Suicide City-Permanently Degraded Detroit

The American Spectator : Permanently Degraded Detroit:
"The former Arsenal of Democracy that produced the machinery to win World War II now primarily churns out tales of barbarism.
There has been a lot of media attention recently on an estimated 50,000 wild dogs that are running around in rabid packs, yet it’s the human misery that is hardest to comprehend.
There were 411 homicides reported last year, but the actual number is much higher and unknown, according to one federal official.
“There are over 70,000 empty buildings, and on a daily basis when law enforcement enters them, they turn up dead bodies whose date of death can’t be accurately estimated because they are too decomposed or torched,” I was told. 
“Countless murders in Detroit aren’t counted in official data.”"
..... The bleak reality is that Detroit’s problems may be too deep and the political will too shallow for the city to ever make a comeback. 
To see what a completely failed large city looks like, take a walk around Motown. 
But what can be done about it? 
The hard truth might be that there is no way out other than to get the heck out.

QE Is "At Best An Unfair And At Worst An Evil Policy"

QE Is "At Best An Unfair And At Worst An Evil Policy" | Zero Hedge:
"Five years ago, when QE first started, we blasted the Fed's "Plan Z" systemic rescue "policy" - which was merely a tried and true dilutive fallback plan used by every collapsing monetary regime starting with the Romans - stating it does absolutely nothing to resolve the biggest underlying threat to the economy and the western way of life, namely the epic accumulation of debt (most of it bad), courtesy of a Fed which has now unleashed a perpetual "buyer of only resort" QE (as we predicted months before QEternity was revealed), which instead only redistributes wealth from the middle class to the wealthiest 0.01%, while providing scraps to the poorest to keep them occupied and away from very violent thoughts."

Muskegon exporting thugs via party buses-Man, 21, died from trauma to the abdomen after brawl outside The B.O.B., say police

Man, 21, died from trauma to the abdomen after brawl outside The B.O.B., say police | MLive.com:
"Barker’s group was coming out of The B.O.B. while the group from the Muskegon area was arriving on a party bus, Potter said.
Both groups had been barhopping and were drinking at other establishments prior, he said.
In an email Sunday morning, B.O.B. owner Greg Gilmore pointed blame toward people coming off the party bus"

Snyder adviser explored legislation to help low-income Detroit pensioners

Snyder adviser explored legislation to help low-income Detroit pensioners, he testified | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"Baird, who has held the title “transformation manager” in the Snyder administration, testified in a deposition Friday in the Detroit bankruptcy case he asked Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr for data that would help him analyze the possibility, but Orr never got back to him.

“I requested data on whether the data existed on the distribution by pension amount, numbers of pensioners and pension amount for the current roughly 20,000 pensioners,” Baird testified.

“He said it was a good question and he'd get back to me,” Baird said of Orr. 
“But to the best of my recollection he didn't.”"

Crooked Virginia Democrats fight purge of voter rolls ordered weeks before election

Virginia Democrats fight purge of voter rolls ordered weeks before election - Washington Times:
"Election officials across Virginia are grappling with how to follow through with a directive from the State Board of Elections to purge up to 57,000 registered voters from the state rolls — a move that has prompted a lawsuit from the Democratic Party of Virginia and outright defiance by at least one registrar."

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac to go after more strategic defaulters

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac to go after more strategic defaulters - latimes.com:
"Anyone thinking of skating on mortgages owned by either Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac may want to think again. As a result of new government reports, the two companies say they are going to do a better job of going after so-called strategic defaulters."

Walmart shelves in Springhill, Mansfield, cleared in EBT glitch

Walmart shelves in Springhill, Mansfield, cleared in EBT glitch - KSLA News 12 Shreveport, Louisiana News Weather & Sports:
"A spokesperson for the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services says they take all allegations of potential fraud seriously, they are aware of the reports and they will be investigating."

Vote buying, crook, democrat ( a redundancy, I acknowledge) bureaucrats dole out billions in tax credits to illegal immigrants

Bungling bureaucrats dole out billions in tax credits to illegal immigrants - Washington Times:
"The federal government’s decision to pay out billions of dollars in tax credits to illegal immigrants likely was made by midlevel bureaucrats and has never received full congressional scrutiny, according to a study that the Center for Immigration Studies is releasing Monday.

The report, written by CIS fellow David North, says the Internal Revenue Service doled out $4.2 billion in what is known as the “additional child tax credit” in 2010 to those using an individual taxpayer identification number, or ITIN, which is usually a signal of an illegal immigrant."

10 Ridiculously Cool Natural Phenomena

10 Ridiculously Cool Natural Phenomena - Listverse

Feel good photo of the day! Michigan Wolverines vs. Penn State Nittany Lions

Michigan Wolverines vs. Penn State Nittany Lions - Photos - October 12, 2013 - ESPN:
"STATE COLLEGE, PA - OCTOBER 12:
A Michigan Wolverines fan is maced by police during the game against the Penn State Nittany Lions on October 12, 2013 at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)"

Everyone The U.S. Government Owes Money To, In One Graph

Everyone The U.S. Government Owes Money To, In One Graph | Zero Hedge:

Proponents of Raising the Debt Ceiling Want To Bankrupt Your Kids

Proponents of Raising the Debt Ceiling Want To Bankrupt Your Kids | Jammie Wearing Fools:
"Whether it’s long-term or short-term, proposals to hike the debt ceiling are schemes for allowing the federal government to borrow more money so it can continue to spend beyond its means.
Politicians want to borrow more money because they have spending plans that consistently exceed the amount of money that the federal government takes in as taxes, and that are projected to continue to outpace revenues into the foreseeable future.
Raising the debt ceiling means snowballing debt rolling downhill right toward our children and their children."

Popular sports supplements contain meth-like compound

Popular sports supplements contain meth-like compound:
"A popular and controversial sports supplement widely sold in the USA and other countries is secretly spiked with a chemical similar to methamphetamine that appears to have its origins as an illicit designer recreational drug, according to new tests by scientists in the USA and South Korea.
The U.S. researchers also said they found the same methamphetamine-like chemical in another supplement, Detonate, which is sold as an all-natural weight loss pill by another company: Gaspari Nutrition."

Maher: Obama modulated to the center out of fear of hate

Maher: Obama modulated to the center out of fear of hate | The Daily Caller:
"Maher proposed to his guests that Obama has moderated to the center out of a fear of being “cut out of the picture” as John F. Kennedy was during his presidency.
 The claim got an incredulous response from MSNBC “Hardball” host Chris Matthews.

“It seems like the people like that, Kennedy — they just seem to always, at the end of the day, either somehow get cut out of the picture — violently, or otherwise,” Maher said. 
“And maybe that is why Barack Obama is a little more of the centrist than we want him to be.”"

An Economy Buried by Regulations

An Economy Buried by Regulations | Mercatus:
"Part of the reason is that regulations act as a hidden tax on individuals.
If the Department of Transportation sets a higher fuel efficiency mandate for cars, then cars become more expensive, just as if the government imposed a new tax on vehicle purchases.

Another unintended consequence is the stifling of entrepreneurship.
Regulations can create barriers to people interested in selling goods or services or starting a small business.
For example, 17 states require an individual to earn a license to do hair braiding. 
To obtain a license in Pennsylvania, you have to train for 300 hours, pass a practical and theoretical exam and then pay a fee. 
Barriers such as these give consumers fewer choices, and with fewer practitioners offering their services in a particular field, customers may face higher prices."

Obama stash funds Detroit-area group boosts hours of Obamacare 'navigators' as health care sign-ups rise

Detroit-area group boosts hours of Obamacare 'navigators' as health care sign-ups rise | MLive.com:

DETROIT (AP) — The community health director at Dearborn-based nonprofit organization ACCESS said his staff has helped hundreds of people enroll in plans under the federal health care overhaul and educated thousands about the available options. 

That's despite technical problems that have plagued the site and frustrated consumers in Michigan and across the country since its Oct. 1 debut.

""I'm not a politician. ... I'm just seeing it from the human side," said Hammad, whose organization is one of four in Michigan sharing $2.5 million from the federal government to help people sign up for insurance."

Just ONE day's worth of Public Pension WARNINGS that will be mostly ignored.

Pension Tsunami:

Today's American left shares much with National Socialists of the 30s.

BDS | Boycott Divest | Seattle | Israeli Soldier | Israel:
"At a BDS event in Portland, a professor from a Seattle university told the assembled crowd that the Jews of Israel have no national rights and should be forced out of the country.
When I asked, “Where do you want them to go?” she calmly answered, “I don’t care. I don’t care if they don’t have any place else to go. They should not be there.” …
And during a presentation in Seattle, I spoke about my longing for peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
When I was done, a woman in her 60’s stood up and yelled at me, “You are worse than the Nazis. You are just like the Nazi youth!”"

This is really sweet-Russian video that made the whole world cry

Creepy Kids in Creepy Vintage Ads

wait but why: Creepy Kids in Creepy Vintage Ads

The new civility-White vaginas banned for Ivy League Vagina Monologues

White vaginas banned for Ivy League Vagina Monologues | The Daily Caller:
"At this year’s edition of “The Vagina Monologues” jointly staged by Columbia University and Barnard College, the producers have outlawed the vaginas of white students.

The producers unanimously chose to ban white people and their vaginas from participating in the episodic play because they believe white women have been over-represented in past performances, reports The College Fix. They say white women are over-represented in mainstream feminist discourse as well."

Yes, he's a democrat......Andy Dillon's campaign investigated over handling of $130,000 loan

Andy Dillon's campaign investigated over handling of $130,000 loan | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"State election officials are investigating the way Michigan Treasurer Andy Dillon’s gubernatorial campaign handled a $130,000 loan it received in 2010, according to state records.

The issue of the way the loan was handled faces review by state officials as a possible violation of the Michigan Campaign FinanceAct. It is one of several campaign-finance reporting problems that remain outstanding after Dillon’s campaign officials filed new and amended reports in September that were supposed to clear up discrepancies of more than $100,000."

"Excellence", Obama style......Oh, Good Grief… Obamacare Staffers Unable to Sign Up People at Government Enrollment Event

Oh, Good Grief… Obamacare Staffers Unable to Sign Up People at Government Enrollment Event | The Gateway Pundit:
"In Obamacare’s first week online.
** Millions of Americans were turned away.
** The online system crashed.
** 99% of applications may have hit a wall and weren’t processed.
** The Obamacare website shut down after only a week in operation.
That’s not all…
Yesterday at an Obamacare enrollment event with HHS Secretary Sebelius, staffers were unable to get on the website."

Is this still America? JPAC admits to phony ceremonies honoring ‘returning’ remains

JPAC admits to phony ceremonies honoring ‘returning’ remains - Stripes - Independent U.S. military news from Iraq, Afghanistan and bases worldwide:
"The Department of Defense unit charged with recovering servicemembers’ remains abroad has been holding phony “arrival ceremonies” for seven years, with an honor guard carrying flag-draped coffins off of a cargo plane as though they held the remains returning that day from old battlefields.

The Pentagon acknowledged Wednesday that no honored dead were in fact arriving, and that the planes used in the ceremonies often couldn’t even fly, and were towed into position."

'America needs a white Republican president': Joe the Plumber causes outrage with racist post

'America needs a white Republican president': Joe the Plumber causes outrage with racist post | Mail Online:

Joe the Plumber', the everyman used by John McCain in the 2008 presidential campaign, has sparked outrage with an online comment piece claiming 'America needs a white, Republican president'. 

In an article posted to his website on Thursday, Joe Wurzelbacher assured readers that wanting a 'white Republican president doesn’t make you a racist, it just makes you American.'

The controversial post contended that '[i]n the pre-black president era, criticizing the president was simply the American thing to do. An exercise of one’s First Amendment right. Criticism had nothing to do with color, because there had never been a black president.'

Joe the Plumber: In an article posted to his website on Thursday, Joe Wurzelbacher assured readers that wanting a 'white Republican president doesn¿t make you a racist, it just makes you American'

The eyebrow-raising opinion piece questioned why nobody accused black people of racism 'when blacks had sanity and disagreed with the policies of racist white Democrat presidents.' 

The conservative activist also brought Mexicans into his argument, saying 'many deranged Mexicans' who fight for immigration rights 'are not called racist.' 

The scathing post has triggered a social media backlash, with users accusing Republican party member Wurzelbacher of racism.

146,000 Michiganders — at least — face loss of cheap policies under new health care reform rules

146,000 Michiganders — at least — face loss of cheap policies under new health care reform rules | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

5 Things Super Successful People Do Before 8 AM

5 Things Super Successful People Do Before 8 AM - Forbes

Debt Ceiling: China Calls for World to Be 'De-Americanised'

Debt Ceiling: China Calls for World to Be 'De-Americanised' - IBTimes UK:
China's official news agency has called for the creation of a "de-Americanised world", saying the destinies of people should not be left in the hands of a hypocritical nation with a dysfunctional government."

Something stinks here......A job engine sputters as hospitals cut staff

A job engine sputters as hospitals cut staff:
"Hospitals, a reliable source of employment growth in the recession and its aftermath, are starting to cut thousands of jobs amid falling insurance payments and in-patient visits.

The payroll cuts are surprising because the Affordable Care Act (ACA), whose implementation took a big step forward this month, is eventually expected to provide health coverage to as many as 30 million additional Americans."

Gun grabbers victory sooo close...... California Governor Jerry Brown Vetoes Semi-Automatic Rifle Ban

California Governor Jerry Brown Vetoes Semi-Automatic Rifle Ban
"According to the legislation, it would have classified “a semiautomatic centerfire rifle that does not have a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept no more than 10 rounds as an assault weapon.
The bill would require a person who, between January 1, 2001, and December 31, 2013, inclusive, lawfully possessed an assault weapon that does not have a fixed magazine, including those weapons with an ammunition feeding device that can be removed readily from the firearm with the use of a tool, and who, on or after January 1, 2014, possesses that firearm, to register the firearm by July 1, 2015.
By expanding the definition of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.”

This was one of seven bills that Brown vetoed.

However, Governor Brown did sign into law 11 gun related laws. 
Here’s a list of those bills that were signed by Governor Brown:"