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Seattle is the first city in the United States to try and help the lowest wage earners by artificially increasing their wage to 15 dollars an hour, lurching the already highest minimum wage in the country forward. The minimum wages first bump is set for April 1st, but some businesses are already closing shop.
Seattle residents love their trendy, down to earth, and unique restaurant choices…
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While Jesus of Nazareth basically walked everywhere and sometimes used a donkey, ministers today who spread the good news are taking it up a notch. Minister Creflo Dollar has asked his congregation for 65 million dollars to buy him a new private jet.
Dollar, a mega-church televangelist pastor from the Atlanta area and founder of the non-denominational World Changers Church International, is…
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Strike Fighter Squadron 27 (VFA-27), also known as the "Royal Maces", are a United States Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Facility Atsugi. They call the USS George Washington home and are apart of carrier air wing five. They are known for their skilled flying capabilities that were also shown off in this video called "Shoot 'Em If You Got 'Em" apart of a…
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Punishing those who do well is not something America is historically known for.
A Princeton University study from 2005 became news again when the L.A. Times recently focused on the perceived unfairness to Asian Americans. One was titled, "For Asian Americans, a changing landscape on college admissions," and the other from last year, "Asian Americans would lose out under affirmative action." …
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The newest Heartland Monitor Poll finds that the majority of Americans favor state and local governments to offer solutions to economic and social problems compared to the federal government.
The gridlock and dysfunction in Washington seems to be making people appreciate their local institutions more and more.
More than twice as many people credit local government for any progress achieved.…
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U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.) today drew attention to Senator Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) previous vocal support for legislation (video below) to end birthright citizenship - which makes children of illegal aliens citizens if they're born on U.S. soil. While Reid has called the current ammendment to end birthright citizenship stupid, he's spoken out in favor of it in the past.
Vitter’s…
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How much parents really know about the drinks they hand their children was the subject of a new study out of Cambridge University. Sugary drinks are the number one cause of added sugar in American's diets according to the USDA. These products contribute few or no essential nutrients to ones body and contribute to 41% of all added sugar consumed.
This study from The University of Bordeaux …
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South Africa is one of two countries on the continent (Namibia, the other) that allow for citizens to own wild animals and the land to raise them on.
"There are an estimated 9000 wildlife ranches in South Africa covering approximately 20.5 million hectares (approximately 16.8% of the total land in South Africa)" reports a University of Birmingham study for Ecology and Society.
South African…
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Today, U.S. Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) introduced S. 678, “The English Language Unity Act” to make English the official language of The United States. This includes governmental operations because, as ProEnglish, the leading advocate for this cause says:
“Our national unity and ability to communicate effectively is undermined by the dangerous precedent of bilingual and multilingual …