Online headline: "Key Republican senator wavering on tax reform bill" -- Good grief.. his is about Susan Collins of Maine, and the closest she is to being a Republican is her assigned seat in the Senate is on the right side of the aisle. And the only reason mains cream media calls her a "KEY" Republican is because she will vote with Democrats on issues.

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Whether it was the tax cuts signed in by John F. Kennedy or Ronald Reagan, our economy.. and federal tax revenues SOAR when meaningful tax cuts are made. Why would anyone not want to sign the Trump proposed tax cuts?

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The Senate should invoke immediate suspension of Al Franken's voting rights.. he has publicly resigned, and should not be allowed to decide when he leaves office/power. Besides, what will/can the Senate do if in two weeks, after the furor has died down, he decides not to resign?

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Online story: "In an interview on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday, Shelby explained that he did not vote for Moore and instead voted for an unnamed Republican write-in, " -- Richard Shelby should have to resign! Who needs a Senator who does not know his own states laws that say no vote for an unqualified write-in candidate counts as a vote. I'd have a modicum of respect for him if he lust said he wasn't voting at all. Either way, Shelby has let down his constituents by voting against US interests they support.

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The Democrat campaign in Alabama has become all... no, ONLY about defeating Moore.. not about electing the Democrat.. this is another reason Alabamans should remember Richard Shelby's treasonous vote and call for a "recall" election.

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Delta has announced that if you buy an economy class ticket to Europe/North Africa, you will no longer get even 1 free piece of luggage at check in.. beginning next April 10th, you will have to pay $60.00 for the 1st piece and $100.00 for a second. Wait! There may be a way to back Delta down on this.. we can claim it will keep Muslims who's Visa expires from being able to afford to go back to home to North Africa which will be religious persecution.. "Yeah", as Jon Lovitz might quip, "that's the ticket."

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While I didn't watch it.. (because I am not watching any NFL games/programs), I did see a short clip on the snow at the game in Buffalo. I can seriously say. I haven't seen that much "snow" on my TV since we had "rabbit ear antenna".

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From the "depends on, as Slick Willie might say, how you define 'luckily' " department - Online headline/story: "Hot magma is rising underneath New England * Scientists now believe there’s hundreds of miles of Magma rising underneath New England. * Over the past two years, scientists at both the University of Rutgers and Yale have detected swelling magma underneath central Vermont, western Massachusetts and western New Hampshire. * Luckily, scientists believe any major eruption is millions of years away." -- Hmmm.. maybe its caused by Climate Change" from all the hot air spewed by liberals saying man is totally responsible for "Climate Change"..

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From the "well, there is one thing, for sure, that Putin and Trump agree on: department - Online headline/story: "Putin announces Syria withdrawal, says ISIS destroyed * Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered his country's forces to begin withdrawing from Syria, saying the country's two-year campaign to destroy ISIS is complete." -- Hmmm... and it's not that Trump and Putin agree on the end of ISIS... what they obviously agree on was that Obama did a horrible job as President in stopping the rise and growth of ISIS..

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From the "how about the WHOLE truth" department - Online headline/story: "3 people arrested in firebomb attack on Swedish synagogue * Three people have been arrested for allegedly throwing firebombs at a synagogue in the Swedish city of Goteborg * The attack took place after some 200 people rallied late Friday in the southern city of Malmo, yelling anti-Jewish slogans and waving Palestinian flags to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital * (Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven) urged "all democratic forces" in Sweden to work together to create "a tolerant and open society where everyone feels safe." * The American Jewish Committee, meanwhile, condemned a separate protest Friday in Berlin, during which American and Israeli flags were burned in front of the U.S. embassy." -- First, "Swedish synagogue"? I didn't being Swedish was a religion.. especially one detested.. disdained.. by the Muslims.. Secondly, "create "a tolerant and open society where everyone feels safe."? I do believe that threshold has been breached and trampled on. as it has been in all European countries as well.

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Online headline: "Winter snowstorm continues to snarl travel in Northeast" -- Don't you hate it when New England liberals plaintiff pleas of Global Warming/Climate Change are challenged by Mother Nature? Me, neither..

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From the "talk about unbridled bias.. and stupidity in journalism" department - Online headline: "Palestinians to snub Pence during visit over Jerusalem move * Thomson Reuters * BY MOHAMED ABDELLAH AND NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI" -- Good grief... who'd expect anything less from 2 Muslim journalists in Egypt writing about a Christian American politician traveling to the Mid-East following President Trump's declaration to re-establish Jerusalem at the capital of Israel?

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From the "we just aren't going to let go of our pain" department - HuffPOOPOO headline/story: "Poll: Melania Trump sees approval increase, but she's not quite as popular as Michelle Obama * Fifty-three percent of those polled said they had at least a somewhat favorable view of the first lady, which is an 8 percent increase from those who felt the same shortly after the 2016 presidential election. Thirty-six percent of participants answered that they held an unfavorable view of Trump and 11 percent were listed undecided. * (Melania)Trump's performance is relatively similar to that of predecessor Michelle Obama during her final year as first lady." -- Melania grew 8% more in favorability over the first 11 months is Awesome.. mainly because the increase had to come from won-over Hellary supporters.. yet mainscream media just can't say something nice about that... and comparing her figures to the 8 years Mrs Obama had an opportunity to win 100% favorability if she tried is typical liberal bias.

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I notice the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer cannot get enough of the political sexual harassment stories, but has stuck a sock in the mouth of its reporters from talking about highly visible Democratic TV spinmeister (and one of Time Magazines's Cover subjects) Jehmu Greene's speaking out about local Democratic Representative Calvin Smyre.. of course, maybe the L-E believes of all the women speaking out, only Jehmu Greene's is unbelievable..

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There's a NCRR Committee survey out wanting people to vote for "The WORST Democrat"... the usual suspects have check boxes (Warren, Pelosi, Schumer, Sanders, and one for "Other".. I didn't vote.. there wasn't an option for "All of the Above".

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Over the weekend, there was a "grapplers' tournament" (that's another term for wrestlin' or rasslin' depending on your degree of interest) held in a local high school gym.. Of note was several high schools packed up their wrestling mats and lugged them all over to the tournament site. Hmmm.. seems like it wasn't too much trouble for the schools to do this, so why do we taxpayers have to pay for six $750,000.00 (at $312.00 a square ft) metal-on-slab outbuildings be built for them to practice? Seems like rolling up the mats when finished and rolling them out in their own gyms is an "OK" option.. In fact.. doing so gives the coaches an extra way to condition and strengthen their wrestlers..and build character and perseverance.

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L-E headline/story: "COVENANT FOSTER CARE COALITION * Columbus churches consider disbanding support effort * Now, more than a year later, the coalition is still in the same spot that it was 12 months ago, trying to identify its purpose and decide how thousands of dollars raised for the initiative should be spent. * “There were a lot of questions at first about what it was supposed to look like and what really could be done because we were not interested in becoming a placement agency like Faith-Bridge,” Smith said. “It was more to provide support to (the Department of Family and Children Services), and also just raise awareness in churches and get churches to be a part of the work being done.” * However, since that time, there have been at least two other organizations that have stepped up to address the issue, Smith said. They are Clement Arts, a nonprofit based in Fortson, and Bethany Christian Services, a nonprofit agency based in Grand Rapids, Mich." -- Obviously, the money should be returned to the churches and/or churches who's member's donated directly (or to the direct donors' choice 501-(c)-3) to be sent to organizations of their choice.

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From the "Hey, Jewish Community, do you really know what Democrats actually feel about you" department LIV's L-E "soundoff": "Wonder how much “Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas casino magnate” contributed to Trump’s campaign to convince that idiot to inflame the Middle East with his latest stupid move?" -- Everyone of the Jewish faith should remember this the next time they have a choice between a Democrat and a Republican representative.

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From a L-E article: Yesterday, In 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. received his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, saying he accepted it “with an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind.” -- And on the Day before yesterday this year, John Lewis destroyed all that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. worked for by not participating in the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum along with President Trump.

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L-E story: "A state agency’s analysts say a multibilliondollar nuclear project in east Georgia should be canceled. * Analysts assigned by the Georgia Public Service Commission to evaluate progress at plant Vogtle near Augusta say the project should be scrapped as Georgia Power failed to manage it in a “reasonable manner,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. * “Completion of the project is no longer economic given the additional costs and schedule delays,” the analysts said in written testimony to commissioners. * The analysts recommend that a reasonable total project cost be set at $8.3 billion – $3.9 billion less than what Georgia Power estimates for completion.
* Georgia Power CEO Paul Bowers has told commissioners that completing the project presented the best economic option for customers." -- WHOA! Since when does the GA Power Company have the say-so to determine what is in the best interests of their "customers".. especially when we "customers" are already being charged for what GA Power is building.. and now, if the project finishes, we "customers" will obviously get hit with another higher fee/charge to pay for GA Power Company's inefficiency. In my opinion, the PSC should order the GA Power project to stop, and that GA Power refund every penny it has pre-charged us "customers" for this.

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HuffPOOPOO "headLIE"/story: "Star U.S. Diplomat Quits With Fiery Letter To Rex Tillerson * A distinguished U.S. diplomat who was seen as a rising star at the State Department resigned after writing a searing letter to Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson, accusing him of gutting the department and damaging America’s standing across the world." -- Good grief.. a "star" diplomat is not one assigned to Nigeria/Somalia..

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LYING LIV's L-E "soundoff": "My party's leaders are backing and funding a reliably accused child molester. Why?" -- Obviously, this "soundoffer" is not a member of the Republican Party.. nor an independent.. If he/she was, then he/she would understand it's not about electing Moore (he can be dealt with if allegations are proven), but about the difference in having a Democrat voting for Alabama's and the US's best interests.