"Mismanagement"? Who'd they "borrow" the money from? (yes, I'm thinkin' it's from THAT place....) Pittsburgh Center Honoring Playwright Finds Itself Short on Visitors and Donors

Pittsburgh Center Honoring Playwright Finds Itself Short on Visitors and Donors - NYTimes.com
PITTSBURGH — The bank has sued to foreclose.
The city’s philanthropic groups, with names like Mellon and Heinz, have withdrawn support.

The $42 million August Wilson Center for African American Culture, a bow-front building inspired by a Swahili sailing ship, is high and dry.
...Instead, it appears to be a victim of mismanagement by its senior staff and board of directors, who borrowed to build a grand palace of culture, but failed to find a wide enough audience and donor base in the hometown of Wilson, whose plays are mostly set in the Hill District just blocks away.

Hey baby. Deeetroit is comin' back----'Booty Lounge' party bus targeted by police makes return to Eastern Market

'Booty Lounge' party bus targeted by police makes return to Eastern Market | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
 "A party bus that Detroit police in 2011 said operated illegally as a strip club for reveling football fans is back at a popular tailgating spot.

MLive.com reports the “Booty Lounge” was at Eastern Market on Sunday for the Lions’ home game against Tampa Bay.

Bus owner Joe Parsons of Woodhaven says nudity is prohibited on the bus, but “artists” dressed in bikini-style outfits perform for tips. Parsons says the large red and black bus, which has dancing poles and tinted windows, is “there to support the team.”"

What's a warrant delivery without a little "shock and awe"? Plus we'll all be safer...right? ---Leftover armored trucks from Iraq coming to local police agencies

Leftover armored trucks from Iraq coming to local police agencies - NY Daily News:
"Coming soon to your local sheriff: 18-ton, armor-protected military fighting vehicles with gun turrets and bulletproof glass that were once the U.S. answer to roadside bombs during the Iraq war.

The hulking vehicles, built for about $500,000 each at the height of the war, are among the biggest pieces of equipment that the Defense Department is giving to law enforcement agencies under a national military surplus program.

For police and sheriff’s departments, which have scooped up 165 of the mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles, or MRAPS, since they became available this summer, the price and the ability to deliver shock and awe while serving warrants or dealing with hostage standoffs was just too good to pass up.

“It’s armored. It’s heavy. It’s intimidating. And it’s free,” said Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple, among five county sheriff’s departments and three other police agencies in New York that have taken delivery of an MRAP."

Heck, it worked for the Soviet Union for 70 years. Detroit – coming to a city near you

Bridge • The Center for Michigan : Detroit – coming to a city near you

As headlines mount for the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy, Detroit is now the undisputed punching bag for all that can go wrong in a community.
But just how immune is the rest of Michigan to Detroit’s biggest liability – the pressing weight of unfunded pension and retiree health care debt?
In a sobering analysis, a Michigan State University study finds that cities across Michigan face a mountain of so-called legacy debt that will burden them for years.
The MSU report, co-authored by Eric Scorsone, an expert on state and local government and former chief economist for the state Senate Fiscal Agency, found for example that legacy debt is equal to 30 percent of the general revenue brought in each year by the city of Ann Arbor. It’s equal to 25 percent of revenue in Grand Rapids, 38 percent in Lansing and a staggering 85 percent in Saginaw.
“It’s not just Detroit,” Scorsone said of the findings, based largely on municipal fiscal data from 2011. “You will find this structural problem in a lot of cities in Michigan.”
Excluding Detroit, unfunded legacy debt in Michigan municipalities exceeded $10 billion in 2011, with nearly 80 percent of this debt tied to retiree health care.

A criminaless crime-San Diego 'Knockout' Suspect Given Citation, Not Arrested

It's OK if you're black.....we understand your hate...er rage. 
Yeah, "rage".
That's the ticket.
San Diego 'Knockout' Suspect Given Citation, Not Arrested:
 "The "knockout game" may have come to California, as a San Diego man was reportedly punched in the face last week while he was walking on the sidewalk.
The alleged assailant was not arrested and was only given a citation because there were reportedly no other witnesses to the attack.
Victoria Hyatt "said her husband is not ready to speak about the incident himself," as "his face is still swollen and red," but "she wants everyone to know it is the result of someone sucker-punching him in the face for no apparent reason."
She indicated her husband may press charges against the assailant.
"They weren't talking to each other," she told NBC San Diego. 
"They were just standing next to each other and then out of the blue, the light changed for him to walk across the crosswalk and he just… bam, hit him as hard as he could.""

Obama's america-Ya pays yer money. Ya gets the prize. Obamacare Blowing Up Healthcare Stocks

Obamacare Blowing Up Healthcare Stocks:
 "President Barack Obama and the Obamacare debacle may be highly unpopular with Americans, but the healthcare industry that donated a staggering $22,471,562 to Obama's 2008 campaign is posting record profits amid the fallout.
So far in 2013, the S&P healthcare sector index has gained 37.5%, making it the S&P 500's best-performing sector, reports Reuters. "

Classic lib "thought". Murderers-OK (as long as Barry says...). Chicken store that believes marriage is a sacred bond between a man and woman-MUST SHUT DOWN!

Hey, you "fatties" (as defined by Moochelle Obama). They're comin' for you next-------ObamaCare slams smokers with sky-high premium costs, could backfire

ObamaCare slams smokers with sky-high premium costs, could backfire | Fox News:
"Unlike drug addicts, alcoholics, or the obese -- all of whom represent higher-than-average medical costs -- smokers are the only such group with a pre-existing condition that ObamaCare penalizes. 

It allows insurance companies to charge smokers up to 50 percent more than non-smokers for an identical policy, depending on the state and any subsidies the person might qualify for.

For example, premiums for a 64-year-old non-smoker, according to the Kaiser Health Calculator, cost $9,000 a year for a standard "silver" insurance plan.

The same policy for a smoker could cost $13,600."

Read this and see the extent of the lie we have been told about HC costs-----No Grounds for Claim that Obamacare Lowers Healthcare Costs

No Grounds for Claim that Obamacare Lowers Healthcare Costs | e21 - Economic Policies for the 21st Century:
"The obvious point that leaps out from this graph is that the chief CMS actuary found that the ACA would increase national health expenditures through 2016. Not content to let the tables speak for themselves on this point, CMS was explicit in the text of its memorandum that the ACA increased the near-term cost projections:

“The estimated effects of the PPACA on overall national health expenditures (NHE) are shown in table 5. In aggregate, we estimate that for calendar years 2010 through 2019, NHE would increase by $311 billion or 0.9 percent, over the updated baseline projection that was released on June 29, 2009. Year by year, the relative increases are largest in 2016, when the coverage expansions would be fully phased in…The increase in total NHE is estimated to occur primarily as a net result of the substantial expansions in coverage under the PPACA…”"

A little common sense can go a long way.

Honestly. I think the moron means it-----Obama: I'm not a particularly ideological person

And the libs in the MSM see themselves as the same.
Obama: I'm not a particularly ideological person | Reuters:
"President Barack Obama, on a fundraising swing in Seattle on Sunday, described himself as "not a particularly ideological person" despite ongoing political clashes with Republicans over healthcare, the economy, and immigration reform."

They fire the CEO. And declare Detroit has "higher operating costs". Hmmmmm----- Red Cross to close Detroit blood lab

Red Cross to close Detroit blood lab | Crain's Detroit Business:
"The American Red Cross plans to shutter its national blood testing lab in Detroit on Feb. 3, amid a national trend of declining demand for blood.
The closure of the lab and concurrent management restructuring will eliminate 118 local jobs.
As part of the move, CEO Diane Ward will leave the organization....
The Detroit blood testing lab, one of five the nonprofit operates across the country, had higher operating costs than those in St. Louis; Philadelphia; Portland, Ore., and Charlotte, N.C., said communications manager Tracy Fox."

Read it all. And fear your government------Americans Are Finally Learning About False Flag Terror

Americans Are Finally Learning About False Flag Terror | Zero Hedge

So Common … There’s a Name for It

This tactic is so common that it was given a name for hundreds of years ago.

“False flag terrorism” is defined as a government attacking its own people, then blaming others in order to justify going to war against the people it blames. Or as Wikipedia defines it:

False flag operations are covert operations conducted by governments, corporations, or other organizations, which are designed to appear as if they are being carried out by other entities. The name is derived from the military concept of flying false colors; that is, flying the flag of a country other than one’s own. False flag operations are not limited to war and counter-insurgency operations, and have been used in peace-time; for example, during Italy’s strategy of tension.

The term comes from the old days of wooden ships, when one ship would hang the flag of its enemy before attacking another ship in its own navy. Because the enemy’s flag, instead of the flag of the real country of the attacking ship, was hung, it was called a “false flag” attack.

Indeed, this concept is so well-accepted that rules of engagement for naval, air and land warfare all prohibit false flag attacks.

Leaders Throughout History Have Acknowledged False Flags

Leaders throughout history have acknowledged the danger of false flags:

“This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.”
- Plato

“If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.”
- U.S. President James Madison

“A history of false flag attacks used to manipulate the minds of the people! “In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule.”
? Friedrich Nietzsche

“Terrorism is the best political weapon for nothing drives people harder than a fear of sudden death”.
- Adolph Hitler

“Why of course the people don’t want war … But after all it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship … Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”
- Hermann Goering, Nazi leader.

“The easiest way to gain control of a population is to carry out acts of terror. [The public] will clamor for such laws if their personal security is threatened”.
- Josef Stalin

People Are Waking Up to False Flags

People are slowly waking up to this whole con job by governments who want to justify war.

More people are talking about the phrase “false flag” than ever before.

Another government study with "shocking" news-----Who’d a-thunk it? Male, female brains are wired differently

Who’d a-thunk it? Male, female brains are wired differently | AEIdeas:
"Overall, the study suggests that there is a sex-bias in the way that genes are expressed and regulated, leading to different functionality and [gender] differences in susceptibility to brain diseases observed by neurologists and psychiatrists."

Hypocrisy so thick you can cut it with a female castration knife-----International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women - 25 November

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women - 25 November:
"Why This International Day?
-Violence against women is a human rights violation
-Violence against women is a consequence of discrimination against women, in law and also in practice, and of persisting inequalities between men and women"

The scumbuckets at the UN just elected these bigger scumbuckets to the "Human Rights Council"---
http://freebeacon.com/united-nations-elects-human-rights-violators-to-human-rights-council/
"The United Nations elected China, Cuba, Russia, and Saudi Arabia to seats on its Human Rights Council Tuesday, all countries that have been widely condemned by international groups for gross human rights violations."

Sooo much wrong with this-------Federal government books $41.3 billion in profits on student loans

1. Why is the government competing with banks.
2. Banks pay taxes on their profits. BarryBank don't.
3. These aren't profits. They are excess cash flow. They DO NOT account for defaults. Which are growing exponentially.
4. As soon as the "profits" are announced, a billion "brilliant" ideas come from politicians and their comrades in the national propaganda office (AKA the liberal media) to spend every penny.
5. So many more reasons this is a sad window into the sad future of our children and their children. And on and on and on......
Federal government books $41.3 billion in profits on student loans | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"The federal government made enough money on student loans over the last year that, if it wanted, it could provide maximum-level Pell Grants of $5,645 to 7.3 million college students."

Imagine if Oswald and Sirhan were Tea Party Americans? -----Speaking of the Kennedy Assassination

Speaking of the Kennedy Assassination | The Volokh ConspiracyThe Volokh Conspiracy:
Speaking of the Kennedy Assassination

by David Bernstein on November 23, 2013 8:27 pm in Media

While fifty years later, much of the MSM still refuses to acknowledge that JFK’s assassin was a Communist loser, somehow it’s also apparently not cricket to point out that his brother RFK was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist.

So let’s review.
Sirhan Sirhan was a Palestinian refugee with Jordanian citizenship.
He murdered Kennedy because the latter promised to send advanced fighter planes to Israel.
The PLO terrorist group Black September demanded his release in exchange for hostages in
 1973, recognizing that he was “one of theirs.”

Yet of 5755 hits for “Sirhan Sirhan” in the ALLNEWS database on Westlaw, only four of them refer to him as a “Palestinian terrorist” or “Palestinian extremist;” three of these sources are the Jerusalem Post, and one is the New York Jewish Week. In mainstream publications, you actually get phrases like this, “Black September terrorists who kidnapped the Western diplomats in a failed plot to free Palestinian terrorists in European jails and Sirhan Sirhan, the killer of Robert F. Kennedy,” as if Sirhan Sirhan, a terrorist and a Palestinian, on the same “trade of for hostages list” as other Palestinian terrorists, was somehow not a “Palestinian terrorist.” An even better one, from the Huffington Post: “[RFK] was gunned down in a hotel kitchen by a 24-year-old Palestinian whose motives have never been determined.” (Ironically, sources from the Arab world (e.g.,) seem more likely to acknowledge the real dynamic, though with the message that the U.S. and assumedly RFK got what was coming to it and him for supporting Israel).

Database: A look at the nation's top 100 airports and how fares have changed since 2005

Database: A look at the nation's top 100 airports and how fares have changed since 2005 | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

Maybe they could change the name of the airport to "N. Tampa Airport"? ---Emptier skies, higher fares at Detroit Metro Airport

Michigan Traveler: Emptier skies, higher fares at Detroit Metro Airport | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"Since 2005, Metro has lost 22% of its domestic passenger flights, 27% of available seats on planes — and fares have surged 34%."

■ Airlines are concentrating on flying when travelers most want to travel — in the daytime. While Thanksgiving week may seem swamped, on many nights, passengers flying into the McNamara or North terminals after 9:30 p.m. could roll a bowling ball down the terminal aisles and not hit anyone.

British politician slams Obama for abandoning friends

British politician slams Obama for abandoning friends | The Daily Caller:
"British Member of the European Parliament Daniel Hannan says he is “deeply disappointed” in President Obama.
“What happened to that inspiring, bipartisan fellow who made the speech about not slicing and dicing red and blue states?” the conservative politician, who despite being a member of the European Parliament is a Euro-skeptic, told The Daily Caller.
"The debt is growing, the health care scheme is misguided, and I’m not sure there has ever been a president who cares less about the U.S.’s relations with her traditional friends, or the patrimony she was privileged to inherit from her Founders.”"

Obama's america-We pay the banks. Twice! ----Banks Warn Fed They May Have To Start Charging Depositors

Banks Warn Fed They May Have To Start Charging Depositors | Zero Hedge:
"As the FT reports leading US banks have warned the Fed that should it lower IOER, they would be forced to start charging depositors."

"IOER"-Excess reserves - Wikipedia, the free Encyclopediaen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excess_reserves
... the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 allowed the Fed to begin paying interest on excess reserve balances ("IOER") as well as required reserves.

Are these young men attending Obama's old racist church? ---Six 'Knockout' Attacks in New Haven, Connecticut

Six 'Knockout' Attacks in New Haven, Connecticut:
"The “Knockout Game” has been increasingly reported in cities in the United States.
It is an unprovoked assault that appears to be motivated by malice, desire for Internet fame, or bigotry.
The Independent had no report of the physical description of the attackers or the victims besides their ages.
The attacks in other cities have typically been carried out by a group of young black men on a lone white or Asian individual. "

We are hiring federal workers to tell citizens to cheat the government-----Obamacare Navigator Fraud Rampant, Not "Isolated Incident"

Obamacare Navigator Fraud Rampant, Not "Isolated Incident" - YouTube: ""
If you earn cash on the side, do not tell the government—that’s what multiple Obamacare navigators are saying in Texas.
James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas released a second video exposing more Obamacare navigators who encouraged undercover investigators to lie and hide income when applying for Obamacare.
“I have two jobs. One is part time and the other is part time but I don’t claim the income, so how does that work?” a Project Veritas investigator asked an Obamacare navigator.
“Nora,” an Obamacare navigator at Community Health Centers of South Central Texas, said, “If you don’t claim the income then you don’t have to.”
A second navigator advised an undercover investigator to get her income as low as possible before reporting it.
“I like went on to the calculator thing online and it said I qualify for these things,” the investigator said. “But then if you add my additional income, I do like every Friday, Saturday, Sunday I nanny for a family and it makes, I make substantial extra income from that, that put me over.”
The navigator, Kris McCray from Change Happens located in Houston, Texas, said, “Well see I don’t know if you have to report all that stuff. I think they’re going to go off on where you file for your taxes. So stuff like that, to get a lower premium, I wouldn’t include in it.”
McCray continued, “If I was cutting grass on the weekends, and they were just giving me money, that’s my money.”
“I would just try to get the number as low as you can. It would help you qualify you for more stuff as far as aid and stuff like that,” he said to the investigator.
Watch the video to see more and hear a navigator explain that he hasn’t been able to sign anybody up for Obamacare.

Think about it. Jimmah, Kofi, Barry and the Ayatollahs ALL agree this is a good idea. Think about it.........Jimmy Carter on Geneva deal: 'Historic opportunity' to rebuild relations with Iran

Jimmy Carter on Geneva deal: 'Historic opportunity' to rebuild relations with Iran - Middle East Israel News | Haaretz:
"Former U.S. president and member of The Elders says aware of risks involved, but hopes this can rebuild relations with Iran; Netanyahu call deal 'historic mistake.'"