Thoughts & Musings
Intellectual Flight from China
Like hundreds of thousands of Chinese who leave each year, she was driven by an overriding sense that she could do better outside China. Despite China’s tremendous economic successes in recent years, she was lured by Australia’s healthier environment, robust social...
Dem Governors Force Ins. Premiums Higher
Tens of thousands of homeowners who suffered wind and storm damage this week will get financial relief from rulings by several governors that insurers must treat Sandy as a tropical storm and not a hurricane. ... “Whether they call it a hurricane or something else,...
Rise of Titan the World’s Fastest Supercomputer
After falling behind Asia and Europe in the great race, where success is measured in FLOPS floating-point operations per second, the US has struck back at the new high-tech Olympians with Titan: quite possibly the fastest supercomputer in the world. ... All of that...
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Dem Voter Fraud Already Begining in Ohio
Two volunteer poll workers at an Ohio voting station told Human Events that they observed van loads of Ohio residents born in Somalia — the state is home to the second-largest Somali population in the United States — being driven to the voting station and guided by...
New Star Wars Film Coming In 2015
Uh, Star Wars geeks enthusiasts? Brace yourselves for a double whammy. One: Disney has purchased Lucasfilm for a whopping $4.05 billion (yes, with a "b"). Which brings us to two: Stars Wars Episode VII is not only happening, but it has a release date for sometime in...
Map of Chicago’s Shootings
Over at the Chicago Sun-Times there is a very cool map of all the shootings and other mayhem in the city of Chicago. Go see for yourself.
More Dem on GOP Violence
ALTA LOMA, CA -- Someone keyed the word “Obama” into two cars and slashed seats in another outside a residence that had Mitt Romney campaign signs. via CBS Los Angeles. But wait, that's not all you get: Racine, WI -- Before the event could get under way, though,...
British Terror Cell Wanted to Violate Sharia Law for AK-47s
A British terror cell allegedly planned to buy five AK47 assault rifles by borrowing £100,000 in loans, a court heard. ... In one conversation recorded by the police the group are discussing how to obtain weapons. Naseer said that “out there in the market: “You can...
The Coming Bond Bubble (Is Going to be Huge)
Europe is on the ropes as investors shun peripheral euro-area government debt. In the United States, interest rates are fixed at zero, and government bonds are arguably already quite far along in an epic 30-years-and-running bull market. Given the state of global debt...
An Intimate Photo Essay of Ann Romney
She said: 'When I was first diagnosed with MS and my husband was taking care of me, he discovered rotisserie chicken. 'Rotisserie chicken is every cooks best friend,' she said. 'You want to buy it at the end of your shopping so it doesn't heat up the food that's in...
Obama a Real Contributor to Subprime Loan Failures
President Barack Obama was a pioneering contributor to the national subprime real estate bubble, and roughly half of the 186 African-American clients in his landmark 1995 mortgage discrimination lawsuit against Citibank have since gone bankrupt or received foreclosure...
Teen Loses Stomach After Drinking Liquid Nitrogen
Gaby Scanlon, from Heysham, Lancashire, was celebrating her 18th birthday with friends at Oscar's wine bar and bistro in Lancaster earlier this month when she drank two shots of the liqueur Jagermeister, which was laced with liquid nitrogen. ... It was made popular...
Over $60,000 Spent Per Household in Poverty
"According to the Census’s American Community Survey, the number of households with incomes below the poverty line in 2011 was 16,807,795," the Senate Budget Committee notes. "If you divide total federal and state spending by the number of households with incomes...
TSA PreCheck System Flawed – No One Surprised
"Using a website I decoded my boarding pass for my upcoming trip. "It's all there PNR [passenger name record], seat assignment, flight number, name, etc. But what is interesting is the bolded three on the end. This is the TSA PreCheck information. The number means the...
More Dem on GOP Violence in WI
A story on the Daily Caller, a national conservative website, says Kyle Wood, a full-time volunteer for Lee, reported that he answered his door Wednesday morning and a man wrapped a ligature around his neck, slammed his head into the doorway, smashed his face into a...
CPD Brass Wasting Money Trying to Track Gunshots
The Police Department began using gunshot detection technology early last month in two 1.5-square-mile areas to try to better pinpoint the location of gunshots, Superintendent Garry McCarthy disclosed Thursday. The sensors sometimes give officers information before...
Pension’s Rate of Return Plummets to 0.76%
This sounds like a problem: The pension fund for most public school teachers in Illinois generated just 0.76 percent in fiscal 2012, a big drop from the 23.6 percent rate of return in the previous fiscal year, the Teachers' Retirement System reported on Thursday. ......
CPD Brass Wants Tighter Gun Tracking
Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said today that he would like to see gun owners in Illinois have to report when their weapons are stolen, lost or sold – steps he said would lower the number of firearms in the hands of criminals. ... “We keep trying to...
Illinois Tollway Netting $Billion per Year
To help pay for these projects, the tollway anticipates raking in $977 million from tolls in 2013 – thanks to the 87.5 percent increase that went into effect Jan. 1. via Chicago Tribune. Doh!