The people's voice of reason
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After 50 years of public ‘service’ Mr. Biden’s farewell address reaffirmed Joe’s ineptitude and lack of integrity to the very end. Once the coalition’s youngest US senator (elected 1972 at age 30) from Delaware, I observed more of him than most as an impressionable youth in neighboring Maryland. Joking Joe was just another ‘17th Amendment Senator’ who would’ve never been sent to Congress by the Delaware legislature… we dubbed him, the ‘Dullard from Delaware.’ Biden illustrated why incre...
President Donald Trump's first Cabinet meeting of his second term was a resounding success, setting the tone for an administration focused on results, efficiency, and accountability. "We have a Cabinet full of great Americans who are dedicated to serving our country and the American people, ensuring safety, security, freedom, and prosperity," National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard stated, emphasizing the inspiration that Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has already sp...
Planned Obsolescence is a recent and hideous idea that was never even considered in business practices until the early 1900’s. It wastes our resources, time, and money. It benefits nobody but criminals and greedy corporate profiteers. Its origin is a dark chapter in our history. On December 23, 1924, a group of leaders from the world’s major light bulb manufacturers met in Geneva, Switzerland to exchange ideas on business practices. These included Germany’s Osram, the Netherlands’ Philips...
King James of England was rather unremarkable so at his death 400 years ago, only his retainers and courtesans grieved his loss, and most assumed his historical legacy was limited. His memory today would likely be little more than a footnote except for the one thing that would make any marketing director green with envy for product placement —the King James Bible; the Royally authorized translation of the Holy Scriptures. In James’s case, this contribution was substantial, and he deserves cre...
It is common for Baby Boomers to “thank God they grew up when they did.” Those born between 1946-1964 will likely understand that commentary. Indeed, freedom of expression was greater then than now as was appreciation and understanding of the past. Perhaps the modern reality of virtually instantaneous communications is partially at fault since erroneous information often spreads immediately and the retractions and corrections do not always see the light of day. The subject of history has bee...
Social Security imposter scams continue to be widespread across the United States. Scammers use tactics to deceive you into providing sensitive information or money. If you receive a suspicious letter, text, email, or call, do not respond. We will NEVER: · Text or email images of an employee’s official government identification. · Suspend your Social Security number. · Threaten you with arrest or other legal action unless you immediately pay a fine or fee. · Require payment by retail gift card,...
It Takes A Team To Reach Your Goals! At 29,035 feet, Mount Everest is one of the most inhospitable places on earth. Everest is very remote and the altitude incapacitates all but the hardiest and most experienced climbers. On top of that the weather is ruthlessly unforgiving and extreme. Because Everest is the highest mountain in the world many have tried to summit the great peak. Between 1920 and 1952, seven major expeditions tried to summit Mount Everest and all of them failed. In fact, the mou...
I really like it when I feel like I am controlling things… I think we all feel this way to some degree. Knowing that I have all my ducks in a row so that no surprises come my way is where I am most in my comfort zone. But no matter how hard I try to control things, the bottom line is that’s not how life works. “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all under...
As we have always heard, March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb and it is also known as the windy month. This is also the month of St. Patrick’s Day, celebrated on Monday March 17th. Who was St. Patrick? He was a much loved fifth century Roman British Christian missionary and Bishop of Ireland who later became the Patron Saint of Ireland. He was supposedly the one who banished all snakes from Ireland, and even today, there are no snakes in Ireland. Later this holiday evolved into a...
I love the warmer days of winter. It gives me a chance to walk my hunting areas. Because the leaves are off the trees and because there is no concern about spooking deer, I can gather all kinds of information from the last season. It is a great time to assess the good and bad of the previous year and plan some changes for the next. The woods will give a hunter plenty of information about the previous year and about the possibilities of the next season. One just has to do go out, walk around, be...
March 12, 2025 - The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) is excited to announce the winners of the 2025 Outdoor Alabama Photo Contest. As usual, the judges had a very difficult time selecting the winning images from the nearly 2,000 photos that were entered. "Alabama is a photographer's paradise thanks to its wide variety of natural landscapes, native plants and wildlife and outdoor recreation opportunities," said Chris Blankenship, ADCNR Commissioner. "From the nort...
If the developer building a six-story apartment complex in Salt Lake City out of shipping containers had it to do over again, he says he probably wouldn't. Box 500 Apartments, the blocky blue-and-silver structure at 543 S. 500 West, might be one of the most creative multistory housing experiments to get underway in Utah's capital. The idea: Stack a series of rectangular steel containers to create affordable units, at a time when the Beehive State really needs them. While the ubiquitous...
March 11, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL - Did you know that tuberculosis (TB), an airborne infectious disease, remains one of the leading causes of death in the world? Daily, TB claims approximately 4,100 lives, and close to 27,000 people fall ill with this preventable and curable disease. Global efforts to end TB have saved 79 million lives since 2000. Significant progress has occurred, but to be even more effective, more people need access to effective treatment and new TB infections that were missed...
With heightened immigration enforcement making headlines, manufacturing, logistics, and agriculture workers are at the highest risk of being affected by ICE raids. As a result, many companies are wondering: Are these policy shifts leading to increased absenteeism among workers? To answer this, TeamSense, a provider of automated absence-tracking software specializing in manufacturing and logistics, analyzed its workforce data to understand how absenteeism trends are shifting nationwide and in...
Since his reelection, President Trump has followed through on campaign promises to impose tariffs on America's biggest trading partners—Canada, China, and Mexico—in an attempt to further his terms on trade, borders, and drug trafficking crackdowns. But the tariff threats, reversals, deals, and reprisals are leaving consumers, businesses, and economists experiencing whiplash about what's going to happen next. Tariffs are import taxes on foreign goods, but it's not foreign companies who pay the...
The first mention in a novel of the All-American pastime, baseball, comes not from "The Old Farmer's Almanac" or some such publication; but rather from the novel, "Northanger Abbey", by the British author, Jane Austen. As the heroine of "Northanger Abbey", Catherine Morland, is described in her childhood in chapter one of the novel as preferring "cricket, baseball, riding on horseback, and running about the country . . ." to the domestic arts such as tending a garden and drawing. While Jane...
When Don Wildmon with his marked Southern accent decided to call to task the television network executives in the 1970s, the entertainment media giants of the time simply dismissed him. After all, this Wildmon fellow was from Mississippi, which meant he "was dumb". And not only that, as a Methodist Minister, Wildmon was a Southern preacher. Which the television network executives of the 1970s took to mean that Wildmon "was double dumb". However, "double dumb", or not, Donald E. Wildmon...
March 11, 2025 - HOOVER, AL - Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl announced his full support for President Donald J. Trump's proposed executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. This decisive action aligns with the Party's long-standing commitment to returning educational authority to state and local governments, ensuring that policies are tailored to the unique needs of individual communities. "The Alabama Republican Party fully supports President Trump's plan to...
March 10, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall urged Congress to pass a bipartisan bill that will unleash homegrown American energy by securing nationwide access to year-round E15 gasoline. On day one in office, President Trump signed an executive order expanding access to E15 gasoline and making clear that E15 is key in unlocking America's energy-independent future. He also created the National Energy Dominance Council, which has called to use national assets like b...
March 10, 2025–Linda "Lindy" Blanchard has been nominated by President Trump to be America's Ambassador to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). On behalf of the Gazette, congratulations! Lindy is one of the earliest Ambassadors to be appointed by the administration-I think she's eight or ninth-which is a mark of distinction. Presidents have about 4000 positions they appoint, and it takes months and months for those slots to be filled. For Lindy to get the nod this early is truly i...
On this day in 1965, in Selma, all white Alabama State Troopers, acting on the orders of Gov. George Wallace (D), aided by local law enforcement and citizen volunteers, used tear gas, clubs and brute force to prevent peaceful voting rights marchers from crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The march had been organized by Rev. Joseph Lowery, future Congressman John Lewis and local leaders who had planned a Selma to Montgomery march to protest the state of Alabama's systemic disenfranchisement of...
Stretching a paycheck beyond the basics is becoming harder for many Americans. After covering taxes and essential expenses, the disposable income that is left impacts a household's ability to save, invest or stay afloat. But high prices of housing, food, childcare and more can keep households struggling, leaving many families with little or nothing to spare at the end of the month. Furthermore, in most large U.S. cities, the median household income falls short of what's needed to support a...
Officially designated National Rosie The Riveter Day by the U.S. Congress in 2017, March 21st this year falls on a Friday. And the American Rosie The Riveter Association, which was founded by Dr. Fran Carter, a longtime resident of Birmingham, Alabama, is encouraging everyone to visit a Rosie the Riveter and take her to lunch, plan a restaurant outing with Rosies, veterans, and family members, and plan a brief program for schoolchildren and residents at a senior center to recognize all Rosie...
On March 10, 1945, an estimated 100,000 Japanese died in Tokyo after 334 US B-29 Superfortress heavy bombers attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bombs. In the 1930s, Army Air Corps planners studying at the Air Corps Tactical School at Montgomery's Maxwell Field developed the principle of high-altitude daytime precision bombing. While the British abandoned precision daylight bombing for nighttime fire-bombing in 1942, the U.S. Army Air Corps targeted individual factories, railyards, refineries, ports,...
March 9, 2025 – Body camera video of the last minutes of Otis French Jr. by Bay Minette police officer was released to Twitter. On August 22, 2023 – French, a 32-year-old Black man, was killed after the White Bay Minette police officer, Brandon Thompson, pulled him over near his home because a blinker light was out on his vehicle. Officer Thompson was giving French a warning ticket for the mechanical violation; when he asked French to get out of the car. Then things just went completely out of c...
