Wednesday, December 26, 2018

From the "Bias? What bias?" department - Online headline/story: "U.S. says 2nd Guatemalan child has died in immigration custody * U.S. says 2nd Guatemalan child has died in immigration custody * The boy showed "signs of potential illness" Monday and was taken with his father to a hospital in Alamogordo, New Mexico, the agency said. There, he was diagnosed with a cold and a fever, was given prescriptions for amoxicillin and Ibuprofen and released Monday afternoon after being held 90 minutes for observation, the agency said. * The boy was returned to the hospital Monday evening with nausea and vomiting and died there just hours later," -- And the results will be the same.. or close.. to the little girl's cause of death... parental abuse of subjecting his child to abhorrent conditions... Pray for the family.. pray for the Border Patrol agents who have to deal with this ...
 
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From the "don't rush to judgment!" department - Online headline.story: "‘Tougher, taller and stronger’ fence proposed for White House * The proposal also calls for putting security sensors along parts of the new fence and increasing the height of the gate where vehicles enter the White House grounds from eight feet to about 13 feet. * The new fence would also have “anti-climb and intrusion-detection technology, while respecting the historical significance and visitor experience at the White House,” according to a joint statement by the Park Service and the Secret Service." -- Like I said, don't rush to judgment.. this article was published April 28, 2016.. and the fence changes were approved by Schumer and Pelosi and Obama.
 
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Online headline: "Ocasio-Cortez says Jesus was a 'refugee' in Christmas tweet" - Good grief! We knew Ocasio-Cortez didn't know our Constitution, and now she proves she doesn't know the Bible either.. Jesus was born in Bethlehem because...BECAUSE his parents traveled there to do their civic duty to register for the Census and pay their taxes. Maybe it's a case of... along with not knowing our Constitution, or the Bible.. maybe she JUST DOESN'T KNOW JESUS!
 
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From the "Red Allen, 'Well how about that'" department - Online headline/story: "The EU-funded wall that nobody wants to talk about * This is not Donald Trump’s desired border wall between the USA and Mexico, nor is it Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán’s fence which stops the flow of migrants into Europe – this is a 764 kilometer wall between Turkey and Syria, funded by none other than the European Union. * While the EU and its loyal followers persistently preach that any form of borders are racist, many will be shocked to learn that the construction of this wall was largely funded by the 28-member state union. -- And all under the Obama terms..
 
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Online headline/story: "Trump signs bill naming post office for Army captain Khan * President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill naming a Virginia post office for fallen U.S. Army Captain Humayun Khan, whose father criticized the then-candidate in a 2016 Democratic National Convention speech." -- Hmm.. in other words, President Trump honored the the father's son, and the Democrats USED... no, ABUSED the man's grief to further their propaganda.
 
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HuffPOOPOO headline/story: "National Christmas tree dark due to government shutdown * The tree, a massive Colorado blue spruce, was damaged Friday when a man in “emotional distress” tried to climb it, a park service spokesperson told The Hill. The shutdown has “complicated” repairs that would allow for the lights to be turned back on." -- Hmm... just the point that we have not only "non-essential" employees on the government payroll, but incompetent ones as well.. how hard can be to to keep weirdos from climbing THE National Christmas tree?
 
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From the "only in California" department - Online story: ""Drivers can select male, female, or nonbinary on the application. The DMV can not require an applicant to provide gender documentation. Those who select nonbinary will get a card with an X in the gender category." -- and won't previous males desiring anonymity for gender feel betrayed that they been labeled with an "X" instead of a "Y"?
 
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Online headline/story: "Two Democratic senators are scrutinizing a federal judicial nominee over his membership in the Knights of Columbus, drawing a stern rebuke from the Catholic organization. * Sens. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, raised concerns about Omaha-based lawyer Brian Buescher's membership as part of the Senate Judiciary Committee's review of his nomination by President Trump to sit on the U.S. District Court in Nebraska * (Sen) Harris, in her questions to the nominee, called the Knights of Columbus “an all-male society” and asked the Nebraska lawyer if he was aware that the group was anti-abortion and anti-gay marriage when he joined. * Buescher responded that his involvement in the group consisted mostly of charitable work and community events at his local Catholic parish. He indicated he would abide by judicial precedent regarding abortion." -- Double Good Griefs! - How many "all-female" organizations does Harris belong to or agree with? and, Why does Judge Ginsburg not recuse herself on any.. on ALL ..abortion related issues before "the Bench" since she's openly hostile against any review/change on the issue?
 
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I think I'm going to stop using restaurants that offer Waitr services. Whether I go to dine in or pick up to go, I get no discounts yet the restaurant gives Waitr a 20% discount, and Waitr will charge me a delivery fee and expect a tip for delivering it to my home.
 
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To all Democrat representatives who are against the Wall on our Southern Border: If you are so convinced that "walls" are an archaic holdover from the 4th Century, why no do a little research in your home states/district, I suggest you take down all the walls and fences in the prisons in your district, and see if incarcerated felons will voluntarily stay and serve out their sentences..
 
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Hey, Columbus Council...Since the exterior rehab of the Old Iron Bank has been long finished, When's the old clock going to be reinstalled at the Iron Bank? I'd also like to know that when the rehab work of stripping old paint off the iron facade was important, why were not better precautions taken about keeping lead based paint dust from being airborne into the air we breathe?
 
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HuffPOOPOO headline: "Sharpton, pundit spar over federal workers left without pay" -- Good grief.. the only thing Al Sharlatan is concerned about is that the IRS personnel on his case are still on his case!
 
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Interesting comparison: "King Solomon’s wall" In the 10th Century BCE according to the Bible, King Solomon decreed that a wall would be built in the city to protect it from interlopers. Archaeologists recently uncovered remnants of a wall built in that era that seems as if it could easily be the wall in question." -- Hmmm.. even though we "knew it", now we KNOW, that Chuck Schumer is no King Solomon, the wise one.
 
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From the "now we know" department - Councilor House now publishes a recap of "Council doings", and it sure is welcome... too bad other Councilors have not taken advantage of social media and e-mail options. Of course, while most disclosures are welcomed info, a lot of disclosures are disappointments.. I almost wish I was still speculating.. still hoping that Council would realize that committing to a partnership project with the GA DOT to look for way to solve the traffic issue at the Alabama end of the J.R. Allen Parkway are neither our issue nor anything GA taxpayers should be wasting money on..Of course, the solution is to shut down Alabama's right to access to the Parkway at the connecting bridge until Alabama comes up with a plan to improve their logjam exits at Highway 280...
 
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From the proof positive he's smart" department - M/C L-E story: "Irritated with the criticism and fallout from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ resignation, President Donald Trump on Sunday pushed the Pentagon chief out the door two months earlier than planned, an acrimonious end to a tense relationship that had been eroding in recent months." -- Good grief.. why on Earth would any CEO want to keep on a disgruntled employee who submits his/her embittered resignation? Personally, I'd accepted the resignation, and asked his to have his office cleared out within the hour ..... under supervision!
 
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Three generations of family women went to see "Mary Poppins Returns".. while they did enjoy it (there was speculative fear as to whether it wold be another Disney flop like "Pooh" and "Nutcracker"), they all made note that the songs were disappointing compared to the classics of the original "Mary Poppins".
 
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From the "sequel to the otter release after the 'Exxon Valdez' spill department - M/C L-E story: "The body of a 7-year-old girl who died while in custody of the U.S. Border Patrol arrived in her native Guatemala on Sunday and was being driven hours into the countryside to be handed over to family members for a last goodbye. * A white coffin containing Jakelin Caal was received in the afternoon at Guatemala City’s international airport by representatives of the country’s Foreign Ministry. * No family members were on hand. Domingo Caal, the girl’s grandfather, said the family didn’t have money to travel to Guatemala’s capital." -- can you not see the expression on liberals' faces being similar to the libs who watched gloriously as a recovered see otter was released back into the wild, but before then otter could get out of sight, an ORCA took it out in front of all those cameras? We all mourned the loss of the life of a 7 year old, but where was the family concern about this 7-year-old girl being dragged into the politics of the "caravan" without her family?
 
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Interesting... Georgia is a 12.5 point favorite over Texas in the Sugar Bowl...Texas beat Oklahoma in the regular season, and should have beat them in the conference championship. Now Oklahoma is playing Alabama (which beat Georgia) in the first round of the FCP ... and Georgia is favored by 12.5 points over Texas who beat.. nearly twice... Oklahoma.
 
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From the "put this in your pipe and Smoke it, Pelosi and Schumer" department - Online headline/story: "Ocasio-Cortez: It's 'completely unacceptable' Congressional salaries are exempt from shutdown * Her post comes on the first day of a partial government shutdown caused by lawmakers’ inability to pass a budget amid President Trump’s demands for border wall funding. * The government shutdown only affects agencies and employees that are funded through annual appropriations. But that doesn’t apply to members of Congress. Salaries for members of the House and Senate are written into permanent law" -- Ironically, Ocasio-Cortez hasn't begun drawing a government paycheck yet, nor understands that she will be broken by her party leadership's policies in her first year in office.
 
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How can Schumer say Dems will never vote to fund the wall and at the same time try to convince even his base that he's not only a reasonable man, but one who has the best interests for America's future?
 
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Will someone ask Schumer.. and Ms Ocasio-Cortez.. why the walls around NY state and Federal prisons haven't been taken down taken down since walls don't work..
 
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As I'm sure the "facts" on soon-to-be-gone-Mayor Tom-LYING-son political website will be as "accurate" as the 2016 polls that had Hellary a shoo-in winner, so here's a real real fact about our murder rate and violent local crimes in general for 2017:
 
Statistics Reported-incidents Columbus/100k ppl Georgia/100k ppl National/100k ppl

Murder                   35               17.6                      6.7                      5.3
Violent crime      1,303             655.0                    357.0                  .0383
 
No wonder she wants to get out of Columbus... it'll be safer for her...
 
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I know you've seen the ads, but why would Smirnoff Vodka eagerly announce it's NOW being made with non-GMO grains? Now, folks with cirrhosis of the liver will file law suits en masse ...If I owned Smirnoff, I'd have just switched, and said nothing about it.
 
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Why is Schumer given ANY "power" in Washington ...especially as a Senator... While he won two Senate seats in 2016 with Dems beating RINO's in IL and VT , and Dems losing two net seats in this year's midterm election which should have been positive for the put of power party. Schumer is just a loser in so many ways.
 
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M/C L-E headline: "James: NFL owners are ‘old white men’ with ‘slave mentality’ toward players" -- Well, LeBron.. you can always walk away... nothing says you must stay in that 4-year, $154 MILLION Dollar NBA contract if you feel it's an 'intolerable' circumstance... well, nothing but YOUR ego!
 
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Why aren't Columbus women "peed off" at the urology ad showing only a woman being distressed when the child is shown saying "this little piggy wee-wee'd all the way home?
 
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Wow! Schumer came out against it immediately after the House passed a new version of the 'continuing resolution' bill by adding $5.7 Billion for the 'Wall'. In reality, Schumer has said he's against the Billions included for hurricane damage relief in GA, SC, and NC, and the $7 Billion for fire damage relief in CA in his attempt to undermine our Nations security against illegal aliens and drugs crossing our Southern border without constraint.
 
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Online headline/story: "Georgia reps clamber for Hurricane Michael money amid border wall chaos * That’s because the must-pass legislation also included $5 billion for President Donald Trump’s border wall, a proposition local Democrats said was a non-starter -- even with storm relief attached to it. * “This wall would do nothing to improve our nation’s security and is a serious misallocation of taxpayer dollars,” said Albany Democrat Sanford Bishop, who led the charge to secure Michael money on the House Appropriations Committee. “It should have been stripped from this important funding legislation and considered separately.” -- I think the safety of our nation from illegal aliens is just as important than restoration of this nations storm damaged areas. Obviously, GA Democrat Representatives feel staying in the graces of Pelosi is more important than representing the needs of GA citizens.
 
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What's the real reason Schumer is against "the Wall"? The 2019 Budget for Border Security is almost $75 Billion, but in that figure is $4,198,300,000.00 (which can grow exponentially each year -
Source:
 
(https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/DHS%20BIB%202019.pdf):
 
$570.9 Million for 2,000 additional law enforcement officers, 1,312 support personnel, and to fund lawyers to represent the Federal Government in exclusion, deportation, bond, and removal proceedings before the U.S. Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review.
 
$2.8 billion for 52,000 detention beds, which is comprised of 49,500 adult beds, and 2,500 family beds. Non-U.S. citizens who are apprehended and determined to need custodial supervision are placed in detention facilities. For unaccompanied children, DHS coordinates closely with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to ensure the timely and safe transfer
 
$511.1 million for transportation costs associated with the transfer and removal of illegal immigrants.
 
$184.4 million for ICE’s Alternatives to Detention (ATD) Program, to monitor 82,000 average daily participants within the program that may pose a flight risk, but who are not considered a threat to our communities.
 
$131.9 million for E-Verify operations and upgrades, $22.8M is included in funding to continue investing in E-Verify to prepare for eventual mandatory use for all U.S. workers nationwide.
 
In other words, if no "Wall" is built, in Trump's 8 years, Democrats will have caused over $33.5 BILLION in tax dollars to be spent because we DON'T HAVE A WALL!.. And with the "Wall", many billions annually could be saved by reducing additional personnel and ending material expenses.
 
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The Democrats have 40 women (and Republicans have 4) in the upcoming House...from what I gather.. most of the new ones are coming with a mission, and it doesn't included being consider one of the Democrat sheep that Pelosi feels they will be.. it will be interesting times..
 
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Can anyone name a major corporation that the CEO allows his/her advisers to make the final decision on any issue? CEO's do listen to the ideas of advisers, but it's not the advisers who sign the bottom line that puts a plan in action.. Mattis was an adviser.. Trump is the CEO... 2,000 soldiers and their families are excited to be coming home..
 
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While we feel the jar when we run over a pothole on the streets of Columbus, there is one other more dangerous neglect happening on our artery streets.. most streets have been so long without resurfacing, that the white lines delineating the roads from the shoulders has become so faint that any amount of rainfall obliterates their visibility at night.
 
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Have you seen all the drainage pipes and collectors piled up at the River Road Roundabout site? You know, I've been using the intersection streets there all my life, and I've never seen a drainage/flooding issue/problem there. Makes you wonder about the skills of the engineers when they build in a flooding plan where none's ever existed.
 
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Looking at how ugly the new wrestling/cheer building going up at Columbus High, I do believe if I was the architect, I'd resign.....oh....
 
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From the "bring him on!" department - Online story: "President Trump on Friday jabbed at Texas Representative Beto O’Rourke amid speculation about him running for president in 2020. * “Now, he’s running for president,” Trump joked at a press event. “I thought you were supposed to win before you run for president, no?” -- You know.. in a hotly contested race, both parties can figure on 40-45% of votes from the parties ideology bases. Beto had nearly $80 MILLION dollars spent and got but 48% of the Texas vote.. and won only 32 of 254 Texas Counties.. Now, or spending $80 Million, in one state and on one candidate, and getting only a few more votes than if you spent zero dollars is not anything to brag on or expect different results in the future..
 
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From the "while I never thought about it before.. no surprise here" department - Good old 24/7 Wall Street list of the "Most Common Name in Every State": While we basically tend to think about the number of Smiths, Williams, Johnsons, Millers, and Browns as most popular surnames in America..some states have seen transitions,, In California, the 3 most popular surnames are now Garcia, Martinez, and Rodriguez. In Arizona, it's Smith, Johnson, and Garcia. In Florida, it's Smith, Williams, and Rodriguez. In New Mexico, it's Martinez, Garcia, and Smith. In Colorado, it's Smith, Johnson, and Garcia., and in Nevada, Smith Johnson, and Martinez. In New Jersey, it's Smith, Rodriguez, and Brown. In New York, it's Smith Brown, and Rodriguez. Texas, it's Garcia, Smith, and Rodriguez. In Rhode Island, it's Smith Rodriguez, and Brown. The only real surprises to me was that the surnames "Jones" made the list in only 4 states.. OK, TN, UT, and VA, and that Jones was the 3rd most popular name in all 4 of those states. And the real surprise is that in Hawaii, the most popular names are Smith, Johnson, and Brown.
 
 
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Though it hasn't been illuminated much in Columbus, a formal request has been made to raze the Chase Public Housing Homes on the Chattahoochee River and RiverWalk. They reason stated is that it's too near a GA Power Substation,, You know, that substation had[=s been there as long a=as I can remember.. and it';s always been UGLY.. an eyesore .. but o=all of a sudden it's intolerable.. You know, I have a suspicion that the project to renovate the Old City Mills building into a restaurant/night time destination by "FOT"s (friends of Tom-LYING-son) has more to do with the sudden urgency to remove public housing there. Oh.. and I'm still wondering where the Chase residents will be relocated.
 
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Did you hear Democrat Louis Gutierrez, D-IL, rant and emote about the wall saying the fact that if Egypt had a wall, Jesus would have died. Excuse me, somehow our God, who can split the waters of a sea, can flood the Earth, can create life, can burn a bush without destroying the Bush, can turn a woman into a pillar of salt, and tumble the walls of Jericho with the sound of a trumpet, I believe our God could get Jesus safely into Egypt, blindfolded with both hands tied behind his back. The real story here is Democrat Gutierriez, a Democrat.. expressing belief in Jesus and Christmas.
 
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Think about this..we had 2,000 soldiers in a Syrian combat area, and having to be constantly alert and vigilant for an assault. That means that shifts...3 daily, 7 days a week, had to be scheduled.. Do you realize the stress of that alone would cause battle fatigue. Also think about the joy 2,000 families feel (and the Joy every military family feels KNOWING President Trump thinks about them in every way) here at Christmas time.
 
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Juan Williams... whatta an example of a Democrat jackASS...He suggested that Trump should just come out and say he tried his best but the Democrats just wouldn't agree with him, and move on. Good Grief! That's almost exactly what Clinton said in 1993 after he campaigned for a middle class tax cut.."I tried my best but just couldn't do it". Of course he never gave Congress a chance to try to work with him.
 
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Government Motors is axing three Chevrolets from its lineup – the semi-electric Volt, the Cruze compact sedan and the full-size Impala." -- The Impala...a "full-size" vehicle? Not with a 111.7" wheelbase (119" in 1965, and 116" in 1980)...not now, not ever! GM just failed to consider consumer wants and needs, and built vehicles that just failed to attract buyers' needs/wants.
 
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From the "oxymoron of 2018" department: Online headline: "Stacey Abrams joins board at liberal think tank" -- " think tank"? Maybe a "feel facility", but there ain't no thinking going on when two or more liberal congregate.
 
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You know... if Hellary had won... Democrats and MSM-13 would probably still be blaming the continued minimum-growth Obama economy on Trump just existing..
 
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Online headline: "Hillary Clinton writes letter of encouragement to 8-year-old girl who lost class presidency to boy" -- Good grief..what adult feels it's beneficial...even necessary, for a 2nd grade to have class officers? With what we see of progress tests is that most second graders would not be able to READ the ballot, much less understand what the ballot is about. Looks like a training program to teach voter fraud.
 
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M/C L-E headline: "‘Stocking Strangler’ execution tops Columbus crime news" -- Hmmm.. News about Gary's death is, at best.. OLD NEWS.. over 30 years past when it should have happened.. to me, the top CRIME news would be about the "jury fails" that freed a number of killers from any sentencing...and the Board of Elections not disqualifying Zeph Baker from running for mayor, and the new appointed Clerk of Council being a former associate of the Clerk dismissed for reasons, and even our local elections and SPLOST referendums not being required to be held on the November General Election date.. oh, let's not forget the "purported" wreck of two City vehicles involving Mayor Tom-LYING-son, or the now City-funded $4.6 Million dollar River Road Roundabout, or the City splitting costs with the GA DOT to study why traffic backs up because of the well-known FACT that the Phenix City exits off the J.R. Allen Parkway are way inadequate... and what about the diversion of funds to Tom-LYING-son's pet projects that could have our streets being an asset to homeowners, visitors, and industrial scouts?
 

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M/C L-E headline: "Trump again demands border wall funds, says federal workers want it" -- And Trump is right.. Federal workers DO want it.. of course, there are a lot of non-essential federal employees who are content with staying home knowing they will get paid as well.

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