China's got the most------World's busiest container-shipping seaports

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This is AMAZING!▶ The Coach Who Never Punts

Pulaski Academy in Little Rock, Arkansas plays a unique style of football that you won't see anywhere else. Head coach Kevin Kelley never has his team punt, and he uses an onside kick on every kickoff. In this video, Kelley explains his strategy, saying it's all about the numbers. 

How has it worked out for Pulaski Academy? Pretty well. The team is 124-22 since 2003 and has won three state titles under Kelley.

▶ The Coach Who Never Punts | Grantland Features - YouTube: ""

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Lest we don't quite get it. They're NOT our friends-----China ramps up Treasury purchases to record high

China ramps up Treasury purchases to record high:
"China's holdings of U.S. Treasurys climbed to a record high in May despite a broad selloff in the country's government debt.
China, the biggest foreign holder of U.S. sovereign bonds, raised its holdings of government debt by $25.2 billion to $1.316 trillion, according to the U.S. Treasury Department international capital (TIC) data published late Tuesday.
Japan, the second largest holder, meantime, lowered its holdings by $1.7 billion to $1.11 trillion."

These are very cool-----6 Chemical Reaction GIFs That Will Make You a Smarter Person

6 Chemical Reaction GIFs That Will Make You a Smarter Person: "
Chlorine Bomb




Okay, this one is dangerous. 
Chlorine bombs are a real thing, so you probably want to avoid doing this in your garage (or anywhere).
But if you were to do the experiment, just mix calcium hydrochlorite, a compound used to keep pools clean, with some soda.
The small amount of phosphoric acid in the Coke sets off a chemical reaction with the calcium hydrochloride, producing poisonous chlorine gas and a spectacular little explosion."

More stench from the lying (redundant), liberal (redundant again) MSM--CAIRO: Questions about ‘60 Minutes’ Benghazi story go beyond Dylan Davies interview; CBS conducting ‘journalistic review’

CAIRO: Questions about ‘60 Minutes’ Benghazi story go beyond Dylan Davies interview; CBS conducting ‘journalistic review’ | Middle East | McClatchy DC:
"But the credibility of the report soon came into question.
CBS was taken to task for not revealing that Davies, on whose recollections the report was largely based, was the author of a soon-to-be released book published by a CBS-owned publishing company that features the work of politically conservative authors.
On Oct. 31, The Washington Post revealed that Davies had filed a report with his employer, Blue Mountain Security, that contradicted his “60 Minutes” account, and The New York Times revealed Nov. 7 that Davies also gave an account to the FBI at odds with the “60 Minutes” version."

Holy crapoli! Obama is offering war as an option if we enforce sanctions? Administration Says New Sanctions on Iran Could Lead to War | CNS News

Administration Says New Sanctions on Iran Could Lead to War | CNS News:
"Stepping up its opposition to new sanctions under consideration in the Senate, the administration drew a link between any toughening of sanctions and failure in the talks, and between failure in the talks and war.

“Members of Congress need to ask themselves: Do they believe diplomacy should be the first resort, or should they – should we open the door to confrontation?” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Wednesday."

United States Debt Clock November 2013

United States Debt Clock November 2013:
"Which Foreign governments own the most U.S. debt?

Answer: Here is the Top 10 (as of Aug/2013)

1. China, Mainland, $1268.1 billion dollars
2. Japan, $1149.1 billion dollars
3. Carib Bnkng Ctrs**, $300.5 billion dollars
4. Brazil, $252.9 billion dollars
5. Oil Exporters*, $246.4 billion dollars
6. All Other, $213.8 billion dollars
7. Taiwan, $183.6 billion dollars
8. Switzerland, $179.7 billion dollars
9. Belgium, $166.8 billion dollars
10. United Kingdom, $159.1 billion dollars"

Barry's site seems to be gettin' worst!

I guess this is good enough for government work.

This the first time I've seen this after logging into:
 https://www.healthcare.gov/

Imagine if your child had cancer.......

If we believe Washington knows best, why not let them do EVERYTHING? ----Does Washington Know Best?

Does Washington Know Best? - Walter E. Williams - Page full:
"While you ponder that, how many Americans would like Washington to be in charge of managing the delivery of food and other items to the nation's supermarkets?
Today's average well-stocked U.S. supermarket stocks 60,000 to 65,000 different items from all over the U.S. and the world. Congress or some congressionally created committee could organize the choice of products and their prices.
Maybe there'd be some cost savings.
After all, what says that we should have so many items from which to choose?
Why wouldn't 10,000 do?"

Let us not forget. This stinking cesspool is still burbling-----TaxProf Blog: The IRS Scandal, Day 189

TaxProf Blog: The IRS Scandal, Day 189:
By Paul Caron Share
Accounting Today:  IRS Releases Tax-Exempt Training Materials to Tax Analysts
Tax Analysts:  IRS Releases EO Training Documents Following Tax Analysts Lawsuit


Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:
IRS Admits to Targeting Conservative Groups in 2012 Election (May 10, 2013)
WaPo and WSJ Agree: IRS Targeting of Conservatives Is Appalling (May 11, 2013)
Schmalbeck on the IRS 'Targeting' of Conservative Groups (May 12, 2013)
The Deepening IRS Scandal (May 13, 2013)
The IRS Scandal, Day 5 (May 14, 2013)
Jon Stewart and Vic Fleischer on the IRS Scandal (May 14, 2013)
Inspector General: Ineffective IRS Management Allowed Agents to Target Conservative Groups (May 14, 2013)
The IRS Scandal, Day 6 (May 15, 2013)"

Foreign country's ownership of US bonds

BigUnion supporters of Obamacare not so happy to be treated like the little people.----Unionized state employees protest proposed labor contract as negotiations go to impasse panel

The possible "$5000 per year in out of pocket costs" that seems so onerous to da union guy includes monthly insurance premium AND possible insurance deductible. Something we little people have lived with for years. Something central to Obamacare
Unionized state employees protest proposed labor contract as negotiations go to impasse panel | MLive.com:
""They're asking for concessionary bargaining, they're asking for drastic cutbacks in health insurance, they're asking for things that aren't necessary at this time," said Ray Holman, spokesman for UAW Local 6000, which represents 17,000 state workers. "We're not talking about something extravagant. We're talking about a fair contract, meaning decent pay and quality benefits."

The proposed state health insurance plans "will literally bankrupt some people who have big medical bills" and could cost some people up to $5,000 per year in out-of-pocket costs, according to Local 6000's website.

Rising compensation costs remain a focus for the state, as it spends an additional $160 million this fiscal year to maintain existing health insurance and retirement plans, said Kurt Weiss, a spokesman for the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget."

We're buying Russian helicopters and GIVING them to the Syrians AND Afghanis??!!!!!! ---Pentagon ending buys of Russian-made helicopters

Pentagon ending buys of Russian-made helicopters - Yahoo News:
"The Defense Department said Wednesday it is canceling plans to buy additional cargo helicopters from the Russian arms export agency that has supplied Syrian President Bashar Assad's military forces with arms and ammunition.
The additional 15 Russian-built Mi-17 helicopters were to be purchased next year at a cost of $345 million and then delivered to Afghanistan's national security forces."

The rich get richer under BarryO-----Art could be drawing a disturbing economic picture

Art could be drawing a disturbing economic picture:
"Some argue that the sale is giving us a message about inflation that investors aren't getting from the action in gold, the Dollar Index, or the government's official consumer price index data.
"Asset inflation took another leg higher last night," wrote Peter Boockvar in a Wednesday morning note. "Thank you Federal Reserve, and thank you Bureau of Labor Statistics for not including art in the consumer price index.""

Pandemic in W. Michigan!!!!! Ravenna sisters charged with trying to hire hit man to kill one woman's husband

Only the rich can afford lawyers in Obama's america. Now, if only the poor had access to free divorce lawyers........If it saves one life.......
Ravenna sisters charged with trying to hire hit man to kill one woman's husband | MLive.com:
 " MUSKEGON, MI – Two Ravenna sisters were arrested Wednesday, Nov. 13, for allegedly trying to hire a hit man to kill the husband of one of women, according to the Michigan State Police.
The women, ages 50 and 45, were lodged in the Muskegon County Jail awaiting arraignment on charges of solicitation to commit murder."

Obama's madrassa-books Common Core textbooks arrive late, filled with errors

Common Core textbooks arrive late, filled with errors | The Daily Caller:
"“They are loaded with errors,” said Rebecca Murphy a third-grade teacher in Queens, in a statement to the New York Daily News.
The mistakes are numerous.
A third-grade workbook contains a set of questions accompanying a mismatched reading selection; one of the pages in another workbook is printed upside down; and some teacher’s manuals don’t line up with student versions.
Teachers also complained that textbook lessons are lengthy and poorly conceived.
On top of everything else, the textbooks arrived late: a month after school had already begun."

But it's FREE! --------1,300 Michigan residents choose insurance from website in first month

1,300 Michigan residents choose insurance from website in first month | Crain's Detroit Business:
"LANSING — Slightly more than 1,300 Michigan residents chose a health insurance plan in the first month of enrollment in a federal marketplace created under the health care overhaul.
The number released Wednesday by the Obama administration confirms the problems people are having enrolling in private plans offered on a federal website. Michigan is among 36 states to let the federal government run the insurance exchange instead of having its own.
In Michigan, roughly 34,000 residents who applied for coverage were deemed eligible for the exchange. Of those, about 12,500 are eligible for tax credits to offset some of their premiums.
Separately, about 5,000 were ruled eligible for government-provided health care through Medicaid."

Obama's union dominated america---Another U.S. city mulls bankruptcy due to soaring wages and pensions

Another U.S. city mulls bankruptcy due to soaring wages and pensions - Yahoo News Canada:
"DESERT HOT SPRINGS, California (Reuters) - A resort town in California warned on Tuesday that it will run out of money by March due to burdensome salary and pension costs and could join other U.S. cities that have recently filed for bankruptcy protection.
A bankruptcy filing by Desert Hot Springs, a city of 26,000 about 110 miles east of Los Angeles, would make it the third California city along with San Bernardino and Stockton to seek court protection from creditors."

Obamacare propagandists even lying about this poor woman-----Adriana, Obamacare face, cyberbullied after health care rollout

Adriana, Obamacare face, cyberbullied after health care rollout - Washington Times:
"A spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services told ABC that Adriana’s photo was removed because “Healthcare.gov is a dynamic website,” not because she requested it."

A Test Drive of the Most Advanced Driverless Cars

A Test Drive of the Most Advanced Driverless Cars | MIT Technology Review

The relationship between human and robot driver could be surprisingly fraught. The problem, as I discovered during my BMW test drive, is that it’s all too easy to lose focus, and difficult to get it back. The difficulty of reëngaging distracted drivers is an issue that Bryan Reimer, a research scientist in MIT’s Age Lab, has well documented (see “Proceed with Caution toward the Self-Driving Car,” May/June 2013). Perhaps the “most inhibiting factors” in the development of driverless cars, he suggests, “will be factors related to the human experience.”

In an effort to address this issue, carmakers are thinking about ways to prevent drivers from becoming too distracted, and ways to bring them back to the driving task as smoothly as possible. This may mean monitoring drivers’ attention and alerting them if they’re becoming too disengaged. “The first generations [of autonomous cars] are going to require a driver to intervene at certain points,”Clifford Nass, codirector of Stanford University’s Center for Automotive Research, told me. “It turns out that may be the most dangerous moment for autonomous vehicles. We may have this terrible irony that when the car is driving autonomously it is much safer, but because of the inability of humans to get back in the loop it may ultimately be less safe.”                               

An important challenge with a system that drives all by itself, but only some of the time, is that it must be able to predict when it may be about to fail, to give the driver enough time to take over. This ability is limited by the range of a car’s sensors and by the inherent difficulty of predicting the outcome of a complex situation. “Maybe the driver is completely distracted,” Werner Huber said. “He takes five, six, seven seconds to come back to the driving task—that means the car has to know [in advance] when its limitation is reached. The challenge is very big.”

Who the heck is this Bacon guy? ----Francis Bacon artwork sets auction record -- $142,405,000

Francis Bacon artwork sets auction record -- $142,405,000 | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"NEW YORK (AP) - A 1969 painting by Francis Bacon set a world record for most expensive artwork ever sold at auction.

Three Studies of Lucian Freud was purchased for $142,405,000 at Christie's postwar and contemporary art sale on Tuesday night.
The triptych depicts Bacon's artist friend."

Union thugs will continue their thuggery until we support the victims of this outrage------Disrespect, Bullying Convinces Paraeducator That Union Not Interested in its Members

Disrespect, Bullying Convinces Paraeducator That Union Not Interested in its Members [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"In September, Breza said she was in her classroom with an 11-year-old, non-verbal special needs student when her union president, Jackie Ellsworth, came into her class to demand she pay her $388 in annual dues.
Breza, who makes $11.83 an hour at Sashabaw Middle School, said she was so angry with what transpired she went to her desk and wrote down exactly what Ellsworth said to her in front of the student.
"I am only trying to help keep your job and not get you in trouble with the MEA," Breza quoted Ellsworth as saying."

What a monster!!!! Ex-Oakland Women's Basketball Coach Beckie Francis Abused Players, Pushed Church

The wussification of women's sports?!!!!!

Ex-Oakland Women's Basketball Coach Beckie Francis Abused Players, Pushed Church: University:
 "AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Oakland University alleges that former women's basketball coach Beckie Francis physically and emotionally abused her players, was obsessed about their weight and pushed her Christian beliefs on them before she was fired."

White Men Can't... Work?

White Men Can't... Work? | Zero Hedge:
"White men may not have jobs, but at least they will have more time to enjoy sports actvities such as basketball, and finally learn to jump.
As for any associated sport injuries: there's always Obamacare."