Sadiq Khan had me until he threw the "shared values of tolerance, freedom and respect" card.. Unfortunately, he never uttered such sympathy following the multiple.. and similar.. Islamic jihadists attacks in London at other places in recent times.
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HuffPOOPOO story: "Six members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) resigned recently. * One of them, Scott Schoettes, described their rationale for resigning in a Newsweek op-ed titled, "TRUMP DOESN'T CARE ABOUT HIV. WE'RE OUTTA HERE." * "The Trump Administration has no strategy to address the on-going HIV/AIDS epidemic, seeks zero input from experts to formulate HIV policy, and—most concerning—pushes legislation that will harm people living with HIV and halt or reverse important gains made in the fight against this disease," Schoettes added." -- You know.. only a closed-minded person walks away from an opportunity to participate in a discussion, and that /those people are responsible if nothing gets done...Now, what exactly have these "experts" added/accomplished to solving the problem? AIDS has been a huge focus since the late 70s.. so it's not something that has being ignored by Trump, so the problem may be that these "experts" actually have had little impact and Trump has challenged them on their motives/approach they bring to the solutions.
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From "the (Democratic) Party's over" department - When we saw such hopeful pictures of Democrats praying following the shooting of Republican Rep. Steve Scalise, and Democrats joined Republicans in prayer at 2nd base at the game the next night, we had hope that maybe such violence would unite the Dems/Repubs in better serving the needs of the country... but.... BUT then the balloon bursts.. Online headline/story: "Congressional staffers boo Trump at unity baseball game * Dozens of congressional staffers erupted into boos, jeers and even vulgar gesticulations Thursday when President Trump appeared in a video at the Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park." -- Hmmm.. now we have to wonder what the Democrats were praying for at 2nd base..
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From the Council Agenda in the L-E: "AMMUNITION FOR SHER-IFF’S DEPARTMENT - COOPERATIVE PURCHASE: GEORGIA STATEWIDE CONTRACT- It is requested that council approve the purchase of new ammunition from Golf States Distributors (Montgomery, Ala.), in the amount of, $18,900 by cooperative purchase via Georgia statewide contract. The ammunition will be used by the Sheriff’s Department to replenish duty ammunition for all sworn officers." -- Hmmm... two questions.. why is GA giving an Alabama company a statewide contract, and "Do we need $18,000.00 worth of "duty ammunition"? How much shooting is going on by law enforcement on the streets that we don't hear about?
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Online story: "Administrators of Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California are being blasted by African-American leaders for not taking action following the discovery of a hit list targeting black students last fall." -- Since so much is being made about racism/racial hatred, I'm wondering why there was no mention of the race/races of the students responsible..It is in California...
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Golf has changed...maybe even transitioned. From wooden drivers and respectful viewers, to metal/composite drivers and fans straight out of Happy Gilmore...and I like it....sometimes, but somebody needs to stick a sock in the mouth of that one guy who stands next to the announcers microphone and yells, " GET IN THE HOLE" when players tee off on par 5s.
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Online story: "On Saturday, MSNBC propagandist Joy Reid angered a numbered of people when she suggested that Rep. Steve Scalise deserved to be shot because of his voting record. * “Rep. #Scalise was shot by a white man with a violent background, and saved by a black lesbian police officer, and yet…” she wrote, in a tweet with a graphic of Scalise’s record." -- You know.. we should be use to MSNBC crap like this..but we aren't because we are caring people.. but this crap is the only way MSNBC can "get out it's message"..that more than a handful of people will actually see it.
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L-E story: ":Superintendent David Lewis has recommended Angela Vickers, the
supervisor of educational leadership for the Hillsborough County School District
in Tampa, Fla., to replace Melvin Blackwell as chief student services officer. *
At a work session last week, Lewis said he does not personally know Vickers but
that she comes highly recommended, has a “wealth of experience” and is “the best
fit for our needs right now.” -- "doesn't personally know Vickers... but the
best fit for our needs"? Good grief! If this is not a confession of ineptitude,
then Webster needs to redefine it in its dictionaries! How does Lewis hire a
person he don't know over people he DOES know without condemning them and
himself...
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From same L-E story above: "Lewis is asking the board to renew the contract
for Catapult Academy which provides academic services for students who are not
high school graduates and have dropped out of school. Since its inception in
2015, 200 students have graduated from Catapult Academy. The budgetary impact is
expected to be $432,000 annually. That is subject to approval of the FY18
budget." -- Let's crunch some numbers.. if 200 have "graduated" in the past 2
(or 3 years), the either 100 or close to 70 are being "graduated" annually.. at
that rate, using $432,000.00 as the "cost", the cost per student "graduating" is
between $4,300 and $6,200. Since the state gives us between $9,000-$10,000 per
student, "we" are netting between $2,800 to $5,700 per student.. Why don't we
replace Lewis with the Catapult administration, and reaping the benefits of
32,000 students being educated at much lower costs?
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Also from the above L-E story: "Scheduled to speak at the public agenda are
Ollie Tarver, Shanda Andrews and Theresa El-Amin. The subject matter was not
given." -- Theresa El-Amin is speaking.. and the MCSB/L-E doesn't know what her
"subject matter" is.. gimme a break..
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From the "they had going for a moment" department -- L-E story: "North
Korea accuses U.S. of ‘mugging’ its diplomats in N.Y. * A North Korean
delegation, returning home from a U.N. conference in New York, was about to
board a plane Friday when more than 20 agents and police officers from the
Department of Homeland Security confiscated the package, * North Korea said its
delegation was returning home after attending a session of the Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities." -- "after attending a session of the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities"? Good grief.. after how
Kim Jong Oooops handled Otto Warmbier, a delegation of Oooops' cronies claiming
they are interested in Rights of Persons with Disabilities was an obvious
cover-up for a spying venture.
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