Online headline: "Sign language interpreter deemed a 'fake' at Mandela's memorial" -- What we'll probably find out is that this was a Geico Insurance commercial being filmed for the "happy as series" ala the "happy as a body builder giving traffic directions".

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Online headline/story: "GE's CareCredit Card to Refund $34 Million to Customers * In many instances, health providers told patients that the CareCredit cards would provide interest-free financing for a year, according to regulators. But the charges could only be avoided if the entire amount was paid within a year after the charge. If an outstanding balance remained at the end of the one-year grace period, interest accruing at a rate of nearly 27 percent was then tacked on to the bill." -- I'd thought this would be something right up CRAPital ONE's alley... (_*_) B*ladwin would have been a natural "bitchman".

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Hmmm, TIME Magazine's "Person of the Year" is Pope Francis... It must have been a bad financial year for TIME.. If TIME didn't need something of a divine intervention, TIME would have preferred someone like Bashar al-ASSwad, or Miley CyBUTT, Kathleen Se-BAIL-ME-OUT.

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Joke of the day: "Sebelius Requests Investigation Into Botched Health Care Website " -- DOH! We know how far this will get.. it was a Canadian company's software; one of the top excecutives is a Michelle Obama classmate, sorry, Ms Sebelius, "you're not in Kansas anymore"

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Online headline/story: "Budget Deal Announced By Patty Murray, Paul Ryan * The deal, which was negotiated over the past few weeks by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-Wash.), would set spending for the next fiscal year at $1.012 trillion and increase it to $1.014 trillion the year after that. * "For far too long here in Washington D.C. compromise has been considered a dirty word, especially when it comes to the budget," Murray said. "We have broken through the partisanship and the gridlock." -- What's wrong with Ryan? Has he not been following the plummeting popularity of Judas 00-bama and the Obamarat Congresspersons? Senator Murray is "laffin' all de way to da bank via da briar patch".

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Haven't mentioned this, but in an online story, "Sources close to Paul's family tell TMZ ... the family has been in touch with stunt experts who have gone to the crash site and come back with what they believe is a solid theory -- a speeding car that hits the plastic markers -- called Botts' Dots -- will hydroplane, causing the driver to lose control'' -- Excuse but riding in a Porsche Carrera GT doing 90 in a high population business area probably had a lot more to do with it than "dots".

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Online story: "The U.S. Department of Education has declined to levy any fines on student loan giant Sallie Mae despite secret determinations over the past 10 years that allege the company has harmed borrowers, incorrectly billed the department and had other servicing failures. * The findings come as Education Secretary Arne Duncan battles accusations that his department tolerates wrongdoing by companies it pays to service federal student loans, most notably Sallie Mae. The nation’s largest handler of student debt, Sallie Mae is under investigation by at least three federal agencies for allegedly violating borrowers’ rights." -- Good grief..; we have a TRILLION DOLLARS in loans given to kids who don't have (or may never find) jobs at favored rates, and the Department of Education refuses to monitor and discipline the carriers? Are Barney Frank & Chris Dodd now working for the DoE?

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L-E headline/story: "Oil falls on huge buildup in gasoline supplies * Gasoline supplies rose by 6.7 million barrels, the Energy Department said, while distillate supplies increased by 4.5 million barrels in the week ended Dec. 6. Both increases were more than three times what analysts were expecting, raising the possibility that refiners would slow production and purchases of oil in the coming weeks." -- These are numbers even Judas 00-bama cannot spin to make the economy look like it's growing.. These numbers mean neither personal cars nor semi-rigs are filling the highways.

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Surely you've seen the picture from yesterday showing Judas 00-bama taking a flirty 'selfie' pic with the blonde Scandinavian prime minister while at a Mandela memorial event. How about the scowl on Michelle's face....and body? Can't wait to read the next Secret Service person's memoirs of watching the 0bamas.

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So Government Motors is in the middle of huge events. Judas 00-bama has sold the taxpayers stake at a huge loss, GM announced it's bailing out on Australia, and it named an insider woman as it's top executive... Hmmm, not a bad way to divert media attention away from the near record 76 days of inventory build-up. On the other hand, how come our MCSD cannot ever find a suitable inside person to promote to system Superintendent when we have an opening?

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Just mailed my daughter's UGA tuition for Spring Semester. With "Hope Scholarship", the actual tuition 'ain't bad', BUT when you add in the $1,117.00 worth of what ever fee titles the Regents can think of, it becomes overpriced.

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Has anyone else noticed how much the original OObamaCRAP website looks like the website for "Angie's List"? Wait a minute, all I said was how similar the looked, not worked.

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Online quote site: "“Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.” ― Winston Churchill " -- I'll bet Winston Churchill would not have been politically correct.. no wonder Judas 00-bama sent the White House bust of him back to the English.

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L-E story: " The Muscogee County School District improved its high school graduation rate by 5.3 percent this year and continued to surpass the state average, according to data released Wednesday. * Muscogee County’s graduation rate jumped from 67.5 percent in 2012 to 72.8 percent in 2013" -- Taxpayers pay upwards of $10,000.00 per student anually and the MCSD is proud that nearly a third don't make through to graduate. Taxpayers are not getting much bang for their buck, and students are just not getting much....

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L-E's "Today in History": "On this date: In 1870, Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina became the first black lawmaker sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives." -- Hmmm.. something seems to be missing here... hmmm, what could it be....hmmm...OH! Congressman Rainey was a Republican. Interesting too, is that the first black Senator, Hiram Revels of North Carolina, was also a Republican.. Imagine that...imagine also that both men were from Southern states... even better imagine why the mainstream media left this tidbit out of this feature.

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Dueling stories from the L-E: "Police are searching for suspects after nine people at Hunter Haven Apartments discovered gunshot damage to their vehicles Monday, according to a Columbus police report.
* Officers arrived at the 5600 Hunter Road apartment complex shortly after midnight after receiving reports of shots fired in the area. Each of the nine vehicles sustained more than $500 worth of damage during the incident. * There are no suspects at this time." & " The same night that nine vehicles were damaged by gunshot at Hunter Haven Apartments, two juveniles were allegedly pistol whipped, according to a Columbus police report. * Police responded to the emergency room at St. Francis Hospital aound 2 a.m., Tuesday, to meet with a 14-year-old and 16-year-old, who both said they had been pistol whipped just after midnight." -- Hmm, and the police didn't put 2&2 together? On the other hand.. those two who got pistol-whipped after midnight on a school night.... wanna bet whether they are going to graduate from high school?

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L-E headline: "MLB intends to ban home plate collisions" -- Well, it's about time... now if we could get hockey to ban fighting, and NASCAR to ban passing....... Actually, I'm glad MLB is doing something about those home plate collisions... catchers really are at a huge disadvantage standing still while the runner builds up speed .

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Saw quite a number of running backs using the "straight arm" maneuver to defensive players' face masks this past weekend. What I didn't see was a single penalty flag thrown for such actions.

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How about that... 8 of the SEC teams in bowl games are favorites...and the other two are going to win also.

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L-E story: "NEW YORK — The five power conferences of college sports want more flexibility in providing financial support to athletes." -- More flexibility? Is this an admission of guilt for doing so already when it's illegal?

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You know, I really am against airlines allowing cellphone usage, even the ones they provide for fees. How easy would it be to make a cellphone case out of "plastique" , smuggle it on by a suicide bomber, and set it off from the ground? Besides, who wants to be on an airplane with (_*_) B*ldwin using his cellphone?