Online headline/story: "Surprise: Tobacco could eventually lead to new cancer treatment * There is some irony in the fact that a powerful defence mechanism against cancer is found in the flower of a species of ornamental tobacco plant, but this is a welcome discovery, whatever the origin.* Before you pick up that box of Marlboros, know that it's actually a flowering tobacco plant named Nicotania alata * After a series of tests, the scientists have determined that NaD1 can not only fight off plant fungi, but also kill cancer cells. * NaD1 latches onto cancer cells with its pincer-like structure, causing them to form little balloons on the surface until they explode. But, what makes it an ideal cure is that while it attacks affected cells, it leaves healthy ones untouched." -- God provides. Ironically, what man uses in a destructive manner is a choice, but when we listen, we hear God's plan.

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HuffPost headline story: "Obama Congratulates Afghanistan On Its 'Historic Elections * Despite high threats of violence, turnout was incredibly high. The Associated Press reported that seven million out of 12 million eligible voters hit the polls * According to the AP report, due to Afghanistan's steep terrain, results will take around six weeks to compile" -- despite high threats of violence...7 million out of 12 million voted (58% of eligible voters)... 6 weeks to compile...The U.S. has spent nearly $90 billion on aid and security training since its 2001 entrance into the country .... Hmmm questions arise: Out of 30 Million populace, how do we know the number (40%) of eligible voters? How do we know already how many voted (58%) yet it will take 6 weeks to compile? Was ACORN there?

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America compared to Afghanistan: In the 2012 elections, we had 222 Million eligible voters out of 241 million (92%) people of voting age. and 130 million (58%)cast ballots. Interestingly, out of the 130 million votes cast, nearly 2 million didn't cast a vote for "president". What does that mean? To me, it means there was fraud in local elections.

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Interesting facts found about the 2012 election:

1 - out of 241 Million voting age population, 8.5% were non-citizen.

2 - 7 states had over 10% of their voting age population who were non-citizen

3 - States we think about because they are in the news so much with illegal aliens issues (California -

17.6%, Florida 11.3%, Texas - 13.5%, and Arizone - 10.1%) are joined by New York and New Jersey with 12.6% and Nevada with 13.7%. New York, New Jersey, and especially Nevada surprised me, but this does explain a lot.

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241 Million people of voting age and 8.5% of those are non-citizen.. that's over 20 Million. That doesn't include any non-citizens under 18 years old. The Democrats have been telling us that we have "only" 11-12 million total. We have a lot bigger problem.

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In case you're wondering, Illinois has 9% non-citizens of voting age populace, and Hawaii has 8.9% non-citizens of voting age populace, and Washington, DC has 9.5%. Judas 00-Barnum has a large entourage.

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Letterman announced he's going to "retire". As far as I was concerned, he was just "tired".and I cannot say I watched him at all in this 21st Century.

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Online story: "Cash-strapped state and local prisons increasingly are using the Affordable Care Act to pay for their inmates' medical costs, taking advantage of a little-known provision that lets them shift some of those expenses to the federal government. * Ohio, Illinois and Iowa are among the states trying to offload the rising costs of health care – which include mental health programs – by enrolling inmates into a new expanded Medicaid program when they get sick. * But it doesn't stop there. The states also are working to enroll them even before they're released from prison, so they have coverage when they get out." -- Wait a minute! We're getting stuck with the bill twice! We're paying for prisoners OObamaCRAP policies and deductions, so there's no "negotiation" for hospital/doctor services, and paying for coverage for at least a month after these "more-likely-to-get-in-more-violent-activities" prisoners are released. Let's not forget that we taxpayers, not government or jail budgets actually pay for all this.

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HuffPost "Headlie": "Judge deals the Obama administration a major victory" -- Pure BS! A judge has protected the office of the president and the legislative branch from Constitutional conflict and law suits from activist lawyers and other judges. America benefits..

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Online quote source: "“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.”- F. Scott Fitzgerald" -- Or as succinctly said by Yogi Berra, "It ain't over til it's over". Both apply to OObamaCRAP.

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The NCAA semi-finals had an audience of over 79,000 people. 69,000 of those people got cheated. basketball arenas should never be built with more than 10,000 or so seats. Once you get past 10,000 seats in an arena, you need binoculars to see what's going on, and basketball moves too quickly for binoculars to be of value to actually see what's going on. Next time you see a game at GA Tech's arena, note what the view is from the aisles around the rear seating. It was built for 10,000 (though I do remember when it was renovated for the Olympics, they squeezed in 11,000 smaller seats).

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Watched "Man of Steel" last night. At his "Hollywood height" of 6'1", Superman is short, but in many screen shots with Amy Adams, he didn't look more than a couple of inches taller. Anyway, the movie paled to the original with Christopher Reeves.

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Also watched "Atlas Shrugged 1 & 2" yesterday afternoon/evening. While it wasn't true to the book, it looked like the Judas 00-Barnum Community Organizer's Handbook for Dummies.

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If you hadn't guessed, my bride was not home yesterday. She went to Atlanta with our daughters to try on our oldest's bridal gown. I watched golf and movies I don't get the opportunity to see with her.

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With a tip from a fellow BCer: You know about the military and FBI, and DOJ/AFT, but did you know that the following divisions of government have their own police forces? The US Department of Education, the Burean of Land Management, the US Department of Interior, the US Postal Service, the National Park Service (with 2 divisions - Park Rangers & Park Police), the US Fish and Wildlife Agency, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (yes, NOAA). It's not just an issue over specialization, it's about duplication of administration executive to run theses forces. It's not just "red tape", it's about political appointments.

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Soapbox moment: "I'm curious.. does anyone have an idea of how many dollars the racist indoor sun tanning federal excise tax has raised,\; how it's been dispensed, and why no TV legal groups haven't been advertising for recruits for a class action law suit?

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With all the frauds (entitlement, DOJ, IRS, and voter) going on, you'd think Judas 00-Barnum should appoint a "Fraud Czar". Unfortunately, he has way too many friends around him who are imminently well qualified for the job.

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Between all the "green energy" loans Judas 00-Barnum gave to political friends that defaulted, and the $10 Billion taxpayers' "ate" from Judas 00-Barnum preserving his GM union buddies jobs, anymore "help" at taxpayer expense should require a national referendum before hand.

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Online story: "On April 3, 2014, Hillary Clinton spoke at the Women of the World Summit in New York City and was asked what she was most proud of during her tenure as Secretary of State. Clinton could not provide any concrete examples of the accomplishments she holds in high regard. * Look, I really see my role as Secretary, in fact leadership in general in a democracy, as a relay race. When you run the best race you can run, you hand off the baton. Some of what hasn’t been finished may go on to be finished, so when President Obama asked me to be Secretary of State I agreed,” Clinton responded." -- Hmmm, did some one ever tell her that when you drop that baton, the race is over for your team?

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Online story: "The State Department misplaced and lost some $6 billion due to the improper filing of contracts during the past six years, mainly during the tenure of former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, according to a newly released Inspector General report. * The report centered on State Department contracts worth “more than $6 billion in which contract files were incomplete or could not be located at all,” according to the alert." -- Hmmm, sorta like the Whitewater files that finally showed up at her Rose Law Firm situation. One thing for sure, that some of that $6 Billion might have been used to save the lives of 4 Americans in Benghazi.

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L-E headline: "OFFICERS DOWN * Documents show attracting, keeping police in Columbus a tough task; issue goes back at least 10 years, when officers protested low pay" -- You know, in 2008, Columbus taxpayers voted a 1% Local Option Sales Tax upon ourselves with 70% of that to go specifically to our Public Service departments. This was not to be considered "normal budgeting but for beefing up the normal Public Safety needs. In a bad year, it will bring in about $21 Million and in a real good year, as much as $25 Million for for Public Safety needs. Where is this money going? Has Council reduced the normal Public Safety budget by replacing (rather than supplementing) it with the LOST revenues? We know Council has diverted good money into the questionable usage by the Crime Prevention Committee, but what has happened? The last 5 plus years have had an influx of between $21M and $25M to bolster our Public Safety needs and it's apparently not working as was promised to the taxpayers.

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": " No sports team wants to have an insulting, demeaning, bigoted name. It’s ridiculous. “Go Snotnosed Twits.” -- Hmmm, sounds like this "soundoffer" is a wee bit wacko.. maybe he/she/it would prefer to be known as a "Flaming Liberal"...which he/she/it probably is..

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L-E story: " Columbus police are looking for a man who used a fake ID to obtain a car loan valued at more than $9,000 from Kinetic Credit Union.* The man provided proof of residency and information from an employer. * Sometime after opening the account, the man applied for and received a vehicle loan valued at $9,262. * Officials later learned that the man’s address and employment information were false. * The man also submitted a fraudulent bill of sale from Alabama to the credit union. Calls to the suspect have gone unanswered as the police investigation continues." -- "officials learned the man's address and employment information were false"... "calls to the suspect have gone unanswered"? DOH! You know.. a simple check of tax data at the address and a phone call to verify employment would have stopped this fraud dead in its tracks, but I'm going to bet some federal law made doing so illegal. This Democratic Party "equal opportunity" philosophy brought down the housing, mortgage banking, stock market and automobile industry to their knees 6-10 years ago, and will surely do it again if money businesses cannot properly check client info.

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You know, when the media reports deaths of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, I wish the media would qualify those as that nations' soldiers or whether they were our soldiers. The headlines and stories are somewhat callous without such info.

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Saturday was opening day of "Market Days"? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember last fall when it was announced that Market Days would be going on every Saturday all year long. Personally, I chuckled (and commented) about what a less than smart idea that was.. but .. Anyway, glad to see it back.

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Have you ever looked at the property holdings of Goodwill Industries? Not only are too many dollars taken out of providing needs to its intended, all those properties are tax exempt so Goodwill gets Public Safety services for free as well.

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Council will vote on buying 2 new survey units to replace current equipment bought in 2009. Gimme a break.. survey equipment bought in 2009 cannot be obsolete, nor has any land moved locations since then. It's just that Council wants to spend $27,000.00 on a power-ego-trip.

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I thought it was tacky of the Columbus L-E, division of McClatchy, to publish salaries of other publicly held company officers, but not the L-E's executive staff.