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Too bad Hobby Lobby didn't have this attorney and judge.
From the Detroit Free Press:
Tom Monaghan won a court order that temporarily allows him to avoid Affordable Care Act-mandated contraceptive coverage for employees at his Ann Arbor Domino's Farms property management company.
A federal court judge granted a temporary restraining order Sunday, citing a First Amendment right to freedom of religion, until a final decision is made.
Monaghan is best known as the founder of Domino's Pizza, which he sold in 1998, and the owner of the Detroit Tigers from 1983-92.
A devout Catholic who also founded Ave Maria University in Florida, Monaghan argued in a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Dec. 14 that being forced to cover his Domino's Farms staffers' contraceptives, like the Plan B and other morning-after pills, ran contrary to the tenets of his faith. "Gravely immoral practices" is how they're described in the original lawsuit.
"I'm elated," said his attorney, Erin Mersino. "This is really what (my client) sought at this point. We're happy that as of tomorrow, religious freedom won't be violated."
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Zatkoff wrote in his opinion that he was issuing the temporary restraining order because the case wouldn't be resolved before today, when the Domino's Farms health care plan year begins. http://www.freep.com/article/20130101/BUSINESS06/301010017/Monaghan-gets-court-order-against-contraceptive-coverage?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
This is a common sense issue but liberal policy makers and liberal judges still want to deny people their basic right to express their religious beliefs through their insurance policies.
1 Ocak 2013 Salı
Muslim Terrorist Thugs Strike Again
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The terrorists of the religion of peace strike again.
From the AP: Gunmen in northwest Pakistan killed five teachers and two aid workers from a non-governmental organization Tuesday as they were driving home from work. The group's director said they may have been targeted for their anti-polio work.
Militants in the past have accused health workers of acting as spies for the U.S., alleging the vaccine is intended to make Muslim children sterile. Last month, nine people working on an anti-polio vaccination campaign were shot and killed. Four of those shootings were in the northwest where Tuesday's attack took place.The attack was another reminder of the risks to women educators and aid workers from Islamic militants who oppose their work. It was in the same conservative province where militants shot and seriously wounded 15-year-old Malala Yousufzai, an outspoken young activist for girls' education, in October.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the latest shootings.In a separate attack in the southern city of Karachi, also likely to have been carried out by militants, four people were killed and dozens injured when a bomb went off just as a large political rally was dispersing.The teachers and aid workers in the northwest were killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on their way home from a community center where they worked at a medical clinic and primary school.The director of the group targeted Tuesday said he suspected that the workers were attacked because the non-governmental organization has been active in vaccination campaigns designed to wipe out polio. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PAKISTAN?SITE=NVLAS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTAnd where is the Muslim outrage from so called moderate Muslims?
From the AP: Gunmen in northwest Pakistan killed five teachers and two aid workers from a non-governmental organization Tuesday as they were driving home from work. The group's director said they may have been targeted for their anti-polio work.
Militants in the past have accused health workers of acting as spies for the U.S., alleging the vaccine is intended to make Muslim children sterile. Last month, nine people working on an anti-polio vaccination campaign were shot and killed. Four of those shootings were in the northwest where Tuesday's attack took place.The attack was another reminder of the risks to women educators and aid workers from Islamic militants who oppose their work. It was in the same conservative province where militants shot and seriously wounded 15-year-old Malala Yousufzai, an outspoken young activist for girls' education, in October.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the latest shootings.In a separate attack in the southern city of Karachi, also likely to have been carried out by militants, four people were killed and dozens injured when a bomb went off just as a large political rally was dispersing.The teachers and aid workers in the northwest were killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on their way home from a community center where they worked at a medical clinic and primary school.The director of the group targeted Tuesday said he suspected that the workers were attacked because the non-governmental organization has been active in vaccination campaigns designed to wipe out polio. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PAKISTAN?SITE=NVLAS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTAnd where is the Muslim outrage from so called moderate Muslims?
Obama Tax Hike: Payroll Tax Is Going To Hurt
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From the Las Vegas Sun: Keeping hard-earned money in the pockets of workers, President Barack Obama has been saying, is why it’s imperative Congress makes sure income tax rates don’t rise for the middle class.
“The last thing folks like the folks up here on this stage can afford right now is to pay an extra $2,000 in taxes next year,” Obama said Monday, flanked by about a dozen representatives of the middle class at the White House.
But one tax lawmakers aren’t discussing — the payroll tax — is set to increase at midnight, costing the average taxpayer about $1,000 a year....
Nowhere in the midst of the debate, however, have lawmakers been arguing over payroll tax cuts, which are set to expire at midnight and stand little to no chance of being resuscitated.
Payroll taxes are a flat tax rate that goes to fund Social Security and Medicare.
Two years ago, lawmakers included a 2 percentage point reduction in the payroll tax rate as part of a larger, two-year tax bill that extended Bush-era tax cuts for everyone.
Before the 2010 deal, payroll taxes were 6.2 percent, deducted from the first $106,800 of workers’ paychecks. Inflation raised that ceiling to $110,100 in 2012.
But for the last two years, the payroll tax rate has been 4.2 percent.
Last December, the White House and Democrats staged a campaign to preserve the expiring payroll tax cut, asking individuals to detail what the average $40-per-paycheck tax hike would mean to them. Over the course of a year, that adds up to about $1,000 lost to taxes.
Congress extended the payroll tax cut for another year.
This year, however, there is no similar campaign under way. The payroll tax cut has not been an element of any of the proposals to avert the fiscal cliff. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/dec/31/payroll-tax-hike-take-1000-bite-out-average-worker/
Chalk up another Obama tax hike. With ObamaCare and the increased payroll tax, our paychecks, those of use in the middleclass who barely make it paycheck to paycheck, there will be a lot of suffering going on.
Thanks to Obama, another tax hike courtesy of the Federal government.
“The last thing folks like the folks up here on this stage can afford right now is to pay an extra $2,000 in taxes next year,” Obama said Monday, flanked by about a dozen representatives of the middle class at the White House.
But one tax lawmakers aren’t discussing — the payroll tax — is set to increase at midnight, costing the average taxpayer about $1,000 a year....
Nowhere in the midst of the debate, however, have lawmakers been arguing over payroll tax cuts, which are set to expire at midnight and stand little to no chance of being resuscitated.
Payroll taxes are a flat tax rate that goes to fund Social Security and Medicare.
Two years ago, lawmakers included a 2 percentage point reduction in the payroll tax rate as part of a larger, two-year tax bill that extended Bush-era tax cuts for everyone.
Before the 2010 deal, payroll taxes were 6.2 percent, deducted from the first $106,800 of workers’ paychecks. Inflation raised that ceiling to $110,100 in 2012.
But for the last two years, the payroll tax rate has been 4.2 percent.
Last December, the White House and Democrats staged a campaign to preserve the expiring payroll tax cut, asking individuals to detail what the average $40-per-paycheck tax hike would mean to them. Over the course of a year, that adds up to about $1,000 lost to taxes.
Congress extended the payroll tax cut for another year.
This year, however, there is no similar campaign under way. The payroll tax cut has not been an element of any of the proposals to avert the fiscal cliff. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/dec/31/payroll-tax-hike-take-1000-bite-out-average-worker/
Chalk up another Obama tax hike. With ObamaCare and the increased payroll tax, our paychecks, those of use in the middleclass who barely make it paycheck to paycheck, there will be a lot of suffering going on.
Thanks to Obama, another tax hike courtesy of the Federal government.
Badgers In Rose Bowl, I Really Don't Care
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My alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers are playing in the Rose Bowl and this year I couldn't care less. Sure, I'll watch the game, but it's just another football game.
It used to be that the best team in the Big Ten went to play the best team in the Pac Ten. It was really quite forward, the best teams played played the best teams.
This year, at best, the Badgers are the 4th best team in the Big 10, 12, 14. Clearly, Penn State and Ohio State were better than the Badgers and it certainly can be argued that Nebraska was the better team, except they lost to the Badgers in a playoff game. Hell, the Badgers were only 4-4 in the Big 10, 12, 14.
So, the Badgers got lucky to get to the Rose bowl, but they certainly don't deserve to be there. I hope they win but I think they will be blown out. The only thing that makes this game interesting is that Barry Alverez will coach the game and he knows how to win the big, big games.
My alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers are playing in the Rose Bowl and this year I couldn't care less. Sure, I'll watch the game, but it's just another football game.It used to be that the best team in the Big Ten went to play the best team in the Pac Ten. It was really quite forward, the best teams played played the best teams.
This year, at best, the Badgers are the 4th best team in the Big 10, 12, 14. Clearly, Penn State and Ohio State were better than the Badgers and it certainly can be argued that Nebraska was the better team, except they lost to the Badgers in a playoff game. Hell, the Badgers were only 4-4 in the Big 10, 12, 14.
So, the Badgers got lucky to get to the Rose bowl, but they certainly don't deserve to be there. I hope they win but I think they will be blown out. The only thing that makes this game interesting is that Barry Alverez will coach the game and he knows how to win the big, big games.
Atlanta's Best Hotels for Business Travelers
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Going on a business trip to Atlanta? Make this business trip more enjoyable and fun. Atlanta has so much to offer and between you meetings with your client, you can also enjoy parts of Atlanta, making it a fun business trip. Squeezing leisure time on a business trip is tough but you can do so by booking the right hotel. To make a business trip, part vacation, booking the right hotel is very important. One of the main factors to booking such a hotel is determining its location. Your hotel should be centrally located, with easy access to attractions and hot spots.
For your next business trip to Atlanta, check out the hotels listed below. Am sure, staying in these hotels will offer you more time and opportunity to have fun.
InterContinental Buckhead
With easy access to Lenox Square Mall, Downtown Atlanta, Georgia Aquarium and the New World of Coca-Cola, InterContinental Buckhead is an excellent choice for business travelers. Besides its location, the hotel is also perfect to host your meeting and conferences. The hotel comes equipped with 24 hour business center equipped with all the amenities, meeting rooms and conference rooms. Plus when it comes to having fun, check out the hotel amenities such as outdoor pool, fitness facilities, restaurant, bar/lounge, health club, full service spa and so much more.
Regency Suites Hotel
Located next to the MARTA station and close to Atlanta's High Museum of Art and the Georgia Dome, Georgia Aquarium, Georgia World Congress Convention Center, Woodruff Arts Center and Buckhead, Regency Suites Hotel is centrally located as well as equipped with excellent amenities and services. Guest can also enjoy world class service and amenities including fully equipped business center, meeting rooms, Internet access and more.
The Westin Buckhead Atlanta
Situated in Buckhead, moments away from some of Atlanta’s best shopping areas, restaurants and attractions, Westin Buckhead Atlanta is perfect to work, relax and play. Guest will surely enjoy the hotel world-class facilities like the indoor pool, health club, fitness facilities, restaurant, bar and more.
For your next business trip to Atlanta, check out the hotels listed below. Am sure, staying in these hotels will offer you more time and opportunity to have fun.
InterContinental Buckhead
With easy access to Lenox Square Mall, Downtown Atlanta, Georgia Aquarium and the New World of Coca-Cola, InterContinental Buckhead is an excellent choice for business travelers. Besides its location, the hotel is also perfect to host your meeting and conferences. The hotel comes equipped with 24 hour business center equipped with all the amenities, meeting rooms and conference rooms. Plus when it comes to having fun, check out the hotel amenities such as outdoor pool, fitness facilities, restaurant, bar/lounge, health club, full service spa and so much more.
Regency Suites Hotel
Located next to the MARTA station and close to Atlanta's High Museum of Art and the Georgia Dome, Georgia Aquarium, Georgia World Congress Convention Center, Woodruff Arts Center and Buckhead, Regency Suites Hotel is centrally located as well as equipped with excellent amenities and services. Guest can also enjoy world class service and amenities including fully equipped business center, meeting rooms, Internet access and more.
The Westin Buckhead Atlanta
Situated in Buckhead, moments away from some of Atlanta’s best shopping areas, restaurants and attractions, Westin Buckhead Atlanta is perfect to work, relax and play. Guest will surely enjoy the hotel world-class facilities like the indoor pool, health club, fitness facilities, restaurant, bar and more.
31 Aralık 2012 Pazartesi
Another Democratic Town, Another City With A Huge Murder rate
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From the Detroit News: With a homicide rate among the highest in the nation, Detroit residents are more likely to be killed now than nearly 40 years ago when the city was known as the Murder Capital.
Homicides increased about 10 percent in 2012, pushing the murder rate to 53 per 100,000 residents. That's the highest among the nation's top 20 most populous cities and had Detroit neck-and-neck with New Orleans for the worst rate among cities with more than 200,000 residents.
Murders have declined nationwide for years, but by Thanksgiving, Detroit homicides in 2012 had surpassed the 344 tally for 2011. As of Sunday, there were at least 379 — putting the city on pace to have the most homicides since 2008.
With a dwindling population, that's the highest murder rate since the crack cocaine epidemic of the late 1980s, when it was about 60 per 100,000 residents. The rate is worse than 1974, when the city had a record 714 murders or 51 per 100,000 residents.
"This is a problem that just keeps festering," said retired Detroit Police Detective Dave Bashur. "It's a sad thing to see."
From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121231/METRO01/212310325#ixzz2GcaXP5iP
Wow, those Democrats just love killing off their supporters.
Homicides increased about 10 percent in 2012, pushing the murder rate to 53 per 100,000 residents. That's the highest among the nation's top 20 most populous cities and had Detroit neck-and-neck with New Orleans for the worst rate among cities with more than 200,000 residents.
Murders have declined nationwide for years, but by Thanksgiving, Detroit homicides in 2012 had surpassed the 344 tally for 2011. As of Sunday, there were at least 379 — putting the city on pace to have the most homicides since 2008.
With a dwindling population, that's the highest murder rate since the crack cocaine epidemic of the late 1980s, when it was about 60 per 100,000 residents. The rate is worse than 1974, when the city had a record 714 murders or 51 per 100,000 residents.
"This is a problem that just keeps festering," said retired Detroit Police Detective Dave Bashur. "It's a sad thing to see."
From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121231/METRO01/212310325#ixzz2GcaXP5iP
Wow, those Democrats just love killing off their supporters.
Where To Watch The Strip's Fireworks
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There are many areas of the Las Vegas valley to watch the Strip's New Years fireworks display. Since the Las valley is a valley, surrounded by mountains and their foothills, and the Strip is basically at the bottom of the valley, all you have to do is find an area taller than the Strip to watch the fireworks.
Some of the favorite places of mine are in Henderson. Horizon Ridge Parkway, from Horizon to about Gibson offer great views, however, home construction by Gibson and Horizon Ridge has taken place and we have lost some areas to watch the fireworks.
Another place is along Lake Mead Parkway, in Henderson, from Burkholder going east towards Lake Mead offers a wide, straight on view of the Strip and fireworks, probably the best view in town.
In other areas of the valley, if you live in eastern Las Vegas, Hollywood Blvd. offers a great view and in Summerlin, Freedom Park, I believe, by Bonner School also offers a nice view.
So, if you are up and want to watch the 8 minute show, just go to a place in the foothills of the mountains and watch the fireworks. Of course, a few minutes in and the fireworks are difficult to see because of all the smoke. But it certainly beats going to the Strip and fighting the drunks and the traffic.
There are many areas of the Las Vegas valley to watch the Strip's New Years fireworks display. Since the Las valley is a valley, surrounded by mountains and their foothills, and the Strip is basically at the bottom of the valley, all you have to do is find an area taller than the Strip to watch the fireworks.
Some of the favorite places of mine are in Henderson. Horizon Ridge Parkway, from Horizon to about Gibson offer great views, however, home construction by Gibson and Horizon Ridge has taken place and we have lost some areas to watch the fireworks.
Another place is along Lake Mead Parkway, in Henderson, from Burkholder going east towards Lake Mead offers a wide, straight on view of the Strip and fireworks, probably the best view in town.
In other areas of the valley, if you live in eastern Las Vegas, Hollywood Blvd. offers a great view and in Summerlin, Freedom Park, I believe, by Bonner School also offers a nice view.
So, if you are up and want to watch the 8 minute show, just go to a place in the foothills of the mountains and watch the fireworks. Of course, a few minutes in and the fireworks are difficult to see because of all the smoke. But it certainly beats going to the Strip and fighting the drunks and the traffic.
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