Sunday, October 20, 2013
City Calls Jesus' Inclusion On Headstone Offensive
City Calls Jesus' Inclusion On Headstone Offensive:"Saying that the cemetery manager “thought it may have been objectionable to someone because of the Christian connotation,” Joe Kiolbasa said that such embellishments “will be allowed in the future.”"
Illinoisans Beware: "Progressives" Seek Massive Tax Hike Again
Illinoisans Beware: "Progressives" Seek Massive Tax Hike Again - Mike Shedlock - Townhall Finance Conservative Columnists and Financial Commentary - Page 1:"Illinois "Progressives" (a single word to describe "economically illiterate public union sympathizers") want to pick your pocket once again. The Progressives want to hike the Illinois 2015 top tax rate from 3.75% to a whopping 9%.
Moreover the income tax rate will go up on a sliding scale for everyone making over $18,000. "
"Sloppy America"...Imagine if it was something other than "top priority"........Level 3 Outage Disrupts East Coast Internet Traffic
Level 3 Outage Disrupts East Coast Internet Traffic - WSJ.com:"Internet users from Brooklyn to Philadelphia suffered slow to nonexistent service Saturday after equipment at a New York-area network hub broke down, disrupting service for several hours.
...."Maintaining a high-performing, efficient network for customers is our top priority," Level 3 spokesman Jon Paul McLeary said. "At this time, we do not have an estimated time when service will be restored."
Saturday, October 19, 2013
The "fruits" of socialism-----Engines idled for Venezuelan race car drivers-and just about everyone and everything else!
My Way News - Engines idled for Venezuelan race car drivers:"Despite having the world's largest proven oil reserves, Venezuela's socialist-led government has had major difficulties managing the economy.
They grew more acute after the March 5 death of longtime President Hugo Chavez, who won broad support with expensive anti-poverty programs.
Venezuela is now plagued by shortages of foodstuffs, medicines, raw materials and parts.
As a result, local industries have been hamstrung and some production lines have been halted.
Annual inflation is more than 49 percent."
Morons tend to vote for morons----In 23 Advanced Economies: U.S. Adults Rank 21st in Math Skills
In 23 Advanced Economies: U.S. Adults Rank 21st in Math Skills | CNS News:"The U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on Friday released the initial results of an international survey of adult skills in literacy and mathematics, revealing that Americans rank 21st in “numeracy” and are tied for 15th in literacy among adults in 23 advanced economies.
American adults also scored below the average in both numeracy and literacy for all respondents in all 23 advanced economies."
The "new" sloppy America?-----Microsoft Pulls Windows RT 8.1 Update
Microsoft Pulls Windows RT 8.1 Update:"The much-anticipated Windows 8.1 update was finally released on Thursday.
Since then, however, early reports of bricked devices and lost data from some users indicate that the release may have been premature.
In response, Microsoft took its Windows RT 8.1 update offline until further notice on Saturday."
What a concept! Why should the union owned auto companies have to pay for their own research? Let the taxpayers fund it. And have their comrades in Big Education get all the money! What a concept.......University of Michigan to build $6.5M track to test automated cars in Ann Arbor
University of Michigan to build $6.5M track to test automated cars in Ann Arbor | MLive.com:"The proposed $6.5 million track was approved by the University of Michigan Board of Regents during a meeting in Flint on Friday.
It will be part of the Mobility Transformation Center, launched in May.
With a location on North Campus near the existing water tower, the 30-acre track will be used primarily to test automated vehicles."
The ObamaCare taxi tax
The ObamaCare taxi tax | New York Post:"Never mind nickel-and-diming.
The city is now stooping to nickel-and-pennying.
This week, The Post reported how the city’s taxi drivers are now being charged a new tax of 6 cents — i.e., a nickel and a penny — per ride.
The hidden add-on is supposed to go toward programs that help cabbies figure out ObamaCare (good luck with that one) and for disability insurance “over and above” what medallion owners must already provide.
Six cents a ride may not sound like much.
But for drivers who handle more than 100 fares a week (many get more), it adds up to a new $300-plus annual tax."
Pro-choice, but not for you to choose----- For thousands, keeping your old health insurance policy isn’t an option
WASHINGTON: For thousands, keeping your old health insurance policy isn’t an option | Health Care | McClatchy DC:"Insurers say the cancellations are necessary because the policies fall short of what the Affordable Care Act requires starting Jan. 1.
Most are ending policies sold after the law passed in March 2010.
At least a few are canceling plans sold to people with pre-existing medical conditions.
By all accounts, new policies to replace the canceled ones offer consumers better coverage, in some cases for comparable cost – especially after the inclusion of federal subsidies for those who qualify. "
Free for thee, yet not for me....Universal Service Fund
Jerry Ellig on the Universal Service Fund:Low-income phone subsidies have more than doubled since 2008, rising from $819 million in 2008 to $2.19 billion in 2012.
What happens when these subsidies are offered to lower income consumers without reliable safeguards against waste, fraud and abuse?
Jerry Ellig examines more closely in a recent podcast and paper:
Let's see. Food, housing, healthcare, babysitting, cellphones, transportation are entitlements. Why not add free clothing to the list.......Muskegon-area dropoff sites planned in quest to keep needy children warm
Muskegon-area dropoff sites planned in quest to keep needy children warm | MLive.com:
Why should parents have to pay ANY of the costs of raising children?!!
After all, they provide the kid.
Who "provides" the $12,000 per kid to the education establishment.
Who "provides" high pay, high benefit local, state and federal union social service jobs.
Who keeps the police, social workers and jail employees well paid.
With great benefits too!
Haven't the parents done enough?
Why should parents have to pay ANY of the costs of raising children?!!
After all, they provide the kid.
Who "provides" the $12,000 per kid to the education establishment.
Who "provides" high pay, high benefit local, state and federal union social service jobs.
Who keeps the police, social workers and jail employees well paid.
With great benefits too!
Haven't the parents done enough?
Friday, October 18, 2013
U.S. debt jumps a record $328 billion — tops $17 trillion for first time
U.S. debt jumps a record $328 billion — tops $17 trillion for first time - Washington Times:
"U.S. debt jumped a record $328 billion on Thursday, the first day the federal government was able to borrow money under the deal President Obama and Congress sealed this week.
The debt now equals $17.075 trillion, according to figures the Treasury Department posted online on Friday."
"U.S. debt jumped a record $328 billion on Thursday, the first day the federal government was able to borrow money under the deal President Obama and Congress sealed this week.
The debt now equals $17.075 trillion, according to figures the Treasury Department posted online on Friday."
Rape!.....Or just statistically managed bu!!crap?
She Raped Him, Using Guilt and Arguing | The Volokh ConspiracyThe Volokh Conspiracy:"Last week, JAMA Pediatrics published Prevalence Rates of Male and Female Sexual Violence Perpetrators in a National Sample of Adolescents, which promptly hit the news (see, e.g., this USA Today story and this National Geographic story, among many others).
The results, based on a survey of 1058 youths age 14 to 21, were shocking:
“Nearly 1 in 10 youths reported some type of sexual violence perpetration in their lifetime” — that means they had committed sexual violence.
But then one looks closely, and what does one see under “tactics used” (a question asked about the last “perpetration” of “attempted or completed rape”)?
Of the 49 perpetrators, 10 reported that they used physical force or threat of physical force; 10 more reported that they used alcohol, 23 reported that they used “guilt,” and 21 reported that they used “arguing and pressuring victim” (since more than one answer was possible, the amounts add up to more than 49).
So 80% of the reported “rape[s]” involved neither force nor the threat of force, and 59% involved only “guilt” or “arguing and pressuring victim,” with no use of force, threat of force, or even alcohol.
So actually only 1% of the respondents had used physical force or threat of physical force to get sex.
Another 1% used alcohol; this might involve what the legal system would label rape (e.g., getting someone so drunk that they became unconscious and then having sex with them), but certainly need not (e.g., giving someone some alcohol to loosen their inhibitions).
The remainder of the supposed rapists or attempted rapists aren’t really rapists at all.
Ginormous balloon closer to popping------- Federal Reserve Balance Sheet Increases By $50 Billion In One Week, $100 Billion In One Month, $1 Trillion In One Year
Fed Balance Sheet Increases By $50 Billion In One Week, $100 Billion In One Month, $1 Trillion In One Year | Zero Hedge: "Five years after the "recovery" began, the Fed continues to monetize more debt as part of QE3 than at any time in history, and certainly more than during QE1, Twist, and QE2, as can be seen on the chart below (remember: all that matters is the flow, as we noted well over a year ago, and as even the Fed has finally realized).Why is this important?
Because as even the Treasury has now admitted, the Fed's daily liquidity injections are all that matters.
Of note: in the just completed week, the Fed's balance sheet increased by over $50 billion (again, in one week), by $100 billion in the past month, and by just shy of $1 trillion in the past year. "
"Zero tolerance" Nation----Michigan Wal-Mart worker fired for helping assaulted woman
Michigan Wal-Mart worker fired for helping assaulted woman | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:"A spokeswoman for Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart said Thursday that while the company understood Oswald's intentions, his actions violated company policy."
"Fry pan control" If it saves just one life.......Felony case reissued against Muskegon man in alleged gun, frying-pan assault on woman
Felony case reissued against Muskegon man in alleged gun, frying-pan assault on woman | MLive.com:"A 28-year-old Muskegon woman said her live-in boyfriend struck her in the back with a frying pan "
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