We Need Self-Governing Children

10/05/13

While it is seen that for the purpose of gaining a livelihood, an elaborate preparation is needed, it appears to be thought that for the bringing up of children, no preparation whatever is needed. In the absence of this preparation, the management of children, and more especially the moral management, is lamentably bad. Parents either never think about the matter at all, or else their conclusions are crude, and inconsistent. In most cases, and especially on the part of mothers, the treatment adopted on every occasion is that which the impulse of the moment prompts: it springs not from any reasoned-out conviction as to what will most conduce to the child’s welfare, but merely expresses the passing parental feelings, whether good or ill; and varies from hour to hour as these feelings vary. Or if these blind dictates of passion are supplemented by any definite doctrines and methods, they are those that have been handed down from the past, or those suggested by the remembrances of childhood, or those adopted from nurses and servants — methods devised not by the enlightenment, but by the ignorance of the time.

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Step One of the Return to a Simpler Time: Enter the Vinyl Records' Renaissance

10/05/13

FLASHBACKS: Ah yes, the mindset of the 80s and the prior land of time.. Who could have predicted the trials and tribulations in today's daily atmoshere?

You can break out those REO Speedwagon albums again because vinyl is back—sort of.

A remarkable 2.9 million vinyl LPs have been sold in the U.S. so far this year, up 33.5 percent from 2012, according to Nielsen SoundScan (NLSN). In fact, vinyl has been steadily on the rise since bottoming out in 2006, when only 858,000 records were sold. In just seven years, the 65-year-old format has bounced back 338 percent.

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Visualizing The Triumph Of Hope Over Reality

10/05/13

One of these things is not like the other...

Aside from this it looks like the Q2 record for negative pre-announcements is about to be broken for Q3...

Any Quarter now, it will all be fixed and the economy will reach escape velocity and money on the sidelines will emerge and Capex will surge and banks will lend and....

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Ex-CBOT chief accused of fleeing country to keep millions from ex-wife: Brown

10/05/13

A Cook County judge issued a new bench warrant on Tuesday for Arbor, 76, a pal of many politicians including former Mayor Richard M. Daley, as well as a business and civic fixture still listed as a trustee at Loyola University.

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Meet A Poor Cancer Girl Harry Reid Is Letting Die By Refusing To Fund The NIH

10/05/13

*Notice that Cooper asked her, “what would you say to Congress given the chance?” He never mentions that Congress has sent a bill to Harry Reid and the democrats that specifically asked for coverage for the NIH.

It is a lie by omission…

The Right Scoop – Anderson Cooper interviewed Michelle Langbhen last night who is a part of the NIH clinical that is now put on hold because of the government shutdown. She says her body isn’t responding that well to Chemo any more and that she must look for other drugs to help her body fight this cancer. She was counting on the NIH clinicals to start soon and now they have been delayed.

This is the face and the voice of a cancer patient that needs help and she is the reason Harry Reid should accept the House’s limited CR to fund the NIH.

 

Video Here

source:   The Right Scoop via iam41.com 

Follow Up: Son of Johnston Gang leader jailed for selling methamphetamine to cop

10/04/13

This is a follow up from an article echoed here early last year about the latest arrest of this wonderful piece of work and his notorious family. For background information please read here (Hearing for Bruce Johnston Jr. stirs memories of notorious gang) 


By BRETT HAMBRIGHT
Gap
Updated Oct 04, 2013 10:50 

Bruce Johnston Jr.

The son of one of Lancaster County's most notorious crime bosses admitted Thursday to selling meth to an undercover officer.

Bruce Alfred Johnston Jr., 55, will spend 7 to 14 years in state prison for the sales last year in southern Lancaster County, according to a local judge's order.

Years ago, Johnston Jr. operated, under his father's watch, the Kiddie Gang, a group of teen thieves.

His father, Bruce Johnston Sr. was eventually convicted of numerous murders and thefts in Chester and Lancaster counties and beyond.

"Little Bruce" provided damaging testimony in 1978 that put his father and two uncles — heads of the Johnston Gang — behind bars for life.

A year earlier, he survived a hit, allegedly ordered by his father, despite being shot eight times. His girlfriend was killed in the attack.

Following sensational trials of the brothers that included tales of paid hits and stolen John Deere tractors and Chevrolet Corvettes, Bruce Jr. was placed in the witness-protection program. He had lived in Wisconsin and North Carolina.

He resurfaced last December when he was caught selling methamphetamine to an undercover cop at a McDonald's in Gap.

He was caught selling drugs several more times through January.

On Thursday, Lancaster County Judge Dennis Reinaker ordered the state-prison term after Johnston pleaded guilty to numerous felonies.

Johnston Jr. and his father were portrayed — by Sean Penn and Christopher Walken, respectively — in the hit 1986 movie, "At Close Range."

Decades removed from the criminal acts that gave the Johnstons notoriety, Johnston Jr. appeared recently in court with gray hair and beard, walking with a limp.

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2 Coal Fired Power Plants in Western Pa to Close Thanks to Obama's Regulations

10/04/13


FirstEnergy says it will close two coal-fired power plants in southwestern Pennsylvania as scheduled next week with no expectations that they will be sold or reopened under stricter environmental regulations.

"Those plants are losing money today and will lose money in the future. Our plans are not to run those units again," company president James Lash told state lawmakers at a Thursday hearing.

Lash said no potential buyers have come forward for the 370-megawatt Mitchell Power Station in Washington County or the 1,710-megawqatt Hatfield's Ferry Power Station in Greene County. He said the company has made job offers within its system to 140 of 175 union workers affected.

Members of the House Consumer Affairs Committee are considering testimony on the effects of the closures on the region's electric grid.

Valley Forge-based PJM Interconnection, which distributes electricity to Pennsylvania and 12 other states, said last month it saw "no system reliability problems" stemming from the planned Oct. 9 deactivation of the plants.

Pamela Witmer, a member of the state Public Utility Commission, testified that although FirstEnergy gave the 90 days required to review the reliability of service, she still worried that PJM might not have had enough time to assess the effects of losing 2,000 megawatts of power, which help supply 1.5 million Pennsylvania homes each year.

Michael Kormos, PJM executive first vice president of operations, said new natural gas plants in the large grid will be able to compensate for the loss of any coal-fired plants.

"We are very confident these units can retire," Kormos said

The company has cited weak demand, low electricity prices and the costs of complying with environmental regulations for the decision to close the plants.

Lash said electricity prices have dropped 10 percent from summer to fall and the cost of natural gas remains at historic low levels because of the abundance of gas from supplies, such as the Marcellus shale reserves. He said it would take $270 million to bring the plants into compliance with environmental regulations.

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Attention to Sears Automotive Management

10/04/13

Dear Sears,

What the hell is this?

David, I thought you might be interested in my experience getting new tires at Sears today. They have WIFI so I thought I would do a little shopping since it is payday. Turn out they block Midway and Brownell's because of "Weapons." Ironically, they don't block Dick's, which also sells weapons and has a store in the same mall.  See the attached screen shots.   

I mentioned my dissatisfaction to the salesman, but he was pretty dismissive. Since the tires were already installed there wasn't much I could do. I do plan to contact management and express my dismay and explain to them that next time I need service I'll be checking their WIFI access first. No access to "Weapons," no business for Sears.

They sure have fallen a long way:

We'll see if the clerk who receives my contact form inquiry is smart enough to forward it to someone smart enough to rectify things.

That's their phone number, by the way.  They've got a hell of a lot of nerve REQUIRING it just to send them a form email.

Y'know, they really don't look like they can afford to p!$$ too many customers off.


[Via Russell S]


h/t: war on guns blog

Faced With NRA Legal Action Canyon High School and Orange Unified School District Issue Apology to Student Who Wore NRA T-Shirt

10/04/13

Haley Bullwinkle, the sophomore at Canyon High School in Orange County, California, and her parents have received an unconditional apology from Michael Christensen, the Superintendent of Schools, Orange County Unified School District, for the school’s indefensible actions after attorneys from the National Rifle Association contacted the school district.  Ms. Christensen was ordered to change her NRA shirt by a school staff memberand was referred to the school counseling office by a security officer after her t-shirt was deemed to depict violence.  The full text of the memo from the school district received via email is below:

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83 reasons why Democrats and unions are turning against Obamacare

10/04/13

READ: 83 reasons why Democrats and unions are turning against Obamacare

Armed Assailants Target Anti-Obama Protesters

10/04/13

As public sentiment against Barack Obama continues to grow, more and more patriots are joining forces with a nationwide campaign to impeach the failed president. Many of these protesters join with other locals to hold signs of disapproval on overpasses across the U.S.

While opposition is to be expected with any politically charged event, one group of Georgia women recently learned just how threatening the left can be toward conservatives.

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Update: They Finally Found One – Media Swarm A Guy Who Claims He Signed Up For Obamacare – *Update* Not So Fast…It Appears To Be “coordinated”

10/04/13

…Oopsie, turns out that lucky guy Chad’s social media info reveals he “volunteers” for Obama’s “Organizing For America” , he’s President of “Walker County Young Democrats”, and his Facebook says he is paid to “promote for an advocacy group”, a comment he now says was a “joke”.

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Obama: Too many Americans blame both parties for shutdown

10/04/13

President Barack Obama repeatedly complained on Thursday that the public is skeptical about his decision to shut down the government rather than accept the GOP’s Obamacare reform proposals.

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Why "equality" must die

10/04/13

Take a look at the following list and tell me if anything strikes you:

• Prudence
  
• Justice
  
• Temperance
  
• Courage
  
• Faith
  
• Hope
  
• Charity

Viewing these, the Seven Cardinal Virtues, anything make an impression? Okay, now try the Seven Heavenly Virtues of:

• Chastity
  
• Temperance
  
• Charity
  
• Diligence
  
• Patience
  
• Kindness
  
• Humility

Anything? What strikes me is that equality is not among them.

Scour great works, such as the Bible, and you won't find much talk of equality – that is, unless you consider The Communist Manifesto a great work.


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Data, credit card numbers for 2.9 million Adobe users stolen

10/04/13

Adobe announced Thursday that it was the victim of a hack and that personal data for 2.9 million users were stolen.

The software company, known for Photoshop and other programs, said cyber attackers were able to access user information, including account IDs, encrypted passwords as well as credit and debit card numbers. The hackers were able to erase data of some Adobe users.

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Unreal: Obama Says Workers Who Shut Down a Factory Until Demands Met Would Be Fired

10/04/13

The SEIU disagrees:

Q: Can I be fired for being on strike?

A: It is illegal for the employer to fire anyone for participating in a concerted action like a strike. This means that permanent, probationary, and extra help workers including student workers are protected. Before members agree to return to work, the union will negotiate an “amnesty agreement” to protect all supporters.

Someone should tell the President.

But then, he’s never really been concerned with what’s legal and what isn’t, has he?

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Shelia Jackson Lee Suggests Govt Shutdown Drove "Poor" Capital Hill Shooter To Kill

10/04/13

Yes, the Hair Tiara went there.

source: townhall

Outrage! Assassination Attempt on Issa, Panetta, etc. Anyone Out There Care?

10/04/13

A just-published report indicates, their Islamist blood-lust apparently unslaked by the slaughter of four Americans in last year’s Libyan consulate assault, more Benghazi baddies had recently fixed the cross-hairs on Republican Congressman Darrell Issa. The California politician, chairman of the House Oversight Committee pursuing an inquiry into the September 11, 2012 terror-attack, has just returned from a fact-finding trek to the North African nation. A leaked State Department email revealed officials were deeply concerned about Issa’s safety abroad.

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13 Members of Anonymous Indicted

10/04/13

A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted 13 members of the Internet hacking group Anonymous for allegedly carrying out cyber-attacks worldwide, including targets that refused to process payments for WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy website founded by Julian Assange.

The U.S.-based members of Anonymous are accused of zeroing in on the computers of governments, trade associations, law firms, financial institutions and other institutions that oppose the philosophy of Anonymous to make all information free for everyone, regardless of copyright laws or national security considerations.

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John McAfee on Obamacare: ‘This is a hacker’s wet dream’

10/04/13

On Fox Business Network’s “Cavuto” on Wednesday, computer programmer and founder of McAfee, Inc. John McAfee said the online component of Obamacare “is a hacker’s wet dream” that will cause “the loss of income for the millions of Americans who are going to lose their identities.”

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Coming to a Theater Near You: Regulations, Mandates & Higher Ticket Prices

10/04/13

"The government is readying new regulations that will require theaters to install equipment that will enable deaf and blind patrons to enjoy the movie experience just like hearing and seeing patrons. For the seeing impaired, there are headsets that verbally narrate the action on the screen. For those with hearing loss, glasses that provide closed captioning will help them keep up with the dialogue.  This equipment requires that theaters convert to digital, which most theaters (about 90 percent) have already done, at a cost of approximately $70,000 per screen."

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Democrats crying like a spoiled wife whose husband just cut her credit card

10/04/13

$175 premium for a young, healthy student? Thanks, Obamacare!

American media outlets were finally able to track down a mythical creature — a person who actually signed up for the Obamacare exchanges online.

But that person, Chad Henderson, admitted to the Washington Post that the premium for the plan he enrolled in was $175. Ouch! Wasn’t Obamacare supposed to lower premiums?

Henderson’s going to pay a $175 premium and he won’t even receive vision or dental insurance. He has contacts, so not having vision insurance is kind of a bum deal.

Henderson, as far as we know a healthy, 21-year-old college student at Chattanooga State Community College who lives in Flintstone, Ga., and works part-time at a day-care center, did not qualify for tax credits to purchase insurance, according to the Post.

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EXCELLENT: U.S. labor machinery frozen by government shutdown

10/04/13

The federal government shutdown has begun to paralyze the legal machinery that governs many of the relationships between U.S. employers and workers.

The National Labor Relations Board, which reviews labor disputes and oversees union elections, is down to just 11 employees - with the other 1,600 sent home.

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Chris Matthews Blames White House Car Chase on Republicans

10/04/13

Reacting to a dramatic car chase in downtown Washington, DC Thursday, MSNBC host Chris Matthews jumped at the chance to blame the events on congressional Republicans.

The low-rated cable host began his coverage of the death of a woman believed to have suffered from depression with a characteristic passive-aggressive slam against conservatives.

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NY TIMES: SOUTHERN STATES RACIST FOR REJECTING MEDICAID EXPANSION

10/04/13

The New York Times, in one more effort to paint the Southern states as hotbeds of racism, estimates that two-thirds of poor blacks and single mothers will be denied health insurance under Obamacare because the Southern states refuse to expand their Medicaid programs. 

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The List of the 164 Democrats Who Blocked Funding for Veterans’ Benefits and their Twitter info

10/03/13

These 164 Democrats (no Republican voted against the bill) voted to block funding for veterans’ benefits. Ask them why.

• Andrews
• Bass
• Beatty
• Becerra
• Bishop (GA)
• Blumenauer
• Bonamici
• Brady (PA)
• Brown (FL)
• Brownley (CA)
• Butterfield
• Capps
• Capuano
• Cárdenas
• Carney
• Cartwright
• Castor (FL)
• Castro (TX)
• Chu
• Cicilline
• Clarke
• Clay
• Cleaver
• Clyburn
• Cohen
• Connolly
• Conyers
• Costa
• Courtney
• Crowley
• Cuellar
• Cummings
• Davis (CA)
• Davis, Danny
• DeFazio
• DeGette
• Delaney
• DeLauro
• Deutch
• Dingell
• Doggett
• Doyle
• Duckworth
• Edwards
• Ellison
• Engel
• Enyart
• Eshoo
• Esty
• Farr
• Fattah
• Frankel (FL)
• Fudge
• Gabbard
• Garamendi
• Grayson
• Green, Al
• Green, Gene
• Grijalva
• Gutiérrez
• Hahn
• Hanabusa
• Hastings (FL)
• Higgins
• Himes
• Holt
• Honda
• Horsford
• Hoyer
• Huffman
• Israel
• Jackson Lee
• Jeffries
• Johnson (GA)
• Johnson, E. B.
• Kaptur
• Kelly (IL)
• Kennedy
• Kildee
• Kind
• Kirkpatrick
• Kuster
• Langevin
• Larsen (WA)
• Larson (CT)
• Lee (CA)
• Levin
• Lewis
• Lofgren
• Lowenthal
• Lowey
• Lujan Grisham (NM)
• Luján, Ben Ray (NM)
• Maloney, Carolyn
• Matsui
• McCollum
• McDermott
• McGovern
• McNerney
• Meeks
• Meng
• Michaud
• Miller, George
• Moore
• Moran
• Nadler
• Napolitano
• Neal
• Negrete McLeod
• Nolan
• O'Rourke
• Pallone
• Pascrell
• Pastor (AZ)
• Payne
• Pelosi
• Perlmutter
• Pingree (ME)
• Pocan
• Price (NC)
• Quigley
• Rahall
• Rangel
• Richmond
• Roybal-Allard
• Ruppersberger
• Ryan (OH)
• Sánchez, Linda T.
• Sanchez, Loretta
• Sarbanes
• Schakowsky
• Schiff
• Schwartz
• Scott (VA)
• Scott, David
• Serrano
• Sewell (AL)
• Shea-Porter
• Sherman
• Sires
• Slaughter
• Smith (WA)
• Speier
• Swalwell (CA)
• Takano
• Thompson (CA)
• Thompson (MS)
• Titus
• Tonko
• Tsongas
• Van Hollen
• Vargas
• Veasey
• Vela
• Velázquez
• Visclosky
• Walz
• Wasserman Schultz
• Waters
• Watt
• Waxman
• Welch
• Wilson (FL)
• Yarmuth

source: Erik Soderstrom