"loophole" casino for Muskegon?

This one has an odor right from the start.

Maybe we ought to check the bank deposits of some of our City officials?

U.P. tribe to propose casino plan: "A delegation from the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians based in Watersmeet in the far west corner of the Upper Peninsula is expected to present a casino proposal to the city at a 5:30 p.m. work session.
Local leaders in contact with Lac Vieux Desert Band officials indicate the U.P. tribe wants to open a casino in an existing downtown building. The tribe reportedly is looking at the former SPX headquarters in the Terrace Point development, community leaders indicate.
It is also unknown how the tribe intends to get state and federal approval of a Muskegon casino, a difficult and usually years-long process. Some tribal leaders reportedly have indicated there is a 'loophole' that can be used to expedite the approval process."

But the Lac Vieux tribe has many hurdles to climb. Due to the distance between Muskegon and its reservation in the western Upper Peninsula, Bush said it will have to show that it owned land in the Muskegon area prior to the signing of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Control Act in Oct. 17, 1988

Michigan voters stiffed again

The democrat vote is essentially worthless in the Michigan primary and the GOPers have, AGAIN, set themselves up to let democrat crossovers determine who wins the Republican primary.

Nice job Michigan State party leaders..... yeah, right....

Obama's absence on state ballot rankles some : "But come Jan. 15, the name Obama will appear nowhere on Michigan's Democratic primary ballot. A squabble between state and national party officials over the primary date led Obama and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards to withdraw their names from the ballot."

"Ask not what he can do for your country,

but what he can do to Hillary"

(courtesy Lucianne.com)

Oh...my....God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New Year's snowstorm hits Mich. hard - NewsFlash - mlive.com: "A fast-moving New Year's Day storm dumped more than a foot of snow on southeastern Michigan, a record blast that made driving hazardous, snarled the flight home for holiday travelers and threatened to do the same in New England."

Snow in Michigan!
In January!!!!!!!!!!!!

More "proof" of the wisdumb of the AlGoreites....

Ten things that will change your future - Technology - smh.com.au

Ten things that will change your future - Technology - smh.com.au

The Columbus Dispatch : Student sues law school over exam

The Columbus Dispatch : Student sues law school over exam

Will President Obama have a nice chat with these folks?

N Korea wants imaginary wall pulled down The Australian

Top of the list of "not important stories"

The liberal MSM sorta missed telling us about this.

Maybe they just never got the news?

Gateway Pundit: US Tracks Lowest Monthly Fatalities Since War Began: "US Tracks Lowest Monthly Fatalities Since War Began
You'd have to go back to February 2004 to find a month with comparable numbers."

From the sub-prime to the ridiculous: how $100bn vanished | Business | The Guardian

From the sub-prime to the ridiculous: how $100bn vanished Business The Guardian: "It began with low-income Americans being encouraged to borrow mortgages they couldn't afford.
The economic butterfly effect would eventually cause deals worth billions of dollars to fall apart; the first run on a British bank in 140 years; some of the most powerful figures on Wall Street losing their jobs; wild gyrations on the markets; and dire warnings that the world is on the brink of recession"

Getting the Story Straight | Redstate

Getting the Story Straight Redstate: "Every once in a while I am more thankful than ever for today’s technology which allows me to talk to you directly instead of having to go through the filter of the main stream media."

It's better than a religion!

A Nation of Dim Bulbs: "The new bulbs are particularly vulnerable to extremes of temperature, for example; you won't want to use them in your garage in winter. CFLs are also 25 percent longer in size than the average incandescent. This makes them unsuitable for all kinds of lighting fixtures--particularly chandeliers and other ceiling lights--which will have to be either discarded or reconfigured, at considerable expense, after the Bush ban goes into effect. You can't use most CFLs with dimmer switches, either; ditto timers. Newer models that can be dimmed and are adaptable to timers will require you to buy new CFL-compatible dimmers and timers.
The quality of the light given off by CFLs is quite different from what we're used to from incandescents. The old bulb concentrates its light through a small surface area. CFLs don't shine in beams; they glow all the way around, diffusing their illumination. They're terrible reading lights."

Hillary: I've Know Mrs. Bhutto Many Years

Now that's some real foreign policy experience!

Hillary: I've Know Mrs. Bhutto Many Years Sweetness & Light: "I had given a lot of thought to how Chelsea and I should dress on the trip. We wanted to be comfortable, and under the sun’s heat, I was glad for the hats and cotton clothes I had packed. I didn’t want to offend people in the communities I was visiting, but I was also wary of appearing to embrace customs reflecting a culture that restricted women’s lives and rights."

TorontoSun.com - Lorrie Goldstein - BS alert! BS alert!

TorontoSun.com - Lorrie Goldstein - BS alert! BS alert!: "Finally, if idiot celebrities jetting around the world claiming they are 'carbon neutral' because they buy carbon offsets understood the Kyoto Accord, they wouldn't bother, considering what hypocrites they already are.
That's because Kyoto doesn't count GHG emissions caused by flying, although it's one of the world's fastest-growing sources of GHG."

Iowa man spends Christmas Eve stuck upside-down in opening of septic tank

Iowa man spends Christmas Eve stuck upside-down in opening of septic tank: "DES MOINES, Iowa - It was a stinky holiday for Robert Schoff.
The 77-year-old man spent part of Christmas Eve stuck upside down in the opening of his septic tank, with his head inside and his feet kicking in the air above.
'It wasn't good, I'll tell you what,' Schoff said Tuesday. 'It was the worst Christmas Eve I've ever had.'DES MOINES, Iowa - It was a stinky holiday for Robert Schoff.
The 77-year-old man spent part of Christmas Eve stuck upside down in the opening of his septic tank, with his head inside and his feet kicking in the air above.
'It wasn't good, I'll tell you what,' Schoff said Tuesday. 'It was the worst Christmas Eve I've ever had.'"

FAQ: The End of the Light Bulb as We Know It - US News and World Report

FAQ: The End of the Light Bulb as We Know It - US News and World Report: "The incandescent light bulb, one of the most venerable inventions of its era but deemed too inefficient for our own, will be phased off the U.S. market beginning in 2012 under the new energy law just approved by Congress."

OMNIVORACIOUS: Best of the Year Roundup

OMNIVORACIOUS: Best of the Year Roundup

NewsBusters.org | Exposing Liberal Media Bias

NewsBusters.org Exposing Liberal Media Bias: "You know all that nonsense the media have been spewing that the Bush tax cuts caused the rich to get richer and the poor to get poorer?
Well, the Internal Revenue Service and the Congressional Budget Office have published tax and income numbers for 2005, and the press couldn't be any more wrong."

Mark Steyn is Not Alone - Opinion - Arutz Sheva

Mark Steyn is Not Alone - Opinion - Arutz Sheva: "Two 'human rights' panels, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal and the Canadian Human Rights Commission, have him on trial for his alleged claim that Islam does not square with Western ideals. Whatever the outcome, we're all on notice that Big Brother is watching. The word 'tribunal' itself reeks of an Orwellian nightmare and Soviet gulagism."

Against universal health care: Romania’s disastrous example

Transatlantic Politics » Blog Archive » Against universal health care: Romania’s disastrous example: "When going to a birth center resembles a Russian roulette, with no guarantees that the mother and child will be healthy, something is definitely rotten in Romania's universal health care system. Warning against all the universal-health-care-gurus in the US. There is no glamor to a corrupt, mismanaged, state-run system. And no reliable, equitable treatment either."

It's lights out for traditional light bulbs - USATODAY.com

It's lights out for traditional light bulbs - USATODAY.com: "A little-noticed provision of the energy bill, which is expected to become law, phases out the 125-year-old bulb in the next four to 12 years in favor of a new generation of energy-efficient lights that will cost consumers more but return their investment in a few months."

Weirdest work stories of the year - CNN.com

Weirdest work stories of the year - CNN.com: "12. 'Workers killed after seeking raises'
A car dealership owner killed two employees because they kept asking for more pay. The employer told police he was having financial problems and was under a lot of stress."