US police obtaining military vehicles to aid hunt for criminals and us?

US police obtaining military vehicles to aid hunt for criminals | Fox News:
"“Having a tactical vehicle will not only provide warrants execution with the equipment to assist in performing their jobs, but will provide an overall safety arch," Chief Deputy Marlin Suell reportedly wrote to county commissioners in informing them of the acquisition.

The vehicle costs about $600,000, but the county obtained it solely for the cost of transporting it from Fort Hood."

Driving affects ovaries and pelvis, Saudi sheikh warns women-American lawyers openly salivating!

Driving affects ovaries and pelvis, Saudi sheikh warns women - Alarabiya.net English | Front Page:
 "Saudi women seeking to challenge a de facto ban on driving should realize that this could affect their ovaries and pelvises, Sheikh Saleh bin Saad al-Luhaydan, a judicial and psychological consultant to the Gulf Psychological Association, told Saudi news website sabq.org.
Driving “could have a reverse physiological impact.
Physiological science and functional medicine studied this side [and found] that it automatically affects ovaries and rolls up the pelvis.
This is why we find for women who continuously drive cars their children are born with clinical disorders of varying degrees,” Sheikh al-Luhaydan said."

Greece is starting to look like Weimar Germany...... and USA

Greece is starting to look like Weimar Germany – Telegraph Blogs
Economic collapse, mass joblessness, uniformed paramilitaries, street violence, political assassinations and, now, a round-up of opposition MPs. 
Euro-wracked Greece is beginning to feel eerily like Weimar Germany.

"The right to a family life" protects murderers who kill folks with families.

Britain may need to withdraw from European Convention on Human Rights, says Cameron - Telegraph: "The ECHR has been invoked by foreign criminals and terrorists fighting deportation from Britain.
They argue that its provisions mean they are entitled to various rights to be considered, including the right to a family life.
That has led to foreign criminals being allowed to remain the UK because they have family connections here."

20th Century Death

20th Century Death | Information Is Beautiful

"Gobsmacking" instead of healthcare-NHS 'bans' GPs from carrying out minor operations on patients who smoke unless they promise to quit

NHS 'bans' GPs from carrying out minor operations on patients who smoke unless they promise to quit | Mail Online:
"It was getting caught when he put on ear defenders and hygienic headgear for his job inspecting catering equipment.
As a result, the lump was becoming painful.
Mr Merrett, 46, said: ‘I was told, in no uncertain terms, that unless I gave up smoking or signed up to a quitting clinic they would refuse to treat me. 
I was gobsmacked.’
He claims the doctor told him: ‘These directions are not mine. 
It’s not me refusing this treatment,  it’s the NHS trust.’"

Racial-quota bean counters demand more whites be arrested!-Racist Pot Prosecution in Louisiana

Racist Pot Prosecution in Louisiana | Best Black News:
"Although whites and Blacks use marijuana at roughly equal rates, Blacks are far more likely to be arrested for possession.
In Louisiana, the racial bias in prosecution is extreme.
“In Tangipahoa Parish, blacks are 11.8 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana than whites and in St. Landry Parish the rate of black arrests for marijuana is 10.7 times as likely as whites.”"

Reporters to reveal ‘US assassination program’

Reporters to reveal ‘US assassination program’ Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!:
"I don’t want to give too much away but Glenn and I are working on a project right now that has at its center how the National Security Agency plays a significant, central role in the US assassination program,” "

Cultural equalists aghast- Boys stomp girls on the math SAT test

Boys vs. girls on the math SAT test | AEIdeas:
"I created the animated video above in the fall of 2010 after the SAT test results were released showing that boys scored 34 points higher on average on the math SAT test that year, following a long trend back to at least 1972 of boys outperforming girls on the math SAT test (see this recent CD post for more details).
Now that the 2013 results have just been released showing another +30 point advantage for boys on the math SAT, I thought it would be a good time to feature the video."

"Egg Heads" really do have eggs instead of brains in their heads! The dismal failure of 'Big Data'

The dismal failure of 'Big Data' | ZDNet:
"After the financial meltdown in 2008, Alan Greenspan, the former Chairman of the Federal Reserve was asked questions by a Washington committee about how the crisis occurred.
He said all his financial models over the past 40 years were wrong.
Yet those models informed his adjustment of interest rates, and if they were based on wrong models, he likely harmed the economy, consistently, decade after decade.
It's truly an epic fail for Big Data."

The Well Armed Woman-It's free coffee day!

"I just heard on the news that it was National Coffee Day! Going to go get another cup!" 
Gun Gift Shop:

Is that my lunch money in your bra or are you just happy to see me?-School district accountant accused of stealing $3 million in school lunch money by stuffing it in her bra

School district accountant accused of stealing $3 million in school lunch money by stuffing it in her bra - NY Daily News:
"Judith Oakes, who worked for the school district in Rialto, Calif., was caught on video stuffing cash from the lunch program into her brassiere, police said."

Former "Green Cities" coordinator's new job is to spread fear!

Old, crumbling dams pose potential hazards across Michigan | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"It’s “in very, very poor shape,” said Steve Montle, Flint’s former Green Cities coordinator who now works on city projects as a consultant.
Based on its location, it’s considered a high-hazard dam — meaning if it failed, people likely would die and significant structural damage could occur.
Told of the dam’s condition, Lee, 18, of Clarkston said,
“I had no idea.
I’m a little bit scared to be sitting here right now.”"

Revealed: Detroit Gave $2 Billion in Undisclosed Union-Brokered Bonuses

Revealed: Detroit Gave $2 Billion in Undisclosed Union-Brokered Bonuses:
"A stunning new actuary report on Detroit's pension implosion has revealed that Detroit trustees doled out nearly $2 billion in undisclosed holiday "bonuses" to Detroit workers and retirees negotiated by the city and its unions."

The REAL reason AARP is supporting Obamacare!

TaxMoney pit becomes enormous sinkhole for taxpayers-Economics of Detroit favor rehabbing historic buildings, expert says

Economics of Detroit favor rehabbing historic buildings, expert says | MLive.com:
"DETROIT, MI - Hundreds of developers, tax attorneys, accountants and other community revitalization professionals converged on Detroit last week for the Novogradac Historic Tax Credit Conference."
"If we pay them, they will come....."

A weatherman breaks down in tears and vows NEVER to fly again due to grim climate-change report

A weatherman breaks down in tears and vows NEVER to fly again due to grim climate-change report | Mail Online:
"Holthaus, who now writes for Quartz, has decided he will also reduce his carbon footprint by giving up on air travel.
‘I just broke down in tears in boarding area at SFO while on phone with my wife.
 I've never cried because of a science report before. #IPCC,’ was his first tweet on around 2pm on Friday.
‘I realised just now:
This has to be the last flight I ever take.
I’m committing right now to stop flying.
It’s not worth the climate,’ he tweeted a few minutes later."

Worse Is the New Normal

Worse Is the New Normal | National Review Online:
"George Orwell, after attending a meeting of impoverished but passive miners, remarked sadly that “there is no turbulence left in England.” 
The Democrats, and much of the Republican establishment, have made a bet that there is no turbulence left in America, and the citizenry will stand mute before Obamacare’s wrecking ball.
Unless they’re willing to accept a worse life for their children and grandchildren, middle-class Americans need to prove them wrong."

Panicky unions want judge to stop certification elections

Panicky unions want judge to stop certification elections - EAGnews.org powered by Education Action Group Foundation, Inc.

Welcome to Obama's bail-out, hand-out nation.

Varney & Co. | Fox Business:
"More money to Detroit?"
Must see video!

President Obama lied to us -- he told America some real whoppers about ObamaCare

President Obama lied to us -- he told America some real whoppers about ObamaCare | Fox News:
"President Obama lied to us.
It wasn’t a white lie. 
It wasn’t a fib. 
It wasn’t a half truth.
 It was a bold-faced lie."

The Catchy Obamacare Song That Will Probably Have You Singing, Laughing and Nodding in Agreement

The Catchy Obamacare Song That Will Probably Have You Singing, Laughing and Nodding in Agreement | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"What’s a law that’s so good
folks who passed and defended it
see it and got waivers
to be exempted? It’s

like Olestra, at first
it sounded hip
but we quickly found ourselves
dealing with a whole lot of sh…

Obamacare, Obamacare
Unions and businesses both in despair"

Financial tsunami rewards loyal democrat leaders and voters in Detroit

Treasury official to coordinate funds for blight fight as part of $320M in aid to Detroit | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Obama administration officials said today they are sending someone to Detroit to coordinate a federal effort to help fix the city.
It's part of a plan by U.S. President Barack Obama that will commit at least $320 million to bankrupt Detroit, primarily through grants and other programs, to raze blighted buildings, hire police and firefighters and improve transit."

Woman makes sandwiches for boyfriend; liberals make poopy in pants

Woman makes sandwiches for boyfriend; liberals make poopy in pants | The Daily Caller:
"WHAT THE F***??? THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!!

Noah Rothman, Mediaite:

[A] young woman has attracted attention from culinary world icons such as Emeril Lagasse, Michael White and Ken Friedman with 300sandwiches.com,” a New York Post story published on Tuesday began. The Post revealed that this mystery woman was, in fact, New York Post Page Six reporter Stephanie Smith. The Post story revealed that she not only enjoys making sandwiches for her boyfriend, he requests them frequently. Now, outrage is swelling over Smith’s boyfriend’s sandwich requests."

Seymour Hersh: Bin Laden Raid “One Big Lie”

Seymour Hersh: Bin Laden Raid “One Big Lie” Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!: "On the subject of the Navy Seal raid that supposedly resulted in the death of the Al-Qaeda terror leader, Hersh remarked,
“Nothing’s been done about that story, it’s one big lie, not one word of it is true.”
Hersh added that the Obama administration habitually lies but they continue to do so because the press allows them to get away with it.
“It’s pathetic, they are more than obsequious, they are afraid to pick on this guy [Obama],” Hersh told the Guardian."

No MSU football today so....Insult the Bye Week with a Limerick

Insult the Bye Week with a Limerick:
"The Bye Week just isn't that great: 
Their players are all second-rate, 
The coaches are punks, 
Their fans are all drunks 
And their cheerleaders are overweight."

Lots more at link.

"If you like your plan, you can keep your plan." - Barack Obama

My Current Plan (BCBS)

Mo pmt: $286.25

Annual Deductable: $1000

Co-pay:30%

Max annual out-of-pocket: $3500 (plus monthly payments)

Similar plan BENEFITS to what I now have:

Mo pmt: $829.84

Annual Deductable: $1500

Co-pay:20%

Max annual out-of-pocket: :$4000 (plus monthly payments)

Similar plan PRICE to what I now have:

Mo. pmt:$267.26

Annual Deductable: $7500

Co-pay:20%

Max annual out-of-pocket:$11,000 (plus monthly payments)

Plus there's this gem: *These rates do not include upcoming federal taxes that will be added to your bill when they become effective.

20 Things I Learned While I Was in North Korea

wait but why: 20 Things I Learned While I Was in North Korea
15) No North Korean people have access to the internet because the government is concerned that people would see things that would make them feel unfairly critical toward the West, and the government would like to protect the West's reputation by preventing the people from going on the internet.

Yup. That is the story I was told when I asked our North Korean guide why no one can go on the internet. One of the most absurd explanations for anything—apparently the government isn't even trying to lie credibly anymore.

What the (most privileged) people do have access to is the North Korean intRAnet, a network limited to government-approved North Korean websites.

How to cut the Google cord

How to cut the Google cord | How To - CNET:
"If Google services work for you, there's no reason to change.
After all, it's no accident the company's worth a gazillion dollars.
But if you're wondering whether a competing service might have more to offer, making the switch from Gmail, Google Drive, or Google search isn't difficult.
 It's got nothing to do with politics, economics, or philosophy.
Honest."

Cooley Law Plans To RAISE Tuition, Will Consider LOWERING Standards

Cooley Law Plans To RAISE Tuition, Will Consider LOWERING Standards « Above the Law: A Legal Web Site

The median LSAT score for students at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School is 145. This means that Cooley is already trawling in the waters of the bottom 25 percent of LSAT takers. So when Cooley Law Dean Don LeDuc says that the school might consider lowering its admissions standards to cover the drop in law school applications, it’s fair to ask what’s lower than the bottom of the barrel.

Are they going to start admitting people who took the LSAT in crayon? Are they going to start admitting people who can’t read? If the median score is 145 and you’re going to bring that number down, what (if any) “standards” does your school still purport to have?

Cooley would rather lower its standards than lower its tuition. In fact, LeDuc says that tuition is going the other way: Cooley announced that it will raise first-year tuition by 9 percent and tuition on everybody else by 8 percent. It’s almost as if Cooley has taken upon itself the responsibility of punishing people too ignorant to research legal education….

I use strong words when discussing Cooley because I think what they are doing is wrong. Tuition at Cooley will now cost $43,500 for the first year. Charging $43,500 for people who struggle to break 145 on the LSAT is just taking advantage of people who are too disadvantaged or uninformed to protect themselves. That’s all it is. It’s like giving a high school drop-out a predatory home loan, paying a drug addict in drugs for sexual favors, or convincing grandma to invest her life savings in a risky business venture. Cooley has a ridiculous informational advantage over its students, and it is literally targeting and exploiting people with poor logical reasoning skills, as evidenced by their performance on the LSAT.