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LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Gov. Rick Snyder asked the Michigan Supreme Court on Monday to rule quickly on the constitutionality of the new right-to-work law that takes effect in late March, saying questions on how it would impact 35,000 unionized state employees must be resolved before new contract talks begin this summer.
By making the rare request for an advisory opinion, the Republican governor is seeking to avoid a "proliferation" of federal and state lawsuits expected to be filed by labor unions.
"The uncertainty over the law's impact upon state civil servants that protracted litigation would create would be very divisive and would not serve the interests of judicial economy," Snyder wrote in a letter to Chief Justice Robert Young Jr. He is hoping for a ruling before the court's term concludes at the end of July.
The law was signed last month in a lame-duck legislative session, and drew large, vocal crowds of opponents. On Monday, the Michigan State Police said it spent $900,000 on overtime and other extra expenses to have a big presence at the Capitol during protests.
Unions are considering all options to challenge and block the law that prohibits forcing workers to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment.
Since the law's passage, questions have been raised on whether it will apply to state workers because the bipartisan Civil Service Commission, which sets compensation for state employees, has separate powers under the state constitution.
Some legal experts say the right-to-work law cannot affect unionized state employees unless the commission — which has clashed with Snyder — takes action. Michigan's current collective bargaining agreements will expire on Dec. 31.
"It is essential that all parties to the negotiations know definitively whether the new contracts must comply with Public Act 349 before those negotiations commence roughly five months from now," Snyder wrote.
A message seeking comment was left with United Auto Workers Local 6000, the largest union representing state workers.
In early December, union protesters crowded inside and outside the Capitol as the Republican-controlled Legislature passed and Snyder signed the law making Michigan the 24th right-to-work state.
State police spokeswoman Shanon Banner would not say Monday how many troopers out of its 900 were sent to Lansing. Doing so, she said, would put the agency at a tactical disadvantage in the event of future large-scale demonstrations.
The state police spent nearly $803,000 on overtime from Dec. 5-12. Another $98,000 went toward travel, lodging and other miscellaneous costs.
Opponents of the right-to-work law criticized the police's show of force, calling it inflated and unnecessary.
"Republican politicians were too afraid to face the people of Michigan during the lame duck session, so they forced police officers to take the heat. Now taxpayers are getting stuck with the bill," Zack Pohl, executive director of liberal advocacy group Progress Michigan, said in an emailed statement.
Banner said state police purposefully beefed up security to prevent what happened during protracted protests in 2011 over legislation to strip collective bargaining rights from public employees in Wisconsin, where she said police expenses neared $10 million and property damage was more extensive.
"We talked a lot about what happened in Wisconsin and our desire that the Capitol didn't experience similar things. ... While this is a large cost and not a cost we were budgeted for, we feel like the costs could have been more if we had been unprepared."
The agency likely will ask for a supplemental appropriation to cover the expenses, Banner said.


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Weimar is beautifully situated in the lush green state of Thuringia. The Free State of Thuringia, as it is officially known, boasts of rolling hills, thick green forests and a lot of cultural history. It's pretty much like living in a vacation spot. For a passionate foodie, this state offers some very famous foods, well known beyond the German borders. I am talking about the perfectly spiced Thuringian Bratwurst (yes I know that bratwurst stand in the bottom picture - it's located at our Farmer's Market in front of the city hall) or those lovely Thuringian potato dumplings. But the most famous type of food Thuringia entices its tourists and residents with, is the unbelievable variety of sheet cakes.
Here in Thuringia sheet cakes are the epicenter of any good bakery. Every housewife has her secret and favorite recipe of preparing a special type of sheet cake. Sheet cakes grace breakfast tables, are the center of focus at the coffee table and party guests are served sweet sheet cakes as desserts after a satisfying meal.
There are two basic types of sheet cakes here - the "dry" and the "wet" variety. Under the "dry" sheet cakes you will find the famous streusel cakes while quark, pudding and fruit provide the moisture in the "wet" types of sheet cakes.
Savory and hearty sheet cakes have a base made out of bread dough and onions and bacon are used as toppings. These sheet cakes are served warm as a quick snack with a cool refreshing glass of beer.
It was in the late 1700s when the Duchess Anna Amalia, often entertained guests like Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Friedrich Schiller, Christoph Martin Wieland and Gottfried Herder in her Wittumspalais in Weimar. At her famous tea parties, her personal cook, François Le Goullon was able to display his incredible talent for cakes and sweets. Besides lovely French pastries these distinguished guests were served some of the most delectable sheet cakes ever. Le Goullon penned down his experience from these tea parties in a book "Der elegante Theetisch", unfortunately available only in German, but an incredibly captivating read.
At these tea parties, the newest works of Goethe, Schiller and co. were read, they discussed the current academic issues, they painted and made music throughout the afternoon and into the late evenings.
Sigh! I live in the wrong era.
The magic of Weimar, however captivates me and I love having my own tea parties. After a long rejuvenating walk in the Autumn cool, we return to the warmth of our home, where steaming pots of spiced tea and delicious slices of sheet cake are devoured. Conversations of books, music and the current economic situation dominate our discussions. I record my own thoughts and experience on my blog - hopefully a good read!
Figs and plums adorn my sheet cake. They are laid on a base made of flour, quark and oil producing a tangy and super smooth dough. Finally topped with pistachios and honey this is probably not a traditional Thuringian recipe but it sure is a delicious way to enjoy a sheet cake.
Fig Plum Sheet Cake
Printable version of recipe here.The Dough
300g quark
12 tablespoons oil
500g flour
150g fine sugar
2 eggs
3 teaspoons baking powderThe Topping
1 kg plums, pitted and quartered
5-7 ripe figs, quartered
2 tablespoons brown sugar
3 tablespoons lemon juice
50 - 60g pistachios, coarsely chopped
5 tablespoons Acacia honeyMethod
In a large bowl rashly mix all the ingredients for the dough with the hook attachment of your hand or stand mixer into a smooth dough. Allow to rest for 15 - 20 minutes.
Line a baking sheet 40 x 25 cm) with baking paper. Pre-heat the oven to 190 degrees C.
In the meantime macerate the figs in lemon juice.
On a floured countertop roll out the dough to the size of the baking sheet. Lift the dough and place on the baking sheet. Using your fingers spread out to the edges of the sheet.
Lay the fig and plum quarters on the dough and sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake the cake for 45 minutes on the bottom rack of your oven. Approx. 15 minutes before the end of the baking time add the pistachios, then bake for the final 15 minutes.
Take the cake out of the oven and allow to slightly cool, then drizzle the honey over the fruit. Cut into squares and serve with vanilla flavored whipped cream.
I do not have the famous four - Goethe, Schiller, Herder and Wieland - over for tea and cake, but something tells me they might just take a liking to this cake.
The quark-oil dough is a popular type of dough prepared here in Germany. The quark keeps the dough moist and the oil gives it a silken texture. The fruit - well figs and plums are the hottest pairing for me this autumn. The sugar sprinkled on top of the fruit caramelizes in the oven, the juices become syrupy and soak into the dough spreading the fruity flavor throughout the dough. Finally - pistachios not only add that extravagant flair of color but by roasting in the oven for the last 15 minutes it brings out the sensational nutty flavor. Honey adds an extra touch of elegance.
May I offer you some tea with your slice?
This weekend Weimar is having its annual Onion Market festival. Every year a city run accompanies the festival. Although Tom runs every year, this year is special - Soeren will be running for the first time. He'll be doing the 600 m run and we are all excited. Wish us luck!
You might like these cakes from WFLH:
Chocoholic's Chocolate Cake | |
Dundee Fruit Cake | |
Cranberry Upside-Downer | |
Persimmon Spice Cake |
From around the blogs:
- Pumpkin sheet cake with cream cheese frosting - Tammy's Recipes
- Cherry sheet cake - The Food Librarian
- Black and White Marbled sheet cake - Baking Bites
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- Use, don't waste by Petra
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Chapter 12
Alma speaks to Zeezrom—The mysteries of God can be given only to the faithful—Men are judged by their thoughts, beliefs, words, and works—The wicked will suffer a spiritual death—This mortal life is a probationary state—The plan of redemption brings to pass the Resurrection and, through faith, a remission of sins—The repentant have a claim on mercy through the Only Begotten Son. About 82 B.C.
1 Now Alma, seeing that the words of Amulek had silenced Zeezrom, for he beheld that Amulek had caught him in his alying and deceiving to destroy him, and seeing that he began to tremble under a bconsciousness of his guilt, he opened his mouth and began to speak unto him, and to establish the words of Amulek, and to explain things beyond, or to unfold the scriptures beyond that which Amulek had done.
2 Now the words that Alma spake unto Zeezrom were heard by the people round about; for the multitude was great, and he spake on this wise:
3 Now Zeezrom, seeing that thou hast been taken in thy lying and craftiness, for thou hast not lied unto men only but thou hast lied unto God; for behold, he knows all thy athoughts, and thou seest that thy bthoughts are made known unto us by his Spirit;
4 And thou seest that we know that thy plan was a very asubtle plan, as to the subtlety of the devil, for to lie and to deceive this people that thou mightest set them against us, to brevile us and to cast us out—
5 Now this was a plan of thine aadversary, and he hath exercised his power in thee. Now I would that ye should remember that what I say unto thee I say unto all.
6 And behold I say unto you all that this was a asnare of the adversary, which he has laid to catch this people, that he might bring you into subjection unto him, that he might encircle you about with his bchains, that he might chain you down to everlasting destruction, according to the power of his captivity.
7 Now when Alma had spoken these words, Zeezrom began to tremble more exceedingly, for he was convinced more and more of the power of God; and he was also convinced that Alma and Amulek had a knowledge of him, for he was convinced that they aknew the thoughts and intents of his heart; for power was given unto them that they might know of these things according to the spirit of prophecy.
8 And Zeezrom began to inquire of them diligently, that he might know more concerning the kingdom of God. And he said unto Alma: What does this mean which Amulek hath spoken concerning the resurrection of the dead, that all shall rise from the dead, both the ajust and the unjust, and are brought to stand before God to be bjudged according to their works?
9 And now Alma began to expound these things unto him, saying: It is given unto many to aknow the bmysteries of God; nevertheless they are laid under a strict command that they shall not impart conly according to the portion of his word which he doth grant unto the children of men, according to the heed and diligence which they give unto him.
10 And therefore, he that will aharden his heart, the same receiveth the blesser portion of the word; and he that will cnot harden his heart, to him is dgiven the greater portion of the word, until it is given unto him to know the mysteries of God until he know them in full.
11 And they that will harden their hearts, to them is given the lesser aportion of the word until they bknow nothing concerning his mysteries; and then they are taken captive by the devil, and led by his will down to destruction. Now this is what is meant by the cchains of dhell.
12 And Amulek hath spoken plainly concerning adeath, and being raised from this mortality to a state of immortality, and being brought before the bar of God, to be bjudged according to our works.
13 Then if our hearts have been hardened, yea, if we have hardened our hearts against the word, insomuch that it has not been found in us, then will our state be awful, for then we shall be condemned.
14 For our awords will condemn us, yea, all our works will condemn us; we shall not be found spotless; and our thoughts will also condemn us; and in this awful state we shall not dare to look up to our God; and we would fain be glad if we could command the rocks and the bmountains to fall upon us to chide us from his presence.
15 But this cannot be; we must come forth and stand before him in his glory, and in his power, and in his might, majesty, and dominion, and acknowledge to our everlasting ashame that all his bjudgments are just; that he is just in all his works, and that he is merciful unto the children of men, and that he has all power to save every man that believeth on his name and bringeth forth fruit meet for repentance.
16 And now behold, I say unto you then cometh a death, even a second adeath, which is a spiritual death; then is a time that whosoever dieth in his sins, as to a temporal bdeath, shall also cdie a spiritual death; yea, he shall die as to things pertaining unto righteousness.
17 Then is the time when their torments shall be as a alake of fire and brimstone, whose flame ascendeth up forever and ever; and then is the time that they shall be chained down to an everlasting destruction, according to the power and captivity of Satan, he having subjected them according to his will.
18 Then, I say unto you, they shall be as though there had been ano redemption made; for they cannot be redeemed according to God's justice; and they cannot bdie, seeing there is no more corruption.
19 Now it came to pass that when Alma had made an end of speaking these words, the people began to be more astonished;
20 But there was one Antionah, who was a chief ruler among them, came forth and said unto him: What is this that thou hast said, that man should rise from the dead and be changed from this mortal to an aimmortal state, that the soul can never die?
21 What does the scripture mean, which saith that God placed acherubim and a flaming sword on the east of the garden of bEden, lest our first parents should enter and partake of the fruit of the tree of life, and live forever? And thus we see that there was no possible chance that they should live forever.
22 Now Alma said unto him: This is the thing which I was about to explain. Now we see that Adam did afall by the partaking of the forbidden bfruit, according to the word of God; and thus we see, that by his fall, all mankind became a clost and fallen people.
23 And now behold, I say unto you that if it had been possible for Adam to have apartaken of the fruit of the tree of life at that time, there would have been no death, and the word would have been void, making God a liar, for he said: bIf thou eat thou shalt surely die.
24 And we see that adeath comes upon mankind, yea, the death which has been spoken of by Amulek, which is the temporal death; nevertheless there was a space granted unto bman in which he might repent; therefore this life became a cprobationary state; a time to dprepare to meet God; a time to prepare for that endless state which has been spoken of by us, which is after the resurrection of the dead.
25 Now, if it had not been for the plan of redemption, which was laid from the foundation of the world, there could have been no aresurrection of the dead; but there was a plan of bredemption laid, which shall bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, of which has been spoken.
26 And now behold, if it were possible that our first parents could have gone forth and partaken of the atree of life they would have been forever miserable, having no preparatory state; and thus the bplan of redemption would have been frustrated, and the word of God would have been void, taking none effect.
27 But behold, it was not so; but it was aappointed unto men that they must die; and after death, they must come to bjudgment, even that same judgment of which we have spoken, which is the end.
28 And after God had appointed that these things should come unto man, behold, then he saw that it was expedient that man should know concerning the things whereof he had appointed unto them;
29 Therefore he sent aangels to converse with them, who caused men to behold of his glory.
30 And they began from that time forth to call on his name; therefore God aconversed with men, and made known unto them the bplan of redemption, which had been prepared from the cfoundation of the world; and this he made known unto them according to their faith and repentance and their dholy works.
31 Wherefore, he gave acommandments unto men, they having first transgressed the bfirst commandments as to things which were temporal, and becoming as gods, cknowing good from evil, placing themselves in a state to dact, or being placed in a state to act according to their wills and pleasures, whether to do evil or to do good—
32 Therefore God gave unto them commandments, after having made aknown unto them the plan of redemption, that they should not do evil, the penalty thereof being a second bdeath, which was an everlasting cdeath as to things pertaining unto righteousness; for on such the plan of redemption could have no power, for the works of djustice could not be destroyed, according to the supreme egoodness of God.
33 But God did call on men, in the name of his Son, (this being the aplan of redemption which was laid) saying: If ye will brepent, and harden not your hearts, then will I have mercy upon you, through mine Only Begotten Son;
34 Therefore, whosoever repenteth, and hardeneth not his heart, he shall have claim on amercy through mine Only Begotten Son, unto a bremission of his sins; and these shall enter into my crest.
35 And whosoever will harden his heart and will do ainiquity, behold, I swear in my wrath that he shall not enter into my rest.
36 And now, my brethren, behold I say unto you, that if ye will harden your hearts ye shall not enter into the rest of the Lord; therefore your iniquity aprovoketh him that he sendeth down his bwrath upon you as in the cfirst provocation, yea, according to his word in the last provocation as well as the first, to the everlasting ddestruction of your souls; therefore, according to his word, unto the last death, as well as the first.
37 And now, my brethren, seeing we know these things, and they are true, let us repent, and harden not our hearts, that we aprovoke not the Lord our God to pull down his wrath upon us in these his second commandments which he has given unto us; but let us enter into the brest of God, which is prepared according to his word.


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"Want something to drink?"
"Watch your step"
"Let's watch a movie"
"What are you up to?"
"How is your day so far?"
"It will be okay"
"I'm here for you"
"Do you need anything?"
"Are you hungry?"
"I just wanted to hear your voice"
"You just made my day"
You don't have to hear "I Love You" to know that someone does. Listen carefully. People speak from the heart more often than you think!


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This Is the Manicure You Should Get, Based on Your Astrological Sign
U.S. Cities with the Most Plastic SurgerySee where the most "enhanced" people in America get their nose jobs (and who knows what else) |
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haa. now we know looks-obsessed cities!
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Surprised Vegas isn't on that list.
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It's the thing now and will be for a long, long, time!
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I knew Beverly Hills would be number one. It will probably stay number one forever!
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Miami is in all these awful list!
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No surprise here. Beverly Hill, duh.
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wow!I thought Texas would be in there some where.
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Some of these cities shocked me. Interesting that a big city like NYC was not on the list. huh
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Rabbit is an absurd comic strip about the life in the workplace, management, relationships, science for idiots and of course space exploration for dummies. It started as a photomontage with plushes and objects and is now drawn. It is not supposed to be funny.
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text: Good morning. I'm Renée Montagne. In the Pixar movie "Up" a man lifts his house up and away using a huge bundle of colorful balloons. In real life cluster balloons are daredevils. Last weekend, an American teamed up with an Iraqi to try and break the world record for longest tandem cluster balloon flight. The men took off from a parking lot in Oregon and hoped to make it to Montana. Thunderstorms cut their trip short and kept them from getting the record. e weather didn't cooperate. It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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The samples were typed through seven panels of 75 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), as listed in the latest Y- chromosome phylogenetic tree (Karafet et al., 2008). The panels were organized as follows: Panel 1 (within Haplogroup O), M175, M119, P203, M110, M268, P31, M95, M176, M122, M324, M121, P201, M7, M134, M117, 002611, P164, L127 (rs17269396), KL1 (rs17276338); Panel 2 (non- Haplogroup O), M130, P256, M1, M231, M168, M174, M45, M89, M272, M258, M242, M207, M9, M96, P125, M304, M201, M306; Panel 3 (Haplogroup C), M217; Panel 4 (Haplogroup D), P47, N1, P99, M15, M125, M55, M64.1, M116.1, M151, N2, 022457; Panel 5 (Haplogroup N), M214, LLY22g, M128, M46/Tat, P63, P119, P105, P43,M178; Panel 6 (Haplogroup R), M306, M173, M124, M420, SRY10831.2, M17, M64.2, M198, M343, V88, M458, M73, M434, P312, M269, U106/M405; Panel 7 (Haplogroup Q), P36.2.Wikipedia article on Luoba and Deng.
Annals of Human Genetics DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2011.00690.x
Y-chromosome O3 Haplogroup Diversity in Sino-Tibetan Populations Reveals Two Migration Routes into the Eastern Himalayas
Longli Kang et al.
The eastern Himalayas are located near the southern entrance through which early modern humans expanded into East Asia. The genetic structure in this region is therefore of great importance in the study of East Asian origins. However, few genetic studies have been performed on the Sino-Tibetan populations (Luoba and Deng) in this region. Here, we analyzed the Y-chromosome diversity of the two populations. The Luoba possessed haplogroups D, N, O, J, Q, and R, indicating gene flow from Tibetans, as well as the western and northern Eurasians. The Deng exhibited haplogroups O, D, N, and C, similar to most Sino-Tibetan populations in the east. Short tandem repeat (STR) diversity within the dominant haplogroup O3 in Sino-Tibetan populations showed that the Luoba are genetically close to Tibetans and the Deng are close to the Qiang. The Qiang had the greatest diversity of Sino-Tibetan populations, supporting the view of this population being the oldest in the family. The lowest diversity occurred in the eastern Himalayas, suggesting that this area was an endpoint for the expansion of Sino-Tibetan people. Thus, we have shown that populations with haplogroup O3 moved into the eastern Himalayas through at least two routes.


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Who to blame for today's ninth-inning collapse?
- Jonathan Broxton, for walking the light-hitting Emilio Bonafacio and giving up singles to Hanley Ramirez and Omar Infante?
- Jamey Carroll, for botching a gimme game-ending grounder, his third error of this road trip?
- Vicente Padilla, for giving up a run in the eighth on a walk and two singles?
- Jerry Sands, who started forward on the game-winning hit, which ended up going over his head?
The options seem endless, really.
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Resolute, but With an Asterisk
The nation demonstrated again last week how resolute it can be when threatened by murderous terrorists -- and how helpless when ordered to heel by smug lobbyists for the gun industry.The nation demonstrated again last week how resolute it can be when threatened by murderous terrorists — and how helpless when ordered to heel by smug lobbyists for the gun industry.
Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's deadly rampage through the Boston area provoked not fear but defiance. Even before one brother was killed and the other captured, the city was impatient to get back to normal — eager to show the world that unspeakable violence might shock, sadden and enrage, but would never intimidate. "Sweet Caroline," the perennial eighth-inning singalong at Fenway Park, became an unlikely anthem of unity and resistance.
The Obama administration decided Monday to charge the younger Tsarnaev, in custody at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, under criminal statutes rather than as an "enemy combatant." Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and some others will disapprove, but this is really an issue of semantics. No one has argued for kid gloves and leniency.
There is also the unanswered question of whether the Tsarnaev brothers had contact with some terrorist organization or acted alone. I have no doubt that authorities will find out. No stone will be unturned, not just in Cambridge and Watertown but in the remote vastness of Chechnya and Dagestan as well. The brothers' relatives and acquaintances will be interviewed, their movements traced, their Internet habits minutely examined for any possible clue.
Can the Tsarnaevs' motive be described as "Islamist," and would that be in a religious or cultural sense? When Russian security officials flagged Tamerlan Tsarnaev for scrutiny, did the FBI drop the ball? Are there telltale patterns of behavior that hint at dangerous self-radicalization? Or is this tragedy more like Columbine, an unfathomable orgy of death?
It may be, in the end, that there simply was no way that authorities could have anticipated and prevented the bombing of the Boston Marathon. But rest assured that we will move heaven and earth looking for answers. Since the 9/11 attacks, we have demonstrated that when alienated young men who are foreign-born and Muslim kill innocents, we will do anything in our power to keep such atrocities from happening again.
Shamefully, however, we have also shown that when alienated young men who are not foreign-born or Muslim do the same, we are powerless.
It is inescapably ironic that while Boston was under siege last week, the Senate was busy rejecting a measure that would have mandated near-universal background checks for gun purchases nationwide — legislation prompted by the massacre of 20 first-graders and six adults last December at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
Gun violence costs 30,000 lives in this country each year. Other steps proposed after Newtown — such as reimposition of bans on military-style assault weapons and large-capacity magazines — were deemed too much to hope for. But expanded background checks once had the support of the powerful National Rifle Association, and experts considered them potentially the most effective way of keeping deadly weapons out of the wrong hands. They might not have prevented the last senseless mass shooting, but might prevent the next.
The NRA changed its position on background checks to "never" and dug in its heels, however, threatening to punish senators who voted in favor. And so, despite polls showing that up to 90 percent of Americans support universal background checks, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid could not muster the 60 votes needed to move the legislation forward.
Some critics say President Obama didn't push hard enough for action on gun violence, didn't twist enough arms or slap enough backs. Some say Reid could have done more to keep red-state Democrats in the fold. Some say the barrier arises from the architecture of the Constitution, which gives Montana's 1 million residents the same number of senators as California's 38 million.
There are lots of explanations for the failure of legislation on background checks, but no good reasons.
Imagine what our laws would be like if the nation were losing 30,000 lives each year to Islamist terrorism. Do you think for one minute that a young man named, say, Abdullah or Hussein — or Tsarnaev — would be able to go to a gun show and buy a semiautomatic AR-15 knockoff with a 30-round clip, no questions asked? Would the NRA still argue, as it essentially does now, that those thousands of lives are the price we must pay for the Second Amendment?
When we say "never again" about terrorism, we really mean it. When we say those words about gun violence, obviously we really don't.
Eugene Robinson's e-mail address is eugenerobinson(at)washpost.com.
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by Thomas Sowell – Tuesday, October 09, 2012
When President Barack Obama and others on the left are not busy admonishing the rest of us to be "civil" in our discussions of political issues, they are busy letting loose insults, accusations and smears against those who dare to disagree with them.
Like so many people who have been beaten in a verbal encounter, and who can think of clever things to say the next day, after it is all over, President Obama, after his clear loss in his debate with Mitt Romney, called Governor Romney a "phony."
Innumerable facts, however, show that it is our Commander in Chief who is Phony in Chief. A classic example was his speech to a predominantly black audience at Hampton University on June 5, 2007. That date is important, as we shall see.
In his speech — delivered in a ghetto-style accent that Obama doesn't use anywhere except when he is addressing a black audience — he charged the federal government with not showing the same concern for the people of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina hit as they had shown for the people of New York after the 9/11 attacks, or the people of Florida after Hurricane Andrew hit.
Departing from his prepared remarks, he mentioned the Stafford Act, which requires communities receiving federal disaster relief to contribute 10 percent as much as the federal government does.
Senator Obama, as he was then, pointed out that this requirement was waived in the case of New York and Florida because the people there were considered to be "part of the American family." But the people in New Orleans — predominantly black — "they don't care about as much," according to Barack Obama.
If you want to know what community organizers do, this is it — rub people's emotions raw to hype their resentments. And this was Barack Obama in his old community organizer role, a role that should have warned those who thought that he was someone who would bring us together, when he was all too well practiced in the arts of polarizing us apart.
Why is the date of this speech important? Because, less than two weeks earlier, on May 24, 2007, the United States Senate had in fact voted 80-14 to waive the Stafford Act requirement for New Orleans, as it had waived that requirement for New York and Florida. More federal money was spent rebuilding New Orleans than was spent in New York after 9/11 and in Florida after Hurricane Andrew, combined.
Truth is not a job requirement for a community organizer. Nor can Barack Obama claim that he wasn't present the day of that Senate vote, as he claimed he wasn't there when Jeremiah Wright unleashed his obscene attacks on America from the pulpit of the church that Obama attended for 20 years.
Unlike Jeremiah Wright's church, the U.S. Senate keeps a record of who was there on a given day. The Congressional Record for May 24, 2007, shows Senator Barack Obama present that day and voting on the bill that waived the Stafford Act requirement. Moreover, he was one of just 14 senators who voted against — repeat, AGAINST — the legislation which included the waiver.
When he gave that demagogic speech, in a feigned accent and style, it was world-class chutzpah and a rhetorical triumph. He truly deserves the title Phony in Chief.
If you know any true believers in Obama, show them the transcript of his June 5, 2007, speech at Hampton University (available from the Federal News Service) and then show them page S6823 of the Congressional Record for May 24, 2007, which lists which senators voted which way on the waiver of the Stafford Act requirement for New Orleans.
Some people in the media have tried to dismiss this and other revelations of Barack Obama's real character that have belatedly come to light as "old news." But the truth is one thing that never wears out. The Pythagorean Theorem is 2,000 years old, but it can still tell you the distance from home plate to second base (127 ft.) without measuring it. And what happened five years ago can tell a lot about Barack Obama's character — or lack of character.
Obama's true believers may not want to know the truth. But there are millions of other people who have simply projected their own desires for a post-racial America onto Barack Obama. These are the ones who need to be confronted with the truth, before they repeat the mistake they made when they voted four years ago.
Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.


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If you choose the 2 or more color option, choose the "Comment in box" color, and in the box type out what colors, and the pattern you want them in. (example: Pink front black back, or Pink with black dapple, green with blue toes, etc)
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In order to clean silicone from the debris it has picked up you can either use a piece of tape or other sticky surface (lint brush etc) to grab it all. Then apply your baby powder to keep it from happening in the future.
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Ella brought me this charm from a Voodoo store in New Orleans. It is my favorite creepy thing that I own, including my smile. The print on this tee is so so good and deserves a more thorough exploration without being layered under other stuff. In today's case the colors were the perfect mix of those of the dress and necklace.
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Now, ordinarily when there's this much snow I don't even consider the so-called "Greenways," since they can be a mess, but coming from where I live they make the ride about a million times more pleasant, so I figured I'd swing by the entrance and see how things looked. Here's the one I'm talking about, which runs along the Harlem River:
When I got to the entrance, I was pleased to see it was clear as could be, so I kept riding:
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"Wow, this is fantastic!," I thought as I mentally high-fived the new bike-friendly New York City.
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So who are these undecided voters?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Loretta Mitchell is 100 percent sure she's going to vote in the presidential race come November. She doesn't have a clue who'll get that vote.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Loretta Mitchell is 100 percent sure she's going to vote in the presidential race come November. She doesn't have a clue who'll get that vote.
That makes her a rare and highly sought after commodity: an undecided likely voter.
The challenge for President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney is how to lay claim to this small but mightily important swath of the electorate. These people are truly up for grabs, claim they're intent on voting and yet aren't paying that much attention.
With six hard-fought weeks left in the campaign, just 7 percent of likely voters have yet to pick a candidate, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll. When combined with those who are leaning toward one candidate or the other but far from firm in their choice, about 17 percent of likely voters are what pollsters consider "persuadable."
That includes 6 percent who give soft support to Obama and 4 percent for Romney.
Mitchell, a 68-year-old independent from the small town of Lebanon, Ind., voted for Obama in 2008 but says both candidates this year strike her as "true politicians, and I'm just really down with Washington and politicians."
Like a lot of undecideds, she isn't sure what's going to determine her ballot, and she's in no rush to decide.
The triggers for how and when the undecideds will make up their minds are intensely personal.
So the campaigns have to hope to pick them off as they pursue swing groups in the most competitive states — segments of voters such as independents, seniors and white working-class voters.
People such as Donna Olson, a 66-year-old semi-retired truck driver from Oskaloosa, Iowa, who calls herself a former Democrat.
Olson expects to wait until November to make up her mind, just as she did four years ago, when her vote ultimately went to Republican John McCain.
"I don't like either one of them," Olson says of Obama and Romney. She specifically mentions Obama's support for gay marriage and Romney's proposed tax breaks for wealthy Americans.
So how will she make up her mind?
"I'm just trying to watch a little bit of everything," says Olson. "It probably will come down to November, but I'm open to see what happens between now and then."
At least Olson's tuned in to the race. One huge hurdle for both sides in the next six weeks will be getting the attention of the undecideds.
While 69 percent of likely voters report they're paying a great deal of attention to the race, the figure drops to 59 percent for persuadable likely voters. Among the larger group of all registered voters, just 31 percent of persuadables show much interest in the campaign.
That's one reason both campaigns are pouring so much money into advertising in the most contested states, and why so many ads focus on the campaign's central issue, the economy.
Persuadable voters are deeply negative about the current state of the economy. Almost two-thirds call it poor, and only 28 percent expect the economy to improve in the coming year.
That is far more pessimistic than other voters. Fifty percent of likely voters who have settled on a candidate think the economy will improve in the next year.
While the campaigns are trying lock down every vote they can — through early voting whenever possible — there's always a chunk of the electorate that's late to make up its mind.
In 2008, 4 percent of voters said they didn't pick their candidate until the last day, and they favored Obama by 5 percentage points. Another 3 percent decided in the last three days, and they skewed toward McCain. A further 3 percent decided sometime in the last week and they were about evenly divided.
In 2004, 9 percent of voters reported deciding in the last three days, and they heavily favored Democrat John Kerry over President George W. Bush, who nonetheless won re-election.
In general, the persuadables look a lot like other likely voters, and they're similarly distributed around the country, which makes it tricky for the campaigns to specifically target them. About 52 percent are male and 48 percent female. They do skew slightly Democratic.
Thirty-nine percent say they are Democrats or lean that way, 34 percent are Republican or lean GOP, and 27 percent are independent. Among all likely voters, by contrast, just 8 percent are independent and don't lean toward one party or the other.
The campaigns are intent on firming up those persuadables who already lean their way, and then hope to pick off undecided voters in the swing voter groups they're already making a priority.
The campaigns also are hoping their firm supporters can zero in on undecideds within their own spheres of influence.
As Obama frequently tells campaign crowds, "Don't just talk to people who agree with you; reach out to folks who don't follow politics that closely. Talk to somebody who's undecided."
In the same secretly recorded speech in which Romney said he had no hope of getting the support of the 47 percent of Americans who are dependent on government and back Obama, he spoke wistfully of those on the fence, saying, "What I have to do is convince the 5 to 10 percent in the center that are independents that are thoughtful, that look at voting one way or the other depending upon in some cases emotion, whether they like the guy or not, what it looks like."
Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg says truly undecided voters are particularly hard to come by this fall, attributing that to an increasingly polarized political climate and a race that ramped up unusually early, with big advertising budgets on both sides.
"There's still a fair amount of time left in this election, but the voters don't act like it," he said. "They look pretty decided."
Even independents are "more partisan in their behavior" these days, Greenberg says.
Republican pollster John McLaughlin, however, says there's still plenty of room for volatility in voters' choices, with the debates yet to come and the race especially close in certain states.
He said that to get on track after recent distractions, Romney's message to undecided voters must be a forward-looking economic pitch — not just that people aren't better off after the last four years, but that the economy will be much better off after four years under Romney.
Overall, the race is neck-and-neck in the AP-GfK poll, with 47 percent of likely voters supporting Obama and 46 percent for Romney.
While 84 percent of likely voters overall think it's been easy to make a decision this year, the undecideds, unsurprisingly, are having a far tougher time. Fifty-six percent of persuadables report having difficulty choosing sides.
Michael McGeehan, a 22-year-old from Salem, Ore., thinks that's the way it should be.
McGeehan is leaning toward Obama but says anything is possible because "things can happen." He adds: "There's a lot of people who have their minds made up too far in advance."
AP News Survey Specialist Dennis Junius and Associated Press writer Stacy A. Anderson contributed to this report.
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Welcome guys to my SEO Affiliate Domination course review. I will offer a fairly in-depth review of this course since I have tried it for more than a year now.
This is what you are about to learn:
- The pros and cons of SEO Affiliate Domination
- Who is the man behind SEOAD
- Discover my personal experience (and real earnings using this course)
- Claim amazing bonuses from me that you won't find anywhere else if you decide to invest on SEOAD
Let's get started.
Prior to this program, I have acquired several courses. Some expensive, others cheap, and to be honest, none has produced the promised results. My last acquisition, prior to SEO Affiliate Domination, was to employ the coach professional services of a"guru" who was making a great deal of money, something about $50,000 / month in revenue.
The problem I faced is that after paying for his sessions, I had no money left to invest in the methods he used to generate traffic (I paid him $1,580 for 6 sessions, 2 hours each). He was making a great deal of money, but he also invested exorbitant amounts on advertisements that I could not afford to spend ($1,000 / day). Following that, I was left with less money than before.
I have also tried other programs like the gone Empower Network and High Traffic Academy. None had worked, and I was about to throw in the towel. I came to believe that making money online wasn't for me. That it would be best to return to the classic method of making money, which was to search for a"normal" job. I would not earn much money, but at least I could survive day by day.
I was following the ClickFunnels group closely, and there was a guy who was drawing my attention: it was Greg Jeffries. I watched closely how he was showing his earnings until he became part of this select group of people that had won the car of his dreams from the promotion of ClickFunnels. I then saw the interview he did.
Before he won the car, I knew he was selling a course, but at that moment, I believed it was just another bit of sh*t that was marketed by the selfcalled"gurus". This was until he won ClickFunnel's dream car.
When I was about to give up my dreams of creating money on the internet, I decided to try out Greg's course. Aside from after Greg's improvements, there were two things that caught my attention:
1. An ad that promised that Greg would return me the quantity of money I used to buy his course once I earn an equivalent amount by using the strategies he taught at the program. That would be the equivalent of doubling my funds: for example, if the course was worth $497, at the time I'd earn $497 or more using his plans, I'd be receiving $994 in total.
2. His methods did not require too much capital to carry traffic. He used free or low-cost tools, which was perfect for my situation because I had run out of funds to start with.
Of all the courses that I have acquired in the so-called"gurus", I can guarantee you that Greg is the only person whose income actually comes from what applies in his path, as opposed to from the earnings of the class itself. Actually, as he suggests:
And this is easily verified , since as I said before, Greg returns the value of this course to people who have earned money with his plans. All he asks is that you record a little testimony video. More and more people are added to the reviews page.
Now allow me to give you enough information about Greg Jeffries' SEO Affiliate Domination class so that you have the foundation and ascertain if his course is actually what you're looking for. We will analyze the strategies Greg utilizes and the pros and cons of his program.
Does This Course Really Teach Me How To Make Money Online?
Let's be honest with each other. You want to understand a proven process to follow, step by step, that enables you to earn money online time and time again.
Me, too!
The first thing you may be wondering is"will this course work well as they say? "
As you read above, I have spent plenty of money on courses which never worked for me, until I found this one. So, the plain answer to this question is: YES, IT WORKS!
And to prove that, you can see in this page my video review, together with a number of other people´s videos.
When I eventually earned commissions by applying the process taught in SEO Affiliate Domination (after 2 months since I started to take action), I submitted the video testimonial and Greg sent to my PayPal account my cash:
Whenever a new member earns his money back, Greg post a message on the group at Facebook, like this:
There are many many people who've obtained their investment back, as you can see on the Testimonials page
What's Not SEO Affiliate Domination?
You have heard all these scary things about SEO, like it's truly confusing or mysterious. There are many search engine optimization myths that cause people to avoid learning and implementing SEO, such as SEO is slow, or SEO has to be expensive, or SEO is a few mysterious online voodoo that nobody knows how it works.
The system that you are going to learn in SEO Affiliate Domination is exactly the opposite of everything you have been taught or heard of. You will use a lot of inexpensive or free tools and softwares, and thanks to the proprietary approach it will not take you forever to rank. You do not even really focus on things like aggressive research or buying expensive backlinks and items you would learn in a traditional search engine optimization course.
What SEO Affiliate Domination Is
Imagine: You are about to learn the proven system to make money online selling products you don't even own. In no time you will make more than your typical 9 to 5 job working eight, ten, twelve, fourteen-hour days. As you observe the system and apply what is taught, a sense of wonder will awaken in you.
As soon as you follow the proven system, you will look at the Internet like one big ocean, and each and every bit of content that you have floating out there's like a little hook in the water. The more hooks you've got, assuming that the sea is filled with fish, the fish you're likely to catch. It is as straightforward as that.
The Essence Of SEO Affiliate Domination Strategy
All the tools and softwares and tools that are mentioned on the system are things you can buy, are only ways to speed up the process. Some tools are free and others are cheap.
Basically, the essence of the strategy boils down to creating content for extended tail keywords.
Picture this: you're going to fish on your ship in a massive blue ocean full of fish. Your website is represented by the ship. Each long-tail keyword could be represented as hooks in the water, and the more hooks that you put in the water, the more hooks you have, the more fish you're going to catch, and the more money you're going to make.
You can do this manually and you will have the same results although it will take longer. With the appropriate tools and the perfect system, you will speed up the process tremendously.
Over time, you are going to get more visitors to your website naturally, and that's likely to be very targeted visitors, a lot of buyer-intend traffic, thanks to all those long-tail keywords (the hooks). Sounds that simple? It really is!
What To Look For Any Course Or System?
Any course, system, program, or whatever you want to call it that you come across, has to have, as they call in SEO Affiliate Domination, The Three Ss:
- It must be Simple
- It must be Scalable
- It must be Sustainable
Those are very very important, and it is really cool that they three begin with S, because those are amazing traits which have to be present and there's absolutely not any need to use other words.
You can make money the hard way, but you can also make money the easy way, and you must look for programs that teach you how you can earn money the simple and effortless way. A recipe that has a few ingredients that you mix them up and you throw in the oven and come out. That's it! Simple, easy!!
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The Perfect Business
When it comes to creating businesses, I've learnt that they come in two flavors:
1. A business that you're the principal component of it.
When I was working for a software company, in the start I was enjoying my job, even I had to work 10 hours a day, from Monday to Friday. It passed one year once I began to think that there has to be a way to make money without having to spend too much time on it. I thought that having my own business are the solution. So, I decided to devote my notice to start my own business.
Although I began to make more money than when I was a worker, I found that I was also spending much more time. I turned from working 10 hours per day to working 14 hours a day, even on weekends!
I soon realized I was earning money as long as I was working. If I stopped working, I stopped earning money. Essentially, nothing had changed from working for a company to working for myself, but for the fact that I was making more money, but I was working more hours!
I thought of hiring people, but I am not the sort of man who likes to handle employees. Don't get me wrong, I admire people who generate employment for other people. It is just I don't like to complicate my presence and don't like to deal with that.
2. A business that makes you money even without having to be a part of it
Robert Kiyosaki once said:
I have been around the three different worlds:
- Employee, making $800 per month working 10 hours a day from Monday to Friday, handling bosses.
- Self-employee, making $1500 per month working 10-14 hours per day from Monday to Sunday, dealing with customers.
- Solopreneur, making $100-$500 a day passively selling other people's products as an affiliate, dealing with nobody.
My preferred method, definitely, is the third one. Not only because I make money , without me needing to be there to earn money, but I also have the opportunity to scale my company by creating more sites. It's a question of numbers: the more sites I have, the more money I make.
The other day I received what I call a "SURPRISE" commission
It's a commission for a product or service that I do not even know where I'm promoting it:-RRB-. Those commissions are always great and they make my day.
But how can this be possible?
I owe it all to what I learned in the SEO Affiliate Domination course, using the hooks principle I explained above.
You just sprinkle hooks of articles throughout the internet, and you can do this for as many diverse offers as you want.
And then, finally… over time… you'll start to see a trickle of sales
And then some more…
And then some more…
And, finally, those commissions will start to balance out every month and you will start getting a relatively consistent paycheck… or PAYCHECKS!!
Month… following month… after month
Pretty cool, right?
Here are some of my commissions I've earned:
And YES, all those commissions were earned WITHOUT me being in front of my business: sometimes while I was sleeping, sometimes while watching a film, sometimes enjoying with my loved ones or friends. You name it!
Pros & Cons Of SEO Affiliate Domination
- A lot of video testimonials from successful students prove the system works.
- Opportunity to earn your investment back.
- You will learn strategies that are simple to implement.
- You may learn your first commission fairly soon.
- Since this system focuses on SEO, you don't need plenty of funds to start your business.
- The course also includes a Facebook group that's very helpful.
- Some tools explained in the course are not used anymore.
- The class only focuses on SEO. If you wish to focus on paid traffic, there are other options out there, like Commission Hero or Super Affiliate System.
- It does not cover Authority sites on a deep level. So, if you wish to create one, you will have to look for somewhere else.
- A cost of $997 might appear a lot of cash, especially if you are starting out. But remember: this is a high-ticket product, and the course is worth every penny.
How Much Can SEO Affiliate Domination Cost?
You can get full access to SEO Affiliate Domination for a payment of $997.00 USD or 3 monthly payments of $397.00 USD
Yeah, the price is a bit steep, but it's well worth it.
Exclusive Bonuses You Get From Me
Should you decide that SEOAD course is the perfect match for you (really it was for me), and buy it using any of the links in this article, you will get these exclusive bonuses not found anywhere else:
Bonus 1. Find. Flip. Profit
Since one of the strategies you will learn at SEO Affiliate Domination has got to do with getting expired domains, I am going to give you access to one of the best programs out there to find expired domains, which can be PR Rage.
PR Rage is a powerful system that lets you find high-value domains in seconds, analyze, shortlist and purchase. All in one single place. Then, if you want to, you can flip those domains for fast profit immediately. Or you can use them for yourself using SEOAD strategies.
Bonus 2. The 6 Figure Domain Academy
You don't understand how to flip and sell your domain names? No worries! You are likely to have access to The 6 Figure Domain Name . It is a series of 3 interviews and a 25 Page booklet, outlining the EXACT methods that a number of the best domainers in the world are sharing.
How one man bought a domain for $10 and sold it for $24,000
Another who's rental portfolio is over 6 figures a MONTH.
These are the guides waiting for you.
Bonus 3. 6 Figure Domain Strategy Webinars (2 Part Series)
You will be guided, step by step – everything to take you from DOMAIN NOVICE through to flipping domains every day!
Things to search for, what makes a domain more valuable than others. Some INSTANT plans to boost your returns that anyone can do, in under 5 minutes.
And a secret method for reaching the BUYERS or RENTERS of your domains in a way that works 24×7
Refund Policy
SEO Affiliate Domination does not give refunds. This is because Greg Jeffries is a firm believer that people who expect a refund aren't a good match for his course. But he offers something even better, that is you've got the chance to get your investment back as soon as you learn how to earn money online using his strategies.
Greg Jeffries has done a excellent job with a course that fits perfectly for novices, but has innovative SEO strategies.
The techniques he teaches will help you make cash flow in a brief time period . You do not have to wait 6+ months before seeing results because it generally happens with other marketing courses.
I highly recommend SEOAD course to anyone who wants to get started with affiliate marketing and begin building a successful online business.
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In June, a diffident and self-deluded President Obama claimed that "the private sector is doing fine." Last week, the private sector responded: Speak for yourself, buster. Who needs an "October Surprise" when the business headlines are broadcasting the imminent layoff bomb in neon lights?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last Tuesday that employers issued 1,316 "mass layoff actions" (affecting 50 workers or more) in September; more than 122,000 workers were affected overall. USA Today financial reporter Matt Krantz wrote that "(m)uch of the recent layoff activity is connected to what's been the slowest period of earnings growth since the third quarter of 2009." Some necessary restructuring is underway in response to the stagnant European economy. But more and more U.S. businesses are putting the blame — bravely and squarely — right where it belongs: on the obstructionist policies and regulatory schemes of the blame-shifter-in-chief.
Last week, Ohio-based auto parts manufacturer Dana Holding Corp. warned employees of potential layoffs amid "looming concern" about the economy. President and CEO Roger Wood specifically mentioned the walloping burden of "increasing taxes on small businesses" and the need to "offset increased costs that are placed on us through new laws and regulations."
Case in point: Obamacare. The mandate will cost Dana Holding Corp., which employs some 24,500 workers, "approximately $24 million over the next six years in additional U.S. health care expenses." As Ohio Watchdog blogger Maggie Thurber reported, the firm's Toledo area corporate offices laid off seven white-collar employees last Friday; company insiders told her more were on the way. They are not alone.
On Tuesday, Consol Energy issued a federally mandated layoff disclosure announcing its "intent to idle its Miller Creek surface operations near Naugatuck, W.Va." The move will affect the company's Wiley Surface Mine, Wiley Creek Surface Mine, Minway Surface Mine, Minway Preparation Plant and Miller Creek Administration Group, all in Mingo County, W.Va. Despite state approval, cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and myriad other agencies, and a stellar safety record, Obama's EPA dragged its feet on the permit approval process. The impasse has forced layoffs of 145 Consol Energy employees that will hit at the end of the year. They are not alone.
In August, Robert E. Murray, founder and CEO of Murray Energy Corporation in Ohio, blasted the White House anti-coal agenda for the layoffs and closure of his company's mine. He told Obama water-carrying CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien that "the many regulations that (Obama) and his radical appointees and the U.S.
EPA have put on the use of coal, there are dozens of them and collectively by his own energy administration, have closed 175 power plants." As O'Brien barked at her guest about purported environmental objections, Murray explained that "we cannot get permits for these mines. They are delaying the issuance of permits. If you can't get the permit, you can't have the mine. … I created those jobs, and I put the investment in that mine. And when it came time to lay the people off, I went up personally and talked to every one of them myself to lay them off. It's a human issue."
And it's an innovation issue, too. As I reported in February, Obamacare's impending 2.3 percent medical device excise tax has already wrought havoc on the industry:EPA have put on the use of coal, there are dozens of them and collectively by his own energy administration, have closed 175 power plants." As O'Brien barked at her guest about purported environmental objections, Murray explained that "we cannot get permits for these mines. They are delaying the issuance of permits. If you can't get the permit, you can't have the mine. … I created those jobs, and I put the investment in that mine. And when it came time to lay the people off, I went up personally and talked to every one of them myself to lay them off. It's a human issue."
Stryker, a maker of artificial hips and knees based in Kalamazoo, Mich., is slashing 5 percent of its global workforce (an estimated 1,000 workers) this coming year to reduce costs related to Obamacare's taxes and mandates.
Covidien, a N.Y.-based surgical supplies manufacturer, recently announced layoffs of 200 American workers and plans to move some of its plant work to Mexico and Costa Rica, in part because of the coming tax hit.
Mass.-based Zoll Medical Corp., which makes defibrillators and employs some 1,800 workers in the U.S. and around the world, says the medical device tax will cost the company between $5 million and $10 million a year.
This July, Indiana's Cook Medical Inc. shelved plans to open five new plants because of the imminent medical device tax hit. They are not alone.
The heads of Koch Industries, Westgate Resorts and ASG Software Solutions have all separately informed their employees of prosperity-undermining Obama economic politics. Left-wing groups have lambasted the executives for exercising their political free speech.
But they have remained silent while the White House corruptocrats bribed federal defense contractors into delaying federally mandated layoff disclosures before the election. In a memo now being investigated on Capitol Hill, Obama promised to cover the legal fees of Lockheed Martin and other defense contractors if they ignored legal requirements to inform workers in advance about so-called sequestration cuts to the military's budget scheduled to kick in next year.
Truth suppression is a time-honored Obama tactic, of course. Remember: The administration and its Democratic allies on Capitol Hill attempted to punish Deere, Caterpillar, Verizon and ATT in 2010 for disclosing how the costs of Obamacare taxes were hitting their bottom lines — even though they were simply following SEC disclosure requirements. The White House also tried to silence insurers who dared to inform their customers about how Obamacare was driving up premiums. Not this time.
The administration's bully boys don't have enough whitewash and duct tape to cover up the past, present and future devastation of the president and his economic demolition team.
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