From the "who will cast the first stone" department - Online headline: "New York braces for 'bomb cyclone' as snow starts hitting Queens" -- Hmm... and mainscream media, Pelosi, and Schumer will jockey for positions to be the first to "blame Trump"... for "hell freezing over".
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Online headline/story: "New poll: Trump has highest approval rating since July * He stands at 39 percent overall, with 82 percent of Republicans, 34 percent of Independents and 8 percent of Democrats giving favorable responses. * the uptick in results may have been triggered in part by the passage of the GOP tax bill. " -- "may have been triggered 'in part' by the passage of the GOP tax bill"? Wonder if mainscream media was trying to say "the GOP tax CUT bill"? Actually, it purposefully avoided doing such.. but the important "number" is that 8% of cherry-picked DIMocrats have noticed Trump's success, and will not be happy with DIMocrat candidates wanting to repeal the Tax Cuts in the November elections.
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Online headline: "Firefighters respond to fire at Clintons' home in Chappaqua, N.Y." -- Hmmm... didn't take long for the FD to get there and put it out.. maybe it was just her broom that caught fire... well. we do already know she wasn't in the kitchen "baking cookies"...
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From the "could this simply be a wake up call" department - Online headline: "Magnitude 4.5 earthquake rocks San Francisco Bay Area" -- Hmmm... "hell freezing over" in NYC and "fire and brimstone" in San Francisco.. and I'm not talking about Schumer and Pelosi..
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I tell you what.. if Republicans are going to be blamed for any government shut downs, then they ought to set up that no one who is not considered "essential" and doesn't work during the shut down not get back pay when the "shut down" stops.
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Thanks to WTVM for publishing the name of the second killer in the pre-Christmas pawn shop killing. The L-E needs to remove "news" from its banner. ..Marquiell Wilson, 21.....joins Quintavis Williams, aged 15.. Now we need y=to know their "priors"
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Mainscream doesn't...well doesn't WANT...to understand Trump...Trump knows the power he has at his fingertips, but also knows the power or perception when dealing with 3rd World..and mainscream media megalomaniacs. Back in my "beast days", I was out nightclubbing when an inebriated challenger tried to land a couple of suckerpunch haymakers. Having trained in boxing in my youth, I picked both swings off and no damage was felt.. his Adrenalin rush sobered him up, and as he reevaluated his position, he determined it was not going to be in his best interest to continue.. I just told him to go sit back down before someone...got hurt.
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Former President Obama is directly responsible for the numerous 3rd world despots "rattling their sabers". It was Obama's "Apology Tour" that has emboldened these real rejects to command fear from their people to put up with their despotic rule.
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Saw a pertinent...and poignant comment on Facebook yesterday..it was a comment about the bakers who refused to create a cake for a same sex wedding being vilified kn a court action. The analogy was well worth sharing with "The Breakfast Club"... Does this mean I can go into a Muslim sandwich shop and demand they make me a bacon/lettuce/tomato sandwich? And it doesn't matter whether they offer it on the menu.. it's what I want.
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L-E headline/story: "HUD orders temporary evacuation of Ralston Towers * With temperatures expected to reach a low of 25 degrees Wednesday night, HUD officials told The Ralston’s management company to move out residents and temporarily house them in hotels until the heating issues can be repaired, said HUD spokesman Joe Phillips. * “All of the residents with insufficient heat have to be moved into local motels at the owner’s expense,” he said. * HUD was made aware of the lack of hot water and and portions of the facility being declared unsafe for human occupancy Wednesday morning by City Inspections and Code Director John Hudgison. * Hudgison said his office learned of the issues Tuesday morning when they returned to work from the three-day holiday weekend. * Ralston residents and staff were unaware of the decision from HUD and the building was calm and quiet when a Ledger-Enquirer reporter went to the tower shortly after 3 p.m. * However, she (Mayor) reiterated that it’s the company’s responsibility, not the city’s, to handle the evacuation. * HUD is responsible for the facility inspections of The Ralston. Through information posted inside the building, residents are encouraged to contact the National Housing Compliance in Atlanta with any issues. * The Housing Authority of Columbus has no control over project-based funding at The Ralston and is not involved with that project. * Columbus Housing Authority CEO Len Williams said Wednesday afternoon he was not aware of the HUD decision to have residents moved out of The Ralston." -- Good grief! This sounds like the plot line of a "Keystone Kops" sequel.. doesn't seem anyone is aware of anyone else..
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An "almost gets it" L-E "soundoff": "The ‘Goodness of Their Hearts’ offer Apple admits downloading an “update” to slow my iPhone so I "might buy a new phone. Apple apologizes and offers me the opportunity to spend $26 for a new battery. What a great marketing campaign!" -- Hmmm.. and the 8 ton elephant walks around the room unnoticed.. what about batteries in iPads and MAC/Airbooks? How many people have been "conned" to buy a new version because the old one was "slowing" down?
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L-E headline/story: "PAWN SHOP ROBBERY * Police say 2 tried to steal guns before shootout * Authorities were called to the Columbus Pawn Shop at 2241 Fort Benning Road around 12:05 p.m. Dec. 20 to investigate a shooting. They found 68-year-old Joseph Howard Johnson III unresponsive inside of the business with a single gunshot wound to the head. * Marquiell Wilson, 21, pleaded not guilty to murder during a hearing Wednesday. He was ordered held without bond in the Muscogee County Jail. Judge Julius Hunter bound the case over to Superior Court. * Wilson’s plea comes nearly a week after the second suspect in the case, a 15-year-old boy (Quintavis Williams), pleaded not guilty to murder." -- Both plead "not guilty" .. are we talking about the "mysterious magic bullet defense"? Wait a minute.. Marquiell Wilson plead "not guilty" yet another source (WTVM) reported that he admitted he was the one who shot Joseph Johnson and the other clerk.. We taxpayers should be responsible for paying a public defender!
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How can any true American be against defending our borders from the siege of illegal entry?
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From the "can even DIMocrats say, "Thank you" to President Trump" department - L-E story: "Regions Financial Corp., which operates four bank offices in the Columbus market, has pledged to pay its employees a minimum wage of $15 per hour, while also pumping an additional $140 million into the communities in which it does business.
* Like other companies have done in recent days, Birmingham, Ala.-based Regions noted in a release Tuesday that the money it is now promising to invest comes “in anticipation of the savings it will recognize as a result of federal tax reform intended to support economic growth.” -- "“in anticipation of the savings it will recognize as a result of federal tax reform intended to support economic growth.”? Good grief.. even corporations supporting DIMocrats will not admit that this is feasible.. possible.. because of the Trump inspired, Republican backed TAX CUT bill.. not "federal tax reform".
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L-E guest commentary headline/content: "Happy New (election) Year * BY CHARLIE HARPER *
GeorgiaPol.com * "Likewise, Democrats funded by teachers’ unions/associations often start with the platitude that they will fix education. The metric usually offered is that of spending. If any accountability metric is attached to teacher or school performance, the conversation is quickly shifted to why money isn’t the only problem in education. And then back to why money is all that is needed." -- This is the crux of the problem.. teachers believing DIMocrats' political promises... and the unions are only interested in the revenue flow versus results.
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This chart alone pretty delineates the successful and failures in school results..and should the conversations as to how to improve the failures..