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Jesus Take The EBT: Strip Club Shut Down After Being Busted For Trading Drugs And Lap Dances For Food Stamps

(Photo by: PYMCA/UIG via Getty Images) Strip Club Shut Down After Undercover Cops Found Drugs And Lap Dances Being Traded For Food Stamps The Ohio Liquor Control Commission revoked the liquor permit of a strip club called Sharkey’s Bar, after undercover investigators used food stamps in exchange for lap dances. According to the Dayton Daily News , Agent Michelle Thourot explained how agents began investigating Sharkey’s over a year ago were able to purchase drugs and lap dances using food stamp benefits during the investigation. For 5 months agents reportedly traded $2,404.87 in food stamps heroin, fentanyl, carfentanil, cocaine, methamphetamines and lap dances from various dancers. Charges were filed against employees and club-goers for offenses such as drug trafficking, food stamp trafficking, aggravated shipment and distribution of heroin, engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, and illegal sexual activity including an additional 44 charges of drug possession, drug sales, engaging in sexual activity, food stamp trafficking and solicitation.

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Jesus Take The EBT: Strip Club Shut Down After Being Busted For Trading Drugs And Lap Dances For Food Stamps

New “Collateral Beauty” Movie Trailer Starring Will Smith & Edward Norton [Video]

This December, experience the profound connection between us all. Watch the official trailer for #CollateralBeauty . pic.twitter.com/6KmEH45wNr — #CollateralBeauty (@CBeautyMovie) September 7, 2016 Starring: Will Smith, Keira Knightley, and Kate Winslet When a successful New York advertising executive (Will Smith) experiences a deep personal tragedy and retreats from life entirely, his colleagues devise a drastic plan to force him to confront his grief in a surprising and profoundly human way. Continue reading

Guess Which #LHHATL Star Just Filed For Bankruptcy With Only $20 To Their Name

Guess who… “Love & Hip Hop Atlanta” Star Files For Bankruptcy A certain member of the “Love & Hip Hop ATL” cast is apparently experiencing some money woes. This female member of Mona Scott Young’s program is known for her ties to  Joseline Hernandez … and Stevie J.   Now this person is reportedly so broke, that she’s filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy, saying she only had $20 in cash on hand and previously received food stamps to get by. Here’s a hint; she at one point tried to expose Steebie and Joseline, but now they’re back to being cordial…   Hit the flip to see who it is… Continue reading

Guess Which #LHHATL Star Just Filed For Bankruptcy With Only $20 To Their Name

Guess who… “Love & Hip Hop Atlanta” Star Files For Bankruptcy A certain member of the “Love & Hip Hop ATL” cast is apparently experiencing some money woes. This female member of Mona Scott Young’s program is known for her ties to  Joseline Hernandez … and Stevie J.   Now this person is reportedly so broke, that she’s filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy, saying she only had $20 in cash on hand and previously received food stamps to get by. Here’s a hint; she at one point tried to expose Steebie and Joseline, but now they’re back to being cordial…   Hit the flip to see who it is… Continue reading

Adriana Alvarez baby pictures

Single mother Adriana Alvarez has revealed what it#39;s really like to live on McDonald#39;s wages, where she makes only #x0024;10.50 an hour and can only afford to sleep in a moldy basement in Chicago. Adriana Alvarez, 22, says that even with assistance from food stamps, Medicaid, and a child care subsidy, she is barely getting by, despite having worked for McDonald#39;s for five years. Alvarez is a leader with Fight For #x0024;15, an international movement to raise minimum wage laws and acq

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Amelia Earhart in 1932 and her current namesake

A recently resurfaced photograph of Amelia Earhart#39;s plane – taken by the Miami Herald in 1937, just before her doomed second attempt to fly around the world – captures a shiny metal patch on the fuselage not seen in countless other pictures of her aircraft. Nearly 80 years after the mysterious disappearance of Amelia Earhart, new clues and a new namesake have public interest in the legendary aviator soaring once again. Could this – a replacement of an old window – finally be the clue that

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For Discussion: Should Restaurants Start Accepting Food Stamps?

In light of the sh*tty economy, restaurants may be making some changes to help their income. People are already in an uproar over what people can buy with food stamps, including sodas and candy, as they are seen as nonessential products. Right wingers and people that want to cut food stamps cite this as a reason to take away government assistance. Now that restaurants are contemplating accepting stamps, the anti-food stamp groups have even more to be up in arms about. Some restaurants like Pizza Hut have already been lobbying to be allowed to accept food stamps in order to sell to low-income families. It would also save restaurants money. So, do you think it’d be better or worse for restaurants to accept food stamps? Sound off!

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A Grim Record: One In Seven Americans Is On Food Stamps

The number of people on food stamps keeps hitting new all-time highs; as of September, nearly 43 million people were using the program, according to figures out this week. Of course, because of population growth, absolute numbers only tell part of the story. The best way to look at the numbers over a long period of time is as a percentage of the population. And when you do that, you see that we're also hitting new highs. The criteria for qualifying for food stamps haven't changed much over time, according to Jean Daniel, a spokeswoman for the government agency that oversees the food-stamp program (the program is officially known as SNAP, by the way). added by: GLOBALPOLITICAL

Half of U.S. kids will receive food stamps

Half of American kids will live in households receiving food stamps before age 20, according to a study reported Monday in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-11-02-food-stamps_N.htm added by: knews121 0 comments

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