Blog Heap of Links for the day 24 April 2015

…“My son said thanks Mrs. Obama for screwing us out of a good meal. He comes home starving,” parent Kristina Souders responded.

“My kids rarely want to eat anything the school serves because ‘it’s gross,'” according to parent Stacey Toth.

Carl Daub told the paper, “My daughter is in 3rd grade. Her lunches cost $2.40 a day. She complains that the portions are too small.”…

[Pictures of disgusting lunches at link]

SEATTLE -- Not a single 11th grade students showed up to take the SBAC test at Nathan Hale High School this week, a Seattle Public Schools spokesperson confirmed. … Earlier this year, teachers at Nathan Hale passed a resolution against the Common Core Standards test, but SPS Superintendent Larry Nyland threatened teachers with the loss of their teaching licenses if they didn't administer the test

U.S. Apartment Construction Soars While Home Ownership Tanks to 20-Yr Low
Covert scheme to cram us all into socialist cities and 'compact' America along Euro lines moving along briskly… [What ever happened to getting back to the land??]

…The U.S. Congress no longer passes most federal laws, rules, and regulations. Instead, about 99 percent of the rules we must live by issue from an army of unelected federal bureaucrats. Using a classic duck-and-dodge strategy, Congress routinely enacts legislation that purports to solve a genuine problem, but then delegates to these executive-branch bureaucrats the power to make the legally binding rules that determine the law’s real-world impact. It’s a brilliant plan; Congress gets all the credit for the popular goal and none of the blame for a regulation’s controversial—and expensive—particulars. …

An English grandmother who had refused to go outside more than a couple of times in the past decade due to ‘Agoraphobia’, an anxiety disorder often triggered by fear of the outdoors, has had her fears spectacularly confirmed after she fell down a manhole shortly after going outside.…

A protective dad has devised a creative way to keep the boys away from his young daughter - by printing his muscly torso on a t-shirt and making her wear it. …

…“He just apologized and pretty much offered me if I wanted to go back to his business and work there again…” offered her previous position, along with $2,000 in back pay, but she has mixed feelings about returning. “I do need a way to support my kids,” she said. “I don’t want to go back to a business where I’m treated the same and I just get pushed back out if something else happened.”

A young woman most likely saved the lives of a plane full of people when she suspected a malfunction with the aircraft just moments before takeoff. Despite being mocked and ridiculed…

…mosquitoes. Scientists have discovered the chances of being bitten are down to genetic factors… could be several years until a pill is discovered which could finally ease the summer torment of those with ‘tasty blood’… comes down to a gene variant which controls body odour. Some people have genes which provide a natural defence against the insects while others are not so lucky.…

…But out of the blue, Sgt. Duckwall received an invitation from a non-profit organization to go on a fishing trip. “It absolutely turned my life around. It is impossible to describe the healing powers of water and nature but they are real if not describable.…"

…What is apparent is that HUMINT intelligence assets were not used to validate imagery. Then again, why would anyone want to support U.S. intelligence gathering in Pakistan after how this administration has treated Dr. Shakil Afridi who assisted in the identification of Osama bin Laden’s hideout? The preeminent question must be, who granted approval? …

…All Boehner has to do is squint and say that there’s a quorum present and he may hold a voice vote.

As long as no one requests a recorded vote, Boehner is free to do this.

That’s where Massie’s 500-yard sprint comes in.

Massie says he’s discovered that "it’s about a 500-yard dash between my office and the floor of the House." So, when Boehner starts to do voice votes, Massie sprints to the House floor and demands a recorded vote. That means there has to be a real quorum: 218 live people on the record with their votes. Several unpopular bills have died as a result of Massie’s dash.…

Pete stands up for truth, justice, and the good old American Way.

"…As promised.her is the official police mugshot of the OFG(Old Fart’s Gang).If you see any of them,do not attempt to apprehend(or comprehend,as the case may be)…just walk away slowly or risk being assaulted with rants about a byegone era when families ate meals together,dad had a job and mom took care of the kids and the house.…"

Like fingernails on a blackboard, cartoons and graphics that make you laugh as you cringe.

Vic won't let his boundless optimism affect his news reporting!

"…On this day in 1967 American General William Westmoreland said in a news conference that the enemy had gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily.…"

…“Far too many women are denied access to reproductive health care and safe childbirth, and laws don’t count for much if they’re not enforced. Rights have to exist in practice — not just on paper. Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will. And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed." …