Monday, October 13, 2014
Yuck: 83% of nation's schools report more lunches dumped by kids
◼ As school children continue to protest Michelle Obama’s push for healthier lunches by dumping their full trays into garbage bins, the nation’s school boards are joining in to demand that the Obama administration let them off the hook of serving the costly and tasteless meals. - Paul Bedard/Washington Examiner
When they raised taxes two years ago, they said it was because they needed more money for the colleges. Now, CSU administrators have been exposed for spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on parties and alcohol.
◼ Fancy parties, alcohol, $7,000 season tickets to the Hollywood Bowl, and top LA restaurants are a number of things this donated money is paying for. - CBS LA via Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
...the discovery of how CSU administratorsare spending large amounts of donated money, meant to benefit the universities, is shocking.
CBS2 investigative reporter David Goldsten found hundreds of thousands of dollars, donated with the intention of supporting students’ educations and benefiting the schools, yet being spent by administrators on amusements.
Fancy parties, alcohol, $7,000 season tickets to the Hollywood Bowl, and top LA restaurants are a number of things this donated money is paying for.
The money comes in from private donations, including alumni, and is funneled through non-profit foundations, located on every Cal State campus.
After examining the tax returns, millions of dollars were found in contributions and grants.
While some of this money did go to student aid, thousands of pages of receipts revealed plenty of surprising charges.
...the discovery of how CSU administratorsare spending large amounts of donated money, meant to benefit the universities, is shocking.
CBS2 investigative reporter David Goldsten found hundreds of thousands of dollars, donated with the intention of supporting students’ educations and benefiting the schools, yet being spent by administrators on amusements.
Fancy parties, alcohol, $7,000 season tickets to the Hollywood Bowl, and top LA restaurants are a number of things this donated money is paying for.
The money comes in from private donations, including alumni, and is funneled through non-profit foundations, located on every Cal State campus.
After examining the tax returns, millions of dollars were found in contributions and grants.
While some of this money did go to student aid, thousands of pages of receipts revealed plenty of surprising charges.
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California,
College,
College Tuition,
Education,
Govt. waste,
Spending
MATTERA’S CONFRONTATION WITH REID PIVOTS CRANKY SENATOR TO RETIREMENT
◼ Former Human Events editor and the current brains and brawn behind The Daily Surge Jason Mattera is a fearless journalist–operating in a town where other journalists sprinkle fear on their morning Corn Flakes. - Neil W. McCabe/HUMAN EVENTS
Mattera’s video of his confrontation with Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D.-Nev.) is an example of his taking on the people in power and asking what no one else will ask, face-to-face.
In the video, released to coincide with his new book “Crapitalism,” illustrates nicely how comfortable Reid and the Democrats have become basking in the warm glow a supportive press. When the goons in Reid’s protection detail rough up the reporter asking how Reid became a wealthy man, while spending his adult life as a public servant, the majority leader does not turn around to call off his dogs.
Rather, he keeps shuffling along, not even turning to see what the noise is about as one goon shoves Mattera up against a wall.
Oh, the alley where this took place? Actually, it was a hallway in the U.S. Capitol.
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Cronyism,
Harry Reid,
NEW Media,
Push Back,
Senate,
Truth to Power,
WEALTH
"Over 100 children have been orphaned in my community alone." Ebola – as seen through the eyes of a 13-year-old from Sierra Leone
◼ As the virus shows no sign of halting its relentless march, Bintu Sannoh describes its devastating impact on her community - Bintu Sannoh/The Guardian
Ebola is not a pleasing name to me. In fact, I hate even to hear the word – it has destroyed my family and education. Life was hard but OK: I live with my aunt and many family members in a big compound; we have always been poor but there was happiness. But now we are terrified. Too many people, friends and families, have died and are still dying. And the number of orphans increases on a daily basis....
...in early August, the situation changed. The government banned all movements in and out of Kenema and Kailahun districts. This hurt everyone, not just those with Ebola, as almost everything came to a standstill. We were trapped – and still are. My aunt, who used to go to the trade fair to buy local goods at low prices, could no longer travel. We had less money at home – like everyone apart from the rich people who Aunty said made money because of high prices....
In less than two weeks, 17 people died from five households, with nine more admitted to hospital....
Our community was quarantined from the rest of town and we were told that no one could leave or enter for 21 days. We were surrounded by police and military: it was scary as no one could buy or sell from within the “isolation”, nor could any business people come in to sell. People who attempted to sneak out, in need of food, were forced by the guards to return.
Even though my aunt had been discharged from the hospital, she was too weak to go in search for food or prepare any for the family so we really suffered from hunger. No one brought us food or water for the first two weeks of isolation. In the third week, a charity group brought bulgur, oil and beans.
We refused to eat the bulgur though, because it gives you a runny tummy; and if you have a runny tummy and are in an isolation zone they will definitely say you have Ebola and may take you away....
Ebola is not a pleasing name to me. In fact, I hate even to hear the word – it has destroyed my family and education. Life was hard but OK: I live with my aunt and many family members in a big compound; we have always been poor but there was happiness. But now we are terrified. Too many people, friends and families, have died and are still dying. And the number of orphans increases on a daily basis....
...in early August, the situation changed. The government banned all movements in and out of Kenema and Kailahun districts. This hurt everyone, not just those with Ebola, as almost everything came to a standstill. We were trapped – and still are. My aunt, who used to go to the trade fair to buy local goods at low prices, could no longer travel. We had less money at home – like everyone apart from the rich people who Aunty said made money because of high prices....
In less than two weeks, 17 people died from five households, with nine more admitted to hospital....
Our community was quarantined from the rest of town and we were told that no one could leave or enter for 21 days. We were surrounded by police and military: it was scary as no one could buy or sell from within the “isolation”, nor could any business people come in to sell. People who attempted to sneak out, in need of food, were forced by the guards to return.
Even though my aunt had been discharged from the hospital, she was too weak to go in search for food or prepare any for the family so we really suffered from hunger. No one brought us food or water for the first two weeks of isolation. In the third week, a charity group brought bulgur, oil and beans.
We refused to eat the bulgur though, because it gives you a runny tummy; and if you have a runny tummy and are in an isolation zone they will definitely say you have Ebola and may take you away....
Labels:
disease,
Ebola,
International News
Company Fined for Illegally Dumping Aborted Babies Given Ebola Waste Disposal DOT Contract
◼ link - CNS News
While the government is giving Stericycle a lot of leeway for how to dispose of the Ebola-infected waste in Texas, the company has a history of improper disposal of medical waste.
The pro-life group Repent America at StopStericycle.com wrote that in 2011, Stericycle was fined for illegally dumping aborted remains into a landfill:
While the government is giving Stericycle a lot of leeway for how to dispose of the Ebola-infected waste in Texas, the company has a history of improper disposal of medical waste.
The pro-life group Repent America at StopStericycle.com wrote that in 2011, Stericycle was fined for illegally dumping aborted remains into a landfill:
Stericycle was also fined over $42,000 in 2011 after the company was found to be illegally dumping aborted babies into a municipal landfill in Austin, Texas with household and commercial garbage. The Texas Commission of Environmental Quality (TCEQ) found Stericycle liable for “failure to prevent the disposal of treated fetuses at a municipal solid waste landfill” and “failure to comply with permit conditions.”Stericycle came under fire last April in Oregon after the county commission discovered that the remains of aborted babies had been fueling the local power plant.
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Ebola
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