From the "hoisted by his own petard" department - Online headline/story: "Bezos says Enquirer threatened to publish revealing pics * Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said Thursday he was the target of "extortion and blackmail" by the publisher of the National Enquirer, which he said threatened to publish revealing personal photos of him unless he stopped investigating how other private photos and messages were obtained by the tabloid. * The photos include a "below the belt selfie" of Bezos, photos of him in tight boxer-briefs and wearing only a towel, and several revealing photos of Sanchez, according to the email Bezos released in his blog post." -- Good grief...what an ego! Had Bezos just "done the right things" there'd be no pics and probably not a divorce.

 

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So much for Norfolk-Southern or even the City or Chamber of Commerce being concerned about how visitors perceive Columbus, GA...just took a re-tour of northern sections of Veterans Parkway... and had mixed emotions about what I saw.. I saw the intersection of Veterans at William's and Moon Roads were void of work trucks and orange barrels. Then I drove on southward only to be disappointed that the stacks of railroad cross-ties and piles of railroad spikes were still present after I brought attention to them a couple of weeks ago.

 

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You know...when you really think about it, if you believe that only whites can be racists, then non-whites do not... will never.. have the full equality they covet. Equality must be in every aspect of life.

 

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How can Elizabeth Warren claim she never benefited from presenting herself as an ethnic minority on Job Applications? Other than hoping to get preferential treatment, there's no reason she should have done this. Now, she was a lawyer...an officer of the court, and lied (ignorance is no argument)..and as a lawyer, she knows how and why she needs to do due diligence and research before presenting "evidence". Therefore, she can..and probably should be disbarred.

 

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WRBL3-TV headline/story: "As Tomlinson eyes statewide run, she is working with high-profile strategist * "I am working with Joe Trippe of Trippe, Norton," Tomlinson said. "... I can assure you that if I determine to run for statewide office, we'll be in it to win it. And that's not something we are going to take lightly." She stopped short of saying she had hired Trippi, but one look at his resume and it's clear what he does. Most recently, he ran media on Doug Jones' successful U.S. Senate campaign in Alabama. He ran media on Jerry Brown's California successful 2010 gubernatorial campaign." --
Once again, Tom-LYING-son is working against the best interests of the future of Columbusites...only now she wants to eviscerate all of GA. Now, let's look at the "success" of Joe Trippi... in California, Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown was a shoo-in to begin with.. and in Alabama, Doug Jones was elected in a special election but won only 1 of the 7 Congressional Districts against a heavily damaged Roy Moore, but Jones will not retain that seat in 2020.

 

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What will become of "The View"? First we learned Whoopi's then boyfriend, Ted Danson dressed up in black-face at a Whoopi Friar's Club "roast", and now we learn Joy Behar also did a Halloween costume as a black woman...

 

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From the "looks like Charter-Spectrum can star as EVIL in one of it's ads" department - Online headline/story: "Charter raises sneaky “broadcast TV” fee for second time in four months * Charter Communications will raise its "broadcast TV" fee from $9.95 to $11.99 on March 1, only four months after the previous fee increase. * Hattis Law said it is also investigating reports from former Time Warner Cable customers that "fixed rates are not being honored despite Spectrum staff promising no increases." -- Two years ago, I switched to Charter/Spectrum with a promise (versus contract) that I'd get 3 years at a fixed $89.85 price.. but then after fees were added, that $89.95 became $122.00. Two n-months after I started, Charter/Spectrum took away the Golf Channel from my package, but said I could add it back for an additional $12.00 which I declined.. Now 2 years later that $122.00 has grown to $136.00 and now will go even higher.. Charter/Spectrum is EVIL, too.

 

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"We are one of the most dependable gold distributors in the business"...that's what I heard from an investment gold supplier in an ad... I did not find that comforting...I'd have preferred to hear, " No one in the gold distributing investment business is more dependable than us."

 

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Anybody got any updates on the Muscogee County Marshall Countryman's care facility issue?

 

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Online story: "A divided Supreme Court stopped Louisiana from enforcing new regulations on abortion clinics in a test of the conservative court's views on abortion rights. * The justices said by a 5-4 vote late Thursday that they will not allow the state to put into effect a law that requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals." -- Personally, I do not think that abortions are a legislative matter, but that said, why would Chief Justice Roberts deny women their best medical practices opportunity.. It seems to me that so many aspects of abortion arguments are built around a woman's choice and her health that every authorized person performing one should be able to admit the woman to a better care facility should the abortion process itself threaten her health.

Now, the big question.. why did Ginsburg get to vote.. was she physically present for the argument and the vote?

 

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GA decriminalizing marijuana possession is its the worst idea since GA passed a law to allow drive-thru purchases of cold beer.

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M/C L-E headline/story: "SECTION OF CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERWALK TO CLOSE FOR NEARLY TWO MONTHS * A section of the Chattahoochee Riverwalk will be closed for about eight weeks so work crews can relocate a storm sewer pipe, according to the City of Columbus. Officials have placed signs along the Riverwalk to illustrate the detour around the closure, which is from 12th Street to 14th Street. The closure started Feb. 5." -- Hmmm... isn't that where the $244,000.00 Queen TT Lounge was built? Now it looks like we have another "waste" issue to deal with.

 

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From the "does PeLOUSY know she and Venezuela's Maduro are on the same side" department - M/C L-E headline/story: "Aid for Venezuela arrives at border of Colombia * Maduro denies a humanitarian crisis exists." -- Hmmm.. and doesn't PeLOUSY claim there's no crisis at our border?

 

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From the "and the beat goes on.. even after Tom-LYING-son exits" department - M/C L-E headline/story: "Gunshot wound linked to remains found in woods off Victory Drive, officials say * ore than two months after possible human remains were found on a trail off Victory Drive, tests from GBI crime lab have determined a shortstatured man died of a gunshot wound, Columbus police said Wednesday. * To help identify the man, the Homicide Unit is requesting anyone with information on the identity or how the person might have been shot" -- Looks like the 2018 "number" needs to be adjusted .. now it's 34...