China’s terrifying debt ratios poised to breeze past US levels – Telegraph Blogs

China’s terrifying debt ratios poised to breeze past US levels – Telegraph Blogs:
"The China-US sorpasso is looming. I do not mean the much-exaggerated moment when China’s GDP will overtake America's GDP – which may not happen in the lifetime of anybody reading this blog post – as China slows to more pedestrian growth rates (an objective of premier Li Keqiang.)
The sorpasso may instead be the ominous moment when China’s debt ratios overtake the arch-debtor itself.
I had presumed that this inflection point was still a very long way off, but a new report from Stephen Green at Standard Chartered argues that China’s aggregate debt level has reached 251 per cent of GDP, as of June."

Kinda the only thing he does well..............Democrats Defend Obama's Fundraising Swing

Democrats Defend Obama's Fundraising Swing:

WASHINGTON — President Obama has continued on an aggressive fundraising schedule in recent weeks, despite an ongoing crisis at the border, the downed plane in the Ukraine, and the conflict in Israel and Gaza.

House Democrats, including the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, defended the Obama’s decision to keep his fundraising commitments. In the current astronomical fundraising environment, they argued that the president is just doing what he has to do.

“We live in a world right now where every day can interfere with many things and President Bush was out there fundraising on tough days and President Obama has tough days where he’s also fighting for the middle class,” DCCC chairman Steve Israel told BuzzFeed. “And the best way he can fight for the middle class is to have a Democratic House of Representatives.”

Ummm. Won't more movie visits result in more popcorn and candy consumed?------Should USDA Reward Food Stamp Recipients With Free Movie Tickets for Making Healthy Choices?

Should USDA Reward Food Stamp Recipients With Free Movie Tickets for Making Healthy Choices? | Fox News Insider:
"“It’s not about bashing the recipients, I think that this program actually insults the intelligence of the recipients, saying, ‘Hey, you know what? You’re too dumb to know the difference between a vegetable and something that is not good for you,’” Charles Payne said."

‘Biggest Knife in the Back’: What the U.S. Did Yesterday to Israel Has Glenn Beck Furious | Video | TheBlaze.com

‘Biggest Knife in the Back’: What the U.S. Did Yesterday to Israel Has Glenn Beck Furious | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"Glenn Beck on Wednesday tore into the Obama administration for plunging “the biggest knife in the back of Israel” with the FAA’s temporary flight ban to the country.
“They gave a win to Hamas,” Beck said on his radio program. "

Earth would suffer '20-year-long winter and worldwide famine' after nuclear war

Earth would suffer '20-year-long winter and worldwide famine' after nuclear war | Mail Online:

Life after a nuclear war revealed: Computer models reveal Earth would suffer a 20-year-long winter and worldwide famine

• Researchers from Colorado studied the effects of nuclear conflict on Earth
• They used climate models to predict what would become of the planet
• Their research looked at the detonation of 100 'small' nuclear warheads
• In their paper they conclude humanity would have been affected for decades
• There would be worldwide famine, deadly frosts and huge ozone losses
• The results would be the death of hundreds of millions or billions
• They hope their research will be an incentive for superpowers to disarm

This is for the little guys..... right......Michigan primary 2014: $5.6 million raised to battle confusion about statewide ballot proposal

Michigan primary 2014: $5.6 million raised to battle confusion about statewide ballot proposal | MLive.com
LANSING, MI -- Two of Michigan's largest employers -- Ford Motor Company and Dow Chemical -- are also the largest financial backers of Proposal 1, a statewide primary ballot measure that would phase out personal property taxes both companies pay on large machinery.
......The Michigan Manufacturing Association, which represents companies around the state, kicked in another $1.6 million, and MMA CEO Chuck Hadden is serving as treasurer for the ballot committee.

History for July 24

History for July 24 - On-This-Day.com:

Birth anniversary of Alexandre Dumas (1802-70), author of The Three Musketeers.

Birth Anniversary of aviator Amelia Earhart (1897-1937?).

Happy Birthday! Ruth Buzzi, Lynda Carter, Kristen Chenoweth

1701 - Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac landed at the site that became Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit.


1847 - Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake in present-day Utah. 


1847 - Richard M. Hoe patented the rotary-type printing press. 


1923 - The Treaty of Lausanne, which settled the boundaries of modern Turkey, was concluded in Switzerland. 


1929 - U.S. President Hoover proclaimed the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which renounced war as an instrument of foreign policy
















1956 - Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis ended their team. They ended the partnership a decade after it began on July 25, 1946. 


1969 - The Apollo 11 astronauts splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean. 


1974 - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Nixon had to turn over subpoenaed White House tape recordings to the Watergate special prosecutor. 

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:
http://www.libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2014/07/manufactured-crisis-by-tammy-derouin.html

Mexico’s illegal immigration laws are much tougher than the U.S. They too have issues with illegal immigration from the south.  The Mexican president met with the Guatemalan president and together they came up with a rather ingenious way to resolve this issue. Their solution was revealed during a recent press conference to“officially announce an agreement to make it easier for those making the illegal journey to the United States from Central America, to cross into Mexico.”  Isn’t this wonderful!  Mexico will be issuing “Regional Visitor Cards” to help those who would otherwise be crossing through Mexico illegally, now legal.  But only for 72 hours, just long enough to cross into the United States illegally. 

Like the TSA doesn't make air travel nasty enough?-------Family Asked To Leave Southwest Flight After Tweet

Family Asked To Leave Southwest Flight After Tweet « CBS Minnesota:
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Twin Cities man is upset about the way his family was treated on a Southwest Airlines flight because of a tweet.
Duff Watson says he was asked to de-board a flight from Denver to Minneapolis with his two kids on Sunday after an agent didn’t like a tweet he wrote about her service.
....Soon after getting to their seats, the family of three was asked to leave the plane.
“[She said] her safety feels threatened at this point because of what I tweeted,” Watson said.
Watson’s daughter, Lucy, said she feared for her father.
“She said ‘I’m going to call the cops,’” Lucy said. “I like thought something bad was going to happen, like my dad being in jail.”
Watson says at that point, his children started to cry.
He doesn’t understand why his family was targeted.
“There was no use of profanity, there were no threats made. 
There was nothing other than, you know, a terse exchange between a customer service agent and a customer,” he said.
Watson says he was forced to delete the tweet.
“She said, ‘You can’t board the plane unless you delete that tweet,’” Watson said.
Southwest Airlines sent a statement which confirmed that a customer was removed for a short time and continued on to Minneapolis.
They also said the incident is under review.

Free government healthcare!------Chinese city sealed off after bubonic plague death

Chinese city sealed off after bubonic plague death | World news | theguardian.com:
"A Chinese city has been sealed off and 151 people have been placed in quarantine since last week after a man died of bubonic plague, state media said.
The 30,000 residents of Yumen, in the north-western province of Gansu, are not being allowed to leave, and police at roadblocks on the perimeter of the city are telling motorists to find alternative routes, China Central Television (CCTV) said."

Issa’s New Evidence: IRS Knew About Lost Emails Back In February, Not April | TheBlaze.com

Issa’s New Evidence: IRS Knew About Lost Emails Back In February, Not April | TheBlaze.com:
"House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said Tuesday that he has new evidence indicating the IRS knew about Lois Lerner’s lost emails in early February, and that the IRS waited four months before telling Congress."

All "pay to play", all the time.-------GM to add 1,750 jobs, invest $800 million in Michigan

If the politicians are buying these new "jobs" why are they taking credit for "creating" these promised "jobs"?
Gotta love the "planning to add as many as" and "...added or retained..."
Are we as stupid as they expect?
I'm thinkin', yes.
GM to add 1,750 jobs, invest $800 million in Michigan | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"General Motors is planning to add as many as 1,750 jobs at its technical center in Warren and invest an additional $800 million in Michigan in the coming years, according to Michael Finney, CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corp.
GM declined to say when the jobs would be filled.
The Michigan Strategic Fund, an arm of the development corporation, revised a tax credit for GM today and incentives for two Chinese manufacturers that are investing in the state — H.A. Automotive Systems and YanFeng Automotive.
GM has added or retained 33,000 jobs under an original tax agreement reached with the state in 2009."

Ya gettin' the feelin' the libs just LOVE Detroit......and how it got where it is---------New York Times: 'The People of Detroit Have Suffered Enough'

Let us be clear.
The Detroit unions knew full well the city could NOT fulfill the promises the union and their cronies scammed into the union contracts.
No different from Muskegon county "leaders" and union leaders.
New York Times: 'The People of Detroit Have Suffered Enough' –  Deadline Detroit:

The "grand bargain" pending before Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes is "a good compromise," The New York Times says Wednesday in an editorial. It cites the fact that "everyone is left unhappy" as one proof point.

Under the headline "Painful Progress in Detroit," the paper notes that "municipal pensioners who voted yes on the blueprint are a more vulnerable constituency than the financial institutions that voted no."  

The pensioners . . . have negotiated in good faith on a plan that is now Detroit’s best hope for making a fresh start. By comparison, most of the other creditors are professional investors who knew or should have known the risks of lending money to Detroit yet now find themselves calling for deeper pension cuts or auctioning off masterpieces in order to minimize their losses. Their no votes on the blueprint — and their probable appeal if Judge Rhodes confirms the blueprint — will only further delay Detroit’s restructuring and deepen its misery.

For now, the painful bankruptcy process is moving forward as it should. The outcome is uncertain, but one thing is sure: The people of Detroit have suffered enough.

Pot holes, broken bridges EVERYWHERE and this is high priority? $3.3 MILLION for THIS?!!!!-------Good Lord, what a waste!------Muskegon to benefit from $6.5 million in funding for road projects downtown, in 34th District

Muskegon to benefit from $6.5 million in funding for road projects downtown, in 34th District | MLive.com
"Muskegon County residents and visitors will benefit from a $3.3 million allocation that will allow officials to repair Muskegon and Webster avenues from Ninth Street to Spring Street.
Muskegon Public Works Director Mohammed Al-Shatel said on Thursday that the road will be reconstructed and will retain its two-lane, two-way configuration.
A designated left-turn lane may or may not be part of the street's restoration.
Al-Shatel said the city will invite residents and business owners living or operating in the vicinity to a meeting to see what type of amenities they want to incorporate along the roadway.
Such features could include sidewalks and bike lanes, he said.
Some residents and Muskegon City Commission officials in recent years have pushed to change the traffic configuration back to its four-lane, one-way residential configuration and to adopt a "Complete Street" concept that satisfies pedestrians and motorists regardless of physical ability or transit choice.
The U.S. 31 Business Route designation moved from Muskegon and Webster avenues to Shoreline Drive about 10 years ago.
Vice Mayor Larry Spataro said last year that although the separation between the Nelson Neighborhood and downtown business district was once "deliberate," the city now had to knit the residential community and city center together.
Al-Shatel told commissioners in October that restriping Muskegon and Webster avenues from Spring to Ninth streets could cost $56,000, while another measure to remove traffic lights could cost $10,000. 
At that time, the commission came to a consensus to delay any possible street reconfiguration and traffic light removal efforts until funds were available.
State Sen. Goeff Hansen (R-Hart) said he had been working with local road agencies and state officials to make funding one of his top priorities and said it was important for rural and urban projects to benefit from the most recent allocations.
"It has not been easy to obtain this funding, but the hard work has paid off, and the residents of the district will be pleased with the result," Hansen said on Thursday."

Federal Appeals Court Deals Huge Blow to Obamacare | TheBlaze.com

Federal Appeals Court Deals Huge Blow to Obamacare | TheBlaze.com:
 "The case revolves around four words in the Affordable Care Act, which says the tax credits are available to people who enroll through an exchange “established by the state.”

What Emergency? CBO Says Just $25 Million of Obama’s $3.7 Billion Border Bill Would Be Spent This Summer

What Emergency? CBO Says Just $25 Million of Obama’s $3.7 Billion Border Bill Would Be Spent This Summer | TheBlaze.com:
An analysis of President Barack Obama’s huge budget request for the border shows that it would only spend $25 million for the rest of the current fiscal year, which Senate Budget Committee ranking member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) said means Congress should be in no rush to pass it.

“CBO analysis suggests that only $25 million out of the $4.3 billion request will be spent this year. What does that mean?” Sessions asked. “It means we ought to slow down, and there is no basis to demand a $4.3 billion increase in spending, emergency spending.”

Obama has requested $3.7 billion for the border, and another $600 million to fight wildfires. But according to CBO, just $25 million would be spent during the rest of FY 2014, which ends in September. Most of the rest of it would be spent in 2015, and spending would continue through 2020.

In addition, all of the spending in 2014 would take place in the Department of Health and Human Services. Obama’s plan would give the Department of Homeland Security $1.1 billion, but none of that money would be used until FY 2015.

Pay to play. It's Obama's way and the Chicago Way: Obama ‘presidential ambassador’ scores major USDA school lunch contract

Chicago Way: Obama ‘presidential ambassador’ scores major USDA school lunch contract - EAGnews.org powered by Education Action Group Foundation, Inc.:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – “There’s a lot of money involved in feeding our kids at school,” Michelle Obama recently toldchildren at the White House. Just ask Hamdi Ulukaya.

Ulukaya’s company, Chobani Greek yogurt, was the beneficiary of a “very fast” decision from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 2013 to use Greek yogurt on a trial basis in four states’ school lunch programs.

The USDA normally takes years to consider a new product for the lunch program, but not this time. The feds approved Greek yogurt in just eight months, and awarded the contract to Chobani, New York Daily News reports.

Things just keep getting better for Ulukaya and his company. 

Soooo, you want to "ban" guns?--------22 Weird Things From The World

22 Weird Things From The World - Strange Facts:
"12.) These are two, fully functional guns made in prison from random objects."

"There Is No Difference Between Islam And Sharia. It's Just A Name."

"There Is No Difference Between Islam And Sharia. It's Just A Name." - Chicks on the Right

According to the leader of "Sharia for Belgium" in this video, Allah makes the laws.  

Democracy is the enemy.  

Saying you spoke with a "Democratic Muslim" is the same as saying you spoke with a "Christian Jew" or a "Jewish Muslim."  

It simply doesn't compute.  

It's impossible.  

In other words, so called "moderate" Muslims, aren't really Muslims at all.  

I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who would argue that, people who continue to believe Islam is a religion of peace or who are themselves self-proclaimed moderate Muslims.  

But that doesn't and won't matter if the extremists continue to procreate at the rate they are.

 

Report: The Dangerous Neighbors Who Moved in Next Door to U.S. Compound in Benghazi Months Before Deadly Attack | Video | TheBlaze.com

Report: The Dangerous Neighbors Who Moved in Next Door to U.S. Compound in Benghazi Months Before Deadly Attack | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"Members of Ansar al-Sharia, the radical Islamic group blamed for the deadly Benghazi terror attacks, moved in next door to the U.S. compound in Libya months before the assault took place but “nothing was done,” sources tell Fox News."

Pot. It will fix all of our ills!-------Welfare Cash for Weed in Colorado

Welfare Cash for Weed in Colorado | National Review Online:
For the past six months, welfare beneficiaries in Colorado have repeatedly withdrawn their cash benefits at marijuana retailers and dispensaries, according to a new analysis by National Review Online. Such apparent abuses have caught the eye of Colorado’s executive and legislative powers alike, and the state has launched an effort to curb them.

At least 259 times in the first six months of legalized recreational marijuana in Colorado, beneficiaries used their electronic-benefit transfer (EBT) cards to access public assistance at weed retailers and dispensaries, withdrawing a total of $23,608.53 in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash, NRO’s examination found.

In 2012, the latest fiscal year available, Colorado used $124 million in TANF money from the federal government, according to the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. 

Let’s just take a second to remember what Mitt Romney thought of Russia

Let’s just take a second to remember what Mitt Romney thought of Russia | Rare:
"Remember that guy the President of the United States made fun of for having what he described as an outdated foreign policy plan?
The tall guy from Utah with all the son’s who looked alike?
Yes, former Massachusetts Governor and Republican nominee for president, Willard Mitt Romney, was right about Russia.
Let’s all just soak in this 28 second clip, and remember what Mitt Romney predicted over one year ago.
Go take off your rose colored glasses Mr. President."

History for July 23

History for July 23 - On-This-Day.com:
Hot Enough for Ya Day

Birth anniversary of rancher, land baron and politician Samuel Maverick (1803-70), whose last name became the synonym for a stubborn individual.

Birth anniversary of crime writer Raymond Chandler (1888-1959). "She had eyes like strange sins."

Birth anniversary of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014).

Happy Birthday! Ronny Cox, Woody Harrelson, Don Imus

1715 - The first lighthouse in America was authorized for construction at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts. 


1829 - William Burt patented the typographer, which was the first typewriter. 


1904 - The ice cream cone was invented by Charles E. Menches during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, MO. 


1952 - Egyptian military officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrew King Farouk I. 


1958 - The submarine Nautilus departed from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, under orders to conduct "Operation Sunshine." The mission was to be the first vessel to cross the north pole by ship. The Nautils achieved the goal on August 3, 1958. 


1962 - The "Telstar" communications satellite sent the first live TV broadcast to Europe. 


1984 - Miss America, Vanessa Williams, turned in her crown after it had been discovered that nude photos of her had appeared in "Penthouse" magazine. She was the first to resign the title. 


2000 - Lance Armstrong won his second Tour de France.


2005 - terrorist attacks at Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt, that killed 88 and wounded more than 200.