Thursday, October 17, 2013
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Buy a vote. Sell a vote. Hey, they're on sale! McConnell-Reid Deal Includes $2 Billion Earmark for Kentucky Project
McConnell-Reid Deal Includes $2 Billion Earmark for Kentucky Project | WFPL:
"A proposal to end the government shutdown and avoid default orchestrated by Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Leader Harry Reid includes a $2 billion earmark for a Kentucky project.
Language in a draft of the McConnell-Reid deal (see page 13, section 123) provided to WFPL News shows a provision that increases funding for the massive Olmsted Dam Lock in Louisville from $775 million to nearly $2. 9 billion."
"A proposal to end the government shutdown and avoid default orchestrated by Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Leader Harry Reid includes a $2 billion earmark for a Kentucky project.
Language in a draft of the McConnell-Reid deal (see page 13, section 123) provided to WFPL News shows a provision that increases funding for the massive Olmsted Dam Lock in Louisville from $775 million to nearly $2. 9 billion."
Mafia style accounting from a Mafia style government-150 Straight Days: Treasury Says Debt Stood Still at $16,699,396,000,000
150 Straight Days: Treasury Says Debt Stood Still at $16,699,396,000,000 | CNS News:"Every business day since May 17, the U.S. Treasury has published a daily statement claiming that the federal debt subject to the limit set by Congress closed the day at $16,699,396,000,000—about $25 million below the legal limit.
Monday, the Columbus Day holiday, according to the Daily Treasury Statement released today, marked the 150th straight day that the Treasury has said the debt subject to limit was stuck at $16,699,396,000,000.
On May 17, the first day the debt closed the day at $16,699,396,000,000, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner stating that since the Treasury was about to hit the debt limit he would begin to use “extraordinary measures” to prevent it from doing so."
Coming to a county near you? Moody's lowers Stockton, Calif., pension bonds deeper into junk
Moody's lowers Stockton, Calif., pension bonds deeper into junk | Reuters:"Moody's Investors Service lowered the pension obligation bonds of Stockton, California, to 'Ca' from 'Caa3' on Monday and changed its outlook on them to negative from developing, citing how the city would treat the debt in its plan for exiting bankruptcy."
10 More Obscure Hoaxes From History - Listverse
10 More Obscure Hoaxes From History - Listverse
The Society For Indecency To Naked Animals
In 1959, a new group was started with one goal in mind: to put clothes on animals, since they thought it was disgusting to see them walking around naked. (Their slogan: “A nude horse is a rude horse.”) Calling themselves The Society for Indecency to Naked Animals (pronounced “sinna”), the whole thing was actually a hoax, perpetrated by legendary prankster Alan Abel. His inspiration was an incident where a bull and a cow were having sex on a highway, upsetting a number of people. Using a series of press releases, Abel was able to convince people that it was a real organization and the “president,” played by an actor named Buck Henry, was even interviewed on Walter Cronkite’s CBS news show in 1962. The hoax began to unravel when someone on Cronkite’s staff recognized the actor. Abel prolonged the story until 1963, when Time published an article revealing the trick.
The STATE senate votes soon! Call Sen. Goeff Hansen (517) 373-1635 New Common Core resolution makes home-school exception clear
New Common Core resolution makes home-school exception clear | MLive.com:"The Michigan House passed a resolution last month to authorize funding for the standards.
The department is barred from spending any money to implement the standards without legislative approval."
Inarticulate Republicans
Inarticulate Republicans by Thomas Sowell on Creators.com - A Syndicate Of Talent:"As the great economist Alfred Marshall once said, facts do not speak for themselves.
You might think that the stakes are high enough for Republicans to put in some serious time trying to clarify their message.
If we are waiting for the Republicans to do the speaking, the country is in big trouble.
"Governmental success"!-Delaware Celebrates: First Person Finally Enrolls in Obamacare
Delaware Celebrates: First Person Finally Enrolls in Obamacare | The Weekly Standard:
""Department of Health and Social Service officials have declared 59-year-old Janice Baker of Selbyville the first confirmed resident to enroll in the marketplace. It opened Oct. 1 as part of the roll-out of the Affordable Care Act."
""Department of Health and Social Service officials have declared 59-year-old Janice Baker of Selbyville the first confirmed resident to enroll in the marketplace. It opened Oct. 1 as part of the roll-out of the Affordable Care Act."
Jim Rogers Blasts "This Is Going To End Badly... And The Rest Of The World Knows It"
Jim Rogers Blasts "This Is Going To End Badly... And The Rest Of The World Knows It" | Zero Hedge:"The only thing exceptional about the USA is "its the largest debtor nation in the history of the world" is how Jim Rogers begins this brief interview with RT and he doesnt back away from the rhetoric.
The sad truth, he notes, is that the US "has been kicking the can down the road for years..." how do you think we got so much debt, he chides.
"Every year that goes by we go deeper and deeper into debt," adding, rather ominously, that it "will be solved one way or another."
They will kick the can once more; then next week, we will be told that the problem is fixed and compromise is here.
However, Rogers warns, eventually the market is going to turn away; "this is going to end badly... and the rest of the world knows it.""
Detroit Looks At Goats, Sheep To Trim Overgrown Lots
Detroit Looks At Goats, Sheep To Trim Overgrown Lots « CBS Detroit:"DETROIT (WWJ/AP) -
A member of Detroit’s City Council wants to know whether goats and sheep might help deal with tall grass on overgrown lots."
The Disturbing Trend in America We're Not Talking About — Elder Abuse
The Disturbing Trend in America We're Not Talking About — Elder Abuse - PolicyMic:
"Elder abuse may not be making national headlines, but it ought to be.
In Mercer County, Penn., a woman was dropped off starving and emaciated because her grandson spent $86,000 of her money on drugs and personal amenities.
Across the country in Oregon, four elderly plaintiffs are in the process of suing a retirement community for financially abusing them by tricking them into signing misleading rental documents.
Meanwhile, a Georgia woman has been charged with running an unlicensed retirement home in order to financially gouge its elderly residents while neglecting to meet their needs.
The issue goes beyond scamming and shady senior citizen facilities; even legitimate retirement centers often mistreat their elderly patients. "
"Elder abuse may not be making national headlines, but it ought to be.
In Mercer County, Penn., a woman was dropped off starving and emaciated because her grandson spent $86,000 of her money on drugs and personal amenities.
Across the country in Oregon, four elderly plaintiffs are in the process of suing a retirement community for financially abusing them by tricking them into signing misleading rental documents.
Meanwhile, a Georgia woman has been charged with running an unlicensed retirement home in order to financially gouge its elderly residents while neglecting to meet their needs.
The issue goes beyond scamming and shady senior citizen facilities; even legitimate retirement centers often mistreat their elderly patients. "
ATF’s prescription for leaking secrets: A firing squad?
ATF’s prescription for leaking secrets: A firing squad? - Washington Times:"After months of anguished debate over mass shootings, gun control and Second Amendment rights, the Justice Department finds itself on the defensive after a training manual surfaced that suggests federal agents could face a firing squad for leaking government secrets.
The online manual for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — complete with a photo of a turn-of-the-century firing squad — was obtained by The Washington Times from a concerned federal law enforcement official, and it immediately drew protests from watchdogs who said it showed a lack of sensitivity to gun violence and the continuing hostile environment toward whistleblowers."
Why Are So Many Counties Trying to Secede From Their States?
Why Are So Many Counties Trying to Secede From Their States? - Businessweek:"It’s important to point out that none of these movements are attempts to secede from the United States.
...And while the movements that are furthest along, those in Colorado and Maryland, are backed by Tea Partiers (you can find people urging each other to to sign up for the 51st State Initiative on the Tea Party Community website), not every proposed state would be populated with conservatives.
Last year, Arizona’s liberal-leaning Pima County, home to Tucson, tried to declare itself the state of Baja because it didn’t want to be governed by Arizona’s conservative majority."
Obama's war against America-DOD Still Barring 50 Priests from Administering Sacraments, LOCKS UP EUCHARIST, Priest Sues
DOD Still Barring 50 Priests from Administering Sacraments, Locks Up Eucharist, Priest Sues | CNS News:"DOD took this action because Hagel determined--after consulting with Attorney General Eric Holder's Justice Department--that civilian Catholic priests, working under contract as chaplains, did not, among other things, “contribute to the morale” and “well-being” of service personnel."
Obamacare and the Edsel: A Tale of Two Lemons
The American Spectator : Obamacare and the Edsel: A Tale of Two Lemons:"Last month, as the President, HHS Commissar Kathleen Sebelius, and their media toadies hyped the imminent launch of Obamacare’s dysfunctional insurance exchanges, few bothered to observe the 56th anniversary of “E-Day.”
Don’t remember E-Day?
This, believe it or not, was how the delusional leadership of Ford Motor Co. referred to the September 1957 rollout of another great American flop — the Edsel.
That misbegotten vehicle, whose goofy name has long since become synonymous with “spectacular failure,” had much in common with Obamacare. Both were based on bad ideas, full of much-ballyhooed features that didn’t work, and were despised by the public."
...Even Obama’s lickspittles at the New York Times have been shockedby the incompetence with which the software for Obamacare’s “insurance marketplace” was written: “For the past 12 days, a system costing more than $400 million and billed as a one-stop click-and-go hub for citizens seeking health insurance has thwarted the efforts of millions to simply log in.”
And, despite the lies told to Congress by Commissar Sebelius to the effect that the exchange technology was on track for a successful debut, “Confidential progress reports from the Health and Human Services Department show that senior officials repeatedly expressed doubts that the computer systems for the federal exchange would be ready on time.”
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