AOL/HuffPost "headlie": "Ferguson officer who shot Michael Brown resigns" -- Wrong! Should have read: "Ferguson officer who was wrongfully persecuted, publicly crucified, and denied true due process by DOJ, Obamageddon, and the mainstream media recognizes pursuing a future in Ferguson would be detrimental to his fellow officers so he sacrifices himself for the good of the city."

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Online story: "Missouri Governor Jay Nixon announced Friday the Highway Patrol and National Guard would need more money to continue their peacekeeping work in St. Louis." -- Hmmm.. more could be accomplished for less if less political correctness were practiced whenever looters and street thugs broke laws.

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From the "things you stumble on by accident on the I-net" department - Online story: "On a trip to Afghanistan during President Barack Obama's first term, Defense Secretary Robert Gates was stunned to find a telephone line at the military's special operations headquarters that linked directly back to a top White House national security official. * "I had them tear it out while I was standing there," Gates said earlier this month as he recounted his discovery. "I told the commanders, 'If you get a call from the White House, you tell them to go to hell and call me.' * To Gates, the phone in Kabul came to symbolize Obama's efforts to micromanage the Pentagon and centralize decision-making in the White House. That criticism later would be echoed publicly and pointedly by Gates' successor, Leon Panetta" -- Good grief.. some of you probably remember this but it was new to me, but does "splain a lot, about the turnover (and turn downs) in the Secretary of Defense position. It also 'splains wht so many top military officers have been summarily dismissed by Obamageddon.

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Online headline: "Bill Cosby dropped by alma mater over rape allegations" -- Talk about blatant racism... did Georgetown, Yale or Oxford drop Bill Clinton?

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Anybody got a snake bite kit? There's no way Ole Miss should have beat State!

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A while back, Columbus, GA citizens were informed that the ongoing, and much needed widening of Whittlesey Rd between Whitesville Rd and Veterans Parkway was running 6 months behind and $1 Million plus over budget. Why then are there so many days when no one seems to be working at all?

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L-E headline: "Ga. Democrats debate future after 2014 election losses" -- "debate" the future? What Democrats need to debate is their past which was the voter motivation in the November elections.

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L-E story: "Nobody needs to tell a public school educator that teaching poor and otherwise at-risk children involves challenges no textbook, curriculum or testing formula can adequately address. What many an educator could tell the rest of us is that the problem is getting more widespread, and it's getting worse." --

Good grief...Public education has intruded so far into the responsibilities of the students' parents (feeding, busing, and day care) that now the students and parents are beginning to feel public education is responsible for all aspects of their lives such as passing grades and unqualified for loans.

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Follow up to my www.booking.com (represented by Priceline in the US) complaint;

First my complaint:
On a personal note.. when booking hotels online, stay away from anything offered through www.booking.com. We were going to go to Savannah last Friday (Nov 21st) to follow our child's football team engaged in a playoff game, and on last Wednesday decided to make a weekend of it so our daughter could enjoy seeing Savannah. We had stayed at the Marriott Riverfront on other occasions so we went to travago.com and sought out accommodations there. The only "booking" opportunity was through www.bookings.com . It's rates for the Marriott were considerably higher than other areas hotels, but bit the bullet and booked anyway. We got there on Friday and checked in.. the 2-bed room we booked wasn't there, but the effervescent clerk quickly upgraded us to a "Jr Suite" with a sofa bed. Went upstairs, and while a nice room, the sofa bed was not very comfortable, so I went back online to check out current state of rooms available at www.booking.com. I was shocked to see the 2-bed room I wanted was still available.. but.. at less than half of what I was charged 2 days earlier. Called www.booking.com and asked representative Carmen about this as the website "guarantees the lowest available rates". She looked it up and apologized but said she was not authorized to make such a large adjustment, and would talk with her supervisor. Here it is, 5 days later, and no word from www.booking.com. I've sent two follow up e-mails, but have gotten no response. I want y'all to know about www.booking.com not being a good site to use.

Secondly: www.booking.com response:

Dear Hal,

Thank you for contacting the Booking.com Customer Service team.

In response to your inquiry regarding our "Best Price Guarantee," we are sorry to inform you that your claim at Savannah Marriott Riverfront was unsuccessful.

Per Booking.com Best Price Guarantee, all Best Price Guarantee claims must be made while your booking will allow free modification/cancellation. Unfortunately, when you contacted Booking.com, your booking was outside of free modification/cancellation policy (Booking.com was contacted 2014-11-21 1800 hours). Please reference your email confirmation to confirm free modification/cancellation ended at November 19, 2014 11:59 PM [Savannah].

Therefore, Booking.com’s Best Price Guarantee does not apply in this particular case.

For your reference, we are including a link to the Booking.com Terms and Conditions of the Best Price Guarantee. We hope that this helps you to understand our decision:

http://www.booking.com/general.html?tmpl=doc/rate_guarantee

However, due to the delay in getting back to you, I am willing to offer you 25% of the difference, or $39.92.

To provide you with this refund as quickly as possible, we recommend the refund be made by credit/debit card.
This refund can only be processed to cards with the Visa or MasterCard logo.

If you accept this refund method, you will receive an email from customer.care@booking.com which contains a secure link. This link allows you to enter your credit or debit card information. The email will be sent to: gagolfer@aol.com.

Please reply to this email by 11-30-2014 to confirm you accept the credit card refund option as described above.

Once again, I would like to apologize for any inconvenience this situation has caused.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

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Kristen Gladney
Customer Relations Associate
Direct line: 616-254-3656
Booking.com Customer Service Team
Fax : +44 208 612 8005 (Cambridge, UK)
Fax : +31(0) 207 153 073 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

My response to this:

Good morning.. first off, your math is flawed... there was a $250.00 difference in the price you charged than later changed on your site. Secondly, you promised me a room with two beds which the Marriott Savannah failed to keep my contract.

Thirdly.. I'm not interested in a partial settlement as you offer. I'm going to have fun posting my complainnt and your much delayed response on my "Breakfast Club" blogsite (38,000 worldwide viewers) and all over FaceBook.

Good people need to know who they are dealing with when www.booking.com/priceline is involved.

Happy Thanksgiving weekend .. Turkey!

Hal Kirven

The Breakfast Club