Would Republicans Call This A Waste

NC governor's new bathroom cost taxpayers $19,000

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Did someone say "government waste?" Sometimes the jokes just write themselves, don't they? The fine taxpayers of North Carolina just paid $19,000 for renovations to the governor's bathroom because of a "bad smell." (Guys, haven't you heard of Glade plug-ins?) Pat McCrory's private restroom was given a new coat of paint, new tile and other repairs that — as his spokesperson Kim Genardo pointed out — weren't taken care of by his predecessor. "[The] pungent odor seeped into the governor's office, which made it an embarrassment to host company CEOs and guests at the State Capitol," Genardo told the Associated Press. [Source]

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Is Barack Obama Trying to Destroy the Republican Party?

I don't see Obama as a destroyer, but a builder
Maybe leaning towards socialism
But doesn't every free moral thinking agent deserve affordable health care?

Only A Fool Would Want To Take Bruce Jenner's Spot

Kris Jenner, Bruce Jenner Separate: What Went Wrong?

Posted: 10/09/2013 11:35 am EDT  |  Updated: 10/09/2013 11:35 am EDT

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After 22 years together, Kris and Bruce Jenner decided their marriage was over.

The couple confirmed on Tuesday that they separated a year ago, but say there's no animosity between them. In fact, Kris, 57, told Us Weekly, "We ended a marriage, but that's not the end of our friendship. I will always love him, but we are no longer a couple in that way."

The pair say they are happier living apart and have no plans to divorce at this time, so where did things go wrong?

Anyone who has ever watched "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" knows that one of the frequent plot points follows the former Olympian fighting for space in his own home, or fighting to be heard over his wife and daughters.

Family sources told TMZ that Bruce is a "simple man" and he can be boiled down to three things that he likes -- golf, racing cars and RC helicopters -- again, anyone who watched the show knows this to be true. Though he had his own fame when he married Kris, he never pursued the Hollywood lifestyle and absolutely hates going to public events -- things that are at complete odds with the new Kardashian-Jenner family existence.

Sources told the website that Bruce simply had enough and decided that he wasmoving to Malibu, with one family source saying of Kris' ambitions, "She's on a freight train and Bruce finally wanted off."

People's sources echo this.

"Bruce lost his voice and his opinion with Kris," the source explained. "Sometimes he would mention that it bothered him, but most of the time he wouldn't say anything, so Kris just went about living how she was and treating him that way."

Meanwhile, another who works on the reality show added that it's everyone's favorite momager who "ran the show" on and off screen, and Bruce "basically had no say in anything." "It was pretty obvious Bruce didn't feel comfortable in his own house anymore. Half the time Kris would just shut him right down like she didn't want to hear from him," the source admitted.

There has always been a sort of "poor Bruce" sentiment from viewers of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," who witnessed the 63-year-old being pushed around time and again, and it seems there was "no smoking gun or straw that broke the camel's back." The couple just finally realized their marriage wasn't working after all these years.

Economy Is Slumping, Yet We Spend 7 Billion On Halloween??????

Americans will spend nearly $7 billion on Halloween

What economic downturn? Americans apparently have plenty of money for candy, costumes and decorations.

By Benzinga Fri 1:07 PM

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This year, by Oct. 31, Americans will have spent close to $7 billion on scary stuff.

This will include scary decorations, scary costumes, and if you believe most health experts, scary candy. This is according to the National Retail Federation Halloween Spending Survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics.

Overall, consumer spending on "all things Halloween" has increased a whopping 54.7 percent since 2005 making it a significant source of retail revenue, especially since it comes in a month that would otherwise be slow.

Breaking down Halloween spending, 43.6 percent of people said they plan to dress up. 

Those folks will spend $2.6 billion on costumes, almost equally split between those for adults and those for children. Halloween revelers will spend $330 million on costumes for their pets.

Then there’s the candy. The tab on trick-or-treat confections will run more than $2 billion. Halloween greeting cards will cost an additional $360 million.

Finally, Americans will fork over almost $2 billion on decorations, including skeletons, spider webs, inflatable Frankenstein monsters, and various other ghoulish yard and interior paraphernalia.

In fact, spending on Halloween decorations ranks second only to spending on Christmas decorations, a fact not lost on merchants who devote entire sections of their stores to the holiday.

Speaking of merchants, many major corporations, rather than spending October ramping up for the more visible Christmas holiday season, now spend significant advertising dollars on goblins, witches and zombies before turning their attention to Santa and his reindeer.

Sometimes the macabre nature of Halloween can trip up even the most careful corporate oversight, especially when a questionable item makes its way into the company online catalog. Such was the case this year for Sears(SHLD +3.47%), Wal-Mart (WMT -0.09%), and Amazon (AMZN +5.84%), three of the biggest players in Halloween merchandising.

In September, horrified shoppers clicked on Halloween offerings and were shocked to see what Consumerist said was listed as a "foam-filled latex prop of a skinned dog with a large tire track squished through its mid torso." All three retailers quickly pulled the item, dubbed the "Dead Dog," but not before a number of customer complaints appeared on all three companies’ Facebook pages.

Despite an occasional trip up like this, the potential revenue from Halloween-related spending is simply too much to ignore. Once relegated to novelty shops and specialty retailers, Halloween is now a mainstream holiday and a solid source of revenue.

Craziness in Arizona

Arizona Mom Banned At McDonald’s Over Germs​​

By: Tina Hodges
October 18, 2013

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Arizona Mom MacDonald’s – Erin Carr-Jordan, an Arizona mom, has been banned at several McDonald’s restaurants after receiving a hand-delivered letter from a lawyer prohibiting her from setting foot in eight establishments. Moreover, the company has threatened her with criminal trespassing charges and a lawsuit.

The Chandler resident has spent much of the past eight months calling attention to dirty conditions at indoor fast food playgrounds. She is also an instructor at the local state university.

Carr-Jordan says the incident she believes led to the lawyer’s letter happened during one of her repeated visits to a Gilbert McDonald’s.

The mom alleges she discovered antibiotic-resistant Staph or MRSA, known to cause potentially life-threatening infections in the restaurant’s PlayPlace.

Two days after health officials arrived for a “complaint inspection,” during which the department found two violations but did not test for pathogens, she was banned by court order from visiting the franchises through a letter issued by the owner’s lawyer.

A spokeswoman for McDonald’s corporate headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill., said the ban was prompted not by the health inspection but because Carr-Jordan’s actions had “become disruptive to the employees and customers within our franchisee’s restaurants.”

“We are working with a team to review her findings,” said Danya Proud, spokeswoman for McDonald’s USA, “but her actions are not at all conducive to working together and are now impacting our franchisee’s ability to serve his customers.”

Stop The Bullying

​Mom Torments Girl Amid Cyberbullying Arrest​​

By: Bill Waters
October 20, 2013

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The mom of a girl accused of tormenting a 12-year-old in a high-profile cyberbullying suicide case has faced an arrest because she is now accused of beating up kids in a separate incident, according to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.

The 30-year-old Lakeland woman has been charged with two counts of child abuse with bodily harm and four counts of child neglect after a video surfaced on Facebook taken by a juvenile who witnesses the alleged attack in July.

The woman told detectives she was breaking up a fight and should not have resorted to violence, deputies said.

“This video was easily located on the juvenile’s public social media page…” Judd said in a statement Friday. “It is clear, not only has [the woman] demonstrated she cannot control the behavior of children she has access to without using violence, but she is obviously not monitoring the social media sites of children she has access to either.”

The Sentinel is not naming the woman because it has previously not identified her 14-year-old daughter, one of two suspects accused of bullying a Lakeland girl who killed herself in September. That girl and a 12-year-old were charged in connection with Rebecca Ann Sedwick’s Sept. 10 suicide. It’s a case that has drawn international attention to the issue of cyberbullying and the responsibility of parents to monitor the online behavior of their children.

Deputies are not identifying the children in the July incident. They are also not revealing the relationships, if any, with the Lakeland mother.

She admitted to punching one of the juveniles in the face with a fist and punching the second juvenile several times on the back of the head and between his shoulders.

“She stated she continued to hit one juvenile, after the other fell to the floor, because he was attempting get up from the bed,” a report said.

She said she knew she should not have hit the juveniles with her fists.

On Thursday, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office received several tips from residents about the Facebook video.

“The video was of two juvenile subjects fighting, an adult female punching the fighting juveniles and screaming profanities, and several other juveniles shouting profanities and moving around in what appears to be a bedroom of a residence,” a Sheriff’s Office report says.

“A total of six juveniles ranging in ages from 9 – 14 were observed in the video,” the re

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Had to leave Phoenix, Az. The politics are just a bit too conservative
Very little community. Many walk in fear because of illegal immigration issues
Too hot. In April, the temperature was 107 degrees
107 in April???
What will July and August be?
Hmmm
Needed to move