As noted last week, Bleep Veep Biden and Judas 00-bama do not swap Christmas presents.. That's a really pathetic thing to admit publicly. Here we are in the throws of this nation's largest, most important religious season, and our president & vice-president openly announce they do not participate in our Christian traditions.

Online story: "Retiring General Motors Co. CEO Dan Akerson says the government bailout of his company was a net gain for taxpayers — even though they lost $10.5 billion. * He says GM won't repay the $10.5 billion because the government agreed to make loans and take company stock in exchange for the bailout. * GM repaid its loans and the government sold the last of its stock last week The government spent $49.5 billion to save GM in 2008 and 2009. * Akerson made the comments to reporters ahead of a speech to the National Press Club on Monday. * If GM repaid the $10.5 billion to the government, it would be unfair to stockholders who invested based on the current capital structure, he said. "I can tell you there would be shareholder suits that would be difficult to defend." * Akerson said all the work that GM has done since bankruptcy will be for naught if the company returns to business as usual." --" unfair to stockholders who invested based on the current capital structure"? & "will be for naught if the company returns to business as usual"? You bethcha, and listening to all the ads more interested in 'leasing' rather than selling, GM is back on the old track.

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Online headline: "Unconfirmed Bomb Threat At Harvard Prompts Building Evacuations" -- Hmmm no wonder the Harvard campus was overly cautious.. its last "unconfirmed bomb" has ended up in the White House.

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L-E story: " It has been standing for thousands of years, so Britain's ancient Stonehenge monument was due a makeover. * New visitor facilities and landscaping are designed to "restore the dignity" of the mysterious stone circle, and transform the way more than 1 million visitors a year see it. * The 27 million pound ($44 million) renovation which was previewed Tuesday includes a new building 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) from the stones where visitors can watch an exhibition about Neolithic life. * They can then walk to Stonehenge down an ancient processional walkway, or take a shuttle bus." -- Hmmm "restore the dignity"? Yeah, riding shuttle buses will really do that.. I'm trying to imagine the Druids making money with tourism tours, but can't.

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From the "sign of the times" department - L-E story: "PASCAGOULA, MISS. — Jackson County has awarded a $27.6 million contract to Montgomery, Ala.-based Caddell Construction to build a new jail in Pascagoula. * The 752-bed jail will be expandable, as the design includes shell space for another 60 beds." -- This is a "sign" of a failed court system. When "we" plan our jails as a 'growth industry' it's because the current punishment actions are neither curtailing nor deterring new or recidivist criminals.

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This is ridiculous... Adam Levine, teeny bopper idol, is shilling for Pro-Active pimple stuff.. The guy is 34+ years old. How many 34 year old men do you know who have active pimples?

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Stewart & his son, Conner, shot a backside 27 in the final round of the Father-Son tournament this weekend. It's outstanding, no matter how you shoot a 9-under nine-hole score, but their's has special connotations.. they had nine straight "3s". The pair scored eagle 3s on both par 5s to offset lackluster pars on the par 3 holes.

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Online story: "Another powerful Democrat lined up behind the still-unofficial Hillary 2016 effort Tuesday. Senator Dianne Feinstein penned a glowing endorsement of Clinton in Politico this morning, calling Clinton “transformative” and “one of the most impressive women I’ve ever known.” Feinstein focused on her former colleague’s Senate career, and said that the country needs her “now more than ever.” -- Hmmm.. a bit of clarification is needed here... first we must determine whether "we need" Diane Feinstein.... then whether "we need Feinstein more than ever", too. Secondly, what's this "transformative" crap about? We are even finished with Judas 00-bama's "transformation", and Hillary is surely not campaigning of 'transforming' us back to where we were.

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Online headline: " Ohio judge hands down 28-year sentence in $100M, cross-country Navy veterans charity fraud" -- Once again, our court system is failing us! This (_*_) should be keel-hauled on a rusty barnacle-encrusted battleship until he can remember where every cent was diverted.

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McClatchy story: "ORLANDO, Fla. _ Orlando attorney Mark O'Mara, who took on George Zimmerman as a client in one of the nation's most racially charged and high-profile murder trials and won his acquittal, is now the subject of an ethics complaint for how he handled the case. * O'Mara volunteered to represent Zimmerman at no charge a few weeks later. * A few months later, O'Mara and co-counsel Don West gave Zimmerman a bill for $2.5 million, the amount of money they said he owed for the 3,000 hours of work each had put into his case." -- First, the media made this a "racially charged and high-profile" case. George Zimmerman has white and Latino parents but the media insisted he be classified as white. On the other hand, Judas 00-bama had white and black parents but the media insists he be classified as black. Now, what part of ethical is it for a lawyer to jump pro-bono into the foray for all the limelight of seeming to be a knight in shining armor, then billing the client as soon as the cameras stopped rolling?

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McClatchy story: "The firearms dealer caught up in the Justice Department's Fast and Furious scandal has won an early release from prison after a federal judge ruled that prosecutors overcharged him in alleging he sold high-powered weapons to smugglers working for a violent drug cartel in Mexico. * Ian Garland, who ran a gun shop near El Paso, Texas, was released Friday after a court hearing in Las Cruces, N.M., showed that he was given a longer sentence because the court was misinformed that some of the weapons he sold were fully automatic machine guns, rather than rifles and pistols. He had served half of his five-year sentence." -- Is this not the pattern of injustice that haunts our Department of Justice? This Garland fellow was set-up as the fall guy by the DOJ. Reminds me of how the guy that made some insignificant video was blamed and jailed by the same DOJ for causing the Benghazi terrorist attack. This is the same DOJ that won't prosecute marijuana cases, and won't allow states to protect the rights of all voters. Pric Holder is on the wrong side of the bars.

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The latest from www.barackobama/organizingforaction.com : "Hal -- More than 1.2 million Americans have already signed up for new health care plans since October 1st, and yet some people still wake up every morning determined to try to take it all away." -- To me, it looks like the only people who are trying to take away our healthcare are Judas 00-bama and the Obamarats. I was happy with my plan (self pay), yet now I can be fined or jailed for wanting to keep it.

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You know, within weeks if the November 2012 election, the www,barackobama.com campaign organization was renamed and re-qualified as a 501 (c) 4 corporation under the auspices of ""Organizing For Action". I guess even Judas 00-bama didn't have the cajones to reorganize as "Organizing For America".

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Since Judas 00-bama's lie about keeping our insurance policies has been the top rated quote AND lie, shouldn't his reflection win have an "*" inserted beside it?

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Online story: "JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The bogus sign language interpreter at last week's Nelson Mandela memorial service was among a group of people who accosted two men found with a stolen television and burned them to death by setting fire to tires placed around their necks, one of the interpreter's cousins and three of his friends told The Associated Press Monday." -- The guy probably used to run around with Winnie Mandela, and learned "necklacing" from her. The scariest thing is that this guy was just a few feet away from Judas 00-bama... Where was the NSA report on this guy? Where was the Secret Service check out on people on the dais?

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Online headline/story: "Engineer In Fatal NYC Train Crash, Likely Won't Be Charged With A Crime * In the immediate aftermath of the crash, investigators determined that he was not on his cellphone — in fact it was turned off — and he was not under the influence of alcohol when the train derailed entering a sharp curve outside Spuyten Duyvil. * Eliminating sleep deprivation as a factor in the disaster virtually rules out any potential contributing influence that could have caused Rockefeller to fall asleep. * “Falling asleep, by itself, is fundamentally not a crime, not even for a motorman driving a train,” a law enforcement source explained. “There was nothing mitigating here. He was not drunk, on the phone, or out partying the night before, and he went to sleep at a reasonable hour." -- You know, what we're really dealing with here is why the computerized safety devices have yet to be installed. There is a time frame, until 2015 I believe, to get them installed. There's no rule, and no real good reason they haven't been installed from day one of that decision. The question is, was it the train management or union officials dragging their feet...

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What is all the flap about Santa being 'white"? To whites, Santa is white; to blacks, Santa is black, to Americans, Santa is American, to the French, Santa is French. Same with Christ. We're talking about our religious faith, and we see things as we are. It's a non-issue to Christians, and Christmas itself is a non-issue to those who are not Christians. Everybody just relax and enwrap yourselves within the Holy Spirit and the celebration of Christ's birth.

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The average costs for gasoline in Georgia reveal, again, that the highest prices are in Athens. I'm sure there are more than one station owner in Athens, so this must be "collusion" based on then owners knowing all those UGA coeds with cars have parental credit cards.

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You know, there's a whole lotta talking about Kim Jong Un doing away with #2. I find that hard to believe. If you really think about who's #2 in Korea, Kim Jong Un would have had to commit suicide.

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With the results of a Harvard education sitting in the White House, why is the MEEC send 5 employees to Harvard next summer?

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L-E story: "What began as a routine traffic stop for speeding turned into a high-speed police chase, and then into a foot pursuit, and finally into an arrest for a dozen charges, including aggravated assault of a police officer, according to court testimony. * R------ M-----, 24, is charged with two counts of aggravated assault of a police officer; one count of possession of a schedule II drug; one count of possession of marijuana (less than an ounce); one count of driving with a suspended license; one count of fleeing or attempting to evade an officer; two counts of speeding; one count of DUI; one count of reckless driving; one count of open container; and one count of obstructing an officer. Malone pleaded not guilty to all charges in Columbus Recorder’s Court on Monday. He did not make a statement in court." -- You know, I'm willing to bet this was not the first time the (_*_) has been arrested... why aren't mentions of his priors stated and published as well?

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McClatchy/L-E story: " WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Monday concluded that a National Security Agency program that collects massive amounts of telephone data “likely” violates the Constitution, propelling a high-stakes fight right toward the Supreme Court." -- "Likely violates"? There it is... why our court system is in such doldrums.. we're paying a judge who's role is to interpret the Constitution's effect on a federal invasion of our privacy, but he waffles as he passes it on. The Supreme Court judges should be able to disbar such judges.

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No BCS Championship game will never top the Jan 1, 1979 Sugar Bowl. Bama vs Penn State.. "Bear" vs "Papa". #1 vs #2. By shear providence, I was there, and in the end zone seats as Bama stopped Penn State on 3rd & 4th and goal from the 1/2 yard line. The hits could be heard over the roar of the crowd.

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L-E's saddest story of the season: "A 29-year-old mother convicted last week of breaking her 8-monthold son’s leg in two places has been sentenced to five years in prison. Authorities say the infant’s dual fractures to his right leg led to the discovery his left leg previously had been broken, and had begun healing without medical care. * Yet another shocking discovery followed that: The mother had told her then-boyfriend, an Army combat veteran, that he was the boy’s father. After the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services took the boy from the mother and left him in the soldier’s care, a DNA test revealed it was not his son, so DFCS had to take the boy back." -- There's still hope and time for this have a happy ending in the future. Pray this child will find a permanent home and family that loves him. It is God's plan.

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L-E headline/story: "FDA: Anti-bacterial soaps may not curb bacteria * Under a proposed rule released Monday, the agency will require manufacturers to prove that anti-bacterial soaps are safe and more effective than plain soap and water. Products that are not shown to be safe and effective by late 2016 would have to be reformulated, relabeled or removed from the market" -- "prove"? That's OK with me, but what I want to know is why NSA hasn't been made to prove its claims, and why the IRS isn't required to prove its claims, and why Judas 00-bama wasn't required to prove OObamaCRAP claims BEFORE it became a law...