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Eternal rest

May God grant eternal rest to Pvt. Andrew J. Ladner and all those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to a grateful nation. Lest we never forget.

One more step

Congratulations to Gov. Reeves for finally getting Mississippi into the 21st century by signing the medical marijuana bill. Now, let’s go a step further and legalize it all across the board. Many of my friends and I have been toking since the early 1970s with no repercussions, and it’s everywhere anyway.

To clarify

To the person that said there is irrefutable evidence that vaccines don’t work: The WHO and CDC have empirical data that proves they are effective. As to the comment that China and Russia are laughing at us - their populations don’t have a choice, because vaccines are mandatory in these authoritarian countries.

A question

Is there a tax we can pay to end COVID, or does that only work with climate change?

Speaking slowly

Have you noticed that Fox News “personalities” Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, etc., speak slowly and enunciate carefully, especially if the words are longer than two syllables? Sounds like they’re talking to an audience with the mentality of 10-year-old kids. Hmmm.

Clean it up

We have driven down Demaret Road in Handsboro several times. And it is a very narrow road. There are lots of homes on the road and we see much debris has been brought to the edge of the road and the debris has not been picked up for weeks. It makes the neighborhood look like the property owners want to keep up their lawns, but the city does not have trucks running enough to haul the debris away from the road.

He lost

It becomes increasingly more obvious each day that the stonewalling of the Republicans regarding the Jan. 6 House Committee has been done solely for the purpose of concealing the actions they took to destroy democracy in this country. There is not one shred of evidence that the election was stolen from Trump. He lost by 7 million votes. In the six states Biden won which were relatively close, it has been determined that only 475 votes might have been fraudulently cast out of 25.5 million. Trump lost fair and square and his lies to the contrary are just that: lies. Do not allow yourself to be duped by this anti-democracy individual.

Nice work

I am impressed by Marquee write-up on Italian Bistro on 641 Delmas Ave. in my hometown of Pascagoula. Scranton’s is another old favorite at 623 Delmas Ave.

Hire him

The New Orleans Saints are interviewing Brian Flores on Tuesday for the head coaching position. The Saints should not miss this opportunity and hire him while he is in town. He is exactly the coach and person the Saints need to begin their renaissance.

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