"This really is insane!
Are kids really so delicate that their self esteem will be crushed forever if it isn’t artificially propped up with nonsense like this bumper sticker?"
Right up here with this showcase of "school pride":
Monday, April 07, 2014
Check out this INSANE Bumper Sticker; Participation Awards Taken To a New Level!
Check out this INSANE Bumper Sticker; Participation Awards Taken To a New Level! | The Federalist Papers:
"This really is insane!
Are kids really so delicate that their self esteem will be crushed forever if it isn’t artificially propped up with nonsense like this bumper sticker?"
Right up here with this showcase of "school pride":
"This really is insane!
Are kids really so delicate that their self esteem will be crushed forever if it isn’t artificially propped up with nonsense like this bumper sticker?"
Right up here with this showcase of "school pride":
Chicago's Murder Rate Plummets With Concealed Carry Law
Chicago's Murder Rate Plummets With Concealed Carry Law | RedState
The city of Chicago registered more homicides than any city in the nation in 2012, surpassing even New York — despite the fact that the Second City has only one third as many residents as the Big Apple.In new crime statistics released Monday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported 500 murders in Chicago in 2012, up sharply from the 431 recorded in 2011. New York reported 419 murders last year, compared with 515 in 2011.
On September 12, 2013, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled a law passed in Illinois which effectively banned carrying a loaded weapon violated the Second Amendment and struck it down. In January, the Illinois State Police began issuing concealed carry licenses.
The usual suspects predicted dire and cataclysmic outcomes:
But other city officials aren’t so assured. Superintendent Garry McCarthy calls a requirement that people go through only 16 hours of training before they are issued a concealed carry permit “woefully inadequate” because about the only thing people can learn in that time is how to “point and fire a weapon” and not when they can legally do so.“Our officers receive six months of training in the police academy and then three months on the streets and at the end of the day we make mistakes frequently,” he said.Another concern by Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is the provision in the bill that calls for law enforcement and prosecutors to object to a governor-appointed panel if they suspect applicants are dangerous. In Cook County, where there are 358,000 registered gun owners, Dart said he’s worried gang members and others who shouldn’t have guns will slip through the cracks and be granted permits.
(WTF Sherriff Dart: how did the gang members manage to kill so many people last year without applying for concealed carry permits?)
When new crime statistics were released covering the first quarter of 2014 an amazing thing happened
Chicago’s first-quarter murder total this year hit its lowest number since 1958, police say.The first three months of the year saw 6 fewer murders than the same time frame in 2013–a 9 percent drop–and 55 fewer murders than 2012, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
Why is this? Divining causation is fraught with danger but so long as we are considering global warming to be science I suppose anything goes.
The issue of concealed carry and crime should be settled science. The NRA has a substantive paper on the subject which concludes:
Studying crime trends in every county in the U.S., economist John Lott and David Mustard concluded, “allowing citizens to carry concealed weapons deters violent crimes. . . . [W]hen state concealed handgun laws went into effect in a county, murders fell by 8.5 percent, and rapes and aggravated assaults fell by 5 and 7 percent.”
Obama imposes his policies directly on federal contractors, in 'year of action
Obama imposes his policies directly on federal contractors, in 'year of action' | Fox News:
"This week's steps showcase Obama's efforts to take action without congressional approval and illustrate how even without legislation, the president can drive policy on a significant segment of the U.S. economy. At the same time, it also underscores the limits of his ambition when he doesn't have the backing of Congress for his initiatives.
Republicans maintain that Obama is pushing his executive powers too far and that he should do more to work with Congress. His new executive orders are sure to prompt criticism that he is placing an undue burden on companies and increasing their costs.
Federal contracting covers about one-quarter of the U.S. workforce and includes companies ranging from Boeing to small parts suppliers and service providers. As a result, presidential directives can have a wide and direct impact. Such actions also can be largely symbolic, designed to spur action in the broader economy."
"This week's steps showcase Obama's efforts to take action without congressional approval and illustrate how even without legislation, the president can drive policy on a significant segment of the U.S. economy. At the same time, it also underscores the limits of his ambition when he doesn't have the backing of Congress for his initiatives.Republicans maintain that Obama is pushing his executive powers too far and that he should do more to work with Congress. His new executive orders are sure to prompt criticism that he is placing an undue burden on companies and increasing their costs.
Federal contracting covers about one-quarter of the U.S. workforce and includes companies ranging from Boeing to small parts suppliers and service providers. As a result, presidential directives can have a wide and direct impact. Such actions also can be largely symbolic, designed to spur action in the broader economy."
As the leftist media and entire democrat party assures us there is NO vote fraud------6,100 dead people on Nassau voter rolls, Newsday analysis finds
6,100 dead people on Nassau voter rolls, Newsday analysis finds - Newsday:"Evelyn E. Burwell's family was surprised to learn she voted in the 2012 general and primary elections.
They knew she was an avid voter, but she's been dead since 1997.
Burwell is one of about 6,100 deceased people still registered to vote in Nassau County, a Newsday computer analysis shows.
The former Wantagh resident, who died at age 74, is also among roughly 270 people that records show voted in Nassau County after dying, a group that includes a man who voted 14 times since his death.
Newsday's analysis of voter registration and U.S. Social Security Administration death records found more deceased registered voters in Nassau County than any other New York county, accounting for nearly a quarter of the 26,500 on the rolls statewide.
Suffolk County has about 2,490 deceased people registered to vote, with roughly 50 listed as voting after their death."
Muslim pilots have "suicided" their planes before: Occam's razor
Occam's razor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
"It states that among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected.
Other, more complicated solutions may ultimately prove correct, but—in the absence of certainty—the fewer assumptions that are made, the better."
"It states that among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected. Other, more complicated solutions may ultimately prove correct, but—in the absence of certainty—the fewer assumptions that are made, the better."
Saginaw sheriff expecting to be invaded by Flint?-------Prepared for disaster: Mine-resistant, bulletproof military truck added to Saginaw County Sheriff's fleet
Prepared for disaster: Mine-resistant, bulletproof military truck added to Saginaw County Sheriff's fleet | MLive.com:
""As sheriff of the county, I have to put ourselves in the best position to protect our citizens and protect our property," he said.
"I have to prepare for something disastrous."
The MRAP could be used in a situation of an armored gunman with high-powered weapons, Federspiel said.
"They can go ahead and fire at that with a .50-caliber weapon and they're still protected," he said.
"I don't think of myself as a 'doomsdayer,' someone who worries about the end of the world -- I don't," he said.
"But I have to think about what-ifs when I'm the sheriff."
He said the vehicle is part of that plan to be prepared for the worst.
Such an incident has not happened since he was elected sheriff.
"But that doesn't mean we won't have one," he said.
"We're constantly outgunned," he said, noting criminals could be carrying silencers, assault rifles and other heavy duty weapons, adding, "I need every tool I can get." "
""As sheriff of the county, I have to put ourselves in the best position to protect our citizens and protect our property," he said."I have to prepare for something disastrous."
The MRAP could be used in a situation of an armored gunman with high-powered weapons, Federspiel said.
"They can go ahead and fire at that with a .50-caliber weapon and they're still protected," he said.
"I don't think of myself as a 'doomsdayer,' someone who worries about the end of the world -- I don't," he said.
"But I have to think about what-ifs when I'm the sheriff."
He said the vehicle is part of that plan to be prepared for the worst.
Such an incident has not happened since he was elected sheriff.
"But that doesn't mean we won't have one," he said.
"We're constantly outgunned," he said, noting criminals could be carrying silencers, assault rifles and other heavy duty weapons, adding, "I need every tool I can get." "
Being paid what a politician thinks you should be paid, rather than what your boss thinks you are worth. What could possibly go wrong?-------Cities Advance Their Fight Against Rising Inequality
Cities Advance Their Fight Against Rising Inequality - NYTimes.com:SEATTLE — In January, Teresa Fuentes’s employer told her she could work no more than 30 hours a week preparing burgers and passing out food at the drive-through for about $9.50 an hour.
It was just the latest blow to her already-fragile household finances.
Ms. Fuentes, 47, had missed work to take care of an eye infection for which she could not afford the prescription drops.
She is struggling to take care of her two children, reliant on a local food bank, working two jobs and behind on her bills.
“It’s very stressful for me,” Ms. Fuentes said.
“Things are just so tight.”
For Ms. Fuentes and thousands of other workers like her, some relief may be on the way.
The Seattle City Council is intensely debating a plan to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour from $9.32 — forging ahead on its plan to tackle income inequality as efforts in the nation’s capital have languished.
“The accumulation of 30 years of rising income inequality is finally having its impact,” said Mayor Ed Murray, sitting in his glass-walled office overlooking Puget Sound.
“People can’t afford to live a decent life.”
DHS Official: US Not ‘Routinely’ Notified When Sex Offenders Enter the Country | CNS News
DHS Official: US Not ‘Routinely’ Notified When Sex Offenders Enter the Country | CNS News:
"A Homeland Security Department official testified Friday before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security that U.S. authorities are not “routinely” notified when foreign sex offenders enter the United States.
“We can receive information on foreign criminal records, and in fact the NCB (National Central Bureau) is the vehicle through which 190 countries can communicate, and there are … registered sex offenders, but routinely, that information actually would not come unless there’s a specific case or a specific law enforcement inquiry,” Alan Bersin, Assistant Homeland Security Secretary of International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer, told the subcommittee."
The future?------Students Defend Teacher Accused In Wild Fistfight Caught On Cell Phone Video
Students Defend Teacher Accused In Wild Fistfight Caught On Cell Phone Video « CBS Los Angeles
"SANTA MONICA (CBSLA.com) — A video showing a teacher and wrestling coach at Santa Monica High School fighting with a student that was captured on cell phone video has gone viral.
...On Friday KCAL9’s Bobby Kaple reported that witnesses said the incident unfolded because the student was openly holding a bag of marijuana.
When the teacher, who students identified as science teacher Mark Black, tried to confiscate it, the student got physical."
"SANTA MONICA (CBSLA.com) — A video showing a teacher and wrestling coach at Santa Monica High School fighting with a student that was captured on cell phone video has gone viral.
...On Friday KCAL9’s Bobby Kaple reported that witnesses said the incident unfolded because the student was openly holding a bag of marijuana.
When the teacher, who students identified as science teacher Mark Black, tried to confiscate it, the student got physical."
History for April 7
History for April 7 - On-This-Day.com:
1945 - The Japanese battleship Yamato, the world’s largest battleship, was sunk during the battle for Okinawa. The fleet was headed for a suicide mission.
1948 - The musical "South Pacific" by Rogers and Hammerstein debuted on Broadway.
1963 - At the age of 23, Jack Nicklaus became the youngest golfer to win the Green Jacket at the Masters Tournament.
1969 - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material.
1970 - John Wayne won his first and only Oscar for his role in "True Grit." He had been in over 200 films.
1998 - Mary Bono, the widow of Sonny Bono, won a special election to serve out the remainder of her husband's congressional term.
2000 - U.S. President Clinton signed the Senior Citizens Freedom to Work Act of 2000. The bill reversed a Depression-era law and allows senior citizens to earn money without losing Social Security retirement benefits.
Final Four: NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship Final, Arlington, TX.
Birth anniversary of Billie Holiday (1915-59).
Happy Birthday! Jackie Chan, Francis Ford Coppola, Wayne Rogers
1945 - The Japanese battleship Yamato, the world’s largest battleship, was sunk during the battle for Okinawa. The fleet was headed for a suicide mission.
1948 - The musical "South Pacific" by Rogers and Hammerstein debuted on Broadway.
1963 - At the age of 23, Jack Nicklaus became the youngest golfer to win the Green Jacket at the Masters Tournament.
1969 - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material.
1970 - John Wayne won his first and only Oscar for his role in "True Grit." He had been in over 200 films.
1998 - Mary Bono, the widow of Sonny Bono, won a special election to serve out the remainder of her husband's congressional term.
2000 - U.S. President Clinton signed the Senior Citizens Freedom to Work Act of 2000. The bill reversed a Depression-era law and allows senior citizens to earn money without losing Social Security retirement benefits.
Sunday, April 06, 2014
SHOCKER: Someone at MSNBC Actually Called Harry Reid Out for his Lies!
SHOCKER: Someone at MSNBC Actually Called Harry Reid Out for his Lies!:
Harry Reid has been on a infantile, disingenuous tirade against the libertarian leaning Koch Brothers Despite that fact that he is cozy with the Steyer Brothers and constantly looking the other way in silence at the infiltration into the American political system of global socialist George Soros, Dirty Harry remains silent on those issues. Of course, whoever lines his pockets or keeps him and his party in power is off limits from criticism.
Instead, he attacks private American citizens who simply fight for freedom, free markets, and the Constitution upon which this country was built as ‘un-American’ with lies, distortions, and baseless accusations. Shockingly, at least one person at MSNBC, Obama’s LEAN FORWARD propaganda network, has called Reid out for his ridiculous attacks."
Final day for Sears flagship store in the Loop
Final day for Sears flagship store in the Loop - Chicago Sun-Times:
"Sears flagship store in the Loop will close its doors to retail customers on Sunday.
Most of the store’s 160 employees are part-time hourly, but those eligible will get severance and be able to apply for openings at other local Sears and Kmart stores, the company has said.
......The store opened about 13 years ago, on May 23, 2001, with $13.5 million in city tax-increment financing support."
"Sears flagship store in the Loop will close its doors to retail customers on Sunday.Most of the store’s 160 employees are part-time hourly, but those eligible will get severance and be able to apply for openings at other local Sears and Kmart stores, the company has said.
......The store opened about 13 years ago, on May 23, 2001, with $13.5 million in city tax-increment financing support."
Fuzzy math from administration over ObamaCare? | Fox News
Fuzzy math from administration over ObamaCare? | Fox News:
In his Rose Garden appearance this week, Obama seemed elated to proclaim "7.1 million Americans have now signed up for private insurance plans through these marketplaces."
But it remains unclear how many of those sign ups have paid premiums in order to be officially enrolled, or how many were previously uninsured.
In addition, even though officials are celebrating the 7 million mark,the White House once minimized numbers twice that large-- the 14 million people in the individual insurance market who were facing cancellations because their policies did not have all the required benefits of ObamaCare."
In his Rose Garden appearance this week, Obama seemed elated to proclaim "7.1 million Americans have now signed up for private insurance plans through these marketplaces."
But it remains unclear how many of those sign ups have paid premiums in order to be officially enrolled, or how many were previously uninsured.
In addition, even though officials are celebrating the 7 million mark,the White House once minimized numbers twice that large-- the 14 million people in the individual insurance market who were facing cancellations because their policies did not have all the required benefits of ObamaCare."
$6 Billion Goes Missing at State Department
$6 Billion Goes Missing at State Department | The Fiscal Times
The State Department has no idea what happened to $6 billion used to pay its contractors.
The State Department has no idea what happened to $6 billion used to pay its contractors.
In a special “management alert” made public Thursday, the State Department’s Inspector General Steve Linick warned “significant financial risk and a lack of internal control at the department has led to billions of unaccounted dollars over the last six years.
Te alert was just the latest example of the federal government’s continued struggle with oversight over its outside contractors.
.....In another instance, the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement issued a $1 billion contract in Afghanistan that was deemed “incomplete.”
Obama math: under new Common Core, 3 x 4 = 11
Obama math: under new Common Core, 3 x 4 = 11 | The Daily Caller:
"Quick: what’s 3 x 4?
If you said 11 — or, hell, if you said 7, pi, or infinity squared — that’s just fine under the Common Core, the new national curriculum that the Obama administration will impose on American public school students this fall.
In a pretty amazing YouTube video, Amanda August, a curriculum coordinator in a suburb of Chicago called Grayslake, explains that getting the right answer in math just doesn’t matter as long as kids can explain the necessarily faulty reasoning they used to get to that wrong answer.
“Even if they said, ’3 x 4 was 11,’ if they were able to explain their reasoning and explain how they came up with their answer really in, umm, words and oral explanation, and they showed it in the picture but they just got the final number wrong, we’re really more focused on the how,” August says in the video."
"Quick: what’s 3 x 4?
If you said 11 — or, hell, if you said 7, pi, or infinity squared — that’s just fine under the Common Core, the new national curriculum that the Obama administration will impose on American public school students this fall.
In a pretty amazing YouTube video, Amanda August, a curriculum coordinator in a suburb of Chicago called Grayslake, explains that getting the right answer in math just doesn’t matter as long as kids can explain the necessarily faulty reasoning they used to get to that wrong answer.
“Even if they said, ’3 x 4 was 11,’ if they were able to explain their reasoning and explain how they came up with their answer really in, umm, words and oral explanation, and they showed it in the picture but they just got the final number wrong, we’re really more focused on the how,” August says in the video."
How to Collect Rainwater for Survival
How to Collect Rainwater for Survival | SurvivoPedia:
"Rainwater is an excellent source of free water, or so you’d think, right?
Apparently not, though.
For example, some Western states including Utah, Washington and Colorado outlawed home owners from collecting rain water on their own properties.
According to the good’ ol government, the water that falls from the skies belongs to someone else and you’re essentially stealing if you collect it.
So check your laws before moving forward.
Well, that being said, collecting rain water can be very important for your survival, if SHTF and your regular water supply runs dry.
In a societal collapse scenario, don’t expect for the regular chains of supply, i.e. utilities like power, gas or water to work efficiently, if at all.
Therefore, survival will be up to you."
"Rainwater is an excellent source of free water, or so you’d think, right?
Apparently not, though.For example, some Western states including Utah, Washington and Colorado outlawed home owners from collecting rain water on their own properties.
According to the good’ ol government, the water that falls from the skies belongs to someone else and you’re essentially stealing if you collect it.
So check your laws before moving forward.
Well, that being said, collecting rain water can be very important for your survival, if SHTF and your regular water supply runs dry.
In a societal collapse scenario, don’t expect for the regular chains of supply, i.e. utilities like power, gas or water to work efficiently, if at all.
Therefore, survival will be up to you."
Sarah Palin’s remarkable staying power
Sarah Palin’s remarkable staying power:
"It’s tempting to think of this spate of Sarah Palin appearances everywhere (on social media, too), as a comeback.
But, thing is, Palin hasn’t ever really gone anywhere since she went from being a complete unknown to an American obsession in 2008.
Like no other figure in American pop and political culture (The Fix calls her a celebritician), Palin has shown a remarkable ability to stay top of mind, maintaining a role in the Beltway conversation while staying very far away.
She has built herself this unusual platform on three main planks: social media, reality television and her political action committee, SarahPAC."
"It’s tempting to think of this spate of Sarah Palin appearances everywhere (on social media, too), as a comeback.But, thing is, Palin hasn’t ever really gone anywhere since she went from being a complete unknown to an American obsession in 2008.
Like no other figure in American pop and political culture (The Fix calls her a celebritician), Palin has shown a remarkable ability to stay top of mind, maintaining a role in the Beltway conversation while staying very far away.
She has built herself this unusual platform on three main planks: social media, reality television and her political action committee, SarahPAC."
The ‘Little-Noticed’ Consequence of Obamacare That Will Leave Many Americans Out of Luck | TheBlaze.com
The ‘Little-Noticed’ Consequence of Obamacare That Will Leave Many Americans Out of Luck | TheBlaze.com:
Americans thinking about buying health insurance on their own later this year, or maybe switching to a different insurer, are probably out of luck. The policies are going off the market as a little-noticed consequence of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
With limited exceptions, insurance companies have stopped selling until next year the sorts of individual plans that used to be available year-round. That locks out many of the young and healthy as well as the sick and injured, even those who can afford to buy without government subsidies.
“Now they’re stuck,” said Bonnie Milani, an independent insurance broker in Los Angeles, who says she warned her customers last year that the change was coming. “It just closes everything down.”"
Americans thinking about buying health insurance on their own later this year, or maybe switching to a different insurer, are probably out of luck. The policies are going off the market as a little-noticed consequence of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
With limited exceptions, insurance companies have stopped selling until next year the sorts of individual plans that used to be available year-round. That locks out many of the young and healthy as well as the sick and injured, even those who can afford to buy without government subsidies.
“Now they’re stuck,” said Bonnie Milani, an independent insurance broker in Los Angeles, who says she warned her customers last year that the change was coming. “It just closes everything down.”"
Feel-good story of the day--Criminal Tries One of the Oldest Tricks in the Book on Armed Woman
Criminal Tries One of the Oldest Tricks in the Book on Armed Woman – Here’s How It Worked Out for Him | TheBlaze.com:
"A knife-wielding criminal, who police say tried to force his way into a Alabama woman’s home after claiming he needed help, is no longer living.
He was shot dead by the female homeowner who feared for her life and that of her niece.
Another suspect was arrested and charged with first degree robbery in connection with the case on Friday morning.
Police say 18-year-old Mikel Steven Smith, of Marbury, Ala., first knocked on the door of the woman’s Autauga County home and told her he needed help and was “broke down.”
When she came to the door, Smith pushed the door open and entered the home with a knife.
With her life clearly threatened, the armed woman shot the intruder several times.
He was pronounced dead Friday at around 12:30 a.m. about 30 feet away from the home.
“Drag marks lead investigators to believe another person was involved and a second ‘person of interest’ was taken into custody later Friday morning,” WSFA-TV reports."
He was shot dead by the female homeowner who feared for her life and that of her niece.
Another suspect was arrested and charged with first degree robbery in connection with the case on Friday morning.
Police say 18-year-old Mikel Steven Smith, of Marbury, Ala., first knocked on the door of the woman’s Autauga County home and told her he needed help and was “broke down.”
When she came to the door, Smith pushed the door open and entered the home with a knife.
With her life clearly threatened, the armed woman shot the intruder several times.
He was pronounced dead Friday at around 12:30 a.m. about 30 feet away from the home.
“Drag marks lead investigators to believe another person was involved and a second ‘person of interest’ was taken into custody later Friday morning,” WSFA-TV reports."
New Benghazi Hearing: Former CIA Chief Mike Morell in the Hot Seat
New Benghazi Hearing: Former CIA Chief Mike Morell in the Hot Seat:
"Yet, on September 15, the day before U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice went on five national Sunday television talk shows and promoted the false narrative, the CIA Station Chief in Tripoli—our highest ranking intelligence officer in Libya—emailed Morell and others at the CIA, reporting that the attacks were “not an escalation[] of protests.”"
"Yet, on September 15, the day before U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice went on five national Sunday television talk shows and promoted the false narrative, the CIA Station Chief in Tripoli—our highest ranking intelligence officer in Libya—emailed Morell and others at the CIA, reporting that the attacks were “not an escalation[] of protests.”"Green 'smear campaign' against professor who dared to disown 'sexed up' UN climate dossier
Green 'smear campaign' against professor who dared to disown 'sexed up' UN climate dossier | Mail Online: "Green 'smear campaign' against professor who dared to disown 'sexed up' UN climate dossier-Richard Tol claims he is fighting a sustained attack on his reputation
-Professor from Sussex University is a highly respected climate economist
-Criticised by campaigners after saying report summary was 'alarmist'
-In his opinion, it focused on 'scare stories'"
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