Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Why the President's ObamaCare Maneuver May Backfire - WSJ.com
That's true; BUT, it also explains many implications beyond that.
I think it's worthwhile reading...
David B. Rivkin and Lee A. Casey explain in the Wall Street Journal:
"Mr. Obama, however, has made a habit of exercising an unlawful suspending power, refusing to enforce selected federal laws, including various provisions of the immigration laws against young, undocumented aliens; work requirements enacted as part of the 1996 federal welfare reform law; and the testing accountability provisions of the No Child Left Behind education law. One key problem with suspension power—aside from the fact that it destroys the balance of power between the two political branches—is that, when skillfully exercised, it sidelines the judiciary. The Constitution requires that a party commencing litigation must have what is commonly called 'standing,' i.e., the party must have suffered or will suffer a legal injury that a court can redress."
"Transsexual shoplifter strikes again, deputies say"
Brittany Shammas recently posted this story at Sun-Sentinel.com:
"The 49-year-old was arrested Monday by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office on larceny and possession of drug paraphernalia charges. It was his 50th arrest since 1991, Florida Department of Law Enforcement records show. Since 1995, Henry – whose occupation is prostitution, according to the sheriff's department – has been picked up by law enforcement at least once a year. His criminal history includes multiple larceny arrests, in addition to a collection of drug offenses and arrests for both prostitution and soliciting for prostitution."
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
"Secret move keeps bin Laden records in the shadows"
They don't release anything they can avoid releasing...
On the APnews section of myway.com, Richard Lardner recently reported this and more:
"Golson said it is 'absolutely false' that records were moved to the CIA to avoid the legal requirements of the Freedom of Information Act.
The records transfer was part of an effort by McRaven to protect the names of the personnel involved in the raid, according to the inspector general's draft report.
But secretly moving the records allowed the Pentagon to tell The Associated Press that it couldn't find any documents inside the Defense Department that AP had requested more than two years ago, and could represent a new strategy for the U.S. government to shield even its most sensitive activities from public scrutiny.
'Welcome to the shell game in place of open government,' said Thomas Blanton, director of the National Security Archive, a private research institute at George Washington University. 'Guess which shell the records are under. If you guess the right shell, we might show them to you. It's ridiculous.'"
Government at Work - the I.R.S.
Terence P. Jeffrey has the details on this story on the CNSnews.com website:
"The Internal Revenue Service sent 23,994 tax refunds worth a combined $46,378,040 to 'unauthorized' alien workers who all used the same address in Atlanta, Ga., in 2011, according to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA).
That was not the only Atlanta address theoretically used by thousands of 'unauthorized' alien workers receiving millions in federal tax refunds in 2011. In fact, according to a TIGTA audit report published last year, four of the top ten addresses to which the IRS sent thousands of tax refunds to 'unauthorized' aliens were in Atlanta."
Monday, July 29, 2013
"In the World's Richest Nation, Bridges Shouldn't Collapse"
Add politicians and that logic goes you know where...
At RealClearMarkets.com, Rick Geddes explains how this could be a solution:
"Public-private partnerships have the potential to revolutionize bridge, tunnel, and road operation in the United States. Yet only thirty-two states currently have laws on the books that enable their use. It is time for the United States to catch up to the rest of the world, and to enjoy those benefits. There have been almost 600 bridge failures of one form or another in the United States since 1989. In the world's wealthiest nation, there is no reason to tolerate manifestly hazardous bridges. We should not wait for a fatal bridge collapse to adopt a better policy approach."
Meanwhile - in Brazil - “Vinegar Revolt”
At Townhall.com, Austin Hill fills us in on this story:
"Residents of Sao Paulo were already furious over yet another recent rate hike with their public transportation lines. But then seeing a guy get incarcerated for merely possessing vinegar turned out to be the match that struck the fuse which then ignited the powder keg. So now vinegar is to Brazilians as tea was to Bostonians in 1773. At the core of the protests lies one important truth: human beings naturally want to live with freedom and dignity. Brazilians are experiencing yet again the tyrannical and undignified consequences of a big, inefficient, and abusive government, and they are perhaps learning all over again that government frequently can’t provide even the most basic of services, let alone fulfill all its promises."
"Climate scientist: Global warming models could be ‘fundamentally wrong’"
Governments have bought into it on a grand and expensive scale.
And then there this...
Michael Bastasch recently posted about it on the Daily Caller website:
"In an interview with the German news publication Der Spiegel, meteorologist Hans von Storch said that scientists are so puzzled by the 15-year standstill in global warming that if the trend continues their models could be “fundamentally wrong.” 'If things continue as they have been, in five years, at the latest, we will need to acknowledge that something is fundamentally wrong with our climate models,' Storch told Der Spiegel. 'A 20-year pause in global warming does not occur in a single modeled scenario. But even today, we are finding it very difficult to reconcile actual temperature trends with our expectations.'"
Sunday, July 28, 2013
2013-07-28 - Words of Wisdom
Saturday, July 27, 2013
A Global Revenue Grab - WSJ.com
This concept is rarely spoken or printed in the media.
Elected officials falsely convey that higher taxes on businesses somehow do not impact individual taxpayers.
Simply put, ALL taxes on businesses are eventually payed by customers...
Elected officials falsely convey that higher taxes on businesses somehow do not impact individual taxpayers.
Simply put, ALL taxes on businesses are eventually payed by customers...
Near the end of a recent Wall Street Journal article, this appears:
"Whisper it, but corporations don't pay taxes anyway. They merely collect taxes—from customers via higher prices, shareholders in lower returns, or employees in lower wages and benefits. The BEPS bogeyman would vanish if corporate taxes did."
Friday, July 26, 2013
Government at Work - Commuting
Do you agree?...
In the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jamie Dupree reports on this:
"A new report by the inspector general of the IRS found that a small group of top executives at the IRS ran up 'extremely high travel expenses' in recent years, with some basically commuting each week to work in Washington, D.C. by plane from around the nation.
'In some cases, the travel days exceeded the number of business days due to employees remaining in travel status during the weekends and holidays,' the report said.
An IRS source told me the most frequent travelers were four different officials inside the tax agency who 'work' in Washington, at IRS headquarters, but actually live in Dallas, Minneapolis and Atlanta. In other words, they would fly weekly to and from Washington, D.C. by plane, and then bill the taxpayer for that travel and their extended stay in D.C. - and it is not a temporary situation, but has been going on for years.
One IRS official, labeled 'Executive B' in the report, traveled to Washington, D.C. a total of 282 days in Fiscal Year 2012, claiming almost $127,000 in travel costs. (That's $450/day if you do the math.)
In FY 2011, 'Executive B' traveled to Washington 238 days, with total travel costs of almost $116,000. 'In such cases, the cost and frequency of travel indicate that some executives may not live in the best location to economically accomplish their roles and responsibilities,' the report noted.
'Executive C' spent 213 days in Washington in FY 2011 at a cost of just over $105,000.
More examples from that same year include 'Executive A' spending 290 days in Washington for $88,951 in expenses; 'Executive G' spent 193 days in Washington for $86,433 in costs."
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Europe’s Meltdown: A Cautionary Tale
It is world domination; not compromise and not reconciliation.
Our "head in the sand" attitude is moving them right along...
Pamela Geller is a relentless publicizer of Muslim goals and behaviors. Her recent article at Breitbart.com includes this and a whole lot more:
"Media elites and leftist tools scrub and sanitize the grim truth while Europe burns. The media is crippled by its own self-censorship -- beheadings in the streets of London, bombings in Boston, thousands of burning cars, Sweden under siege, but still the media cannot say the M-word. For those who don’t speak media, 'Asian,' 'immigrant,' 'youth,' 'immigrant youth,' 'North African,' and 'Moroccan' all mean the same thing. The M-word is prohibited – to utter it in a negative manner would be to commit blasphemy under the Sharia. 'Do not offend Islam.'"
A Bombshell in the IRS Scandal - WSJ.com
Someone with influence caused I.R.S. employees to deviate from their non-partisanship.
Reading between the lines, it appears the political party that is trying everything to make this to go away, likely has something to hide...
Reading between the lines, it appears the political party that is trying everything to make this to go away, likely has something to hide...
In the Wall Street Journal, Peggy Noonan recently wrote about the most recent Congressional hearing about the I.R.S. issues:
"Rep. Trey Gowdy, a South Carolina Republican, finally woke the proceedings up with what he called 'the evolution of the defense' since the scandal began. First, Ms. Lerner planted a question at a conference. Then she said the Cincinnati office did it—a narrative that was advanced by the president's spokesman, Jay Carney. Then came the suggestion the IRS was too badly managed to pull off a sophisticated conspiracy. Then the charge that liberal groups were targeted too—'we did it against both ends of the political spectrum.' When the inspector general of the IRS said no, it was conservative groups that were targeted, he came under attack. Now the defense is that the White House wasn't involved, so case closed. This is one Republican who is right about evolution.
Those trying to get to the bottom of the scandal have to dig in, pay attention. The administration's defenders, and their friends in the press, have made some progress in confusing the issue through misdirection and misstatement"
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
"Wind farms kill eagles with impunity"
I saw this a while back.
It's quite an astounding number...
It's quite an astounding number...
A recent New York Post column picked on on this:
"The Associated Press revealed that even as wind turbines kill an estimated 573,000 birds a year — including many bald and golden eagles — the Obama administration refuses to lift a feather to enforce federal laws protecting the birds. 'The result is a green industry that’s allowed to do not-so-green things,' reports the AP. 'It kills protected species with impunity and conceals the environmental consequences of sprawling wind farms.'"
"Conservatives and Snowden"
The concept that some cannot perceive that others would abuse these things comes out in this article.
Seeing good in people is a wonderful trait; however, it's naive to think that temptation doesn't corrupt the thoughts and actions of some...
Seeing good in people is a wonderful trait; however, it's naive to think that temptation doesn't corrupt the thoughts and actions of some...
At AmericanThinker.com, J.R. Dunn describes some views about surveillance and also fires a broadside at Barack Obama:
"Obama has never encountered a system that he has not abused. This includes academia, the justice system, and politics on the local, state, and national level. Though we lack the details, it's certain that he manipulated the academic system -- there's no other way to explain his rise from a second-tier West Coast college to the leading American universities with no visible academic attainments whatsoever. His political career is marked by the type of chicanery that used to destroy careers but today is excused -- at least with Democrats -- with a kind of 'isn't-he-such-a-rogue' whimsy, and includes bushwhacking his own mentor, Alice Palmer, digging into Jack Ryan's private life to wreck his Senate campaign, and so on up to his arrangement with Candy Crowley during the last presidential debates.
To argue that this figure, with his third-world sense of political responsibility and his Chicago-honed ethics, would not abuse any possible resource he could get his hands on simply beggars credulity."
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
"Some unions angry about health care law"
They've been used and now they know it...
The Associated Press' Sam Hananel has this at the start of an article at DeseretNews.com:
" Some labor unions that enthusiastically backed President Barack Obama's health care overhaul are now frustrated and angry, fearful it will jeopardize benefits for millions of members. Union leaders warn that unless the problem is fixed, there could be consequences for Democrats facing re-election next year. 'It makes an untruth out of what the president said — that if you like your insurance, you could keep it,' said Joe Hansen, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. 'That is not going to be true for millions of workers now.'"
The Apple Tax Diversion - WSJ.com
Now, the elected officials want us to believe the fault is with the corporations...
The Wall Street Journal recently spent print space to explain what's really going on:
"Mr. Levin unveiled the results of his months-long investigation into Apple's corporate taxes and accused the American business success of employing 'alchemy' and 'gimmickry' to lower its tax bill. What Mr. Levin did not do was present any evidence of anything illegal or even inappropriate. He did prove that Apple has smart accountants and tax lawyers."
Monday, July 22, 2013
Government at Work - Making Promises They Can't Keep
Unfortunately, the elected officials, all across various governments, that allowed this situation won't really suffer...
USA Today has this from Todd Spangler's article as published in the Detroit Free Press:
"At the heart of Detroit's problem is a growing unfunded debt on benefits owed to current and future retirees — some $3.5 billion, according to its emergency manager, Kevyn Orr — which mirrors a circumstance being seen across the U.S.
From Baltimore to Los Angeles, and many points in between, municipalities are increasingly confronted with how to pay for these massive promises. The Pew Center for the States, in Washington, estimated states' public pension plans across the U.S. were underfunded by a whopping $1.4 trillion in 2010."
Government at Work - "Are you ‘cooking the books’?"
At WND.com, Garth Kant writes about this:
"Rep. Michele Bachmann wants to know: How in the world has the federal government not reported any increase in the national debt in 56 days? As Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday, Bachmann asked how there could be no increase reported in the total debt when the government is racking up about $4 billion a day in new debt. 'After nearly 10 years as the head of the Federal Reserve, Chairman Bernanke could not answer my question today in Financial Services Committee,' Bachmann told WND. She wondered if there’s a political motive involved."
Sunday, July 21, 2013
2013-07-21 - Words of Wisdom
Saturday, July 20, 2013
"Before Benghazi, There Was Extortion 17"
"Extortion 17" was the nickname of a helicopter transporting Navy Seals.
Our military has always had rules of engagement; however, they are now so restrictive that they make our military almost powerless to defend themselves...
Our military has always had rules of engagement; however, they are now so restrictive that they make our military almost powerless to defend themselves...
I found this in a posting by Pamela Geller at AmericanThinker.com:
"Our troops in Afghanistan are so restricted in ways that they're not even allowed to fire on the enemy without permission -- which means that the Taliban and al Qaeda can shoot at our soldiers at will and then disappear while our forces are trying to get permission to return fire. And that isn't even the worst of all. The COIN doctrine forbids us to try to vet Afghans who want to work with the military. The result has been massive infiltration and an ever-growing number of green-on-blue attacks by our supposed "allies" against the American troops who are risking their lives to train them. And the green-on-blue attacks are only one aspect of the infiltration. The Taliban always seem to know what operations our troops are going to undertake. Obama knows all this, and yet he lets it continue, day after day, week after week, month after month. Really, which side is he on?"
Meanwhile - in the U.K. - Benefits and more
You would think some computer program would be in place to look into income of those on the "dole".
Pretty gutsy.
Gee, I wonder if this happens in America? DUH!..
Pretty gutsy.
Gee, I wonder if this happens in America? DUH!..
Laura Collins recently published this story in the U.K. Daily Mail:
"Lester Hawkes, 58, pocketed £74,000 in handouts over two years after claiming he had breathing difficulties.
At the same time Hawkes was running a website with his wife Pauline, 53, which sold bootlegged copies of blockbuster movies, music albums and console games, from his £300,000 country home in the village of Scarisbrick, near Skelmersdale, Lancashire."
Friday, July 19, 2013
Government at Work - Reporting on the Debt
We all know that this really can't be.
Considering that this number has gone higher EVERY day since one can remember, it is now apparently being manipulated to fool the public...
Considering that this number has gone higher EVERY day since one can remember, it is now apparently being manipulated to fool the public...
Terence P. Jeffrey reports this on the CNSnews.com website:
"Treasury: Debt Has Been Exactly $16,699,396,000,000.00 for 56 Days"
Quotes of the day � HotAir.com
Would you like to bet whether the national media will report anything like this?...
Deep in the posting by AllahPundit at HotAir.com, I found this factoid:
"African Americans benefit from Florida’s 'Stand Your Ground' self-defense law at a rate far out of proportion to their presence in the state’s population, despite an assertion by Attorney General Eric Holder that repealing 'Stand Your Ground' would help African Americans.
Black Floridians have made about a third of the state’s total 'Stand Your Ground' claims in homicide cases, a rate nearly double the black percentage of Florida’s population. The majority of those claims have been successful, a success rate that exceeds that for Florida whites…
Forty four African Americans in the state of Florida have claimed a 'Stand Your Ground' defense. Of these claims, 24 were considered 'justified' (55 percent), while 11 resulted in convictions and nine cases are still pending."
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Meanwhile - in the U.K. - Health Service Priorities
AND, there's an update reporting that the person involved now wants a reduction, paid for by the same method...
In the U.K. Daily Mail, Paul Bentley recently told the story behind this:
"Matthew Sinclair, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: ‘Taxpayers will be stupefied that the same system which funded a boob job for an aspiring glamour model will not allow treatment that would enable a little boy to walk unaided. ‘It certainly suggests that the NHS has a skewed sense of priorities.’"
Politicians - PA State Attorney GeneraL Kathleen Kane
Really?...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
"8 Foods We Eat In The U.S. That Are Banned In Other Countries"
Interesting stuff...
On the BuzzFeed website, Ashley Perez posts information about them. Here's number 4:
"4. Potassium bromate (or bromated flour): Great for impatient bakers, bad for your kidneys and nervous system."
"Outrage of the Week New App Targets Gun Owners"
Following this could come a "female home alone" app, a "disabled couple" app, a "vacations every July" app, a "collects baseball cards" app, and on and on.
Add in the ability to enter false information and everything gets even worse...
The article I.m commenting on in from the NRA-ILA website:
"This week's outrage comes to us from a rather unlikely source: the Google Play app store. The new app is called the Gun Geo Marker, and encourages users to 'geolocate dangerous guns and owners' in their communities."
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
"650,000 Defense Employees Furloughs Started Monday"
Mike Shedlock describes the scenario at Townhall.com:
“Our available funding balances remain large in all appropriations — too large to spend” just on small supplemental funds often required by existing contracts, the June 27 e-mail said. DISA’s budget is $2 billion.
“It is critical in our efforts to [spend] 100% of our available resources this fiscal year,” said the e-mail from budget officer Sannadean Sims and procurement officer Kathleen Miller. “It is also imperative that your organization meets its projected spending goal for June. . .”
The Political Mr. Comey - WSJ.com
The Wall Street Journal begins their recent opinion article with this:
"President Obama on Friday nominated James Comey to run the FBI, and the former prosecutor and deputy attorney general is already garnering media effusions reserved for any Republican who fell out publicly with the Bush Administration. Forgive us if we don't join this Beltway beatification. Any potential FBI director deserves scrutiny, since the position has so much power and is susceptible to ruinous misjudgments and abuse. That goes double with Mr. Comey, a nominee who seems to think the job of the federal bureaucracy is to oversee elected officials, not the other way around, and who had his own hand in some of the worst prosecutorial excesses of the last decade."
"More federal aid means more student debt"
There's a lot of truth here.
No one takes care of "other people's money" as well as their own...
No one takes care of "other people's money" as well as their own...
The New York Post recently ran an opinion column about the issue of college educations:
"Former Education Secretary William Bennett sums up a big part of the problem in a new book titled “Is College Worth It?” In it, he and his co-author note that since 1990 the cost of attending a four-year college has risen at four times the rate of inflation. Over that same period, federally supported student loans have skyrocketed, to the point where student-loan debt now exceeds credit-card debt.
These loans, of course, are designed to help young people afford college. Richard Vedder, an economist at Ohio State who runs the Center for College Affordability & Productivity, notes that tuition costs are much like health-care costs — both are rising because third parties pay the bills. In a speech last year at Hillsdale College in Michigan, he noted that all the federal aid and loans flooding the college markets give colleges and universities no incentive to cut costs."
Monday, July 15, 2013
"Guilty Until Proven Innocent: How the Press Prosecuted Zimmerman While Stoking Racial Tensions"
At Breitbart.com, John Nolte has a worthwhile synopsis of the media's behavior:
"As you will see below, by hook and crook, the mainstream media did everything in its still-potent power to not only push for the prosecution of Mr. Zimmerman (the police originally chose not to charge him) but also to gin up racial tensions where none needed to exist."
"The Curious Case Of Trayvon Martin’s Backpack With Stolen Jewelry and Burglary Tool"
Maybe you think you know the whole story.
But, maybe you don't...
But, maybe you don't...
On theConcervativeTreehouse.com website, "sundance" is posting about this:
"It was that M-DSPD internal affairs investigation which revealed in October 2011 Trayvon Martin was searched by School Resource Officer, Darryl Dunn. The search of Trayvon Martin’s backpack turned up at least 12 pcs of ladies jewelry, and a man’s watch, in addition to a flat head screwdriver described as 'a burglary tool'.
When Trayvon was questioned about who owned the jewelry and where it came from, he claimed he was just holding it for a 'friend'. A 'friend' he would not name. Later, after the police report was outlined in the Robles article, and despite Trayvon being suspended for the second time in a new school year, Martin family attorney, Benjamin Crump, said Trayvon’s dad, Tracy Martin, and Trayvon’s mom, Sybrina Fulton, did not know anything about the jewelry case.
It was only as a consequence of the M-DSPD internal affairs investigation that 'why' they may not have known came to light."
"Trayvon's Skittles, Arizona Iced Tea and something called 'Purple Drank'"
See what you think of this.
Maybe your savvy young children can help you out...
Maybe your savvy young children can help you out...
At Examiner.com, Timothy Whiteman enlightens us:
"Without citing reference sources, RashManly.com accuses Martin of admitting on his Facebook account as early as June 27, 2011 of being an abuser of a codeine, soft drink and candy beverage popularly known as 'Purple Drank' or 'Lean.'"
Sunday, July 14, 2013
2013-07-14 - Words of Wisdom
Saturday, July 13, 2013
In Defense of Carbon Dioxide - WSJ.com
So, carbon dioxide is nothing to worry about, and is likely good for the planet.
That's interesting, I could swear I've heard differently...
That's interesting, I could swear I've heard differently...
Harrison H. Schmitt and William Happer include these paragraphs in their recent Wall Street Journal article:
"The current levels of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere, approaching 400 parts per million, are low by the standards of geological and plant evolutionary history. Levels were 3,000 ppm, or more, until the Paleogene period (beginning about 65 million years ago). For most plants, and for the animals and humans that use them, more carbon dioxide, far from being a 'pollutant' in need of reduction, would be a benefit. This is already widely recognized by operators of commercial greenhouses, who artificially increase the carbon dioxide levels to 1,000 ppm or more to improve the growth and quality of their plants."
"We know that carbon dioxide has been a much larger fraction of the earth's atmosphere than it is today, and the geological record shows that life flourished on land and in the oceans during those times. The incredible list of supposed horrors that increasing carbon dioxide will bring the world is pure belief disguised as science."
Friday, July 12, 2013
"The Waste List: 66 Ways The U.S. Government Is Blowing Your Hard-Earned Money"
At ZeroHedge.com, Michael Snyder begins his article with this and then goes on:
"Why did the U.S. government spend 2.6 million dollars to train Chinese prostitutes to drink responsibly? Why did the U.S. government spend $175,587 "to determine if cocaine makes Japanese quail engage in sexually risky behavior"?"
Thursday, July 11, 2013
"Birther" reporting
At FreedomOutpost.com, Leon Puissegur speculates this:
"Does The CIA Director Have Barack Obama’s Records That Prove He Is Ineligible To Be President?"
"IRS actually fears man who doesn’t file taxes"
Anyone willing to try this?...
At WND.com, Jack Minor presents this story:
"Jeff Maehr, a Colorado chiropractor who has engaged in a number of business ventures, including PureHealthSystems.com, admits he has refused to file federal income tax returns since 2002, but he says the IRS is afraid to press criminal charges against him.
'They don’t want this to go to court, because there is so much information there that would blow them out of the water if this became public knowledge,' Maehr claimed."
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Gay Adoptive Parents - Bad Outcome Here
I guess this can happen with any adoptive parents, BUT...
On the LifeSiteNews.com website, Thaddeus Baklinski tells us this story:
"Police in Australia have described as 'depraved' the case of a six-year-old boy who was sexually abused by his adoptive homosexual 'fathers' and other men who were part of an international child-porn syndicate known as the Boy Lovers network.
Authorities in Australia and the US worked together to arrest and charge the men after it emerged that the boy had been offered to men in Australia, the US, France and Germany for sexual exploitation and the production of child pornography from a very young age."
Meanwhile - in Europe - No life sentences?
See if you agree with this one...
In the U.K. Daily Mail, Matt Chorley reports on this issue:
"Justice Secretary Chris Grayling today launched a furious attack on European judges who ruled Britain's most notorious murderers could not be told to die in jail because it breaches their human rights.
The Tory minister said the original authors of the Human Rights Convention 'would be turning in their graves' at the ruling which means dozens of killers could launch bids for freedom.
Judges in Strasbourg ruled locking up murderers without any prospect of being released was unlawful."
Tuesday, July 09, 2013
"Tax-exempt Obama Foundation doesn’t exist at listed addresses"
More than a few things associated with the name Obama are like this...
Charles C. Johnson recently reported this at DailyCaller.com:
"The address listed in the group’s IRS filings — 4201 Wilson Blvd. Ste 110-152, Arlington, Va. 22030 — is even more suspicious, as it is a marketing center for A Better Today Recovery Services — a drug-and-alcohol treatment organization.
A receptionist who answered the phone at A Better Today said neither she nor anybody in the office had heard of the Barack H. Obama Foundation. She said A Better Today had been located at the Arlington address for 'a couple years.' The IRS filings that list the Arlington address as the foundation’s headquarters were dated May 2011.
'I don’t know if it’s listed wrong or what’s going on, but we have never heard of that,' the receptionist said, adding that A Better Today had never received calls or correspondence related to the Barack H. Foundation."
"Secret move keeps bin Laden records in the shadows"
Since then, no one can find out anything to support that story.
It makes one wonder...
At MyWay.com, Richard Lardner reports on the current circumstances:
"The nation's top special operations commander ordered military files about the Navy SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout to be purged from Defense Department computers and sent to the CIA, where they could be more easily shielded from ever being made public.
The secret move, described briefly in a draft report by the Pentagon's inspector general, set off no alarms within the Obama administration even though it appears to have sidestepped federal rules and perhaps also the Freedom of Information Act."
Monday, July 08, 2013
"Obesity Is Not a Disease"
Governments manage money poorly, and organizations are quick to find out how to get some of it...
At National Review Online, Michael Tanner explains his point:
"Recently the American Medical Association declared that it will consider obesity a disease. At first glance, it’s a minor story, hardly worth mentioning, but in reality the AMA’s move is a symptom of a disease that is seriously troubling our society: the abdication of personal responsibility and an invitation to government meddling.
No one denies that this country faces a massive (no pun intended) obesity problem. The United States has one of the highest obesity rates in the world, with more than a third of all Americans believed to be obese and another third considered overweight. Obesity leads to a host of both long- and short-term health problems and costs Americans more than $190 billion annually in higher medical costs, and possibly as much as $450 billion in indirect costs, such as lost productivity.
But while obesity is a real problem, the AMA’s move is actually a way for its members to receive more federal dollars, by getting obesity treatments covered under government health plans."
Part-Time America - WSJ.com
Employers are coping with Obamacare's rules and consequences.
Many are shifting to a part-time world...
Many are shifting to a part-time world...
The Wall Street Journal included this in their column about the U.S. employment numbers:
"Also disappointing is the big jump in the number of Americans who want to work full time but could only find part-time work. That number leapt to 8.23 million, a 322,000 one-month increase. Total part-time employment rose by 432,000, more than double the total number of net new jobs.
The broadest measure of unemployment—which includes discouraged workers and those who can't find a full-time job for economic reasons—still totals more than 20 million Americans and the rate unexpectedly rose in June to 14.3% from 13.8%."
Sunday, July 07, 2013
2013-07-07 - Words of Wisdom
Saturday, July 06, 2013
"USPS Mail Isolation Control and Tracking program logs all U.S. mail"
I think it's safe to assume that "someone" is watching, tracking, and/or recording almost everything we do.
f you want to think otherwise, the word "naive" comes to mind...
f you want to think otherwise, the word "naive" comes to mind...
The UPI.com website includes this in a post referencing a New York Times article:
"The warrantless surveillance program for law enforcement is called Mail Isolation Control and Tracking. It's been in effect almost 11 years.
Last year alone Postal Service computers photographed the outside of about 160 billion letters and parcels, the Times said.
It is not known how long the government keeps the images, the newspaper said. The images are kept as part of a law enforcement surveillance technique known as 'mail covers.' Mail covers do not involve reading the mail itself, just the outside information, and are not considered by the Postal Service or Justice Department to be constitutional violations since the outside of envelopes and packages can readily be seen by anyone.
'It's a treasure trove of information' former FBI agent James Wedick told the Times."
"How to buy 2,000 guns, out of state, with no paperwork"
See anything wrong here? Seems like illegal is NOT illegal for certain groups or causes...
At DailyCaller.com, Alan Korvin recently wrote about this:
"Somebody wrote the check that provided the money that was given to the perpetrators that bought the guns in the Phoenix gun buyback. It doesn’t matter who. And it’s really a buy-up, you can’t buy back something you never owned in the first place.
HOW WAS IT DONE?
We know how it was done. The anonymous bag man gave the money to Hildy Saizow and her anti-gun-rights group, the deceptively named Arizonans for Gun Safety (AGS), according to Phoenix police. Who has AGS taught gun safety to lately? That’s rhetorical; the answer is no one, ever. They’re in the business of buying guns to melt, and campaigning against gun ownership and gun rights.
They took the lucre and gave it to Basha’s grocers, which includes Food City and AJ’s Fine Foods. The Bashas turned it into 2,000 $100 grocery gift cards."
Friday, July 05, 2013
"How Democrats Exploit Minorities"
From time to time, I see articles like this.
I think they are true.
Unfortunately, the premise presented never seems to get traction in the American consciousness...
I think they are true.
Unfortunately, the premise presented never seems to get traction in the American consciousness...
This is from an article by Michael Bargo Jr. article on that subject at AmericanThinker.com:
"Democrats have portrayed themselves as the only political party that cares for the needs of minorities, that somehow they are uniquely qualified to help them. But a state senator from Louisiana, Elbert Guillory, recently left the Democratic Party and became a Republican, citing the recent policies of Democrats.
A close look at how the poor fare under Democratic Party control reveals that the Party has not only done very little to improve the long-term economic conditions of minorities but that its policies have a history of destroying the black family and the social conditions under which they live, as long noted by authors and economists Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams."
"University Tells Student to Remove Cross Necklace"
I'm thinking zero tolerance obliterates common sense?...
At Townhall.com, Todd Starnes reports on this occurrence:
On June 27, Jarvis was working for the university’s Associated Students Productions at a student orientation fair for incoming freshmen. During the event, her supervisor directed her to remove the cross necklace.
Sasser said the supervisor told her that the chancellor had a policy against wearing religious items and further explained 'that she could not wear her cross necklace because it might offend others, it might make incoming students feel unwelcome, or it might cause incoming students to feel that ASP was not an organization they should join.'"
Thursday, July 04, 2013
2013-07-04 Independence Day
Independence Day is the anniversary of the publication of the Declaration of Independence from England in 1776...
Enjoy your freedoms.
Remember, not everyone has them...
Wednesday, July 03, 2013
"Rare bird, white-throated needletail, killed by wind turbine in front of crowd of twitchers"
The U.K. Daily Mail's Will Robinson Has this not nice story:
"There had been only eight recorded sightings of the white-throated needletail in the UK since 1846. So when one popped up again on British shores this week, twitchers were understandably excited. A group of 40 enthusiasts dashed to the Hebrides to catch a glimpse of the brown, black and blue bird, which breeds in Asia and winters in Australasia. But instead of being treated to a wildlife spectacle they were left with a horror show when it flew into a wind turbine and was killed."
"Planned Parenthood: Strangely Hysterical over 0.045% of Its Revenue"
Every aspect of Planned Parenthood seems mired in controversy, misinformation, or just plain old fog...
At AmericanThinker.com, Keith Riler has a story about them:
"...according to sometime Planned Parenthood affiliate the Guttmacher Institute, only 1.5% of all American abortions occur after the 20th week of pregnancy. If we are to believe Planned Parenthood and Guttmacher, combined, this means that only 0.045% (1.5% of 3%) of Planned Parenthood's health services are abortions that occur beyond the 20th week of pregnancy.
In the recent debate about tightening the Texas abortion prohibition from 24 to 20 weeks, the robust and well-organized protests of the opposition have cast into doubt the 3% claim and its 0.045% corollary. According to the New York Times, the legislation might lead to the 'closing of most of Texas' 42 abortion clinics. Democrats and Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards were more precise, with both certain that 37 of 42 clinics would close.
These dire predictions strongly suggest that abortion is a lot more important than health care to Planned Parenthood; despite our having been assured by no less than the president of the United States that these clinics are in the (mammographyless) health care business, not the abortion business."
Tuesday, July 02, 2013
"CNN Broadcasts Zimmerman Social Security Number"
This time it's CNN.
The recap offered here is quite astonishing.
News reporting seems to have lost it's integrity...
The recap offered here is quite astonishing.
News reporting seems to have lost it's integrity...
At Breitbart.com, Ben Shapiro recaps the media's poor performance concerning the George Zimmerman case:
"This isn't the first element of media bias in the Zimmerman case, either."
"Judicial Watch: FOIA release shows CFPB conducting 'warrantless surveillance' on consumers"
Actually, they always have done so; however, today's electronics and technology create significantly more abilities than in the past.
The privacy of American citizens hangs in the balance on every level...
At HotAir.com, Ed Morrissey posted this:
"Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained records from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) revealing that the agency has spent millions of dollars for the warrantless collection and analysis of Americans’ financial transactions. The documents also reveal that CFPB contractors may be required to share the information with 'additional government entities.'"
Monday, July 01, 2013
"Hollywood's refusal to stand up to Alec Baldwin's gay slurs is shameful"
Double standard? Absolutely!...
Patrick Strudwic explains in the U.K. Guardian:
"Alec Baldwin uses homophobic slurs against a gay Daily Mail journalist, and nobody says anything?"
In Our Schools - Unions are for ...
At BackWoodsHome.com, Dave Duffy has an example with a good ending:
"There are few victories sweeter in life than that of young teenagers triumphing over organized mean-spirited adults in positions of seemingly absolute power. This is a story that comes out of my own home town of Gold Beach, Oregon. It pits the high school band, consisting of 15 teenagers ranging in age from 15 to 18, against the powerful local teacher's union that tried to shut the band down because their unpaid volunteer band director, who everybody agreed was doing a good job, did not possess an Oregon teaching credential."
Meanwhile - in the U.K. - "Third World Railways" ?
Then again, my reading experiences of U.K. things probably should have forewarned me...
Mark Palmer describes his experience in the U.K. Daily Mail:
"It was a journey that tested many of our fellow passengers to the limit; a frightening experience for some and confirmation that in so many areas of life Britain is nothing more than a Third World country run by overpaid incompetents accountable to no one."
