"EcoMoms" preach new nut-zone religion

Is an ignoramuse's mind a terrible thing to waste?

For ‘EcoMoms,’ Saving Earth Begins at Home - New York Times: “I used to feel anxiety,” said Kathy Miller, 49, an alliance member, recalling life before she started investigating weather-sensitive irrigation controls for her garden with nine growing zones. “Now I feel I’m doing something.”.....

“Activism can help counteract depression,” Ms. Buzzell added.

Sticking her nose into someone else's life sure does make some feel better....

Kilpatrick is pure scum!

And the news organizations that state "Kilpatrick, agreed to pay..." are liars!

The City of Detroit lost the suit.

The taxpayers of Michigan will pay it.

Just how stupid are we......?

Kilpatrick asks court to rule on secret documents "A jury ruled against the city in September, and despite vowing to appeal that decision, Kilpatrick agreed to pay $8.4 million to the plaintiffs and a third former officer who filed a separate lawsuit."

Snow days will reduce our children's "education".

But who cares about the kids, anyway....

Any guess as to the ekukatin' thak's gonna happen during the extra minutes of each school day?

Why do we allow this?

Snow days may extend school year: The state requires schools to provide 1,098 hours of instruction, but waives 30 of those hours for bad weather or such unavoidable circumstances as power outages.

Options for the district primarily are extending the length of remaining school days or adding an extra day onto the end of the year, Fazer said. He's hesitant to cut any time off of spring break because many families — and employees — already have made plans.

A 2006 Volvo is "high-end"?

Bid for doctor's mansion lower than minimum - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "Outside, high-end autos lined the road: a 2008 Mercedes Benz, a 2006 Volvo, a silver Cadillac Escalade."

Group (of nearly 20!!) wants TV makers to take back old sets

"nearly 20 people"? and this is a news item?

Group wants TV makers to take back old sets - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "As nearly 20 people marched in downtown Ann Arbor Friday - some wearing cardboard TVs over their heads while pretending to be zombies - Greg Sobczynski led them in chants.
'Take my TV back!' the Ann Arbor man yelled as many of the marchers yelled back, 'Don't let it poison me.'"

Gadgets don't help cheaters prosper -

Let's see...
1. "research" says don't worry about cheating.
2. The "brave" folks at GVSU report a decline in "dishonesty cases".
3. There is technology available to find cheaters.
4. The technology isn't "popular" with GVSU instructors.
5. "Faculty members stress academic integrety".
Everything is fine on campus as long as conservatives are kept from tenure.....



Gadgets don't help cheaters prosper - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "Yet research indicates that cheating in high school and college isn't any more common today than it was 30 years ago.
........At Grand Valley State University, the number of 'dishonesty cases' reported to administrators has steadily declined, dropping from 57 three years ago to 40 last year. ...........Faculty members stress academic integrity, she said, and also have access to an online plagiarism detection service called Turnitin.com. The international database receives and catalogs about 100,000 student papers daily and scans each one for originality. But it's not very popular among GVSU instructors. Only 32 of them currently are using it."

CARPE DIEM: Recession Odds Falling on Intrade.com

Moneymen put their money where their future is.
Democrat politicians continue to preach fear.

CARPE DIEM: Recession Odds Falling on Intrade.com: "Recession odds have fallen by 12 points on Intrade.com over the last 4 weeks

(see chart above, click to enlarge)."

Human error?

Do the Clintons own The NY Post? Simple "human error" that she gets ALL the votes and no angst filled screams of disenfranchisement?

OBAMA ROBBED IN NY - New York Post: "'Some initial tallies had zeros, but it was most likely due to human error. Those were unofficial numbers, and no confirmed results have been released yet.'
In a predominantly black Brooklyn district for which Clinton was given credit for a 118-0 victory on Primary Night, the Board of Elections' latest figures indicate that she may not even come out the winner - Obama currently has 116 votes to her 118."

Does this mean the "culprit" is us and "we" should give them a bunch of our moolah?

I'm getting a painful feeling in my wallet..... am I just another greedy conservative paranoid?

KTVB.COM News Idaho News on Demand: "'The United States and the developed states as a whole are the countries that created the problem, caused the problem of climate change in the first place. In my view, that's what a culprit means,' he said in an interview this week on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly debate on climate change."

CMU Promise is dead

Interesting they would promise that someone else would pay the bills (the Michigan taxpayers!) and call it the "CMU Promise".

And now that it's "dead" the taxpayers are the fault.

Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "The CMU Promise is no more.
The tuition guarantee remains in force through summer for everyone currently attending Central Michigan University.
The Board of Trustees today killed the promise for anyone enrolling for fall and later.
The promise, which CMU enacted in 2005, ensured that incoming freshmen and transfer students would pay a flat tuition rate for up to five years and the same room and board rates for two years"

Another Massacre At A "Gun Free Zone"

Can't anyone outside of the MSM and academia connect the gunshot dots?

Another Massacre At A "Gun Free Zone" College Campus KXNet.com North Dakota News: "At one time I was very against arming teachers or allowing qualified students to carry on campus. I’m not any more. These maniacs go to those schools KNOWING that their’s will be the only gun there - until police arrive. And that can take minutes."

Interesting headline from New York Times

Parent Shock: Children Are Not Décor - New York Times: "(In 2005, Ms. Gregory says in her book, 10 times as many women had their first child between age 35 and 39 as in 1975, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 13 times as many had their first between 40 and 44.)"

Imagine if her name was "Imus"?

Jane Fonda -- I Wasn't Into Cu*t! - TMZ.com - Entertainment News, Celebrity Gossip and Hollywood Rumors


Special rules for "special" neurotics....
"Everyone is equal. Some of us are just more equal than others"

You go girl!

Gotta love the USMC sweatshirt on this doll!


Tim Blair

Fascists!

Maybe just "progressives?"

Thomas Sowell on Liberal Fascism on National Review Online: "This is the sort of book that challenges the fundamental assumptions of its time — and which, for that reason, is likely to be shunned rather than criticized."

You're too stupid to eat what you want!

Being Overweight May Raise Cancer Risk: "Being obese or even overweight may increase a person's risk of developing up to a dozen different types of cancer, European researchers report in a new study."

And if your "healthcare" is "free government healthcare", then it is the government's interest to control your costly, expensive-to-the-taxpayer(government)-behavior".

Maybe Cuba is better for fatsos?

Federal Lab Says It Can Harvest Fuel From Air!

Federal Lab Says It Can Harvest Fuel From Air (With a Catch) - : "This plan has a minor hurdle, too; the electricity for driving the chemical processes, according to a white paper describing the overarching concept, would come from nuclear power."

Dang!

I thought "the power of change" would do the trick AND keep baby seals happy AND nuke free.....

Democrats pour on the campaign cash

Superdelegates get campaign cash - : "elected officials serving as superdelegates have received about $890,000 from Obama and Clinton in the form of campaign contributions over the last three years,' the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics reported today."

Imagine the MSM's angst if this was GOPer cash......

The MSM said the same thing about Fidel.....

Nicaraguan leader calls Obama's campaign 'revolutionary' : "President Daniel Ortega, who led the 1979 revolution in Nicaragua, says Barack Obama's presidential bid is a 'revolutionary' phenomenon in the United States.
'It's not to say that there is already a revolution under way in the U.S. ... but yes, they are laying the foundations for a revolutionary change,' the Sandinista leader said Wednesday night as he accepted an honorary doctorate from an engineering university.
Ortega led a Soviet-backed government that battled U.S.-supported Contra rebels before he lost power in a 1990 election. He returned to office last year via the ballot box."

Doh!

Former GOP Senator Endorses Obama: "In an odd bit of timing, Chafee made the announcement the same day Republican front-runner Sen. John McCain planned his first campaign trip to Rhode Island. McCain's last visit here was to campaign and raise money for Chafee during his failed re-election bid. ......
During that race, Obama came to Rhode Island twice for Whitehouse, who has endorsed Clinton."

ROTHBURY will have it all; rules too!

Interesting.... 72 beers/camper, total ban on animals and it's a "global warming" event?

Oh yeah, the 72 beer minimum!!!!!

Call in the OJ Dream Team to stop that outrageous discrimination against....... whatever....

ROTHBURY will have it all; rules too - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "A three-case beer limit -- or 72 cans per person -- for those camping at the festival is just one of the nuggets of information on the ROTHBURY festival Web site: www.rothburyfestival.com
Beer in cans only is welcome. Dogs, cats and other animals are not.
ROTHBURY is July 3-6 with the headliner Dave Matthews Band leading the Saturday entertainment. The first-year festival will feature 70 bands and have a global warming/alternative energy theme."

Amazon.com: The Making of Second Life: Notes from the New World: Books: Wagner James Au

Amazon.com: The Making of Second Life: Notes from the New World: Books: Wagner James Au: "The wholly virtual world known as Second Life has attracted more than a million active users, millions of dollars, and created its own—very real—economy."

Washington Diarist

Washington Diarist: "The question of whether Barack Obama will make a fine commander-in chief finally depends on your view of the direction of history in the coming years. I cannot escape the foreboding that we are heading into an era of conflict, not an era of conciliation. I do not mean that there will be many wars, though I cannot imagine that the threat to American security from Al Qaeda and its many associates can be met without a massive and sustained military operation in western Pakistan, and I cannot imagine any Pakistani government ordering such an operation."

Government-Defined Patriotism

Government-Defined Patriotism: "An interview in The Nation's blog with Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH):
I've talked to Barack a lot about his Patriot Corporation Act, which is not trade per se, but it's certainly part of the economic package around globalization. The Patriot Corporation Act has not gotten the attention that I would hope it would. But, basically it says that if you play by the rules, if you pay decent wages, health benefits, pension; do your production here; don't resist unionization on neutral card check, then you will be designated a 'Patriot Corporation' and you will get tax advantages and some [preference] on government contracts.
There is so much here that's profoundly objectionable. On card check, it's 'patriotic' to support the elimination of the secret ballot in the workplace? It's 'patriotic' to pay an employee $14 an hour, but not $13.83? Play by the rules? What does that mean?"

Washington Diarist

Washington Diarist: "I cannot escape the foreboding that we are heading into an era of conflict, not an era of conciliation. I do not mean that there will be many wars, though I cannot imagine that the threat to American security from Al Qaeda and its many associates can be met without a massive and sustained military operation in western Pakistan, and I cannot imagine any Pakistani government ordering such an operation. It is not 'the politics of fear' to remind Obama's legions of the blissful that, while they are watching Scarlett Johansson sway to the beat, somewhere deep inside a quasi independent territory we might call Islamistan people are making plans to blow them to bits. (Yes, they can.)"

Snow, ice cover could help lake levels - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com

Snow, ice cover could help lake levels : "Above average precipitation in January and extensive ice cover on Lake Michigan caused water levels to rise three inches last month,"

When will we start to hear the cries of "we must stop Global Climate Change" because lake levels are RISING!!!!"?

GordoM-knows-the-Gorbal-warmers-are-adaptive

Global Warming redefined?

Snow, ice cover could help lake levels - : "Though this winter has been colder and produced more snow than last winter, average air temperatures to date have been about 1 degree above the long-term average, said Bill Marino, a National Weather Service meteorologist.
'Temperatures have been significantly cooler than last year, by about 2.2 degrees, but we're still warmer than normal,' Marino said."

Huh?

OxyClinton JibJab RULES!

OxyClinton Politics & Government Funny Videos, Pictures and Jokes at JibJab

Why Republicans are Happier

The "secret" is pretty simple.

You control your life and future, you're happy.

You give control to others, you ain't so happy.

Duh....

Why Republicans are Happier « The View from Alexandria: "No single morsel of happiness data, though, is more intriguing than this: Republicans are happier than Democrats."

Hey! It's DOG WEEK!

Chien Danseur

Unbelievable doggie fun!

Gossip, celebrity news, hot topics, dilemmas and more! - Blog - What Would You Do If? (Part 3-Frozen Grand Central)

Gossip, celebrity news, hot topics, dilemmas and more! - Blog - What Would You Do If? (Part 3-Frozen Grand Central)

YouTube - Name one accomplishment by Obama

YouTube - Name one accomplishment by Obama

Multi Culturism that works!

Punditry Professor Bainbridge: "In a more culturally confident age, the British in India were faced with the practice of “suttee”—the tradition of burning widows on the funeral pyres of their husbands. General Sir Charles Napier was impeccably multicultural:
‘’You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: When men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”"

Darwin=Nazi?

Ed Driscoll.com: If "You Think Darwin Sounds Like A Nazi, There Is A Connection": "Had they actually read Origin, they likely would be shocked to learn that among Darwin's scientifically based proposals was the elimination of 'the negro and Australian peoples,' which he considered savage races whose continued survival was hindering the progress of civilization."

Toledo mayor explains decision to kick out Grand Rapids-based Marines

WZZM13 - Toledo mayor explains decision to kick out Grand Rapids-based Marines: "A spokesman for the mayor says residents had complained about previous exercises and the mayor feared the activity would disturb them."

NPR tells us "other" countries are hurting Costa Rica

GordoM wonders just what country NPR might be accusing......yeah right....

NPR: Rainfall Shortages Threaten Costa Rica Power: "But Costa Rica's efforts to minimize its own contributions to global warming have made it especially vulnerable to climate changes caused by other countries."

DC is the "Detroit" of the east?

The Volokh Conspiracy - -#1202690921: "Almost everyone who lives or works in the District of Columbia is well aware that the District's government performs very poorly compared to almost all other big-city governments in the United States. Nevertheless, the Buckeye brief is shocking."

WNYC - The Leonard Lopate Show: Underreported: The Darker Side of Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (August 16, 2007)

WNYC - The Leonard Lopate Show: Underreported: The Darker Side of Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (August 16, 2007): "These are all “feel good” measures—and ridiculous. “…Put the expired bulb in two plastic bags and send it off to the landfill.”? No thanks. I’ll stick with Tommy Edison’s regular ol’ incandescents. (I turn off the light--singular--when I leave the room anyway.)"

Clinton "dirty tricks" again?

Obama will be assassinated if he wins: Nobel winner Lessing: "If Barack Obama becomes the next US president he will surely be assassinated, British Nobel literature laureate Doris Lessing predicted in a newspaper interview published here Saturday."

Mohamed again?

Gateway Pundit: Beheading in London: "Mohamed Boudjenane, of Kingsgate Road, Kilburn, north London, will appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates Court on Monday.

The headless body, wrapped in blankets, was found by shoppers in a supermarket goods cage in Kingsgate Place, Kilburn, on Wednesday. ......

Police are still searching for the head."

Amazon.com: Meltdown: The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists, Politicians, and the Media: Books: Patrick J. Michaels

Amazon.com: Meltdown: The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists, Politicians, and the Media: Books: Patrick J. Michaels: "Advocates of the precautionary principle will note that he fails to demonstrate his claim that 'there is no known, feasible policy that can stop or even slow these climate changes.' And while he chalks up global warming alarmism to an unholy alliance of climatologists hungry for grants and media sensationalism, his remedy for biased science is not better science but a 'wider source of bias' in the form of more funding of climatology by the fossil fuel industry. He also calls for the abolition of academic tenure—a crushing blow against an independent professorate that libertarians and their allies in the world of academia view as the intellectual wellspring of the regulatory state. Nonetheless, Michaels’s challenge to global warming orthodoxy should invigorate the debate over climate change."

YouTube - Changes - Presidential Candidates feat. Bowie

YouTube - Changes - Presidential Candidates feat. Bowie

Crime statistics as sophistry

The Volokh Conspiracy - -: "Sounds like a pretty telling statistic, no? But then let's look at the small print in the footnote:
It should be noted, however, that when a household member was present, the incidence of violent crimes was considerably higher -- about 30.2%."

Travellers who 'smuggle' poppy seeds face Dubai jail - Times Online

Travellers who 'smuggle' poppy seeds face Dubai jail - Times Online: "Tracy Wilkinson, 45, from West Sussex, who was arrested at Dubai airport in 2005 for possession of codeine, which she had been taking for chronic back pain. She was held in custody for 8 weeks before officials accepted proof from her doctor of its use for prescribed medical purposes only."

Equal Rights Nonsense - WSJ.com

Equal Rights Nonsense - WSJ.com: "The first would resurrect the discredited idea of 'comparable worth.' The second would add various sexual orientations to the classifications protected from employment discrimination. The third is a plaintiffs' bar wish list, aimed mostly at overturning cases it lost in the Supreme Court."

FOXNews.com

Science News Science & Technology Technology News: "'The benefit of a longer penis is obvious"

Gender-Bending Barnacles Grow Huge Penises in Rough Waters - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News

Science News Science & Technology Technology News: "But large penises can be a problem"

FOXNews.com - Former ABC News Reporter John McWethy Dies in Ski Accident - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

FOXNews.com - Former ABC News Reporter John McWethy Dies in Ski Accident - Local News News Articles National News US News: "Former ABC News Reporter John McWethy Dies in Ski Accident"

Religious police in Saudi Arabia arrest mother for sitting with a man - Times Online

Religious police in Saudi Arabia arrest mother for sitting with a man - Times Online: "“Some men came up to us with very long beards and white dresses. They asked ‘Why are you here together?'. I explained about the power being out in our office. They got very angry and told me what I was doing was a great sin,” recalled Yara, who wears an abaya and headscarf, like most Saudi women.
The men were from Saudi Arabia's Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, a police force of several thousand men charged with enforcing dress codes, sex segregation and the observance of prayers."

Dantonio details 2nd recruiting class at Michigan State

Dantonio details 2nd recruiting class at Michigan State: "Analysts say the second recruiting class for coach Mark Dantonio could wind up in the nation's top 50."

Exxon's 2007 Tax Bill: $30 Billion - Seeking Alpha

Exxon's 2007 Tax Bill: $30 Billion - Seeking Alpha: "In other words, just one corporation (Exxon Mobil) pays as much in taxes ($27 billion) annually as the entire bottom 50% of individual taxpayers, which is 65,000,000 people! Further, the tax rate for the bottom 50% is only 3% of adjusted gross income ($27.4 billion / $922 billion), and the tax rate for Exxon was 41% in 2006 ($67.4 billion in taxable income, $27.9 billion in taxes)."

The Lies of Tet - WSJ.com

The Lies of Tet - WSJ.com: "On January 30, 1968, more than a quarter million North Vietnamese soldiers and 100,000 Viet Cong irregulars launched a massive attack on South Vietnam. But the public didn't hear about who had won this most decisive battle of the Vietnam War, the so-called Tet offensive, until much too late."

Nelson says he doubts official explanation of terrorist attacks - Examiner.com

Nelson says he doubts official explanation of terrorist attacks - Examiner.com: "'I saw those towers fall and I've seen an implosion in Las Vegas, there's too much similarities between the two. And I saw the building fall that didn't get hit by nothing,' the singer-songwriter said. 'So, how naive are we, you know, what do they think we'll go for?'"

FOXNews.com - Cops: Drunk Driver Buckled Up Beer, but Not Baby - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

FOXNews.com - Cops: Drunk Driver Buckled Up Beer, but Not Baby - Local News News Articles National News US News: "A Florida woman arrested on drunk-driving charges on Super Bowl Sunday, allegedly buckled up her case of beer in the front seat, but left a 1-year-old girl in the backseat without one, police told FirstCoastNews.com."

AberdeenNews.com

AberdeenNews.com: "Preventing obesity and smoking can save lives, but it doesn't save money, researchers reported Monday.

It costs more to care for healthy people who live years longer, according to a Dutch study that counters the common perception that preventing obesity would save governments millions of dollars."

Clearwater Police: Woman's Arrest At McDonald's Justified

Clearwater Police: Woman's Arrest At McDonald's Justified: "She was being rude,' said Sarah Curtis, a McDonald's manager, 'saying, you know, she's prominent, she knows people. And saying that she's 75 years old, and that she could die tomorrow, and that the officer should be ashamed' of himself."

My Way News - Fat People Cheaper to Treat, Study Says

My Way News - Fat People Cheaper to Treat, Study Says: "It costs more to care for healthy people who live years longer, according to a Dutch study that counters the common perception that preventing obesity would save governments millions of dollars."

ESPN - College coaching legend Knight resigns from Texas Tech - Men's College Basketball

ESPN - College coaching legend Knight resigns from Texas Tech - Men's College Basketball: "Texas Tech coach Bob Knight, the all-time winningest Division I men's basketball coach known as much for his brilliance as his fiery temper, resigned Monday in the middle of the season.
The program will be turned over to his son, Pat Knight, who was named head coach-designate in 2005."

ESPN - College coaching legend Knight resigns from Texas Tech - Men's College Basketball

ESPN - College coaching legend Knight resigns from Texas Tech - Men's College Basketball: "Texas Tech coach Bob Knight, the all-time winningest Division I men's basketball coach known as much for his brilliance as his fiery temper, resigned Monday in the middle of the season.
The program will be turned over to his son, Pat Knight, who was named head coach-designate in 2005."

My Way - Sports News

My Way - Sports News: "Spain could lose both its Formula One races following the racist taunting of driver Lewis Hamilton by spectators.
The sport's ruling body said Monday the abuse aimed at F1's first black driver during weekend testing at the Barcelona circuit might result in sanctions. Punishment could lead to the removal of two races from the Grand Prix calendar - the Spanish Grand Prix on April 27 in Barcelona and the European GP on Aug. 24 at Valencia.
FIA, the governing organization, said it will write to Spanish authorities to learn what happened before making a decision.
'Formula One is a global, multicultural sport,' FIA said. 'It does not have scenes like this in its history and doesn't want to see scenes like this.'"

No fart zone?

(Camden) Middle school issues ban on intentional flatulence - Community - VillageSoup: "'Strange, but true, thanks to a bunch of 8th grade boys, intentional farting has been banned from CRMS,'"

Judge orders jail time for wetlands damage

Judge orders jail time for wetlands damage: "SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. -- A judge in Chippewa County has ordered two men to serve five days in jail for driving off-road vehicles through sensitive wetlands on Drummond Island.
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality says Michael Edward Coon and Michael Donald Lucchesi pleaded guilty to violating the state's wetland protection law.
They destroyed vegetation and disturbed habitat of nesting ospreys and other wildlife.
In addition to the jail time, District Judge Michael MacDonald ordered them to fix the damage and pay $2,655 in fines and court costs."

Value City closing all Michigan stores

Value City closing all Michigan stores

The Volokh Conspiracy - -

The Volokh Conspiracy - -: "Large numbers of people also believe that John F. Kennedy's assassination was the result of a wideranging conspiracy in the government, that the AIDS virus was secretly produced in a government laboratory for the purpose of infecting blacks, and that the government is covering up evidence of alien visitation of Earth."

Why You're Going To Vote For John McCain In November And Like It!::By John Hawkins

Why You're Going To Vote For John McCain In November And Like It!::By John Hawkins

Power Line: Forcing Young People Into the System

Power Line: Forcing Young People Into the System: "Pizza Hut learned this a few years ago when it pioneered a program that made health insurance available to its part-time workers at remarkably advantageous rates. To the company's surprise, few of its part-time employees--fewer than ten percent, as I recall--signed up for the plan. Even at subsidized rates, the vast majority of young, single employees had no interest in spending money on health insurance.
Thus, the crocodile tears that are shed over 'the uninsured' are by no means entirely genuine. One of the basic purposes of just about anyone's 'health care plan' is to find a way to force those millions of young, single people to pay for the health care required by their elders."

Best hikes in North America.

Best hikes in North America.

Poisoning the economy::By Roy Innis

Townhall.com::Poisoning the economy::By Roy Innis: "Worse, every ounce of “stimulus” is offset by a pound of new government arsenic."

Norton Shores student dies in skiing accident - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com

Norton Shores student dies in skiing accident - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "A Michigan Technological University student has died in a skiing accident at Mont Ripley.
The Houghton school says 18-year-old Robert W. Smith of Norton Shores was skiing Friday night when he apparently lost control and hit a tree. The school says he was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Smith, an experienced skier, was a mechanical engineering major and 2007 graduate of Mona Shores High School."

The Denver Post - Shrediquette: Skiing manners

The Denver Post - Shrediquette: Skiing manners: "Amie Johnson said the buzz among her snowboarding friends at the recent X Games in Snowmass was all about how annoying skiers are.
'They were all saying skiers are taking up the whole slope, carving big turns all the way across. They create traffic jams for the 'boarders,' Johnson said. 'The 'boarders spray them with snow on purpose.'"

Tax changes 'to drive out foreign super-rich' - Telegraph

Tax changes 'to drive out foreign super-rich' - Telegraph: "More than half of Britain's wealthiest people plan to leave or scale back their UK investments after a tax clampdown on 'non-domiciled' foreigners, a survey has found."

Report busts the myths on cancer risks - National - smh.com.au

Report busts the myths on cancer risks - National - smh.com.au: "BREAST implants, deodorant and coffee are extremely unlikely to cause cancer, says a new risk report designed to allay panic that everything can be carcinogenic"

Ted Nugent: Stimulus plan? Let's try economic freedom

Ted Nugent: Stimulus plan? Let's try economic freedom: "I'm incensed at the Bush/Pelosi $150 billion economic stimulus package.
You should be, too."

Amazon research raises tough questions - 02/03/2008 - MiamiHerald.com

Amazon research raises tough questions - 02/03/2008 - MiamiHerald.com: "showed researcher Tota how greenhouse gases emitted by decaying organic material on the forest floor don't rise straight into the atmosphere, as scientists had supposed"

Clinton health plan may mean tapping pay - Yahoo! News

Clinton health plan may mean tapping pay - Yahoo! News: "Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday she might be willing to garnish the wages of workers who refuse to buy health insurance to achieve coverage for all Americans"

Free Market Cure - A Short Course in Brain Surgery

Free Market Cure - A Short Course in Brain Surgery

Machine Gun Shootout Pt3 // Current

Machine Gun Shootout Pt3 // Current

Supervisor should resign for hiding hire's loan - mlive.com

Supervisor should resign for hiding hire's loan - mlive.com: "We're not out to drum up business for Muskegon's water system, which doesn't need our help in that regard"

Death Photo of War Reporter Pyle Found

Death Photo of War Reporter Pyle Found: "The figure in the photograph is clad in Army fatigues, boots and helmet, lying on his back in peaceful repose, folded hands holding a military cap. Except for a thin trickle of blood from the corner of his mouth, he could be asleep.
But he is not asleep; he is dead. And this is not just another fallen GI; it is Ernie Pyle, the most celebrated war correspondent of World War II."

US state weighing gun lessons for schoolchildren

US state weighing gun lessons for schoolchildren: "West Virginia is considering a bill to teach schoolchildren how to handle a gun and hunt safely its proponent hopes will increase state revenues from hunting licenses, a state lawmaker said Thursday."

Mississippi Pols Seek To Ban Fats - February 1, 2008

Mississippi Pols Seek To Ban Fats - February 1, 2008: "Mississippi legislators this week introduced a bill that would make it illegal for state-licensed restaurants to serve obese patrons."

Detroit Mayor: Text Message Scandal Hurts City's Image, Not Operations - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

"Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said Friday that a text messaging sex scandal involving him and a former aide has hurt the city's image but has not interfered with its daily operations."

Captain Derrick Foskett - Telegraph

Captain Derrick Foskett - Telegraph: "Captain Derrick Foskett , who has died aged 93, was an army doctor who was captured on his first patrol in the desert, and then escaped for five months in Italy before being retaken by the Germans."

Four indicted on voter fraud | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

Four indicted on voter fraud Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "FALFURRIAS, Texas — Four Duval County residents were charged Thursday with illegally handling ballot applications and mail-in ballots that belonged to other voters during the 2006 primary election.
The four San Diego residents indicted Thursday by a Brooks County grand jury were: Lydia Molina, 70; Maria 'Kena' Soriano, 71; Elva Lazo, 62; and Maria Trigo, 55.
According to a news release from Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's office, the four were taken into custody Thursday in Duval County. A shift supervisor for the Duval County jail refused to give The Associated Press any information Thursday on whether they were still in custody, insisting that a request be filed in writing. A Freedom of Information request faxed to the jail on Thursday night was not immediately answered.
The defendants are accused of delivering mail-in ballot applications to Duval County residents who were ineligible to vote by mail, according to the news release. Only those who are disabled, 65 or older, or expect to be out of the county during an election are eligible to vote by mail.
The news release says that once the ballots were sent to the residents and completed, the defendants allegedly retrieved them and mailed them to the registrar to be counted without identifying themselves on the carrier envelope.
Texas law requires that those who provide assistance identify themselves on carrier envelopes used to transmit mail-in ballots."

Court: Gay marriage in Canada should be recognized in New York

Court: Gay marriage in Canada should be recognized in New York: "An appeals court has ruled that a gay couple’s marriage in Canada should be recognized in New York.

The Appellate Division of state Supreme Court today reversed a judge’s ruling in 2006 that Monroe Community College did not have to extend health benefits to an employee’s lesbian partner."

IBDeditorials.com: Editorials, Political Cartoons, and Polls from Investor's Business Daily -- Clinton's Filthy Lucre

IBDeditorials.com: Editorials, Political Cartoons, and Polls from Investor's Business Daily -- Clinton's Filthy Lucre: "a New York Times report details a 2005 incident of Clinton and a minor Canadian mining financier jetting into Kazakhstan, where the two met with the local strongman. Shortly afterward, Clinton's pal won a huge uranium-mining contract that left competing mining companies astounded.
Anything untoward? Clinton says of course not. After all, doesn't every ex-president jet in to Central Asia from time to time to check up on his charity projects and sample the gourmet cuisine? Nothing to see here, move along.
But the story doesn't end there. Clinton's friend, Frank Giustra, eventually ended up a billionaire from that 'lucky' trip. He then donated $31.3 million to Clinton's $208 million foundation as its largest donor in 2006. Any connection? Nada, Clinton's defenders say.
Who doesn't think something fishy is going on?"

Mentally Disabled Women Used in Bombings

Mentally Disabled Women Used in Bombings: "Two mentally disabled women strapped with remote-control explosives - and possibly used as unwitting suicide bombers - brought carnage Friday to two pet bazaars, killing at least 91 people in the deadliest day since Washington flooded the capital with extra troops last spring."

ESPN - Senator wants to know why NFL destroyed Patriots spy tapes - NFL

ESPN - Senator wants to know why NFL destroyed Patriots spy tapes - NFL: "With the Super Bowl fast approaching, a senior Republican senator says he wants the NFL to explain why it destroyed evidence of the New England Patriots cheating scandal.
'I am very concerned about the underlying facts on the taping, the reasons for the judgment on the limited penalties and, most of all, on the inexplicable destruction of the tapes,' said Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., in a Thursday letter to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell."

Empowerment Center closes; Pathfinders struggles with less - mlive.com

Empowerment Center closes; Pathfinders struggles with less - mlive.com: "The Barney Maffett Empowerment Center, 2300 Maffett, closed its doors last month. The community center, which opened in June 2006, was meant to be a safe gathering place for the community to eat, access the Internet and take computer classes. It was funded with a $225,000 Weed & Seed grant through the U.S. Department of Justice.
The center was housed in the former Barney-Maffett Coffee House, which had been closed for two years. Weed & Seed is a nationwide initiative to fight drugs, violence and family deterioration at their roots by 'weeding' out criminal elements and 'seeding' communities with positive social programs to help prevent violence and crime."

PC Free Zone

PC Free Zone: "Retired Army Green Beret Smokey Taylor got his court martial this weekend and came away feeling good about it."

McCAIN VS. REAGAN | Newsradio 620 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin News, Talk, Sports, Weather | Charlie Sykes#commentform

McCAIN VS. REAGAN Newsradio 620 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin News, Talk, Sports, Weather Charlie Sykes#commentform: "I do think that McCain (unncessarily) did himself some lasting harm with conservatives not only because of his cheap shot about Romney's position on the surge, but even more by his snarky jabs at 'greed' and 'profits.' McCain's attitude was decidedly non-Reaganesque, as Michelle Malkin points out. (Read the whole post.)
Mark Steyn had a similar reaction.
I'm getting a bit tired of Senator McCain's anti-business shtick. The line about serving 'for patriotism, not for profit' is pathetic. America spends more on its military than the next 35-40 biggest military spenders on the planet combined: Where does he think the money for that comes from?
As for his line about 'some greedy people on Wall Street who need to be punished', aside from being almost entirely irrelevant to the subject under discussion (the subprime 'crisis'), it reveals, I think, one of the most unpleasant aspects of McCain. For a so-called 'maverick', he's very comfortable with the application of Big Government power, and the assumption of Big Government virtue. Undoubtedly there are 'greedy people on Wall Street'. Why should he and his chums be the ones who decide whether they need to be 'punished'? If greed is to be punishable, why doesn't he start with a pilot program applied to, say, the United States Senate and report back to us in five years how that's going?"

NATIONAL JOURNAL: Obama: Most Liberal Senator in 2007 (01/31/2008)

NATIONAL JOURNAL: Obama: Most Liberal Senator in 2007 (01/31/2008): "Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., was the most liberal senator in 2007, according to National Journal's 27th annual vote ratings. The insurgent presidential candidate shifted further to the left last year in the run-up to the primaries, after ranking as the 16th- and 10th-most-liberal during his first two years in the Senate."

Airbus A380 - cockpit | p a n o r e p o r t a g e | g i l l e s v i d a l

Airbus A380 - cockpit p a n o r e p o r t a g e g i l l e s v i d a l

Robert D. Novak - Is McCain a Conservative? - washingtonpost.com

Robert D. Novak - Is McCain a Conservative? - washingtonpost.com: "'Wouldn't it be great if you get a chance to name somebody like Roberts and Alito?' one lawyer commented. McCain replied, 'Well, certainly Roberts.' Jaws were described as dropping. My sources cannot remember exactly what McCain said next, but their recollection is that he described Alito as too conservative."

TCS Daily - Blowin' in the Wind

TCS Daily - Blowin' in the Wind: "Even in Europe's windiest country, the winds are just 'too variable', with most turbines consistently under-performing. Having analysed figures submitted to the UK electricity watchdog Ofgem on every farm's load factor, Engineering Consultant Jim Oswald explained to the BBC, 'It's the power swings that worry us. Over a 20-hour period you can go from almost 100 percent wind output to 20 percent.'"

After Mining Deal, Financier Donated to Clinton - New York Times

After Mining Deal, Financier Donated to Clinton - New York Times: "Within two days, corporate records show that Mr. Giustra also came up a winner when his company signed preliminary agreements giving it the right to buy into three uranium projects controlled by Kazakhstan’s state-owned uranium agency, Kazatomprom.
The monster deal stunned the mining industry, turning an unknown shell company into one of the world’s largest uranium producers in a transaction ultimately worth tens of millions of dollars to Mr. Giustra, analysts said.
Just months after the Kazakh pact was finalized, Mr. Clinton’s charitable foundation received its own windfall: a $31.3 million donation from Mr. Giustra that had remained a secret until he acknowledged it last month. The gift, combined with Mr. Giustra’s more recent and public pledge to give the William J. Clinton Foundation an additional $100 million, secured Mr. Giustra a place in Mr. Clinton’s inner circle, an exclusive club of wealthy entrepreneurs in which friendship with the former president has its privileges."

Lucianne.com News Forum

Lucianne.com News Forum: "They may have done nothing illegal, but tha
t does not mean they are not still WRONG. The Airport stated they:

'could not confirm that weapons [on the plane] would be secured and safeguarded in accordance with Department of Defense regulations and that the Marines and soldiers would leave their weapons on board.'

Put a 12 dollar an hour security guard at the planes door, no weapons out no problem for marines to use the can. Frankly why would any american worry about an armed marine anyway? That being said I have travelled on Commercial flights with deploying soldiers and each of those guys (Regular army usually) carried their weapons with them although they were shipped as checked luggage.

SHAME on the airport management for not finding a way to deal with this situation in a manner of respect these young men and women deserved."

My Way News - McCain Changes Story on Tax Cut Stance

My Way News - McCain Changes Story on Tax Cut Stance: "Republican John McCain says he opposed President Bush's tax cuts because they didn't come with spending cuts. That is not what he said at the time.
In a presidential debate on Wednesday, McCain said he voted against the Bush tax cuts because he wanted to rein in spending.
'I disagreed when we had tax cuts without spending restraint,' the Arizona senator said.
The explanation fits with his history of railing against wasteful federal spending. But it does not fit with McCain's comments when he opposed the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003.
In 2001, McCain said the tax cuts favored the wealthy at the expense of the middle class. In 2003, he said there should be no tax cuts until the Iraq war costs were known.
His aversion to the Bush tax cuts is just another reason McCain gives heartburn to many in the conservative GOP base. Besides taxes, there is also his more forgiving attitude toward illegal immigration, his effort to limit money in politics and his long-running feuds with leaders of the Christian right.
The debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., came on the heels of Tuesday's Florida primary, when McCain defeated former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, gaining an advantage going into next week's Super Tuesday primary."

Teacher could face firing over giving test answers - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com

Teacher could face firing over giving test answers - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "'The guy should resign, retire and leave,' said Bill Bloemendaal, a retired teacher and a 12-year member of the West Ottawa board.
Bloemendaal, however, voted against trying to fire Nadolsky, noting tenure battles are lengthy and that the teacher would be paid during the fight. The board member feels Nadolsky could supervise a study hall or perform another school function."

Brits at their Best

Brits at their Best: "Sun's low magnetic activity may portend an ice age
The Canadian Space Agency’s radio telescope has been reporting Flux Density Values so low they will mean a mini ice age if they continue."