Sunday, March 23, 2014
‘Obama March Madness: Scandal Edition’: College Students Fill Out Their Brackets on Top Obama Scandals
‘Obama March Madness: Scandal Edition’: College Students Fill Out Their Brackets on Top Obama Scandals | Video | TheBlaze.com:
“It’s pretty incredible actually, I didn’t realize how many scandals were going on,” one student said after seeing all the scandals on one board."
ORI Director's Resignation Demonstrates Corruption in Science
ORI Director's Resignation Demonstrates Corruption in Science:
Science is rife with corruption, incompetence, dishonesty and fabrication--and now, thanks to a frank resignation letter by the US's top scientific misconduct official we have a better idea why.
This kind of skullduggery is especially prevalent in the fields of "climate science" and environmentalism because so much government, European Union, and United Nations money has been pumped into these fashionable areas of concern.
Science is rife with corruption, incompetence, dishonesty and fabrication--and now, thanks to a frank resignation letter by the US's top scientific misconduct official we have a better idea why.
David E. Wright, a respected science historian, has just quit his job as director of the Office of Research Integrity (ORI; part of the Department of Health and Human Services) and is scathing about his experiences there.
In his resignation letter, he accuses his boss HHS Assistant Secretary for Health Howard Koh of running an organization which is "secretive, autocratic and unaccountable."
He writes to Koh:
In one instance, by way of illustration, I urgently needed to fill a vacancy for an ORI division director. I asked the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (your deputy) when I could proceed. She said there was a priority list. I asked where ORI’s request was on that list. She said the list was secret and that we weren’t on the top, but we weren’t on the bottom either. Sixteen months later we still don’t have a division director on board.
His experiences at ORI, he adds, have confirmed all his worst suspicions about the workings of federal bureaucracy.
We spend exorbitant amounts of time in meetings and in generating repetitive and often meaningless data and reports to make our precinct of the bureaucracy look productive. None of this renders the slightest bit of assistance to ORI in handling allegations of misconduct or in promoting the responsible conduct of research. Instead, it sucks away time and resources that we might better use to meet our mission.
Wright's observations go some way towards explaining why so much of the corruption in US science goes either uninvestigated or unpunished.
One example can be found in this letter from Senator Charles “Chuck” Grassley (R-IA) to the ORI about the case of an AIDS researcher at Iowa State University who faked data to obtain nearly $19 million in NIH grant money. The ORI banned the researcher from receiving grants for three years but has apparently made no attempt to recoup the missing $19 million.
This kind of skullduggery is especially prevalent in the fields of "climate science" and environmentalism because so much government, European Union, and United Nations money has been pumped into these fashionable areas of concern.
At UC Berkeley, a researcher named Tyrone Hayes has built a highly successful career on promoting the "endocrine disruptor" scare--doing enormous harm to the US agricultural industry--despite no other scientist having been able to replicate his research.
Or consider the nonsense widely promulgated about the Costa Rican golden toad--a species whose disappearance alarmist scientists frequently ascribe to "climate change," despite overwhelming evidence that it perished as a result of a fungus unconnected with "global warming."
But few branches of science are immune, as this infographic from Clinicalpsychology.net makes clear.
Among its findings:
1 in 3 scientists admits to using questionable research practices
1 in 50 scientists admits to falsifying or fabricating data outright.
71 percent of scientists report that colleagues have used questionable methods
14 percent claim colleagues have falsified data
Among biomedical research trainees at the University of California, San Diego five percent admitted to modifying results and 81 percent said they would fabricate or modify results to win a grant or publish a paper.
And those are just the ones who'll admit it....
History for March 23
History for March 23 - On-This-Day.com:
1775 - American revolutionary Patrick Henry declared, "give me liberty, or give me death!"
1806 - Explorers Lewis and Clark, reached the Pacific coast, and began their return journey to the east.
1839 - The first recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] was used in Boston's Morning Post.
1857 - Elisha Otis installed the first modern passenger elevator in a public building. It was at the corner of Broome Street and Broadway in New York City.
1912 - The Dixie Cup was invented.
1919 - Benito Mussolini founded his Fascist political movement in Milan, Italy.
1933 - The German Reichstag adopted the Enabling Act. The act effectively granted Adolf Hitler dictatorial legislative powers.
1957 - The U.S. Army sold the last of its homing pigeons.
1972 - Evel Knievel broke 93 bones after successfully jumping 35 cars.
1973 - The last airing of "Concentration" took place. The show had been on NBC for 15 years.
1980 - The deposed shah of Iran, Muhammad Riza Pahlavi, left Panama for Egypt.
1998 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that term limits for state lawmakers were constitutional.
1998 - The movie "Titanic" won 11 Oscars at the Academy Awards.
Birth anniversaries of filmmaker Akira Kurosawa (1910-98) and actress Joan Crawford (1905-77).
Happy Birthday, Louie Anderson, Roger Bannister, Keri Russell.
1806 - Explorers Lewis and Clark, reached the Pacific coast, and began their return journey to the east.
1839 - The first recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] was used in Boston's Morning Post.
1857 - Elisha Otis installed the first modern passenger elevator in a public building. It was at the corner of Broome Street and Broadway in New York City.
1912 - The Dixie Cup was invented.
1919 - Benito Mussolini founded his Fascist political movement in Milan, Italy.
1933 - The German Reichstag adopted the Enabling Act. The act effectively granted Adolf Hitler dictatorial legislative powers.
1957 - The U.S. Army sold the last of its homing pigeons.
1972 - Evel Knievel broke 93 bones after successfully jumping 35 cars.
1973 - The last airing of "Concentration" took place. The show had been on NBC for 15 years.
1980 - The deposed shah of Iran, Muhammad Riza Pahlavi, left Panama for Egypt.
1998 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that term limits for state lawmakers were constitutional.
1998 - The movie "Titanic" won 11 Oscars at the Academy Awards.
Saturday, March 22, 2014
‘God’s Not Dead’: Actor Says This Movie Could Convert Agnostics to Christianity | TheBlaze.com
“I think it opens up discussion more than any movie,” he said. “It’s not preaching to the choir … it’s creating a lot of dialogue.”
Sorbo said “God’s Not Dead” tackles both sides of the theological debate, bringing up science that points to God’s existence while also delving into the atheistic view that there is no higher power.
“Agnostics out there who kind of believe, kind of don’t … these are the independent voters,” Sorbo said. “We want them to come over to the right side.”
As for atheist activists who sometimes react negatively to projects like “God’s Not Dead,” Sorbo believes their responses are often times driven by fear."
Doubling the minimum wage doubles the price of preventing 'disconnected' youth
Ken Braun: Doubling the minimum wage doubles the price of preventing 'disconnected' youth | MLive.com
Local agitators for a $15 minimum wage were again demonstrating by the dozens,briefly blocking the drive-thru at a Detroit McDonald’s on Tuesday.
Local agitators for a $15 minimum wage were again demonstrating by the dozens,briefly blocking the drive-thru at a Detroit McDonald’s on Tuesday.
......Brookings calculates a figure for ‘disconnected youth,’ which measures young people who are “not working, not in school, and have less than an associate's degree.”
These youngsters with nothing going on are “at increased risk for subsequent poverty and unemployment.”
These youngsters with nothing going on are “at increased risk for subsequent poverty and unemployment.”
For 16-19 year olds in the Detroit-area, 9.9 percent fall into the ‘disconnected’ trap, a miserable 82nd out of the 100 largest metropolitan regions.
It’s worse for the 20-24 year olds, as 22.3 percent score as ‘disconnected’ - 90th out of the 100 regions.Attie Pollard - Today I think it's a sad day for democracy in...
Attie Pollard - Today I think it's a sad day for democracy in...:"Today I think it's a sad day for democracy in Michigan.
Don't matter where you stand on the issue of same-sex marriage, we all can agree that active judges should not overrule the will of the people.
If you want to make same-sex marriage the law of the land in the state then you should take the case to the people of the state and have them vote on it at the ballot box, not in the court rooms.
What good is it to have the power to vote if the courts are going to overturn the will of the people."
15 Amazing Colorized Images of Historical Photos
15 Amazing Colorized Images of Historical Photos - ODDEE:
"Two Survivors of the Battle of Gettysburg at the 50th Anniversary Reunion"
"Two Survivors of the Battle of Gettysburg at the 50th Anniversary Reunion"
Story of Lacey Holsworth moves beyond the Michigan State community, captures the heart of Jay Bilas
Story of Lacey Holsworth moves beyond the Michigan State community, captures the heart of Jay Bilas | MLive.com:
As of Friday, he follows one person in this world, and it's Lacey Holsworth -- the eight-year-old girl from St. Johns, Mich. (@adorablelacey), whose battle with cancer has taken hold of the hearts of Michigan State fans and beyond.
SPOKANE, Wash. -- In the grand scheme of things, Twitter doesn't mean a whole lot.
So often the source of negative human wrath and anonymous lashing out, it's hard to find the positives.
That was the case for Jay Bilas, who despite having 658,000 Twitter followers himself, followed no one. Until today.
As of Friday, he follows one person in this world, and it's Lacey Holsworth -- the eight-year-old girl from St. Johns, Mich. (@adorablelacey), whose battle with cancer has taken hold of the hearts of Michigan State fans and beyond.
"Wednesday night I was watching Spartan Basketball All-Access," Bilas said in a phone interview with MLive Friday afternoon. "They showed the Michigan State basketball banquet and during Tom Izzo's speech at the banquet, where he had Lacey up on the podium and Adreian (Payne) behind him. He talked about learning lessons from his players and what an inspiration Lacey's been and the courage and toughness she's shown.
"It was really moving and inspiring. If you could watch that with a dry eye, you don't have a heart."
Lacey's unique relationship with Payne has been the lasting image of Michigan State's season. The struggle with cancer became even more difficult as of Wednesday when Lacey suffered a seizure. The fight for her life weighs on Payne as he plays in the NCAA tournament here in Spokane.
"I talked to Lacey and her parents yesterday and it's hard and it's like having a family member that's really sick and ill," Payne said. "The only thing you can do is just play basketball because you can't be there with them. And just knowing that when I play well it makes her happy, it feels like I'm doing something in a way to help her feel better."
With Lacey on his mind, Payne set a new Michigan State NCAA tournament record with 41 points in a win over Delaware Thursday night.
"I was crying watching (her story)," Bilas admitted. "It just motivated me to follow her.
"You see all kinds of stories, but this one seemed different and captured my attention. It captured my heart."
Conservatives Will Not Be Pleased That Obama’s Former Campaign Is Now Using This Symbol to Sell Obamacare | TheBlaze.com
"Organizing for America, the nonprofit group founded out of President Barack Obama’s former campaign, is now using its own version of the popular “Don’t Tread on Me” symbol to sell Obamacare.
In an email sent out to supporters on Friday, OFA writes: “We’ve been trying to come up with the perfect way to show how proud we are of Obamacare.”"
Pennsylvania Dem took bribe to oppose voter ID law, but never got charged
Report: Pennsylvania Dem took bribe to oppose voter ID law, but never got charged | WashingtonExaminer.com:
"Pennsylvania Democrats reportedly were caught on tape accepting cash bribes, including one lawmaker who was paid to vote against a state voter identification law, but Democratic Attorney General Kathleen Kane shut down the investigation.
"Before Kane ended the investigation, sources familiar with the inquiry said, prosecutors amassed 400 hours of audio and videotape that documented at least four city Democrats taking payments in cash or money orders, and in one case a $2,000 Tiffany bracelet," the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
"Typically, the payments made at any one time were relatively modest -- ranging from $500 to $2,000 -- but most of those involved accepted multiple payments, people familiar with the investigation said. In some cases, the payments were offered in exchange for votes or contracts, they said.""
"Pennsylvania Democrats reportedly were caught on tape accepting cash bribes, including one lawmaker who was paid to vote against a state voter identification law, but Democratic Attorney General Kathleen Kane shut down the investigation."Before Kane ended the investigation, sources familiar with the inquiry said, prosecutors amassed 400 hours of audio and videotape that documented at least four city Democrats taking payments in cash or money orders, and in one case a $2,000 Tiffany bracelet," the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
"Typically, the payments made at any one time were relatively modest -- ranging from $500 to $2,000 -- but most of those involved accepted multiple payments, people familiar with the investigation said. In some cases, the payments were offered in exchange for votes or contracts, they said.""
After Third Robbery In A Month, Jitterz Java Owner Arming Baristas
After Third Robbery In A Month, Jitterz Java Owner Arming Baristas (VIDEO) | The Federalist Papers:
"This woman’s coffee shop has been robbed three times in a row.
Now she’s fed up and want’s criminals to know what’s waiting for them!
If you intend on robbing one particular coffee joint in Spokane, Washington, you may get more than just a shot of espresso, because the baristas at Jitterz Java in the town’s northwest are now packing heat.
A number of robberies and attempted robberies already this year have prompted the move.
The latest one caught on CCTV wasn’t successful.
But it’s why Krystal Coggswell and staff want to keep firearms on full view for customers, day and night.
Coggswell say she has a concealed carry permit for the revolver she keeps by her side and says her customers are mostly fine with the new policy.
Moreover, she says she’s been around guns her whole life and knows how to handle one but didn’t say whether she’d use deadly force if faced with a hostile coffee lover."
"This woman’s coffee shop has been robbed three times in a row.
Now she’s fed up and want’s criminals to know what’s waiting for them!
If you intend on robbing one particular coffee joint in Spokane, Washington, you may get more than just a shot of espresso, because the baristas at Jitterz Java in the town’s northwest are now packing heat.
A number of robberies and attempted robberies already this year have prompted the move.
The latest one caught on CCTV wasn’t successful.
But it’s why Krystal Coggswell and staff want to keep firearms on full view for customers, day and night.
Coggswell say she has a concealed carry permit for the revolver she keeps by her side and says her customers are mostly fine with the new policy.
Moreover, she says she’s been around guns her whole life and knows how to handle one but didn’t say whether she’d use deadly force if faced with a hostile coffee lover."
6 Arguments Only A Liberal Could Believe
6 Arguments Only A Liberal Could Believe - John Hawkins - Page full:
"It's almost impossible to have any kind of meaningful discussion with a liberal because while you're trying to come up with logical points to support your position, he’s trying to come up with new ways to convince people you're Hitler.
Modern liberalism has turned into a willful embrace of stupidity.
It's all about setting reason and intellect aside in order to take an emotionally-satisfying position that makes a liberal feel better about himself.
This is how people who are undeniably intelligent can feel good about taking brainless positions that hurt a lot of people......
1) Everyone who disagrees with a liberal is racist!"
Read the entire analysis..... and maybe think of getting some guns and ammo......
The cast of Today can’t understand why Obama isn’t one of the top leaders in the world
The cast of Today can’t understand why Obama isn’t one of the top leaders in the world | Rare
Fortune magazine recently released their list of the world’s top 50 leaders, and missing from that list is the current president, President Obama.
The cast of NBC’s “Today Show” thought this decision “surprising.”
“Bill Clinton comes in at number five and makes the cover. There are a lot of other notable names here. Tell you what, though, there may be some talk about one leader who did not make the list, the leader of the free world, President Obama. Fortune tells us he was not overlooked, he just did not make the cut,” co-host Savannah Guthrie said.
“Yeah, that’s surprising,” Matt Lauer followed up.
Fortune explained their reasoning in a statement to NBC news:
President Obama wasn’t excluded from Fortune’s World’s 50 Greatest Leaders list. He simply didn’t make this year’s list of 50 outstanding individuals who have demonstrated rare leadership, leadership in multiple areas or who have demonstrated a long history of leading.
Other leaders on the Fortune list include Angelina Jolie, Bono, Malala Yousafzai and Pope Francis, who made the top spot.
Democrats Steal Tea Party Symbol to Promote Obamacare
Democrats Steal Tea Party Symbol to Promote Obamacare:
How desperate are Democrats to sell Obamacare?
So desperate that they're adopting the Tea Party's beloved symbol, the Gadsden "Don't Tread on Me" flag, to sell it, as per this tweet by Democrat strategist Christine Pelosi (yes, that Pelosi family).
The flag is a national symbol, of course, but Democrats have spent the last several years describing it as some kind of latter-day version of the Confederate battle flag, or worse.
How desperate are Democrats to sell Obamacare?So desperate that they're adopting the Tea Party's beloved symbol, the Gadsden "Don't Tread on Me" flag, to sell it, as per this tweet by Democrat strategist Christine Pelosi (yes, that Pelosi family).
The flag is a national symbol, of course, but Democrats have spent the last several years describing it as some kind of latter-day version of the Confederate battle flag, or worse.
How RIDICULOUSLY HARD Can Common Core Math Make Subtraction?
How RIDICULOUSLY HARD Can Common Core Math Make Subtraction? (Video) | The Federalist Papers:
"College students and others at George Mason University were dumbstruck by the tedious nature of an elementary level Common Core problem during a short series of interviews conducted by Campus Reform last week.
The problem, 32-12, was demonstrated to those on campus the traditional way and juxtaposed with the Common Core method.
“That was extra difficult for no reason” one interviewee told Campus Reform.
“Make it simple, cause that’s confusing.
Watch the video:
"College students and others at George Mason University were dumbstruck by the tedious nature of an elementary level Common Core problem during a short series of interviews conducted by Campus Reform last week.
The problem, 32-12, was demonstrated to those on campus the traditional way and juxtaposed with the Common Core method.
“That was extra difficult for no reason” one interviewee told Campus Reform.
“Make it simple, cause that’s confusing.
Watch the video:
It's the culture, stupid-------Video: Purse-snatching victim dragged
Video: Purse-snatching victim dragged | WOODTV.com:
"The video showed the suspect’s car as it circled the lot and the victim as she reached in her vehicle and began to put items in the back.
The woman then left her purse in the grocery cart, and suddenly, the driver of the silver car pulled up next to the victim’s cart, according to the video.
“He grabs her purse.
She grabs onto the purse as he’s driving away.
He pulls her across and she actually struck that vehicle that was parked there,” Shaw said.
“You would think, if she grabbed onto the purse, she wouldn’t be able to hold on to it.
Unfortunately, she was, and was pulled off balance or however that occurred.”
The video then showed the victim getting dragged several feet before striking a vehicle parked a few spaces away."
"The video showed the suspect’s car as it circled the lot and the victim as she reached in her vehicle and began to put items in the back.The woman then left her purse in the grocery cart, and suddenly, the driver of the silver car pulled up next to the victim’s cart, according to the video.
“He grabs her purse.
She grabs onto the purse as he’s driving away.
He pulls her across and she actually struck that vehicle that was parked there,” Shaw said.
“You would think, if she grabbed onto the purse, she wouldn’t be able to hold on to it.
Unfortunately, she was, and was pulled off balance or however that occurred.”
The video then showed the victim getting dragged several feet before striking a vehicle parked a few spaces away."
History for March 22 - On-This-Day.com
History for March 22
1457 - Gutenberg Bible became the first printed book.
1765 - The Stamp Act was passed. It was the first direct British tax on the American colonists. It was repealed on March 17, 1766.
1903 - Niagara Falls ran out of water due to a drought.
1935 - Persia was renamed Iran.
1941 - The Grand Coulee Dam in Washington began operations.
1954 - The first shopping mall opened in Southfield, Michigan.
1960 - A.L. Schawlow & C.H. Townes obtained a patent for the laser. It was the first patent for any laser.
1978 - Karl Wallenda, of the Flying Wallendas, fell to his death while walking a cable strung between to hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1987 - A barge loaded with 32,000 tons of refuse left Islip, NY, to find a place to unload. After being refused by several states and three countries space was found back in Islip.
1989 - The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee reported the class gap was widening.
1990 - A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, found Captain Hazelwood not guilty in the Valdez oil spill.
Birth anniversaries of Louis L’Amour (1908-88) and Chico Marx of the Marx Brothers (1887-1961).
In 1941, the 99th Pursuit Squadron, better known as the Tuskegee Airmen, was activated.
Happy Birthday! Andrew Lloyd Webber, William Shatner, M. Emmet Walsh
1457 - Gutenberg Bible became the first printed book.
1765 - The Stamp Act was passed. It was the first direct British tax on the American colonists. It was repealed on March 17, 1766.
1903 - Niagara Falls ran out of water due to a drought.
1935 - Persia was renamed Iran.
1941 - The Grand Coulee Dam in Washington began operations.
1954 - The first shopping mall opened in Southfield, Michigan.
1960 - A.L. Schawlow & C.H. Townes obtained a patent for the laser. It was the first patent for any laser.
1978 - Karl Wallenda, of the Flying Wallendas, fell to his death while walking a cable strung between to hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1987 - A barge loaded with 32,000 tons of refuse left Islip, NY, to find a place to unload. After being refused by several states and three countries space was found back in Islip.
1989 - The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee reported the class gap was widening.
1990 - A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, found Captain Hazelwood not guilty in the Valdez oil spill.
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