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• [Multimedia] Tuesdays Divertere: I Was Never Taught That Knowledge
  Promoted because I have a choice ~

  Thank the Teacher Goonions.
  
  

• [News] Goo of M
  I'm gonna have to start calling them the Litany Lyins.

  A group of University of Michigan faculty members Monday stopped short of calling for an external review into a six-month lapse in university officials reporting the discovery of child pornography in a University Hospital employee area.

  "Part of the nagging issue that's haunting the institution as a result of this case ... is the apparent discomfort with evaluations and investigations," John Lehman, a biology professor, said at a Faculty Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs meeting Monday.

  "This thing fell through the cracks," Lehman continued, criticizing the botched reporting of child pornography found on a thumb drive in an employee computer at University Hospital in May. Although a medical resident, her supervisor, hospital security and the university's legal office knew about the pornography, it was not reported to police until Nov. 18.

  Stephen Jenson, a 36-year-old medical resident who worked regularly with children during the six-month reporting lapse, was charged Dec. 17 with four counts of possessing child pornography.

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• [News] Breaking! Parents Don't Know Whats Best For Their Children!
  From the you gotta see-it-to-believe-it Dept.

  Dontcha LOVE professional bureaucrats?
  
  

• [Multimedia] Happy Birthday Mr President.
  This great man can do more from his tomb through great video clips like this, than any occupier at the white house.

  I know who my "write-in" will be for in this year's Michigan Republican Presidential Primary.
  
  

• [News] Who Are You Working For
  Mr Snyder?

  Quick drop on the background affairs of government pushing more government, using private firms to make it look like "capitalism", and there it was.

  While planning to step in and crush the bankrupting union contracts in Detroit with the EFM, the next generation of great failure is having its rails installed.  A Private firm M1 is proposing to build a transit system, a 3.4-mile line between Hart Plaza and New Center on Woodward Avenue for $125 million in private investment and federal grant money.  At some point in the future, it will turn over (sell) the line to the city, and will subsequently siphon from taxpayers additional funds to remain in operation.

  OK, we've seen THAT movie before.

  Snyder is painted as being cautious on this however.  An interesting take from Crains Business:

  A fear is that if the regional proposal collapses -- as so many similar plans have over the past 40 years -- blame will be laid at the governor's feet, the sources said.

  That worry is acute because this is a presidential election year, and Snyder's staff is feeling pressure to expedite the regional authority so that President Barack Obama can announce funding before the election, the sources said.

  
  And they should feel pressured to expedite, why?

  Oh yeah.
  
  

• [News] Mondays Divertere: "My Dog Likes Fresh Air"
  

  During the trip, the Boston Globe reported, Romney's oldest son, Tagg, looked around through the rear window and yelled, "Dad -- gross!" A brown liquid was dripping down the back window -- diarrhea from an animal that just might have been caused by the stress of being inside a cage for 12 hours on top of a car going 60 mph.

  And what did Romney do, even after knowing of the dog's diarrhea? Did he realize that perhaps Seamus should be shown some mercy, cleaned up and allowed in the car, to sleep on someone's lap?
  
  

• [News] Did the Michigan Senate Leader Break The Law?
  Apparently he did.  And right now he may be occupying the office illegally.

  The secretary of state requires candidates to complete their POST-ELECTION CAMPAIGN FINANCE COMPLIANCE STATEMENT before assuming office. the bullet points read:

  
  

  • This form must be filed by any candidate subject to Michigan's Campaign Finance Act who is elected to a state, county, city, township, village or school office. The form must be filed before the candidate assumes office. Exceptions: an elected candidate whose Candidate Committee did not receive or expend more than $1,000.00 during the election cycle is not required to submit this form. In addition, this form does not have to be filed by an individual elected to a U.S. Senate, U.S. House or precinct delegate position.

  • An elected candidate who is required to file a Post-Election Campaign Finance Compliance Statement must submit this form to the filing official designated to receive the elected candidate's campaign finance disclosure filings.

  • An elected candidate subject to the Post -Election Campaign Finance Compliance Statement filing requirement who fails to submit this form prior to assuming office is guilty of a misdemeanor.

  • If you need information on your current compliance status under the Michigan Campaign Finance Act, contact the Michigan Department of State's Bureau of Elections and/or the appropriate county clerks as necessary.

  
  

One might presume that failure to do so would exclude a candidate from assuming their elected position.

According the to BOE, Republican majority leader Randy Richardville filed This (image at right - click to view full sized) as his post election compliance. So naturally one might assume all is done, and properly.

But we must go below the fold for the rest of the story.