In a Month, TV News Gives Less Airtime to VA Scandal than Christie Controversy Received in Four Days

In a Month, TV News Gives Less Airtime to VA Scandal than Christie Controversy Received in Four Days | Media Research Center:
"In nearly four and a half weeks, the ABC, CBS and NBC morning and evening news shows have offered 110 minutes to an evolving Obama administration scandal involving secret lists designed to keep veterans from receiving proper medical treatment.
Back in January, it took those same network shows just four and a half days to churn that much coverage for Chris Christie's Bridgegate. 

Since the VA story broke on April 23 with news as many as 40 veterans seeking treatment at one Phoenix facility died while on secret waiting lists, CBS has provided the most coverage, 48 minutes and 46 seconds. NBC allowed 44 minutes and 53 seconds and ABC came in last with a scant 16 minutes and 44 seconds. None of the networks bothered covering the story until May 6, almost two weeks after it broke. (This is despite heavy investigative reporting by Fox News and CNN.)"

Rules and laws only apply to republicans?-----Judge Rules Conyers Can Be on Primary Ballot Despite Not Meeting Signature Requirements

Judge Rules Conyers Can Be on Primary Ballot Despite Not Meeting Signature Requirements | National Review Online:
"In 2012, Michigan Republican representative Thad McCotter was kept off of the ballot because of invalid signatures. 
McCotter initially pursued a write-in campaign, before eventually dropping the effort and resigning from Congress.
 Conyers is currently the second-longest serving congressman, and will become the longest-serving next session if reelected, because fellow Michigan congressman John Dingell is retiring."

Holy crap! This judge just dumped all our petition laws!!!!----------Conyers camp celebrates federal judge's ruling putting him on ballot

Conyers camp celebrates federal judge's ruling putting him on ballot | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
U.S. Rep. John Conyers’ on-again, off-again roller-coaster ride for the Aug. 5 ballot took a new twist Friday when U.S. District Judge Matthew Leitman put the 85-year-old congressman back on the ballot.
Leitman’s decision, released late Friday, contradicts the Secretary of State’s review of Conyers’ petitions, which found earlier in the day that Conyers had less than half the required signatures of valid registered voters on the petitions he turned in to qualify for the Aug. 5 primary ballot.
But Leitman said the requirement that petition circulators be registered voters — the issue that got Conyers booted off the ballot in the first place — put serious limitations on the free speech rights of the circulators, the people who signed the petitions and Conyers.“The public interest favors the enjoining of the likely unconstitutional Registration Statute,” for circulators, Leitman said.
He also said that for at least two of the circulators, who Wayne County Clerk Cathy Garrett and Secretary of State Ruth Johnson said weren’t properly registered to vote, the proof wasn’t there.
“There is evidence that their failure to comply with the Registration Statute was the result of good faith mistakes and that they believed they were in compliance with the statute,” Leitman said in his ruling.

"Why Our Political System's Screwed, in One Very Basic Chart"

"Why Our Political System's Screwed, in One Very Basic Chart" - Hit & Run : Reason.com

History for May 24

History for May 24 - On-This-Day.com:

International Tiara Day

100th birth anniversary of actress Lili Palmer (1914-86).

Happy Birthday! Gary Burghoff, Bob Dylan, Patti LaBelle

1764 - Bostonian lawyer James Otis denounced "taxation without representation" and called for the colonies to unite in demonstrating their opposition to Britain’s new tax measures. 


1816 - Emamual Leutze was born in Germany. He was most famous for his paintings "Washington Crossing the Delaware" and "Columbus Before the Queen". 


1830 - The first passenger railroad service in the U.S. began service.
 

1844 - Samuel F.B. Morse formally opened America's first telegraph line. The first message was sent from Washington, DC, to Baltimore, MD. The message was "What hath God wrought?"


1878 - The first American bicycle race was held in Boston. 


1883 - After 14 years of construction the Brooklyn Bridge was opened to traffic. 


1941 - The HMS Hood was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic. Only three people survived. 


1950 - ‘Sweetwater’ (Nat) Clifton’s contract was purchased by the New York Knicks. Sweetwater played for the Harlem Globetrotters and became the first black player in the NBA.
 











1961 - The Freedom Riders were arrested in Jackson, Mississippi. 


1983 - The Brooklyn Bridge's 100th birthday was celebrated. 


2000 - The U.S. House of Representatives approved permanent normal trade relations with China. China was not happy about some of the human rights conditions that had been attached by the U.S. lawmakers.

The Unlikely Group That Just Spoke Out Against President Obama | TheBlaze.com

The Unlikely Group That Just Spoke Out Against President Obama | TheBlaze.com:
“President Obama expressed outrage on Wednesday at recent charges of wrongdoing in the Department of Veterans Affairs’ health care system,” the Times editorial said Thursday.

“But expressing outrage is hardly enough for a president who, as a candidate in 2008, criticized the agency and vowed to improve care and address backlogs,” the Times said. “It is past time for a more visible personal commitment to right these wrongs as well as strong White House support for legislation that would make it possible for top agency officials to fire those responsible for wrongdoing.”

Parent Left ‘Speechless’ After Reading the ‘Field Day’ Flyer Reportedly Sent Home by Daughter’s School | TheBlaze.com

Parent Left ‘Speechless’ After Reading the ‘Field Day’ Flyer Reportedly Sent Home by Daughter’s School | TheBlaze.com:

"Parents of students at North Hill Elementary in Rochester Hills, Michigan, have reportedly been informed that all students are “winners,” therefore the “competitive ‘urge to win’ will be kept to a minimum” at the school’s annual field day."

Cover Oregon director still getting paid $14K a month after “resignation”

Cover Oregon director still getting paid $14K a month after “resignation” « Hot Air:
"Bruce Goldberg, the respected, long-time director of the Oregon Health Authority, offered to resign on March 18.
Two days later, with the Cover Oregon tech mess going from bad to worse, Gov. John Kitzhaber announced that he’d shown Goldberg the door.
 The resignation was “effective immediately,” said officials in the governor’s office.
Or so we thought.
It turns out, Goldberg never really left and is now drawing a full-time salary from the state.
Oregon officials confirm Goldberg returned to full-time status at the Oregon Health Authority on May 15 and will use his accrued vacation pay until July 18.
He’s getting paid $14,425 a month."

Progressive nutcase quits!------BUMMER! Ed Schultz’s radio show ending

BUMMER! Ed Schultz’s radio show ending | Progressives Today:
"Ed Schultz’s radio show is no more.
Politico reports:
Ed Schultz, the blustery talk-radio personality and MSNBC host, will end his radio program and move to an online-only format, he announced Wednesday.
“Really this change will give me more flexibility to be on the road to do the kind of shows I want to do here for ‘The Ed Show’ on MSNBC,” Schultz said, putting what Mediaite aptly described as “a positive spin” on the change.

“This is on me, you know. 

I just don’t want to do a three-hour talk show anymore.”
Bummer.
Maybe he lost his radio show because he’s an ass.

Maybe?"

Al Qaeda terrorists at Guantanamo treated better than our vets

Al Qaeda terrorists at Guantanamo treated better than our vets | Fox News:

By now most American have heard about the VA’s infamous patient “secret wait lists” which reportedly contributed to the deaths of up to 40 veterans in the Phoenix area alone. Those patriots were American heroes who served our country proudly. Yet they were left to die waiting to see a doctor.   

While the Gitmo ratio is 1.5 to 1, for America’s 9 million veterans receiving VA health care and 267,930 VA employees, the ratio is 35 to 1.

Here’s another secret the White House doesn’t want you to know about the VA. 
Al Qaeda detainees get better medical treatment than our veterans.
Say what?
Yes, it’s true. I know because I served as a Pentagon spokesman from 2005-2009 and visited Guantanamo Bay Naval Base over 30 times during those years.

Despite the fact that Al Qaeda terrorists carried out the Sept. 11 terror attacks, killing 3,000 people in America, the admitted co-conspirators and their roughly 150 fellow jihadists at Gitmo have approximately 100 doctors, nurses and health care personnel assigned to them.

Doctors and medical personnel are at their beck and call.  Got a cold, a fever, a toothache, a tumor, chest or back pain, mental health issues, PTSD?  No problem, come right on in. Military doctors are waiting to see you.

The VA and Gitmo eligible patient-to-health care provider ratios speak volumes.

While the Gitmo ratio is 1.5 to 1, for America’s 9 million veterans receiving VA health care and 267,930 VA employees, the ratio is 35 to 1.

Just Listen to the Audience’s Reaction When Teacher Reveals Why He Helped Write Common Core | Video | TheBlaze.com

Just Listen to the Audience’s Reaction When Teacher Reveals Why He Helped Write Common Core | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"A teacher who claims he helped write the controversial Common Core State Standards informed a stunned audience at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics on Monday night that he decided to get involved because he is a “white male” who has been “given a lot of privilege that I didn’t earn.”

The tsunami of gay lawsuits begins!------of Ex-CNN employee claims boss fired him for being gay, called him ‘flamboyant’ in $60 million suit

Ex-CNN employee claims boss fired him for being gay, called him ‘flamboyant’ in $60 million suit - NY Daily News:
A former CNN employee claims he was fired because he’s gay and wore bright colors and mariachi outfits to work that were deemed “too flamboyant,” according to a $60 million discrimination lawsuit.
William Kane, who started working at CNN in 2002, claims nobody at the news network ever informed him of a dress code or complained about the hot pink designer shirt he wore in his employee ID photo. Nor did he get any guff for the bright red track jacket, neon green soccer jersey or yellow track suit, with matching shoes and hat, that he wore at other times.
.....“I feel like the Rosa Parks of CNN. 
Maybe someone else won’t have to suffer the way I have,” he told the Daily News from inside his Jackson Heights, Queens, home, as he showed off his collection of 11 custom-made mariachi suits — including the one he wore at his wedding — and 100 eye-wateringly bright track suits.

Detroit mayor's office: We won't keep Orr or law firm after time's up

Detroit mayor's office: We won't keep Orr or law firm after time's up | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
Lawyers for creditors including Syncora — a bond insurer that’s on the hook for nearly $250 million because it guaranteed a disastrous $1.4-billion debt deal meant to shore up underfunded pensions in 2005 — argued that delays in the city’s release of documents creditors have requested make the schedule impossible to follow.
“The city’s actions are crippling our efforts,” Syncora lawyer Stephen Hackney said during a status conference Thursday.
Creditors’ lawyers say that their expert witnesses won’t have enough time to analyze and report on city financial assumptions without the delay.
.....As of last fall, Jones Day’s contract with the city had been approved up to $18 million, among the largest fees charged by lawyers and consulting firms addressing Detroit’s financial collapse.

VIDEO: Al Sharpton Defends Racist Rant: 'It Was Only One Jew’

VIDEO: Al Sharpton Defends Racist Rant: 'It Was Only One Jew’ - Daily Surge:
Al Sharpton’s history of hate is so voluminous and well documented, where does one even begin?
The time he disparaged Jews as “diamond merchants” during the unrest of the infamous Crown Heights riots?
Or when Sharpton tried goading NYC’s Jewish community into an all-out fistfight, saying “If the Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house”?
How about referring to the Jewish owner of Freddy’s Fashion Mart, Fred Harari, as a “white interloper” for seeking to expand his business in Harlem?
(You may have heard of Freddy’s. It was also known as the Harlem Massacre. One of Sharpton’s followers also disapproved of the “white interloper” and burned the store to the ground, murdering eight people including himself.)
But those tirades were just Sharpton’s anti-semitic ones.
He’s also sermonized on “Greek homos” and “crackas” as well as bombarded former NYC Mayor David Dinkins with a barrage of N-bombs.
So if you’re Sharpton and you’re confronted about some of your “greatest hits,” what do you do?
Scoff at the questioning and argue that one of your notorious racial slurs wasn’t, in fact, a slur because it was meant for just one Jewish individual.
No, seriously, that was Sharpton’s defense.

Union pensions killed Detroit. Now the rest of us bail out the union pensions-----Snyder hails House approval of $195M for Detroit: This is about 'stepping up to do the right thing'

Snyder hails House approval of $195M for Detroit: This is about 'stepping up to do the right thing' | MLive.com

LANSING, MI -- Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Thursday celebrated House passage of bills that would facilitate a "grand bargain" to help Detroit emerge from bankruptcy and minimize pension cuts for retirees.
......."This was truly an opportunity to come together and say 'Let's change the direction of Detroit.'
The city is already coming back in many ways, but from a public sector perspective, this really helps create an environment for success."
......Outside the governor's office, Americans For Prosperity state director Scott Hagerstrom blasted the House action and said his organization was already preparing direct mailers targeting lawmakers who voted for the package.
"I think Michigan taxpayers are sick and tired of continuing to subsidize the bad behavior by Detroit politicians -- and in some cases, criminal behavior," Hagerstrom told reporters. 
"They are enabling bad behavior and this has to stop 
We can't keep writing huge checks for Detroit."

Issa Subpoenas Holder: Give Us the IRS Documents

Issa Subpoenas Holder: Give Us the IRS Documents:

"No wonder Barack Obama can claim ignorance on nearly every major subject and scandal that has plagued his administration. He has absurdly claimed on numerous occasions, including this week in regards to the VA scandal, that he first learned about the allegations from the news. Never mind that his claim is a blatant lie. Memos reveal that he has known specifically about the VA cooking the books since 2010. But, the fact is, Obama’s buddies at ABC, NBC, and CBS, along with his mouthpieces at MSNBC and CNN, simply don’t cover the major news. "

Community pool, fitness facility being explored by Muskegon Community College

Community pool, fitness facility being explored by Muskegon Community College | MLive.com:
"The 20-member committee itself unanimously agreed that a new fitness facility should serve those at the college as well as the surrounding community.
A strong majority of the committee members also endorsed a pool at the facility and all the members agreed that the facility should have drop-in child care."

See salaries for 39 "$100,000+ Club"--- Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan's top-paid staff

Database: See salaries for Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan's top-paid staff | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"In office since January, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is populating his administration with people he says are top-notch – and he’s paying 39 a six-figure salary. 
Here are the top-paid managers Duggan has hired, with approval from Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr. Duggan's annual pay is also listed."
Below, a short list:

Detroit motorists under siege in 'Carjack City'

News from The Associated Press:
Detroit motorists under siege in 'Carjack City'
DETROIT (AP) -- When they pull up to a gas station these days, Detroit drivers are looking beyond the price per gallon at a far more threatening concern: carjackers.

The armed auto thieves have become so common here that parts of the bankrupt metropolis are referred to as "Carjack City," and many motorists fear getting out of their vehicles even for a few moments to fill a tank.

So gas stations are taking steps to protect customers, and the city has formed a special police team to go after suspects.
.......Authorities blame many of the carjackings, ironically, on improvements in vehicle security. Anti-theft equipment, GPS systems and advanced locks now prevent many vehicles from being driven without a key in the ignition.

That makes it difficult or impossible for thieves to steal parked cars, leading them to target vehicles that are occupied, said Jonathan Parnell, of Detroit's auto-theft squad.

Also contributing to the thefts is a strong demand for stolen wheels and tires, police said.

Obama Knew the VA Was ‘Cooking the Books’ and Did Nothing

Obama Knew the VA Was ‘Cooking the Books’ and Did Nothing:
"In 2008, as he made the transition to the Office of the Presidency, Obama was made aware of massive delays within the VA. He did nothing. Now, a new memo indicates that Obama and his team were informed again in 2010 of not only delays, but also the fact that numerous VA health clinics were cooking the books, lying about the care and treatment of our veterans. To make matters worse, these workers who falsified information in the cover-up in the denial of medical care for veterans were getting paid bonuses based upon their lies.

As a result of these lies and this pervasive cover-up, veterans died."

Watch the first 30 seconds. You'll watch it to the end. What scum these Hollywood stars really are--"Expose: Hollywood's War on US Energy" at Cannes Hollywood celebrities caught on hidden camera accepting money from "Middle Eastern oil interests"

James O'Keefe Premieres "Expose: Hollywood's War on US Energy" at Cannes Hollywood celebrities caught on hidden camera accepting money from "Middle Eastern oil interests"
CANNES -- In a blockbuster new video, Project Veritas has exposed the truth about the dark funding behind Hollywood's anti-fracking messaging machine.

New York Times Bestselling Author and Project Veritas founder and president James O'Keefe debuted the latest investigation at a "premiere" in Cannes, France on Wednesday.

In the investigation, an undercover journalist from Project Veritas posed as a member of a Middle Eastern oil dynasty and offered $9 million in funding to American filmmakers to fund an anti-fracking movie.

In video from a meeting with Ed Begley Jr., Mariel Hemingway and Josh Tickell, a Project Veritas investigator disguised as "Muhammed" offered $9 million for an anti-fracking film. "Muhammad" clearly states: "If Washington DC continues fracking, America will be energy efficient, and then they won't need my oil anymore."

In the same conversation, Begley and Hemingway accept the funding and agree to hide the source of funds for the anti-fracking movie. Hemingway agreeing that those who will know the source of the funding are "only at this table." 

Ed Begley Jr. is an outspoken environmental activist and current Governor on the board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science (the organization that brings us the OSCARS every year.)
Mariel Hemingway is a Golden Globe- and Oscar-nominated actress.
Josh Tickell is a Sundance Film Festival Winner and the director of environmental message movies "Fuel", "The Big Fix" and "PUMP".
Team Begley even submitted a video of Oscar-nominated actor Mark Ruffalo offering his unwavering support for the fictitious anti-fracking film project.

The meeting came about after a series of discussions with Josh and Rebecca Tickell. A Project Veritas journalist posed as an ad executive seeking to broker a deal for his client ("Muhammed") to fund an American-made anti-fracking film.

In a phone call to Tickell, the ad executive states: "My client's interest is to end American energy independence; your interest is to end fracking. And you guys understand that?"
Tickell's response: "Correct. Yes, super clear."

Tickell makes it clear on the tape that revealing the source of funding for an activist film can undermine its credibility. Tickell notes that the movie "Promised Land" undermined its own message because it was labeled as being funded by Image Nation Abu Dhabi. His advice: "So rather than putting that [the source of funding] up front, don't mention that."

In a follow-up call with Josh and Rebecca Tickell, Rebecca Tickell assures our investigator: "We would never tell about where the funding is coming from. That would be really awkward for us."
Josh Tickell: "We're confident that we can keep this zip locked, you know tight, air-tight forever. If we don't protect who is kind of funding this thing, if we have to disclose that or that becomes a necessary part of it, the whole enterprise will not work." 

Project Veritas founder and president James O'Keefe stated Wednesday:
"This latest investigation shows the dark side of Hollywood's environmental movement. Hollywood is willing to take and conceal money from Middle Eastern oil interests in order to advance their cause of destroying American energy independence."
The raw video can be found at http://Youtube.com/VeritasVisuals

History for May 23

History for May 23 - On-This-Day.com: 

International World Turtle Day. 

  

Happy Birthday! Mitch Albom, Barbara Barrie, Drew Carey

1618 - The Thirty Years War began when three opponents of the Reformation were thrown through a window. 


1701 - In London, Captain William Kidd was hanged after being convicted of murder and piracy. 


1873 - Canada's North West Mounted Police force was established. The organization's name was changed to Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1920. 


1900 - Civil War hero Sgt. William H. Carney became the first African American to receive the Medal of Honor, 37 years after the Battle of Fort Wagner. 


1934 - In Bienville Parish, LA, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were ambushed and killed by Texas Rangers. The bank robbers were riding in a stolen Ford Deluxe. 


1945 - In Luneburg Germany, Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Nazi Gestapo, committed suicide while imprisoned by the Allied forces. 


1960 - Israel announced the capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina. 


1998 - British Protestants and Irish Catholics of Northern Ireland approved a peace accord. 

Alleged ‘Flat-Out Lie’ by a Mexican Customs Director Has Imprisoned Marine’s Mother Terrified His Case Is ‘Doomed’ | TheBlaze.com

Alleged ‘Flat-Out Lie’ by a Mexican Customs Director Has Imprisoned Marine’s Mother Terrified His Case Is ‘Doomed’ | TheBlaze.com:

"She asked Americans to sign a petition at whitehouse.gov demanding the release of her son, because if the petition reaches 100,000 signatures in 30 days, the administration must issue a response.

“I only have ten more days,” she said. “I have not heard from the White House. This is my only mechanism.”



PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THIS STORY AND SIGN THE PETITION