Soooo, they stiff the taxpayers to the tune of $20 BILLION. And now THEY'RE "Mr Generosity"????------Automakers pledge $26M to support Detroit retiree pensions, keep DIA art

Automakers pledge $26M to support Detroit retiree pensions, keep DIA art | Crain's Detroit Business: General Motors, Ford and Chrysler are driving into Detroit's bankruptcy reorganization by pledging $26 million to help support retiree pensions while keeping the city's art treasures off the auction block, officials announced today.
The money will go to the Detroit Institute of Arts as part of its $100 million commitment to what what's being called a "grand bargain" to resolve the largest public bankruptcy in U.S. history.
It's helping keep city-owned pieces in the museum off the auction block as some creditors demand they be sold to pay off some of Detroit's billions of dollars in debt.
Of the $26 million, $10 million will come from Ford Motor Co., $6 million from Chrysler Group LLC, $5 million from General Motors Co. and $5 million from the General Motors Foundation.
"The city needs more and specifically the city needs cash," Reid Bigland, head of U.S. sales for Chrysler, said during the announcement at the museum."

Settled science------Scholarly journal retracts 60 articles, smashes ‘peer review ring’

Scholarly journal retracts 60 articles, smashes ‘peer review ring’ - The Washington Post:
"Every now and then a scholarly journal retracts an article because of errors or outright fraud.

In academic circles, and sometimes beyond, each retraction is a big deal. 
Now comes word of a journal retracting 60 articles at once. 
The reason for the mass retraction is mind-blowing: A “peer review and citation ring” was apparently rigging the review process to get articles published. 
You’ve heard of prostitution rings, gambling rings and extortion rings.
Now there’s a “peer review ring.”

Flashback, Obama Mocks GOP on Border Security: ‘They’ll Want a Moat’ and ‘Alligators in the Moat’ | CNS News

Flashback, Obama Mocks GOP on Border Security: ‘They’ll Want a Moat’ and ‘Alligators in the Moat’ | CNS News:
"more than 181,000 illegal immigrants have crossed the Rio Grande Valley Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border since October 2013. More than 52,000 of these were unaccompanied minors, a 99 percent increase from the same time period in fiscal year 2013."

Well, it IS a divorce and she IS tryin' to get the whole kaboodle.............Donald Sterling, to wife during court case: 'Stay away from me, you pig'

Donald Sterling, to wife during court case: 'Stay away from me, you pig' | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"LOS ANGELES — The second day of the probate trial of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling vs. his wife Shelly included the strange, the dramatic and near the end a scene that even Judge Michael Levanas, speaking from the bench, called “disturbing.”
After Shelly Sterling ended her testimony Wednesday — mostly over her concern for the mental condition of her 80-year-old husband — she walked close to a seated Donald, and he blurted out, “Stay away from me, you pig.”
A hush came over the packed courtroom and Levanas admonished Sterling, “Please don’t make any comments about your wife. That’s somewhat disturbing.”
A few minutes later, Shelly left the courtroom in tears."

Now they tell us--------New report: DIA art worth more than $4.6 billion

New report: DIA art worth more than $4.6 billion | Crain's Detroit Business
An art market advisory company says treasures in Detroit's art museum eyed for sale by some creditors in the city's bankruptcy could be worth $4.6 billion, but likely would fetch much less at auction.

Minnesota: Somali Voter Fraud Uncovered in Dem Race feat Muslim Candidate

Minnesota: Somali Voter Fraud Uncovered in Dem Race feat Muslim Candidate | Creeping Sharia:
"This is the same campaign where Somali Muslims brawled abruptly ending Democratic caucus in February.via Allegations of Voter Fraud in Hotly Contested Minn. House DFL Primary Race
KSTP TV. h/t Refugee Resettlement Watch
Absentee voting started Friday, six weeks ahead of primary elections. 
Already there are strong allegations of voter fraud.
The attorney for Phyllis Kahn says he got word Thursday night; there might be hundreds of people who are registering and voting using an address that’s not their home.
Absentee voting kicked-off Friday morning in a hotly contested democratic primary race for the state house between incumbent Phyllis Kahn and Mohamud Noor.
Brian Rice, attorney for the Phyllis Kahn Volunteer Committee, claims there’s voter fraud.
“I think there is a coordinated effort to use this address to bring voters into the DFL primary election on August 12, that’s what I think is going on,” Rice said.
“It’s wrong, it violates Minnesota Law, it’s a crime.”
According to voter registration records from the Secretary of State’s office and the DFL Voter Activation Network more than 140 people used 419 Cedar Avenue South in Minneapolis as their home address, when they registered to vote."

Court Orders Chicago to Pay NRA $1 Million in Legal Fees

Court Orders Chicago to Pay NRA $1 Million in Legal Fees:

Chicago is not only one of the most anti-gun cities in America, it’s also the most crime infested city with gun violence a constant reminder that gun control only controls the law abiding.

But now the windy city will have to pay up to an organization that has been vilified by anti-gun politicians who have sought to ban all 2nd amendment rights from Chicago residents.

According to the Washington Times,

A federal court is ordering the city of Chicago to pay the National Rifle Association nearly $1 million in legal fees.

The NRA had challenged a Chicago law banning gun sales within the city limits that a federal court ruled unconstitutional in January.

TPNN Exclusive: Illegal Immigration Opponent: Obama’s Lawlessness ‘Is the Overthrow of the American Republic’

TPNN Exclusive: Illegal Immigration Opponent: Obama’s Lawlessness ‘Is the Overthrow of the American Republic’:
"The anti-illegal immigration advocate slammed Obama and noted,
“If the president really wanted to stop this, he could stop this by tomorrow by having a press conference to say, ‘I, Obama , as President of the United States am about to honor my oath of office and the U.S. Constitution and am beginning to force Americans to enforce existing immigration laws immediately and order the border patrols to stop assisting the smugglers and start turning back the illegals at the border or begin taking the illegals into a facility… near the border where they are going to be on a temporary basis until they’re shipped back."

History for July 10

History for July 10 - On-This-Day.com:

100th birth anniversary of comic book artist Joe Shuster (1914-92), who, with Jerry Siegel, created Superman.

Birth anniversaries of Arthur Ashe (1943-1993), John Calvin (1509-1564) and James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903).

Happy Birthday! David Dinkins, Arlo Guthrie, Virginia Wade

1778 - In support of the American Revolution, Louis XVI declared war on England. 


1821 - U.S. troops took possession of Florida. The territory was sold by Spain. 


1866 - Edison P. Clark patented his indelible pencil. 


1900 - ‘His Master’s Voice’, was registered with the U.S. Patent Office. The logo of the Victor Recording Company, and later, RCA Victor, shows the dog, Nipper, looking into the horn of a gramophone machine. 


1913 - The highest temperature ever recorded in the U.S. was 134 degrees in Death Valley, CA. 


1925 - The official news agency of the Soviet Union, TASS, was established. 


1928 - George Eastman first demonstrated color motion pictures. 


1940 - The 114-day Battle of Britain began during World War II. 


1953 - American forces withdraw from Pork Chop Hill in Korea after heavy fighting. 


1962 - The Telstar Communications satellite was launched. The satellite relayed TV and telephone signals between Europe and the U.S. 


1962 - Fred Baldasare swam the English Channel underwater. It was a 42 miles and took 18 hours. 


1998 - The U.S. military delivered the remains of Air Force 1st Lt. Michael Blassie to his family in St. Louis. He had been placed in Arlington Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknown in 1984. His identity had been confirmed with DNA tests.

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

http://www.libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2014/07/narcissism-and-arrogance-by-tammy.html

Our president, due to lack of accountability has been creating crisis after crisis.  The ultimate goal is the total collapse of our system. Narcissism and arrogance have caught up to us.  Why else would he be able to use such arrogant words in total disregard for the law of our land; the Constitution. Yes, Mr. President, there is a Constitution.  Like a spoiled little child, he pushes, throws a tantrum and then gets away with behavior unbecoming of a U.S. President.

Obama to Tout the 40 Executive Actions He’s Taken Without Congress This Year | TheBlaze.com

Obama to Tout the 40 Executive Actions He’s Taken Without Congress This Year | TheBlaze.com: “On Thursday in Austin, TX, the President will highlight the actions his Administration has taken – more than 40 since January – to benefit hardworking Americans,” Pfeiffer continued. “From helping to create new manufacturing jobs, to expanding apprenticeships and job training, and from making student loan payments more affordable, to cutting carbon pollution, the President’s used his pen and phone on behalf of folks all across the country.
Obama has made it clear that he is not stepping away from his “pen and phone” strategy of acting without Congress."

Obama Wants You To Fund Lawyers For New Illegals

Obama Wants You To Fund Lawyers For New Illegals | The Daily Caller: "President Barack Obama is asking Congress to provide free lawyers to the illegal immigrants surging across the U.S. border from Central America.
The request for $18 million of free legal services, which White House officials describe as an emergency, is included in White House request to Congress for $3.7 billion.
Most of those funds are needed to process, care for and feed the growing flow of immigrants, which is already at 100,000 since last October, says the administration.
If the GOP funds the request for lawyers, they will help many of the illegals win green cards, which will allow them permanent access to the nation’s generous social and welfare programs, including Obamacare."

The american dream?--------Report: Welfare Rolls Have Never Been Higher

Report: Welfare Rolls Have Never Been Higher - Daniel Doherty:
"Hope and Change has given way to something new entirely.
Call this the “new normal,” I guess. CNS News reports that in 2011, the percentage of Americans on welfare hit its apex (23.1 percent), according to an up-to-date Department of Health and Human Services report released this year. 
Regrettably, we don’t have any data for subsequent years, but my hunch is that welfare rolls have been soaring to new heights ever since:"

10 Paranoiacs Who Were Right In The End

10 Paranoiacs Who Were Right In The End - Listverse:
#8  Joseph McCarthy

"A junior US Senator from Wisconsin, McCarthy is notorious for being the face of the 1950s Red Scare in which hundreds of American citizens were tried for conspiring against the US.
He accused hundreds of being crypto-communists and launched a witch hunt that deeply affected both the State Department and the Army. 
The thing is, there was really a communist infiltration in the works. 
Around that time, an intercept of Soviet documents from the KGB called the VENONA papers had established the existence of a mole at the top of the Department of State.
Although McCarthy was not entirely right in his zeal, there was a great degree of truth to his statements."

She’s a Young Conservative Mother Who Posted a Picture That Would Make a Liberal’s Head ‘Explode’ — She Tells Us How Some Reacted | TheBlaze.com

She’s a Young Conservative Mother Who Posted a Picture That Would Make a Liberal’s Head ‘Explode’ — She Tells Us How Some Reacted | TheBlaze.com:
"Holly Fisher is no stranger to people disagreeing with her political beliefs. But the West Virginia mother has recently been receiving death threats, some that have extended beyond her to her children.
It all started with this photo, which earned her the nickname “Hobby Lobby Holly.”

Obama Accepts Gov. Rick Perry’s Meeting Invitation to Discuss Border Crisis After Handshake Rejection | TheBlaze.com

Obama Accepts Gov. Rick Perry’s Meeting Invitation to Discuss Border Crisis After Handshake Rejection | TheBlaze.com:
“The fact of the matter is, the president has made a historic investment in border security, and this president has worked with Republicans in Congress to try to increase our investments and increase the number of resources being dedicated to securing our border,” Earnest said. “Unfortunately it’s Republicans, many of them from Texas that are blocking the House from even considering that common sense bipartisan proposal that would make it to the additional historic investment.”
Obama will also be doing Democratic fundraisers in Dallas and Denver during his three-city swing."

School leader mocks Michelle O’s bake sale restrictions: We can’t fundraise ‘selling carrot sticks’

School leader mocks Michelle O’s bake sale restrictions: We can’t fundraise ‘selling carrot sticks’ - EAGnews.org powered by Education Action Group Foundation, Inc.:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee State Board of Education has passed sweeping new restrictions on student bake sales in order to be compliant with federal rules on school snacks, and a lot of people are unhappy about it.
In order to comply with the Michelle Obama-inspired regulations, Tennessee schools will only be allowed to have bake sales 30 days per school year.
State Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman said it was “quite remarkable” that food fundraisers would be regulated by how many days they can be held, noting that this will prevent high school sports teams from holding weekly food fundraisers, according to The Tennessean.
....“That means if the Spanish club sells sausage biscuits one morning, that’s one day,” David Sevier, deputy executive director of the State Board of Education, told the paper. “If there’s a schoolwide event where all the teachers cook hamburgers for the seniors, then that’s a day. If there’s a day when the parents do pizza for the entire school, that’s a day.
“If it’s 10 kids or 1,000 kids, it’s still counting as one of those events.”
Sevier ridiculed the regulations, saying, “If I thought I could generate revenue selling carrot sticks, I could tear it up.”
Of course, there are inconsistencies within the regulations.
Tubs of cookie dough, for example, may still be sold as the contents is baked and consumed off-campus.
And there is this:
http://muskegonpundit.blogspot.com/2014/04/large-study-finds-vegetarians-have.html
and, of course, this:
http://muskegonpundit.blogspot.com/2014/07/why-because-its-my-blog-arrogant-worms.html

You think the road funds are broke?-------Michigan Teacher Pensions Costs Increase To Nearly $1 Billion Per Year

Michigan Teacher Pensions Costs Increase To Nearly $1 Billion Per Year [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"What started out as a $155 million tab in 2012 for public school employee pension and retirement health care costs will increase to $945 million by 2015, according to the Senate Fiscal Agency.
The driver of the escalating costs is MPSERS' unfunded liability. The pension system's unfunded liability was $25.8 billion in 2013, up from $24.3 billion in 2012. The unfunded liability for retiree health care is estimated at another $12.5 billion to $13.4 billion.
The costs for the Michigan Public School Employees Retirement System includes the $882.7 million the state is projecting to spend on retirement contributions for K-12 education in 2015 plus the costs for community colleges, libraries and higher education.
One reason the costs are increasing is that school districts didn't meet the annual required contributions for pension costs, said James Hohman, assistant director of fiscal policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. In 2013, the state determined the cost was $1.9 billion, but districts paid $1.36 billion, according to state's 2013 annual audit."

Phony tweets from a phony president------White House: Obama Doesn't Read His Own Tweets

White House: Obama Doesn't Read His Own Tweets | Truth Revolt:
""Does he even read the others, does know they’re going out? 
Are they reviewed by senior people at the White House or is that just simply OFA doing something on his behalf?"
Earnest replied that @BarackObama was maintained by OFA, Organizing for Action.
OFA is "the grassroots movement fighting for the agenda Americans voted for in 2012.
We are millions of people, empowering individuals to make their voices heard."
"I’m not sure if he was aware of that tweet. 
Because the Twitter handle is maintained independent of the White House, I was not aware of it." Earnest explained.
(These people are not aware of ANYTHING apparently.)
At issue, was Obama's tweet last Thursday with the hashtag #TBT (throwback Thursday) where the Obama twitter account longed for the time last week when women, not bosses, made their own decisions about health care. "

After What This School Board Just Said, Every School In America Could Be Trashing Michelle’s Lunch Program

After What This School Board Just Said, Every School In America Could Be Trashing Michelle’s Lunch Program:
“We believe that proper food nutrition and meal portion guidelines are best decided at a local level,” he maintained.
He is reportedly willing to forego federal funding for the opportunity to provide meals kids in his district are actually willing to eat. Under the existing guidelines, he noted that the district’s food service program was set to reach a funding shortfall of $54,000 – primarily based on sluggish sales of the unpopular meals.
If his district shuns the federal mandates, however, he said the department could actually reach a surplus of more than $7,000."

National suicide-----Obama border funding: Most money to care, feed, transport illegal immigrants; little for deportations

Obama border funding: Most money to care, feed, transport illegal immigrants; little for deportations | WashingtonExaminer.com:

It's still a little unclear exactly how much money President Obama will request to deal with the crisis of thousands of families and unaccompanied children crossing the border into the United States illegally. But there are indications the vast majority of the funding will go to caring for the illegal immigrants who are already here -- feeding,housing, and transporting them to new American homes -- while a far smaller amount will go to sending some of those immigrants back to their home countries and preventing future immigrants from crossing into the U.S. illegally.

The president will ask for a large amount of money, perhaps as much as $2 billion, for the Department of Health and Human Services. Most of that will go to care for the more than 50,000 unaccompanied children who have illegally entered the United States in recent months. The law requires that border officials transfer those children to the care of HHS, which is then required to find homes for them, unite them with family members, provide legal assistance, and help them in a variety of other ways. So most of the HHS funding request, whatever it is, will go to the care of illegal immigrants who are already here.

Follow the money------Bringing Central American child refugees to Vassar is topic of upcoming town meeting

Bringing Central American child refugees to Vassar is topic of upcoming town meeting | MLive.com: "VASSAR, MI — Vassar residents are invited to meet Wednesday, July 9, to learn more about a plan that would house Central American refugee children in the mid-Michigan city.
Wolverine Human Services, which has a 145-bed juvenile facility in Vassar called the Pioneer Work and Learn Center, could house some of the children who are coming into the United States by the thousands from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.
The U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. General Services Administration have met with the Wolverine facility's leaders to discuss a contract.
According to the Wolverine's website, the agency is reviewing a contract to maintain a 60-bed shelter for male unaccompanied minors ages 12-17. 
The children are not defined as illegal immigrants, according to Wolverine."

Rick Perry Rejects Obama’s Offer to Shake His Hand on the Tarmac — Here’s the Texas Governor’s Counteroffer | TheBlaze.com

Rick Perry Rejects Obama’s Offer to Shake His Hand on the Tarmac — Here’s the Texas Governor’s Counteroffer | TheBlaze.com:
"The president is scheduled to appear at Democratic fundraisers in Dallas and Austin, but he doesn’t plan to visit the border — the site of the crisis.
During a recent appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” Perry criticized Obama for not acting with urgency on the border crisis.
“I have to believe that when you do not respond in any way, that you are either inept, or you have some ulterior motive of which you are functioning from,” he said."

Flashback, Obama Mocks GOP on Border Security: ‘They’ll Want a Moat’ and ‘Alligators in the Moat’

Flashback, Obama Mocks GOP on Border Security: ‘They’ll Want a Moat’ and ‘Alligators in the Moat’ | CNS News:

In a speech near the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas on May 10, 2011, President Barack Obama noted the steps taken by his administration to strengthen border security, but said Republicans in Congress were never satisfied and mocked that they will want a “higher fence” and then “a moat,” and then “alligators in the moat.”
“So, here’s the point,” said Obama, speaking outside to a crowd in El Paso. 
“I want everybody to listen carefully to this. 
We have gone above and beyond what was requested by the very Republicans who said they supported broader reform as long as we got serious about enforcement.  
All the stuff they asked for, we’ve done.”
“But even though we’ve answered these concerns, I’ve got to say I suspect there are still going to be some who are trying to move the goal posts on us one more time,” said the president.
He continued, “You know, they said we needed to triple the Border Patrol. 
Or now they’re going to say we need to quadruple the Border Patrol. 
Or they’ll want a higher fence. 
Maybe they’ll need a moat. (Laughter.) 
Maybe they want alligators in the moat. (Laughter.) 
They’ll never be satisfied. 
And I understand that. That’s politics.”

Failing Charter Public Schools Are Shut Down; Conventional Public Schools Remain Open

Failing Charter Public Schools Are Shut Down; Conventional Public Schools Remain Open [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
There are 51 schools that have been in the bottom 5 percent of the Michigan Department of Education's Top-to-Bottom rankings three years in a row. 
Of those 51 schools, four were charter public schools and three of those four were closed.
Meanwhile, the conventional public schools on the list remain open.

Tale Of Two Americas: This Chart Shows What’s Wrong With The So-Called “Recovery”

Tale Of Two Americas: This Chart Shows What’s Wrong With The So-Called “Recovery” | David Stockman's Contra Corner:

In NSA-intercepted data, those not targeted far outnumber the foreigners who are - The Washington Post

In NSA-intercepted data, those not targeted far outnumber the foreigners who are - The Washington Post:
"Many other files, described as useless by the analysts but nonetheless retained, have a startlingly intimate, even voyeuristic quality. They tell stories of love and heartbreak, illicit sexual liaisons, mental-health crises, political and religious conversions, financial anxieties and disappointed hopes. The daily lives of more than 10,000 account holders who were not targeted are catalogued and recorded nevertheless."

Millions of tax dollars in 'sordid' bonuses paid to top Veterans Affairs administrators despite phony wait lists, patient deaths

Millions of tax dollars in 'sordid' bonuses paid to top Veterans Affairs administrators despite phony wait lists, patient deaths | WashingtonExaminer.com:
"Hefty performance bonuses were paid last year to 64 Department of Veterans Affairs medical directors who oversaw hospitals, including some where patient wait lists were falsified and preventable patient deaths occurred, according to data obtained by the Washington Examiner.
Also collecting a merit bonus of $12,579 last year was John Pierce, the head of the agency's medical inspection unit, who retired this month after being slammed by the independent Office of Special Counsel for downplaying whistleblower complaints about inadequate patient care.
Almost 300 top managers, members of the Senior Executive Service, collected merit bonuses totaling more than $2.7 million last year, according to the database obtained through the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs."