Rainbow of leaves: More than 7,000 Forest Hills students create ArtPrize entry | MLive.com:
"While ArtPrize draws artists from all over the world, more than 7,000 are right in West Michigan schools – and all in one entry."
These 7000 "artists" won't affect the ArtPrize voting......... right?
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Shocking! Government simplifies and combines words "lie and cheat" into "Oversights". Linguists and media charmed.
Michigan Strategic Fund under fire over incomplete, overstated data on job creation | MLive.com:
"LANSING — The Michigan Strategic Fund is under fire from both Republicans and Democrats after an audit report found it gave the Legislature incomplete and overstated data on jobs created from business incentive programs.
A report released Tuesday by Michigan's Auditor General found that the MSF, part of the taxpayer-supported Michigan Economic Development Corp., hasn't been verifying that certain grant recipients are meeting program requirements or creating the jobs they promised.
Those "oversights" led to overstated jobs figures in its annual Legislative report."
"LANSING — The Michigan Strategic Fund is under fire from both Republicans and Democrats after an audit report found it gave the Legislature incomplete and overstated data on jobs created from business incentive programs.
A report released Tuesday by Michigan's Auditor General found that the MSF, part of the taxpayer-supported Michigan Economic Development Corp., hasn't been verifying that certain grant recipients are meeting program requirements or creating the jobs they promised.
Those "oversights" led to overstated jobs figures in its annual Legislative report."
A Giant in the Global Warming Farce, David Suzuki, Doesn’t Know Anything About Anything
iOwnTheWorld.com » Blog Archive » A Giant in the Global Warming Farce, David Suzuki, Doesn’t Know Anything About Anything:
"This is stunning.
One of the darlings of the climate change movement is a clueless jackass.
This interview is ridiculous."
"This is stunning.
One of the darlings of the climate change movement is a clueless jackass.
This interview is ridiculous."
Kid sees, grabs hooters-wrecks artist's "elements of the human body".
ArtPrize entry damaged when child accidentally knocks over ceramic figures | MLive.com:
"The voluptuous figures, which were placed on four wooden benches, are meant to evoke subtle elements of the human body, according to VanCamp's artist statement."
"The voluptuous figures, which were placed on four wooden benches, are meant to evoke subtle elements of the human body, according to VanCamp's artist statement."
Detroit utilizing You Tube to maintain reputation-"Flint ain't nottin dude!"
Private-Public-Partnership scam creates opportunity for American innovation
Markets in everything: Another college textbook alternative and the “airbnb for dogs” | AEIdeas:
"McGraw-Hill’s best-selling “Microeconomics” by McConnell, Brue and Flynn (19th edition) is $173.22 on Amazon, and that’s for the paperback version.
In contrast, students can purchase “Principles of Microeconomics” by Timothy Taylor (2nd edition) from Textbook Media Press starting at only $19.95 for the online version of the book or pay $22.95 for the iPad, iTouch and iPhone/Smartphone version. "
"McGraw-Hill’s best-selling “Microeconomics” by McConnell, Brue and Flynn (19th edition) is $173.22 on Amazon, and that’s for the paperback version.
In contrast, students can purchase “Principles of Microeconomics” by Timothy Taylor (2nd edition) from Textbook Media Press starting at only $19.95 for the online version of the book or pay $22.95 for the iPad, iTouch and iPhone/Smartphone version. "
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
French compose skit for "Saturday Night Live" except it ain't a joke.... but it ought to be.......
French Court Orders Flagship Sephora Store Not To Work So Much | Zero Hedge:"There has to be some intangible benefit from this ludicrous court ruling?
Indeed there is.
"Advocates of more-limited hours argue that allowing employees to work late or on Sundays can hurt the country's social fabric, preventing families from spending time together."
And there it is: capitalism's ugly underbelly exposed, risking such disastrous consequences as "hurting a country's social fabric" (the country in question of course being France which with Swiss watch regularity undergoes deadly race and unemployment-motivated riots) and preventing families from clicking on their iPads at dinner time. Together.
Unions opposed to late opening said Monday's ruling vindicated their cause.
"This decision encourages us in our battle," said Eric Scherrer from the CFTC union, part of a group of retail unions that brought the case against Sephora before the courts.
"What those companies are doing is illegal," he said."
Obamacare bill SO bad that simply reading or discussing it now classified as hazardous to lib's emotional health!
Articles: The Wrecking Ball Known as ObamaCare:"It is mindboggling that so many people are totally unaware of ObamaCare, have no interest in discussing it, and are dismissive and rude if someone attempts to have a rational conversation about a law that will drastically change the landscape of this country.This deliberate ignorance continues to beget denial.
....Daily, one learns that ObamaCare is a job destroyer.
The graph here shows that deep cuts to jobs will continue as "ObamaCare kills off at least two percent of the U.S. full-time workforce."
The list of companies cutting hours for workers continues to grow.
Employers seek to keep staff below the 30-hour threshold set by the not-so Affordable Care Act.
Thus, "according to an April survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), 41% of 603 small business owners" are delaying hiring.
In fact, "one in five [have] already cut hours, while 20% have reduced payroll."
Majority of democrat voters with accents on welfare.
Majority of illegal (and legal) immigrants are on welfare |:
"This important news was never reported by the mainstream media.
It confirms what many of us instinctively already know.
Although the news is more than 2 years old, I only just discovered it on Judicial Watch. "
"This important news was never reported by the mainstream media.
It confirms what many of us instinctively already know.
Although the news is more than 2 years old, I only just discovered it on Judicial Watch. "
Media annoyed mass murderer isn't white, Palen relative. Petulance preempts publishing!
Why Has The Media Stopped Talking About The Navy Yard Shooter? | American Glob:"The media typically loves stories about people who go on shooting sprees but just a few days after the Navy Yard shooting story broke, no one in the media is talking about it anymore.
Why?
The answer is pretty simple.
The story didn’t fit the media’s preferred gun control narrative."
School "protects" children from child who enjoys toys that most male children like.
Student Suspended For Playing With Airsoft Gun - In His Own Yard | Independent Journal Review:"A seventh-grade student in Virginia has been suspended from school for playing with an airsoft gun.
In his own yard.
As he waited for the school bus.
Worse?
He could be expelled for the rest of the school year."
Delusional lib columnist thinks people enjoy returning dirty, empty pop cans.
Tim Skubick: Michigan DEQ considers changes to popular bottle bill | MLive.com:
"An industry source reveals the bottle folks may be willing to expand the law to include those newly invented containers if the greens agree to the redemption centers.
"An industry source reveals the bottle folks may be willing to expand the law to include those newly invented containers if the greens agree to the redemption centers.
UAW say their shares of Chrysler worth more than anyone will pay. Demand "card check" vote on value.
Chrysler Group files for IPO as Fiat seeks deal to merge automakers | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Marchionne, who is chief executive officer of both Fiat and Chrysler, and the United Auto Workers’ healthcare trust are locked in a dispute over Chrysler’s value.
Fiat is seeking to buy the trust’s stake and merge the two companies to create a global player with the scale to compete with industry leaders Toyota Motor Corp. General Motors Co. and Volkswagen AG.
A stock sale may delay a Fiat-Chrysler merger, Marchionne, 61, said on Sept. 13., adding that the two sides “are not getting closer, but we keep on talking.”"
"Marchionne, who is chief executive officer of both Fiat and Chrysler, and the United Auto Workers’ healthcare trust are locked in a dispute over Chrysler’s value.
Fiat is seeking to buy the trust’s stake and merge the two companies to create a global player with the scale to compete with industry leaders Toyota Motor Corp. General Motors Co. and Volkswagen AG.
A stock sale may delay a Fiat-Chrysler merger, Marchionne, 61, said on Sept. 13., adding that the two sides “are not getting closer, but we keep on talking.”"
Democrat Pelosi suggests unemployed "follow your passion", eat "wellness, prevention, health" rather than expensive food.
Pelosi: Death of 40-hour work week means freedom to ‘follow your passion’ - BizPac Review:"Pelosi was unfazed.
"Some parts of Obamacare need to be clarified, she acknowledged, but losing that 40-hour work week will really free Americans to “pursue your happiness … follow your passion.”
“Obverwhelmingly, for the American people, this is a liberation,” the San Francisco millionaire said dreamily, possibly confusing “the American people” who have to make a living with her fellow guests at George Soros’s wedding Saturday in New York.
“It’s about wellness, it’s about prevention, it’s about a healthy America,” she said."
Climate scientists fear grant reductions-"baffled" that computer models don't drive climate results!
Antarctic sea ice hit 35-year record high Saturday:"Antarctic sea ice has grown to a record large extent for a second straight year, baffling scientists seeking to understand why this ice is expanding rather than shrinking in a warming world."
For the left, Walmart is the brick and mortar version of Sarah Palin
Whitehall Township board upholds planners approval of White Lake Wal-Mart 'superstore' | MLive.com:
"WHITEHALL, MI – Whitehall Township officials voted 5-0 Monday, Sept. 23 to uphold the site plan approval of the township planning commission for a new Wal-Mart “superstore” at the Whitehall exit of U.S. 31.
The township board rejected the appeal of BOW NOT – Back Off Wal-Mart, Not Our Town – who have passionately fought the retailer’s entry into the White Lake area.
A BOW NOT spokeswoman and the opposition group’s Traverse City attorney indicated the group would continue its appeal to the Muskegon County Circuit Court in the next 30 days."
And it sure showcases their concern for those poor who want to shop with limited funds.
Heh!
"WHITEHALL, MI – Whitehall Township officials voted 5-0 Monday, Sept. 23 to uphold the site plan approval of the township planning commission for a new Wal-Mart “superstore” at the Whitehall exit of U.S. 31.
The township board rejected the appeal of BOW NOT – Back Off Wal-Mart, Not Our Town – who have passionately fought the retailer’s entry into the White Lake area.
A BOW NOT spokeswoman and the opposition group’s Traverse City attorney indicated the group would continue its appeal to the Muskegon County Circuit Court in the next 30 days."
And it sure showcases their concern for those poor who want to shop with limited funds.
Heh!
Monday, September 23, 2013
Poland Confiscates Half Of Private Pension Funds To “Cut” Sovereign Debt Load….
Instapundit » Blog Archive » HOW DID I MISS THIS? Poland Confiscates Half Of Private Pension Funds To “Cut” Sovereign Debt Load….
Here’s a Reuters story.
Key bit: “The Polish pension funds’ organisation said the changes may be unconstitutional because the government is taking private assets away from them without offering any compensation.”
You think?
I hope that if anyone even tried this here, the responsible government bureaucrats would be — literally, not metaphorically — swinging from the lampposts by the next day."
Here’s a Reuters story.
Key bit: “The Polish pension funds’ organisation said the changes may be unconstitutional because the government is taking private assets away from them without offering any compensation.”
You think?
I hope that if anyone even tried this here, the responsible government bureaucrats would be — literally, not metaphorically — swinging from the lampposts by the next day."
Muskegon's Elks Lodge shooting Sunday was county's worst mass homicide since 1998
Muskegon's Elks Lodge shooting Sunday was county's worst mass homicide since 1998 | MLive.com:
"Not since Seth Privacky killed five people, including four of his family members, at his home in November 1998 have so many people been killed in one incident in the county."
"Not since Seth Privacky killed five people, including four of his family members, at his home in November 1998 have so many people been killed in one incident in the county."
White House hides aid for criminals in immigration bill
White House hides aid for criminals in immigration bill | The Daily Caller:
"The White House is trying to hide unpopular provisions in the Senate’s immigration bill that would allow immigrant criminals to stay in the country and would increase the inflow of low-skill refugees from war-torn countries, says a top White House official."
"The White House is trying to hide unpopular provisions in the Senate’s immigration bill that would allow immigrant criminals to stay in the country and would increase the inflow of low-skill refugees from war-torn countries, says a top White House official."
Obama Administration Demands Teacher Redistribution for NCLB Waivers
Obama Administration Demands Teacher Redistribution for NCLB Waivers | Heartlander Magazine:
"Two years after the Obama administration offered states a Monopoly-style “get out of jail free” card from some demands of the 2001 No Child Left Behind law, it will offer another round of waivers in exchange for further policy changes.
...Perhaps the most far-reaching federal demand in the ESEA Flexibility Renewal Form is that states “ensure that poor and minority students are not taught at higher rates than other children by ineffective teachers.”
Say what?
Smooth dudes.
Make the rules so complex, even the opposing media can't explain them.
"Two years after the Obama administration offered states a Monopoly-style “get out of jail free” card from some demands of the 2001 No Child Left Behind law, it will offer another round of waivers in exchange for further policy changes.
...Perhaps the most far-reaching federal demand in the ESEA Flexibility Renewal Form is that states “ensure that poor and minority students are not taught at higher rates than other children by ineffective teachers.”
Say what?
Smooth dudes.
Make the rules so complex, even the opposing media can't explain them.
A Girl And A .22
A Girl And A .22 - Forbes:
"The fastest growing consumer segment in the firearms business is women.
Half of Roe and Zeller’s students are women, and they fill as many as half a dozen of Excel’s ladies-only classes a month.
Pink self-defense weapons make headlines, but women are serious about arming themselves and embracing the world of guns, Zeller says, “in droves.”
With little experience firing a gun other than on a few untrained occasions, I learned the four rules of gun safety (all guns are always loaded, don’t point the gun at anyone you don’t intend to shoot, don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you’re ready to shoot, and identify your target and what’s behind it),"
"The fastest growing consumer segment in the firearms business is women.
Half of Roe and Zeller’s students are women, and they fill as many as half a dozen of Excel’s ladies-only classes a month.
Pink self-defense weapons make headlines, but women are serious about arming themselves and embracing the world of guns, Zeller says, “in droves.”
With little experience firing a gun other than on a few untrained occasions, I learned the four rules of gun safety (all guns are always loaded, don’t point the gun at anyone you don’t intend to shoot, don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you’re ready to shoot, and identify your target and what’s behind it),"
'Family glitch' in health law could be painful
'Family glitch' in health law could be painful:
"Congress defined "affordable" as 9.5% or less of an employee's wages, mostly to make sure people did not leave their workplace plans for subsidized coverage through the exchanges.
But the "error" was that it only applies to the employee — and not his or her family.
So, if an employer offers a woman affordable insurance, but doesn't provide it for her family, they cannot get subsidized help through the state health exchanges."
2400 pages.
Over a million words.
And who know how many millions of tax dollars spent on brewing up this paper monstrosity.
And billions of "juice" to get it passed.
And it still looks like it was written by a 4th grader on crack!
"Congress defined "affordable" as 9.5% or less of an employee's wages, mostly to make sure people did not leave their workplace plans for subsidized coverage through the exchanges.
But the "error" was that it only applies to the employee — and not his or her family.
So, if an employer offers a woman affordable insurance, but doesn't provide it for her family, they cannot get subsidized help through the state health exchanges."
2400 pages.
Over a million words.
And who know how many millions of tax dollars spent on brewing up this paper monstrosity.
And billions of "juice" to get it passed.
And it still looks like it was written by a 4th grader on crack!
Road Funding Finds New Target With Horse-Drawn Vehicles
Road Funding Finds New Target With Horse-Drawn Vehicles [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"Add horse-drawn buggies to the list of vehicles targeted for increased fees in Michigan.
House Bill 4965, which was introduced by State Rep. Joel Johnson, R-Clare, would allow counties to charge a $50 registration fee for horse-drawn vehicles.
The bill says the money can only be used for road repairs."
"Add horse-drawn buggies to the list of vehicles targeted for increased fees in Michigan.
House Bill 4965, which was introduced by State Rep. Joel Johnson, R-Clare, would allow counties to charge a $50 registration fee for horse-drawn vehicles.
The bill says the money can only be used for road repairs."
Gullible Green sailors trapped in the Arctic
Gullible Green sailors trapped in the Arctic:
"The naïve advice of ardent activists can kill.
Last spring, Paul Beckwith of Sierra Club Canada predicted that the Arctic seas would be ice-free ice this summer.
(So did Britain’s BBC network.)
This exciting adventure opportunity attracted a variety of yachts, sailboats, rowboats, and kayaks owners to try sailing the fabled Northwest Passage.
As a former sailboat owner I can understand their excitement, but my heart aches for the agonies they now face.
The Arctic sea ice suddenly expanded 60% this fall, after the coldest summer in the modern Alaska temperature record.
The passage is now impassable.
More than a dozen of the boats are trapped, apparently even including a group of tiny American jet-ski “personal watercraft” that were attempting to cross from the east coast of Russia to the North Atlantic.
Arctic observers are now warning that even Canadian icebreakers might not be able to rescue them."
"The naïve advice of ardent activists can kill.
Last spring, Paul Beckwith of Sierra Club Canada predicted that the Arctic seas would be ice-free ice this summer.
(So did Britain’s BBC network.)
This exciting adventure opportunity attracted a variety of yachts, sailboats, rowboats, and kayaks owners to try sailing the fabled Northwest Passage.
As a former sailboat owner I can understand their excitement, but my heart aches for the agonies they now face.
The Arctic sea ice suddenly expanded 60% this fall, after the coldest summer in the modern Alaska temperature record.
The passage is now impassable.
More than a dozen of the boats are trapped, apparently even including a group of tiny American jet-ski “personal watercraft” that were attempting to cross from the east coast of Russia to the North Atlantic.
Arctic observers are now warning that even Canadian icebreakers might not be able to rescue them."
Quantitative Easing Worked For The Weimar Republic For A Little While Too
Quantitative Easing Worked For The Weimar Republic For A Little While Too |:
"There is a reason why every fiat currency in the history of the world has eventually failed.
At some point, those issuing fiat currencies always find themselves giving in to the temptation to wildly print more money."
"There is a reason why every fiat currency in the history of the world has eventually failed.
At some point, those issuing fiat currencies always find themselves giving in to the temptation to wildly print more money."
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