From the "efforts in false security" department - "Online headline/story: "Metal detectors installed at all schools in New Jersey district * Bayonne schools are putting metal detectors at every entrance. * On Wednesday, they trained teachers and staff on how to use them." -- Hmmm... even with metal detectors... and ARMED guards/teachers manning them, it won't stop a sicko student with a gun from doing major damage.. think about the TSA lines in airports.. hundreds of beltless/shoeless people lined up awaiting "inspection" to get into the departure gate section.. they are "sitting ducks.. unarmed ducks" for any sicko who comes up behind them and just opens fire at will..

 

Oh...and think about how much earlier you have to get to the airport before your flight actually leaves in order to walk through TSA's metal or X-ray machines.. How much extra time will either be added to a school day or deducted from classroom time..

 

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Online headline: "AG Sessions says no second special counsel for FBI probe — at this time, anyway" -- You know.. while we "knew" President Obama had to "know" what was going on within his DOJ/FBI operations, it's just recently that documents confirming his knowledge/involvement have surfaced, and this should take op priority of Sessions' office.. Hey, Mueller, put that in your pipe and smoke it.

 

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Online headline/story: "Parkland high school shooter Nikolas Cruz has been receiving tons of fan mail in prison * Piles of letters, including greeting cards and even provocative photos, have been mailed to the jail cell of the 19-year-old gunman, who is currently facing the death penalty after being accused of murdering 17 students and staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14." -- Good grief.. can a new TV series already be in the works at BC and/or HBO or Netflix?

 

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Online headline: "Judge throws wrench in Daniels' suit against Trump" -- Hmmm. wanna bet against it not being the first wrench Daniels has had intimate knowledge of?

 

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Online headline: "China's 9.4-ton space station is about to fall from the sky — and no one is sure where its debris will land" -- Hmmm... brings back memories of "Skylab" in 1979...

In 1979, with the "the sky is falling" was a common term.. For a little absurdity, I bought a plastic "hard hat", used stick-on vinyl letters to emblazon "SkyLab Recovery Team" across the front and wore it around town. During the summer.. in the week or so before "touchdown" was expected. went to Albany on a church team softball tournament venture.. We had a motel near the softball complex, so you know we were not in the ritzy-part of Albany, and there was a a small "pub" in proximity...After our Friday night game, before we settled in for the night, I stopped by this "pub"... in softball uniform.. wearing my "SkyLab Recovery Team" hard hat and was carrying a clipboard and my briefcase-held "cell" phone.. there were a few folks milling around, and I went into an exercise of seemingly walking off distance from the door.. them went up to the bar, took the barstool that was between two men and set it aside..scribbled "notes" on my yellow pad, gave it to the barkeep and told him that the spot where the barstool I moved was an "educated guess" as a possible landing area for "space debris" in the next two weeks, and that he should warn any "patrons" about not sitting in that spot.. then walked away.. As I left the door, I could see the two men that were sitting next to that spot grab their beers and move to the other end of the bar... I slept well that night ...

 

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From the "poll truth and nothing but the poll truth" department - Online headline: "Poll: Trump loss in 2020 anticipated by over half of Americans" -- Hmmm sorta "deja vu-ish" of the summer of 2016 polls..

 

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Laura Ingraham apologized for mocking David Hogg... presumably because of some of her advertisers bringing pressure.. Here are three things I get out of this.. 1 - David Hogg should apologize to America... for being David Hogg, 2 - Laura Ingraham should apologize to America... for being Laura Ingraham AND for kowtowing to advertisers, 3- I'm not apologizing for boycotting David Hogg, Laura Ingraham or the companies that "weenied out" of their advertising on the Laura Ingraham Show.

 

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Another from the "efforts in false security" department - Online headline/story: "US State Department to require social media handles on visa applications * As a part of new “extreme vetting” measures, social media for potential immigrants will be under scrutiny. * The US State Department has proposed that those seeking a United States visa will be required to give their social media handles, email addresses, and five years of past phone numbers on immigration forms." -- Good grief.. we know "illegal aliens" don't apply for Visas, but what's the State Department going to do when the applicant writes in "none" in all of the e-mail, social media, or cellphone info areas?

 

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Now that ruffled feathers have been smoothed out, and Carlton Gary only exists in the depths of our memories, I gotta ask...when the Claflin School project is completed, will there be a marker erected showing Carlton Gary went to school there?

 

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From a "whole new classification of DWI in Colorado" department - Online headline/story: "Rocky Mountain High: Marijuana-infused beer coming to Colorado * Keith Villa, the brewmaster behind Blue Moon, plans to introduce a line of marijuana-infused non-alcoholic craft beers. The company is called Ceria Beverages." -- Hmmm.. and can "Smokey and the Bandit IV" be far behind... remember when Burt Reynolds brought back a semi full of Coors back to GA within 24 hours when Coors wasn't sold "east of the Mississippi? "Bandit IV" will probably be about Reynolds getting a "scooter chair" load of "pot beer" back within 30 days..

 

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Donna Brazile..remember her.? She back and excited about the new DIMocrat candidates...newbies such as Biden, Warren, Pelosi, Schumer, Kaine.. hmmm..looks like the only change Brazile and the DIMocrats have undergone is Brazile's new shade of lipstick... Hey Sarah Palin.. whatta think about Brazile's new shade of lipstick?

 

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Mainscream media and the DIMocrats are in a tizzie! Should they show more concern/focus on Trump calling Putin, or Trump calling RoseAnne....

 

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A DIMocrat spinmeister/strategist says the DIMocrats will be focusing on Russia, and medical care for the midterm elections...like every election, DIMocrats just have no policy issues to run on, and the people will vote on the economy...as usual.

 

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This is a day late..the 4TH Quarter GDP was up to 2.9 percent.. initial estimates were 2.5..and first adjustment estimate was towards 2.7 percent, but came in at 2.9! I'm late because I heard it on the radio while driving Wednesday so I couldn't write it down, but there wasn't any mention in the L-E Thursday to jog my memory.

 

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Already getting inquiries about the MCSB District 8 race.. am 100 percent behind Frank Myers' re-election.. we've already seen major changes in how the Board "works" and our students are benefiting.. taxpayers, too.

 

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A couple of weeks back, I posted an item about the streets in my neighborhood being rated a "45" and that the City was only working on streets rated from 30-to-35. I want to tell you, the City is not working on 54th St between River Road and Veterans, and it's even worse than our neighborhood streets.. It's a major traffic artery, and if 54th Street is "in between" our neighborhood's "45", and streets between "30-35", then my neighborhood will NEVER get repaired/repaved.

 

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L-E headline: "Columbus jury acquits former NFL player in meth trial" -- Another Columbus "jury fail".. Even if the jury felt Savage was not directly involved, Savage still allowed an illegal operation to be carried out in his business. Let's parse some of this knowledge.. 1 - is allowing someone to reside in a business even legal.. and regardless of that, allowing an illegal operation inside you business is operating "a house of ill-repute", and the business owner is just as responsible. Oh, and if money was found in such a business containing an illegal "house of ill-repute" , it would be confiscated. Now, since the jury has found the chargee "innocent", the DA's office should now turn over all of it's financial research.records over to the IRS and let the IRS determine the source of income/outgo with a detailed audit.

 

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L-E headline/pic: "Russia to expel 60 US diplomats and close a consulate" -- Good grief.. we taxpayers have been stuck funding the operation of this castle in Russia? Good riddance.. in today's times, contact via video meetings is sufficient for government needs, and American travelers just need to be nice tourists when traveling abroad.

 

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