Girard at Large On Air News Read for July 17, 2017

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

The pace of the opioid crisis seems to have slowed a bit.  On Friday, just shy of halfway through the month, Manchester Fire Department Emergency Services Officer Christopher Hickey released stats showing there’d been thirty-two overdoses and one death thus far.  That compares with eighty-one overdoses and eight deaths for the month of July last year.  If the current trend holds, it would reflect a significant improvement over last July.

Meanwhile, the number of Safe Station visits continues to rise | More…

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The New Media Militia Top 5 Week Ending 7/19/17

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Here are the top 5 most viewed, clicked or shared posts for the week ending 7/19/17.

5. 1 dead after plane crash in New Hampshire
4. The Next Dr. Who is a Woman: Jodie Whittaker Announced As 13th Time Lord In BBC Series
3. For best shot at seeing Northern Lights, head a little north
2. MIT Study: Cash for Clunkers Was a Complete Failure
1. The Flat Earth Society Has Members All Around The Globe?

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New Jersey hiker remains missing in White Mountains of New Hampshire

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Three weeks after he headed into the wilderness with a full backpack, a 53-year-old hiker from Brick Township, New Jersey remains missing in New Hampshire’s rugged White Mountains.

Gregory Auriemma was last seen June 24 at the White Mountains Hostel in Conway, where he stayed as a guest, and was due back from his trip July 5. He is an attorney in private practice, and chair of the Ocean County group of the Sierra Club of New Jersey, according to a local report. | More…

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Scott Adams: How to Take a Meeting With a Russian Lawyer

Posted on July 16, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

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Manchester VA Director, Chief of Staff Removed Pending Investigation

Posted on July 16, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Two top officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Manchester have been removed pending a review of conditions alleged by a Boston Globe report detailing unsanitary operating rooms and allegations of substandard care.

Medical Center Director Danielle Ocker will be replaced by Alfred Montoya, current director of the VA Medical Center in White River Junction, Vermont. A replacement for the Manchester VA’s Chief of Staff James Schlosser has not yet been announced. | More…

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The Bryonic Notion of Injustice

Posted on July 16, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

…I can’t help seeing this as synonymous to the entire pantheon of aggrieved “victims” peopling the Social Justice war machine and the modern Democrat party who–through the media, entertainment, and the education system–has been handing out needles filled with economic and cultural infections to our kids for decades. | More…

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Democrats Never Lose, Everything is Stolen From Them

Posted on July 16, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

There are plenty of Democrats who believe to this day that George W. Bush stole the 2000 election. Just as many if not more believe that Republicans stole a seat on the Supreme Court from Merrick Garland.

This week at a convention in Chicago, Jesse Jackson said that the 2016 election was stolen from Hillary. | More…

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NYU librarian laments ‘fatigue’ from ‘presence of white people’

Posted on July 16, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

A New York University librarian recently felt compelled to pen a blog post bemoaning the “racial fatigue” she experiences “in the presence of white people” following an academic conference.

April Hathcock said that she “hit her limit” after spending five days “being tone-policed and condescended to and ‘splained to” by “white men librarians” and “nice white ladies.” |More…

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Two Pastors Sue Coca-Cola For Alleged Harm to African-American Community

Posted on July 16, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Two pastors have filed suit in Washington D. C. against Coca-Cola claiming that the sugary-soda pop kills more black people than “the streets.”

Citing purposeful advertising “deception” that “obscures” the connection between sugary soft drinks, obesity, and other ailments, the complaint alleges that Coca-Cola intentionally “misleads and deceives” consumers about the horrors of drinking their product.  Indeed, one of the pastors claims that “it is a matter of life and death in our communities.” | More…

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Obama And Clinton Alums: Maybe We Shouldn’t Have Goofed On Romney’s Russia Skepticism In 2012

Posted on July 16, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

They’ve copped to this sporadically since the election but the past week of Juniorgate seems to have brought some of the bigger names out of the woodwork. Hillary Clinton’s campaign spokesman, for one: More…

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