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- Police to aggressively enforce seat-belt laws in 2013 Click It or Ticket campaign May 17, 2013 · 21 comments
- KU student killed in crash on U.S. Highway 59 May 17, 2013 · 6 comments
- Letter: HIV testing May 18, 2013 · 1 comment
- Opinion: Benghazi, IRS: Son of Watergate? May 15, 2013 · 95 comments
- Budget provision would block state funding for Common Core standards May 16, 2013 · 70 comments
- Crown auto dealership wins Lawrence business of the year award May 8, 2013 · 7 comments
- Opinion: Benghazi triggers a major credibility crisis May 18, 2013 · 9 comments
- Attempt to revive fire districts bill fails May 17, 2013 · 3 comments
- Senate approves bill banning use of tax dollars to advocate for gun control May 17, 2013 · 40 comments
- Motorcycle accident briefly closes Kansas Turnpike; one person critically injured May 18, 2013 · 2 comments
- McLemore speaks about AAU coach, agent allegations May 17, 2013
- McLemore shows off athleticism at NBA combine May 17, 2013
- KU student arrested after fight sends Lawrence man to trauma center May 17, 2013
- Setting the stage: Clever tips will draw attention to your home for sale January 22, 2009
- Police to aggressively enforce seat-belt laws in 2013 Click It or Ticket campaign May 17, 2013
- Chiefs sign KU football's Opurum as fullback May 17, 2013
- Kansas men's golfer Gilbert moves up at NCAA regional May 18, 2013
- Affordable Care Act bringing jobs to Lawrence May 16, 2013
- Son, father accused of luring girls into prostitution January 22, 2005
- Past and present Jayhawk athletes set to graduate Sunday May 18, 2013
Big revenue decrease projected for fiscal year starting July 1
Gee, I wonder why? (twirling hair with a finger and snapping gum)<br>
This is my shocked face.
http://www2.ljworld.com/users/photos/...
April 23, 2013 at 7:13 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Letter: Courage lacking
Why is regulating guns "unconstitutional" and "violating the Second Amendment" when a 70 page omnibus anti-abortion law that violates at least three of those amendments (the First, Thirteenth and Fourteenth) perfectly hunky dory? I just don't understand the GOP mindset....
April 23, 2013 at 5:55 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
It’s official: Brownback signs bill saying life begins at fertilization
I've had this whole BS DNA thing out with you before, WristTwister. You only believe what you want to believe and, like our governor cherry picking the Bible, you only cherry pick science (or pseudo "science") for what you want to hear.
Bottom line, DNA is nothing more than a template made of protein precursors. Is it unique? Yes it is. But to say that DNA makes it a "person" is like saying a dress pattern makes it a "dress".
April 20, 2013 at 5:50 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
It’s official: Brownback signs bill saying life begins at fertilization
You know, I'm curious about something. If Brownback, Kinzer, Newman, Gittrick and their cohort manage to successfully outlaw abortion and contraception (and actually ENFORCE it), what are they going to do with all of those kids? <br>
According to the Guttmacher Institute, the single most given reason for having a first trimester abortion is "finances/inability to support a child". You can tell women to "keep your legs closed" all you like, sex is still going to happen and so is unintended pregnancy, especially when you refuse to allow anything other than "abstinence only" sex education.<br>
The state is pretty much refusing to support those kids now. TANF has a 48 month lifetime cap.<br>
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO WITH ALL OF THOSE KIDS?
April 20, 2013 at 3:39 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Advocates from both sides of gun control debate discuss with community
One of the biggest advocates for the NRA; a multimillionaire who has been a member since 1975, has resigned from the NRA's board of directors and the organization. <br>
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04...>
In his resignation, Adolphus Busch IV, an avid hunter and gun sportsman stated,
"The NRA I see today has undermined the values upon which it was established," wrote Busch, who also dropped his NRA membership. "Your current strategic focus clearly places priority on the needs of gun and ammunition manufacturers while disregarding the opinions of your 4 million individual members."<br>
The heir to the beer fortune also said, "It disturbs me greatly to see this rigid new direction of the NRA." He singled out the gun lobby's reversal of its 1999 position in favor of universal background checks, as well as its opposition to an assault weapons ban and a ban on high-capacity magazines. "I am simply unable to comprehend how assault weapons and large capacity magazines have a role in your vision," he wrote."
April 18, 2013 at 7:15 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Gov. Brownback signs Kansas drug test law for aid recipients
Better yet, get elected to the legislature. Then you can be a gynecologist. ;P
April 17, 2013 at 7:57 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Gov. Brownback signs Kansas drug test law for aid recipients
I hate to tell ya, Wally, but they aren't even going to "catch pot smokers". When this was attempted in Florida, the failure rate was only a smidge over 2% (see the Miami Herald article above). People tried to say that mandatory drug testing kept drug users from even applying and that was why the rate was so low but Florida's DFS disputes this and said their was no impact on the number of applicants.<br>
Bottom line, people who don't even have the money to eat aren't going to spend what little they do have on drugs.<br>
The REAL irony here is that the state will put out thousands of dollars just to keep a handful of people from getting $880/month.
April 16, 2013 at 4:50 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Gov. Brownback signs Kansas drug test law for aid recipients
I'm curious. Just WHO determines there is "reasonable suspicion"? What's the criteria for that "reasonable suspicion"? The article says that members of the legislature are included in the law. Under what circumstances? When they're applying for TANF? (LOL!!!) What are the penalties if a legislator tests dirty? They can't get an unemployment check? (Drag out the lollerskates again.)<br>
So they are going to drug test EVERYBODY who applies for TANF or UI benefits? Doesn't an employee actually cover part of the financial burden for unemployment insurance? So the state is going to make someone pee in a cup to collect their own insurance? Who is going to pay for the testing? The state? That didn't exactly work out well for Florida financially. <br>
Wow...just...wow. <br>
This law has more holes than a block of Swiss cheese.
April 16, 2013 at 3:50 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Gov. Brownback says he'll attend President Obama's event in Lawrence if he's invited
I'm ok with it as long as Brownback doesn't pull a Jan Brewer and start trying to poke him in the chest or call him "Boy".
April 16, 2013 at 3:04 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lawrence legislators say they hope Kansans will turn the tide on current policies
Looks like Charlie and David bought themselves a state. Too bad it's teetering on the brink of being another Somalia. Of course they don't care that half the state is slated to turn into a desert in the next decade or so and that outward migration is so bad that it's giving a whole new meaning to the term, "Bleeding Kansas". It just means there's a lot fewer people to whine about the toxic effects of fracking or getting in the way of the Keystone pipeline. <br>
In the meantime, you have a governor tossing out zany ideas like tax breaks for people moving into depopulated areas (despite the fact that there's no industry or infrastructure to support them) and tourism on the Kaw (!) just so he LOOKS like he's doing something to "turn the state around".<br>
I dunno. It looks to me like the state is on life support and the death rattle is getting worse by the day.
April 14, 2013 at 2:32 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )