The Awesome Adapter for Your 12-Gauge Shotgun That Turns It Into an ‘Ultimate Survival Rifle’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"In an extreme survival situation where the appropriate amount of ammunition for the type of firearm you’re carrying can’t necessarily be guaranteed, what would you do?
Carry multiple types of firearms to increase your chances of coming across ammo you can use?
You could do that, or you could have an adapter system that comes in a handy pouch that allows one 12-gauge shotgun to take 11 different types of ammunition.
The creator of Gear Up’s X Caliber Shotgun Gauge Adapter System, Tim Ralston, told TheBlaze it’s like carrying 11 guns in one."
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Alabama lawmaker's email: 'Slave-holding, murdering, adulterous, baby-raping, snaggle-toothed kin folk' | al.com
Alabama lawmaker's email: 'Slave-holding, murdering, adulterous, baby-raping, snaggle-toothed kin folk' | al.com:
"State Rep. Joe Mitchell, D-Mobile, had an outlandish exchange via email with a Jefferson County man who asked him and other lawmakers not to pass any laws that would restrict gun ownership.
...Mitchell responded from his public, ALHouse.gov email account an hour later, telling Maxwell:
"Your folk never used all this sheit (sic) to protect my folk from your slave-holding, murdering, adulterous, baby-raping, incestuous, snaggle-toothed, backward-a**ed, inbreed (sic), imported criminal-minded kin folk."
"State Rep. Joe Mitchell, D-Mobile, had an outlandish exchange via email with a Jefferson County man who asked him and other lawmakers not to pass any laws that would restrict gun ownership.
...Mitchell responded from his public, ALHouse.gov email account an hour later, telling Maxwell:
"Your folk never used all this sheit (sic) to protect my folk from your slave-holding, murdering, adulterous, baby-raping, incestuous, snaggle-toothed, backward-a**ed, inbreed (sic), imported criminal-minded kin folk."
Federal plan aims to help wildlife adapt to climate change
Federal plan aims to help wildlife adapt to climate change - latimes.com:
"Over the next five years, the plan establishes priorities for what will probably be a decades-long effort.
One key proposal is to create wildlife "corridors" that would let animals and plants move to new habitats.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Daniel M. Ashe said such routes could be made through easements and could total "much more than 1 million acres."
The plan does not provide an estimate of the cost."
"Over the next five years, the plan establishes priorities for what will probably be a decades-long effort.
One key proposal is to create wildlife "corridors" that would let animals and plants move to new habitats.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Daniel M. Ashe said such routes could be made through easements and could total "much more than 1 million acres."
The plan does not provide an estimate of the cost."
Expect These Eight Steps From The Government’s Playbook | Zero Hedge
Expect These Eight Steps From The Government’s Playbook | Zero Hedge
Direct confiscation
As Cyprus showed us, bankrupt governments are quite happy to plunder people’s bank accounts, especially if it’s a wealthy minority.Aside from bank levies, though, this also includes things like seizing retirement accounts (Argentina), increases in civil asset forfeiture (United States), and gold criminalization.Taxes
Just another form of confiscation, taxation plunders the hard work and talent of the citizenry. But thanks to decades of brainwashing, it’s more socially acceptable. We’ve come to regard taxes as a ‘necessary evil,’ not realizing that the country existed for decades, even centuries, without an income tax.Yet when bankrupt governments get desperate enough, they begin imposing new taxes… primarily WEALTH taxes (Argentina) or windfall profits taxes (United States in the 1970s).Inflation
This is indirect confiscation– the slow, gradual plundering of people’s savings. Again, governments have been quite successful at inculcating a belief that inflation is also a necessary evil. They’re also adept at fooling people with phony inflation statistics.Capital Controls
Governments can, do, and will restrict the free-flow of capital across borders. They’ll prevent you from moving your own money to a safer jurisdiction, forcing you to keep your hard earned savings at home where it can be plundered and devalued.We’re seeing this everywhere in the developed world… from withdrawal limits in Europe to cash-sniffing dogs at border checkpoints. And it certainly doesn’t help when everyone from the IMF to Nobel laureate Paul Krugman argue in favor of Capital Controls.Wage and Price controls
When even the lowest common denominator in society realizes that prices are getting higher, governments step in and ‘fix’ things by imposing price controls.Occasionally this also includes wage controls… though wage increases tend to be vastly outpaced by price increases.Of course, as any basic economics textbook can illustrate, price controls never work and typically lead to shortages and massive misallocations.Wage and Price controls– on STEROIDS
When the first round of price controls don’t work, the next step is to impose severe penalties for not abiding by the terms.In the days of Diocletian’s Edict on Prices in the 4th century AD, any Roman caught violating the price controls was put to death.In post-revolutionary France, shopkeepers who violated the “Law of Maximum” were fleeced of their private property… and a national spy system was put into place to enforce the measures.Increased regulation
Despite being completely broke, governments will dramatically expand their ranks in a last desperate gasp to envelop the problem in sheer size.In the early 1920s, for example, the number of bureaucratic officials in the Weimar Republic increased 242%, even though the country was flat broke from its Great War reparation payments and hyperinflation episode.The increase in both regulations and government officials criminalizes and/or controls almost every aspect of our existence… from what we can/cannot put in our bodies to how we are allowed to raise our own children.War and National Emergency
When all else fails, just invade another country. Pick a fight. Keep people distracted by work them into a frenzy over men in caves… or some completely irrelevant island.
Could The "Cyprus Fiasco" Occur In The United States?
Could The "Cyprus Fiasco" Occur In The United States? | Zero Hedge
"Politics aside, the bottom line is that the Rubicon has been crossed, and deposits have now been forcefully confiscated in what Europe promises to be a standalone case.
What is certain, is that nobody will wait to find out how long it takes before Europe's class of increasingly more desperate and ill-meaning despots is found to be have lied once more (as it has about everything else since the start of the European crisis).
And while the mainstream media will be focused primarily on Europe in the coming days, as BCG and we have warned, the topic of "wealth taxation" is now front and center, and it stars not only Europe, but the US as well."
"Politics aside, the bottom line is that the Rubicon has been crossed, and deposits have now been forcefully confiscated in what Europe promises to be a standalone case.
What is certain, is that nobody will wait to find out how long it takes before Europe's class of increasingly more desperate and ill-meaning despots is found to be have lied once more (as it has about everything else since the start of the European crisis).
And while the mainstream media will be focused primarily on Europe in the coming days, as BCG and we have warned, the topic of "wealth taxation" is now front and center, and it stars not only Europe, but the US as well."
When Work Is Punished: The Tragedy Of America's Welfare State
When Work Is Punished: The Tragedy Of America's Welfare State | Zero Hedge:"Exactly two years ago, some of the more politically biased progressive media outlets (who are quite adept at creating and taking down their own strawmen arguments, if not quite as adept at using an abacus, let alone a calculator) took offense at our article "In Entitlement America, The Head Of A Household Of Four Making Minimum Wage Has More Disposable Income Than A Family Making $60,000 A Year."
In it we merely explained what has become the painful reality in America: for increasingly more it is now more lucrative - in the form of actual disposable income - to sit, do nothing, and collect various welfare entitlements, than to work. "
Government Money
Sultan Knish: Government Money:
"Do you know of any company in America where for a mere few billion, you could become the CEO of a company whose shareholders would be forced to sit back and watch for four years while you run up trillion dollar deficits and parcel out billions to your friends?
Without going to jail or being marched out in handcuffs.
A company that will allow you to indulge yourself, travel anywhere at company expense, live the good life, and only work when you feel like it.
That will legally indemnify you against all shareholder lawsuits, while allowing you to dispose not only of their investments, but of their personal property in any way you see fit.
There is only one such company.
It's called the United States Government. "
"Do you know of any company in America where for a mere few billion, you could become the CEO of a company whose shareholders would be forced to sit back and watch for four years while you run up trillion dollar deficits and parcel out billions to your friends?
Without going to jail or being marched out in handcuffs.
A company that will allow you to indulge yourself, travel anywhere at company expense, live the good life, and only work when you feel like it.
That will legally indemnify you against all shareholder lawsuits, while allowing you to dispose not only of their investments, but of their personal property in any way you see fit.
There is only one such company.
It's called the United States Government. "
PBS’ follow up to Erin Brockovich left key details out
PBS’ follow up to Erin Brockovich left key details out | Ars Technica:
"But that approach—letting everyone have their say, without any critical evaluation—is part of the problem.
This is not a question of differing points of view, but one of carefully sifting the knowns and unknowns. Presenting opposing perspectives and leaving the viewer to decide is not the way to communicate science, and it doesn't excuse broadcasting misleading or incomplete information."
"But that approach—letting everyone have their say, without any critical evaluation—is part of the problem.
This is not a question of differing points of view, but one of carefully sifting the knowns and unknowns. Presenting opposing perspectives and leaving the viewer to decide is not the way to communicate science, and it doesn't excuse broadcasting misleading or incomplete information."
How the Maker of TurboTax Fought Free, Simple Tax Filing
How the Maker of TurboTax Fought Free, Simple Tax Filing - ProPublica:
"Imagine filing your income taxes in five minutes — and for free.
You'd open up a pre-filled return, see what the government thinks you owe, make any needed changes and be done.
The miserable annual IRS shuffle, gone.
It's already a reality in Denmark, Sweden and Spain.
The government-prepared return would estimate your taxes using information your employer and bank already send it.
Advocates say tens of millions of taxpayers could use such a system each year, saving them a collective $2 billion and 225 million hours in prep costs and time, according to one estimate."
"Imagine filing your income taxes in five minutes — and for free.
You'd open up a pre-filled return, see what the government thinks you owe, make any needed changes and be done.
The miserable annual IRS shuffle, gone.
It's already a reality in Denmark, Sweden and Spain.
The government-prepared return would estimate your taxes using information your employer and bank already send it.
Advocates say tens of millions of taxpayers could use such a system each year, saving them a collective $2 billion and 225 million hours in prep costs and time, according to one estimate."
Whitehall Township officials hear emotional appeals to keep Walmart out of northern Muskegon County (video)
Whitehall Township officials hear emotional appeals to keep Walmart out of northern Muskegon County (video) | MLive.com:
"In an emergency board meeting Sunday night, the chamber leadership voted 11-1 to oppose the Walmart plans.
“The White Lake chamber is here tonight to ask you to slow down, carefully review the impact of some short-term economic gain for your township vs. the devastation this will cause to local businesses throughout the White Lake area,” Zickel said.
“Significant loss of employment, boarded up storefronts, lost tax revenue and a severely crippled tourist industry” are in White Lake’s future with a Walmart, he claimed. “Tourists come here for the beauty of the area and the special business and retail climate that exists – not shop at Walmart."
"In an emergency board meeting Sunday night, the chamber leadership voted 11-1 to oppose the Walmart plans.
“The White Lake chamber is here tonight to ask you to slow down, carefully review the impact of some short-term economic gain for your township vs. the devastation this will cause to local businesses throughout the White Lake area,” Zickel said.
“Significant loss of employment, boarded up storefronts, lost tax revenue and a severely crippled tourist industry” are in White Lake’s future with a Walmart, he claimed. “Tourists come here for the beauty of the area and the special business and retail climate that exists – not shop at Walmart."
Whitehall council member opposing Walmart: 'If we want a downtown, we have to fight for it'
Whitehall council member opposing Walmart: 'If we want a downtown, we have to fight for it' | MLive.com:
"The city council then voted to approve a resolution opposing Walmart's entrance into the small, close-knit community.
“I’m glad we did that so quickly,” Council member Tanya Cabala said. “If we want a downtown, we have to fight for it.”"
"The city council then voted to approve a resolution opposing Walmart's entrance into the small, close-knit community.
“I’m glad we did that so quickly,” Council member Tanya Cabala said. “If we want a downtown, we have to fight for it.”"
Study: Health overhaul to raise claims cost an average 32 percent
Study: Health overhaul to raise claims cost an average 32 percent : page all - NorthJersey.com:
"Medical claims costs — the biggest driver of health insurance premiums — will jump an average 32 percent for Americans' individual policies under President Barack Obama's overhaul, according to a study by the nation's leading group of financial risk analysts."
"Medical claims costs — the biggest driver of health insurance premiums — will jump an average 32 percent for Americans' individual policies under President Barack Obama's overhaul, according to a study by the nation's leading group of financial risk analysts."
The Prevailing Wage is now on Snyder's menu
The Prevailing Wage is now on Snyder's menu - Politics - The Detroit News:
"Michigan’s non-union, merit-shop construction companies are ready to do a great job for the taxpayers at a better price, and they’re not taking “no” for an answer.
The unions think all construction workers need to be paid 60 percent higher than the market rate, even though unions represent just 17 percent of the state’s construction workforce.
And construction is the only industry affected by the prevailing wage.
In a union stronghold like Michigan, politicians have historically been averse to taking on prevailing wage, despite the estimated $250 million per year in artificially-inflated wages paid out to union contractors by state and local governments.
Knowing it is often hard to get elected officials to do what’s best for job creators, the Association of Builders and Contractors of Michigan decided to first go after local communities that had local prevailing wage laws on the books."
"Michigan’s non-union, merit-shop construction companies are ready to do a great job for the taxpayers at a better price, and they’re not taking “no” for an answer.
The unions think all construction workers need to be paid 60 percent higher than the market rate, even though unions represent just 17 percent of the state’s construction workforce.
And construction is the only industry affected by the prevailing wage.
In a union stronghold like Michigan, politicians have historically been averse to taking on prevailing wage, despite the estimated $250 million per year in artificially-inflated wages paid out to union contractors by state and local governments.
Knowing it is often hard to get elected officials to do what’s best for job creators, the Association of Builders and Contractors of Michigan decided to first go after local communities that had local prevailing wage laws on the books."
Alameda County rewards boss: $400k…for life
Alameda County rewards boss: $400k…for life | Matier And Ross | an SFGate.com blog:
"Alameda County supervisors have really taken to heart the adage that government should run like a business — rewarding County Administrator Susan Muranishi with the Wall Street-like wage of $423,664 a year.
For the rest of her life.
According to county pay records, in addition to her $301,000 base salary, Muranishi receives:
– $24,000, plus change, in “equity pay’’ to guarantee that she makes at least 10 percent more than anyone else in the county.
– About $54,000 a year in “longevity” pay for having stayed with the county for more than 30 years.
– An annual performance bonus of $24,000.
– And another $9,000 a year for serving on the county’s three-member Surplus Property Authority, an ad hoc committee of the Board of Supervisors that oversees the sale of excess land.
Like other county executives, Muranishi also gets an $8,292-a-year car allowance."
"Alameda County supervisors have really taken to heart the adage that government should run like a business — rewarding County Administrator Susan Muranishi with the Wall Street-like wage of $423,664 a year.
For the rest of her life.
According to county pay records, in addition to her $301,000 base salary, Muranishi receives:
– $24,000, plus change, in “equity pay’’ to guarantee that she makes at least 10 percent more than anyone else in the county.
– About $54,000 a year in “longevity” pay for having stayed with the county for more than 30 years.
– An annual performance bonus of $24,000.
– And another $9,000 a year for serving on the county’s three-member Surplus Property Authority, an ad hoc committee of the Board of Supervisors that oversees the sale of excess land.
Like other county executives, Muranishi also gets an $8,292-a-year car allowance."
Muskegon County port committee sets spring and summer timeline for work goals
Muskegon County port committee sets spring and summer timeline for work goals | MLive.com:
"Muskegon County’s staff is taking the lead on some of the work projects.
But committee members say it’s not just a county project. It involves the participation of municipalities in the area and businesses across the region.
“We intend for this to be a regional thing,” Sabo said.
Committee member Ben Cross said the Muskegon port has few, if any, competitors when it comes to businesses in West Michigan looking to ship through a deep water port.
“There’s no major ports.
We’re the largest from the (Mackinac ) Bridge to here,” Cross said.
"Muskegon County’s staff is taking the lead on some of the work projects.
But committee members say it’s not just a county project. It involves the participation of municipalities in the area and businesses across the region.
“We intend for this to be a regional thing,” Sabo said.
Committee member Ben Cross said the Muskegon port has few, if any, competitors when it comes to businesses in West Michigan looking to ship through a deep water port.
“There’s no major ports.
We’re the largest from the (Mackinac ) Bridge to here,” Cross said.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Soaring Social Security disability rolls headed for collapse
National Editorial: Soaring Social Security disability rolls headed for collapse | WashingtonExaminer.com:
"In 2011, on average, one net person has been added to Social Security's Disability Insurance rolls (and 3.3 to its retirement program) for every five net new jobs created.
.......The federal government now spends more on disability than food stamps and welfare combined.
In 2009, DI began paying out more in benefits than it took in from payroll taxes.
By 2016, it is set to run out of money."
"In 2011, on average, one net person has been added to Social Security's Disability Insurance rolls (and 3.3 to its retirement program) for every five net new jobs created.
.......The federal government now spends more on disability than food stamps and welfare combined.
In 2009, DI began paying out more in benefits than it took in from payroll taxes.
By 2016, it is set to run out of money."
The harsh reality of life in the UK without shale gas and with a misguided faith in green energy
The harsh reality of life in the UK without shale gas and with a misguided faith in green energy | AEIdeas:
"......in the UK — they’re having a gas crisis, with low reserves, chronic shortages, price spikes, and rising gas and electric utility bills, which along with unseasonably cold winter weather, is potentially forcing more than one-third of UK households to turn off their heat entirely. "
"......in the UK — they’re having a gas crisis, with low reserves, chronic shortages, price spikes, and rising gas and electric utility bills, which along with unseasonably cold winter weather, is potentially forcing more than one-third of UK households to turn off their heat entirely. "
See who's undercutting GOP cries that Democrats are behind illegal voting in Michigan
Tim Skubick: See who's undercutting GOP cries that Democrats are behind illegal voting in Michigan | MLive.com:
"Are there some persons who are voting who should not be?
Yes, she observes. She sights a recent Pew Research Center study suggesting Michigan has more voters registered than there are citizens.
Or another federal analysis that shows 20 counties have more folks voting than reside in those counties."
"Are there some persons who are voting who should not be?
Yes, she observes. She sights a recent Pew Research Center study suggesting Michigan has more voters registered than there are citizens.
Or another federal analysis that shows 20 counties have more folks voting than reside in those counties."
Marriage and the Supreme Court
Review & Outlook: Marriage and the Supreme Court - WSJ.com
Liberals do not merely contend that laws based on sexual orientation lack any "rational basis." They also claim the only motivation for such laws is prejudice against gays. They therefore want the Court to designate homosexuals as a legally protected group like minorities or women and apply to Proposition 8 the highest levels of constitutional protection, called strict or heightened scrutiny.
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Editorial page editor Paul Gigot on why the evolving cultural debate over same-sex marriage is best settled democratically.
The Court has not used the equal protection clause to create a new category of people who need extra legal defenses in three decades, largely because doing so disrupts the ebb and flow of the ordinary political process. Such caution is prudent, especially here. Homosexuals are not disenfranchised like blacks in the mid-20th century, as the very progress of the gay rights movement shows.
Nine states and the District of Columbia now recognize same-sex marriages, up from zero less than a generation ago. Though the early states were ordered to do so by their courts, more recent gains came through legislatures, as in New York. Last year, proponents won three of three popular referenda in Maine, Maryland and Washington state. Through persuasion, gay marriage has come to enjoy a slight popular majority.
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero proposes $112 million city budget, eliminates $5 million deficit with streetlight fees
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero proposes $112 million city budget, eliminates $5 million deficit with streetlight fees | MLive.com:
"Under Bernero’s proposed budget, those fees would be assessed to BWL ratepayers on their monthly bills, an average cost of $46 per residential customer."
"Under Bernero’s proposed budget, those fees would be assessed to BWL ratepayers on their monthly bills, an average cost of $46 per residential customer."
Grand Rapids lands on Forbes list of 15 U.S. cities with 'emerging downtowns'
Grand Rapids lands on Forbes list of 15 U.S. cities with 'emerging downtowns' | MLive.com:
"Although not competitively ranked, Grand Rapids joins cities like Denver, Des Moines, Detroit, Cincinnati, Milwaukee and Cleveland on the list of cities that are attracting reinvestment and population growth downtown."
"Although not competitively ranked, Grand Rapids joins cities like Denver, Des Moines, Detroit, Cincinnati, Milwaukee and Cleveland on the list of cities that are attracting reinvestment and population growth downtown."
Eagle death at Nevada wind farm brings federal scrutiny
Eagle death at Nevada wind farm brings federal scrutiny | Las Vegas Review-Journal:
"Even so, the wind farm could face a fine of up to $200,000 because it does not hold a federal “take” permit that would allow the incidental death of a golden or bald eagle."
GREAT way to enable Obama's ".....my plan, electricity costs would necessarily skyrocket...". scheme.
"Even so, the wind farm could face a fine of up to $200,000 because it does not hold a federal “take” permit that would allow the incidental death of a golden or bald eagle."
GREAT way to enable Obama's ".....my plan, electricity costs would necessarily skyrocket...". scheme.
Monday, March 25, 2013
Have The Russians Already Quietly Withdrawn All Their Cash From Cyprus?
Have The Russians Already Quietly Withdrawn All Their Cash From Cyprus? | Zero Hedge:
"As it turns out, these same oligrachs may have used the one week hiatus period of total chaos in the banking system to transfer the bulk of the cash they had deposited with one of the two main Cypriot banks, in the process making the whole punitive point of collapsing the Cyprus financial system entirely moot."
"As it turns out, these same oligrachs may have used the one week hiatus period of total chaos in the banking system to transfer the bulk of the cash they had deposited with one of the two main Cypriot banks, in the process making the whole punitive point of collapsing the Cyprus financial system entirely moot."
Monaco Penthouse 'World's Most Expensive'
Monaco Penthouse 'World's Most Expensive':
"With private infinity pool and exclusive lobby, the apartment could apparently command an asking price of as much as £256m."
"With private infinity pool and exclusive lobby, the apartment could apparently command an asking price of as much as £256m."
Gulp! The Quiz - NYTimes.com
Gulp! The Quiz - NYTimes.com: "6Which of these celebrities had a megacolon, a colon much larger in diameter than average?
Brian Wilson.
Elvis Presley.
Elvis Presley reportedly had a colon that was two to three times normal size. It is unclear what caused his megacolon, since they can form congenitally or be a side effect of taking certain medications or even some parasitic illnesses. One of the complications of having an extra large colon is constipation because the enlarged colon can’t efficiently push out waste. While there is much speculation about the reasons behind the Elvis’s death, it is possible that the superstar’s extra large colon played a role.
Marilyn Monroe.
John Lennon."
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Brian Wilson.
Elvis Presley.
Elvis Presley reportedly had a colon that was two to three times normal size. It is unclear what caused his megacolon, since they can form congenitally or be a side effect of taking certain medications or even some parasitic illnesses. One of the complications of having an extra large colon is constipation because the enlarged colon can’t efficiently push out waste. While there is much speculation about the reasons behind the Elvis’s death, it is possible that the superstar’s extra large colon played a role.
Marilyn Monroe.
John Lennon."
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