Thursday, August 27, 2015
History for August 27
History for August 27 - On-This-Day.com
George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1770, Hannibal Hamlin 1809 - 15th Vice President of the United States under President Abraham Lincoln, first Republican Vice President, Theodore Dreiser 1871 - Novelist, journalist
Charles Rolls 1877 - Motoring and aviation pioneer, co-founder of Rolls-Royce car manufacturing company, Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) 1908 - 36th President of the United States, Ira Levin 1929 - Writer ("Rosemary's Baby," "The Stepford Wives")
1789 - The Declaration of the Rights of Man was adopted by the French National Assembly.
1859 - The first oil well was successfully drilled in the U.S. by Colonel Edwin L. Drake near Titusville, PA.
1889 - Charles G. Conn received a patent for the metal clarinet.
1894 - The Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. The provision within for a graduated income tax was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
1921 - The owner of Acme Packing Company bought a pro football team for Green Bay, WI. J.E. Clair paid tribute to those who worked in his plant by naming the team the Green Bay Packers. (NFL)
1928 - The Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed by 15 countries in Paris. Later, 47 other nations would sign the pact.
1981 - Work began on recovering a safe from the Andrea Doria. The Andrea Doria was a luxury liner that had sank in 1956 in the waters off of Massachusetts.
1984 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced that the first citizen to go into space would be a teacher. The teacher that was eventually chosen was Christa McAuliffe. She died in the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986.
1996 - California Governor Pete Wilson signed an order that would halt state benefits to illegal immigrants.
1999 - The final crew of the Russian space station Mir departed the station to return to Earth. Russia was forced to abandon Mir for financial reasons.
George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1770, Hannibal Hamlin 1809 - 15th Vice President of the United States under President Abraham Lincoln, first Republican Vice President, Theodore Dreiser 1871 - Novelist, journalist
Charles Rolls 1877 - Motoring and aviation pioneer, co-founder of Rolls-Royce car manufacturing company, Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) 1908 - 36th President of the United States, Ira Levin 1929 - Writer ("Rosemary's Baby," "The Stepford Wives")
1789 - The Declaration of the Rights of Man was adopted by the French National Assembly.
1859 - The first oil well was successfully drilled in the U.S. by Colonel Edwin L. Drake near Titusville, PA.
1889 - Charles G. Conn received a patent for the metal clarinet.
1894 - The Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. The provision within for a graduated income tax was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
1921 - The owner of Acme Packing Company bought a pro football team for Green Bay, WI. J.E. Clair paid tribute to those who worked in his plant by naming the team the Green Bay Packers. (NFL)
1928 - The Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed by 15 countries in Paris. Later, 47 other nations would sign the pact.
1981 - Work began on recovering a safe from the Andrea Doria. The Andrea Doria was a luxury liner that had sank in 1956 in the waters off of Massachusetts.
1984 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced that the first citizen to go into space would be a teacher. The teacher that was eventually chosen was Christa McAuliffe. She died in the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986.
1996 - California Governor Pete Wilson signed an order that would halt state benefits to illegal immigrants.
1999 - The final crew of the Russian space station Mir departed the station to return to Earth. Russia was forced to abandon Mir for financial reasons.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
LIBERTY REVIEW
LIBERTY REVIEW:
http://www.libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2015/08/deception-and-distraction-by-tammy.html
Tools of the tyrannical trade include limiting information,
taking over the media, removing guns and weapons from the people, blaming
others for your problems, taking over the educational system, indoctrinating
the youth, creating chaos, taking advantage of the chaos so the people will
rise up and beg for help. Enter the
tyrant.
American schools once taught the horrific
effects of ignoring the signs of tyranny.
If government infiltrates the educational system, government will remove
or reconstruct history to advance their political agenda. This never ends well...
http://www.libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2015/08/deception-and-distraction-by-tammy.html
Deception and Distraction
By Tammy Derouin
Have we truly become a nation of blind followers? We are creating tyranny out of liberty and
enslavement out of freedom. Recent
history provides a very good example of what can happen when the wrong man,
party and philosophy are voted into office.
Because the masses refused to remove their blinders, they were
manipulated. When it becomes easier to
believe lies rather than to search out the truth, a people, a nation willingly
became dependent and the enslavement begins.
Tools of the tyrannical trade include limiting information,
taking over the media, removing guns and weapons from the people, blaming
others for your problems, taking over the educational system, indoctrinating
the youth, creating chaos, taking advantage of the chaos so the people will
rise up and beg for help. Enter the
tyrant.
History provides us with a very good example of what can
happen if certain signs are ignored.
Because such a dark and destructive time took place during the modern
era, we actually have books, pictures and films of the evidence. Right now, such crimes against a nation, a
people, and the world are still available.
Ben Carson Just Dropped A Bombshell About Black People That Everyone Needs To See
Ben Carson Just Dropped A Bombshell About Black People That Everyone Needs To See:
“Maybe I am not objective when it comes to Planned Parenthood, but you know, I know who Margaret Sanger is and I know that she believed in eugenics, and one of the reasons you find most of their clinics in black neighborhoods is so that you can find a way to control that population,” Carson said. “I think people should go back and read about Margaret Sanger who founded this place – a woman Hillary Clinton by the way says that she admires. Look and see what many people in Nazi Germany said about her.”
Carson said that amid all the emotion on abortion and Planned Parenthood, Americans should investigate the organization and its history for themselves."
“Maybe I am not objective when it comes to Planned Parenthood, but you know, I know who Margaret Sanger is and I know that she believed in eugenics, and one of the reasons you find most of their clinics in black neighborhoods is so that you can find a way to control that population,” Carson said. “I think people should go back and read about Margaret Sanger who founded this place – a woman Hillary Clinton by the way says that she admires. Look and see what many people in Nazi Germany said about her.”Carson said that amid all the emotion on abortion and Planned Parenthood, Americans should investigate the organization and its history for themselves."
Budget deficit smallest of Obama presidency, but economy still sluggish: CBO
Budget deficit smallest of Obama presidency, but economy still sluggish: CBO - Washington Times
The economy is sluggish but growing and inflation remains low, painting a decidedly mixed picture for the federal government, the Congressional Budget Office reported Tuesday, saying the fiscal situation is improving this year but will snap back by 2018 to swelling deficits and unsustainable debt.
The inflation rate is so low that Social Security beneficiaries probably won’t get a cost-of-living raise after this year, the CBO said.
But tax revenue is up and spending has stayed pat, which is helping reduce the pool of red ink in the federal budget.
Combined, those numbers mean the government will run a deficit of $426 billion in fiscal year 2015, down about $60 billion from 2014 and marking the smallest deficit of President Obama’s tenure.
The economy is sluggish but growing and inflation remains low, painting a decidedly mixed picture for the federal government, the Congressional Budget Office reported Tuesday, saying the fiscal situation is improving this year but will snap back by 2018 to swelling deficits and unsustainable debt.The inflation rate is so low that Social Security beneficiaries probably won’t get a cost-of-living raise after this year, the CBO said.
But tax revenue is up and spending has stayed pat, which is helping reduce the pool of red ink in the federal budget.
Combined, those numbers mean the government will run a deficit of $426 billion in fiscal year 2015, down about $60 billion from 2014 and marking the smallest deficit of President Obama’s tenure.
WARNING: Obama Admin Exposed in Shocking International Gun Control Plot... They Meet TODAY
WARNING: Obama Admin Exposed in Shocking International Gun Control Plot... They Meet TODAY:
"When Barack Obama cannot bypass either Congress or the U.S. Constitution, there’s one place that’s his go-to for extra-constitutional action: the United Nations.
Obama administration officials plan to attend the Aug. 24 conference of signatories to the United Nations’ Arms Trade Treaty in Mexico City, in spite of the fact that the United States is not a member of the ATT."
"When Barack Obama cannot bypass either Congress or the U.S. Constitution, there’s one place that’s his go-to for extra-constitutional action: the United Nations.Obama administration officials plan to attend the Aug. 24 conference of signatories to the United Nations’ Arms Trade Treaty in Mexico City, in spite of the fact that the United States is not a member of the ATT."
Liberal madness!!!-----Muskegon investing in middle income housing
Muskegon investing in middle income housing:
"MUSKEGON, Mich. (WZZM) – Leaders in Muskegon say they are putting their money where their mouth is.
Tuesday night, the city commission agreed to buy nine vacant lots at the corner of Fifth Street and Houston Avenue.
They plan to build and sell some new middle-income homes on the land.
Commissioners say they are getting into the home building business because private builders aren't willing to risk putting up houses on vacant city lots.
"They seem to think that building in cornfields makes a little more financial sense," explained Muskegon city manager Frank Peterson.
"But we don't have time for them to come along and agree with us that Muskegon is a good place to build.
What we would like to do is prove to them it's a good place to build and let them come in on their own after we have blazed a trail for them."
The city set aside $1 million for what they call their "market rate housing initiative."
They agreed to pay $45,000 to get all nine lots at Fifth & Houston.
The hope to sell the houses for between $135,000 and $175,000.
..."I have no doubt there is demand for market-rate housing in near downtown neighborhoods," said Muskegon Mayor Stephen Gawron.
"We are going to show them.""
"MUSKEGON, Mich. (WZZM) – Leaders in Muskegon say they are putting their money where their mouth is.
They plan to build and sell some new middle-income homes on the land.
Commissioners say they are getting into the home building business because private builders aren't willing to risk putting up houses on vacant city lots.
"They seem to think that building in cornfields makes a little more financial sense," explained Muskegon city manager Frank Peterson.
"But we don't have time for them to come along and agree with us that Muskegon is a good place to build.
What we would like to do is prove to them it's a good place to build and let them come in on their own after we have blazed a trail for them."
The city set aside $1 million for what they call their "market rate housing initiative."
They agreed to pay $45,000 to get all nine lots at Fifth & Houston.
The hope to sell the houses for between $135,000 and $175,000.
..."I have no doubt there is demand for market-rate housing in near downtown neighborhoods," said Muskegon Mayor Stephen Gawron.
"We are going to show them.""
Read the Scathing Open-Letter Charlie Daniels Just Penned to Congress Over Iran Deal: ‘Pathetic Excuses for Public Servants’ | TheBlaze.com
Read the Scathing Open-Letter Charlie Daniels Just Penned to Congress Over Iran Deal: ‘Pathetic Excuses for Public Servants’ | TheBlaze.com:
"Famed country musician Charlie Daniels posted a blistering open-letter to Congress on his band’s Facebook page Monday, blasting the legislative body for what he said was a lack of courage to “face down” an “out of control” president.
“The courageous politicians that once championed this nation have been replaced, for the most part, by a breed of milksop, politically correct, scared of their own shadow, pushover, pathetic excuses for public servants who are supposed to be representing a constituency of citizens who have to live with the circumstances of their timid folly,” Daniels wrote on the official Facebook page of The Charlie Daniels Band."
"Famed country musician Charlie Daniels posted a blistering open-letter to Congress on his band’s Facebook page Monday, blasting the legislative body for what he said was a lack of courage to “face down” an “out of control” president.
“The courageous politicians that once championed this nation have been replaced, for the most part, by a breed of milksop, politically correct, scared of their own shadow, pushover, pathetic excuses for public servants who are supposed to be representing a constituency of citizens who have to live with the circumstances of their timid folly,” Daniels wrote on the official Facebook page of The Charlie Daniels Band."
Focus on Anchor Babies Misses Broader Immigration Problems
Focus on Anchor Babies Misses Broader Immigration Problems | Economics21:
"The United States and Canada are the only two industrialized countries that confer automatic citizenship on babies born within the countries’ borders, even if their parents are not citizens.
In the United States, this is a constitutional right.
The Fourteenth Amendment states that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States …”
...One answer is to go back to the basic immigration plans agreed upon by the congressional leaders in 2007 and 2013.
This would allow undocumented workers without criminal convictions to pay a fine, receive a special visa allowing them to work legally, and place them in line for a green card behind existing applicants.
This approach did not pass because members from both parties objected.
Some Democrats said it was too tough because recipients of the new visas would not be able to receive welfare payments for five years and family preferences for future immigration were restricted.
Some Republicans thought it was too easy, equivalent to "amnesty," a code word for opposition to immigrants, because it opened a path for undocumented workers to stay here legally—and did not fully address security problems at the Mexican border..."
"The United States and Canada are the only two industrialized countries that confer automatic citizenship on babies born within the countries’ borders, even if their parents are not citizens.
In the United States, this is a constitutional right.
The Fourteenth Amendment states that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States …”
This would allow undocumented workers without criminal convictions to pay a fine, receive a special visa allowing them to work legally, and place them in line for a green card behind existing applicants.
This approach did not pass because members from both parties objected.
Some Democrats said it was too tough because recipients of the new visas would not be able to receive welfare payments for five years and family preferences for future immigration were restricted.
Some Republicans thought it was too easy, equivalent to "amnesty," a code word for opposition to immigrants, because it opened a path for undocumented workers to stay here legally—and did not fully address security problems at the Mexican border..."
Before Her Message to Black Lives Matter Went Viral, Black Mom’s Convictions Were Tested When Her Son Broke the Law | TheBlaze.com
Before Her Message to Black Lives Matter Went Viral, Black Mom’s Convictions Were Tested When Her Son Broke the Law | TheBlaze.com:
"So far, she said, she’s received a lot of positive feedback from her video but also a lot of negative feedback which has come from mostly black people of a younger generation.
“This isn’t about race. This is about right and wrong,” she told TheBlaze.
“If they’re saying black lives matters, then in the black community, if black lives matter, it has to matter to the black community first. Right now, we are at a critical mass where we are killing each other, and it is not at the hands of police. If black lives matter, then everybody’s lives have to matter.”
"So far, she said, she’s received a lot of positive feedback from her video but also a lot of negative feedback which has come from mostly black people of a younger generation.“This isn’t about race. This is about right and wrong,” she told TheBlaze.
“If they’re saying black lives matters, then in the black community, if black lives matter, it has to matter to the black community first. Right now, we are at a critical mass where we are killing each other, and it is not at the hands of police. If black lives matter, then everybody’s lives have to matter.”
Another interesting (but totally bullsh!t) list-----The 32 WORST Colleges In America
The 32 WORST Colleges In America | The Daily Caller:
A few are here because students regard the academics as mediocre, for example, or because the schools can’t seem to graduate students in four years, or because they’ll admit pretty much anyone with a pulse.
While some of these schools are relatively affordable, others are ridiculously expensive.
The cost of a college education in the United States today is utterly out of hand. Colleges and universities have bloated their administrative staffs with entirely too many useless bureaucrats.
They have built palatial dorms and gleaming athletic facilities — passing the cost right along to you, the education consumer.
As a result, America’s college graduates are in debt to America’s bankers to the tune of $1.2 trillion.
Many of the schools on this list have landed here because the social life is dreadful.
The ability to have a good time around cool people is critical.
Don’t let anybody tell you otherwise. College has become a four-year (or five-year, of six-year) party. You may as well join the fun.
And you should consider the local quality of life.
If there’s nothing to do but go to Walmart or you are likely to get mugged, that matters.
...Note also that several schools here — almost 30 percent — generally emphasize science and engineering.
That’s no coincidence.
Students at engineering schools are notoriously unhappy with their heavy workloads and sometimes frustrated with their social lives.
If they are unhappy, the odds are you’ll also be unhappy.
...This year’s list also captures return on investment, which is another big deal.
You want to get a job when you get out of college, and you want to have a successful career that pays the bills and makes you happy.
Return on investment is especially important to consider given the perpetually sluggish economy and weak job market.
It’s a problem now.
It could very well be a problem a few years from now.
A few are here because students regard the academics as mediocre, for example, or because the schools can’t seem to graduate students in four years, or because they’ll admit pretty much anyone with a pulse.
While some of these schools are relatively affordable, others are ridiculously expensive.
The cost of a college education in the United States today is utterly out of hand. Colleges and universities have bloated their administrative staffs with entirely too many useless bureaucrats.
As a result, America’s college graduates are in debt to America’s bankers to the tune of $1.2 trillion.
Many of the schools on this list have landed here because the social life is dreadful.
The ability to have a good time around cool people is critical.
Don’t let anybody tell you otherwise. College has become a four-year (or five-year, of six-year) party. You may as well join the fun.
And you should consider the local quality of life.
If there’s nothing to do but go to Walmart or you are likely to get mugged, that matters.
...Note also that several schools here — almost 30 percent — generally emphasize science and engineering.
That’s no coincidence.
Students at engineering schools are notoriously unhappy with their heavy workloads and sometimes frustrated with their social lives.
If they are unhappy, the odds are you’ll also be unhappy.
...This year’s list also captures return on investment, which is another big deal.
You want to get a job when you get out of college, and you want to have a successful career that pays the bills and makes you happy.
Return on investment is especially important to consider given the perpetually sluggish economy and weak job market.
It’s a problem now.
It could very well be a problem a few years from now.
Flashback 1976: California Drought Caused By Global Cooling
Flashback 1976: California Drought Caused By Global Cooling | The Daily Caller
California was stuck in a deep drought during Gov. Jerry Brown’s first term, much like the one the state is currently going through.
The only difference is that global cooling, not warming, was blamed for causing drought in the late 1970s.
In 1976, the New York Times reported that California was “so dry, brush fires have started several weeks early” and that “water is being rationed.”
But in the 1970s, scientists blamed this drought on global cooling.
The Times reported that climatologists “believe that the climate has moved into a cooling cycle, which means highly erratic weather for decades to come.”
Scientists worried that the world’s population had gotten so high that minor “shifts in climate could be catastrophic.”
During the 1970s, some climate scientists were warning that the world was undergoing a cooling phase which could plummet the globe into another ice age.
At the first Earth Day in 1970, ecologist Kenneth Watt warned that another ice age was on the way.
“The world has been chilling sharply for about twenty years,” Watt said.
“If present trends continue, the world will be about four degrees colder for the global mean temperature in 1990, but eleven degrees colder in the year 2000.
This is about twice what it would take to put us into an ice age.”
...California’s Gov. Brown, who is serving out his fourth term, is once again presiding over a state mired in drought.
Brown’s response to todays drought is almost identical to policies he pushed in the 1970s.
During the 1970s, Brown said “this is an era of limits and there are very hard choices to make.”
Brown hasn’t changed his mind much since then.
This time though, he’s worried that global warming could deplete California’s water supplies.
The Democratic Governor has imposed severe water restrictions on households, businesses and local governments.
Drought fines could be as high as $10,000 under Brown’s water use rules.
The governor wants cities to cut water use by 25 percent over the next nine months.
While California’s drought is hurting the state, scientists have said it’s not being caused by global warming.
California was stuck in a deep drought during Gov. Jerry Brown’s first term, much like the one the state is currently going through.
The only difference is that global cooling, not warming, was blamed for causing drought in the late 1970s.
But in the 1970s, scientists blamed this drought on global cooling.
The Times reported that climatologists “believe that the climate has moved into a cooling cycle, which means highly erratic weather for decades to come.”
Scientists worried that the world’s population had gotten so high that minor “shifts in climate could be catastrophic.”
During the 1970s, some climate scientists were warning that the world was undergoing a cooling phase which could plummet the globe into another ice age.
At the first Earth Day in 1970, ecologist Kenneth Watt warned that another ice age was on the way.
“The world has been chilling sharply for about twenty years,” Watt said.
“If present trends continue, the world will be about four degrees colder for the global mean temperature in 1990, but eleven degrees colder in the year 2000.
This is about twice what it would take to put us into an ice age.”
...California’s Gov. Brown, who is serving out his fourth term, is once again presiding over a state mired in drought.
Brown’s response to todays drought is almost identical to policies he pushed in the 1970s. During the 1970s, Brown said “this is an era of limits and there are very hard choices to make.”
Brown hasn’t changed his mind much since then.
This time though, he’s worried that global warming could deplete California’s water supplies.
The Democratic Governor has imposed severe water restrictions on households, businesses and local governments.
Drought fines could be as high as $10,000 under Brown’s water use rules.
The governor wants cities to cut water use by 25 percent over the next nine months.
While California’s drought is hurting the state, scientists have said it’s not being caused by global warming.
Leaked emails show the heat on sponsor of Ramadan party on 9/11; ‘you’ll have to live with it’
Leaked emails show the heat on sponsor of Ramadan party on 9/11; ‘you’ll have to live with it’ | BizPac Review:
A Ramadan “unity” dinner in Michigan that outraged Americans because it was set for Sept. 11 has been rescheduled, but the sponsors of the outrage can’t hide.
And at least one company looking for good publicity found itself instead being associated with grisly scenes of Americans dying horrible deaths at the hands of Islamist terrorists.
For reasons that remain baffling, the cities of Lansing and East Lansing, Mich., decided to hold a feast celebrating a Muslim holiday that was to take place not only long after the actual holiday was over, but on the anniversary of the very day Islamist terrorists murdered thousands of Americans in New York City and Washington 14 years ago.
(Snopes.com Monday reported that the cities have generally held the dinner on a Friday in August or September because Ramadan most commonly falls in those months, but that doesn’t change how stupid the decision was to hold it on Sept. 11 this year — or any other year.)
...My name is Lori Adams Simon and I am the Diversity/Inclusion Community Advocate for Sparrow Health System. Sparrow’s Marketing team received your email below in regard to The City of Lansing Ramadan Dinner.
Please note:
Under NO circumstances can you use the Sparrow logo or any Sparrow “iconography” for other purposes including this art project.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you for your time and consideration!
The protesters were having none of it.
"Under the fair use doctrine for protests as defined by Supreme Court cases, we will use your logos in our protest.
You cannot stop us by any kind of prior restraint.
If you try to take us to court the judge there will let you know that we have the right to use your logo in protest of your sponsorship.
Your logo will be on one of the twin towers that we will have being hit by one of the other sponsor’s planes.
You wanted to sponsor a 911 Ramadan dinner.
That was your choice.
Now you’re going to live with it."
At least they’ll be able to “live with it.
That’s something thousands of Americans couldn’t do on Sept. 11, 2001."
A Ramadan “unity” dinner in Michigan that outraged Americans because it was set for Sept. 11 has been rescheduled, but the sponsors of the outrage can’t hide.
And at least one company looking for good publicity found itself instead being associated with grisly scenes of Americans dying horrible deaths at the hands of Islamist terrorists.
(Snopes.com Monday reported that the cities have generally held the dinner on a Friday in August or September because Ramadan most commonly falls in those months, but that doesn’t change how stupid the decision was to hold it on Sept. 11 this year — or any other year.)
...My name is Lori Adams Simon and I am the Diversity/Inclusion Community Advocate for Sparrow Health System. Sparrow’s Marketing team received your email below in regard to The City of Lansing Ramadan Dinner.
Please note:
Under NO circumstances can you use the Sparrow logo or any Sparrow “iconography” for other purposes including this art project.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you for your time and consideration!
The protesters were having none of it.
"Under the fair use doctrine for protests as defined by Supreme Court cases, we will use your logos in our protest.
You cannot stop us by any kind of prior restraint.
If you try to take us to court the judge there will let you know that we have the right to use your logo in protest of your sponsorship.
Your logo will be on one of the twin towers that we will have being hit by one of the other sponsor’s planes.
You wanted to sponsor a 911 Ramadan dinner.
That was your choice.
Now you’re going to live with it."
At least they’ll be able to “live with it.
That’s something thousands of Americans couldn’t do on Sept. 11, 2001."
IRS Admits Who Really Used Mysterious ‘Toby Miles’ Email Account — Watchdog Group Says It Proves the Scandal Is ‘Not Over’ | Video | TheBlaze.com
IRS Admits Who Really Used Mysterious ‘Toby Miles’ Email Account — Watchdog Group Says It Proves the Scandal Is ‘Not Over’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"The IRS made the big admission on Monday in response to an open-records lawsuit filed by conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, according to The Washington Times.
While an IRS attorney said it’s unclear who “Toby Miles” is, he said it’s been determined that the account set up under the name was a “personal email account used by Lerner.
More from The Washington Times:"
"The IRS made the big admission on Monday in response to an open-records lawsuit filed by conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, according to The Washington Times.While an IRS attorney said it’s unclear who “Toby Miles” is, he said it’s been determined that the account set up under the name was a “personal email account used by Lerner.
More from The Washington Times:"
When markets tank, they take pension funds with them
When markets tank, they take pension funds with them | Smart Remarks:
"And speaking of things that are gonna cost you money…
As you are probably aware, the stock market ain’t doing so hot.
...It could hammer the pension funds of your local municipality and the state, which includes schoolteachers.
And that could cost you money directly, in the form of more taxes.
Here’s how:
In theory, a fiscally-sound pension system rests on a “three-legged stool” made up of investment returns, contributions from employees and contributions from employers (in the case of a public pension system, those contributions come from taxpayers via the federal, state or local government).
Though the exact math varies from state to state and system to system, the basic model is the same, whether you’re looking at Rhode Island or California or anywhere in between.
If the investment returns come up short of expectations, that shortfall has to be made up with higher contributions from the other two “legs” on the stool.
Ultimately, your wallet is one of the “legs.”
The stock market decline of 2008 is one of the big reasons the Pennsylvania State Employee Retirement System, or PSERS, remains in the hole even though it made just under 15 percent (!) last year.
But it was still in the hole, by $35 billion; and the system was assuming a 7.5 percent rate of return this year.
Sure, that could still happen.
Theoretically.
But if it doesn’t – what then?
And how about municipal pension plans?
For example, Lititz’s non-uniformed pension plan has been “severely distressed” for years:"
"And speaking of things that are gonna cost you money…
As you are probably aware, the stock market ain’t doing so hot.
...It could hammer the pension funds of your local municipality and the state, which includes schoolteachers.
And that could cost you money directly, in the form of more taxes.
Here’s how:
In theory, a fiscally-sound pension system rests on a “three-legged stool” made up of investment returns, contributions from employees and contributions from employers (in the case of a public pension system, those contributions come from taxpayers via the federal, state or local government).Though the exact math varies from state to state and system to system, the basic model is the same, whether you’re looking at Rhode Island or California or anywhere in between.
If the investment returns come up short of expectations, that shortfall has to be made up with higher contributions from the other two “legs” on the stool.
Ultimately, your wallet is one of the “legs.”
The stock market decline of 2008 is one of the big reasons the Pennsylvania State Employee Retirement System, or PSERS, remains in the hole even though it made just under 15 percent (!) last year.
But it was still in the hole, by $35 billion; and the system was assuming a 7.5 percent rate of return this year.
Sure, that could still happen.
Theoretically.
But if it doesn’t – what then?
And how about municipal pension plans?
For example, Lititz’s non-uniformed pension plan has been “severely distressed” for years:"
History for August 26
History for August 26 - On-This-Day.com:
Albert Sabin 1906, Mother Teresa (Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu) 1910, Tom Ridge 1945 - First Director of the Office of Homeland Security
Bob Cowsill (The Cowsills) 1949, Branford Marsalis 1960 - Jazz saxophonist, Macaulay Culkin 1980 - Actor ("Home Alone")
55 B.C. - Britain was invaded by Roman forces under Julius Caesar.
1498 - Michelangelo was commissioned to make the "Pieta."
1873 - The school board of St. Louis, MO, authorized the first U.S. public kindergarten.
1920 - The 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect. The amendment prohibited discrimination on the basis of sex in the voting booth.
1934 - Adolf Hitler demanded that France turn over their Saar region to Germany.
1937 - All Chinese shipping was blockaded by Japan.
1945 - The Japanese were given surrender instructions on the U.S. battleship Missouri at the end of World War II.
1947 - Don Bankhead became the first black pitcher in major league baseball.
1957 - It was announced that an intercontinental ballistic missile was successfully tested by the Soviet Union.
1957 - The first Edsel made by the Ford Motor Company rolled of the assembly line.
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Obama Says Harry Reid Has Helped Him ‘Deal With the Crazies’ | TheBlaze.com
Obama Says Harry Reid Has Helped Him ‘Deal With the Crazies’ | TheBlaze.com:
"President Barack Obama told Democratic donors Monday night that Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has helped him “deal with the crazies.”
“It’s hard for me to express how much I love Harry Reid, but it’s easier to do it in a room of people who love Harry Reid,” Obama said at the fundraiser, according to the official White House transcript. “Harry and I drove over here together and we were doing a little reminiscing, and then figuring out how we’re going to deal with the crazies in terms of managing some problems. And "
"President Barack Obama told Democratic donors Monday night that Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has helped him “deal with the crazies.”
“It’s hard for me to express how much I love Harry Reid, but it’s easier to do it in a room of people who love Harry Reid,” Obama said at the fundraiser, according to the official White House transcript. “Harry and I drove over here together and we were doing a little reminiscing, and then figuring out how we’re going to deal with the crazies in terms of managing some problems. And "
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