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ALERT: HIGH RISK severe weather outbreak on Sunday across Midwest; violent...
1220PM CST UPDATE: Several large, violent tornadoes have already been reported in Illinois. There are pictures of horrific damage to homes and businesses coming in from the Peoria IL area. Tornado...
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If You Aren't Sure Walmart Needs to Pay Higher Wages, This Photo Will Erase...
The photo above comes from the Walmart on Atlantic Boulevard in Canton, Ohio.The bins aren't to collect cans for a food pantry somewhere else in the city. They are meant to collect food for Walmart...
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Political geography: What if Appalachia were its own state?
Blue Ridge Mountains near Mount Mitchell, NCAppalachia is a vast geographic and cultural region in the eastern United States, defined by the 2,000+ mile mountain range running through it. Containing...
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OH-Gov: Laura Ingraham Says John Kasich (R) & President Obama Are...
Fox News' Laura Ingraham likes to paint some weird visual images:http://www.cleveland.com/... President Barack Obama's kind words last week for Ohio Gov. John Kasich have not gone unnoticed by...
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MSNBC’s Krystal Ball: Like corporations, Walmart employees are people too
Walmart employees at a Canton, Ohio store were greeted in a work area with a sign that said, "Please donate food items here so Associates in Need can enjoy Thanksgiving Dinner.” According to...
View Article(updated) Ohio charter school fail, and fail, and fail, and future fails
This diary started out as a letter to some of my fellow anti-ALEC activists. I took another look at it, and decided that there was something there worth getting out in the open, and to help shine a...
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OH-Gov: Ed FitzGerald (D) Picks Cincinnati State Senator Eric Kearney (D) As...
Some big news today from Ed FitzGerald's (D. OH) gubernatorial campaign: Historians and pundits always say that the first real decision a governor makes is the one of running mate. Today, I made that...
View ArticleTraffic Cameras: Don't watch me, bro!
The cameras! They’re everywhere!There are a lot of misconceptions about traffic cameras, their purpose, their use, and why they are in so many areas now. Many people understandably believe that traffic...
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Cheese, Coal, and the ACA
Coming soon to select stockings in DCWesmorgan1 had a fun talking point idea--compare employment in iconic industries with state-by-state ACA application counts. Even in Rollout Week 6, some of the...
View ArticleIs Ohio Moving to Open Carry Terrorism?
The New York Times in an editorial ‘'More ‘Stand Your Ground’ Fantasizing” points out the dangers of a bill which has passed the Ohio House. They point out cases similar to that of Trayvon Martin, an...
View ArticleSteubenville schools superintendent indicted for cover-up of 2012 rape
When a grand jury investigating the 2012 Steubenville rape case handed up its first indictments back in October, they amounted to an announcement in capital letters that Attorney General Mike DeWine...
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OH-Gov: Quinnipac Has John Kasich (R) In The Lead But Shows Ed FitzGerald (D)...
Some mixed news out of Ohio today from Quinnipac: http://www.cleveland.com/... Ed FitzGerald is closing the gap between him and Gov. John Kasich, but name-recognition remains a high hurdle for the...
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How Democrats Could Lose Ohio in 2014: Stop the Cincy Streetcar from Being...
We've got a Bridge to Nowhere situation here in Southern Ohio. Only it's being perpetrated on us by a "Democrat," recently elected Mayor of Cincinnati John Cranley.To win election, Cranley spun the...
View ArticleThe indictment of Steubenville's superintendent is a bigger deal than any...
Yesterday, Steubenville City Schools superintendent Michael McVey was indicted for helping to cover up last year's rape of a high school girl by two Steubenville High football players. I diaried on...
View ArticleCharges against Steubenville superintendent relate to alleged rape that took...
The highest-profile name in the list of four indictments from the grand jury investigating whether adults covered up the October 2012 rape of a Steubenville High School girl by two players on the...
View ArticleSmall Biz Insurance Brokers: A Brief (?) Listing, Part Four (ND to OK)
(Part One (AL to FL) is here. Part Two (GA to LA) is here. Part Three (ME to NC) is here.)In view of the delay of the SHOP online insurance marketplace for small businesses, I decided to make a list...
View ArticleCharges against Steubenville superintendent relate to alleged rape that took...
The highest-profile name in the list of four indictments from the grand jury investigating whether adults covered up the October 2012 rape of a Steubenville High School girl by two players on the...
View ArticleTurning the Tables: A Democratic Gerrymander of Ohio
As is well known, the congressional districts of Ohio have been subject to a ridiculous Republican gerrymander that has resulted in Democrats winning only 25 percent of the districts while winning...
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Political Geography: What if Appalachia Were Its Own State? Pt. 2
Regional Outline of Appalachia and the Remaining Surrounding States.In Part 1 of the state of Appalachia series we looked at what the political and demographic make up of the Appalachian region would...
View ArticleNaturally occurring, but not with wanderlust
A recently concluded investigation into a contaminated water well appears to have not looked into a key possibility.Cross posted from Pruning Shears.
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