Warbird carrying Texas First Lady experiences landing gear failure

Channel 6 News » Plane carrying Texas First Lady experiences landing gear failure
 "'[The aircraft] experienced a landing gear malfunction while taxiing for takeoff at the Jardin Ranch, north of Laredo,' the statement said.
'The aircraft reached the end of the runway where the front landing gear collapsed, causing the right engine to catch fire.'"

Thankfully, all were safe as was the B-25 Mitchell bomber.
Our "Yankee Warrior" has had no such events...lately!

Obama's NCAA picks falter during tourney's second weekend

Obama's NCAA picks falter during tourney's second weekend - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room "After crushing the competition for the first week of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, President Obama's bracket is starting to resemble those of fans across the nation: busted." Funny how everything seems to go to hell at the same time.....

Snyder's sagging agenda

Snyder's sagging agenda themichiganview.com The Michigan View "By proposing a flat tax that did not significantly lower the income tax rate or pare public employee union excess - while targeting the pension tax break of a politically-powerful seniors lobby - the Guv made a crucial political mistake. As a result, Snyder finds himself fighting his own party. Contrast that with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker who successfully rallied his Republican base for his reforms."

High-Tech Flirting Turns Explicit, Altering Young Lives

High-Tech Flirting Turns Explicit, Altering Young Lives - NYTimes.com “Having a naked picture of your significant other on your cellphone is an advertisement that you’re sexually active to a degree that gives you status,” said Rick Peters, a senior deputy prosecuting attorney for Thurston County, which includes Lacey. “It’s an electronic hickey.”"

Chinese students enrolling in U.S. colleges in record numbers

Chinese students enrolling in U.S. colleges in record numbers - Chicago Sun-Times "That team is now ranked 16th in the country, ahead of much larger schools like Penn State and Michigan State." With the enormous amount of government money funnelled into our colleges/universities why are we allowing foreigners to sop up our scarce tax dollars with subsidized education?

UAW protest in Detroit shuts down bank branch for 30 minutes

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At the end of the UAW's three-day bargaining convention in Detroit, union President Bob King led more than 100 members into the Bank of America branch in downtown Detroit and shut down its operations for about 30 minutes.

That's gonna bring new businesses to Detroit...right....
It's like Detroit is a giant magnet attracting morons, crooks and communists to the once great city.

Air raids force Gadhafi retreat, rebels seize east

My Way News - Air raids force Gadhafi retreat, rebels seize east
"'We're succeeding in our mission,' Obama said in a radio and Internet address.
'So make no mistake, because we acted quickly, a humanitarian catastrophe has been avoided and the lives of countless civilians - innocent men, women and children - have been saved.'"

Is our incursion simply extending the horror of war in Libya?

Hughes invites local residents to office hours

White Lake Beacon - Whitehall and Montague, Michigan
"State Rep. Holly Hughes (R-Montague) is hosting 91st District office hours in April at locations in Whitehall and Muskegon to give constituents convenient opportunities to meet with her locally.

Hughes is available to meet with residents on Monday, April 18, in Whitehall and Friday, April 22, in Muskegon at the following times and locations:

• April 18- 10-11 a.m.- Gary’s Restaurant- 906 E. Colby Street, Whitehall.
• April 18- 1:30- 2:30 p.m. - Pekadill’s Lunch- 503 S. Mears Street, Whitehall.

• April 22- 8-9:00 a.m. - Toast n Jam - 3462 Henry Street, Muskegon.
• April 22- 1-2 p.m.- Russ’ Restaurant- 3225 Henry Street, Muskegon"

Better late than never.......

There May Not Always Be An England

Power Line - There May Not Always Be An England
"Their rationale was as dumb as you would expect:

Sally Mason, one of the protesters who occupied the store, said: 'Fortnum & Mason is a symbol of wealth and greed.
It is where the Royal Family and the super-rich do their weekly shop and a picnic hamper costs £25,000.

'This sits in stark contrast to everyone else who is struggling to make ends meet, fill in their tax returns and benefit forms and facing huge student debts, unemployment and the closure or dismantling of local services such as the NHS, libraries and leisure centres.'"

Oddly, It’s the Bricks That Make Butler Basketball Special

Oddly, It’s the Bricks That Make Butler Basketball Special - NYTimes.com
"Down the concourse, Coach Brad Stevens sat inside a windowless office, about the size of a bedroom.

He played basketball at DePauw and slid immediately into a marketing job with Eli Lilly and Company.

About a year into a promising career, Stevens decided to follow his heart toward coaching.

He started as a volunteer in Butler’s basketball offices and was the coordinator of basketball operations under Thad Matta, now the Ohio State coach.

In 2001, he became an assistant the next season under Todd Lickliter, who left in 2007 to take the coaching job at Iowa. (He was fired Monday.)"

US National Anthem by the Academy Choirs

The Real Shirley Sherrod Scandal

The Real Shirley Sherrod Scandal (TONIGHT On Fox News at 10PM ET) « John Stossel
"Want to get a check from the government for $50,000?
If you’re black and willing to say you once “attempted to farm,” the money could be yours."

Earth Hour in London

Earth Hour in London - By Mark Steyn - The Corner - National Review Online
If Earth Hour is indeed a celebration of “ignorance, poverty and backwardness“, then all three made great strides in London today.
The collapse of the Entitlement State is not going to be pretty.

GE’s Scandalous Tax Breaks Are Rooted in Politics

GE’s Scandalous Tax Breaks Are Rooted in Politics BNET
"It’s tax bill for the year? $0.00.

Over the last three years, GE’s effective tax rate — how much it actually pays the feds — is a minuscule 3.6 percent.

By the way, since 2002 the “imagination at work” company has put its thinking cap on and cut 20 percent of its domestic work force, while shipping thousands of jobs overseas"

Media Matters plots “guerrilla warfare and sabotage” against Fox?

Media Matters plots “guerrilla warfare and sabotage” against Fox? « Hot Air
"The liberal group Media Matters has quietly transformed itself in preparation for what its founder, David Brock, described in an interview as an all-out campaign of “guerrilla warfare and sabotage” aimed at the Fox News Channel."

Pic of the day: Detroit's Population 1910 To Present Day

theblogprof: Pic of the day: Detroit's Population 1910 To Present Day
"So what happened?
Right after that peak in the 1950s liberalism took hold of the city and like a cancer has been metastasizing ever since.
Will the ruling class in Detroit notice?

In short, no.

They are, after all, part of the problem.

Case in point: Detroit Mayor Dave Bing: I'm going to confront reality, and start by challenging census numbers and then counting criminals in jail outside Detroit as Detroit residents to artificially inflate population numbers so we can keep taxes high"

Top 10 Physically Modified People in the World

Top 10 Physically Modified People in the World

"comments" gone again...weird.....Lansing Sexton overpowers Muskegon Heights, 75-60, to win the Class B boys basketball state championship

Lansing Sexton overpowers Muskegon Heights, 75-60, to win the Class B boys basketball state championship - MLive.com

Muskegon Heights past Dowagiac-very strange

Deontae Hudson scores 31 to lead Muskegon Heights past Dowagiac and into Class B state championship game - MLive.com

MLive has disabled the "comments" button for this story.
Hmmmmm

Butler mascot remains banned from NCAA tournament but could appear at Final Four

Butler mascot remains banned from NCAA tournament but could appear at Final Four - ESPN
"Butler's bulldog will be impounded again next weekend.
School officials say Blue II will not travel to New Orleans, where the men's basketball team faces fourth-seeded Wisconsin in Thursday's regional semifinals.

NCAA officials banned live mascots from this weekend's games, saying there was not enough space and because of the quick turnarounds for other events in those arenas.
The NCAA says it may give Blue II an exemption if Butler makes it back to the Final Four in Houston."