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To: longnshort who wrote (855523)	5/9/2015 7:27:16 AM
From: Mongo2116	Respond to of 1577147

OHHH OK...so he sent some republicans...great!!

To: longnshort who wrote (855523)	5/9/2015 7:50:32 AM
From: Mongo2116	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 1577147

Sex For Rent For Hypocritical GOP Lawmaker NO SURPRISE!!! In a way, this could be a story about bedrock conservative principles: individual responsibility, hard work, frugality… On the other hand… It seems that Vermont State Senator Norman McAllister (R-Franklin) has been caught with his pants down. So to speak. Apparently, Sen. McAllister tried to settle his past-due rent with, shall we say, amorous payments. Apparently, this method of payment is frowned upon in Vermont, thus the 63-year-old lawmaker is now charged with sexual assault, human trafficking and prohibited acts, times two. Oopsies. Sen. McAllister is expected to be arraigned today, but as they say, the optics don’t look so good The lawmaker was cuffed during a legislative session Thursday night, and held in lieu of $20,000 bail. 20k bail ain’t no chicken scratch, even for a guy like Sen. McAllister, who was named Vermont Young Farmer of the Year 1981, and has enjoyed a high profile in the community thanks to his dairy farming prowess. We here love Vermont and her dedication to locally-sourced agriculture. Sexually-sourced back-rent is another matter entirely. What would Ethan Allen say? Sen. McAllister has made a mint via dairy farming, thus it’s safe to say he’s received plenty of tax leeway from the state. This makes his stance on the needy of Vermont slightly…what’s the word…galling? “We want to take care of our people, but we also don’t want to support a habit,” McAllister told WPTZ on his March of his championing of random drug testing for poor people in Vermont. So yeah, if you’re behind on your food bill, drug testing. If you’re behind on your rent, settle it with a toss. Should Sen. McAllister now be drug tested? Should he be drug tested because he has champion Holsteins? As stated, we love Vermont. The spark of liberty and revolution was torched here, and the Freedom and Unity state has no peers in terms of natural beauty, rustic deliciousness (try the gravy fries at Nectar’s in Burlington, seriously!) or bucolic charm. But really, a 63-year-old cow-tipping benefits-stealer propositioning two chicks for back-due rent? reverbpress.com

To: longnshort who wrote (855523)	5/9/2015 7:54:18 AM
From: Mongo2116	Respond to of 1577147

Texas House Relaxes Airport Laws For Gun Owners AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — You’re in line for the TSA. You’re rushed. You forget to remove the handgun from your hip. Soon, you may not get in trouble. A bill that passed the house on Thursday would forgive concealed handgun license holders for such lapses. Republican Rep. Drew Springer’s measure would protect a licensee from being arrested if he or she is caught in security with a handgun and immediately leaves the area. The offense is currently a state felony. In 2013, Rep. Drew Darby was arrested in Austin after officers found a loaded pistol in his carry-on luggage that he said he’d forgotten about. In the Lone Star State, it seems almost as common for travelers in airport security lines to forget they are carrying a handgun as it is for them to fail to take off their belts or shoes; Texas leads the U.S. in gun confiscations in airport security checks. These confiscations spiked 25 percent last year; the Transportation Safety Administration confiscated 2,212 guns at airports in 2014, including 350-plus in Texas. Springer’s bill now heads to the Senate.

To: longnshort who wrote (855523)	5/9/2015 7:56:57 AM
From: Mongo2116	Respond to of 1577147

Walmart issues statement denying underground tunnels beneath stores used in Obama plot to take over Texas. Really.Posted By David Ramsey on Tue, May 5, 2015 at 4:54 PM Wal-Mart issued a statement Monday to TPM dismissing "rumors" that tunnels were being built by the U.S. military beneath closed stores in an attempt to launch a takeover of Texas. "There’s no truth to the rumors," Wal-Mart spokesperson Lorenzo Lopez told TPM via email. The backstory…well, I don't know if I even understand. Some right-wing conspiracy theorists believe that a military training operation, called Jade Helm 15, is actually a plot by the Obama administration is planning military takeover of Texas and other states in the Southwest. And Walmart is in on it, with some recently closed stores possibly being used to "house the headquarters of invading troops from China, here to disarm Americans one by one." And also there are underground tunnels connecting the various Walmarts. This sounds like the fringes of the fringes, but there was enough of a ruckus stirred up (led by right-wing radio host Alex Jones, who told listeners "Texas is listed as a hostile sector, and of course, we are. We're here defending the republic…") that both Walmart and the U.S. Army Special Operations Command issued official denials. And Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is taking no chances. He ordered the State Guard to monitor the training exercise, stating, "It is important that Texans know their safety, constitutional rights, private property rights and civil liberties will not be infringed." Abbott yesterday stood by this action.