Detroit bankruptcy judge lets union seek opinion on 13th pension check | Crain's Detroit Business:
"U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes today agreed with the union that an administrative law judge should be free to issue an opinion about the so-called 13th-check policy, which the city said cost it $1.92 billion from 1985 to 2008."
At least, everyone will be able to contribute to a 13th month check.....
Thursday, October 03, 2013
Answering phones and making websites work is too haaaarrrrd......
News from The Associated Press:
"Overloaded websites and jammed phone lines frustrated consumers for a second day as they tried to sign up for health insurance under the nation's historic health care overhaul."
"Overloaded websites and jammed phone lines frustrated consumers for a second day as they tried to sign up for health insurance under the nation's historic health care overhaul."
IT’S COME TO THIS: Democrats Pay Union Members to Protest World War II Vets.
Instapundit » Blog Archive » IT’S COME TO THIS: Democrats Pay Union Members to Protest World War II Vets.
You can’t make this stuff up: World War II veterans come to Washington to see their monument, and the Obama administration tries to block them by putting up barricades.
When that blunder starts getting media attention, the administration doubles down by paying union members $15 to march around, waving signs and protesting–as though that were a sure-fire way to generate sympathy for the nonessential federal employees who are getting the day off.
Is it possible that the Democrats could be snatching defeat from the jaws of victory?
And does that perhaps have something to do with Obama’s backing down on his vow not to talk with Congressional Republicans?
Obama has now invited Congressional leaders to the White House for talks on ending the spending impasse.
Their messaging hasn’t been especially great."
You can’t make this stuff up: World War II veterans come to Washington to see their monument, and the Obama administration tries to block them by putting up barricades.
When that blunder starts getting media attention, the administration doubles down by paying union members $15 to march around, waving signs and protesting–as though that were a sure-fire way to generate sympathy for the nonessential federal employees who are getting the day off.
Is it possible that the Democrats could be snatching defeat from the jaws of victory?
And does that perhaps have something to do with Obama’s backing down on his vow not to talk with Congressional Republicans?
Obama has now invited Congressional leaders to the White House for talks on ending the spending impasse.
Their messaging hasn’t been especially great."
Wednesday, October 02, 2013
Networks Embrace ‘Catastrophic’ Warnings of Latest IPCC Report
Networks Embrace ‘Catastrophic’ Warnings of Latest IPCC Report | Media Research Center:
"“Evening News” took a different tack, airing a story about oyster farming and complaints that climate change is ruining a man’s business.
But in Ben Tracy’s story, which mentioned the IPCC’s latest report, he said that oceans have absorbed much of the heat caused by CO2 and that ocean temperatures have risen only slightly.
Then he made a claim that Principal Research Scientist Dr. Roy Spencer of the University of Alabama in Huntsville called “totally misleading and irresponsible.”
“Had all that heat gone into the atmosphere, air temperatures could have risen by more than 200 degrees [showed 212 degrees onscreen],” Tracy warned.
Spencer told the MRC’s Business and Media Institute, “The oceans have warmed by an average of less than 0.1 deg. C (only the SURFACE by about 0.5 deg.) since the 1950s, and since that is so much water mass, the absorbed heat equivalent to 0.1 deg. IF RELEASED ALL AT ONCE IN THE ATMOSPHERE [it] would, indeed, be hundreds of degrees.
But this is physically impossible.
It is a meaningless statistic. "
"“Evening News” took a different tack, airing a story about oyster farming and complaints that climate change is ruining a man’s business.
But in Ben Tracy’s story, which mentioned the IPCC’s latest report, he said that oceans have absorbed much of the heat caused by CO2 and that ocean temperatures have risen only slightly.
Then he made a claim that Principal Research Scientist Dr. Roy Spencer of the University of Alabama in Huntsville called “totally misleading and irresponsible.”
“Had all that heat gone into the atmosphere, air temperatures could have risen by more than 200 degrees [showed 212 degrees onscreen],” Tracy warned.
Spencer told the MRC’s Business and Media Institute, “The oceans have warmed by an average of less than 0.1 deg. C (only the SURFACE by about 0.5 deg.) since the 1950s, and since that is so much water mass, the absorbed heat equivalent to 0.1 deg. IF RELEASED ALL AT ONCE IN THE ATMOSPHERE [it] would, indeed, be hundreds of degrees.
But this is physically impossible.
It is a meaningless statistic. "
Belgian killed by euthanasia after a botched sex change operation
Belgian killed by euthanasia after a botched sex change operation - Telegraph:
"Mr Verhelst had hormone therapy in 2009, followed by a mastectomy and surgery to construct a penis in 2012.
But "none of these operations worked as desired"."
"Mr Verhelst had hormone therapy in 2009, followed by a mastectomy and surgery to construct a penis in 2012.
But "none of these operations worked as desired"."
Obama's ACORN Pals Cashing In on Obamacare Enrollment
The American Spectator : The Spectacle Blog : Obama's ACORN Pals Cashing In on Obamacare Enrollment:
"President Obama’s old friends in the ACORN crime syndicate have decided to get a piece of the big-money Obamacare action.
United Labor Unions (ULU) Local 100 in New Orleans, which is run by ACORN founder Wade Rathke, announced on its Facebook page that it’s gearing up “to do mass enrollment and help navigate people into the marketplaces in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas under the Affordable Care Act!”
Be afraid."
"President Obama’s old friends in the ACORN crime syndicate have decided to get a piece of the big-money Obamacare action.
United Labor Unions (ULU) Local 100 in New Orleans, which is run by ACORN founder Wade Rathke, announced on its Facebook page that it’s gearing up “to do mass enrollment and help navigate people into the marketplaces in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas under the Affordable Care Act!”
Be afraid."
Attacked by Muslims, Christianity is going extinct in Middle East
Attacked by Muslims, Christianity is going extinct in Middle East |:
"Two days ago, at least 42 students in Yobe State College of Agriculture in Nigeria were killed by yet another violent Islamic jihadist group, the Boko Haram. That’s just the latest news about Muslim jihadists which the mainstream media ain’t telling you.
The fact of the matter is that Muslims are persecuting and killing Christians across the world, especially in the Middle East — the birthplace of Christianity.
And yet, what we hear from Obama (who says he’s Christian), Pope Francis, Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby, Evangelical leaders, and U.S. Christians is . . . crickets."
"Two days ago, at least 42 students in Yobe State College of Agriculture in Nigeria were killed by yet another violent Islamic jihadist group, the Boko Haram. That’s just the latest news about Muslim jihadists which the mainstream media ain’t telling you.
The fact of the matter is that Muslims are persecuting and killing Christians across the world, especially in the Middle East — the birthplace of Christianity.
And yet, what we hear from Obama (who says he’s Christian), Pope Francis, Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby, Evangelical leaders, and U.S. Christians is . . . crickets."
H-1B Obamacare Illinois Bombshell | Adam Andrzejewski
H-1B Obamacare Illinois Bombshell | Adam Andrzejewski:
Billions of dollars of IT contracts are wrapped inside the implementation of Obamacare, with federal tax dollars paying up to 90 percent of the cost for upgrading state Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS).
These awards are some of the largest in state history.
These awards are some of the largest in state history.
Two weeks ago, Illinois Governor Patrick Quinn became national news for circumventing a three-year procurement process on up to $190 million in no-bid IT contracts.
Last week, we found that one of the largest bid-contract awards outsources state jobs to H-1B contractors from India.
This story led the nightly news covering the state capitol.
The Democratic governor awards $71.4 million contract to an outsourcing firm billing up to $256,160 per year per position -- plus $200,000 taxpayer financed "slush fund" for travel.
Well, after 12 tries I got here but.......
All my previous entries dropped.
The left and Barry Hussein are telling us this just like Apple.
With Barry as Steve.
I'm thinkin' not.
Tom Clancy Dead: Celebrated Thriller Author Dies At Age 66
Tom Clancy Dead: Celebrated Thriller Author Dies At Age 66 - Business Insider: Dang!
First Vince Flynn.
Now Tom.
RIP sir.
How could they have "lots"? 10:19EST-Still waiting.......-Health Insurance Marketplace: Please wait
Health Insurance Marketplace: Please waitHow could the fine folks have "lots of visitors...." when no one can even get on the site?
Politichicks.tvRacists and Extremists and Teabaggers--Oh My!
Politichicks.tvRacists and Extremists and Teabaggers--Oh My! - Politichicks.tv
I remember the very first time in my life when I was called a racist. (Mind you, I am no spring chicken either.)
It was in 2008 during campaign season when it became official that Barack Obama would face John McCain in the fight for the office of the President.
I was having coffee with my friend Jackie who early on appeared to be leaning on the fence regarding which candidate would get her vote. Apparently she had listened to a few of Obama’s speeches and to my dismay, she was suddenly part of a movement that would sweep the nation and elect then-Senator Barack Obama as president.
She knew nothing about him, couldn’t name one of his accomplishments and had no knowledge of his voting record during the short time that he was in office.
Her only defense was that she “liked what he said” and that she was tired of the “rich” Republicans and their “disregard for the poor”.
I remember asking her what she knew of him and what experience he may have had that would qualify him for the job.
It seemed that the more I pressed her, the more defensive she became.
I reminded her that Hitler gave good speeches and history will tell you what happens when you follow a man who only tells you what you want to hear.
Unfortunately, that must have been the straw that broke the camel’s back because the next words out of my friend’s mouth were accusations that I was a racist, merely because I didn’t like her candidate!
I remember the very first time in my life when I was called a racist. (Mind you, I am no spring chicken either.)
It was in 2008 during campaign season when it became official that Barack Obama would face John McCain in the fight for the office of the President.
I was having coffee with my friend Jackie who early on appeared to be leaning on the fence regarding which candidate would get her vote. Apparently she had listened to a few of Obama’s speeches and to my dismay, she was suddenly part of a movement that would sweep the nation and elect then-Senator Barack Obama as president.
She knew nothing about him, couldn’t name one of his accomplishments and had no knowledge of his voting record during the short time that he was in office.
Her only defense was that she “liked what he said” and that she was tired of the “rich” Republicans and their “disregard for the poor”.
I remember asking her what she knew of him and what experience he may have had that would qualify him for the job.
It seemed that the more I pressed her, the more defensive she became.
I reminded her that Hitler gave good speeches and history will tell you what happens when you follow a man who only tells you what you want to hear.
Unfortunately, that must have been the straw that broke the camel’s back because the next words out of my friend’s mouth were accusations that I was a racist, merely because I didn’t like her candidate!
NSA soon to run our schools?-Utah parents charged with vetting Common Core tests being sworn to secrecy
Utah parents charged with vetting Common Core tests being sworn to secrecy - EAGnews.org powered by Education Action Group Foundation, Inc.:
"SALT LAKE CITY – Leave it to government bureaucrats to think that government transparency efforts should somehow be shrouded in secrecy.
That’s exactly what’s happening in Utah, where state education officials are asking members of a parent review committee tasked with scrutinizing the new Common Core-aligned standardized tests “to sign a nondisclosure agreement that could muzzle them from discussing the test questions with other parents,” reports The Salt Lake Tribune."
"SALT LAKE CITY – Leave it to government bureaucrats to think that government transparency efforts should somehow be shrouded in secrecy.
That’s exactly what’s happening in Utah, where state education officials are asking members of a parent review committee tasked with scrutinizing the new Common Core-aligned standardized tests “to sign a nondisclosure agreement that could muzzle them from discussing the test questions with other parents,” reports The Salt Lake Tribune."
NOT!-Open for business: Michigan's health insurance exchange
Open for business: Michigan's health insurance exchange | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Without further adieu, click here to begin the online health insurance application process that federal officials say will only take about 30 minutes to complete."
And federal officials NEVER lie......
Think about it.
Old people aren't calling-Medicare
Poor people aren't using their Obamaphones-Medicaid
Veterans got VA
The employed got employer insurance.
How many are left that need to call on the first two days?
And this simple website never even got started.
Wait til they try to replace your hip, kidney, treat your kid for cancer.....
Just wait........
"Without further adieu, click here to begin the online health insurance application process that federal officials say will only take about 30 minutes to complete."
And federal officials NEVER lie......
Think about it.
Old people aren't calling-Medicare
Poor people aren't using their Obamaphones-Medicaid
Veterans got VA
The employed got employer insurance.
How many are left that need to call on the first two days?
And this simple website never even got started.
Wait til they try to replace your hip, kidney, treat your kid for cancer.....
Just wait........
MSNBC 'journalist' tries in vain to sign up for Obamacare - hilarity ensues
Politics: MSNBC 'journalist' tries in vain to sign up for Obamacare - hilarity ensues | Best of Cain:
"So, MSNBC anchor and journalist, Mara Schiavocampo, was told to get on the exchange website and explain just how simple signing up for the new system is.
...then it crashed.
...then she called the help line, where she couldn't get any help.
...then she was trapped in voice-mail hell.
...then she spent a half hour on hold.
....then she got frustrated and gave up.
"At this point," Schiavocampo said, "I'm going to hang up and call it a day. If I were signing up for myself, this is where my patience would be exhausted.""
"So, MSNBC anchor and journalist, Mara Schiavocampo, was told to get on the exchange website and explain just how simple signing up for the new system is.
...then it crashed.
...then she called the help line, where she couldn't get any help.
...then she was trapped in voice-mail hell.
...then she spent a half hour on hold.
....then she got frustrated and gave up.
"At this point," Schiavocampo said, "I'm going to hang up and call it a day. If I were signing up for myself, this is where my patience would be exhausted.""
Movin’ on out… of Illinois
Champion News | Movin’ on out… of Illinois:
"For Illinois, the share of outbound moves in total shipments has consistently been above 50 percent, meaning more households are moving out of state than into the state.
Since 2006, that outbound shipments percentage has trended higher, and in 2011, Illinois “led” the nation on this metric, ranking as the No. 1 state.
It slipped to No. 2 in 2012, barely trailing New Jersey (coincidentally, another state with pressing government fiscal strains).
The accelerating outmigration from Illinois isn’t just a Midwest-to-Sunbelt issue.
For example, chart here shows how Indiana has seen significant improvement since 2009 – in part as outmigration from Illinois has included moves to Indiana."
"For Illinois, the share of outbound moves in total shipments has consistently been above 50 percent, meaning more households are moving out of state than into the state.
Since 2006, that outbound shipments percentage has trended higher, and in 2011, Illinois “led” the nation on this metric, ranking as the No. 1 state.
It slipped to No. 2 in 2012, barely trailing New Jersey (coincidentally, another state with pressing government fiscal strains).
The accelerating outmigration from Illinois isn’t just a Midwest-to-Sunbelt issue.
For example, chart here shows how Indiana has seen significant improvement since 2009 – in part as outmigration from Illinois has included moves to Indiana."
The "Greatest Generation" and then there are these guys....WWII veterans storm D.C. memorial closed by government shutdown
WWII veterans storm D.C. memorial closed by government shutdown - News - Stripes:"WASHINGTON — Wheelchair-bound elderly veterans pushed aside barricades to tour the World War II Memorial Tuesday morning, in defiance of the government shutdown which closed all of the memorials in the nation’s capital.
The four bus loads of veterans — visiting from Mississippi as part of a once-in-a-lifetime Honor Flight tour — ignored National Park Police instructions not to enter the site as lawmakers and tourists cheered them on.
“We didn’t come this far not to get in,” one veteran proclaimed.
The scene was both emotional and comical at once.
After it was clear they had lost control of the situation, Park Police officials stood aside, telling press that they had “asked for guidance on how to respond” to the breach of security."
WWII Vets Knock Over Shutdown Barrier to Visit Memorial
WWII Vets Knock Over Shutdown Barrier to Visit Memorial | Washington Free Beacon:
"A group of World War II veterans in an Honor Flight group Tuesday knocked over barriers imposed during the government shutdown at the WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C., to get inside.
"A group of World War II veterans in an Honor Flight group Tuesday knocked over barriers imposed during the government shutdown at the WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C., to get inside.
Why The Federal Government Wants To Redefine The Word 'Cancer'
Why The Federal Government Wants To Redefine The Word 'Cancer' - Forbes:
"The federal government wants to reduce the number of Americans diagnosed each year with cancer.
But not by better preventive care or healthier living.
Instead, the government wants to redefinethe term “cancer” so that fewer conditions qualify as a true cancer.
What does this mean for ordinary Americans — and should we be concerned?
"The federal government wants to reduce the number of Americans diagnosed each year with cancer.
But not by better preventive care or healthier living.
Instead, the government wants to redefinethe term “cancer” so that fewer conditions qualify as a true cancer.
What does this mean for ordinary Americans — and should we be concerned?
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