“Dr. Pollard’s current contract shows that she receives a $281,000 salary with a possible five percent annual bonus. In addition, she has a $3,000 housing allowance each month for her home. All of her work-related travel plus her wife’s travel costs are covered.”
The story was about Dr. DeRionne Pollard’s salary and goodies as president of Montgomery College, “the biggest junior college in the state of Maryland.”
But one aspect of the sentence – “her wife’s” -- leads one to believe Pollard might not be a fiscal conservative.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/01/junior_college_president_grotesquely_livin_large_at_taxpayer_expense.html
Link at http://ace.mu.nu/
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
The Russians are hacking! The Russ … Oh.
Washington Post Admits Its 'Russians Hacked A US Utility' Story Was 'Fake News'
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-03/washington-post-admits-its-russians-hacked-us-utility-story-was-fake-news
And – “Experts say the situation was made worse by a recent government report, which they described as a genuine effort to share information with the industry but criticized as rushed and prone to causing confusion. Authorities also were leaking information about the utility without having all the facts and before law enforcement officials were able to investigate further.”
A “recent government report” was “a genuine effort to share information” was also “rushed and prone to cause confusion.”
In newspapers, I knew writers who were convinced everything was a plot by somebody and believed their mission a genuine effort to share information. “I have documentation” was a phrase used before the conspiracist stated whatever outlandish claim followed.
The Washington Post is so ready and willing to point Republican election wins to a cause other than American voters that normal professional rules of checking sources is ignored or even unknown in the first place.
Link at http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-03/washington-post-admits-its-russians-hacked-us-utility-story-was-fake-news
And – “Experts say the situation was made worse by a recent government report, which they described as a genuine effort to share information with the industry but criticized as rushed and prone to causing confusion. Authorities also were leaking information about the utility without having all the facts and before law enforcement officials were able to investigate further.”
A “recent government report” was “a genuine effort to share information” was also “rushed and prone to cause confusion.”
In newspapers, I knew writers who were convinced everything was a plot by somebody and believed their mission a genuine effort to share information. “I have documentation” was a phrase used before the conspiracist stated whatever outlandish claim followed.
The Washington Post is so ready and willing to point Republican election wins to a cause other than American voters that normal professional rules of checking sources is ignored or even unknown in the first place.
Link at http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/
Monday, January 2, 2017
A picture on the internet ...
... read "25 seconds left."
Thought #1: Until what?
Thought #2: Should I click it?
Thought #3: No.
I'm sure the picture was placed there by Russian hackers.
Thought #1: Until what?
Thought #2: Should I click it?
Thought #3: No.
I'm sure the picture was placed there by Russian hackers.
Take out the papers and the trash
When preparing a trash bag for removal from a trash receptacle, I tie the plastic ties with two granny knots to make sure the trash inside the bag will not fall out.
Apparently, I have been Doing It All Wrong.
My wife, upon seeing me tie the first granny knot: Don’t tie it like that. (She grasped the two plastic ties and lifted the sack from the can.) Do it like this.
Me: It’s not tied at all.
Wife: No, but this way if we need to put more trash in, we won’t have to bother with trying to untie those tight knots.
Me: Why would we want to put more trash in?
Wife: Because we might see something that needs to go in the trash.
Me: If it’s full, we can’t get any more trash in it. And if it’s not full, why am I taking it out?
Wife: It’s full enough.
Some things aren’t worth getting into an argument.
Apparently, I have been Doing It All Wrong.
My wife, upon seeing me tie the first granny knot: Don’t tie it like that. (She grasped the two plastic ties and lifted the sack from the can.) Do it like this.
Me: It’s not tied at all.
Wife: No, but this way if we need to put more trash in, we won’t have to bother with trying to untie those tight knots.
Me: Why would we want to put more trash in?
Wife: Because we might see something that needs to go in the trash.
Me: If it’s full, we can’t get any more trash in it. And if it’s not full, why am I taking it out?
Wife: It’s full enough.
Some things aren’t worth getting into an argument.
If you see this headline or blurb
'Russia Hacks U.S. Elections'
You are reading or watching fake news. CNN, MSNBC ...
You are reading or watching fake news. CNN, MSNBC ...
‘ISIS seeking to launch mass-casualty chemical attacks in Europe’
Yeah, no doubt. If ISIS suicidy bombers had the chemicals to do such.
Not a headline from 1942: ‘Hitler seeking to nuke Leningrad, Moscow.’
Yeah, if he’d had nukes, he would have used them. No doubt about that.
ISIS and Adolph WMDs are in the same neighborhood as web sites that proclaim “If the Germans had had these airplanes for real instead of only on the drawing boards …”
Yep. And if the US and Britain had stopped bombing Nazi airplane factories and fuel facilities and chemical facilities and railroads and airfields long enough for the Germans to produce super weapons …
Story on ISIS: http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/ISIS-seeking-to-launch-mass-casualty-chemical-attacks-in-Europe-477132?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Link at http://directorblue.blogspot.com/
Not a headline from 1942: ‘Hitler seeking to nuke Leningrad, Moscow.’
Yeah, if he’d had nukes, he would have used them. No doubt about that.
ISIS and Adolph WMDs are in the same neighborhood as web sites that proclaim “If the Germans had had these airplanes for real instead of only on the drawing boards …”
Yep. And if the US and Britain had stopped bombing Nazi airplane factories and fuel facilities and chemical facilities and railroads and airfields long enough for the Germans to produce super weapons …
Story on ISIS: http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/ISIS-seeking-to-launch-mass-casualty-chemical-attacks-in-Europe-477132?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Link at http://directorblue.blogspot.com/
Sunday, January 1, 2017
Searching ‘Obamacare success stories’
But didn’t find any. The Facebook site is nothing but fear and despair pieces about how Trump and Republicans intend to end health care for 12 million Americans. Or maybe 12 million residents of the United States.
https://www.facebook.com/acasuccessstories/
If you go to obamacarefacts.com, the first thing that pops up is “How to enroll in Obama Care.” Then there are stories (reportedly from users), a few good, some not so good.
Then there is http://http://www.acasuccess.com/ same as the Facebook site.
Motherjones.com has “a Huge and Undercovered Obamacare Success Story,” which I thought would be a “This is what happened to me” type thing, but wasn’t. Just numbers and opinion.
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/02/heres-huge-and-undercovered-obamacare-success-story
And then there is this: “Health insurance amounts to a guess about how much customers’ health care is going to cost in the long run, and in many states Obamacare health insurers guessed wrong.”
http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2016/07/obamacare-exchanges-states-north-carolina-000162
(The quote comes a little after blaming “Republican saboteurs” protecting insurance companies, so …)
https://www.facebook.com/acasuccessstories/
If you go to obamacarefacts.com, the first thing that pops up is “How to enroll in Obama Care.” Then there are stories (reportedly from users), a few good, some not so good.
Then there is http://http://www.acasuccess.com/ same as the Facebook site.
Motherjones.com has “a Huge and Undercovered Obamacare Success Story,” which I thought would be a “This is what happened to me” type thing, but wasn’t. Just numbers and opinion.
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/02/heres-huge-and-undercovered-obamacare-success-story
And then there is this: “Health insurance amounts to a guess about how much customers’ health care is going to cost in the long run, and in many states Obamacare health insurers guessed wrong.”
http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2016/07/obamacare-exchanges-states-north-carolina-000162
(The quote comes a little after blaming “Republican saboteurs” protecting insurance companies, so …)
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