Democrat Pelosi suggests unemployed "follow your passion", eat "wellness, prevention, health" rather than expensive food.

Pelosi: Death of 40-hour work week means freedom to ‘follow your passion’ - BizPac Review:
"Pelosi was unfazed.
"Some parts of Obamacare need to be clarified, she acknowledged, but losing that 40-hour work week will really free Americans to “pursue your happiness … follow your passion.”
“Obverwhelmingly, for the American people, this is a liberation,” the San Francisco millionaire said dreamily, possibly confusing “the American people”  who have to make a living with her fellow guests at George Soros’s wedding Saturday in New York.
“It’s about wellness, it’s about prevention, it’s about a healthy America,” she said."

Climate scientists fear grant reductions-"baffled" that computer models don't drive climate results!

Antarctic sea ice hit 35-year record high Saturday:
"Antarctic sea ice has grown to a record large extent for a second straight year, baffling scientists seeking to understand why this ice is expanding rather than shrinking in a warming world."

S. Korea troops kill man trying to swim to North

S. Korea troops kill man trying to swim to North | Fox News
Sup?

For the left, Walmart is the brick and mortar version of Sarah Palin

Whitehall Township board upholds planners approval of White Lake Wal-Mart 'superstore' | MLive.com:
"WHITEHALL, MI – Whitehall Township officials voted 5-0 Monday, Sept. 23 to uphold the site plan approval of the township planning commission for a new Wal-Mart “superstore” at the Whitehall exit of U.S. 31.
The township board rejected the appeal of BOW NOT – Back Off Wal-Mart, Not Our Town – who have passionately fought the retailer’s entry into the White Lake area.
A BOW NOT spokeswoman and the opposition group’s Traverse City attorney indicated the group would continue its appeal to the Muskegon County Circuit Court in the next 30 days."
And it sure showcases their concern for those poor who want to shop with limited funds.
Heh!

Poland Confiscates Half Of Private Pension Funds To “Cut” Sovereign Debt Load….

Instapundit » Blog Archive » HOW DID I MISS THIS? Poland Confiscates Half Of Private Pension Funds To “Cut” Sovereign Debt Load….

Here’s a Reuters story.
Key bit: “The Polish pension funds’ organisation said the changes may be unconstitutional because the government is taking private assets away from them without offering any compensation.” 
You think? 
I hope that if anyone even tried this here, the responsible government bureaucrats would be — literally, not metaphorically — swinging from the lampposts by the next day."

Muskegon's Elks Lodge shooting Sunday was county's worst mass homicide since 1998

Muskegon's Elks Lodge shooting Sunday was county's worst mass homicide since 1998 | MLive.com:
"Not since Seth Privacky killed five people, including four of his family members, at his home in November 1998 have so many people been killed in one incident in the county."

White House hides aid for criminals in immigration bill

White House hides aid for criminals in immigration bill | The Daily Caller:
"The White House is trying to hide unpopular provisions in the Senate’s immigration bill that would allow immigrant criminals to stay in the country and would increase the inflow of low-skill refugees from war-torn countries, says a top White House official."

Obama Administration Demands Teacher Redistribution for NCLB Waivers

Obama Administration Demands Teacher Redistribution for NCLB Waivers | Heartlander Magazine:
"Two years after the Obama administration offered states a Monopoly-style “get out of jail free” card from some demands of the 2001 No Child Left Behind law, it will offer another round of waivers in exchange for further policy changes.
...Perhaps the most far-reaching federal demand in the ESEA Flexibility Renewal Form is that states “ensure that poor and minority students are not taught at higher rates than other children by ineffective teachers.”
Say what?
Smooth dudes.
Make the rules so complex, even the opposing media can't explain them.

Kyle Olson spars with Mike Huckabee over Common Core

Step Aside Trillion Dollar Coin, Here Comes The Trillion Dollar Bill

Step Aside Trillion Dollar Coin, Here Comes The Trillion Dollar Bill | Zero Hedge

A Girl And A .22

A Girl And A .22 - Forbes:
"The fastest growing consumer segment in the firearms business is women. 
Half of Roe and Zeller’s students are women, and they fill as many as half a dozen of Excel’s ladies-only classes a month.
Pink self-defense weapons make headlines, but women are serious about arming themselves and embracing the world of guns, Zeller says, “in droves.”
With little experience firing a gun other than on a few untrained occasions, I learned the four rules of gun safety (all guns are always loaded, don’t point the gun at anyone you don’t intend to shoot, don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you’re ready to shoot, and identify your target and what’s behind it),"

'Family glitch' in health law could be painful

'Family glitch' in health law could be painful:
"Congress defined "affordable" as 9.5% or less of an employee's wages, mostly to make sure people did not leave their workplace plans for subsidized coverage through the exchanges.
But the "error" was that it only applies to the employee — and not his or her family.
So, if an employer offers a woman affordable insurance, but doesn't provide it for her family, they cannot get subsidized help through the state health exchanges."

2400 pages.
Over a million words.
And who know how many millions of tax dollars spent on brewing up this paper monstrosity.
And billions of "juice" to get it passed.
And it still looks like it was written by a 4th grader on crack!

Road Funding Finds New Target With Horse-Drawn Vehicles

Road Funding Finds New Target With Horse-Drawn Vehicles [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"Add horse-drawn buggies to the list of vehicles targeted for increased fees in Michigan.
House Bill 4965, which was introduced by State Rep. Joel Johnson, R-Clare, would allow counties to charge a $50 registration fee for horse-drawn vehicles. 
The bill says the money can only be used for road repairs."

Gullible Green sailors trapped in the Arctic

Gullible Green sailors trapped in the Arctic:
"The naïve advice of ardent activists can kill.
Last spring, Paul Beckwith of Sierra Club Canada predicted that the Arctic seas would be ice-free ice this summer.
(So did Britain’s BBC network.)
This exciting adventure opportunity attracted a variety of yachts, sailboats, rowboats, and kayaks owners to try sailing the fabled Northwest Passage.

As a former sailboat owner I can understand their excitement, but my heart aches for the agonies they now face.
The Arctic sea ice suddenly expanded 60% this fall, after the coldest summer in the modern Alaska temperature record.
The passage is now impassable.
More than a dozen of the boats are trapped, apparently even including a group of tiny American jet-ski “personal watercraft” that were attempting to cross from the east coast of Russia to the North Atlantic. 
Arctic observers are now warning that even Canadian icebreakers might not be able to rescue them."

Quantitative Easing Worked For The Weimar Republic For A Little While Too

Quantitative Easing Worked For The Weimar Republic For A Little While Too |:
"There is a reason why every fiat currency in the history of the world has eventually failed. 
At some point, those issuing fiat currencies always find themselves giving in to the temptation to wildly print more money."

Gunman executed non-Muslims - after asking them to name Prophet Mohammed's mother

Terror in Kenya: Survivors reveal how gunman executed non-Muslims | Mail Online:
"'If they found me, I'm white... so I'm dead': Survivors reveal how gunman executed non-Muslims - after asking them to name Prophet Mohammed's mother
Survivors said they saw fellow shoppers mercilessly executed after being singled out as non-Muslim
Shoppers said people were lined up and gunned down for failing to recite passages from the Koran "

Pot the right medicine for potholes?

RUMBLINGS: Pot the right medicine for potholes? | Crain's Detroit Business:
"The prospect of state lawmakers pushing forward on a plan to raise taxes by $1.2 billion to fix Michigan roads appears to have gone up in smoke, but a proposal to tax medical marijuana might be just what the doctor ordered.

"Pot for potholes" is a plan Rep. Mike Callton, R-Nashville, Mich., has discussed, and he estimates it could generate $5 million to $10 million per year in state revenue that could be dedicated to road funding.
But he knows it's not nearly enough.
"That why I say it's 'pot for potholes,' not "pot for bridge reconstruction,' " Callton said. "

One Weird Trick to Expose the Truth About ObamaCare

Articles: One Weird Trick to Expose the Truth About ObamaCare:
"At that point my suggestion (which I titled "one weird trick" because advertisers claim it gets readers' attention and I want yours) is to insist that

(a) all exemptions from the coverage of the act, including House and Senate members and staff, favored donors, and other cronies be scrapped. We are all covered or none are;

and(b) given the huge amounts of fraud already rampant within the Medicare, Medicaid, and food stamp entitlement programs, no subsidies will be given out absent proof of identity and income verification. 
(The government will be relying on the "honor system" for income representations and about 2 weeks from launch cannot still put in place a computer system to correctly calculate subsidies.)

If the Democrats refuse to agree to these provisos, it seems to me the public debate -- if the Republicans can muster any sort of decent response -- is not evil Republicans shutting down the government but rather, the Democrats are so committed to increase fraud and favoritism to their supporters and donors that THEY'D shut down the government to keep that graft and privilege alive."

Taxpayers can no longer afford costly prevailing wage law

Chris Fisher: Taxpayers can no longer afford costly prevailing wage law (guest opinion) | MLive.com:
"Prevailing wage increases the cost of government for Michigan taxpayers.
Study after study concludes that prevailing wage mandates drive up costs by as much as 15 percent on taxpayer-funded construction projects. "

5 Dead, 19 Wounded as Chicago Violence Rages On

5 Dead, 19 Wounded as Chicago Violence Rages On | NBC Chicago:
"At least 24 people have been shot, five of them fatally, in Chicago since Friday, police said."

In the Grip of Gangs: Muskegon communities damaged, fearful over issue, authorities say

In the Grip of Gangs: Muskegon communities damaged, fearful over issue, authorities say | MLive.com
"MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – Muskegon County may not be Chicago or Detroit when it comes to organized crime, but make no mistake: 
Gang activity is here and it has taken its toll on once-peaceful Muskegon neighborhoods where residents are terrorized by groups of gun-slinging, dope-dealing men walking the streets."

Venezuela orders temporary takeover of toilet paper factory

Venezuela orders temporary takeover of toilet paper factory - Yahoo News Canada:
"CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan state agency on Friday ordered the temporary takeover of a factory that produces toilet paper in what it called an effort to ensure consistent supplies after embarrassing shortages earlier this year."

Top 10 bogus arguments for the Marketplace Fairness Act

Top 10 bogus arguments for the Marketplace Fairness Act | R Street Institute | Free Markets. Real Solutions.

Who betrayed Navy SEAL Team 6?

KUHNER: Who betrayed Navy SEAL Team 6? - Washington Times:
"Navy SEAL Team 6 has attained international prominence for one reason:
They were responsible for killing Osama bin Laden. They are American heroes.
Yet, their own government betrayed them. Several days after the bin Laden operation, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. — in a pathetic attempt to spike the football and gloat — publicly revealed their central role in the raid. His revelations put a giant target on the backs of every Navy SEAL Team 6 member. "

U.S. pilot scares off Iranians with 'Top Gun'-worthy stunt: 'You really ought to go home'

U.S. pilot scares off Iranians with 'Top Gun'-worthy stunt: 'You really ought to go home' - Washington Times:
"The Aviationist reports that in March a U.S. MQ-1 drone came close to being intercepted by an Iranian F-4 Phantom combat plane, but the Iranian aircraft stopped short after a warning by an American pilot.

“He [the Raptor pilot] flew under their aircraft [the F-4s] to check out their weapons load without them knowing that he was there, and then pulled up on their left wing and then called them and said ‘you really ought to go home,’” Gen. Welsh said."

'Lost generation' struggles

'Lost generation' struggles | The Detroit News:
"No voting bloc has been more responsible for Barack Obama’s two terms in office than the youth vote. And, ironically, no demographic has suffered more from his policies.

With presidential initiatives from Obamacare to higher taxes suppressing job creation, young workers are hurting in the worst economic recovery since the Great Depression.
The recovery has left them behind, creating a “lost generation,” reports the Wall Street Journal, which mirrors the White House’s model of heavily-regulated European economies where youth unemployment is a staggering 23 percent.
The U.S. jobless rate for those under 25 is 15.6 percent — more than double the rest of the working population — with their median weekly wage falling more than 5 percent since 2007."

Protesters dive into Venice's canal to block cruise ships - Telegraph

Protesters dive into Venice's canal to block cruise ships - Telegraph
Likely, few protesters survived the polluted Venetian water.
Polluted NOT by the cruise ships that fiance much of the good in Venice.

Creepy Uncle Sam is the best DC mascot since real Uncle Sam

Creepy Uncle Sam is the best DC mascot since real Uncle Sam | The Daily Caller:
"The left is having a temper tantrum.
Reading a couple of liberal scribes over the past 24 hours, we can almost hear the huffing and puffing, the indignant stamping of feet; reading their tweets, we can nearly hear the feverish pitch of their whines.
Oh, the outrage.
Won’t somebody please think of the children?
On and on.
The cause?
These hysterically creepy ads Generation Opportunity released urging young people to opt out of Obamacare on Oct. 1."

Opt Out - The Exam - Creepy Uncle Sam

Michigan removes child from medical marijuana home; who's right?

Tim Skubick: Michigan removes child from medical marijuana home; who's right? | MLive.com:
"The recent case of Baby Bree underscores that parents can lose custody of their children even if they legally grow and consume marijuana in their home.
A referee recently ruled that Maria and Gordon Steven Green were subjecting their six-month-old baby to possible danger because of grass.
“They were worried about the possibility of break-ins, armed robbery that kind of thing,” mother Green explains. “He (the referee) put that out as a possibility and that warranted immediate danger for the child.”

How to Avoid Huge Ships

How to Avoid Huge Ships: John W. Trimmer: 9780870334337: Amazon.com: Books:
"Reads like a whodunnit!
By Citizenfitz on December 21, 2010
Format: Paperback
I bought How to Avoid Huge Ships as a companion to Captain Trimmer's other excellent titles: 
How to Avoid a Train, and How to Avoid the Empire State Building. 
These books are fast paced, well written and the hard won knowledge found in them is as inspirational as it is informational. 
After reading them I haven't been hit by anything bigger than a diesel bus. 
Thanks captain!
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Officials: Muskegon County bond sale shows Detroit bankruptcy didn't break Michigan's credit

Officials: Muskegon County bond sale shows Detroit bankruptcy didn't break Michigan's credit | MLive.com: "Muskegon County’s bonds are being sold with a yield of 4.75 percent."
$39 MILLION!
4.75% triple tax-free is essentially a "Detroit style" junk bond yield.
Plus the county likely must add the cost of bond insurance to the cost to taxpayers.
All to fund a new jail the chairman of the county board of commissioners promised, last fall, would cost no more than $23 million.
And they told us they already had $7 million saved so the bond need should have been $16 million.
But wait, there's more!
County administrator Bonnie Hammersley has publically stated numerous times, the efficiencies of the new buildings will guarantee so much in employee and energy savings that the bonds will pay for themselves!
Yeah right....
$3 million is due in a year.
What company (without bigtime financial "inducements") would ever consider moving to Muskegon county with bogus promises and fiscal insanity being the rule of the land? 

The Slowest Generation: Younger Athletes Are Racing With Less Concern About Time

The Slowest Generation: Younger Athletes Are Racing With Less Concern About Time - WSJ.com:
"Old-timers are suggesting that performance-related apathy among young amateur athletes helps explain why America hasn't won an Olympic marathon medal since 2004.
Of the two Americans who won marathon medals that year, one—Deena Kastor, who is now 40—was the top finishing American woman at the marathon World Championships in Moscow last month.
The other—38-year-old Meb Keflezighi—was the top American male finisher at the London Olympics marathon last year.
Hunter Kemper, the 37-year-old winner of last month's Chicago Triathlon, remains arguably America's top triathlete as he aims for his fifth Olympics."

During 'War Communism,' Lenin Used Six Principles Of Propaganda To Seize The Initiative And Consolidate Power

During 'War Communism,' Lenin Used Six Principles Of Propaganda To Seize The Initiative And Consolidate Power - Investors.com:

"6. Blame Your Predecessor
As happened anytime socialism ever had been tried, it was a failure. 
Lenin's much-desired civil war cost 13 million lives and his ruinous economic policies triggered the famine of 1921-1922.
YouTube has many videos of Lenin speaking, with the salient feature being his propensity to blame his predecessor, the Czar, for the economic havoc."

The Little Lies The Media Tell About ObamaCare

The Little Lies The Media Tell About ObamaCare - Investors.com:

Bias: Heard the one about how House Republicans have passed 40-plus bills to repeal or defund ObamaCare, all of which went nowhere? 

It's not true. 

Yet the mainstream press continues to peddle this blatant falsehood.

....Yet the media pretend these things never happened. 

This is admittedly a little thing. 

But as the Good Book says: 

"The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones; and the person who is dishonest in very small matters is also dishonest in great ones."

ACORN's former chief backs immigration to weaken 'white man'

ACORN's former chief backs immigration to weaken 'white man' | The Daily Caller:
"“for the first time ever in history, African-Americans outvoted white Americans.
Oooh. 
That’s the fear of the white man.
That could change everything.
That’s why [immigration] should matter to us,” she declared."

Obama's America.......

Pro-Union Decision Could Become Conservatives’ Best Friend

Pro-Union Decision Could Become Conservatives’ Best Friend | Online Library of Law and Liberty:
"In Sweeney v. Zoeller, a state district court judge held that Indiana’s right-to-work law violates a state constitutional provision prohibiting slavery (yes, you read that sentence correctly). "

Outback Australia banishes the topless barmaid

Outback Australia banishes the topless barmaid - Telegraph:
"“We now call them sports girls and they don’t wear g-strings or briefy-briefs,” he said.
“They wear shorts and a bikini-style top…
We’ve had different disagreements with liquor licensing and police that come up on race round.
Some of them said they were too brief, the bottom part, showing too much cheek. 
That’s one man’s opinion at the end of the day. 
But to save all the discrepancies, we decided to put them in shorts.”

How Europe's Economy Is Being Devastated By Global Warming Orthodoxy

How Europe's Economy Is Being Devastated By Global Warming Orthodoxy - Forbes:
"The German government has arranged for renewable energy producers to sell the power grid their electricity at more than 6 times the wholesale electricity market rate.
Nature reported that in 2012 renewable energy producers “cashed in an estimated €20 billion for electricity worth a mere €3 billion.” 
Counting the costs of electricity from all sources, the Institute for Energy Research reported that “Germans pay 34 cents a kilowatt hour compared to an average of 12 cents in the United States).”"

Have you noticed the fastest-growing states all have Republican governors?

Have you noticed the fastest-growing states all have Republican governors? by Andrew Malcolm - Investors.com:

Chicago plagued by hundreds of multiple shootings

Chicago plagued by hundreds of multiple shootings - chicagotribune.com:
"The vast majority of shootings in Chicago involve just one or two victims, but data collected by the Tribune show an alarming number of shootings in which sprayed gunfire hits more than one person.
Of 2,853 people shot in the city since Jan. 1, 2012, there have been 89 shootings involving three victims, according to the Tribune data.
In the same period there were 31 incidents in which four people were shot, and nine incidents in which five people were shot.
The tally includes homicide victims.

Police and other experts were hard-pressed Friday to recall a shooting with so many victims, although shootings involving nine victims happened on the South Side in 2009 and 2010."

Eternal Peace-USS Arizona-After the tours have gone.

Too Big To Fail Is Now Bigger Than Ever Before |

Too Big To Fail Is Now Bigger Than Ever Before |:
" The six largest banks in the United States have gotten 37 percent larger over the past five years. 
Meanwhile, 1,400 smaller banks have disappeared from the banking industry during that time. 
What this means is that the health of JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley is more critical to the U.S. economy than ever before. 
If they were “too big to fail” back in 2008, then now they must be “too colossal to collapse”.

US nearly detonated atomic bomb over North Carolina

US nearly detonated atomic bomb over North Carolina – secret document | World news | The Guardian:
"Journalist uses Freedom of Information Act to disclose 1961 accident in which one switch averted catastrophe"

10 States That Said No To American Cars

10 States That Said No To American Cars | Bankrate.com:
"We've all heard the slogan "Buy American," but loyalty to American cars and trucks can vary widely from state to state.
The auto pricing website TrueCar.com recently looked at new-car sales data to rank the states, as well as the District of Columbia, that posted the lowest percentage of American-brand car purchases in 2012. Here are those states."
Take a look at #2

House CR Forks Over $174,000 for Late Senator's Wife

House CR Forks Over $174,000 for Late Senator's Wife | 218:
"The death gratuity — a long-practiced, little-known, unofficial perk of office — has been a staple of congressional deaths. A Congressional Research Service report on members who die in office says:

“…it has been the typical practice of the House to provide a death gratuity equal to the member’s annual salary, payable to the deceased member’s widow or widower, or children either in the annual legislative branch appropriations act or a measure providing supplemental funds for the legislative branch. By statute, a death gratuity is considered a gift.”

Before Lautenberg’s death, he was No. 8 on Roll Call’s 50 Richest Members of Congress with a net worth of at least $56.8 million."

10 'Poorest' Members of Congress Owe Big

10 'Poorest' Members of Congress Owe Big : Roll Call News:
"3. Debbie Wasserman Schultz: -$1.04 million
The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, Wasserman Schultz has spent most of her career in political office, starting as a state legislator in her home state of Florida.
She has two mortgages with a combined worth of at least $750,000, plus $350,000 in home equity and personal loans.
She also carried more than $50,000 in credit card debt in 2012.
Her assets include a spouse-held $100,000 stock in the community bank where her husband works and several small bank accounts including college savings plans for her children.

......Democrat Debbie Stabenow of Michigan is the poorest member of the Senate, with a net worth of -$585,000. "

CNN’s Don Lemon: You Have a Better Chance Of Getting Shot in a Black City Than Being Killed in a Mass Shooting

CNN’s Don Lemon: You Have a Better Chance Of Getting Robbed in a Black City Than Being Killed in a Mass Shooting | breakingbrown.com:
"He concluded: “You have a better chance of getting shot walking down your street, getting into an altercation, or getting robbed in cities like New Orleans, Detroit, Baltimore, Miami, D.C., Atlanta or Cleveland than you do getting shot or killed in a mass shooting.”

Obama struggles with debt talk at Ford plant: 'If we don't raise the debt ceiling, we're deadbeats'

Obama struggles with debt talk at Ford plant: 'If we don't raise the debt ceiling, we're deadbeats' - Washington Times:
"“This is important,” Mr. Obama said. “Raising the debt ceiling is not the same as approving more spending, any more than making your monthly payments adds to the total cost of your truck.”

Plowing ahead, Mr. Obama said, “I — you don’t say, well, I’m not going — I’m not going to pay my — my — my bill, my note for my truck because I’m going to save money. No, you’re not saving money. You already bought the truck, right? You have to pay the bills. You — you are not — you’re not saving money.”"

More Flops in Electric Car Industry

More Flops in Electric Car Industry | Via Meadia:
"It looks as though the federal grant was the only thing keeping the company afloat for the past few years: the company cites the cancellation of government payments as the main reason for its bankruptcy."

Next stop, banana republic

Mark Steyn: Next stop, banana republic | banana, republic, government - Opinion - The Orange County Register:
"“This is the United States of America,” declared President Obama to the burghers of Liberty, Missouri, on Friday.
“We’re not some banana republic.”
He was talking about the Annual Raising of the Debt Ceiling, which glorious American tradition seems to come round earlier every year.
“This is not a deadbeat nation,” President Obama continued. 
“We don’t run out on our tab.” 
True. 
But we don’t pay it off, either. 
We just keep running it up, ever higher. "

KU Professor Placed On Administrative Leave After Tweet

KU Professor Placed On Administrative Leave After Tweet - KMBZ:
"MISSION -  University of Kansas journalism professor David Guth has been placed on administrative leave following a tweet he made on Monday about the shooting at the Washington Navy Yard in reference to the National Rifle Association.

Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little announced the decision on Friday.

"In order to prevent disruptions to the learning environment for students, the School of Journalism and the university, I have directed Provost Jeffrey Vitter to place Associate Professor Guth on indefinite administrative leave pending a review of the entire situation. Professor Guth’s classes will be taught by other faculty members," Gray-Little said in a statement.

After the Navy Yard shootings Monday, David Guth tweeted out "#NavyYardShooting The blood is on the hands of the #NRA. Next time, let it be YOUR sons and daughters. Shame on you. May God damn you.""

Best Engrish Fails

Best Engrish Fails - Likes
No.4

Obamacare Raising Health Care Spending by $621,000,000,000

Obamacare Raising Health Care Spending by $621,000,000,000:
"However, econometric and actuarial analysis by the CMS Office of the Actuary of the past fifty years of National Health Expenditure Accounts data…suggests that health spending growth is likely to accelerate once economic conditions improve significantly."

Rescued Baby Hummingbird

from site:
"This is a baby hummingbird I rescued after it was attacked.
The song is "Better Together" by Jack Johnson.
UPDATE!!! when she thought she was ready to leave (and she was) she flew off to her favorite patch of the back yard, and her instincts instantly kicked in, and now she's just like all the other hummingbirds. for those that are concerned that she has imprinted on humans and wouldn't survive in the wild, don't worry, she is thriving. she has even successfully migrated and returned back to my yard. and for those who think i didn't know what i was doing, i did NOT feed her plain sugar water. i went outside 3 times a day and caught flies from my compost bin (be green people) in big bags, crushed them, and mixed them in as well. I also helped her learn to catch flies while flying (not in the video because the flies were too small). It was a pretty hectic but very rewarding experience and, in the end, i don't think it could have worked out any better :)"

Why does Obama's Justice Department want to send poor, black kids to failing schools?

Why does Obama's Justice Department want to send poor, black kids to failing schools? | Fox News:
"The Obama Justice Department filed a civil rights lawsuit last month to stop Louisiana from giving vouchers to poor students in failing schools.
The Justice Department claims that the vouchers disrupt racial balance in schools."

Safe Passage Worker Hit Woman, Stole Benefits Card

Safe Passage Worker Hit Woman, Stole Benefits Card: Authorities « CBS Chicago:
"A Safe Passage worker for Chicago Public Schools allegedly struck a woman and stole her Link benefits card, authorities say.
Lashia Brown, 22, has been charged with misdemeanor battery and felony ID theft.
Police confirmed Brown has a prior criminal record that includes possessing a weapon without a Firearm Owners Identification Card, an offense for which she pleaded guilty.
Brown allegedly struck the victim in the face and used her Link card to withdraw money. "
"safe passage worker"?

"I can see Putin's shoe print on Obama's behind from my house"

5th-Generation Fighter, 1st-Generation Tires?

5th-Generation Fighter, 1st-Generation Tires? | Defense Tech:
"Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, who oversees the Defense Department’s Joint Strike Fighter program, this week said some parts of the plane break down too frequently.
When a reporter asked for examples, Bogdan cited a seemingly mundane component: the tires"

City Sued Over FOIA Fees

City Sued Over FOIA Fees [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"Westland charges $1 per page, $45 per hour to gather public information"
Make no mistake, it's them against us!

Ex-NFL star Brian Holloway may be sued by parents of teens who allegedly trashed his upstate NY home

Ex-NFL star Brian Holloway may be sued by parents of teens who allegedly trashed his upstate NY home - NY Daily News:
"If Brian Holloway thought the hundreds of teenagers who destroyed his home were ruthless, wait until their families are through with him.
Several parents are reportedly considering lawsuits against the former NFL star after he posted their children's names on a website created in the wake of the Labor Day weekend house party."
The website, www.helpmesave300.com, identifies over 100 of the estimated 300 house-crashers who trashed his upstate New York residence, and includes photos and tweets that documented the reckless destruction.

But rather than apologize to Holloway for their children's behavior, some parents have contacted their lawyers to see what legal action they can take against the former Patriots and Raiders offensive lineman, local affiliate ABC News 10 reported.

Going for broke: The multiple lost decades of US household income. Is it possible to have a recovery while the standard of living collapses?

Going for broke: The multiple lost decades of US household income. Is it possible to have a recovery while the standard of living collapses?:
"Adjusting for inflation, American families are making what they did in 1989.  
How long ago was this?  
The most popular shows on TV were The Cosby Show and Roseanne.  
In other words, this was a generation ago.
The standard of living continues to decline for many but for others the bailouts are working out magnificently like rubbing on a central bank genie lamp.
The Fed is going for broke here but only a small portion of our population is really coming out ahead."

Developers of new Detroit office tower seek $27M in tax incentives

Developers of new Detroit office tower seek $27M in tax incentives | Crain's Detroit Business:
"The Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority board could vote as soon as Wednesday afternoon on whether to approve $27 million in tax incentives for the first new major office building in the Central Business District since the completion of One Kennedy Square in 2006.
Plans for the 320,000-square-foot Schostak Bros. & Co. "

Hmmm.....$27 million to the family of the chairman of the Michigan Republican party....... hmmmmmm......

See which Michigan cities have highest child poverty rates

See which Michigan cities have highest child poverty rates | MLive.com:
"The latest Census release included data on cities and counties with a population of 65,000 or more.
Flint had the second-highest child poverty rate at 57.6 percent, followed by Lansing at 50.1 percent, Grand Rapids at 42 percent, Dearborn at 40 percent and Kalamazoo at 38 percent. "

Behind the Curtain: Nancy Pelosi unplugged

Unplugged?
Unhinged!
Behind the Curtain: Nancy Pelosi unplugged - POLITICO.com
Striking a tone of disgust, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi ridicules the GOP as obsessed with its loathing of President Obama and hell-bent on hurting him politically, regardless the cost. She assigns little to no blame to the president (even though Democrats privately say that’s laughable) and instead portrays him as saintly, above reproach and the victim of jealousy or something worse.

After 26 years in the House, she says, “I haven’t seen anything like it. I haven’t seen anything like it.” (Never heard of George Bush?)

Throughout a 50-minute interview on Thursday in her second-floor Capitol office, where the late Speaker Tip O’Neill used to receive supplicants, Pelosi was sharply derisive about the scorn Republicans have for this president.

“You know why it is,” she said. “You know why it is. He’s brilliant, … he thinks in a strategic way in how to get something done … and he’s completely eloquent. That’s a package that they don’t like.


..Then she added a line that she has used before, that drives Republicans batty: “He has been … open, practically apolitical, certainly nonpartisan, in terms of welcoming every idea and solution. I think that’s one of the reasons the Republicans want to take him down politically, because they know he is a nonpartisan president, and that’s something very hard for them to cope with.”

Wal-Mart site plan approval appeal going before Whitehall Township board Sept. 23

Wal-Mart site plan approval appeal going before Whitehall Township board Sept. 23 | MLive.com:
"WHITEHALL, MI – What could be the last public meeting on the controversial plan to build a Wal-Mart “supercenter” in Whitehall Township will be held Monday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m."

Earth Has More Sea Ice Than 1990: ‘Earth currently has 333,000 Manhattans of sea ice, which is more ice than on the same date in 1990′

Climate Depot | A project of CFACT:
 "Thomas touts Climate Depot: Marc Morano, a former staff member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (whose web page climatedepot.com offers numerous scientific articles debunking climate change), emails me:
"As a long observer of the global weather movement, I can say that the events of 2013 have been one of the most devastating to the movement. 
Both poles have record expanding ice. 
Global temperatures have failed to rise for 15 plus years, sea level rise is failing to accelerate, tornadoes are at record lows, hurricanes are near record low activity ... 2013 may be the year in which man-made global warming fears enter the dustbin of history.'"

Wondering what happened to all fuel tanks jettisoned by U.S. fighter jets over Southeast Asia during Vietnam War?

The Aviationist » Wondering what happened to all fuel tanks jettisoned by U.S. fighter jets over Southeast Asia during Vietnam War?

My Favorite SR-71 Story

My Favorite SR-71 Story | The Lexicans:
"So it was with great surprise, when, at the end of one of my presentations, someone asked:
What was the slowest you ever flew the Blackbird.? 
This was a first. 
After giving it some thought, I was reminded of a story I had never shared before, and relayed the following:"
Amazing memories!

The Decline of College

The Decline of College | RealClearPolitics:
"The four-year campus experience is simply vanishing.
At the California State University system, the largest university complex in the world, well under 20 percent of students graduate in four years despite massive student aid.
Fewer than half graduate in six years."

This Is Why Most Military Personnel Aren’t Armed on Military Bases — and It’s Not Clinton’s Fault

This Is Why Most Military Personnel Aren’t Armed on Military Bases — and It’s Not Clinton’s Fault | TheBlaze.com:

Monday’s deadly shooting at the Washington Navy Yard has renewed interest in why most military personnel are forbidden from carrying firearms on military bases. 

In the aftermath, some have pointed fingers at former President Bill Clinton, but is he really to blame?

Not according to what we found.

The question of why military members aren’t armed on base garnered attention back in November 2009 when Army Maj. Nidal Hasan opened fire at Ft. Hood and killed 13 people. He was sentenced to death on August 28. Now, nearly four years later, many are asking the same question.

So what’s the answer?

It appears this “gun-free zone” type policy can actually be traced back toDepartment of Defense (DoD) Directive 5210.56, signed into effect in February 1992 by Donald J. Atwood, deputy secretary of defense under President George H.W. Bush.

Spitting on Their Graves: Democrats Leave Benghazi Hearing Before Testimony From Families of Victims

Spitting on Their Graves: Democrats Leave Benghazi Hearing Before Testimony From Families of Victims - Katie Pavlich:
"During the second portion of a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing about Benghazi Thursday on Capitol Hill, the majority of Democrats on the Committee left the room and refused to listen to the testimony of Patricia Smith and Charles Woods. Ms. Smith is the mother of Sean Smith, an information management officer killed in the 9/11 Benghazi attack. Charles Woods is the father of Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods, who was also killed."

How an Engineer Earned 1.25 Million Air Miles By Buying Pudding

How an Engineer Earned 1.25 Million Air Miles By Buying Pudding:

California College Forbids Passing Out Constitutions ... On Constitution Day

California College Forbids Passing Out Constitutions ... On Constitution Day - Fox Nation

University of Michigan athletics paid for 'Go Blue' skywriting over Spartan Stadium

University of Michigan athletics paid for 'Go Blue' skywriting over Spartan Stadium | MLive.com:
"EAST LANSING --“ University of Michigan athletics paid thousands of dollars for a skywriter to etch "Go Blue" in the skies over East Lansing before Michigan State kicked off against Youngstown State on Saturday, MLive has learned exclusively."

Australia shows us all the way by sacking its useless, pointless Climate Commissioner

Australia shows us all the way by sacking its useless, pointless Climate Commissioner Tim Flannery – Telegraph Blogs:
""G'day mate, would you like fries with that?
G'day mate, would you like fries with that?
G'day mate, would you like fries with that?"
Oh to be a fly on the wall at Tim Flannery's waterside property as he practises in the mirror for a job more suited to his talents. 
This time last week he was Australia's Climate Commissioner, on an A$180,000 a year salary which required him to work just three days a week.
But incoming premier Tony Abbott's night of the green knives has put paid to that. Flannery's Mickey Mouse job has gone; so too has Australia's Climate Commission"

Tom DeLay money laundering verdict overturned

Tom DeLay money laundering verdict overturned | kvue.com Austin:

Renderings Of New York's Skyline In 2020

Renderings Of New York's Skyline In 2020 - Business Insider:

Cops at Ohio State have an armored fighting vehicle now

Cops at Ohio State have an armored fighting vehicle now | The Daily Caller:
"The Ohio State University Department of Public Safety has acquired an armored military vehicle that looks like it belongs in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Gary Lewis, a senior director of media relations at OSU, told The Daily Caller via email that the “unique, special-purpose vehicle is a replacement” for the “police fleet.”
He called the armored jalopy “an all-hazard, all-purpose, public safety-response vehicle” with “obviously enhanced capabilities.”

NRA Life of Duty | A Tribute to Adam Brown | Trailer

NRA Life of Duty | A Tribute to Adam Brown | Trailer:

The Price of Politics

The Price of Politics | National Review Online:
"We have entered the realm of the vicious circle: Debt and deficits will slow down economic growth, and slower economic growth will make our debt and deficits worse."

AP Tests: Waste of Tax Money?

AP Tests: Waste of Tax Money? | Heartlander Magazine:
 "From the article comes an explanation of how “students don’t reap any measurable benefit from AP classes unless they do well enough to pass the $89 end-of-course exam.”
This hasn’t stopped the federal government from spending $275 million in recent years “to promote the classes and subsidize exam fees for low-income students; states have spent many millions more.”

The Hotties and the Notties

The Hotties and the Notties — The Monkey Cage:
"In 2006, James Felton, Peter T. Koper, John Mitchell and Michael Stinson have conducted research that sought to establish, inter alia how perceived hotness of professors affected their RateMyProfessors evaluations for teaching quality.
As part of this exercise, Felton et al. ranked (Table 2 in their paper) the relative hotness quotients of 36 different academic disciplines.
My estimable colleague Professor Sides has prepared a nice graph of the data (see below)."

Internet Sales Tax One Step Closer to Reality in Michigan

Internet Sales Tax One Step Closer to Reality in Michigan [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"The six Republican committee members who voted “yes” on the bills last week were Reps. Kevin Cotter, R-Mt. Pleasant; Frank Foster, R-Pellston; Tim Kelly, R-Saginaw Township.; Lisa Posthumus Lyons, R-Aldo; Margaret O'Brien, R-Portage; and Amanda Price, R-Holland."
Why is it the collaborators always seem to be GOPers?

Police Chief James Craig reacts to Detroit ranking as 2nd most violent city in U.S.

Police Chief James Craig reacts to Detroit ranking as 2nd most violent city in U.S. | MLive.com:
"Using FBI crime data and population estimates, in 2012, citizens had varying odds of becoming crime victims. Here's a look:

Flint: 1 in 37 chance of being a victim of violence
Saginaw: 1 in 42 chance of being a victim of violence
Detroit: 1 in 47 chance of being a victim of violence"

Three things you should know about Muskegon County's proposed 2014 budget

Three things you should know about Muskegon County's proposed 2014 budget | MLive.com:
"The department would a cost 1.25 million -- about $200,000 more than the current system."
Hey, it's only someone else's money....

Egelston Township fire service invoices going unpaid, board considers what to do

Egelston Township fire service invoices going unpaid, board considers what to do | MLive.com:
"Egelston Township has had a policy to charge for fire department services since the mid- to late-1990s, Brentana said. But the fire department didn't get "serious about it" until 2010, he said."
What the heck do they pay taxes for?

EU policy on climate change is right even if science was wrong, says commissioner

EU policy on climate change is right even if science was wrong, says commissioner - Telegraph
We pay these morons?

IRS spied on tea party after granting tax-exempt status

IRS spied on tea party after granting tax-exempt status - Washington Times:
"Republicans investigating the IRS targeting scandal said Wednesday that the agency continued to conduct secret surveillance on tea party groups even after approving them for tax-exempt status."
Big Brother is OK if you're a democrat.

Aaron Alexis Enlisted In Navy During Period Of Criminal Record Waivers

Aaron Alexis Enlisted In Navy During Period Of Criminal Record Waivers:
"In 2007, the year that the Navy accepted Alexis into its ranks, the military services together enlisted 909 recruits with felony convictions, including burglary, grand larceny, aggravated assault, child molestation, narcotics possession and arson, according to Defense Department data provided to Congress.
Included among the Navy's new recruits in 2007 were 42 people with felony convictions."

FBI: Chicago passes New York as murder capital of U.S.

FBI: Chicago passes New York as murder capital of U.S.:
"The city of Chicago registered more homicides than any city in the nation in 2012, surpassing even New York — despite the fact that the Second City has only one third as many residents as the Big Apple.
...But residents of Chicago and New York were much less likely to be victims of a homicide than residents of Flint, Mich. 
Sixty-three murders occurred in 2012 in Flint, a city of 101,632, meaning one in every 1,613 city residents were homicide victims.
Detroit, which experienced 386 homicides in 2012, was almost as unsafe; that’s enough murders to account for one in every 1,832 residents."

'New' Dow vs. Current Dow

'New' Dow vs. Current Dow:
"On September 10, three component changes were announced for the Dow Jones industrial average.
Effective September 23, Alcoa, Bank of America and Hewlett-Packard will be replaced by Goldman Sachs, Nike and Visa.
On this page, we're showing you how the "new" Dow would be performing if the changes became effective on the morning they were announced."

Probe launched over claim that elite Capitol Police unit blocked from Navy Yard massacre

Probe launched over claim that elite Capitol Police unit blocked from Navy Yard massacre | Fox News:
"The board that oversees the U.S. Capitol Police has opened an investigation into whether a tactical team of officers that was one of the first on the scene during the Washington Navy Yard shooting was ordered to stand down. "

Climate Change Reconsidered Presents Mountains of Peer-Reviewed Evidence

Climate Change Reconsidered Presents Mountains of Peer-Reviewed Evidence | Heartlander Magazine:
"The new report, known as CCR-2, includes more than 1,000 pages documenting the evidence that anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions are not causing a global warming crisis.
The report contains literally thousands of citations to the peer-reviewed literature."

It's Not About The Nail

"Don't try to fix it. I just need you to listen." 
Every man has heard these words. 
And they are the law of the land. 
No matter what."

Michigan Black Chamber of Commerce: We want 'fairness and equity' in Detroit projects

Michigan Black Chamber of Commerce: We want 'fairness and equity' in Detroit projects | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"As Detroit seeks to revitalize and redevelop, the Michigan Black Chamber of Commerce — and other groups representing minority businesses owners — plans to make a case for more inclusion in these projects.

“Or goal is to make sure there is fairness and equity,” said Ken Harris, president and CEO of the chamber.
“We must make it a priority that we are included, and the processes are inclusive.
It makes sense to have minority and African-American firms at the table.”

He added: “We find it deplorable if they are not.”

More than $500K awarded for Great Lakes projects

More than $500K awarded for Great Lakes projects | Lansing State Journal | lansingstatejournal.com:
"The money is provided in part by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A full list of projects is posted online."

GVSU students protest removal of sculpture used in nude parody of Miley Cyrus ‘Wrecking Ball’ video

GVSU students protest removal of sculpture used in nude parody of Miley Cyrus ‘Wrecking Ball’ video | MLive.com:
 "The university removed the sculpture – essentially a large, metal ball hanging from a steel cable – Tuesday morning, saying it needed to verify the “structural integrity” to ensure it wouldn’t collapse under the weight of multiple students."

Student Indoctrination

Student Indoctrination — The Patriot Post:
"You ask, “Williams, what can be done?”
Students should record classroom professorial propaganda and give it wide distribution over the Internet. 
I've taught for more than 45 years and routinely invited students to record my lectures so they don't have to be stenographers during class.
I have no idea of where those recordings have wound up, but if you find them, you'll hear zero proselytization or discussion of my political and personal preferences.
To use a classroom to propagate one's personal beliefs is academic dishonesty.

Vladimir Lenin said, “Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.” That's the goal of the leftist teaching agenda."

The N-Word & the L-Word

The N-Word & the L-Word — The Patriot Post:
"We have been told time and again that the world will stop spinning if white people utter the word that's tossed around like a Frisbee in the black community.
Blacks never explain why the word that's supposed to be the worst obscenity imaginable has such wide currency within their own ranks. "