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Food stamp recipients empty Walmart shelves during system glitch

Some Walmart stores in Louisiana allowed food stamp recipients to shop despite the fact that the computer system was down and it was impossible to know how much in benefits the shopper could access.

The result – unbelievable:

Shelves in Walmart stores in Springhill and Mansfield, LA were reportedly cleared Saturday night, when the stores allowed purchases on EBT cards even though they were not showing limits. 

The chaos that followed ultimately required intervention from local police, and left behind numerous carts filled to overflowing, apparently abandoned when the glitch-spurred shopping frenzy ended.

Springhill Police Chief Will Lynd confirms they were called in to help the employees at Walmart because there were so many people clearing off the shelves. He says Walmart was so packed, “It was worse than any black Friday” that he’s ever seen.

Lynd explained the cards weren’t showing limits and they called corporate Walmart, whose spokesman  said to let the people use the cards anyway. From 7 to 9 p.m., people were loading up their carts, but when the cards began showing limits again around 9, one woman was detained because she rang up a bill of $ 700.00 and only had .49 on her card. She was held by police until corporate Walmart said they wouldn’t press charges if she left the food.

Lynd says at 9 p.m., when the cards came back online and it was announced over the loud speaker, people just left their carts full of food in the aisles and left.

“Just about everything is gone, I’ve never seen it in that condition,” said Mansfield Walmart customer Anthony Fuller.

Walmart employees could still be seen putting food from the carts away as late as Sunday afternoon. “I was just thinking, I’m so glad my mom doesn’t work here [Walmart] anymore, that’s the only thing I could think about, those employees working, that would have to restock all that stuff,” said O.J Evans who took cell phone video of the overflowing shopping carts at the Mansfield Walmart.

Evans believes it was natural human reaction that led people to fill up their carts during the glitch, but Walmart shoppers Stan and Judy Garcia feel very differently. ”That’s plain theft, that’s stealing that’s all I got to say about it,” said Garcia.

Lynd says contrary to rumors, nobody was unruly or arrested and they were mainly there to help prevent shoplifting and theft. 

 A dispatcher for Mansfield police also confirms officers were called in for crowd control at the Mansfield Walmart. She said the shelves were cleared out, forcing Walmart to stop selling food at 9 p.m. There were no arrests.

Carts overflowing with food left in the middle of aisles after it was announced that the EBT cards now showed limits.

A “natural human reaction?” Stealing is a conscious choice, hardly natural. Also, how did so many people get word that the store wasn’t checking limits? Some sort of network must have been in use – perhaps social media via phone.

If it turns out that dozens of people went over their limit I wonder if Walmart will look at the thousands of dollars in lost sales and be so magnanimous about not pressing charges.

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Food stamp recipients empty Walmart shelves during system glitch

Top 10 recipients of defense cash

Rep. Jack Kingston’s PAC has drawn $ 65,000 from top defense firms this cycle. | AP Photo

Major defense contractors are leaning red early in the 2014 election cycle, with the bulk of their political donations going toward a party that ditched them in the fight against sequestration and has waned in recent years in its support for Pentagon spending.

So far this year, top defense firms have contributed a total of $ 287,500 to the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee, according to a POLITICO analysis of data filed with the Federal Election Commission by 12 of the nation’s largest military contractors.

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That compares to $ 180,500 for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, according to the analysis.

As a whole, the industry has split 60-40 so far this election cycle in favor of the GOP — in line with its 2012 ratio and historical trends, according to long-term data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.

Major defense firms are targeting their donations toward Republican and Democratic incumbents in defense-heavy states and districts, POLITICO’s analysis shows, in an apparent effort to rebuild the once-powerful coalition of defense supporters that has seen its numbers dwindle with the rise of the tea party.

Here’s a list of the Top 10 recipients of donations from political action committees representing 12 top defense firms:

1. Rep. Jack Kingston

The Republican congressman is running for the Georgia Senate seat currently held by retiring Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss, an industry darling and longtime champion of Lockheed Martin, which has major plants in the state.

Kingston, a fiscal conservative who serves on the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, faces a crowded GOP primary. His PAC has drawn $ 65,000 this election cycle from top defense firms, signaling that the industry prefers him to a far-right challenger.

“We’ve been aggressively fundraising early in the cycle,” Kingston told POLITICO. “I think that they are interested in my candidacy because they believe that I am pro-military and I have four installations in my district.”

If he wins the primary, Kingston could face off against Michelle Nunn, the CEO of a nonprofit organization headquartered in Atlanta, who’s been listed by The Associated Press as a possible Democratic candidate for the Georgia Senate seat. She’s also the daughter of former Democratic Sen. Sam Nunn, who served as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee from 1987 to 1995.

2. Rep. Pete Visclosky

The Indiana Democrat is a comfortable incumbent who’s faced few serious electoral challenges in his nearly three decades in Congress. His support among defense contractors is rooted in his position as the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, and he has emerged as a major critic of sequestration, the automatic spending cuts that the industry hopes to see reversed.

“The safety and security of the American people should not be bargaining chips in high-stakes budget negotiations,” Visclosky said of the cuts earlier this year. His PAC has already drawn more than $ 57,000 from top defense firms this election cycle, according to POLITICO’s analysis.

3. Rep. Mac Thornberry

The Texas Republican is the heir apparent to House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon, who might have to give up the chairmanship next Congress because of term limits, lobbyists and congressional aides have told POLITICO.

Thornberry has received more than $ 52,000 from top defense firms this election cycle, and his fundraising prowess will almost certainly be a factor if he decides to seek the chairmanship.

His main competitors for the position are Reps. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) and Mike Turner (R-Ohio), several congressional aides have told POLITICO.

Forbes’s PAC has pulled in more than $ 36,000 from major defense firms this election cycle, compared to just $ 8,000 for Turner’s PAC.

4. Rep. Mike Rogers

The Michigan Republican chairs the House Intelligence Committee and is a top hawk on defense issues. Rogers is also a key player in the ongoing debate over cybersecurity legislation and has called for stepped-up U.S. involvement in Syria.

His PAC has pulled in $ 48,000 from major defense firms so far this election cycle.

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Top 10 recipients of defense cash