OK, so there's this obscure (not obscure if you're a Marine) guideline that says no male Marine shall handle an umbrella while in uniform.

From the Daily Caller:

The relevant portion of the regulation reads, “3035. UMBRELLAS (Female Marines). Female Marines may carry an all-black, plain standard or collapsible umbrella at their option during inclement weather with the service and dress uniforms. It will be carried in the left hand so that the hand salute can be properly rendered. Umbrellas may not be used/carried in formation nor will they be carried with the utility uniform.”

Items not expressly delineated as authorized components of the Marine Corps uniform are prohibited. Male Marines are informed never to carry an umbrella from the earliest phases of training.

Not even the President of the United States can request a Marine to carry an umbrella without the express consent of the Commandant of the Marine Corps, according the Marine Corps Manual.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/16/obama-breaches-marine-umbrella-protocol/#ixzz2TXuunrB7

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California Congressman Devin Nunes make a shocking claim on Hugh Hewitt's syndicated talk show. 

From the Weekly Standard/Hugh Hewitt Show:

"I don’t trust the Department of Justice on this," said Hewitt, referring to the subpoenas the Justice Department to obtain the Associated Press's phone records. "Do you, Congressman Nunes?"

"No, I absolutely do not, especially after this wiretapping incident, essentially, of the House of Representative. I don’t think people are focusing on the right thing when they talk about going after the AP reporters. The big problem that I see is that they actually tapped right where I’m sitting right now, the Cloak Room," Nunes respond.

Hewitt was surprised. "Wait a minute, this is news to me," he said.

"The Cloak Room in the House of Representatives," Nunes repeated.

Hewitt again expressed surprise. "I have no idea what you’re talking about," said the radio host.

LINKS: Hugh Hewitt
Weekly Standard 

Only a Democrat would do such a thing...

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From the NY Post:

“You can’t go to Disney without a tour concierge,’’ she sniffed. “This is how the 1 percent does Disney.”

The woman said she hired a Dream Tours guide to escort her, her husband and their 1-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter through the park in a motorized scooter with a “handicapped” sign on it. The group was sent straight to an auxiliary entrance at the front of each attraction.

Disney allows each guest who needs a wheelchair or motorized scooter to bring up to six guests to a “more convenient entrance.”

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A Georgia man claims to have found the original formula to Coca-Cola in a box. He is offering it on eBay for $15,000,000. Coca-Cola's chief archivist claims that "at least once a year" someone says they want to sell an "original formula" to the company.

It happened outside of Pittsburgh, where the chief of the West Newton Fire Department took his son to prom on a fire truck. Turns out the son works at the department as a volunteer. Estimates say it cost the city about $100.

Happened in Minneapolis, too - not too many complaints there.