Cover up!-----Student Loan Defaults Are Up, New Data Show

Student Loan Defaults Are Up, New Data Show | Economics21:
"The U.S. Department of Education's new data on the status of outstanding student loans show that outright defaults are up.
However, their press release--and much of the accompanying media coverage--instead played up a decline in loan delinquencies. 
The increase in defaults is worrisome and needs to be addressed by Congress..."

United Airlines' Boeing 777 fleet gets 10 extra seats per row

United Airlines' Boeing 777 fleet gets 10 extra seats per row | Daily Mail Online:
United Airlines will retrofit its Boeing 777 fleet to accommodate TEN seats per row in coach class

• The airline plans to retrofit 19 of its 74 Boeing 777 fleet to include 10-abreast seating in economy class on domestic routes
• Update means economy-class layout will feature 10-abreast seating in a three-four-three configuration compared to its current two-five-two
• Retrofit will also include upgrades such as in-seat power outlets throughout the cabin and the aircraft will be Wi-Fi enabled
• United plans to begin the retrofitting in May and have it completed by 2017 
• 
• The layout will reportedly mean a reduction in elbow room as seat width decreases from 18 inches to 17 inches, but leg room should not be affected"

‘It’s a Total Waste of Time’: New York Board Members Vote Against Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance During Meetings | TheBlaze.com

‘It’s a Total Waste of Time’: New York Board Members Vote Against Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance During Meetings | TheBlaze.com:

"The upstate New York town of New Paltz voted last week against reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at its board meetings after one of its members called the Pledge a “total waste of time.”

The debate began when board member Amy Cohen, a local business owner and former mayoral candidate, introduced a motion during a Monday meeting that the board recite the Pledge of Allegiance during its bi-monthly meetings as a show of patriotism and respect, according to the New York Post."

Michigan Is The Most Expensive State In Nation To Own A Car, Says Study

Michigan Is The Most Expensive State In Nation To Own A Car, Says Study:
"Michigan is number one for something that costs almost everyone in the state dearly in their wallet.
According to a new study by GOBankingRates, Michigan has the highest cost of ownership for a car in the nation. 
There’s a $7,216 cost difference between owning a car in Michigan and New Hampshire, the least expensive, over three years."

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History for March 22

History for March 22 - On-This-Day.com:
Karl Malden 1913 - Actor, William Shatner 1931 - Actor ("Star Trek" television series and movies), Glen Campbell 19



James Patterson 1947 - Author, Andrew Lloyd Webber 1948 - Composer, Reese Witherspoon 1976 - Actress ("Legally Blonde")


1457 - Gutenberg Bible became the first printed book.


1733 - Joseph Priestly invented carbonated water (seltzer).


1894 - The first playoff competition for the Stanley Cup began. Montreal played Ottawa.


1903 - Niagara Falls ran out of water due to a drought.


1907 - In Paris, it was reported that male cab drivers dressed as women to attract riders.


1935 - Persia was renamed Iran.


1954 - The first shopping mall opened in Southfield, Michigan.


1978 - Karl Wallenda, of the Flying Wallendas, fell to his death while walking a cable strung between to hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Chinese Edge Into Cuba Market, with Obama's Blessing | The Federalist Papers

Chinese Edge Into Cuba Market, with Obama's Blessing | The Federalist Papers:

"The Chinese company, Anbang Insurance Group, has been on a buying spree in the U.S. and Europe. They already acquired the famous Waldorf Astoria in New York, the Blackstone group of Hotels (Marriott, Renaissance) and they purchased Fidelity and Guaranty Life Insurance.

Anbang’s Chairman, Wu Xiaohui, is married to the granddaughter of China’s former leader Deng Xiaoping and one of its directors is the son of a Communist Revolution-era top general. With their command economy, the Communist Chinese routinely direct so-called “private” companies and their actions."

Is yours a hot Somali city?

Is yours a hot Somali city? « Refugee Resettlement Watch:
"Leo Hohmann writing at World Net Daily on Friday has posted a very detailed report on a vexing question.
Does it make any sense for US taxpayers to pay for programs to keep Somali refugee youths from becoming Islamic terrorists while those same taxpayers shell out millions of tax dollars every year to bring more unwilling-to-assimilate Somalis to America?
Please read his excellent analysis (you may have seen it on the Drudge Report already).
But, I wanted you to see this very cool graphic posted there.
Is top Somali resettlement site, Minneapolis, on the way to having its own Molenbeek (the Islamic section of Brussels)?"

How Chicago racked up a $662M police misconduct bill

How Chicago racked up a $662M police misconduct bill - Eau Claire Leader-Telegram:
"Chicago has racked up a $662 million bill to settle police misconduct cases, but few officers have been punished"
...Caine is just one example of huge police settlements that have tarnished the city in recent years. Among them:

• A one-time death row inmate beaten by police: $6.1 million. 
• An unarmed man fatally shot by an officer: $4.1 million.
• And last year, the family of Laquan McDonald, the black teenager shot 16 times by a white officer, received $5 million. 

His death, captured in a shocking video, led to a murder charge against the officer, the police commissioner’s firing and thunderous street protests with calls for Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s resignation.
Chicago has paid a staggering sum — about $662 million — on police misconduct since 2004, including judgments, settlements and outside legal fees, according to city records.
The payouts, for everything from petty harassment to police torture, have brought more financial misery to a city already drowning in billions of dollars of pension debt..."

Founding Father Haunts Obama With 200-Year-Old SCOTUS BOMBSHELL He Won't Want Out

Founding Father Haunts Obama With 200-Year-Old SCOTUS BOMBSHELL He Won't Want Out:

"The stalemate has led some investigative journalists to seek guidance from our nation’s founding fathers.

Seth Lipsky’s opinion piece in the New York Post, titled “By Hamilton’s Rules on Supreme picks, the Senate’s Right and Obama’s Wrong,” reviews Alexander Hamilton’s Federalist 69 articles and located an article where Hamilton, writing under the pen name Publius, wrote of a likely and now current scenario, in which the Senate may find themselves divided on a supreme court justice nomination."

Government schools-----Michigan Schools Let Students Pick Gender

Michigan Schools Let Students Pick Gender | The Daily Caller:
"Michigan’s State Board of Education has drafted a guidance that would push the state’s schools to allow all students, regardless of parental or doctoral input, to choose their gender, name, pronouns, and bathrooms.
Spearheaded by board president John C. Austin and signed by state superintendent Brian Whiston, the guidance informs Michigan public schools that only the students themselves–i.e. not their parents or doctors–can determine what their individual gender identities are.
“The responsibility for determining a student’s gender identity rests with the student. Outside confirmation from medical or mental health professionals, or documentation of legal changes, is not needed,” the guidance states.
Gender identity is defined in the guidance as “a person’s deeply held internal sense or psychological knowledge of their own gender, regardless of the biological sex they were assigned at birth.”
Notably, the guidance makes no mention of a student’s age affecting whether or not they can pick a gender without their parent or doctor.
In fact, the guidance seems to intentionally cut parents out of the process.
The guidance states: “School staff should address students by their chosen name and pronouns that correspond to their gender identity, regardless of whether there has been a legal name change...”"

Unintended consequences-----Arizona and Florida expose early voting debacle

Arizona and Florida expose early voting debacle | Washington Examiner:
"This Tuesday's election contest in Arizona could determine whether anyone enters July's Republican National Convention with the delegate majority needed to clinch the the nomination.
Unfortunately, at least 40,000 Arizona Republicans wasted their votes.
And they did so because of a system that is supposed to help them.
As of last Wednesday afternoon, at least a quarter million registered Republicans had already voted in Arizona, taking advantage of the state's 26-day early voting period.
Based on the timeline, this means those 250,000 Arizona Republicans all voted without knowing Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., would no longer be a candidate by election day.
A poll taken last week suggests that 16 percent of Arizona early voters had already cast ballots for Rubio.
Assuming this is accurate, it means early voting disenfranchisement has struck again.
Arizona's early voting law has set up the state's democratic process in a way that lures 40,000 primary voters into picking a candidate who isn't on the ballot.
And they cannot get their votes back..."

Lunch video-----Hillary Clinton lying for 13 minutes straight.

Noon-toon

Trey Gowdy Just Exposed What The Dems Are Doing To Block Benghazi Investigation With Damaging Letter

Trey Gowdy Just Exposed What The Dems Are Doing To Block Benghazi Investigation With Damaging Letter:

"House Select Committee on Benghazi Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., has responded to the refusal by some Democrats to maintain the integrity of his committee’s work by refusing to give them documents the Democrats have threatened to leak.

Gowdy sought an assurance from Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., that Democrats would agree not to leak important information from the hearings. He did not get it."

Worth a revisit to the star chamber that thrives on American university campuses-----10 Appalling Moments From The Duke Lacrosse Case

10 Appalling Moments From The Duke Lacrosse Case:
The Duke lacrosse case would be a comedy of errors if it were funny to destroy the lives of innocent people.

American University candidates promise snowflakes 24-hour counseling, more 'inclusion'

American University candidates promise snowflakes 24-hour counseling, more 'inclusion' - The College Fix:
"It’s election season at American University, and candidates for student body president are telling students exactly what they want to hear:
Your lives are hard, and we care.
...Devontae Torriente, who already got the American administration to adopt a modified version of the microaggression reporting proposal he helped develop, wants even more “diversity and inclusion” on campus:
One of Torriente’s specific initiatives to further diversity and inclusion involves supporting a professor who is currently trying to push for the African American and African Diaspora Studies minor to expand into a major.
Mascaro, who is white, promised to let nonwhite students develop his diversity policy:
“I’ll be the first to admit that as a white man, I have not experienced racism, and I never will experience racism,” Mascaro said during the debate.
“So, I am not the person who should be leading the charge on this issue. I have to lead from behind.”...

"A Man of the Peeple"

Artist uses Peeps to create Easter portrait of Donald Trump | MLive.com:
"This is the first Peeps project for Wisconsin artist Cynthia Lund Torroll, whose art is usually rendered in black and white pencil drawings.
She was inspired to work in the Peeps medium at the urging of a family member."

BOMBSHELL: We Just Discovered the REAL Reason Kasich Refuses to Drop Out... This Is Treason

BOMBSHELL: We Just Discovered the REAL Reason Kasich Refuses to Drop Out... This Is Treason:

"The reason why may be more sinister than most would like to believe — and it has ties to Kasich’s donors.

LifeSite News reported that none other than George Soros is linked to Kasich’s presidential campaign. The Soros Fund Management was listed as the sixth highest individual donor to the governor’s campaign, with $202,700 given thus far.

George Soros, of course, is a big-time liberal player who has donated over $8 million to Democrat presidential candidate Hillary’ Clinton’s campaign."

Judge blasts city in firing of teacher charged with raping kid

Judge blasts city in firing of teacher charged with raping kid | New York Post:
"A Manhattan judge known for pro-teacher rulings may overturn the firing of a middle-school teacher accused of bedding her 12-year-old student because she says the city did not play fair.
Supreme Court Judge Alice Schlesinger blasted the city Department of Education, saying it apparently used evidence sealed after teacher Claudia Tillery was acquitted in a criminal trial.
“I do agree that a teacher having a relationship with a 12-year-old boy, or a girl, is way, way, way beyond acceptable,” Schlesinger said in a hearing ​last ​week. “But they had no authority to unseal a sealed record.”
Tillery, who taught at MS 35 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, was charged in November 2011 with rape, having repeated sex with a male student in her home and in a motel while plying him with liquor and marijuana and with giving him cash and gifts.
But a Brooklyn jury acquitted Tillery in April 2014 after her two kids and their homeless, schizophrenic father testified in her defense."

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History for March 21

History for March 21 - On-This-Day.com:
Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 - Composer, Timothy Dalton 1944 - Actor, Eddie Money 1949 - Singer


Gary Oldman 1958 - Actor, Rosie O'Donnell 1962 - Comedian, actress, Matthew Broderick 1962 - Actor ("Ferris Bueller's Day Off")


1790 - Thomas Jefferson reported to U.S. President George Washington as the new secretary of state.


1871 - Journalist Henry M Stanley began his famous expedition to Africa.


1908 - A passenger was carried in a bi-plane for the first time by Henri Farman of France.


1918 - During World War I, the Germans launched the Somme Offensive.


1963 - Alcatraz Island, the federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay, CA, closed.


1965 - The U.S. launched Ranger 9. It was the last in a series of unmanned lunar explorations.


1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced to the U.S. Olympic Team that they would not participate in the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow as a boycott against Soviet intervention in Afghanistan.


1980 - On the TV show "Dallas", J.R. Ewing was shot.