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MISCELLANEOUS
Toy Drone Sells Out on Amazon
Pentagon buys every last one.
Bad News: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Predicts Global Warming Will Bring Wildfires, Insect Infestations, Droughts, Floods
Good news: assisted suicide will soon be legal in quite a few states.
 
SPORTS
Olympics: Wrestling Dropped,
Golf Added

Also: track and field dropped, canasta added.
 
ODDS 'N' ENDS
Pentagon Creates New Medal for Drone Pilots
The Distinguished Couch Potato Cross.
FEATURE
Identify the source of the following quote: “What profiteth the laborer if he gain the enactment of a wage and hour law — if he then lose the opportunity to work?”
A )John Boehner objecting to Obama’s proposal to raise the minimum wage last week.
B )King George the Third objecting to the colonists’ demands for local control of wage laws in 1775.
C )Commissioner KrxFlozBn of the Martian High Council, objecting to a proposal to raise minimum wage on Mars two weeks ago.
D )Representative John McClellan of Arkansas objecting to the proposal from FDR to set a minimum wage at 25 cents an hour in May, 1938.
Hint: Boehner said something similar, but not exactly this. Guess again.

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