My Way News - British Airways cabin crew begin 5-day strike
"British Airways cabin crews began a five-day strike Monday to protest cost-cutting changes at the loss-making airline, forcing it to scrap almost half its flights out of London's Heathrow Airport."
Unions...ya just gotta love 'em......
Monday, May 24, 2010
A thug too far, part 2
Power Line - A thug too far, part 2:
Nina Easton's account of the SEIU demonstration that terrorized the son of her next-door neighbor -- the deputy general counsel of Bank of America -- has drawn remarkably little attention.
That's the way that SEIU wanted it;"
Nina Easton's account of the SEIU demonstration that terrorized the son of her next-door neighbor -- the deputy general counsel of Bank of America -- has drawn remarkably little attention.
That's the way that SEIU wanted it;"
Teachers Seek $23b- Lifeline or Bailout?
Teachers Seek $23b- Lifeline or Bailout? « Liveshots
"Education Secretary Arne Duncan is asking lawmakers to put aside “politics and ideology” as they consider a request for $23 billion in “emergency” funding for public schools – a measure Republicans reject as a massive federal bailout for the teachers’ unions."
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"Education Secretary Arne Duncan is asking lawmakers to put aside “politics and ideology” as they consider a request for $23 billion in “emergency” funding for public schools – a measure Republicans reject as a massive federal bailout for the teachers’ unions."
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The 10 Best Graduation Speeches of All Time
"Woody Hayes, Former Football Coach, Ohio StateOhio State (1986)
Woody Hayes, who won three national titles and 13 Big Ten championships in 28 years as head coach at Ohio State, offered some sage advice from the field on toughening up – and facing your worst enemy.
“In football we always said that the other team couldn't beat us.
We had to be sure that we didn't beat ourselves. And that's what people have to do, too--make sure they don't beat themselves.
“... you'll find out that nothing that comes easy is worth a dime.
As a matter of fact, I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face.
Never.”
Read The Full Transcript
Impatience with patients who won't die
HAGELIN: Impatience with patients who won't die - Washington Times
"Final goodbyes are just that — final.
I'll always be grateful that Dad's didn't come on someone else's schedule."
"Final goodbyes are just that — final.
I'll always be grateful that Dad's didn't come on someone else's schedule."
Listverse Top 50 Jokes
Listverse Top 50 Jokes - Top 10 Lists Listverse
4. Three kids come down to the kitchen and sit around the breakfast table.
The mother asks the oldest boy what he’d like to eat.
“I’ll have some fuckin’ French toast,” he says.
The mother is outraged at his language, hits him, and sends him upstairs.
She asks the middle child what he wants.
“Well, I guess that leaves more fuckin’ French toast for me,” he says.
She is livid, smacks him, and sends him away.
Finally she asks the youngest son what he wants for breakfast.
“I don’t know,” he says meekly, “but I definitely don’t want the fuckin’ French toast.”
4. Three kids come down to the kitchen and sit around the breakfast table.
The mother asks the oldest boy what he’d like to eat.
“I’ll have some fuckin’ French toast,” he says.
The mother is outraged at his language, hits him, and sends him upstairs.
She asks the middle child what he wants.
“Well, I guess that leaves more fuckin’ French toast for me,” he says.
She is livid, smacks him, and sends him away.
Finally she asks the youngest son what he wants for breakfast.
“I don’t know,” he says meekly, “but I definitely don’t want the fuckin’ French toast.”
Pete Hoekstra: State made mistake denying air quality permit to Wolverine Power Cooperative
Pete Hoekstra: State made mistake denying air quality permit to Wolverine Power Cooperative - MLive.com
"The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DNRE) issued a long-overdue decision today that epitomizes everything wrong with the bureaucracy in Michigan the past seven years, and just how much Lansing is lacking leadership.
Specifically, DNRE denied an air quality permit to Wolverine Power Cooperative -- a generation and transmission electric cooperative headquartered in Cadillac, Michigan. Wolverine seeks to build a new power plant utilizing clean coal technology.
The decision took over two years!"
"The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DNRE) issued a long-overdue decision today that epitomizes everything wrong with the bureaucracy in Michigan the past seven years, and just how much Lansing is lacking leadership.
Specifically, DNRE denied an air quality permit to Wolverine Power Cooperative -- a generation and transmission electric cooperative headquartered in Cadillac, Michigan. Wolverine seeks to build a new power plant utilizing clean coal technology.
The decision took over two years!"
The Seven Dumbest Deaths in Recorded History
The Seven Dumbest Deaths in Recorded History Crystal Kiss - Strange News and more...
"Jerome Irving Rodale:
Founding father of the organic food movement, creator of “Organic Farming and Gardening” magazine, and founder of Rodale Press, a major publishing corporation.
How he died: On the “Dick Cavett Show”, while discussing the benefits of organic foods.
Rodale, who bragged “I’m going to live to be 100 unless I’m run down by a sugar-crazed taxi driver,” was only 72 when he appeared on the “Dick Cavett Show” in January 1971.
Part way through the interview, he dropped dead in his chair.
Cause of death: heart attack.
The show was never aired."
"Jerome Irving Rodale:
Founding father of the organic food movement, creator of “Organic Farming and Gardening” magazine, and founder of Rodale Press, a major publishing corporation.
How he died: On the “Dick Cavett Show”, while discussing the benefits of organic foods.
Rodale, who bragged “I’m going to live to be 100 unless I’m run down by a sugar-crazed taxi driver,” was only 72 when he appeared on the “Dick Cavett Show” in January 1971.
Part way through the interview, he dropped dead in his chair.
Cause of death: heart attack.
The show was never aired."
Obama's Nominee to Run Medicare: 'The Decision is Not Whether or Not We Will Ration Care--The Decision is Whether We Will Ration Care With Our Eyes Open'
CNSNews.com - Obama's Nominee to Run Medicare:
'The Decision is Not Whether or Not We Will Ration Care--The Decision is Whether We Will Ration Care With Our Eyes Open'
'The Decision is Not Whether or Not We Will Ration Care--The Decision is Whether We Will Ration Care With Our Eyes Open'
CARPE DIEM: Top Recipients of Public Pensions in New York Would Rank as 178th Largest Economy in World
CARPE DIEM: Top Recipients of Public Pensions in New York Would Rank as 178th Largest Economy in World
"MP:
There are more than 22 retirees receiving more than $200,000 per year, and one receiving more than $300,000.
In total, New York taxpayers are paying more than $370 million per year to just this partial group of retired New York public workers, which doesn't include those receiving less than $100,000 per year and doesn't include New York firefighters.
If this group of retired workers on the NY Times list was considered as a separate national economy, it would rank as the 178th largest country in the world by GDP."
"MP:
There are more than 22 retirees receiving more than $200,000 per year, and one receiving more than $300,000.
In total, New York taxpayers are paying more than $370 million per year to just this partial group of retired New York public workers, which doesn't include those receiving less than $100,000 per year and doesn't include New York firefighters.
If this group of retired workers on the NY Times list was considered as a separate national economy, it would rank as the 178th largest country in the world by GDP."
Feeding America's twilight
Feeding America's twilight - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
"Here are just a few of the scores of examples:
• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called ObamaCare 'an entrepreneurial bill' that should encourage Americans to be 'creative,' and be, say, 'a musician.'
Quit your job, she urged; 'focus on your talent' and don't worry about not having health care.
Perhaps that's because other hardworking, tax-paying schmucks are paying for this freeloader's socialist care?"
"Here are just a few of the scores of examples:
• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called ObamaCare 'an entrepreneurial bill' that should encourage Americans to be 'creative,' and be, say, 'a musician.'
Quit your job, she urged; 'focus on your talent' and don't worry about not having health care.
Perhaps that's because other hardworking, tax-paying schmucks are paying for this freeloader's socialist care?"
Greek PM blames ’speculators’ for financial crisis, calls for transition to ‘green economy’
Greek PM blames ’speculators’ for financial crisis, calls for transition to ‘green economy’ Washington Examiner
"For every green job created by the Iberian nation’s massive investment in renewable energy, that transfer of wealth to uneconomic activities cost the economy 2.2 jobs in opportunity cost, as well as direct job losses thanks to the increased cost of electricity"
"For every green job created by the Iberian nation’s massive investment in renewable energy, that transfer of wealth to uneconomic activities cost the economy 2.2 jobs in opportunity cost, as well as direct job losses thanks to the increased cost of electricity"
State aims to change negative perceptions of welfare recipients
State aims to change negative perceptions of welfare recipients - MLive.com
"The state is on a campaign to reduce negative perceptions about those who need welfare, saying the stigma tarnishes the program and keeps people from getting help."
No problems.
Our state has oodles of extra Obama-stash and this expense is waay better than fixing roads, more cops or lower taxes for businesses.
I sure hope we begin a similar program to reduce our negative perceptions about those who vote for and create these programs, politicians.
"The state is on a campaign to reduce negative perceptions about those who need welfare, saying the stigma tarnishes the program and keeps people from getting help."
No problems.
Our state has oodles of extra Obama-stash and this expense is waay better than fixing roads, more cops or lower taxes for businesses.
I sure hope we begin a similar program to reduce our negative perceptions about those who vote for and create these programs, politicians.
President Obama Deeply Connected To Organizers Of Recent Angry Street Mob Actions
President Obama Deeply Connected To Organizers Of Recent Angry Street Mob Actions - Big Government
"President Barack Obama and his administration, is shamefully deeply connected to the people and organizations that recently organized street mob protests, terrifying a teenage child in his own home, and storming bank buildings (violating how many Federal laws?) in a show of uncivil disobedience (intimidation)."
"President Barack Obama and his administration, is shamefully deeply connected to the people and organizations that recently organized street mob protests, terrifying a teenage child in his own home, and storming bank buildings (violating how many Federal laws?) in a show of uncivil disobedience (intimidation)."
Coral snake antivenin supply running out
Coral snake antivenin supply running out
"The bad news is that the one manufacturer that made the stuff is no longer making it. Come October, the last batch of coral snake antivenin hits its expiration date.
So little antivenin is used through the course of a year it isn't profitable for drug companies to invest millions of dollars in studies, tests and manufacturing."
"The bad news is that the one manufacturer that made the stuff is no longer making it. Come October, the last batch of coral snake antivenin hits its expiration date.
So little antivenin is used through the course of a year it isn't profitable for drug companies to invest millions of dollars in studies, tests and manufacturing."
Health Care Law
Health Care Law - Rasmussen Reports™
"A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 63% of U.S. voters now favor repeal of the plan passed by congressional Democrats and signed into law by President Obama in March."
"A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 63% of U.S. voters now favor repeal of the plan passed by congressional Democrats and signed into law by President Obama in March."
When a public pension is a trust fund
Mark Hemingway: When a public pension is a trust fund Washington Examiner
"And what about the other 3,704 retired New York public sector employees collecting six-figure pensions?
According to the Congressional Research Service, the mean income for private sector retirees is $31,757.
The CRS figure doesn't count the value of health care, which most retired public employees get for free or at minimal expense to them.
The CRS figure does include the average Social Security payout, which almost all public sector employees get on top of their generous pensions."
"And what about the other 3,704 retired New York public sector employees collecting six-figure pensions?
According to the Congressional Research Service, the mean income for private sector retirees is $31,757.
The CRS figure doesn't count the value of health care, which most retired public employees get for free or at minimal expense to them.
The CRS figure does include the average Social Security payout, which almost all public sector employees get on top of their generous pensions."
2007 Heritage Flight Promo
2007 Heritage Flight Promo www.asb.tv
"2007 is the tenth anniversary of the United States Air Force Heritage Flight.
Over 200 million people have watched the Heritage Flight, making it the most popular air show program in history.
AirShowBuzz made this video to acknowledge the good work of the Heritage Flight and the proud Air Force history it represents."
Wow!
The chills flow during this video.
"2007 is the tenth anniversary of the United States Air Force Heritage Flight.
Over 200 million people have watched the Heritage Flight, making it the most popular air show program in history.
AirShowBuzz made this video to acknowledge the good work of the Heritage Flight and the proud Air Force history it represents."
Wow!
The chills flow during this video.
One false move in Europe could set off global chain reaction
One false move in Europe could set off global chain reaction
"If one or more fail to make the expected progress on cutting budgets, restructuring economies or boosting growth, it could drain confidence in a broad and unsettling way.
Credit markets worldwide could lock up and throw the global economy back into recession."
"If one or more fail to make the expected progress on cutting budgets, restructuring economies or boosting growth, it could drain confidence in a broad and unsettling way.
Credit markets worldwide could lock up and throw the global economy back into recession."
GOVERNMENT ASSISTED THUGGERY
GOVERNMENT ASSISTED THUGGERY?
D.C. Metro Police Escorted SEIU Protesters to Bank Of America Executive’s Home.
“Meanwhile, a teenage boy is home alone, frightened by what’s happening outside his front door.”
When tea-partiers show up on politicians’ doorsteps — and they will — I don’t want to hear any talk of “fascist tactics.”
We’re already seeing that, and the press and pundit class, for the most part, doesn’t care.
Just remember, every act sets a precedent.
Related: “They are the feral vanguard of a collapsing system, using violence and intimidation to make it clear those not favorably connected to the political power structure will be sacrificed to preserve it, for as long as possible.”
This is an outrage and not a peep out of the liberal MSM.
D.C. Metro Police Escorted SEIU Protesters to Bank Of America Executive’s Home.
“Meanwhile, a teenage boy is home alone, frightened by what’s happening outside his front door.”
When tea-partiers show up on politicians’ doorsteps — and they will — I don’t want to hear any talk of “fascist tactics.”
We’re already seeing that, and the press and pundit class, for the most part, doesn’t care.
Just remember, every act sets a precedent.
Related: “They are the feral vanguard of a collapsing system, using violence and intimidation to make it clear those not favorably connected to the political power structure will be sacrificed to preserve it, for as long as possible.”
This is an outrage and not a peep out of the liberal MSM.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Jamaica declares emergency in capital after attacks
Jamaica declares emergency in capital after attacks Reuters
"Jamaica declared a state of emergency in two parishes of its capital Kingston on Sunday after shooting and firebomb attacks on police stations by suspected supporters of an alleged drug lord who faces extradition to the United States."
Check your cruise reservations!
"Jamaica declared a state of emergency in two parishes of its capital Kingston on Sunday after shooting and firebomb attacks on police stations by suspected supporters of an alleged drug lord who faces extradition to the United States."
Check your cruise reservations!
Why losers have delusions of grandeur
"Charles Darwin observed that “ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.”"
Republican Djou wins U.S. House seat - Hawaii News
Djou wins U.S. House seat - Hawaii News
"The celebration at Hawaii Republican Party headquarters was barely 15 minutes old as Charles Djou, the GOP's newest darling, had already moved past the historic victory and turned his sights toward the general election in November."
"The celebration at Hawaii Republican Party headquarters was barely 15 minutes old as Charles Djou, the GOP's newest darling, had already moved past the historic victory and turned his sights toward the general election in November."
Multiculturalism Trumps Feminism - Mark Steyn
Multiculturalism Trumps Feminism - Mark Steyn
I wrote last week about the American Academy of Pediatrics' support for Female Genital Mutilation-lite - a 'ritual nick'.
In return, I received a remarkable number of letters asserting I'd invented the whole thing.
Not so.
You can find chapter and verse and here.
One reason why readers think we rightwing madmen are just making this stuff up is because of the shameful silence (and worse) of western feminists, who implicitly accept a two-tier sisterhood, in which some women get to lead the lives they choose while others, in the interests of 'cultural sensitivity', get a literally rawer deal that begins with FGM and, if they're really unlucky, ends with 'honor killing'.
So I'm happy to salute the great Tina Brown, a fully paid-up Clinto-Blairite but not one prepared to descend into barbarism.
Over at her Daily Beast, Miss Brown has published a tough and unsparing column by Ayaan Hirsi Ali on what the AAP's 'nick' really means - and where it leads.
I have one tiny quibble with the e-mail alert Tina sent out:
Do read the extraordinary piece by Ayaan Hirsi Ali this morning on The Daily Beast on the outrageous proposal from the American Academy of Pediatrics to 'nick' little girls, a slippery slope to tolerating genital cutting in the U.S.—Tina Brown
'Genital cutting' is itself a euphemism.
In its 1998 policy position, the AAP used the phrase 'female genital mutilation'.
A decade on, they prefer to call it 'female genital cutting' - 'mutilation' being regarded by cultural accommodationists as too judgmental.
At the rate this slippery slope is greased, you can guess where we'll be in another decade.
05/23 09:23 AMShare"
The depravity of the liberal left is stunning!
I wrote last week about the American Academy of Pediatrics' support for Female Genital Mutilation-lite - a 'ritual nick'.
In return, I received a remarkable number of letters asserting I'd invented the whole thing.
Not so.
You can find chapter and verse and here.
One reason why readers think we rightwing madmen are just making this stuff up is because of the shameful silence (and worse) of western feminists, who implicitly accept a two-tier sisterhood, in which some women get to lead the lives they choose while others, in the interests of 'cultural sensitivity', get a literally rawer deal that begins with FGM and, if they're really unlucky, ends with 'honor killing'.
So I'm happy to salute the great Tina Brown, a fully paid-up Clinto-Blairite but not one prepared to descend into barbarism.
Over at her Daily Beast, Miss Brown has published a tough and unsparing column by Ayaan Hirsi Ali on what the AAP's 'nick' really means - and where it leads.
I have one tiny quibble with the e-mail alert Tina sent out:
Do read the extraordinary piece by Ayaan Hirsi Ali this morning on The Daily Beast on the outrageous proposal from the American Academy of Pediatrics to 'nick' little girls, a slippery slope to tolerating genital cutting in the U.S.—Tina Brown
'Genital cutting' is itself a euphemism.
In its 1998 policy position, the AAP used the phrase 'female genital mutilation'.
A decade on, they prefer to call it 'female genital cutting' - 'mutilation' being regarded by cultural accommodationists as too judgmental.
At the rate this slippery slope is greased, you can guess where we'll be in another decade.
05/23 09:23 AMShare"
The depravity of the liberal left is stunning!
Plans for a 13-storey mosque at Ground Zero provoke anti-Muslim backlash
"Plans to build a 13-storey mosque and Islamic centre two city blocks from Ground Zero in New York are provoking an anti-Muslim backlash in America."
How do you say "in your face" in Islam?
Build a giant mosque at Ground Zero!
"Exclusive Followup: Identity & Union-Democrat Ties of Fake Tea Party Petition 'Organizer' Revealed"
OutsideLansing.com OutsideLansing.com is a production of Chetly Zarko and Zarko Research & Consulting.
"Exclusive Followup: Identity & Union-Democrat Ties of Fake Tea Party Petition 'Organizer' Revealed"
GREAT blog-research to find the demo-union scum behind the voting scam to disenfranchise Michigan voters!
Too bad the Michigan MSM is asleep again.....
"Exclusive Followup: Identity & Union-Democrat Ties of Fake Tea Party Petition 'Organizer' Revealed"
GREAT blog-research to find the demo-union scum behind the voting scam to disenfranchise Michigan voters!
Too bad the Michigan MSM is asleep again.....
Steele: 'Is Joe Sestak lying right now?' on White House job offer
Steele: 'Is Joe Sestak lying right now?' on White House job offer - POLITICO Live
"DNC Chair Tim Kaine, appearing along with Steele, was asked by host Chris Wallace: 'Should the white house answer the question openly and honestly instead of stonewalling?'
Kaine replied, 'I don't know stonewalling, I'm not sure what obligation they have.
If the question gets asked, it's something they should deal with.'"
Craven coward!
"DNC Chair Tim Kaine, appearing along with Steele, was asked by host Chris Wallace: 'Should the white house answer the question openly and honestly instead of stonewalling?'
Kaine replied, 'I don't know stonewalling, I'm not sure what obligation they have.
If the question gets asked, it's something they should deal with.'"
Craven coward!
Palin accuses Obama of being in bed with big oil
"The former vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor, who champions off-shore drilling, criticized the media for not drawing the link between Obama and big oil and said if this spill had happened under former Republican president George W. Bush the scrutiny would have been far tougher.
'I don't know why the question isn't asked by the mainstream media and by others if there's any connection with the contributions made to president Obama and his administration and the support by the oil companies to the administration,' she told Fox News Sunday."
Drawing lines: Counties, cities, townships villages, school districts. Is it time to take some places off the map?
Drawing lines: Counties, cities, townships villages, school districts. Is it time to take some places off the map?
Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell made local government consolidation the keynote of his State of the City speech at the beginning of the year.
"The greatest gift we could leave for our grandchildren would be a consolidated government," Heartwell said.
Interesting comment.
I guess outing the public employees union member's ever increasing wages and benefits sorta slipped his mind.
So, our grandchildren will be best gifted by more union and politician control over fewer groups of us pathetic citizens?
Hitler, Mao, Hugo, et al would be proud.
Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell made local government consolidation the keynote of his State of the City speech at the beginning of the year.
"The greatest gift we could leave for our grandchildren would be a consolidated government," Heartwell said.
Interesting comment.
I guess outing the public employees union member's ever increasing wages and benefits sorta slipped his mind.
So, our grandchildren will be best gifted by more union and politician control over fewer groups of us pathetic citizens?
Hitler, Mao, Hugo, et al would be proud.
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