Living On the Diagonal

$1 BILLION SURPLUS VANISHES, GOV SNYDER SUFFERS MISHAP WHILE MICHIGAN HITS A POTHOLE WITH $259 $325 MILLION  DEFICIT! On Saturday, January 17, 2015, prior to the Governor's State of the State address, WDIV - TV (Detroit) reported the Truth in their early morning newscast. In a "oh, by the way" manner the anchor read that reports from Governor Rick Snyder's administration and John Roberts of the Department of Management & Budget that Michigan now faces HUGE BUDGET DEFICIT for 2015. At first it was reported to be $259 M and later that same afternoon Budget Director John Roberts revised the deficit upwards of $325 M .  Would You Purchase New Water Lines to Your Home from this Man? You will not  did not find this story on the front page of The Detroit Free Press, Detroit New s or the Lansing Herald. Why was this financial crisis looming for weeks kept under wraps? One, the November election was less than two weeks away and you know how the Liberal Ne

January 11, 2015 Millions of French Answer Hollande's Call for Unity in Face of Terrorism! New Questions, Criticism Arise PARIS --   Up to Three Million French   Assemble in Paris and across France united as one condemning recent acts of terrorism. Last week two  brothers raided the offices of the satirical magazine   Charlie   Hebdo   and a second bloodbath followed with a horrendous attack upon a supermarket in a Jewish neighborhood. The march led by the families of the victims and numbers of "ordinary citizens" swelled to 1.6 million in Paris.    The march began at the   Place   de   la   Republique   and concluded in the   Place   de   la Nation   as seen  in BBC   photographs and video.  I was totally blown away (metaphorically) to learn that this moment in a long history of French patriotism surpassed the throngs of people who celebrated the liberation of Paris from the Nazis in World War II.  This   monumental tribute  to the French people repr

THOUGHT CATALOG                                                             January 7, 2015                                                            18 HOURS AGO Bill Clinton Apparently Hob-Nobbed With Pedophile Slavers, Really Though (No Basis of Truth) 1 By James B. Barnes Two versions of this article just appeared on-line accusing former President Bill Clinton of having a history of at least “casual” friendships with alleged and some convicted pedophiles. This irresponsible confluence of the facts defies any relativity in adherence to journalistic efficacy. One of alleged pedophiles upon conviction now comes forward that he took advantage of his connection to the former President as a “friend” based upon two brief meetings! Did he shake his hand in some reception line? Can you imagine this piece of garbage sliding across the desk of Washington Post Editor Bill Bradley , or a television prompter before the most trustworthy CBS Walter Cronkite ?  The fi