There's a new Kirven in town..We welcomed Elliott Riggs Kirven into God's world yesterday..another great-nephew for me, and another grandson for my brother. This starts the 8th generation in Columbus for Kirvens!

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From the "we gotta manipulate the figures to prove what we say is important is the most important issue" department - AOL "headLIE"/rest of the story: "Poll: Climate change and the Islamic State essentially tied as the world's top greatest threats"..... "According to a new poll from the Pew Research Center, climate change and the Islamic State are essentially tied when it comes to what people around the world see as the greatest security threat. * People in 13 countries ranked climate change at number 1, while 17 countries put ISIS at the top of the list. * However, the United States ranked climate change 3rd with cyber warfare as the number 2 threat. * Fifty-six percent of Americans said that global warming as the greatest threat, while 71 percent said cyber warfare * Overwhelmingly tho (sic), Americans said the greatest threat is the Islamic State at 74 percent." -- Once again.. mainscream media tries to make Climate Change look like the world agrees with it... When 30 counties are polled,and 17 vs 13 (57% to 43%) believe one thing, that's called a "landslide victory".. especially when mainscream media is doing the polling..It must be particularly  disheartening to US mainscream media that "Climate Change" didn't make the Top 2 concerns.

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Online headline: "'The Middle' to end with season 9 on ABC" -- I'm going to lose sleep over this.... NOT.. Yo know, when a show's premise cannot appeal to me once in 9 years so I want to watch even one episode, it makes me think a show's advertising base has no connection to what I consider what's important.. what's worth my time to watch.

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Online headline: "Ford is falling after a lackluster sales report" -- I can tell you one thing that has hurt Ford, and that's the return of the Lincoln (almost) Continental... When I saw the news of it's return in 2015 as a full sized sedan with the "suicide doors" of the 60's, I knew this would be the car I was going to wait for to replace my huge SUV.. but when Ford finally put it out on the sales floor, it had shortened the wheelbase, and dropped the "suicide doors".. it was ordinary instead of extraordinary... it was a "No Sale".

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Online "headLIE": "Chains like Chili's and Buffalo Wild Wings are failing because customers are changing their attitude toward healthy eating" -- Good grief.. Chili's and Buffalo Wild Wings customers are not going to become organic food fans.. Like all restaurant failures, it's either because of "location", menu changes in offerings or value, or just bad management...

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From the "Rachel Dolezal School of Color Blindness" - Online headline/story: "MINNESOTA * Black Lives Matter Minneapolis apologizes about photo of 'lynched' man" *  Black Lives Matter Minneapolis apologized on Tuesday after it sparked rumors by sharing horrific photos that suggested a black man had been lynched -- even when police clarified the picture was of a white man who had hanged himself in a city park. * "As more information came out and Mr. Bringle's family came forward, it became clear that this was an unfortunate incident caused by mental illness," the group said. * A passerby found the body just before 6 a.m. Tuesday and posted three photos of the scene on Facebook, suggesting that the man was a victim of a hate crime. " -- Once again, liberals do not care about facts when they try to exploit their own victimization..

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From the "you can sell them your soul, but they won't buy into your "vote for me" plea" department - Online headline: "John McCain is now more popular with Democrats than Republicans after his vote to kill the GOP health care bill" -- Yeah.. bask in McCain... but you and your RINO buddies better remember 2008.. Dems are not going to vote for you...

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Online headline/story: "Report: Al Gore's Home Uses 21x More Energy Than Average US Household * A new report found that former Vice President Al Gore’s estate near Nashville, Tennessee, used more than 21 times more energy than the average U.S. household over the past year. * The report by the National Center for Public Policy Research, citing the public electric company that powers Gore’s home, found that the 10,070-square-foot mansion used 230,889 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity during the past 12 months.
* According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the average American house uses less than 11,000 kilowatt hours annually." -- Hmmm.. guess Algore's claim to "greenness" must be limited to how he "feels  around the gills" today.. You know, I thought he and Tipper had divorced, but apparently not.. this may explain why the utility bills are so high.. Algore must be trying to cool down the hell he created for him and Tipper.

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Why do businesses continue to feel that automated phone menus enhance the experience their customers have? Give me a capable human who speaks English as his/her primary language, and I'll continue.. even increase.. doing business with them in the future.

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CNN's Jim Acosta got an education... and his head handed to him...  yesterday on the diversity of countries who's citizens know/learn the English language as he exposed his bias, and his ignorance....and his racist attitude to the nation as well as the rest of mainscream media.

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Have you seen the bank formerly known as Columbus Bank& Trust's new slogan..."here is where we know you by name not an account number."? There is nothing "homey" about Synovus..

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In Trump's reminder of the current new bill addressing legal immigration, he emphasizes the importance of immigrants assimilating into the American way of life. You could the liberals' gender neutral panties being sucked into their rectum in disbelief. Let me ask..does a true immigrant seeking to improve theirs lives really want to bring the life they are fleeing from to restart their lives here?

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Noticed MCSD buses on Veterans Parkway on a used car lot...are those consigned or did the MCSD sell/auction them off to a dealer? Now the biggie..if our school buses are good enough to resell, why are we replacing them?

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This is a bonus for "The Breakfast Club". A fellow BCer passed along this website of historical pictures you probably have never seen.. Well worth your time.. some are caustic, some are poignant.. all are amazing.


https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gcPeLUIY0wB4bdsS8IH23Afzd5o9X7zPJ2LezrQAMl0/embed?hl=en_GB&size=m&slide=id.p5

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L-E headline: "Ribbon-cutting marks MCSD arts school’s ‘long-awaited fulfillment of a vision’" -- A sad thing about this school is that when Page 1 Award winners are announced, no other school's nominee will have a chance at winning because it will embarrass the concerted effort to group the elite talented under one roof.. even sadder is that all this talent will be corralled under the mentoring of a single group of instructors which will kill the individuals creativity and individuality.

 

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L-E headline/story: "Two men charged in fatal shooting of Carver High graduate * Two men were charged in the death of the Carver High graduate who was shot July 14 on Farr Road, authorities said. * Alex Antonio Wilson, 18, and Lorenza Davonta Madden, 19, were taken into custody on Tuesday and charged with reckless conduct in connection with the incident. Wilson faces an additional charge of involuntary manslaughter." -- "additional charge of involuntary manslaughter"? Good grief.. that[means these two will be out on the streets again.. that's shameful! I do have a burning question for our DA... "How can it be consider "involuntary manslaughter" when a gun is aimed, and a trigger is pulled"?

 

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L-E story: "More than 5,000 Columbus area disadvantaged students will be better prepared for the start of the new school year because the fourth annual Stuff the Bus initiative, conducted by the United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley, produced a record amount of donations. *  United Way officials announced during Wednesday’s celebration in the Char-Broil parking lot that 5,226 backpacks filled with school supplies are being distributed this week among 33 Title I schools: 24 in Muscogee County, five in Phenix City, three in Russell County and one in Harris County" -- Just a curiosity question.. doesn't "rewarding" failure dampen the drive and initiative for people to strive and achieve? What about the children in non-title 1 schools who want to better themselves.. are they not worthy of being elevated for their efforts?