MICHIGAN –  Michigan union invoked the provision of the state constitution that bans slavery in their argument against right-to-work, court documents show.

Teamsters Local No. 214  stated Dec. 6 that right-to-work was “a violation of the prohibitions against involuntary servitude” because members of the union had to work against their will on behalf of non-union members. The union then referred to Article I, Section 9 of the state constitution, which states:

“Neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude unless for the punishment of crime, shall ever be tolerated in this state.”

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It would probably be a pretty good idea to get away from Central Florida. Just sayin’…
 FLORIDA (AP) –  George Zimmerman will not face domestic violence charges because his girlfriend did not wish to pursue the case and there was scant evidence of a crime, a state prosecutor said Wednesday.

“There is no reasonable likelihood of a successful prosecution,” Archer said.
Zimmerman, 30, had faced charges of aggravated assault, battery and criminal mischief following a Nov. 18 confrontation at the central Florida house he shared with Scheibe. She initially told police Zimmerman pointed a shotgun at her face during an argument, smashed her coffee table and pushed her out of the house.
She recanted much of that in an affidavit filed this week in which she referred to Zimmerman as “my boyfriend” and said she wanted him back. (more…)

American Thinker has a pictorial which tells the story.   It ends with this picture.

You can see the lead in pictures CLICK HERE  and pay attention to the U.S. delegation behind POTUS/FLOTUS  (Susan Rice, ValJar and Holder).   It appears when the selfie was being taken Holder understood the immaturity optic.

Will it come as a shock to people when they find out the deaf sign language interpreter at the Nelson Mandela funeral was a fake?
Why should it?    Everything about the funeral, and more importantly about the representative ruse around Mandela’s passing, was a collection of global progressives inserting their own desires and scribed pontifications onto something which in reality does not exist.

So why would the interpreter for the deaf audience be real,  everything around the narrative was fake.
SOUTH AFRICA – Deaf people watching the Nelson Mandela memorial were bemused and shocked by a “fake” sign language interpreter on stage whose gestures were unintelligible, activists said Wednesday.

Shame on this male so called interpreter on the stage. What is he signing? He knows that the deaf cannot vocally boo him off. Shame on him !

— wilma newhoudt (@newhoudt) December 10, 2013

The interpreter was watched by millions as he stood beside speakers at the event including President Barack Obama. (more…)

TexasMom shares this video and says:   This is awesome!  It’s a brilliant marketing idea and a great way to spread Holiday cheer AND help those in need to get home to see loved ones.  This is just fantastic!
Indeed it is….  Indeed it is.

CHINA – A man jumped to his death after a furious row  with his girlfriend who insisted they go into another clothes  shop.   CCTV shows Tao Hsiao, 38, escorting his  girlfriend around a shopping mall in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province,  east China.
After five hours Tao finally had enough and  demanded to go home.
Eyewitnesses say he could be  heard saying they already had more bags than they could carry, but she insisted  on going into one more shop where the was a special offer on shoes.
An eyewitness said: ‘He told her she already  had enough shoes, more shoes that she could wear in a lifetime  and it was pointless buying any more.
‘She started shouting at him accusing him of  being a skinflint and of spoiling Christmas, it was a really heated  argument.’
The shouting match ended when the man chucked  the bags on the floor and jumped over the balcony, smashing  into Christmas decorations on his way down before hitting the floor seven  stories below causing shocked shoppers to  flee in panic.  (read more)

You can read the details in a variety of places. With a large dose of Brutal Honesty I tell you, it just doesn’t matter.
The bottom line is they agreed to spend more money.
The Dems wanted to spend “a lot more” – The Republicans wanted to spend a “little more”. They compromised and are spending “more”.   That’s all this is, a dog and pony show about spending more. Always more.   Just more.

Here’s a perspective from TPM: In a major breakthrough after three years of paralyzing partisan rifts, Congress’ top two budget chiefs finalized a bipartisan agreement Tuesday that would set spending levels for two years and mitigate some of the painful spending cuts required by the sequester. (more…)

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

Now take a look at what picture the White House used to honor the occasion.    C’mon, before you click below, take a guess, just a wild guess.   How, optically speaking, would the White House honor the memory of Nelson Mandela? 

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