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Schools Advocate Need For Violence
BigGovernment.com from Andrew Breitbart has a video of a professor and a self-proclaimed communist union official jointly giving a class on Violent Union Tactics. The schools, the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) and the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), were conducting the joint class and are public institutions funded by tax payers.
In the class, the Professors not only advocate the occasional need for violence and industrial sabotage, they outline specific tactics that can be used. As one of our colleagues pointed out, its the matter-of-factness of it all that is so disturbing.
What is your son or daughter learning in college that you may be paying for? Does the college undermine your beliefs?
First Wisconsin, Next Michigan?
The Detroit News reports this about Detroit Public Schools.
State education officials have ordered Robert Bobb to immediately implement a financial restructuring plan that balances the district’s books by closing half of its schools, swelling high school class sizes to 60 students and consolidating operations.
There’s one key paragraph in the story that echos Wisconsin:
Last week, state Sen. Phil Pavlov, R-St. Clair Township, proposed a bill that would give the emergency financial manager the power to cancel government or teacher union contracts. Detroit Public Schools spends nearly two-thirds of its budget on personnel costs, or $677 million a year.
The days of affordable government are over!
5 Ways To Tackle The Gold Market
Without a doubt the most polarizing and talked about commodity is the precious metal, GOLD. For some traders it encompasses their entire portfolio, but for others it can seem quite daunting.
Next week (December 2nd @ 4PM EST/8PM GMT) our own gold bug and MarketClub co-founder, Adam Hewison will demystify this popular commodity and analyze some of the most popular ways to trade this metal.
Whether you’re a veteran gold bug or looking to start trading this popular precious metal, this webinar is for you. Adam will be looking at some of the most commonly asked questions like:
- How is the spot gold price determined?
- Why are there so many ways to trade gold?
- Do some gold markets have more risk than others?
- Is there an advantage to trading a gold future vs. a gold ETF vs. a gold stock?
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We hope to see you there!
The MarketClub Team
A Muslim Holiday For Our Kids???
Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, apparently in Boston, Mass., has decided to close school for a Muslim holiday.
In a move that school officials believe is the first of its kind in the state, Cambridge will close schools for one Muslim holiday each year beginning in the 2011-2012 school year.
The school will either close for Eid al-Fitr or Eid al-Adha, also known as the Festival of Sacrifice, depending on which holiday falls within the school year. If both fall within the school calendar, the district will close for only one of the days.
Name me one Jewish holiday that closes public schools in Portland or even Oregon.
Actually, this might be a great idea. We have a holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. How about an Hispanic day off? There are many Japanese people in Oregon. How about a national day of mourning for all those incarcerated during WWII? We have many Chinese living here as evidenced by China Town. How about a day off for Chinese New Year?
I’m not in favor of granting special favors to any holiday of Islam and I’m not in favor of any new holidays that will take our kids away from learning. If you want a Muslim holiday, why not one on 9/11 to mourn those killed by Muslims who now want to build a mosque at ground zero!
“The Cartel”
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Obama And Kitzhaber: Two Losers
Here’s PJTV’s Nick Gillespie on Obama and education. In Oregon Kitzhaber gets the majority of his support from unions. Do you think it will be any different here dealing with union pension problems if Kitzhaber is elected?
PERS Rates To Go Up!
Did you read Ted Sickinger’s article about Oregon’s Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) in OregonLive friday?
…the PERS board (was told) Friday that systemwide, the payroll rates paid by cities, counties, school districts and state agencies to cover their employees’ pension and health care benefits will more than double in 2011, from their current level 5.2 percent of payroll to 10.8 percent of payroll.
When “cities, counties, school districts and state agencies” have to pay more, you know whoelse has to pay more? That’s right the Oregon taxpayer!
Mish Shedlock has a comment at:
Oregon’s Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) in Deep Trouble, Taxpayers on the Hook
Question: Which of the two running for Governor of Oregon is more beholden to the public employee unions?
