Leon Drolet - I was the token non-lefty at a MI Public Radio panel...

Leon Drolet - I was the token non-lefty at a MI Public Radio panel...:
"I was the token non-lefty at a MI Public Radio panel on mass transit weeks ago.
Several attendees among the lefty NPR audience advocated a high-speed train from Ann Arbor to Traverse City (two of Michigan's wealthiest areas). 
It seems the wealthy left wants middle-class, working citizens to subsidize the elites' fun ride from advantaged, high-priced homes to vacation retreats.
...The more the left declares war on the car by pushing bike lanes, global-warming guilt, 'bus only" lanes, and urban-density, the more resentment middle class taxpayers feel.
Yes, the Dem Party also contains poor people, for whom the left claims to advocate for.
But actions speak louder than words: Detroit's QLine trolley benefits almost exclusively those in the new wealthy district at the expense of poor neighborhoods.
Middle class taxpayers are treated like a piggy bank for the egos of the elite..."
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Starbucks Chairman: We Had To Re-Educate Our Employees Partly Because Of Donald Trump | Daily Wire

Starbucks Chairman: We Had To Re-Educate Our Employees Partly Because Of Donald Trump | Daily Wire:
"Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz suggested to CNN Tuesday that his company wouldn't be suffering through a full re-education process on diversity if Donald Trump weren't president.
According to the Hill, Schultz agreed that the "behavior and language that comes out of this administration" gives license to his own employees to be more freewheeling with their own personal biases.
Ultimately, it seems, that's what Schultz believes — at least partly — led to one of his Starbucks managers calling the police on two black men who were waiting for their party to gather for a meeting.
“On a personal level, [Trump's rhetoric] probably has given license to people to feel as if they can emulate and copy the kind of behavior and language that comes out of this administration,” Schultz said."...
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NFL Players 'Considering Sitting Out The Season' Until Colin Kaepernick Is Signed To A Team | Daily Wire

NFL Players 'Considering Sitting Out The Season' Until Colin Kaepernick Is Signed To A Team | Daily Wire:

"According to the sometimes-reliable Shaun King, "several" "star" NFL players are considering sitting out this season unless former 49ers second-string quarterback Colin Kaepernick and fellow national anthem protester Eric Reid are signed to teams."

You got bumped. Here's what airlines owe you

You got bumped. Here's what airlines owe you:
"Record numbers of travelers are taking to the skies. 
So what happens if there's no seat for you?...

Here's what you're entitled to:

Passengers could opt to take a later flight in exchange for compensation. 

But they can also be involuntarily bumped, when there are no volunteers.
...Some airlines may try to offer vouchers or free tickets, but the Department of Transportation says travelers have the right to demand a check...
Just how much involuntarily bumped passengers are entitled to depends on how quickly the airline can get the traveler to his or her destination.

• If the new flight arrives within an hour of the original flight's scheduled arrival time, airlines aren't required to pay anything.
• If the arrival time is between one and two hours later, passengers are entitled to 200 percent of the one-way fare, up to $675.
• If the new flight gets in more than two hours later for a domestic flight or more than four hours if the trip is international, passengers are entitled to 400 percent of the one-way fare, with maximum compensation set at $1,350.
• The airline must also refund fees for a la carte services like seat selection or a checked bag if travelers do not receive those services on the new flight.

Travelers can always push for more. 

This can include asking for more compensation to cover any additional costs like meal vouchers, transportation and lodging..."

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Hollywood Reacts to Roseanne Barr's Valerie Jarrett Tweet: 'Millions Are Traumatized'

Hollywood Reacts to Roseanne Barr's Valerie Jarrett Tweet: 'Millions Are Traumatized':
"A horde of Hollywood stars took to social media on Tuesday to react to Roseanne Barr’s remarks in which she said former Obama senior advisor Valerie Jarrett is what you get “if the “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby.”
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ANDREW MCCARTHY: The Obama Administration’s Hypocritical Pretext for Spying on the Trump Campaign…

Instapundit » Blog Archive » ANDREW MCCARTHY: The Obama Administration’s Hypocritical Pretext for Spying on the Trump Campaign…:
"ANDREW MCCARTHY: The Obama Administration’s Hypocritical Pretext for Spying on the Trump Campaign.

"It seems pretty clear that this was a political hit job from the beginning, one that’s only coming out because Trump won. 
And in the process, it’s revealing deep, pervasive institutional rot."--Posted by Glenn Reynolds

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Alveda King to Starbucks: End Planned Parenthood Funding to Fight Racism | National Review

Alveda King to Starbucks: End Planned Parenthood Funding to Fight Racism | National Review:

"“Starbucks, if you’re really serious about eliminating racism, you will acknowledge that black people, and indeed all human beings, are of one blood and one human race, born and unborn. Racism and abortion are crimes against humanity,” King concluded."

Buried lede: ProPublica admits Obamacare the culprit driving insurance costs sky high

Buried lede: ProPublica admits Obamacare the culprit driving insurance costs sky high
Buried lede: ProPublica admits Obamacare the culprit driving insurance costs sky high

"ProPublica, the pro-Obama leftwing investigative-reporting website funded in part by George Soros' buddies, seems to have slipped up.

One of their reporters, a real good one named Marshall Allen, has written a bang-up, worth-reading-every-word, satisfying expose about why health insurance costs are so high and why so many patients get ugly surprises when it's time to pay the bill. 
And buried within, in what should have been the lede, is not an indictment of the insurance industry, but of the perverse incentives embedded within Obamacare - that are driving insurance costs through the roof...

The Affordable Care Act kept profit margins in check by requiring companies to use at least 80 percent of the premiums for medical care. That's good in theory, but it actually contributes to rising health care costs. If the insurance company has accurately built high costs into the premium, it can make more money. Here's how: Let's say administrative expenses eat up about 17 percent of each premium dollar and around 3 percent is profit. Making a 3 percent profit is better if the company spends more..."

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History for May 31

History for May 31 - On-This-Day.com
Walt Whitman 1819 - Poet, essayist, journalist, humanist, Norman Vincent Peale 1898, Clint Eastwood 1930 - Actor ("Pale Rider")


Tom Berenger 1950 - Actor ("The Big Chill," "Platoon"), Chris Elliot 1960 - Comedian, Brooke Shields 1965 - Actress


1854 - The Kansas-Nebraska Act passed by the U.S. Congress.


1880 - The first U.S. national bicycle society was formed in Newport, RI. It was known as the League of American Wheelmen.


1884 - Dr. John Harvey Kellogg patented "flaked cereal."


1889 - In Johnstown, PA, more than 2,200 people died after the South Fork Dam collapsed.


1900 - U.S. troops arrived in Peking to help put down the Boxer Rebellion.


1913 - The 17th Amendment went into effect. It provided for popular election of U.S. senators.


1962 - Adolf Eichmann was hanged in Israel. Eichmann was a Gestapo official and was executed for his actions in the Nazi Holocaust.


1977 - The trans-Alaska oil pipeline was finished after 3 years of construction.

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

https://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2018/05/tragic-comedies-by-tammy-derouin-my.html

Tragic Comedies

By Tammy Derouin

My cable subscription covers a couple hundred channels so this past week I decided to step beyond the few networks I typically watch. I was hopeful that I would find something new and appealing in the entertainment world. I was hopeful. I was so hopeful.

Comedy is usually my first choice. After I eliminated networks which showcased tragic comedies such as the main stream media and their laughable news networks, I moved on hoping to find something along the lines of more traditional comedy. I knew the so called late night comedy shows wouldn't provide anything entertaining. They've become left-wing hired jokers, puppets on strings. When the comedy search failed, I looked for a drama. Well, that search failed too. I was unable to find anything worth watching on 200 plus channels.

I found a lot of shows I could label as new, odd and different but little which seemed appealing. I found men parading around as women in some sort of competition. It was very disturbing. I do not enjoying watching what is considered reality TV because in many cases it encourages hostility and highlights the dark side of emotions. There's always so much yelling and screaming on these shows. If that kind of behavior is your true reality, it's time to make some changes.

Bad behavior has become acceptable.......

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Study: Some public pensions funds could run dry in downturn - CBS News

Study: Some public pensions funds could run dry in downturn - CBS News:
"Many pension funds for public workers already owe far more in retirement benefits than they have in the bank, and the problem will only grow worse if the economy slows down, according to a report released last week.
The study from The Pew Charitable Trusts found that the New Jersey and Kentucky public pension funds are in such perilous shape that they risk running dry.
"Even after eight years of economic recovery — eight straight years of stock market gains — the public pension plans are more vulnerable than they've ever been to the next recession," researcher Greg Mennis said in an interview..."
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Study: Multivitamins, Other Common Supplements Have No Health Benefits - Study Finds

Study: Multivitamins, Other Common Supplements Have No Health Benefits - Study Finds
TORONTO — Taking multivitamins or other commonly consumed vitamin and mineral supplements won’t actually provide you any health benefits, but they won’t harm you either, a new study finds.

Researchers from the University of Toronto and St. Michael’s Hospital conducted a review of 179 studies on popular vitamin supplements that were published between January 2012 and October 2017.  

Taking multivitamins or other commonly consumed vitamin and mineral supplements won’t actually provide you any health benefits, but they won’t harm you either, a new study finds.

...The research team concluded that the most commonly consumed supplements — multivitamins, vitamin D, calcium, and vitamin C — had no effect on a person’s risk of suffering a heart attack stroke, heart disease, or early death.

“We were surprised to find so few positive effects of the most common supplements that people consume,” notes Dr. David Jenkins, the study’s lead author, in a statement. 
“Our review found that if you want to use multivitamins, vitamin D, calcium or vitamin C, it does no harm – but there is no apparent advantage either.”

...The authors say it’s best to stick to a healthy diet that includes plenty of fruits and vegetables which naturally provide our bodies with vitamins and minerals...
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Nancy Pelosi hit with GOP ad: 'Democrats' Midterm Message? MS-13 killers aren't so bad' - Washington Times

Nancy Pelosi hit with GOP ad: 'Democrats' Midterm Message? MS-13 killers aren't so bad' - Washington Times:

"“We’re talking about MS-13. They’re motto is ‘rape. torture. kill.’ … The victim was stabbed more than 100 times, decapitated, dismembered, and his heart was cut out of his chest and then thrown into a pre-dug grave. … The two young men shown here kidnapped, sexually assaulted and shot a 15-year-old girl sacrificing her in the name of Satan,” three different newscasters add."

London cyclists too white, male and middle class, says capital's cycling chief in vow to tackle diversity 'problem' | The Independent

London cyclists too white, male and middle class, says capital's cycling chief in vow to tackle diversity 'problem' | The Independent:
"Too few women and people from ethnic minority groups cycle in London and more must be done to promote diversity among a largely white, male and middle class biking community, the city’s walking and cycling commissioner has said.
Grand schemes, such as the Cycle Superhighway network of partially-segregated routes linking the suburbs with the centre, are too often perceived as simply a way of getting “middle-aged men cycling faster around the city”, Will Norman acknowledged.
He said he was considering setting diversity targets for London’s cycling population to ensure progress was achieved."...
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Fake news or simply LIES!-----Obama officials explain viral photos of immigrant children 'in cages' - Business Insider

Obama officials explain viral photos of immigrant children 'in cages' - Business Insider

In this June 18, 2014 photo, two female detainees sleep in a holding cell, as the children are separated by age group and gender, at a US Customs and Border Protection center in Nogales, Arizona.Associated Press/Ross D. Franklin

• Several 2014 photos of detained immigrant children resurfaced on Twitter over the weekend and went viral. 
• Former Obama administration officials tried to explain the context behind the photos, which appeared to show migrant kids locked up in cages. 
• The former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau had shared the images on Twitter, mistakenly believing they were taken during Donald Trump's presidency. 
• The former officials doubled down on their criticisms of Trump's immigration policies, and said the 2014 photos showed unaccompanied children the government had been attempting to place with family members. 

Several former Obama administration officials took to social media and news outlets on Tuesday to explain a gallery of years-old photos that showed immigrant children sleeping in shoddy conditions at a government-run holding facility in Arizona.

The images, which were first published by the Associated Press in 2014, resurfaced over the weekend for reasons that remain unclear, and quickly prompted viral outrage on Twitter. 

One particularly disturbing image showed two children sleeping on mattresses on the floor inside what appeared to be a cage.
A number of prominent liberals — and even a former Obama administration official — shared the photos in outrage, mistakenly believing they depicted the Trump administration's treatment of immigrant children who were forcibly separated from their parents.
Jon Favreau, who worked as a speechwriter for former President Barack Obama, tweeted, "This is happening right now, and the only debate that matters is how we force our government to get these kids back to their families as fast as humanly possible."

Detainees sleep and watch television in a holding cell where hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children were being processed and held at the CBP Nogales Placement Center on June 18, 2014.Associated Press/Ross D. Franklin
Favreau said Tuesday he later deleted the tweet after social media users pointed out that the photos were taken during the Obama administration. 

But by that point, critics had already rushed to accuse him of concealing Obama's own harsh immigration tactics while condemning Trump's..."

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