From the "where do the other 262,000,000 of us line up?" department - Online story: "Online story: "Jussie Smollett has refused to pay more than $130,000 to reimburse Chicago investigative costs and the city said Thursday it will sue the "Empire" actor for the money as reimbursement for investigating what officials say was phony racist, anti-gay attack that Smollett staged. * Mayor Rahm Emanuel's law chief sent Smollett a March 28 letter demanding he pay $130,106 — plus 15 cents — within seven days." -- About 262 MILLION of us, blacks and whites in US, were slurred and damaged by Smollett being a Mullet, so where do we join to file a class action law suit for the permanent damages Smollett inflicted on racial tolerance!

 

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I see the Bezos divorce has been financially settled.. Not sure why I feel Mrs Bezos should go after her lawyer for malfeasance after getting on 25% of Amazon, but have a tough time feeling her getting $36 Billion would garner much sympathy. I did understand why she rescinded any claims or a portion of the WaPo... no mother would want to defend herself against a very wronged 16 year old.

 

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From the 'me thinks the lawyer is too full of herself" department - "“This is a serious court proceeding,” San Francisco-based attorney Debra F. Bogaards — who has advised countless clients and experts on what to wear for court, depositions and mediations * Bogaards, who wrote about the importance of courtroom attire for Plaintiff magazine’s “Dressing Your Client for Success at Deposition and Trial,” talked to us about what she saw that seemed right — and wrong. * “Loughlin is way too smiley and wanting to greet her fans, but she is being rushed along by her attorneys/handlers,” Bogaards observes. While her camel pantsuit works — Bogaards advises her clients to wear gray, navy and brown to court because it helps them appear more honest — the light gray shirt below it is “too casual for the severity of the federal court appearance.” Instead, she would have suggested a button-up white starched crisp blouse to “convey a more rigid and formal message.” --

 

You know, when a lawyer has published "what to wear to look honest" guidelines, and a juror or two have read about it, then wouldn't those jurors feel any client who showed up wearing such apparel was probably guilty and chose to dress to look "not guilty"?

 

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From the "if you haven't seen this, this is why Trump is my President!" department - Online story: “WELCOME BACK JOE!” Trump tweeted along with an embedded video that has a superimposed Biden “massaging” his own shoulders as he offered an explanation for his history of physical contact. " -- Who but Trump is smart enough to use Biden's own meme against Biden himself!

 

https://globalnews.ca/video/5131315/trump-posts-trolling-video-of-biden-following-inappropriate-touching-allegations

 

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Hmmmm...where's Mrs Creepy Joe Biden been...you'd think...uh..feel.. that she'd been out defending her hubby in public rather than cooped up who knows where..

 

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This is a repeat comment, but last month I passed on a :list" about "the worst states for women" and the irony that not only were the worst 18 all Democrat run, but those 18 states were 18 of the 20 that voted for Hellary in 2016..I wanted to add.. :Hey, Stacey Abrams! You should have moved to one of those 18.. the women of GA know a good thing.. and you aren't that.

 

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Not too long ago, there was a multi-group of enforcement officers who performed a raid on the Pain Center on Whitesville Road here in Columbus, GA. I didn't hear any post event details, but something happened that warrants more than what we've been given.

 

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Has anyone else heard about that Foster home employee's sexual "messaging" to a minor kept at Countryman's home business? Until yesterday, I had no idea that was part of the shenanigans going on, and it brings a totally different issue into play about investigators being turned away at the door.

 

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To quote a NYTimes favorite word. "some" Democrats are wanting Mueller to testify, under oath, at the House Committee sessions. I'm sure Mueller will jump at this opportunity for Republicans to ask him perjury trap questions...yeah, right..

 

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With testimony from 500 people, how can 'any' much less 'some' of the Mueller Team be concerned that any stone was left unturned?

 

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Online headline: "Virginia Governor Who Supported Infanticide Signs Bill to Make Animal Cruelty a Felony" -- Unfortunately, this is the priority of the Democrat Party.. wonder if Governor Northam has a special thought for Pandas.. he seems to have a special connection with anything "black-faced".

 

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From the "please pass along to Stacey Abrams" department - Will someone tell her non-aborted babies will be registered voters one day.

 

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From the "I guess being bitten on the arse in California is painless in a sanctuary situation" department - Online story: "An undocumented immigrant accused of more than 100 child-related sex offenses has been arrested, according to Louisiana officials. * KLFY reported that Miguel Martinez, 44, was arrested on 100 counts of possession of pornography involving juveniles under the age of 13, one count of production under 13, and one count of sexual battery of a juvenile under 13. * Martinez, deported once before, in 2005, is a registered sex offender in California." -- what can I add...

 

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It's not just the wall on the Mexican border we need.. we also need on on California's Eastern and Northern borders.. California is leaking liberals into Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and Arizona, too!

 

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Online headline: "Ex-Clinton aide faces backlash for mocking McConnell's fall, refuses to apologize" -- Of course he's refusing to apologize.... seeming to be civil , decent, or sympathetic to senior citizens would set a a bad precedence for Democrats!

 

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Online headline: "Nkechi Diallo, aka Rachel Dolezal, reaches settlement in welfare fraud case" -- Good grief.. why does this not surprise us.. She tried to change her ethnicity to black without success, so now she's trying to give herself a different ethnicity by changing her name. Please pay for Rachel... to be comfortable in the skin God created for her...

 

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Online story: "House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler is being accused of hypocrisy by Republican critics for moving to subpoena Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report, as vintage video surfaces from the Clinton days showing him urging caution regarding the release of details from then-Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's report. * Committee Ranking Member Doug Collins, R-Ga., blasted Nadler, D-N.Y., on Wednesday for voting to authorize subpoenas, noting that in 1998, Nadler sought to protect grand jury material." -- It's not that Democrats have short... or convenient .. memories, it's just that when they talk out of both sides of their mouths, they forget what lie they told o whom..

 

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The Greater Columbus, GA Chamber of Commerce.... does anyone know where it's offices are now? The website and Facebook page still show it as 1200 6th Avenue, but we know that the Train Depot was sold to ex-Mayor Tom-LYING-son's old law firm (at a very favorable price and FMV tax base). Maybe the Chamber should e=evaluate it's claim of "We do Amazing".. well, at least until out of tine business scouts know where to go...

 

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From the "has anyone asked the Obamas about this?" department - Online headline:"Farrakhan claims to be Jesus in 'Saviours' Day' address: 'I am the Messiah' -- Dear Jesus.. we know better!

 

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From the "stupidity has been redefined" department -- Online headline/story: "Mark Cuban: 'We're being really, really, really stupid' on immigration * Texas billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban criticized the Trump administration's immigration policy this week, calling it “really stupid” for turning away “really educated people.”" -- Glad he included himself in his erudite "we" eruption! We can now add Mark Cuban's picture to the Webster Dictionary "examples" . Trump has always advocated that we welcome smart, industrious and educated immigrant to America.. Hey Cuban.. name one of the aliens who cross our border illegally who fit this description.

 

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Online headline/story: "US weekly jobless claims drop to the lowest level since 1969 * Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped to 202,000 for the week ended March 30, the lowest level since early December 1969, the Labor Department said." -- Well.. hmmm. the current list of names includes: Officially in: Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan (45), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (52), former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (46), former Gov. John Hickenlooper (67), Gov. Jay Inslee (68), Sen. Bernie Sanders (77), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (58), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (69), Sen. Cory Booker (49), Sen. Kamala Harris (54), ex-San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro (44), Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (37), former Rep. John Delaney (55), Miramar, Fla., Mayor Wayne Messam (44), author Marianne Williamson (66) and former tech executive Andrew Yang (44). You know.. Biden hasn't announced yet, but he's 76. Here's a list of 17 Democrats who say they can do better than Trump, but 7 of them have never know better economic times than now and the other 10 are pretty part of the problem that Trump has fixed.. Electing any of these is tantamount to diving into the ocean wearing concrete swim fins.

 

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From the "style before function...uh...dysfunction" department - Online headline/story: "Plan for homeless center in Pelosi's district leads to raucous public meeting; SF mayor jeered * an Francisco Mayor London Breed was heckled and jeered during a raucous community meeting Wednesday to discuss a controversial homeless center proposal along the city’s waterfront that has attracted dueling online fundraisers from critics and supporters. * "Homelessness is the number one problem that we face in our city. You cannot be upset about homelessness and then when I propose a real solution, then you’re upset about it," Breed said while trying to discuss plans to build a 200-bed Homeless Navigation Center in the city's Embarcadero section." -- Hmmm... a 44,000 sq ft center with 200 beds homeless shelter... in a city with closer to 8,000 homeless. You know.. the San Francisco homeless should just declare themselves criminals and get better treatment with "sanctuary city status".

 

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Online headline: "ICE arrests more than 280 at Texas business, biggest workplace immigration raid in a decade" -- You know, when a company has this many illegal aliens working, it's obviously an intentional avoidance of E-verify and US employment laws, and Corporate Executives should also be served and arrested!

 

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M/C L-E headline/story: "EXCLUSIVE: TOMLINSON TO TAKE FIRST OFFICIAL STEP IN SENATE BID * Tomlinson has spent years in public eye" -- "spent"? It's more like "SPIT" in taxpayer's eyes! You know.. It was announced yesterday that our nation's unemployment filings hit a new 50 year low, and the L-E chose to run this garbage about our former mayor who orchestrated more job losses and a dwindling citizen count and on the front page during an economic boom.

 

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I didn't know William D. Feeney.. but my youngest daughter did.. and she's saddened by his tragic death.. because I know my daughter .. I am sad, too.

From the "Bias? What bias?" department - Online headline/story: "Mueller's team reportedly believes its findings are more dangerous to Trump than Barr indicated * Some of the investigators who worked with the special counsel Robert Mueller on the FBI's Russia investigation believe their findings are more damaging to President Donald Trump than Attorney General William Barr has indicated, The New York Times reported on Wednesday." - Good grief.. of course "some" of the investigators "feel" this way because these "some" were not looking for he truth, but for justifying their existence in the eyes of MSM-13 and the DNC.

 

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Online story: "U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) has asked the Internal Revenue Service to provide six years of President Donald Trump's personal and business tax returns." -- Aside from this being a tactic associated with despotism, what really ought to be requested from the IRS is the tax returns of every Congresspersons' tax returns from the year they were first elected so we can see how they became millionaires working on the taxpayers dime.

 

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From the "I love lists" department - The top three states f the most SEX OFFENDERS are 1- Oregon, 2-Arkansas, and 3-Delaware.. Not sure how/why Oregon is the worst, but Arkansas was the state of Governor Slick Willie Clinton, and Delaware IS the home of Creepy Joe Biden.

 

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Online headline: "Beto O’Rourke says Biden accusers ‘must be heard,' dodges questions on whether ex-VP should drop 2020 aspirations" -- Poor Beto O'Jerk... being asked questions about women's rights when he's on record for fantasizing about cows..

 

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From the "as California defines "United" .. as in United States... a bit differently than our Forefathers imagined" department - Online headline/story: "California bans travel to South Carolina over adoption law, making 10 states on no-go list * Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Tuesday extended California’s ban on taxpayer-funded trips to a 10th state, adding South Carolina to a list of mostly southern states where public employees and college students can’t travel for official business." -- Hmmm .. "mostly southern states".. I imagine it can be narrowed down a bit more with ALL are Trump states...The 10 states are: SC, AL, KY, SD, TX, KS MS, TN, NC, and OK.. You know, perhaps CA should just not send it's Representatives to Washington,D.C. either where they will have to associate and play with representatives form these 10 states.

 

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Why is the capture of Rapper Nipsey Hussle killer being tiptoed around by MSM-13.. We know the Killer's name is Eric Holder ... is there some difficulty separating killer Eric Holder from former Attorney General and gun-runner Eric Holder?

 

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With all the issues brought out about the "foster house" owned by Marshal Countryman, has anyone found out how/why any elected official can have a contract with the state of Georgia?

 

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Lest we forget... We know ex-mayor Tom-LYING-son has higher aspirations in the Democratic Party hierarchy. She's got her own website aimed at covering up the fallacies reality gave us when she was mayor here, and we need to keep an eye on it.. WE all know how the "fish" someone caught seems to get bigger and bigger every time they tell someone about their success. I haven't decided whether her website was designed by Pinocchio or Jon Lovitz or the Clintons. Put her website bookmark on you Tool Bar" for easy access to it:

 

https://teresatomlinson.com/accomplishments/

 

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Heard a news anchor describe Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as "changing" the Democrat Party...I disagree! AOC is EXPOSING the Democratic Party.

 

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From the "hypocrisy.. thy name is Democrats." department - M/C L-E headline/story: "House vote condemns attack on Affordable Care Act * The vote, 240-186, was nonbinding, but it documented the House’s support of the health law, " -- "documented the House's support of the health law"? Seriously? The Democrats ave ABANDONED ObamaCare.. guess some of them finally read it, and now they are focused on "Medicare for All" rather than trying to FIX the Affordable Care Act ..

 

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I love college basketball, and will be pulling hard for Auburn this weekend, but I', sue glad I'm not a die-hard fan.. It's being played in Minneapolis at the NFL stadium that seats 66.860 for NFL games but will be expanded for the NCAA Final 4. In perspective, I attended a Knicks/Spurs game in 1977 in the New Madison Square Garden (seating capacity of 20,000). It was Bill Bradley's final year and the rookie year of George "the Sandman" Gervin. I was staying across the street and saw a sign advertising the game that night. I walked over and bout a ticket. The agent said he had a single ticket at mid-court if I didn't mind paying $14.00 for it. I twas halfway between the court and the nose-bleed section. I felt sorry for those fans as I needed binoculars to see the jersey numbers. I cannot imagine anyone attending the nose-bleed section of US Bank Arena in Minneapolis really getting to see the action on the court ... even if they HAVE binoculars.

 

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Pop Test! The NIT is being played.. I thought it should have "died" when the NCAA expanded the BB championship to 64/68 teams because.. literally, the winner of the NIT would be no better than 69th ranked.. The NIT Finals are tonight and will be contested by the Lipscomb Bisons and Texas Longhorns. These are your two questions: Where is Lipscomb?, and 2 - Will Beto O'Jerk toss up the first ball?

 

From the "change... Shicago.. we'll see"?" department - Former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot defeated a longtime political insider Tuesday to become Chicago's next mayor, * Lightfoot, who had never been elected to public office, easily defeated Toni Preckwinkle, who served in the City Council for 19 years before becoming Cook County Board president. Preckwinkle also is chairwoman of the county Democratic Party. * Lightfoot promised to rid City Hall of corruption and help low-income and working-class people she said had been "left behind and ignored" by Chicago's political ruling class. It was a message that resonated with voters weary of political scandal and insider deals" -- Hmmm .. so Democrats voters voted against the head of he Shicago Democratic Party chairperson. Apparently, the "drain the swamp" message of Trump is taking hold across the country..

 

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Speaking of "draining the swamp"...Online story: "The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it had charged the chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party, Robert "Robin" Hayes, and a major political donor in a corruption scheme that targeted a state official. * According to an indictment unsealed on Tuesday, Hayes worked with business executive Greg Lindberg to bribe state insurance commissioner Mike Causey. * Causey reported the effort to law enforcement officials and cooperated in the investigation, authorities say. * The two men, along with insurance executives John Gray, 68, and John Palermo, 63, were charged with bribery and conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud." -- What a tribute to President Trump! He promised to "drain the swamp", and is doing so regardless of the political angst of either Republicans or Democrats! Trump 2020!

 

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Online headline/story: "Jussie Smollett case outcome raises questions of celebrity justice * Arewa Karen Winters, a Black Lives Matter activist whose nephew was killed by Chicago police in 2016, said she was “appalled” by the decision. * “I never thought I would agree with the Chicago Police Department on anything,” she said. “I think it’s elitism, and it’s black privilege. If he had been Ray-Ray in the ’hood, he would have been looking at some jail time.” -- Wow! BLM finally gets some credit from me! Just hope this is a wake up call for BLM that people of all color matter and will band together to fight injustice.. Smollett's concession of his bail money prove his guilt.. no truly innocent person would have forfeited that money..

 

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From the "common sense" department - Online story: "One evangelical preacher is supporting Trump’s border wall dream and using the Bible to support it, even claiming that heaven itself will have a wall around it. * Pastor of First Baptist Dallas Church in Texas, Robert Jeffress has been a huge supporter of Trump * “The Bible says even Heaven itself is gonna have a wall around it,” Jeffress stated on the show. “Not everybody is going to be allowed in. So if walls are immoral, then God is immoral.” -- Even the Pearly Gates need a wall to be attached to ...Now, entry is easy... just honestly accept Jesus Christ as your Savior, and the gates will be opened.

 

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What is it with MSM-13 that it hasn't delved into an obvious question? A suspect has been identified in the murder of rapper Nipsey Hussle in Los Angeles.. The killer has been identified as Eric Holder, age 29.. You know when a suspect has the same name as a former US Attorney General, I would think even MSM-13 might be curious enough to wonder if there is a connection, and when you look up images of the 29 year old, and see that there is a noticeable resemblance..and the age difference (69 and 29) fit in to scale, the question of relationship jumps out at you..

 

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From the "DOH!" department - Online headline/story: "Manhattan real-estate sales just booked their worst first quarter since the financial crisis * Sales slid 2.7% to the fewest since the period between January and March since 2009, according to a report released Tuesday by Douglas Elliman Real Estate, a brokerage company in New York City." -- Good grief! I imagine so after all the wealthy in NYC are running as fast as they can to escape the Socialistic ways and taxes of Mayor de Bl@sio and promises of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

 

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It kills me the way that MSM-13 reports Trumps moves.. Today's headline reads "Trump eases up on border shutdown threat". What it h=fails to say is that Trump is a good negotiator. Trump knows that when making a deal, and the other side shows some willingness to concede a bit, Trump will encourage the other side by saying "I hear you, were getting closer, and I want you to know I will work with you." This is what works.. not stonewalling.

 

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The Dem Spinmeisters on Fox are worse than the politicians they shill for.. one went do far to say one of Biden's peccadilloes happened way back in 2009 should not be an issue.. she felt a lot differently about unsupported claims against Judge Kavanaugh being exacerbated over unsubstantiated acts that purportedly occurred in the early 1980s when he was in high school.

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Online headline: "Barbara Bush didn’t consider herself Republican, blamed Trump for ‘heart attack,’ new book says" -- For good reason, too.. after seeing Trump in action, there was no way to describe any of the Bushes as Republicans.

 

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From the Socialist-Democrat's concept of government at work" department - There's another story relegated to obscurity by the Jussie Smollett debacle in Shicago..the plight of the Venezuelan citizens under the thumb of Maduro.. Now Maduro has ordered a travel ban on Guaido, and is wanting to strip him of his prosecutorial immunity.. These are straight out of the Marxist playbook revered by the US Democrat Party.

 

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It's ironic..Trump says he has a better healthcare plan to propose than ObamaCare ever was, but won't introduce until 2020 because House Democrats will not pass it.. You'll also notice that Democrats, while bemoaning the demise of ObamaCare, have all but abandoned it by pushing for "Medicare for All" versus trying to fix ObamaCare. Trump and Republicans should campaign in 2020 based on a promised that with the new Republican Healthcare Act, your favorite old doctors will welcome you back.

 

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The Democrat mantra is.. In a word.. pathetic.. The only issue that seems important to the Democrat leadership is finding a candidate that can beat Trump, yet there's no discussion emphasizing ...spelling out... a plan that most Americans would respond to with their votes of confidence.

 

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Online headline: "Meghan McCain tweets support for Joe Biden, calls him 'truly decent and compassionate" -- Good grief...now we KNOW she has an issue with white white headed old men.

 

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Online story: "Minor league baseball is known for wild promotions, cheap food and zany mascots -- and more than a few teams have another memorable feature: a great name. * The Biloxi Shuckers season starts April 4 against the Birmingham Barons, and they will host the 2019 Southern League All-Star Game on June 18." -- You know.. the Birmingham Barons use to play our Columbus teams years ago.. and they are still hitting away. And Columbus teams had some great names as well.. watched them as The "Foxes", the "Confederate Yankees, the "Astros", the "Mudcats", the Red Stixx" up until Council killed of minor league baseball by screwing up Golden Park for softball. Then some inconsequential seasons of the "Catfish" (still have a baseball signed by "Hook" from a game I took my daughter) and "Sand Gnats" But detriment all began with the decision to renovate Golden Park into a softball facility for a one time bust event.. Charlie Morrow's team was relegated .. not just to left field, but in foul territory near left field..It was convenient to have a nice college program, but a college setting just was not good for minor league baseball. Now we have a further decaying structure on our hands that can not be removed for other ideas.. guess Council i waiting until 2042 when Golden Park hits the 47 year mark from it's overhaul for the 1996 Olympics and will self-destruct..

 

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Online headline/story: "Georgia legislators pushing to repeal death penalty * A bipartisan group of Georgia legislators have introduced a bill in the state House of Representatives to repeal the death penalty. * House Bill 702 was introduced on Thursday, March 29 Republican Rep. Brett Harrell, of Snellville. Backers of the bill include Democrats Scott Holcomb, William Boddie, Robert Trammel, and Republicans Scott Turner and Bill Werkheiser. * "First, evidence has shown that it's really not a deterrent to violent crime," Harrell said, adding that "death cases typically cost three times what it would cost to sentence someone to life without parole."" -- Bipartisan... NOT! MSM-13 just can't resist calling 3 RINOs a bipartisan movement! But, to claim the death penalty is not a deterrent nor cost effective is not the fault of the sentence.. what we need is prompt enforcement of the death sentence so "natural death by old age" does not come into play!

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From the "really think about this" department - Online headline/story: "British ISIS Bride admits she was 'brainwashed' into believing ISIS, hopes for second chance * British ISIS bride Shamima Begum admitted that she’s unlikely to come back to Britain after the government revoked her citizenship, but insisted that the terror group “brainwashed” her." -- Good grief.. why would Britain WANT anybody to come in under any circumstances that freely admits he/she has been brainwashed in the ways of Islamic terrorism?

 

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Online headline: "Rep. Ilhan Omar probed for allegedly spending $6,000 of campaign funds on divorce attorney, personal travel" -- Good grief.. if she'd been married to me, I'd have gladly paid her expenses to expedite a divorce! 

Maybe Trump should describe his plans for the wall based on he's now for "Climb-it Change " . PeLOUSY would have all Democrats supporting in by supper time.

 

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What is it with CNN....after 2+ years of unwarranted public flogging, MSM-13 is horrified that Trump is effervescent about the Mueller Report. Trump took more low blows than Rocky did in the ring so he deserves his moment of exoneration!

 

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From the "what are the chances?" department - HuffPOOPOO headline: "LAPD identifies Eric Holder as suspect in deadly Nipsey Hussle shooting" -- Eric Holder? Like the same name as our former gun-running US Attorney General? Their eyes look close enough for a DNA test .

 

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From the "it depends" department - Online story: "Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on Monday expressed shock over the price of a croissant at a New York City airport and used it to make a point about raising the minimum wage. * “Croissants at LaGuardia are going for SEVEN DOLLARS A PIECE,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, adding a “Scream” emoji. “Yet some people think getting a whole hour of personal, dedicated human labor for $15 is too expensive?” _- Good grief.. Good grief! Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's anger about the cost of living in New York City would be better served by going after Mayor de Bl@sio...de Bl@sio just got a new tax to go into effect in 2020 to charge cars an $11.52 per day tax to drive into New York City. The $7.00 charge at the airport is probably just another de Bl@sio "tax" to catch all the New Yorkers who are fleeing NYC to live anywhere else.

 

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I was looking at a series of LA/Hollywood and San Francisco celebrities' mansions... and thought to my self.. these overly pious advocates for humanity issues probably have enough unused bedrooms in their collective mansions to eliminate all the homeless people from the streets of their cities. Hey, Michael Moore.. make a movie about this!

 

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Biden is finally getting his due...well, since he Mueller Report didn't fare well for them, I guess the Democrats/MSM-13 needed a fall guy to sacrifice so Gov Northam, Jussie Smollett, and Gov Hickenlooper don't have to explain their various perversions.

 

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Though meant as an April Fools Day joke, Tim Chitwood's column did touch too close to reality to totally ignore it...so if the Government Center runs short of helmets, perhaps people can be given orange barrels to protect themselves....there's certainly no shortage of them here in Columbus.

 

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From the "new math certainly is a liars best friend" department - Online headline/story: "Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh takes indefinite leave of absence amid book controversy * In a letter released earlier Monday, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, called on the state prosecutor to investigate allegations of self-dealing by Pugh. State Comptroller Peter Franchot, a Democrat, urged the mayor to step down immediately. * Hogan and Franchot's calls came hours after health care firm Kaiser Permanente disclosed to The Baltimore Sun that between 2015 and 2018, it paid $114,000 for roughly 20,000 copies of Pugh's self-published "Healthy Holly" children's book series. * Since 2011, Pugh has received $500,000 for selling the books to the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS), The Associated Press reported. The $4 billion hospital network, one of the largest private employers in the state, reportedly paid Pugh for 100,000 copies of her books between 2011 and 2018. * Additionally, The Sun reported that CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, another city health provider, effectively bought Pugh's roughly 20-page illustrated books for $14,500 in 2011 and 2014. In an email, CareFirst said it made contributions to Associated Black Charities, a nonprofit that manages the city's Children and Youth Fund, to fund its purchase and distribution of books. * The firm Pugh identified as her books' printer said it produced only 60,000 copies and did not have any more orders from Pugh." -- Let me get this right.. 60,000 books were printed.. and one medical company bought 20,000 copies, another bought 100,000 copies, and another about $14,000.00 worth of them (number undisclosed).. So far, that sounds like 120,000 copies (plus the $14,000.00 worth) yet only 60,000 were initially printed. Sounds like a scam and political bribery.

 

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Bernie says that if he is elected, he will cut prescription drug prices in half. Hmmm...I know of but one way he can do that, and that would be to Nationalize..like Cuba..private businesses, which, for all intents and purposes, would mean that there wouldn't be profits to tax for operating revenue..

 

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From the "this probably explains Shicago's State Attorney's disdain for the Police in Shicago" department - Online headline/story: "Conference featuring 2020 Dems begins with fiery chant quoting fugitive cop-killer Assata Shakur * Conference featuring 2020 Dems begins with fiery chant quoting fugitive cop-killer Assata Shakur * Shakur was convicted of the 1973 murder of a New Jersey state trooper when she was in the Black Liberation Army. After escaping from prison in 1979, Shakur fled to Cuba, which granted her asylum even as she remains on the FBI's list of most-wanted fugitive terrorists. * Watkins said. "But I want you to do something with me. I'm gonna actually have you participate with me in repeating some words from a leader by the name of Assata Shakur. So if you could stand up -- if you can't stand, it's okay -- but I want you to repeat after me." * Watkins then quoted Shakur, pausing to let attendees repeat after him: “It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.” * Shakur's words, in turn, were appropriated from the final sentences of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels' Communist Manifesto: "The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Proletarians of All Countries, Unite!" * Among the groups in attendance were the Sierra Club, MoveOn.org, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, SEIU and Communications Workers of America." -- You know, when you go to a baseball game, you will be told you can't tell the players apart unless you get a scorecard. Well, this list of attendees IS the political scorecard you need to print out.. and compare to every politician's donor list!

 

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Let's parse the definition of "affectionate style"...this is the phrase being bandied around to excuse the hands on antics of Creepy Uncle Joe Biden... how is this any different than the "affectionate style" of Bill Clinton...or..Teddy Kennedy, or Gary Hart, or Ted Bundy even..I'm listening.

 

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From the "absolute absurdity" department - Online story: "The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in a 5-4 decision against a death row inmate in Missouri who claimed that his execution by lethal injection would cause him "severe harm and suffering" because he suffers from a rare disease. * lawyers for Bucklew argued that in his particular case, the disease, called cavernous hemangioma, is progressive and causes an "unstable blood-filled tumor to grow in his head, neck and throat," and they concluded that if he were to undergo lethal injection he could suffer from prolonged suffocation." -- My first question is "How did this ever get into the US Supreme Court's docket! It's not like the lethal injection is suppose to give him new life!Oh,, and my second question is, "Why doesn't the lawyer just shoot his client so his death sentence won't cause him any more suffering?

 

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Wow...just thought about this...I actually enjoyed watching the NCAA basketball games this weekend...and it wasn't just the results...I just realized that I enjoyed them because. I didn't have to listen to Dick Vitale.

 

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From the "this should be painted above the entrance door of every Planned Parenthood facility, and printed in every Democrat's political ad" department - Online headline: "Democrat Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg: “You’re Not Free” if You Can’t Kill Your Baby in Abortion" -- And Pete Butt-gig's mother should be asked why her son feels this way but she wasn't...

 

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I've enjoyed not seeing Geraldo on Fox News recently. Today, he confirmed why I feel this way. He criticized Trump for stopping foreign aid to Central American countries because the money is needed to improve the conditions for the citizens there. DOH! That's exactly why Trump is right to stop those funds.. they don't get to the people's needs as it is.

 

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From the "good luck with that" department - Online fairy tale: "Beto O’Rourke pledged Monday to sign an executive order requiring his Cabinet secretaries to hold monthly public town halls if he’s elected president." -- you know, to begin with, even IF Beto O'Jerk COULD get elected, no worthwhile choices for a Cabinet position would subject themselves to the indignity of a monthly public flogging. Of course, I'm dying to know who.. or what.. he would appoint to be Secretary of Agriculture.. who..or whatever would probably scare cattle ranchers to death!

 

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While it's hard not to question the addition of a Chief-of-Staff to the Columbus, GA Mayor's office since the Columbus has a City Manager and two Deputy City Managers, little is known about the C-o-S's salary.. His name has not been added to the publicly accessible salary database..

 

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Online headline: "Is race at play in Atlanta airport takeover bid?" -- Well, if not, it will be before this ends.. In politics, if there isn't a legitimate defense, you can count on those under pressure to toss out the race card whenever possible.

 

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Online story: "Computer science courses will be required in every Georgia high school, if new legislation is signed into law. * Senate Bill 108 requires a course in at least one high school in every school district by the fall of 2022 and in half the high schools per district the next year. The course would have to be available in every public high school by the 2024-25 school year. * Less than half a percent of high school graduates have taken computer science, his bill says, yet there are “thousands” of unfilled jobs. And the logic learned in computer science can be generally applied." -- Good grief.. when I ran for Mayor of Columbus in 1990.. that's almost 30 years ago now, I made the statement that all our high schools should be required.. mandated... to teach computer spread sheet math and a computer English writing courses to all Juniors and Seniors so that they would be prepared to either go to college or enter the work field with the needed skills. Where did these 30 year go that it's now finally being addressed?

 

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Online headline: "Abrams calls Georgia's abortion bill 'evil,' says it could influence her political future" -- Good grief.. if Stacey Abrams' momma is still living, I hope Stacey goes to see her and thank her for NOT having an abortion. It's likely to be the ONLY "thanks" she will get.

 

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M/C L-E headline: "US officers to be reassigned to deal with crush at border" -- I can hear Fred Sanford now, "Elizabeth.. it's the BIG one.. I'm coming to see you!" The M/C L-E actually described the happenings at the US/Mexican border like it is a crisis.. yet would not go so far as to actually call it one...

 

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Well, after 27 years of construction, the RiverWalk is officially completed... let's see.. this means that in just 20 more years, the RiverWalk will be 47 years old.. the same as our Government Center is now.. Guess we can expect the City to say we need to replace it then.

 

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From the "meanwhile, buried on page 6A" department - M/C L-E headline/story: "Manufacturing activity increased in March * U.S. manufacturers grew at a faster pace in March, as the pace of employment jumped and new orders and production improved. * The Institute for Supply Management, an association of purchasing managers, said Monday that its manufacturing index rose to 55.3 last month, up from 54.2 in February. Readings above 50 point toward an expansion in manufacturing. * ISM’s survey of companies for the index is a sign that economic growth should continue, despite concern about the global economy." -- Even with the exoneration by the Mueller Report, the M/C L-E is not going to show good news about the Trump economy where the casual reader will ever see it.

And then there were 4... and Auburn... yeah.. the Auburn Tigers are one of them. Auburn beat UNC and KY this weekend to get there.. Now ... are you ready for this.. I proudly yell.. War Damn Eagle! .... Don't get use to this..but they earned it!

 

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You know, as of last Thursday morning there was a chance.. a very good chance, that the Final 4 would be comprised of the 4 Number 1 seeds...Duke, VA, UNC, and Gonzaga.. only VA made it.

 

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Some Yahoo, BEN WEINRIB, has written a book about Trump always cheating at golf.. as do most golfers (pros and top amateurs playing in competition mostly excepted). some groups "improve their lie" by rolling the ball over in the fairway by agreement, most groups allow "mulligans" (a second choice) on the first tee, some groups may even have side bets between themselves or as a team against other group.. even y=though most golf clubs state betting is illegal. In other words, most golfers are out to have fun with their friends and themselves.. so, if you really want to call someone a "cheater" lets' give credit where credit is obviously deserved.. Ben Weinrib is a cheater.. he feels he is a write/author, but real authors write about their personal experiences and personal knowledge.. not hearsay...

 

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Looks like Joe Biden's "cloak of invisibility" has worn out.. women are stepping forward with creepy accounts of his misogyny.. here's a suggested site for all to amass them #CreepyBleepVeep

 

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From the "What's worse than a RINO? A Whino!" department - Online story: "Conservative commentator Ann Coulter took to Twitter Sunday and slammed President Trump. * “How could you betray them like this, @realDonaldTrump? More than TWO-THIRDS of your donors were sending in $20 checks because they believed in you,” Coulter wrote, citing data that a majority of donations to his campaign came from small donors." -- Good grief! First, Coulter is no more a "conservative" than Anderson Cooper... if she was a conservative... for that matter, a relevant journalist, she'd be exposing the leftist agenda.. Secondly, Trump is ..and will be our hero, and we'll send donations to Trump regardless of her irrelevant opinion..

 

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From the "we gotta improve our education system!" department - Online headline: "Beto O’Rourke: We risk 'becoming a democracy in name only" -- Good grief! The US has NEVER been a Democracy.. and hopefully never will! Our Founding Fathers worked hard at to make our form of government a Limited Republic with a system of checks and balances to avoid.. yes AVOID the pitfall of a Democracy.. the glib-tongued eighth grader like Beto O'Jerk who'll promise free ice cream at lunch and all A's on your report cards.in order to get your vote.

 

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Seriously...did I read about the 6th Annual Wine Tasting Mingle to support the Homeless Resource Network here in Columbus...did anyone think this through...an alcohol laced event to promote the welfare of people highly affected by addictive substances?

 

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Online headline/story: "Bipartisan lawmakers aim to end Georgia death penalty * It was introduced by state Rep. Brett Harrell, a Snellville Republican * GOP backers include Bill Werkheiser of Glennville and Scot Turner of Holly Springs. Remember these Republicans next election cycle: Harrell, Werkheiser, and Turner, and make sure they never return to Atlanta in a political endeavor..

 

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From the "whatta the Las Vegas odds?" department - Online story: "The security chief for Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos said on Saturday that the Saudi government had access to Bezos' phone and gained private information from it." -- Hmmm ... sorry, but the only thing that interests me is know whether it was... or wasn't .. an Apple iPhone....especially with Apple's pride in its security software and Apple's lack of helping our government retrieve data from captured.. or dead..terrorists.

 

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Online headline/story: "Far-left AOC, Pressley push back against Dem leaders' bid to shield incumbents from primary challengers * Far-left U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts are pushing back against a plan by the House Democrats' campaign arm to block progressive challengers from running against incumbents in party primary elections." -- You know.. if the Steve Scalise and Kevin McCarthy urge conservative challengers to get into the Republican primaries and challenge/displace RINOs, then only run ads about Democrats' after-birth abortions,anti border security, the GanGRENE New Deal, and Jussie Smollett, the Republicans can sweep the House and Senate in 2020.

 

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From the "Headline bias? What headline bias?" department - Online headline/story: "Tiffany Trump's spring break trip to Serbia reportedly cost U.S. $23,000 * The second-year Georgetown University law student was on spring break when she traveled to Serbia * The site calculated the cost based on a purchase order for rooms at the Square Nine hotel in Belgrade. As a member of the president’s immediate family, Trump gets complete Secret Service protection when she travels" -- You know.. MSM-13 had no interest in tax dollars spent by the Obamas taking Bo the Dog on vacations. You know, when Michelle Obama took her daughters and staff of nearly 20 to Africa, it was guesstimated at over $424,000.00, Interestingly, Judicial Watch said it based the jet costs on the Pentagon's hourly rates for the C-32A aircraft used for the trip. The documents don't give exact cost calculations, which is typical for presidential and first family trips. Now.. how come MSM-13 is interested in Trumps room rates since no publicly released document would show this?

 

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From the "I love lists!" department - Online headline/story: "Worst States for Women":

 

1. New York
> Female earnings as pct. of male: 88.6% (the highest)
> Pct. mgmt. jobs held by women: 41.1% (8th highest)
> Pct. 3-4 yr. olds enrolled in state pre-K: 26.5% (9th highest)
> Pct. legislative seats held by women: 28.2% (19th highest)

 

Guessed it right off the bat! Of course, I'd have guessed New York if I were guessing the Worst State for Men, Retirement, Taxes, street safety, and decent hard working families as well.

 

On the same list, Vermont came in number 4.. that sorta surprised me since that's Bernie's state, but then, again.. I guess Vermont is experiencing what Bernie wants to do in the entire country.

And, I dug further into this list.. the worst 18 are... from NY downward: NY, CA, OR, VT, RI, HI, CT, NJ, ME, MN, NH, NM, WA, IL, MA, CO, MD, and DE. Did you notice it.. all 18 voted for Hellary in 2016! Oh, and her other two states she won.. NV and VA were 29th and 31st..

 

https://247wallst.com/special-report/2018/08/24/worst-states-for-women/2/

 

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From the "we need a new rule" department - Online story: "A federal judge in Alaska has overturned U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempt to open vast areas of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans to oil and gas leasing. * The decision issued late Friday by U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason leaves intact President Barack Obama’s policies putting the Arctic’s Chukchi Sea, part of the Arctic’s Beaufort Sea and a large swath of Atlantic Ocean off the U.S. East Coast off-limits to oil leasing." -- Well, you've already guessed.. it was a judge appointed by Obama... this brings me to my point we need a new rule.. Since District Court appointments as political in every way possible, no single judge should be able to hear a case and make a ruling over the actions of the president who appointed her/him. Doesn't this just make real good sense?

 

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Democrats are so financially backasswards! To a man, woman or whatever, they only feel higher tax percentages will raise revenues. Time after time, tax cuts have shown that the more incentive people have to make more money and pay lower taxes ,the higher tax revenues flow into the government tills.

 

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Oh, and have you noticed.. no Democrat ever complains about how much money... or how he attained it... George Soros has..

 

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You know...Abrams bemoans her loss to Brian Kemp, but why she lost is because she spent so much money advertising her desires to ruin the state of GA. As a result. conservative voters came out of the woodwork to vote for whomever WASN'T Stacey Abrams. With the angst and turmoil created during the Republican primary and runoff, Abrams would probably have won if she just kept her mouth closed and her plans to herself.

 

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Irony...the Democrats must have a really bad taste in their mouths from biting themselves in their own butts. Remember all the laws Dems wanted to protect Mueller, and now those efforts are protecting Mueller ...from Democrats.

 

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Online headline: "Chicagoans slam Rahm Emanuel in wake of Jussie Smollett scandal, call him hypocrite over handling race relations" -- Wow! We knew Democrats.. like bears,, would bite the hand of anyone who stops feeding it, but who knew Dems would be biting Obama's right hand!

 

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From the "And EAT goes on and on and on.." department - Online headline/story: " Bill Maher and guest slam George Clooney over call for Beverly Hills Hotel boycott: 'It's chickensh-- tokenism' * It’s chickens**t tokenism,” Maher said. “What about Saudi Arabia? If you really want to get back to them, stop driving, don’t use oil.” * Panelist S.E. Cupp, a CNN host, called Clooney “hypocritical,” pointing out that Hollywood does “a ton of business” with the United Arab Emirates, another nation whose laws have been criticized. " -- Good grief! Bill Maher and CNN don't know Chickens**T from a drop of oil! Love their abandonment of one of their own, and their public display of "oil ignorance" not knowing America is now the Number 1 producer of oil.. to hell with Saudi Arabia.

 

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Trump wants the Pulitzer Committee to revoke the awards given to the NYTimes and WaPo.. I disagree with him.. instead, I'd rather watch Trump just ask the NYT and WaPo every day what they won those Pulitzer Prizes for, and have then try to explain it was for Fake News about the Mueller Investigation.

 

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M/C L-E headline: "New benches aim to make Phenix City RiverWalk more inviting" -- Speaking of benches.. if the Government Center succumbs to ex-mayor Tom-LYING-son's wish, what will become of the benches on the Plaza that were donated by Columbus citizens?

 

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M/C L-E headline/story: "Prosecutor: Case against Smollett was weak * The prosecutor who dropped disorderly conduct charges against actor Jussie Smollett is defending the decision, saying her office was uncertain it had enough evidence to gain a conviction and wanted to focus on bigger crime in Chicago. * The prosecutor, Kim Foxx, the Cook County state’s attorney, wrote in an op-ed in The Chicago Tribune on Friday that there were “specific aspects of the evidence and testimony presented” that made securing a conviction uncertain. She did not elaborate." -- Good grief! It's the prosecutor or underling of the prosecutor (under guidance of the prosecutor) that presents evidence of a crime to a Grand Jury, and the Shicago Grand Jury agreed with the prosecutor that there was evidence of a crime.. How can a prosecutor overrule her own case?

 

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M/C L-E headline:"O’Rourke speaks in favor of immigration in Texas kickoff" -- Hmm.. If Beto O'Jerk is so determined, why doesn't he try to openly cross into Mexico with one of his fantasy cows.

 

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Hmmm... think about this...if Ocasio-Cortez's GanGRENE New Deal ever ever gets initiated, our long distance defense system would have to use hot air balloons for missile delivery.. and the president would fly in Air FARCE 1. Well, at least with Ocasio-Cortez and other Democrats in charge, we would have plenty of hot air.

 

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Online story: "Distinguishing herself in a crowded field of Democrats running for president, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, called Robert Mueller’s decision not to charge Donald Trump with colluding with Russia during the 2016 election “a good thing for our country.” -- Hmmm Guess Gabbard suddenly realized she might have to travel from California to Washington, D.C. by covered wagon... assuming she could get to California from Hawaii.

 

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From the "I love it when Democrats eat their own" department - Online headline/story: "Biden doesn't recall alleged kissing incident from 2014 * In the article published Friday, Flores wrote that she and Biden were waiting to take the stage during a rally in Las Vegas before the 2014 election. * "I felt two hands on my shoulders. I froze. 'Why is the vice president of the United States touching me?'" Flores wrote. "He proceeded to plant a big slow kiss on the back of my head."" -- Hmmm... "Biden doesn't recall"? There's probably a lot more that Biden CONVENIENTLY won't recall.. of course he DOES recall how easily Hellary diverted MSM-13 by using "I don't recall" whenever anyone asked a question she didn't want to answer...

 

Hmm.. and now this aspect of "Creepy Joe" has been opened up, the next women's movement will be #MeToo-MeToo-MeToo-MeToo

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I tell you what.. Hollywood would just prove its lack of reality if movie makers boycott GA over the concept of a fantasy world being more important than the real life of a child.

 

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Online "story": "The ongoing scrutiny and criticism of actor Jussie Smollett has seemingly taken a toll on the show that made him famous." -- Good grief.. "Empire" did not make Jussie Smollett famous... personal egotism and stupidity did.

 

You know.. not only should Smollett be scrutinized, the money behind "Empire" should be looked at even closer for political connections that might have influenced such a miscarriage of justice by the Shicago State Attorney.

 

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From the "obvious.. flagrant.. misuse of tax dollars" department - Online headline: "New York City to give additional $1.6 million to city attorneys to defend immigrants slated for deportation" -- Good grief! Talk about "play for pay"! Every citizen in NYC should be up in arms at this redistribution of their income through directed tax payouts.

 

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Online headline/story: "Scarborough: Trump administration like 'Hogan's Heroes' Nazis * MSNBC host Joe Scarborough made sure everyone understood he was not comparing Donald Trump and the president's team to Nazis on his show Friday. But, he said, if they "were Nazis" he knows exactly which ones they would be. * “Whenever people get overcharged and start talking about Donald Trump and say, you know, they’re all Nazis, I say no, no, no, no, come on, they’re not Nazis,” Scarborough said after playing a clip of the president saying he was going against his staff and funding the Special Olympics. “But if they were Nazis, they’d be the one’s from ‘Hogan’s Heroes.’” -- I thought there was bottom to how low MS-13 could wallow... but obviously I was naive.. How can any public news company allow this and defend itself under our 1st Amendment...As it is, the occasional golf event is all I watch on any NBC affiliate station, but even that is gone now.

 

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From the "half-truth" department - Online "headLIE": "Rachel Maddow’s ratings suffer after Mueller report determined no collusion" -- WRONG.. Rachel Maddow's rating have been suffering because of Rachel Maddow...

 

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From the "and the BEATing Goes On" department - Online headline/story: "MSNBC, NBC News top political editor accused of 'trying to intimidate' reporter on 'behalf of the DNC' * Yashar Ali, a high-profile freelance journalist whose work has appeared in the Huffington Post and New York magazine, said he was so taken aback by his conversation with Dafna Linzer, who has held the key NBC position since October 2015, that he posted his synopsis of it in a series of tweets Friday. Linzer, he said, was trying to block him from publishing the dates of the 2020 Democratic Party primary debates - a move Ali suspects was made to benefit the DNC, not her employers. * “Yesterday, I received a call from @DafnaLinzer who serves as managing editor of NBC/MSNBC politics. Dafna's conduct during the call was highly inappropriate and unethical. So what was the purpose of her call? She called me to bully me on behalf of the DNC,” the first tweet read." -- And sadly, Fox News has added former DNC Chairperson Donna Brazile to its liberal biased agenda brigade.

 

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From the "Socialist-Democrats GanGRENE New Deal just collapsed" department - Online headline: "Flatulence in the workplace is not a form of bullying, Australian appeals court rules" -- Hmmm.. looks like the One World Court Dems want has just knocked the GanGRENE New Deal down.. Democrat Cows, whether in the field or in Congress, have just been given sanctuary status.

 

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I do believe that the GanGRENE New Deal Socialist-Democrats want is to abolish marriages altogether. They are proposing a 1-car per family policy if they regain the Senate and White House, too.

 

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From the "you knew this was coming" department - Online headline: "Rahm Emanuel blames Trump for Jussie Smollett controversy, creating 'toxic environment', tells him to 'sit on the sidelines'" -- Good grief.. now Democrats want to blame Trump for the evils of Shicago which have been prevalent since 1837 when Shicago was incorporated. In fact, of Shicago's 182 years of existence, only 24 of those years have seen a Republican Mayor, and not one Republican has served since 1931..

 

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We have a "confirmation sighting"! A fellow BCer noted the presence of Richard Bishop scurrying around the room at Mayor Skippy's "Let's Talk" taking notes and names. What we still don't know is why the Mayor NEEDS a Chief of Staff when he has a City Manager and two Deputy City Managers and a Clerk of Council on staff as well.

 

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There are a number of Prescription Drug Discount Cards available to any consumer without charge.. They show prices we can get our prescription drugs for at a discount to what pharmacies will charge us if we don't show them one of the cards. My question is: Since we pay nothing for the cards, and pharmacies obviously do not benefit financially for us possessing such cards, why are such cards necessary to lower prices... why don't the pharmacies just have a one-price policy for every drug for every customer?

 

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From the "Crisis? What's a crisis?" department - Online headline/story: "CHILD RAPIST FOUND BACK IN KANSAS, ONLY NINE DAYS AFTER HE WAS DEPORTED" * SEDGWICK COUNTY, KS (The Salina Post) – A man convicted in the rape of a child under the age 14 and deported in February is back in a Kansas jail." -- Maybe we should separate him from his manhood this time before sending him back.

 

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From the "say it ain't so" department - Online headline: "Jussie Smollett is nominated for an NAACP Award, and host Anthony Anderson hopes he wins “I hope he wins," Anderson added. "I’m happy for him that the system worked for him in his favor because the system isn’t always fair, especially for people of color. So I’m glad it worked out for him." " -- "the system isn’t always fair, especially for people of color"? In a perverse way, Anderson nailed his assessment.. it was a travesty for people color.. and it doesn't matter whether your color is black, white brown, red or yellow! Hey, NAACP.. your future credibility and relevance just flashed before your eyes...

 

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I just learned something new... and scary.. Facebook has imposed a limit on the number of "friends" one can have. I received a "Friend" request from a local Columbusite, and when i "Confirmed", I got this message: "Theresa (El Amin) has reached the friend limit. She can't receive friend requests right now."

 

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Online headline: "Hospital 'bed' tax renewal gets OK from Georgia Senate" -- Whoa! What's next... sales taxes on our insurance premiums and Doctor visits?

 

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Online headline: "Georgia likely to plow ahead with buying insecure voting machines
The new equipment would replace the state’s paperless, electronic machines, which have also been criticized for being vulnerable." -- Good grief.. as long as there are an overload of Democrats handling ballots, there'll never be enough security to combat potential fraud..

 

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You know.. Democrats are definitely Machiavellian.. They want you to feel they support Special Olympics for disabled and birth-defect people, yet encourage abortions for them when they are/were fetuses. It's all about the money involved.

 

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The State Attorney in Shicago now defends her Smollett case dismal by being caused by her and the Shicago PD not agreeing on everything. EXCUSE ME, Madam Prosecutor, but the Shicago Police Department did not not send Smollett to you, a Grand Jury did that, and you, Madam Prosecutor, are not entitled to override the Grand Jury. I hope a judge takes control of this miscarriage of justice and malfeasance of office!

 

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California Governor Nancy PeLOUSY'S nephew blames Trump for the border issues. Newsome says "they" are legal asylum seekers..excuse me, but legal asylum seekers do not cross our borders illegally.

 

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One of my BCers came up with a new slogan Columbus can use after tiring of the current on...With all the structure issues that have come to light since adopting "Columbus...We Do Amazing" something more truthful...more grounded...more believable should follow..one has been suggested, " Columbus..We Don't Do Maintenance".. Says it all...OH! Council.. use can use it for free.. saving the taxpayers at least $97,000.00.

 

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Another BCer refers to Columbus' new mayor as "Skipper"... wonder if we call his 1st Mate Gilligan?

 

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Did you see.. read about the opening day of the 2019 Baseball season f]of the Dodgers...they hit 8 home runs in one game.. presumably off of non-batting practice pitchers. Has anyone ordered a baseball compliance to the rules test?

 

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M/C L-E headline: "COMMENTARY * Disrepair requires all Government Center visitors to wear hard hats starting April 1 * BY TIM CHITWOOD * tchitwood@ledger-enquirer.com" -- Hmmm the saddest thing is that even when Chitwood constructs his annual April 1st column, the L-E has to mention that it is an INTENTIONAL attempt at humor..

 

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Read that the NAACP held it's 50th Annual NAACP Image Awards Saturday night.. One thing is clear, the NAACP will not improve it's image until it acknowledges "white" is a "color" of people, too, and in order to make it's awards meaningful, it also has to set.. and maintain... moral standards for people of every color.

Online headline: "'A surprise:' One of Earth's fastest-shrinking glaciers is suddenly growing again" -- Hmmm.. Guess hell "froze over" after Mueller's Report knocked the hot air out of the Democrats.

 

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Jussie Smollett... what a Mullet! Yeah.. Juicy Mullet.. has single-handedly undermined all the best efforts of the NAACP, BLM, LGBTQ the Shicago State Attorney's office. Their actions, their lack of actions, their silence, and their defense has made them irrelevant.

 

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Veterans Parkway has one less eyesore today.. Drove by the BP Station at Veterans and 23rd St yesterday and more than 2 dozen signs had been removed from a perimeter fence.. Thanks to Councilor John House more taking action...sorta hoped Councilors Woodson and Thomas had responded.. Thomas is also a Citywide Councilor like House, but Woodson is the District 7 Councilor. Jump in anytime, Ladies.

 

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Just thought of something... has Richard Bishop started work as the Mayor's "chief of staff" yet? Just haven't seen/heard his name since the announcement.. still wonder what the Mayor
needs" a chief of staff when he has a City Manager and two Deputy-City Managers.

 

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From the "hit me with your best shot" department - Online headline: "Sen. Cory Booker: I'm going to 'bring a fight like the NRA has never seen' -- Good grief.. what's he propose.. a pillow fight? The NRA is not our enemy! I wish the Democrats would put out the same energy to remove guns from felons, and gun-using felons from society that they do when assaulting the 2nd Amendment and law-abiding gun owners.

 

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CHS wrestling practice building update: You know, I've had this and the others around town in my sights since they were initially proposed for the 2015 SPLOST.. They were grouped together as 2,400 sq ft Metal-on-slab structures at $750,000.00 each.. That was $312+ a square ft on land already owned. Columbus High was my focus because it really didn't have any natural campus space suitable for construction site (other than the parking lot which the MCSB opted to expand by 60/63 spots for $935,000.00), As I pointed out issues, the MCSD scurried and found a spot.. not ideal by any means, behind the CHS baseball field.. of course this involved permanently reducing the size of the outfield. Then I pointed out the potential catastrophe of a home run baseball hitting the metal building at an inopportune time.. say when the cheerleader were practicing stunts, and the effect a startled pyramid base person or a "dismount catcher" might cause. Then, the MCSD decided to change to concrete block for a "mere" $25,000.00 more.. then I pointed out how much like a prison guard tower it looked as it went up. Obviously the MCSB took note, and the exterior received a brick veneer our covering (I do hope the original slab will sustain the extra weight of adding concrete blocks and brick when a metal wall was the focus. Now, I do applaud the look new shown as something that appears to be complimentary to the main building.. but what I want to know is if this look could be achieved for an extra $25K, how much did the MCSD OVERPAY for the other schools' wrestling buildings made as originally presented?

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From the "mouse that roared" department - Online headline/story: "Puerto Rico governor cautions White House: 'If the bully gets close, I'll punch the bully in the mouth'" -- Good grief.. Mueller and the Democrats just pummeled President Trump for the past 2 plus years, and he's the only man standing.. why would a lightweight like Rossello make such an antagonistic.. caustic even.. comment about President Trump.. but it does show how desperate MSM-13 is for a new "Don Quixote" Democrat that they can write about..

Think about.. why would a Governor risk hurting his constituents by attacking the one man who can help them? Just stupidity personified!

 

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Hey James Comey.. wouldn't want to be ya!

 

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I'm glad I am not a Democrat spinmeister...thank goodness! How can can they feel good trying to defend Smollett, the Shicago prosecutor, and Ocasio-Cortez, Schumer, PeLOUSY, and Adam Schi** at the same time.

 

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From the "truth will set you free" department - Online headline: "Charles Barkley tells Jussie Smollett there are 'repercussions' to actions: We all 'lost in this scenario'-- Amen, Sir Charles! A slam dunk!

 

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From the "well, the Democrats have forgiven the VA Governor" department of desperation - Online headline: "Jussie Smollett's lawyer suggests Osundairo brothers wore white makeup during attack, brushes off FBI probe" -- Injustice personified! Where is the American Bar Association?

 

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Online headline: "Eric Holder goes on MAGA attack: 'Exactly when did you think America was great?'" -- Well, Pric Holder...you had opportunity to make things better...but didn't...how about apologizing for this... and all the other issues/scandals you were in.

 

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So..Kirsten Gillibrand, Dem Senator from NY, and Dem candidate in the presidential nomination race..released her tax forms yesterday. Guess what, not one one word of praise for the benefit she got from the Trump Tax Reforms.. Hmmm..wonder if she'll donate the extra savings she got to some government social program she supports?

 

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Amazing...Democrats are looking for a candidate they feel can take on Trump. That's their problem...Trump is not the issue, lack of programs that work for America' greatness is the issue, and there are no Democrats interested in such.

 

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From the "you won't be able to UNSEE this" department - Online headline: "Beto O’Rourke, Pete Buttigieg rise in new 2020 national poll" -- Hmm.. Beto O'Jerk and Buttgig.. what a combination.. they sound like they may share a cow fantasy or two.

 

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Online headline/story: "Dem governor's $25,000-a-plate fundraiser has own party calling him out * New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is reportedly facing criticism from at least three fellow Democrats over an exclusive $25,000-a-plate fundraiser held at the swanky St. Regis Hotel in New York City earlier this month." -- Hmmm, now we know what the going cost of Democrat BS is.

 

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Online headline/story: "Race 'plays a part' in Democratic 2020 candidate Beto O'Rourke's rising popularity, former Georgia gubernatorial contender Stacey Abrams says * Abrams suggested that she and former Democratic Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum did not receive the same attention as the former Texas congressman, whose popularity skyrocketed after losing his 2018 Senate race. * Both Abrams and Gillum are African American, while O'Rourke is white." -- "says Stacey Abrams"? Well Abrams also says she won the race in GA..Good grief.. but all three do have one thing.. well... two things in common.. they are all Socialist Democrats, and they are all huge spending losers.

 

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That vote in the Senate to enable discussion of the GanGRENE New Deal was very revealing.. Revealing that it's obviously a plan with a title, but no ideas in place. Good grief, you would think the if there was merit in this GanGRENE New Deal. Democrats would relish the opportunity... the opportunity for voters to know what their plan will do for them and how much "free" costs them.

 

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With all the hubbub involving Nike and Avenatti, Columbus is reminded of a Nike scandal in our Parks&Rec Department. Hey. COUNCIL. how much of the $200K has be repaid by Adams?

 

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Got another e-mail from Tom Perez, chair of the DNC.. He invited me to the first Dem debate to be held in Miami this June.. You know, if I thought there was even the possibility that I could ask a question of my choice to the Democrats, I might take him him up on it...

 

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M/C L-E headline/story: "Renovations at softball complex on track to be done in time for international summer tournament * Renovations at the South Commons Softball Complex in Columbus are on schedule, with the facility expected to be ready for an international softball tournament scheduled to begin July 1. * the current renovations have played an instrumental role is convincing USA Softball to award the tournament to Columbus. * Sherman said they still need financial support for the project. “The city was a great help in contributing over $3 million for this project and so we appreciate their support very much to get us going, but we still are in need of financial support,” she said. Sherman said they have raised a little more than $1.3 million of their $2.6 million fundraising goal." -- Once again.. Council has fallen for the "pie-in-the-sky". The fact that South Commons "needed" $5.6 MILLION in repairs for a stadium that was built for less than half that amount is an albatross showing lack of routine maintenance is obvious. The fact that the Softball Committee would come only if Columbus agreed to doing this is probably more likely because no other city's softball complex was "up to snuff" either, and none wanted to spend such money on a similar project.. Now .. the most heinous aspect of Council is its commitment of $3,000,000.00 being made available BEFORE the other $2.6 Million has been raised. What happens if the current $1.3 Million isn't raised? Meanwhile, the ever-growing pothole at the intersection of River Road and Mountainbrook is going unresolved.

Oh! and if the project DOES come in on time, maybe Council can send the construction team to the "roundabout" at River Road/BradleyPark/Cascade. After 5 months little more than digging holes and filling them back in has occurred

 

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From the "SMH" department - Online headline/story: "Only black reporters allowed in Georgia mayoral race event * The Wednesday meeting at a church in Savannah was held to try to unite the city's black community behind a single candidate for mayor in the Nov. 5 election. Signs at the door said "Black Press Only!" * White reporters were denied entry, while at least two black reporters and the publisher of a local African-American newspaper were allowed inside, the Savannah Morning News reported. Television cameras and recording devices were also prohibited. * The newspaper said the Rev. Clarence Teddy Williams, who organized the meeting, declined to discuss the entry policy. * Mayor Eddie DeLoach is seeking re-election this fall. He became Savannah's first white mayor in 20 years after winning the 2015 campaign. Elections for Savannah's top office are nonpartisan, meaning all candidates who qualify end up on the November ballot. " -- unbelievable! Black voters concerned over the future of our state should be mortified!

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/only-black-reporters-allowed-georgia-mayoral-race-event-n988626?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR22x1uVcdUepQ8C7hiBiMcY2WEIuOjC6xQ4zY-KoAGuO_6nmEPGyCOTTOs&fbclid=IwAR2BQCObSMPfHbrW2IuS_SHWvs1zocm1CHZRH2jNjkCZZPNzmm10q311qrY&fbclid=IwAR14lfmwkw-UNFjXVAGGIEz_y3t1MWPnPmB_d_9HBSuOQ7qSIkg8x-IPa18

 

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M/C L-E headline/story: "Facebook charged with housing discrimination by HUD * The federal government charged Facebook with high-tech housing discrimination Thursday for allegedly misusing its vaunted ability to deliver ads with surgical precision to certain groups of people and not others." -- You know.. it'll only be fair if the government also bans party/race selective political mailers, and keeping political meetings from banning reporters by race as reported in the Savannah, GA area

 

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There's an article in the M/C L-E concerning movies about basketball.. one in particularly insulted me... and it should insult every one in America..Glory Road. Glory Road! What an injustice to American race relations! The story.. well, the REAL story was amazing, but the director decided he needed to spice things up with adding deplorable scenes of hatred and discrimination that never happened. I remember that year vividly.. No one was more pleased at UTEP beating Rupp's Kentucky team in the NCAA 1996 finals than me.. Took my eldest daughter to see the film in 2006.. wanted her to see first hand about the history of the sport I loved.. I was dumbfounded at some scenes as I'd never heard of them.. and obviously there was good reason I hadn't..they never happened.. I was mortified sitting by my daughter and could hardly talk about things as we left the theater.. Fortunately, I can[me across an article a few years later revealing the incredible abuse of history the director used to gain celebrity status for himself.. God help us that he doesn't get hired to make a movie about Jussie Smollett!

From the "poll truth and nothing but the poll truth" department - Online headline/story: "NBC News poll: Americans split on who will win in 2020 * 43 percent of Americans think Trump will be re-elected and 43 percent believe the Democratic nominee will win. Nearly one in 10 Americans — 9 percent — believe a third-party candidate will win the presidency in 2020." --Good grief.. after 2-plus years of constant character assassination, even the "generic Democrat" cannot muster enough support to beat Trump... even in a NBC poll! Trump 2020!

 

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From the "wait a minute, Comey LIED" department - Online story: "Donald Trump’s ex-wife Marla Maples allegedly hooked up with singer Michael Bolton, according reports contained in an FBI file. * The FBI dossier states that Maples’ former publicist, Chuck Jones, testified in court that she “had bought singer Michael Bolton back to her room following Trump's departure for a West Coast trip.” -- Good grief! The FBI has a dossier/file on Marla Marples trysts, and yet James Comey claims he didn't take notes or record Hellary's "interview"? I do believe Comey should be arrested and charged for lying under oath to Congress!

 

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How about those "Red Arrows" that proliferate the Lakebottom area of Columbus...who's maintenance responsibility are they...They are looking weathered and sad.. Before long, they will deteriorate like the Water Witch at the Civil War Naval Museum.

 

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Have you seen the Mercedes ad that shows you can get your car to do things like adjust temperature, change station etc by voice.. I can see where it will exacerbate "road rage". You're sitting at a red light, it turns green and the other driver just sits there texting.. you mutter "move it a**h*le" and the horn goes off by itself...and the 6'6" 275 old driver gets out and pulls you out of your window.

 

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Lack of co-ordination...it's definitely an issue with Columbus' improvements. There's a major event at the Columbus Museum Thursday commemorating 100 Years of Ft Benning that all Columbus officials should attend, and then there's a "Let's Talk" event that every Columbus official should attend. Regardless, the Museum event should be the Mayor's top priority.

 

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You know, normally, what the Shicago prosecutor did with the Smollett debacle wouldn't stir a yawn in the rest of the country...we 'know' Shicago politics are corrupt..but this is different... Smollett committed a crime against every non-Shicagoan in the country! Every white person was slurred...and every black person's complaint against any injustice has been compromised and denigrated.

 

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Parsing what went on in the Smollett debacle, how can a prosecutor decide to dismiss charges of a grand jury? Shouldn't that be something a judge orders to a jury if the judge feels ...no, KNOWS...that the court produced evidence is not allowable or valid?

 

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Democrat Presidential candidate former Representative John Delaney, D-MD, says he would initiate a carbon tax then put all the revenue back into things we need. Hmmmm, besides hitting middle and impoverished Americans the hardest, history tells us the government programs cannibalize 78-80% of revenues collected so only about 20% actually gets back to the taxpayers. Why don't Democrats have to pass a financial awareness test before running for any office?

 

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Online headline/story: "Robert Kraft Requests Jury Trial In Florida Prostitution Case * Prosecutors had offered Kraft a plea deal. He rejected the offer to have charges dropped in exchange for admitting he would likely have been found guilty at trial." -- Kraft should ask for a }change of venue... to Shicago!

 

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Talk about a can of worms being opened.. how about the Nike/Avenatti charges.. we in Columbus, GA are well aware of Nike shenanigans.. Nike connived with our former Parks&Rec Director and funneled some $200K through a bogus City account to promote a basketball team comprised of area talented high school players to showcase them for colleges .. and beyond..

 

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Hellary must be livid.. no longer can she blame her loss to Trump on Russian collusion.. Life is good ...

 

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Speaking of Hellary..it's strange that neither she, nor Bill.. nor the Obamas for that matter .. haven't been in public to comment on the Mueller Report...

 

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Interesting... but alarming:

 

Seeing the old Coca-Cola property on 6th Avenue being brought back to life, I wanted to do some research on properties there. The first thing that popped up was the Train Depot. In 1988, the City sold it to Tsys for $103K; in 1999, Tsys sold it to Columbus Economic Development (basically us) for $1.5M; ion 2001, Columbus Development sold it to Columbus Alliance for Regional (Chamber of Commerce) for $1.865M; in 2016, it was bought by Columbus Depot, LLC for $1M which houses the law firm of Pope, McGlamry et al.. (naturally m former-Mayor Tom-LYING-son's law firm. Today, that same building is valued for tax purposes for only $880K. In the two years, Columbus has lost $10, 396 per year in tax revenues.. what a cozy deal for ex-mayor Tom-LYING-son's 'family".

 

PARID: 018 009 005
COLUMBUS DEPOT LLC

PARS A & D PT LTS 10,11,14,15 BK 21 COMMONS

Values Summary
Total Fair Market Value 880,858
Final Assessment Value (40% Value) 352,343

Sales
Date Price Sale Validity Grantor Grantee Instrument Book/Page Record Date
24-MAR-16 $1,000,000 5Q COLUMBUS ALLIANCE FOR REGIONAL COLUMBUS DEPOT LLC LW 11772/00269
01-JUL-01 $1,865,155 5 COLUMBUS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COLUMBUS ALLIANCE FOR REGIONAL WD 05970/00326
28-OCT-99 $1,500,000 5 TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES INC COLUMBUS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WD 05420/00223
09-MAY-88 $103,000 2 COLUMBUS GEORGIA TOTAL SYSTEMS SERVICES INC WD 02958/00286

Year Cycle Billed Paid Due
2018 County 14,435.84 -14,435.84 0.00
2017 County 14,481.65 -14,481.65 0.00
2016 County 24,831.11 -24,831.11

 

Back to the Coca-Cola buildings being discussed.. they sold.. in the condition they are in for a combined total of $1M.. make the Train Depot evaluation EXTRA LOW when you consider the improvements made on that property.

 

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From the "Bias? What bias?" department - M/C L-E guest commentary HEADLIE: "Republicans hate the idea of some people having health care * BY PAUL KRUGMAN * New York Times" -- Good grief! What an absolute disgusting lie that the L-E passing on as a discussion moment! If anyone hated healthcare, it was Obama and the Democrats who passed the Affordable Care Act WITHOUT even READING IT!

 

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Another M/C L-E guest commentary headline: "Witch-hunter found no witch but Democrats still see one" -- "Democrats still see one"? Good grief! The Democrats still have a COVEN of witches.. Hellary, PeLOUSY, Waters, Feinstein, Omar, Ocasio-Cortez, et al... ad infinitum!