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Snow follies in the nation’s
capital, By Susan Olling
We had a tiny amount of snow last Wednesday that created parking lots
where roads used to be. It took Mr. History two
hours to
get home. Others had equally long drives. Local
government
officials were apologizing profusely, as well they should have, for not
pretreating roads beforehand. People were wondering
what
would happen after the Blizzard...
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Broke
Wife, Big City… 8
things I’ll do differently with my second
baby, By Aprill Brandon
1. Accept any and all help -- If you would have told me three years ago
that I’d be the kind of new mom who felt she had to do everything
herself, I would have laughed so hard at you I would’ve farted, laughed
even harder, farted even harder and then finished chugging my comically
large glass of wine. But let me tell you, the second I heard my first
born’s screams, it felt like they were physically...
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U.S.
Senator Sherrod Brown… A
Busy Year Ahead
In his final State of the Union address last week, President Obama said
that “the future we want — opportunity and security for our families; a
rising standard of living and a sustainable, peaceful planet for our
kids — all that is within our reach.” The record-breaking 2015 auto
sales we celebrated this month are case in point. From the auto rescue,
which...
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How Do They Get Away With It?
By Kate Burch
In an outrageous but depressingly predictable ploy, Hillary Clinton,
other Democrats, and the media are blaming Michigan Governor Rick
Snyder for the contaminated water supply to Flint, Michigan.
The
Governor, a la Harry Truman, has acknowledged that the buck stops at
his desk and it is his responsibility, as the chief elected officer in
the state...
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MSN.com… How
to prepare for this weekend’s
high-impact winter storm,
Angela Fritz, Washington Post - A severe winter storm with double-digit
snowfall totals and potential white-out conditions is just around the
corner. Many roads will be impassable and businesses may be shut down.
Now is the time to prepare. What’s so remarkable about this impending
storm is the long duration of wintry precipitation. Snow looks likely
to start falling...
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Metro still has issues, but the
football’s
good, By Susan Olling
It’s just January, but there’s been some comment-worthy things going on
in the greater D.C. environs. Until recently, I’ve believed that using
our little subway system means being on an adventure.
Unfortunately, adventure may not be quite the correct word that regular
riders, including yours truly, would use at the
moment. I’m
not worried...
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U.S.
Senator Sherrod Brown… Don't
Pull The Rug Out From Under Ohio Auto
Jobs
Last week we received confirmation of what so many of us in Ohio have
known all along: that you should never bet against the American auto
industry. Americans bought more cars last year than ever before,
defying naysayers and proving once again that we made the right call in
2010 when we passed the auto rescue. We protected Ohio jobs up and down...
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Representative Buchy… Make
a New Years Resolution-Stop Smokeable
Medical Marijuana
Just hours after Ohioans soundly stood up against marijuana by
rejecting state Issue 3 in November, some public officials began
discussing various ways of addressing the issue of medical marijuana in
the future. I have made clear my opposition to recreational
use
of marijuana, and I do not think any form of smokeable marijuana should
be permitted. But I do think...
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Broke
Wife, Big City… Pregnancy
the second time around,
By Aprill Brandon
Now that I’m the mother of an almost 2-year-old with another baby on
the way, I’m an expert at pretty much everything. Ha! Kidding. That’s
all those other blogs written by smug parents of small children that I
can’t stop hate-reading. I, on the other hand, almost take a kind of
perverted pride in just how little I have figured out about life, let
alone about parenthood. I mean, I have no less...
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U.S.
Senator Sherrod Brown… TPP
in 2016
This week, the Senate reconvened to begin another year of legislative
business. One major question this new year will be: Will Congress pass
the massive, job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)? For decades,
politicians have sold Americans the same bill of goods: they have
promised that big trade deals would help middle-class workers by...
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U.S.
Senator Sherrod Brown… This
Monday: MLK Day National Day of Service
Monday, January 18th is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day — an opportunity
for us to reflect on the life and work of Dr. King, who devoted himself
to making this country a better place. Dr. King left behind a legacy of
activism and civil disobedience, fighting for civil rights and against
racism and economic inequality — urging our nation to live up to its
full potential as...
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Buchy… Fixing a Broken Unemployment
Compensation
System
Throughout this past decade our nation and state has had financial ups
and downs, which has caused people to rely on unemployment benefits. In
Ohio, our system was maxed out with the federal government having to
pay the bill during the last decade. Following this, taxes were raised
on employers to make up that lost money. Although many Ohioans are...
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Broke
Wife, Big City… Grocery
shopping with your spouse 101,
By Aprill Brandon
There are a lot of ways to get to know your significant other better.
And let’s face it, no matter how much you think you know, there are
always more things you can learn about them. Human beings are vastly
complicated creatures. That’s why no one has yet been able to explain
why we like sodomizing dead birds with other dead birds in the form of
turducken or why we willingly inject poison...
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State
Representative Jim Buchy… Responding to meat alternatives
An article recently published in the Dayton Daily News, headlined
“Research ramping up for alternatives to meat,” caught my attention.
While I support both free market ingenuity and entrepreneurship, I am
concerned that the effort to replace meat on the dinner table with a
“meat alternative” could end up having adverse effects on Ohio’s meat
industry. Not only...
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Greenville
City Schools Update January 2016,
Superintendent
Doug Fries
On behalf of the entire school district I would like to thank the
Greenville community for your support of our operational renewal levy
that was on the ballet this past November. Your ongoing
support
of the school district is greatly appreciated. It is our
pleasure
to partner the school district with the community to make Greenville a
great place to live, work and go to school. Greenville City Schools...
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Too Much of a Good Thing,
By
Kate Burch
The astounding level of support for Donald Trump in this political
season seems to be attributable, in large part, to his stated positions
about dealing with immigration. His promises to take measures
to
stop the influx of illegal aliens, enforce our immigration laws, and
provide no path to citizenship for illegals resonate with many
Americans who are rightly concerned...
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Remarks by the President on
Common-Sense
Gun Safety Reform,
President Barack Obama - East Room - THE PRESIDENT: Thank
you. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you,
everybody. Please have a seat. Thank you.
(Applause.) Thank you so much. Mark, I want to thank you for
your
introduction. I still remember the first time we met, the
time we
spent together, and the conversation we had about Daniel. And
that changed me that day. And my hope...
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State
Representative Jim Buchy… Make a New Years Resolution-Stop
Black-out
Beer
Ohio’s growing craft beer industry has likely been a subject of your
Christmas discussions. You may have even sampled many of
Ohio’s
fine products. We should continue to promote that growth but
we
must be mindful of the dangers of beer over 12% alcohol by volume
(ABV). Beer over 12% ABV, which is Ohio’s current limit will
have
a very different impact on...
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Broke
Wife, Big City… The
beauty of pregnancy *fart* *burp* *sob*
By Aprill Brandon
I made myself a promise, you guys. A promise back months ago when I was
lying sleepily in my husband’s arms discussing expanding our little
family. A promise that the next time I got pregnant I wouldn’t
complain. Not even a little bit. Because creating life is a beautiful
thing. And I should be so lucky to get to experience it all again.
Aaaaaaand then I got pregnant again...
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