Officials: Arrests, hospital visits up at ROTHBURY
"Arrests and hospital visits stemming from the second ROTHBURY festival were up from last year's event, authorities say."
I wonder if all the concert cheerleaders factored this in.....
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
“SMART DIPLOMACY:” Reminding the Russians about Alaska. UPDATE: Setting off the “Quayle-o-Meter…
“SMART DIPLOMACY:” Reminding the Russians about Alaska. UPDATE: Setting off the “Quayle-o-Meter…:
July 8, 2009
“SMART DIPLOMACY:” Reminding the Russians about Alaska.
UPDATE: Setting off the “Quayle-o-Meter.” “That’s the way to ‘hit the Reset button’, Mr. President. Remind the Russians of perhaps the stupidest thing they ever did.”
Bottom line: The guy is a smooth-talking ignoramus: not all that smart, not well-read, with a wafer-thin resume.
ANOTHER UPDATE: Maybe Obama’s just covering for Joe Biden."
July 8, 2009
“SMART DIPLOMACY:” Reminding the Russians about Alaska.
UPDATE: Setting off the “Quayle-o-Meter.” “That’s the way to ‘hit the Reset button’, Mr. President. Remind the Russians of perhaps the stupidest thing they ever did.”
Bottom line: The guy is a smooth-talking ignoramus: not all that smart, not well-read, with a wafer-thin resume.
ANOTHER UPDATE: Maybe Obama’s just covering for Joe Biden."
Lake Express -Big sale!
Lake Express - High Speed Car Ferry crossing Lake Michigan between Milwaukee, WI and Muskegon, MI
"Savings of more than 25% are possible when you take advantage of the Lake Express summer '91-19' return fare sale - Available for Phone and In-Terminal Bookings Only.
Convert your one-way trip to a roundtrip for as little as $19 per person when you use a 6:00 a.m. or 11:00 p.m. crossing"
Good idea!
"Savings of more than 25% are possible when you take advantage of the Lake Express summer '91-19' return fare sale - Available for Phone and In-Terminal Bookings Only.
Convert your one-way trip to a roundtrip for as little as $19 per person when you use a 6:00 a.m. or 11:00 p.m. crossing"
Good idea!
Metrorail Operator Caught Texting on Job
Metrorail Operator Caught Texting on Job
"There's more bad publicity for Metro after a YouTube video surfaces of a Metro train operator apparently texting while on the job."
Government provided commuter care.
Great.........
"There's more bad publicity for Metro after a YouTube video surfaces of a Metro train operator apparently texting while on the job."
Government provided commuter care.
Great.........
Barack Obama holds a fire sale of America’s nuclear defences in Moscow
Barack Obama holds a fire sale of America’s nuclear defences in Moscow
"For Obama, success is not the delivery of watertight nuclear security for America; it is a feel-good news conference and photo opportunity that will create huge approval ratings on liberal campuses where the delusions of 1968 and the anti-Vietnam war movement still linger on in these isolated Jurassic Parks.
It seems certain Obama will sacrifice the anti-missile shield in Europe that would have been our defence against a nuclear Iran after the ayatollahs, with Russian help, emerge as potential vapourising agents of the infidel. The interceptor missiles do not even carry warheads: they rely on an impact at 14,900mph to destroy any incoming missile, so Russian hysteria about this “threat” is synthetic."
Obama may make Neville Chamberlain look Churchillesque in comparison.
"For Obama, success is not the delivery of watertight nuclear security for America; it is a feel-good news conference and photo opportunity that will create huge approval ratings on liberal campuses where the delusions of 1968 and the anti-Vietnam war movement still linger on in these isolated Jurassic Parks.
It seems certain Obama will sacrifice the anti-missile shield in Europe that would have been our defence against a nuclear Iran after the ayatollahs, with Russian help, emerge as potential vapourising agents of the infidel. The interceptor missiles do not even carry warheads: they rely on an impact at 14,900mph to destroy any incoming missile, so Russian hysteria about this “threat” is synthetic."
Obama may make Neville Chamberlain look Churchillesque in comparison.
Audit finds states using stimulus to stay afloat
Audit finds states using stimulus to stay afloat: "The Obama administration hoped spending $787 billion in stimulus would jump-start the economy, build new schools and usher in an era of education reform.
So far, government auditors say, many states are setting aside such grand plans and simply trying to stay afloat."
So the $trillion dollar porkulus bill that was supposed to create jobs has simply been sucked up by the same credit card spending on the state level that the feds have been doing on the national level?
No new jobs....?
And we still owe the $trillion?
Just great.......
So far, government auditors say, many states are setting aside such grand plans and simply trying to stay afloat."
So the $trillion dollar porkulus bill that was supposed to create jobs has simply been sucked up by the same credit card spending on the state level that the feds have been doing on the national level?
No new jobs....?
And we still owe the $trillion?
Just great.......
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
TheHill.com - Republican report puts blame for housing on Fannie, Freddie
TheHill.com - Republican report puts blame for housing on Fannie, Freddie: "“The housing bubble that burst in 2007 and led to a financial crisis can be traced back to the federal government intervention in the U.S. housing market intended to help provide home ownership opportunities for more Americans,” declares the first sentence of the GOP Oversight and Government Reform report."
Obama: Social Justice in Catholic Church Has Had 'Profound Influence' on Me
Obama: Social Justice in Catholic Church Has Had 'Profound Influence' on Me
"President Obama said the Catholic Church's long tradition of social justice has had a 'profound influence' on him -- just days before he is to meet with Pope Benedict XVI on his first trip to Italy."
"President Obama said the Catholic Church's long tradition of social justice has had a 'profound influence' on him -- just days before he is to meet with Pope Benedict XVI on his first trip to Italy."
American Thinker Blog: Just how naïve is President Obama?
American Thinker Blog: Just how naïve is President Obama?
"'U.S. President Barack Obama said July 7 that if Iran stops its nuclear weapon development program, the U.S, has no reason to develop a missile defense system, Interfax reported. Obama was speaking at the Russian School of Economics in Moscow.'
Is the President unaware that North Korea is a nuclear power, and produces long range missiles that it tests and delivers to other countries?
Are there no other threats from terror groups or nations, other than Iran for which an American missile defense mightbe useful?"
"'U.S. President Barack Obama said July 7 that if Iran stops its nuclear weapon development program, the U.S, has no reason to develop a missile defense system, Interfax reported. Obama was speaking at the Russian School of Economics in Moscow.'
Is the President unaware that North Korea is a nuclear power, and produces long range missiles that it tests and delivers to other countries?
Are there no other threats from terror groups or nations, other than Iran for which an American missile defense mightbe useful?"
EDITORIAL: Return of the Black Panther - Washington Times
EDITORIAL: Return of the Black Panther - Washington Times: "Rarely does the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights vote unanimously on anything.
A partisan divide has made the commission contentious in recent years. Yet the Department of Justice's decision to forfeit its voter-intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party and three individual defendants drew a 6-0 vote with one abstention by the commission. What unified the commission was outrage at the Justice Department for letting the Black Panthers off the hook."
A partisan divide has made the commission contentious in recent years. Yet the Department of Justice's decision to forfeit its voter-intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party and three individual defendants drew a 6-0 vote with one abstention by the commission. What unified the commission was outrage at the Justice Department for letting the Black Panthers off the hook."
I Still Hate You, Sarah Palin
I Still Hate You, Sarah Palin
"And so the word went out, from that time and place: Eviscerate Sarah Palin like one of her field-dressed moose. Turn her life upside down. Attack her politics, her background, her educational history. Attack her family. Make fun of her husband, her children. Unleash the noted gynecologist Andrew Sullivan to prove that Palin’s fifth child was really her grandchild. Hit her with everything we have: Maureen Dowd of the New York Times, taking a beer-run break from her quixotic search for Mr. Right to drip venom on Sister Sarah; post-funny comic David Letterman, to joke about her and her daughters on national television; Katie Couric, the anchor nobody watches, to give this Alaskan interloper a taste of life in the big leagues; former New York Times hack Todd “Mr. Dee Dee Myers” Purdum, to act as an instrument of Graydon Carter’s wrath at Vanity Fair. Heck, we even burned her church down. Even after the teleological triumph of The One, the assault had to continue, each blow delivered with our Lefty SneerTM (viz.: Donny Deutsch yesterday on Morning Joe), until Sarah was finished."
"And so the word went out, from that time and place: Eviscerate Sarah Palin like one of her field-dressed moose. Turn her life upside down. Attack her politics, her background, her educational history. Attack her family. Make fun of her husband, her children. Unleash the noted gynecologist Andrew Sullivan to prove that Palin’s fifth child was really her grandchild. Hit her with everything we have: Maureen Dowd of the New York Times, taking a beer-run break from her quixotic search for Mr. Right to drip venom on Sister Sarah; post-funny comic David Letterman, to joke about her and her daughters on national television; Katie Couric, the anchor nobody watches, to give this Alaskan interloper a taste of life in the big leagues; former New York Times hack Todd “Mr. Dee Dee Myers” Purdum, to act as an instrument of Graydon Carter’s wrath at Vanity Fair. Heck, we even burned her church down. Even after the teleological triumph of The One, the assault had to continue, each blow delivered with our Lefty SneerTM (viz.: Donny Deutsch yesterday on Morning Joe), until Sarah was finished."
CRACKING THE SOCIAL SECURITY CODE: The nation’s Social Security numbering system....
CRACKING THE SOCIAL SECURITY CODE:
The nation’s Social Security numbering system...... is an open book!
"I’m sure they’ll do a fine job of protecting your healthcare information, though."
The nation’s Social Security numbering system...... is an open book!
"I’m sure they’ll do a fine job of protecting your healthcare information, though."
Global Pensions-DISASTER!
Global Pensions
"Hungary’s pension system will be financially unsustainable in the coming weeks as the government has run out of money, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation"
"Hungary’s pension system will be financially unsustainable in the coming weeks as the government has run out of money, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation"
Dumbing-down the U.S. Navy
Dumbing-down the U.S. Navy
"According to Fleming, who once sat on the board of admissions, white applicants must have all As and Bs and test scores of at least 600 on the English and math parts of the SAT even to qualify for a 'slate' of 10 applicants, from which only one will be chosen.
However, if you check a box indicating you are African-American, Hispanic, Native American or Asian, writes Fleming, 'SAT scores to the mid 500s with quite a few Cs in classes ... typically produces a vote of 'qualified' ... with direct admission to Annapolis. They're in and given a pro forma nomination to make it legit.'
If true, the U.S. Naval Academy is running a two-tier admissions system of the kind that kept Jennifer Gratz out of the University of Michigan and was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
"According to Fleming, who once sat on the board of admissions, white applicants must have all As and Bs and test scores of at least 600 on the English and math parts of the SAT even to qualify for a 'slate' of 10 applicants, from which only one will be chosen.
However, if you check a box indicating you are African-American, Hispanic, Native American or Asian, writes Fleming, 'SAT scores to the mid 500s with quite a few Cs in classes ... typically produces a vote of 'qualified' ... with direct admission to Annapolis. They're in and given a pro forma nomination to make it legit.'
If true, the U.S. Naval Academy is running a two-tier admissions system of the kind that kept Jennifer Gratz out of the University of Michigan and was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
Monday, July 06, 2009
US lurching towards 'debt explosion' with long-term interest rates on course to double - Telegraph
US lurching towards 'debt explosion' with long-term interest rates on course to double - Telegraph: "In a 2003 paper, Thomas Laubach, the US Federal Reserve’s senior economist, calculated the impact on long-term interest rates of rising fiscal deficits and soaring national debt. Applying his assumptions to the recent spike in the US fiscal deficit and national debt, long-term interests rates will double from their current 3.5pc.
The impact would be devastating by making it punitively expensive to finance national borrowings and leading to what Tim Congdon, founder of Lombard Street Research, called a “debt explosion”."
The impact would be devastating by making it punitively expensive to finance national borrowings and leading to what Tim Congdon, founder of Lombard Street Research, called a “debt explosion”."
Grand Haven Board of Light and Power customers to pay new surcharge
Grand Haven Board of Light and Power customers to pay new surcharge
"The state's plan is aimed at public utilities meeting 1-percent energy savings starting in 2012.
The BLP worked with the Michigan Public Power Association to develop the plan.
The BLP's customers in the Grand Haven area will pay the surcharge based on a formula that translates to the average residential user paying an additional 83 cents per month.
'That's definitely manageable,' Molyneux said"
Manageable to whom?
$12 buck a year here and $12/yr there and it starts to add up.
This is your State of Michigan democrat eco-nuts at work folks!
"The state's plan is aimed at public utilities meeting 1-percent energy savings starting in 2012.
The BLP worked with the Michigan Public Power Association to develop the plan.
The BLP's customers in the Grand Haven area will pay the surcharge based on a formula that translates to the average residential user paying an additional 83 cents per month.
'That's definitely manageable,' Molyneux said"
Manageable to whom?
$12 buck a year here and $12/yr there and it starts to add up.
This is your State of Michigan democrat eco-nuts at work folks!
Nonunion Muskegon County Road Commission workers get raise
Nonunion Muskegon County Road Commission workers get raise
"Board members said they didn't need the extra money. They said the board is largely a voluntary role they enjoy, though they receive salaries between $3,500 and $7,000, depending on years of service.
'I don't need the extra money either,' Conrad said. 'I was just thinking about you guys.'
There was not a motion to include commissioners in the pay-raise package, and it did not come back up for further discussion.
Nevertheless, county commissioners in attendance, including James Derezinski, were not amused.
During a recent county board meeting, Derezinski asked whether the road commission has the authority to give itself a raise.
County Attorney Theodore Williams said that by state law the county board holds the power in granting raises to the road commission's board members."
Since when does "voluntary" mean $7 grand a year from the taxpayers of our pothole infested county?
And kudos to commissioner Derezinski for spotting and stopping Conrad's scam before it succeeded!
"Board members said they didn't need the extra money. They said the board is largely a voluntary role they enjoy, though they receive salaries between $3,500 and $7,000, depending on years of service.
'I don't need the extra money either,' Conrad said. 'I was just thinking about you guys.'
There was not a motion to include commissioners in the pay-raise package, and it did not come back up for further discussion.
Nevertheless, county commissioners in attendance, including James Derezinski, were not amused.
During a recent county board meeting, Derezinski asked whether the road commission has the authority to give itself a raise.
County Attorney Theodore Williams said that by state law the county board holds the power in granting raises to the road commission's board members."
Since when does "voluntary" mean $7 grand a year from the taxpayers of our pothole infested county?
And kudos to commissioner Derezinski for spotting and stopping Conrad's scam before it succeeded!
WZZM-TV13 (ABC), WWMT-TV3 (CBS), WOOD-TV8 (NBC) will begin to pool news video
WZZM-TV13 (ABC), WWMT-TV3 (CBS), WOOD-TV8 (NBC) will begin to pool news video
"Three of West Michigan's major TV network affiliates are launching a news sharing arrangement, it was announced today. The stations -- WOOD-TV8 (NBC), WWMT-TV3 (CBS) and WZZM-TV13 (ABC) -- cover the Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Battle Creek markets. The pooling does not include Grand Rapids-based WXMI-TV17 (Fox)."
Wow!
Single source news!
...sorta like single source health care?
Bloggers Unite!
"Three of West Michigan's major TV network affiliates are launching a news sharing arrangement, it was announced today. The stations -- WOOD-TV8 (NBC), WWMT-TV3 (CBS) and WZZM-TV13 (ABC) -- cover the Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Battle Creek markets. The pooling does not include Grand Rapids-based WXMI-TV17 (Fox)."
Wow!
Single source news!
...sorta like single source health care?
Bloggers Unite!
Changes likely in store for Muskegon Summer Celebration
Changes likely in store for Muskegon Summer Celebration
"The financially-troubled Muskegon Summer Celebration festival might have thrown its last party -- or at least its last 'Big Party,' anyway.
Festival officials on Sunday acknowledged preliminary figures don't look good."
"The financially-troubled Muskegon Summer Celebration festival might have thrown its last party -- or at least its last 'Big Party,' anyway.
Festival officials on Sunday acknowledged preliminary figures don't look good."
Total bummer!
Good luck MSC!
Clinic cuts a concern
Clinic cuts a concern
"Medicentres in and around Edmonton are closing their doors early, if they open them at all, leaving many sick and hurt people frustrated.
With only one doctor on, the Belmont clinic was forced to curtail its hours from the normal 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. stretch to 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Other centres -- from Jasper Avenue to Sherwood Park -- had phone messages and signs on doors informing would-be patients that 'due to a shortage of physicians' they would not open or they would close early."
"Medicentres in and around Edmonton are closing their doors early, if they open them at all, leaving many sick and hurt people frustrated.
With only one doctor on, the Belmont clinic was forced to curtail its hours from the normal 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. stretch to 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Other centres -- from Jasper Avenue to Sherwood Park -- had phone messages and signs on doors informing would-be patients that 'due to a shortage of physicians' they would not open or they would close early."
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