HuffPost story: " The Swedish furniture giant Ikea is raising the minimum wage in all of its U.S. stores, and it's doing so in a way that may raise the bar for American retailers. * According to Ikea, the move will boost the average store minimum wage to $10.76, a 17 percent increase, and bring raises to approximately half of the company's 13,650 U.S. employees" -- Hmmm.... so Ikea is a "good guy" Liberalville? Half its employees are getting a raise to 10.67.... Hmmm... didn't Walmart, the liberals' Satan, and recently vilified by the NY Times, show it already pays its full time hourly employees an average of over $12.00 per hour? Maybe Ikea's money is "greener" than Walmart's...

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Online story: "A federal appeals court ruled for the first time Wednesday that gay couples have a constitutional right to marry, extending the movement's legal winning streak and bringing the issue a big step closer to the U.S. Supreme Court. * The three-judge panel in Denver ruled 2-1 that states cannot deprive people of the fundamental right to marry simply because they choose a partner of the same sex." -- And exactly which Constitutional Amendment is this written/guaranteed? The 14th Amendment, Section 1 reads:

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. "

On the other hand, In his dissent, Justice Paul J. Kelly Jr. said the 10th Circuit overstepped its authority and that states should be able to decide who can marry.

Our Constitution does support him:

9th Amendment: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people"

10th Amendment: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people"

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Now.. the 14th Amendment's Section 3 does raise issue with whether we should be paying the salary/pension of the Democrats who voted to take over our healthcare system:

"Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

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From the "suspicion's confirmed" department - HuffPost story: "Federal employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have been instructed to stop defecating in the hallway of a regional office in Denver, Colo., according to an internal e-mail obtained by Government Executive. * In a staff email earlier this year, Deputy Regional Administrator Howard Cantor warned of "several" inappropriate bathroom "incidents" in the building, including paper towel-clogged toilets and "an individual placing feces in the hallway" outside the restroom." -- Aha! Now we know why roadside bathrooms are dirty no matter when you use one.. the EPA has been setting the standards!

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HuffPost headline: "Diane Sawyer Steps Down As 'World News' Anchor" -- Guess her last interview with Hillary was just too much for ABC...

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Online story: "The U.S. economy shrank at a steep annual rate of 2.9 percent in the January-March quarter as a harsh winter contributed to the biggest contraction since the depths of the recession five years ago. But the setback is expected to be temporary, with growth rebounding solidly since spring. * The Commerce Department says the first-quarter contraction was even more severe than the 1 percent annual decline it estimated a month ago. Two-thirds of the downward revision reflected a decline in health care spending." -- Hmmm, you know.. I can see the growth of jobs in the next week or so... the Man of Steal will have to quadruple his spinmeister staff to get this swept under the carpet before November elections.

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It's awfully suspicious when the White House spinmeisters blasts commerce for causing the hottest May in the last 100 year, then turn around the next day and announce that last months GDP took a nose five.

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After all the dirt settled.. Charlie Rangel did get more votes than Adriano Espaillat in the New York Democratic primary for the 13th Congressional District. No majority mind you, but Rangel is heading back to Washington. Let's add Rangel along with Biden as the "Poster Boys" for federal term and pension limits.

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Once again, Rangel's plurality victory show why runoffs should be mandatory when less than 50% of the voters outweigh the total of the voters.

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HuffPost story: "Republican businessman Curt Clawson has won the special election to replace former Rep. Trey Radel (R-Fla.), the Associated Press reports. * Clawson easily defeated Democratic rival April Freeman in Tuesday's primary, in addition to Libertarian candidate Ray Netherwood." -- "easily defeated Democratic rival"? The "Democratic rival" got less than 3 of every 10 votes cast.. the Democratic Party offering was decimated!

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Online story: "The District of Columbia Council on Tuesday approved a "yoga tax" on gymnasiums and yoga classes that has angered fitness buffs in the U.S. capital. * The Democratic-controlled council voted 12-1 to give final approval to a $10.6 billion budget for 2015 that included a sales tax on gyms, yoga studios and other athletic businesses," -- Hmmm... just how "inclusive" are Democrats? They've taxed white people for indoor tanning, and now they are taxing religious practices of those of Indian descent/following? Looks like a double-dose of discrimination for the Supreme Court to take on.

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Online story: "Malaysia Airlines’ missing Flight 370 appears to have been on autopilot as it flew south across the Indian Ocean until running out of fuel, and the likeliest scenario is that the crew was unresponsive, possibly suffering from the effects of oxygen deprivation, Australian officials said Thursday in announcing a new deep-sea search for the aircraft. * Hypoxia occurs when a plane loses air pressure and the pilots, lacking adequate oxygen, become confused and incapable of performing even basic manual tasks." -- Good grief... now officials are "grasping"... If hypoxia happened immediately (ala the Payne Stewart situation) how would pilots still be able to 'redirect" the airliners directions/altitude then reset the auto-pilot, and durin the same time, ignore radioing the situation back to the traffic controllers?

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From the "what he says versus what he means" department - Online story: "President Obama acknowledged Wednesday that his efforts to combat climate change — in particular, Environmental Protection Agency regulations to slash carbon pollution from cars and coal-fired power plants — could raise fuel and electricity prices. And he told environmental advocates that in order to make a credible case for such climate policies, officials would need to acknowledge Americans’ worries about the economic effects. * “People don’t like gas prices going up; they are concerned about electricity prices going up,” Mr. Obama said in a speech at an annual dinner for the League of Conservation Voters." -- Hmmm what the Stident Loan Ranger didn't say was "what, me worry/care?".

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Online story: " President Barack Obama lampooned congressional skepticism over climate change on Wednesday, saying that lawmakers who balk at tackling air pollution are either blind to science or cowed by extremists. * The president mocked those who question the science behind climate change or the urgency of addressing the problem, which has emerged as a legacy issue for his presidency and a polarizing topic in November congressional elections." -- Hmmm... "mocked those who question the science behind climate change"? Did anyone see the Mosqued Man's "Doctorate of Physics from the Albert Einstein Science University" degree on his resume'?

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Online headline: "BREAKING: Obamas Purchased House in Asheville, NC for Post-Presidency" -- Hmmm... now Chicago is the latest victim tossed under the bus....

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Online headline: "Supreme Court says police must get warrants for most cellphone searches" -- Hmmm.. what's next... search warrants for taking a smoking gun out of a murder's hand?

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Obama quote: "“When America proves what’s possible, other countries are going to come along.." -- Hmmm.. yep when America nosedives, so goes the world.

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Online story: "For the first time since President Richard M. Nixon’s divisive “Southern strategy” that sent whites to the Republican Party and blacks to the Democrats, African-American voters have come out in force for a Republican in the Deep South. * “We’re in a moment here,” said Floyd Smith, an African-American and a longtime political worker who canvassed Jackson’s black precincts for Mr. Cochran. “Black folks went out and voted for a Republican. That’s history.” -- History? Good grief.. what we have witnessed is a concerted effort of bloc voting in a primary in order to get the weaker candidate on the ballot against the Democrat choice in November. History would be if the same black bloc vote stayed with the Republican primary winner.

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I tell you.. driving around town and looking at billboards and store front.. Massage Parlors must be the ne "Wig Shops" of Columbus' retail mix.

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The Republican candidate for Governor of Colorado this fall has a real chance for a win. All he had to do is send free marijuana brownies to the Democratic voters on the Monday before the election, and they will not care about going to the polls to vote.

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Activist judges will be our downfall. A liberal fed judge has ruled that the "no fly" list is unconstitutional, and even non-citizens with known terrorist connections have the right to fly in America's skies.

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I'm not going to post it, but did you see the video of our Congressional leaders singing & swaying to the music at the M.L. & Coretta King Gold Medal award ceremony? If you haven't, its " a must see". Look at Mitch McConnell holding hands with Harry Reid & Nancy Pelosi.. What agony!

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L-E "headlie": "MUSCOGEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT * MUSCOGEE COUNTY IMPROVES CRCT SCORES * Schools increased math and reading scores, but did not meet or exceed state average" -- Huh? The real headline is buried deep in the story, " The district didn’t exceed or match the state average in any of the 30 tests." You have to wonder if the L-E didn't hire Jay Carney to write spin-stories about the MCSD.

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L-E "headlie": "City dedicates Resting Garden on site of old slave cemetery" -- Excuse me, but didn't we pay umpteen-thousands of dollars to have an archeological team to scan the entire area for anything that would verify any burial activity in this park, and didn't they come up with absolutely nothing to confirm such...

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L-E story: "CHICAGO — The Chicago City Council has approved an ordinance that dramatically limits where gun stores can operate and requires them to videotape every purchase to prevent one person from buying a gun for another. * Aldermen voted 48-0 on Wednesday for the law that would prohibit gun shops in most of Chicago." -- Other than if another gun was never sold in Chicago, it still wouldn't remove guns from street thugs.. but what do liberals think this law will accomplish? Have none of the Aldermen considered that people who buy guns for others are not going to step outside the store, away from cameras and turn the gun over to another?

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You know.. the recent revival of the activities of CSU's President Mescon might be a catapult to better state employment practices.. how about a law, even a policy, that say when a president of a state college/university or a local school superintendent throws his/her hat into the running for another job, the state or local monitoring body put his/her position up for replacement regardless of the success of the president/superintendent landing another job. He/she has basically said he/she is either too big for the current job or has no interest in the future of this job.