Heres the question. Why do these kids come back to schools and commit these atrocities? Its simple, Pay back, for the way they were treated with drugs during elementary school. We’re a stupid country , and there is no cure for stupid. Fight fire with fire! And stop drugging these kids. Its to bad they [...]
"Come Jan. 1, there is a threat that milk prices could rise to $6 to $8 a gallon if Congress does not pass a new farm bill that amends farm policy dating back to the Truman presidency. Without last-minute Congressional action, the government would have to follow an antiquated 1949 farm law that would force the government to buy milk at wildly inflated prices, creating higher prices in the dairy case. Milk now costs an average of $3.65 a gallon. Higher prices would be based on what dairy farm production costs were in 1949, when milk production was almost all done by hand." Continue reading →
"China’s state-run television network shocked viewers by broadcasting 'V for Vendetta', an anarchist-themed film showing an uprising against an authoritarian government. Chinese Internet users expressed surprise after watching the broadcast, circulating subversive lines from the movie including: 'The people should not be afraid of the government, the government should be afraid of the people.' The film was once banned in mainland China, the state-run China Youth Daily reported, and was not shown in Chinese cinemas." Continue reading →
"The Christian-inspired group 'Almighty God' has been accused of spreading doomsday rumours apparently linked to the ancient Mayan Long Count calendar and urging followers to slay the 'red dragon' of communism, state media reports said. Close to 1,000 followers of the sect, which state-run media labels an 'evil cult' – the same description it applies to the banned Falun Gong group – have been held in a nationwide crackdown that began last week, state-run CCTV reported." Continue reading →
"The household price for heating oil in Greece reached 1,266 euros per 1,000 liters (264 gallons) in the second quarter of 2012, surging 48 percent from a year earlier, according to the International Energy Agency. Greeks pay both excise and value-added taxes on heating oil that can make up 42 percent of the total cost. Greece’s oil prices are high because of laws that protect the country’s two refining companies and prevent competition, said Pavlos Eleftheriadis, a lecturer in law at the University of Oxford in England, who studies monopolies. 'The Greek political system works for the insiders,' said Eleftheriadis, a native of Greece." Continue reading →
"The president of Ecuador’s central bank, Pedro Delgado, resigned late Wednesday after admitting he faked having a university degree. Mr. Delgado, a cousin of President Rafael Correa, also resigned from his administrative posts with other state agencies. 'I committed an error, a serious error 22 years ago. I made a mistaken decision in order to reach an academic goal. I made mistake and I am paying the price now,' he said." Continue reading →
We usually send our Annual Buy Michigan Issue earlier in the season but a “lame duck” this year caused the delay. However, these Michigan business may be patronized year round not just during Christmas. Buying Michigan not only helps our economy but also helps our fellow Michigan business owners But before we get to …
"Influential US wine critic Robert Parker is moving the headquarters of his newsletter to Singapore after selling a major stake to investors based in the city-state, a report said. Parker told the Wall Street Journal he intends to step down as editor-in-chief of The Wine Advocate and phase out its print edition, giving oversight to his Singapore-based Asia correspondent, Lisa Perrotti-Brown. 'The Asian market has come of age in the last decade or so, and it would be unrealistic not to expect to be part of it,' he said. He declined to name his new investors but described them as 'young visionaries' in financial services and information technology based in Singapore." Continue reading →
"Since 2010, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Department of Labor have been holding combined hearings on various plans designed to introduce government-mandated retirement plans and investment options, including government annuities invested primarily in U.S. Treasury debt, into the private retirement savings market. With the issuance of the White House 256-page Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2013, the Obama administration endorsed 'Automatic IRAs,' in which private companies would be automatically enrolled into government-mandated IRAs, forcing those businesses to contribute on behalf of their employees unless an employee opts out." Continue reading →
"Non-American buyers accounted for $82 billion in home sales last year. More than $7 billion of that is by the Chinese, who are now the second largest foreign home purchasers after Canadians. They're buying high-end, multimillion-dollar homes from California to New York and paying cash. While some of the Chinese buyers live in the U.S. full or part-time, realtors estimate about 40 percent of the homes are for investments. They're snapping up houses in states hit hard by foreclosures such as Nevada and Florida. Some are buying two or three homes at a time. Buyers from China also invested almost $2 billion in commercial property in 2011." Continue reading →