Cat's Meow: 04/16/11

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Thousands may lose jobless benefits Saturday

RALEIGH--About 37,000 North Carolinians could lose their unemployment benefits.
A handful of General Assembly members met in a rare Saturday session and approved extending jobless benefits for an additional 20 weeks. With a midnight deadline looming, the governor vetoed the bill.
The legislation would force her to cut 13 percent from the spending plan she proposed as a starting point for negotiations in next year's budget. Peace College Political Analyst David McClennan said this is a highly unusual move that puts the Republican Party in the General Assembly against the Democratic Governor.
"A lot more government workers will be laid off. A lot more services that North Carolinians are used to which means education, health care, and public safety [could be in jeopardy],” said McClennan.
The unemployed will lose their benefits for at least two weeks. It is likely lawmakers will work toward re-instating those benefits next week.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO CUT THEIR MONEY OUT THEN CREATE JOBS FOR THEM.

AT LEAST 9 DEAD AFTER POSSIBLE TORNADOS

RALEIGH— There were numerous reports of tornado sightings and touchdowns throughout the Raleigh area Saturday afternoon. Meteorologists had trained weather spotter reports of brick buildings destroyed in the southeast area of Raleigh.
Tornadoes will not likely be confirmed until the National Weather Service surveys the damage Sunday.
Part of the roof of the Mason Corporation, a company that produces aluminum products, was completely ripped off. Trees littered roadways and pipes were busted.
Residential homes suffered damage as well due to fallen trees and flying debris. Numerous reports of downed power lines were reported, which emergency officials cautioned all residents to stay clear of any seen in their area.
The most severe damage is in the areas of:
· South Saunders Street near Western Boulevard and I-40;
· Stony Brook mobile home park;
· Neighborhoods surrounding Shaw University;
· Buffalo Road and New Hope Road area, and;
· Yonkers Road area.
At least seven deaths in Wake, Cumberland, Lee and Bladen counties have been blamed on the storm.
The City of Raleigh is providing temporary shelter two Parks and Recreation Department facilities. The shelters are located at: Sanderford Road Park 2623 Sanderford Road and Millbrook Exchange Community Center, 1905 Spring Forest Road. The temporary shelters will be open until Wake County establishes shelter at Heritage High School, 1150 Forestville Road, Wake Forest. Those seeking shelter should bring everything they need to be comfortable, including bedding, medications and food that does not need preparation while at the shelter. No pets will be allowed.

The Carlton Dance

Mystery deepens as bodies turn up on Long Island

Mystery deepens as bodies turn up on Long Island

PEOPLE ARE CRAZY IN TODAYS WORLD. WATCH YOUR BACK.

Detectives Search for Motive After Man Kills Family, Self

Storms Kill At Least 26 As Tornadoes Barrel North - Winston-Salem News Story - WXII The Triad

Raleigh Area Suffers After Storms, Several Dead

PHOTOS: Photos from Saturday Storms in the Piedmont Triad - WGHP

ALL OF US HAVE 1000 WISHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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All of us have a thousand wishes. To be thinner, to be bigger, have more money, have a cool car, a day off, a new phone, to date the person of your dreams. A cancer patient only has one wish, to be rid of cancer.

Violent Tornado over Sanford, North Carolina on April 16th 2011

MOVE YOUR CAR FOOL

SAVE THE BOOBIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The normal boobs( . )( . ), the silicone boobs ( + )( + ) the perfect boobs (o)(o). Some boobs are cold (^)(^), and some boobs belong to grandmothers \./\./ And let’s not forget the very large boobs (o Y o), and very small boobs (.)(.), and lastly the asymmetrical boobs (•)(.). We love them all!.SAY BYE TO BREAST CANCER!!!

The T-Mobile Royal Wedding

EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Why We Fall for Scams

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Scam artists aren't so much artists as they are students of human nature. If you consider that the rich and sophisticated (think Bernie Madoff's victims) are just as likely to be taken as anyone else, there must be some common denominator that makes us all vulnerable. And it's not just gullibility. To sucker us into scams, crooks manipulate the same psychological biases that often harm our investing decisions.
The hook is baited as soon as we meet a well-dressed, articulate pitchman. Our first reaction is that this guy must be legit and his offer worthwhile. What we don't realize is that this impression imbeds itself surprisingly deep in our gray matter.
Pat Huddleston, a former Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement officer who now heads Investor's Watchdog, says that "we're subconsciously and stubbornly tied to that first theory," and we tend to assemble facts to support it. "We think that everything really is what it appears to be, and when we get a fact that doesn't quite fit in the puzzle, we force it in," says Huddleston, whose firm is hired by pension funds, endowments and individual investors to sniff out fraud.
Here's the thing: Scam artists know we have this "confirmation bias," and they're happy to provide corroborating evidence to nudge it along. Take the case of Marc Dreier, who is currently serving a 20-year sentence for securities fraud. Dreier's case involved merely hundreds of millions of dollars, versus the billions that Madoff bilked from investors, and the scandal broke shortly before Madoff's. Dreier arranged for an associate to pretend to be either an independent accountant or the CEO of another company to confirm, via phone calls, that Dreier's offer could be trusted.
Huddleston says that "any scam artist worth the title can arrange some level of confirmation for you." The trick, he says, is not to seek confirmation but to be on the lookout for fraud.
Cockeyed Optimism Another powerful bias that makes our getting hoodwinked more likely is the "optimism bias." This is our tendency to overestimate the likelihood that good things will happen to us and underestimate the potential for unpleasant events. Crooks play to this tendency by making good things happen -- at first. That's why they have victims take small steps with positive results -- say, an initial investment that pays off -- to lull investors into a false sense of being in control.
A study of scam victims by the U.K.'s University of Exeter confirmed this illusion of control. Victims "believed themselves to be protected against fraud by the law and government to an extent that was in fact unrealistic or simply impossible," the study said.
Surprisingly, the illusion of control is heightened if the victim already has some expertise in the subject of the scam, the study found. So people who play lotteries or sweepstakes are more likely to fall for a lottery or sweepstakes swindle, and those with some experience in investing may fall for investment fraud.
But the most surprising finding may be that victims tend to put more effort into investigating a scam than non-victims. It's possible that this is a result of the same bias that's the bane of so many investors: overconfidence. We think we know more than we actually do, often basing our conviction on the inflated importance of relatively little knowledge. So victims who may be suspicious but are also overconfident gather some evidence and are then satisfied enough to feel secure.
Crooks are plugged in to this, says Huddleston. "The person who's convinced he's too smart to fall for a scam is putty in their hands," he says. His best advice: Admit that you're vulnerable when someone approaches you with a deal that sounds too good to be true, and either trust your first instinct and walk away or suspect that you're being conned and investigate accordingly.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE ALL WILL FALL FOR A SCAM IF WE THINK WE ARE GETTING SOMETHING FOR NOTHING OR GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. SOUNDS LIKE THE AMERICAN DREAM.

American Idol 2011 Top 8 - Paul McDonald (Old Time Rock & Roll)

ROCK ON!!!!!!!!!!

THE EASTER BUNNY IS GAY?????????????????

sketchy bunnies - Interpretive Sketchy Dance Bunny

YOU GO PAULA DEEN!!!!!!!!!! RIDE THAT EGG GIRL!!!!

sketchy bunnies - Extra Easter Egg: Paula Deen Riding a Deep Fried Cadbury Creme Egg!

NOW GIRL YOU KNOW THIS IS JUST NASTY

CAPTAIN COMB OVER MAYBE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT

http://www.wxii12.com/entertainment/27565846/detail.html

WELL PEOPLE WE HAVE HAD THE FIRST BI-RACIAL PRESIDENT. LOOKS LIKE WE COULD BE IN STORE FOR THE FIRST CAPTAIN COMB OVER. NEEDLESS TO SAY FIRST BILL WILL BE FOR ALL OF THE BALDING PEOPLE- FREE HAIRPLUGS AND ROGAINE PAID WITH OUR TAX MONEY.

National Park Week In NC Includes Free Admission - Winston-Salem News Story - WXII The Triad

NC RESIDENTS GRADE OBAMA

http://www.wxii12.com/politics/27560032/detail.html

You can only do what you can to fix an already screwed up government. Bush really left a mess and Obama ( though I didn't vote for him) can only do what Congress will let him do. Nobody wants to fix anything that is bringing the big business men money. Our Governments motto is keep the rich richer and make the poor their slaves.

For 2 Hours, Local Church Brings Down Gas Cost - Winston-Salem News Story - WXII The Triad

For 2 Hours, Local Church Brings Down Gas Cost - Winston-Salem News Story - WXII The Triad

THE LORD'S FAMILY DOES HELP IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS.

THE LIFE YOU SAVE MAY BE YOU OWN

http://www.thestokesnews.com/view/full_story/12776536/article-Act-fast--the-life-you-save-may-be-your-own-?instance=home_news_lead

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Saturday, April 16, 2011

All of us have a thousand wishes. To be thinner, to be bigger, have more money, have a cool car, a day off, a new phone, to date the person of your dreams. A cancer patient only has one wish, to be rid of cancer.

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