MASS. POLICE CATCH 7 ‘CHEMICAL ENGINEERS’ FROM PAKISTAN, SAUDI ARABIA, & SINGAPORE TRESPASSING MAJOR RESERVOIR

UPDATE 5:17 p.m. ET — State officials have given the all clear: “State Police say there was a thorough investigation of the seven Quabbin trespassers and the only crime they committed was trespassing.”

A group of individuals from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore were caught early Wednesday morning trespassing at the Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts, one of the largest man-made public water supplies in the county, CBS Boston reports.

Colorado Politicians Threaten to Repeal Marijuana Legalization If Voters Don’t Approve High Taxes

SNIP

As the debate over how to tax marijuana rages on, sister station KCNC reports that a draft bill floating around the Capitol proposes repealing recreational marijuana if voters don’t approve a 15 percent excise tax on retail pot and a 15 percent marijuana sales tax.[...]

Some lawmakers argue that the purpose of legalizing marijuana was to bring more revenue into the state, particularly for education, and that if it’s not accomplishing [...]

After Student is Suspended and Arrested for Wearing NRA “Protect You Rights” Shirt, 100 Students Wear Shirt to School!

Jared Marcum returned to school wearing the SAME SHIRT. Moreover, he was joined by 100 other students wearing NRA “Protect Your Rights” shirts that were provided by Sons of the Second Amendment. None of them were suspended or arrested for wearing the shirts.

Jared Marcum learned the importance of standing up for himself, 100 students stepped up to the plate to support the 1st and 2nd Amendment and the bullies at [...]

If This Video Doesn’t Say It all I Don’t Know What Does – George Carlin’s Greatest Moment

Mr. Carlin’s video was over 10 years ago and look where we are now.
Some of those things weren’t even happening at that time, but now?

It’s ALL going on.

“There’s a reason that education sucks, and it’s the same reason it will never ever be fixed. It’s never going to get any better, don’t look for it. Be happy with what you’ve got. Because the owners of this country don’t want that. I’m [...]

Don’t Lose Sight of The Macro Message: U.S. Personal Income Fell $505.5 Billion, Sales Plunge, French Unemployment Rises Again to Highest Since 1999, Fitch Downgrades Italy, China’s Economic Crisis Looming, Dollar Breaks 10-year Falling Channel And The Euro Is Breaking Down!

US Consumers Forced To Record Borrowing For Student Loans As Income Plummets Most In Twenty Years in January

The personal income drop fell $505.5 billion in January or 3.6% compared to December, marking the most dramatic decline since January 1993, according to the Commerce Department. This has led to economics watching consumer spending, which accounts for approximately two-thirds of the US economy.

The mainstream media is blatantly trying to cover up the [...]

SHOCK: 80% Of Recent NYC High School Graduates ‘Cannot Read’

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — It’s an education bombshell.

Nearly 80 percent of New York City high school graduates need to relearn basic skills before they can enter the City University’s community college system.

The number of kids behind the 8-ball is the highest in years, CBS 2?s Marcia Kramer reported Thursday.

Read more:

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/03/07/officials-80-percent-of-recent-nyc-high-school-graduates-cannot-read/

Bottom Line: Why We Must Stop Deficits NOW

market-ticker.org / By Karl Denninger / 

Here’s the bottom line folks:

These are the major spending items in the US Budget, from 1980 to today.  I am ignoring all the ones that don’t matter, and I’m also intentionally leaving in one foil often used by both sides of the debate for scale purposes (Education.)

Of particular interest (and alarm) is Welfare, which doubled from 2007 to 2010.  But — it appears to have come down some [...]

Roger Altman: The deal to avoid a US fiscal crunch

from FT:

Barack Obama might prefer to focus his energies on immigration, gun control and education. But it is the tax and spending wars that still paralyse Washington, and the US is on the verge of a dismal solution – the sequestration. Unless a new budget deal can be agreed within the next few days, almost all forms of so-called “discretionary” spending, departmental budgets that the US Congress sets each year, [...]

Jeff Wilson – Never Have So Many Owed So Much To So Few

from FinancialSurvivalNetwork.com:

Jeff Wilson is the author of life’s cheat sheets. We talked about college debt and why you need to plan your life and your education with an eye towards supporting yourself and becoming self-sufficient. The cure to college debt is to never incur it in the first place. Once you’ve hopped on the student debt merry-go-round, your life is no longer your own. Education is now available in a number of [...]

No excuse for cutting entitlement spending

Brace yourself. In coming weeks you’ll hear there’s no serious alternative to cutting Social Security and Medicare, raising taxes on middle class, and decimating what’s left of the federal government’s discretionary spending on everything from education and job training to highways and basic research.

 

“We” must make these sacrifices, it will be said, in order to deal with our mushrooming budget deficit and cumulative debt.

But most of the people who are making this [...]

Rubio: ‘Tax Increases Will Not Solve Our $16 Trillion Debt’

In this week’s Republican address, Florida senator Marco Rubio suggests there are much bigger problems than marginal tax hikes, which President Obama strongly supports.

“Americans are struggling to find or keep middle class jobs for two reasons: because our economy is not creating enough of these jobs and because too many of our people don’t have the education or skills required for the jobs that are being created,” says Rubio. ”A limited [...]

Unemployed Black Women Pretends to Be White, Job Prospects Dramatically Increase

Interesting. Should be a lawsuit somewhere in this. I hope she pursues it.

With the unemployment rate still hovering around eight-percent for Americans, and almost double that for black folks, one woman decided to up her chances of securing a job.

After being unemployed for two years, Yolanda Spivey decided to attempt an experiment. An insurance professional, Spivey created a separate Monster.com resume and profile—which used her education and professional experience—with one big [...]

Research suggests children are hiding their talents and skills in school for fear of being bullied.

Some children are hiding their talents and skills in school for fear of being bullied, research has suggested.

Nearly half of UK children have played down a talent because of bullying fears, a survey of 1,042 children aged 11 to 16 suggests.

And more than a quarter of those polled for England’s anti-bullying week said they had quit an activity they enjoy for the same reasons.

One in 10 said they had [...]

GALLUP: 2008, 54% D, 42% R — 2012: 49% R, 46% D

Last week, the Gallup Organization provided more fodder for the debate over whether this year’s polls are skewed due to a systematic over-representation of Democrats in the samples. If Gallup has it right, Governor Romney’s lead may be several percentage points greater than the most recent round of polls suggests.

Gallup reviewed all of its interviews with “likely voters” conducted since October 1. Its conclusion: “The composition of the electorate for [...]

Investigation finds Obama financing mosques worldwide with U.S. taxpayer dollars

A Channel 2 Action News investigation found that the State Department is sending millions of dollars to save mosques overseas. This investment has received criticism as the United States makes an effort to slash nearly $4 trillion in government spending.Plenty of outrage following the announcement made Thursday afternoon by a government commission that suggested huge cuts to the budget, including eliminating the interest education for home mortgage. This juxtaposed with [...]

Some Of The Really Bad Things That Could Happen If You Do Not Prepare For The Coming Economic Collapse

by Michael

Most people just assume that since things have always been a certain way that they will always be that way in the future.  Most people just have blind faith that the people running our government and our financial system know exactly what they are doing and that they are doing their best to take care of us.  In fact, once upon a time I was fully convinced of that.  [...]

IA Deli Owner Caters For Obama Visit, Wearing Romney T-Shirt

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Ross Murty likes business, but he doesn’t like President Obama.

And so the co-owner of the Village Corner Deli here agreed to cater Obama’s visit Wednesday — but not before donning a t-shirt blaring the message: “Government didn’t build my business. I did.”

It was a reference to a remark Obama made several weeks ago that his Republican opponent, Mitt Romney, has seized upon to portray Obama as anti-business. Obama, referring [...]

Orszag: Summer Is Making Kids Dumber and Fatter

It’s July, and for many of us, that brings back fond childhood memories of family vacations, summer camp or long, happy days spent playing with friends. But this quaint notion of summers as a kids’ paradise is dangerously misleading, evidence from social research suggests.

After spending the summer away from the classroom, children return to school one month or more, on average, behind where they were when the previous year ended. Kids [...]

Fiscal Crisis In States Will Last Beyond Slump

“The ability of the states to meet their obligations to public employees, to creditors and most critically to the education and well-being of their citizens is threatened,”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/18/us/in-report-on-states-finances-a-grim-long-term-forecast.html?hp

Communist China Purchases US State Idaho – Pastor Mike Hoggards

Communist China Purchases US State Idaho – Pastor Mike Hoggards Holy Spirit Perspective.[1] 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rHxRw4-_Mk&feature=youtu.be
Uploaded by Awakened2Truth on Jun 18, 2011

Are you folks ready for a series of Rapid Fire Shows to cover these fast changing policies and actions?

2342 and I are working together to bring these current issues to voice chat for education and discussion.

Watch for the Rapid Fire Thread for details and times.

 

- Isis7

CHRISTIE FIGHTIN’ WORDS ON JERSEY SHORE!

Things got downright HOSTILE on the Jersey Shore last night — with NJ Governor Chris Christie getting into a heated verbal altercation right on the boardwalk … and it was all caught on tape.

Gov. Christie (R-NJ) was hangin’ with his family in Seaside Heights … and had just ordered an ice cream cone when a passerby fired off some snide comments about Christie’s policy on education.

Christie got PISSED — and while clutching [...]

Five credit card “traps” smart consumers avoid

From Forbes:

Consumers are back in the habit of freely swiping their credit cards again. Nobody’s happier than the lenders, they know they’ve got you, especially if you’re a newbie. Before opening up an account or “taking advantage” of an too-good-to-be-true promotion, really, really read the fine print.

Katie Ross, education and development manager for American Consumer Credit Counseling highlights five credit card fine print traps that you don’t want to fall [...]

Obama Speech Gets Thumbs Down From Political Press?

Prior to President Barack Obama’s marathon 54 minute speech in Ohio today, the Obama campaign sent our several statements promising the speech would be a major address framing the campaign going forward. Despite the hype, the speech was mainly a rehash of themes and ideas from the president’s recent stump speeches and his remarks were widely panned as overly long by the political press corps.

In the speech, President Obama outlined [...]

97-year-old woman who quit high school during the Depression era finally gets her diploma:

Here’s one graduate who may feel a little more senior than most: Ann Colagiovanni, 97 years old, is finally receiving her high school diploma.

The Depression-era student quit school at the age of 17, back in 1930s, to work in her father’s market.

The Ohio resident never returned to finish her education but instead became a student of life. She worked at the family store until the 1960s when [...]

If Greece is a preview of things to come, we’re f*cked! BREAKING: Greek Prisons are Running out of Food

At a time when the entire country is being tested by the economic crisis, some people are quite literally on the verge of destitution and hunger. At a time when the empty state coffers can not support any concept of a welfare state, with “frozen” financing towards education and health, the prison system could not be an exception.

The financing for many prisons has decreased to a minimum for some months [...]

7-Inch iPad Coming This Fall, Barclays Says (AAPL)

Barclays analysts think a new 7-inch iPad is on the way this year, according to their latest note.

 

Here’s what they say:

Following up on comments made last week, recent research still leads us to believe that Apple may be planning to add another form factor to its iPad line in the 7″ range for the fall. We believe that this type of product could be useful in promoting Apple’s agenda in education with e-textbooks. Also, the [...]

TSA agents in Salt Lake City destroy teen’s $10,000 insulin pump, which she has to have to survive; she showed a doctor’s note to TSA saying she can’t go through a body scanner while wearing it, but TSA agents made her go through anyway

SALT L AKE CITY (ABC 4 News) – A Colorado teen is upset with screeners at Salt Lake City International Airport. The type one diabetic says TSA agents were abrupt, rude and were responsible for breaking her $10,000 insulin pump. A pump she has to have to survive.

Savannah Barry is mad and on a mission. She wants travelers to be warned before they walk through TSA security. “They need to get [...]

Diabetic teen says TSA screeners broke $10,000 insulin pump

Reported by: Don Hudson

SALT L AKE CITY (ABC 4 News) – A Colorado teen is upset with screeners at Salt Lake City International Airport. The type one diabetic says TSA agents were abrupt, rude and were responsible for breaking her $10,000 insulin pump. A pump she has to have to survive.

Savannah Barry is mad and on a mission. She wants travelers to be warned before they walk through TSA security. “They need [...]

Who Actually Votes In America?

Depending on how one views the current state of the union, this infographic from TakePart.comoffers insight into who is to be thanked or which cohort of our illustrious population didn’t do enough to exercise their right for democratic central-planning by-fiat. Our favorite – top reasons for not voting: Too Busy or Not Interested; we can only assume American Idol or X-Factor was on that day. The rich voted at higher rates [...]

Maybe there will be criminal prosecutions for MF Global execs after all. We can always hope!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janet-tava…

http://www.businessinsider.com/mf-global…

http://www.futuresmag.com/2012/05/01/mf-…

Philadelphia schools at the breaking point.

http://www.philly.com/philly/education/2…

Delta Airlines buys Philadelphia area refinery in attempt to control its fuel costs.

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20…

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Chinese children crouch in homemade cable car across chasm to reach school (VIDEO)

Getting to school on time can be difficult for some students, but these children have a justifiable reason if they’re late -  they have to cross a massive valley in a homemade cable car just to get there.

They live in Decun village in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, and are willing to take a risk  every day to receive their education.

Their dangerous trip is the polar opposite to how children here [...]

Pakistani lawyer who represents victims of U.S. drone strikes has been banned from travel to US.

Democracy Now
April 12, 2012

A Pakistani lawyer who represents victims of U.S. drone strikes has been forced to cancel a trip to the United States after the U.S. government failed to grant him a visa. Shahzad Akbar was scheduled to speak later this month at an International Drone Summit in Washington, D.C. Akbar is co-founder of the Pakistani human rights organization, Foundation for Fundamental Rights. He filed the first case in [...]

Obama: I’m not trying to ‘redistribute wealth’

President Obama, who famously called for tax increases on the wealthy to “spread the wealth around,” denied today that his tax increases on the rich are an attempt to “redistribute wealth.”

“So these investments — in things like education and research and health care — they haven’t been made as some grand scheme to redistribute wealth from one group to another,” the president said today at Florida Atlantic University. “This is not some [...]

Ranks of America’s working poor grew in 2010

(Reuters) – The number of working Americans earning so little they lived in poverty reached 7.2 percent of the labor force in 2010, the highest level in at least two decades, the government said on Friday.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 7.6 percent of women among the working poor, compared to 6.7 percent of men. In 2009, the working poor rate was 7 percent.

Education made a huge difference. Among workers [...]