Can you believe there was a contested moment over who would get the remains of Charles Manson.. his grandson, his son, and a prison "pen pal" (hmmm.. a lot of ambiguity could be read into this phrase) fought over the remains.. The grandson was finally "awarded" such.. Me, I'd have ordered the ashed be flushed down into a septic tank... a more proper final resting place.

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What is the NCAA "thinking"? Again this year.. teams are "playing in" for the 11th seeds in 2 of the brackets.. this means that 2 brackets gave slots to 12th - 16th teams, and are making 2 teams --supposedly of equal strength - win to be the 11th seeds and the other 2 teams just go home when they should at least be the 12th seed of their bracket.

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Online headline: "House GOP: Investigation found no evidence of Russia-Trump collusion" -- As Gilda Radner might respond in one of her SNL skits. "And that's the truth."

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DIMocrats seemingly have a one-track focus for regaining the majority in the House.. to impeach Trump... DIMs are not interested in the economy.. local or national nor in creating jobs.. just impeaching Trump.. seems the DIMs are flabbergasted at Trump's unverified description of some 3r world countries under despotic rulers.. You know, I think the DIMs just want revenge for the Republican House impeaching Slick Willie back in the 90s.. of course there is a big difference.. Republicans impeached Clinton for lying, and the DIMs want to impeach Trump for telling the truth.

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Online headline: "Jared Kushner’s brother gave $50,000 to 'March For Our Lives'" -- Hmmm.. and why would mainscream media be interested in what Trump's daughter's brother-in-law does, when it cared less that one of Joe Biden's son's was cheating on his wife/family with his widowed sister-in-law.

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From the "poetic justice" department - A Virginia woman tried to make an example her hatred for semi-automatic rifles so she videoed herself taking a chainsaw to her husbands AR 15. Now..correctly... she's being investigated for "illegally shortening' a rifle barrel.. see, we do have plenty of gun laws already on the books, and we just have to enforce them better.

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You know...DIMocrats are making a big deal about the special election on PA being the beginning of a tsunami of "red" winning back the House.. you know... the DIMs said this before Ossoff lost big (and lost a lot of DIMocrat money) in GA's District 6 Special Election, and we can only surmise what the DIM's response will be following a Saccone victory in PA today.

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A news anchor did a story on "Are the DIMocrats out of touch with American values?" .. That's not the real problem.. the problem is "Are DIMocrat voters out of touch with reality?" No longer are DIMocrat voters concerned with the future of America's growth or opportunities.. DIM voters are only interested in "What's in it for me?". JFK, who said "Ask not what your country can do for you" in his inaugural speech, is rolling over in his grave.

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L-E headline/story: "Valedictorian willing to take risk in Harris County protest * Students in Harris County will be allowed to participate in the National School Walkout * (Principal Todd) Stanfill, in a phone interview with the Ledger-Enquirer, explained the administration’s rationale.

“We want our kids to learn about things and understand things outside of Harris County and have an appreciation for it, and we want them to learn how to do things in the right way. … We try really hard to build relationships with our students, and they trust we will allow them to express their feelings in the right way.” -- You know.. what this "walkout" really boils down to is kids being politically manipulated by adults and being rewarded with an "authorized Cut".. which basically voids the point...

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L-E headline/story: "Third murder suspect wanted in Wickham Drive shooting * A third murder suspect is wanted in the Jan. 24 shooting on Wickham Drive that killed one woman and injured two other people, authorities said Monday morning in a news release. * Herk James Ellis, 32, is wanted on a murder charge stemming from the shooting that killed 24-year-old Lashay Ford. He was described as a 5-foot-6 black man who weighs 170 pounds.
* Officials said Ellis has ties to Columbus, Eufaula, Ala., and New York City. * “We are asking everyone to please use extreme caution as Ellis is considered armed and dangerous,” -- Good grief.. if the killer can read, then he ought just turn himself in and demand a jury trial.. like in so many recent cases, a "jury fail" will exonerate him, and put him back the streets with this killing blotted from his "yellow sheet".

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L-E story: "In an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday night, DeVos said years of federal investment in public education had produced “zero results” and that American schools were stagnating and failing many students. But asked by CBS’ Lesley Stahl whether she had visited low-performing schools to understand their needs, DeVos, a proponent of school choice, admitted to having visited none. * “I have not intentionally visited schools that are underperforming,” DeVos said. * “Maybe you should,” Stahl said.
* “Maybe I should,” De-Vos said." -- You know.. visiting one.. or even a 100 "low-performing schools" will have zero impact on solving the problems.. schools are not the problem.. POLICIES of the PAST carried into TODAY are the problem, and most of the problems began following the politicizing of school systems when Boards became elected, not locally appointed.

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L-E story: "The pornographic film actress who says she had an affair with President Donald Trump offered on Monday to return $130,000 she received from Trump’s personal attorney in 2016 for agreeing not to discuss the alleged relationship." -- Good grief.. just like with naming "David Dennison" in her lawsuit, offering to return the money is just another effort by her attorneys to get a response that actually connects her story with Trump... otherwise. she and her attorneys are just spitting into the wind.

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L-E guest commentary headline: "Colleges’ first obligation is to safety * BY DAN K. THOMASSON * Tribune News Service * WASHINGTON" -- Good grief.. then colleges have already failed.. Colleges first obligation should be to operate an environment that stretches the minds of students so they can deal with the future .. and the past... as it is, colleges inoculate them from the truth by limiting 1st Amendment Rights for all the students, and by nanny-ism moves like "safe spaces".

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L-E headline: "PRESIDENTS CUP * Woods, Els chosen as captains" -- Good choices!

 

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In what can only be described as a combination of oxymoronic and ironic travesty, the DIMocrats sent out Maxine Waters to attack the Republican statement closing it's investigation into the Russia-Trump collusion issue.. We sorta knew what was coming, but to hear Maxine Waters say, "Who can believe Nunes" makes even Hank Johnson's statement that the island of Guam would tip over if the US moved ALL its armaments onto the US base there seem logical... well almost logical..