How about a great big applause and "thank you" to Trump, our national security agencies, and our local law enforcement agencies who stayed diligently alert while we celebrated of nation's birthday. Yesterday would have been an ideal target date for jihadist to destroy/disrupt our sense of security.

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Online headline: "Trump to military personnel: 'I will always have your back'" -- Hmmm... why is it that only Republican presidents unabashedly stand behind our troops and their families?

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You know, don't you wonder about the biggest advocates for abortions relationships with their mothers?

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Just got our 2017 Tax Assessment and it's a different figure than is what is on the Muscogee County Tax Database.. how can this be?

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Online story: "The Canadian government will apologize and give millions to a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who pleaded guilty to killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan when he was 15, an official said Tuesday. * The Canadian-born Khadr pleaded guilty in 2010 to charges that included murder and was sentences to eight years plus the time he had already spent in custody. He returned to Canada two years later to serve the remainder of his sentence and was released in May 2015 pending an appeal of his guilty plea, which he said was made under duress. * The Canadian Supreme Court ruled in 2010 that Canadian intelligence obtained evidence from Khadr under “oppressive circumstances,” such as sleep deprivation, during interrogations at Guantanamo Bay in 2003, and then shared that evidence with U.S officials *  An official familiar with the matter told the Associated Press that Omar Khadr will receive $8 million." -- Good grief! I hope Trump puts Canada on the "no travel" and "sanctions" list as a country that is openly financing terrorists!

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Online headline/story: "EPA-funded lab faked research results on respiratory illnesses, whistleblower lawsuit claim * Duke University has admitted that one of its lab technicians falsified or fabricated research data on respiratory illnesses that were used to get large grants from the Environmental Protection Agency. *  former lab analyst Joseph Thomas alleges that all or nearly all the work ERin  Potts-Kant did during her eight years at Duke compromised grants worth $112.8 million to Duke and another $120.9 million to institutions like UNC-Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University" -- Good grief.. the EPA, with 15,000 employees, yet not one wrote a regulation prohibiting falsification of test results?  Shut it down President Trump!

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From the "haven't they learned anything from Trump" department - The NYPD was on Fox detailing all the ways it would securing people for last night's 4th of July fireworks show.. Now, jihadists have a pretty good understanding about what to expect if ..IF .. any were planning some dastardly act.. you know,  when you have good hand in poker, you don't show your hand to your opponents.

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This past Sunday, my bride and I visited a relatively new eatery across from the Post Office after church services.. We'd both had bakery items from there at outside events, so we decided to try it for lunch.. we won't be back.. when we ordered, one employee rang up the order, took my cash, then retrieved the fruit tarts and delivered the same to us to take back to our table to await our quiches being prepared.. sounds innocent enough, but.. BUT she did so without having any gloves on.. I cannot accept someone handing cash register keys, cash, then handing my food...without gloves .. or at least some waxed paper or other suitable material...

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Online story: "Well, one transgender activist insists that straight men who don’t desire transgender women simply have an issue they “should try to work through. * Well, one transgender activist insists that straight men who don’t desire transgender women simply have an issue they “should try to work through.” -- "straight men... have an issue THEY "should try to work through"?  Seems like the ones who haven't worked through an issue are the ones that decided to be transgendered..

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From the "touche'... and where do I send a donation to" department - Online story: "Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren refused to take a DNA test mailed to her by Indian-American entrepreneur V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai, who’s running against her for her U.S. Senate seat. *  Ayyadurai then posted hilarious screenshots of a DNA test kit he purchased online as a birthday gift for Warren, who turned 68 in June." -- and in case you, too, want to make a donation... https://shiva4senate.com/

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": "Great Ledger-Enquirer story of Dr. Heval Kelli, the Syrian refugee welcomed to America by the Episcopal Church. As a cardiologist, he will save lives. Wondering how many Dr. Kellis are languishing in immigrant prisons." -- Answer: Zero.. Dr Kelli was admitted.. now, LIV, answer this one.. how many potential jihadists are being held out from entering  the US without valid documentation ...