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Supply Chain 24/7: US Manufacturing Increases At Fastest Rate In 4 Years
June data pointed to a robust and accelerated improvement in the performance of the U.S. manufacturing sector. At 57.5 in June, up from 56.4, the seasonally adjusted Markit Flash U.S. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index™ (PMI™)1 indicated the strongest upturn in overall business conditions since May 2010. The latest rise in the headline PMI was driven by the fastest output and new orders growth for just over four years. Manufacturing output growth picked up for the third month running to its strongest since April 2010.
Moreover, the average pace of expansion in Q2 was the steepest for any quarter since the survey began in early-2007. Survey respondents generally attributed rising production volumes to improving domestic economic conditions, increased client confidence and a strong pipeline of outstanding work. In line with the trend for output, total new business volumes increased at a sharp and accelerated pace during June.
More here
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US Manufacturing Increases at Fastest Rate in 4 years | ow.ly/ynv4m | #supplychain
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Martijn Graat (@LogisticsMatter) June 24, 2014****
Beautiful chart of rising US manufacturing momentum. http://t.co/w0HYK6jsIe
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Joseph Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) June 23, 2014
The Obama Diary 
furst. go uruguay.
Woo-hoo, AMK!!
Congrats on 1st. But I hate Uruguay. For Suarez’s handball 4 years ago that cheated Ghana of semi-final qualifier. That wound cuts deep and still hurts
Awwww, Zizi2! I’m routing for Ghana on Thursday! 🙂
Thanks. But Thursday pits US interest against Ghana’s. 🙂 On That day I’ll stay off TOD so I don’t deal with conflict of interest. Ha ha!
LOL! I’ll just holler at my teevee. If I feel full of mischief, I’ll drop in at TOD, drop a word or 2, duck & run! 🙂
Screw Uruguay and their ugly player tactics like Suarez BITING another human for the third time.
both south african channels are mocking at him now. weird dood. But that doesn’t take away the good goal scored by godin.
He bit someone AGAIN?!
Congrats on 1st amk!
Thx bob. A true furst at last. 🙂
[The stupid are really stoopid!]
PHOENIX — Pressure on the state’s top school official to resign continued to mount Monday as more anonymous blog posts from John Huppenthal emerged.
Using an online alias, the superintendent of public instruction posted several comments on a conservative-leaning website calling for no Spanish language in the state.
In one post Huppenthal wrote, “We all need to stomp out balkanization. No Spanish radio stations, no Spanish billboards, no Spanish TV stations, no Spanish newspapers. This is America, speak English.”
Huppenthal followed up with another post on the same site that said, “I don’t mind them selling Mexican food as long as the menus are mostly in English. And, I’m not being humorous or racist.” […..]
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http://www.azfamily.com/news/politics/Pressure-builds-for-Huppenthal-to-quit–264331691.html
🙂 ah yes! I have had my own run ins with this idiot online !! There’ a more stupid where this came from
This is happening in ARIZONA. Geeze, unbelievable.
No doubt this ‘person’ confuses English, with American. They think they are so eff’ing smart. Wonder how many languages his well-developed (not) brain commands? Certainly not ‘English’.
Another biting incident?
This dude’s an animal.
Suarez is a hooligan & cheat. Remember how he used his hand 4 yrs ago to yank Ghana’s goal out from goal line, which denied Ghana entry into semi-finals? Ghanaians hate him with the passion of a 1000 suns
He’s a scumbag. He did a similar thing to Chelsea by biting Ivanovic then scoring in a cheating manner.
The douchebag should be hidden away from society.
Actually, let’s be fair, Ghana denied Ghana entry into the semi-final.
Ghana missed the resulting penalty kick, did they not?
And then had extra time against a team with one less player to win it and still couldn’t.
And then lost it in penalties.
Not saying that what Suarez did was right by any extent of the imagination – but Ghana still had plenty of opportunities to win after that (including one glaring one immediately after that incident)
Thanks a GAZILLION for the post Nerdy!!
CanNOT get over Suarez biting again, ASTONISHING.
He’s an imbecile. We in Ghana hate him hate him hate him. see my comment above for reason. He should be thrown out of civilized society.
It’s such a bizarre habit of his Zizi, that’s the third time he’s done it, absolutely WEIRD.
It’s freaking crazy, Chips. This is the third time he’s done it. THIRD. I remember him biting Ivanovic during a match against Chelsea.
It was horrific to watch.
He really should be removed from civilized society.
Just the craziest thing ever, Nerdy, this guy is a magnificent footballer, but a seriously screwed up human being.
But the Fifa profile on him says he’s a wonderful leader at Scouserland, er, Liverpool!
🙂 Methinks he won’t be doing any leading at Scouserland or anywhere else for some time: Gotta get at least a year’s ban now. Bonkers stuff.
One time: Ok, perhaps heat of the moment. Second time: Yes, ban him for 10 games. Third time? During the WC? If Fifa and the FA don’t do something they’ll lose what little credibility they have.
I think they will LL, specially when an Italian was the victim – if it was the other way around, I reckon Fifa would find an excuse for doing nothing much at all. Much as I loathe Liverpool, I swooned at his form last season, he’s so utterly brilliant, but he’s screwed in the head.
And he was not red-carded?
What is this, Boxing? This should get him banned from the sport, should it not? Is he a Vampire?
Where’s GGail? Goooaaallll! GGail, your comments made me LOL. Admired your tenacity! 🙂
Hi Gazelle, I’m here 🙂
I’m trying to process that I’ve been watching TWO games here at work. I have no sound and I’m trying to pretend to be working. Thank goodness my boss is out of town till tonight and I had a 15 minute phone call and took care of him, first thing this morning.
I loved the effort of both games, but I’m stunned at the violence that I’m beginning to see – head butting, intentional tripping, one guy kept getting the Yellow card? I’m glad I didn’t see the alleged biting – yuck!
I’ll return to my viewing after lunch. I’m learning soooo much 😀 Thanks for your support Gazelle!
Go GGail! You’re going to have to give me lessons pretty soon! That biting business is sicko! Not sure how/why he gets away w/ it. Hopefully the teams that are left will continue to play the beautiful game.
Yes, because when played correctly, the footwork is a thing of beauty.
Did someone just faint during the press briefing?
Don, tell me it was the entire WHPC! They might as well!
hahahahaa Gazelle, I thought it but I didn’t say it. hahahahahaha
Au for the one and only Amk 😉
Congrats, sir.
I think they ended the presser.
The GREAT news as TOLD at TOD by NW. Yes!
If only there was a national media worth it’s Journalistic salt.
Brilliant. The Truth will set the lazy, lame and hateful DC/NY pretentious pundits.
Thanks NW. You are 3 Times a Lady and a TOD Journo.
Thanks, Nena.
A bit of a worrisome tad bit. Moments ago at the James Brady Press Room.
Just had a few minutes now watching the WH briefings and someone fainted or dropped and that ended the presser. I don’t know what happened or how long the presser has gone on.
She’s ok now, she’s up on her feet, Josh Earnest ended the presser because a journalist passed out. But everything seems to be ok now.
Thanks Don.
God forbid if a Journo were to flat line……the Media and their conspiratorial cousins, the Talk Hate right wingers, Fox and the TBGOPers would have a Summer Filed Day.
Thank goodness.
JoScar had a DEAD 26yrs old and not much was said about. Today he earns over $6M and has 3hr M-F hatefest on MSNBC.
And here we go. What an animal. This is the third time he’s done this. THIRD!
I’m not really a soccer follower, but this is outrageous, this guy should be suspended for the rest of the world cup.
Hell, he should be jailed. That’s assault and battery with a very dangerous weapon – teeth loaded with bacteria. Whomever that player is, they better get that wound clean and watch him closely for infection.
I saw that. What a dirty, disgusting player – not the first time he’s played dirty for sure. And he did it to get Italy distracted – sure enough Uruguay scores a few minutes later. I
Jeez. And there was no provocation either. Will the corrupt fifa finally act?
and sri lankans defeat brits in cricket with just one ball to spare. not a good day for limeys.
🙂 You sound very sad
🙂
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/stivers-chief-of-staff-penis-photo
Rep. Steve Stivers’ (R-OH) chief of staff, Adam Kuhn, resigned on Tuesday after a former porn actress posted a picture of his penis to Stivers’ Twitter account, Politico reported.
“Congressman Stivers accepted Adam Kuhn’s resignation today,” Courtney Whetstone, a spokesperson to Stivers, said in a statement to TPM. “The office is not commenting on his personal life.”
Hmm?
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mcdonnell-trial-additional-gifts
An island vacation worth $23,000 is part of a potentially crucial dispute taking place in the buildup to the federal trial of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) and his wife, Maureen McDonnell.
The Washington Post reported late Monday that prosecutors have accused McDonnell and his family of accepting the lavish May 2012 from a hotelier with ties to the University of Virginia: Board of Visitors Vice Rector William H. Goodwin Jr.
A month after the trip, McDonnell appointed Goodwin to serve as a “senior advisor” to the University of Virginia’s board (Goodwin had previously served a a board member). Over the years, Goodwin also made nearly $200,000 in contributions to McDonnell’s political action committee, campaign, and inaugural committee.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/abc-news-launches-24-hour-network-on-apple-tv/
On Tuesday ABC News announced the launch of a 24-hour news network on Apple TV, promising “immediate access to live, multi-streaming video and on-demand content, entertainment news, live hourly updates, original programming and video highlights” from its marquee news shows.
yeah, just we all wanted. another 24×7 noise network.
And, tomorrow on Sirrus/XM the Today show begins. 😦
If ABC or any of ’em have news suitable to put on a “marquee,” the marquee must say “Closed for Repairs.”
voter fraud – yet another lie that comes back to bite gop’s ass.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-miami-shooting-20140624-story.html
Two people have died and at least eight others were transported to a hospital with gunshot wounds after an early morning shooting at a Miami apartment complex, police said.
LOL.
LL, I was thinking the same thing. Les grandes idées se communiquent!
Good Afternoon TODVille.
Trying to catch up the day’s news.
Was this posted already?
Beltway MSM tweeters close their eyes and refuse to report on “How’s that trickle down workin’ for you, America?”
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-06-chip-implanted-brain-thoughts-sleeve.html
For the first time ever, a paralyzed man can move his fingers and hand with his own thoughts thanks to an innovative partnership between The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Battelle.
Ian Burkhart, a 23-year-old quadriplegic from Dublin, Ohio, is the first patient to use Neurobridge, an electronic neural bypass for spinal cord injuries that reconnects the brain directly to muscles, allowing voluntary and functional control of a paralyzed limb. Burkhart is the first of a potential five participants in a clinical study.
gunnite folks. (damn you, hf, ‘your don’t let xxxx bite’ has come true).
http://www.voanews.com/content/boko-haram-suspected-in-mass-kidnappings-of-nearly-100/1943577.html
//////// Unfortunately……the sickness continues. So sad. /////
Suspected Boko Haram militants have abducted more than 60 women and young girls, as well as 31 boys, in restive northeast Nigeria, a local official and a vigilante leader said on Tuesday.
The group was kidnapped in the last week during a Boko Haram attack on Kummabza village in the Damboa district of Borno state, which left at least 30 dead, according to residents who escaped the violence.
Nigerian security forces, which at first denied the kidnappings, are now looking into the alleged abductions.
Heard this on the radio this morning. The report also said that the Nigerian government denies this event, which they did in April, too.
How corrupt must Goodluck Jonathan’s government have to be in order to be so indifferent to the fate of their young scholars?
DNC has Got to start call out these manipulative rightie propagandists.
Reince would be vowing a Repub boycott of all these shows if the shoe was on the other foot. Sigh!!!
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/watch-live-ceremony-marks-50th-anniversary-of-civil-rights-act/
Also this.
While Beltway DC MSM do their best to ignore actions taken by POTUS, FLOTUS and VP Biden, print versions of local newspapers do not.
Newseum no longer offers my local newspaper front page, but one of @vcstar’s above-the-fold front page headlines today was:
“Forum covers work, family” by Seattle Times’ reporter Kyung M. Song.
Note also that only some news outlets spun the SCOTUS ruling as an EPA defeat. Looking at you, @Reuters.
NYT and LATimes did not.
I am in moderation. Free me 😉 Thanks.
Already done.
😎
Elizabeth just let loose on Boehner. She should tell us how she really feels. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Some days you just gotta tell it like you see it! I’m sure she had more to “offer,” too. 🙂
It is as if Speaker Boehner is afraid of having to read as it would be too much work if there were too many words, or pages.
Flawless. Beautiful. Gorgeous.
INDEED!
Super star!
She’s almost too much! Overwhelming perfection!
http://onpolitics.usatoday.com/2014/06/23/ron-johnson-gay-marriage-voters-states/
Sen Johnson……How magnanimous and courageous of YOU? Not!
WI vote this foolish idiot out in 2016.
China cannot sustain this.
http://www.latimes.com/world/great-reads/la-fg-c1-china-art-pollution-20140507-story.html#page=1
Welcome to “Capitalism” and “Free Enterprise” is not exactly free. The next step is to buy up all the American farmland at a very high price because Americans will sell their souls for a good price to pollute our land, air, food and water.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/this-woman-literally-passed-out-during-white-house-press-briefing/
Wowowow.
She just fainted as that video indicated.
Wow is right! Probably no food plus excitement = never-ending embarrassment for that poor young woman!
I can see her memoirs one day:
I Fainted Dead Away in the White House Briefing Room*
*and You Think You’ve Had a Bad Day
never-ending embarrassment for that poor young woman!
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brought to her by her colleagues on cable news that will show it in a never ending loop calling it ” News “
Exactly. And if she were a little more famous, hound her for a week trying to get her to say it was the President’s fault because he won’t let anybody take a lunch break!
Poor woman!
I do not pay attention to polls…howver this article by Spandan proved interesting….with the last line saying it all
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http://www.thepeoplesview.net/main/2014/6/24/polls-have-no-good-news-for-republicans
While the GOP and the Tea Party have done a good job of pulling down the president with them in the polls, not only is he notches above them, they have actually been shooting themselves in the foot a lot more. The poll, or others like it, are not, in any shape or form, indicating a bloodbath for Democrats or a second Republican wave in November, the media’s drama queen nature notwithstanding.
2014 is not 2010. Not unless we let it be.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/wealthy-parents-start-super-pac-to-fund-millennial-sons-congressional-campaign/
But Turner — not to be confused with actual Congressman Michael Turner (R-OH10) — has plenty of experience to serve in the United States Congress, reports Mother Jones:
Like most millennials, he’s held plenty of part-time work. In 2013, he was elected to the Oklahoma House, where he became known for introducing a bill to ban all marriage in Oklahoma. That way, Turner explained, the state could prevent same-sex marriage without running afoul of the Supreme Court ruling that same-sex marriage bans were unconstitutional.
His campaign website describes him as an entrepreneur and a consultant to inventors and manufacturing startups—although it doesn’t identify any businesses he’s advised, and a Nexis search and a search of Oklahoma’s business entities failed to turn up any corporations in Turner’s name.
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Talk about Pampered……seriously? They could find a better way to spend their Money?
Out comes my trusty enameled, iron, dutch oven. I love my enameled pot.
Bone in center-cut pork chops
Garlic
Fresh Basil
Finely diced onion, celery, and carrot
Crushed tomatoes
Bay leaves
Cabernet Sauvignon
Italian Seasonings
Salt and Pepper
Virgin Olive Oil
Season and brown the chops so they deposit schmutz on the pot, set them aside and sautee the onion, celery, and carrot until soft. Toss in the garlic and deglaze the pot with some wine. Dump in the crushed ‘maters, and some more wine. Stir in the chopped basil and bay leaves, tuck in the chops, and simmer indefinitely.
Yummmmmmm smells gooooooood!
Police were looking for a vandal who spray-painted “Benghazi” on a sign promoting the book tour outside the Chappaqua Public Library, News 12 Westchester reported. Local residents, and one ten-year-old Clinton fan in particular, told News 12 that defacing the sign was unacceptable behavior for a member of their community
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/hillary-clinton-benghazi-chappaqua
American Exceptionalism ?
At least one GOP official in Arkansas thinks Hillary Clinton would receive a rather chilly welcome as a 2016 presidential candidate in her adoptive home state.
“She’d probably get shot at the state line,” 2nd Congressional District party chairman Johnny Rhoda told U.S. News. When pressed that Clinton would likely still enjoy some level of affection in the state where her husband Bill served as governor for 10-plus years, Rhoda held firm.
“Nobody has any affection for her,” he said. “The majority don’t.”
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/arkansas-gop-official-hillary-shot
I am guessing this man calls himself a ” Patriot “
An island vacation worth $23,000 is part of a potentially crucial dispute taking place in the buildup to the federal trial of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) and his wife, Maureen McDonnell.
The Washington Post reported late Monday that prosecutors have accused McDonnell and his family of accepting the lavish May 2012 from a hotelier with ties to the University of Virginia: Board of Visitors Vice Rector William H. Goodwin Jr.
A month after the trip, McDonnell appointed Goodwin to serve as a “senior advisor” to the University of Virginia’s board (Goodwin had previously served a a board member). Over the years, Goodwin also made nearly $200,000 in contributions to McDonnell’s political action committee, campaign, and inaugural committee.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mcdonnell-trial-additional-gifts
New post:
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/06/24/president-obamas-policies-jobs-jobs-jobs/
GOOOOOAAAAALLLL, Columbia scored on Penalty kick