2017 figures are in for the number of people shot and killed in Shicago.. Street killings were down to 624 this past year, compared to 722 in 2016... DIMocrats/mainscream media will celebrate the 14% drop as proof of progress.. but the only thing it proves is that there were 722 less people shooting at other Shicago people.
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From the "only from the minutia of mindless liberals" department - Online NBC story: " Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., announced Thursday that she had invited Cindy Garcia to be her guest to President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address in Washington on Jan. 30. * Dingell said in a statement. “I am honored that she will join me at the State of the Union to be a voice for the hundreds of thousands of aspiring Americans who are part of the fabric of our communities, and who deserve a pathway to legal status in the country they call home.”" -- "who deserve a pathway to legal status in the country they call home"? First.. "calling a country home is something only CITIZENS can do... secondly, there has always been a pathway to legal status, but it isn't coming in or staying longer than one has been approved to be here.

DIMocrats claim "DACA" is "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals". The truth is that "DACA" is an Obama policy declaration, not an enacted legislative law. The truth is that
DACA is really...DIMocrats Aiding Criminal Aliens.

You know, it's sad...no .. worse than sad..more like PATHETIC.. that politicians will weigh an issue based on its effect on their personal political future rather than what's best for America.
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Online story: "Initial tests in Nevada on a compact nuclear power system designed to sustain a long-duration NASA human mission on the inhospitable surface of Mars have been successful and a full-power run is scheduled for March, officials said on Thursday. * "So Kilopower's compact size and robustness allows us to deliver multiple units on a single lander to the surface that provides tens of kilowatts of power * NASA's prototype power system uses a uranium-235 reactor core roughly the size of a paper towel roll." -- "the size of a paper towel roll"? Hmmm .. nearly 90 years ago, politicians campaigned on everyone having a chicken in their pot; today, DIMocrats promise "pot in every chicken", but Trump is delivering a personal power source that will fit in every kitchen..
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Online headline: "Human rights groups accuse border agents of damaging containers of water left for migrants" -- "left for migrants"? Good grief.. they are illegal aliens!..and arrest warrants should be issued for theses groups for "aiding and abetting criminal activity"... and for littering!

DIMocrats claim "DACA" is "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals". The truth is that "DACA" is an Obama policy declaration, not an enacted legislative law. The truth is that
DACA is really...DIMocrats Aiding Criminal Aliens.

You know, it's sad...no .. worse than sad..more like PATHETIC.. that politicians will weigh an issue based on its effect on their personal political future rather than what's best for America.
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President Trump was on a roll yesterday...he spoke to a company in Pennsylvania which just announced an expansion fueled by the new TAX CUT bill and then rattled off a long list of major business announcements that mainscream media will ignore ..... fortunately, the voters of Pennsylvania won't.
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Macon is trying to get another LOST sales tax passed..Macon predicts about $26 Million in revenues...that's considerably less than Columbus' LOSTs revenues which indicates Macon' economic situation wanes against Columbus, so why have the Columbus L-E, and the US Post Office moved their bases of operations there?
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Once again, there was no revealing of the primary site on the Columbus High campus where the wrestling building will go. I've looked, and I see no practical location that can be used with numerous building code violations or variations.
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From the "worst campaign fail of 2018" department - Online story: "In case you missed it, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will be guest judging on “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” this season." -- Queen Pelosi will judging "queen", but probably because she thought she was signing up for a NHRA Drag Race event trying to change her image to make her acceptable in the South.
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Just a reminder of how Columbus, GA has fared under the current mayor and Council.. and why we need new leadership for our next mayor that DOES NOT come from a currently sitting Councilman:

Online list of the "50 Worst American Cities to Live In":

50. Columbus, Georgia
> Population: 200,579
> Median home value: $137,000
> Poverty rate: 21.8%
> Pct. with at least a bachelor’s degree: 24.5%

While it is not the only factor, wealth can have a significant impact on a population’s quality of life. The typical Columbus household earns just $41,859 a year, much lower than the median income nationwide of $55,775. In addition, goods and services are about 4% more expensive on average in Columbus than across the country as a whole. Further, it appears the regional economy is getting worse. While national employment increased by 4% between 2013 and 2015, employment in Columbus declined by 2.9%, the largest decline of the 551 cities reviewed." --

Hmmm... "goods and services are about 4% more expensive on average in Columbus than across the country as a whole" Interesting that we pay 4% in additional local sales taxes, and our goods and services are 4% higher than America as a whole..
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From the "guess we'll see which DIMocrats fear for their re-election chances in November" department - Online headline/story: "Lawmakers changing the way they watch the State of the Union because of Trump * Getting an aisle seat in the House of Representatives' chamber on the day the president of the United States delivers his annual State of the Union address comes with many perks, none more important than getting a quality picture of yourself shaking the commander in chief's hand at the biggest show on Earth. * But the polarizing presidency of Donald Trump is now upending the "aisle hog" caucus, leading some of the Democratic lawmakers — who have insisted on holding aisle seats during both Republican and Democratic administrations — to break their streaks." -- Hmmm.. come November, there will be DIMocrats campaigning they were "for the TAX CUT bill before they voted for it.. and show a picture of themselves shaking Trump's hand...
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From the "don't listen to the dog's growl, watch how its tail is wagging" department - Online headline: "Mexico rejects Trump claim it world's most dangerous country" -- You know.. how does Mexico explain that so many of MS 13 El Salvadorian gang members skip through Mexico to get to the US?
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Hmmm.. the House passed its Continuing Resolution bill yesterday.. now it's up to the SENATE DIMocrats to reveal themselves publicly.
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Hmmm.. I wonder how many Southern people who forked out big bucks for All-Wheel drive vehicles wonder if doing so was worth it after having to drive in the ice?
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From the "a new dimension possibility for Sharia Law" department - Online headline/story: "Dubai is rolling out ‘Star Wars’-style police hoverbikes for emergency response services. Cool or scary? * The prototype has been built by Russian drone start-up, Hoversurf. The Scorpion-3 is electric-powered and looks like a cross between a motorbike and a drone. It propels officers along on four propellers." -- Hmmm.. and put a scimitar "edge" on the propeller blades, and Dubai police can swoop in and decapitate 4 protesters/criminals at a time.
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From the "it's the way it ought to be" department - Online headline/story: "Poll: Global approval of US governance hits unprecedented low under Trump Friends​ * A recent Gallup World Poll shows just 30 percent of 1,000 participants hailing from 134 nations see the United States’ governance under President Trump in a positive light. * That’s an 18-point drop from President Obama’s final year in office. ". -- It's working.. and Trump is making America GREAT AGAIN, and 3rd World despots and countries Obama "bought" with "foreign aid" are no longer rattling their sabers as loud.
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I have twp "Trump" hats.. my "warrior" one which I got early during the campaign and still wear occasionally, and my "Victory" one I love to wear now.. I say,
"Love to wear" because it shows where Trump's heart is.. emblazoned across the front is "USA".. and it shows that from day one of his victory, he has been putting the USA FIRST!
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Online headline/story: "That Fleet Of Electric Cars The LAPD Paid At Least $2.9 Million For? It's Barely Touched Them * In June of 2016, BMW announced it won a contract to supply the Los Angeles Police Department with 100 electric cars—a multi-million-dollar program the chief said “made sense for taxpayers and for the environment.” Hah. The LAPD has barely used them. * An investigation by CBS Los Angeles found the cars, meant to be used for non-emergency purposes like outreach and police business instead of patrols or chases, haven’t really been used at all. * Records searched by CBS Los Angeles found that the LAPD’s BMWs, many of which have been in use for more than a year, had between a few hundred and a few thousand miles on them. A car that had an in-service date of May 27, 2016 only had 400 miles on it at the time of the investigation" -- Hmmm... guess the LAPD officers don't want to worry about being on the street and having the batteries die in a rough neighborhood.. and the story gets worse.. the 100 vehicles/$2.9 MIllion costs were "initial" figures.. CBS also learned that the "figures only covered the first phase of the program—the initial 100 BMWs and one charging station. The message from the station said there are now 200 cars in the fleet, and the contract has another 100 slated for next year with planned charging stations at 26 locations."

Hey.. maybe the LA Mayor figured using electric police cars might reduce the "smog" and people would see how much more worse the City looks on a clear day than usually..
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From the "where's Pelosi when we need her" department - Online headline: "Responding to Trump, N.J. politicos push bill to let you deduct full 2018 property taxes" -- Good grief.. maybe Pelosi needs to get the DIMocrats to read the CONSTITUTION as well as OObamaCRAP.
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From the "won't liberals ever recognize futility" department - Online story: "Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig says there’s still a scenario in which Hillary Clinton becomes president. * Mr. Lessig envisioned a scenario in which President Trump resigns or is impeached, Vice President Mike Pence resigns or is impeached, and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan — who would be next in line — nominates Mrs. Clinton to be his vice president, and then steps aside to let her have the job." -- Now it is revealed to us.. we now know that KOOL-AID drinking Harvard professors have filled our judicial system with KOOL-AID drinking Harvard degreed judges.
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From the "here, hold my beer moment" department - Online headline: "Oakland Mayor Challenges Trump To Arrest Her Over Sanctuary Status" -- Don't politicians realize that their "sanctuary cities" only protect illegal aliens from their own police departments, and that their own citizens are the ones in peril?
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From the "it's hell when the KOOL-AID effect wears off" department - Online headline/story: "Liberal HuffPost scraps contributor network amid ‘tsunami of false information’ * The HuffPost is shutting down its controversial contributor blogging network as it faces a $23.5 million lawsuit for libel and negligent injury based on a since-deleted article published by a member of that system. * “The platform, which launched in May 2005, was a revolutionary idea at the time: give a megaphone to lots of people -- some famous, some completely unknown -- to tell their stories,” HuffPost Editor in Chief Lydia Polgreen wrote on Thursday." -- And I guess it shows that the HuffPOOPOO now feels the same about the 1st Amendment as it does about the 2nd.... only the HuffPOOPOO executives are glad that the 2nd Amendment is there for them.
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Online headline: "Amazon releases list of metro areas being considered for its second HQ" -- Guess what.. Columbus is B+NOT on that list.. but sort of figured that.. Of course Amazon is building a $90,000,000.00 "fulfillment center" in Macon so putting a major office complex within a 100 miles is sorta expected.. of course Columbus is also with 100 miles, but Atlanta doesn't have Mayor Tom-LYING-son Amazon would have to deal with.
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From the "what happened Mayor Tom-LYING-son" department - L-E headline/story: "Georgia caps record year for jobs with 4.4 percent unemployment rate * Metro area data released Thursday showed Columbus adding 500 jobs from December 2016 to December 2017, giving it 122,800 altogether. That was on the lower end of growth statewide, with 5,100 jobs added year over year in Athens, 2,600 in Gainesville, 3,200 in Savannah and 1,300 in Warner Robins. Atlanta, naturally, led the pack with 55,600 jobs created over the past year. * The labor department will release the December unemployment rates for Georgia’s metro areas next week. The rate for the Columbus area in November was 5.1 percent, which was unchanged from October." -- When are DIMocrats.. voters and all of our legislators except Josh McKoon and Drew Ferguson, going to realize that liberalism is the lingering death of progress?
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Warped LIV's L-E "soundoff" - "Memory issue * “I do not recall,” said Georgia Senator Perdue, branding himself as a racist to be remembered alongside Lester Maddox. What a tangled web we weave." -- Hmmm.. yeah, after hearing Hellary's favorite question answer, I can see why DIMocrats can associate such an answer from a Republican as "evasive", but what I cannot, accept is DIMocrats who idolized DIMocrat GA Governor Lester Maddox and his penchant for preventing blacks from his restaurant by attacking them with an axe handle in hand.
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L-E headline/story: "MidTown Inc. announces executive director’s retirement * “King, a 40-year resident of MidTown, will be moving with her husband Tom to Greenville, S.C.,” according to the release. “She observed, ‘We are closing our eyes and taking a giant leap, embarking on an adventure to be closer to family" -- You know.. surely it's not just me.. but didn't the L-E feel it might add to the story to explain why the Kings were leaving their generational home town to retire elsewhere?
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After the DIMocrats shut down the government this weekend, names of "non-essential workers" should be recorded and every one be "revetted" as to whether that position is even necessary.
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From the "it's pretty clear what the problem was" department - L-E headline/story: "Brown breaks silence on his departure from Tide * “I wasn’t kicked off the team,” Brown tweeted. “I had my mind set on leaving early this season. Coach Saban didn’t want me to leave and had no plans to kick me off the team.” -- Good grief.. I can name that "tune" in 2-words... "DENIAL ATTITUDE"..
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L-E headline: "Georgia Power ordered to refund customers $43.6M" -- Hey.. PSC.. how about a rate deduction for 2018 based on the reduced taxes GA Power will not have to pay?
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L-E headline/story: "REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK * Efforts continue to improve Midtown, part of city’s heart, soul * Rick Hall, president of Tallahassee, Fla.-based Hall Planning & Engineering, will give a presentation on revitalization of 13th Street, which Midtown Inc. Executive Director Anne King and her staff have been working on for some time. Properties along a particular portion of the street, between the viaduct and 13th Avenue, have a very high vacancy rate of about 60 percent." -- You know.. the current ED of MidTown just retired and is n[moving out-of-town, and the current Mayor/former ED who lives in MidTown wants to move out of town .. Washington, I do believe.. adding to what the writer already describes as a "very high vacancy rate".. .. aren't these pertinent aspects of such a story as this?
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Well, so much for movie ratings being a guide for parents to make decision on.. a current movie.."Forever My Girl" has a PG rating.. for thematic elements including drinking, and for language. You know.. I don't want to be ambushed for deciding whether a movie might be OK to attend with a subteen child.
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What state is Hollywood sinking to? - L-E headline/story: :"Henson leading charge of strong women in 2018 with ‘Proud Mary’ * Taraji P. Henson has played numerous roles wherein she had to shoot a gun, but as the lead in “Proud Mary,” it’s the first time she will be a hit woman. * The “Empire” actress who made mathematics seem cool in “Hidden Figures” is now donning black leather, disguises, an arsenal that would make John Wick proud and driving a Maserati to and from jobs working for an organized crime family in Boston. * (Question(: The film is one of empowerment, at a time when it’s needed. Did you plan this? * (Answer): No, that’s just the way of the universe. It orders up the things that it needs when it’s the time. So I couldn’t have planned this better myself. * she wins in the end, she kills the man * (Question): Do you feel like Mary will set the scene for heroines in 2018? * (Answer): That’s my hope. I can’t predict the future, but I certainly have a lot of hope." -- Wow.. what every young woman needs as an acceptable role model... NOT!
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