- ANOTHER INSTALLMENT OF MISLEADING HEADLINES: (1) POPE DECRIES DEATHS OF GAZA KIDS: The story quotes the Pope on his dissatisfaction over the death and destruction in the Gaza Strip. But it hides the quote that millions of Americans need to hear. He refuses to endorse the “pro-life” candidate despite the Catholic Church strong opposition to abortion.
- (2) HEADLINE: HOLIDAY HIRING SET TO DROP THIS YEAR: The article suggests that retailers do not expect the usual sales increase and so do not need as many seasonal employees. But the article fails to mention that retail sales are significantly higher going into the 4th quarter of the year and they also admitted that they didn’t include all the same stores as in the previous stats.
- (3) HEADLINE: ONE IN FOUR BLACKS FAVOR TRUMP: This is an example of trying to make the best of a bad situation. The headline didn’t say that 3 of 4 blacks favor someone other than Trump. Isn’t that the main story? The story didn’t explain why blacks don’t favor Trump or why they chose the headline wording.
- (4) HEADLINE: JUDGE HALTS BIDEN RULE GIVING US CITIZEN’S SPOUSES, CHILDREN PATH TO LEGALIZE THEIR STATUS: This headline hides the impact of the GOP-inspired judge’s decision. This decision causes immigrants who are married and have families but are not yet vetted and declared as legal citizens to return to their native countries and tear apart their established families. Biden had sought to find a way to keep those established individuals with their families but the GOP wanted to create chaos in those lives and found a judge who would rule accordingly.
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- File this under “example of many failures”. The Head Football Coach at the University of Michigan was implicated in a sign stealing scandal. He deleted 55 messages from his phone to avoid officials who were investigating. So–to show their support for the coach (you know money is the real issue here)–the U of M Athletic Director not did not dismiss him for ethics violations. Instead, they re-wrote his employment contract to exclude such behavior–even if provable–from his termination clause. In other words, the Coach can steal signals, be caught, admit his did it and still not be punished. What kind of message does that send to the players, the fans, his competitors and anyone who has graduated from the University of Michigan? Is this institution of higher learning teaches the world that they have no integrity and care only that money continues to flow. BTW, this is the same school that lost its last football coach (he went to the pros California) after the NCAA investigated and punished his program for recruiting violations. Maybe the school should be re-named “The University of Miscreants”.
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- In the interest of being an equal opportunity blogger we offer some comments about Kentucky (we have posted a comment on Ohio later on in this section). Kentucky is the best example of the worst governed state in America–but don’t blame the Governor. He’s the only bright spot in the state’s government. Kentucky has a low education ranking, a high smoker percentage, mines the second most coal in the America, and now produces the dumbest and most dangerous laws. A few years ago it passed a law allowing–among other features–18 year old students to carry weapons into their classrooms. This year–finally realizing the stupidity of that law and the possibility that it might cause them NOT to be re-elected if someone is killed–they passed a law appropriating $20 million of tax money to put “resource officers” (off duty police) in each school. The per school allowance is $20,000 max. Of course the NRA has a hand in this outrageous situation. By funding the idiots in the Kentucky legislature they have called the tune and Kentucky lawmakers jumped. A recent article indicated that “owned lock, stock and barrel by the NRA, (Kentucky) politicians have refused to take action to stop these (Kentucky) shootings”. Kentucky has no gun sale rules, waiting periods or “red flag” laws. In that Kentucky is perfectly aligned with every “red” state. REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER.
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- Let’s not forget Ohio, a crime-riddled state with an inept Governor who refuses to get involved. These are the latest stories: (1) The Springfield, Ohio pet eating rant of a deranged presidential candidate. The sad part here is that JD Vance–who is the elected rep for that county supported Trump instead of trying to determine the source and truth of the report. His failure resulted in 40 bomb threats, threats against the Haitians who were labelled “illegals” (they are not illegal), and general mayhem in the community. Such is the judgement of JD Vance. When asked about his support for the story he remarked that he “created the story to bring out the immigrant problem”. Is he saying these were illegal aliens? No, they weren’t. Is he saying he “created” as a fictional example? If so that wasn’t clear or accurate. Is he just ducking his sworn duty to the people who elected him? YES, HE DEFINITELY DID THAT!!! (2) The First Energy Utility company has settled its bribery case with the State of Ohio. It has agreed to pay $100 million as a settlement. Question: who do you think will end up paying that fine? Yes, the customers will pay. The perps, many of whom are dead or jailed, will not pay and the state will satisfy itself that it has taken the necessary action. Governor Da-Weeny–where are you and where are your brains? (3) A Clermont County official stole thousands of dollars from a Housing Authority Fund that he was responsible for. For stealing and spending nearly $100,000 he agreed to a one year jail sentence and to repay $87,000 in restitution. Apparently this Da-Weeny appointee was untrustworthy and had no oversight group to audit his actions.
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- Staying in Ohio, there is a new store in the Cincinnati suburb of Anderson Township. It’s called “The Trump Store”. We have not shopped there but we can imagine some of the products. They probably have a Bible that Trump never opened. Maybe a piece of his suit worn on the day he was convicted of 34 felonies. We wonder if they have an article of E Jean Carroll’s clothing–that’s probably out of our price range. We wonder whether his partners-in-crime have donated anything. Possibly Amy Coney Barrett or Brett Kavanaugh–new Supreme Court justices–could have donated a tape of their perjury under oath and before Congress on the issue of overturning Roe v. Wade. Maybe Ginni Thomas donated the cancelled check she wrote to support a questionable cause? How about the flags that Justice Alito’s wife flew over their two houses in protest? We were wondering whether any of the rioters would be willing to part with the up side down flags they carried when they attacked the US Capitol….they might be desperate to pay off their fines. Personally, we’d like to see relics from Trump’s body like Catholics have of the saints. But we guess we’ll have to wait until he’s dead to add that to the store’s inventory. Remember to include a donation to Trump’s legal fund if you order anything on line. And you’d better hurry…the store will be out-of-business on November 6th. We anticipate that the prices will drop substantially unless some people want reminders of the day a convicted felon–who couldn’t qualify to pick up garbage in New York–almost became president of the United States.
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