Left-Wing Terrorism Surges In Europe, As Governments Dismantle Social Safety Net
"Spain, Greece and Italy reported a total of 40 attacks by left-wing and anarchist groups for 2009.
This constitutes an increase of 43 % compared to 2008; the number of attacks more than doubled since 2007."
Monday, September 13, 2010
How ObamaCare Guts Medicare
Peter Ferrara and Larry Hunter: How ObamaCare Guts Medicare - WSJ.com
"In his analysis accompanying the recently released Annual Report of the Medicare Board of Trustees, Richard Foster, Medicare's chief actuary, noted that Medicare payment rates for doctors and hospitals serving seniors will be cut by 30% over the next three years.
Under the policies of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, by 2019 Medicare payment rates will be lower than under Medicaid."
"In his analysis accompanying the recently released Annual Report of the Medicare Board of Trustees, Richard Foster, Medicare's chief actuary, noted that Medicare payment rates for doctors and hospitals serving seniors will be cut by 30% over the next three years.
Under the policies of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, by 2019 Medicare payment rates will be lower than under Medicaid."
The Grand Valley State University energy center in Muskegon is getting out of fuel cell operations
The Grand Valley State University energy center in Muskegon is getting out of fuel cell operations MLive.com
"The 250-kilowatt fuel cell, which converts natural gas directly into electricity, can produce much more power than the energy center building needs.
It was purchased, along with a solar roof and a battery storage system, with a $3 million alternative energy grant from the Michigan Public Service Commission."
No problem!
It was paid for with "free money"!
"The 250-kilowatt fuel cell, which converts natural gas directly into electricity, can produce much more power than the energy center building needs.
It was purchased, along with a solar roof and a battery storage system, with a $3 million alternative energy grant from the Michigan Public Service Commission."
No problem!
It was paid for with "free money"!
Michigan budget deal for 2011
Michigan budget deal for 2011 [Mackinac Center]
"with the end of federal stimulus subsidies, revenue projections for the following fiscal year fall off a cliff.
The early retirement pension boost — similar to one already adopted for public school employees earlier this year — is essentially a one-time gimmick that at least in part steals from future taxpayers so that current legislators can spend more today."
"with the end of federal stimulus subsidies, revenue projections for the following fiscal year fall off a cliff.
The early retirement pension boost — similar to one already adopted for public school employees earlier this year — is essentially a one-time gimmick that at least in part steals from future taxpayers so that current legislators can spend more today."
Doomsday warnings of US apocalypse gain ground
Doomsday warnings of US apocalypse gain ground
"'The US has run out of bullets,' Roubini told an economic forum in Italy earlier this month.
"Any shock at this point can tip you back into recession.'"
"'The US has run out of bullets,' Roubini told an economic forum in Italy earlier this month.
"Any shock at this point can tip you back into recession.'"
Sunday, September 12, 2010
AUSTRALIAN LAW PROFESSOR SMOKES KORAN IN A JOINT.
AUSTRALIAN LAW PROFESSOR SMOKES KORAN IN A JOINT.
"a University of Queensland academic has posted an internet video of himself using a page from the Muslim holy book to roll and smoke what appears to be a joint"
Wow dude...what a rush....and it helps me with my pain.....dude....
"a University of Queensland academic has posted an internet video of himself using a page from the Muslim holy book to roll and smoke what appears to be a joint"
Wow dude...what a rush....and it helps me with my pain.....dude....
Big party week for the Obamas
Big party week for the Obamas - TheHill.com
"President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama have a packed social schedule this week, with two major galas and a reception for college athletes."
And the sucka was too busy to show up at Ground Zero on 9-11........
"President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama have a packed social schedule this week, with two major galas and a reception for college athletes."
And the sucka was too busy to show up at Ground Zero on 9-11........
Barack Obama is the most antibusiness president in a generation, perhaps in American history.
Forbes.com - Magazine Article
"Barack Obama is the most antibusiness president in a generation, perhaps in American history.
Thanks to him the era of big government is back.
Obama runs up taxpayer debt not in the billions but in the trillions.
He has expanded the federal government's control over home mortgages, investment banking, health care, autos and energy.
The Weekly Standard summarizes Obama's approach as omnipotence at home, impotence abroad."
"Barack Obama is the most antibusiness president in a generation, perhaps in American history.
Thanks to him the era of big government is back.
Obama runs up taxpayer debt not in the billions but in the trillions.
He has expanded the federal government's control over home mortgages, investment banking, health care, autos and energy.
The Weekly Standard summarizes Obama's approach as omnipotence at home, impotence abroad."
Imagining Islam
Imagining Islam - Article - National Review Online
"Such an Islam, over nine long years, would have risen up and made itself heard.
It would have identified by name and condemned with moral outrage the imposters purporting to act in its name.
It would have honored America’s sacrifice of blood and treasure in the liberation of oppressed Muslim peoples.
It would have said “thank you” to our troops.
It would have joined America, without ambiguity or hesitation, in crushing terror networks and dismantling the regimes that abet them.
It would not have needed trillion-dollar American investments to forge democracies; it would naturally have adopted democracy on its own."
It has done nothing other than support the Ground Zero mosque and accusing those who oppose it of racism and islamaphobia.
"Such an Islam, over nine long years, would have risen up and made itself heard.
It would have identified by name and condemned with moral outrage the imposters purporting to act in its name.
It would have honored America’s sacrifice of blood and treasure in the liberation of oppressed Muslim peoples.
It would have said “thank you” to our troops.
It would have joined America, without ambiguity or hesitation, in crushing terror networks and dismantling the regimes that abet them.
It would not have needed trillion-dollar American investments to forge democracies; it would naturally have adopted democracy on its own."
It has done nothing other than support the Ground Zero mosque and accusing those who oppose it of racism and islamaphobia.
US state steps in to meet city’s debt cost
FT.com / US / Economy & Fed - US state steps in to meet city’s debt cost
"The state of Pennsylvania has stepped in to help its capital city Harrisburg avoid a default by advancing next year’s state aid so that the money can be used to make a $3.3m bond interest payment due this week.
On Sunday, Ed Rendell, the governor of Pennsylvania, announced a $4.3m cash transfer and said missing the bond payment was “not an option”."
The collapse is coming!
"The state of Pennsylvania has stepped in to help its capital city Harrisburg avoid a default by advancing next year’s state aid so that the money can be used to make a $3.3m bond interest payment due this week.
On Sunday, Ed Rendell, the governor of Pennsylvania, announced a $4.3m cash transfer and said missing the bond payment was “not an option”."
The collapse is coming!
Bribing the public with the public's money | Washington Examiner
Examiner Editorial: Bribing the public with the public's money Washington Examiner
"as government control and dependency increases, American competitiveness at home and abroad decreases.
The United States was ranked No. 1 by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum in 2008, but slipped to second place last year and is now fourth -- behind Switzerland, Sweden and Singapore.
In his 1835 classic 'Democracy in America,' Alexis de Tocqueville prophetically warned, 'The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.'
Now that the politicians have made that discovery, the issue is what will the public do about it this November."
"as government control and dependency increases, American competitiveness at home and abroad decreases.
The United States was ranked No. 1 by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum in 2008, but slipped to second place last year and is now fourth -- behind Switzerland, Sweden and Singapore.
In his 1835 classic 'Democracy in America,' Alexis de Tocqueville prophetically warned, 'The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.'
Now that the politicians have made that discovery, the issue is what will the public do about it this November."
Mich. child care workers sue to break from union
My Way News - Mich. child care workers sue to break from union
"Peggy Mashke tends to 12 children for 12 hours a day at her home, so she was surprised to get a letter welcoming her to the United Auto Workers union.
'I thought it was a joke,' said Mashke, 50, of northern Michigan's Ogemaw County.
'I work out of my home.
I'm not an auto worker.
How can I become a member of the UAW?
I didn't get it.'
Willing or not, Mashke and 40,000 other at-home providers are members of a labor partnership that represents people across Michigan who watch children from low-income families.
Two unions receive 1.15 percent of the state subsidies granted to those providers, or more than $1 million a year."
"Peggy Mashke tends to 12 children for 12 hours a day at her home, so she was surprised to get a letter welcoming her to the United Auto Workers union.
'I thought it was a joke,' said Mashke, 50, of northern Michigan's Ogemaw County.
'I work out of my home.
I'm not an auto worker.
How can I become a member of the UAW?
I didn't get it.'
Willing or not, Mashke and 40,000 other at-home providers are members of a labor partnership that represents people across Michigan who watch children from low-income families.
Two unions receive 1.15 percent of the state subsidies granted to those providers, or more than $1 million a year."
Thomas Edison, You're Under Arrest
Thomas Edison, You're Under Arrest - IBD - Investors.com
"Eco-Extremism: A light bulb factory closes in Virginia as mandated fluorescents are made in China. It's now a crime to make or ship for sale 75-watt incandescent bulbs in the European Union. Welcome to green hell."
"Eco-Extremism: A light bulb factory closes in Virginia as mandated fluorescents are made in China. It's now a crime to make or ship for sale 75-watt incandescent bulbs in the European Union. Welcome to green hell."
Bed Bug Registry - Check Apartments and Hotels Across North America
Bed Bug Registry - Check Apartments and Hotels Across North America
"The Bed Bug Registry is a free, public database of user-submitted bed bug reports from across the United States and Canada."
"The Bed Bug Registry is a free, public database of user-submitted bed bug reports from across the United States and Canada."
GOP tries to take out tea party-backed candidate
My Way News - GOP tries to take out tea party-backed candidate
"'She's not a viable candidate for any office in the state of Delaware,' said the state party chairman, Tom Ross, who is backing Castle. 'She could not be elected dog catcher.'"
This drivel, from the Delaware GOP chairman.
"'She's not a viable candidate for any office in the state of Delaware,' said the state party chairman, Tom Ross, who is backing Castle. 'She could not be elected dog catcher.'"
This drivel, from the Delaware GOP chairman.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
US poverty on track to post record gain in 2009
US poverty on track to post record gain in 2009
"The number of people in the U.S. who are in poverty is on track for a record increase on President Barack Obama's watch, with the ranks of working-age poor approaching 1960s levels that led to the national war on poverty."
I remember 2007, when the democrats took over congress, things were pretty good.
Nice work Barry Hussein O'Carter.
"The number of people in the U.S. who are in poverty is on track for a record increase on President Barack Obama's watch, with the ranks of working-age poor approaching 1960s levels that led to the national war on poverty."
I remember 2007, when the democrats took over congress, things were pretty good.
Nice work Barry Hussein O'Carter.
The Nanny State Has Blown the Bank
RealClearPolitics - The Nanny State Has Blown the Bank
"I'm still trying to imagine the scenario in which this ends well. (Give me more time!)
The closest thing I can see to hope is currently invested in the tea party movement of the U.S. Notwithstanding the slanders heaped upon it, this movement is good-willed, riot-free, indeed situationally non-urban, and under the leadership of basically sane people.
Of course, there is no guarantee that any movement devoted to genuine political change can remain so, under the inevitable provocations.
But something must be done, and here is the closest thing, anywhere in the West, to a political movement committed to the only measure that can possibly save us from riding over that cliff."
"I'm still trying to imagine the scenario in which this ends well. (Give me more time!)
The closest thing I can see to hope is currently invested in the tea party movement of the U.S. Notwithstanding the slanders heaped upon it, this movement is good-willed, riot-free, indeed situationally non-urban, and under the leadership of basically sane people.
Of course, there is no guarantee that any movement devoted to genuine political change can remain so, under the inevitable provocations.
But something must be done, and here is the closest thing, anywhere in the West, to a political movement committed to the only measure that can possibly save us from riding over that cliff."
Righthaven Lawsuits: A Chilling Effect on the Blogosphere?
Righthaven Lawsuits: A Chilling Effect on the Blogosphere? - Big Journalism
"The Las Vegas Review-Journal has contracted with a company called Righthaven.
Righthaven sues web sites that they say are violating the copyright laws by sharing the R-J stories.
No warning, no request to take down the material, no shot across the bow—it’s nuclear right out of the box.
Virtually every other newspaper across the country asks “offending” web sites to just take down the material, and lawsuits are used only as a last resort."
"The Las Vegas Review-Journal has contracted with a company called Righthaven.
Righthaven sues web sites that they say are violating the copyright laws by sharing the R-J stories.
No warning, no request to take down the material, no shot across the bow—it’s nuclear right out of the box.
Virtually every other newspaper across the country asks “offending” web sites to just take down the material, and lawsuits are used only as a last resort."
Friday, September 10, 2010
Quote of the Day
CARPE DIEM: Quote of the Day
"'A man who chooses between drinking a glass of milk and a glass of a solution of potassium cyanide does not choose between two beverages; he chooses between life and death.
A society that chooses between capitalism and socialism does not choose between two social systems; it chooses between social cooperation and the disintegration of society.
Socialism is not an alternative to capitalism; it is an alternative to any system under which men can live as human beings.'"
"'A man who chooses between drinking a glass of milk and a glass of a solution of potassium cyanide does not choose between two beverages; he chooses between life and death.
A society that chooses between capitalism and socialism does not choose between two social systems; it chooses between social cooperation and the disintegration of society.
Socialism is not an alternative to capitalism; it is an alternative to any system under which men can live as human beings.'"
Monica Conyers behind bars in W.Va prison camp
Monica Conyers behind bars in W.Va prison camp freep.com Detroit Free Press
"Conyers, federal inmate No. 43693-039, self-surrendered at roughly 1:40 p.m. at the Alderson Federal Prison Camp"
"Conyers, federal inmate No. 43693-039, self-surrendered at roughly 1:40 p.m. at the Alderson Federal Prison Camp"
New GM CEO's pay package worth $9 million
New GM CEO's pay package worth $9 million - Yahoo! News
"New General Motors Co. CEO Daniel Akerson will get the same $9 million pay package as the man he replaced, Ed Whitacre."
Chairman Barry still approves the free jets for car execs?
"New General Motors Co. CEO Daniel Akerson will get the same $9 million pay package as the man he replaced, Ed Whitacre."
Chairman Barry still approves the free jets for car execs?
Muskegon Heights' old Roosevelt Elementary School may graduate from retirement to new role: reading center
Muskegon Heights' old Roosevelt Elementary School may graduate from retirement to new role: reading center MLive.com
"The building that housed the former Roosevelt Elementary School in Muskegon Heights might see new life as an after-school reading center.
That's the plan being developed by school officials who see a crucial need to increase reading proficiency among all students, said Muskegon Heights Superintendent Dana Bryant."
If our current schools aren't teaching reading.....well what the heck are they doing?
And why put the same non-teachers in charge of doing the same job they admit they have already failed at?
"It's for the children" just doesn't cut it anymore!
We all know it's "FOR THE TEACHERS" and screw the kids.
"The building that housed the former Roosevelt Elementary School in Muskegon Heights might see new life as an after-school reading center.
That's the plan being developed by school officials who see a crucial need to increase reading proficiency among all students, said Muskegon Heights Superintendent Dana Bryant."
If our current schools aren't teaching reading.....well what the heck are they doing?
And why put the same non-teachers in charge of doing the same job they admit they have already failed at?
"It's for the children" just doesn't cut it anymore!
We all know it's "FOR THE TEACHERS" and screw the kids.
Lumberjacks' No. 2 draft pick Joe Cox verbally commits to Michigan State
Lumberjacks' No. 2 draft pick Joe Cox verbally commits to Michigan State MLive.com
"Joe Cox, the Muskegon Lumberjacks’ second selection in the United States Hockey League’s futures draft, has made a verbal commitment to play for the Michigan State Spartans."
"Joe Cox, the Muskegon Lumberjacks’ second selection in the United States Hockey League’s futures draft, has made a verbal commitment to play for the Michigan State Spartans."
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Column of Molten Rock Found Under Yellowstone
FOXNews.com - Column of Molten Rock Found Under Yellowstone
"perhaps shed light on some larger mysteries. 'If you look at the mass extinctions on Earth,' Camp said, 'we think that a few may have been associated with eruptions from mantle plumes.'"
"perhaps shed light on some larger mysteries. 'If you look at the mass extinctions on Earth,' Camp said, 'we think that a few may have been associated with eruptions from mantle plumes.'"
South Dakota Flex-Fuel Vehicles Test Lower Ethanol Blend
KELOLAND.com South Dakota Flex-Fuel Vehicles Test Lower Ethanol Blend
"Although E-85 was 23 cents per gallon cheaper than the standard 10 percent ethanol blend, tests showed that the 23 percent decrease in gas mileage negated the cost savings."
Interesting that the state government figured this out.
"Although E-85 was 23 cents per gallon cheaper than the standard 10 percent ethanol blend, tests showed that the 23 percent decrease in gas mileage negated the cost savings."
Interesting that the state government figured this out.
San Francisco County Jail installs condom machines for inmates -
San Francisco County Jail installs condom machines for inmates -
"San Francisco County Jail has installed 16 condom machines for the 75- inmates at its San Bruno lockup,"
16 machines for 75 inmates?
"San Francisco County Jail has installed 16 condom machines for the 75- inmates at its San Bruno lockup,"
16 machines for 75 inmates?
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