Bill Nye Uses Constitution to Claim ‘Denying Science’ Is ‘Unpatriotic.’ Too Bad He Didn’t Quote It Very Carefully. | TheBlaze.com:
"But Twitchy noted that the words Nye pulled from Article I, Section 8 are taken way, way out of context.
Here’s what comes after the quote Nye spouted off: “To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;”
Important stuff you won't get from the liberal media! We do the surfing so you can be informed AND have a life!
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
What could possibly go wrong?-----‘Revitalizing’ Detroit with 50,000 Syrian Refugees?
‘Revitalizing’ Detroit with 50,000 Syrian Refugees?
It has been said that nature abhors a vacuum.
The Obama administration’s policies around the world have created power vacuums with severe and often deadly consequences.
.....Our primary concern, however, must be on how any actions to address this will impact the United States and its citizens.
We will begin by considering the impact large numbers of refugees would likely have on American workers, particularly focusing on a proposal for the resettlement of 50,000 Syrian refugees in Detroit, Michigan.
The Obama administration’s policies around the world have created power vacuums with severe and often deadly consequences.
.....Our primary concern, however, must be on how any actions to address this will impact the United States and its citizens.
We will begin by considering the impact large numbers of refugees would likely have on American workers, particularly focusing on a proposal for the resettlement of 50,000 Syrian refugees in Detroit, Michigan.
First of all, the proposal for this program would come with a huge price-tag. Consider just how much the proposal admits this would cost:
Resettling Syrians in Detroit would require commitment and cooperation across different branches and levels of our government, but it is eminently feasible. President Obama and Congress would have to agree to lift this year’s refugee ceiling by 50,000. The State Department, which handles overseas processing of refugees, would need to open offices at the camps in Jordan and Turkey, determine eligibility and administer a lottery for resettlement. Homeland Security, which controls the borders, would have to carry out accelerated security checks, as has been done in the past for Vietnamese and for Iranian religious minorities. Health and Human Services would need an expansion in the $1.5 billion it budgets for refugee resettlement.
You like weird clocks?-----Odd Clock Moves Minute Hand to Hour Hand
Odd Clock Moves Minute Hand to Hour Hand | Hackaday:
"We see a lot of clocks here on Hackaday. Some make it easy to tell the time, others are more cryptic. [dragonator] has done something that is so simple, we are surprised it isn’t more common. In a typical mechanical hand clock the minute and hour hands rotate around the same axis. [dragonator] decided to take the minute hand and move it out to the tip of the hour hand."
"We see a lot of clocks here on Hackaday. Some make it easy to tell the time, others are more cryptic. [dragonator] has done something that is so simple, we are surprised it isn’t more common. In a typical mechanical hand clock the minute and hour hands rotate around the same axis. [dragonator] decided to take the minute hand and move it out to the tip of the hour hand."
Islamic State Says It Has Enough Money to Buy Pakistani Nuclear Weapon and Smuggle It Into U.S. From Mexico ‘to Pull Off Something Truly Epic’ | TheBlaze.com
Islamic State Says It Has Enough Money to Buy Pakistani Nuclear Weapon and Smuggle It Into U.S. From Mexico ‘to Pull Off Something Truly Epic’ | TheBlaze.com:
"The Islamic State group has suggested it could buy a nuclear weapon over the next year and smuggle it into the U.S. from Mexico.
The claim was made in an article allegedly penned by British hostage John Cantlie in the latest issue of Dabiq, the group’s English-language propaganda magazine.
The article titled “The Perfect Storm” alleges that the group has amassed enough funds to purchase the weapon from Pakistan."
"The Islamic State group has suggested it could buy a nuclear weapon over the next year and smuggle it into the U.S. from Mexico.
The claim was made in an article allegedly penned by British hostage John Cantlie in the latest issue of Dabiq, the group’s English-language propaganda magazine.
The article titled “The Perfect Storm” alleges that the group has amassed enough funds to purchase the weapon from Pakistan."
No money for roads but $140 MILLION OK for 3.3 miles of Detroit streetcar?!!!------Quicken Loans will get to pick name for M-1 Rail
Quicken Loans will get to pick name for M-1 Rail:
"Dan Gilbert can add the eventual name of the M-1 Rail streetcar to his list of acquisitions.
Gilbert's Quicken Loans secured the naming rights to the 3.3-mile streetcar line being built on Woodward as part of its financial support during fund-raising for the project, according to a statement from Paul Childs, M-1's chief operating officer.
"M-1 Rail is also working on other branding items — including recognition of donors who have sponsored station stops," Childs said in the statement.
"The process is a dynamic one and will be done in a way that reflects the pride we have in the project and its importance to Detroit."
It was unclear when a decision on the name would be reached or if M-1 Rail is a possibility.
Chief Operating Officer Paul Childs breaks down the 2015 construction plans during a meeting Thursday in Detroit. Significant work will happen near Campus Martius Park.
Quicken obtaining the line's naming rights was first reported by Crain's Detroit Business.
Quicken pledged $10 million to the approximately $140 million project, according to a Free Press report last year. The company is also sponsoring the Congress station."
"Dan Gilbert can add the eventual name of the M-1 Rail streetcar to his list of acquisitions.
Gilbert's Quicken Loans secured the naming rights to the 3.3-mile streetcar line being built on Woodward as part of its financial support during fund-raising for the project, according to a statement from Paul Childs, M-1's chief operating officer.
"M-1 Rail is also working on other branding items — including recognition of donors who have sponsored station stops," Childs said in the statement.
"The process is a dynamic one and will be done in a way that reflects the pride we have in the project and its importance to Detroit."
It was unclear when a decision on the name would be reached or if M-1 Rail is a possibility.
Chief Operating Officer Paul Childs breaks down the 2015 construction plans during a meeting Thursday in Detroit. Significant work will happen near Campus Martius Park.
Quicken obtaining the line's naming rights was first reported by Crain's Detroit Business.
Quicken pledged $10 million to the approximately $140 million project, according to a Free Press report last year. The company is also sponsoring the Congress station."
This is how they "think"----Here are 7 things people who say they’re ‘fiscally conservative but socially liberal’ don’t understand
Here are 7 things people who say they’re ‘fiscally conservative but socially liberal’ don’t understand
"Well, I’m conservative, but I’m not one of those racist, homophobic, dripping-with-hate Tea Party bigots!
I’m pro-choice!
I’m pro-same-sex-marriage!
I’m not a racist!
I just want lower taxes, and smaller government, and less government regulation of business.
I’m fiscally conservative, and socially liberal.”
How many liberals and progressives have heard this?
It’s ridiculously common.
Hell, even David Koch of the Koch brothers has said, “I’m a conservative on economic matters and I’m a social liberal.”
And it’s wrong.
W-R-O-N-G Wrong.
You can’t separate fiscal issues from social issues.
They’re deeply intertwined.
They affect each other.
Economic issues often are social issues.
And conservative fiscal policies do enormous social harm.
That’s true even for the mildest, most generous version of “fiscal conservatism” — low taxes, small government, reduced regulation, a free market.
These policies perpetuate human rights abuses.
They make life harder for people who already have hard lives.
Even if the people supporting these policies don’t intend this, the policies are racist, sexist, classist (obviously), ableist, homophobic, transphobic, and otherwise socially retrograde.
In many ways, they do more harm than so-called “social policies” that are supposedly separate from economic ones.
Here are seven reasons that “fiscally conservative, socially liberal” is nonsense...."
"Well, I’m conservative, but I’m not one of those racist, homophobic, dripping-with-hate Tea Party bigots!
I’m pro-choice!
I’m pro-same-sex-marriage!
I’m not a racist!
I just want lower taxes, and smaller government, and less government regulation of business.
I’m fiscally conservative, and socially liberal.”
How many liberals and progressives have heard this?
It’s ridiculously common.
Hell, even David Koch of the Koch brothers has said, “I’m a conservative on economic matters and I’m a social liberal.”
And it’s wrong.
W-R-O-N-G Wrong.
You can’t separate fiscal issues from social issues.
They’re deeply intertwined.
They affect each other.
Economic issues often are social issues.
And conservative fiscal policies do enormous social harm.
That’s true even for the mildest, most generous version of “fiscal conservatism” — low taxes, small government, reduced regulation, a free market.
These policies perpetuate human rights abuses.
They make life harder for people who already have hard lives.
Even if the people supporting these policies don’t intend this, the policies are racist, sexist, classist (obviously), ableist, homophobic, transphobic, and otherwise socially retrograde.
In many ways, they do more harm than so-called “social policies” that are supposedly separate from economic ones.
Here are seven reasons that “fiscally conservative, socially liberal” is nonsense...."
Fake "news" or not? It's coming no matter what-------McDonald’s To Open A Restaurant Run By Robots In Phoenix
McDonald’s To Open A Restaurant Run By Robots In Phoenix | JEWSNEWS
(PHOENIX) After seeing a decline in earnings for the first time in nine years, McDonald’s plans to do something no other store of its kind has ever done before; open a store run entirely by robots.
The store is set to open July 4th in Phoenix, Arizona once the state-of-the-art robot remodel is complete.
The restaurant will still employee a small team to insure all of the robots are working correctly, the food along with the cleaning supplies remaining stocked and removing the money collected by the robots.
If the test launch for the store is a success, visitors to the restaurant can soon expect to see these new robots working in harmony at a speed of 50 times faster than the average human employee, with no chance of error, located in every store all over the country.
(PHOENIX) After seeing a decline in earnings for the first time in nine years, McDonald’s plans to do something no other store of its kind has ever done before; open a store run entirely by robots.
The store is set to open July 4th in Phoenix, Arizona once the state-of-the-art robot remodel is complete.
The restaurant will still employee a small team to insure all of the robots are working correctly, the food along with the cleaning supplies remaining stocked and removing the money collected by the robots.
If the test launch for the store is a success, visitors to the restaurant can soon expect to see these new robots working in harmony at a speed of 50 times faster than the average human employee, with no chance of error, located in every store all over the country.
U.K. rape jihadis: ‘This is OK in our culture’
U.K. rape jihadis: ‘This is OK in our culture’:
"I met with the police myself in April 2015. They still weren’t interested. I gave them names of 80 Muslim men who had raped and beaten me. Nothing has happened to those men. I still see them down with the taxis. I can’t publish their names – then they will know it’s me, and they will seize me and beat me again. I went to the gym last week. One of them was at the gym. I see them everywhere.
I don’t go out much. I go to the gym, I walk my dogs. I try not to be recognized.
The men who did this to me have no remorse. They would tell me that what they were doing was OK in their culture.
If British authorities don’t act to save this girl and all the others like her, Britain is finished, and doesn’t even deserve to be saved."
"I met with the police myself in April 2015. They still weren’t interested. I gave them names of 80 Muslim men who had raped and beaten me. Nothing has happened to those men. I still see them down with the taxis. I can’t publish their names – then they will know it’s me, and they will seize me and beat me again. I went to the gym last week. One of them was at the gym. I see them everywhere.
I don’t go out much. I go to the gym, I walk my dogs. I try not to be recognized.
The men who did this to me have no remorse. They would tell me that what they were doing was OK in their culture.
If British authorities don’t act to save this girl and all the others like her, Britain is finished, and doesn’t even deserve to be saved."
Insanity!!!-----Student vet with PTSD suspended, labeled ‘threat’ to peers after requesting to meet with non-Muslim counselor
Student vet with PTSD suspended, labeled ‘threat’ to peers after requesting to meet with non-Muslim counselor:
"Jeremy Rawls, a former active-duty Marine and senior at Mississippi College was recently suspended and labeled a threat to himself and other students after requesting to meet with a non-Muslim counselor.
Rawls has been diagnosed with several combat-related disabilities including lung disease and post traumatic stress disorder.
...In an exclusive interview with Campus Reform, the former active-duty Marine who served two combat tours in Iraq said his suspension came after he requested to meet with a different counselor in the school’s Office of Counseling and Disability Services.
Rawls, who is diagnosed with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), was originally paired with a female counselor who wore traditional Muslim dress during his initial visit to the office.
“It’s not that I didn’t want to participate… I didn’t want to traumatize her and it wasn’t a good environment to be talking about [my disabilities] with that specific person,” Rawls said.
...“Their response was suspending me pending a mental evaluation which I provided and then they put me on further restriction and a reintegration program,” Rawls said.
In an email notifying Rawls of his suspension, Associate Dean of Students Jonathan Ambrose said administrators and the Student Intervention Team have a “due diligence in not only the protection of yourself, but also the campus community as a whole from potential harm or the threat there of.”
“You are not permitted to be on campus for any reason or attend class during the duration of the Interim Suspension unless you have written permission,” states an email sent to Rawls on Feb. 26 and later obtained by Campus Reform...
"Jeremy Rawls, a former active-duty Marine and senior at Mississippi College was recently suspended and labeled a threat to himself and other students after requesting to meet with a non-Muslim counselor.
Rawls has been diagnosed with several combat-related disabilities including lung disease and post traumatic stress disorder.
...In an exclusive interview with Campus Reform, the former active-duty Marine who served two combat tours in Iraq said his suspension came after he requested to meet with a different counselor in the school’s Office of Counseling and Disability Services.
Rawls, who is diagnosed with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), was originally paired with a female counselor who wore traditional Muslim dress during his initial visit to the office.
“It’s not that I didn’t want to participate… I didn’t want to traumatize her and it wasn’t a good environment to be talking about [my disabilities] with that specific person,” Rawls said.
...“Their response was suspending me pending a mental evaluation which I provided and then they put me on further restriction and a reintegration program,” Rawls said.
In an email notifying Rawls of his suspension, Associate Dean of Students Jonathan Ambrose said administrators and the Student Intervention Team have a “due diligence in not only the protection of yourself, but also the campus community as a whole from potential harm or the threat there of.”
“You are not permitted to be on campus for any reason or attend class during the duration of the Interim Suspension unless you have written permission,” states an email sent to Rawls on Feb. 26 and later obtained by Campus Reform...
Thankfully, no other more pressing problems in Muskegon county........Muskegon County leaders discuss creating Michigan's first plastic bags ordinance
Muskegon County leaders discuss creating Michigan's first plastic bags ordinance | MLive.com
MUSKEGON, MI – County Commissioners discussed a county-wide plastic bag ordinance at a meeting Thursday.
MUSKEGON, MI – County Commissioners discussed a county-wide plastic bag ordinance at a meeting Thursday.
Commissioners held a work session May 21 to discuss the idea of an ordinance that would limit or reduce the usage of plastic bags, especially those given out free by retail shops.
No counties or municipalities in Michigan currently have such an ordinance.
The Board of Commissioners Chairman Terry Sabo had earlier suggested ban on shops giving out free plastic bags.
...Muskegon County Sustainability Coordinator Sara Damm gave a presentation of her research into plastic bag bans around the county, finding that ban paired with requiring a charge for checkout-lane paper bags seemed most effective in reducing usage.
....Commissioner Jeff Lohman said possibly several different approaches, such as an education campaign, recycling program and a ban could work together.
...Commissioners also discussed the possibility of only extending a ban on bags given out by larger retail stores, since the bigger stores might be better equipped to deal with the ordinance.
Sabo wasn't sure he liked that idea, though.
"The plastic bags coming out of those (smaller) stores are just as bad," he said.
Green Activists Explain How To Brainwash Children With Climate Pornography
Green Activists Explain How To Brainwash Children With Climate Pornography - Breitbart:
"...the message at one of the panel discussions at this year’s luvvie-fest of impeccably correct thinking, the Hay Literary Festival, where a group of “CliFi” authors have been singing the praises of brainwashing the impressionable young through the medium of kiddie-friendly climate pornography.
"...the message at one of the panel discussions at this year’s luvvie-fest of impeccably correct thinking, the Hay Literary Festival, where a group of “CliFi” authors have been singing the praises of brainwashing the impressionable young through the medium of kiddie-friendly climate pornography.
David Thorpe, author of the book Stormteller, said that children were more open minded and claimed that writers could ‘infect’ their minds with ‘seriously subversive viral ideas’.He was speaking at the Hay Festival alongside ‘cli-fi’ authors George Marshall and Saci Lloyd.“I like writing for children because their minds are still forming,” said Mr Thorpe whose novel is set in a coastal Wales ravaged by climate change and rising sea levels.“They are asking all sorts of questions about how the world is working. Their minds haven’t been tainted by ideological bias, they are still open minded about it.
“You can try to be seriously subversive and try to infect their minds with these viral ideas that they can explore on their own to make it exciting. When I was that age I loved having my mind boggled.”Saci Lloyd, author of the children’s book, The Carbon Diaries, said it was important to write engaging stories for children while keeping climate change as an underlying theme, so it was not obvious that it was a central topic...
Chuck Norris Makes Stunning Accusation About How Obama Is ‘Ensuring A 2016 Win’ For Dems
Chuck Norris Makes Stunning Accusation About How Obama Is ‘Ensuring A 2016 Win’ For Dems:
"Furthermore, Norris cited the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program established by Obama to allow certain immigrants a fast track toward U.S. citizenship.
Perhaps the most troubling way this administration is using immigration to score electoral victories, Norris asserts, is by admitting refugees from any number of unfriendly, predominantly Muslim nations.
“Their strategy is to ‘seed your communities’ with at least 70,000 refugees a year,” he wrote, “including Iraqis, Burmese, Bhutanese, Somalis, Cubans, Syrians and others. And the numbers of Syrians, mostly Muslim, will surpass them all.”
"Furthermore, Norris cited the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program established by Obama to allow certain immigrants a fast track toward U.S. citizenship.
Perhaps the most troubling way this administration is using immigration to score electoral victories, Norris asserts, is by admitting refugees from any number of unfriendly, predominantly Muslim nations.
“Their strategy is to ‘seed your communities’ with at least 70,000 refugees a year,” he wrote, “including Iraqis, Burmese, Bhutanese, Somalis, Cubans, Syrians and others. And the numbers of Syrians, mostly Muslim, will surpass them all.”
Baltimore Cop: Morale 'Worst I've Ever Seen' as Crime Explodes
Baltimore Cop: Morale 'Worst I've Ever Seen' as Crime Explodes:
"Last week, Baltimore residents have been suspicious that the city’s police department has held back, allowing crime to run rampant — but the department’s morale is at a low point, according one of its officers.
On Friday, a Baltimore officer spoke to CNN’s Anderson Cooper and said that he and his fellow officers are afraid for each other’s safety and are experiencing epic low levels of morale.
The officer, who wanted to stay anonymous, said that morale was “the worst of the worst I’ve ever seen in my career.”
...Crime has exploded in Baltimore since the Freddie Gray riots.
As the long Memorial Day weekend began, 11 shootings had already occurred from Friday afternoon into Saturday..."
"Last week, Baltimore residents have been suspicious that the city’s police department has held back, allowing crime to run rampant — but the department’s morale is at a low point, according one of its officers.
On Friday, a Baltimore officer spoke to CNN’s Anderson Cooper and said that he and his fellow officers are afraid for each other’s safety and are experiencing epic low levels of morale.
The officer, who wanted to stay anonymous, said that morale was “the worst of the worst I’ve ever seen in my career.”
...Crime has exploded in Baltimore since the Freddie Gray riots.
As the long Memorial Day weekend began, 11 shootings had already occurred from Friday afternoon into Saturday..."
History for May 26
History for May 26 - On-This-Day.com
Al Jolson 1886, John Wayne 1907, Jay Silverheels 1919
Peggy Lee 1920, James Arness 1923 - Actor ("Gunsmoke"), Sally K. Ride 1951 - Astronaut
1521 - Martin Luther was banned by the Edict of Worms because of his religious beliefs and writings.
1868 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson was acquitted, by one vote, of all charges in his impeachment trial.
1908 - In Persia, the first oil strike was made in the Middle East.
1938 - The House Committee on Un-American Activities began its work of searching for subversives in the United States.
1940 - The evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began during World War II.
1946 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill signed a military pact with Russian leader Joseph Stalin. Stalin promised a "close collaboration after the war."
1959 - The word "Frisbee" became a registered trademark of Wham-O.
1972 - The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I) was signed by the U.S. and USSR. The short-term agreement put a freeze on the testing and deployment of intercontinental and submarine-launched ballistic missiles for a 5-year period.
1994 - U.S. President Clinton renewed trade privileges for China, and announced that his administration would no longer link China's trade status with its human rights record.
Al Jolson 1886, John Wayne 1907, Jay Silverheels 1919
Peggy Lee 1920, James Arness 1923 - Actor ("Gunsmoke"), Sally K. Ride 1951 - Astronaut
1521 - Martin Luther was banned by the Edict of Worms because of his religious beliefs and writings.
1868 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson was acquitted, by one vote, of all charges in his impeachment trial.
1908 - In Persia, the first oil strike was made in the Middle East.
1938 - The House Committee on Un-American Activities began its work of searching for subversives in the United States.
1940 - The evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began during World War II.
1946 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill signed a military pact with Russian leader Joseph Stalin. Stalin promised a "close collaboration after the war."
1959 - The word "Frisbee" became a registered trademark of Wham-O.
1972 - The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I) was signed by the U.S. and USSR. The short-term agreement put a freeze on the testing and deployment of intercontinental and submarine-launched ballistic missiles for a 5-year period.
1994 - U.S. President Clinton renewed trade privileges for China, and announced that his administration would no longer link China's trade status with its human rights record.
Monday, May 25, 2015
Barack and Michelle's Taxpayer-Funded Free Ride Could Be About to Come to a Screeching Halt
Barack and Michelle's Taxpayer-Funded Free Ride Could Be About to Come to a Screeching Halt:
"What the bill would do is limit former presidents to $200,000 annually in federal benefits, and pay $200,000 as an annual allowance, limiting former presidents to no more than $400,000 total in taxpayer dollars.
Former presidents who earned more than $400,000 in any given year through their own efforts would receive no federal benefits under the proposal.
For instance, since former President Clinton made roughly $9.7 million last year, he would not have been eligible for any taxpayer dollars or federal benefits under the bill, as they obviously were unnecessary."
"What the bill would do is limit former presidents to $200,000 annually in federal benefits, and pay $200,000 as an annual allowance, limiting former presidents to no more than $400,000 total in taxpayer dollars.
Former presidents who earned more than $400,000 in any given year through their own efforts would receive no federal benefits under the proposal.
For instance, since former President Clinton made roughly $9.7 million last year, he would not have been eligible for any taxpayer dollars or federal benefits under the bill, as they obviously were unnecessary."
Obama to Joint Chiefs: Cut A-10 Warthog & Abrams Tank: We Need Funds for Transgender Surgery
Obama to Joint Chiefs: Cut A-10 Warthog & Abrams Tank: We Need Funds for Transgender Surgery
Obama to Joint Chiefs: Cut A-10 Warthog & Abrams Tank: We Need Funds for Transgender Surgery
Obama to Joint Chiefs: Cut A-10 Warthog & Abrams Tank: We Need Funds for Transgender Surgery
New Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Sunday that transgender people shouldn’t be prevented from serving in the U.S. military solely based on their gender identity, noting it should not “preclude” them from service.
The Marine Corps may have to change its physical standards in order to put females in positions to one day lead infantry platoons in combat.Both the Marine Corps and the Army continue to wrestle with the mandate that former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta issued in January, directing the U.S. military to open hundreds of combat-arms jobs that have been closed to female servicemembers.
2+2=What? Parents Rail Against Common Core Math
2+2=What? Parents Rail Against Common Core Math | NBC4 Washington:
"An Iowa woman jokingly calls it "Satan's handiwork.''
A California mom says she's broken down in tears.
A Pennsylvania parent says it "makes my blood boil.''
What could be so horrible?
Grade-school math.
As schools around the U.S. implement national Common Core learning standards, parents trying to help their kids with math homework say that adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing has become as complicated as calculus."
"An Iowa woman jokingly calls it "Satan's handiwork.''
A California mom says she's broken down in tears.
A Pennsylvania parent says it "makes my blood boil.''
What could be so horrible?
Grade-school math.
As schools around the U.S. implement national Common Core learning standards, parents trying to help their kids with math homework say that adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing has become as complicated as calculus."
Here's How Hillary Made the Names and Locations of Benghazi Victims Available Just Before the Attack
Here's How Hillary Made the Names and Locations of Benghazi Victims Available Just Before the Attack:
"The privately stored email basically revealed that the Benghazi consulate was just ripe for a terrorist attack. It also placed Stevens in the town of Ajdabiyah (H/T New York Post).
Whether or not any terrorists actually accessed this information does not take away from what Hillary Clinton did. By discussing the names and locations of Benghazi officials — some of whom later became victims of the 2012 Benghazi attack — she placed everybody at the consulate at immense risk.
Now just imagine the type of reckless things she’d do if she were president."
"The privately stored email basically revealed that the Benghazi consulate was just ripe for a terrorist attack. It also placed Stevens in the town of Ajdabiyah (H/T New York Post).
Whether or not any terrorists actually accessed this information does not take away from what Hillary Clinton did. By discussing the names and locations of Benghazi officials — some of whom later became victims of the 2012 Benghazi attack — she placed everybody at the consulate at immense risk.
Now just imagine the type of reckless things she’d do if she were president."
Failed Wayne County jail still costs $1 million a month
Failed Wayne County jail still costs $1 million a month:
"Two years after construction was halted because of ballooning expenses, the failed Wayne County jail project is still costing taxpayers more than $1 million a month.
The county broke ground on what was supposed to be a $300-million state-of-the-art jail in downtown Detroit four years ago.
But today the site is still a pile of steel and concrete — fenced and guarded — with construction costs of $151 million.
And the tab for taxpayers only grows, with no end in sight.
The jail project costs Wayne County an average of $1.2 million every month..."
"Two years after construction was halted because of ballooning expenses, the failed Wayne County jail project is still costing taxpayers more than $1 million a month.
The county broke ground on what was supposed to be a $300-million state-of-the-art jail in downtown Detroit four years ago.
But today the site is still a pile of steel and concrete — fenced and guarded — with construction costs of $151 million.
And the tab for taxpayers only grows, with no end in sight.
The jail project costs Wayne County an average of $1.2 million every month..."
Greece to miss IMF payments amid fears of 'catastrophic' eurozone rupture
Greece to miss IMF payments amid fears of 'catastrophic' eurozone rupture - Telegraph:
A Greek reversion to the Drachma would be an irreversible "disaster" for the entire euro project, Yanis Varoufakis warns
Greece's long-term future in the eurozone still hangs in the balance
Greece will be unable to find the €1.6bn (£1.1bn) sum it is due to hand the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next month, one of the country’s ministers has admitted.
Nikos Voutsis, the Greek minister of the interior, said that “this money will not be given and is not there to be given”, speaking on Mega TV.
The Greek state is due to hand over the money in four installments in June, as part of its obligations for its 2011 bail-out.
Mr Voutsis’ comments came as Yanis Varoufakis, the Greek finance minister, told The Andrew Marr Show that if progress was not made, it would be the beginning of the end for the euro project.
A Greek reversion to the Drachma would be an irreversible "disaster" for the entire euro project, Yanis Varoufakis warns
Greece's long-term future in the eurozone still hangs in the balance
Greece will be unable to find the €1.6bn (£1.1bn) sum it is due to hand the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next month, one of the country’s ministers has admitted.
Nikos Voutsis, the Greek minister of the interior, said that “this money will not be given and is not there to be given”, speaking on Mega TV.
The Greek state is due to hand over the money in four installments in June, as part of its obligations for its 2011 bail-out.
Mr Voutsis’ comments came as Yanis Varoufakis, the Greek finance minister, told The Andrew Marr Show that if progress was not made, it would be the beginning of the end for the euro project.
Barack and Michelle's Taxpayer-Funded Free Ride Could Be About to Come to a Screeching Halt
Barack and Michelle's Taxpayer-Funded Free Ride Could Be About to Come to a Screeching Halt:
"What the bill would do is limit former presidents to $200,000 annually in federal benefits, and pay $200,000 as an annual allowance, limiting former presidents to no more than $400,000 total in taxpayer dollars.
Former presidents who earned more than $400,000 in any given year through their own efforts would receive no federal benefits under the proposal.
For instance, since former President Clinton made roughly $9.7 million last year, he would not have been eligible for any taxpayer dollars or federal benefits under the bill, as they obviously were unnecessary."
"What the bill would do is limit former presidents to $200,000 annually in federal benefits, and pay $200,000 as an annual allowance, limiting former presidents to no more than $400,000 total in taxpayer dollars.
Former presidents who earned more than $400,000 in any given year through their own efforts would receive no federal benefits under the proposal.
For instance, since former President Clinton made roughly $9.7 million last year, he would not have been eligible for any taxpayer dollars or federal benefits under the bill, as they obviously were unnecessary."
CNN’s Jake Tapper Calls Out Democratic Party Over Photo It Used to Celebrate Memorial Day | TheBlaze.com
CNN’s Jake Tapper Calls Out Democratic Party Over Photo It Used to Celebrate Memorial Day | TheBlaze.com:
"Jake Tapper, CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent, took exception Saturday to a tweet the Democratic Party posted in honor of Memorial Day:"
"Jake Tapper, CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent, took exception Saturday to a tweet the Democratic Party posted in honor of Memorial Day:"
Everybody needs to stop freaking out about laundry pods
Everybody needs to stop freaking out about laundry pods - The Washington Post:
"America's small children are facing an unprecedented new threat.
It's prompted thousands of calls to poison control centers, dire warnings from experts, congressional grandstanding and calls for new legislation.
I'm talking, of course, about laundry detergent pods.
A report in the fall found that the single-use laundry detergent packets, a relatively new invention, were sending kids to the hospital at a rate of roughly one per day.
Taken in isolation, the numbers sound scary.
There were more than 11,000 calls to poison control centers in 2013 for laundry detergent exposure from these pods, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers National Poison Data System. Seven people have died after ingesting laundry detergent from a pod, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation.
Quoted in the New York Times last year, Marshal J. Casavant of the Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, characterized the laundry pod threat as "a very different order of magnitude than other hazards."
Actually no, it isn't."
"America's small children are facing an unprecedented new threat.
It's prompted thousands of calls to poison control centers, dire warnings from experts, congressional grandstanding and calls for new legislation.
I'm talking, of course, about laundry detergent pods.
A report in the fall found that the single-use laundry detergent packets, a relatively new invention, were sending kids to the hospital at a rate of roughly one per day.
Taken in isolation, the numbers sound scary.
There were more than 11,000 calls to poison control centers in 2013 for laundry detergent exposure from these pods, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers National Poison Data System. Seven people have died after ingesting laundry detergent from a pod, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation.
Quoted in the New York Times last year, Marshal J. Casavant of the Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, characterized the laundry pod threat as "a very different order of magnitude than other hazards."
Actually no, it isn't."
ISLAM: It Is Not a Bloodless Religion of Peace, But a Genocidal Doctrine of War! - Eagle Rising
ISLAM: It Is Not a Bloodless Religion of Peace, But a Genocidal Doctrine of War! - Eagle Rising:
"Muhammad’s attempts to win converts to Islam, during his early career as a preacher, were an epic failure. In 13 years’ time, he converted 150 people to Islam. But once Muhammad decided to utilize violent means, by instituting a policy of never-ending ethnic cleansing, he was able to convert 100,000 in the nine years leading up to his death.
Muhammad’s idea of Jihad included attacks on economic targets (9/11 was textbook Jihad)."
"Muhammad’s attempts to win converts to Islam, during his early career as a preacher, were an epic failure. In 13 years’ time, he converted 150 people to Islam. But once Muhammad decided to utilize violent means, by instituting a policy of never-ending ethnic cleansing, he was able to convert 100,000 in the nine years leading up to his death.
Muhammad’s idea of Jihad included attacks on economic targets (9/11 was textbook Jihad)."
Read it all and never forget------Captain's Log: Fallen Soldier
Captain's Log: Fallen Soldier:
Fallen Soldier
"Another 4th of July is here and all across the nation, millions of us will celebrate in thousands of different ways.
Fallen Soldier
"Another 4th of July is here and all across the nation, millions of us will celebrate in thousands of different ways.
Our military members around the world will miss out on hometown celebrations, instead, performing the duties assigned to them.
This story is in honor of them.
This story is in honor of them.
As a commercial pilot, I too see the effects of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Last month I showed up to start a trip and was approached by a gate agent.
“Captain, good morning, I wanted to inform you that we have H.R. on this flight”, she said.
H.R. stands for human remains.
“Are they military?”, I asked.
“Yes”, she said.
“Is there an escort?”, I asked.
“Yes, I already assigned him a seat”, she said.
“Would you please tell him to come to the flight deck, you can board him early”, I said.
Last month I showed up to start a trip and was approached by a gate agent.
“Captain, good morning, I wanted to inform you that we have H.R. on this flight”, she said.
H.R. stands for human remains.
“Are they military?”, I asked.
“Yes”, she said.
“Is there an escort?”, I asked.
“Yes, I already assigned him a seat”, she said.
“Would you please tell him to come to the flight deck, you can board him early”, I said.
A short while later, a young army sergeant entered the flight deck. He was the image of the perfectly dressed soldier. He introduced himself and I asked him about his soldier. The escorts of these fallen soldiers talk about them as if they are still alive and with us. “My soldier is on his way back to Virginia”, he said. He proceeded to answer my questions, but offered no words on his own. I asked him if there was anything I could do for him and he said no. I told him that he has the toughest job in the military and that I appreciated the work that he does for the families of our fallen soldiers. The first officer and I got up out of our seats to shake his hand. He left the flight deck to find his seat.
We completed our preflight checks, pushed back and performed an uneventful departure. About 30 minutes into our flight I received a call from the lead flight attendant in the cabin. “I just found out the family of the soldier we are carrying, is onboard”, he said. He then proceeded to tell me that the father, mother, wife and 2-year-old daughter were escorting their son, husband, and father home. The family was upset because they were unable to see the container that the soldier was in before we left. We were on our way to a major hub at which the family was going to wait 4 hours for the connecting flight home to Virginia. The father of the soldier told the flight attendant that knowing his son was below him in the cargo compartment and being unable to see him was too much for him and the family to bare. He had asked the flight attendant if there was anything that could be done to allow them to see him upon our arrival. The family wanted to be outside by the cargo door to watch the soldier being taken off the airplane. I could hear the desperation in the flight attendants voice when he asked me if there was anything I could do. “I’m on it”, I said. I told him that I would get back to him.
Airborne communication with my company normally occurs in the form of email like messages. I decided to bypass this system and contact my flight dispatcher directly on a secondary radio. There is a radio operator in the operations control center who connects you to the telephone of the dispatcher. I was in direct contact with the dispatcher. I explained the situation I had onboard with the family and what it was the family wanted. He said he understood and that he would get back to me.
Two hours went by and I had not heard from the dispatcher. We were going to get busy soon and I needed to know what to tell the family. I sent a text message asking for an update. I saved the return message from the dispatcher and this following is the text.
“Captain, sorry it has taken so long to get back to you. There is policy on this now and I had to check on a few things. Upon your arrival a dedicated escort team will meet the aircraft. The team will escort the family to the ramp and planeside. A van will be used to load the remains with a secondary van for the family. The family will be taken to their departure area and escorted into the terminal where the remains can be seen on the ramp. It is a private area for the family only. When the connecting aircraft arrives, the family will be escorted onto the ramp and planeside to watch the remains being loaded for the final leg home. Captain, most of us here in flight control are veterans. Please pass our condolences on to the family, thanks.”
I sent a message back telling flight control thanks for a good job. I printed out the message and gave it to the lead flight attendant to pass on to the father. The lead flight attendant was very thankful and told me, “You have no idea how much this will mean to them.” Things started getting busy for the descent, approach and landing.
After landing, we cleared the runway and taxied to the ramp area. The ramp is huge with 15 gates on either side of the alleyway. It is always a busy area with aircraft maneuvering every which way to enter and exit. When we entered the ramp and checked in with the ramp controller, we were told that all traffic was being held for us. “There is a team in place to meet the aircraft”, we were told. It looked like it was all coming together, then I realized that once we turned the seat belt sign off, everyone would stand up at once and delay the family from getting off the airplane. As we approached our gate, I asked the copilot to tell the ramp controller we were going to stop short of the gate to make an announcement to the passengers. He did that and the ramp controller said, “Take your time.”
I stopped the aircraft and set the parking brake. I pushed the public address button and said, “Ladies and gentleman, this is your captain speaking. I have stopped short of our gate to make a special announcement. We have a passenger on board who deserves our honor and respect. His name is private XXXXXX, a soldier who recently lost his life. Private XXXXXX is under your feet in the cargo hold. Escorting him today is army sergeant XXXXXXX. Also onboard are his father, mother, wife, and daughter. Your entire flight crew is asking for all passengers to remain in their seats to allow the family to exit the aircraft first. Thank you.”
We continued the turn to the gate, came to a stop and started our shutdown procedures.
A couple of minutes later I opened the cockpit door.
I found the two forward flight attendants crying, something you just do not see.
I was told that after we came to a stop, every passenger on the aircraft stayed in their seats, waiting for the family to exit the aircraft. When the family got up and gathered their things, a passenger slowly started to clap their hands. Moments later more passengers joined in and soon the entire aircraft was clapping. Words of “God Bless You, I’m sorry, Thank you, Be proud, and other kind words were uttered to the family as they made their way down the aisle and out of the airplane. They were escorted down to the ramp to finally be with the loved one lost.
A couple of minutes later I opened the cockpit door.
I found the two forward flight attendants crying, something you just do not see.
I was told that after we came to a stop, every passenger on the aircraft stayed in their seats, waiting for the family to exit the aircraft. When the family got up and gathered their things, a passenger slowly started to clap their hands. Moments later more passengers joined in and soon the entire aircraft was clapping. Words of “God Bless You, I’m sorry, Thank you, Be proud, and other kind words were uttered to the family as they made their way down the aisle and out of the airplane. They were escorted down to the ramp to finally be with the loved one lost.
I never did see the family. Another soldier died, another family grieved and we did what we could. That is the way it works sometimes. I get a call from the cabin and we work as a team to do what we can. That day everybody from the flight crew, to the operations center, to the 184 passengers onboard, we did what we could. Many of the passengers disembarking thanked me for the announcement I made. They were just words, I could say them over and over again, but nothing I say will bring that soldier back. I respectfully ask that all of you reflect on this day and the sacrifices that millions of men and women have made to ensure our freedom, safety, and the right to live a good life.
Be safe,
FlyGuy."
History for May 25
History for May 25 - On-This-Day.com:
Ralph W. Emerson 1803 - Essayist, philosopher, poet, Luther 'Bill' Robinson (Bill "Bojangles" Robinson) 1878 - Tap dancer, actor, Igor Sikorsky (Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky) 1889 - Pioneer in aviation with helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft
Robert Ludlum 1927 - Author (The Jason Borne series of books), Frank Oz 1944 - Actor, puppeteer (many Muppets characters, Yoda's voice), Mike Myers 1963 - Actor, comedian, screenwriter, cast member on "Saturday Night Live," ("Austin Powers" movies)
1787 - The Constitutional convention opened in Philadelphia with George Washington presiding.
1927 - Ford Motor Company announced that the Model A would replace the Model T.
1935 - Babe Ruth hit his final homerun, his 714th, and set a record that would stand for 39 years.
1963 - The Organization of African Unity was founded, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
1968 - The Gateway Arch, part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis, MO, was dedicated.
1979 - An American Airlines DC-10 crashed during takeoff at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. 275 people were killed.
1992 - Jay Leno debuted as the new permanent host of NBC's "Tonight Show."
1997 - Poland adopted a constitution that removed all traces of communism.
1999 - A report by the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's Republic of China concluded that China had "stolen design information on the U.S. most-advanced thermonuclear weapons" and that China's penetration of U.S. weapons laboratories "spans at least the past several decades and almost certainly continues today."
2009 - North Korea announced that it had conducted a second successful nuclear test in the province of North Hamgyong. The United Nations Security Council condemned the reported test.
Ralph W. Emerson 1803 - Essayist, philosopher, poet, Luther 'Bill' Robinson (Bill "Bojangles" Robinson) 1878 - Tap dancer, actor, Igor Sikorsky (Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky) 1889 - Pioneer in aviation with helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft
Robert Ludlum 1927 - Author (The Jason Borne series of books), Frank Oz 1944 - Actor, puppeteer (many Muppets characters, Yoda's voice), Mike Myers 1963 - Actor, comedian, screenwriter, cast member on "Saturday Night Live," ("Austin Powers" movies)
1787 - The Constitutional convention opened in Philadelphia with George Washington presiding.
1927 - Ford Motor Company announced that the Model A would replace the Model T.
1935 - Babe Ruth hit his final homerun, his 714th, and set a record that would stand for 39 years.
1963 - The Organization of African Unity was founded, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
1968 - The Gateway Arch, part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis, MO, was dedicated.
1979 - An American Airlines DC-10 crashed during takeoff at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. 275 people were killed.
1992 - Jay Leno debuted as the new permanent host of NBC's "Tonight Show."
1997 - Poland adopted a constitution that removed all traces of communism.
1999 - A report by the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's Republic of China concluded that China had "stolen design information on the U.S. most-advanced thermonuclear weapons" and that China's penetration of U.S. weapons laboratories "spans at least the past several decades and almost certainly continues today."
2009 - North Korea announced that it had conducted a second successful nuclear test in the province of North Hamgyong. The United Nations Security Council condemned the reported test.
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