The draft results of a $44,500 study paid for by Muskegon County were presented to Muskegon County Commissioners and members of the Accommodations Tax Advisory Committee."
Saturday, November 15, 2014
It cost the taxpayers $44,500 to "assure" us we need to give more millions to the Einsteins at the Muskegon county commission?------ Study: There's demand for new convention center in downtown Muskegon
The draft results of a $44,500 study paid for by Muskegon County were presented to Muskegon County Commissioners and members of the Accommodations Tax Advisory Committee."
Detroit ambulance stolen, tracked down as police search for suspects
Police were able to track the EMS rig as it entered an apartment complex on W. Outer Dr. shortly after 11 p.m., about 20 minutes after the ambulance was reported missing.
Police were still looking for the suspects as of 11:45 p.m. Tuesday.
The incident was first reported by DetroitScanner.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether anything was stolen from the rig or whether it was damaged."
Parents Angry After School Removes Historical ‘Hall of Heroes’ Paintings — and Replaces Them With Images of Obama, Oprah and Other ‘Celebrities’ | TheBlaze.com
Parents Angry After School Removes Historical ‘Hall of Heroes’ Paintings — and Replaces Them With Images of Obama, Oprah and Other ‘Celebrities’ | TheBlaze.com:
"Berman’s fear is that the definition of a hero will be profoundly changed in the eyes of the children who attend the school. Talent, alone, he said doesn’t automatically make someone heroic. Another parent, Todd Holliday, agrees.
“My biggest concern is my kid seeing these murals for the next four years – thinking they represent what a hero is,” he said. “They might be successful business people but they aren’t really heroes.”
"Berman’s fear is that the definition of a hero will be profoundly changed in the eyes of the children who attend the school. Talent, alone, he said doesn’t automatically make someone heroic. Another parent, Todd Holliday, agrees.“My biggest concern is my kid seeing these murals for the next four years – thinking they represent what a hero is,” he said. “They might be successful business people but they aren’t really heroes.”
Top 10 Brutal Reasons to Remember our Veterans
Top 10 Brutal Reasons to Remember our Veterans - Listverse:
Savo Sound, the stretch of water amid Savo Island, Florida Island, and Guadalcanal has been nicknamed Ironbottom Sound because of the 4 dozen ships sitting on the ocean floor. It is considered sacred to both navies and silence is observed whenever a ship passes through it.
Guadalcanal
This 6-month long campaign lasted from August 1942 to February 1943, during which 60,000 Marines lost 7,100 dead, the U. S. Navy lost 29 ships sunk, and the U. S. Army Air Corps lost 615 planes shot down. The Japanese garrison of 36,000 men lost at least 31,000 killed in action, with only 1,000 captured, the rest unaccounted for, 38 ships sunk, and about 700 planes shot down.
Savo Sound, the stretch of water amid Savo Island, Florida Island, and Guadalcanal has been nicknamed Ironbottom Sound because of the 4 dozen ships sitting on the ocean floor. It is considered sacred to both navies and silence is observed whenever a ship passes through it.
While the navies dueled to the death off the coast, Guadalcanal was the scene of triple canopy jungle fighting of the same drawn-out attrition as that seen in Vietnam. The most bitter fighting was seen around the airstrip, renamed Henderson Field in honor of Lofton Henderson, killed in action at Midway; and “Edson’s Ridge,” also called “Bloody Ridge,” overseeing the airstrip and which the Japanese attempted to wrest from the Marines.
History for November 15
History for November 15 - On-This-Day.com
William Pitt the Elder 1708 - Known as the Great Commoner, 1st Earl of Chatham, Georgia O'Keeffe 1887, Petula Clark 1932
Barry McGuire 1937, Sam Waterston 1940, Frida Lyngstad (ABBA) 1945
1777 - The Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, precursor to the U.S. Constitution.
1806 - Explorer Zebulon Pike spotted the mountaintop that became known as Pikes Peak.
1901 - Miller Reese patented an electrical hearing aid.
1926 - The National Broadcasting Co. (NBC) debuted with a radio network of 24 stations. The first network radio broadcast was a four-hour "spectacular."
1986 - Ivan F. Boesky, reputed to be the highest-paid person on Wall Street, faced penalties of $100 million for insider stock trading. It was the highest penalty ever imposed by the SEC.
1988 - The Palestine National Council, the legislative body of the PLO, proclaimed the establishment of an independent Palestinian state at the close of a four-day conference in Algiers.
1993 - A judge in Mineola, NY, sentenced Joey Buttafuoco to six months in jail for the statutory rape of Amy Fisher. Fisher was serving a prison sentence for shooting and wounding Buttafuoco's wife, Mary Jo.
1999 - Representatives from China and the United States signed a major trade agreement that involved China's membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO).
William Pitt the Elder 1708 - Known as the Great Commoner, 1st Earl of Chatham, Georgia O'Keeffe 1887, Petula Clark 1932
Barry McGuire 1937, Sam Waterston 1940, Frida Lyngstad (ABBA) 1945
1777 - The Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, precursor to the U.S. Constitution.
1806 - Explorer Zebulon Pike spotted the mountaintop that became known as Pikes Peak.
1901 - Miller Reese patented an electrical hearing aid.
1926 - The National Broadcasting Co. (NBC) debuted with a radio network of 24 stations. The first network radio broadcast was a four-hour "spectacular."
1986 - Ivan F. Boesky, reputed to be the highest-paid person on Wall Street, faced penalties of $100 million for insider stock trading. It was the highest penalty ever imposed by the SEC.
1988 - The Palestine National Council, the legislative body of the PLO, proclaimed the establishment of an independent Palestinian state at the close of a four-day conference in Algiers.
1993 - A judge in Mineola, NY, sentenced Joey Buttafuoco to six months in jail for the statutory rape of Amy Fisher. Fisher was serving a prison sentence for shooting and wounding Buttafuoco's wife, Mary Jo.
1999 - Representatives from China and the United States signed a major trade agreement that involved China's membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Friday, November 14, 2014
‘Smite Republicans Mafia-Style’: Hillary Clinton Operatives’ Emails Revealed | TheBlaze.com
‘Smite Republicans Mafia-Style’: Hillary Clinton Operatives’ Emails Revealed | TheBlaze.com:
"The group calls itself the “Mook Mafia,” named for Robby Mook, who has worked on various Democratic campaigns. The email list was also maintained with Marlon Marshal, now an Obama White House aide. It went out to about 150 campaign and political operatives, according to ABC.
In a message announcing that Marshall was taking a new job, Mook wrote: “I know this prodical [sic] son will return to the mafia manger soon enough to smite Republicans mafia-style.”
Saul Alinsky studied the mafia.
Hillary Clinton studied and idolized Saul Alinsky.
Should this really be a surprise?
"The group calls itself the “Mook Mafia,” named for Robby Mook, who has worked on various Democratic campaigns. The email list was also maintained with Marlon Marshal, now an Obama White House aide. It went out to about 150 campaign and political operatives, according to ABC.
In a message announcing that Marshall was taking a new job, Mook wrote: “I know this prodical [sic] son will return to the mafia manger soon enough to smite Republicans mafia-style.”
Saul Alinsky studied the mafia.
Hillary Clinton studied and idolized Saul Alinsky.
Should this really be a surprise?
Congressional Black Caucus Chair: Dems Lost Midterms Because of Racist White Southerners
Congressional Black Caucus Chair: Dems Lost Midterms Because of Racist White Southerners:
"The Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus said Democrats got walloped in the midterm elections because white Southern voters are racists.
"We lost because of ideological differences within the Democratic Party and with our Administration. We lost because our party has, to some extent, lost white Southerners due in part to the race of our President," Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) said, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer."
"The Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus said Democrats got walloped in the midterm elections because white Southern voters are racists.
"We lost because of ideological differences within the Democratic Party and with our Administration. We lost because our party has, to some extent, lost white Southerners due in part to the race of our President," Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) said, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer."
Liberal Ignorance at its Finest: Gays and Muslim Unite?
Liberal Ignorance at its Finest: Gays and Muslim Unite?:"The left has an ever-increasing intolerance for Christianity, but largely offers a warm embrace to Muslims. The logic behind this is so frustratingly flawed. Muslims kill gay people for being gay, women for being raped, and other Muslims for speaking out of turn. There is no greater intolerance than that of Islam, yet these same liberals who scream peace and love fail to see the vicious murder, hate, and inhumanity.
The gays uniting with Muslims should keep their ignorance out of the Middle East, where they would not be accepted or tolerated like they are in America. In the Middle East, they would be imprisoned and killed."
MN wind and solar mandate would mean costly grid upgrade
MN wind and solar mandate would mean costly grid upgrade « Watchdog.org:
"A new report released by the Minnesota Commerce Department lays the technical groundwork for ramping up one of the nation’s highest state renewable energy mandates from 30 to 40 percent by 2030.
One technicality left out of the $750,000 study underwritten by Minnesota utility ratepayers?
Who pays for what in a potentially massive upgrade of high voltage transmission lines from the Dakotas to Indiana.
“The results indicate that Minnesota’s renewable energy standard is clearly on track and that the capacity for adding additional wind and solar up to 40% by 2030 can be reliably accommodated by the electric power system,” according to a Minnesota Commerce Department news release.
A search of the 178-page report shows the authors never mention ratepayers, leaving unanswered whether spending nearly $400 million to upgrade the grid would be a good investment for Minnesota consumers and employers.
“It doesn’t say it would be cost effective to upgrade the system to accommodate 40 percent renewables. It doesn’t say it would be a good idea,” said Bill Glahn, an independent energy analyst for Piedmont Consulting and a former Pawlenty administration energy official.
“It just said that given enough time and money, it’s technically feasible.
I could have told you that.”"
"A new report released by the Minnesota Commerce Department lays the technical groundwork for ramping up one of the nation’s highest state renewable energy mandates from 30 to 40 percent by 2030.
One technicality left out of the $750,000 study underwritten by Minnesota utility ratepayers?
Who pays for what in a potentially massive upgrade of high voltage transmission lines from the Dakotas to Indiana.“The results indicate that Minnesota’s renewable energy standard is clearly on track and that the capacity for adding additional wind and solar up to 40% by 2030 can be reliably accommodated by the electric power system,” according to a Minnesota Commerce Department news release.
A search of the 178-page report shows the authors never mention ratepayers, leaving unanswered whether spending nearly $400 million to upgrade the grid would be a good investment for Minnesota consumers and employers.
“It doesn’t say it would be cost effective to upgrade the system to accommodate 40 percent renewables. It doesn’t say it would be a good idea,” said Bill Glahn, an independent energy analyst for Piedmont Consulting and a former Pawlenty administration energy official.
“It just said that given enough time and money, it’s technically feasible.
I could have told you that.”"
'Vacation Breasts' May Be Next Big Thing in Plastic Surgery
'Vacation Breasts' May Be Next Big Thing in Plastic Surgery - ABC News:
Think of it as test driving plastic surgery: You wouldn't buy a car without driving it, seeing how it feels when you sit in the seat. So why should breasts be any different?
The New York plastic surgeon who developed the "insta breast," a saline injection into the breast that gives the impression of implants for 24 hours, is now working on a method that would last two to three weeks.
"Twenty-four hours is great," said Dr. Norman Rowe, a board certified plastic surgeon who practices in Manhattan, "but it's still just 24 hours."
Controversial Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber was paid $400,000 in July…to design another health care system | TheBlaze.com
Controversial Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber was paid $400,000 in July…to design another health care system | TheBlaze.com:
"Gruber has created a huge headache for Democrats all week, after video surfaced in which he said the bill was written in a way to hide the true cost of the legislation. He said the absence of transparency and the “stupidity of the American voter” were critical for its passage.
“Politically, you just literally cannot do … transparent financing, transparent spending,” he said."
"Gruber has created a huge headache for Democrats all week, after video surfaced in which he said the bill was written in a way to hide the true cost of the legislation. He said the absence of transparency and the “stupidity of the American voter” were critical for its passage.“Politically, you just literally cannot do … transparent financing, transparent spending,” he said."
Cat Petting Simulator is a slice of fluffy heaven
Cat Petting Simulator is a slice of fluffy heaven - CNET
If you want to take time out of your day to enjoy a furry, purry pussycat, Cat Petting Simulator offers a small piece of loveliness.
For those times, there's Cat Petting Simulator.
If you want to take time out of your day to enjoy a furry, purry pussycat, Cat Petting Simulator offers a small piece of loveliness.
Don't be fooled by its text-based nature:
Cat Petting Simulator is the real deal.
It takes you through the experience of having a nice, involved petting session with a happy cat, while the surprisingly verisimilitudinous feline responds with what seems to be an equal amount of enjoyment
Jehovah’s Witness Leader Complains: Gay People Are Plotting to Put Everyone in ‘Tight Pants’
A member of the ruling council for Jehovah’s Witnesses warned members during a recent sermon to avoid “metrosexual” fashion trends because they are part of a plan by gay designers to get people to wear what he considers indecent clothing, PinkNews reported.
“What’s happened now is that it’s really caught on more, the tight suit jacket and the tight pants,” Anthony Morris III says in an audio clip posted online on Saturday.
“Better known as tight pants.
They are tight all the way down to the ankles.
It’s not appropriate.
It’s not sound of mind.”
Obama’s Illegal Actions by Executive Order
Obama’s Illegal Actions by Executive Order:
"Obama has plans to give amnesty to 4.5 million illegal adults. Fox News reports a White House source has leaked details of President Obama’s plan to grant amnesty by executive order as early as next week. It is 10 point plan that includes new deportation guidelines, expanding the deportation reprieve given to some illegal aliens in 2012 to include millions more."
How to Create a Safe Room in Your House or Apartment
How to Create a Safe Room in Your House or Apartment
The homes of many rich, famous people have a secret hidden within them.
Somewhere, in the depths of the home, is a secure room to which the residents can retreat in the event of a home invasion or violent intruder.
A safe room was carved into the original house plan, and many of these are state of the art.
Features might include a bank of monitors for viewing what’s going on outside the room, a small kitchenette, comfortable furnishings, fresh air venting, and a hardened communications system.
These expertly designed rooms can cost tens of thousands of dollars, but you don’t have to be a movie star or a multi-millionaire to build your own version of a safe room.
Even the most humble home or apartment can have on a place to which vulnerable family members can retreat if they are under threat.
The homes of many rich, famous people have a secret hidden within them.
A safe room was carved into the original house plan, and many of these are state of the art.
Features might include a bank of monitors for viewing what’s going on outside the room, a small kitchenette, comfortable furnishings, fresh air venting, and a hardened communications system.
These expertly designed rooms can cost tens of thousands of dollars, but you don’t have to be a movie star or a multi-millionaire to build your own version of a safe room.
Even the most humble home or apartment can have on a place to which vulnerable family members can retreat if they are under threat.
Why should you have a safe room?
China takes new stealth jet for test flight during Obama visit
China takes new stealth jet for test flight during Obama visit | Fox News:
China's military upstaged the Asian economic summit in Beijing this week by conducting test flights of a new stealth jet prototype, as the White House called on Beijing to halt its cyber attacks.
Demonstration flights by the new J-31 fighter jet -- China's second new radar-evading warplane -- were a key feature at a major arms show in Zhuhai, located near Macau, on Monday.
China's military upstaged the Asian economic summit in Beijing this week by conducting test flights of a new stealth jet prototype, as the White House called on Beijing to halt its cyber attacks.
The J-31 flights coincided with President Obama's visit to Beijing for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting.
In a speech and meetings with Chinese leaders, Obama called on China to curtail cyber theft of trade secrets.
In a speech and meetings with Chinese leaders, Obama called on China to curtail cyber theft of trade secrets.
China obtained secrets from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter through cyber attacks against a subcontractor for Lockheed Martin.
.....Meanwhile, White House Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes told reporters in Beijing Tuesday that the president would press China's leader Xi Jinping to curb Chinese cyber espionage.
How Common Core Is Affecting…Gym Classes | TheBlaze.com
How Common Core Is Affecting…Gym Classes | TheBlaze.com:
"Gym teachers across the country are finding ways to implement the Common Core State Standards into physical fitness, creating some concern that actual exercise time will be reduced and that teachers who aren’t prepared will be instructing students on English and math."
"Gym teachers across the country are finding ways to implement the Common Core State Standards into physical fitness, creating some concern that actual exercise time will be reduced and that teachers who aren’t prepared will be instructing students on English and math."University of Georgia students take field trip to Planned Parenthood, sex shop
University of Georgia students take field trip to Planned Parenthood, sex shop:
"ATHENS, Ga. – A University of Georgia student group took a field trip to Atlanta on Saturday to visit a Planned Parenthood clinic and peruse a two-story adult sex shop.
The trip was undertaken by SHAG, or the Sexual Health Advocacy Group, a student-fee funded activism group whose recent endeavors also include protests of campus pro-life displays and sexual health awareness campaigns featuring anthropomorphized condoms and seasonal themes like “Wrap that Hallowiener.”
The trip was undertaken by SHAG, or the Sexual Health Advocacy Group, a student-fee funded activism group whose recent endeavors also include protests of campus pro-life displays and sexual health awareness campaigns featuring anthropomorphized condoms and seasonal themes like “Wrap that Hallowiener.”
Even liberals see liberal "leadership" has led Muskegon to be "Detroit on the lake".-----Advocacy group's report indicates more than half of Muskegon County's young children live in poverty
Advocacy group's report indicates more than half of Muskegon County's young children live in poverty | MLive.com:
"MUSKEGON, MI — The Muskegon community and lawmakers statewide must work harder and enact policies to improve the quality of life for the region's underserved children and their families, according to an advocacy group.
Recent data from the American Community Survey, an ongoing statistical survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, indicates that 8,300 of the region's young kids, or 62 percent of the area's children ages 0-5, lived below 200 percent of the federal poverty level during 2008-2012.
The number is equivalent to about $47,000 for a household of four people."
Recent data from the American Community Survey, an ongoing statistical survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, indicates that 8,300 of the region's young kids, or 62 percent of the area's children ages 0-5, lived below 200 percent of the federal poverty level during 2008-2012.
The number is equivalent to about $47,000 for a household of four people."
Harry Reid Losing Support for Senate Minority Leader
Harry Reid Losing Support for Senate Minority Leader:
"It seems that Democrats are adrift without any real leadership. Throughout the tough midterms, countless Democrats fled from the once-popular President Obama and worked feverishly to try and distance themselves from his agenda that, up until recently, has served as the defining theme of Democratic leadership.
Now, it seems that Senate Democrats may be looking to throw another Democrat leader overboard- current Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid."
"It seems that Democrats are adrift without any real leadership. Throughout the tough midterms, countless Democrats fled from the once-popular President Obama and worked feverishly to try and distance themselves from his agenda that, up until recently, has served as the defining theme of Democratic leadership.Now, it seems that Senate Democrats may be looking to throw another Democrat leader overboard- current Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid."
Gruber’s Taped Comments Prove Progressives “Lied About Everything”
Krauthammer: Gruber’s Taped Comments Prove Progressives “Lied About Everything” (Video) | The Gateway Pundit:
Charles Krauthammer weighed in on the recent videos of Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber admitting Democrats knowingly lied to the American public in order to pass Obamacare.
Charles Krauthammer weighed in on the recent videos of Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber admitting Democrats knowingly lied to the American public in order to pass Obamacare.
Charles told Bill O’Reilly Democrats “lied about everything.”
“This is exactly what conservatives have been saying for four years. What we’re hearing now is the true voice of liberal arrogance. [T]hey believe they know the right way—they have to lead the masses to the Promised Land, and they can only do it by deception. And that’s what he said openly…[they] lied about everything.”
Obama To Give Work Permits to Four Million Foreigners
Obama To Give Work Permits to Four Million Foreigners | The Daily Caller:
"President Barack Obama unilaterally will award work permits to more than four million foreigners, most of whom are now living illegally in the United States, according to statements by White House officials to The New York Times.
The move, which the Times spun as a way to “protect up to 5 million from deportation,” will be implemented as soon as this month, and will provide work permits to roughly four million illegals plus an unnamed number of university-trained foreigners either living legally in the United States or overseas.
Obama’s promised award of work permits likely exceeds the 4.3 million Americans who will turn 18 this year, and is also almost equal to the six million new jobs added to the nation’s economy since his inauguration in 2009.
The extra work permits will be in addition to the almost one million work permits that have been given, or promised to, younger illegals, additional guest workers and migrants by Obama since 2009.
The country also accepts roughly one million new immigrants and 650,000 non-agricultural guest workers per year."
The move, which the Times spun as a way to “protect up to 5 million from deportation,” will be implemented as soon as this month, and will provide work permits to roughly four million illegals plus an unnamed number of university-trained foreigners either living legally in the United States or overseas.
Obama’s promised award of work permits likely exceeds the 4.3 million Americans who will turn 18 this year, and is also almost equal to the six million new jobs added to the nation’s economy since his inauguration in 2009.
The extra work permits will be in addition to the almost one million work permits that have been given, or promised to, younger illegals, additional guest workers and migrants by Obama since 2009.
The country also accepts roughly one million new immigrants and 650,000 non-agricultural guest workers per year."
Upset Mom Finds Herself Contacting the News After Reading the Answers on Her Son’s Islam Worksheet | Video | TheBlaze.com
Upset Mom Finds Herself Contacting the News After Reading the Answers on Her Son’s Islam Worksheet | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"A mother in Union County, North Carolina, told WJZY-TV that her son, a freshman at Porter Ridge High School, brought home a worksheet on Islam containing some questionable answers. She was upset enough over the assignment that she contacted the school and her local news station after reviewing the material.
The sentence that bothered the mom the most stated, “Most Muslims’ faith is stronger than the average Christian.”
Read some of the other answers from the world history assignment below:"
"A mother in Union County, North Carolina, told WJZY-TV that her son, a freshman at Porter Ridge High School, brought home a worksheet on Islam containing some questionable answers. She was upset enough over the assignment that she contacted the school and her local news station after reviewing the material.The sentence that bothered the mom the most stated, “Most Muslims’ faith is stronger than the average Christian.”
Read some of the other answers from the world history assignment below:"
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