From the "completely out of touch with reality" department - Online headline/story: "Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump in massive new poll, losing Ohio but winning White House * The poll, taken between April and early July, surveyed nearly 60,000 registered voters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, a large enough sample to make a complete estimate of Electoral College results as the presidential race stands now." -- Good grief, this has to be there worst poll sampling of 2016.. so far.. Even yellow dog Democrats didn't know in April how banged up and tarnished Hillary's "halo" would become?

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Online headline: "Chicago white woman walks through black neighborhoods with sign reading 'Black America, I'm Sorry'" -- How cryptic.. she IS "sorry", and ought to apologize to all races for
being sorry".... stupid,too.

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Online headline: "Shooting of 3 men in Virginia captured by Facebook Live camera" -- Guess it "matters" to Black Lives Matter only when police officers shoot blacks during  duty calls.

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Online headline: "We went to Macy's and saw why the brand might be headed the way of Sears" -- Hmmm .. guess this is what happens when people take the "#neverTrump" position.

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"From the "omission of facts is probably very revealing" department: Four Homestead (Pittsburgh area) , PA policemen, two black and 2 white, were dining and a waitress brought a couple to a table next to them.. the couple made it obvious they weren't going to sit next to the police officers. Officer Chuck Thomas responded, " it's OK, sit. You won't have to worry about it. We won't hurt you.".  The couple still refused and were seated elsewhere. The policemen won.. by paying for the couple's meal.. $29.00 plus a $10.00 tip.. I'm going to send a check ($40.00)  to the Homestead Police Department in honor of Officer Chuck Thomas and his fellow officers... I feel sure they have some kind of youth benefit program. Send checks to : Homestead Police Department - 221 E. 7th Ave - Homestead, PA 15120.  PS.. wanna bet that the couple was black or not?

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From the "another wasteful government act of stupidity." department: While driving along an Interstate hiway, a sign appears, "Fender Benders..move vehicles out of traveling lanes" ..hmmm , I thought, don't ever think I've seen 70 MPH "fender bender" that people walk away from.

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In her Springfield, IL diatribe yesterday, Hillary said she would create high paying jobs in her first 100 days in office..The crowd cheered ..little did they realize she wasn't talking about jobs for them..the only jobs she will create are for her buddies on her staff.

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How can Hillary even be considered to be our next Commander-in-chief? She just stated that the bigoted black terrorist in Dallas used a military gun..What BS! Just because a rifle available to general public LOOKS like a military gun, doesn't make it so. In fact she's a great example of deception...just because she appears to be a female, it doesn't mean she is a champion of women's rights or issues.

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Talk about oxymorons, can you even imagine the reaction of Honest Abe hearing Crooked Hillary speaking in his shadows?

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From the "suspicions confirmed.. no other comments necessary" department.. just read and and pass along to your liberal acquaintances . http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/07/13/dem-super-pac-spends-millions-on-firms-salaries-nothing-on-candidates.html

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The Congressional Committees that called Comey & Lynch to testify need to reconvene, but this time call the people who actually questioned Hillary. Comey sat in the hot seat and could actually say Hillary didn't lie to him because Comey didn't interview her.

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L-E headline: "Columbus ministers declare support for Superintendent David Lewis * Ministers hold news conference to address violence, elections and voter apathy They said some black candidates are being used in a campaign against Lewis They encouraged black voters to show up for July 26 school board runoffs" --

Good grief -- what bribery,, just one day after the Mayor's Crime Prevention committee awarded the IMA $8,000.00 through a back door method (not a 501 (c) 3 organization) that group jumps into the politics of the MCSB runoff elections. Hey, where's the separation of church and government?

 

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L-E's "Quotable": ""WHATEVER YOU DO IN LIFE, SURROUND YOURSELF WITH SMART PEOPLE WHO'LL ARGUE WITH YOU. -- John Wooden, American sports coach (1910-2010)" -- Guess we can be assured that if a vote is cast by John Wooden for Hillary,it will immediately be recognized as fraudulent.

 

 

A smart person knows when to turn his/her agenda on/off.. ZERO-bama just exposed himself as "unsmart". He went from an impassioned patriot to a flaming idiot at the Memorial for the 5 assassinated police officers in Dallas.. This man (let's give him he benefit of the doubt) will not.. cannot  accept himself as the reason the racial rift has become cavernous under his administration.. and direction.

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ZERO-bama said he knows how far we've come..I assumed he was referring to racial tolerance...I wish he would have a sit down with Hillary, Jesse, Al Sharlatan, Farrakhan, and the Congressional Black Caucus, the New Black Panthers, and BLM and explain to them what he knows.

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From the "remember the Brexit poll" department - Online story: " (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton extended her lead over Republican rival Donald Trump to 13 percentage points in a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday * The July 8-12 poll showed 46 percent of likely voters supported Clinton, the former secretary of state, while 33 percent supported Trump, a celebrity real estate developer. Another 21 percent did not support either candidate." -- Besides the fact that Reuters' polls have deteriorated in trustworthiness, there is another "read" in these figures.. After 25 years of campaigning, and carrying a database of government dependent voters, Hillary just cannot.. nor will not.. exceed the 51% threshold of voters.. On the other hand, Trump has committed voters, and that "other" 21 percent is not going to vote for Hillary when they go to vote..

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Seems former local high school player Is(_*_)i(_*_)h CRAPS-Well.. now of the Cleveland Bowns and once was a UGA Bulldog..is up to his core problem again.. in his own words, an "extremely poor decision”... He posted a picture of a police officer getting his throat slit on his Instagram account after the killings of A**** S******* and P******* C****** last week. Cleveland management says is not going to let him off with just an apology.. we'll see.. hopefully the NFL and fans will hold the Cleveland Brown managements'' feet to the fire.

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That's it.. no Canadian National Anthem ever again on American soil (other than if some small miracle happens and a Canadian wins an Olympic Gold Medal at an American Olympic site). No amount of apology should be grounds for an invitation to a Canadian singing group to perform at any American sporting event.. INCLUDING Hockey and Curling!

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Good grief.. a brother and sister were fired from their jobs at a Boy Scout Camp in Virginia for endangering the reputation of the Boy Scouts.. Their dastardly deed.. trying to save the life of an injured Bald Eagle they came across. I am offended that any Boy Scout representative would consider trying to save the life of a Bald Eagle anything but "elevating" the Boy Scout reputation, but let's face it, the Boy Scouts' reputation has pretty much hit bottom for not standing firm on it's all boys membership policy.

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Online headline: "Obama: I've Made the US Stronger, More Prosperous, Safer, More Influential" -- Hmmm.. I do believe ZERO-bama just broke the tie between him and Hillary as the worst liar to ever ride on Air Force 1.

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2010 Online headline:French Leader Sarkozy Slams Obama, Warns He Might Be Insane" -- Who knew.. Sarkozy was a visionary....

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Online headline: "First Black Miss Alabama: "I Don't Feel Sad for the Officers that Lost Their Lives...Shooter was a Martyr"-- Obviously, the judges did not ask her the right question during the Miss Alabama competition.. a good start would be to revoke her scholarship...

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I repeat myself..why do Republicans allow Democrats to ask questions..even speak .. at Congressional Committee convenings. Rep.John Conyers, D-MI, ranking Committee Democrat ..well after his opening rant during the testimony of AG Loretta Lynch, "rank" opinion. Where'd he get the opinion that this investigation was about "impeaching" Hillary.. Hillary is not a current government official subjected to Congressional impeachment/trial rituals..she's being investigated for lying under oath in a previous Congressional inquiry.

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Did it seem to you that Loretta Lynch ready had her talking points prepared to respond to John Conyers' softball questions?

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What point did Conyers mean to make when he stated Loretta Lynch was the first African-American woman to be appointed US Attorney General.. we've already had an African-American and we've already had a woman to "man" this post prior to Lynch being appointed.

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You know, I find it hard to believe that the two highest department heads of government offices charged with our safety, Lynch of the DOJ, and Comey of the FBI, would not record conversations with either Clinton so that verification of what was said would be available to support Lynch's and Comey's reports of what was discussed.

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Online headline: "Lynch accused at hearing of 'dodging' tough questions" -- "dodging"? What Loretta Lynch was doing was refusing to answer questions by passing them off to her underling..it's as she was proud of finding a way to plead "the fifth in order not to incriminate Hillary"

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You know, the Democrats have no problem picking a candidate..it was basically a coin flip between a socialist and a communist. On the other hand, the Republicans didn't have as much trouble..out of 17 contenders, Trump ran away with it because most the other 16 were a better fit in the Democrat Primaries.

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It's disheartening to listen to Bernie Sanders believing that raising the minimum wage to $15.00 (i.e. a "living wage") per hour. Low wages are not near the problem as runaway inflation caused by increasing the National Debt, and simply printing up extra money whenever more is needed.

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Listening to Bernie rant about Hillary was as humorous as Will Ferrell SNL skit. When every Bernie mentioned "free stuff", the crowd roared, but when he mentioned blacks/whites/latinos/lgbt's working hard together, the crowd volume fell off the table... I haven't figured out which of two words turned the crowd off..."work" or "together".

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Hillary said we must repair our broken justice system....huh? Wasn't she just the one that just lowered the hammer on it?

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Hillary wants to solve things by eliminating minority deaths by police.officers yet doesn't mention most of these deaths are during incidents where police are called in to help in an ongoing crime. Where is her concern for the black-on-black street shootings/crimes that create the 911 calls?

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Hillary says "we" are going to create high paying base jobs by creating more green energy jobs. Excuse me, but how are we going to create businesses that want higher priced energy expenses, or how does she plan to export green energy to other countries? Truth is, even American companies who move to foreign companies will not import overpriced American "green energy" if it was even possible

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Our nation's education and economic platform is worse than we imagined..there's no way so many people could hear Hillary's "solutions", and believe she knows anything about anything but lying.

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Once again, Hillary dodges the opportunity to exhibit..demonstrate..leadership...She had the opportunity to go ahead and name her VP choice, but wants to wait and see who Trump names. That's the problem ZERO-bama has and it looks like Hillary will follow suit.

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Online headline: "Hillary Clinton Vetting Retired Admiral Stavridis to Be Her VP" -- Hmmm .. Hillary says she's going to past control of the economy to Bill, and now may pass the control of the military to another man.. just how can this be a step forward for women.. or a reason to elect a figurehead woman as president?

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": "So very Christlike * Trump’s claim to the “born-again” tribe is a joke. His worldview is incompatible with Christianity. Trump worships power and shows contempt for the weak and the vulnerable." -- Hmmm.. how little this (_*_) understands Christianity,, we all worship THE power of God through Christ.. doing so makes us guardians.. protectors to the weak and vulnerable.. in fact Trump is motivated to protect the weak and vulnerable FROM the ongoing clutches of Hillary and the Democrats.

 

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 LIV's L-E "soundoff": "Murder is murder, even if that person wears a badge. Law enforcement officers should face criminal charges if they kill unarmed citizens." -- Hmmm and what do you call it when an unarmed, handcuffed criminal catches an officer of the law off guard, and takes the officers; gun and kills him and others?

 

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L-E story: "Community activist Marquese “Skinny” Averett was granted a permit Tuesday for a peaceful rally and march at the Columbus Government Center at noon Saturday. * During a 4 p.m. news conference outside the Public Safety Center, Averett said the rally is aimed at calling attention to police brutality across the nation." -- You know.. a better solution would be that "Skinny" hold a rally to promote all the good the police do around the country and our community.. harping on the very few bad situations (and most of those would probably have been avoided if the subject had simply listened  and obeyed the police officer(s) orders) and making those aberations the focal point is self-fulfilling continued animosity.

 

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In the upcoming Republican Primary runoff election between State Rep Mike Crane and former West Point mayor Drew Ferguson, Ferguson is taking an awful lot of credit for the economic impact that KIA has brought to the area.. FTR - Ferguson was neither the mayor nor an influence on the decision that KIA made. This reminds me of ZERO-bama claiming that businesses can't take all the  credit for the success of their hard work.

 

 

L-E headline/story: "Columbus Councilors talk about race with NAACP activists * El-Amin listened quietly, then responded respectfully. * El-Amin said when she came to Columbus six years ago, she felt like she was in a time warp because of the level of injustices tolerated by the community." -- What BS.. She came to Columbus with a chip on her shoulder and hasn't removed it yet.

 

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L-E headline: "Pokemon Go’s popularity is also warping real life" -- Well, at least kids are getting outside instead of parking themselves on their couches with their eyes glued to their smartphones. Of course, now they are rambling the streets with their eyes glued to their smartphones.. look for sharp increases of pedestrian/vehicle accidents.

Let's face it... the FBI passed, the DOJ won't give it a second look, Wassernman Schultz's  Democrats "see  nothing", and the Republicans in Congress don't have the guts to keep Hillary out of the White House, so it's up to us.. Elect Trump, and he'll deal with the Clintons as part of his "Make America Great Again.. for Everyone".. well, except the Clintons.

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You know...whether 100% justified..or not, no one other than the police officer(s) involved know...KNOW.. what was going on when the decision to shoot or not shoot happens. On the other hand, when someone intentionally takes vengeance on a police officer to fruition, then it's murder..murder in the 1st Degree, and no celebration or support should be tolerated.

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President ZERO-bama feels.he can circumvent the growing anxieties between blacks and whites by trying to say the right things. Once again...he's wrong..it's about leadership..it's about DOING & STANDING UP for the right things.

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Online story: "PHOENIX, July 11 (Reuters) - Police in Arizona may legally search an individual's home or vehicle based solely on the smell of marijuana, even though the drug is legal for medical use, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday. * In two unanimous opinions, the state's highest court said the smell of marijuana can be used as probable cause to obtain a search warrant despite the fact that Arizona allows its use for medical purposes." -- "despite the fact that Arizona allows its (marijuana) use for medical purposes"? Good grief,, what was the problem.. if it was being used for legal medical use, then the user should carry a prescription card and container with him/her, but why would why would anyone be using it or "medical purposes" while in a car? 


One other thing.. even in an individual's home, there should be provision in the laws that the "patient" not use it anywhere but a room with a separate vent system and while alone.. we all know the effects of second hand smoke. Liberals have made that such a focus over the years.

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From the "what's this BS?" department - Online story: "A GOP delegate has won his lawsuit challenging a Virginia law that would have forced him to vote for Donald Trump on the first ballot at the Republican National Convention next week. * A federal judge ruled Monday that the Virginia statute, which carries a sentence of up to 12 months of jail time or a $2,500 fine or both, "is an unconstitutional burden on his First Amendment rights of free political speech and political association." -- Good grief..what is a judge, especially a federal appointee judge,  doing making changes to the rules of order of a private organization. Primaries are private functions of the individual political parties.

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What was Major League Baseball thinking...did you see the ugly brown/gold and gold/brown uniforms both leagues wore during the Home Run Derby last night? They would look ugly if it was for a softball event, but baseball is "America's pastime"..if there was ever a time MLB should have brought out Red, White, and Blue uniforms, it is this year.. let's hope..no, let's pray that these aren't the uniforms they are going to use for the All Star game.

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Dallas has been a blessing, a fortuitous coincidence for Hillary's campaign..all of a sudden conversation about her scandal whitewash just disappeared off the front pages and network news shows. . Wait a minute..life experiences tell us there are no "coincidences".. whoa...I don't want to  think she had anything to do with Dallas, but she is a Clinton, and she feels entitled to be above the law.

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It's more than interesting that ZERO-bama is bring up a National Police again....yes again. When he was campaigning in 2008, several times he mentioned that he wanted to create another well armed, non-military force of 250,000 members...and at this point, I have to think he wanted it segregated.

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We just got back from Target and used its self-checkout station to make a cash purchase. I've used them often with debit cards but this time the total was under $20.00 so I stuck a $20,00 bill into the cash slot.. Presto.. got the correct change back (bills and coins) 100% accurately.. I see the future of $15.00 per hour minimum wage.. and it's not in minimum skill services.

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Online story: "Over the past three decades, Georgia has increased its spending on prisons and jails at a faster pace than spending on schools, says a new report from the U.S. Department of Education. * (one of the solutions being implemented includes)  the establishment of charter schools in prisons," -- Hmmm.. another good reason to elect Shelia Williams and JoAnn Thomas-Brown.. We have to break the cycle of our students not being able to read well enough to pass tests..and it's going to take a school board that has leadership instead of being a "rubber stamp" for the School Superintendent. This will be a lot cheaper.. and many times better than trying to educate AFTER they get to jail.

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Local issue: I knew and supported Lonnie Jackson and Lonnie's Summer Tutorial Program.for 15 years,, I was at the ceremony to rename the school for him.. Lonnie Jackson would not approve of what has happened to "his" school under 12 years of Pat Hugley Green.

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Black Lives, White Lives, Blue Lives, Yellow Lives, Red Lives, American LIVES....they all MATTER...When any one group targets another, all bets are off at solving the future.

 

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You know, if Black Lives Matter really wanted things to change for the better, they'd team up with police officers and  campaign on the streets to get civility back in their neighborhoods, not going after police officers.

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L-E headline/story: "Man involved in murder asks judge to withdraw guilty plea * A Columbus man who was sentenced last month to 30 years in prison for his role in 2012 homicide, was back in Superior Court Monday morning asking a judge if he could withdraw the guilty plea. * D******** O****** S****, 24, entered a guilty plea earlier this year in the homicide of Columbus barber Charlie Artis Scott, then, was the prosecution’s key witness against two co-defendants, D********** D****** and E***** L**, who were convicted of murder in Artis’ Jan. 5, 2012, fatal shooting, along with a string of other crimes." -- I can only look at this as sour grapes.. the (_*_) copped a plea thinking he'd get a better deal than going to trial, , but it isn't, so he wants to "take his ball and go home".

 

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L-E headline: "Police brutality discussed at community forum * A crowd of more than 100 people showed up for the conversation * They discussed ways to make police more accountable to the community Some disagreed about videotaping when someone’s being arrested" -- Good grief.. the solutions are simple.. if you're innocent, cooperate with the police officers, and the only reason not to want "video" taken is that you cannot make up lies about what happened.

 

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LIV's L-E "soundoff": "I applaud Judge Not, Inc., the Columbus NAACP, and the other organizations hosting the gun buyback program. Such a shame that state legislators and gun lobbyists don’t care about the safety of citizens and police." -- Good grief.. what's so stand-uppish about turning in a gun for profit? A truly good citizen in possession of a gun that he/she doesn't need (or "found"), then call the police department and ask if he/she can bring it in or if the police department would send someone out to pick it up.

 

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If Donald Trump's moniker, Crooked Hillary, loses steam, he's nailed her with "Secretary of Status Quo".

 

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Yesterday, a man needlessly died in a single car accident as he was driving on the entry ramp to get onto J.R. Allen Parkway from Bradley Park Drive,. He lost control, hit some trees and rolled over several times. I'm betting he wasn't wearing a seat belt.. You know, statistic prove that if you are cooperating with the seat belt laws,  you probably wanted get killed.. Goes hand-in-hand with cooperating with police officers when you "run into them".

 

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L-E editorial: "As reported by staff writers Larry Gierer and Alva James-Johnson, community activist and former Columbus Council candidate Marquese Averett and Columbus NAACP President Tonza Thomas were arrested and (very briefly) held after a protest event Saturday on Veterans Parkway. *  Averett announced plans for the protest in a Facebook post. Police Chief Ricky Boren told Averett a gathering of more than 16 people on public property without a permit would constitute unlawful assembly; according to Mayor Teresa Tomlinson, “Marquese said he understood but was going to move forward anyway.” --  You know.. if you're going to protest about laws being unfair, shouldn't you obey the laws to make your point? Being civilly disobedient makes you a hypocrite in protesting civil disobedience.

 

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From the "it's funny how biting oneself on the butt comes back around to haunt you" department - L-E headline: "Jordan Spieth skips Olympics, latest star golfer to withdraw" -- You know, in 1996, the Olympics had the opportunity to establish itself as a "golfer's MUST" by having an Olympic champion be given a gold medal on the hallowed grounds of Augusta National... but.. the Olympic Committee "weinied out" because of a protest about women not being allowed there as members.....going to Brazil and being welcomed by bad water and Ziki-carrying mosquitoes just isn't the same attraction.

 

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L-E story: "The four Auburn players arrested for possession of marijuana in April — Byron Cowart, Carlton Davis, Ryan Davis and Jeremiah Dinson — won’t miss any playing time." -- Hmm.. maybe the SEC should step in and make it mandatory that any players not disciplined for marijuana use be made to smoke some about 30 minutes before game time and the coach be made to play them every play.. especially on kick-return defense.

 

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From the "absolutely yellow journalism at it's worst" department - Online snippet: Words printed by Oliver Darcy of Business Insider.. "The operator of the anti-Trump Stop Trump PAC, a Republican operative who asked not to be named to preserve his anonymity.... -- Good grief.. anonymity  with unverifiable description of the source is about as YELLOW  as journalism can get.. if one will not stand behind  and be responsible/acountable for one's words, one should not have a voice.

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Online headline: "Potential Trump VP on abortion: 'Women have to be able to choose' -- Once again.. abortion is not, should not, be a legislative issue.. it is a morals issue that those choosing such have to deal with God in their own personal relationship.. Republicans need to stop second guessing God.

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Online :headLIE: "Bernie Sanders expected to make big endorsement" -- God grief... what's "big" about one socialist siding with another socialist.. Sanders endorsing Trump instead of Hillary would be BIG.

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Online ZERO-bama quote: ""First of all, as painful as this week has been, I firmly believe that America is not as divided as some have suggested," Obama, visiting Poland, told a news conference in Warsaw." -- "not as divided as some have suggested"? -- He's probably right... it's MUCH WORSE as some have suggested!

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HuffPOOPOO headline: "Osama bin Laden's Son Threatens Revenge Against U.S. For Father's Assassination" -- Hmm..if ZERO-bama will say "he could have been my son"?

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The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." -- What part of "shall not" does any judge not understand.. even hesitating to defend it should be enough reason for impechment.

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I was watching the women's 5K Finals during the Olympic Trials last night..and could help but wonder what the non-top-3 finalists were feeling as they were staggered down the track when the top-3 crossed the finish line.. imagine working so hard for the past 4 years to even make it to the finals.. then "poof",  you're an "also-ran"... can you dream.. even consider... of giving up another 4 years of your life to try again?

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HuffPOOPOO headline: "Ruth Bader Ginsburg Jokes She Could Move To New Zealand If Donald Trump Is Elected President" -- Hmmm... now before we start celebrating, you must get by the irony hat New Zealand probably wouldn't let her in...

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Online headline/story: "Bullfighter and runner die, two others gored in Spanish bull festivals * A bullfighter and a man participating in a village bull-run were killed in Spain on Saturday, while another two men were gored by the animals at the world-famous festival in the town of Pamplona. *  Many of Spain's towns hold summer festivals involving bulls, and several people die each year." -- "several people die each year"? Wow! I'm going to call my travel agent and book a family trip there next year....NOT!

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Have you seen the Hillary ad claiming her wanting to be president has "always been about kids"?  Yeah right.. well, we know in her own words she's not going to bake cookies...so we have to assume she's pimping for Bill

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WRBL 3 News headline/story: "Community activist, NAACP president arrested in Uptown protest * The streets of Columbus took on a different tone, as people from all different races came together to protest peacefully. Protester Janice Bryant says she and others can’t be afraid to speak out for what they believe in. *  “A lot of people feel like racism doesn’t exist or people are just silent about it,” said Bryant." -- "A lot of people feel like racism doesn’t exist or people are just silent about it"? -- Yes Ms Bryant.. racism exists.. especially if you're looking.. TRYING to make everything about race... of course. opportunities to talk about the problems and solutions are cut off when the first action is to claim something is all about racism.. No, Ms. Bryant,, the problem is really about "attitude".. and an attitude that someone else is the problem gets you, us, nowhere.

 

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In lockstep with above - L-E story: "Averett described the protest as peaceful. * “It was civil disobedience and civil disobedience does not involve obeying the law,” he said. "Only he should have been arrested, and not Thomas, since he was the protest leader, he added". -- Heh heh heh,, "Only he should have been arrested"? So much for women's equal rights..Protest that, Tanza..

 

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Online story: "Authorities in Minnesota said at least five police officers were injured in a protest sparked by the recent police killings of black men in Minnesota and Louisiana on Saturday night. * St. Paul police said the officers were injured after some protesters threw rocks, firecrackers and other debris at them. * protesters also hurled bricks, glad bottles, construction rebar and liquids at the officers. A Molotov cocktail was also thrown toward the officers." -- What a peaceful way to show your concern for law & order and gain respect.. NOT.. The restraint of police officers under such abuse is remarkable.. these protesters either don't know..or don't care,, that the incident they are inflamed about ..a Minnesota man with a habitual offender's rap sheet, and had a gun in his lap and refused to stop moving his hands towards it as ordered by the police, who had stopped the car because the driver/passenger fit the description of two wanted for an armed robbery.

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Online story: "The Fraternal Order of Police, the country’s largest group of sworn law-enforcement officers, is asking the Justice Department to “immediately” investigate the killing of five Dallas police officers as a hate crime." -- You know.. why should anyone have to ASK the DOJ to investigate this as a "hate crime". It looked.. sounded.. pretty obvious to me, and the majority of American citizens.. having to ask the DOJ to consider to do this is basically a condemnation of the 8 years of ZERO-bama's administration. This.. is his
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The weekend is over, and I'm more PO'd now than I was last week when Comey said there wouldn't be any charges made against Hillary. I'm madder because he didn't tell us up front that not only didn't he actually interview Hillary, but he didn't even discuss the questions his minions did or did not ask Hillary...and no one recorded anything she said.

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President Obama on Saturday urged Americans to remain optimistic about race relations in the immediate aftermath of two black males being fatally shot by police officers, then a gunman apparently retaliating by killing five Dallas law-enforcement officials, saying, “We cannot let the actions of a few define all of us. * This is not who we are.”  -- Not who "we" are? Well it seems ZERO-bama has had no trouble labeling conservatives as racist and hatemongers for the past 9 years (let's not forget his campaign time).

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It's frustrating to hear ZERO-bama stand behind a podium, face-flop between two TelePrompters, and say "WE" have to do this, believe that, or support some strange concept of justice.. I do not think he feels I am someone he would want to sit down and drink a beer with. The Dallas Police Department probably feels this way, too.

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Word is out trying to dispell a second or third sniper in Dallas. While echoes can be misleading, let's wait an see whether or not all the bullets match up to rifle markings on the weapons the dead shooter wielded.

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Online headline: "Obama: As painful as this week has been, I firmly believe that America is not as divided as some have suggested" --  Good grief.. America has been divided more under ZERO-bama than any president since Lincoln.. and Lincoln's idea was to UNITE us all... America will stay divided as long as ZERO-bama will not call bigoted black racists like Al Sharlaton, Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan, and Charlie Rangel black racist bigots to their face on National TV.. and without a TelePrompTer .. it needs to come from his heart.. The only thing that hasn't changed is politicos who have made their careers and fortunes pretending time stopped in the 60s.  None of "acceptable-to-mainscream-media" " black leaders seem to have noticed that the only group of people who want to suppress black growth is the Democratic Party... Not until then will ALL Americans will know ZERO-bama is THEIR president.

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This is not a rhetorical question...it should be presented to all black leaders and under oath. Question: As a black parent, would you feel safer sending your child into a police station or into a South Chicago neighborhood?

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Online headline: "Loretta Lunch Tells Cities And Judges To Ease Off Prosecution of Criminals Particularly Those Of Minority Status * If They Don’t Comply She Threatened To Do THIS To Them: They will lose federal funding, and risk being investigated for racial discrimination practices." -- What Loretta Lynch should be required to do is ride around in a police car in South Chicago (or Minnesota or even Washington, DC) and have to make on-the-fly street assessments of  situations that face every police officer every day/night when they stop to investigate an incident or pull over a car in a high-crime area. Then.. she might regain some respect for the DOJ..

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Online headline/story: "BLACK LIVES MATTER Thugs Loot 7-Eleven Store After Cop Shootings…Taunt, Make Obscene Gestures At Grieving Dallas Police Officers * Hours after the Black Lives Matter massacre,  thugs got in the faces of grieving cops who were called to the scene of a 7-Eleven store that had been reportedly just been looted. " -- Yeah.. it's all about racism.. guess these "protesters" were honoring the rap sheets of the people they are protesting about...

http://100percentfedup.com/watch-black-lives-matter-thugs-loot-7-eleven-store-cop-shootings-taunt-make-obscene-gestures-grieving-dallas-police-officers/

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Online story: "Less than 24 hours after the horrific massacre on Dallas police, authorities and the media seem to be going out of their way to distance the shooter behind the attack from black activist groups, such as Black Lives Matter. *  Hours before gunmen opened fire on police officers in downtown Dallas, killing five cops and injuring seven others, Louis Farrakhan posted a message of hatred and violence against white people on social media. * “When you are willing and not afraid anymore to pay the price for freedom — don’t let this white man tell you that violence is wrong,” Farrakhan said. “Every damn thing that he got, he got it by being violent — killing people, raping and robbing and murdering. He’s doing it as we speak, and then he has the nerve to come and tell us that violence and hatred won’t get it. Don’t buy that!” * Speaking about white people as one entity, Farrakhan proclaimed, “He is worthy to be hated.” He also claimed that “God hates,” and man is no better than God." -- The only hatred spoken here is by Farrakhan, and amidst the "hate" Farrakhan  blasphemes God.. and ZERO-bama will never challenge..

http://www.allenbwest.com/michellejesse/sick-look-what-nation-of-islam-leader-posted-hours-before-dallas-police-massacre

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L-E headline/story: "Gun violence a growing concern in Columbus * Grassroots leaders will hold a gun buyback event 2 to 6 p.m. today on Cusseta Road * “If you are a law-abiding citizen and you own a firearm, there is no problem,” he said. “The problem that you run into with your firearms — this is from the police perspective — is when they are used by people who shouldn’t have them to begin with because it’s illegal for them to possess, or they take a firearm and use it as an (instrument) of a crime, where they use it to harm someone.” *(Assistant Columbus Police Chief) Miller said a woman notified the CPD about today’s gun buyback event, and asked that officers not be present. He expects the group to turn the guns into the police department at some point, he said. But guns that are “free and clear” — meaning that they’re not part of a criminal investigation or police can’t find their lawful owners — could end up back on the street due to a state law that prevents law enforcement agencies from destroying them. * “The guns are advertised that they’re for sale, and we sell them in batches,” he said, explaining the process. “Someone with a federal firearms license would come in, usually gun dealers, and they would bid on this batch or lot of guns. So, if in fact some guns are turned in, we’re going to turn right around and sell them out back on the street. * Sheriff John Darr showed the Ledger-Enquirer more than 100 guns that his office has collected over the past few years. He said many of the guns used for criminal acts are stolen from homes, businesses and vehicles, and then sold to dealers on the street. And they end up in the hands of people who either intend to commit crime or don’t know how to handle a firearm." --  Will some liberal please explain why any new proposal.. other than repealing the 2nd Amendment which would ..in effect,, neuter all the other Amendments... how do you stop gun violence by criminals if you cripple the death sentence and jury powers with lenient sentencing.. or worst yet.. incompetent DA plea bargains?

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You know, if the man killed in Minnesota had a valid "concealed carry" permit, then he knew what he should have done when a police officer gave him an order.. Of course, I've seen no verification of him having such as broadcast by people with as little confirmation as myself.

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Black Lives, White Lives, Blue Lives, Yellow Lives, Red Lives, American LIVES....they all MATTER...When any one group targets another, all bets are off at solving the future.

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Yes, while all lives matter, nothing matters as much a morals and character...well, except lack of both...
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There are several one-word reasons to describe the NAACP protest failure in Uptown Coumbus...
LAZY...didn't bother to check City protocol...CHEAP...obvious...but my favorite is ARROGANCE...just wanted to be insensitive to the grief shared by police officers everywhere.

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The man killed in Minnesota...the one who defied police orders and got shot... He had a list of 60+ infractions and 39.convictions...well, most.of the charges involved repeat offenses and simply defying police orders. All he had to do.was comply with simple orders and he'd still be alive..Arrogance got him killed.

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You know.. it's pretty discouraging when a murder happens and the person of interest is captured (or worse, turns him/herself into the police) but pleads "not guilty" in Recorders Court, then is bound over to Superior Court, lives  for months at taxpayer expense, and then our DA either plea-bargains them back on the streets in a few years, or cannot get a jury to convict them.

 

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L-E headline/story: "Ga. set to execute sixth inmate this year *  John Wayne Conner, 60, is scheduled to die by injection of pentobarbital at the state prison in Jackson. He was convicted of beating a friend to death 34 years ago during an argument after a night of drinking and marijuana use." -- Good grief.. the man lived at taxpayer expense for more years than he had lived outside of jail when he killed another.. How does waiting 34 years to execute the sentence help detour others from following suit?

 

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L-E story: "Council Agenda items:

 

"ALLOCATION OF HOME FUNDS TO NEIGHBORWORKS COLUMBUS INC.: Approval is requested to enter into a HOME Written Agreement, between the Columbus Consolidated Government and NeighborWorks Columbus Inc., to award Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME) funds in the amount of $140,000 to construct two duplexes (four units) of affordable housing in Beallwood for rent to income eligible households.

 

ALLOCATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HOUSING ORGANIZATION SET-ASIDE FUNDS TO NEIGHBORWORKS COLUMBUS INC.: Approval is requested to enter into a HOME Community Development Housing Organization Written Agreement, between the Columbus Consolidated Government and NeighborWorks Columbus Inc., to award Home Investment Partnership Program set-aside funds in the amount of $121,000 to acquire and rehabilitate one single-family housing unit for resale to an income eligible household."

 

What is going on here.. NeigborWorks is also know as "Columbus Housing Initiative" and is headed by Cathy Williams.. the same Cathy Williams that is running again for the MCSB... she gets a 6-figure salary ..already.. for simply redistributing tax and other donated doillars . Her taking a salaried postion on the School Board would be double-dipping on the taxpayers' teat. This kind of abuse needs to be stopped.. Maybe her husband's newspaper will investigate.. NOT!

 

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Another L-E story: "Council Agenda" item:

 

"ANNUAL SOFTWARE LICENSE MAINTENANCE RENEWAL FOR PERMITTING SYSTEM AND BUSINESS LICENSE SYSTEM: It is requested that council approve payment to Tyler Technologies (Dallas, Texas) in the amount of $66,091.79 for the annual software license maintenance renewal for the Energov Software Permitting System utilized by Inspections and Code; and the Energov Software Business License System utilized by the Finance Department’s Revenue Division. This payment will cover ongoing support for both systems from July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017. Approval is also requested for future annual maintenance renewal fees, of approximately $66,091.79, which will be budgeted in the appropriate fiscal years." -- Good grief.. Tyler Technologies is also the company Mayor TomLYINGson hired to reassess our property vales.. in spite that we have a fully staffed and taxpayer paid Tax Assessor's Office.. Somebody needs to investigate the mayor's connection with Tyler Technologies..

 

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L-E story: "The Lewis & Clark Humane Society is caring for nine dogs a South Korean woman said she saved from being killed for meat. *  An adoption price hasn’t yet been set, although it is typically $120 for a dog, which pays for spaying or neutering, vaccinations and time spent at the shelter pending adoption." -- Poor dogs,, whether for meat or adoption, they are still gonna get "butchered".. Now, who CANNOT see the handwriting on the wall.. a lawsuit filed by the ACLU because of interference with another person's cultural upbringing? Now, as  advice was given to Forrest Gump.. "Run, Dogs, Run"!

We know ZERO-bama was seen "smoozing" with Hillary in North Carolina, but where has current Secretary of State Kerry been?

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According to the test results in our MCSD, it apparent...in fact, more than apparent that our overall reading program in elementary schools is the biggest problem.. No test can mastered if a student cannot read/understand the problem on the tests. Vote for Shelia Williams and JoAnn Thomas-Brown.. nothing will change for the better for our community until a better school board is seated.

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Another thing to remember is that if Shelia Williams and JoAnn Thomas-Brown win their MCSB runoff elections, then a financial expert like John Thomas can be elected as the Board chair.. We need a financial analyst with his experience analyzing the MCSD budget and expenditures.

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Why is the Dallas Police Chief  trying to pawn off that the dead shooter was acting alone.. not part of a group?..Surely the fact that at least 2 snipers were  positioned at optimum stations and were coordinated in their efforts has to create a plausible  scenario that this was a credible and coordinated planned assault on the police.

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When cornered about the Dallas Police massacre, ZERO-bama said, "Justive will be served". How reassuring can you feel when ZERO-bama says "Justice will be served"? Who knows what the laws are when ZERO-bama changes them with his pen, and activist liberal judges overrule them?

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Online headline/story: "NTSB says Delta plane landed at wrong airport *  WASHINGTON –  A Delta Air Lines jetliner with 130 passengers on board landed at the wrong airport in South Dakota Thursday evening, said a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the incident." -- Hmm.. South Dakota has more than 1 airport?

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From the "how does Comey know whether the right questions were asked" department - Online story: "During testimony before Congress on Thursday, FBI Director James Comey stated that the FBI’s interview with presumptive Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was not under oath or recorded, but it still would be a crime to lie to the FBI. * Comey stated that he did not personally interview Clinton, and did not talk to all of the “five or six” who did interview Clinton. * He was then asked, “did she testify or talk to them under oath?” Comey answered, “No.” But added that “it’s still a crime to lie to us.” _  Two things.. "was not under oath or recorded, but it still would be a crime to lie to the FBI"? How would it be provable Hillary lied if it was not recorded? Secondly..while the showing of "All the President's Men" a couple of nights ago "was timely", it also brought some insight into this situation... Comey "went to the mattress" in defending the decision not to charge Hillary... but did so with out talking/questioning her personally, nor had any recordings of what she was asked nor said. In the "All the President's Men" movie, Hugh Sloan said he did not name H. R. Halderman as the 5th man in the Watergate scandal when he was under Grand Jury testimony.. afterwards, Sloan said Halderman was the 5th person.. he was asked why he didn't testify to that .. Sloan replied, "Nobody asked me about Halderman". Now, what questions were not asked to Hillary?

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In yesterday's L-E, there's made mention of a new "roundabout" on 14th Street and Front Avenue at the "walking bridge" across the Chattahoochee.. At best it's a "turn around loop" as there's no driving onto or across the bridge.. Just another over priced, unnecessary TomLYINGson project...

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Speaking of "over priced" TomLYINGson project.. we also got an update on the projects to complete the links on the RiverWalk.. it was said that the first bids exceeded the allotted $10,000,000.00 designated in the T-SPLOST list.. Hey, even if the bids had come in on the targeted figure, they would still be "over priced".. that $10,000,000.00 being returned actually cost us $11,764,706.00.. TomLYINGson always seems not to mention that Columbus is only getting .85 cents on the dollar returned to us for every dollar Columbus citizens are taxed.

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The Congressional Black Caucus needs to be disbanded! Bigoted racial terrorists ambushed the Dallas PD, and the CBC wanted to immediately go into Gun Ban Mode. The designated spokesperson called on a vote for background check for military type weapons. There are already laws on the book, not only requiring such checks for military type weapons, but restricting who can own them and how they may be used. What the Democrats want is to confiscate legal guns that simply look like military weapons..but aren't.. and that is just the beginning..

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Thank heaven for Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke! Fox had him on immediately following a segment with Jesse Jackson who spieled absolute lies about weapons that can bring airplanes down being available for order online in this country, and Sheriff Clarke "shot" Jackson DOWN! Of course, wa=hat I want to know is why Fox gave Jackson ANY airtime...

 

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Hey, Democrats/mainscream media.. exactly how will more and tougher yet toothless (because of hippa et al ) laws prevent acts of terrorism in the future (or retroactively) since no law will be abided by a criminal with.. or in search.. of a gun? Do liberals agree with Sen. Diane Feinstein that criminals/terroristd will lay down their weapons once they observe everyone else around them do not have any weapons? Do liberals think that the snipers in Dallas would not have acted if no one else, including the dead and wounded police officers, was carrying a gun? Gimmee a break..

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How can anybody in the media complain about ZERO-bama's failure to call the mid-eastern barbarians "Islamist terrorists" when no one will refer to the assassin terrorists in Dallas as "bigoted racial terrorists"?

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What do you want to bet that police departments will not be back on the street protecting protesters and their rights, without wearing their riot/terrorism gear?

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You know, the number one job of the Dallas Police Department was to defend the BLM protesters rights to free speech and to gather peacefully in public. BLM's obligation was to maintain the rights of the police officers. BLM failed...failed it's obligations..and failed its goals and purposes.

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I have a real good idea of how to get rid of RINOs in the Senate... let's look at South Carolina.. Lindsey Graham is up for re-election in 2018... how about conservative SC Senator Tim Scott resigning from his current seat, and run against Graham in 2018 GOP Primary...the governor can then appoint another conservative Republican to Scott's old seat. It's hard to unseat a sitting RINO in a primary unless there is an as well known opponent with a pre-built campaign fund.

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Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass has blasted Hillary as being disqualified to hold the seat of US President based on her inability to handle state secrets. What;s lost in Kass's observations is that if Hillary should get elected, it would mean two consecutive Chicago connected presidents in a row and that Chicago is already experiencing high annual percentages of migration because of the current Chicago-connected president.

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Online story: "JACKSONVILLE, Fla. –  U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown of Florida and her chief of staff have been charged with multiple fraud and other federal offenses in a grand jury indictment unsealed Friday after a federal investigation into a fraudulent charity with ties to the congresswoman. * The indictment says that Brown, Simmons and Wiley "used the vast majority" of One Door donations for their personal and professional benefit, including tens of thousands of dollars in cash deposits that Simmons made to Brown's personal bank accounts. * Earlier this year, One Door President Carla Wiley pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud after it as determined that she had deposited $800,000 into the foundation's account over four years. Over that time, federal prosecutors say it gave one scholarship for $1,000 and that Wiley transferred herself tens of thousands of dollars. " -- Unlike Charlie Rangel's similar Congressional charges, we may hear more about Representative Brown.. seems her district has been redrawn so she must be having to run against another Democrat that the DNC prefers to Brown.

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L-E headline: "Family of coach killed in crash seeks $1M from city" -- Good grief.. this turns a tragedy into a travesty.. It's doubly disturbing that the lawyer filing the action is the niece of Public Safety Commission chairman Dr, Robert Wright.

 

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L-E headline: "Estrada becomes Idaho reserve police officer" -- Hmm.. Guess he'll have a new :nickname now.. instead of "Ponch", he'll be called "Paunch".

 

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L-E's "Thought for Today": “They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” — Andy Warhol (1928-1987)." -- " you actually have to change them yourself"? Hmmm and it's way past time we Make America Great Again.. "YOU" get out and vote for Trump.

 

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L-E story: "The 23-year-old man wanted in the May 14 slaying of Richard Collier was captured early Friday in Jonesboro, Ga., Columbus police said in a news release. * J******, who was released from state prison in February, was on probation at the time of the May 14 shooting, which police said occurred after a dispute erupted during a house party at 5908 Hodges Drive. *  J****** had been convicted in Muscogee County of numerous charges, including possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, theft by receiving stolen property, obstruction, fleeing to elude police and auto theft, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. * He was most recently incarcerated in Macon State Prison, sentenced to serve 10 years on the theft charge starting March 23, 2011." -- With multiple past felony convictions, J***** was released from jail after less than 3 years served of a 10 year (and obviously well deserved) sentence. Richard Collier would probably be alive today if J****** served his well deserved sentence.. maybe it's time for all families of people killed by people who have been paroled/early released to file a class action suit against the Board of Paroles and Pardons for undeserved loss of life.

 

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You know.. in 2001, his nation came together as one as we delved into the terrorist aspects of the Islamist terrorists assault .. not only of the Towers in New York and the Pentagon (plus either the White House or Capitol Building that was thwarted), but of the innocence of all American citizens.. the unity lasted about a month before liberals/Democrats were back into their political mantra. On July 7th, for a brief moment, America united a 1..within 24 hours, liberals and Democrats were back into their political agenda mantra.. Go.. please bless us again.. I promise, those liberals/Democrats are the minority. Hopefully we will show you in November.

 

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I've seen two remarkable events occur since July 7th.. Fox News has abandoned it's
go-along-get-along attitude with liberal hacks , and successful blacks are stepping up to the plate to call out the racial bigots in the black spinmeister brigade.

 

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From the "who'da ever thunk it"department: In today's L-E ads, there's one for a nearly 3 year old pick-up truck (2014 Ford F-150 FX) listed for sale at $39000+ dollars.. maybe that 6$600,00 I spent on new tires for my 1993 Silverado was really an investment.

Online story: "The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it will conduct an internal review of whether Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her aides mishandled classified information, after the Justice Department declined to bring criminal charges. *  The outcome of the investigation may also have a big impact on her presidency if elected in November. Her closest confidants involved in the scandal could face severe punishment, according to the Associated Press, the most serious being the loss of security clearances. This will be a major roadblock if she hopes to appoint any of them to her national security team." -- "outcome of the investigation MAY also have a big impact on her presidency if elected in November"? Let's guarantee IT! Vote Trump!

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The Republicans might want to back off a shade on going after Hillary... she's severely wounded, and Trump can deal with her after January. As it is, if the Republicans go for her jugular, and she withdraws, Biden will step in, and those Democrat voters who she was losing would be won over in sympathy for her, and be invigorated to support Biden. The Republicans just need to play her scandals like a large mouth bass.

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Rumor has it that there's sequel coming out for "Chuckie" this Fall. The working title is "Transgender Chuckie" and stars Hillary.

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From the "talk about timing" department: Last night on AMC, "All The President's Men" aired. Bob Woodward who broke the story and co-wrote the book, is now an Associate Editor of the Washington Post.
Maybe it's time he dug into Hillary. Turn about is, as "they" say, fair play.

In the movie, ironically, the FBI & DOJ knew what was going on...just like today's saga with Hillary.

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CNN headline/story: "Dallas sniper attack: 5 officers shot dead during protests against police *  A total of 11 officers were shot, and some of the six officers injured are undergoing surgery, authorities said. * It was the deadliest single attack on law enforcement since the 2001 terror attacks, when 72 officers died, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund." -- "deadliest attack on law enforcement since the 2001 terror attacks"? - Good grief.. how can anyone compare  what happened at Dallas with the actions of Islam jihadist terrorists? This is an act of civil war...and.. wanna bet there wasn't a Trump supporter among the protesters?

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Look for inner city areas of major cities to have escalating death tolls through out the rest of summer.. we've seen the devastation on the streets of Baltimore since the Major and State attorney have abandoned support of the police officers there, and police officers are going to be slower to react to emergency calls... and who can blame them..

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The assault on Dallas police officers can only be likened to radical terrorism exhibited by Islamic jihadist.. killing people is not necessary to make one's point.. killing people indiscriminately just says it's because "I can".

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You know.. possibly 100% of deaths by police officers could be eliminated simply by following the requests/orders made by a police officer who enters a situation that he/she hasn't had the time.. or liberty.. to analyze before he/she is required to make a spontaneous decision to protect the lives of all in the area as well as his/her own life.

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I don't believe it...one mainscream news source described it as occurring during "a RALLY" ..  Dare we ask the racial breakdown of the Dallas officers shot?

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What is it with so-called Republicans who say they can't support Trump.. the same people who chose Trump over 16 other "traditional Republicans" are the same voters they are going to have to beg to vote for them in their next elections...

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Online story: "On Wednesday night, FOX News anchor Bill O'Reilly characterized what he called, "...Obama's emotional attachment to the Muslim world," as a global threat. * He asserted, "There is no question that the Obama administration's greatest failure is allowing the Islamic terror group ISIS to run wild, murdering thousands of innocent people all over the world, including many Muslims." -- "Obama administration's greatest failure"? Well the southside Chicago communities he "organized" have to be in the top 3 along with trying to destroy our children's future by adding $10 Trillion to the National Debt.

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Why does the House bother to allow Democrats on investigative committees? A Republican questioner asked pertinent questions followed a Democrat would spend his time complaining about how Republicans were wasting his and Comey's time. Since the Republicans were asking pertinent questions, they really weren't wasting time, but the Democrats just flapping their gums about wasting time were actually the ones wasting EVERYBODY's time!

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L-E story: "President Barack Obama called on American law enforcement to root out bias in its ranks and said all Americans should be troubled by frequent police shootings of blacks and Hispanics, insisting that fatal incidents in Minnesota and Louisiana are not isolated. * Adding his voice to a growing public outcry, Obama said the shootings were symptoms of a “broader set of racial disparities” in the justice system that aren’t being fixed quickly enough. * He ticked through a list of statistics he said showed concerns about bias are real: African-Americans being shot by police or arrested at more than twice the rate of white Americans." -- "ticked through a list of statistics"? I don't remember hearing ZERO-bama mention that black unemployment has reached new depths since he took office.. I also don't remember him mentioning the rate of minority arrests mirrors the rate of minority crimes, too.  And I don't remember him saying he's had 8 years to accomplish improvement..

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L-E's "Thought for Today": “America is not just a power, it is a promise.” — Nelson A. Rockefeller, American politician and businessman (born this date in 1908, died 1979)." -- Good grief,, another promise ZERO-bama has broken, ..and Hillary wants to keep broke ... 

Ironic.. in August of 1974, Richard M. Nixon resigned from the presidency for the good of the country. Moronic is that he did so on pending charges that were a lot less damaging that the charges Hillary has been investigated of by the FBI. More ironic is that Hillary was working on Nixon's investigation, and got booted out for ethics.. uh..lack of ethics reasons.

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Yesterday, I questioned a Reuters' report on a death of a man in Baton Rouge during a police confrontation.. IO stand by my point that the Reuter's report ambiguously vacillated as to pertinent facts regarding race, but for the record, follow-up info does show that the two officers were white. This doesn't make them guilty of wrong doing, but a report will be following when all the details are examined.

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Chicago appears to have had some hot fireworks over the weekend of July 4th, looks like about 70 shootings and 7 of those resulted in death... ah...neighbors will be neighbors.. So far this year, there have been 2,061 shootings and 308 have died from them.. How about a round of applause for the Chicago emergency rooms staffs for their hard work at keeping the death numbers down.

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From the "no surprise" department: We are not getting the truth about the number of "mass shooting"  from ZERO-bama and spinmeisters.. in Chicago alone.. and we all know that Chicago probably has the strictest gun laws in our nation, there have been 266 multiple/mass shooting through the first half on 2016.. resulting in 624 people being shot, and 81 of those being killed. Sure looks like ZERO-bama abandoned his Community Organizer job before it was finished.

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Last year, Chicago shootings caused $165 Million in taxpayer related costs for ER treatments, ambulance rides, and autopsies. This year shootings have already cost Chicago taxpayers $108 million.. I expect ZERO-bama's spinmeisters to announce OObamaCRAP has been a boon for Chicago's economy as it's created more medical related jobs.

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If there was ever a time to "gird our loins" and stand our ground against government going after your legally owned guns, never forget that the FBI & DOJ has shown it's not going to protect us from corrupt career politicians.

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You know... Hillary can finally put something she's accomplished on her resume.. without a doubt, she has successfully destroyed America's faith in it's legal system..

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US Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced that the investigation against Hillary is officially closed. Let's close Lynch's employment contract with the government.. elect Trump!

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All I can figure is that FBI Director Comey got stumped.on the definition of "intentional" and called Slick Willie to see how he defined it. Hmmmm ..maybe that's what Clinton and Lynch were discussing.

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Hey, Rudy Giuliani says he could get Hillary convicted on just what he's seen released. I guess prosecutors like Giuliani just aren't "reasonable" in Comey's eyes.

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Online story: "Hillary Clinton has a new plan for making college affordable again, one that bears a striking resemblance to that of her primary opponent. On Wednesday, the presumptive Democratic nominee unveiled a proposal to guarantee free tuition at public universities for students in families earning up to $85,000 a year, with that threshold rising to $125,000 by 2021." -- Good grief.. Hillary has destroyed America's legal system, and now she says she'll destroy both the economy and job markets with one program.. With the taxes it would confiscate from businesses, there would be no one who won't eventually qualify for "free college, as business owners have their businesses stripped of assets, and their employees  would have to be let go, and those who "graduate" from "free college" won't even have jobs available for them. What's worse is that current college students don't have enough education to realize these ramifications.

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From the "blaspheme" department - HuffPOOPOO story: "New York City’s iconic Empire State Building will shine green on Wednesday evening in celebration of Eid al-Fitr, the holiday that marks the end of Ramadan. * Around 1.6 billion Muslims around the world marked the end of the holy month of fasting with one of the most joyous days of the year. As The Huffington Post’s religion editors note, the day is often full of merriment, thanksgiving and feasts. A common greeting during the holiday is Eid mubarak, which means “Have a blessed Eid!” * The Empire State Building has been lit green ― a color long associated with Ramadan ― for several years, and it has become “an annual lighting” tradition, a spokesman told Agency France-Presse." -- Good grief.. why not do something more appropriate,,, either blow the Empirse State Building up.. or cut off the top of it.. either seems more in tune with how Islamist terrorist preferred his past Ramadan. Save the "green" for St Patrick's Day!

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Ah! Thanks for y'all helping my sister's college, Sweet Briar, defeat Alfred University in their battle for "Best Mascot".. It was a close 51%-49% final results, but when the call went out to the BCers', Alfred U had a double digit lead, so pat yourself on the backs for making the difference..

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Been thinking about the recent ruling of a judge who ordered Christian Mingle to allow same-sex searches (bet he wouldn't have made that  order if it was "Muslim Mingle" in the lawsuit) .. My question is: How do activist judges give orders to Christian churches/organizations when upper courts have already decided that there has to.be a separation of church & state?

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You know, from what I can see, the Republicans that are not sold on Trump are those who haven't recognized they have fallen into the trap of political correctness, and don't recognize they are a bigger problem for the future of America than Hillary.

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Have you noticed that when Hillary cites a newspaper or magazine editorial assessment of Trump, she never cites one that has credibility outside of Liberalville?

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Word out is that Hillary has already assured Comey & Lynch can keep teir jobs if she is elected. Whether true or simply a rumor, the thought of either remaining at their jobs smells to high water. Of course, Bill set a precedence for Hillary by keeping Janet Reno for his second term.

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L-E headline: "No end to Afghan war: Obama slows pace of U.S. troop withdrawal * In new drawdown plan, president said he’ll leave 8,400 troops to address the country’s “precarious” security situation Ultimately, it will be up to the next president to decide the level of U.S. involvement" -- Whew.. finally .. a campaign promise he's not going to keep.. He said he'd "fundamentally transform America" and he has ( by killing the DOMA laws, pushing for men to use girl's locker room facilities, and opening our doors to illegal aliens). he promised to close GITMO by releasing terrorists back into the Muslim world, and pulling out our troops in Iraq so ISIS could benefit from all the weapons left behind. Vote Trump!

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From L-E story on MCSD budget: "63.7 PERCENT - That’s the percentage of the budget spent on instruction ($174,983,265), meaning the teaching of children. Although it’s an increase in dollars compared to FY 2016 (from $170,226,157), it’s a decrease in portion (from 65 percent)." -- Well since 86% of the revenues are paid out in salaries/benefits,that means that the total of $235,000,000.00 is paid overall in salaries and benefits, If only $174,000,000.00 is making it into the classrooms, then $61,000,000.00 is going for non-instructional positions.. sounds like we either have "too many chiefs-to-warriors ratio" or the chiefs are making too much compared to the warriors. Since it''s about 1-to-3 ration of non-classroom-to-actual classroom ratio.. even students cursed by Common CRAP math should be able to figure this problem out.

From the same story: "$189,707,707 - The state never has fully funded its Quality Basic Education formula since it was enacted in 1985, but the MCSD administration still tracks the amount of austerity reductions compared to what the formula says it earns in state revenue. Since FY 2003, the district’s cumulative austerity reductions amount to $189,707,707, including $3,010,828 for FY 2017." -- Hmm.. now we see what the problem is.. QBE has been defunct for 13 years, and the MCSD still has people assigned.. and paid.. to keep up with this running figure.. Wonder how much better off our students might have been if the dollars to keep track of insignificant data were redirected into the classrooms these last 13 years?

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L-E headline/story: "Tree police in the Columbus Historic District? Are you kidding? *  Don’t you just love it when city government “swings” into action? * Meet Eric Gansauer, the city of Columbus’ forestry administrator. He has been a busy man in recent weeks working the lower end of Broadway in the Historic District. * Using the city’s Tree Preservation and Protection Ordinance as his sword, Mr. Gansauer has been a diligent public servant. His job is to enforce the tree ordinance. * And he takes his job seriously. Kind of the way Barney Fife took his job seriously in the fictional town of Mayberry. * “The tree ordinance does not allow you to attach or hang anything on a city tree,” Mr. Gansauer said on Tuesday. * No, it doesn’t, sir. * One couple hung a baby’s seat swing — you know, the cute hard plastic pink ones — from a tree limb. *  Somebody else has erected two well-crafted rope swings in the 500 block median. * Others, flaunting the city law and sticking it to the man, have put up squirrel feeders and bird houses." -- Hmmm.. yet Mr Gansauer has no problem with cutting off limbs in an historic Oak tree in the Braodway median and attaching ropes to other limbs and promoting a "tree exploration event" annually.

On the other hand, it's nice to see Chuck Williams get the "fire" back into the pit of his stomach and tackle other City created issues.. like anything Mayor TomLYiNGson lies about.. or  the quagmire allowed to stagnate within the MCSB.. heck, maybe \he'll even expose the issues his wife ignored the first time she was on the MCSB... before the runoff election she in...

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Latest from Hillary: "Yesterday, Donald Trump released his fundraising numbers -- with the help of the RNC, he raised $51 million in June." -- Yeah, and I bet he raised more that that yesterday, alone, following Comey's denial of justice.

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L-E headline/story: "Two men cut plea deal in Super 8 Motel murder case *  the plea deals to one count each of attempted armed robbery, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years." -- Good grief.. now they two felons won't have mention of the fact that a person was murdered in that attempted robbery, and will be back on the street as soon as next year with all the appeals and early release programs the Democrats push on our justice system..