READ OF THE MONTH!!!!! No more I-375? Detroit to study removing freeway in favor of walkable surface street

This is so silly and destructive it leaves one breathless.
The only part of the city that has any spark if life is downtown. 
And getting there requires a car run through the most violent city in the country.
Sooooo.
Let's make it much more inconvenient for those with money to visit.
And replace that highway with a "walkable ambiance" that might as well be a synonym for "Knock-out game Detroit".
Ya kant fix what dont want ta be fixed.......

No more I-375? Detroit to study removing freeway in favor of walkable surface street | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"For the first time in a half century, Detroit could follow a national trend and remove aging I-375, cutting off express downtown access for tens of thousands of motorists a day in favor of a pedestrian-friendly parkway connecting Lafayette Park and Eastern Market with the central business district.

Turning the trench-like interstate that runs from I-75 near Gratiot south to Jefferson Avenue into a surface street would make for easier connections between residential areas on the east side and central downtown.
Creating that walkable ambiance would come at the cost of high-speed connections on I-375 that suburbanites take to reach the Renaissance Center, Cobo Center and other downtown destinations."

That was THE PLAN. Get it? ------------------Price of Electricity Hit Record for October; Up 42% in Decade

Price of Electricity Hit Record for October; Up 42% in Decade | CNS News:
"The price of electricity hit a record for the month of October, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
That made October the eleventh straight month when the average price of electricity hit or matched the record level for that month."

Well, he surely delivered on this promise:
http://youtu.be/CNSZ62xiD4M

Obama Promises Skyrocketing Energy Costs

And affirmative action does rule our country.....Is Barack Mentally Malnourished? A Reasonable Explanation for Obama’s Mind

Is Barack Mentally Malnourished? A Reasonable Explanation for Obama’s Mind
Would it really be so strange if an individual of high office, yet low achievement were driven by small ideas and an incipient laziness - which were somehow obscured by his position? 
In fact, it seems Barack has an allergy to deep thinking, the work of deep study, and in-depth analysis. 
This would help explain his apparent ignorance regarding the failed ObamaCare website, and virtually all of his other failures. 
According to this theory, it is not the times being too difficult which tripped up Barack, but his being too small in confronting the tasks which resulted in his overwhelming failure as commander in chief. 
Consider the following argument.

Federal court??? Michigan bars are now allowed to offer alcohol and fully nude dancers ... but do they want to?

Michigan bars are now allowed to offer alcohol and fully nude dancers ... but do they want to? | MLive.com: "LANSING -- For 26 years, Michigan law prohibited fully nude dancers in establishments serving alcohol.
That changed in 2007 when a federal court ruled the ban was unconstitutional.

Think 1930s. They are.......China's new air defense zone above Senkakus 'very dangerous' escalation, Japan says

China's new air defense zone above Senkakus 'very dangerous' escalation, Japan says | The Japan Times:
"BEIJING – The government branded as “very dangerous” China’s announcement Saturday that it has set up an East China Sea air defense identification zone that includes the Japan-held Senkaku Islands.
The Chinese Defence Ministry said the zone was created to “guard against potential air threats,” but the move will only inflame a bitter sovereignty row over the islets, which China claims as Diaoyu."

The future is here---X-47B UCAS Aviation History Under Way

▶ X-47B UCAS Aviation History Under Way - YouTube: "
Northrop Grumman's X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrates how to successfully takeoff and land from the deck of a moving aircraft carrier.
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Don't you just love silent movies! ---- Armed Carjacker meets Armed Citizen

▶ Armed Carjacker meets Armed Citizen - YouTube: ""

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Attitudes Towards Handgun Bans

Attitudes Towards Handgun Bans | The Volokh ConspiracyThe Volokh Conspiracy:
"The lines indicate the responses to a Gallup survey, which asked “What about the possession of pistols and revolvers — do you think there should be a law which would forbid possession of this type of gun except by the police or other authorized person?” (or, since 1980, “Do you think there should or should not be a law that would ban the possession of handguns, except by the police or other authorized persons?”). The green line shows the “Yes” responses from 1959 to 2013, and the red line shows the “No” responses.

The change, of course, is striking, and hard to explain with any one answer. Increases in crime rates might be part of the reason for the change, but since the early 1990s crime rates have declined.
America’s historical connection to the West and to the Revolutionary era is often cited to explain views about guns, but of course that history was as present in 1959 as now. "

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A Terrible Mother’s Holiday Guide to Dangerous Gifts…

A Terrible Mother’s Holiday Guide to Dangerous Gifts…:
"… I am terrible mother, with little regard for my son’s safety.
I let him play outside after dark, armed with nothing more than a flashlight.
For birthdays and Christmas, I buy him things like knives and duct tape.
He is routinely left unsupervised in the yard.
I am a terrible mother, with little regard for my son’s social development.
A teacher once referred to him as “socially naive” because he didn’t get cultural references made from television and pop music.
Most people own a TV for every room; we have a bookcase in every room.
Even the bathroom.
Now that we’ve established what a horrible, reckless mother I am, allow me to present the things you should never ever buy your sons, unless your desire is to be a terrible mother as well. 
You’ve been warned."

Moron alert---Democrat Senator: Sports Stadiums "at Risk from...Sea-Level Rise Effects of Climate Change"

Senator: Sports Stadiums 'at Risk from...Sea-Level Rise Effects of Climate Change' | CNS News

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) warns sports stadiums are at risk from the "sea level rise effects of climate change," and that climate change specifically threatens hockey and skiing.

"We see significant sports facilities, the palaces of - of sport that are at risk from the storm, climate, sea-level rise effects of climate change," Sen. Whitehouse said today following a closed-door climate discussion with executives from the NFL, NHL and NBA.

He said the threat to hockey is that people will no longer be able to play outdoors on frozen ponds:

"Without cold enough weather for frozen ponds, the kind of hockey that you play out of doors with your friends gets a little bit harder to achieve."

Whitehouse also suggested climate change will prevent his family from continuing to go skiing in Rhode Island:

"I took my kids skiing at Yawgoo Valley ski slopes in Rhode Island. The New York Times recently reported that we can expect all the ski slopes in Connecticut and Massachusetts to be gone.

"Obviously, given Rhode Island's location, if that's true of Connecticut and Massachusetts, that will also be unfortunately true of Rhode Island."

The senator is no stranger to such Chicken Little scare tactics. In May 2013, Whitehouse blamed Republican inaction on climate change for deadly tornados in Oklahoma.

State of California’s Armed Prohibited Persons System

The Cal Report | Califonia News & Politics:
"The State of California’s Armed Prohibited Persons System (APPS) has created an einsatzgruppe dedicated exclusively to gun confiscation.
Using gun registration lists, the APPS stormtroopers, “arriving in SUVs and dressed in black tactical uniforms … regularly sweep through California cities” to seize firearms from people the state has designated “prohibited persons,” reports the Fresno Bee.
A criminal conviction is not necessary for enrollment on the civilian disarmament register; all that is necessary is an official finding by the state’s Welfare bureaucracy that the gun owner is “a danger to himself or others.”"

Culture of moronic corruption---Subcontractor working on Obamacare site under FBI investigation

Subcontractor working on Obamacare site under FBI investigation | The Daily Caller:
"One of the subcontractors working on the Obamacare website is currently under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Client Network Services Incorporated (CNSI) became a sub-contractor on the Obamacare website in 2012, working hand in hand with QSSI, according to its website.
QSSI was one of several contractors hauled before Congress to address the sites troubled rollout in October."

She has such high self-esteem. And that's what really matters...right? ---- This is the dumbest person ever

Hilariously Bad Breakup Texts

Hilariously Bad Breakup Texts - Likes:
"#4 Dumpsville
This breakup sounds like a bad joke out of 6th grade.
Although corny, as least it wasn't a boring breakup."

"Public/private partnership" fascists dump the affordable policies, keep the expensive one-----Blue Cross agrees to extend individual policies for one plan – Keep Fit

Blue Cross agrees to extend individual policies for one plan – Keep Fit | Crain's Detroit Business:
 "Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, the state's largest writer of individual policies with 175,000, declined today to extend about 25 non-Affordable Care Act compliant individual health plans into 2014 with the exception of one plan – Keep Fit."

Taxpayers lose $139 million on Fisker Automotive loan

Taxpayers lose $139 million on Fisker Automotive loan | The Daily Caller:
"Happy Thanksgiving from the Obama administration.
The Energy Department has sold off its $192 million loan guarantee to Fisker Automotive to Chinese billionaire Richard Li for $25 million — the biggest taxpayer loss on a green loan since the failure of Solyndra.

The Energy Department will announce the “selling of the promissory note” to Hybrid Tech, which is owned by Chinese billionaire Richard Li, according to sources familiar with the sale.
The DOE sold the loan to Li for $25 million after lending the financially troubled green automaker a total of $192 million since 2009."

Detroit-on-the-lake nannies avoid massive debt conversation by telling us how to be healthy........Smoking banned on Muskegon County's properties; support, concerns raised

"Healthy" and poor. That's the ticket!
Smoking banned on Muskegon County's properties; support, concerns raised | MLive.com:
"Muskegon County Community Development Director Bob Lukens said the commissioner’s concerns were valid, though encouraging healthy habits was the most important issue at hand."

Where the Hell is Matt? 2012

"This is a wonderful feel-happy video!!!! 
This is how the world should get along!
When you have time, enjoy this...all humankind is so alike...it is all
the politics that separate countries...not the  people like you and
me...
This is like a trip around the world with a smile on your
face. 
Enjoy! "
  https://www.youtube.com/embed/Pwe-pA6TaZk?rel=0

"The story of the video     ----    Video put together by Matt Harding & Melissa Nixon I believe for Stride chewing gum

Matt is a 37-year-old deadbeat from Westport, Connecticut who used to think that all he ever wanted to do in life was make and play videogames. He got lucky, landing a job as a game designer in Los Angeles at a young age, and figured he had everything pretty much figured out.

At 23, he moved to Brisbane, Australia, where it's a pretty typical thing for people to take off and travel the planet for a while before settling down. He thought that sounded amazing, and was also starting to realize that maybe videogames weren't the only thing that mattered. So in early 2003, he quit his job to go wandering around Southeast Asia until the money ran out. He made this site so he could keep his family and friends updated about where he was.

A few months into his trip, he and his friend, Brad Welch, were taking pictures on the streets of Hanoi when Brad said "Hey, why don't you stand over there and do your stupid dance. I'll record it." Matt did it, and he thought it looked pretty funny, so he kept on doing it everywhere he went.

That turned out to be a very good idea.

He put the video of his dancing adventures on his blog (back then people had things called "blogs"), and then in 2005 he found it on a new site called YouTube, where some kid had uploaded it, pretending to be him, and like a million people had already watched it. The kid was collecting donations and apparently got about $200 out of it. Good for him.

Matt briefly got micro-famous as "That guy who dances on the internet. No, not him. The other guy. No, not him either. I'll send you the link. It's funny."

In the midst of all that, Matt got an email from a chewing gum company called Stride. They asked if he'd be interested in making another dancing video for them. He asked if they'd pay for it. They said, "Yeah." He asked if he could go wherever he wanted. They said, "Pretty much." So he said, "Sure!"

That actually happened.

He made the video, and he got to bring his girlfriend, Melissa, with him to film it. It was awesome. And people liked it. The second video made Matt even more micro-famous, transitioning briefly into quasi-famous.

He mostly just danced in front of iconic landmarks, but along the way he went to a country called Rwanda, and since there aren't any landmarks in Rwanda that you'd want to dance in front of, instead he just went to a small village and danced with a bunch of kids. The kids joined him immediately and without hesitation. That ended up being the best thing that happened to him on the trip. The kids taught him that people are a whole lot more interesting than old landmarks and monuments.

Matt went back to Stride and told them he did it all wrong and they needed to send him around the planet again. They said, "Okay," and in 2008 he put out another video that showed thousands of people laughing, smiling, and goofing around together. It took him five years and three tries, but he finally got it right that time."

Pulitzer chasing MSM seemed to have missed this one-----Duke lacrosse accuser Crystal Mangum guilty of murder

BBC News - Duke lacrosse accuser Crystal Mangum guilty of murder:
"A black US woman who falsely accused three white Duke University athletes of rape in 2006 has been convicted of stabbing her boyfriend to death.
In the state of North Carolina, Crystal Mangum was found guilty of the second-degree murder of Reginald Daye, 46.
Mangum, now 34, was hired to perform as an exotic dancer at a party for the Duke lacrosse players, later accusing three of gang-raping her."

We always knew it was only a tool to beat republicans with. Women of MSNBC Silent on Martin Bashir's Palin Comments

"War on women" hysterics silent when the warrior is one of their own. 
Women of MSNBC Silent on Martin Bashir's Palin Comments:
"It has been a week since MSNBC's Martin Bashir took the network's hatred of Sarah Palin one step further with a sexist rant suggesting someone defecate and urinate into the former Alaska governor's mouth.
Having apologized but received no discipline, his female colleagues on the network declined to comment to Breitbart News on the network's inaction."

Imagine if they were forced to read a book about W's fighter pilot days. And tested on it-------------Obama biography tells fourth-graders white Americans racists

Obama biography tells fourth-graders white Americans racists | The Daily Caller:
"Some parents in Dupo, Ill. are not happy that a biography of President Barack Obama is required reading for fourth-graders.
They say the book contains a host of controversial elements, not least of which is that it casts white Americans who disagree with Obama’s politics as racist.
Fourth-grade students at Bluffview Elementary School were instructed that they would be tested and graded on the book’s contents, reports EAGnews.org.
The book, called simply “Barack Obama,” is published by Lerner Publications. "