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dixiegrrrrl's JournalJeb has apparently announced his foreign policy ideas.
As Jaunita Jean, the smart capable successor to our dear departed Molly Ivins, puts it:
"Jeb Bush says we need a foreign policy with fewer big words.
Bush continued, “Big syllable words and lots of fancy conferences and meetings and – We’re not leading. That creates chaos.
It creates a more dangerous world.
“This guy — this president and Secretary Clinton and Secretary Kerry – when someone disagrees with their nuanced approach where
it’s all kind of so sophisticated it makes no sense. You know what I’m saying?”
Yeah, right, nuanced makes no sense. This world is black and white and all those other colors make no sense.
The smart one.
Got a house with A/C ? Gonna get a LOT more expensive.
Had to call our A/C guy when the cold air stopped yesterday.
He filled it with what ever the new "freon" stuff is.
Normal procedure around here, usually I have them come out in the fall and do a checkup.
Now, this is an experienced, smart young man, who just went into business for himself. I have known him for several years.
He told me that whatever it is they use for the new "freon" stuff,( I can't remember the name of it)
is going to be phased out in the next couple years, and nothing will replace it.Gov't has banned it.
He says when our A/C units run out of cooling, they will have to replace the units, and this is gonna be expensive.
He said he had stocked up on this stuff, to the tune of many $1,000, but when it is gone, there will be no more.
I wasn't sure about that, so mentioned it to a friend in Texas, who just told me yes, that is why she had to buy a new unit last year.
anybody hear anything about this? 
1st chapter of Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee published in the Guardian
Her description of "Maycomb and Maycomb County" are accurate, and she uses real names in listing the towns on the railroad line, except for Maycomb of course.
Pls.keep kicked for the day shift....
http://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2015/jul/10/go-set-a-watchman-read-the-first-chapter
FBI says.....believe us when we tell you this..........
We warned about July 4th attacks, but gave no details or information beyond "credible information".
Now we are telling you we thwarted those attacks but we are not giving any details.
And we need phones and puters to be unencrypted so we can catch more terrorists.
That is all.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/09/us-usa-security-fourth-idUSKCN0PJ2AU20150709?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=twitter
Can KKK 'adopt a highway'? Appellate court to take up matter
The Georgia Court of Appeals set to hear arguments over the state's refusal to let a Ku Klux Klan group participate in a highway cleanup program.
The north Georgia KKK group's application for the Adopt-A-Highway program was denied in 2012. The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation sued on the group's behalf, saying its right to free speech was violated. In November, a judge ruled in the organization's favor, saying it could adopt a stretch of highway and that the state gave the KKK scrutiny not applied to other groups.
The state has appealed and wants the ruling reversed.
In denying the application, the state said promoting an organization with a history of inciting unrest could negatively affect quality of life and economic development in Georgia.
Whites now a minority in California, New Mexico and Hawaii.
Demographers had expected the shift for decades as the state's Hispanic population boomed due to immigration and birth rates. Many thought it would happen sooner than it did, but a slight decline in population pushed it to last year.
California joins New Mexico as the second state with a Latino plurality. Hawaii, with its large Asian population, is the third state where whites aren't the largest ethnic group.
Collective conservative heads pop in 3........2......
Memphis begins effort to remove Nathan Bedford Forrest monument and grave
Snip:
Forrest was known for his tactics and leadership as a cavalry leader, and for his horsemanship. He surrendered his forces May 9, 1865, in Gainesville, Ala., on the banks of the Tombigbee River. He had some association with the early Ku Klux Klan.
Many municipalities are considering removing Confederate monuments in the wake of the Charleston race-based attack.
Birmingham Al. is among them.
Gun-shaped iPhone case an 'idiot invention,' police say
I have to agree.
Critics say there's a good possibility the cases will be mistaken as a real gun, and a misunderstanding could quickly turn deadly. To make matters worse, there's an app that produces a screen image that allows the user to align the sight
Fox Is Planning to Make Movie About Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
Fox said Tuesday that it had bought the life rights of Jim Obergefell, the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit that last month resulted in recognition of the right to same-sex marriage in the United States. His lawyer, Al Gerhardstein, sold his life rights as well.
It will be non-fiction for sure.
Yay!!! The medical monopoly of too high prices is under attack.
Now we have Theranos, which has taken advantage of a new Arizona law that allows any person to order their own tests without doctor involvement, reading or gate-keeping. In other words your tests are your tests, as are the records (and results) of same. And their prices?
Anyone can walk into these Wellness Centers at convenient hours and get accurate, rapid lab testing with transparent prices that are always at least 50-80% below Medicare reimbursement rates.
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