Mainscream media gladly reported phone conversations between Mike Flynn and some Russian official, and Trump's conversation with the Mexican president, yet stands in disbelief about Trump's claim that Obama ordered surveillance on him during the election campaign. Who is mainscream media getting its Kool-Aid from now?

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The federal " meals on wheels" program should be cut..several years ago, I remember seeing figures comparing the government run local 'meals on wheels' program with the local church run 'meals on wheels' program.. The church run program delivered 5 times more meals than the government program at 1/5th the costs!

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The EPA says Trump's budget cut will cause it to eliminate 3100 jobs. Good grief! With 3100 unnecessary personnel gone, climate change will end by itself!

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About those District Court level judges who have ruled against Trump's Executive Orders concerning the temporary "entry ban" for all people of 6 dysfunctional countries.... have any of the ruled Trump's orders are unconstitutional on his power to do so?

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Online headline: "Federal organization which includes NPR and PBS urges Congress to fight Trump's proposal to eliminate funding" -- Good grief.. why should ANY non-profit get ANY federal tax revenue funding! Especially ones that voice political opinions!

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From the (\"2 + 2 = ?" department - About that judge in Hawaii who issued a "retraining order" Trump's Executive Order for a temporary "entry ban" for people with passports/visas issued by 6 dysfunctional countries. He graduated from Harvard with Obama in 1991, he was appointed US District Court JUdge by Obama in 2013, and.. and  Obama appeared in Hawaii.. unannounced... 2 days before the Judge issued his ruling.. Nah.. Obama  isn't a political activist.. nah.. Obama isn't a liar .. either..

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Online HuffPOOPOO "story": " A recent Danish study published in the European Heart Journal 'Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy' has just given us more reason to pause before reaching for the pain killers. * The study shows that while you may be pain-free you're also increasing your risk of cardiac arrest by 31 percent if you have pre-existing heart problems. * Researchers looked at the data from Danish NSAID prescriptions, Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs such as Ibuprofen since 1995, as well as the medical histories of almost 30,000 people who have had a cardiac arrest. * Those with cardiac arrest had taken an NSAID within 30 days of the event." -- "Those with cardiac arrest had taken an NSAID within 30 days of the event"?  Goo grief.. I'll bet EVERY street thug shot down on the streets of Chicago have taken ibuprofen  within 30 days of being killed.. Guess the Danish Research group could just as well conclude that ibuprofen was the reason a Chicago street thug got killed, too.

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HuffPOOPOO headline: "Oklahoma senator, Trump campaign leader under investigation for incident at motel with teen boy" -- Hmmm... Wonder if HuffPOOPOO would be defending any of the Hellary "campaign leaders" if they had been caught under the same revolting circumstances.. Hmm.. you know, if Trump had disclosed this personally after discovery, mainscream media would probably called him a "homophobe"!

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From the "is anybody really this stupid" department - HuffPOO headline/story: "NYPD commissioner blasts Trump's budget proposal for making NYC 'less safe'  * The head of the New York Police Department, or NYPD, is speaking out about the dangers the city could face if President Trump's proposed federal budget passes, reports the New York Daily News. * On Thursday, Police Commissioner James O'Neill tweeted, "Under @POTUS budget, virtually all fed funding to #NYPD eradicated. Entire counterterrorism apparatus in nation's top terror target hobbled." * According to the Daily Beast, "Though Trump's budget makes no specific mention of funding for the city's police department, it does end federal funding transfers to cities that offer haven to undocumented immigrants."" -- Good grief.. the head of the NYPD claims that if NYC shelters "undocumented immigrants" then Trump's budget stops federal funding.. Hmmm.. let's look at this "closer".. As I see it, the fact that NYC, along with the head of the NYPD,  allow.. ENCOURAGE and PROTECT "undocumented immigrants".. a.k.a. ILLEGAL ALIENS...then NYC isn't safe WITH or WITHOUT federal funding, and like Trump, I see it as a waste of tax dollars to send NYC any more money!

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ALERT: There have been 2 known suspicious attacks on two Trump supporters in recent days.. Mike Savage was jumped, and Roger Stone may have been a target in a vehicular ramming, hit-and-run incident.. Let's be aware of other "mysterious" happenings.

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Online headline/story: "McDonald's Twitter account calls Trump 'disgusting' with 'tiny hands' * McDonald's Twitter account slammed President Trump on Thursday in an uncharacteristically derogatory tweet. * The tweet, sent at 9:16 a.m. on Thursday, reads: "@realDonaldTrump You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President and we would love to have @BarackObama back, also you have tiny hands." *  The message was retweeted more than 600 times and deleted 25 minutes later. * McDonald's did not immediately respond to a request for comment. * The account "pinned" the tweet, meaning it was featured at the top of the brand's Twitter page." -- Hmmm.. boycott comes to mind...at least until we find out what McDonald's does to the perpetrator.. until then I'm buying all my hamburgers elsewhere even after any forthcoming McDonald's apology.

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Just looking at a "list" of the best/worst run states in America.. Washington State was listed as 9th Best.. one interesting tidbit was the "Debt-per-capita" at $4,407.00.. Interesting in that Bill Gates lives there,, and the total state debt is $30.8 BILLION dollars.. Why doesn't Gates just pay it off completely so the state would be "debt free" (at least until the Washington House and Senate meet again), and he'd still have over $50 BILLION left over.

Oh, and Nebraska was ranked as 3rd Best, and has the 2nd lowest "debt-per-capita of "only $1,007. Now if Buffett paid off his state's debt, of "just" $1.8 BILLION. Buffett would still have nearly $75 BILLION left..

Oh.. and let's talk about Mark Zuckerburg.. California (home of Facebook) has a "debt-per-capita" of $4,007, and with it's population of nearly 39,000,000.00, the total debt is about $156 BILLION.. so even if Zuckerburg  cash his wealth of $56 Billion, California would still be $100 BILLION in debt.. or if we used Zukerburg's "birth state, NY, with it's "debt-per-capita" of $6,892,00 and it's population of 8.4 MILLION, Zuckerburg would still be broke after pay against NY's debt of $57.9 BILLION

Now.. if we took the combined  "debt-per-capita" of Washington, Nebraska, California and NY ( $246.5 BILLION), and Gates, Buffett, and Zuckerburg pledged their total wealth ($218.5 BILLION) to pay against that debt, those four states alone would still be $28 BILLION in debt! So be it for mainscream media's claims that the wealthiest control the country!

http://247wallst.com/special-report/2016/12/06/the-best-and-worst-run-states-in-america-2/8/

BTW - GA was ranked 27th of 50,, Ummm... I guess you would consider this "average".. and you know what "average" is... either "the best of the worst or the worst of the best"

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"Right on the money" L-E "soundoff": "I’m a non-smoker and thankful my family members don’t smoke. But a city ordinance making Columbus “smoke-free” is ridiculous. I commend Woodson for speaking out and disappointed other counselors didn’t." -- You know.. our Council is about as consistent and visionary as pollsters backing Hellary as the 2016 presidential race winner. First, Council went after our property taxes to get more revenue, and now, basically, Council has shut down the tax revenues generated by cigarette usage and sales.. go figure.. but please don't use the same math formulae that Council does!

 

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L-E headline/story: "MCSD hears plan for using for-profit alternative ed firm *  A proposed plan designed to improve alternative education in the Muscogee County School District would close the Edgewood Student Services Center and reopen the vacant Marshall Middle School to create a learning center run by a private, for-profit company. * MCSD’s proposed one-year contract with Camelot Education of Austin, Texas, would be for $6.4 million and renewable for up to three years. Lewis wants the board to vote on the contract during its next meeting, March 27 at 6 p.m. * The AIM program currently at Edgewood, serving students temporarily removed from their assigned school because of severe violations of the district’s behavior code." -- Excuse me.. but if you combined all the students in "alternative school programs" who are kept on various school grounds in order to get the state's "funding per child" and totaled the state funds received, would it be revenue neutral for the expenses of contract workers? The MCSD and we know it won't.. Why doesn't the MCSD just suspend/expel such disruptive people and send them home until their parent(s) have instilled justification of why the students should try harder at getting along with the disciplines mandated in the schools? It worked for my generation....

 

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L-E headlie: "CLOSINGS * Pause to remember Skateland, Pritchett’s, Shakey’s and Dr. Jive" -- Hmmm..

Amazing.. the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer doesn't remember when it was two separate and competing entities.. The Columbus Enquirer AND the Columbus Ledger  with a morning and afternoon circulation..

L-E headline: "Trump’s proposed budget stirs conflict, even in GOP" -- Hmmm... I guess Trump was right on it when he said "we need to drain the swamp"!