From the “wake up call” department - Depending on which figure you use, Columbus, GA is 2023’s 10th or 14th ranked cities in the US for “Homicides Per 100,000 Persons”. So far, we’ve had 38 hand weapon killings plus another 12 “Vehicular Homicides” (50 combined) so for a city of 200,000 people, that’s either 19 or 25 homicides per 100,000. Columbus does not show up on the FBI’s List because officials here CHOOSE not to report these figures, but we need to know them.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-city-rankings/cities-with-most-murders

The twenty cities in the United States with the highest murder rates (murders per 100,000 people) are:

1. St. Louis, MO (69.4)
2. Baltimore, MD (51.1)
3. New Orleans, LA (40.6)
4. Detroit, MI (39.7)
5. Cleveland, OH (33.7)
6. Las Vegas, NV (31.4)
7. Kansas City, MO (31.2)
8. Memphis, TN (27.1)
9. Newark, NJ (25.6)
10. Chicago, IL (24)
11. Cincinnati, OH (23.8)
12. Philadelphia, PA (20.2)
13. Milwaukee, WI (20.0)
14. Tulsa, OK (18.6)
15. Pittsburgh, PA (18.4)
16. Indianapolis, IN (17.7)
17. Louisville, KY (17.5)
18. Oakland, CA (17.1)
19. Washington D.C. (17.0)
20. Atlanta, GA (16.7)

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From the “on the other hand, stand up and cheer, Columbus, GA!” department - We're hearing so many creepy stories about teacher-student relationships that we forget how many great stories there are about dedicated teachers and their students.. Columbus L-E writer Mark Rice really captured this one...Read and enjoy!

 

https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article279294119.html

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Online headline: “Georgia Election Fraud Expert Testifies at Disbarment Trial of Trump’s Attorney John Eastman, Casts Doubt on Biden’s Win” -- hmmm... no wonder Raffensperger is so ready to move on! To boot, Raffensperger admits the Dominion system IS HACKABLE, but has authorized using the same system for the 2024 election...WITHOUT making adjustments to correct them.

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Hmm...Hunter Biden just indicted for 3 gun charges just prior to Resident Biden trying sell his economic disaster..wonder when "Bidenomics" will be changed to "Lyin-nomics"?

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Wow! Following the unexpected announcement earlier, it was surprising when Resident Biden spoke at a planned event, and did not say anything at all in his opening remarks about Hunter’s indictment... but I also I figure that the "White House handlers" didn't run anything through his Teleprompter so he might not have known about it.

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I tell you what, if the Democrats were behind Resident Biden running in 2024, yesterday's charges against Hunter would not have happened on a Thursday... the charges would have been leaked out late today (Friday) so the general public wouldn't have been exposed to it over the weekend..

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What's happening to Resident Biden now is what happened to LBJ in 1968 when he suddenly announced he would not be a candidate for re-election... Johnson never shook his attachment to Kennedy's assassination in Johnson's home state, so the Dems had to get him off the ticket.

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Resident Biden's Teleprompter was full of "half truths" yesterday... the most dastardly one was Bidenomics being better than Trump-enomics:

We're seeing the real truth about Bidenomics vs Trump-enomics locally here in Columbus GA as well as nationally... In Trump-enomics, people had more of its ownmoney to spend as we saw fit .. with Bidenomics , government has more of the people’s money to spend as it sees fit. This is what happens when there's transition from Democracy to Socialism.

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Wonder if libs have thought about this.... if everybody will HAVE to buy an Electric Vehicle, will affordable and Section 8, and other public housing complexes have to have charging stations at every parking space? Oh.. and while we're on the subject of "affordable housing issues", what about "affordable vehicles"? Even more of an issue will be "affordable used EV cars"....and think about used EVs that are 8-10 years old or older... they are going to need new battery packs, and even before Bidenflation, replacement battery packs run from $8,000-$20,000.00..

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Online headline: “Sean Penn: Trump can win the White House again if voters are ‘too cynical’” -- Hmmm… "If voters are too cynical"! How about if the voters are just well informed of facts versus the incessant liberal verbal attack..

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Online headline: “McCarthy exasperated with fellow Republicans on funding fight: 'I'm not quite sure what they want” – This demonstrates the difference between Republicans and Democrats… Some Republicans will vote against a bill that they approve of 99% of it, but don’t like 1%... On the other hand, Democrats will vote for a bill regardless of what’s in it … as long as their own pet project for their district is included. Congressman Sanford Bishop, D- GA2, is the perfect “poster child” for the Democrats..

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Online headline: “Hunter Biden sues former WH aid for altering, publishing 'pornographic' photos from 'laptop' he still denies” – Hmmm… let me get this straight.. Hunter has just admitted he pictures are legit… otherwise, he couldn’t claim “standing” in his court case… on the other hand, Hunter has now established that the women in his pictures now “]have standing” to sue him for making their pictures available online…interesting… will enjoy following this trail…

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Online headline: “NY repeat felon breaks Yonkers police officer’s nose with ‘sucker punch,’ released without bail” -- Hmmm... empty from reality is the attempt for justice when accountability is not demanded and enforced...

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Online headline: “Oliver Anthony cancels show after venue hikes up ticket prices: 'Horses--- * 'Rich Men North of Richmond' singer Oliver Anthony took issue with a Knoxville bar charging $200 for a meet and greet “ -- We have to like a man of principles!

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Online headline: “Jean-Pierre torched for ignoring question on Biden interacting with son's business partners: 'Never an answer” -- what does she mean ... "no evidence"? There's plenty of evidence... it just hasn't been presented to a jury….. YET!

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Online headline: “Lyft vouchers available for active Goodwill Southern Rivers clients” – Hmmm With Goodwill's penchant for spending so much money on accumulating material and commercial assets, I have to wonder if Goodwill is accumulating LYFT stock?

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I have two questions I'd love for a member of the Muscogee County School Board to tell our Columbus GA community. First.. of the computers provided to the students at taxpayer expense, how many were never returned? Second.. since the Library stopped collecting fines for overdue and lost books, how many books have not been returned?

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Since I’ve gotten “no Columbus GA Council response” from reporting the wrongful placement of commercial ad signs on the rights-of-way on Green Island Drive and the River Road Round-about, I called it into the City’s Service Center yesterday.. hopefully we’ll see results..

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There's a current “education” trend for "equitable grading". That's grading with a weighted thumb on the "scale". Think about two graduates applying for a new job that requires certain skills and capabilities... and you have one grad who qualified for "equitable grading" and another grad who didn't qualify for "equitable grading", and they both graduated Cum Laude. How does the interviewer "weigh" the resumes equally knowing one may be tainted by "equitable grading"?

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Online headline: “Shicago Teachers union boss defends sending son to private school after calling school choice racist” -- Ah! The Racism Card! Of course, more than than, she's played the "Elitism Card"… which according to Socialist, is more racist than racial racism!

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Online headline: “CNN declares McCarthy pushed 'unproven claims' on Biden impeachment inquiry, quietly admits they were 'true'” -- Of course CNN can say the information on Resident Biden are "unproven claims"... they haven't been presented to a jury for conviction... This just proves how biased CNN is because CNN has no problem claiming "unproven claims" about Trump are the same as being convicted.

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Resident Biden says he's doing everything he can to curtail inflation.... hmmm.. for once he's telling the truth.. Unfortunately, he doesn't have the economic knowledge nor skills nor motivation nor inclination to make it happen.

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Online headline/story: “Massachusetts National Guard deployed to assist with spiraling migrant crisis as governor calls on White House * Currently, more than 6,000 migrant families are in emergency shelters across the state. Massachusetts is a right to shelter state, and must provide emergency housing to families in need.” – Wow! Whatta wimp! Texas Governor Abbott has to deal with millions annually and has no help from Biden, and the Massachusetts governor has thrown up her hand in desperation over a few thousand! Of course, she might get more support nationally if she’ll refer to them truthfully… they AREN’T MIGRANTS… they are ILLEGAL ALIENS!

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From the “If you ever had doubts about California being the land of wackos, this should end it” - department - Online story: “California's law banning the marketing of firearms to minors is probably unconstitutional under the 1st Amendment, a federal appellate court ruled Wednesday. * Writing for a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Circuit Judge Kenneth K. Lee wrote that while the ban may be intended to diminish gun violence, the "First Amendment demands more than good intentions and wishful thinking to warrant the government’s muzzling of speech." * California allows minors to use guns under adult supervision for hunting and other activities, Lee wrote, and the state "cannot straitjacket the First Amendment by, on the one hand, allowing minors to possess and use firearms and then, on the other hand, banning truthful advertisements about that lawful use of firearms." – “the marketing of firearms to minors is probably unconstitutional under the 1st Amendment “? Good grief! “probably unconstitutional”… under the 1st Amendment ? Sorta makes sense, though, since California wants to erase the 2nd Amendment out of the Constitution…yet, ironically, California feels minors can decide to “kill off their natural gender” with or with parental approval…

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Well, the UAW “strike” is under way!