Freshman from Ohio overcoming tragedy with Michigan football squad
"'I remember him getting into the car and saying, 'God wants me to go to Michigan,' ' Mealer's mother said in a telephone interview."
"Sumbich, it's tough recruitin' against God......"
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
$80,000 1966 Corvette stolen from Dream Cruise
$80,000 1966 Corvette stolen from Dream Cruise
"Sarazin went to get some food with his girlfriend, but when he returned, the $80,000 vehicle was gone. He says he doesn't know how the thief or thieves did it"
"Sarazin went to get some food with his girlfriend, but when he returned, the $80,000 vehicle was gone. He says he doesn't know how the thief or thieves did it"
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Jeepers, $80 big ones!
I wonder if it was insured......
Expert predicts Earth will enter a "little ice age"
An expert .... predicts that in about ten years the Earth will enter a "little ice age" which will last from 60 to 80 years
The recent collapse of a bridge in the South American glacier was due to pressure exerted on water ice, not climate change.
An expert from the National Autonomous University of Mexico predicted that in about ten years the Earth will enter a "little ice age" which will last from 60 to 80 years and may be caused by the decrease in solar activity.
WHAT!!!
My Prius won't protect me!!!!!!!
The recent collapse of a bridge in the South American glacier was due to pressure exerted on water ice, not climate change.
An expert from the National Autonomous University of Mexico predicted that in about ten years the Earth will enter a "little ice age" which will last from 60 to 80 years and may be caused by the decrease in solar activity.
WHAT!!!
My Prius won't protect me!!!!!!!
Companies adding 1,000 jobs
Companies adding 1,000 jobs
"They won't come all at once; some could take as much as five or 10 years to arrive.
But in a region and state hungry for bright economic news, today's announcement that more than 1,100 jobs could be created through expansions by five area companies was hailed by officials from Grand Rapids to the Lakeshore.
The expansions are among 20 statewide expected to receive Michigan tax incentives today that officials say will create 6,853 direct jobs, plus another 2,600 spinoffs."
Certainly good news... if true.
And if the "price" in politically gifted tax incentives isn't too high.
Anyone wanna bet the "new" jobs don't materialize as promised and the taxpayer's tax dollars are given to companies who happen to be political supporters of Gov. Jenny?
"They won't come all at once; some could take as much as five or 10 years to arrive.
But in a region and state hungry for bright economic news, today's announcement that more than 1,100 jobs could be created through expansions by five area companies was hailed by officials from Grand Rapids to the Lakeshore.
The expansions are among 20 statewide expected to receive Michigan tax incentives today that officials say will create 6,853 direct jobs, plus another 2,600 spinoffs."
Certainly good news... if true.
And if the "price" in politically gifted tax incentives isn't too high.
Anyone wanna bet the "new" jobs don't materialize as promised and the taxpayer's tax dollars are given to companies who happen to be political supporters of Gov. Jenny?
If politically target tax incentives are good for some companies, why not ALL companies?
Doesn't this type of "special gifts to special friends" lead to more lobbyists, abuse and illegal bribes to those "gift givers"?
Nah, Jenny and her Jets are too principled.... yeah right.....Shocking! Windmill Owner Wants More Wind Subsidies!
http://www.dcexaminer.com/opinion/columns/TimothyCarney/Shocking_Windmill_Owner_Wants_More_Wind_Subsidies.html
"Would a major newspaper editorialize with surprise that 'even Kraft Foods says we need to eat more macaroni and cheese'? Would guests on The McLaughlin Group get away with saying that 'even Budweiser is lobbying for more beer consumption'?
Then why do talking heads and journalists exclaim with surprise that 'even T. Boone Pickens,' is lobbying for greater U.S. reliance on wind power? Don't they know he owns the largest wind farm in the world?"
Great TV commercial (thank you AlGore...) to put hundreds of millions of taxpayer money into TBoone Picken's pocket.
And we sheep just follow the leader into the lamb-chop factories.....
"Would a major newspaper editorialize with surprise that 'even Kraft Foods says we need to eat more macaroni and cheese'? Would guests on The McLaughlin Group get away with saying that 'even Budweiser is lobbying for more beer consumption'?
Then why do talking heads and journalists exclaim with surprise that 'even T. Boone Pickens,' is lobbying for greater U.S. reliance on wind power? Don't they know he owns the largest wind farm in the world?"
Great TV commercial (thank you AlGore...) to put hundreds of millions of taxpayer money into TBoone Picken's pocket.
And we sheep just follow the leader into the lamb-chop factories.....
College Presidents Seek Lower Drinking Age
College Presidents Seek Lower Drinking Age
"College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18,"
Classic liberal response to a problem, ignore it and bring in more young people to the party. Why not 16? 12?
And these "leaders" are making hundreds of thousands a year as college presidents.
Maybe it's time to revisit the calibre of folks we have setting policy at our publicly funded universities?
"College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18,"
Classic liberal response to a problem, ignore it and bring in more young people to the party. Why not 16? 12?
And these "leaders" are making hundreds of thousands a year as college presidents.
Maybe it's time to revisit the calibre of folks we have setting policy at our publicly funded universities?
Turoa claims largest snow base ever- New Zealand
Turoa claims largest snow base ever
New Zealand National news:
"Mt Ruapehu is claiming the biggest snow base ever recorded for a New Zealand skifield with over 4.5m of snow on the ground."
Yeah but it's gonna melt SOON! (like summer, maybe...?)
The global-warmongers are certain that the future of the world is terrible. And mankind is the reason.
Jeepers, that sounds just like the religious "end-of-the-worlders".
And the AlGorebal warmists tell us theirs is not a religion.
Bullpockey!
New Zealand National news:
"Mt Ruapehu is claiming the biggest snow base ever recorded for a New Zealand skifield with over 4.5m of snow on the ground."
Yeah but it's gonna melt SOON! (like summer, maybe...?)
The global-warmongers are certain that the future of the world is terrible. And mankind is the reason.
Jeepers, that sounds just like the religious "end-of-the-worlders".
And the AlGorebal warmists tell us theirs is not a religion.
Bullpockey!
Monday, August 18, 2008
'Our Country Is the Best' - WSJ.com
'Our Country Is the Best'
"The Los Angeles Laker went on to call the U.S. 'the greatest country in the world. It has given us so many great opportunities, and it's just a sense of pride that you have; that you say, 'You know what? Our country is the best.''
Mr. Collinsworth seemed either startled or impressed by such sentiment, and asked, 'Is that a cool thing to say in this day and age? That you love your country, and that you're fighting for the red, white and blue? It seems sort of like a day gone by.'
To which Mr. Bryant replied: 'No, it's a cool thing for me to say. I feel great about it, and I'm not ashamed to say it. I mean, this is a tremendous honor.'"
"The Los Angeles Laker went on to call the U.S. 'the greatest country in the world. It has given us so many great opportunities, and it's just a sense of pride that you have; that you say, 'You know what? Our country is the best.''
Mr. Collinsworth seemed either startled or impressed by such sentiment, and asked, 'Is that a cool thing to say in this day and age? That you love your country, and that you're fighting for the red, white and blue? It seems sort of like a day gone by.'
To which Mr. Bryant replied: 'No, it's a cool thing for me to say. I feel great about it, and I'm not ashamed to say it. I mean, this is a tremendous honor.'"
Obama on Clarence Thomas - WSJ.com
Obama on Clarence Thomas
"So let's see. By the time he was nominated, Clarence Thomas had worked in the Missouri Attorney General's office, served as an Assistant Secretary of Education, run the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and sat for a year on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the nation's second most prominent court. Since his 'elevation' to the High Court in 1991, he has also shown himself to be a principled and scholarly jurist.
Meanwhile, as he bids to be America's Commander in Chief, Mr. Obama isn't yet four years out of the Illinois state Senate, has never held a hearing of note of his U.S. Senate subcommittee, and had an unremarkable record as both a 'community organizer' and law school lecturer. Justice Thomas's judicial credentials compare favorably to Mr. Obama's Presidential résumé by any measure. And when it comes to rising from difficult circumstances, Justice Thomas's rural Georgian upbringing makes Mr. Obama's story look like easy street."
"So let's see. By the time he was nominated, Clarence Thomas had worked in the Missouri Attorney General's office, served as an Assistant Secretary of Education, run the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and sat for a year on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the nation's second most prominent court. Since his 'elevation' to the High Court in 1991, he has also shown himself to be a principled and scholarly jurist.
Meanwhile, as he bids to be America's Commander in Chief, Mr. Obama isn't yet four years out of the Illinois state Senate, has never held a hearing of note of his U.S. Senate subcommittee, and had an unremarkable record as both a 'community organizer' and law school lecturer. Justice Thomas's judicial credentials compare favorably to Mr. Obama's Presidential résumé by any measure. And when it comes to rising from difficult circumstances, Justice Thomas's rural Georgian upbringing makes Mr. Obama's story look like easy street."
Wind Jammers
Wind Jammers
"when wind and solar power do start to come on line, they face a familiar obstacle: environmentalists and many Democrats.
To wit, the greens are blocking the very transmission network needed for renewable electricity to move throughout the economy."
"when wind and solar power do start to come on line, they face a familiar obstacle: environmentalists and many Democrats.
To wit, the greens are blocking the very transmission network needed for renewable electricity to move throughout the economy."
Real-estate appraiser regulation is a failure
Real-estate appraiser regulation is a failure
"But a six-month Associated Press investigation found that the system is crippled by both the bumbling of its policemen and their inability to effectively punish those caught committing fraud.
And despite ample evidence appraisers are pressured into inflating home values -- sometimes to prices in support of loans that are more than buyers can afford -- the federal regulators charged with protecting consumers have thus far made a conscious choice not to act."
"But a six-month Associated Press investigation found that the system is crippled by both the bumbling of its policemen and their inability to effectively punish those caught committing fraud.
And despite ample evidence appraisers are pressured into inflating home values -- sometimes to prices in support of loans that are more than buyers can afford -- the federal regulators charged with protecting consumers have thus far made a conscious choice not to act."
Full-time Legislature? Not this summer in Michigan
Full-time Legislature? Not this summer in Michigan
"House Republicans held a news conference last week to ask Democrats who control the chamber to immediately return to session and address the state's high unemployment and home foreclosure rates -- issues that have been around for far longer than this summer"
"House Republicans held a news conference last week to ask Democrats who control the chamber to immediately return to session and address the state's high unemployment and home foreclosure rates -- issues that have been around for far longer than this summer"
'Recruit ugly women'
'Recruit ugly women'
"'May I suggest if there are five blokes to every girl, we should find out where there are beauty-disadvantaged women and ask them to proceed to Mount Isa.'"
Sooo many thought burst into my mind on this....... best be quiet, Gordo.....
"'May I suggest if there are five blokes to every girl, we should find out where there are beauty-disadvantaged women and ask them to proceed to Mount Isa.'"
Sooo many thought burst into my mind on this....... best be quiet, Gordo.....
Windmills split town and families
Windmills split town a
"He knows the futuristic towers are pumping clean electricity into the grid, knows they have been largely embraced by his community.
But Yancey hates them.
He hates the sight and he hates the sound. He says they disrupt his sleep, invade his house, his consciousness. He can't stand the gigantic flickering shadows the blades cast at certain points in the day."
And they have no power output during non-windy days....... oh, and they suck up tax dollars faster than they produce "power".
"He knows the futuristic towers are pumping clean electricity into the grid, knows they have been largely embraced by his community.
But Yancey hates them.
He hates the sight and he hates the sound. He says they disrupt his sleep, invade his house, his consciousness. He can't stand the gigantic flickering shadows the blades cast at certain points in the day."
And they have no power output during non-windy days....... oh, and they suck up tax dollars faster than they produce "power".
Arctic ice refuses to melt as ordered
Arctic ice refuses to melt as ordered
"The problem is that this graph does not appear to be correct. Other data sources show Arctic ice having made a nice recovery this summer. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center data shows 2008 ice nearly identical to 2002, 2005 and 2006"
"The problem is that this graph does not appear to be correct. Other data sources show Arctic ice having made a nice recovery this summer. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center data shows 2008 ice nearly identical to 2002, 2005 and 2006"
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Phil Collins in $53m divorce payout
Phil Collins in $53m divorce payout
"PHIL Collins has given his ex-wife £25 million ($53.73 million) in what is believed to be the biggest ever divorce settlement in British showbiz history.
The 57-year-old Genesis frontman handed over the huge sum to his third wife, Swiss Orianne Cevey, 35, following the end of their six-year marriage."
That's about $10 million a year.
Assuming sex was part of the equation, thet's a lot of dough per boink.
Charlie Sheen is looking smarter every day....
"PHIL Collins has given his ex-wife £25 million ($53.73 million) in what is believed to be the biggest ever divorce settlement in British showbiz history.
The 57-year-old Genesis frontman handed over the huge sum to his third wife, Swiss Orianne Cevey, 35, following the end of their six-year marriage."
That's about $10 million a year.
Assuming sex was part of the equation, thet's a lot of dough per boink.
Charlie Sheen is looking smarter every day....
Judge's son arrested on pot charge
Judge's son arrested on pot charge
"The son of Judge Benjamin Logan was arrested Thursday on a marijuana charge.
Bradford Jesse Logan was arrested at a shopping center parking lot on Breton Avenue. He faces felony charges for the manufacture and attempted delivery of a controlled substance. He also faces a potential fine of $20,000."
"The son of Judge Benjamin Logan was arrested Thursday on a marijuana charge.
Bradford Jesse Logan was arrested at a shopping center parking lot on Breton Avenue. He faces felony charges for the manufacture and attempted delivery of a controlled substance. He also faces a potential fine of $20,000."
Gotta love those GR judge family values....
Obama's Edge in the Coverage Race - washingtonpost.com
Obama's Edge in the Coverage Race - washingtonpost.com
"Democrat Barack Obama has had about a 3 to 1 advantage over Republican John McCain in Post Page 1 stories since Obama became his party's presumptive nominee June 4.......
But the disparity is so wide that it doesn't look good."
"Democrat Barack Obama has had about a 3 to 1 advantage over Republican John McCain in Post Page 1 stories since Obama became his party's presumptive nominee June 4.......
But the disparity is so wide that it doesn't look good."
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