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A major defense-spending bill hit an unexpected bump on its journey through the
U.S. Senate over an amendment on veterans’ gun rights, which devolved into a heated floor debate and foreshadows a potential battle over Democrats’ vows to tweak the filibuster rules in the clubby, traditionally collegial body.
Sen. Tom Coburn
Oklahoma Republican, wants veterans who have been deemed "mentally incompetent" to have their cases adjudicated by a judge — rather than the Department of Veterans Affairs , as happens currently — and argued that veterans who simply cannot support themselves financially are needlessly given the label and, as such, cannot buy or possess firearms.
The debate on the measure should not be about gun control, but about veterans’ mental health, said Tom Tarantino, senior legislative associate for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.
The
Department of Veterans Affairs forwards the names of those labeled mentally incompetent to the FBI for inclusion in a national federal database, barring them from purchasing or carrying firearms.
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The U.S Board of Immigration Appeals has agreed to reopen the immigration case of Onyango Obama, delaying the deportation of the 68-year old Kenyan who violated an order to leave the United States in 1992.
"The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) remanded the case back to Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) for reconsideration. In 1989, an immigration judge ordered Obama, who has been in the U.S. since 1963, to be deported. He appealed and the appeal was dismissed in 1992.
Crystal Williams, executive director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, said any move to reconsider a case is unusual when there is already an order for removal
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A growing number of
mothers and daughters, are growing closer with cosmetic surgery.
The two say they do a lot of things together, so when it came to plastic surgery, they decided to try it at the same time.
Cosmetic surgeon, Dr. Jeff Adelglass, says mother-daughter procedures are becoming more common.
"We see a lot of moms and daughters, as well as other family members and partners, very, very often."
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Pizza Hut is releasing a perfume.
This is not a joke. (Eau de dough, anyone?)
Here's the full story: Grip Limited, an advertising firm that works with Pizza Hut Canada, originally
originally floated the tongue-in-cheek notion on the Pizza Hut Canada Facebook page back in August as part of a broader push to promote more engaging social media activity. The post asked fans to dream up names for an imaginary scent inspired by "the smell of a box of Pizza Hut pizza being opened." But the fan response to the idea was so enthusiastic that Grip and Pizza Hut decided to make the perfume a reality.
A month and a half later, to commemorate the fact that Pizza Hut Canada had gotten 100,000 fans, the chain's community managers announced that
the first 100 people to message them would actually get a bottle of Pizza Hut perfume. And sure enough, the bottles were shipped to those 100 lucky fans at the beginning of December
Pizza Hut Canada has not announced any plans to make more of the perfume in the future. But you can be sure we're going to keep our eyes peeled (zing!) for any secondhand bottles of the scent so we can get a slice (zing zing!) of the action.
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Last but not least...the Mustache has learned that in the spirit of Christmas, McDonalds restaurants will be offering the McRib sandwich on December 17.
