Monday, May 11, 2015

Online headline: "Obama defends trade deal with China * Republicans against proposed China trade deal" -- Good grief.. This is an enigma.. the Republicans are lined up with Elizabeth Warren...

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Online story: "Oil leaked into the Hudson River on Sunday after a transformer fire and explosion a day earlier at the Indian Point nuclear plant north of New York City, and Governor Andrew Cuomo said he was concerned about environmental damage." -- "concerned about environmental damage"? Hmmm only in the minds of liberals can discernment that an explosion at a nuclear plant and an oil spill on the Hudson are a "concern", while "climate change" is catastrophic. Of course if Bush43 were president, Cuomo would blame him and declare a national emergency.

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Thinking about the above item... how would anybody even know more pollution was added into the Hiudson River.. it's almost solid enough to build a road across it if the bridge ever collapsed.

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Saturday, I heard a vendor at the UPtown Market Day pitching the benefits of "raw milk" as an alternative because "people" are concerned about foods being associated with autism. Excuse me, but we've been drinking "pasteurized" milk since 1864, and it's been only in the past 20 years or so that autism has escalated at such aa rate as we're experiencing today.

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Fact about "raw milk" from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: "Raw milk is milk from cows, sheep, or goats that has not been pasteurized to kill harmful bacteria. This raw, unpasteurized milk can carry dangerous bacteria such as Salmonella, E. coli, and Listeria, which are responsible for causing numerous foodborne illnesses. * These harmful bacteria can seriously affect the health of anyone who drinks raw milk, or eats foods made from raw milk. However, the bacteria in raw milk can be especially dangerous to people with weakened immune systems, older adults, pregnant women, and children. In fact, the CDC analysis found that foodborne illness from raw milk especially affected children and teenagers."

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From the "stupidest headlines/story" department - HuffPOOPOO headline: "Is Saudi Arabia Now the Israel of the Gulf? * instead of writing about being on the (peace) boat (sailing from Iran to protest the Saudi bombing and blockade of Yemen), I figured I would write about how Saudi Arabia is apparently becoming the Israel of the Gulf countries -- a habitual aggressor in its neighborhood, enabled in its aggression by the United States. Indeed, it could be argued that Saudi Arabia has become a more dangerous regional aggressor than Israel, because so far, at least, Saudi Arabia's aggression in Yemen, like its aggression in Bahrain, has provoked a less vigorous international reaction, including in the United States, than Israel's recent war in Gaza." -- Good grief...somehow, mainstream media believes it is "god".... Jacob was renamed "Israel" after he "wrestled with God's angel".. and somehow, only mainstream media types can associate Saudi Arabia "wrestling" with Yemen as "a more dangerous regional aggressor than Israel"..

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The 17th at the TPC Sawgrass..usually a tourney decider..Well yesterday, three people tied at the end of 72 holes because all three birdied the 17th in the 4th round, and 2 birdied it in the 3-hole aggregate playoff. Ricky Fowler then birdied it for the third time in sudden death yesterday to win. On top of that, Fowler teed it up on #17 6 times this week and birdied it 5 of those times. Ricky Fowler should be the poster child for the 17th at Sawgrass!
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Online story: "Four Ohio teenagers arrested Friday were charged with felonies after damaging 24 school buses as part of a senior prank. * Clark County sheriff's officials say the teens removed valve stems from tires on buses used by Northwestern Local School District in Springfield. Authorities say the vandalism forced school officials to cancel all classes in the 2,000-student district on Friday." -- Good grief.. this reminds of a "blonde Joke"..particularly the one when a blonde's remote door opener's battery dies and she called for roadside assistance.. not realizing she was holding a key in her hand that could manually unlock the door.. Why.. why didn't the school system just announce via robo-call/media that parents would be responsible for getting their children to school that day?
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Dr Lewis, not being content with railroading an $192,000,000.00 SPLOST through is wanting a property tax millage hike as well.. Claims that state funding is down. I've asked one of my reps to comment on this .. first as to whether State Funding is less than last year, and secondly, what determines how much the MCSD gets. Will pass on the answers as I receive them.
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Dr Lewis, not being content with railroading an $192,000,000.00 SPLOST through is wanting a property tax millage hike as well.. Claims that state funding is down. I've asked one of my reps to comment on this .. first as to whether State Funding is less than last year, and secondly, what determines how much the MCSD gets. Will pass on the answers as I receive them.
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From above L-E story: "Information will be given to the board on a program being put together that will offer swimming lessons to MCSD kindergarten students. The program is in collaboration with Columbus Parks And Recreation and the Columbus Aquatic Center. * Complete pilot program details and a memorandum of understanding between Columbus Parks and Recreation and the MCSD will be provided to the board in June for final approval." -- Good grief.. not only will the taxpayer keep being stuck for losses of the natatorium, but now MCSD resources will be tapped for another form of non-parental daycare.. the first thing I want to know is whether there will be school buses or vans used to transport them...
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L-E story: "From a breakfast with women to a lunch hosted by a noted producer to a dinner with nationally known entertainment names, the (Hillewinsky's) path took her through only the most gilded portions of greater Los Angeles. And it raised anew the campaign conundrum for a presidential candidate whose major argument is that she understands the angst of the economically stressed American voter." -- Maybe she was collecting bead crumbs.. uh.. cake crumbs.. for bribing voters with...
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L-E headline: "Obama to try to allay Gulf nation leaders’ extremist, Iran worries" -- You know.. this headline would serve the world better if it was included as a Webster's Dictionary example of "a lesson in futility".
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Looking at the weekly DUI arrests in the online L-E edition, certain things stick out.. too many have no current drivers' licence, no tag or no insurance. The only thing that will curtail this is to confiscate the vehicles when a driver is caught for a second time..

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