From the "according to two paid-off "witnesses" trying to save their own butts" department - Online story: "As part of a nonprosecution agreement disclosed Wednesday by federal prosecutors, American Media Inc., the Enquirer's parent company, admitted that "Pecker offered to help deal with negative stories about that presidential candidate's relationships with women by, among other things, assisting the campaign in identifying such stories so they could be purchased and their publication avoided." * The "statement of admitted facts" says that AMI admitted making a $150,000 payment "in concert with the campaign," and says that Pecker, Cohen and "at least one other member of the campaign" were in the meeting. According to a person familiar with the matter, the "other member" was Trump." - Sorta like the Godfather, Mueller made an offer neither could refuse...

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From the "Jon Lovitz.. yeah... that's the ticket" department - Online story: "The U.S. Senate delivered a rare double rebuke to President Donald Trump on Saudi Arabia on Thursday, voting to end U.S. military support for the war in Yemen and blame the Saudi crown prince for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. *The votes were largely symbolic because to become law the resolutions would have to pass the House of Representatives * The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people and spawned what the United Nations calls the world's most dire human crisis, with the country on the brink of famine." * Seven of Trump's fellow Republicans joined Senate Democrats to back the measure." -- "Seven of Trump's fellow Republicans"? and six are unnamed.. Corker came forward.. oh.. he won't be back in January... and we can assume Flake was another.. and he won't be back either... and 5 are "in the shadows".. so far..and three Democrats did not vote "yes" and when the dust settles.. it's just a lot of "all talk. no walk" political posturing for MSM-13.

Pertinent M/C headline: "Warring sides agree to truce in Yemeni port" -- Talk about neutering,, even further... the DEM/RINO Senators attempt to embarrass President Trump...

 

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From the "purely 'CS' posturing" department - Online story: " Target Corp, Walmart Inc and toy importer LaRose Industries were sued on Thursday over the sale of lead-contaminated children's toys, New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood said. * The lawsuit, filed in New York state court in Albany, is over "Cra-Z-Jewelz" jewelry-making kits that were imported by LaRose and sold by Target and Walmart. Tests conducted by the attorney general's office found that the kits contained levels of lead that were up to 10 times higher than the federal limit, according to the complaint." -- Good grief.. just another NY Democrat wanting to get her name in the news.. A simple alert to Target and Walmart mentioning the finding would get the toys "off the shelves, but Target and Walmart did not have a clue that what they were buying from LaRose 12 months ago would be shipped containing ANY lead, much less more than "acceptable".. The real question is why the US government feels ANY lead in a child's toy or home product is acceptable.

 

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From the "how can we make Trump look responsible" department -- Online half-truth headline/story: "Girl dies after being detained by U.S. Border Patrol: Washington Post * Girl dies after being detained by U.S. Border Patrol: Washington Post * Early on Dec. 7, the girl started having seizures, and emergency responders measured her body temperature at 105.7 degrees, the Post said. She was taken to a hospital, where she died, according to the Post." -- Good grief.. the sad .. yes, but the girl did not become dehydrated in the few hours she was held by the Border Patrol, and, to be honest.. realistic, with a temperature of over 105 degrees, she'd never have gotten ANY medical attention had she not been in the custody of the Border Patrol. Purely a case of parental abuse or dragging the child from Guatemala!

 

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You know, the 4 above stories are not news.. they are composed of some facts re-construed into a fabricated message of propaganda.. it's a sad.. no, pathetic state MSM-13 has devolved..

 

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From the "oxymoron" department - Online headline (sorry, no film at 11:00 from me): This Man Shares Post-Surgery Photos After Having Genitalia Removed" -- My question is why any doctor would agree to mutilate a human being.. I cannot imagine God granting mercy or grace for a doctor believing he/.she can undo God's work.. plan.

 

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You know what I'd like to see... I'd like to see, the NYTimes, and WaPo run one edition of their news papers carrying nothing but the positive stories they've run in 2018 about President Trump and/or his successes. What we'd get would be one blank sheet of newsprint, a few trees saved, and, basically, a paid day off for the staffs of each paper..

 

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We're looking for another Christmas tree seller for next year. We've used the same one for the past 16 Christmases, but the fast-grow formula they are using produces such flimsy limbs. our nice ornaments are too heavy to be supported. Any got ideas or suggestions for next year?

 

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From the "this balloon ain't gonna fly" department - Online headline/story: "Justice Dept IG blames FBI-wide software failure for missing Strzok-Page messages * In a comprehensive report issued Thursday, the Department of Justice's internal watchdog blamed a technical glitch for a swath of missing text messages between anti-Trump ex-FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page -- and revealed that government phones issued by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office to Strzok and Page had been wiped completely clean after Strzok was fired from the Russia probe." -- Good grief..surely heads will fly before anyone believes this was accidental!.. And knowing what we know,, there IS back-up...nothing truly 'disappears" from Google or Apple..

 

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From the "we need to "clean house" at the FBI Administrative wing" department - Online headline/story: "FBI misses deadline to provide docs to Judiciary Committee probing whistleblower raid * The Justice Department and FBI have missed a Wednesday deadline to provide information about the government's mysterious raid on a former FBI contractor-turned-whistleblower's home last month. * Sixteen FBI agents on Nov. 19 raided the home of Dennis Nathan Cain, who reportedly gave the Justice Department's Inspector General (IG) documents related to the Uranium One controversy and potential wrongdoing by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. * The documents in question allegedly showed that federal officials failed to investigate possible criminal activity related to Clinton, the Clinton Foundation and Rosatom, a Russian nuclear company. Its subsidiary purchased Canadian mining company Uranium One in 2013." -- You know.. if corruption at the top of FBI is not scoured down to front-line administration, the corruption will embed itself in the while department.

 

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From the "another jury fail" department - M/C L-E headline/story: "Jury reaches verdict on Columbus man accused of killing marijuana dealer * A jury has acquitted Clayton Perry of murder and other charges in the fatal shooting of James “Cali” Francesconi, whom witnesses described as a low-level marijuana dealer mortally wounded during a robbery. * Jurors started deliberating around 2:30 p.m. Thursday, then stopped around 3 p.m. to have the court replay video of police interviews with Perry and a witness. They resumed deliberations about 4:30 and announced they had a verdict at 4:41 p.m. * Perry was visibly relieved, smiling * The 18-year-old was found not guilty of malice or intentional murder, of felony murder for allegedly killing Francesconi while committing the felony of armed robbery, and of armed robbery, aggravated assault and using a firearm to commit a crime." -- "Perry was ..smiling"? Well.probably not for long.. let's start a pool.. as to when Perry makes "the murdered list". While we're at it, the DA needs to denote on Robert Furr's rap sheet that he did not co=operate, and should get no passion in sentencing or early release 'for good time"... IF a jury convicts him for the murder charge he's facing.

 

In regards to the above story: We had a case here where a man is charged in another murder and called to the witness stand to repeat what he said about the charged in the case above, then clams up and refuses to co-operate with the DA. I hope the DA makes sure if his witness is convicted in his own case, that he tells the judge that the man refused to testify in this case, and should get zero compassion in his own sentence or in consideration for any early release from any sentence he gets for his own crime.

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AZ Senator Flake is leaving office now...what I don't understand is why MSM-13 celebrates like it was a "pick 6" surprise whenever Flake votes against America's needs. And come January, the Republicans will actually have a bigger...more dependable ..majority than when Flake and McCain.. even Bod=vb Corker, were seated.

 

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Judge Napalitano must be taking lessons from Jerry Springer as a TV celebrity..He was on Fox Business the other night and said that because a judge accepted Michael Cohen's plea bargain, that Trump is also guilty..Excuse me, even the judge didn't say..not even IMPLY...that Cohen is/was guilty of anything...the judge just accepted Cohen's plea admissions and sentenced him on that basis.

 

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Why didn't the DOJ go after Obama for interfering, publicly and openly (and with US tax dollars) with the Israel elections because he didn't like Netanyahu?

 

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It's Christmas time...and eager to please parents are going to be suckered in to buying dream toys for Santa to bring their children Christmas morning..you know them.. well .. doll houses, kitchens, bikes, battery powered mini-vehicles, etc.. well, there ought to be a law that when retailers assemble one and enticed kids to want one, the retailer needs to sell said products fully assembled. Paying for a gift in any of the above mentioned categories and getting it in a box is not what the retailer advertised! Parents do not have 3 hours of time for assembling each of such "gifts" after their children finally go to sleep on Christmas Eve.

 

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Wow! The anger level of the Democrat spinmeisters of Fox Contributors has reached demon levels since Pelosi and Schumer were exposed by Trump on National TV, and the sentencing of Michael Cohen exposed Mueller's farcical witch hunt for what its been. They are so ready to get to January in hope of burying the Comey disaster.

 

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From the "The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming!" department - Online headline: "Macron Blames Russia For Yellow Vest Protests" -- Hmmm...seems like mainscream media and Liberals are on a "blame Russia for everything" rampage... well... except for voting influence in the Trump investigation now that Mueller's witch hunt cannot do so..

 

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From the "watch ObamaCRAP implode" department - Online story: " as of Dec. 8, the number of Georgians who had enrolled in the health insurance exchange was less than half of last year’s total sign-up figure, federal health officials report. * Through this past Saturday, 233,584 Georgians had enrolled for Affordable Care Act insurance. Last year’s final total was roughly 481,000. * The sign-up deadline is this Saturday, Dec. 15." -- Well,, even though there are 2 more days to sign up, what we are seeing is consumer response to knowing they won't be "fined" for not buying into ObamaCRAP.

 

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From the "Meanwhile, back at the River Road Roundabout" department - It's almost most daunting.. and undoubtedly will become fully daunting soon, that the work crews are now edging orange barrels into the northbound lane of Green Island Drive.. you know, this whole concept was created by complaints of traffic backs from Green Island, and now the
"government" will create even MORE traffic backs for the duration of the project.. Mayor Tom-LYING-son is probably chuckling that she got this delayed long enough that she'll be out of office when her "friends" realize what they've brought down on themselves.

 

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It's exciting when the L-E can highlight students individual achievements. Congrats to the CHS students furthering their education via athletic scholarships as featured in the picture in today's newspaper. Alsop, glad to see there's no product advertisement/endorsement in the CHS backdrop!

 

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M/C L-E headline/story: "Twin teens charged with meth trafficking * Twin teens face drug charges including trafficking in methamphetamine after one failed to use a turn signal Sunday on 22nd Street at Sixth Avenue, Columbus police said. * Police seized 29.6 grams of meth, a small amount of marijuana and $400 during a search. * Devon also was charged with failing to use a turn signal, having no seat belt and no state driver’s license." -- Driving around with drugs but no drivers license.. the car, whether or not it belongs to either of the twins', should be confiscated..Oh! and what no "insurance"?