Great Lakes residents clash over water levels | MLive.com
Now, U.S. and Canadian officials are considering an audacious and costly effort to control the freshwater seas' ups and downs in a way they never have before.
This ought to scare EVERYONE in W. Michigan!
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
EV firm files for bankruptcy, lays off 50 Oak Park workers
EV firm files for bankruptcy, lays off 50 Oak Park workers | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com
The company halted production of the Transit EV Monday and said it's not sure when it might be able to restart production — or if it will permanently end production.
The company has produced about 500 EV Ford Transit
The company halted production of the Transit EV Monday and said it's not sure when it might be able to restart production — or if it will permanently end production.
The company has produced about 500 EV Ford Transit
Global Warming Models Are Wrong Again
William Happer: Global Warming Models Are Wrong Again - WSJ.com
What is happening to global temperatures in reality?
The answer is: almost nothing for more than 10 years.
Monthly values of the global temperature anomaly of the lower atmosphere, compiled at the University of Alabama from NASA satellite data, can be found at the website http://www.drroyspencer.com/latest-global-temperatures/.
The latest (February 2012) monthly global temperature anomaly for the lower atmosphere was minus 0.12 degrees Celsius, slightly less than the average since the satellite record of temperatures began in 1979.
The lack of any statistically significant warming for over a decade has made it more difficult for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and its supporters to demonize the atmospheric gas CO2 which is released when fossil fuels are burned.
What is happening to global temperatures in reality?
The answer is: almost nothing for more than 10 years.
Monthly values of the global temperature anomaly of the lower atmosphere, compiled at the University of Alabama from NASA satellite data, can be found at the website http://www.drroyspencer.com/latest-global-temperatures/.
The latest (February 2012) monthly global temperature anomaly for the lower atmosphere was minus 0.12 degrees Celsius, slightly less than the average since the satellite record of temperatures began in 1979.
The lack of any statistically significant warming for over a decade has made it more difficult for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and its supporters to demonize the atmospheric gas CO2 which is released when fossil fuels are burned.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Special incentives on top of retirement deal made pensions even sweeter for top Ficano aides
Special incentives on top of retirement deal made pensions even sweeter for top Ficano aides | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
Less than two months after cutting union workers' pay by 20%, Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano offered retirement incentives to about 200 appointees last year estimated to cost the county's cash-strapped pension fund as much as $44.6 million.
And for a small group of insiders -- all in their early 40s -- the offer was even better. Three of Ficano's closest and highest-paid aides at the time -- Azzam Elder, Turkia Awada Mullin and Matthew Schenk -- had special deals that made their pensions even sweeter. And like the other appointees, all would get lifetime medical insurance.
The three had letters promising to boost their retirements by including generous severance payments into their final pension calculation.
Schenk acknowledged that provision "looks bad,"
Less than two months after cutting union workers' pay by 20%, Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano offered retirement incentives to about 200 appointees last year estimated to cost the county's cash-strapped pension fund as much as $44.6 million.
And for a small group of insiders -- all in their early 40s -- the offer was even better. Three of Ficano's closest and highest-paid aides at the time -- Azzam Elder, Turkia Awada Mullin and Matthew Schenk -- had special deals that made their pensions even sweeter. And like the other appointees, all would get lifetime medical insurance.
The three had letters promising to boost their retirements by including generous severance payments into their final pension calculation.
Schenk acknowledged that provision "looks bad,"
A123 Systems to spend $55M to replace defective battery packs from Michigan
A123 Systems to spend $55M to replace defective battery packs from Michigan | MLive.com
A123 most recently made headlines for its nearly $260 million loss in 2011 and a Fisker Karma, which the company supplies the battery for, dying during testing by Consumer Reports.
A123 most recently made headlines for its nearly $260 million loss in 2011 and a Fisker Karma, which the company supplies the battery for, dying during testing by Consumer Reports.
Take our poll: What quality do you look for in a candidate?
Take our poll: What quality do you look for in a candidate? | MLive.com
Muskegon Chronicle asks the question!
My response:
"The one major (certainly not the only) quality needed at the county level is courage to say, out loud, the truth.
Our county has grown a $100 million debt in the last 10 years, given new iPads to each commissioner(with free internet connection), crammed through a $2.35 million "loan" to Brookhaven with no public notice and made promises to employees that can NOT be fulfilled without tax increases to the taxpaying public and businesses.
Yet, when citizens and the only brave commissioner, Alan Jager, ask for time to understand big spending bills before the votes, he is outvoted by EVERYONE.
The citizens are simple dismissed with silence.
It is the spending and the lack of transparency that is sinking our county.
And few have the courage to tell the people.
We need a few brave men and women!"
Muskegon Chronicle asks the question!
My response:
"The one major (certainly not the only) quality needed at the county level is courage to say, out loud, the truth.
Our county has grown a $100 million debt in the last 10 years, given new iPads to each commissioner(with free internet connection), crammed through a $2.35 million "loan" to Brookhaven with no public notice and made promises to employees that can NOT be fulfilled without tax increases to the taxpaying public and businesses.
Yet, when citizens and the only brave commissioner, Alan Jager, ask for time to understand big spending bills before the votes, he is outvoted by EVERYONE.
The citizens are simple dismissed with silence.
It is the spending and the lack of transparency that is sinking our county.
And few have the courage to tell the people.
We need a few brave men and women!"
President Obama Asks Medvedev for ‘Space’ on Missile Defense — ‘After My Election I Have More Flexibility’
President Obama Asks Medvedev for ‘Space’ on Missile Defense — ‘After My Election I Have More Flexibility’ - ABC News
President Obama: This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility.
President Medvedev: I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir.
What's more amazing?
The "president's" duplicity or the fact that ABC is airing the video?
President Obama: This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility.
President Medvedev: I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir.
What's more amazing?
The "president's" duplicity or the fact that ABC is airing the video?
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Dude, Where’s My Hate Crime?
The PJ Tatler » Dude, Where’s My Hate Crime?
Dude, Where’s My Hate Crime?
Since the country is busy condemning whites for the shooting of a black kid by a Hispanic man, you may have missed this story — admittedly a few weeks old–tucked neatly into a corner of the New York Daily News:
A 13-year-old boy who police say was doused with gasoline and lit on fire last week while walking home from school is recovering from first-degree burns to his face and head.
The boy was just two blocks from his home in Kansas City Tuesday when two teenagers began to follow him and then attacked him, his mother, Melissa Coon, said.
Police have described the suspects as black 16-year-olds, while the victim is white.
According to the report, while setting the kid on fire, the teens said, “This is what you deserve.
You get what you deserve, white boy.”
I am not exaggerating when I say that there was not a word about this story in the national press.
I searched, and the only stories I could find were the write up in the Daily News mentioned above and, oddly, a story in the Daily Mail, a British paper.
Nothing from the New York Times, AP, Reuters, UPI, etc.
If any reader can produce a story about this sadistic attack that was actually published or mentioned in a national outlet, let me know.
I’m only human; I may have missed it.
I welcome being proved wrong about this, because I’m about ready to fold up my tent, quit civilization, and go find myself a comfy cave in Borneo to live in.
This country is, like a bad calculus problem, rapidly approaching zero.
Dude, Where’s My Hate Crime?
Since the country is busy condemning whites for the shooting of a black kid by a Hispanic man, you may have missed this story — admittedly a few weeks old–tucked neatly into a corner of the New York Daily News:
A 13-year-old boy who police say was doused with gasoline and lit on fire last week while walking home from school is recovering from first-degree burns to his face and head.
The boy was just two blocks from his home in Kansas City Tuesday when two teenagers began to follow him and then attacked him, his mother, Melissa Coon, said.
Police have described the suspects as black 16-year-olds, while the victim is white.
According to the report, while setting the kid on fire, the teens said, “This is what you deserve.
You get what you deserve, white boy.”
I am not exaggerating when I say that there was not a word about this story in the national press.
I searched, and the only stories I could find were the write up in the Daily News mentioned above and, oddly, a story in the Daily Mail, a British paper.
Nothing from the New York Times, AP, Reuters, UPI, etc.
If any reader can produce a story about this sadistic attack that was actually published or mentioned in a national outlet, let me know.
I’m only human; I may have missed it.
I welcome being proved wrong about this, because I’m about ready to fold up my tent, quit civilization, and go find myself a comfy cave in Borneo to live in.
This country is, like a bad calculus problem, rapidly approaching zero.
$2.3 million just poofed? EyeOnMuskegon Sunday 3-25-2012
EyeOnMuskegon: $2.3 million just poofed? EyeOnMuskegon Sunday 3-25-2012
$2.3 million just poofed?
EyeOnMuskegon Sunday 3-25-2012
We've got Muskegon Comical and ex-Muskegon Chronicle columnist Tracy Lorenz as our co-host and special guest Muskegon County commissioner Alan Jager on this Sunday morning from 8:30-10:00am on 1090AM, WKBZ.
You can also listen live at http://www.newstalk1090.com/main.html.
Among other issues, we'll try to figure out why the county just had to loan Brookhaven Medical Care (nursing home) $2.3 million!
Talk to ya at 8:30am Sunday!
Jim
$2.3 million just poofed?
EyeOnMuskegon Sunday 3-25-2012
We've got Muskegon Comical and ex-Muskegon Chronicle columnist Tracy Lorenz as our co-host and special guest Muskegon County commissioner Alan Jager on this Sunday morning from 8:30-10:00am on 1090AM, WKBZ.
You can also listen live at http://www.newstalk1090.com/main.html.
Among other issues, we'll try to figure out why the county just had to loan Brookhaven Medical Care (nursing home) $2.3 million!
Talk to ya at 8:30am Sunday!
Jim
Is There An Imposter In The White House? An Excerpt from "Hope Is Not A Strategy"
Is There An Imposter In The White House? An Excerpt from "Hope Is Not A Strategy" - Forbes
There is something very wrong when the sitting president refuses to divulge huge pieces of information about his background.
What is he hiding?
Maybe the “birthers” were a little extreme, but is there something wrong with this “manufactured candidate,” whose history remains sealed from public view?
What is he hiding?
There is something very wrong when the sitting president refuses to divulge huge pieces of information about his background.
What is he hiding?
Maybe the “birthers” were a little extreme, but is there something wrong with this “manufactured candidate,” whose history remains sealed from public view?
What is he hiding?
Tungsten-Filled 1 Kilo Gold Bar Found In The UK
Tungsten-Filled 1 Kilo Gold Bar Found In The UK | ZeroHedge
The reason the bar attracted attention is that it was 2 grams underweight.
Upon cropping it was uncovered that about 30-40% of the bar weight was tungsten.
So two documented incidents in two years: isolated?
Or indication of the same phenomonenon of precious metal debasement that marked the declining phase of the Roman empire.
Only then it was relatively public for anyone who cared to find out on their own.
Now, with the bulk of popular physical gold held in top secret, private warehouses around the world, where it allegedly backs the balance sheets of the world's central banks, yet nobody can confirm its existence, nor audit the actual gold content, it is understandable why increasingly more are wondering: just how much gold is there?
The reason the bar attracted attention is that it was 2 grams underweight.
Upon cropping it was uncovered that about 30-40% of the bar weight was tungsten.
So two documented incidents in two years: isolated?
Or indication of the same phenomonenon of precious metal debasement that marked the declining phase of the Roman empire.
Only then it was relatively public for anyone who cared to find out on their own.
Now, with the bulk of popular physical gold held in top secret, private warehouses around the world, where it allegedly backs the balance sheets of the world's central banks, yet nobody can confirm its existence, nor audit the actual gold content, it is understandable why increasingly more are wondering: just how much gold is there?
Muskegon school board approves new elementary sex ed curriculum
Muskegon school board approves new elementary sex ed curriculum | MLive.com
The new curriculum expands the information provided to fourth- and fifth-graders to include sexual intercourse and homosexuality.
The new curriculum expands the information provided to fourth- and fifth-graders to include sexual intercourse and homosexuality.
BREAKING NEWS: Michigan Senate Stops Home Health Care 'Dues Skim'
BREAKING NEWS: Michigan Senate Stops Home Health Care 'Dues Skim' [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
The “home health care dues skim” resulted from a union scheme perpetrated while Jennifer Granholm was governor.
The plan used a dummy employer and a stealth election to railroad 43,729 so-called home health care workers into the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
That 43,729 has now swollen to 60,190.
Once this “forced unionization” was achieved, money started being extracted from the taxpayer-provided checks received by the so-called “home health care workers.”
This money continues to be sent to SEIU as dues.
Overall, the “skim” has netted more than $29 million for the SEIU.
The “home health care dues skim” resulted from a union scheme perpetrated while Jennifer Granholm was governor.
The plan used a dummy employer and a stealth election to railroad 43,729 so-called home health care workers into the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
That 43,729 has now swollen to 60,190.
Once this “forced unionization” was achieved, money started being extracted from the taxpayer-provided checks received by the so-called “home health care workers.”
This money continues to be sent to SEIU as dues.
Overall, the “skim” has netted more than $29 million for the SEIU.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Michigan ranks among worst states for political financing transparency and accountability
Michigan ranks among worst states for political financing transparency and accountability | MLive.com
But on a statewide level, interest seems to have waned in the past decade, said Frank Kelley, a former Michigan attorney general who sits on the State Ethics Board.
He blames that on the shrinking capitol press corps.
Without media scrutiny and pressure for disclosure, legislators haven’t been pushed into more accessibility and accountability, he said.
“There’s nobody watching the farm,” Kelley said.
“That’s your biggest problem.”
But on a statewide level, interest seems to have waned in the past decade, said Frank Kelley, a former Michigan attorney general who sits on the State Ethics Board.
He blames that on the shrinking capitol press corps.
Without media scrutiny and pressure for disclosure, legislators haven’t been pushed into more accessibility and accountability, he said.
“There’s nobody watching the farm,” Kelley said.
“That’s your biggest problem.”
After study ranks Michigan high for corruptibility potential, lawmakers push ethics reforms - but it gets political
After study ranks Michigan high for corruptibility potential, lawmakers push ethics reforms - but it gets political | MLive.com
A Democratic-led ballot proposal to require disclosure of political spending and lobbying by corporations within 24 hours was postponed after Republicans called it hypocritical for not including unions.
A Democratic-led ballot proposal to require disclosure of political spending and lobbying by corporations within 24 hours was postponed after Republicans called it hypocritical for not including unions.
Tragic death of Ravenna teens sparks new bus safety legislation called "Privacky Law"
Tragic death of Ravenna teens sparks new bus safety legislation called "Privacky Law" | MLive.com
State Rep. Holly Hughes, R-Montague, has introduced House Bills 5453 and 5507, together known as "Privacky Law," which would require new buses be equipped with enhanced rear lighting and rear guards on the top and bottom of school buses
State Rep. Holly Hughes, R-Montague, has introduced House Bills 5453 and 5507, together known as "Privacky Law," which would require new buses be equipped with enhanced rear lighting and rear guards on the top and bottom of school buses
Man assaulted at gunpoint by two Oceana County brothers during grill dispute
Man assaulted at gunpoint by two Oceana County brothers during grill dispute | MLive.com
The victim told authorities that he was trying to retrieve his charcoal grill from the brothers when the assault occurred.
The victim had a friend drive him over to the brothers home and that driver was threatened with a gun as well, Mast said.
Grills don't kill people, people do!
The victim told authorities that he was trying to retrieve his charcoal grill from the brothers when the assault occurred.
The victim had a friend drive him over to the brothers home and that driver was threatened with a gun as well, Mast said.
Grills don't kill people, people do!
Muskegon County to seek potential sites for consolidated job-training center
Muskegon County to seek potential sites for consolidated job-training center | MLive.com
Andrew Stone, director of the county’s Department of Employment and Training, described the consolidation plan to county commissioners last month during a planning session.
County officials estimate the plan would save $1.3 million that could be used for the new or existing facility and to train more workers.
.....County officials claim the consolidation plan will serve the community better by streamlining the workforce-development services and making operations more cost effective by eliminating service duplication.
No mention of how many (ANY) jobs created by these $millions.
And no questions asked by our county commissioners.
Business as usual here in Muskegon.
Andrew Stone, director of the county’s Department of Employment and Training, described the consolidation plan to county commissioners last month during a planning session.
County officials estimate the plan would save $1.3 million that could be used for the new or existing facility and to train more workers.
.....County officials claim the consolidation plan will serve the community better by streamlining the workforce-development services and making operations more cost effective by eliminating service duplication.
No mention of how many (ANY) jobs created by these $millions.
And no questions asked by our county commissioners.
Business as usual here in Muskegon.
Clayton Hardiman: Has the 'hoodie' joined the list of 'thou shalt nots' for black youth?
Clayton Hardiman: Has the 'hoodie' joined the list of 'thou shalt nots' for black youth?
If there is any hope to be found in this tragedy, it is the power of the human voice. People have raised their voices, through petition and protest, and have made themselves heard. A federal civil rights investigation has been opened into the shooting, and it has been reported that a grand jury will be opened to consider evidence in the case.
But there’s a discouraging aspect, too, in addition to the irreplaceable loss of human life and promise -- and that’s how old and familiar all this feels. For generations, African-American parents have been passing down survival training to their sons and daughters. Whole lifetimes experienced as being a suspect have taught us to teach our children a catechism of “thou shalt nots" -- how not to dress, how not to act, how not to speak and where not to go.
And as Trayvon Martin’s parents have learned, there are still no guarantees.
Now it’s the hoodie. Is this one more thing we’ll need to include in “the talk"? Is this to be yet another chapter in the lesson plan?
If there is any hope to be found in this tragedy, it is the power of the human voice. People have raised their voices, through petition and protest, and have made themselves heard. A federal civil rights investigation has been opened into the shooting, and it has been reported that a grand jury will be opened to consider evidence in the case.
But there’s a discouraging aspect, too, in addition to the irreplaceable loss of human life and promise -- and that’s how old and familiar all this feels. For generations, African-American parents have been passing down survival training to their sons and daughters. Whole lifetimes experienced as being a suspect have taught us to teach our children a catechism of “thou shalt nots" -- how not to dress, how not to act, how not to speak and where not to go.
And as Trayvon Martin’s parents have learned, there are still no guarantees.
Now it’s the hoodie. Is this one more thing we’ll need to include in “the talk"? Is this to be yet another chapter in the lesson plan?
S.S. Badger's quest to receive active opposition from high-ranking senator
S.S. Badger's quest to receive active opposition from high-ranking senator | MLive.com
“Because of your continued, long-term refusal to clean up your dangerous operations, I will actively oppose your new permit application,” he added.
“Because of your continued, long-term refusal to clean up your dangerous operations, I will actively oppose your new permit application,” he added.
Bill Maher’s Attacks on Women
Bill Maher’s Attacks on Women - NYTimes.com: Maher’s Attacks on Women
To the Editor:
Re “Please Stop Apologizing,” by Bill Maher (Op-Ed, March 22):
We’re both women who have worked in Democratic politics and the media for decades and find Bill Maher’s misogynist treatment of women candidates deeply disturbing.
Coincidentally we both hail from Alaska — where women are treated as equals — so perhaps our threshold for this kind of behavior is less than here in the Lower 48.
Mr. Maher has implicitly attempted to tie his own demeaning attacks on women to the unrelated issue of partisan-motivated fake outrage, which we agree is tiring.
While others have been held to account for their sexism, Mr. Maher remains unrepentant for his attacks on women in public life.
How can we expect women to run for office when they are essentially told to “lighten up about” and accept misogynist attacks?
The Women’s Media Center has found that such attacks on women candidates have a measurable negative effect on how voters view them.
To the Editor:
Re “Please Stop Apologizing,” by Bill Maher (Op-Ed, March 22):
We’re both women who have worked in Democratic politics and the media for decades and find Bill Maher’s misogynist treatment of women candidates deeply disturbing.
Coincidentally we both hail from Alaska — where women are treated as equals — so perhaps our threshold for this kind of behavior is less than here in the Lower 48.
Mr. Maher has implicitly attempted to tie his own demeaning attacks on women to the unrelated issue of partisan-motivated fake outrage, which we agree is tiring.
While others have been held to account for their sexism, Mr. Maher remains unrepentant for his attacks on women in public life.
How can we expect women to run for office when they are essentially told to “lighten up about” and accept misogynist attacks?
The Women’s Media Center has found that such attacks on women candidates have a measurable negative effect on how voters view them.
Muskegon set to host open house for program-built home
Muskegon set to host open house for program-built home | MLive.com
The city’s program is designed to revive areas and stimulate neighborhoods by fixing up homes and, in some cases, building a new home.
As part of the program, the home is set to be sold to a qualified buyer at a relatively low price.
The new home at 1543 Hoyt was built by Kramer Builders, based in Spring Lake.
The city’s program is designed to revive areas and stimulate neighborhoods by fixing up homes and, in some cases, building a new home.
As part of the program, the home is set to be sold to a qualified buyer at a relatively low price.
The new home at 1543 Hoyt was built by Kramer Builders, based in Spring Lake.
Teachers targeted? MEA looks to restore clout after flurry of union-focused legislation
Teachers targeted? MEA looks to restore clout after flurry of union-focused legislation | MLive.com: That effort, “Protect Our Jobs” petition drive, is intended to add a constitutional amendment protecting collective bargaining and repealing many of the GOP reforms.
It will likely draw national attention and out-of-state resources, Ballenger said.
It will likely draw national attention and out-of-state resources, Ballenger said.
Muskegon County administrator, Hammersley, gets glowing evaluation and contract extension
Muskegon County administrator, Hammersley, gets glowing evaluation and contract extension | MLive.com
Hammersley also will receive basically the same fringe benefit package that is provided to county department heads.
And the cost of that package is....?
No one who voted for the "package" has a clue what it costs.
Heck, it ain't their money.
Hammersley also will receive basically the same fringe benefit package that is provided to county department heads.
And the cost of that package is....?
No one who voted for the "package" has a clue what it costs.
Heck, it ain't their money.
Superintendent: Emergency manager process 'in jeopardy' for Muskegon Heights schools
Superintendent: Emergency manager process 'in jeopardy' for Muskegon Heights schools | MLive.com
Most significantly, the manager would not be able to force a reduction in employee salaries that Sipka and his deputy say is critical for the district to have enough money to operate.
Public Act 4 allows emergency managers, with the approval of the state treasurer, to reject, modify or terminate collective bargaining agreements.
They also can suspend collective bargaining for up to five years.
Sipka and Deputy MAISD Superintendent Marios Demetriou have asked staff to agree to salary and benefit cuts of 35 percent to 40 percent, but couldn’t get an agreement.
Demetriou told the governor's financial review team, which recommended Snyder appoint an emergency manager, that without concessions the district may not survive.
“The school district barely survives right now,” Demetriou said.
“It cannot continue past this year.
Changes need to take place right away.”
Demetriou also told the review team that the staff has no copays for health insurance, other than $10 for generic prescriptions and $20 for brand name ones.
Most significantly, the manager would not be able to force a reduction in employee salaries that Sipka and his deputy say is critical for the district to have enough money to operate.
Public Act 4 allows emergency managers, with the approval of the state treasurer, to reject, modify or terminate collective bargaining agreements.
They also can suspend collective bargaining for up to five years.
Sipka and Deputy MAISD Superintendent Marios Demetriou have asked staff to agree to salary and benefit cuts of 35 percent to 40 percent, but couldn’t get an agreement.
Demetriou told the governor's financial review team, which recommended Snyder appoint an emergency manager, that without concessions the district may not survive.
“The school district barely survives right now,” Demetriou said.
“It cannot continue past this year.
Changes need to take place right away.”
Demetriou also told the review team that the staff has no copays for health insurance, other than $10 for generic prescriptions and $20 for brand name ones.
Norton Shores City Council invokes right to bore new water main
Norton Shores City Council invokes right to bore new water main | MLive.com
Norton Shores city attorney Douglas Hughes blamed the failure to reach an agreement on owners who live out of state and lack “community pride” and interest in improvements.
Norton Shores city attorney Douglas Hughes blamed the failure to reach an agreement on owners who live out of state and lack “community pride” and interest in improvements.
Ex-Mona Shores choir assistant facing big court day in choirboy sex cases
Ex-Mona Shores choir assistant facing big court day in choirboy sex cases | MLive.com
In each of those cases, involving two different boys than in the earlier case, D'Oyly is charged with one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, a felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison, and one count of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct.
In each of those cases, involving two different boys than in the earlier case, D'Oyly is charged with one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, a felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison, and one count of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct.
The Sun Also Sets
The Sun Also Sets - Mark Steyn - National Review Online
Presumably they mean that, right now, our national debt, which crossed the Rubicon of 100 percent of GDP just before Christmas, is not as bad as that of Athens, although it’s worse than Britain, Canada, Australia, Sweden, Denmark, and every other European nation except Portugal, Ireland, and Italy.
Or perhaps they mean that America’s current deficit-to-GDP ratio is not quite as bad as Greece’s, although it’s worse than that of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, and every other European nation except Ireland.
Presumably they mean that, right now, our national debt, which crossed the Rubicon of 100 percent of GDP just before Christmas, is not as bad as that of Athens, although it’s worse than Britain, Canada, Australia, Sweden, Denmark, and every other European nation except Portugal, Ireland, and Italy.
Or perhaps they mean that America’s current deficit-to-GDP ratio is not quite as bad as Greece’s, although it’s worse than that of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, and every other European nation except Ireland.
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