Faced with mounting debt and looming costs from the new federal health-care law, many local governments are leaving the hospital business, shedding public facilities that can be the caregiver of last resort.
via FOXNews.com – Cash-Poor Local Governments Ditching Public Hospitals.
All you Self-employed or SMB folks read up. The new credit card regulations do NOT apply to you so get ready for the banskters to s art ripping you off as well. If you don’t have a “professional” card get ready to see a flood of credit card offers. Do what I have done and stay away from these altogether.
Banks Find A New RipOff – “Professional” Cards – MarketTicker Forums.
Following the release of over 90,000 documents by Wikileaks in July, the Pentagon found no evidence that the disclosure harmed U.S. national security or endangered American troops in the field. The Pentagon review team consists of military intelligence analysts, lawyers and others working for the Joint Chiefs of Staffs and other elements of the Defense Department.
via Sotomayor Says Court May Rule to Limit First Amendment in Response to Wikileaks.
It was actually an idea floated by the economist whose failed theories haunt us today. Read the linked article for more. It’s getting closer folks..one world currency..etc etc etc.
It’s not about tracking or expenses..at least not for the teacher’s union..look at the italicized text below. They don’t want to tie teacher’s evals to student performance. Well if your students are doing poorly it’s either the school’s fault or the teacher’s fault. I think this would give teacher’s the motivation they need to actually advocate for students instead of themselves or step aside and let some teachers that relaly care about their students in. It’s not hard to find story after story about how “poorly performing” schools get turned around once the lazy, uncaring teachers get out(and this includes the administrative staff) and some truly caring folks step in.
The Frederick County Teachers Association was not in support of the program because several of its initiatives strive to tie teacher evaluations to student achievement.
Board member Angie Fish, a Montgomery County Public Schools teacher, voiced her concern that struggling students would be the ones to pay the price if teacher evaluations were based on student achievement. She worried the system’s best teachers would abandon poorly performing schools. Teachers would want to work only with the system’s most able students.
via Race to the Top will bring changes, no cash – The Frederick News-Post Online.
AND THEY ARE WRONG! If you are in this country illegally you have the right to remain silent…and get deported or jailed. That’s because if you are here illegally you are a criminal! You aren’t even a citizen of this country…or have a valid passport or visa, etc etc etc..you are here “without documentation”..aka illegally! This means you don’t have any rights except to get out either by yourself or with the help of law enforcement.
On Wednesday, the Equal Rights Center, a national nonprofit civil rights organization based in Washington, spoke to about two dozen students of various nationalities at an English as a Second Language class at Trinity United about the rights the law provides for all immigrants to the United States.”The people need to hear that you have rights, even if you dont have documents,” Rivera said.
via Equal rights group addresses immigrants at local church – The Frederick News-Post Online.
The gov’t is going tos tart converting your 401k to bonds. Guess what happens when the US debt load(currently at over 25 trillion or more) get too big? The gov’t defaults on the bonds and your retirement is worth bupkis. Karl Denninger over at the market ticker called this last year that this nonsense would be starting. I’ve been advising my wife based on Karl’s impressive record for accuracy to put as little to nothing into that 401k as possible. It is now time to get out of 401k’s altogether. I started a forum thread over on the ticker’s site…let’s see what goes on over there.
If you ahve any eggs in cartons with the following brands you may be under this important safety recall…that continues to expand.
The recalled eggs are packaged under the following brand names: Lucerne, Albertson, Mountain Dairy, Ralph’s, Boomsma’s, Sunshine, Hillandale, Trafficanda, Farm Fresh, Shoreland, Lund, Dutch Farms and Kemps. The eggs are packed in cartons of various sizes, including 6-egg cartons, dozen-egg cartons and 18-egg cartons.
They feature Julian dates ranging from 136 to 225 and plant numbers 1026, 1413 and 1946. Dates and codes can be found stamped on the end of the egg carton. The plant number begins with the letter P and then the number. The date follows the plant number. For example: P-1946 223.
Egg recall expands to 32 million cartons in salmonella outbreak – Health – Food safety – msnbc.com.
Faith Baptist Church has been needing some technology help for a bit now. I’ve gotten to the point I do what I can but I know God is going to provide. Up comes the past week and a friend of mine in Seattle Washington. His employer, WTS Inc., is decommissioning a ton of p-4 based IBM x335 machines. Him and his employer are graciously going to donate three of the machines to the church. This is going to help us tremendously. I wanted to make sure I said Thank You to Talon and WTS inc for their ability and willingness to help FBC in our time of need..:) Head over to eccmd.com for details on what I am going to do with these machines and how I do it..:)