From the "Machiavellian system of throwing a tantrum to get what you want" department - Online headline/story: "Trump blames US Senator Durbin for blowing immigration deal * Durbin has said Trump used the term "shithole" when speaking about Haiti and African countries during the meeting about immigration policy at the White House last week. * Durbin, who has been one of the lead senators in the efforts to protect Dreamers, stood by his account of the meeting. * "I know what happened. I stand behind every word that I said," Durbin told reporters in Chicago on Monday. "In terms of that meeting, I'm focused on one thing - not that meeting - but on making sure that those who are being protected by DACA ... have a future in America. I'm focused on that full time." -- Durbin would say.. and apparently has.. anything to cause discussion of the DACA issue to be derailed.. Funny thing is that even if Trump DID use the word "shithole".. or something else that DURBIN just "translated" in his own mind, these 3rd World, despotically run/ravaged countries are "the pits" when it comes to taking care of their own people.

Let's not ever forget.. discount.. that Durbin is from Illinois and personal messenger for Obama who issued the Order that created DACA.
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L-E headline/story: "Local radio station switches to all Christmas music, all the time * Local radio station Sunny 100 (WGSY-FM, 100.1), which used to play adult contemporary hits, announced Monday that it has re-branded as Santa 100. It will now play nothing but Christmas music - all year, every day. * the change came after "the most arduous and focused research test ever." -- I just removed the Santa 100 preset from all our car radios...Sunny 100 must have engaged one of those CBS "nothing but the poll truth" researchers
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HuffPOOPOO headline: "Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel calls Donald Trump 'an embarrassment'" -- Hmmm just another Obama hand-puppet lip synching the Obama message.. of course this is a great set-up for a paraphrased PeeWee Herman "classic". Hey Chuck Hagel, I know you are, but what is Trump?
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Online headline story: "Pizzeria in Belgian city explodes, leaving more than a dozen people injured, trapped under rubble * The pizzeria, located near Antwerp's busy Paardenmarkt square, collapsed after a massive explosion ripped through it around 10 p.m. local time, according to cops. * Antwerp officials quickly tweeted that the explosion was "not terror" related, but noted that another three nearby buildings were badly damaged in the blast. * A cause for the explosion was not immediately known." -- "was not terror related"? "cause... not immediately known"? Good grief.. what weenies! Denying an explanation could be terrorism, yet not having a clue to the cause otherwise...In these perilous times.. not notifying a nation's citizenry of the possibility of terrorism should be considered a crime against the people.
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From the "this should be shown on the Jumbo-tron at all NFL stadiums forever" department - HuffPOOPOO headline/story: "Paralyzed vet stands during national anthem at Indy 500 * Army veteran Dan Rose lost his ability to walk while serving in Afghanistan in 2011 -- but he didn't let that stop him from standing for the national anthem at the Indy 500 in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Sunday. * Rose was confined to a wheelchair for three years after he sustained serious spinal injuries during combat. * "The doctor saw the damage to the spinal cord and told me that I wasn't going to walk again," Rose told the outlet. * But his grim prognosis changed in 2014, when doctors came across an exoskeleton suit made by Ekso Bionics called "EksoGT" that was able to get him on his feet again." -- And another hing.. after the National Anthem is finished, there ought to be a playing of the Hefty Trash Bag commercial...when the paralyzed US Army stands, play the music part, "Hefty, Hefty, Hefty", and when the NFL players kneel, play he music part, "Wimpy, Wimpy, Wimpy".
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My girls gave me a Google "Home-mini" for Christmas.. as a source for info, "she's" pretty good.. and convenient, but sometimes "she" responds in Spanish. Noticing this, I said, Hey Google, "Tráeme una cerveza" (bring me a beer), and all "she" did was say, "Sorry, I can't help you with that".. Obviously, I can no longer look at "her" as a "personal assistant".
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Online headline: "Scott Disick, 34, shares bikini photo of girlfriend, 19" -- Have you noticed the continued purge of Roy Moore since the election? Me neither.. guess libs are only concerned about 30 year olds dating teens when there's a Congressional seat at stake..apparently, even in the wake of all the Hollywood of the sexual assault/harassment charges charges, it's OK for 30 and 40 and 50 year olds to be with teenagers and twenty somethings.
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HuffPOOPOO headline: "Donald Trump speaks at a fourth-grade level, the lowest of last 15 U.S. presidents, according to analysis" -- Hmmm.. smart move.. Trump speaks so that even mainscream media and DIMocrats.. politicians and DIM voters... can feel the aren't being left out of the conversation.
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From the "wishful DIMocrat thinking" department - Online headline/story: "Rep. John Lewis, Joy Behar agree Trump wouldn't be president if Martin Luther King were alive" * Lewis reflected on his decision to skip what he called Trump's "so-called inauguration" last year, saying that he "couldn’t be at home with myself if I had to participate or be part of it." * "The movement taught us to withdraw from evil," Lewis added, "and I never felt that [Trump's] election was legitimate. * In response to a question about the 50th anniversary of King's assassination, which will be marked in April, Lewis said that America "has not been on the right path since" King's killing." -- "taught us to withdraw from evil"? Good grief.. Dr King's legacy was about CONFRONTING "evil" head on in a non-violent manner.. Something that has been lost since his assassination.. Seeing as Dr Kings was a Republican, John Lewis probably would never have been elected as a DIMocrat. And as far as "America "has not been on the right path since" King's killing", I agree,, the Lewis', the Jackson's, the Sharpton's have taken Dr King's message.. his "dream" and replaced it with their own agenda and avarice.
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Online headline/story: "Gillibrand faces liberal backlash for cheering judge recall effort in high-profile rape case * New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is getting slammed by fellow liberals and others for lauding a petition effort to recall a California judge for his sentencing in the high-profile sexual-assault case involving a Stanford swimmer. * Organizers last week turned in roughly 95,000 signatures to recall Judge Aaron Persky, who sentenced Brock Turner to six months in jail for the 2015 sexual assault of a young woman while he was a member of the Stanford swim team. * the activists behind @RecallPersky gathered 100,000 signatures to recall the judge who sentenced Brock Turner to just six months in jail after he was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside a frat party.” * “I’m extremely disappointed to see this from Gillibrand,” Marc Joseph Stern, a lawyer and a liberal-leaning writer for Slate.com, tweeted Sunday. “These campaigns only exacerbate mass incarceration by scaring other judges into imposing higher sentences across the board.”" -- Good grief.. libs will sacrifice the well-being of women in order to keep liberal judges from making more appropriate sentences for violent crimes.
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From the "cutting one's nose off in spite" department: Online story: "
The founder of a popular New Jersey comic book convention reportedly banned famed actor Kevin Sorbo because of his friendship with Sean Hannity." -- Good grief.. a Hollywood a-lister.. celebrity star of "Hercules", whom the ComiCon (Commics or Commies?) host has never met has banned the only star attraction scheduled to show up.. May the "Farce" be with him"
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You know, since state and local governments pretty much shut down...and with pay, maybe the state and local sales taxes should be suspended on all government paid holidays. Even the workers in the private sector should benefit.
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A follow up from yesterday - Online headline/story: "Bill Clinton Says Haiti Funds Didn’t Pay For Chelsea’s Wedding, Then Wikileaks DROPS A NUKE! * The document Wikileaks linked to was an email between Hillary’s campaign chairman and former Clinton official Doug Band, and guess what Band admits to? Using Clinton Foundation “resources” on Chelsea’s wedding.

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In case you are wondering about Saturday's L-E "AFLAC" story.. this is what triggered in that wasn't seen in the L-E: https://theintercept.com/2018/01/11/aflac-fraud-lawsuit-sales-associates/

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Online headline/story: "'Hey there, white people!': Rice students' Martin Luther King Day satire draws outrage * A Rice University student newspaper faced condemnation after publishing a "satirical" post aimed at shaming white people on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. * The Rice Thresher typically prints satirical humor on the back page of their paper, Inside Higher Ed reported, but the latest issue, published Wednesday, drew outrage for an ad offering a “guilt-free MLK day pass” coupon. * “Hey there, white people!” the post begins. “We know. You have a day off to celebrate someone who managed to beat your system. Don’t despair – for the low price of eternal shame you can spend these 24 hours doing something productive like beating off in a sock and wondering whatever happened to your 8th grade girlfriend. You’re disgusting.” -- I really am for the 1st Amendment, but only when expressions are accounted for.. no name or picture was published with this to give "ownership" to the expressions. Even the L-E publishes the names of it's editorial board members.

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My wife summed up the problem with DIMocrats and mainscream media, and did so pretty succinctly.. after hearing a DIMocrat on a diatribe of hate, she calmly stated what she got from it.. DIMocrats are "not Biblical, not Ethical, not Moral". She NAILED it!
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Good grief..in Chicago rather than San Francisco this time, but another 5 times deported illegal alien highjacked a bus which led to a crash. I think if Chicago, and even California, legitimate AMERICAN voters were given the chance to vote on sanctuary status, they would overturn their politicians.
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Think about this...Colorado is putting most of the tax revenue from marijuana sales into its education system..Talk about planned and sustained education system destruction.
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Seems like everyone in Hawaii is looking for a way to insure that another false missile alarm doesn't happen in the future..I suggest that the voters clean out the plethora of DIMocrat politicians and their appointed government workers .

And did you notice.. in true DIMocrat red tapism... that the said employee who sent out the alarm wasn't fired.. simply moved into another position within.
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Online story: "House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday slammed President Trump’s tax reform that led to companies giving as large as $2,000 bonuses as “crumbs,” despite praising Obama-era $40 tax cut to workers as a “victory for America” in 2011." -- Hmmm -- Pelosi sounds pretty much like Marie Antoinette.. not only was there not bread for the masses, Pelosi condemns the recipients of "bonuses' for taking "crumbs" from their employers.
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L-E headline: "2018 Muscogee County School Board chairmanship could take multiple votes" -- Good grief.. If not John Thomas or Frank Myers, then I would like to see Kia Chambers take over leadership.. Pat Hugley Green is too politically connected to the City and State Legislature, and Mark Cantrell has a tough time with "consistency", and I do believe Thomas, Myers, and Chambers have the concern of the future on their minds.
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L-E headline: "MLK day marked by Trump criticism, fighting racism" -- Good grief.. on a day set aside to promote the life work and efforts of a Republican, DIMocrats and mainscream media still fight against what Dr King sacrificed his life trying to attain... people not being judged by the color of their skin.
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From the "justice nearly served on time" department - L-E headline: "ALABAMA FOOTBALL
* Report: Carver alum Mekhi Brown transfers from Alabama" -- Well, he shoulda been separated from Alabama following the outburst on the sideline, but the referees should have booted him out of the game in the 2nd half following his "blow to the head/and neck wrestling" of the GA kick returner.