6 thoughts on “News/Politics 11-24-16

  1. Janice and I were on yesterday’s thread having a private conversation. Jo, might have been eavesdropping, we never know.
    So? Everyone else roust out!
    Happy Thanksgiving.
    QoD. Are you really thankful?
    I will post my thanksgiving list later.

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  2. Here’s a good news story for a change. šŸ™‚

    http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article116285048.html

    “When the repo man showed up, ā€œBabyā€ lost her ride.

    The little Pomeranian dog loved to curl up on 82-year-old Stanford Kippingā€™s lap when he and his wife Patty, 70, went for a drive. But in recent months a sharp increase in the cost of prescription medicine and other bills were more than a match for the coupleā€™s fixed incomes. With several $95 a month car payments left unpaid on their 1998 Buick, the repo man, Jim Ford of Belleville, stopped his tow truck in front of their house.”

    “But Ford, co-owner of Illini Recovery Inc., is different. He said he knocks on doors to tell folks whatā€™s going on and allow them a chance to remove personal items. ā€œI may be getting soft in my old age but you get more done with kindness,ā€ he said.

    Ford had met with the Kippings. In fact he tried to work out a deal with the bank for them to keep their car, but it was a no go. It was the hook for the Buick.

    ā€œWhen I got home that night, I said to myself, ā€˜They are a real nice elderly couple. I gotta do something. I canā€™t just take their car,ā€™ ā€ Ford said.

    Then he did something that surely broke the hard code of ethics for repo men; he decided that he would pay off the Kippingsā€™ debt and return their car to their driveway.

    Using the online service ā€œGoFundMeā€ and depending on his friends in the repo business, Ford said he raised more than $3,500 in one night. After the fee for the service and after paying the $2,501 to the bank owed on the Buick, Ford tucked $1,000 in cash into an envelope. A co-worker at his business bought a frozen Thanksgiving turkey and Ford put it in the cab of his tow truck.

    On Monday, he and Tom Williams, a friend, fixed the Buickā€™s headlights, topped off the radiator and changed the engine oil. Then they hooked the car up for a return trip.”

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  3. I see on Yahoo that Hillary’s popular vote lead has passed two million.
    They will likely try to make something of that.
    Hillary just won’t go away.
    If I were Hillary, I wouldn’t want to deal with the aftermath of a challenged election.
    But we’re dealing with two egomaniacs here.
    No telling what will happen.
    Whatever it is won’t be good.
    Happy Thanksgiving.

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