From the "you're kidding me" department - Online story: "A homework assignment at a Colorado high school may have students excited to learn about fermenting, but has some parents fuming. * One of Ralston Valley High School's biology classes is asking their students to learn how to brew beer -- and wine, champagne, vodka and other hard alcohols -- to learn the process of alcoholic fermentation, and how different processes can create different alcohols." -- Hmm, guess the students can supply their own beverages to the Jr-Sr Prom. Hope some parents get the School Board, and school teacher arrested for "contributing to the delinquency of a minor".

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Online story: "EASTON, Pa. -- EASTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania school district says it will take its fight against "I (heart) Boobies!" bracelets to the U.S. Supreme Court. * The Easton Area School District board voted 7-1 Tuesday night to appeal a decision rejecting its claim the bracelets are lewd and should be banned from school. * The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also determined the district didn't prove the bracelets are disruptive when it upheld a lower court's decision in August. * The bracelets are designed to promote breast cancer awareness among young people. Two girls challenged the school's ban in 2010. * Superintendent John Reinhart tells The Express-Times of Easton the ruling compromised administrators' ability to determine what is and is not appropriate in school." -- School Boards across this nation promote birth control, allow pregnant teens to attend regular schools and classes (and provide daycare), fawn overalternate life styles, distribute condoms, teach an alternate Constitution, and most recently, allow the making of beer for minors as school work. Now this school board wants to quash a breast cancer awareness campaign? It's time to quash elected school boards.

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Online headline: "National Intelligence Director: Spying On Leaders Not Significant Enough To Tell Congress" -- Hmmm, I guess that's on the plane of a teen not telling her parents she's just a little bit pregnant now.

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Online headline: "Syria weapons inspectors miss deadline for visiting all declared sites" -- Guess Judas 00-bama drew a line outside those doors that the inspectors can't cross.

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Hmmm, more 2,000,000 people have recently been dropped from their insurance. That means they'll be scrambling on the 00bamaCare website.. That's really what the Internet needs... an overflow of 50+ years olds trying to navigate web applications. What's worse is that the 00bamaCare game plan needs teens & 20's people signing up, not 50+ year olds.

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L-E story: "Superior Court Judge John Allen fought back tears Tuesday night as more than 300 attorneys, judges, community leaders and family members ushered him into retirement after 26 years on the bench * One of those watching as Allen thanked his wife, Vicky, and finally gave in to the emotion of the moment was Dr. Robert Wright, who, like Allen, grew up in a segregated Columbus and achieved great personal and professional success. * “I cried with him,” said Wright, six years older than Allen. “We grew up in the same neighborhoods. I know how far he came. Listening to him brought tears to my eyes. We both came up with the same difficulties to get where we are today.” -- Now these are the stories, like Dr Ben Carson's, that our young people need to be hearing, not the one's Sharpton and the NAACP whine about. Students, black and white, need to know success lies within each of them, and it's hard work, not the government, that will get you here.

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Did you realize there are 45,000 +/- lawyers in GA? I know it seems like it now, but it's a real wonder that the only ads we see on TV aren't all lawyer ads.

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Our thoughts and prayers are with the Turner family. Why did the L-E assign such a task of reporting a family members death to a hack like Hasn't Ben Wright.

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Online story: "CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA — Australia's highest court on Wednesday denied workers' compensation to a government employee who was injured while having sex in a motel room during a business trip. * The 4-1 decision from the High Court said the woman's employer did not induce or encourage her to participate in the sex, so the federal government's insurer, Comcare, was not liable to compensate her. A lower court had said the woman was injured in the course of her employment and should be compensated." -- "A lower court had said the woman was injured in the course of her employment and should be compensated"? Huh.. Oh yeah, I guess it's accepted in Australia, too, as well as here, that it's normal, it's part of the job, for government employees to screw over the public.

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Online headline/story: "Ohio Islamic School: Children's Ankles & Wrists Chained - Beaten with a Long Stick for not Learning Religious Passages * This story is eerily similar to the firsthand undercover investigation I reported on here on the Al-Farooq mosque in Nashville, Tennessee. I had video footage of a 7-year-old girl talking about her husband and how they are regularly beaten during shariah class. * readers contacted Child Services, the DHS, and even the Governor's office, but no action was taken in Tennessee. Let's hope that Columbus, Ohio doesn't cave to Islamic supremacist pressure. * This horror speaks to a larger problem -- importing jihad: "when several students in a class of mostly Somalis learning English, entered a discussion." A class of mostly Somalis?" -- It's not talking about Biblical passages or some Syrian refuge camp... it's about the Quran... and right here in America.

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Listening to the House Committee questioning Ms Tavenner about what's going on with 00bamaCare enrollments, one thing is perfectly clear. Ms Tavenner is clearly a hostile witness. Why should any government agency representative be less than candid in passing along info a committee member ks about?

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Have you noticed that when a Congressional Committee calls for answers on a Judas 00-bama snafu/scandal, it's a woman who gets grilled and emotional. It's planned. It's planned so that mainstream media will focus on bullying rather than the problem. Perhaps the Republicans would be better served and serving if they let bother women try to pry info out of 00-bama's pawns.

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00bamaCare prides itself on coverage for preexisting conditions. So how come existing plans in effect for people who are still with their old plans are now being kicked off because their old plans didn't cover other demands of coverage, and therefore have become null & void, and now have to pay for coverage they don't need. My bride has had "the" female operation, and I'm 66, and we have to have maternity coverage and get birth control benefits to boot.

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L-E story: " City employees gave Columbus Councilors an earful on the subject of sharing the impact of rising health insurance costs during a sometimes raucous work session Tuesday morning and afternoon. * Councilors were debating whether to pass along to city workers a share of a $2 million shortfall in money budgeted for health insurance. About 125 city employees attended the work session, and it was clear where they stood on that question. * Esther Radcliff, a legal assistant in the City Attorney’s office, said she is tired of the government balancing its budget on the backs of city employees. She cited the city building parking garages, the City Services Center, the aquatic center and then having to maintain them." -- Wonder if it would bring her more stress that she's not only paying property taxes, but LOST taxes to supplement those ill-conceived projects?. It is nice to know that some of the employees are appreciating the concerns about City spending and waste brought before Council by other Columbus citizens.

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Now that the natatorium has been open a while, how about the City reporting the revenues that have come in, and a head count of usage...

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Wonder if the City employees refer to their health plan as ObamalinsonCare?

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Low info voter's L-E "soundoff": "Apologies for the shutdown are rare, but one belongs to Sen. John McCain. He said America didn't deserve it and called the incident "shameful." Thank you, Senator. " -- Hmmm, wanna bet this guy did not vote for McCain? For that matter, would never vote for McCain....

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Why does the L-E print stories/ads referencing Memorial Stadium as "A.J. McClung Memorial Stadium". It's proper designation is "A.J. McClung - Memorial Stadium". It was given a hyphenated name to honor both a beloved public servant and our Veterans who gave their life in support of America's freedom.

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L-E headline: "Turkey restocking is called a national success story" -- Ooops, my bad.. thought they were talking about the 2014 & 2016 election cycles, and I was going to challenge that premise... never mind.

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L-E story: " ORLANDO, Fla. — The Columbus State men’s golf team took sixth place with an 874 at the McDonough Cup Tuesday. * Yannick Gumowski hit a 73 in the third round, giving him a total of 213 and putting him tied for sixth. Robert Mize hit a one-under 71 in round three to finish eighth individually (214 total)." -- "hit a 73"..."hit a 71"? Why does the media let people who do not know the vernacular of a sport to report on a sport? Reminds me of Les Nessman doing the sports reports on WKRP.

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L-E story: " EA Sports’ popular PGA Tour game will no longer be named for Tiger Woods. * The company announced on its blog that it and Woods have made a “mutual decision to end our partnership” and that the company would keep working with the PGA Tour on its next golf title. * EA Sports’ popular golf game has been named for Tiger Woods since it first came out in 1998. This year’s game, titled “Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14,” will be the last one to bear his name." -- Hmmm, ya think the bloom is off the rose?