"WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats blocked Republican legislation Tuesday prohibiting most late-term abortions, the second time since this summer’s release of videos involving Planned Parenthood that they’ve derailed an abortion-related drive by the GOP."Thursday, September 24, 2015
Senate Dems Block Republican Bill to Ban Most Late-Term Abortions | TheBlaze.com
Senate Dems Block Republican Bill to Ban Most Late-Term Abortions | TheBlaze.com:
"WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats blocked Republican legislation Tuesday prohibiting most late-term abortions, the second time since this summer’s release of videos involving Planned Parenthood that they’ve derailed an abortion-related drive by the GOP."
"WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats blocked Republican legislation Tuesday prohibiting most late-term abortions, the second time since this summer’s release of videos involving Planned Parenthood that they’ve derailed an abortion-related drive by the GOP."
Carpe Diem Blog » AEIdeas
Carpe Diem Blog » AEIdeas:
"1. Chart of the Day I .
Based on data recently released by the BLS (here and here), the chart above shows the top ten most dangerous US jobs (based on the fatal injury rate per 100,000 workers) and the percent of male workers in those occupations.
Compared to the average fatality rate for all workers of 3.3 fatalities per 100,000 workers, the ten occupations above are about 5.5 times (construction) to 33 times more dangerous (logging) than average.
Except for “farmers and ranchers” at 76.2% male, men represent more than 90% of the workers in all of the other 9 most dangerous occupations.
Probably safe to say that the feminists and gender activists will make an exception for demanding perfect gender equality when it comes to workplace fatalities?"
"1. Chart of the Day I .
Compared to the average fatality rate for all workers of 3.3 fatalities per 100,000 workers, the ten occupations above are about 5.5 times (construction) to 33 times more dangerous (logging) than average.
Except for “farmers and ranchers” at 76.2% male, men represent more than 90% of the workers in all of the other 9 most dangerous occupations.
Probably safe to say that the feminists and gender activists will make an exception for demanding perfect gender equality when it comes to workplace fatalities?"
Experts: New ACA tax will scale back employee health benefits
Experts: New ACA tax will scale back employee health benefits - San Antonio Express-News
Beginning in 2018, the excise tax will be levied on employers or insurance companies for workplace health plans that exceed certain cost thresholds...
A new tax imposed by the Affordable Care Act that is poised to take effect in 2018 could prompt some employers to curtail or perhaps eliminate health benefits for their workers, experts predict.
Commonly referred to as the “Cadillac” plan tax, it will be levied on those issuing, providing or administering employer-sponsored health insurance exceeding certain cost thresholds: $10,200 annually for a health plan covering one person or $27,500 annually for family coverage.
...But the move has attracted criticism and concern from people who say it will hurt employers’ efforts to provide health insurance to their workers.
“It’s the ultimate of stupidity,” said La Fogata owner Dwight Lieb, who offers health benefits to all 94 of his employees at the San Antonio restaurant.
“You get penalized for giving your employees greater benefits.
How stupid is that?”
...According to the law, self-insured employers or insurance companies will be taxed 40 percent of any amount spent beyond the defined annual thresholds on an employee’s workplace health plan.
...Most employers will try to avoid the tax altogether by reducing workers’ health benefits, said Janna Hamstra, a San Antonio broker who provides benefit advisory services to businesses.
...“I’ve not heard of a single company who said, ‘Oh, gosh, it’s going to be so hard when we have to pay that 40 percent tax,’” said Hamstra, the owner of Hamstra Benefit Solutions.
“It’s ‘What are we going to do?
What plans do we have to eliminate?
What benefits do we have to eliminate?’
It’s not ‘How are we going to pay the tax?’”
Employers are not going to absorb the costs, Hamstra said.
But workers using those health plans will feel the pinch..."
Beginning in 2018, the excise tax will be levied on employers or insurance companies for workplace health plans that exceed certain cost thresholds...
A new tax imposed by the Affordable Care Act that is poised to take effect in 2018 could prompt some employers to curtail or perhaps eliminate health benefits for their workers, experts predict.
...But the move has attracted criticism and concern from people who say it will hurt employers’ efforts to provide health insurance to their workers.
“It’s the ultimate of stupidity,” said La Fogata owner Dwight Lieb, who offers health benefits to all 94 of his employees at the San Antonio restaurant.
“You get penalized for giving your employees greater benefits.
How stupid is that?”
...According to the law, self-insured employers or insurance companies will be taxed 40 percent of any amount spent beyond the defined annual thresholds on an employee’s workplace health plan.
...Most employers will try to avoid the tax altogether by reducing workers’ health benefits, said Janna Hamstra, a San Antonio broker who provides benefit advisory services to businesses.
...“I’ve not heard of a single company who said, ‘Oh, gosh, it’s going to be so hard when we have to pay that 40 percent tax,’” said Hamstra, the owner of Hamstra Benefit Solutions.
“It’s ‘What are we going to do?
What plans do we have to eliminate?
What benefits do we have to eliminate?’
It’s not ‘How are we going to pay the tax?’”
Employers are not going to absorb the costs, Hamstra said.
But workers using those health plans will feel the pinch..."
If You Are Insufficiently Aware of Depressing News, Please Consider...
If You Are Insufficiently Aware of Depressing News, Please Consider... | The Weekly Standard:
"The opposition British Labour Party, now led by a leftist who favors Hamas, wants Britain to withdraw from NATO because its expansion has antagonized Vladimir Putin, give up its nuclear deterrent, and declare an arms embargo against Israel, has appointed as his shadow chancellor, one John McDonnell.
This worthy lists his hobby in Who’s Who as “generally fomenting the overthrow of capitalism”, joked (so he says) that if he had an opportunity to relive the 1980s he would have assassinated Margaret Thatcher, and wants murderous IRA terrorists “honored” for securing a political settlement in Ireland..."
Yeah. There's more. Read on... if you have the stomach.
This worthy lists his hobby in Who’s Who as “generally fomenting the overthrow of capitalism”, joked (so he says) that if he had an opportunity to relive the 1980s he would have assassinated Margaret Thatcher, and wants murderous IRA terrorists “honored” for securing a political settlement in Ireland..."
Yeah. There's more. Read on... if you have the stomach.
Muslims Make Disturbing Move Against NJ Schools... School Board Shuts Them Down Immediately
Muslims Make Disturbing Move Against NJ Schools... School Board Shuts Them Down Immediately:
"Even though Muslims only make up about 1 percent of the U.S. population, that hasn’t stopped them from demanding to be treated as if they were a majority.
In another move to lengthen the tentacles of Shariah law, Muslims in Jersey City, New Jersey demanded that public schools be closed on Sep. 24 to celebrate the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha."
If they don't like our culture, our ways they may leave. Perhaps they would feel more comfortable back home.
"Even though Muslims only make up about 1 percent of the U.S. population, that hasn’t stopped them from demanding to be treated as if they were a majority.
In another move to lengthen the tentacles of Shariah law, Muslims in Jersey City, New Jersey demanded that public schools be closed on Sep. 24 to celebrate the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha."
If they don't like our culture, our ways they may leave. Perhaps they would feel more comfortable back home.
What We Know, and Don’t Know, About Russia’s Surge Into Syria
What We Know, and Don’t Know, About Russia’s Surge Into Syria | War Is Boring:
"Since Sept. 19, Moscow has sent almost 30 warplanes – including advanced Su-30SM Flanker fighter jets, Su-24 Fencer bombers and Su-25 Frogfoot ground attackers – to Al Assad International Airport in Syria’s northwestern Latakia province.
While a dramatic turn of events, the deployment is only part of a massive buildup of Russian men and materiel in the country that became particularly visible at the end of August.
It’s clear Moscow is making important moves.
Figuring out the Kremlin’s actual objectives is a more difficult proposition.
The Russians “likely have both minimum and maximum goals in Syria,” Paul Schwartz, a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, posited to War Is Boring in an email. “It indicates that Russia probably had serious concerns about the ability of the Assad regime to hold on to what it still has, much less to recapture lost territory.”"
While a dramatic turn of events, the deployment is only part of a massive buildup of Russian men and materiel in the country that became particularly visible at the end of August.
It’s clear Moscow is making important moves.
Figuring out the Kremlin’s actual objectives is a more difficult proposition.
The Russians “likely have both minimum and maximum goals in Syria,” Paul Schwartz, a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, posited to War Is Boring in an email. “It indicates that Russia probably had serious concerns about the ability of the Assad regime to hold on to what it still has, much less to recapture lost territory.”"
History for September 24
History for September 24 - On-This-Day.com:
John Marshall 1755, F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896, Jim McKay 1921
Jim Henson 1936 - Puppeteer, artist, cartoonist, actor,Creator of The Muppets, Linda McCartney 1941 - Musician (Wings), wife of Paul McCartney (Beatles), Gerry Marsden 1942 - Singer (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
"Mean" Joe Green 1946 - Football player, Phil Hartman 1948 - Comedian, actor, Kevin Sorbo 1958 - Actor
1869 - Thousands of businessmen were financially ruined after a panic on Wall Street. The panic was caused by an attempt to corner the gold market by Jay Gould and James Fisk.
1929 - The first all-instrument flight took place in New York when Lt. James H. Doolittle guided a Consolidated NY2 Biplane over Mitchell Field.
1938 - Don Budge became the first tennis player to win all four of the major titles when he won the U.S. Tennis Open. He had already won the Australian Open, the French Open and the British Open.
1955 - U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver, CO.
1957 - U.S. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, AR, to enforce school integration.
1960 - The first nuclear powered aircraft carrier was launched. The USS Enterprise set out from Newport News, VA.
1963 - The U.S. Senate ratified a treaty that limited nuclear testing. The treaty was between the U.S., Britain, and the Soviet Union.
1968 - "60 Minutes" premiered on CBS-TV.
1968 - "The Mod Squad" premiered on ABC-TV.
1977 - "The Love Boat" debuted on ABC-TV. The theme song was sung by Jack Jones and was written by Paul Williams and Charles Fox.
John Marshall 1755, F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896, Jim McKay 1921
Jim Henson 1936 - Puppeteer, artist, cartoonist, actor,Creator of The Muppets, Linda McCartney 1941 - Musician (Wings), wife of Paul McCartney (Beatles), Gerry Marsden 1942 - Singer (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
"Mean" Joe Green 1946 - Football player, Phil Hartman 1948 - Comedian, actor, Kevin Sorbo 1958 - Actor
1869 - Thousands of businessmen were financially ruined after a panic on Wall Street. The panic was caused by an attempt to corner the gold market by Jay Gould and James Fisk.
1929 - The first all-instrument flight took place in New York when Lt. James H. Doolittle guided a Consolidated NY2 Biplane over Mitchell Field.
1938 - Don Budge became the first tennis player to win all four of the major titles when he won the U.S. Tennis Open. He had already won the Australian Open, the French Open and the British Open.
1955 - U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver, CO.
1957 - U.S. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, AR, to enforce school integration.
1960 - The first nuclear powered aircraft carrier was launched. The USS Enterprise set out from Newport News, VA.
1963 - The U.S. Senate ratified a treaty that limited nuclear testing. The treaty was between the U.S., Britain, and the Soviet Union.
1968 - "60 Minutes" premiered on CBS-TV.
1968 - "The Mod Squad" premiered on ABC-TV.
1977 - "The Love Boat" debuted on ABC-TV. The theme song was sung by Jack Jones and was written by Paul Williams and Charles Fox.
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
LIBERTY REVIEW
LIBERTY REVIEW:
http://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2015/09/september-23-2015-wizard-of-d.html
Our government spends its time harassing innocent Americans
while ignoring the real threat due to unprotected borders. Our homeland should have state of the art
security at every possible entry. Instead,
we have wide open land. We unnecessarily
worry about anniversary attacks and jihadist attacks within our borders.
Honestly, we fell for their smoke and mirrors on
health care and have witnessed the disastrous results of blindly following the
Wizard of D.C...
http://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2015/09/september-23-2015-wizard-of-d.html
The Wizard of D.C.
By Tammy Derouin
Do we actually have to lose everything, our country and our
freedoms before we realize we were an exceptional people? We have been the EXCEPTION to the rule, unique
among nations, because we are free.
It is absolutely astonishing, mind-blowing, pure insanity
that we have a government funding our enemy. Fourteen years ago the United
States was attacked by those who adhere to radical Islamic beliefs. They hate America and the Western way of
life. Instead of tightening our security
our government has lowered our defenses.
We are much more vulnerable today than we were before we were
attacked.
Our government spends its time harassing innocent Americans
while ignoring the real threat due to unprotected borders. Our homeland should have state of the art
security at every possible entry. Instead,
we have wide open land. We unnecessarily
worry about anniversary attacks and jihadist attacks within our borders.
Our government; the people we elect to protect us and our
interests, at home and abroad, are betraying us. Our government is doing
everything possible to fund our enemy while convincing the population that it’s
all good. We are not privy to what is in
this disastrous nuclear agreement with Iran.
It’s another ‘pass the bill so we can find out what’s in it’ ploy.
Office of Personnel Mgmt: 5.6M estimated to have fingerprints stolen in breach
Office of Personnel Mgmt: 5.6M estimated to have fingerprints stolen in breach:
The Office of Personnel Management announced Wednesday that 5.6 million people are now estimated to have had their fingerprint information stolen.
The Office of Personnel Management announced Wednesday that 5.6 million people are now estimated to have had their fingerprint information stolen.That number was originally thought to be about 1.1 million, OPM said in a statement. About 21.5 million individuals had their Social Security Numbers and other sensitive information affected by the hack.
Afghan practice of sexually abusing boys making the national news
Afghan practice of sexually abusing boys making the national news « Refugee Resettlement Watch:
"...Watching Greta just now I learned that the US military is coming under fire for supposedly telling our men in Afghanistan to ignore the fact that our Afghan allies are abusing young boys (considered a cultural practice).
"...Watching Greta just now I learned that the US military is coming under fire for supposedly telling our men in Afghanistan to ignore the fact that our Afghan allies are abusing young boys (considered a cultural practice).
If you have never heard of Bacha Bazi I urge you to read the four part series by reader ‘Pungentpeppers’ posted earlier this year.
You might actually start with the 4th post in the series (and then follow links to numbers 1, 2, and 3).
The 4th is entitled: Bacha Bazi and Islam: Devilish Deception, The Mullah’s Response, and Beyond Heaven’s Pearly Gates
(Afghan boys are vulnerable to abuse in a country where women are off-limits because of Islamic shariah law.)
The 4th is entitled: Bacha Bazi and Islam: Devilish Deception, The Mullah’s Response, and Beyond Heaven’s Pearly Gates
(Afghan boys are vulnerable to abuse in a country where women are off-limits because of Islamic shariah law.)
Please follow the links back to the previous posts.
‘Pungentpeppers’ wrote the series because the horrific practice is entering the US and Australia (elsewhere?) with the Afghan refugees.
Here is a note from me at the time:
‘Pungentpeppers’ wrote the series because the horrific practice is entering the US and Australia (elsewhere?) with the Afghan refugees.
Here is a note from me at the time:
This is the 4th in a series of guest posts by ‘Pungentpeppers’ about Bacha Bazi, the Afghan pedophile practice targeting boys that has made its way to the West (including possibly to the US). Go here, here, and here to see the previous reports.
Part II (Australia grapples with Bacha Bazi compulsive predators) was our top post last week.
Part II (Australia grapples with Bacha Bazi compulsive predators) was our top post last week.
One more in a long list of reasons why diversity is not so beautiful."
Why Are We Taking A Huge Number Of Muslim Refugees If the Muslim Gulf States Have Taken Zero? » 100percentfedUp.com
Why Are We Taking A Huge Number Of Muslim Refugees If the Muslim Gulf States Have Taken Zero? » 100percentfedUp.com:
"The refugees are being “referred” by the UN so the UN is in charge of who comes. This move by the Obama administration shows great disregard for the American people who’ll be funding this mass migration. This refugee resettlement scam will cost a HUGE amount of money and YOU will be paying for it! The refugees get all the “goodies” when they arrive:
The federal programs available to them include.."
This is pure insanity. Yes indeed, they have certainly brought about change. Do you feel our country, our home slipping away?
"The refugees are being “referred” by the UN so the UN is in charge of who comes. This move by the Obama administration shows great disregard for the American people who’ll be funding this mass migration. This refugee resettlement scam will cost a HUGE amount of money and YOU will be paying for it! The refugees get all the “goodies” when they arrive:
The federal programs available to them include.."
This is pure insanity. Yes indeed, they have certainly brought about change. Do you feel our country, our home slipping away?
Los Angeles officials propose to declare state of emergency over homelessness
Los Angeles officials propose to declare state of emergency over homelessness | Fox News
LOS ANGELES – It's no secret to people who walk or drive the streets of Los Angeles that homeless people — tens of thousands of them — are everywhere.
On Tuesday, having looked at numbers showing the city's homeless population has increased more than 10 percent over the past two years, officials announced they have decided enough is enough.
Mayor Eric Garcetti and several other elected officials stood outside City Hall — a few feet from several homeless people dozing on a lawn — to announce they plan to declare a state of emergency on homelessness and spend $100 million to eradicate it..."
LOS ANGELES – It's no secret to people who walk or drive the streets of Los Angeles that homeless people — tens of thousands of them — are everywhere.
Mayor Eric Garcetti and several other elected officials stood outside City Hall — a few feet from several homeless people dozing on a lawn — to announce they plan to declare a state of emergency on homelessness and spend $100 million to eradicate it..."
Bombshell Revelation Exposes Huge 'Lie' About The 'Syrian' Refugees Obama Wants To Open America To
Bombshell Revelation Exposes Huge 'Lie' About The 'Syrian' Refugees Obama Wants To Open America To:
"ISIS and other terrorist organizations “have made it abundantly clear that they will use the refugee crisis to try to enter the United States. Now the Obama administration wants to bring in an additional 10,000 Syrians without a concrete and foolproof plan to ensure that terrorists won’t be able to enter the country,” said U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va.
“The administration has essentially given the American people a ‘trust me.’ That isn’t good enough,” said their statement."
"ISIS and other terrorist organizations “have made it abundantly clear that they will use the refugee crisis to try to enter the United States. Now the Obama administration wants to bring in an additional 10,000 Syrians without a concrete and foolproof plan to ensure that terrorists won’t be able to enter the country,” said U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va.“The administration has essentially given the American people a ‘trust me.’ That isn’t good enough,” said their statement."
White House compares Obama to Pope Francis
White House compares Obama to Pope Francis | Washington Examiner
Pope Francis and President Obama have both dedicated their lives to helping the less fortunate, and that commonality will be central to their meeting Wednesday during the pope's first visit to the United States, a White House spokesman said hours before Obama left to greet the pontiff as he landed at Andrews Air Force Base Tuesday afternoon.
"[B]oth men have talked, quite publicly, about their commitment to social justice," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said in previewing their Oval Office meeting scheduled for Wednesday morning.
"And both men have dedicated their, not just their careers, but their lives, to that effort..."
"[B]oth men have talked, quite publicly, about their commitment to social justice," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said in previewing their Oval Office meeting scheduled for Wednesday morning.
"And both men have dedicated their, not just their careers, but their lives, to that effort..."
U.S. and the World - U.S. Spent $500 Million to Train Anti-ISIS Rebels in Syria…Only 4 or 5 are Still Fighting
U.S. and the World - U.S. Spent $500 Million to Train Anti-ISIS Rebels in Syria…Only 4 or 5 are Still Fighting - AllGov - News:
"In addition to launching an air war against ISIS, the Obama administration spent half a billion dollars to train Syrian fighters to take on the Muslim fundamentalists trying to take over Syria and Iraq.
That program turned out to cost about $100 million per fighter, with only four or five still fighting ISIS, Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, head of the United States Central Command, told a senate hearing on Wednesday.
Launched in May, the program’s initial goal was to train 5,400 fighters in the first year.
The effort fell far short of that promise, producing between 100 and 120 anti-ISIS warriors..."
That program turned out to cost about $100 million per fighter, with only four or five still fighting ISIS, Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, head of the United States Central Command, told a senate hearing on Wednesday.
Launched in May, the program’s initial goal was to train 5,400 fighters in the first year.
The effort fell far short of that promise, producing between 100 and 120 anti-ISIS warriors..."
AP memo: Instead of climate change skeptics, use ‘those who reject mainstream climate science’
AP memo: Instead of climate change skeptics, use ‘those who reject mainstream climate science’ | Poynter.:
"The Associated Press updated its global warming entry on Tuesday, according to a memo.
"We are adding a brief description of those who don’t accept climate science or dispute the world is warming from man-made forces:
Our guidance is to use climate change doubters or those who reject mainstream climate science and to avoid the use of skeptics or deniers.
Paul Colford, vice president and director of media relations at the AP, wrote about the memo from Stylebook editors Sally Jacobsen, Dave Minthorn and Paula Froke.
The memo also included a bit about how the AP makes decisions on stylebook changes..."
"The Associated Press updated its global warming entry on Tuesday, according to a memo.
"We are adding a brief description of those who don’t accept climate science or dispute the world is warming from man-made forces:Our guidance is to use climate change doubters or those who reject mainstream climate science and to avoid the use of skeptics or deniers.
Paul Colford, vice president and director of media relations at the AP, wrote about the memo from Stylebook editors Sally Jacobsen, Dave Minthorn and Paula Froke.
The memo also included a bit about how the AP makes decisions on stylebook changes..."
BOOM: Vatican Issues Massive Smackdown to Barack Obama... He Never Saw This Coming
BOOM: Vatican Issues Massive Smackdown to Barack Obama... He Never Saw This Coming:
"President Barack Hussein Obama’s arrogance reached new heights this week when, without first consulting the Vatican, he invited a slew of abortion, gay marriage and transgender social justice activists to the welcoming ceremony of Pope Francis, who was slated to arrive in the United States the following Wednesday.
This did not please the Vatican,"
"President Barack Hussein Obama’s arrogance reached new heights this week when, without first consulting the Vatican, he invited a slew of abortion, gay marriage and transgender social justice activists to the welcoming ceremony of Pope Francis, who was slated to arrive in the United States the following Wednesday.This did not please the Vatican,"
Perhaps the most powerful defense of market capitalism you will ever read
Perhaps the most powerful defense of market capitalism you will ever read - AEI | Pethokoukis Blog » AEIdeas:
"Many humans, in short, are now stunningly better off than their ancestors were in 1800.
… Hear again that last, crucial, astonishing fact, discovered by economic historians over the past few decades.
It is: in the two centuries after 1800 the trade-tested goods and services available to the average person in Sweden or Taiwan rose by a factor of 30 or 100.
Not 100 percent, understand—a mere doubling—but in its highest estimate a factor of 100, nearly 10,000 percent, and at least a factor of 30, or 2,900 percent.
The Great Enrichment of the past two centuries has dwarfed any of the previous and temporary enrichments.
Explaining it is the central scientific task of economics and economic history, and it matters for any other sort of social science or recent history.
What explains it?
The causes were not (to pick from the apparently inexhaustible list of materialist factors promoted by this or that economist or economic historian) coal, thrift, transport, high male wages, low female and child wages, surplus value, human capital, geography, railways, institutions, infrastructure, nationalism, the quickening of commerce, the late medieval run-up, Renaissance individualism, the First Divergence, the Black Death, American silver, the original accumulation of capital, piracy, empire, eugenic improvement, the mathematization of celestial mechanics, technical education, or a perfection of property rights.
...letting people make mutually advantageous deals, and even admiring them for doing so, and especially admiring them when Steve-Jobs like they imagine betterments.
The change, the Bourgeois Revaluation, was the coming of a business-respecting civilization, an acceptance of the Bourgeois Deal: “Let me make money in the first act, and by the third act I will make you all rich.”"
"Many humans, in short, are now stunningly better off than their ancestors were in 1800.
… Hear again that last, crucial, astonishing fact, discovered by economic historians over the past few decades.
It is: in the two centuries after 1800 the trade-tested goods and services available to the average person in Sweden or Taiwan rose by a factor of 30 or 100.
Not 100 percent, understand—a mere doubling—but in its highest estimate a factor of 100, nearly 10,000 percent, and at least a factor of 30, or 2,900 percent.
The Great Enrichment of the past two centuries has dwarfed any of the previous and temporary enrichments.
Explaining it is the central scientific task of economics and economic history, and it matters for any other sort of social science or recent history.
What explains it?
...letting people make mutually advantageous deals, and even admiring them for doing so, and especially admiring them when Steve-Jobs like they imagine betterments.
The change, the Bourgeois Revaluation, was the coming of a business-respecting civilization, an acceptance of the Bourgeois Deal: “Let me make money in the first act, and by the third act I will make you all rich.”"
Many ‘Syrian Refugees’ Are Neither Syrian nor Refugees
Many ‘Syrian Refugees’ Are Neither Syrian nor Refugees | National Review Online:
"Our policy on admitting refugees should be: Security first, then compassion.
Over the weekend, Secretary of State John Kerry reiterated the Obama administration’s commitment to taking in 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next fiscal year and announced that the federal government would be increasing its annual total refugee cap from 70,000 to 100,000 by 2017, to accommodate more refugees from war-torn Syria.
“This step that I am announcing today, I believe, is in keeping with the best tradition of America as a land of second chances and a beacon of hope,” said Kerry on Sunday during a trip to Germany.
Also on Sunday, Hillary Clinton called on the administration to take 65,000 Syrian refugees, declaring, “I want the United States to lead the world.”
Her Democratic opponent Martin O’Malley endorsed the same target earlier this month.
Some 4 million persons have fled the Syrian civil war, and another 7 million are internally displaced. The plight of these persons is tragic.
But Americans should not confuse “leading the world” with a reflexive openness to the world’s heavy-laden.
The Obama administration should not receive a single Syrian refugee unless it is able to answer adequately the following five questions.
1. Can we distinguish between genuine refugees and economic migrants?"
"Our policy on admitting refugees should be: Security first, then compassion.
Over the weekend, Secretary of State John Kerry reiterated the Obama administration’s commitment to taking in 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next fiscal year and announced that the federal government would be increasing its annual total refugee cap from 70,000 to 100,000 by 2017, to accommodate more refugees from war-torn Syria.
“This step that I am announcing today, I believe, is in keeping with the best tradition of America as a land of second chances and a beacon of hope,” said Kerry on Sunday during a trip to Germany.
Her Democratic opponent Martin O’Malley endorsed the same target earlier this month.
Some 4 million persons have fled the Syrian civil war, and another 7 million are internally displaced. The plight of these persons is tragic.
But Americans should not confuse “leading the world” with a reflexive openness to the world’s heavy-laden.
The Obama administration should not receive a single Syrian refugee unless it is able to answer adequately the following five questions.
1. Can we distinguish between genuine refugees and economic migrants?"
If Obama had a scammer kid.....14 year-old kid makes Obama his dupe
14 year-old kid makes Obama his dupe | Power Line
“Cool clock, Ahmed, want to bring it to the White House?”
This was President Obama’s knee-jerk reaction to an incident in which 14 year-old Ahmed Mohamed brought a clock mechanism to school that he claimed to have put together at home, but found himself briefly in trouble with the law because the mechanism looked something like a timing device for a bomb.
“We should inspire more kids like you to like science; it’s what makes America great,” our commentator-in-chief added.
Claiming to be victims of anti-Muslim prejudice, Ahmed and his family have already parlayed the clock into (1) that White House invite from Obama, (2) a scholarship fund that quickly raised more than $10,000, and (3) opportunities from various tech companies.
Not bad a bad haul.
But now, ...Ahmed’s story is unraveling:
...The clock, it appears, is an old-time digital alarm clock sold by Radio Shack. “Nice clock,” indeed. In the 1970s.
Why would Mohamed bring the old device to school?
I can think of only two plausible reasons: (1) to get credit from his teacher or (2) to cause a reaction by those who might fear the device posed a potential danger.
The first motive seems unlikely.
From all that appears, there was no assignment that called on him to bring in a device.
Mohamed claims that he was encouraged by his father to bring the device to school to show off his skills to his engineering teacher.
But taking apart an old clock would involve no engineering skill or inventiveness.
...Some who initially sympathized with Mohamed have confessed error.
Famous scientist Richard Dawkins, a leftist, said he “feels like a fool” for having been taken in by the hoax..."
“Cool clock, Ahmed, want to bring it to the White House?”
This was President Obama’s knee-jerk reaction to an incident in which 14 year-old Ahmed Mohamed brought a clock mechanism to school that he claimed to have put together at home, but found himself briefly in trouble with the law because the mechanism looked something like a timing device for a bomb.“We should inspire more kids like you to like science; it’s what makes America great,” our commentator-in-chief added.
Claiming to be victims of anti-Muslim prejudice, Ahmed and his family have already parlayed the clock into (1) that White House invite from Obama, (2) a scholarship fund that quickly raised more than $10,000, and (3) opportunities from various tech companies.
Not bad a bad haul.
But now, ...Ahmed’s story is unraveling:
...The clock, it appears, is an old-time digital alarm clock sold by Radio Shack. “Nice clock,” indeed. In the 1970s.
Why would Mohamed bring the old device to school?
I can think of only two plausible reasons: (1) to get credit from his teacher or (2) to cause a reaction by those who might fear the device posed a potential danger.
The first motive seems unlikely.
From all that appears, there was no assignment that called on him to bring in a device.
Mohamed claims that he was encouraged by his father to bring the device to school to show off his skills to his engineering teacher.
But taking apart an old clock would involve no engineering skill or inventiveness.
...Some who initially sympathized with Mohamed have confessed error.
Famous scientist Richard Dawkins, a leftist, said he “feels like a fool” for having been taken in by the hoax..."
Obama Invites 10,000 Muslims Into US, But Look Who He Kicked Out to Make Room... No Wonder People Say He's a Muslim
Obama Invites 10,000 Muslims Into US, But Look Who He Kicked Out to Make Room... No Wonder People Say He's a Muslim:"After years of political bickering, President Barack Obama has finally decided to take action and is deporting people from America.
Before you start putting on your party hat, you probably should know that he isn’t illegal Mexican criminals or Middle Eastern radical Islamic terrorists."
Yup, it's gettin' to be plannin' time-----What's new at ski resorts in 2015-16?
What's new at ski resorts in 2015-16?:"As the leaves begin to change, our attention turns to the snowy days to come and what they might hold.
With every new ski season comes new memories and new things to experience and enjoy.
To keep you up to date on what you can expect across Ski Country for the 2015-16 season, we compiled an A-Z list of all the shiny new updates at ski resorts."
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