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Slowing U.S. economic

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WASHINGTON — Economists have long argued that a rising wealth gap

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Economic disparities appear to be reaching extremes that “need to be watched because they’re damag-ing to growth,” said Beth Ann Bovi-no, chief U.S. economist at S&P.

The rising concentration of in-come among the top 1 percent of earners has contributed to S&P’s cutting its growth estimates for the economy. In part because of the dis-parity, it estimates that the econo-my will grow at a 2.5 percent annual pace in the next decade, down from a forecast five years ago of a 2.8 per-cent rate.

The S&P report advises against using the tax code to try to narrow the gap. Instead, it suggests that greater access to education would help ease wealth disparities.

Part of the problem is that edu-

cational achievement has stalled in recent decades. More school-ing usually translates into higher wages. S&P estimates that the U.S. economy would grow annually by an additional half a percentage point —or $105 billion — over the next five years, if the average the Ameri-can worker had completed just one more year of school.

By contrast, S&P concludes, heavy taxes that would be meant to reduce inequality could remove incentives for people to work and cause businesses to hire fewer employees because of the costs in-volved.

The report builds on data from the Congressional Budget Office, the International Monetary Fund and academic economists to ex-

plain how income disparities can hurt growth. Many consumers tend to become more dependent on debt to continue spending, thereby wors-ening the boom-bust cycle. Or they curb their spending, and growth im-proves only modestly, as it has dur-ing the current recovery.

Tax data tracked as part of the World Top Incomes Database proj-ect reveal just how much the eco-nomic chasm has expanded.

An American in the top 1 percent of earners had an average income of $1.3 million in 2012, the most recent year for which data are available. Average income jumps to $30.8 mil-lion for the top 0.01 percent.

Adjusted for inflation, the top 0.01 percent’s average earnings have jumped by a factor of seven

since 1913. For the bottom 90 per-cent of Americans, average incomes after inflation have grown by a fac-tor of just three since 1917 and have declined for the past 13 years.

Yet not all economists agree on how much, or even whether, the wealth gap slows growth.

Harvard University economist Greg Mankiw wrote in a 2013 pa-per that “the evidence is that most of the very wealthy get that way by making substantial economic con-tributions, not by gaming the sys-tem.”

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By Richard Matz, PublisherPres. Obama’s plan on spreading the

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a bank on this list, especially not this poorly named treasonous giant. Ac-cording to the report, Bank of America runs its business through more than 300 off-shore tax-havens. It reported $17.2 billion dollars in profits for 2012, and would have owed$4.3 billion dol-lars in taxes if this was brought back to the United States.

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dollars it should have paid in taxes to the U.S. parked in tax haven countries. It made a grand total of $42 billion in profits in the year 2012, but paid zero of that in taxes.

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corporations on the planet, Exxon Mo-bil joins the likes of Rio Tinto and De Beers, achieving a notoriety compa-rable to a real-life Weyland-Yutani or Omnicorp. The quintessential Big Oil Company had a three-year federal tax on income of just 15%. We gave the company a taxpayer subsidized profit of $6.2 billion in 2012. By the end of the fourth quarter in 2012, they had raked in $43 billion dollars in profits, and paid zero in taxes.

7. FedExFedEx made $6 billion in profits

over the last three years, and paid ex-actly none of that in taxes. In fact, they got a tax subsidy of $21 billion dollars, paid for and gift-wrapped, courtesy of the taxpayers.

6. General ElectricGE’s has it really good on the backs

of the taxpayers according to the report. They pocketed $21.8 billion in taxpayer contracts from the govern-ment during the period from 2006 to 2012. Then, they dodged their tax re-sponsibility, gaining a tax subsidy —

again, courtesy of the taxpayers — of nearly $29 billion over the last 11 years.

5. HoneywellA jack-of-all trades company, Hon-

eywell sure managed to find the honey. Honeywell made $1.7 billion in tax sub-sidies, and while they paid $50 million to the Federal government in the years from 2009 to 2012, they made $5 billion in that same period. This puts their tax rate at a paltry 1%.

4. MerckWhile dodging its fair share of in-

come taxes, the pharmaceutical com-pany Merck managed to net $8.7 bil-lion dollars in taxpayer contracts from 2006 to 2012. Of their $13.6 million in profits, only $2.5 billion went to federal income taxes in 2009 through 2012.

3. MicrosoftThe software company downloaded

$4.5 billion in savings by uploading their profits to the tax haven of Puerto Rico. In 2012, the company had $60.8 billion dollars stashed off-shore, and paid nothing in U.S. taxes.

2. PfizerFrom 201o to 2012, the pharmaceuti-

cal company paid no income tax at all, while netting $43 billion worldwide. It also receives a taxpayer-sponsored gift of $2.2 billion dollars, in federal tax re-turns.

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For changes of address, automated equipment will intercept a letter if a change of address is on file and redirect

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President signs $16.3B bill to overhaul VAPresident Barack Obama on has

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firm receipt with the recipient; (6) in-clude secure tags on all items, especial-ly duffel bags or trunks with military equipment; and (7) when searching through the Mail Recovery Center, pro-vide accurate, detailed descriptions of missing items, especially unique items. Servicemembers who call the Postal Service’s toll-free customer service number -- 1-800-275-8777 -- should say they are military and provide a track-ing number for the missing item.

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Nearly 69 years ago, Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk navigated a U.S. B-29 Superfortress called the Enola Gay over Hiroshima, Japan, on a sunny August day. Once over its target, the Enola Gay unloaded the first atomic bomb dropped in war.

A single bomb blast killed some 140,000 people and helped end World War II -- and pushed the world sudden-ly into the nuclear era.

On Monday, July 28, Van Kirk died of natural causes at the Park Springs retirement community in Stone Moun-tain, Georgia, according to his eldest daughter Vicki Triplett.

He was 93.His death means there are now no

surviving members of the Enola Gay’s crew who, by doing their jobs, became an early and integral part in the ongo-ing narrative over nuclear weapons.

While in the U.S. military, Van Kirk flew dozens of missions in Europe and North Africa. Yet the history books will largely remember him and others aboard that B-29 for the morning of Au-gust 6, 1945.

By then, Van Kirk had flown about 15 missions out of England and about 10 more out of North Africa. He then returned to the United States with new orders, training “primarily to make the

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rapid turn and running away from the bomb,” Van Kirk recalled decades later to CNN.

They dropped the bomb dubbed “Little Boy” around 8:15 a.m.

“You didn’t see anything except a bright flash and the airplane,” Van Kirk recalled. “You saw a white cloud hanging over the city. You saw the -- un-derneath the cloud the entire city was just entirely covered with smoke and dust, and it looked like a pot of boiling oil down there.”

His first thought when the bomb fell was “’God, I’m glad it worked ... Num-ber two, the thoughts were, ‘This war is

over.’ And that was good. That was good.’”

Three days later, another atom-ic bomb was dropped on Nagasa-ki. Japan surren-dered soon after that, ending the bloody war in the Pacific and, in so doing, preventing a U.S. land invasion.


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During the decline of the Chargers’ teams over the last three years of the A.J. Smith/ Norv Turner era, lack of depth

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’12. Smith’s strategy of stockpiling talent at

each position three-deep worked wonders early in his tenure as the Chargers won four-consecutive AFC West titles from 2006-2009. However, poor draft-ing, injuries and let-ting go of key players put the nail in the cof-fin for both Smith and Turner.

Enter Tom Telesco and Mike McCoy.

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Smith left behind, in one short year it appears the duo of Telesco and McCoy

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rennial playoff contenders.Although the offensive and defensive

line might be questionable depth-wise, the tight ends; wide receivers; lineback-ers and secondary are hardly lacking in talent. But as roster cuts approach in the next couple of weeks, the tough-est decision could be at the running back position where three players are battling to earn the fourth spot in the backfield.

Everyone knows the three running backs who will be on the roster come Sept. 8 – Ryan Mathews, Danny Wood-head and Donald Brown. It is the three other running backs – Brandon Oliver, Marion Grice and Kerwyn Williams – whose performance over the offseason and training camp has turned some heads.

With depth needed at other posi-tions, if the Chargers do keep a fourth running back he will have to be a stand-out special teams performer as well. Players who are on the proverbial ‘bub-ble’ of being cut often make a team be-cause of their versatility to contribute at different positions. Here’s a closer look at these talented ‘backs as they battle it out over a roster spot.

Branden Oliver – the 5-foot-8 Oliver was a three-year starter at the Univer-sity of Buffalo and finished his career as the Bulls’ all-time leading rusher with 4,049 yards. In addition to the ca-reer rushing record, Oliver also holds the school record in 100-yard games (20) and was a first team ALL-MAC pick after setting the single-season school rushing record (1,535 yards) and scor-ing 15 touchdowns as a senior in 2013 – The Sports Xchange. After going un-drafted Oliver decided to sign with the Chargers after a short tryout with the Indianapolis Colts.

Marion Grice – selected in the sixth round out of Arizona State, the 6-foot, 208-pound Grice scored 11 rushing touchdowns and led all FBS running backs with 8 touchdown receptions during his junior year without starting a single game. Grice was named MVP of the Kraft Fight for Hunger Bowl by rushing for 159 yards and 2 touchdowns.

A Hornung Award Finalist in 2013, Grice rushed for 996 yards (14tds); caught 50 receptions for 438 yards (16 tds) and contributed 507 yards on kick-off returns (the only player in the coun-try to surpass the 400-yard mark in each

of those categories). In his 24-game career at ASU, Grice scored 39 touch-downs and did not lose a fumble in 406 touches – Nolan Nowrocki, NFL.com.

Kerwyn Williams – signed to the Chargers practice squad last October, the 5-foot-8, 195-pound Williams was a seventh round draft pick of the India-napolis Colts in 2012. After becoming a starter his senior year at Utah State, Williams rushed for 1,512 yards (15 tds) and caught 45 passes for 697 yards (5 tds). His career totals include 2,505 rushing yards (22 tds) and 64 receptions for 870 yards (5 tds).

Williams finished his collegiate career as the all-time leader in both school history and WAC history with 3,408 kick return yards. He is also the all-time WAC leader in all-purpose yards with 6,928, breaking the old re-cord of 6,659 set by New Mexico’s Ter-ance Mathis – per Wikipedia. Williams’ productive senior year earned him first-team ALL-WAC honors.

The Endzone:While all three players had impres-

sive showings in the Chargers’ 27-7 victory over the Dallas Cowboys in the preseason opener, it was Oliver who clearly stole the show. Rushing for 64 yards on just seven carries, including a 16-yard touchdown burst up the gut of the Cowboys defense, Oliver’s perfor-mance in both the game and training camp might have made him the front-runner for the fourth running back spot. Although Mathews is considered the primary back, the offensive game plan will utilize the talents of Wood-head and Brown throughout the games. When asked it sharing the ball will cause problems between the backs, running back coach Ollie Wilson said the team as a whole is priority No.1, not individual accolades.

“It’s not easy, but they also know they are role players.” Wilson said. “We talked to all those guys when they came in and said ‘all these guys are go-ing to get some (opportunities), but if you’re the hot guy then you’re going to get the ball.’ So they all understand that it’s not about who’s going to get it and who’s not – it’s about helping the team win.”

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It is common for children to witness abuse since 30-60 percent of those who engage in violence against inti-mate partners also abuse children in the household. Violence against wom-en is a learned phenomenon and just as boys can grow up learning to abuse women so can they also learn not to abuse.

It is the responsibility of the com-munity to band together to protect its women and daughters against the dan-gers of domestic abuse.

Domestic abuse has been declining for the last two centuries; however, it remains prevalent, and if the issue is ignored, it maintains the momentum to once again become part of accepted popular culture.

While laws can help to fight do-mestic violence by lowering the le-gal threshold of what is considered by the courts to be abuse, a far more important and effective course of ac-tion is public media broadcast aimed at changing the public’s sentiment to-wards the issue. The government and those with social influence must co-opt their power to send the message that domestic abuse has no place in modern society.

Most Recently NFL Commissioner Goodell has come under media scruti-ny for what many are calling a lax re-sponse and penalization towards Balti-more Raven’s running back Ray Rice.

Rice was captured on video drag-ging his unconscious wife, and then fiance, following a physical domes-tic dispute out of an elevator in an Atlantic City Casino. Rice who pled not guilty to assault avoided a trial by agreeing to enter counseling.

Late July the NFL handed down its sentence of half a million dollars and a two day suspension. This to many may seem like a large sum of money and therefore a reasonable punishment. However, when compared to other punishments the league has rendered in response to much lesser crimes, the punishment is considered by many to be nothing short of appalling.

The response to the Rice incident is not ideal. It sends a message that has too often been modeled in the past—that domestic abuse is not an issue to

be taken seriously. It sends the mes-sage to the public and especially their fan base, that it is permissi-ble. Celebrity has afforded Rice many social benefits, but the ability to batter woman to the point of unconsciousness with-out reasonable legal and profes-sional reprimand should not be one of them. Many, including Keith Olbermann, are calling for commissioner Goodell’s resigna-tion. How the NFL responds will in-fluence the future of its and the pub-lic’s reaction towards domestic abuse.

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pated in United Service Organization (USO) tours for more than a decade, entertaining troops in war zones from Afghanistan to Iraq to Kuwait. He made many trips to 13 differ-ent countries and performing stand-up rou-tines for almost 90,000 troops. So the news of his death -- believed to be a suicide -- sent shock waves through the U.S. armed forces.

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said Monday that the entire Depart-ment of Defense community “mourns the loss” of the Hollywood figure.

“Robin was a gifted actor and co-median, but he was also a true friend and supporter of our troops,” he said in a statement. “From entertaining thousands of service men and women in war zones, to his philanthropy that helped veterans struggling with hidden wounds of war, he was a loyal and com-passionate advocate for all who serve this nation in uniform.”

The USO added that “Robin circled the globe entertaining troops and fam-ilies. He will always be a part of our

USO family and will be sorely missed.”Fellow Hollywood actor Gary Si-

nise, himself a tireless advocate for the troops, took to Twitter to acknowledge Williams’s “genius as an artist and co-median,” and his love for the armed forces which “no doubt was much ap-preciated by all who serve.”

Indeed it was.“In the military in the last 15 years?

Then you’ve probably got a Robin Wil-liams story,” one former service mem-ber tweeted. Another wrote “thanks for making us laugh when we needed it the most.” Another observed that he was a “beloved figure” on base while one veteran tweeted: “Nobody had our back more than the great Robin Wil-liams. A generation of troops will for-ever be grateful.”

Williams, 63, was said to be in a deep depression in the past weeks, something many veterans can relate to.

“Many veterans are expressing their grief, because depression does not dis-criminate. It effects the best of us as much as it craves attention from the worst in us. Robin put himself out there so much, especially for troops in com-bat,” Lt. Col. Arnold V. Strong, an Army Reserve officer and veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, told FOX411. “I saw him myself in Kuwait in December 2004. So many of us saw him as a heart of gold, despite his demons.”

Strong also noted that many in the military community are hurting to hear of Williams’s death because “we too have our own ghosts and inner hurts” and depression powerfully resonates.

“Far too many of us are dealing with these issues through prescription drugs that are but one tool in a much broader tool kit of healing arts,” he said. “I fear that the initial sadness that so many of us are expressing may just as eas-ily turn to anger within days because we all know fellow veterans that have taken their own lives.”

Military.com posted a tribute to Wil-liams highlighting perhaps on of his most memorable interactions with de-ployed men and women, a 2007 appear-ance to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.

In the video, the actor is left stunned when, suddenly, everyone turns away from him as a “Retreat” ceremony begins during his stand-up routine.

Military community pays tribute to ‘true friend’ Robin Williams

WILLIAMS, cont’d. on Page 19


Hours after Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941, the Se-cret Service found themselves in a bind. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was to give his Day of Infamy speech to Congress on Tuesday, and although the trip from the White House to Capitol Hill was short, agents weren’t sure how to transport him safely.

At the time, Federal Law prohibited buy-ing any cars that cost more than $750, so they would have to get clearance from Congress to do that, and nobody had time for that. One of the Secret Service members, however, discovered that the US Trea-sury had seized the bulletproof car that mobster Al Capone owned when he was sent to jail in 1931. They cleaned it, made sure it was running perfectly and had it ready for the President the next day.

Mechanics are said to have cleaned

A BIT OF INTERESTING AMERICAN HISTORY

Roosevelt used to ride around inAl Capone’s limo

and checked each fea-ture of the Caddy well into the night of December 7th, to make sure that it

would run prop-erly the

next day for

the Commander in Chief.

And run properly it did. It had been

painted black and green to look

identical to Chicago’s police cars at the time. To top it off, the gangster’s 1928 Cadillac Town Sedan had 3,000 pounds of armor and inch-thick bulletproof windows.

It also had a specially installed si-ren and flashing lights hidden behind the grille, along with a police scanner radio.

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Footnote:The car was sold at auction

in 2012 for $341,000.

Williams was unaware at the time that the American flag on base was being lowered to end the day and by tradition, troops immediately stand at attention.

The humble performer impro-vised with a humorous response.

“I’m not going to forget that. I’ve never had an entire audience just go ‘forget you!’ he lamented, before turning his own back on the large crowd of laughing soldiers.

WILLIAMSCont’d. from Page 18

According to a source closely con-nected to the late comedian, he was very earnest and deeply engaged with issues involving our military.

“Robin was very sensitive and compassionate person,” said the in-sider. “He cared a lot about the men and women over there fighting.”

“He really put his money where his mouth is,” one prominent enter-tainment industry added. “Unlike so many, when he sought to help people, he really went ahead and helped people.”


Dwight D. Eisenhower34th President of the United States

Served from Jan. 20, 1953 to Jan. 20, 1961

“Our

American values

are not luxu-ries, butnecessities — not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself.” — Jimmy Carter

World events• U.S. military intervention in Iran• Great Britain declares state of

emergency due to national rail strike• The first commercial TV station

with advertisements starts in London• The St. Lawrence Seaway opens

to ocean vessels from Montreal to U.S. ports on the Great Lakes

• The Soviet Union and its Eastern Bloc allies sign the Warsaw Pact giving integra-tion of military, economic and cultural policy between the eight Communist nations

• Ruth Ellis, the last wom-an in England to be executed, is hung at Holloway Prison

• 77 die in a disaster at 24-hour Le Mans Race

• New polyurethane is used more and more in everyday

goods• West Germany

joins NATO

• The military seizes control in Argentina, forcing Juan Peron to flee

U.S. news• Hurricane

Diane hits the northeast U.S., kill-ing 200 and causing over $1 billion in damage

• “In God We Trust” is added to all U.S. paper cur-

rency• United Airlines Flight

629 is blown up shortly af-ter takeoff over Longmont, Colorado

• Rosa Parks’ arrest for not giving up her bus seat to a white person in Montgomery, Alabama, sets the American Civil

Rights Movement in motion• Emmett Till, a black 14-year-old

teenager, is murdered for not show-ing respect to a white woman in Money, Miss.

• Jonas Salk produces the vac-cine to prevent polio

Popular culture• Disneyland opens in Cali-

fornia• Though McDonald’s began

in California by the McDonald brothers who initiated the low price fast food concept, it was not until 1955 when Ray Kroc opened the first McDonald’s franchise chain in Des Plains, Ill., that it became what it is today.

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• PEZ was original-ly created as a mint dispenser in 1927,

but soon after the Pez Hass Austrian candy maker the company decided to place heads on the dispensers and market them to children. Santa Claus and Mickey Mouse were the first ren-ditions.

Movies• Blackboard Jungle• East of Eden• The Night of the Hunter• To Catch a Thief• Oklahoma!

Richard M. Nixon36th Vice President of the United StatesServed from Jan. 20, 1953 to Jan. 20, 1961

1955Cadillac

1955Thunderbird

“A people that values its privileges above itsprinciples soon loses.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower


Born this year• Steve Jobs, Apple Computer• Bill Gates, Microsoft• Tony Dungy, first African-

American NFL head coach

• Whoopi Gold-berg, comedian/actress

• Kevin Costner, actor

• Willem Dafoe, actor

• Olga Ko-rbut, Olympic

gymnast, USSR

• Reba McEntire,

singer/ac-tress• Donatella

Versace, fashion designer

BORN THIS YEAR: Bill Gates, Microsoft founder.Above left: Howie Mandel, comedian/game show host; Reba McEntire, country singer/TV star;Willem Dafoe, movie actor; Whoppi Goldberg,

comedian/actress/talk show host.

TV shows• Gunsmoke• Alfred

Hitchcock Pres-ents

• Cheyenne• The

Honey-moon-ers

• The Little Rascals

• Highway Patrol

• The Law-rence Welk Show

• The Mickey Mouse Club• Captain Kangaroo

Music• “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom

White,” Perez Prado• “Rock Around The

Clock,” Bill Haley and His Comets

• “The Yellow Rose of Texas,” Mitch Miller

• “Autumn Leaves,” Roger Williams

• “Unchained Melody,” Les Baxter

• “Sixteen Tons,” Tennes-see Ernie Ford

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ACROSS1. Anagram of “Meat”5. Infants9. A Maori club13. Applications14. French for “Love”16. Offended17. Grumble18. Name of a book19. Diva’s solo20. Damp22. Cable24. Colored part of an eye26. TV, radio, etc.27. Custodian30. Women’s stockings33. Gave forth35. Hindu loincloth37. Diminish38. Films of impurities41. Little bit42. Animal hides45. Blowback48. Property51. Remedy52. Reveals54. Infiltrator55. Frivolity59. Hold responsible62. “What a shame!”63. Run away to wed65. Cain’s brother66. Nonclerical67. Showers with love68. Burrowing marine mollusk69. Gambling game70. Sharpen71. Cravings

DOWN1. Large indefinite quantity2. Brother of Jacob3. Temporary4. A painkiller5. Make lace6. Leave out7. Clan emblem8. Glum9. Egyptian king10. Emanation11. Journey12. Salt Lake state15. Slender

21. Devil tree23. Decorate with gold leaf25. Drunkards27. Landrover28. Yellowish-brown29. Record (abbrev.)31. Pronounced32. Look at with fixed eyes34. Make a copy of a recording36. Notion39. Chart40. Fraud

43. Hot sauce44. Thin strip46. A round handle47. False belief49. Cornered50. Lemon or canary53. Indolence55. Hesitate56. Wings57. Acquire58. Type of sword60. Average61. Shade trees64. Eastern Standard TimeP

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SUDOKUThe rules to play Sudoku are quite simple. Fill in the blanks

so that each row, each column, and each of the nine 3x3 grids contain one instance of each of the numbers 1 through 9.

Just for

LaughsHow many blonds does it take?

A blond was driving home after a game and got caught in a really bad hailstorm. Her car was covered with dents, so the next day she took it to a repair shop. The shop owner saw that she was a blond, so he decided to have some fun. He told her to go home and blow into the tailpipe really hard, and all the dents would pop out.

So, the blond went home, got down on her hands and knees and started blowing into her tailpipe. Nothing happened. So she blew a little harder, and still nothing happened. Her blond roommate saw her and asked, “What are you doing?” The first blond told her how the repairman had instructed her to blow into the tail pipe in order to get all the dents to pop out.

The roommate rolled her eyes and

said, “Uh, like hello! You need to roll up the windows first.”

Another doggone blond joke

A blond and her husband are ly-ing in bed listening to the next door

neighbor’s dog. It has been in the backyard barking for hours and hours. The blond jumps up out of bed and says, “I’ve had enough of this”. She goes downstairs. The blond finally comes back up to bed and her husband says, “The dog is still barking, What have you been doing?” The blond says, “I put the dog in our backyard, let’s

see how THEY like it!”

Irritated momA man had six children and was very

proud of his achievement. He was so proud of himself that he started calling his wife, ‘Mother of Six’, in spite of her objections.

One night they went to a party. He decided that it was time to go home, and wanted to find out if his wife is ready to leave as well.

He shouted at the top of his voice,”Shall we go home, Mother of Six?” His wife, irritated by her hus-band’s lack of discretion shouted back, “Anytime you’re ready, Father of Four!”

Jumping to conclusionsA man, who smelled like a distillery,

flopped down on a subway seat next to

a priest. The man’s tie was stained, his face was plastered with red lipstick, and a half-empty bottle of gin was sticking out of his torn coat pocket. He opened his newspaper and began reading. Af-ter a few minutes the disheveled man turned to the priest and said, “Say, Fa-ther, what causes arthritis?”

“Mister, it’s caused by loose living, being with cheap wicked women, too much alcohol, and a contempt for your fellow man.”

“Well, I’ll be damned,” the drunk muttered, returning to his paper. The priest, thinking about what he had said, nudged the man and apologized. “I’m very sorry, I didn’t mean to come on so strong. How long have you had arthri-tis?”

“I don’t have it, Father. I was just reading that the Pope does.”

SlickAn older, white-haired man walked

into a jewelry store one Friday evening with a beautiful young gal at his side. He told the jeweler he was looking for a special ring for his girlfriend.The jeweler looked through his stock and brought out a $5,000 ring and showed it to him. The old man said, “I don’t think you understand, I want something very special.” At that statement, the jewel-er went to his special stock and brought another ring over. “Here’s a stunning ring at only $40,000,” the jeweler said.

The young lady’s eyes sparkled and her whole body trembled with excite-

ment. The old man seeing this said, “We’ll take it.”

The jeweler asked how payment would be made and the old man stated by check. “I know you need to make sure the check is good, so I’ll write it now and you can call the bank on Mon-day to verify the funds and I’ll pick the ring up Monday afternoon,” he said. Monday morning, a very teed-off jeweler phoned the old man. “There’s no money in that account.”

“I know”, said the old man, “but can you imagine the weekend I had?”

Potent impotentHusband always insisted on making

love in the dark. After 20 years wife turns on the

light, finds him holding a vibrator. She goes balistic, “You impotent

idiot. How could you lie to me all these years?” Husband looks her straight in the eyes & calmly says, “I’ll explain the toy, you explain the kids.”

Cover upA woman didn’t come home one

night. The next morning she told her husband that she had slept over at a friend’s house. The man called his wife’s 10 best friends. None of them knew anything about it. A man didn’t come home 1 night. The next morning he told his wife that he had slept over at a friends house. The wife called her husband’s 10 best friends. 8 of them confirmed that he had slept over and 2 said he was still there.


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“Clearly, criminal networks can move just about anything on these smuggling pipelines,” Kelly said in tes-timony before the House Armed Ser-vices Committee in February. “Terror-ist organizations could seek to leverage those same smuggling routes to move operatives with intent to cause grave harm to our citizens or even quite eas-ily bring weapons of mass destruction into the United States.”

SOUTHCOM’s intelligence assets reveal the possibility is far more than just crying wolf.

“Supporters and sympathizers of Lebanese Hezbollah are involved in both licit and illicit activities in the re-gion,” Kelly told Congress. “Members, supporters, and adherents of Islamic extremist groups are present in Latin America. Islamic extremists visit the region to proselytize, recruit, establish business venues to generate funds, and expand their radical networks. Some

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Muslim communities in the Caribbe-an and South America are exhibiting increasingly extremist ideology and activities, mostly as a result from ideo-logues’ activities and external influ-ence from the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia. Mr. Chairman, we take all these activities seriously.”

Threat spreadsthrough U.S.

As America’s top military eye on Central America, Kelly is also warn-ing that the recent spike in illegal im-migrants moving from countries like Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras across the U.S. border presents another level of threat. Those three countries, he noted, are all among the Top 5 na-tions worldwide in homicide rates, in part because of their rampant gang activity.

“Although there are a number of other countries I work with in Latin America and the Caribbean that are going in the same direction,” Kelly told Defense One, “the so-called Northern Triangle (Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras) is far and away the worst off.”

Since October, tens of thousands

of migrants have made the dangerous journey north from Latin America to the United States border. Many are children, and statistics show the vast majority of the immigrants in the re-cent influx are unaccompanied minors who have traveled from Central Ameri-ca’s “Northern Triangle.”

And between rampant drug traffick-ing and human trafficking of Central American youngsters, Kelly warned Congress, cartels and gangs that have already spread throughout the U.S. will only grow more dangerous.

“Chairman, gone are the days of the ‘cocaine cowboys,’” Kelly testified. “Instead, we and our partners are con-fronted with cocaine corporations that have franchises all over the world, in-cluding 1,200 American cities, as well as criminal enterprises like the violent transnational gang Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, that specialize in extortion and human trafficking.

“The FBI has warned that MS-13 has a significant presence in California, North Carolina, New York, and north-ern Virginia, and is expanding into new areas of the United States, including Indian reservations in South Dakota,” he concluded.

Roger Noriega, an American Enter-

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Kelly concluded his appeal before the House Armed Services Committee by arguing the U.S. needs to call upon and equip the military to protect our southern border, now more than ever.

“Some of my counterparts perceive that the United States is disengaging from the region and from the world in general,” Kelly said. “We should re-member that our friends and allies are not the only ones watching our actions closely. … And in the meantime, drug traffickers, criminal networks, and oth-er actors, unburdened by budget cuts, cancelled activities, and employee fur-loughs, will have the opportunity to exploit the partnership vacuum left by reduced U.S. military engagement.”


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2008 to 2012, while making $19.3 bil-lion dollars. Instead of paying taxes, it received a nice gift of $535 million

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from the American Taxpayers in tax subsidies — it’s really nice of us to keep giving these companies all this money, isn’t it? We’re so generous we made Verizon’s effective tax rate nega-tive! That’s right. Verizon has a -2.8% tax rate from 2008 to 2012.

Honorable mentionWe are not sure why Apple didn’t

make Americans for Tax Fairness’ list. Because they manage to be so evil while still having huge appeal to lib-eral, creative types, we feel obliged to give them an Honorable mention.

Common Dreams reports Apple hoarded $158.8 billion in cash overseas in 2013. The New York Times adds that “Apple’s tax avoidance efforts shifted at least $74 billion from the reach of the Internal Revenue Service between 2009 and 2012.”


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