Online story: "The Supreme Court is considering whether the Americans With Disabilities Act requires police to take special precautions when trying to arrest armed and violent suspects who are mentally ill. * The justices hear arguments Monday in a dispute over how police in San Francisco dealt with a woman suffering from schizophrenia who had threatened to kill her social worker. Police forced their way into Teresa Sheehan's room at a group home and then shot her five times after she came at them with a knife.
Sheehan survived and later sued the city, claiming police had a duty under the ADA to consider her mental illness and take more steps to avoid a violent confrontation. * Her attorneys say laws protecting the disabled require police to make reasonable accommodations when arresting people who have mental or physical disabilities." -- Good grief! Police Lives Matter! Tell you what.. when the law requires a schizophrenic or bi-polar person to wear a sign/t-shirt at all times saying "I'm schizo/bi-polar and off my meds.. maybe police would have the extra evaluation time of dealing with a person charging at them with a weapon.. until then.. police need to be in control when a weapon is involved...

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HuffPOOPOO headline: "President Obama releases statement" -- Oooops, my bad... thought Obamageddon had signed a pardon for all his lies.

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Online headline: "Sen. Ted Cruz confirms 2016 bid via Twitter" -- Good grief.. another stupid Republican trick.. Cruz just confirmed, in less than 140 spaces, to the mainstream media that he's a "big twit"...

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Online story: ""It might surprise you to know that a 12-ounce serving of Guinness has only 124 calories. A great way to go lighter is to go darker," says a Guinness commercial. * Be surprised no more, Guinness drinkers! Diageo, the company that owns Guinness as well as Johnnie Walker, Ketel One, Baileys and a host of other beers, wines and spirits will put nutrition labels on its beverages." -- Good grief.. next we'll see ads calling alcohol a "health food".

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Online quote source: "“Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.” - Napoleon Hill" -- Hmmm... another one the Democrats are dyslexic about.. psst..you know... "Speak twice before you think"....

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One of my nieces/nephew couple has started up a new company of Christian inspirational wear. Take a peek.. http://www.foundstrong.com/ - If no need for products, there are links to some worthy charities that might interest you.

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With local teachers not getting raises for, what, 9 years, don't you know they have really appreciated the local property tax freeze on their homes? The tax freeze allows homeowners a stable obligatory budget item. PS - the recently passed SPLOST won't help them either.. in fact, it takes $35,000,000.00 annually out of retail circulation that would be taxed by the state which would probably increase the budget share of the state's education funding.. which, ironically, has a better chance of getting to teachers in raises.

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What's with the L-E's intrigue of wanting to publish Columbus and Phenix City employee wages, and executive salary packages of local stock exchange listed corporations, yet the L-E has no interest in filleting the MCSD expenditures? Maybe the L-E should publish individual writers' salaries on their bylines...

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You know.. In the private sector, I'd say there is a direct correlation between the success of the company and the compensation of it's employees. Judging by the pissing contest the L-E is stirring up, a rise in the minimum wage will benefit most of its writing staff.