensive and potentially fatal to their business.
These bills will do nothing to grow a business-friendly environment in Michigan. It will mean more government, more regulation, more compliance, and more tax collection. Please contact your legislators and ask them not to support HB 4202 and 4203. Find Rep. Kowall here and Rep. VerHeulen here."
Lengthy Senate report details EPA FOIA abuses
UPDATED: Lengthy Senate report details EPA FOIA abuses | WashingtonExaminer.com:
"The agency established an alias identity to hide the actions of the former administrator; has purposefully been unresponsive to FOIA request, oftentimes redacting information the public has a right to know; and mismanaged its electronic records system such that federal records have been jeopardized," the report said.
"Moreover, EPA’s leadership abandoned the historic model of a specialized public servant who seeks to fairly administer the law and has instead embraced a number of controversial tactics to advance a secretive agenda," the report said.
In addition to multiple abuses of the FOIA, the Senate report claims EPA officials have sought to cover up such activities when challenged by congressional oversight officials."
"The agency established an alias identity to hide the actions of the former administrator; has purposefully been unresponsive to FOIA request, oftentimes redacting information the public has a right to know; and mismanaged its electronic records system such that federal records have been jeopardized," the report said.
"Moreover, EPA’s leadership abandoned the historic model of a specialized public servant who seeks to fairly administer the law and has instead embraced a number of controversial tactics to advance a secretive agenda," the report said.
In addition to multiple abuses of the FOIA, the Senate report claims EPA officials have sought to cover up such activities when challenged by congressional oversight officials."
Jeb Bush to Award Hillary 'Liberty Medal' on Eve of Benghazi Anniversary
Jeb Bush to Award Hillary 'Liberty Medal' on Eve of Benghazi Anniversary:
"Upon the announcement of Clinton’s award in June, Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft wrote, “Really Jeb, no one else came to mind?"
"Upon the announcement of Clinton’s award in June, Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft wrote, “Really Jeb, no one else came to mind?"
Missouri Robbery | Store Clerk | Self Defense
Missouri Robbery | Store Clerk | Self Defense:
"Like Most Defensive Uses of Guns, Not a Shot Was Fired
It’s worth noting that this is how the vast majority of defensive uses of firearms end—without a shot being fired, the defensive display of the firearm being sufficient to defuse the situation without injury to either party.
Would Alexander Have Been Justified in Shooting?"
"Like Most Defensive Uses of Guns, Not a Shot Was Fired
It’s worth noting that this is how the vast majority of defensive uses of firearms end—without a shot being fired, the defensive display of the firearm being sufficient to defuse the situation without injury to either party.
Would Alexander Have Been Justified in Shooting?"
Michigan politics preview: Internet sales tax called 'the next battle' for tea party Republicans
Michigan politics preview: Internet sales tax called 'the next battle' for tea party Republicans | MLive.com:
"The "main street fairness" bills are similar to legislation approved earlier this year by the U.S. Senate. The federal legislation, which Republican Gov. Rick Snyder urged lawmakers to approve, is currently stalled in a House committee."
"The "main street fairness" bills are similar to legislation approved earlier this year by the U.S. Senate. The federal legislation, which Republican Gov. Rick Snyder urged lawmakers to approve, is currently stalled in a House committee."
Monday, September 09, 2013
Obama is a laughing stock
Obama is a laughing stock: Column:
"At least Hollywood is still behind the president -- or, anyway, is mostly keeping quiet about its opposition because, as old-line Hollywood liberal Ed Asner reports, they "don't want to feel anti-black."
So it's come to this -- while George W. Bush was savaged for "bombing brown people," now if you're against bombing brown people you're "anti-black.""
"At least Hollywood is still behind the president -- or, anyway, is mostly keeping quiet about its opposition because, as old-line Hollywood liberal Ed Asner reports, they "don't want to feel anti-black."
So it's come to this -- while George W. Bush was savaged for "bombing brown people," now if you're against bombing brown people you're "anti-black.""
What if we had a Bagel Czar?
What if we had a Bagel Czar? - Politics Blog - The Detroit News:
"Realistically, a bagel czar would have to tell us what kind of bagels we would be getting, and tell producers how many and what type of bagels they would have to make.
The czar would then tell us that we can’t have certain types of bagels because they are bad for us, or that we must buy a certain number of bagels each week. "
"Realistically, a bagel czar would have to tell us what kind of bagels we would be getting, and tell producers how many and what type of bagels they would have to make.
The czar would then tell us that we can’t have certain types of bagels because they are bad for us, or that we must buy a certain number of bagels each week. "
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Advocate for anti-science and anti-vaccination.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Advocate for anti-science and anti-vaccination.:
"Most of these issues are in the past. But there is an ongoing problem associated with a Kennedy, one I consider extremely troubling. Specifically it’s with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is an attorney, a radio host, and an environmental activist.
He is also, as it happens, a full-blown anti-vaccination conspiracy theorist.
And I do mean full-blown."
"Most of these issues are in the past. But there is an ongoing problem associated with a Kennedy, one I consider extremely troubling. Specifically it’s with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is an attorney, a radio host, and an environmental activist.
He is also, as it happens, a full-blown anti-vaccination conspiracy theorist.
And I do mean full-blown."
Final Tally: Americans Were 12 Times More Interested in Miley Cyrus Than Syria
Final Tally: Americans Were 12 Times More Interested in Miley Cyrus Than Syria - The Cut:
"Americans viewed twelve times as many pages about Miley Cyrus as they did about Syria — even though the news sources published 2.4 Syria articles for every one about Miley."
Proof we're on the brink of the Apocalypse.
We're doomed......
"Americans viewed twelve times as many pages about Miley Cyrus as they did about Syria — even though the news sources published 2.4 Syria articles for every one about Miley."
Proof we're on the brink of the Apocalypse.
We're doomed......
Companies and organizers prep for Michigan health insurance exchange rollout Oct. 1
Companies and organizers prep for Michigan health insurance exchange rollout Oct. 1 | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"Even those who understand the exchange might opt to pay the tax penalty that starts at just $95 the first year rather than pay an insurance premium, especially for these more generous policies.
By 2016, the penalty will be 2.5% of income or $695 per person, whichever is higher."
"Even those who understand the exchange might opt to pay the tax penalty that starts at just $95 the first year rather than pay an insurance premium, especially for these more generous policies.
By 2016, the penalty will be 2.5% of income or $695 per person, whichever is higher."
Michigan State learns from weather delay in season opener, improves Spartan Stadium evacuation process
Michigan State learns from weather delay in season opener, improves Spartan Stadium evacuation process | MLive.com:
"There have been just two evacuations in the 90-year history of Spartan Stadium.
Both have come within the past eight days."
"There have been just two evacuations in the 90-year history of Spartan Stadium.
Both have come within the past eight days."
The Pension Crisis is Worse Than We Thought
The Pension Crisis is Worse Than We Thought | Via Meadia:
"America’s pension crisis may be much worse than we thought.
A new report from State Budget Solutions looks at each state’s pension liabilities using a lower estimate of the rate of return than the states use themselves, and found that the country’s plans are underfunded by $4.1 trillion, and only 39 percent funded overall. "
"America’s pension crisis may be much worse than we thought.
A new report from State Budget Solutions looks at each state’s pension liabilities using a lower estimate of the rate of return than the states use themselves, and found that the country’s plans are underfunded by $4.1 trillion, and only 39 percent funded overall. "
Your tax (and tuition) dollars at work
RightMichigan.com || Your tax (and tuition) dollars at work:
"Meanwhile the university is on the hook for approximately $200,000 in salary and benefits for a tenured professor whose carcass it couldn't dispense with even if it wanted to, which, of course, it doesn't--bird of a feather and all that.
Danny Guthrie, the soft porn photography professor might be gone these days, and so too might be a closet Marxist here and there after serving a lifetime in academia working for the movement, but Penn will remain employed by the tax and tuition payers of Michigan for as long as he feels compelled to rape those for whom he is committed to serve and, uncomfortably, sometimes to offend. (Though once again, only out of class!)
Its the new American way."
"Meanwhile the university is on the hook for approximately $200,000 in salary and benefits for a tenured professor whose carcass it couldn't dispense with even if it wanted to, which, of course, it doesn't--bird of a feather and all that.
Danny Guthrie, the soft porn photography professor might be gone these days, and so too might be a closet Marxist here and there after serving a lifetime in academia working for the movement, but Penn will remain employed by the tax and tuition payers of Michigan for as long as he feels compelled to rape those for whom he is committed to serve and, uncomfortably, sometimes to offend. (Though once again, only out of class!)
Its the new American way."
Obama administration had restrictions on NSA reversed in 2011
Obama administration had restrictions on NSA reversed in 2011 - The Washington Post:
"The Obama administration secretly won permission from a surveillance court in 2011 to reverse restrictions on the National Security Agency’s use of intercepted phone calls and e-mails, permitting the agency to search deliberately for Americans’ communications in its massive databases, according to interviews with government officials and recently declassified material.
In addition, the court extended the length of time that the NSA is allowed to retain intercepted U.S. communications from five years to six years — and more under special circumstances, according to the documents, which include a recently released 2011 opinion by U.S. District Judge John D. Bates, then chief judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court."
"The Obama administration secretly won permission from a surveillance court in 2011 to reverse restrictions on the National Security Agency’s use of intercepted phone calls and e-mails, permitting the agency to search deliberately for Americans’ communications in its massive databases, according to interviews with government officials and recently declassified material.
In addition, the court extended the length of time that the NSA is allowed to retain intercepted U.S. communications from five years to six years — and more under special circumstances, according to the documents, which include a recently released 2011 opinion by U.S. District Judge John D. Bates, then chief judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court."
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