Author: Swifty Lomax

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WASHINGTON –  They say the only two things that are certain in life are death and taxes. President Barack Obama wants to add one more: voting.

Obama floated the idea of mandatory voting in the U.S. while speaking to a civic group in Cleveland on Wednesday. Asked about the influence of money in U.S. elections, Obama digressed into the topic of voting rights and said the U.S. should be making it easier for people to vote.   Continue reading “Obama floats making voting mandatory, calling it ‘potentially transformative’”

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Diners in California take note. If your server does not fill your water glass, it’s because he’s forgetful—he’s just following the law.

Tuesday, Governor Jerry Brown passed new mandatory water conservation rules that will affect millions in the state, from single family homeowners to big businesses like restaurants and hotels.   Continue reading “California makes it illegal for restaurants to serve you water—unless you ask”

Forbes – by Tim Worstall

There’s an argument you see around sometimes about Henry Ford’s decision to pay his workers those famed $5 a day wages. It was that he realised that he should pay his workers sufficiently large sums to that they could afford the products they were making. In this manner he could expand the market for his products.

It should be obvious that this story doesn’t work: Boeing would most certainly be in trouble if they had to pay their workers sufficient to afford a new jetliner. It’s also obviously true that you want every other employer to be paying their workers sufficient that they can afford your products: but that’s very much not the same as claiming that Ford should pay his workers so that they can afford Fords.   Continue reading “The Story of Henry Ford’s $5 a Day Wages: It’s Not What You Think”

National Geographic – by Brian Handwerk

Caesar: The ides of March are come.
Soothsayer: Aye, Caesar, but not gone.
—Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene 1

Thanks to Shakespeare’s indelible dramatization, March 15—also called the Ides of March—is forever linked with the 44 B.C. assassination of Julius Caesar, and with prophecies of doom.

“That line of the soothsayer, ‘Beware the ides of March,’ is a pithy line, and people remember it, even if they don’t know why,” said Georgianna Ziegler, head of reference at Washington, D.C.’s Folger Shakespeare Library.   Continue reading “Ides of March: What Is It? Why Do We Still Observe It?”

Fox News – by Jason F. Wright

Recently I attended church in Romney, West Virginia. It’s a cozy quiet town where even the church mice whisper.

The beautiful trip to Romney from my home in Woodstock, Virginia isn’t a drive. It’s a painting. Embedded in the scenery are roadside church signs announcing service times, special guests and both inspiring and quirky quotes.

Whether they spell it out in plastic letters or not, these signs also suggest what to expect when you enter.   Continue reading “Is your church bending the truth?”

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A Nevada couple were denied their request to serve as foster parents because they have permits to carry guns.

Brian and Valerie Wilson, of Las Vegas, told “Fox & Friends” Sunday that they have always planned to become foster parents and eventually adopt, but have been denied permission to do so because of a state regulation that prohibits the carrying of loaded weapons with foster children.   Continue reading “Couple denied role as foster parents over permits to carry guns”

Fox News – by Maxim Lot

Opposition to the Obama administration’s proposal to ban a popular bullet is gaining steam in the House of Representatives, where more than half of the lawmakers have signed a letter opposing the move.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says it wants to ban popular .223 M855 “green tip” ammunition because the bullets can pierce bulletproof vests used by law enforcement. Although the ATF previously approved it in 1986, the agency now says that because handguns have now been designed that can also fire the bullets, police officers are now more likely to encounter them.Some 239 members of the House have now put their names to the letter opposing the ban, which they say would interfere with Americans’ Constitutional rights.   Continue reading “Majority of House members sign letter blasting Obama bullet ban proposal”