A collection of interesting articles and discussion from around the Internet
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Monday, December 3, 2012
Monday, November 12, 2012
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
How to curb 'staggering waste' in health care
Phillip K Howard argues that health courts could cut a staggering amount of waste from the health care system but that they have been blocked so far because trial lawyers have tremendous sway with democrats.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Is it time to re-think stop and frisk?
A young Harlem resident caught cops on audio during a stop and frisk, he was roughed up a bit and told he was stopped because he's "a mutt". Clearly this isn't how we want our police force to act. What should we do about it.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Friday, October 12, 2012
Cop Punches woman in face, Mayor apologizes
Cop floors a philadelphian woman during a Puerto Rican parade because he mistakenly thinks she threw beer on him (she didn't). As you can see in this youtube video he punches her to the face and handcuffs her. That led the mayor to apologize to the woman in person. You do have to wonder though if this wasn't caught on tape, what would have happened?
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Monday, October 1, 2012
Friday, September 28, 2012
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Monday, September 3, 2012
Monday, August 27, 2012
Ambulance chasers: there's an an App for that
From an excellent blog about product liability it appear's that there is now an app for the ambulance chaser
Monday, August 20, 2012
Paralyzed Cop suing Glock after his 3 year old shot him
Who is at fault when you leave your loaded gun out and your toddler finds it? The Gun Manufacturer of course. Thanks to the people at www.commongood.org for finding articles like this
Friday, August 17, 2012
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Thursday, August 9, 2012
The Case for Gun Control
The Case for gun control. After recent shootings in Colorado and Wisconsin, should we renew the talks on gun control?
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Monday, July 23, 2012
Friday, July 20, 2012
Lawsuit puts company out of business
Frivolous Lawsuit puts company and 117 good american jobs, out of business, all so that trial lawyers can get rich and that a stupid guy can get money for being grossly negligent
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Worthwhile Charity: Kiva
A Worthwhile Charity that microfinances people all over the world and has loaned over $300 million dollars world wide.
It is worth Checking out!
It is worth Checking out!
Labels:
Charity,
Common Good,
foundation,
kiva,
Loans,
microfinance,
non profit,
non-profit
Location:
Madison, WI, USA
Monday, July 9, 2012
Friday, July 6, 2012
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Monday, June 25, 2012
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Will Miami prevent this man from helping young men?
Will Miami county prevent a former rapper from helping young men because he used to rap with profane language about sex? Does this even make sense? An excellent article in Sports Illustrated this week.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
CNN: Bad Teacher that can't be fired
A 5 minute CNN video about a bad teacher that can't be fired, the teacher instructed 8th graders to take off their shirts and their bras in their class. Has been accused of being sexually inappropriate with female coworkers. But she hasn't been fired, and the state is struggling to fire her.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Monday, May 7, 2012
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Why For Profit Schools are a scam
Lets spend the first week in May looking at different ways for profit colleges are a scam: Cracked.com has a humorous article that makes serious points about these advertisments
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Monday, April 23, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Grandma Sues Apple after walking into door
Grandma Sues Apple after walking into glass door: why are these cases taken seriously?
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Thursday, April 12, 2012
A great Story from the New York Rangers
If it seems like all athletes do is make money and act ungrateful then you probably haven't heard this story. A great piece about the New York Rangers coach and his contact with a 10 year old boy that has Cerebal Palsy and happens to be a giant hockey fan.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Violence Interrupters
Ameena Matthews appeared on the Colbert Report to talk about her project to stop violence in Chicago. Frontline aired a two hour documentary on her and her group, and their mission of peace. If you don't know who she is, you should.
Friday, April 6, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Incarceration Nation
Recently Pat Robertson has called for an end to the criminalization of Marijuana and has pointed to the fact that the US has nearly 10 times the incarceration rate as other developed countries and three times that of crime ridden countries like Brazil and Mexico
Friday, March 30, 2012
ADA: putting people out of business
Some lawyers use the American with Disabilities Act to sue small businesses and force them into settlements for some lawyers its great business, but it is a raw deal for the rest of us.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Trayvon Martin: Why aren't we discussing Black on Black Crime?
A Case of a Hispanic Man shooting a black teen has captivated the nation, but why isn't anyone discussing the far more prevalent problem of Black on Black crime?
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Should the Courts Be Allowed to Repeal Obsolete Law?
Should the Courts Be Allowed to Repeal Obsolete Law?: an excellent interview in the Atlantic
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
Health Department Run Amok
Health Department Run Amok, ruins nice evening forces food to be thrown out
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Friday, March 16, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Friday, March 2, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Socialism
An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan". All grades will be averaged and everyone will receive the same grade so no one will fail and no one will receive an A.... (substituting grades for dollars - something closer to home and more readily understood by all). After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little. The second test average was a D! No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F. As the tests proceeded, the scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else. To their great surprise, ALL FAILED and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed. It could not be any simpler than that. (Please pass this on) Remember, there IS a test coming up. The 2012 elections. These are possibly the 5 best sentences you'll ever read and all applicable to this experiment: 1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. 2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. 3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. 4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it! 5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation. |
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Autism Fear Persists
Autism Fears Persist, despite the excellent safety record, thank you Jenny McCarthy
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Department of Unintended consequences
Spirit airlines is charging passengers a $2 fee on all flights and labeling it a fee on Department of Transportation of unintended consequences in response to the new rule that prohibits charging a fee for reservation cancellation.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Jon Stewart: Fair? or Liberal Hack?
Jon Stewart "interviews" Elizabeth Warren the Democrat running for Senate in Mass. (aka he gushes over her) and when he "interviews" Jim Demint Republican Senator of South Carolina (aka interrupts him constantly and doesn't let Senator Demint fully explain himself).
Monday, February 13, 2012
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Komen backlash is disgusting
Planned Parenthood has thrown its weight around and taken a shot across the bow to everyone 'don't mess with us', even if you happen to be a charity that has a sole purpose of raising money to fight breast cancer.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Missouri State Government trying to tackle outdated regulations
Missouri state government is attempting to unclog some useless regulation from its books in the hopes of making lives easier on small business in the state
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Liberal Media Bias: Sins of Omissions
When the media reports with Bias, it doesn't report things incorrectly, but it instead uses sins of omission. For example the majority of the money of the Bush Tax Cuts benefitted the rich, and this was widely reported in the media. However the Bush Tax Cuts actually make the tax code more progressive because it lowers the tax rates for poor and middle class and results in the rich paying a higher percentage of taxes. That second fact was left out of a lot of media reporting.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Niggardly: political correctness
An oldie but a goodie from Tony Snow: when people where clamoring for an apology from a DC staffer for correctly using the word 'niggardly' Tony Snow correctly points out that "they are actually calling on him to apologize for their ignorance.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Why isn't their more industry in America?: Obama rejects Keystone Pipeline.
If you are curious as to why there aren't more Jobs in America, it could be in part to the fact that government red tape and endless review causes companies to move overseas where they can make decisions quickly and adapt to an ever changing market place. The Obama Administration rejected the Keystone Pipeline stating that they didn't have enough time to review the project.
Title IX hurting middle school boys
In some areas, like Pittsburgh, there aren't enough girls to field a basketball team for 5th and 6th graders, the solution to the problem (so that the schools stay title IX compliant) is to not allow the boys to play if the girls don't want to, all in the name of fairness. I'm all for letting girls play sports, but should we deny boys the opportunity to play sports if their female counterparts don't want to?
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
NCAA Basketball Player taken advantage of
A Center from the St. Joseph's Basketball team has been denied a waiver from his coach to play at UAB, his coach is hiding from the media and refuses to explain why he won't let his former player play somewhere else it has led some sportswriters to wonder what is St. Joe's doing and why is it stonewalling everyone. I have wondered that myself and have emailed the coach cariano@sju.edu, and I recommend that you do as well.
Call for Civility
The Daily Show interviews the president of the National Conference for Editorial Writers whose organization is calling for civility in political debate called the Tea Party a group of "Terrorists", John Oliver of the Daily Show tries to point out the irony to her.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Trending: Phone Stacking
New Trend: When out to dinner, people stack their cell phones on the center of the table, the first person to check their phone pays the bill, it is a move to encourage people to talk to each other instead of checking their electronic devices
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
Putting Country First
Jon Huntsman: Putting Country First. Huntsman was criticized by Romney for serving as ambassador to China under a democrat, Huntsman said that he was proud to serve his country and that he would always put his country first.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
The Deceptive income of Doctors
The Deceptive Income of Doctors: when you take into account their time spent training and the massive amount of debt they take on, the income of doctors isn't what it seems.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Conceal and Carry: 15 years
A US marine asked a security guard at the Empire state building where he could check his gun: he is a registered gun owner is his home state and tried his best to read up on the laws of the state of New York that he was visiting, but he now faces a 3.5 to 15 years if convicted.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Santorum in Iowa?
Will Former Senator Rick Santorum overcome his google problem and win the Iowa Caucus today?
Monday, January 2, 2012
Sunday, January 1, 2012
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