FEDERAL EMPLOYEES GET 8.5 WEEKS OFF A YEAR, COSTING TAXPAYERS $22 BILLION

JD Wed, 12/27/2017 - 15:21

Federal employees are given an average of 43 days off per year, costing taxpayers well over $22 billion for that luxury, government watchdog organization OpenTheBooks reported.

Employees of the federal government are given, on average, 13 sick days, 10 federal holidays and 20 vacation days per year, according to the Tuesday OpenTheBooks study. Giving federal employees roughly 8.5 weeks off a year costs taxpayers $22.6 billion annually.

POLICE BEAT MOTORIST OVER TINTED WINDOWS, “MISSING” FRONT PLAT

JD Wed, 12/27/2017 - 15:14

Well, here’s another one...

In Pasadena, CA some “heroes” (aka, law enforcers) noticed a motorist driving a car with windows that were tinted “too much” and which was missing its front license plate.

These are heinous offenses against the peace, you see. Can’t that let that go.

A stop was initiated.

NEW CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE FIGHTS BACK AGAINST LIBERAL INDOCTRINATION

JD Wed, 12/27/2017 - 15:10

BC Boston reports, “He hopes to eventually enroll about 300 students in the liberal arts school, with tuition of only $9,000 a year, a fraction of what most private colleges charge. The school would operate out of an office building with no student housing. Kuruvilla says the school’s stated mission will be to ‘prepare students to serve Christ, the church, and the world.'”

Record-breaking snowfall blankets Erie, Pennsylvania, with over 60 inches of snow

JD Wed, 12/27/2017 - 14:27

Snowfall totals broke records in Erie, Pennsylvania, as snow covered much of the northeastern United States on Christmas.
From 7 p.m. on Dec. 24 to 7 p.m. Dec. 26, Erie had received 60.5 inches of snow, which shattered numerous records for the city. Nearly all of this snow fell on Monday and Tuesday.

STUDY: GOP FRETS OVER FRAUD, DEMS JUST WANT TO WIN

JD Wed, 12/27/2017 - 10:44

When it comes to voter ID laws, Republicans care intensely about fraud while Democrats worry more about whether their own party will come out ahead, according to a provocative new academic study that challenges conventional assumptions about what motivates support for stricter voting laws.

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