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But what you say has NOTHING to do with Trump. He is not religious, he simply spoke to, promised to and is USING the evangelical vote -- those voters who don't give a darn about his vile morality and lack of ethics, from horrible business practices to groping women.
Good idea to lock one's car when going in to pay or pre pay for gasoline and keep your purse and/or phone with you, not on a seat, to thwart smash and grab. We pay now with cash for gas, as the scammers can insert a credit card cheat device. In one year alone this happened three different times, three different gas stations. Once the scammers have your number, they can try to use your card. Hopefully your credit card company will catch it, but it is a pain to have to change your card.
You have a lot of faith in Caltrans. After watching the 101 widening project through Carpenteria, which will take longer than World War II to complete, I'm not that impressed. And we are not even talking about the stretch from Carpenteria through Montecito. Remember that it took them many days to even start clearing the 101 after Jan 9 to restore capacity to a major transportation artery. The only project I checked on, the Micheltorena overpass job, was over schedule and over budget but Caltrans said they didn't penalize the contractor because they didn't want to end up in court. So that contractor was allowed to bid on other Caltrans projects.
Sounds like he mean't to kill her..
The TV story on this said that there was some question as to whether he would be charged with sexual assault but the whole point of pleading is to avoid those other charges, isn't it? 11 yr sentence, probably out in 7 for good behavior. Not too bad for violating a restraining order and kidnapping someone, and crossing state lines. Why isn't this a federal crime?
You can learn about the fraudulent Dr. Dalbergue here:
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Byers (the convicted rapist) is only 24 years old? His handiwork on her, the victim: "fractured left orbital bone, a fractured left cheek bone, and multiple fractures to her nose. She had a severe laceration to her upper lip that required 23 sutures to repair, and a laceration about her right eyebrow that also required sutures to close."
re: first responder benefits--AGREED. But aren't all assistance programs boondoggles that benefit some segment of the population while being paid for by someone else? I pay property taxes and have no children. We are about to see a proposal to increase taxes to provide health insurance for illegal aliens. Why don't we extend coverage to North Korea while we are at it.........
The local media is in the area interviewing residents, perhaps will be on tonight's local news.
You should report the letter - could still warrant criminal action.
Did the threats involve shooting? Was the person responsible mentally stable? Any info? I have friends in the area.
I received one of these letters, but I’m not sure if they want it to be announced. I haven’t reported my letter because I saw this post and it said they don’t believe there is any threat.
You take them in, thinking you're helping them. They play on your sympathies; you're made to feel responsible somehow for their happiness and well-being. They slowly suck the joy out of life. It can get really ugly.
Hey. No need to cast aspersions against mushrooms. Great reporting, Roger.
Venezuela...millions trying to get out of there...not just Americans who have been told to leave immediately.
it is very rare that someone uses abortion instead of birth control. It is an uncomfortable procedure that is very hard on the body and often causes a good deal of pain. Abortion is however important to have access to in places where crimes are high and women may not have much safety in terms of rape, domestic violence, etc. Such is the case currently in Central America. Again, the number of women who choose to utilize abortion over and over again as birth control is very small, much smaller than the number of women who utilize it for emergency, safety, or health purposes. I do not think it is right to use the small minority of abusers to withhold this procedure from the rest of the women (and men) whose lives can be improved by not having a (or another) child.
Except Trump has no religion. He is without ethics or moral principle. Trump is the evil that people fear when self interest is left loose.
It's 1492 (or 1542, whichever one prefers), all over again, cept the shoe's on the other foot this time around.
See?..it doesn't feel very good.
Glad it had a happy ending!!
So sad. Whoever she was, she was someone's daughter, friend, maybe sister or mom. My heart breaks!!