Online story: "Roughly a third of 300 potential jurors were dismissed Monday in the penalty retrial of convicted murderer Jodi Arias after telling a judge they had seen too much media coverage of her first trial to be impartial or had already made up their minds about her punishment. * Arias, 34, has acknowledged killing ex-boyfriend in 2008 at his suburban Phoenix home but claimed it was self-defense. He suffered nearly 30 knife wounds, had his throat slit and was shot in the head." -- "self defense"? AriASS probably had a better defense claiming he committed suicide. Some juror might have swallowed that line.

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HuffPost headline: " Hong Kong protesters set deadline for government" -- Wow... Chinese college students are protesting too much government in their lives (which is good, and should be expected), while American college students are protesting for more government entitlements. Our founding fathers are rolling over in their graves. So are the China founding fathers.

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HuffPost "headlie": "White House Shows Support For Aspirations Of Hong Kong People" -- What BS! Obamageddon's assault of the Constitution and individual freedoms is the same game plan as the government of China.

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George Washington University professors have their panties in a was. Faced with an upcoming tax on the Cadillac Health Plan in the million dollar range, the board has changed healthcare plans to a high deductible one. Funny thing is that the professors are blaming the university board rather than Obamageddon's OObamaCRAP bill.

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Question of the year.. maybe the decade: With all the Islamic threats, actions, too, why isn't the US mainstream media covering Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam?

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Another scary thought... Louis Farrakhan is 81. Who is going to take over the Nation of Islam when he dies?

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A black Muslim jihadist beheaded an unarmed white woman in Oklahoma. I haven't seen any mention of this qualifying as "hate crime".

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She really doesn't deserve having her name mentioned, but this online headline is too stupid to ignore: Melissa Harris Perry: Oklahoma Beheading A Case Of "Workplace Violence". Of course, it was on MSNBC, so more people are reading about this today than when she said it live, but this warning, that people like her walk among us, is important to note..

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Quick..can you name one member of Obamageddon's advisors who knows where even one of the five jihadists released from Gitmo are today? I would include Obamageddon himself as a possible source, but he was probably playing golf that day, probably didn't read the newspaper, so probably doesn't know they are no longer at Gitmo.

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Online story: "The National Science Foundation (NSF, no that doesn’t stand for “non-sufficient funds”) spent $300,000 studying how to ride bikes, or as the study itself puts it in government bureaucracy-speak, “improve the fundamental understanding of how humans interact with bicycles.” * The study, which is titled, “Human Control of Bicycle Dynamics with Experimental Validation and Implications for Bike Handling and Design,” paid $300,000 to Mont Hubbard of the University of California-Davis, the “Principle Investigator,” and Ronald Hess, the “Co-Principal Investigator.” -- You know, the bicycle industry generates $65 BILLION a year here, and bicycle manufacturers spend MILLIONS of their own generated funds on bicycle research. I'd like to know if any bicycle manufacturer was interested in any research by a taxpayer funded college project?

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I see a huge opportunity for some lawyers to put GM out of its misery via a class-action suit.. Last April, I took one of my daughters' cars in for a recall because of the ignition problem. Of course, the ignition is built into the steering column. Today, I am taking it back because the electronic power steering module has gone kaput. Found out from my independent mechanic that this is another recall issue that was brought to the forefront last March. The "fix" is to replace the steering column altogether. Now, why didn't GM just replace the steering column last April when the car was having the first recall item (the ignition) fixed? Oh.. the class-action suit.. diminished value.. around 30 MILLION GM cars have been recalled this year, and you know, trade in value has taken a beating.

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According to TV ads, it looks like our nation's freight railroads are running profitably. We do not see the same claims from AMTRAK, nor do we see any private RR lines clamoring to get back in the passenger business, yet Democrats, our Mayor Obamalinson included, want to pour tax dollars into passenger rail systems.

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Online quote source: “Let today be the day you stop being haunted by the ghost of yesterday. Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people... but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us.” - Steve Maraboli " -- You know, thus should be posted in every government entitlement and NAACP office.

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Yesterday, I heard a recap of the current rankings of cities on the move on GNN. It mentioned the rankings of several GA cities, but Columbus was not in the list. A quick "google" this AM did not find that info. Anyone else hear it or know where I can get the complete list?

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HuffPost headline: "Obama Predicts Democrats Will Hold The Senate In November" -- Oh.. what's Obamageddon going to do.. draw a red line in front of the voting precincts?

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Comment on above: Obamageddon could be right.. it depends on whether Republicans take their feet out of their mouths of moral issues.

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Online headline: "Ginsburg Says Citizens United Was Supreme Court’s Worst Ruling" -- Good grief.. she had her say...she voted against it.. she was wrong.. what's new?

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Online headline: "Marvel releases a preview of its first female 'Thor' comic" -- Good grief.. Norse mythology is getting a transgendered goddess of thunder & lightning.. guess now Marvel will just call it "THORn..goddess of PMS.

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L-E headline: "Jason Carter outlines platform at fundraiser in Columbus" -- "outlines"? It's 5 weeks away from Election day.. his platform should be filled out by now.

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What is it with Jason Carter.. son of Jack (eldest son of Jimmy), who tried to run for US Senate in Nevada? Does Jason think GA voters don't remember Jimmy?

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I'm curious.. for whom is the Democratic Party fundraiser, the Jefferson-Jackson Gala, named for? Surely Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson's ancestors object to this (especially Jefferson's). Maybe it's William J. Jefferson. corrupt (and imprisoned) Louisiana Senator and Jesse Jackson?

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L-E story: "The man who used a stolen 9 mm pistol to kill Keyonna Monte “KC” Chapple on Columbus’ Fisk Avenue at Morehouse Street in 2011 pleaded guilty Monday. * had been out of prison less than six months when he fatally shot the 30-year-old Chapple in the chest during a dispute * pleaded guilty to four counts of felony murder and one of using a firearm to commit a crime * sentenced... to life in prison, though he will be eligible for parole. * If paroled, he then will serve five years’ probation on the firearms charge" -- "eligible for parole"? Good grief, the L-E even shows " Williams pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated assault for shooting at a Mercury Grand Marquis occupied by four people, including two children, on June 20, 2003.He pleaded.. (the judge) sentence him to 15 years in prison with eight to serve and the rest on probation. He entered the prison system on April 8, 2004. * Williams already was a convicted felon then, with record of entering a Dodge Durango with intent to commit theft on Dec. 13, 1998. My question is why he wasn't sentenced to death being a three time felon with at least two crimes involving firing a gun at people....

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": "If Obama gets the blame for gas over $4 a gallon, does he get the credit for gas under $3 a gallon?" -- You know,, when Obamageddon took office, gasoline was about $1.81 nationally (lower here in Columbus). Let's give him all the credit for where gasoline will be on his last day in office.

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": "Michelle Nunn doesn’t hide the fact that she’s a Democrat. She just knows many closed-minded, backward thinking people would vote against her simply because she is a Democrat." -- Huh? Warning.. these people will be walking among us at polling places!

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": "Parents who let their little boys play football aren’t fit to have children." -- Is the full moon out? I have but one question.. where was 'free birth control" when this idiot was conceived?

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L-E's " Thought for Today" - “If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to be a horrible warning.” — Attributed to Catherine the Great, Russian empress (1729-1796)." -- You would think this would be the first thing Obamageddon reads everymorning.. you know, he probably does, but it doesn't help.

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L-E story: " The Washington Post and New York Times say the intruder who climbed a fence made it farther inside the White House than the Secret Service has publicly acknowledged." -- Well, what did you expect from the Security Team that leads our Mexican border strategy?

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That (_*_) arrested in the missing UVA coed.. well, two more cases have been linked to him. He's obviously a serial racist hate crime criminal.

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L-E editorial headline/content: "Beats jail any time" * An ankle monitor isn’t going to become a fashion trend. When it’s visible, it amounts to a public notice that the wearer has broken the law. * But it’s better than jail, both for the offender and for the jails themselves — crowded, understaffed and expensive. * And of course, it’s better for the taxpayers." -- 

Good grief.. the L-E making a claim of "absolute" is atrocious.. 

In 2013 (last year for you liberals out there), the Washington Post reported, "At least 11 defendants awaiting criminal trials in the District in the past year were charged with violent crimes after being released from jail through the court system’s electronic monitoring program. * According to statistics from the District’s Pretrial Services Agency, of 1,351 defendants who were released with GPS ankle bracelets to track their movements, 110 were arrested and charged with new crimes. Nearly a dozen crimes were violent, including armed robbery, assault and attempted child sex abuse. In past years, defendants in the program have been charged with murder and rape." 

Another story says, "Two registered sex offenders believed to have been working together were charged on Monday with four felony counts each of rape and "special circumstances murder" in the horrific deaths of four California women last year. * The scariest part of this whole story is that both men were under police supervision -- and were wearing GPS ankle monitors at the times of the killings last October." 

 I really don't think any of those victims or their families will agree with the L-E's assessment.