On this day in history:Chase's Calendar of Events:
"Anniversary of the Battle of Fredericksburg, VA, 1862.
In this Civil War battle, 16,000 were killed, injured or missing.
Anniversary of the Rape of Nanking (Dec 13-January 1938)."
Friday, December 13, 2013
Chase's Calendar of Events-Dec 13, 2013
On this day in history:Chase's Calendar of Events:
"Anniversary of the Battle of Fredericksburg, VA, 1862.
In this Civil War battle, 16,000 were killed, injured or missing.
Anniversary of the Rape of Nanking (Dec 13-January 1938)."
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Everything You Need To Know About Bi-Partisan Budget Compromise in 2 min!
Everything You Need To Know About Bi-Partisan Budget Compromise in 2 min! | Ben Swann Truth In Media:"So when you hear all the discussion from media over the next few days about this issue, please, allow me to make this simple.
The great bi-partisan budget compromise from Congressman Paul Ryan and Senator Patty Murray attempts to reduce the federal deficit without raising taxes but by charging taxpayers fees.
Ultimately, it will cut $23 billion dollars in spending over the next 10 years but will do so by increasing spending by $65 billion dollars right now."
Doesn't their generosity with your utility money warm your heart? Nearly $6 million donated to Michigan nonprofits by Consumers Energy; Utility saving nonprofits $275,000 annually in energy costs
Thankfully, CE has a money tree..... right?Nearly $6 million donated to Michigan nonprofits by Consumers Energy; Utility saving nonprofits $275,000 annually in energy costs | MLive.com:
Nearly $6 million has been donated to Michigan nonprofits by Consumers Energy, its foundation and its employees this year.
Now the Jackson-based utility is extending its connection to nonprofits by providing more than $320,000 in energy-saving installations or financial help that will lower their utility expenses.
At what certain point, as the president has so famously said, have we made enough money.... available to so many for free?
"We’re not, we’re not trying to push financial reform because we begrudge success that’s fairly earned.I mean, I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money.
But, you know, part of the American way is, you know, you can just keep on making it if you’re providing a good product or providing good service.
We don’t want people to stop, ah, fulfilling the core responsibilities of the financial system to help grow our economy."
One-limbed man creates best zombie prank of all time
Nick Santonastasso: One-limbed man creates best zombie prank of all time | Metro News:"One man’s hilarious prank is another’s amazing story of maintaining a sense of humour in the face of great adversity."
More of that nifty "public/private partnership" crapola------Ford, GM get $50 million in federal tax credits for plants focusing on clean energy
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., put out a news release welcoming the grants under an Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit program, calling them “another example of how our investments in clean energy and manufacturing are paying off.”
Ford is getting a $30-million tax credit for its Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, where the company produces plug-in hybrids, full-battery electric and other vehicles from the same assembly line.
GM will receive a tax credit of more than $20 million for its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant, where it makes extended-range electric vehicles, including Chevrolet Volts and the Cadillac ELR electric luxury coupe, as well as internal combustion cars."
Amazing these scumsuckers actually ended up achieving good. Despite themselves.----------------------------How These 5 Dirtbags Radically Advanced Your Digital Rights
How These 5 Dirtbags Radically Advanced Your Digital Rights | Threat Level | Wired.com:"Bad facts make bad law, as the legal saw goes.
But it cuts both ways: Sometimes bad people make good law.
Consider the following exhibits: a cocaine dealer, a child pornographer, a purveyor of suspect penis-enlargement pills, and two accused hackers.
The courtroom challenges they brought resulted in rulings that dramatically expanded your rights, from helping to keep your email and whereabouts private to reducing gadget searches at the U.S. border and limiting the legal definition of unlawful hacking.
You don’t have to applaud these people as people.
They’re pretty much dirtbags.
Just be thankful for the legal precedents their cases set."
South Carolina Is About To Pass A Bill To Nullify Obamacare
South Carolina Is About To Pass A Bill To Nullify Obamacare | Zero Hedge:"Submitted by Michael Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
While we all know that the disaster that is Obamacare is extremely unpopular throughout the country, South Carolina is leading the charge to actually nullify the legislation. House Bill 3101 already passed the state House back in April by a wide margin, and is set to be voted on in the state Senate in January.
It is widely expected to pass and then be signed into law by Governor Nikki Haley.
If that happens, it would set up a huge states rights victory and likely encourage other states to follow suit.
It will be extremely interesting to see how the feds respond to this…"
Hang on to your wallets, folks. They're talkin' about creatin' strong "private/public business relationships" again................. Business Leaders for Michigan unveils strategy to grow auto industry potential, add 100,000 new jobs
"Private/Public relationships" means free government money to big business donors.Worked great for Adolf and Benito.
Barry's Solandra croneys.
Not so good for us taxpayers.
Business Leaders for Michigan unveils strategy to grow auto industry potential, add 100,000 new jobs | Crain's Detroit Business:
"The committee will develop an action plan for implementing a marketing strategy, create or attract new auto technology conferences, attract connected vehicle R&D and education, as well as create strong private/public business relationships, the report said. "
Obama's "sons" "Knockout Game" popular in E Lansing-----Michigan State student knocked unconscious, robbed on campus
I expect the unconscious student didn't look like he might be Barry Hussein's kid.Michigan State student knocked unconscious, robbed on campus | Lansing State Journal | lansingstatejournal.com:
Another assault and robbery on the Michigan State University campus has MSU police looking for a male suspect and warning students to take care when walking on campus after dark.
Police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said the latest incident occurred Tuesday night and involved an 18-year-old student being knocked unconscious and robbed of a pair of shoes.
Police said the student was standing outside North Hubbard Hall when a man asked for directions and if the student had a cell phone.
The victim stated “no,” began to walk away and was struck in the right ear.
Police described the suspect as a black male, 5 feet, 8 inches tall, medium build and wearing a black and green coat.
He was last seen entering a vehicle, possibly a white four-door that drove west toward Shaw Lane."
These morons are our "best and brightest"? Harvard Votes To Banish Bottled Water
Harvard Votes To Banish Bottled Water:"Harvard University students agreed by vote that plastic single-use water bottles should no longer be sold on campus, leaving the fate of plastic water bottles in jeopardy at the Ivy League institution.
While campus administrators cannot be forced to go along with the student vote’s outcome, organizers of the ballot measure say they expect cooperation from Harvard officials, who will be lobbied by the student government to comply.
“We will be working with the administration to make sure student wishes are met,” Katrina Malakhoff, chairperson of the Harvard Environmental Action Committee, said in an email to The College Fix.
Sixty-four percent of students who voted in Harvard’s fall referendum late last month supported “ending the sale and distribution of plastic non-reusable water bottles on campus (including at Harvard cafes and Crimson Catering events) and making drinking water more accessible through the installation of additional water fountains and reusable water bottle filling stations.”"
Isn't this how ALL the martian invader/comet hits the earth movies began? Cassini Spies Mysterious Object Named 'Peggy' at Edge of Saturn's Rings
Cassini Spies Mysterious Object Named 'Peggy' at Edge of Saturn's Rings - Wired Science:"SAN FRANCISCO — NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has spotted an object located right at the edge of Saturn’s A ring that is confounding scientists.
Its name?
Peggy.
This strange something was spotted by accident on April 15 when Cassini’s cameras were aimed at a tiny moon named Prometheus that orbits just inside another of Saturn’s rings.
A member of the mission’s imaging team, astronomer Carl Murray of Queen Mary University of London, noticed an odd kink at the A ring’s edge that jutted outward.
“I’d not seen anything like this personally in the A ring,” he said during a talk today here at the 2013 American Geophysical Union conference."
Class act! From one #43 to another #43-------George W. Bush sends supportive letter to Alabama kicker after loss to Auburn
George W. Bush sends supportive letter to Alabama kicker after loss to Auburn | Rare:"Cade Foster hasn’t had the best few weeks after Alabama’s devastating November 30th loss to the Auburn Tigers."
This could get ugly------Canada lays claim to the Arctic that could hold 15% undiscovered oil
Canada lays claim to the Arctic that could hold 15% undiscovered oil | Mail Online:-The country has applied to extend the borders of its seabed in the Atlantic
-This includes extensions into the Arctic seafloor covering 656,000 miles (1.7 million sq km)
-Claims were made under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
-The land is said to contain 30 per cent of the world's undiscovered gas, and 15 per cent undiscovered oil
-In response, Russia is planning to increase its military presence in the area"
A lot of "Fake" goin' on down there.......Mandela ceremony interpreter called a 'fake'
My Way News - Mandela ceremony interpreter called a 'fake':"Bogus sign language interpreters are a problem in South Africa, because people who know a few signs try to pass themselves off as interpreters, said Parkin, the principal of the school for the deaf.
And those hiring them usually don't sign, so they have no idea that the people they are hiring cannot do the job, she said.
"They advertise themselves as interpreters because they know 10 signs and they can make some quick money," said Parkin.
"It is plain and simple abuse of the deaf community, they are taking advantage of the deaf community to make money.""
No worries. The politicians and unions have their own health care plans--------The Black Death Is Back...?!
The Black Death Is Back...?! | Zero Hedge:"Not since the Middle Ages has the bubonic plagues taken so many lives in a year.
Having wiped out 25 million people in Europe, appearances of the Black Death since have been rare but the Red Cross is reporting a new outbreak has killed more than 20 people on the island of Madagascar.
Living standards in the nation have collapsed since 2009 (what else happened in 2009?) and the prevalence of rats has helped spread the disease easily.
While China claims to have the bird flu under control (despite some rumors out of Hong Kong), the Red Cross warns there is a risk of a Black Death epidemic."
OMG, they've lost the temperature Gods! ----Terrifying Flat Global Temperature Crisis Threatens To Disrupt U.N. Climate Conference Agenda
Terrifying Flat Global Temperature Crisis Threatens To Disrupt U.N. Climate Conference Agenda - Forbes:
A flood of blasphemous reports circulated among ranks of former faithful parishioners are challenging human-caused climate crisis theology.
.......You certainly know the jig is up when the New York Times finally recognizes that the feverish climate fervor is overheated.
They reported on June 6 that “The rise in the surface temperature of Earth has been markedly slower over the last 15 years than in the 20 years before that.
And that lull in warming has occurred even as greenhouse gases have accumulated in the atmosphere at a record pace.”
Reporter Justin Gillis went on to admit that the break in temperature increases “highlights important gaps in our knowledge of the climate system”, whereby the lack of warming “is a bit of a mystery to climate scientists.”
Bummer!
Now, just before members of the U.N.’s Church of the Burning Planet are scheduled to finalize their latest hellfire and brimstone sermon, a chilling development has occurred.
A flood of blasphemous reports circulated among ranks of former faithful parishioners are challenging human-caused climate crisis theology.They reported on June 6 that “The rise in the surface temperature of Earth has been markedly slower over the last 15 years than in the 20 years before that.
And that lull in warming has occurred even as greenhouse gases have accumulated in the atmosphere at a record pace.”
Reporter Justin Gillis went on to admit that the break in temperature increases “highlights important gaps in our knowledge of the climate system”, whereby the lack of warming “is a bit of a mystery to climate scientists.”
"Affluenza"? Must be highly contageous ------Ethan Couch Sentenced To Probation In Crash That Killed 4 After Defense Argued He Had 'Affluenza'
Ethan Couch Sentenced To Probation In Crash That Killed 4 After Defense Argued He Had 'Affluenza':"A 16-year-old avoided spending time in prison for killing four people in a car accident in June after the judge bought his lawyers' argument that he was the victim of wealth.
CBSDFW reports that Ethan Couch was sentenced to 10 years probation for the drunk driving crash that ended the lives of youth pastor, Brian Jennings; Hollie and Shelby Boyles; and Breanna Mitchell.
Prosecutors asked that Couch serve 20 years in prison. His blood alcohol level was .24, three times the legal limit for an adult.
Psychologist G. Dick Miller testified for the defense that Couch suffered from "affluenza," a condition in which "his family felt that wealth bought privilege and there was no rational link between behavior and consequences," KHOU reported.
Miller said Couch's parents never punished him for his behavior, even when, in a separate incident, cops found him passed out in a car with a naked 14-year-old girl.
As part of his sentence, Couch will be sent to a private counseling center that costs $450,000, which will be paid for by his father."
And we're givin' these guys tanks???? The NYPD’s black-box problem
The NYPD’s black-box problem - NY Daily News:"The unusual writ, sent to former Village Voice staffer Graham Rayman, demands that he turn over materials involving a source who blew the lid off of the NYPD’s quota system.
That would be former Patrolman Adrian Schoolcraft, whose 2008-09 secret recordings of his superiors in the 81st Precinct demanding that he “make numbers,” whether or not he saw wrongdoing, made clear what had long been rumored about Kelly’s NYPD.
They showed that, in Bed Stuy at least, there were arrest quotas that led to people who’d done little or nothing wrong getting dragged through the system, and crime reports downgraded to massage the numbers.
After reporting the issues to numerous superiors, Schoolcraft was taken from his apartment against his will and forcibly institutionalized by a group of cops joined by Kelly’s then-close aide and top spokesman, Paul Browne."
Today in history
My favorite blog picture
Chase's Calendar of Events:
"150th birth anniversary of artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944). Munch's 1893 painting The Scream became an icon of the anxiety inherent in modern consciousness."
Chase's Calendar of Events:"150th birth anniversary of artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944). Munch's 1893 painting The Scream became an icon of the anxiety inherent in modern consciousness."
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
One of Muskegon's finest columnists----The Doors of History
LIBERTY REVIEW:"I envision a parade in Washington D.C. with every participant carrying something that was built by an American who dared to dream.
A fly swatter could be held in everyone’s left hand.
It could symbolize that we will swat away the president’s attempt to not only change our history but to downplay the importance of American ingenuity.
Of course, the swatter could also symbolize what the progressives are successfully doing to our country. They’re swatting away our individualism, self-reliance, our one nation under God and liberty."
Holy crapoli, look at what $75,000 buys ya! -----Connecticut Health Exchange Buys Three Murals for $24,980 Each
Connecticut Health Exchange Buys Three Murals for $24,980 Each | National Review Online:"AccessHealthCT, the quasi-public state agency that runs Connecticut’s Obamacare exchange, spent nearly $75,000 to commission three murals, plus nearly $4,000 to have one of them installed."
SHOCKING REPORT!!! ---Who’d a-thunk it? Research confirms gender differences and food shortages under communism?
Who’d a-thunk it? Research confirms gender differences and food shortages under communism? | AEIdeas:"Research Shows that Differences in How Men and Women Think Are Hard-Wired.
Wow, who would have thought that a half-dozen recent studies actually found gender variations in the brain’s wiring diagram?
…. For some…. maybe the gender activists, who don’t believe in any gender differences, these findings are described in the WSJ as “incendiary” and “controversial”??
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