World Day of Social Justice, 20 February
"For the United Nations, the pursuit of social justice for all is at the core of our global mission to promote development and human dignity.
The adoption by the International Labour Organization of the Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization is just one recent example of the UN system’s commitment to social justice.
The Declaration focuses on guaranteeing fair outcomes for all through employment, social protection, social dialogue, and fundamental principles and rights at work."
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Ohio Officials: Poll Worker May Have Voted Six Times
Ohio Officials: Poll Worker May Have Voted Six Times - By Eliana Johnson - The Corner - National Review Online
"Richardson is currently facing charges of voter fraud but maintains her innocence.
“I can’t understand these charges against me of voter fraud,” she told Cincinnati’s Channel 9 News.
“Have they never heard of . . . overlooking mailing in a ballot or registering to vote at a precinct after you’ve forgotten that you’ve mailed in a ballot or you’ve been told that the ballot may be too late?”"
"Richardson is currently facing charges of voter fraud but maintains her innocence.
“I can’t understand these charges against me of voter fraud,” she told Cincinnati’s Channel 9 News.
“Have they never heard of . . . overlooking mailing in a ballot or registering to vote at a precinct after you’ve forgotten that you’ve mailed in a ballot or you’ve been told that the ballot may be too late?”"
ANOTHER EPA OFFICIAL RESIGNS over use of improper “secret” email accounts.
Instapundit » Blog Archive » ANOTHER EPA OFFICIAL RESIGNS over use of improper “secret” email accounts.
“EPA Region 8 administrator James Martin is resigning this week, according to a press release from Sen. David Vitter (R., La.). Martin faces a congressional probe for allegedly using a private email account to circumvent disclosure requirements.
Bob Perciasepe, the current acting EPA administrator, also used a private account to send emails to other EPA officials, Vitter said his office has discovered.”
Transparency!
Posted by Glenn Reynolds at 3:55 pm"
“EPA Region 8 administrator James Martin is resigning this week, according to a press release from Sen. David Vitter (R., La.). Martin faces a congressional probe for allegedly using a private email account to circumvent disclosure requirements.
Bob Perciasepe, the current acting EPA administrator, also used a private account to send emails to other EPA officials, Vitter said his office has discovered.”
Transparency!
Posted by Glenn Reynolds at 3:55 pm"
House Rep Wants To Force Homeschool Parents to Report Attendance to The State
House Rep Wants To Force Homeschool Parents to Report Attendance to The State [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"With no evidence of a problem, Rep. Woodrow Stanley,D-Flint, wants to track homeschooled students for truancy"
"With no evidence of a problem, Rep. Woodrow Stanley,D-Flint, wants to track homeschooled students for truancy"
Gedney Foods agrees to drop 'midget' from small pickle label
Gedney Foods agrees to drop 'midget' from small pickle label - UPI.com:
"Little People of America, which represents people who are under 4 feet, 10 inches, in height, considers the word midget offensive."
"Little People of America, which represents people who are under 4 feet, 10 inches, in height, considers the word midget offensive."
Review team: Detroit is in financial emergency
Review team: Detroit is in financial emergency - Houston Chronicle:
"The team released its findings Tuesday, saying in a report to Snyder that "no satisfactory plan exists to resolve a serious financial problem."
"The team released its findings Tuesday, saying in a report to Snyder that "no satisfactory plan exists to resolve a serious financial problem."
Arts-Focused Colleges Rack Up Most Student Debt
Arts-Focused Colleges Rack Up Most Student Debt - WSJ.com
"Graduates of Arts-Focused Schools Are Shown to Rack Up the Most Student Debt"
Excellent interactive chart-go there!
"Graduates of Arts-Focused Schools Are Shown to Rack Up the Most Student Debt"
Excellent interactive chart-go there!
Chuck Todd: It's 'Mythology' That MSM Hostile To Conservatives
Chuck Todd: It's 'Mythology' That MSM Hostile To Conservatives | NewsBusters:
"TODD: I think that it's, I think that the mythology of the big, bad non-conservative media has gotten into some offices, and so that there's this fear of, oh we can't do, we can't do anything that's not--it's sort of this--and I feel like it's a mythology that now younger staffers believe and then it infuses, and then these guys, they actually believe the spin that's out there, oh, my God, that's what the mainstream media does, they do anything to disrupt the conservative agenda.
And so literally, you only--Lindsey, John McCain, you know, that's been my, I just fear that it's sort of like this whole, there's this whole sort of this, the mythology of this, the media's out to get conservatives is believed among more and more actual staffers."
"TODD: I think that it's, I think that the mythology of the big, bad non-conservative media has gotten into some offices, and so that there's this fear of, oh we can't do, we can't do anything that's not--it's sort of this--and I feel like it's a mythology that now younger staffers believe and then it infuses, and then these guys, they actually believe the spin that's out there, oh, my God, that's what the mainstream media does, they do anything to disrupt the conservative agenda.
And so literally, you only--Lindsey, John McCain, you know, that's been my, I just fear that it's sort of like this whole, there's this whole sort of this, the mythology of this, the media's out to get conservatives is believed among more and more actual staffers."
Electric Lemon Aid
The American Spectator : Electric Lemon Aid
"One of the biggest functional/engineering obstacles to electric car viability is that batteries lose power in the cold — while gasoline doesn’t.
If you leave your car parked in the garage with half a tank, it’ll still have a half-tank tomorrow morning.
And range isn’t affected greatly by weather.
An electric car’s range is.
The colder it is, the shorter your range will be.
Not just because batteries are less efficient in the cold, but also because in the cold, you’ll be using electricity for other things besides moving the car.
Things like the heater — which in an electric car is powered by electricity — and if it’s dark out, you’ll be burning headlights longer — which also means burning juice.
Which you have a finite amount of."
"One of the biggest functional/engineering obstacles to electric car viability is that batteries lose power in the cold — while gasoline doesn’t.
If you leave your car parked in the garage with half a tank, it’ll still have a half-tank tomorrow morning.
And range isn’t affected greatly by weather.
An electric car’s range is.
The colder it is, the shorter your range will be.
Not just because batteries are less efficient in the cold, but also because in the cold, you’ll be using electricity for other things besides moving the car.
Things like the heater — which in an electric car is powered by electricity — and if it’s dark out, you’ll be burning headlights longer — which also means burning juice.
Which you have a finite amount of."
Press finally gets question to Obama after golf weekend: ‘Did you beat Tiger?’
Press finally gets question to Obama after golf weekend: ‘Did you beat Tiger?’ | The Daily Caller
"The probing question followed a weekend in which reporters “expressed extreme frustration,” in the words of White House Correspondents Association president and Fox News correspondent Ed Henry, over their lack of access to Obama during his golfing sojourn. (RELATED: Why didn’t Obama allow press to cover golf weekend?)
“Speaking on behalf of the White House Correspondents Association, I can say a broad cross section of our members from print, radio, online and TV have today expressed extreme frustration to me about having absolutely no access to the President of the United States this entire weekend,”
Henry said in a statement Sunday.
“There is a very simple but important principle we will continue to fight for today and in the days ahead: transparency.”"
"The probing question followed a weekend in which reporters “expressed extreme frustration,” in the words of White House Correspondents Association president and Fox News correspondent Ed Henry, over their lack of access to Obama during his golfing sojourn. (RELATED: Why didn’t Obama allow press to cover golf weekend?)
“Speaking on behalf of the White House Correspondents Association, I can say a broad cross section of our members from print, radio, online and TV have today expressed extreme frustration to me about having absolutely no access to the President of the United States this entire weekend,”
Henry said in a statement Sunday.
“There is a very simple but important principle we will continue to fight for today and in the days ahead: transparency.”"
Michelle Obama and daughters take on Aspen ski slopes with top instructors
Michelle Obama and daughters take on Aspen ski slopes with top instructors - NYPOST.com
"We’re told some wealthy Aspen visitors were annoyed when “air space was blocked because of [the Obamas’] plane, so others couldn’t get their private jets in.
Many people nearly didn’t land or had to be diverted.” "
"We’re told some wealthy Aspen visitors were annoyed when “air space was blocked because of [the Obamas’] plane, so others couldn’t get their private jets in.
Many people nearly didn’t land or had to be diverted.” "
Brave New World
Works and Days » Brave New World
"We shrug at all this.
A president who thunders to the nation that we must be on guard against the “well-off and well-connected” heads south to Palm Beach to meet his $1,000-an-hour golf pro, while Michelle and the family go west to hit the slopes at “downright mean” Aspen, where no one accepts that they’ve reached a point where they’ve made enough money, or that there was any time when it was not good to profit.
Something strange has insidiously happened to the old notion of hypocrisy.
Does it even exist any longer?
Or do we shrug and just accept it as rebranded medieval penance?
Obama gets to golf with zillionaires because in soaring cadences he attacks them — and all for us?"
"We shrug at all this.
A president who thunders to the nation that we must be on guard against the “well-off and well-connected” heads south to Palm Beach to meet his $1,000-an-hour golf pro, while Michelle and the family go west to hit the slopes at “downright mean” Aspen, where no one accepts that they’ve reached a point where they’ve made enough money, or that there was any time when it was not good to profit.
Something strange has insidiously happened to the old notion of hypocrisy.
Does it even exist any longer?
Or do we shrug and just accept it as rebranded medieval penance?
Obama gets to golf with zillionaires because in soaring cadences he attacks them — and all for us?"
Local Preferences in Public Contracting, Part 6
Local Preferences in Public Contracting, Part 6 | Coates' Canons: NC Local Government Law Blog
"“I’ll start by reminding you of the four goals of the proposed policy: reducing local unemployment, supporting local businesses, increasing the tax base, and reducing the city’s carbon footprint,” begins Scarecrow.
“As I said earlier, to reduce local unemployment, our policy would have to have the effect of creating more jobs for local workers in addition to retaining current jobs held by local workers.
Similarly, to support local businesses financially, our policy would have to have the effect of directing more money to local businesses.”
The Council members nod in agreement.
“But,” says Scarecrow, “as we’ve just heard from Mr. Apple, a local preference policy won’t necessarily achieve this goal because we don’t generate enough projects or purchases to keep our local workers employed. They have to be able to work with other towns and counties as well, and if other towns and counties follow our lead, this could result in a disadvantage to our local workers and businesses.”"
"“I’ll start by reminding you of the four goals of the proposed policy: reducing local unemployment, supporting local businesses, increasing the tax base, and reducing the city’s carbon footprint,” begins Scarecrow.
“As I said earlier, to reduce local unemployment, our policy would have to have the effect of creating more jobs for local workers in addition to retaining current jobs held by local workers.
Similarly, to support local businesses financially, our policy would have to have the effect of directing more money to local businesses.”
The Council members nod in agreement.
“But,” says Scarecrow, “as we’ve just heard from Mr. Apple, a local preference policy won’t necessarily achieve this goal because we don’t generate enough projects or purchases to keep our local workers employed. They have to be able to work with other towns and counties as well, and if other towns and counties follow our lead, this could result in a disadvantage to our local workers and businesses.”"
Two of Illinois’ five pension systems lost money in 2012
Illinois Policy Institute - Blog - Two of Illinois’ five pension systems lost money in 2012
"Not a single one of the state’s five public pension systems earned more than 1 percent returns on their investments last year.
In fact, two of the five funds actually lost money.
Although pension trustees predicted Illinois’ five pension funds would earn more than $5.1 billion in fiscal year 2012, the funds actually earned less than $239 million.
The systems posted a combined investment return of just 0.38 percent, far below the combined 8.18 percent expected."
"Not a single one of the state’s five public pension systems earned more than 1 percent returns on their investments last year.
In fact, two of the five funds actually lost money.
Although pension trustees predicted Illinois’ five pension funds would earn more than $5.1 billion in fiscal year 2012, the funds actually earned less than $239 million.
The systems posted a combined investment return of just 0.38 percent, far below the combined 8.18 percent expected."
Jobless mother of 11 Heather Frost to get 6-bed eco-house after moaning her TWO council homes are cramped
Jobless mother of 11 Heather Frost to get 6-bed eco-house after moaning her TWO council homes are cramped | Mail Online
"Heather Frost, 36, lives in two houses which have been knocked together
Has seven children in one house, while the rest live with her in the other
Now Tewkesbury council has agreed to build her five-bed eco-home
TaxPayers' Alliance brands move a 'scandalous' use of public money
First fell pregnant at 14 to a 23-year-old boyfriend who ended up in prison
Furious neighbour: 'It's a disgrace. She treats her womb like a clown car'"
"Heather Frost, 36, lives in two houses which have been knocked together
Has seven children in one house, while the rest live with her in the other
Now Tewkesbury council has agreed to build her five-bed eco-home
TaxPayers' Alliance brands move a 'scandalous' use of public money
First fell pregnant at 14 to a 23-year-old boyfriend who ended up in prison
Furious neighbour: 'It's a disgrace. She treats her womb like a clown car'"
Comcast pulls gun shop ads from cable network
Comcast pulls gun shop ads from cable network - ABC 12 – WJRT – Flint, MI
"Consistent with long standing NBC policies, Comcast Spotlight has decided it will not accept new advertising for firearms or weapons moving forward. "
"Consistent with long standing NBC policies, Comcast Spotlight has decided it will not accept new advertising for firearms or weapons moving forward. "
Quotation of the day: Minimum wage law is compulsory unemployment; it provides no jobs, it only outlaws them
Quotation of the day: Minimum wage law is compulsory unemployment; it provides no jobs, it only outlaws them | AEIdeas
"“In truth, there is only one way to regard a minimum wage law: it is compulsory unemployment, period.
The law says: it is illegal, and therefore criminal, for anyone to hire anyone else below the level of X dollars an hour.
This means, plainly and simply, that a large number of free and voluntary wage contracts are now outlawed and hence that there will be a large amount of unemployment.
Remember that the minimum wage law provides no jobs; it only outlaws them; and outlawed jobs are the inevitable result."
"“In truth, there is only one way to regard a minimum wage law: it is compulsory unemployment, period.
The law says: it is illegal, and therefore criminal, for anyone to hire anyone else below the level of X dollars an hour.
This means, plainly and simply, that a large number of free and voluntary wage contracts are now outlawed and hence that there will be a large amount of unemployment.
Remember that the minimum wage law provides no jobs; it only outlaws them; and outlawed jobs are the inevitable result."
Monday, February 18, 2013
Where is the Money Going? - Economy Recovers for Richest 1%; Income Flat for the other 99%
Where is the Money Going? - Economy Recovers for Richest 1%; Income Flat for the other 99% - AllGov - News
"Despite the old saying, it seems a rising tide does not necessarily lift all boats.
According to newly released data, since the end of the Great Recession in 2009 the richest 1% have increased their income by 11.2% while incomes for the bottom 99% actually shrank by 0.4%. "
"Despite the old saying, it seems a rising tide does not necessarily lift all boats.
According to newly released data, since the end of the Great Recession in 2009 the richest 1% have increased their income by 11.2% while incomes for the bottom 99% actually shrank by 0.4%. "
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