Two 'unaccompanied minors' aka Illegal aliens carjack elderly man in Iowa

On Wednesday, police arrested two Guatemalan nationals, ages 16 and 17, following a high speed chase which ended on Interstate 80, just outside Iowa City.

Around 6 a.m., the pair walked out of Maryville Academy in Des Plaines, Ill., and committed their first carjacking of the day. They then drove 165 miles to a Walmart in Moline, Iowa, where they ordered a 91-year-old man out of his car, according to police.

Moline Police Det. Scott Williams stated: "They obviously chose him to take his vehicle. He walked with a cane. They watched him go in and get his medication from the VA."

The illegal aliens smashed into a car on the way out of the parking lot, driving another 220 miles in the stolen vehicle, until so-called 'stop sticks' were thrown in their path by Iowa state troopers. Their actions were captured on store surveillance video.  The two suspects came to the U.S. in the recent surge of illegal aliens flooding across our border from Central America and Mexico.

The Daily Mail reported:

The teens had been transferred to the Illinois facility after crossing the US-Mexico border as unaccompanied minors and requesting asylum in the United States.

Maryville Academy is a residential facility for at-risk and mentally-ill youths. The U.S. Health and Human Services agency has sent a number of so-called "unaccompanied minors" to the facility in the last several months.

Though U.S. Border Patrol agents have reported that many of the more than 60,000 minors who have come to this country illegally over the last several months, are gang members, Obama administration policy demands that they be allowed to enter. Many of these teens have been identified as members of the hyper-violent Latin American gang known as MS-13.

Wednesday's incidents have reportedly prompted federal officials to order a "security assessment" at all facilities currently housing illegal aliens.

Yes This Is Real! Appeals Court To Decide If Chimpanzees Should Be Declared ‘Persons’

We abort our unborn and declare animals as persons?  We truly do live in a backwards world.

A New York appeals court will decide whether chimpanzees should be declared “persons” rather than “things” so the animals can be freed from what critics call inhumane imprisonment.

Attorney Steven Wise argued Wednesday on behalf of Tommy, who lives alone in a cage in upstate Fulton County. A trial level judge refused a request by Wise and his Nonhuman Rights Project to have Tommy released to join other chimps at a Florida sanctuary.

Wise argues that animals with human qualities, such as chimps, deserve basic rights, including freedom from imprisonment. He’s also seeking the release of three other chimps in New York.

Tommy’s owner, Patrick Lavery of Gloversville, said the chimpanzee is happy and has cable TV and a stereo for entertainment. He didn’t appear in court or submit documents.

Report Says Sexual Harassment High For Waitresses

Here we go again with those wanting to increase the minimum wage with out having to educate or apply themselves.

Waitresses complaining of  sexual harassment 

According to a report in today's Detroit Free Press, some 90% of women in restaurant jobs that depend on tips report being bothered at work by some form of sexual harassment, according to a scathing report on the restaurant industry out Tuesday.

It is particularly a problem, the report says, for women restaurant workers in states where tipped jobs have the lower federal minimum wage of $2.13. The federal minimum for non-tipped workers is $7.25. Both are higher in many states.

"We need to eliminate the sub-minimum wage for tipped workers in the United States," says Saru Jayaraman, co-director and co-founder of the non-profit restaurant worker's group, Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC) United, which oversaw the 34-page report, "The Glass Floor: Sexual Harassment in the Restaurant Industry.

Could it perhaps be how some women in the restaurant industry dress or conduct themselves during the meal.  In order to get a large tip many women will flirt with the man or men of the table.  I personally have experienced having waitresses flirt with me to get the big check and much to my displeasure when I am sitting with a female date across from me

Woman Issues Herself Her Own Death Sentence, Plans To Kill Herself Nov 1st

At age 29, Brittany Maynard has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, traveled around the world and just married the man she loves. And now she's chosen to die on Nov. 1.

After getting married, Maynard sought help in January for increasingly intense headaches. In April she was diagnosed with stage 4 glioblastoma, the deadliest of all brain cancers in a very advanced stage.

Her doctors gave her 6 months to live, and said her death would be slow and very painful.

"My glioblastoma is going to kill me, and that's out of my control," she told People magazine. "I've discussed with many experts how I would die from it, and it's a terrible, terrible way to die. Being able to choose to go with dignity is less terrifying."

After her diagnosis and decision to end her life. Maynard moved from San Francisco to Oregon, which allows doctors to provide euthanasia services for the terminally ill. On Monday she plans to launch a publicity campaign with the nonprofit Compassion & Choices, explaining her decision and to fight for an expansion of death-with-dignity laws in the United States.

She chose Nov. 1 so she could celebrate her husband's birthday on Oct. 30.

When Maynard passes on Nov. 1, she will do so in the bedroom she shares with her husband. By her side will be her mother, stepfather, husband and best friend (who is also a physician)

Obama Booed at Michigan State Spartan's Stadium During Football Game Against Nebraska

According to reports on Twitter and from several individuals who called into the Rush Limbaugh Show on Monday, President Obama was enthusiastically booed when he appeared in a public service announcement shown on the scoreboard video screen at Michigan State University during Saturday’s football game against Nebraska.

The “It’s On Us” PSA, which features a parade of celebrities in addition to the president and Vice President Biden, was designed “to fundamentally shift the way we think about sexual assault, by inspiring everyone to see it as their responsibility to do something, big or small, to prevent it,” according to a White House press release. The campaign was launched in partnership with the Center for American Progress’ Generation Progress and students from nearly 200 colleges and universities across the country. The NCAA has agreed to assist the White House through ”resources on NCAA.org; coverage of the campaign in its award-winning quarterly magazine, Champion; activities during the National Week of Action in November; and a half-day session on sexual assault and violence prevention at the Association’s annual convention in January.” The NCAA also agreed to show the PSAs at NCAA championship events and on social media.

The student section started the booing when President Obama’s face appeared on the screen at the end of the video. They were joined by others in the stadium.

Why Michigan should keep term limits for legislators

Guest Columnist
Nick Tomboulides

The Michigan Constitution is a long document, so when a state legislator happens to forget a provision or two, that's understandable. But in the case of Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville, he seems to have forgotten the first line – the one that says "all political power is inherent in the people."

Since last December, the Monroe Republican has been on a crusade to weaken the term limits that voters enacted with an 18-point margin of victory in 1992. Polls showthat term limits still have support in Michigan, and no citizen group is calling for term limits to be weakened or repealed. This idea exists purely inside the minds of politicians and their allies.

By refusing to accept the people's will on term limits, Richardville is not only disregarding the state Constitution, but also attempting to reverse democracy. Whereas ideas are supposed to originate with citizens and be implemented by politicians, his plan does the opposite. It takes an idea only legislators love and forces skeptical voters to deal with it. There's no good reason why citizens should have to spend time, energy and money to defeat a ballot question they haven't asked for.

If Richardville manages to get his anti-term limits measure on

Current Senate Majority Leader
Randy Richardville (R) Monroe

the ballot, it's likely to receive financial backing from the same special interests that fund his campaigns. That won't be chump change.

As the felon mega-lobbyist Jack Abramoff admitted, lobbyists hate term limits because they're forced to work harder under such a system. "When you finally 'purchase' an office, you don't want to have to repurchase it in six years," he said.

Under Richardville's plan, one purchase could give any lobbyist a lifetime subscription of a dishonest politician.

The anti-term limits plan gets even more bizarre when one considers what's happening in Grand Rapids right now. Good government activists there have collected 10,250signatures to place solid eight-year term limits – the same length Richardville complains about – on their municipal ballot.

Isn't it strange that term limits are always initiated by citizens, but their repeals originate with legislators? The passion and enthusiasm for term limits shown by the people of Grand Rapids reveals a big disconnect on the issue between citizens and career politicians like Richardville. At moments like these, it's important to remember which one is the other's boss. Politicians answer to the people, not vice versa.

It's no wonder Richardville yearns to go back to the days before term limits, when unseating an incumbent in Michigan was like prying a sword from a stone. From 1967 to 1990, only 16 state Senate incumbents were defeated – a 96% re-election rate. By contrast, 25 senators were term-limited in 2010 alone. These vacancies create real opportunities for citizens to run for office – ones that didn't exist before, and will cease to exist if Richardville's idea gets traction. New legislators bring with them fresh perspectives that reflect the other side of government: what it's like to actually live under the laws, rather than just write them. Lansing should not become a smaller version of Washington, where seniority means power and new voices are often ignored.

The senator claims that legislators don't oppose term limits out of self-interest. "Anybody that takes this job, that gives up a pension, gives up usually better pay," he said. But Richardville's annual salary of $95,085 is 213% of what the average Michigander earns in a year, and the percentage he contributes to his own health care is lower than the private sector average. Compared to other states, Michigan's legislative compensation is the fourth-highest in the nation.

Voters don't believe for a minute that, by staying in office, politicians are making a sacrifice. They know all too well the perks and privileges of elected office, and are sure to see these comments as out-of-touch.

Now is the time to stand up for term limits and against Richardville's proposal. An influential senator in a lame-duck session should not be permitted to overrule the people's will.

Nick Tomboulides is executive director of U.S. Term Limits, an organization advocating for their implementation.

Schools Going Meatless On Mondays

Starting today, meat is off the menu at all Sarasota County Florida schools. 

They're launching Meatless Mondays.  Forget the fact that human's are carnivores and we need meat to fufill our nutrient requirements including protein.  This is even more important in children.

The district says there will be no revolt from hungry students because kids have actually been pushing for lunch trays with only veggies on board.

What's on a meatless menu? Things like hummus and vegetable subs, veggie pasta bakes, spaghetti, pizza sticks you can dip, taco salads, and more.

Why make this change? The district says the number one reason, really, is that students are asking for it. The district surveys students and runs focus groups with kids and, in general, the results show students want healthy foods and more menu options with no meat. There's also a national effort to promote healthy eating and living with Meatless Mondays. It's been going for a decade now.

The food chief for Sarasota County Public Schools told us Meatless Monday is a good way to get kids thinking about how to fight obesity and other chronic health problems. Although, she does say that since the menu items are rearranged from other days, the direct benefit for kids' health won't be too huge.