Winter Storm Kade dumps up to four inches of snow in Texas and Oklahoma as it heads to East Coast | Daily Mail Online

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

By Friday Charleston to Bangor and as far west as Detroit could see snow, while Boston could still have snow or rain. New York and Washington are forecast for rain

Source: Winter Storm Kade dumps up to four inches of snow in Texas and Oklahoma as it heads to East Coast | Daily Mail Online

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Prepare for the “bread, milk, and eggs” run at the supermarkets.

Save the children from another day in the prisons labeled “Gooferment Skrules”!

Us retirees will just roll over and go back to sleep.

Argh!

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Kenya is a hotbed in the $1 billion global contract cheating industry

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Lancaster began studying contract cheating more than a decade ago when he noticed one of his own students posting assignments online. “I found one of my students who was putting up my assignment up for tender on an internet site. So, people were bidding different amounts of money to complete that computer programming assignment,” he said.

Source: Kenya is a hotbed in the $1 billion global contract cheating industry

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I wish this was available when I went to injineering skrule.  I hated “wasting time” on theology papers and listening to my sainted future wife gripe about my spelling in the drafts.  Laugh!

I guess it made me a better person since I still remember “Danny Lou” and “The Ways to love God”.  It didn’t take, but then I’m not sure it didn’t make me the cynic I am today.

Dona Nobis Pacem

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Billionaire Steve Cohen’s bid to buy Mets is on life support

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

While the deal with Cohen seems perilously close to being dead, one source familiar with Cohen from the hedge fund world cautioned, “This is Steve Cohen, so this might be a negotiation. The Wilpons need this more than he does and no one is going to pay more.”

Source: Billionaire Steve Cohen’s bid to buy Mets is on life support

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The main reason I don’t become enamored with MP4B (MP4B = “Millionaires Playing For Billionaires”) is I just care more about things that matter.

Bread and Circuses that distract “We, The Sheeple” from how they are being screwed.

Argh!

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Big Changes For NJ Driver’s Licenses, REAL ID As Walk-Ins Allowed | Patch

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

There will be an $11 fee associated with changing your standard NJ driver’s license or non-driver ID to a REAL ID if not done at renewal.

Source: Big Changes For NJ Driver’s Licenses, REAL ID As Walk-Ins Allowed | Patch

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Argh!

Pay more for the Gooferment’s benefit.

I don[t think so!!!!

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Bloomberg’s Super Bowl ad called ‘wildly misleading’, NRA says it left out ‘salient facts’

Monday, February 3, 2020

Screen shot form Bloomberg’s controversial Super Bowl ad Democrat presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg’s $10 million anti-gun ad that aired during the Super Bowl made false claims about child gun deaths and falsely suggested that the victim highlighted in the commercial was a child when he was tragically killed.

Source: Bloomberg’s Super Bowl ad called ‘wildly misleading’, NRA says it left out ‘salient facts’

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The one-minute ad features Calandrian Simpson Kemp talking about the loss of her son, George Kemp, who was killed in a shooting in 2013. It showed childhood pictures of him, but none of him as the 20-year-old adult he was at the time he was killed during a gang fight.

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I saw that commercial and just knew it was slanted.

Like the Trevon Martin coverage, the deceased is “spiffed up” for public consumption.

No one feel that every human death is in some way a “tragedy”.  One can’t be pro-life and not be frustrated by Gooferment policies that make unnecessary deaths a plague on the nation.

In this case, Bloomberg supports the “(pseudo) War on (some) Drugs”.  Just like (alcohol) Prohibition, it led to gang warfare with  killings.  Why anyone is surprised that the “drug” gangs are killing each other?

End the “(pseudo) War on (some) Drugs” and you won’t have a gun problem.  Just like Coke and Pepsi don’t shoot it out over shelf space, neither will the “drug gangs”.  (What does an out of work drug kingpin do?)

In fact let’s turn Walmart, Amazon, Walgreens, CVS, and your local pharmacist on the problem. “Illegal” drugs will be so cheap that no one will care.

And, all the money being wasted by the police, judicial system, and the prison system can be redirected to treatment.  After all, it is a medical problem.

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For The First Time Ever, A Majority Of The World’s Population Is Dissatisfied With Democracy | Zero Hedge

Monday, February 3, 2020

What will happen when a majority of citizens in the world’s leading democracy, its largest economy, and mightiest military, lose faith in its very foundation?

Source: For The First Time Ever, A Majority Of The World’s Population Is Dissatisfied With Democracy | Zero Hedge

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Secession?

Breaking the large unwieldy body politic into smaller fragments will cut down on the “one size fits all” solutions that make no one happy.

Look at the USSR as a prime example.

The unfunded debts of all levels of the USA’s Gooferments — federal, state, local, territories, and NGOs — will break when the spend thrifts need to be bailed out.

Argh!

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Mike Bloomberg Gave the DNC $300K Two Days Before He Entered the 2020 Race – AC2 News

Sunday, February 2, 2020

FROM Against Crony Capitalism

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Mike Bloomberg Gave the DNC $300K Two Days Before He Entered the 2020 Race

And now the Democratic National Committee is changing the debate rules in a way that benefits the billionaire. We are sure however that this is a coincidence. (From Vice.com)

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DNC members discuss rules change to stop Sanders at convention

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Source: Mike Bloomberg Gave the DNC $300K Two Days Before He Entered the 2020 Race – AC2 News

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JUST A COINCIDENCE?

“I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!” Captain Renault in Casablanca

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(40) Secession: The Reasonable Option Everyone Resists | Tom Woods – YouTube

Sunday, February 2, 2020

The growing number of secession movements around the world gives rise to our topic: breaking away from current government structures that do so much harm to liberty, peace, and prosperity. Recorded at “Breaking Away: The Case for Secession”—the Mises Circle in Houston, Texas, on 24 January 2015.

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Time to consider an American “BExit” —  would that be AmExit?

The only safe way for the US to get out of the divisive state of affairs.

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Happy palindrome day

Sunday, February 2, 2020

Tomorrow’s date will be written as an eight-digit palindrome around the world , the first time this has happened in 900 years. The coincidence is rare because countries use differing conventions. February 2, 2020, is a palindrome whether expressed as day/month/year (02/02/2020), month/day/year (02/02/2020), or year/month/day (2020/02/02).

Source: All Together Now

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An auspicious day?

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The Daily Sheeple

Sunday, February 2, 2020

The 17th Amendment changed Senate seats from being appointments to elected offices, but there is not currently a process showing a constitutional way to recall federally elected officials.

Source: The Daily Sheeple

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Time to repeal the 17th and put the States back in their proper Constitutional role.

This would END federal unfunded mandates.

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How To Protect Yourself From Coronavirus [VIDEO] or not!

Saturday, February 1, 2020

So far in 2020, the puppet-masters pulling the strings of the mainstream media have infected the American populace with such terror and panic, from talk of WW3 to Australia on fire, they “never let a serious crisis go to waste.” Remember swine flu, bird flu, sars, and ebola were supposed to kill us all?

Source: How To Protect Yourself From Coronavirus [VIDEO]

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With a tip of the hat to Alonzo Bodden!

“Remember swine flu, bird flu, sars, and ebola were supposed to kill us all?”

Laugh!

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Motorists who sound their horns too loudly now have to wait extra long at traffic lights | Daily Mail Online

Saturday, February 1, 2020

Motorists who sound their horns too loudly now have to wait extra long at traffic lights thanks to Mumbai police’s new weapon in war on honking drivers

  • The Punishing Signal sees red lights reset their countdown if drivers honk horns
  • Decibel readers were set up above traffic lights in Mumbai to read noise levels
  • If the reading goes above 85 decibels then the red light will reset

Source: Motorists who sound their horns too loudly now have to wait extra long at traffic lights | Daily Mail Online

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That’s one approach that seems “fair”.

I want traffic lights that countdown to changing color.  It would make the “flow” on roads better and avoid a lot of indecision when you get “caught” in the no man’s zone.

Just my opinion.  After all they lights are basically the same since they were invented?

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45 Charged with Committing More than $240K in Welfare Fraud in Pennsylvania

Friday, January 31, 2020

The extent of welfare fraud is not just limited to Pennsylvania; it happens all around the country. A 2019 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that $1 billion in SNAP benefits are trafficked in the U.S. annually. But experts say the real extent of the fraud is uncertain and could surpass that $1 billion figure.

Source: 45 Charged with Committing More than $240K in Welfare Fraud in Pennsylvania

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If there was no welfare, then there would be no fraud!

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Old Age Tip #1 — RX list in alpha order

Friday, January 31, 2020

Always have an up to date RX list in your-wallet,on line, and in your phone.

I also have a road id tab physically my iPhone watch band.

(never can be too prepared)

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Canadian hospice tells gov’t it’ll forgo $750K in public funds rather than kill sick patients

Friday, January 31, 2020

With government money come strings. (From LifeSiteNews.com) DELTA, British Columbia, January 21, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — A British Columbia palliative care hospice under government orders to provide euthanasia onsite by February 3 has offered to forgo $750,000 in public funds rather than let sick patients be killed by lethal injection in its 10-bed facility.

Source: Canadian hospice tells gov’t it’ll forgo $750K in public funds rather than kill sick patients

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Remember when Sarah Palin was EXCORIATED (look it up) for calling Obamacare “Death Panels”.

Here’s evidence she was right!

The Gooferment should NOT have the right to kill anyone EVER.

(I can be persuaded that if the criminal is a Hannibal Lecter type who is too dangerous to be contained, then killing the “mad dog” MIGHT be warranted.)

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Obsessive Astros Fans Documented Their 2017 Cheating

Thursday, January 30, 2020

Tony Adams: My name is Tony Adams. I’m an Astros fan. In November 2019, when the videos of the banging during some Astros 2017 games came out, I was horrified. It was clear within a minute of watching it was true — my team had cheated.

Source: Obsessive Astros Fans Documented Their 2017 Cheating

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I wonder how many careers were ruined by their cheating.  The fellow cites a pitcher who never pitched again in the major leagues.

Argh!

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Ken Starr: Impeachment Violated Due Process and the Constitution

Thursday, January 30, 2020

The House impeachment inquiry into President Trump, he said, had been “dripping with fundamental process violations.”The fact that Trump’s rights had been violated went against the first purpose of the Constitution, he said, which was to “establish justice.”“Courts would not allow this,” Starr said.  “They knew, and they know, that the purpose of our founding instrument is to protect our liberties.”

Source: Ken Starr: Impeachment Violated Due Process and the Constitution

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At what point do the “process violations” give DJT45 a “get out of jail free card”?

I don’t see what he did to warrant impeachment. Seems like a partisan witch hunt by the looney left.

That being said, didn’t they failed to observe the “rules of fair play”?

Where was all this “outrage” when HRC was corruptly violating security rules with her email and the Clinton Foundation? (Sorry but if I’d done what she did when I held a clearance, I’d probably still be in the stockade!)

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Peter Schiff: Gold Would Explode With A Bernie Sanders Presidency

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Via SchiffGold.com, Bernie Sanders has gained in the polls of late and only trails Joe Biden by about three percentage points, according to the latest Fox News poll. On top of that, Sanders matches up against President Trump. He leads 48% to 42% in a head-to-head matchup.

Source: Peter Schiff: Gold Would Explode With A Bernie Sanders Presidency

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What a Sanders win means is much bigger government deficits, and much more money printing by the Fed because there is no way to finance all of the spending that will happen with tax hikes on the rich. We’ll get tax hikes on the rich, but they’re not going to provide the revenue to pay for the programs.”

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While I like 2k$+ gold personally, the implications for the USA and the world.  It implies a catastrophic collapse in the global economy.

I’m old and probably will not see all the bad things that will happen with it.

Hopefully, the American electorate will come to their senses by election day.

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Vermont Moose Saved After Hoof Stuck on Railroad Tracks

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Vermont’s Department of Fish and Wildlife added that such rescues are rare because of the risk to both the animal and the rescue crews in those situations.“Such recoveries are many times not successful,” the department said. “It’s great to see that, in this case, it ended well for those involved and for this very fortunate moose. A great job by all, and a special thanks from the Vermont Fish & Wildlife to those who helped in this effort.”

Source: Vermont Moose Saved After Hoof Stuck on Railroad Tracks

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Good work and good practice.

All life is “sacred” and should be treated with dignity and respect.

While we can’t save everything, we should retain our “humanity”.

My thought, after good for the moose, was could it have been a child or other human stuck there.

Wonder how it can be prevented in the future?

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White House tells airlines it may suspend all China-US flights amid coronavirus outbreak

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

United Airlines, which has the most service of the U.S. airlines to Hong Kong and mainland China with about a dozen daily flights, on Tuesday announced it would cancel dozens of flights next month to Hong Kong and mainland China as the outbreak worsens. The Chicago-based airline said it has experienced a “significant decline in demand for travel to China.” United and its rivals Delta and American are waiving cancellation and change fees for travelers booked to China.

Source: White House tells airlines it may suspend all China-US flights amid coronavirus outbreak

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Wow, a “significant decline in demand for travel to China.”

No surprise there.

What surprises me is that there is ANY demand.

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District Attorney: Armed Beer Store Clerk Justified in Killing Robber at Nearby Business

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

WFMZ reports that the man who intervened was following Mussa because he had robbed the beer store before entering Drake’s Pizza.

Source: District Attorney: Armed Beer Store Clerk Justified in Killing Robber at Nearby Business

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It’s sad that a human being was killed. It’s sad that another human being has to carry that burden for the rest of his life. It’s sad that there was an injury presumed from “friendly fire”.

It is good that criminals are called to account.

I’d rather they all be afraid of the honest citizen than the other way around.

Politicians and bureaucrats want to disarm the people for their own nefarious purposes.

(I’ve given up the idea that they are honestly trying to make the country safer. Honest but mistaken. In the light of their continued insistence in complete disarmament to extent they talk about door to door search and siezure as if was even possible. They can’t even disarm criminals. Or keep drugs out of their prisons. So what is their motivation if it’s not to put people into camps?)

Seems like the Virginia “Democratic” legislature has just “poked the proverbial tiger with a stick”. “I fear all we have done is awakened a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve.” — apocryphal quote attributed to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto played by Soh Yamamura in the movie ‘Tora Tora Tora’

Μολὼν λαβέ … … from my cold dead hand!

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Bryant’s helicopter flew in fog that grounded other choppers – AOL News

Monday, January 27, 2020

The cause of the crash was unknown, but conditions at the time were such that the Los Angeles Police Department and the county sheriff’s department grounded their helicopters.

Source: Bryant’s helicopter flew in fog that grounded other choppers – AOL News

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What can one say about such a sad event?

I can’t add to story, but I have to wonder if this gets chalked up to “pilot error”?

I’m reminded of the plane crash of JFKjr, and the hubris of the pilot to think he can do it.  Even when there were alternatives.

In this case, flying into fog that was grounding others.  What would have been the “downside” to “discretion is the better part of valor”?  Missing a basketball game or being late for it!  A small price to pay for avoiding a disaster.

Requiescat In Pacem

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Prince Charles flew 16,000 miles in just 11 days before proudly posing with Greta Thunberg in Davos | Daily Mail Online

Monday, January 27, 2020

Prince Charles was last night facing embarrassment after taking a series of private jet flights while lecturing world leaders about climate change.On a trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, the Prince met activist Greta Thunberg and used an electric Jaguar car to travel to the Swiss resort.But the MoS can reveal that in the 11 days before his high-profile appearance, Charles took three flights on private jets for official Government business and one on a helicopter.

Source: Prince Charles flew 16,000 miles in just 11 days before proudly posing with Greta Thunberg in Davos | Daily Mail Online

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These celebrity doomsday predictors are all so “predictable”.

One set of rules for me; different ones for thee.

It’s all about taking away our freedoms and bigger Gooferment!

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Man received USPS package five years after ordering item

Sunday, January 26, 2020

How this man even remembered me, but five years later I received an email thanking me for the item. It had arrived, and in one piece. I still wonder where it sat for five years.

Source: Man received USPS package five years after ordering item

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Gooferment “service”!  Laugh!

Seriously, why is the Gooferment in FedEx and UPS’ business?

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‘Those of us who did the right thing get screwed’: Father confronts Warren on student loan plan

Sunday, January 26, 2020

Via The Washington Examiner A father confronted Elizabeth Warren about her plan to forgive student loan debt in a tense face-to-face conversation, asserting that those who paid for college tuition themselves would get “screwed” under her proposal.

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During the confrontation Monday, Warren protested, communicating that no one would get “screwed.”

“Of course we did. My buddy had fun, bought a car, went on vacations. I saved my money,” he said. “He made more than I did. But I worked a double shift, worked extra — my daughter worked since she was 10. So, you’re laughing.”

“No, I’m not,” Warren said.

“Yeah, that’s exactly what you’re doing,” he said. “We did the right thing, and we get screwed,” he added, before walking away from the photo line without a photo.

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Source: ‘Those of us who did the right thing get screwed’: Father confronts Warren on student loan plan

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Certainly sounds like that to me!

All these “free” giveaways will just crash the economy and make the great depression look like fun at a children’s party.

We get our standard of living from the (somewhat) free market.  At some point, these politicians and bureaucrats will “kill the golden goose”.

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Hometown Hero Jack Ciattarelli Kicks Off GOP Gubernatorial Campaign In Raritan | TAPinto

Saturday, January 25, 2020

If history repeats itself, Ciattarelli noted that no Democratic governor of New Jersey has been reelected in the past 42 years.

Source: Hometown Hero Jack Ciattarelli Kicks Off GOP Gubernatorial Campaign In Raritan | TAPinto

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Interesting factoid.

Have Murphy and the D’s demonstrated that socialism doesn’t work?

High taxes are killing every thing.

We’ll see?!

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