Online story: "A defendant died after being shot by a U.S. marshal on Monday during an attack on a witness during a trial in a new federal courthouse in Salt Lake City, the FBI said. * Si(_*_)le (_*_)ngilau, 25, died at a hospital after he was shot in the chest as he rushed the witness with a pen in an "aggressive, threatening manner," the FBI said in a news release. * The witness, who was not injured, appeared to be in his mid-20s and was testifying about gang initiation, Caldwell said * A mistrial was declared after the shooting. In her order" -- "mistrial was declared"? Jury go home! CASE CLOSED! Taxpayers served well. When's the promotion ceremony for the US Marshal

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Online story: "OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A sharply divided Oklahoma Supreme Court on Monday stayed the executions of two death row inmates who have challenged the secrecy surrounding the source of the state's lethal injection drugs." -- Good grief.. I thought there had been recent court rulings that this didn't matter. Give the (_*_)s a choice.. the "mystery shot of the day" or a couple of shots of 30.06 ammo. and move on.

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Online headline: "Kentucky Inmate Starved To Death" -- Hmmm, why not move those Oklahoma death row inmates to Kentucky while the courts are wasting taxpayer dollars.

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HuffPost headline: "US: Russia Has 'Days, Not Weeks' To Comply With Ukraine Accord" -- Yeah right..I just hope this "rollout" hasn't been planned by the OObamaCRAP crew.

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HuffPost story: "If you're a millennial on your way to inheriting billions, chances are you were invited to the White House last month. * Jamie Johnson, an heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical company fortune, wrote a piece for the New York Times dissecting his experiences as an attendee at a summit hosted by Obama administration officials -- which was closed to the media. Along with a handful of other wealthy youngsters with famous last names -- such as Rockefeller and Marriott -- Johnson took part in discussions on how the next generation of big name philanthropists can do their part on issues like climate change, human trafficking and healthcare for young people in the 21st century. * According to Johnson, the event focused on the somewhat new concept of impact investing -- when businesses seek to deliver measurable positive social or environmental benefits with each dollar invested -- as opposed to more conventional models of corporate philanthropy. With an expected $30 trillion in wealth being passed from baby boomers to younger generations throughout the next 25 years, impact investing could ensure philanthropic-minded systems of business for decades to come." -- Good grief.. Advice from a roomful of trust fund babies who haven't ever worried about consequences or responsibilities in their entire lives.. are being plied with Kool-aid, and asked to get out their check books to their parents' money give it away to a Community Organizer. I hope some new wills will be written this week by their parents.

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Online story: "The Justice Department will announce this week new criteria for recommending that President Barack Obama grant clemency to federal drug offenders, a move that Attorney General Eric Holder anticipates will result in "thousands" of applications for reduced sentences." -- Isn't it the job of the President to support the Constitution, and the Attorney General's job to enforce, not abort, federal laws? Just because Judas 00-Barnum and Pric Holder don't agree with a law on the books, the law needs to be either changed through Congress or vigorously enforced. There are no other options granted by the Constitution.

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L-E story: "The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday released a report about the problem of “automatic defaults” on private student loans. * CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman Rohit Chopra said that the agency has heard from borrowers in good standing who suddenly have their loans placed in automatic default when the parent or grandparent who co-signed the loans dies or files for bankruptcy." -- "borrowers in good standing"? In good standing because someone else signed responsibility for the loan, and are no longer in the picture? What's happened is that loaners no longer think the $30K-$40K degree students got in sociology will get a job paying enough to pay off the loan by themselves.

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You know..we already have a "Michelle" in Washington . We don't need a second one.. In fact, the truth is we don't need "Nunn".

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The Mayor debate on WRBL-TV last night reminded me of the first Obama-Romney debate.. Martin ate Mayor Obamalinson's supper and dessert.

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Mayor Obamalinson's said she wanted to create a "Creative Village" between the Total System campus and Bibb City. Sounds like she wants to eliminate the project homes between 2nd Ave and the Chattahoochee.

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So Mayor Obamalinson's wants to create a "Rails-to-Trails" bicycle path through South Columbus. Hmmm, I want to see her riding it by herself without a police entourage. Maybe she'll connect it to the dog walk so the dogs can get exercise running after her. I know.. build the $250K bathroom there so even the dog owners will get exercise trying to make it across the dog playground to relieve themselves!

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Planning ahead is important. in fact, it's very important, but to try to price costs of a pie-in-the-sky rail system 16 years out and predict a profitable operation is folly. I kind of doubt any train will ever hit 200 MPH , particularly when stops along the way will eliminate a long enough stretch with which to accelerate and decelerate smoothly enough to justify such a venture.

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Why is Mayor Obamalinson's so excited about "grants"? " Grants" are earmarks of taxpayer dollars used to manipulate political power, and don't we all want to eliminate abuse in government spending.

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Very LIV's L-E "soundoff": " Every time a corporation like Caterpillar avoids their $2.4 billion in taxes, the middle-class taxpayer ends up paying instead. Rand Paul and Republicans are cheering this behavior." -- Good grief.. every time a corporate dollar is given to the federal government in taxes, jobs are lost, local money is sent away, and local businesses lose the opportunity to circulate those dollars into the local economy.

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L-E headline/story: "As Army shrinks, young officers being pushed out * During the peak war years, the Army grew to about 570,000, as commanders worked to fill combat brigades and support units to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. Thousands of newly minted officers came in during 2006-2008. * Already down to about 522,000, the Army must shrink to 490,000 by October 2015, and then to 450,000 two years later." -mmm, and it won't be long before the Dpartment of Homeland Security will have more MRAPs and soldiers than the military.

L-E headline: " In the next two months, the city hopes to cut the ribbon on a “Resting Garden” currently under construction on the site of the first cemetery for black people in Columbus, City Manager Isaiah Hugley said." -- You know.. this is grasping at straws.. the City footed (as I recall) about a $50,000.00 scanning team looking for any traces that there might have been anyone.. anyone at all.. who was laid to rest on this site, and the scanner team came back with nary a trace of collaborative of evidence. This is just wasted tax dollars.

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When you hear Mayor Obamalinson's talk about our homeless problem and the need for a 10 year multimillion dollar program, it sounds excessive for the numbers Colin Martin mentioned were chronic homeless.

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Where are all the proponents of Columbus being a "No Kill" area? One of the requirements for speaking up or out about it should be that such people must adopt one of them.

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It was quite evident Mayor Obamalinson was reeling in liberal la-la land and Colin Martin controlled the flow, and if he has enough campaign funds, to get his message across.

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It's amazing what you pick up by accident when you get one of Mayor Obamalinson's friends and neighbors riled up in defending her. This morning, following discussions about how much quicker 911 response calls were in the Mayor's MidTown area versus other areas of town, it was discovered that her neighborhood is paying off duty sheriff deputies to cruise their area. Nice if you afford it, but what I find intolerable is that when they patrol in their take home vehicles , everybody else is paying for the gas, upkeep and the accelerated depreciation of those vehicles the taxpayers furnish. Hmmm, Maybe the Mayor will order gates be installed on all entrances/exits in Overlook.

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I think it's time to give Jay Carney a new title...something like White House Guess Secretary since we are constantly having to guess which side of the truth he will be on.

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Hank Aaron didn't have a lot going on for him as a team player. While in Atlanta,the Braves were a .500 team in their first few years in Atlanta; 85–77 in 1966, 77–85 in 1967, and 81–81 in 1968. The 1967 season was the Braves' first losing season since 1952, their last year in Boston. In 1969, with the onset of divisional play, the Braves won the first-ever National League West Division title, before being swept by the "Miracle Mets" in the National League Championship Series. They would not be a factor during the next decade, posting only two winning seasons between 1970 and 1981. Aaron was there until 1976. You know, his race baiting remarks since he's retired are probably why he wasn't much of a team player, and why the Braves team records were lackluster despite his individual offensive records. I think I've eaten my last Krispy Kreme donut.

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Palcohol... Would you believe someone has packed alcohol in packets you can sprinkle into yours or someone else's water/soft drink/ or food, or even into "lines" for snorting?...and it's legal? Wonder how long it will be before Colorado has it in recreational marijuana shops..imagine lacing you own or dates happy joint?

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Instant update: Ooops, Palcohol's approval for it's labels have been revoked.. at least temporarily.. the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has an issue with the wight of the powder in the packets being correct. Personally, I have an issue with the product being approved at all.

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The UAW announced that it's withdrawing its lawsuit about the "tainted" VW election earlier this year. Hmmm, yeah ,I guess the UAW would be interested in distancing itself from the taint it brought to itself during its attempt to undermine free democratically run elections.

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What about that huge marijuana smoke-in on Denver on Easter? my question is where were the DFCS officers hauling away children from the second hand marijuana smoke their parents exhaled?

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Clemson is under attack that its football team has too much Christianity in its mix. If I had teenage son of quality abilities, I'd pray that Clemson would recruit him heavily....and I don't even pull for Clemson because they are ugly uniforms.

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Hmmm. How about those gas prices! Local Regular gas is going between $3.50 to $3.70. Meanwhile, my brother spent the last 10 days in South Carolina where gas prices are about .35¢ a gallon less.

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Listening to TV analysts talking about the depth and costs of security at the Boston Marathon is overwhelming. If the FBI or CIA had simply followed the security memos that Russia sent last tear, hardly any of the measures would have to be considered, much less implemented, for this or next year's running.

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L-E headline/story: "MUSCOGEE SLIPS; HARRIS, CHATTCO, STATE IMPROVE 8 On the 100-point scale, Muscogee County’s score fell to 66.5 * High schools (average: 72.0)
• Columbus High (95.7)
• Early College (85.3)
• Northside High (78.6)
• Jordan High (73.5)
• Hardaway High (72.9)

It's absolutely that the L-E did not post the scores of Carver High. Carver has had more money poured into it in the last 20 years, over $60,000,000,00 in overhauls and a complete rebuild, has benefited from the most intense high-tech/laptop programs, and neither the L-E nor the MCSD want to publish the results. This is not just embarrassing, it's pathetic! Even more embarrassing is that the overall score of 66.5 indicate that the future numbers of our high schools will decline further.

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Whoa! The L-E online does have a link to the numbers for all the schools including Carver.. the MCSD's bell weather project of the last 3 decades:

HIGH SCHOOLS (State avg. 72.0)
1. Columbus 95.7
2. Early College 85.3
3. Northside 78.6
4. Jordan 73.5
5. Hardaway 72.9
6. Kendrick 68.7
7. Shaw 68.2
8. Spencer 58.6
9. Carver 55.0
Carver got a 55 percentile.. Maybe the top 700-800 Columbus High students should be sent to Carver so they can benefit from all the built in technology and Carver students be sent to Columbus High to see what they are suppose to be doing to help themselves.

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L-E headline/story: "Mayor Tomlinson faces challenger Martin in debate * Gloves come off at mayoral debate

* In her statement, Tomlinson pointed to pension reform, the Health and Wellness Center, Urban Service Districts and Redevelopment Districts, all of which were passed with unanimous support of Columbus Council. “It is a difficult and arduous task to lead a great city like this one. But that is exactly what you’ve seen,” Tomlinson said. “And yes, there were some folks on the front row of Colin Martin’s opening, but there were more elected officials at my opening.” -- Good grief, with all that's going on, Mayor Obamalinson chose to placate the government employees in an attempt to get their bloc vote.

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L-E headline/story: "MUSCOGEE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD | Q&A * Wells, Thomas, Morales, Steed vie for District 2 * John Wells, who has been on the board 28 years, is seeking re-election (answers this question) : Should the school district divide into three regions — east, west and central — as proposed by the superintendent?". )The answer given by John Wells): "Superintendent David Lewis has proposed the school district be administered through three districts, thereby decentralizing decision making while providing greater coordination of resources through the most efficient and effective method. His proposal should make better use of personnel with a greater focus on student improvement." -- Good grief.. Wells has been serving for 28 years, a number of those as the chair of the appointed School Board, and not once did an idea like this cross his mind..and he wants to stay on the board..

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The AL-DOT should wait until my Cousin Florence Strang, daughter of one of my grandfather Kirven's sisters , now into her several times celebration of her 100th birthday, and lead pony of every event on North Eufaula Avenue passes on. I do not think the AL-DOT is strong enough to take Fonnie on in combat.

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If the SEC Commissioner cannot, or will not, keep the viability of traditional rivalry football games, then the SEC need a new Commissioner.