Thursday October 16, 2014

Posted on October 15, 2014 by devt6799
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Tough Flu Year?

1st Flu Case hits Washtenaw County and sends patient to hospital Click Here for Story

Right to Work: Brighton Schools

Brighton Teacher files Right to Work lawsuit against BEA Union and Brighton Schools Click Here for Details  and more below

Union, District Force Non-Union Teacher to Pay for Union Release Time

Teacher Adam Neuman sues MEA affiliate and Brighton Schools

By Anne Schieber | Courtesy of Mich Cap Con

Brighton teacher Adam Neuman went to Afghanistan to fight for freedom. Now he simply wants to exercise it back home. … more

Failing to Counter the Big Lie

Gov. Snyder, GOP fail to defend K-12 spending

By Jack Spencer | 10/15/2014

Over the past couple of years, in addition to telling the truth about the increased K-1 2 spending, Gov. Snyder and the Republicans should have also repeatedly cited statistics to put the entire debate in a different context. When it comes to K-12 spending, Michigan has been anything but stingy. … more

Flying Ebola?

Second Ebola infected healthcare worker flew on commercial airline with fever? Click Here for Story and Audio

There Was WMD!

KUWAIT - FEBRUARY 12: U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division, 1st Battalion, 39th Field Artillery Regiment Delta company soldiers race to put on protective gas masks during a training exercise February 12, 2003 near the Iraqi border in northern Kuwait. The soldiers are trained to put their masks on in nine seconds in response to a chemical or biological attack on their unit. The U.S. military continues to buildup forces in the region ahead of a possible conflict in Iraq. (Scott Nelson/Getty Images)  Pentagon finally admits Chemical Weapons (WMD) we’re found in Iraq.  As if our sickened Veterans didn’t already know Click Here for Story

Democrats Endangering US Citizens

Refuse to support travel ban from African hot zones despite increasing risk to Americans Click Here for Details

Women Against ISIS

   ISIS extremists fear being killed by women as they’d lose the afterlife 72 virgins Click Here for Story

Quarantine for Troops?

Watch this video  Will US Troops deployed to Africa be quarantined on return? Click Here for Details

Feds Collecting All Time High Tax Revenue

And yet we still spend more Click Here for Story and Video

Egypt Fights Islamist Extremists

An Egyptian Air Force Mirage fighter jet (Reuters / Amr Abdallah Dalsh)   Egypt Bombs Libyan terror groups Click Here for Story

Dems Deserve Bad Rap

   Lowest ratings in 30 years due to their blundering policies Click Here for Details

 

 

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Wednesday October 15, 2014

Posted on October 14, 2014 by devt6799
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BREAKING NEWS: 2nd Texas Health Worker Gets Ebola

Now two workers who treated 1st patient are infected Click Here for Story

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Annexation Q & A

5 questions about the A2 schools annexation of Whitmore Lake Click Here for Details

Mike Bishop To Speak at Livingston GOP Dinner

Will be the speaker at 2014 Reagan Day Dinner Click Here for Story

During the ‘Lost Decade,’ Michigan Shed More Jobs Than U.S. as a Whole

By Tom Gantert | Courtesy of Mich Cap Con

From 2000 to 2009, Michigan lost 805,900 jobs, or 1 in every 6 – a 17.2 percent reduction in employment. Nationwide, the U.S. had lost 786,000 jobs by the end of this same period. … more

School Districts Manipulate Headlee Tax Limits for More Money

Districts game the system at the expense of taxpayers

By Anne Schieber | Courtesy of Mich Cap Con

Some districts are asking voters to authorize “phantom mills” higher than they can actually levy, potentially allowing future revenue windfalls that exceed the rate of inflation. … more

125 Possible Ebola Cases?

CDC watching 125 people Click Here for Details and Video

Ebola Explosion

Ecki Uche (35, on the photo) who suffers from Ebola virus, waits on JFK Hospital which closed after it's doctors and health officers died due to Ebola virus, in Monrovia, Liberia. (Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)   UN says we could see 10, cases per week world wide Click Here for Story

Parsing Expectations

   Obama saying we’ll have setbacks in fight against ISIS. Is this expecting failure? Click Here for Details

What kind of Religion?

    Islamic State says taking women as sex slaves is part of Islamic Law Click Here for Details

Crude Oil Drops

Oil supplies increasing Click Here for Story and Video

We Should Be Preparing for Worst Case Scenario

Dr. Ben Carson says Ebola preparation should be  priority Click Here for Details

The Clinton War on Women

    New emails show smear campaign by the Clintons Click Here for Story

Turkey Picking the Wrong Side?

               Bombs Kurds instead of ISIS Click Here for Details

 

 

 

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Tuesday October 13, 2014

Posted on October 13, 2014 by devt6799
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To Annex or Not to Annex…

How does the Ann Arbor School Board feel about Annexation Click Here for Details

Hamburg Road Millage

On the ballot for residents to decide November 4th Click Here for Story

Appointments: A Rarely Recognized Gubernatorial Power

Which can have major effects

By Jack Spencer |Courtesy of Mich Cap Con

There is generally little recognition of how many appointments to boards, commissions and other governmental bodies a governor has authority to make, or how many members of such bodies a governor could remove.  … more

$2.1 Billion in Michigan Budget Reforms

By Michael D. LaFaive | Courtesy of Mich Cap Con

Here is $2.1 billion in specific savings from the current budget, without touching K-12 education funding. … more

MEA calls teachers “freeloaders,” but won’t let them free

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Now You Say?

Photo - "We have to rethink the way we address Ebola infection control because even a single infection is unacceptable," CDC Director Tom Frieden told reporters, detailing the response effort after an unidentified nurse was diagnosed with Ebola over the weekend. (AP Photo/John Amis)   CDC Chief says the US needs to re-think Ebola handling? Click Here for Details

Guess Who Beats Hillary in Massachusetts?

   Polling in this state raises eyebrows Click Here for Story

Ridiculous

   Pentagon can’t stop ISIS so they target climate change? Click Here for Details

Holes in the Net

Ebola screening being avoided ? Click Here for Story

Stocks Falling

   Ebola, ISIS, Debt making market worried Click Here for Details and Video

Border Worries

      If Ebola hits Mexico mass migration will happen Click Here for Story

Eh, Kobani is Just One Community

   Secretary Kerry plays down the possible loss of Syrian town of Kobani to ISIS? Click Here for Details

Retardedly British

UK Parliament passes motion to recognize Palestine? Click Here for Story

 

 

 

 

 

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Monday October 13, 2014

Posted on October 12, 2014 by devt6799
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Are We Prepared for Ebola?

Washtenaw says yes Click Here for Story

M-36 Road Work

Work set to begin between US-23 and Pinckney Click Here for Details

Union Says Photo IDs not Necessary to Vote — Unless You Vote to Leave Union

UAW fights photo IDs for voting; demands photo ID to opt out of union

By Tom Gantert |Courtesy of Mich Cap Con

In recent arguments against states requiring voters to show a photo ID, the United Auto Workers Local 600 has compared concerns about voter fraud who belief in the fictional Loch Ness monster and Yeti. … more

Not Prepared?

Photo - A female worker diagnosed with Ebola had "extensive contact" on multiple occasions with Thomas Eric Duncan, an Ebola victim who was treated at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)   Hospital needs to find out how healthcare care worker was infected with Ebola Click Here for Story

Yea…About Than Iraq War

Play Video of your Presidents greatest bungle?

More Impact Than Reagan?

Image source: screengrab via ABC   Yep Obama has really affected the World…negatively Click Here for Details

Now They’re Worried?

CDC Chief now concerned after “protected healthcare worker got sick? Click Here for Story

Another Forgotten Scandal

  Army not releasing Bowe Bergdahl review for post desertion? Click Here for Details

Who Will Build 1st Driverless Car

Google only one contender Click Here for Story

What Are We Sending Our Boys Into?

U.S. Army soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, who are earmarked for the fight against Ebola, train before their deployment to West Africa, at...   US military sending troops into Ebola infested territory but are we and they properly prepared? Click Here for Details

Turkey Ok’s Base Use

  US can use Turkish bases to launch ISIS strikes Click Here for Story

Uh Oh, Boston?

Massachusetts may have their 1st case of Ebola? Click Here for Details

Secret Partners?

IS Iran secretly helping the US with the ISIS problem? Click Here for Story

 

 

 

 

 

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Sunday October 12, 2014

Posted on October 12, 2014 by devt6799
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U of M Wins!

Beaks losing streak with win against Penn State Click Here for Story

Cars for A Cure

Auto show helps find a cure for Breast cancer Click Here for Details

Photo-Cop Camera Advocates Shift To Speeding

Another bill introduced to ticket drivers

By Jack Spencer |Courtesy of Mich Cap Con

Legislators have come back again with another attempt to install automated traffic enforcement cameras in Michigan to dole out tickets. … more

Asking US Back

Photo - An Iraqi federal policeman stands guard as his colleague searches a car at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday. On the western edge of Iraq's capital, Islamic State group militants battle government forces and exchange mortar fire, only adding to the sense of siege in Baghdad despite airstrikes by a U.S.-led coalition. Military experts say the Sunni militants, won't be able to fight through both government forces and Shiite militias now massed around the capital, It does, however, put them in a position to wreak havoc in Iraq's biggest city, with its suicide attacks and other assaults. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)     Iraq now wants US troops to help against ISIS Click Here for Details

Here It Goes

     1st Texas Ebola case for those that contacted Duncan Click Here for Story

Regulatory Hit List

5 regulations that GOP would like to target for elimination Click Here for Details

Not Doing Enough?

kurdish grandmother kobane

 

 

Kurds in Kobani losing against ISIS and the US is where? Click Here for Story

US is Dropping the Ball

Bombings of ISIS aren’t stopping their advance on two fronts Click Here for Details

What’s the Acceptable Price?

Secretary of State John Kerry   State Dept won’t say how many people would have to contract Ebola before they shut down flights Click Here for Details

 

 

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The Drift Radio Show October 11, 2014

Posted on October 11, 2014 by devt6799
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The Drift Radio Show October 11, 2014

Join hosts Gary Wellings and Brandon Drake as they discuss the Michigan 2014 November election concerning Rick Snyder, Mark Schauer, Terry Lynn Land and Gary Peters as well as some late developments on the Ebola crisis. Click Here for Podcast

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Saturday October 11, 2014

Posted on October 11, 2014 by devt6799
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Talk about this weeks stories Saturday on The Drift Radio Show at 2 pm on WAAM Talk 1600 or live on the web at www.waamradio.com call in line 734-822-1600

Board Fires Metro Parks Director

Huron Metro Parks dismisses John P. McCulloch as Director Click Here for Story

Budget Reform Ideas for 2015 and Beyond

By Michael D. LaFaive | Courtesy of Mich Cap Con

In past months we have pointed to worthy reforms that could be adopted or adapted to reduce state spending by $866 million. Below is a list — not all necessarily original with the Mackinac Center — that could be used to trim the budget by a further $422.3 million. … more

Moratorium or Mortuary? School Choice Proponents Claim Bill Would Kill Charters

Bill sponsor disagrees

By Jack Spencer | Courtesy of Mich Cap Con

According to GLEP Executive Director Gary Naeyaert, as drafted, House Bill 5852 would eventually spell doom for all of the charter schools in the state. … more

Air Play

   GOP candidate pays to re-play debate against Al Franken Click Here for Details

Dems Stoop to New Lows?

         Wendy Davis ad is disgraceful Click Here for Story

More to Come?

Top Democrat not happy with investigation into Secret Service Prostitution Scandal Click Here for Details

Still Calling It Work Place Violence?

A military jury on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, sentenced Nidal Malik Hasan to death for the 2009 shootings at Fort Hood that killed 13 people and wounded more than 30. (Bell County Sheriff's Department via Associated Press) ** FILE **   Ft. Hood shooter admits he’s an Islamic terrorist who waged jihad Click Here for Story

Mexican Outrage

Mexico is paying to help keep illegals inside the US Click Here for Details

Jokes Backfires

    Do NOT joke about Ebola on a flight Click Here for Story

Hollywood Against Obama?

  New Snowden movie points fingers at Obama Click Here for Details

Obama Importing Disease?

illegal immigrants  10 illegal immigrant children diagnosed with TB Click Here for Story

More Missouri Unrest

Screen Shot 2014-10-10 at 9.33.43 PM   Teen killed after shooting at Officer but protestors hit the streets again to support criminals Click Here for Details

Can We Trust the CIA?

   CIA withholding documents that show it met with CAIR to purge alleged anti-Muslim info in training material?  Click Here for Details

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Friday October 10, 2014

Posted on October 9, 2014 by devt6799
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Washtenaw Judge Candidates

Let the debate begin Click Here for Details

Tour de Livingston

Fall color tour by bike Click Here for Story

Moratorium or Mortuary? School Choice Proponents Claim Bill Would Kill Charters

Bill sponsor disagrees

By Jack Spencer | Courtesy of Mich Cap Con

According to GLEP Executive Director Gary Naeyaert, as drafted, House Bill 5852 would eventually spell doom for all of the charter schools in the state. … more

Gubernatorial Campaign Should be About Things That Matter

Not false claims and things that don’t

By James M. Hohman |Courtesy of Mich Cap Con

The 2014 Michigan gubernatorial election should be a referendum on the major changes to Michigan made by Governor Rick Snyder’s administration. Unfortunately, the debate is saturated instead with false claims of education cuts. … more

More Ebola Waiting

HHS Secretary says there are probably more cases waiting in the wings Click Here for

Details

More White House Cover Up

http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shutterstock_121105192-620x410.jpg    2012 Secret Service prostitution scandal had White House connection Click Here for Story

And Where is That White House Aide Now?

Total hypocrite…Click Here for Story

How Many People from Ebola Stricken Countries Come Here Every Day?

Liberia airport  yea that’s a lot Click Here for Details

Dow Drops Again

Ouch!  Click Here for Story

Cleaners Strike Over Ebola

Reuters / Keith Bedford   Cleaning airplanes has gotten scary Click Here for Details

How Safe are US War Planes?

Could Assad’s Syria attack US aircraft fighting ISIS? Click Here for Story

NO to the O?

   Senate candidate won’t admit she voted for Obama? Click Here for Details

 

 

 

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Thursday October 9, 2014

Posted on October 8, 2014 by devt6799
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Breaking: Dallas Sheriff May Have Ebola?

   Admitted to hospital for observation Click Here for Story

Pipeline: Here it Comes

Another pipeline is making its way through our area Click Here for Details

Pulling for Terry

  Terry Lynn Land narrows gap in Senate Race in Michigan Click Here for Story

Vaupel and Genso on Pot Laws

Candidates have different opinions Click Here for Story

Union Leader Celebrates Failing School’s Performance

NEA president praises Flint Northwestern moving from the lowest 5 percent of schools to the lowest 6 percent

By Tom Gantert | Courtesy of Mich Cap Con

The school has been consistently among the worst performing in the state. Yet in a recent visit, the leader of the National Education Association told union members at the school that Northwestern “did it right.” … more

More Michigan Cities Meeting Financial Needs

Pension liabilities still a looming problem

By Jarrett Skorup | Courtesy of Mich Cap Con

For the first time in six years, more Michigan communities report that they are better able to meet their fiscal needs this year than those who say they are less able to do so. … more

Helpless to Help?

    US unable to save towns from ISIS? Click Here for Details

Country Music vs ISIS

American Country Music Stars shove it at Islamic extremists Click Here for Story

Dallas Ebola Patient Dies

Becomes 1st Ebola victim on US soil Click Here for Details

Who Is Telling the Truth

US Congressman says Border Patrol told him ISIS fighters have already crossed into US Obama Admin denies Click Here for Story

China Rising

Chinese US flags  China now the world’s biggest economy Click Here for Details

Internet Could Break?

   Google warns government surveillance could break the internet Click Here for Story

Harvard Ignorant

  Harvard students believe the United States is more dangerous than ISIS? Click Here for Details and Video

ISIS in Germany?

Still from Ruptly video  ISIS supproters attack KUrds in Germany with machetes and knives Click Here for Story

 

 

 

 

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Wednesday October 8, 2014

Posted on October 7, 2014 by devt6799
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Breaking: Stock Drop

Dow not doing well Click Here for Details

Lunar Eclipse May Be Visible

Wednesday early in the morning you might catch it? Click Here for Details

Michigan Finally Reverses the Number of People Leaving

State lost more residents than it gained to migration every year from 1996-2011

By Tom Gantert | Courtesy of Mich Cap Con

From 1996 to 2011, Michigan saw more people leaving the state than coming in, according to Atlas Van Lines, a moving company that tracks migration across the country. The last two-thirds of this period corresponded with an especially bleak time for Michigan’s economy. … more

Now Lansing Politicians Want a Poet Laureate

What rhymes with ‘that’s not your job’?

By Michael D. LaFaive | Courtesy of Mich Cap Con

In recent weeks Lansing politicians have proposed laws mandating an official poem for Michigan and forcing taxpayers to buy a state flag for the survivors of current or former legislators when they die. Now comes yet another piece of institutional grandiosity: a bill to create an official state poet laureate. … more

Possible Good News?

Photo - In January, a shortage of propane in the Midwest caused prices to surge upwards to near $5 a gallon in some markets. Propane prices this winter are projected to fall 27 percent. (Getty/Scott Olson)   Heating bills may be lower this year? Click Here for Story

No Labels

(OWN)  This Hollywood actress gets it right  Click Here for Details

Do You Know This Terrorist?

FBI asks public help to identify American working with ISIS Click Here for Story

Military Asking for NO More Automatic Cuts

** FILE ** U.S. Army Lt. Daniel McCord (left), Staff Sgt. Marc Krugh (center) and Sgt. Christopher Torrentes of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment pray before heading out on a patrol at Contingency Operating Site Kalsu, south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)      Defense has already been gutted by Obama Click Here for Details

Big Business Siding with Hillary?

Warren Buffet   Warren Buffett betting on Hillary for President Click Here for Story

No Name Campaign

Mideast Syria US Airstrikes  Obama Admin hasn’t named the anti-ISIS campaign and an Army General says that means Obama isn’t serious Click Here for Details

Hillary Dodges on Keystone Pipeline

All politics as she tries to avoid the lost job question to keep environmentalists happy Click Here for Story

4 Now Hospitalized in Spain

An ambulance carrying a Spanish nurse infected with Ebola arrives at the Carlos III Hospital in Madrid early October 7, 2014 in this still image from video. (Reuters / Reuters TV)  More possible infections from Ebola Click Here for Details

What’s Wrong With Welfare?

seb-125    How about partying out of state on taxpayer’s dollars? Click Here for Story

 

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