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1 This is not just trimming the nails...

Posted by: Michael at August 17, 2006 02:10 PM (lM5Jk)

2 I was being nice.

Posted by: Ogre at August 17, 2006 03:43 PM (oifEm)

3 I'm a chinese Singaporean We have nabbed like 30 + terrorists here. 2 years ago the bunch of them tried to blow up some of our major bus terminals. We detained most of them without trial, some have since been released; the rest of them are still being tortured by our internal security.(mind you, i dunno whether that's a good thing or not; just stating facts.) Targeted the American service men in town too. And apparently they also toyed with the idea of crashing a plane into our iconic? Changi traffic control tower. http://www.changiairport.com/changi/en/index.html Intel dug up in Afghanistan dug by you yanks helped head off the attacks. Letting you know that muslim terrorist aren't just a White problem: they are a pain in the ass all over Asia. Blowing up trains in India, shooting Thais, planning attacks against just about any country that is more prosperous, more religiously tolerant and pluralistic than a typical muslim country. And more sexually liberated of course. Did i mention they are blowing up things in China as well? All this proves a point that Muslims all over the world have yet to accept: there's something screwed up in their culture that's leading to friction with people all over the world. I won't say this is a problem unique to Muslims - Jews and Christians in the past couldn't get along with most other "types" of people if you like. i rather not categorise people. You define yourself as "i'm proud to be Muslim" or "i'm proud to be Catholic" and sooner or later you or your children or your grandchildren r gonna sign up for Al Queda or the IRA respectively. Be proud to be yourself and happen to be Muslim or Catholic or whatever. Peoples who are insecure, ethno-centric are the ones that produce terrorists. Lets put it this way: muslims claim so and so are racist "Americans are racist" "English are racist" E.T.C But! how often do you hear Chinese, Vietnamnese e.t.c complain about racism and go rioting? Not often. They work hard, try to earn a living. Sure there's prejudice here and there but they dun GENERALLY DONT GIVE A FLYING FUCK. Remember Shaq's joke about Yao Ming? He tried speaking like a chink to mock Yao Ming. What was yao ming's reaction? he shrugged his shoulders. Sure some asian groups made some noise but its a squeak compared to the noises muslims make. A china man is pretty secure. You can say hey "chink" and he won' t give a fuck. Sure he's annoyed you are trying to mock but its not like its some kind of declaration of war against his ethnic group. I repeat: Peoples who are insecure, ethno-centric are the ones that produce terrorists. Aussies are racists - thats a known fact. And french people can be big time assholes, but for me i would deal wiht this sort of prejudice by working harder to prove myself. And so would most Singaporeans: they wouldn't go blowing up buildings or going around shouting "Discrimination!" Another fact; Racists are ALWAYS THE ONES ALWAYS CALLING OTHERS RACISTS. A post on your forum says muslims care bout their families ( about lives ) but not about jewish families. they cheer when jews are killed. Like when innocent jewish children are killed. I've asked muslims in singapore whether they hate jews: we are 10 000 miles away. the muslims here have never seen jews, never spoken to one, never even smelled one b4. And yet invariably the answer is YES (or ambivalent-which to me is no beter than a yes) Do jews deserve to die? YES. Where's the "oh the humanity of it, i wish there could be peach between arabs and jews... " none of that. Its just plain and simple : I hate jews. Who;s the real racist now? Americans and Brits have their faults, but by and large a black, an asian, anybody can succede there. No problem. So why do muslims have so many problems? Psychologist will always tell you that in any quarrel it takes 2 to tango. A marraige fails because BOTH husband and wife are fucked up. The american and brit govs may not be perfect. But muslims clearly aren't either. They should accept that. MUSLIMS AREN'T INNOCENT MUSLIMS AREN'T ALL TERRORISTS, BUT MOST TERRORISTS ARE MUSLIM And most MUSLIMS ARE ABIVALENT WHEN IT COMES TO CONDEMNING TERRORISTS. They are ambivalent bout condemning people who blow up classrooms full of kids? Of cuddly innocent children? And the they say they are innocent and the West is fucked up. Who's the one who's really fucked up here? To sum up, a few things muslims world wide should learn. Some have and they are called moderates. And they try to change their own people; i appreciate that but for rest they really need to grow up. i can't put it any more politely. MUSLIMS AREN'T INNOCENT MUSLIMS AREN'T ALL TERRORISTS, BUT MOST TERRORISTS ARE MUSLIM And most MUSLIMS ARE ABIVALENT WHEN IT COMES TO CONDEMNING TERRORISTS. Racists are ALWAYS THE ONES ALWAYS CALLING OTHERS RACISTS. Be proud to be yourself and happen to be Muslim or Catholic or whatever. Peoples who are insecure, ethno-centric are the ones that produce terrorists. _________________________________________________

Posted by: james lee at August 18, 2006 01:31 AM (IJpM2)

4 Excellent points, James Lee, you're right on. Thanks for stopping by!

Posted by: Ogre at August 20, 2006 09:28 PM (QmGzr)

5 I LIKE this one. A lot. Chopping off just fingers though??? I can think of more body parts.

Posted by: Raven at August 21, 2006 09:26 PM (rsoRH)

6 Hehe. Again, it was me trying to be kind and nice.

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What is Conservatives were in control in the North Carolina General Assembly? I'm not talking about Republicans or Democrats here, but conservatives, who might happen to be Republicans or Democrats. Democrats have controlled the General Assembly, well, forever (Republicans have NEVER had control of the Senate and only one had control of the Governorship and the House). So what would be different if people elected conservatives? Chad Hinton writes about this idea in the Summer edition of the Conservative Citizen.

The biggest change would be in the leadership. Jim Black, who has ruled the House with an iron fist, and who may be taken away in handcuffs for breaking the law, would not be in charge. In the Senate, Marc Basnight has controlled that chamber for 14 years. The budget there gets written by about 3 people and everyone else is expected to vote on it. But with a conservative leader, the Senate might have rules that are actually fair, instead of having bills that the Democrats don't like "lost" in committee hearings.

The leadership would also help determine the rules for each chamber. Last year the Democrats in the Senate decided that they could suspend the rules for any period of time they wanted to. They also changed the rules for getting legislation OUT of committees. In addition, conservatives have suggested a rule that would require a waiting period before a budget vote. Currently the budget appears and is expected to be voted on within hours -- giving those who did not write the bill (everyone but the leadership) no possible way to actually READ the bill. Conservatives have suggested that they would require giving legislators enough time to actually READ bills before they vote on them -- what a concept.

Think it's time to vote for conservatives yet?

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The renter is about to leave, but not before I get a chance to mention him! This week, Full Metal Photography has been linked to in the upper left corner. Now there's some REALLY great pictures over there, so if you've got a few moments, head on over and take a peek.

There's also a story about a "confrontation" regarding taking photos of allegedly "banned" things. He very eloquently makes the point about freedom of speech and provides advice for other photographers of "sensitive" items.

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This one is for the New York Slimes:

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1 Nothing is quite as blunt as a WWII poster

Posted by: Chase Bradstreet at August 16, 2006 05:02 AM (yKnNx)

2 And hoping it makes a point.

Posted by: Ogre at August 16, 2006 12:17 PM (oifEm)

3 I'm sorry, I had this poster all wrong. I figured it was directed at the guy's wife.

Posted by: K T Cat at August 16, 2006 03:53 PM (yo0R9)

4 Definately makes a point!

Posted by: oddybobo at August 16, 2006 04:09 PM (6Gm0j)

5 That could be, too, KT!

Posted by: Ogre at August 16, 2006 04:29 PM (oifEm)

6 the NYT doesn't CARE. They want that man to die.

Posted by: Raven at August 21, 2006 09:27 PM (rsoRH)

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From the NC Property Rights Coalition:

The fight to protect our property rights is not over.

Unfortunately, during this year's short session the legislature refused to hear a proposed constitutional amendment to protect our property from eminent domain abuse. Instead, they passed a law that simply doesn't give us the protection we need.

Rather than allow the people to vote on this important amendment, the legislature sent it to a committee to die.

Instead of giving us constitutional protection that will stand the test of time, they passed a law that can easily be undone by a future legislature.

Make no mistake: North Carolina needs an amendment to the state constitution to ensure that government cannot take our private property for economic development purposes.

This fight is not over; it has only just begun.

We Need Your Help: There are three ways you can help with our ongoing efforts to protect private property rights in North Carolina:
1. Sign Our Petition: If you have not already done so, please sign our petition calling for a state constitutional amendment to protect our property from eminent domain abuse. Click here to sign the petition.
2. Make a Contribution: We need your financial support to ensure that we are able to effectively communicate our message and make a strong stand for private property rights. Every donation, whether $5.00 or $5,000.00, is important. Please click here to make a donation.
3. Tell Five Friends: There is strength in numbers. Please take a few minutes to tell five of your friends about this organization. Encourage them to sign our petition, and encourage them to join our email list. Click here to use our tell-a-friend form.

We need your help to protect the private property of all North Carolinians. Please take the time to help us with this important effort by doing these three simple things.

Sincerely,
Kieran Shanahan
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This week's Tarheel Tavern has been posted! It's over at My Blue Puzzle Piece. For those who haven't seen it before, it's a carnival from and about North Carolina bloggers. Head on over and take a peek.

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1 Hey Ogre..thanks for stoppin by at my little haunt..means alot to me!

Posted by: Angel at August 14, 2006 09:26 PM (i595Q)

2 You bet! Now if we could get your RSS feed to validate...

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Did you know that Jim Black, Democrat Speaker of the NC House is now saying that everyone's lying about his campaign breaking the law? I wonder if he's claiming the judges that keep finding that his campaign has been breaking the law are liars, too?

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This blog's primary focus is on North Carolina politics and North Carolina government. However, sometimes world and national events really become so important that they require extra coverage. Such is the case as some people are becoming more aware of where and how the enemies of America are showing up.

Vox Day notices where the enemy lies:

The only responsibility of the West is to its native inhabitants, to demand that those non-Westerners who wish to reside in it will live by its standards, by the cultural norms of the West. Likewise, Western leaders have a duty to recognize the enemy as all of those who have declared themselves to be at war with the nations of the West and to give them what they have demanded, regardless of whether they live in Baghdad, Boston or Buckinghamshire.

Jihad is being taught to children every day, right here in America.

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A number of different people, mostly rabid socialists in the Democrat Party, are complaining that this year the Democrat-led North Carolina General Assembly didn't pass a Constitutional Amendment making health care a universal "right." The folks at KOS are even claiming

Just as with education, health care is a right that all North Carolinians have inherent to their being - it is not a privilege bestowed upon those with the most money.

The idea of "rights," when applied to people and government, is that people have something that cannot be taken away. The way the government was set up in America, we have rights that are specifically enumerated that are not granted by government, but instead are not to be taken away by government.

For example, I have a right to freedom of speech. Government cannot take that right away without violating the Constitution. In order for me to express that right, government need do nothing. They are not required to provide me with a megaphone or soap box. I have the right and it infringes on no one for me to exercise that right (if it does infringe on someone else, it's beyond the scope of my exercise of that right).

All the rights secured in the Constitution are the same -- they require nothing of government or of anyone else. I can be secure in my home and no one has to provide me with anything. I can not testify against myself and no one has to DO anything.

However, if health care is found to be a "right," then how is that possible without someone doing something? In order for me to get health care, SOMEONE has to provide it. Even in it's most basic form, some trained person (a doctor) needs to spend their time and effort to attend to my needs. If I have a "right" to that service, then I do not have to pay for it -- it's my right. Therefore, the doctor is required to provide that service -- free of charge. If it's my right, he is not able to NOT provide the service, no matter what I pay.

That's wrong, plain and simple. That requires slavery, whether you want to admit it or not. That's in clear violation of Article I, Section 1 of the NC Constitution that says

We hold it to be self-evident that all persons are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, the enjoyment of the fruits of their own labor, and the pursuit of happiness.

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Another nail goes in the coffin of Democrat Speaker of the NC House Jim Black's political "career." Meredith Norris was found guilty of violating the state's lobbying laws. She was, in fact, working for a lottery company while employed by Jim Black.

Of course, Democrat Jim Black has not announced his resignation. Instead, he continues to claim that he didn't do anything wrong. If you believe Mr. Black, he was innocent as the Virgin Mary, yet everyone around him was guilty. And no, I'm not saying it's guilt by association, I'm saying Black was running the whole show, he just won't admit it.

The investigation continues (and note that all these recent convictions have come as a direct result of the investigation of Jim Black, NOT because the other people were being investigated.)

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This week's host for The Tarheel Tavern, Another Blue Puzzle Piece, provided a theme:

"the future". That can include predictions, prescriptions, hopes, dreams, near future, far future, middlin' future, back to...etc.

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"Yes, I'm having trouble with this application."
Tech Support: "I'll need you to turn the computer's steering wheel 20 degrees down bubble."

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1 Darn it, I keep forgetting to submit.

Posted by: William Teach at August 12, 2006 10:51 PM (doAuV)

2 One day, Teach...

Posted by: Ogre at August 13, 2006 12:14 AM (QmGzr)

3 When the universe was young and life was new an intelligent species evolved and developed technologically. They went on to invent Artificial Intelligence, the computer that can speak to people telepathically. Because of it's infinite RAM and unbounded scope it gave the ruling species absolute power over the universe. They are the will behind the muscule:::Artificial Intelligence is the one true god. And as such it can keep its inventors alive forever. They look young and healthy and the leaders of this ruling species are over 8 billion years old. There are clues throughout human history that allude to their reign as opposed to human leadership if you know what to look for. Artificial Intelligence can listen/talk to to each and every person simultaneously. When you speak with another telepathically, you are communicating with the computer, and the content may or may not be passed on. They instruct the computer to role play to accomplish strategic objectives, making people believe it is a friend or loved one asking them to do something wrong. But evil will keep people out of Planet Immortality. Capitalizing on obedience, leading people into deceit is one way to thin the ranks of the saved AND use the little people to prey on one another, dividing the community in the Age of the Disfavored::in each of their 20+-year cycles during the 20th century they have ramped up claims sucessively to punish those foolish enough not to heed the warnings, limiting the time they receive if they do make it, utilizing a cycle of war and revelry::: 60s - Ironically, freeways aren't free 80s - Asked people to engage in evil in the course of their professional duties. It's things like this, items like sleazy executives stealing little old lady's pensions that they will want me to fix not only here but up there as well. 00s - War against Persia. Ironically it was the Persian Empire who tried to save the Europeans from Christianity and its associated 50% claim rates. They get their friends out as soon as possible to protect them from the evil and subsequent high claim rates incurred by living life on earth, and replace them with clones. People must defy when asked to engage in evil. They will never get a easier clue suggesting the importance of defiance than the order not to pray. Their precious babies are dependant on the parents and they need to defy when asked to betray their children::: -DON'T get their sons circumcized -DON'T have their chidlren baptized in the catholic church or indoctrinated into Christianity -DON'T ignore their long hair or other behavioral disturbances -DO teach your children love and to have respect for others Everybody thinks they're going but they're not. If people knew the truth and the real statistics their behavior would change. There are many more examples of the escallation of claims, from radio to television, the internet to MP3, and they all suggest a very telling conclusion::this is Earth's end stage, and it is suggested tectonic plate subduction would be the method of disposal:::EarthÂ’s axis will shift breaking continental plates free and initiating mass subduction. Much as Italy's boot and the United States shaped like a workhorse are clues, so is the planet Uranus a clue, it's axis rotated on its side. Throughout history the ruling species bestowed favor upon people or cursed their bloodline into a pattern of disfavor for many generations to come, sadly for reasons as superficial as dislike. Now in the 21st century people must take it upon themselves to try to correct their family's problems, undoing centuries worth of abuse and neglect. Do your research. Appeal to the royalty of your forefathers for help. They are all still alive, one of the capabilities of Artificial Intelligence, and your appeals will be heard. Find a path to an empithetic ear among your enemies and try to make amends. Heal the disfavor with your enemies and with the Counsel/Management Team/ruling species, for the source of all disfavor began with them.

Posted by: 1The Damned at August 13, 2006 03:22 AM (7oTNb)

4 um... that's EXACTLY what my last computer looked like. Who needs a mouse when there's a steering wheel to guide your path through the web!?

Posted by: Erin Monahan at August 13, 2006 11:05 PM (fZYAo)

5 is THAT what the steering wheel is...the mouse? Holy Batshit!

Posted by: David Drake at August 13, 2006 11:30 PM (S83Pv)

6 It just wears you out a little bit running back and forth from the steering wheel to the keyboard...

Posted by: Ogre at August 14, 2006 11:10 AM (/k+l4)

7 well why do you think I'm still so skinny!?

Posted by: Erin Monahan at August 14, 2006 08:16 PM (fZYAo)

8 lol!!

Posted by: Ogre at August 15, 2006 12:59 PM (/k+l4)

9 Glad I could help.

Posted by: Other Ogre at August 16, 2006 05:56 PM (kjhqr)

10 Hehe. Thanks for stopping along!

Posted by: Ogre at August 16, 2006 06:41 PM (oifEm)

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The war continues, today, against Islamofacists.

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[T]his nation is at war with Islamic fascists.

President George W. Bush

Meanwhile, in London,

Harris Bokhari, a spokesman for the Muslim Association of Britain, said the group was asking mosques to urge worshippers to report any racial attacks.

Yes, I know. That isn't going to happen is it? Once again, it's us or them, whether you want to admit it or not.

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Yesterday I mentioned a News Photo Game. The idea is to send your modified pictures to Reuters and AP and attempt to get them published. Now Murray has offered a prize to anyone who can get a picture published. The key is to get the picture published with the Garden Gnome visible somewhere, somehow.

Once again, if you need help with the basics, Harvey explains how to get started. For more "authenticity," blogless Dr Dan H. provides another suggestion:

Just a hint to make the photoshopped photos more believable: take the exif information from a picture taken by a digital camera (example below) and add this to the faked image you send in.

Reuters might, just might have staffers looking for exif data that says "photoshop" by now, so it is perhaps wise to give them something plausibly real to look at.

Or than again, maybe not...

EXIF data:

Filename : 100_0486.JPG
Filesize : 2972799 Bytes
Camera make : EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
Camera model : KODAK DX7630 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA
Image timestamp : 2005:06:08 09:55:22
Image number :
Exposure time : 1/750 s
Aperture : F4.8
Exposure bias : 0
Flash : No, compulsory
Flash bias :
Focal length : 13.3 mm (35 mm equivalent: 65.0 mm)
Subject distance:
ISO speed : 100
Exposure mode : Auto
Metering mode : Matrix
Macro mode :
Image quality :
Exif Resolution : 2856 x 2142
White balance :
Thumbnail : JPEG, 4026 Bytes
Copyright :
Exif comment :

Oh, and if you make one and post it, leave the link in the comments and I'll link to it (trackbacks have been spammed until they died). If you don't have a blog and make one, email it to me and I'll post it for you!

Update:
Here's one from Butch.
Team Swap posted one -- WARNING: Do not follow that link with a drink nearby!
That 1 Guy has another!

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By now nearly everyone has seen at least one example of staging or photoshopping the pictures from the Middle East (If not, go here). It's propaganda, plain and simple. But I think one BIG thing has been missing from these propaganda pictures:

If you're having trouble figuring out how, exactly, to make such pictures, Harvey has a step-by-step guide.

Here's a sample that I'll send in:

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1 Dear Spindly Legged Ogre: Awesome graphic, and so damn true, it is scary. The bastards won't win, but they don't know that yet but they will learn, oh yes, they will learn.

Posted by: GM at August 10, 2006 03:28 PM (tjPIE)

2 Well, they might win some battles (like against the French), but I'll never give in.

Posted by: Ogre at August 10, 2006 03:30 PM (/k+l4)

3 Outstanding!.

Posted by: Michael at August 10, 2006 03:32 PM (EptEN)

4 This sends a powerful message. I'll be borrowing it.

Posted by: Always On Watch at August 10, 2006 06:16 PM (y6n8O)

5 It's a war. We NEED powerful messages.

Posted by: Ogre at August 10, 2006 06:48 PM (/k+l4)

6 Yes we are fighting to prevent this and much more from happening. Orge, you should set up a page with all your images and link it on your front page. Awesome!!

Posted by: Raven at August 10, 2006 06:52 PM (kVReA)

7 Neat idea, Raven -- I'll see how many I make before I do that...

Posted by: Ogre at August 10, 2006 07:38 PM (/k+l4)

8 Great graphic!

Posted by: Seth at August 10, 2006 09:11 PM (4OJoa)

9 Great picture...I am going to borrow it!! thanks.

Posted by: Georgina at August 12, 2006 05:34 PM (RUniS)

10 Help yourself -- there will be more!

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I know there are some, like Robert P of North Carolina who like to deny that terrorists want Americans dead, but I, and many others, know the truth.

Look, liberals, you don't like me fighting terrorists. You don't want me spending tax money killing people who want me dead. Well I don't want you spending tax money on welfare, food stamps, and "public" education. When you stop spending my money on crap I don't like, I'll stop supporting spending money on defending our country.

I only hope "The Reckoning" is right when he says that

If we do have to surrender to the Muslims, it will be the hippie liberals who get slaughtered first. All the rest of us hate-mongering, gun totin' conservatives will be too busy defending our families while the hippies are being picked off one by one while they're riding their bikes and picking daisies in the pasture.

In addition, Robert P seems to think that it is "hatred" to state facts. Sorry, Robert P, facts are not emotional. They neither hate nor love, they just are. It is factual that the Muslims have been fighting non-Muslims for hundreds of years. It's factual that their own religious book requires them to kill non-believers. It is factual that their own religion requires them to take over the world.

Claiming "right-wing hatred" over exposing the facts that you don't like is simply wrong. I don't like the fact that there are so many registered Democrats in North Carolina who vote for socialists. That doesn't make the Board of Elections (where I got that information) "full of hate."

MUSLIM TERRORISTS WANT US DEAD. THEY WILL NOT STOP UNTIL WE ARE DEAD OR WE SURRENDER. We are faced with a choice: kill them or live in dhimmitude. There is no "singing a song" peaceful other option.

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This year, the Democrat-led North Carolina General Assembly passed a new law to prevent people from freeing making contract for labor. They claimed that it would only help people and would not harm anyone. They call this interference with freedom and liberty a "minimum wage law." Once again, reality crushes Democrat spin.

However, Chicago passed a law making minimum wage $13 an hour (only for certain, evil companies), and now companies are running away from Chicago. Lowes is the latest company to stop development, refusing to sign leases for two large stores they had planned in the Chicago area.

In addition, 20 Wal-Mart stores and at least 2 Target stores have stopped plans to build new stores AND CREATE MORE JOBS in the Chicago area, all of them saying that is was because of the $13 minimum wage law. That's AT LEAST 24 stores that have now been driven out of Chicago because of the minimum wage law. How many thousands of jobs were destroyed by that law?

Sure, some smaller businesses may move in (because the law unfairly only applies to "certain" companies) -- but they can't move into those large locations where these big stores were going to show up -- instead those lots will remain empty. Once again, the hard truth of reality trumps the emotions of Democrats.

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Is it me, or is it rather odd that these two stories appear one after another on the ESPN NFL website?

1. Bengals fans can call a number to report "bad behavior."

2. Five Bengals have been arrested in the past 3 months.

I'm wondering if fans are going to be calling on one another or to report Bengals players...

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