77-Degrees In Southeastern KC-MO

Yep- the official NewsOvernight temperature right now.

It looks like some cirrus clouds moving in will limit any further heating- but hey- we're not complaining!

Rain- possibly mixed with obscene 4-letter-word that begins with 'S'- looks to happen late Friday into early Saturday with a storm/frontal system passing through.

A more dynamic system set to pounce on Monday- which is also St. Paddy's Day. Monday's system could bring some severe thunderstorm weather close if not to us.

The GOOD news is-for the next week- NO COLD (colder than 25-30-degree lows anyway) AIR!!!

77 degrees? Hell- I'm out of here for awhile! g

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There's ALWAYS News...

If it's not some discontented bozo capping off on some innocents- it's the anti-smoking Nazis trying to make use of a legal product illegal anywhere or some rich-ass- hypocritical politician getting caught with his pants down- etc.- etc.- etc..

It's rarely a boring day in the newsroom....

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Pump ME $200-Billion And Watch MY Stocks Rise

Hey Feds- what about myself- and/or 300+-million OTHER Americans get a $200-billion boost?

We all have it Sooooooo wrong- we need to all become BANKERS so the government can ship US money when bad decisions cause our ships to list.

Oops- forgot- we're getting $600 checks in da mail.

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Rock And Roll "Hall Of Fame" is BOGUS

Again- America's 2nd-biggest recording seller of all-time- the band Chicago- is passed up by obviously seriously-deluded/intoxicated nominators.

And- again- this proves that the "Rock & Roll Hall of Fame" is bogus.

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AMERICA: Screw With Your Clocks Again In A Few Hours

In case you haven't gotten the word yet- time will be screwed up for "Daylight Savings" again Sunday (tomorrow) morning at what I assume is still 2am (1am local time actually).

Turn your clocks AHEAD one hour- as in Spring ahead and Fall back.

For most- it's one hour less sleep- for some of us- it's one hour less work.

For all of us- the time changes and changes to the time changes are one royal P.I.T.A..

In a totally unrelated note- Tuesday and Wednesday are forecast to have a large number of people having spring fever.

Put a lime in yer Corona and call me in the morning....

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The Kansas City MetroRegion Overnight News and Weather Report - Saturday, March 08, 2008

** INFANT HOME ALONE INJURED IN KC-MO FIRE **

*** A 2-year-old female was injured in a south-midtown KC-MO house fire. The child was home alone- and her injuries are said to be not life-threatening.

The fire's dispatched at 2:09am to the house in the 6200 block of South Benton. The first fire company arrives 2 minutes later reporting fire showing from the 2-story structure.

At 2:23am- it's reported the child was found inside the house and taken to a waiting MAST-EMS unit. That child was "in cardiac arrest" when brought to the medics- but was revived and rushed to a hospital.

Firefighters couldn't locate anyone else from the house- until after the fire was out. It was then a woman- claiming to be the injured infant's mother- and a 4-year-old child- arrived.

Police report charging the child's mother with child endangerment. The injured child- at last report- was said to be in stable condition.

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** TAXI INVOLVED IN KC-MO WRECK **

... Two people in a taxi were seriously injured in a wreck with an 18-wheeler truck on southbound I-35 near Vivion Road early Saturday morning.

The injured were a male in his 30's and a female in her 20's- according to MAST-EMS- taken to area hospitals. The Missouri Highway Patrol was investigating the 2:58am incident.

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<><><> OVERNIGHT WEATHER <><><>

Temperatures plunged into the single digits and teens across the Kansas City MetroRegion overnight.

Winds were light from the northwest and north so wind chills were not a serious factor.

A slow warmup today and Sunday forecasted- but temperatures still 10 to 20-degrees below averages into Monday.

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Kansas City's Breaking News Leader - NBC41 ACTION NEWS.

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Air Force Tanker Decision May Cost John McCain Dearly

The decision by the U.S. government to award that $40-billion contract to a consortium of America's Northrup-Grumman and the European outfit that makes Airbus planes has stirred a hornet's nest of protest.

According to this Associated Press article- many are blaming Republicrat presidential candidate John McCain for Boeing Aircraft's loss of the tanker contract.

Time for your 3rd-party vote yet? Nahhhh....

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Another Example Of Idiotic Government Spending

The AP reports: "At a cost of nearly $42 million, the IRS wants you to know: Your check is almost in the mail."

Geez....

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America: McDonald's Jobs Replace Manufacturing Jobs

I've long been suspect on government's reporting of unemployment numbers.

The AP is finally reporting today what most of us people who have to dig for real news already had figured out:

"Employers slashed 63,000 jobs in February, the most in five years...."

This news with the fact that college loans are drying up- or having high interest rates attached to them.

And what's our representatives doing about all this?

One day- it's questioning baseball players on steroids. Today- they're questioning CEOs of a few large companies- in I guess an attempt to figure out why these bozos make millions upon millions while their companies go under.

Beneficial (NOT!!!) to the needs of the American people....

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Could Crappy Press Coverage Be Reason For America's Woes

Heh- you'll see no mention of THIS post in The STAR'S "PrimeBuzz."

A letter that appeared in the Friday KANSAS CITY STAR by "Deborah Hirsch of Overland Park" is an ice cube read that masks a massive ice berg:

"You (The STAR) ran an article on the front page on Sunday (March 2) about an "obscure Obama."

"Barrack Obama," it starts out, "we hardly know ye."

I find it odd that a newspaper is lamenting a candidate's obscurity, especially at this stage of the race. Whose job is it, after all, to research a candidate and inform the public about him or her? Could it be the press? (Large type- italics are mine- GS)

Instead of writing that no one knows Obama or much about his record in Illinois or the U.S. Senate, do some research and write about what you find out. Would the Congressional Record be a place to start?"


Brothers and sisters- I've read some FINE letters to The Star by citizens over many years- this letter by Ms. Hirsch should be framed and posted IN EVERY NEWSROOM IN AMERICA.

It's a perfect illustration how America's "free press" has- and continues to fail the American citizen with schlock- under-reported or non-investigated news.

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Republicrats' John McCain Gets Kiss Of Death

To be more precise- McCain got an endorsement from The Shrub.

Further comment from moi should not be necessary....

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