Online headline/story: "The Justice Department had to go to extraordinary lengths to conduct a raid on top Trump lawyer Michael Cohen * On Monday, the FBI raided Cohen's Manhattan office, his home, and his hotel room, as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Vanity Fair reported. The FBI was apparently acting on a referral from the special counsel Robert Mueller." -- It's bad enough that the NYT is mentioned in the same breath as the WSJ, but including "Vanity Fair" as a reputable news source , too, just proves that Robert Mueller should be arrested and charged with 'lying to the American people" about not considering Trump as a criminal..

 

Let's face it, if everything Mueller feels is true, a negotiated deal to quash a negotiated "deal" is not against the law anyway..

 

Even sadder is the disregard of the FBI on two aspects the American citizens has faith in.. 1 - the lawyer-client privacy, and 2 - the gestapo tactics exposed of past and current Obama administration hirees.. Not only in this event, but in the cover-ups of the Clintons.. both Clintons... and the DOJ, during the last election cycle..

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From the "who'da ever thunk it" department - HuffPOOPOO headline/story: "2013 Syrian gas attack survivor: Whole world 'should be ashamed' * Kassem Eid, a Palestinian Syrian rebel and human rights activist, called on the international community to “do something” to stop the conflict, which has killed hundreds of thousands of Syrians since it began in 2011. * “My message to the international community is that you should be ashamed,” Eid said Sunday during an appearance on CNN. “You are as guilty as [Syrian President Bashar Assad] and [Russian President Vladimir Putin] and Iran on the atrocities in Syria.”" -- Good grief.. Bashar ASSwad is as terrible as he seems, but that's not Nikki Haley's fault.. what's happened is a Muslim has escaped to America in 2014, has been adopted by mainscream media and Hollywood, and has been indoctrinated into blaming the people who actually are helping... Eid has become possibly the first Muslim liberal.. who'da thunk it?.. and like all libs, will not mention other libs as the problem. It was Obama who had a chanced to quash ASSwad, but he passed on the opportunity.

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Online headline: "Stormy Daniels working with artist to sketch man who threatened he " -- Hmmm... and in the day of cellphones glued to everyone's hands, a video porn queen didn't have hers "handy" to at least get a picture of the "culprit" as "he" left the area...Nice try, legal-whore Michael Avenatti...

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I've got jury duty this week...Since Mayor Tom-LYING-son is pretty much on the record saying the Government Center is "condemned" as the Chief Public Safety Officer, doesn't she put herself liable if I get injured while on jury duty?

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No wonder Columbus is cash strapped... I'm serving on jury duty this week, and the jury manager apologized for the 9th Street parking lot being full because the 'Exit Gate' is broken and everybody parks there. Excuse me..at $2.00 a car. How much DAILY is the City losing? Even if it takes a while repair the exit gate, I "feel" there's more than enough "cash flow" to pay a person to man the exit gate and take people's parking fees.

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In my haste yesterday, I failed to note the the Civil War ended with Lee surrendering to Grant at Appomattox, VA 153 years ago.. of course, I don't recall seeing this in the L-E (I could be wrong), but then again, the L-E is a member of the movement to rewrite history so that the Civil War has never ended.

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I remember April 9th for another reason.. 53 years ago, my wonderful Cocker Spaniel, Tarheel, died after being attacked by a pack of 3 large dogs. I'm reminded of my sadness every year at this time by the prolific ground covering of oak pollen.. I still see Tarheel's torn body covered in the stuff when I found him....

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So far, a city in Virginia has written 2,000 tickets to cars :not keeping up with traffic" in the left hand lane.. think about this.. you could be riding in the left lane at 5-MPH OVER the posted speed limits, and get a ticket for "slow driving".. Wouldn't Virginia be better off writing tickets for SPEEDING in the left lane for those who don't feel the posted speed limits are meant for them?

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From the "obviously, the L-E not invited" department - L-E headline/story: "Campaign cash stop? Paul Ryan finally visits TSYS * In what may have been a campaign-related search for political donations, U.S. Speaker of the House and Rep. Paul Ryan made a fairly clandestine visit to the headquarters of TSYS in Columbus on Monday. * Security for the visit by Ryan, who was accompanied by U.S. Rep. Drew Ferguson of Georgia’s 3rd District, wasn’t off the charts, Mims said. The politicians had a security team with them, while the Columbus Police Department provided an escort for the drive from the Columbus Airport." -- Of course the L-E is "peeved" at not hearing about this until "after the fact".. but the L-E didn't deserve otherwise.. now I do wonder at what benefit Columbus got if he was driven to TSYS.. a helicopter ride would have kept him from seeing the blight on the available routes and the condition of our streets .

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Looks like the L-E's replacement ("Two Cents Worth") for "Soundoff" wasn't worth the "two cents".. it's apparently "worthless" for today's L-E Edition and didn't make the final edition.

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Wow.. the MCSB District 6 race is now down to two... incumbent Mark Cantrell, and a Russell County, AL assistant high school principal. Students nor voting citizens in Columbus have no real choice for improvement. A candidate who e[works in another state's school system, and a metal building businessman who has not publicly condemned the excessive costs the MCSD is willing to pay ($750,000.00) for a 40' X 60' metal building on a concrete slab.

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Columbus is in bad shape news wise, too, now.. We've long accepted the demise of the L-E as a reputable news source, but yesterday, WTVM-TV9 joined "the party".. all day, WTVM announced that the Republican party "meet 'n greet" for the Columbus Mayoral candidates was last night, while in fact, it's tonight.. of course INFORMED voters of Columbus know this. Now WTVM-TV9 could help Columbus by reporting the May elections will be held on Wednesday, May 23rd rather than Tuesday, May 22nd so that the more informed voters will get here to actually vote.

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From the "another one bites the dust" department - L-E headline: "US airstrike kills ISIS leader in his northern Afghanistan hiding place" -- Whew.. whatta difference an American patriot president makes.

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From the "isn't it funny" department - L-E headline/story: "Analysis says deficit will hit $1T by 2020 * The CBO report says the twin tax and spending bills will push the budget deficit to $804 billion this year and just under $1 trillion for the upcoming budget year." -- Hmmm.. isn't it funny that mainscream media is now concerned about government budget shortfalls.. hardly a word was mention about our National Debt DOUBLING under Obama .. and while our military and national law enforcement officers were denied proper equipment an other government support.

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L-E headline: "Teachers acquire a new skill: How to stop the bleeding" -- Hmmm... since there is such a course for teachers, there ought to be one for government officials on "How to stop the bleeding" for local, state, and National government officials in charge of budgeting..

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L-E headline/story: "Child advocates ask FTC to investigate YouTube * The fine print of You-Tube’s terms of service has a warning that goes unheeded by millions of children who visit You-Tube to watch cartoons, nursery rhymes, science experiments or videos of toys being unboxed. * “If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use the service,” the terms say. “There are lots of other great websites for you.”" -- Talk about folly.. how can Child Advocates blame You-Tube if Children's parents are not doing their job.. the only thing that will stop this is a blanket law that prohibits minors from accessing the Internet... and such a law is not going to get passed.

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L-E headline: "Trump says he’ll ‘make it up’ to farmers hurt by tariffs" -- You know.. whatta relief it must be for farmers to hear this... from a president that makes his best effort to deliver on hos promises...