Tinker:
"Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth" (Matthew 5:5).
This
is absolutely wrong for this country to go back on their word and not
pay the people who worked in the City of Detroit, who went on to reach
retirement. To not collect their city pension now after they did their
part because of the mismanagement of the Detroit budget at the hands of
the wrong people. "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth" (Matthew 5:5).
This American government under any circumstance ( even from the broken promises and lies from politicians, and union leaders back then who was saying anything for votes ) must go ahead and paid the City of Detroit workers their pension money until their death.
This country can not let this City of Detroit Civil District Court bankruptcy ruling stand, the American people must stand up to make president Barack Obama honor the pension for the Detroit city workers, until they death.
Do not make the people who worked for the city of Detroit to suffer for the broken promises from the sleazy politicians who was saying anything for votes. Do what is right in gods eyes, and pay the City workers of Detroit their pension money until their death.
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Protesters gathered outside the courthouse Tuesday.
Unions and pension funds had argued that the city
should not be eligible to use bankruptcy court protections. They said
that regardless of the Detroit's financial troubles, city and state
officials did not negotiate with creditors in good faith in an effort to
reach a deal on its liabilities.
In his ruling, Judge Steven Rhodes found the city did not meet that threshold, yet he ruled that such negotiations were impractical because of the huge number of creditors, which total more than 100,000. So, ultimately, he concluded that the city filed its petition properly.
One major union, the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, has already said it plans to appeal the decision.
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Judge: Detroit can proceed with bankruptcy
By Melanie Hicken and Chris Isidore @CNNMoney December 3, 2013: 4:30 PM ET
Protesters gathered outside the courthouse Tuesday.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney)
A federal judge has given a green light for Detroit to proceed with its bankruptcy, the largest municipal bankruptcy in history.
The ruling opens the door for the city to cut billions of dollars in payments that are owed to city employees, retirees, investors and other creditors.In his ruling, Judge Steven Rhodes found the city did not meet that threshold, yet he ruled that such negotiations were impractical because of the huge number of creditors, which total more than 100,000. So, ultimately, he concluded that the city filed its petition properly.
One major union, the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, has already said it plans to appeal the decision.
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'TIS THE SEASON to be jolly, and while we're just three weeks from Christmas and four from New Year's, it's January 15 that has everyone's attention — or should — on Capitol Hill.
Tinker:
I
think that president Barack Obama must live out his days and night in
some kind of self illusion of himself. Because for the life of me I
never hear him speak in our real world reality. No! Mostly he just keep
saying the talking points and jokes from the TV teleprompter. Obama and
his crew must think that the American people are just a bunch of light
minded children who can't do much of anything without the federal
government help. I wonder if he is really crazy?
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Glenn opened the radio program this morning with some very troubling (and bizarre) news that lead him to call for President Obama’s impeachment. Yesterday, the President waived a federal provision specifically designed to prevent the U.S. from supplying arms to terrorist groups in order to begin providing military assistance to the Syrian rebels.
“Today I come to you with the news that our President actually waived the restriction on countries supplying arms to international terrorists, specifically Al‑Qaeda. And the reason why he waived that is because we’re providing arms to international terrorists, specifically Al‑Qaeda,” Glenn said. “Now, if that isn’t an act of treason, I don’t know what is. If that is not an act of insanity, I don’t know what is.”
“This isn’t, ‘Well, we don’t know who the terrorists are. We don’t know who the rebels are.’ No, no. Mr. President, you apparently do know exactly who they are because you felt compelled to waive the restriction on arming them,” he continued. “Now, why would you do that? So you can no longer make the case ‘We don’t know who these guys are’ because the President felt compelled to tell us who they are by waiving the restrictions. They’re international terrorists. If that’s not an act of suicide, if that’s not an act finally of the President admitting we’re on the wrong side – when you have to waive the law so you can arm terrorists, you’re on the wrong side.”
While we know that not all of the rebels are terrorists, arming any faction that includes known terrorists is in direct violation of our federal laws, which is why President Obama was forced to waive the restrictions that prevented such action.
As Pat and Stu both explained, you wouldn’t eat something that was known to contain 15% of poison. So why would you arm a group of people with some percentage of a ‘poisonous’ underbelly?
“Because the president could go to jail if he didn’t waive the law… You know, I know I just did a thing in the New York Times just, like, two weeks ago where I said I haven’t called for impeachment of the President. I haven’t called for it,” Glenn said. “I’m calling for the impeachment of the President of the United States. The President of the United States needs to be impeached.”
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Impeachable: President Obama waives law that forbids U.S. from providing ‘aid and comfort’ to the enemy
Tuesday, Sep 17, 2013 at 3:46 PM EDTGlenn opened the radio program this morning with some very troubling (and bizarre) news that lead him to call for President Obama’s impeachment. Yesterday, the President waived a federal provision specifically designed to prevent the U.S. from supplying arms to terrorist groups in order to begin providing military assistance to the Syrian rebels.
“Today I come to you with the news that our President actually waived the restriction on countries supplying arms to international terrorists, specifically Al‑Qaeda. And the reason why he waived that is because we’re providing arms to international terrorists, specifically Al‑Qaeda,” Glenn said. “Now, if that isn’t an act of treason, I don’t know what is. If that is not an act of insanity, I don’t know what is.”
“This isn’t, ‘Well, we don’t know who the terrorists are. We don’t know who the rebels are.’ No, no. Mr. President, you apparently do know exactly who they are because you felt compelled to waive the restriction on arming them,” he continued. “Now, why would you do that? So you can no longer make the case ‘We don’t know who these guys are’ because the President felt compelled to tell us who they are by waiving the restrictions. They’re international terrorists. If that’s not an act of suicide, if that’s not an act finally of the President admitting we’re on the wrong side – when you have to waive the law so you can arm terrorists, you’re on the wrong side.”
While we know that not all of the rebels are terrorists, arming any faction that includes known terrorists is in direct violation of our federal laws, which is why President Obama was forced to waive the restrictions that prevented such action.
As Pat and Stu both explained, you wouldn’t eat something that was known to contain 15% of poison. So why would you arm a group of people with some percentage of a ‘poisonous’ underbelly?
“Because the president could go to jail if he didn’t waive the law… You know, I know I just did a thing in the New York Times just, like, two weeks ago where I said I haven’t called for impeachment of the President. I haven’t called for it,” Glenn said. “I’m calling for the impeachment of the President of the United States. The President of the United States needs to be impeached.”
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If you aren’t nervous enough reading about 3-D printers spitting out
handguns or Google robots with Android phones, imagine the skies thick
with crisscrossing tiny drones.
“I know this looks like science fiction. It’s not,” Jeff Bezos told Charlie Rose on “60 Minutes” Sunday, unveiling his octocopter drones.
The Amazon founder is optimistic that the fleet of miniature robot helicopters clutching plastic containers will be ready to follow GPS coordinates within a radius of 10 miles and zip around the country providing half-hour delivery of packages of up to 5 pounds — 86 percent of Amazon’s stock — just as soon as the F.A.A. approves.
“Wow!” Rose said, absorbing the wackiness of it all.
The futuristic Pony Express to deliver pony-print coats and other Amazon goodies will be “fun,” Bezos said, and won’t start until they have “all the systems you need to say, ‘Look, this thing can’t land on somebody’s head while they’re walking around their neighborhood.’ ”
So if they can’t land on my head, why do they make my head hurt? Maybe because they are redolent of President Obama’s unhealthy attachment to lethal drones, which are killing too many innocents in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and our spy agencies’ unhealthy attachment to indiscriminate surveillance.
Or maybe they recall that eerie “Twilight Zone” episode where a Brobdingnagian Agnes Moorehead fends off tiny spaceships with a big wooden stirrer — even though these flying machines would be dropping off the housewares.
Or maybe it’s because after “60 Minutes,” “Homeland” featured a story line about a drone both faulty and morally agnostic. The White House chief of staff, wanting to cover up a bolloxed-up covert operation on the Iraq-Iran border, suggested directing the drone to finish off its own agent, Brody.
“I will not order a strike on our own men,” the acting C.I.A. chief, played by Mandy Patinkin, replied sternly. “Hang it up.”
Or maybe I am leery that Bezos, who is also dabbling in space tourism, was looking for a Cyber Monday p.r. coup by playing to Americans’ ranker instincts, hooking our instant gratification society on ever more instant gratification. Do we really need that argyle sweater plopped in our hands in half an hour as opposed to the next day? What would Pope Francis say?
And won’t all the other alpha moguls want their own drone fleets? Howard Schultz will want to drop your half-caf, bone-dry, ristretto, venti, four-pump, sugar-free, cinnamon dolce, soy, skinny Starbucks latte on the front step at 7 a.m., and Tim Cook will want to deliver the latest Apple toys the soonest, and Disney’s Robert Iger will want his drones gussied up like Mary Poppins.
It will be interesting to watch The Washington Post cover new owner Bezos as he takes on the F.A.A. over drone regulations. The agency is drafting rules to let larger commercial drones and airlines share the sky, with an eye toward issuing licenses in 2015, but a handful of states are passing restrictions of their own.
Lobbying for private unmanned drones, Bezos will be aligned with the Motion Picture Association of America, which is working to get directors the right to use drones for aerial shots.
It’s a business taking flight. Experts say there may be as many as 30,000 unmanned private and government drones flying in this country by 2020, ratcheting drones into a $90 billion industry, generating 100,000 jobs. A degree in drone management can’t be far off.
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Op-Ed Columnist
Mommy, the Drone’s Here!
By MAUREEN DOWD
WASHINGTON — The novelty of flying cars never materialized. But flying novels are right around the corner.
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“I know this looks like science fiction. It’s not,” Jeff Bezos told Charlie Rose on “60 Minutes” Sunday, unveiling his octocopter drones.
The Amazon founder is optimistic that the fleet of miniature robot helicopters clutching plastic containers will be ready to follow GPS coordinates within a radius of 10 miles and zip around the country providing half-hour delivery of packages of up to 5 pounds — 86 percent of Amazon’s stock — just as soon as the F.A.A. approves.
“Wow!” Rose said, absorbing the wackiness of it all.
The futuristic Pony Express to deliver pony-print coats and other Amazon goodies will be “fun,” Bezos said, and won’t start until they have “all the systems you need to say, ‘Look, this thing can’t land on somebody’s head while they’re walking around their neighborhood.’ ”
So if they can’t land on my head, why do they make my head hurt? Maybe because they are redolent of President Obama’s unhealthy attachment to lethal drones, which are killing too many innocents in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and our spy agencies’ unhealthy attachment to indiscriminate surveillance.
Or maybe they recall that eerie “Twilight Zone” episode where a Brobdingnagian Agnes Moorehead fends off tiny spaceships with a big wooden stirrer — even though these flying machines would be dropping off the housewares.
Or maybe it’s because after “60 Minutes,” “Homeland” featured a story line about a drone both faulty and morally agnostic. The White House chief of staff, wanting to cover up a bolloxed-up covert operation on the Iraq-Iran border, suggested directing the drone to finish off its own agent, Brody.
“I will not order a strike on our own men,” the acting C.I.A. chief, played by Mandy Patinkin, replied sternly. “Hang it up.”
Or maybe I am leery that Bezos, who is also dabbling in space tourism, was looking for a Cyber Monday p.r. coup by playing to Americans’ ranker instincts, hooking our instant gratification society on ever more instant gratification. Do we really need that argyle sweater plopped in our hands in half an hour as opposed to the next day? What would Pope Francis say?
And won’t all the other alpha moguls want their own drone fleets? Howard Schultz will want to drop your half-caf, bone-dry, ristretto, venti, four-pump, sugar-free, cinnamon dolce, soy, skinny Starbucks latte on the front step at 7 a.m., and Tim Cook will want to deliver the latest Apple toys the soonest, and Disney’s Robert Iger will want his drones gussied up like Mary Poppins.
It will be interesting to watch The Washington Post cover new owner Bezos as he takes on the F.A.A. over drone regulations. The agency is drafting rules to let larger commercial drones and airlines share the sky, with an eye toward issuing licenses in 2015, but a handful of states are passing restrictions of their own.
Lobbying for private unmanned drones, Bezos will be aligned with the Motion Picture Association of America, which is working to get directors the right to use drones for aerial shots.
It’s a business taking flight. Experts say there may be as many as 30,000 unmanned private and government drones flying in this country by 2020, ratcheting drones into a $90 billion industry, generating 100,000 jobs. A degree in drone management can’t be far off.
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Saban to Texas Appears to be a Done DealBy: The BrainiacsPosted on:
December 4, 2013Image from ForbesWe have word now from two trusted
sources that Nick Saban to Texas is a done deal. One of the sources said
the money he will get is substantial (obviously) but we haven’t got any
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12/4/13 5:40 am CT
Good morning, Tiger Fans,With there still being a few days until we find out LSU football’s bowl future, the hot topic of discussion at this time continues to be recruiting.
In recruiting news, earlier this week I wrote that top linebacker target Clifton Garrett would be announcing his school of choice on December 16 (his birthday), but yesterday he tweeted that he has changed his plans. Instead, he will announce the following day, December 17 (which just so happens to be my late father Don’s birthday and the 17th anniversary of this website). I predict this will be a special day for LSU fans.
Tonight LSU will make an in-home visit to Trey Quinn (WR, 6'0", 200, No. 2 on my list of Top LA Prospects) who committed to LSU back in mid-August. I'm very happy to know that LSU is not taking Quinn for granted since there are still a number of schools, including Clemson, who have only cranked up their recruitment of him since he committed to LSU. Earlier this week, Quinn got a boost in Rivals’ recruiting ranking when they moved him up into their top-100 at No. 76, but they still have him as a four-star prospect, which is a big injustice if you ask me.
I’ve heard rumblings of several other recruits being in line for in-home visits from LSU this week, including Frank Iheanacho, Kentavious Street, and Travonte Valentine. So far, the only one of these who I've been able to confirm is Iheanacho, but I suspect the rumblings are accurate. Iheanacho is a 6-foot-7 TE/WR from Houston who has several SEC offers and appears to be leaning to Texas A&M. Street is a 6-foot-2, 260-pound defensive end from Greenville, NC who is currently said to be leaning to NC State. Valentine is a 6-foot-4, 300-pound defensive tackle who is currently committed to Miami.
After making their rounds of visits, LSU’s staff will host an impressive list of visitors this weekend in Baton Rouge. These include, but are not limited to, LSU commits/early signees Brandon Harris and Ed Paris, along with major target Jamal Adams (S, 6'0", 200, Carrollton, TX) whom I wrote about yesterday. Adams visited LSU unofficially last weekend and will be taking his official visit this weekend. This really sets up nicely: having Harris and Paris there while Adams is on his official visit. Paris and Adams are good friends, and Harris is a great “peer-recruiter.”
I hear that LSU is also working on bringing in two other top defensive back targets, Tony Brown and C.J. Hampton. Brown (6'0", 190, Beaumont) is the brother of LSU track signee Beloved Brown and is thought to be a big lean to LSU. As a projected early enrollee, Brown should be ending his recruitment soon. If he makes it in to LSU this weekend, I'll be on the lookout for a possible commitment. Hampton is a safety from Meridian, MS who is currently considered a soft commit to Ole Miss, although LSU and Alabama are also very much in the hunt.
In other news related to recruiting, yesterday I received a message from former Tiger and “Fan Favorite” Jacob Hester who asked that I pass along the news of his upcoming football camp. It's called The Hester Scouting Combine and its open to all ages 18 and under. The event will be held Saturday, December 21st at Calvary Baptist Academy in Shreveport. It starts at 11 AM and ends at 1 PM. The cost is $100 and you can register and pay at the gate on the day of the camp. Jacob said that his objective is to promote the talent in Northwest Louisiana, especially since so many talented players go unnoticed in the area. The official results of the combine will be sent to various recruiting websites to get the participants some exposure. I think this is a great idea and I wish him the best with the endeavor.
Well, since we’re in a recruiting groove today, I'll go ahead and pass along this news to those of you who missed it yesterday - LSU's 2013 Baseball Recruiting Class has been ranked 6th in the Nation by Perfect Game. The rankings apply to players signed during the 2012-13 academic year and take into account only signees who actually enroll. LSU’s 19-man recruiting class, which includes 11 pitchers and eight position players, is highlighted by infielders Danny Zardon and Kramer Robertson and pitcher Jared Poche’. Before you know it, we’ll be writing a lot about these players as the start of preseason practice is only about eight weeks away. The 2014 season opens on February 14 when the Tigers play host to New Orleans in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.
Jumping back to football now.... many of you have asked if I've heard anything about the extent of Zach Mettenberger’s injury, and the answer is no*. Coach Miles is almost always tight-lipped about this kind of thing, and with there being no press conferences or call-in show this week things are extra quiet. The football team has this week off and will be taking exams next week before returning to practice for the bowl game, so it's unlikely that we’ll hear anything “official” for a while. I have, however, read in this report by NOLA.com, that the four other players who were injured against Arkansas should be ready to go when the team begins bowl preperations. These include Odell Beckham Jr. (bruised right hip), center Elliott Porter (left leg), right tackle Jerald Hawkins (undisclosed) and running back Terrence Magee (undisclosed). As for Mettenberger, my own personal assumption based on what I've been told about ACL rehab is that it is unlikely that he will play in the bowl game, but that's just my two cents.
*Edited, 7:05: ESPN is reporting that Metenberger’s injury is a torn ACL and that he will not play in bowl game.
In basketball news, the 13th ranked LSU Lady Tigers extended their winning streak to five games yesterday with a dominating 83-66 win over Indiana State. Freshman Raigyne Moncrief, the SEC Freshman of the Week, led LSU in scoring with 22 points and pulled down nine rebounds to go along with six assists and six steals.The Lady Tigers shot a season-high 54.5 percent from the floor, had a season-best 25 assists, and forced 23 turnovers. Over 5,000 East Baton Rouge Parish School kids were invited to attend the game as part of a field trip to campus. They showed up loud and proud. Following the win, each Lady Tiger went into the stands to thank those who showed up for the matinee tipoff. Players signed autographs and took photos.
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LSU bowl rumors are circling on Twitter...LSU to Outback Bowl? (Posted on 12/3/13 at 4:12 pm)
@DellengerAdv 5m
Reset on #LSU bowl watch: @rwood_SC reporting Outback unlikely to take SC under any scenario. That almost certainly means LSU to Outback.
@LSUbeat 4m
Sounds like the switch is happening. With USC having been to Outback recently & LSU in Dallas constantly, they'll opt for change in scenery.
@LSUbeat 2m
Here's the kicker: If LSU goes to the Outback, theres a very high likelihood they will play…Wisconsin.
Also: Cotton Bowl considering USCe.
Stating this the following:
quote:
CEO Rick Baker on why the Cotton Bowl has historically taken SEC West teams:
“You’re absolutely right. We have tended to lean a little bit toward Western teams, and a lot of that is just because of the way the conference has set up our pecking order after the BCS. You’ve got Cap One, and when we are interested in an East team, we have to pick after the Outback picks too. So it puts us even farther down the food chain a little bit when we look East, so what’s tended to happen is, by the time you get through the BCS and the Cap One and the Outback, they’ve pretty well taken the best of the East. The West has been so good here, especially in the past half-dozen years or so, it’s just the way that it’s happened. But we’ve had Tennessee before, a couple times here in the last 10 years, so we’re certainly not adverse to taking East teams. It’s just that the way everything is set up, we just haven’t had the opportunity to do that.”
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aker on significance of hosting Steve Spurrier at the Cotton Bowl:
“Coach Spurrier makes it special. We’ve had many, many hall of fame coaches over the years coach in the Cotton Bowl, and there’s certainly no doubt coach Spurrier will be a hall of famer someday. We would be very proud to have coach Spurrier coach in our game. Things just never worked out that way in the past. That’s why we’ve been a little more optimistic this year that there might be more of a chance than what we’ve normally had. We want a good, compelling matchup”
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Deja vu? LSU QB Zach Mettenberger's injury puts the Tigers in familiar territory
By
Jim Kleinpeter, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
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on December 04, 2013 at 9:11 AM, updated December 04, 2013 at 9:49 AM
- What the national media are saying about LSU football and Zach Mettenberger
- LSU sports chat with NOLA.com's Randy Rosetta | Noon-1 p.m. Wednesday
- Deja vu? LSU QB Zach Mettenberger's injury puts the Tigers in familiar territory
- What does Zach Mettenberger's torn ACL mean to LSU's bowl chances?
- Zach Mettenberger has a torn ACL, will miss bowl game, report says
Mettenberger will not play in LSU's bowl game because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee suffered in a 31-27 victory against against Arkansas Friday. ESPN issued the report, citing anonymous sources and LSU is expected to confirm the injury later on Wednesday. Freshman backup Anthony Jennings, who engineered the Tigers' game-winning 99-yard drive, will make his first career start in the bowl game.
The near identical situation occurred in 2005 and 2008. In 2005, Miles' first season, starting quarterback JaMarcus Russell suffered a shoulder injury against Georgia in the SEC Championship and sophomore backup Matt Flynn stepped in to guide a 40-3 Chick-fil-A Bowl victory against Miami. Three years later, starter Jarrett Lee was injured in LSU's second-to-last game against Ole Miss. Freshman Jordan Jefferson started LSU's finale against Arkansas and then led the Tigers to a 38-3 victory against Georgia Tech, also in the Chick-fil-A.
It bodes well for Jennings, the 6-foot-2, 211-pounder from Marietta, Ga., who took 11 snaps for the Tigers and completed four-of-seven passes for 76 yards, including a 49-yard strike to Travin Dural for the winning points with 1:15 remaining. Jennings also ran three times for 26 yards, among them a 21-yard scramble to set up the winning score.
The ending for Mettenberger was more bitter than sweet. He became the third LSU quarterback to pass for at least 3,000 yards in a season earlier in the game and finished his career 19-6 as a starter.
For the season, he completed 192-of-296 passes for 3,082 yards and 22 touchdowns with eight interceptions. His final passer efficiency rating was 171.5.
Mettenberger's career totals read like this: 659 attempts, 407 completions, 5,783 yards, 35 touchdowns and 15 interceptions. His career yardage total places him sixth all-time at LSU behind Herb Tyler's 5,876 and his 35 touchdown passes placed him fifth all-time. He is the only LSU quarterback to throw for at least 2,500 yards in back-to-back seasons.
Mettenberger was hit in the left leg by Arkansas defensive tackle Bryan Jones, the same leg that was injured on a similar play against Alabama three weeks before.
Mettenberger will likely have surgery, but will be unable to compete in the postseason all-star games, the NFL combine and LSU's Pro Day prior to the NFL Draft May 8-10. Draft analysts rate Mettenberger a possible first-round draft pick or at worst certainly a second-round choice.
Tell us what you think Mettenberger's injury will mean as the Tigers move forward to an as-yet-named bowl destination and the 2014 season.
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