S&P downgrades France's credit rating but market reactions were contained

S&P downgrades France's credit rating but market reactions were contained — MercoPress:
"Another setback for the French government as the rating agency Standard & Poor’s cut its appraisal of the country’s credit worthiness. 
It reduced its rating one notch to AA from AA+."

Fed Creating Massive Bubble

David Stockman: Fed Creating Massive Bubble:
""Now we have the greatest mother of all bubbles.
And there's nobody left in the stock market today except drugged-up day traders and robots who are being mainlined by the daily injections of liquidity from the Fed. 
This is utterly irrational."

The United States is at the mercy of the same crew of central bankers who brought the nation the dot-com crash and the housing bubble, according to Stockman — not exactly a track record of success.
And, he added, long-time Fed banker Janet Yellen has been nominated to be the next Fed chair."

Talks on Iran's nuclear programme collapse at the eleventh hour after France says it will not be forced into a 'sucker's deal'

Talks on Iran's nuclear programme collapse at the eleventh hour after France says it will not be forced into a 'sucker's deal' | Mail Online: "
-Complained it did not go far enough to contain Iran's nuclear ambitions
-Talks will resume on November 20 in an attempt to reach a compromise
-Iranian TV condemned France saying they were 'Israel's representatives'"

RIP brave fathers, brothers, sons. 11-10-1975 The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

▶ The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - YouTube: ""

The girlymen (and hairy feminists) are winning, folks. -----EMU coach Ron English fired for inventive language

Since it's Wiki, I don't know if it's all true. 
But, dang. 
Ron sure sounds colorful!
Ron English (American football) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

2013

English was abruptly fired on November 8, 2013--less than 24 hours before the (Eastern Michigan University) Eagles' game against Western Michigan.

Later that day, The Detroit News revealed that English had been fired after school officials obtained a tape of an expletive-laden tirade English delivered to his team during an October team meeting.
The use of the term "shitbird" was plentiful in the tirade.
He also called his Quarterback, "an inflamed cock wound," and wished that his parents and his as yet unborn children would get, "bone cancer, the most painful form of cancer known to man."
English also told his Running Back that he wished, "I hope you marry your girlfriend, and you discover she has uterine cancer, and the cancer immobilizes her, but doesn't kill her, and that she spends her entire life in and out of expensive hospital care, and you have to work two full time jobs to pay for her medical bills, and one day she mercifully dies, and you, free from your burdensome vegetable wife, go out on the town to find a young woman to have relations with, and you get AIDS from her, and die, and your entire life was spent in complete misery and you never know happiness." 

On November 9, athletic director Heather Dyke confirmed the existence of the tape and condemned it as "wholly inappropriate" and "absolutely unacceptable."[11]

Wind Turbines Blamed in Death of Estimated 600,000 Bats in 2012

Wind Turbines Blamed in Death of Estimated 600,000 Bats in 2012:
"BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Wind turbines killed at least 600,000 -- and possibly as many as 900,000 -- bats in the United States in 2012, researchers say."

Wait til the "big one" hits------Obama Admin Backtracking on Promise to Have Healthcare.gov Working by the End of November

The PJ Tatler » Obama Admin Backtracking on Promise to Have Healthcare.gov Working by the End of November:
"Once they get it fixed, the administration may run into yet another problem: 
Very few Americans who are on the individual insurance market have even bothered to check out Healthcare.gov.
Fewer than a quarter of all uninsured Americans have so far even attempted to visit an exchange site, according to a new Gallup poll.
As the Obama administration struggle to fix problems with the federal health exchange website, the poll found just 18 percent of the exchanges’ target audience – the nation’s uninsured – have tried to go to an ObamaCare site since it opened on Oct. 1.
Among those uninsured Americans who say they plan to eventually purchase insurance through the exchanges, a slightly higher percentage, 22 percent, say they have attempted to visit an exchange site.
These results undermine the Obama administration’s confidence in ObamaCare to reach its target audience.
Yeah, just a little bit."

Pre-"weather hysteria" days. Imagine what the eco-greedies would do with a similar storm today--------1913 Great Lakes storm reminder of nature's fury

1913 Great Lakes storm reminder of nature's fury | The Detroit News:
"What was the biggest disaster in the history of the Great Lakes?

Would it help if we told you it battered four of the five lakes, killing 250 people, sinking 12 ships and causing $120 million in damage?

Still don’t know?
Don’t feel bad because neither do many others.

Despite all its calamity, the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 remains shrouded in history."

Only YOU can prevent iPad explosions-------iPad Air EXPLODES INTO FIREBALL as terrified fanbois flee Apple Store

iPad Air EXPLODES INTO FIREBALL as terrified fanbois flee Apple Store • The Register:
"Your correspondent visited the London iPad Air launch and was unimpressed:
Yes, it's an iPad, which weighs a bit less than the old one and is quicker.
The Air is to previous models what Lady Gaga is to Madonna - different, but not all that different, and therefore a bit rubbish when you remember how exciting the first one was all those years ago.
And now it comes with the added risk of an explosion. 
No thanks."

Media propagandists lie just like the captain of the Costa Concordia-----Whopping 932,000 Americans Drop Out Of Labor Force In October; Participation Rate Drops To Fresh 35 Year Low

He told the passengers everything was fine..... until he got off the sinking ship!


Whopping 932,000 Americans Drop Out Of Labor Force In October; Participation Rate Drops To Fresh 35 Year Low | Zero Hedge:
"The only two charts that matter from today's distroted nonfarm payrolls report.
First, the labor force participation rate, which plunged from 63.2% to 62.8% - the lowest since 1978!



But more importantly, the number of people not in the labor force exploded by nearly 1 million, or 932,000 to be exact, in just the month of October, to a record 91.5 million Americans!
This was the third highest monthly increase in people falling out of the labor force in US history.

At this pace the people out of the labor force will surpass the working Americans in about 4 years."

Our friends from south of the border? -----Thieves Charged With Cutting Off Marijuana Dispensary Owner’s Penis

Thieves Charged With Cutting Off Marijuana Dispensary Owner’s Penis « CBS Sacramento:
 "NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) – Four people have been charged with torturing a California marijuana dispensary owner during a robbery and cutting off his penis.
Authorities say a man and woman were arrested Friday in Fresno – a day after the FBI arrested another man in Europe."

Obamacare Causing California Nonprofit to Drop Insurance for Employees

Obamacare Causing California Nonprofit to Drop Insurance for Employees | Washington Free Beacon:
"Obamacare is causing California Vocations, a nonprofit that supports adults with developmental disabilities, to drop insurance for their employees KRCR-CA reports:
Ninety employees of California Vocations, a state-funded nonprofit that supports adults with developmental disabilities, learned that their insurance with Blue Shield will be terminated at the end of the year."

Government fatcats and their fatcat corporate vote buyers...AGAIN! Legislators Vote To Continue Special Subsidy Program Without Knowing Whether It Works

Legislators Vote To Continue Special Subsidy Program Without Knowing Whether It Works [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:

State Senate wants to extend $844 million program; bill heads to the House

"But Hohman said these incentive programs are better at producing press releases than actual jobs.
The 21st Century Jobs Fund has been roundly criticized for inaccurate reporting, repeated failings of past companies subsidized, and the idea that bureaucrats are better at spending money through centralized planning than the private market."

One Day, Thorium Could Power Everything

One Day, Thorium Could Power Everything:
"If your car was powered by thorium, you would never need to refuel it. 
The vehicle would burn out long before the chemical did. The thorium would last so long, in fact, it would probably outlive you.

That's why a company called Laser Power Systems has created a concept for a thorium-powered car engine.
The element is radioactive, and the team uses bits of it to build a laserbeam that heats water, produces steam, and powers an energy-producing turbine.

Thorium is one of the most dense materials on the planet. 
A small sample of it packs 20 million times more energy than a similarly-sized sample of coal, making it an ideal energy source."

And they're NOT even counting the "pre-prisoners" sitting in class---------America Has More Prisoners Than High School Teachers

America Has More Prisoners Than High School Teachers: "
If sitting in a prison cell was a job, it would be one of the most common jobs in the United States.
In 2012, there were some 1,570,000 inmates in state and federal prisons in the U.S., according to data from the Justice Department."

Yeah right......10 things to do in Detroit this weekend

10 things to do in Detroit this weekend | Crain's Detroit Business:

The Drift toward Despotism

The Drift toward Despotism | National Review Online:
"Did I mention she was African American?
When a black teen dies in a late-night one-on-one encounter with a fellow citizen on the streets of Sanford, Fla., it’s the biggest thing since Selma.
But when a defenseless black woman is gunned down by a posse of robocops in broad daylight on the streets of the capital, the Reverend Jackson and the Reverend Sharpton and all the other bouffed and pampered grievance-mongers are apparently cool with it."

▶ Geezer's quest finds a VERY SCARY exclusion in "ObamaCare" - YouTube

▶ Geezer's quest finds a VERY SCARY exclusion in "ObamaCare" - YouTube: "
I just found this gem hiding in my Obamacare healthcare plan.
If you're "Out-of-network" you're out of luck!
Think about it.
You're child just fell out of a tree.
If he goes to the "wrong" hospital, you may bankrupt your family.
Even if you have your government mandated Obamacare.
This is not a glitch.
This is a feature.
Your loved ones are the "glitch" to our masters in Washington.


"

Tip-of-the-iceberg------Owner of Troy home health care company sentenced in Medicare billing scheme

Owner of Troy home health care company sentenced in Medicare billing scheme | Crain's Detroit Business:
"The owner and president of Troy-based Acure Home Care Inc. will serve five years and five months in federal prison for heading a fraudulent Medicare billing scheme of more than $2.2 million, a federal judge ruled today."

If Obama had a "stop the violence program......"....whatever.......Man shot during 'stop the violence' basketball tournament Saturday in Childersburg

Man shot during 'stop the violence' basketball tournament Saturday in Childersburg, according to report | AL.com:
"CHILDERSBURG, Alabama -- A man was shot during a "stop the violence" basketball tournament over the weekend in Childersburg, according to The Daily Home.
Donterius Riggins, 19, of Sylacauga, was shot in the neck around 6:35 p.m. Saturday at the Phyllis Wheatley Community Center during the basketball tournament, police told The Daily Home."

Greedy unions-The Real Reasons We Have a Public Pension Crisis

The Real Reasons We Have a Public Pension Crisis — The American Magazine:
"Most public pension funds across the United States were on an unsustainable course long before the financial crisis hit.
However quickly the pension fund grew, payments to pensioners grew considerably faster.
For example, prior to the crisis, in my home state of Kentucky, the share of pension fund assets flowing from the pension fund to retirees went from less than 5 percent to more than 9 percent between 2001 and 2007, just before the financial crisis began to cascade.
That means that however quickly the pension fund grew, payments to pensioners grew considerably faster — during good times. 
All well before Taibbi’s supposed “legend of pension unsustainability” got started."

BOOM! CMS security official pushed out for refusing to sign off on insecure Obamacare website

Poor Richard's News - BOOM! CMS security official pushed out for refusing to sign off on insecure Obamacare website:
"An official in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid was pushed out of his job because he refused to sign off on the Obamacare website, citing website’s obvious security holes.
The story doesn’t end there, however, his boss did sign off on the website, over his head, and now it appears she may have violated Federal regulation in doing so. "

This guy is a disaster yet the unions stick with him...what's that tell ya? ------President Obama's Recovery Is Now $1.3 Trillion Below Average

President Obama's Recovery Is Now $1.3 Trillion Below Average - Investors.com:
"It also means that Obama's recovery — now more than 4 years old — remains the worst since WWII. That's despite the fact that, by this point, half the previous recoveries had been interrupted by another recession.
Had Obama's recovery been only as good as the average of the past 10 recoveries, the economy would be $1.3 trillion larger. 
That's $4,038 for every person in the U.S., or $10,451 per household.
And had job growth been just average, there'd be 7.3 million more people with jobs today.
That means 64% of those now looking for work would be employed.
The only things that have shown strong and steady growth under Obama are excuses."

A geezer gets soooo close to "ENROLL" at HealthCare.gov - YouTube

▶ My visit to HealthCare.gov - YouTube:
This video recorded Friday, Nov. 8, 2013 4:06 AM EST


"

A double triple! And the beat goes on......Triple homicide discovered on Detroit's west side

Triple homicide discovered on Detroit's west side | The Detroit News:
"Detroit — Three people were discovered fatally shot on the city’s west side early Friday morning, continuing what’s been a brutal week for homicides in the city."
Friday’s triple homicide comes after three people were killed and six others were wounded Wednesday evening at a shooting at Al’s Barber Shop in the 5200 block of E. Seven Mile.

Only YOU can prevent Tesla fires.......Third Tesla Model S Fire In Past 5 Weeks Breaks Out After Accident (Updated – Collision With Tow Hitch)

Third Tesla Model S Fire In Past 5 Weeks Breaks Out After Accident (Updated – Collision With Tow Hitch)

Police stun stepdad trying to save son from fire

Police stun stepdad trying to save son from fire - New York News:
"ST. LOUIS (AP) — The family of a 3-year-old killed in a northern Missouri house fire says it is outraged after police used a stun gun on the boy's stepfather as he tried to run back in and save the child.
Riley Miller died early Oct. 31 in the Mississippi River town of Louisiana. 
A city police officer fired his stun gun at Ryan Miller as he tried to re-enter his burning home, which was destroyed.
Grandmother Lori Miller says she witnessed two officers use the stun gun three times, twice after Ryan Miller had been handcuffed.
Miller suffered chest burns and was later released from the city jail without being charged.
The family says it is considering legal action against the city.
City Administrator Bob Jenne called the police response a "judgment call.""

Dad calls cops to teach 19-year-old son a lesson, cops kill the kid

Dad calls cops to teach 19-year-old son a lesson, cops kill the kid | The Daily Caller:
"After 19-year-old Tyler Comstock quarreled with his father and drove off in his truck, the elder Compton decided to teach him a lesson by reporting the truck to the police as stolen.
Soon after, cops chased down Tyler and shot him to death — despite receiving orders from dispatch to cease their pursuit.
Now the Comstock family is furious — and demanding answers."