The Clever Way GOP Congressman Is Pushing Back After IRS Claims Lois Lerner Emails Were ‘Erased by a Glitch’ | TheBlaze.com:
"Congress requested all emails sent from Lerner to and from other IRS employees from early 2009 to April 2011. After promising to turn them over, the IRS said Friday it can’t find any of those emails.
Stockman isn’t the only member of Congress who isn’t buying the excuse. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) asked, “If there wasn’t nefarious conduct that went much higher than Lois Lerner in the IRS targeting scandal, why are they playing these games?”

Awkward Audio: Hillary Clinton Snaps at NPR Host When Pressed on the ‘Evolution’ of Her Gay Marriage Views | TheBlaze.com

Awkward Audio: Hillary Clinton Snaps at NPR Host When Pressed on the ‘Evolution’ of Her Gay Marriage Views | TheBlaze.com:
"Hillary Rodham Clinton snapped at National Public Radio’s Terry Gross during an interview on Thursday after he pressed her on the “evolution” of her gay marriage views."

ABC News Reporter Presses Jay Carney Over Obama Administration’s Claim That Core Al Qaeda Had Been Decimated

ABC News Reporter Presses Jay Carney Over Obama Administration’s Claim That Core Al Qaeda Had Been Decimated | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl pressed outgoing White House press secretary Jay Carney Thursday, asking him if the Obama administration can still boast ending the war in Iraq and decimating core Al Qaeda as two of their top foreign policy achievements."

Public schools are becoming centers of moronic child abuse------------------ Boy twirls his pencil in class and winds up with a 5 hour mental exam!

Boy twirls his pencil in class and winds up with a 5 hour mental exam! - EAGnews.org powered by Education Action Group Foundation, Inc.:
"ERNON TOWNSHIP, N.J. – Students will conform or there will be a price to pay.
New Jersey middle schooler Ethan Chaplin was twirling his pencil in class when his classmate yelled out, “He’s making gun motions, send him to juvie.”
NJ.com reports:
“The story that we expelled or suspended a student is partially not true … We did exclude” the student from attending until a proper psychological evaluation was done, interim Vernon Superintendent Charles Maranzano told the (New Jersey Herald).

If a student “demonstrates odd behaviors, non-conforming behaviors, it causes us to take a closer look,” he told the newspaper.
“If a student gestures or demonstrates behavior that could be construed as a threat to others in a classroom … then that’s also a trigger for us.”
Ethan Chaplin, a Glen Meadow Middle School student, told News 12 last week that while he was twirling a pencil with a pen cap on in math class, a student who bullied him earlier in the day yelled “He’s making gun motions, send him to juvie.”
He was suspended for two days and then underwent five hours of a physical and mental exam at Riverview Medical Center’s crisis unit, his father told NJ.com."

What one former DOJ lawyer says about who Obama might pardon at the end of his tenure is downright shocking | TheBlaze.com

What one former DOJ lawyer says about who Obama might pardon at the end of his tenure is downright shocking | TheBlaze.com:
"We recently published an article on the Justice Department’s most dangerous division that you’ve never heard of, based on a stunning chapter from John Fund and Hans von Spakovsky’s new book, “Obama’s Enforcer: Eric Holder’s Justice Department.”
On Tuesday we caught up with Mr. von Spakovsky, a former FEC appointee and counsel to the assistant attorney general in the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division in connection with the release of the book to discuss a variety of topics from “Fast and Furious,” to “Pigford,” immigration, the damage done to national security by the DOJ and more.

His response to the question as to who President Obama might pardon at the end of his tenure "

GoPro: Man Fights Off Great White Shark In Sydney Harbour

Solar Flares Disrupt Communications on Earth, Could Send Shockwave on Friday the 13th

Solar Flares Disrupt Communications on Earth, Could Send Shockwave on Friday the 13th - ABC News
The sun has had three major solar flares on its surface in the past two days that have affected communications on Earth and could send a shockwave through Earth this Friday, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The “solar events” caused brief blackouts in high frequency communications when they struck, twice on Tuesday morning and once this morning, all between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. EDT.
Solar flares are bursts of radiation on the sun’s surface. 
The disturbance to Earth’s atmosphere can disrupt GPS and communications signals, according to NASA.
One of the flares created a “coronal mass ejection” that actually could come into contact with Earth on Friday, according to NOAA. 
The ejection is essentially a huge cloud of plasma that could hit the Earth and cause a shock wave, affecting communications systems. 
If an ejection were to hit Earth on Friday, scientists expect it would only cause a minor geo-magnetic storm, according to NOAA.

Drunk, liberal, drug counselor kills man. Blames him. -------------Woman who drove with dying man on car gets 55 years in prison

Woman who drove with dying man on car gets prison - Yahoo News
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A substance-abuse counselor was sentenced Thursday to 55 years to life in prison for hitting a pedestrian with her car and driving through a Los Angeles suburb with the dying man on her windshield.
A jury earlier this year convicted Sherri Lynn Wilkins, 53, of second-degree murder, driving under the influence and hit-and-run.
Prosecutors said Wilkins' blood-alcohol level was nearly twice the legal limit when she struck 31-year-old Phillip Moreno in November 2012 as she was leaving a counseling center.
She drove 2 miles through the city of Torrance before other motorists swarmed her car at a traffic light and kept her there until police arrived.
Moreno was taken to a hospital, where he died.
Superior Court Judge Henry Hall said, "Ms. Wilkins demonstrated an extraordinary callousness in fleeing the scene and trying to shake Mr. Moreno's body off her car.
This is a callous murder, not an unfortunate act."
....Wilkins, who was a drug addict before she became a drug and alcohol counselor, contended she wasn't drunk that night. 
She claimed she was "self-medicating" while waiting for knee-replacement surgery and had consumed three single-serving bottles of vodka and a can of Budweiser beer and Clamato before starting to drive.
...Outside court, Whitfield said, "Nobody likes a drunk driver.
Because she was a drug and alcohol counselor, she's held to a higher standard."

The Obama Administration Has Been Quietly Telling Local Police Forces Not to Tell You About This | TheBlaze.com

The Obama Administration Has Been Quietly Telling Local Police Forces Not to Tell You About This | TheBlaze.com:
"One well-known type of this surveillance equipment is known as a Stingray, an innovative way for law enforcement to track cellphones used by suspects and gather evidence. The equipment tricks cellphones into identifying some of their owners’ account information, like a unique subscriber number, and transmitting data to police as if it were a phone company’s tower. That allows police to obtain cellphone information without having to ask for help from service providers, such as Verizon or AT&T, and can locate a phone without the user even making a call or sending a text message."

12 Numbers About The Global Financial Ponzi Scheme That Everyone Should Know

12 Numbers About The Global Financial Ponzi Scheme That Everyone Should Know | Zero Hedge
The numbers that you are about to see are likely to shock you.  
They prove that the global financial Ponzi scheme is far more extensive than most people would ever dare to imagine.  
As you will see below, the total amount of debt in the world is now more than three times greater than global GDP.  
In other words, you could take every single good and service produced on the entire planet this year, next year and the year after that and it still would not be enough to pay off all the debt.  But even that number pales in comparison to the exposure that big global banks have to derivatives contracts.  
It is hard to put into words how reckless they have been.  
At the low end of the estimates, the total exposure that global banks have to derivatives contracts is 710 trillion dollars.

That is an amount of money that is almost unimaginable......

-$1,280,000,000,000 - Most people are really surprised when they hear this number.  Right now, there is only 1.28 trillion dollars worth of U.S. currency floating around out there.

-$17,555,165,805,212.27 - This is the size of the U.S. national debt.  It has grown by more than 10 trillion dollars over the past ten years.

-$32,000,000,000,000 - This is the total amount of money that the global elite have stashed in offshore banks (that we know about).

-$48,611,684,000,000 - This is the total exposure that Goldman Sachs has to derivatives contracts.

-$59,398,590,000,000 - This is the total amount of debt (government, corporate, consumer, etc.) in the U.S. financial system.  40 years ago, this number was just a little bit above 2 trillion dollars.

Read the rest and fear for our children..... and ourselves!

This is your "full time" legislature, folks------2014 Senate Bill 963: Ban BB gun possession by unaccompanied minor

2014 Senate Bill 963: Ban BB gun possession by unaccompanied minor - Michigan Votes:
"Introduced by Sen. Dave Hildenbrand (R) on June 2, 2014, to prohibit minors from possessing an air, gas or spring powered BB or pellet gun unless accompanied by an adult. 
The bill also revises the definition of “firearm” to exclude an air, gas or spring powered gun that fires a projectile larger than .177 caliber (many air rifles and pistols fire .22 caliber pellets).
Referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 2, 2014."

Michigan Teacher Pension System Liabilities Increase Again System underfunding up to $25.8 billion

Another great, and brave, column.
The teachers, and the union they so fervently support, endlessly tell us of their miserable pay, abject lack of personal respect and the dozens of pencils they are required to provide to Nike clad urchins each ...... decade?
Yet they'll run out of town anyone who has the audacity tell the truth about TOTAL COMPENSATION, actual DAYS WORKED, retirement at the age Ray Krock started McDonalds.
Oh, and yes, secret underfunded platinum pensions and uber-platinum retirement healthcare plans that will soon bankrupt those same darlings they profess to cherish so much.
Yet, they assure parents (and taxpayer) the total sum of their efforts which PRODUCES MORON young adults who can nether reed, rite, do maths or even show up in class on time is the fault of parents.
Or non-parents.
Or Underfunding.
Or autism.
Or Bush, Engler, the Tea Party......
But make no mistake, don't offer the kids/parents/tax payers an alternative.
It's about the children.
Doncha no........Michigan Teacher Pension System Liabilities Increase Again [Michigan Capitol Confidential
System underfunding up to $25.8 billion

Public school administrators have called the costs for the teachers' pension fund a budget breaker.

They won't be happy to learn the costs are increasing.
The Michigan Public School Employees Retirement System (MPSERS) saw its unfunded liability increase to $25.8 billion in 2013 from $24.3 billion in 2012, according to the annual actuarial valuation report from the accounting firm, Gabriel Roeder Smith & Company. 

The pension liability in 2009 was about $12 billion.
....."This is why tweaks don't matter," Hohman said. "You have to stop the system from developing these unfunded liabilities. 

This plan is still a major danger to state finances."
..."MPSERS was on an unsustainable path and needed to be reformed," Murray said. 

"Gov. Snyder was adamant that the long-term, unfunded liabilities were placing an extreme burden on school budgets, draining resources from the classroom."

The surprising winners of Obama's student-loan program

The surprising winners of Obama's student-loan program | WashingtonExaminer.com:
Students who took out big loans for graduate school and those with higher incomes stand the most to gain financially under President Obama's expansion of the federal government's loan forgiveness program.
Lawyers, doctors and other highly trained professionals who utilized federal loans throughout their post-high school education could walk away with most or all of their graduate school debt forgiven by the federal government under the program, say experts.
“You can roll it all into one balance and it has a really powerful effect,” said Jason Delisle, director of the Federal Education Budget Project for the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank.
“The chances that you will fully repay your grad school debt are very slim.”
Obama on Monday signed an executive order that expands to as many as 5 million people a program allowing federal student loan holders to cap monthly payments at 10 percent of adjusted gross income.
The program also includes debt forgiveness after 10 years for those who work for 501(c)(3) non-profits or in the public sector. 
For those in the private sector, they can stop paying off their loans after 20 years.

Elementary School Brainwashes Children with Assembly Celebrating Homosexuality

Elementary School Brainwashes Children with Assembly Celebrating Homosexuality:
"Beginning with a long explanation as to the value of diversity, the assembly took a turn for the inappropriate when a homosexual activist parent took to the stage to explain the history of the rainbow flag and sing songs about homosexual freedoms.
 Parents were not alerted to this assembly, however, and one irate parent shared a video of the assembly that the school had put on their website. According to the irate parent, "

The Obama Administration Has Been Quietly Telling Local Police Forces Not to Tell You About This

The Obama Administration Has Been Quietly Telling Local Police Forces Not to Tell You About This | TheBlaze.com:
"WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has been quietly advising local police not to disclose details about surveillance technology they are using to sweep up basic cellphone data from entire neighborhoods, The Associated Press has learned.
Citing security reasons, the U.S. has intervened in routine state public records cases and criminal trials regarding use of the technology. 
This has resulted in police departments withholding materials or heavily censoring documents in rare instances when they disclose any about the purchase and use of such powerful surveillance equipment.
Federal involvement in local open records proceedings is unusual.
It comes at a time when President Barack Obama has said he welcomes a debate on government surveillance and called for more transparency about spying in the wake of disclosures about classified federal surveillance programs."
..."It's troubling to think the FBI can just trump the state's open records law," said Ginger McCall, director of the open government project at the Electronic Privacy Information Center. 
McCall suspects the surveillance would not pass constitutional muster.

"The vast amount of information it sweeps in is totally irrelevant to the investigation," she said.

History for June 13

History for June 13 - On-This-Day.com:

Friday the 13th--the only one in 2014. 

Strawberry Moon--Moon enters Full Moon phase at 12:11 AM, EDT

National Hermit Week (June 13-20)

Duck Tape Festival, Avon, OH (June 13-15). See www.ducttapefestival.com

Birth anniversary of Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865-1939):“In dreams begins responsibility.”

Birth anniversary of football great Red Grange (1903-1991).

Happy Birthday! Tim Allen, Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen, Ally Sheedy

1777 - The Marquis de Lafayette arrived in the American colonies to help with their rebellion against the British. 


1825 - Walter Hunt patented the safety pin. Hunt then then sold the rights for $400. 


1866 - The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by the U.S. Congress. It was ratified on July 9, 1868. The amendment was designed to grant citizenship to and protect the civil liberties of recently freed slaves. It did this by prohibiting states from denying or abridging the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, depriving any person of his life, liberty, or property without due process of law, or denying to any person within their jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. 


1920 - The U.S. Post Office Department ruled that children may not be sent by parcel post. 


1922 - Charlie Osborne started the longest attack on hiccups. He hiccuped over 435 million times before stopping. He died in 1991, 11 months after his hiccups ended. 


1966 - The landmark "Miranda vs. Arizona" decision was issued by the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision ruled that criminal suspects had to be informed of their constitutional rights before being questioned by police. 


1967 - Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. 


1971 - The New York Times began publishing the "Pentagon Papers". The articles were a secret study of America's involvement in Vietnam. 


1983 - The unmanned U.S. space probe Pioneer 10 became the first spacecraft to leave the solar system. It was launched in March 1972. The first up-close images of the planet Jupiter were provided by Pioneer 10. 


1989 - The Detroit Pistons won their first National Basketball Association title. They beat the L.A. Lakers in four games. 


1992 - Future U.S. President Bill Clinton criticized rap singer Sister Souljah for making remarks "filled with hatred" towards whites. 

Immigration Chaos Defeats Eric Cantor | TheBlaze.com

Immigration Chaos Defeats Eric Cantor | TheBlaze.com:
"Cantor stood for immigration reform, which many see as a road to amnesty. Brat pointed to the uncontrolled anarchy on our Southern border. His message mobilized voters to release their anger."

Things Get Tense After GOP Rep. Hits Defense Secretary Hagel With Two Tough Questions on Five Released Taliban Commanders | Video | TheBlaze.com

Things Get Tense After GOP Rep. Hits Defense Secretary Hagel With Two Tough Questions on Five Released Taliban Commanders | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) grilled U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on the controversial Bowe Bergdahl trade, in which the Obama administration released five Taliban commanders from Guantanamo Bay to free the captive soldier."

Al Gore tells Princeton students climate change is the new civil rights movement

Al Gore tells Princeton students climate change is the new civil rights movement:
"Former Vice President Al Gore compared the fight against climate change to the civil rights movement, and called on Princeton graduates to help to do their part at the university’s annual Class Day.
....Though Gore declared that decisions must be made “on the basis of reason and the best available evidence,” he warned against those who are skeptical on scientific evidence of global warming.
“They are merchants of doubt who present falsehoods in an effort to confuse people to the point where they can’t recognize the truth,” said Gore.
“They are doing exactly what the tobacco companies did 40 years ago, they hired actors and dressed them up as doctors.”

12 Hidden Tricks Advertisers Use to Sell You Stuff

12 Hidden Tricks Advertisers Use to Sell You Stuff | Design | WIRED:
Heineken is playing a visual trick on you every time you go to the beer aisle. 
Next time you’re standing there mulling over Budweiser or the Dutch brew, just take a moment to look at the latter’s logo. 
You might not notice it at first, but in comparison to the other letters, the three “e”s in Heineken are slanted slightly backwards, their bottoms curved, grinning up at you with a toothless smile. 
“There’s nothing human about a typeface, but this slightly turned “e” gives the feeling of smiling,” says Marc Andrews, a creative director and psychologist from Amsterdam. 
“And this gives you a totally different relationship to the brand.”

Watch this corporal’s amazingly humble response to learning he’s been awarded the Medal of Honor

Watch this corporal’s amazingly humble response to learning he’s been awarded the Medal of Honor | Rare: "On June 19th, Kyle Carpenter will head to the White House to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama.
Corporal Carpenter was wounded in Afghanistan in 2010 after jumping on top of an enemy hand grenade, in order to protect a fellow Marine and friend.
The Marine Corps has compiled a beautiful video telling Cpl. Carpenter’s story, highlighted by raw footage of the Marine being told of his great honor by the President of the United States.

“Kyle, this is Barack Obama, how you doing?” President Obama said.
“It’s my pleasure to let you know that based on the recommendation of the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of Defense, I’ve conferred the Medal of Honor to you for your courageous actions in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.”

Kyle keeps his cool as his mother begins to cry, knowing that her son will receive the highest honor awarded to a member of the Armed Forces.
“This isn’t changing us, we’re still a good old family from the middle of nowhere, South Carolina,” Carpenter says in the clip.

American Embassy in Israel Does Something With a Flag It Has Never Done Before | TheBlaze.com

American Embassy in Israel Does Something With a Flag It Has Never Done Before | TheBlaze.com:

“For the first time in history, the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv has raised the Pride flag together with our American flag,” U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro posted on Facebook Tuesday. “We are proud to join with the municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo and its residents in celebrating LGBT Pride Week.”

Watch: Megyn Kelly’s jolted by under-reported, Obama-caused crisis that’s ‘going to transform this country’ - BizPac Review

Watch: Megyn Kelly’s jolted by under-reported, Obama-caused crisis that’s ‘going to transform this country’ - BizPac Review:

The illegal alien surge that’s dumped thousands of children into overcrowded facilities in in American border states is only the “tip of the iceberg” of a crisis that’s going to get worse in the next few weeks, and it was “personally and directly” caused by President Obama’s defiance of Congress on immigration.

That was the message of documentary film makerDennis Michael Lynchand Fox News judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano speaking on a segment of “The Kelly File” Monday night that explored the reasons for the immigration wave of the past month.

“Entire villages are emptying out and coming from Central America through Mexico to the United States,” said Lynch, who has made two films about illegal immigration and studied the issue extensively. “We are not going to be able to handle this. We can’t handle it now.”

Napolitano laid the blame squarely on the “phone and pen” of the president and his election year promise in 2012 of deferred deportation for juveniles.

That promise – a pander aimed at securing the Hispanic vote — “also sent a signal to the people of South and Central America, ‘send your children here and they won’t get deported, then you’ll have an excuse to come here to be with your children and you won’t get deported,.’” Napolitano said.

Babies pay for Detroit's fall with mortality above Mexico

Babies pay for Detroit's fall with mortality above Mexico | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Detroit’s 60-year deterioration has taken a toll not just on business owners, investors and taxpayers.
It’s meant misery for its most vulnerable: children and the women who bear them.
While infant mortality fell for decades across the U.S., progress bypassed Detroit, which in 2012 saw a greater proportion of babies die before their first birthdays than any American city, a rate higher than in China, Mexico and Thailand. 
Pregnancy-related deaths helped put Michigan’s maternal mortality rate in the bottom fifth among states.
One in three pregnancies in the city is terminated."
“Detroit is a bad place,” said Crystal Cook, 20, as she waited for an appointment at Scotsdale. 
Men in the city are “out of control. 
Most of them don’t have jobs, most of them couldn’t provide. 
Basically in Detroit, women have to do everything themselves.”

Another group of "loyal" morons. Employed and guaranteed to vote democrat--------O-Care '15: CMS spends $60M on navigators

O-Care '15: CMS spends $60M on navigators | TheHill:
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said Tuesday it will spend at least $60 million on ObamaCare navigators for the 2015 enrollment period.
Navigators are counselors who help consumers register for plans under federal and state health insurance exchanges.
........Navigators who want to get a piece of the pie have until July 10 to apply for the grant.

As the Bergdahl Heat Increases, Look Who Obama is Throwing Under the Bus Now

As the Bergdahl Heat Increases, Look Who Obama is Throwing Under the Bus Now:

"Now, amid animosity about this decision that was made without following the ‘law of the land’ to inform Congress 30 days before the release of any Guantanamo detainees and the questions surrounding Bergdahl’s desertion along with the belief by some top military officials that he was collaborating with the Taliban, the ‘we’ has turned to ‘he’. "

Iraq Militants, Pushing South, Aim at Capital

Iraq Militants, Pushing South, Aim at Capital - NYTimes.com:
BAGHDAD — Sunni militants consolidated and extended their control over northern Iraq on Wednesday, seizing Tikrit, the hometown of Saddam Hussein, threatening the strategic oil refining town of Baiji and pushing south toward Baghdad, their ultimate target, Iraqi sources said.

As the dimensions of the assault began to become clear, it was evident that a number of militant groups had joined forces, including Baathist military commanders from the Hussein era, whose goal is to rout the government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki. One of the Baathists, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, was a top military commander and a vice president in the Hussein government and one of the few prominent Baathists to evade capture by the Americans throughout the occupation.

Insurgents seized military bases, police stations and provincial offices in Mosul on Tuesday, and soldiers offered little resistance.

“These groups were unified by the same goal, which is getting rid of this sectarian government, ending this corrupt army and negotiating to form the Sunni Region,” said Abu Karam, a senior Baathist leader and a former high-ranking army officer, who said planning for the offensive had begun two years ago. “The decisive battle will be in northern Baghdad. These groups will not stop in Tikrit and will keep moving toward Baghdad.”

CRISIS LEAVES 'VAST SWATHS' OF BORDER UNPROTECTED, CARTELS 'IN CONTROL'

Crisis Leaves 'Vast Swaths' of Border Unprotected, Cartels 'in Control':
"HOUSTON, Texas--The massive influx of adults and minors crossing into the U.S. from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador has brought the Customs and Border Protection agency (CPB) past its capacity to provide security at the U.S./Mexico border, according to the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC).
In an interview with Breitbart Texas, NBPC Vice President Shawn Moran revealed that the Mexican cartels control the flow of illegal immigrants across Mexico through the monopoly on coyotes, otherwise known as human smugglers.
“Mexican cartels are exploiting this crisis to get their shipments through.
They know our schedules, our shifts, our manpower, and how we react to these situations,” said Vice President Moran.

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

http://www.libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2014/06/june-11-2014-destroy-and-distract-by.html

The current administration has been creating the conditions for the perfect storm. They've been chipping away at our foundation, making it weak and unstable. Destroy and distract has worked very well. It won't be long before the rain begins. It will be arelentless downpour until the foundation has collapsed. Should any remnants remain, it won't take much to convince the population to finish the job. All they need to do is claim it's for our protection. No, wait a minute, that's what led us here. They will simply command.