CPAC 2014 Sarah Palin

This is Sarah Palin's keynote speech from the Conservative Political Action Conference 2014. To be honest she NAILED IT. From beginning to end she had me.

I liked her before but I definitely like things that she expresses. I'm a fan.

Word of Today Day 16

partial breach

n. the failure to meet a term of a contract which is so minimal that it does not cause the contract to fail or justify breach (breaking the contract) by the other contracting party. A partial breach can be remedied (made up) by a small reduction in payment or other adjustment. Example: a landlord promises to rent an apartment furnished, and when the tenants move in some furnishings are not there. The landlord may lower the rent temporarily until he/she can bring in the missing or expected items.

Word of Today Day 14

National Labor Relations Board

n. an independent regulatory commission created in 1935 by the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act), with five members appointed by the President subject to confirmation by the Senate. The NLRB is intended to protect employees' rights to unionize, prevent abuses by employers or unions, and oversee union and organizing elections.

President Obama calls for higher minimum wage

WASHINGTON — Do something for Americans or I will.

A persistent but frustrated President Obama warned Congress Tuesday that he's prepared to take executive action to circumvent a body cutting him little slack.

His fifth State of the Union address came amid declining approval ratings, legislative gridlock and a long-rumored decision to use limited executive powers to fight back.

PHOTOS: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S 2014 STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS

Thus, he said, he'll play small ball, like raising the minimum wage for federal contract workers, creating a "starter" retirement account and helping to cut carbon pollution.

In addition, he disclosed a deal with corporations, including Procter & Gamble, not to discriminate in hiring the long-term jobless. That's distinctly voluntary, though.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/obama-calls-higher-minimum-wage-immigration-reform-article-1.1594823#ixzz2vEt5nwru

Word of Today Day 12

legal separation

n. a court-decreed right to live apart, with the rights and obligations of divorced persons, but without divorce. The parties are still married and cannot remarry. A spouse may petition for a legal separation usually on the same basis as for a divorce, and include requests for child custody, alimony, child support and division of property. For people who want to avoid the supposed stigma of divorce, who hold strong religious objections to divorce or who hope to save a marriage, legal separation is an apparent solution. With more states allowing no-fault divorce, the use of separation agreements and informal separation, legal separation is rarely used.

Word of Today Day 10

joint and several

adj. referring to a debt or a judgment for negligence, in which each debtor (one who owes) or each judgment defendant (one who has a judgment against him/her) is responsible (liable) for the entire amount of the debt or judgment. Thus, in drafting a promissory note for a debt, it is important to state that if there is more than one person owing the funds to be paid, the debt is joint and several, since then the person owed money (creditor, promisee) can collect the entire amount from any of the joint signers of the note, and not be limited to a share from each debtor. If a party injured in an accident sues several parties for causing his/her damages, the court may find that several people were "jointly" negligent and contributed to the damages. The entire judgment may be collected from any of the defendants found responsible, unless the court finds different amounts of negligence of each defendant contributed to the injury. Defense attorneys should require the trier of fact (jury or judge sitting without a jury) to break down the amount of negligence of each defendant and the plaintiff if there is contributory negligence. Often the court will refuse to do so, allowing the plaintiff to collect from whichever defendant has the "deep pocket" (lots of money), and letting the defendant who pays demand contributions from the other defendants.

Word of Today Day 4

Death Penalty

(noun) the sentence of execution for murder and some other capital crimes.

Word of Today Day 1

a fortiori

(ah-for-she-ory) prep. Latin for "with even stronger reason," 

which applies to a situation in which if one thing is true then it can be inferred that a second thing is even more certainly true. 

Thus, if Abel is too young to serve as administrator, then his younger brother Cain certainly is too young.