| MISCELLANEOUS |
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 Toy Drone
Sells Out on Amazon
Pentagon buys every last one. |
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Bad News: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Predicts Global Warming Will Bring
Wildfires, Insect Infestations, Droughts,
Floods
Good news: assisted suicide will soon be
legal in quite a few states. |
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| SPORTS |
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Olympics: Wrestling Dropped,
Golf Added
Also: track and field dropped, canasta added. |
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| ODDS 'N' ENDS |
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 Pentagon
Creates New Medal for Drone Pilots
The Distinguished Couch Potato Cross. |
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| FEATURE |
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| Identify the source of the
following quote: “What profiteth the laborer if
he gain the enactment of a wage and hour
law — if he then lose the opportunity to work?” |
| A ) | John
Boehner objecting to Obama’s proposal to raise
the minimum wage last week. |
| B ) | King
George the Third objecting to the colonists’ demands
for local control of wage laws in 1775. |
| C ) | Commissioner
KrxFlozBn of the Martian High Council, objecting
to a proposal to raise minimum wage on Mars two
weeks ago. |
| D ) | Representative
John McClellan of Arkansas objecting to the proposal from
FDR to set a minimum wage at 25 cents an hour in May, 1938. |
| Hint: Boehner said something similar,
but not exactly this. Guess again. |
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