I do not propose to attack you, nor do I propose to support everything that you say and do. In truth, I cannot say that I voted for you, because I imagined myself standing in front of the pearly gates of heaven and found myself at a loss to defend selecting either you or Mrs. Clinton for president, so I made an alternative choice.
Day: January 2, 2017
Donald Trump: Chicago Mayor Should Ask Feds to Help Combat Homicides
President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel should seek federal assistance to combat homicides in the nation’s third-largest city. “Chicago murder rate is record setting – 4,331 shooting victims with 762 murders in 2016.
CCC wind turbine source of energy, education
A wind turbine was built south of the Central Community College-Hastings campus as a partnership with Bluestem Energy Solutions, Hastings Utilities and CCC.
Happy New Year! 2017 is the year to punch back against PC nonsense
Well, somehow we’re back . There’s still a problem being chased down, but for the time being, we’re up! Oh, and we’ve also been under a brute force attack for some reason – probably just DHS trying out their new hacking skills.
Will Trump administration be better for the future of NASA in Alabama?
But his campaign suggestions – more deep space exploration, less Earth science – seem to bode well for Alabama and for Marshall Space Flight Center. The center’s 6,000-person workforce is a key part of Huntsville’s economy.
Democrats extol health care law in bid to derail GOP repeal
Senior House Democrats on Monday extolled the benefits of President Barack Obama’s health care law in hopes of derailing Republican plans to gut the statute and over time replace it. In a conference call with reporters, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said the GOP will begin its “assault” on the health care law when the 115th Congress convenes Tuesday.
The Media’s Dishonest Reporting on Firearms
If you ever have had any dealings with the Associated Press, you know it to be a placid, slow-moving bureaucracy. But it can spur itself into action, as when it revises its style book which it often does along ideological lines, e.g., barring the phrase “illegal immigrants” to describe illegal immigrants, or its recent insistence that services such as Uber and Lyft cannot be described as “ride-sharing” arrangements.
Looking back at Obama’s connections with MI over the past 8 years
Barack Obama’s presidency is coming to an end soon with Donald Trump taking office in less than 20 days. President Obama’s two terms have left a mark all over the country – and here in state.
Back in Washington, Obama looks ahead to final days in office
President Barack Obama is back at the White House after his last presidential vacation. He returned to Washington today from Hawaii with less than three weeks left.
Bag that washed ashore is from missing plane with 6 aboard
A bag that washed ashore near a private harbour has been confirmed as coming from a small plane carrying six people that disappeared over Lake Erie near Cleveland, authorities said Monday as they resumed a search for the missing aircraft. The city said there have been multiple reports of debris washing ashore east of Burke Lakefront Airport, where the plane carrying a family of four and their two neighbours departed late Thursday.
Convenience store Sign in New Mexico: “Obama & Other Muslims Not Welcome Here.”
A New Mexico convenience store has offended the entire left wing of America when they put up a sign that insinuated that President Obama is a Muslim. While some may think that this is funny, this store has a history of posting racist and controversial signs.
Chicago Paper: Make All Universities – Sanctuary Campuses’
The Chicago Sun-Times editorial board is now asking that every college and university in the state be transformed into ‘sanctuary campuses’ for shielding illegal immigrants from federal law. In a piece , “Make colleges a sanctuary from deportation threat,” asks that every college and university in Illinois risk losing federal funding for the cause: Universities have an obligation to stand up for their students – all of them.
Was Mariah Carey’s New Year’s Eve Performance Sabotaged?
And Nicole Perna, a rep for Carey, says the award-winning singer “was not ‘winging’ this moment and took it very seriously. A shame that production set her up to fail.”
YouTube’s Tanya Burr shows off complexion and curves during holiday in the Maldives
Weed belong together: Mariah Carey is pictured heading into a marijuana dispensary in Aspen on Christmas Eve – just one week before her Times Square lip-sync meltdown The Donald blasts Rahm Emanuel for Chicago’s bloodiest year in almost two DECADES: Trump says the mayor must ask for federal help if he can’t fix the city after a record 762 homicides in 2016 Texas homeowner shoots and kills drunk guest who refused to leave his son’s New Year’s Eve party at exclusive airport town where every resident has their own plane Are YOU smart enough to ace this school exam? Simple test designed for 10-year-old’s leaves the internet baffled with its trick questions Will Obama use the five-minute break between congressional sessions on Tuesday to appoint Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court? ‘Putin behaves like the only adult in the room’: Former CIA agent claims Obama went too far in expelling … (more)
Trump takes dig at Rahm Emanuel over Chicago homicides
President-elect Donald Trump is taking a dig at Rahm Emanuel, Chicago’s mayor and President Barack Obama’s former chief of staff, about the city’s rising homicide tally. The nation’s third-largest city had 762 homicides in 2016 – the most in two decades and more than the largest cities, New York and Los Angeles, combined.
The Latest: Trump takes dig at Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel
President-elect Donald Trump is showing little sign of forgiving his critics as he prepares to move into the Oval Office. The incoming president tweeted Monday that, “Various media outlets and pundits say that I thought I was going to lose the election.
Trump Takes Aim at Mayor Emanuel in Tweet About Chicago
President-elect Donald Trump tweeted Monday about Chicago’s “record setting” violence in 2016, claiming the city should seek federal help if local authorities can’t handle the crisis. As Chicago closed on one of its most violent years in decades, President-elect Donald Trump tweeted Monday the city should seek federal help if local authorities can’t handle the crisis.
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Wildlife advocates plan to challenge the approval of a new Yellowstone River dam to benefit farmers that critics say could kill off a dwindling population of a fish dating to the time of dinosaurs. Wildlife advocates plan to challenge the approval of a new Yellowstone River dam to benefit farmers that critics say could kill off a dwindling population of a fish dating to the time of dinosaurs.
Alabama space explorers await impact of Trump administration
But his campaign suggestions – more deep space exploration, less Earth science – seem to bode well for Alabama and for Marshall Space Flight Center. The center’s 6,000-person workforce is a key part of Huntsville’s economy.
As we exit a year of horrors, the one we enter may be worse
‘If tempers all over the country are so fragile that they can be lost because a couple of film stars give their child the same name as a 14th-century warlord, exactly what sort of compromises can be palatable?’ asks Mihir S Sharma. onald Trump is a sore winner.
Andrew Verstein on the Salman Personal Benefit Standard for Tipping Liability
Steve describes a psychiatrist who trades after learning about a merger from one of his patients, raising the question, “Does Treadwell’s conduct constitute an illegal tip under SEC Rule 10b-5?” We can ask the same question of the psychologist. Steve’s hypothetical is meant to generate discussion, and the possibility for extended discussion is meant to demonstrate just how much Salmon v.
Obama Credits Green Energy For Cutting Foreign Oil Imports – He’s Wrong
President Barack Obama is making a major public relations blitz to highlight his legacy, including tying falling reliance on foreign oil to his green energy policies. Obama claimed the U.S. “traded foreign oil for clean energy,” but what he should have said is the U.S. traded foreign oil for hydraulic fracturing.
Trump: Chicago Should Ask For Federal Help To Fight Murder Epidemic
Donald Trump addressed the issue of Chicago’s 2016 murder spike on Monday, suggesting that mayor Rahm Emanuel may need to ask for help from the federal government. The Windy City’s 762 murders in 2016 are a 57 percent increase from 2015, when 480 people were killed.
Mother Dies Of Heart Problems While Live Streaming On Facebook
Keiana Herndon, 26, was in the middle of telling her roughly 3,400 Facebook friends that she intended to go back to school when she started to feel ill. While holding her one-year-old son named Riley, Herndon began rubbing her face and shaking her head, according to local NBC news affiliate KATV.
Former Prime Minister Wants Japan To Abandon Nuclear Power
Koizumi publicly criticized his handpicked successor’s, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, current policy to reopen nuclear power plants. Abe sees a revival of nuclear power as critical to supporting economic growth and slowing an exodus of Japanese manufacturing to lower-cost countries.
Sabatoge? Drama Surrounding Mariah Carey’s NYE Disaster Heats Up
Carey failed to complete her set Saturday for Ryan Seacrest’s “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” special. After awkwardly walking around the stage for several minutes attempting to lip sync some of her old hits, she removed her earpiece and called off the show.
Intellectuals for Trump – A rogue group of conservative thinkers try …
Intellectuals for Trump – A rogue group of conservative thinkers try to build a governing ideology around a President-elect who disdains ideology. – The most cogent argument for electing Donald Trump was made not by Trump, or by his campaign, but by a writer who, unlike Trump
Obama to deliver farewell speech in Chicago
Obama Plans Farewell Speech From Chicago – HONOLULU – President Obama will give a farewell address next week from Chicago, his hometown, most likely his last chance to defend his legacy directly to the country before Donald J. Trump is sworn in, the White House announced on Monday.
Resistance at the Ready as GOP Licks Chops Over Regressive Agenda
Since Donald Trump was elected in November, House Speaker Paul Ryan has been poised to advance a GOP agenda. From slowing President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet confirmations to hampering GOP attempts to repeal Obamacare or defund Planned Parenthood, Democrats and allied progressive forces stand ready to resist the looming Republican agenda.
North Dakota budget is top issue for legislative session
Lawmakers convene Tuesday for North Dakota’s 65th legislative session, faced with tough spending choices amid a sharp downturn in tax revenues. Gov. Doug Burgum begins the session with his State of the State address early Tuesday afternoon.
Outside the Box: I’m a former health insurance CEO and this is what Obamacare repeal will do
There’s a joke among insurers that there are two things that health insurance companies hate to do – take risks and pay claims. But, of course, these are the essence of their business! Yet, if they do too much of either, they will go broke, and if they do too little, their customers will find a better policy.
Under 3 weeks left: Obama in closing stretch of presidency
His last vacation behind him, President Barack Obama is entering the closing stretch of his presidency, an eleventh-hour push to tie up loose ends and put finishing touches on his legacy before handing the reins to President-elect Donald Trump. Obama returned to Washington midday Monday from Hawaii with less than three weeks left.
Zero Self-Awareness: Chuck Todd Whacks Trump’s ‘Concierge Media Friends’
On NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, Chuck Todd devoted a whole hour to analyzing Trump vs. the Press, but he worked energetically to avoid the notion the media lost trust because it’s seen as part of the Democratic National Machine. There were no questions about whether they failed in being too soft on Hillary Clinton, because they never think they’ve been too soft on Democrats.
Trump spokesman: President-elect wants more info on Russia
Incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer is defending cryptic comments by President-elect Donald Trump that he knows “things that other people don’t know” when it comes to allegations of Russian hacking. Spicer tells Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends” that Trump is getting national security briefings “on a daily basis” and “there doesn’t seem to be conclusive evidence” Russians were behind the hacking of Democratic emails during the election.
Under 3 weeks left: Obama in closing stretch of presidency
His last presidential vacation behind him, Barack Obama is entering the closing stretch of his presidency, an eleventh-hour push to tie up loose ends and put finishing touches on his legacy before handing the reins to President-elect Donald Trump. Obama returns to Washington midday Monday from Hawaii with just two-and-a-half weeks left.
ISIS Claims Responsibility For Istanbul Nightclub Massacre
Relatives react at the funeral of Ayhan Arik, a victim of an attack by a gunman at Reina nightclub, in Istanbul, Turkey, January 1, 2017. REUTERS/Osman Orsal The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the shooting at an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Eve, which killed 39 people and injured nearly 70. The ISIS-affiliated Aamaq News Agency released a message Monday saying the attack was carried out by a “heroic soldier of the caliphate who attacked the most famous nightclub where Christians were celebrating their pagan feast.”
LAWSUIT: Political Science Professor Forced To Teach Statistics Because Asians Are ‘Good At’ Math
A political science professor at the taxpayer-funded University of Illinois at Chicago is suing the school in federal court for discrimination in part because he claims that his bosses compelled him to teach statistics courses despite the fact that he is not qualified to teach statistics. The professor, Seung-Whan Choi, says his superiors told him that his Asian heritage sufficiently qualified him to teach math, according to court documents obtained by The Chicago Tribune .
After years of talk, Republicans must act on Obamacare. Tumult lies ahead.
Ernest Dumas illustrates in a column this week that the Republican promise to repeal Obamacare now faces tough political, financial and human realities – perhaps more in Arkansas than anywhere. He writes that the most damage could be done to 20 million working Americans Donald Trump vowed to protect.
Rising Prescription Opioid Deaths Spark Reform In New Hampshire
Regulations to combat opioid overdoses, which are ravaging communities throughout New Hampshire, went into effect Sunday, enforcing stricter rules on doctors when prescribing prescription painkillers. Doctors in the state are now required to conduct a comprehensive patient-risk evaluation to determine the possible effects a pill may have on a patient.
Vermont Residents Don’t Want To ‘Foot The Bill’ For Syrian Refugees
Some small-town residents of Rutland, Vt., are upset at their mayor’s decision to resettle 100 Syrian refugees throughout 2017 in the area. Rutland Mayor Christopher Louras defended his decision, saying the town’s demographics are declining, and they are having trouble recruiting younger workers.