Michigan Schools Let Students Pick Gender | The Daily Caller

Michigan Schools Let Students Pick Gender | The Daily Caller:

"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.”

Students can even ask to have their chosen name and gender “included in the district’s information management systems, in addition to the student’s legal name.”

But what about when school staff members are speaking with parents about their son or daughter?"

But, but, but taxes are up, up, up!-----Report: Michigan city revenues lone in nation to fall from 2002 to 2012

Report: Michigan city revenues lone in nation to fall from 2002 to 2012 - Crain's Detroit Business: "LANSING — An advocacy group says Michigan is the only state in the nation to see an overall revenue drop for cities, townships and counties from 2002 to 2012.
The Michigan Municipal League said Monday that the state cut revenue sharing with cities, townships, villages and counties by $7.5 billion during that timeframe.
The group advocates for more state money for local governments. Cities use that money to pay for things like fire and police departments, local roads, libraries and city hall expenses.
The group used U.S. Census Bureau data to show that Michigan cities saw an 8 percent drop in revenues that the group said is tied to state laws.
Senate Fiscal Agency economist David Zinn said he couldn't confirm or deny the group's claims, but called them "believable.""

The end of (American) civilization----…And Now the U.S. Ranks Dead Last in Problem-Solving Tech-Skills

…And Now the U.S. Ranks Dead Last in Problem-Solving Tech-Skills | Intellectual Takeout:

• "Yesterday we learned that the U.S. is failing when it comes to literacy, and how that has a direct effect on our elections.
• Today we learn that Americans are also failing in what many might consider one of our best skills: digital technology. 

From The Wall Street Journal:
“A new report [from the National Center for Education Statistics] finds U.S. workers rank dead last among 18 industrial countries when it comes to ‘problem solving in technology-rich environments,’ or using digital technology to evaluate information and perform practical tasks.
The consequences of that emerging competitive disadvantage is energizing the volatile undercurrent of this year’s presidential race, some observers say.
If the problem-solving deficit is bad, the reasons for it may be worse, said Stephen Provasnik, the U.S. technical adviser for the International Assessment for Adult Competency: flagging literacy and numeracy skills, which are the fundamental tools needed to score well on the survey.”
In other words, Americans are whizzes at posting selfies, snap-chats, and other simple messages on social media, but when it comes to actually sitting down and analyzing and applying the things they read, forget it.

Lunch video-----WWII Pilot Tells A Story That'll Make You Feel Like A Pansy

WWII Pilot Tells A Story That'll Make You Feel Like A Pansy - World War Wings:
"This Man Can Definitely Deliver A Story, That’s For Sure
Meet Flight Lieutenant Bill Green, a pilot for the Royal Air Force during World War II.
He tells us about his first time in the cockpit of a Hurricane after only a few hours of classroom training.
As it turns out, it didn’t go so well for him, but he still remembers it fondly by the excitement in his voice!
I pulled my stick back, did the loop…and blacked out with the G. When I came around, from the blackout, the instruments were going round and round…I was upside-down, hanging on the straps, and I put my stick over to correct it and went into a spin. The buzz was the Hurricanes and Spitfires can’t get out of a spin…-Bill Green, RAF pilot.
After this incident flying for the first time, Bill Green was put into the No. 501 Squadron and had to fly to aid in the Battle of Britain!
Having only seven hours of experience flying in a Hurricane, it took only four days for his Hurricane to get so damaged in battle that he had to glide to safety as his engine was shot.
Five days after that, he was shot down again, this time having to bail out of the plane.
To top it off, his parachute failed and he almost died, but lucky his canopy fully opened only seconds from death.
Listening to this man’s story is truly inspirational as his life experience at 21 was nothing like most of ours!"

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Illegal Immigrants Allegedly Drag Woman From Boyfriend to Rape Her — Then the Boyfriend Took Them All On | TheBlaze.com

Illegal Immigrants Allegedly Drag Woman From Boyfriend to Rape Her — Then the Boyfriend Took Them All On | TheBlaze.com:

"A Massachusetts man and his girlfriend are happy to be alive after allegedly being ambushed by a group of four illegal immigrants during an evening walk last week.

The incident reportedly began after a man approached the couple and offered them beer. Moments later, three more men showed up and it became clear that they were in immediate danger.

One of the men reportedly took out a condom and gestured at the woman as another allegedly grabbed her by the hood of her sweatshirt and began dragging her away, while the largest man out of the group detained her boyfriend, according to police."

Why don't they just "tap a tax zone"? (see post below)----- Michigan Senate negotiators reach deal on DPS aid

Michigan Senate negotiators reach deal on DPS aid: "
LANSING – Leaders of the Michigan Senate are hoping to hold a vote on a $700 million-plus plan to divide Detroit’s ailing school district in two and launch a new district with better schools.
...the House last week approved a $50 million stopgap measure to pay teachers the rest of this academic year.
The Senate plan would allocate roughly $500 million to address debt and $200 million to start a new district.
It calls for splitting the 46,000-student DPS into a new district focused on educating kids and an old district that would exist only to pay off the district’s debt..."

What could possibly go wrong?-----New program will send Detroit high school grads to college for free

New program will send Detroit high school grads to college for free - Crain's Detroit Business: "Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced Tuesday afternoon that the city will tap a tax zone to capture money that will send more students to college tuition-free for two years.

...Under the program, Detroit high school graduates can attend one of five community colleges to earn a two-year degree.
The only requirements are that students must live in Detroit and have spent their last two years in any Detroit high school — public, private or charter — and graduated...."

Sharia in Denmark

Sharia in Denmark:

• Documentary filmmakers in Denmark conducted an undercover investigation, with hidden cameras, into claims that imams are working towards keeping parallel societies for Muslims within Denmark.
• Abu Bilal, imam of the Grimhøj mosque, told Fatma that her husband is entitled to take another wife. Fatma is not allowed to deny her husband his "sexual rights," even when he is violent.
• The imam of the Hamad Bin Khalifa mosque gave Fatma the same answers she had received in all the other mosques: She must not take a job without her husband's permission, and even if her husband continues to beat her, she must not contact the police.
• Umm Abdullah told Fatma that she should only meet with Danish people in order to tell them about Islam. This is necessary, she said, to save the Danes from hell, and the only reason Muslims should interact with Danes.

The issue of parallel Muslim societies has sparked renewed debate in Denmark after a three-part television documentary, "The Mosques Behind the Veil" was aired at the beginning of March on Danish TV2.
The documentary consists of an undercover investigation into claims that Muslim imams are working towards keeping parallel societies for Muslims within Denmark..."

See What Happens Just Moments After ’60 Minutes Australia’ Crew Arrives in Predominantly Immigrant District of Stockholm | Video | TheBlaze.com

See What Happens Just Moments After ’60 Minutes Australia’ Crew Arrives in Predominantly Immigrant District of Stockholm | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Three weeks after being attacked while filming in a migrant-heavy district of Sweden’s capital, “60 Minutes Australia” has finally aired the footage of the attack.

The crew, upon arriving to the Rinkeby district of Stockholm on March 1, was immediately confronted and attacked by migrants. The area is also known as “Little Mogadishu,” a reference to the high number Somali migrants who live in the area.

According to footage, the crew’s tumultuous day began as a car filled with migrants approached the crew. When the discussion between the crew and the migrants began to get tense, one of the crew’s cameramen was deliberately run over as the car sped off."

Not As Many Americans Saving For Retirement, Study Finds

Not As Many Americans Saving For Retirement, Study Finds « CBS Los Angeles:
"Sailing off into the sunset may just be a dream for many who still need to work to save.
“If you can start to save in your 20s, that’s fantastic,” said Karen Sarten of Beacon Pointe Advisors.
But the reality is one in three people, according to the report from GOBankingRates, haven’t saved a dime for retirement and that’s looking at across the age spectrum.
The study by the website surveyed about 1,500 people, about half of whom have put away less than $10,000..."

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History for March 23

History for March 23 - On-This-Day.com:
Joan Crawford 1905 - Actress (Mildred Pierce, The Unknown), Born: Lucille Fay LeSueur, Akira Kurosawa 1910 - Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter (Sugata Sanshiro, Madadayo), Wernher Von Braun ((Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun)) 1912 - Rocket scientist, generally regarded as the father of the United States space program


Craig Breedlove 1937 - First to reach 400 mi/h, 500 mi/h and 600 mi/h using turbojet-powered vehicles, Richard Grieco 1965 - Actor, Keri Russell 1976 - Actress ("Felicity," "The Americans")


1775 - American revolutionary Patrick Henry declared, "give me liberty, or give me death!"

1839 - The first recorded printed use of "OK" [oll korrect] occurred in Boston's Morning Post.


1857 - Elisha Otis installed the first modern passenger elevator in a public building. It was at the corner of Broome Street and Broadway in New York City.


1912 - The Dixie Cup was invented.


1919 - Benito Mussolini founded his Fascist political movement in Milan, Italy.


1933 - The German Reichstag adopted the Enabling Act. The act effectively granted Adolf Hitler dictatorial legislative powers.


1942 - During World War II, the U.S. government began evacuating Japanese-Americans from West Coast homes to detention centers.


1965 - America's first two-person space flight took off from Cape Kennedy with astronauts Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young aboard. The craft was the Gemini 3.

Police Release First Photo of Suspected Brussels Airport Bombers— Sources Say Their Hands Could Hold Big Indicator | TheBlaze.com

Police Release First Photo of Suspected Brussels Airport Bombers— Sources Say Their Hands Could Hold Big Indicator | TheBlaze.com:

 "The bombing at the Brussels airport was one of two coordinated attacks, the other being on one of the city’s metro stations. At least 31 people were killed dozens more were injured as a European capital was again locked down amid heightened security threats.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attacks."

Reporter Says There Was a ‘Collective Gasp’ in Press Room When Obama ‘Paused’ for Photo in Front of This Famous Sculpture in Cuba | Video | TheBlaze.com

Reporter Says There Was a ‘Collective Gasp’ in Press Room When Obama ‘Paused’ for Photo in Front of This Famous Sculpture in Cuba | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"HAVANA (TheBlaze/AP) — Brushing off decades of distrust, President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro shook hands Monday in Havana’s Palace of the Revolution, a remarkable moment for two countries working to put the bitterness of their Cold War-era enmity behind them.

As if the historic meeting didn’t anger his critics enough, Obama also posed for a photo op in front of a massive sculpture of notorious revolutionary Che Guevara."

What you need to know about Margaret Sanger, Founder of Planned Parenthood

What you need to know about Margaret Sanger, Founder of Planned Parenthood » Louder With Crowder
Margaret Sanger was the founder of Planned Parenthood. 
You know—the leftist‘s favorite institution, ever, of all time. If the democrat party built a church (funny, right?)
Margaret Sanger would be the patron saint.
Just to refresh, Planned Parenthood’s the place that murders babies and sells their parts for profit.
Which is totally cool with all the liberals…
Well, here’s the thing no one likes to tell you about Margret Sanger, patron saint of Planned Parenthood:
Margaret Sanger was a sordid Nazi.
Let’s read a few quotes:
“[Our objective is] unlimited sexual gratification without the burden of unwanted children… [Women must have the right] to live … to love… to be lazy … to be an unmarried mother … to create… to destroy… 
The marriage bed is the most degenerative influence in the social order… 
The most merciful thing that a family does to one of its infant members is to kill it.”
No, that was not taken from Hitler.
That’s a quotation from the patron saint of the feminists and Hillary Clinton.
And the above words were not a one-off moment of insanity.
There’s more where those horrendous thoughts came from.
“We should hire three or four colored ministers, preferably with social-service backgrounds, and with engaging personalities. 
The most successful educational approach to the Negro is through a religious appeal. 
We don’t want the word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population. 
And the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members.”
What’s sad about the above statement is how true it’s become.
How many black leaders laud Planned Parenthood? 
And do they realize Planned Parenthood’s founder had a goal to kill black people?
Read on.

War on males?-----Study: Female animals less colorful 'to avoid sexual harassment'

Study: Female animals less colorful 'to avoid sexual harassment' - The College Fix:
"Ever look out your window in the spring and see that bright red cardinal sitting on a branch?
And nearby is his mate, whose color happens to be significantly less elaborate?
Well, some scientists have an idea as to why that is: “they [females] could be seeking to avoid sexual harassment.”
“We suggest that female ornaments could lead to increased sexual harassment by males and this could be especially costly to the number of offspring you leave behind.
The energetic cost of harassment — by either avoiding males or dealing with unnecessary sexual attention — would reduce your egg production,” says Professor David Hosken of England’s University of Exeter.
Looking drab is not the only tool in the female animals’ anti-harassment armory.
They are known to go to great lengths to avoid unwanted male attention, even — in some cases — disguising themselves as males.
...As the Washington Examiner’s Ashe Schow says, “I’ll take Hosken at his word, but this does seem like just another excuse to use ‘sexual harassment’ as a way of explaining human behavior.”"

BREAKING: Shots Were Fired at Trump Rally... Look Who Was Behind It

BREAKING: Shots Were Fired at Trump Rally... Look Who Was Behind It:

"It’s no surprise the disturbance that resulted in the cancellation of the Donald Trump rally at the University of Chicago was instigated by the George Soros-funded group MoveOn.org, domestic terrorist Bill Ayers and the Black Lives Matter movement. Shots were also fired outside the event after the cancellation was announced.

It should come as no surprise, then, to know that the person responsible for firing those shots was a Black Lives Matter protester, “celebrating” the cancellation."

Another entitlement!----Michigan's tampon tax and why it matters

Michigan's tampon tax and why it matters:
"...The so-called tampon tax is being debated in states around the country as lawmakers consider whether levying sales tax on feminine hygiene products places an unfair burden on women, essentially a penalty women pay for menstruating.
Change.org has started a global online petition to repeal policies in countries around the world that tax sanitary products for women.
Canada ditched its tampon tax in July, and “free-bleed” protesters in London stood outside Parliament in November wearing white pants while menstruating, calling for a repeal of the European Union’s tax.
Here in Michigan, two bills have been introduced by state Rep. Sarah Roberts, D., St. Clair Shores.
One would eliminate the 6% state sales tax on feminine hygiene products, and the other would provide free sanitary napkins and tampons to girls and women in restrooms at public schools and in state buildings.
“I just think it’s time to stop taxing women for being women,” Roberts said...
A box of tampons or pack of maxi pads costs about $7 a month.
When you multiply that cost by 12 months a year for about 40 years of a woman's life, it adds up.
Women who can least afford them need to cut corners wherever they can..."

UN Hypocrisy Gets Hysterical———Saudi Arabia Set To Head UN Human Rights Panel

UN Hypocrisy Gets Hysterical———Saudi Arabia Set To Head UN Human Rights Panel | David Stockman's Contra Corner:
If you were trying to put together a global all-star team of the most authoritarian, human rights abusing nations on earth, not only would Saudi Arabia be at the top of the list, it would be captain of the squad.

In a move as embarrassing, laughable and tragic as Barack Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize just as he was about to embark upon several overseas wars and drone countless civilians to death without due process, the United Nations has, remarkably, named Saudi Arabia head of it’s human rights panel.

Of course, this is something I warned of back in May in the post, Saudi Arabia is Making a Play to Head the U.N. Human Rights Council. Here are a few excerpts:

Saudi Arabia is making a bid to head the United Nations’ Human Rights Council (HRC) just days after it posted a slew of new job openings for executioners who would help carry out beheadings amid a massive uptick in state-sanctioned killings in the country...."

...reporting that the medieval desert monarchy is angling to take over the head position when the leadership position becomes available after 2016.

Apparently the whole thing is funny to Saudi Arabia, which has already beheaded as many people in 2015 as it did in all of 2014.

Lunch video-----Unbelievable, final turn!!

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WATCH: Video Catches SICK Thing Kasich Did to Honest Cop Who Stopped Him

WATCH: Video Catches SICK Thing Kasich Did to Honest Cop Who Stopped Him:

"John Kasich is already not particularly popular with the voting base of the GOP, hence his single-digit finishes in most state primaries that have occurred outside of Ohio and the Rust Belt.

This glimpse into the mind of Kasich just eight years ago shows a lack of respect for an officer of the law who was simply doing his job, something that certainly won’t help him gain any additional popularity going forward."

How they "think"-----British soldiers should have 'cups of tea' with Islamic State terrorists, says Jeremy Corbyn ally

British soldiers should have 'cups of tea' with Islamic State terrorists, says Jeremy Corbyn ally - Telegraph:
"British soldiers should have 'cups of tea' with Islamic State terrorists, says Jeremy Corbyn ally
Christine Shawcroft - who sits on Labour's National Executive Committee - claims soldiers should 'get teabags out' rather than resorting to air strikes
Britain would be safer if its defence policy was to have “cups of tea” with Isil terrorists rather than bomb them, one of Jeremy Corbyn’s key allies on Labour’s ruling body has said.
Christine Shawcroft, who sits on the party's National Executive Committee and is a senior figure in Momentum, said that soldiers should “get the teabags out” to solve the Syrian crisis rather than resorting to air strikes.
She claimed the tactic worked on some far-right English Defence League supporters in the past and added: “Cups of tea might actually be the best kind of system of defence and national security that you could have.”...

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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