If you have lots of poor people in search of cheap food and lots of unemployed people who'd like to work, what's the solution? Ban fast-food restaurants, naturally:
EXPOSITION PARK, Calif. (KABC) -- New stand-alone fast food restaurants have been banned from setting up shop in South Los Angeles, due to rising health concerns by the city council.
The governor is apparently retreating from his "legislators can't walk and chew gum at the same time" argument:
Gov. Mitch Daniels has backed down on his request for a moratorium on social issues in the upcoming legislative session.
He told 6News' Norman Cox on Thursday that social conservatives in the Legislature can go ahead with bills important to them, as long as they don't sidetrack important measures like the budget and reforming schools and local government.
President Obama challenged the "Mythbusters" people to examine the ancient legend of Archimedes' solar death ray -- the supposed use of giant mirrors to reflect sunlight toward attacking Roman ships around 212 BC, setting them aflame:
We already know who Julian Asaange considers enemies, so it's no big surprise who considers him a friend:
George Will on why conservatives like Mike Pence:
When he said he was planning to push for major education reform, Gov. Daniels wasn't fooling around -- college scholarships for students who graduate a year early, teacher pay linked to student performance, and the really big one, using state money to help students attend private schools:
Those of us who don't want to see space exploration slow down have had to take President Obama's word on some things, such as a commitment to Mars without returning to the moon first and the proposal to privatize shuttle-like missions. But at least we know the private sector can handle the assignment:
Woo hoo. Republican Rep. Fred Upton co-sponsored the legislation leading to the ban of the incandescent light bulb. Now he says he has had a change of heart:
I think I've said here a few times that all compromise (arrived at by wonderful bipartisan politicians) has done is make government grow. Here's the evidence from President Obama himself, though that certainly wasn't what he intended:
Anthony Martin of central Indiana is being charged with bigamy. He was married to Courtney for two years. Then he married Krystal, whose squad leader he was in the National Guard. Martin and Krystal were deployed to Iraq, and when they got back, he disappeared for a month.
Krystal filed for divorce.
Wife one, Courtney, discovered wife two when she found the divorce papers in the mail box.
