Gov. Snyder pushes for drug courts in public safety address | MLive.com:
Drug courts was a topic that brought applause from many officers in the audience.
Snyder said intensive drug courts programs to address addiction problems are important because drugs are often a root of criminal behavior.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
HOW’S THAT HOPEY-CHANGEY STUFF WORKIN’ OUT FOR YA?
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HOW’S THAT HOPEY-CHANGEY STUFF WORKIN’ OUT FOR YA? (CONT’D): Jobless claims rise for 4th straight week.
HOW’S THAT HOPEY-CHANGEY STUFF WORKIN’ OUT FOR YA? (CONT’D): Jobless claims rise for 4th straight week.
Related: Economy in U.S. Expanded Less Than Previously Estimated.“Gross domestic product climbed at a 1.9 percent annual rate from January through March, down from a 2.2 percent prior estimate, revised Commerce Department figures showed today in Washington. The report also showed corporate profits rose at the slowest pace in more than three years and smaller wage gains at the end of 2011.”
UPDATE: A longtime reader emails:
UPDATE: A longtime reader emails:
Please do not use my name, but…Oh, I am.
I work at a large semiconductor company who does a LOT of business with Chinese firms (odds are many is not most of the electronic devices you have that say “made in China” on it buys it’s most expensive parts from us). recently orders have dropped precipitously. We are expecting to reduce the workforce before the end of the quarter by dropping contractor (temp) labor. We are entering what for the semiconductor industry is the Christmas sales season and the orders are going DOWN! Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
What Fuels Irrationality in Our Public Life?
What Fuels Irrationality in Our Public Life? - By Jim Geraghty - The Campaign Spot - National Review Online
I think our culture’s ratio of crazy-people-to-non-crazy-people is getting out of whack.
There have always been crazy people in every society.
And mind you, I’m not talking about psychosis or hallucinations.
I’m just referring to people who develop an obsession and whose focus upon that obsession makes . . . public life more challenging for the rest of us.
In the past, if you had a worldview that was far from the mainstream, you had to seek out people who agreed with you, and sometimes that was hard.
There was a good chance that you would encounter lots of people who would say,
“What on earth are you talking about?
That’s crazy!
How could you possibly believe that?”
I think our culture’s ratio of crazy-people-to-non-crazy-people is getting out of whack.
There have always been crazy people in every society.
And mind you, I’m not talking about psychosis or hallucinations.
I’m just referring to people who develop an obsession and whose focus upon that obsession makes . . . public life more challenging for the rest of us.
In the past, if you had a worldview that was far from the mainstream, you had to seek out people who agreed with you, and sometimes that was hard.
There was a good chance that you would encounter lots of people who would say,
“What on earth are you talking about?
That’s crazy!
How could you possibly believe that?”
CNN Contributor Victim of ‘SWATting’ Incident
Ed Driscoll » CNN Contributor Victim of ‘SWATting’ Incident
Luckily, after I had starting writing about Kimberlin, I advised the Sheriff’s Department to be aware this could happen.
It was a prank, but not just any prank.
This is a prank left-wing activists are increasingly deploying against those who dissent from their political views.
When Barack Obama told his supporters in 2008 to bring guns to knife fights, some of his supporters took him more literally than I assume he intended.
Luckily, after I had starting writing about Kimberlin, I advised the Sheriff’s Department to be aware this could happen.
It was a prank, but not just any prank.
This is a prank left-wing activists are increasingly deploying against those who dissent from their political views.
When Barack Obama told his supporters in 2008 to bring guns to knife fights, some of his supporters took him more literally than I assume he intended.
Barrett Can't Name Any Schools Hurt by Walker's Collective Bargaining Reforms
Barrett Can't Name Any Schools Hurt by Walker's Collective Bargaining Reforms | The Weekly Standard
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker is facing a recall election on June 5 because of the law he signed last spring to limit the collective bargaining power of public employee unions--a reform his opponents said would be a "disaster" and destroy public education in the state.
Walker's Democratic challenger, Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett, acknowledged this morning that the collective bargaining issue was the "flame that started this" recall election, but Barrett couldn't point to a single public school that has been harmed by Walker's reforms.
Here's a transcript from a press conference at Barrett's campaign headquarters in Milwaukee Wednesday morning:
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker is facing a recall election on June 5 because of the law he signed last spring to limit the collective bargaining power of public employee unions--a reform his opponents said would be a "disaster" and destroy public education in the state.
Walker's Democratic challenger, Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett, acknowledged this morning that the collective bargaining issue was the "flame that started this" recall election, but Barrett couldn't point to a single public school that has been harmed by Walker's reforms.
Here's a transcript from a press conference at Barrett's campaign headquarters in Milwaukee Wednesday morning:
TWS: On collective bargaining, mayor, the governor and his campaign have pointed to a number of... schools across the state that heave benefited from the reforms in Act 10. Which school districts have been hurt in particular, in your view, by Walker's policies and his reforms? Are there any that stand out in your mind?
BARRETT: Well, I support the restoration of collective bargaining rights. And that's what this is all about--whether you support workers' rights. And I support workers' rights.
TWS: But are there any school districts in particular, though, that have been hurt by Act 10?
BARRETT: I have talked to prison guards, I can tell you that, who are concerned about their own public safety because of the changes in the law, and I'm very concerned about that as well
TWS: But no school districts—
BARRETT: We can do an analysis and get back to you on that.
This Is Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's John Hancock Moment
This Is Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's John Hancock Moment - Forbes
Doing what is right regardless of the consequences: a John Hancock moment.
These kinds of moments are rare nowadays, especially in politics.
Every once in a while, though, someone comes along and surprises us all.
Doing what is right regardless of the consequences: a John Hancock moment.
These kinds of moments are rare nowadays, especially in politics.
Every once in a while, though, someone comes along and surprises us all.
Early Voting Students Use Class Schedules to Prove Residency, Not Identity, at Milwaukee Polls
Early Voting Students Use Class Schedules to Prove Residency, Not Identity, at Milwaukee Polls | MacIver Institute
Last Friday a busload of students from Pulaski High School pulled up to the Zeidler Municipal Building here and more than two dozen students, accompanied by their teachers, voted during the early in-person absentee balloting period, many only using a printout of their class schedule to prove their identity.
The MacIver News Service has confirmed that there was no date of birth listed on the class schedules.
Last Friday a busload of students from Pulaski High School pulled up to the Zeidler Municipal Building here and more than two dozen students, accompanied by their teachers, voted during the early in-person absentee balloting period, many only using a printout of their class schedule to prove their identity.
The MacIver News Service has confirmed that there was no date of birth listed on the class schedules.
Muskegon County administrator: Community on edge of turnaround
Muskegon County administrator: Community on edge of turnaround | MLive.com
Q: How will you judge your own performance over the next three years?
A: It will be how the employees of Muskegon County feel about Muskegon County.
Q: How will you judge your own performance over the next three years?
A: It will be how the employees of Muskegon County feel about Muskegon County.
SEIU Protesters | Supreme Court | $20 Brown Envelopes
SEIU Protesters | Supreme Court | $20 Brown Envelopes | The Daily Caller
Video footage obtained by The Daily Caller appears to show a group of women dressed in purple Service Employees International Union-branded clothing, discussing how much they were paid to attend a March 27 protest outside the Supreme Court.
The video first appeared online Wednesday.
Video footage obtained by The Daily Caller appears to show a group of women dressed in purple Service Employees International Union-branded clothing, discussing how much they were paid to attend a March 27 protest outside the Supreme Court.
The video first appeared online Wednesday.
Michigan State is lone school to send teams to bowl, three 'major' NCAA tournaments
Michigan State is lone school to send teams to bowl, three 'major' NCAA tournaments | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
The Spartans are the only major-college school to score bids to the four big sports’ postseason play this year — baseball, football, basketball and hockey.
The Spartans are the only major-college school to score bids to the four big sports’ postseason play this year — baseball, football, basketball and hockey.
Obama Awards Medal of Freedom to Democratic Socialists of America Chair
Obama Awards Medal of Freedom to Democratic Socialists of America Chair
Huerta has claimed, “Republicans hate Latinos,” and has spoken fondly of Hugo Chavez’s despotic regime in Venezuela.
Some of her more radical comments were captured in this audio clip:
Huerta has claimed, “Republicans hate Latinos,” and has spoken fondly of Hugo Chavez’s despotic regime in Venezuela.
Some of her more radical comments were captured in this audio clip:
Cause of Howard City business fire unclear, investigators say
Cause of Howard City business fire unclear, investigators say | MLive.com
The large structure at 6244 Henkel Road, the site of New Age BioScience
The large structure at 6244 Henkel Road, the site of New Age BioScience
State reviews U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter's petitions for criminal fraud
State reviews U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter's petitions for criminal fraud | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
Photocopies of petitions, dates that were cut and pasted onto the petition forms and different-colored ink on identical petitions were just a few of the tactics used to try to fool state election officials into believing that U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter had enough signatures to get on the Aug. 7 primary ballot.
"This wasn't anything that was an innocent mistake,"
Lansing political consultant Tom Shields said Tuesday. "It was purely an attempt to make up for a lack of signatures, which is politically criminal."
Photocopies of petitions, dates that were cut and pasted onto the petition forms and different-colored ink on identical petitions were just a few of the tactics used to try to fool state election officials into believing that U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter had enough signatures to get on the Aug. 7 primary ballot.
"This wasn't anything that was an innocent mistake,"
Lansing political consultant Tom Shields said Tuesday. "It was purely an attempt to make up for a lack of signatures, which is politically criminal."
Cal pols hide public workers' names
WATCHDOGS: Cal pols hide public workers' names | Campaign 2012 | Washington Examiner
Legislators in the California Assembly have approved on a 68-0 vote a bill that would exempt multiple categories of state and local government employees from having their names disclosed in public property records, according to Steven Greenhut.
Legislators in the California Assembly have approved on a 68-0 vote a bill that would exempt multiple categories of state and local government employees from having their names disclosed in public property records, according to Steven Greenhut.
Anger over Lagarde’s tax-free salary : Truth is Contagious
Anger over Lagarde’s tax-free salary : Truth is Contagious
The IMF chief Christine Lagarde was accused of hypocrisy yesterday after it emerged that she pays no income tax – just days after blaming the Greeks for causing their financial peril by dodging their own bills.
The IMF chief Christine Lagarde was accused of hypocrisy yesterday after it emerged that she pays no income tax – just days after blaming the Greeks for causing their financial peril by dodging their own bills.
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