We're doomed-------Police: Do not call us if Facebook is down

Police: Do not call us if Facebook is down - WFSB 3 Connecticut:
"MENLO PARK, CA (WFSB) -
An officer from Los Angeles County took to Twitter on Friday when Facebook users called for help to report that the social media website was down.
Sgt. Burton Brink, the public information officer in La Crescenta, CA, posted a Tweet reminding people about the reasons for calling them for help.
"#Facebook is not a Law Enforcement issue, please don't call us about it being down, we don't know when FB will be back up!" he wrote"

A First Grade Student Admits She Drew on Her Desk, But One Part of the Punishment That Was Secretly Handed Down to the Girl Has Her Mother Infuriated | TheBlaze.com

A First Grade Student Admits She Drew on Her Desk, But One Part of the Punishment That Was Secretly Handed Down to the Girl Has Her Mother Infuriated | TheBlaze.com:
"A Texas mother has hired an attorney and filed a grievance after she learned that her first-grade daughter was forced to spend weeks sitting on the ground as punishment for drawing on her desk.
According to KHOU-TV, the unidentified mother said she was emailed by her daughter’s teacher after her child drew a doodle on her desk."

Dr Kent Brantly gives up the only dose of experimental Ebola serum to his colleague

Dr Kent Brantly gives up the only dose of experimental Ebola serum to his colleague | Mail Online

Ebola victims heading to Atlanta: Infected pair controversially airlifted back to U.S. for treatment as hero doctor gives up the only dose of experimental serum for his American colleague

• A specially equipped jet reportedly took off from Georgia on Thursday to transport Nancy Writebol and Dr. Kent Brantly to the U.S.
• En route the patients will remain inside isolation pods called aeromedical biological containment systems
• At least one of the Ebola victims will be treated in a super-high containment facility at Atlanta's Emory University Hospital near the CDC
• Brantly, a father-of-two from Fort Worth, Texas, ensured Writebol received the experimental drug instead of him
• A small amount of the serum arrived in Liberia Tuesday, the Samaritan's Purse charity said on Wednesday
• But on Thursday charity SIM said in a statement that Mrs Writebol's condition had worsened, despite the serum she is taking
• Dr Brantly's health also worsened overnight

A First Grade Student Admits She Drew on Her Desk, But One Part of the Punishment That Was Secretly Handed Down to the Girl Has Her Mother Infuriated

A First Grade Student Admits She Drew on Her Desk, But One Part of the Punishment That Was Secretly Handed Down to the Girl Has Her Mother Infuriated | TheBlaze.com:
"A Texas mother has hired an attorney and filed a grievance after she learned that her first-grade daughter was forced to spend weeks sitting on the ground as punishment for drawing on her desk.
According to KHOU-TV, the unidentified mother said she was emailed by her daughter’s teacher after her child drew a doodle on her desk.
“She lost her recess, she went to the principal’s office and then she had to wash the desk and that was it,” she said. “I was never told that her desk was removed.”"

Obama Administration Spent Thousands On Strippers, Boxing Tickets In Failed Sting On Border Patrol Agent

Obama Administration Spent Thousands On Strippers, Boxing Tickets In Failed Sting On Border Patrol Agent: "
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration abandoned a corruption case against an Arizona border patrol agent after his attorney accused federal agents of entrapping his client, and spending federal dollars on strippers, plane tickets, and tickets to a Manny Pacquiao fight as part of their investigation.
A federal judge dismissed money-laundering and corruption charges against Customs and Border Protection agent Lauro Tobias Tuesday in response to dismissal motions from both the Department of Justice and Tobias’ attorney, which were filed within hours of each other July 25.
Tobias, a 10-year veteran of the CBP who also served in the Air Force for two decades, was arrested in March 2013 after he took a trip from Phoenix to Las Vegas for a drug deal — 6 kilograms of cocaine were exchanged with unnamed persons for $100,000. Tobias was paid $4,000 for working as security during the deal, based on court documents.
Tobias has maintained he did not know the trip was for a drug deal, and that he was assured the exchange was legal.
But, based on court documents, the drug deal wasn’t real:
Everyone involved, aside from Tobias, appears to have been a part of a federal task force that has been attempting, with little success, to root out corruption within the Border Patrol along the Arizona-Mexico border.
It’s unclear why the Justice Department abruptly asked for the dismissal the same day as Tobias’ attorney filed his motion.

Trey Gowdy Interrogates Democrat-Invited Law Prof on IRS Scandal — Watch What Happens When the Witness Doesn’t Answer His Questions | Video | TheBlaze.com

Trey Gowdy Interrogates Democrat-Invited Law Prof on IRS Scandal — Watch What Happens When the Witness Doesn’t Answer His Questions | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) grilled a University of Baltimore law professor during a Wednesday House hearing and made a compelling case as to why a special counsel is needed to investigate the IRS scandal. At one point, he even offered the professor some “free litigation advice” when he refused to answer one of his questions that seemed pretty straightforward."





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Goats in the city: Farms sprouting where schools once stood

Goats in the city: Farms sprouting where schools once stood | MLive.com:
 "MUSKEGON, MI -- Detroit Public Schools has settled on a new use for abandoned schools that Muskegon could take a lesson from: urban farms.
Already firmly entrenched in school gardening, Detroit school officials have a vision to transform the former Kettering High School property into a huge urban farm.
Betti Wiggins, the executive director of Detroit Public Schools' Office of School Nutrition, came to Muskegon Thursday to describe that vision -- and to encourage the expansion of school gardening here.
Like the Muskegon area, only on a much larger scale, Detroit is dotted with closed school buildings. And like Muskegon, Detroit has embraced urban farming.
Wiggins combined the two.
"Instead of leaving it to the vandals, we're going to repurpose it," Wiggins said of the 27-acre Kettering site.
The vision includes hoop houses and eventually even a food processing facility."

Gov. candidate Schauer says plan would generate "tens of thousands" of jobs; Snyder camp calls it "empty rhetoric"

Gov. candidate Schauer says plan would generate "tens of thousands" of jobs; Snyder camp calls it "empty rhetoric" | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer laid out his 10-point plan to create jobs Tuesday, a plan he said would generate “tens of thousands” of jobs.
“This is the blueprint that we will use to restore the Michigan dream,” Schauer said in front of a group of supporters at the Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 333 training facility in Lansing.
Schauer said he would reverse many of Gov. Rick Snyder’s policies, including right to work, the tax on some pension income, the elimination of the child tax credit, the roll back of the Homestead Property Tax credit, and what Schauer says have been cuts to education.
Schauer’s 10-point plan includes spending more on K-12 education, cutting taxes for middle class families, cutting taxes for small businesses, fixing roads and increasing the state’s clean energy standard to 35 percent by 2035.
Schauer wants to help attract jobs to the state by creating an initiative inside the Michigan Economic Development Corp. to assist businesses looking to expand here and bring jobs from other states or countries. He also wants to establish an innovation hub that would bring together the research arm of the state’s universities and the state’s largest companies, expand micro-lending to spur growth of high-tech companies and provide tax credits to small businesses.
The 24-page plan includes at least two dozen proposals that call for increased spending or reduced taxes, with far fewer proposals that would generate additional revenue or cut spending to pay for his initiatives.
When asked how he would pay for many of these proposals, Schauer’s answer often was to cut waste and fraud from state government and weed out unnecessary state spending."

"Religion of peace"--------Turkey: 'Women Shall Not Laugh in Public' says Erdogan's Deputy

Turkey: 'Women Shall Not Laugh in Public' says Erdogan's Deputy

Useful idiots: Chipotle Espouses Communist Rhetoric on To-Go Bags

Useful idiots: Chipotle Espouses Communist Rhetoric on To-Go Bags:
"After Chipotle declared that they were prohibiting patrons from exercising their Second Amendment rights in their restaurants, the Mexican grill took another step to the left by writing slogans on their bags that include plainly Communist rhetoric."

BILL WHITTLE: THE CASE FOR ISRAEL

History for August 2

History for August 2 - On-This-Day.com:

National Mustard Day

Birth anniversary of Pierre Charles L’enfant, who designed the plan for the city of Washington, DC(1754-1825).

 

Birth anniversary of American author James Baldwin (1924-87).

 

Happy Birthday! Wes Craven, Mary-Louise Parker, Sam Worthington

1791 - Samuel Briggs and his son Samuel Briggs, Jr. received a joint patent for their nail-making machine. They were the first father-son pair to receive a patent. 


1824 - In New York City, Fifth Avenue was opened. 


1861 - The United States Congress passed the first income tax. The revenues were intended for the war effort against the South. The tax was never enacted. 


1887 - Rowell Hodge patented barbed wire. 


1892 - Charles A. Wheeler patented the first escalator. 


1939 - Albert Einstein signed a letter to President Roosevelt urging the U.S. to have an atomic weapons research program. 


1939 - U.S. President Roosevelt signed the Hatch Act. The act prohibited civil service employees from taking an active part in political campaigns. 


1943 - The U.S. Navy patrol torpedo boat, PT-109, sank after being attacked by a Japanese destroyer. The boat was under the command of Lt. John F. Kennedy. 


1964 - The Pentagon reported the first of two North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. 


1983 - U.S. House of Representatives approved a law that designated the third Monday of January would be a federal holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The law was signed by President Reagon on November 2. 


1990 - Iraq invaded the oil-rich country of Kuwait. Iraq claimed that Kuwait had driven down oil prices by exceeding production quotas set by OPEC.

Krauthammer’s Dire Warning About Obama’s Reported Immigration Plan: ‘A Gross Violation of the Constitution’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

Krauthammer’s Dire Warning About Obama’s Reported Immigration Plan: ‘A Gross Violation of the Constitution’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"Conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer didn’t mince words during an appearance on “The Kelly File” Thursday night, charging that President Barack Obama will be committing a “gross violation of the Constitution” if he chooses to expand amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants."

Internal CIA Investigation Finds Agency Hacked Senate Computers | TheBlaze.com

Internal CIA Investigation Finds Agency Hacked Senate Computers | TheBlaze.com:
"An internal CIA investigation has found that agency officers improperly accessed Senate computers earlier this year in a dispute over interrogation documents, prompting CIA Director John Brennan to abandon his defiant posture in the matter and apologize to Senate intelligence committee leaders."

Culture of corruption-----House Committee Investigating FCC Waiver to Obama Donor

House Committee Investigating FCC Waiver to Obama Donor | Washington Free Beacon:
"A House committee will investigate the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) decision to allow a waiver granting favorable status in wireless auctions to an Obama donor, the committee announced Thursday.
Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Fred Upton (R., Mich.) sent a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler asking for information and documents relating to the designation of Grain Management, LLC as a “designated entity” last week.
The status will allow the company to receive discounts designed for small businesses when bidding for wireless licenses. 
David Grain, a major bundler for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, owns the firm."

Dems Want New Tax On Sugar-Sweetened Drinks | TheBlaze.com

Dems Want New Tax On Sugar-Sweetened Drinks | TheBlaze.com:
"Beverages sweetened with sugar or high-fructose corn syrup would be slapped with a new federal tax if three House Democrats have their way.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) proposed the Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tax Act, or the SWEET Act, on Wednesday. Her bill would impose a one-cent tax for every teaspoon of caloric sweetener used in a drink."

OMG! $1.4 MILLION more in ads!!!--------Proposal 1 backers spend nearly $7M to win votes

Proposal 1 backers spend nearly $7M to win votes | Crain's Detroit Business:
"The groups backing Proposal 1, which just about every business, labor and local government group supports, have spent almost $7 million to make sure voters support it at the polls next week.
Proposal 1 seeks to create the funding stream for local communities after the repeal of the state’s tax on industrial personal property.
While there is no organized opposition to it, the group Michigan Citizens for Strong and Safe Communities has raised more than $8.3 million in support of the initiative, according to a filing made Friday with the Michigan Department of State.
The bulk of the money in support of the proposal has come from the Michigan Manufacturers Association, which has pumped in more than $2.8 million.
Ford Motor Co. kicked in $2 million in February, while General Motors Co. contributed $500,000 this month and Chrysler Group LLC added $250,000 in June.
......The proposal will appear on the Aug. 5 primary ballot; the group still has $1.4 million left to spend."

Study: Hundreds of rules passed by Obama administration are technically illegal - The Washington Post

Study: Hundreds of rules passed by Obama administration are technically illegal - The Washington Post:
"Under a 1996 statute, most federal rules are supposed to be reported to the House and Senate in paper form and to the General Accountability Office electronically. But since the start of 2012, that hasn’t happened for many of the regulations put out by the Obama administration, either because of bureaucratic oversight or because they were considered too minor to be reported.
Failing to report many of the rules is a “technical violation” of the statute, “and the law says they can’t take effect,” according to Robert Cramer, GAO’s managing associate general counsel."

25 Unearthly Places You Won't Believe Actually Exist.

25 Unearthly Places You Won't Believe Actually Exist.:
"25. Zhangye Danxia Landform, China"

What could possibly go wrong?-------1000 Children Fleeing Violent Honduras Heading to Violent Chicago

1000 Children Fleeing Violent Honduras Heading to Violent Chicago | CNS News:
"A thousand children said to be fleeing the violence in Central America will be welcomed to Chicago, where local children are routinely in the cross-fire of gang-related grudges.
 Mayor Rahm Emanuel, at the request of the Obama administration in which he formerly served, says he is working with local organizations to make room for up to one thousand additional unaccompanied children "traveling" from Central America to the U.S.-Mexico border in the coming year."

If What Allen West Just Said Is True, Obama Might Be In Serious Trouble...

If What Allen West Just Said Is True, Obama Might Be In Serious Trouble...:
“We are allowing all of these individuals to include MS-13 [gang] members to come across our border but we can’t bring our own Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi across that border back home,” he lamented.
“This is a powder keg that is building up in the military community,” he noted, explaining that, if the Obama administration rewards accused Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl with back pay after his time in the custody of Afghanistan terrorists, the brewing tension might come to a boil. "

Yikes! The value of a degree from that school just tanked-------Temple University scraps SAT requirement for new students

Temple University scraps SAT requirement for new students - Yahoo News:

 Philadelphia's Temple University said on Tuesday it will no longer require prospective students to submit a standardized test score when they apply, joining a small but growing group of schools that believe there are other ways to gauge talent.

Temple said it is the first public research university in the United States' Northeast to broaden its admissions policy in this way. Most U.S. schools still rely on students' SAT or ACT test scores when choosing whom to admit.

A prospective student's high-school grade point average, class rank or even his or her "grit, self-determination and self-confidence" may all be better predictors of success in higher education, Temple said in its announcement.

Seriously? MSNBC segment claims that climate change could make a real ‘Sharknado’ happen

Seriously? MSNBC segment claims that climate change could make a real ‘Sharknado’ happen | Video | TheBlaze.com:
 "During Wednesday’s edition of “News Nation” with Tamron Hall on MSNBC, a guest actually claimed that that climate change could make a “Sharknado” happen."

Free laptops! What could possibly go wrong...........Why Hoboken is Throwing Away All of its Student Laptops

Why Hoboken is Throwing Away All of its Student Laptops - WNYC:
Inside Hoboken’s combined junior-senior high school is a storage closet. 
Behind the locked door, some mothballed laptop computers are strewn among brown cardboard boxes. 
Others are stacked one atop another. 
Dozens more are stored on mobile computer carts, many of them on their last legs.
That’s all that remains from a failed experiment to assign every student a laptop at Hoboken Junior Senior High School. 
It began five years ago with an unexpected windfall of stimulus money from Washington, D.C.,

California Governor Jerry Brown: Climate Change Will Drive Millions of People North over the Border

On a three-day trade mission to Mexico, California governor Jerry Brown talked most frequently about climate change and immigration, and spoke passionately about the link between the two, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Barack Obama Has Really Pissed Off Maggie Gyllenhaal

Kaitlan Collins

Maggie Gyllenhaal, who stars in the new miniseries “The Honorable Woman” on the Sundance Channel, which centers on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has become increasingly disillusioned with Barack Obama.

Gyllenhaal, who backed Obama’s presidency in both elections, said in a recent interview with Time magazine released Thursday that she used to really believe in the president, but now she’s “not sure what he believes in anymore.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/07/31/barack-obama-has-alienated-maggie-gyllenhaal/#ixzz398wM0X2g

Tonight here at EAA!------EAA AirVenture Daily Highlights Schedule | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh

EAA AirVenture Daily Highlights Schedule | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh:
"6 – 6:30 p.m. 
 Old Glory Honor Flight Return Home Ceremony (Boeing Plaza)"