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I have no problem with this and I hope they take a look at the hormones and preservatives used in our food also.

It is a terrible scenario... should never have happened. Pretty much energy action this administration had taken has been plagued with errors.... and not error like someone transcribed something wrong, or missed a small detail - these are issues that are too big to call "errors", they are illegal and/or overreach actions that will have devastating real world implications on the individual and societal level Habeas Corpus is a bedrock concept of government limits, and had been around since the Magna Carta. It is terrifying that this administration is throwing that out.... with so much else

A smaller, community celebration is still a celebration without millions or billions in Federal funding. Street parties, community picnics, fireworks with local sponsors. If bigger is wanted, let corporate sponsors step up to the plate. Yes, it’s a milestone but America, like millions of families, must work within its budget. You shouldn’t go into debt to celebrate something, work with what you can afford. Been there, learned that.

first thought i had was cool, but Jurassic Park? perhaps more important issues like Diabetes, Cancer, or even figuring out how telomeres function might be better ideas

I say no. If something goes extinct, it should stay there. Next they'll want the Wooly Mammoth. No thanks. With the way technology is evolving, we need to have a filter. Just because we can, doesn't mean we should.

Pretty sure I've been around since day 1. Even before that actually. 😁 Quite an interesting transition over those 11 years for sure. From the physical paper Broader View Weekly to where we are now. I have had the pleasure of meeting so many folks from here in person and practically feel like part of the family now. It's been a good trip really

Happy birthday to us! It was 11 years ago today that the switch was flipped and "ElmiraTelegram.com" was born. It's hard to believe it's been that long. Well, most days. Some of you have been here since Day 1. Any fond memories or laughs that stand out over the years?

i think theyve spread themselves too thin between the three other establishments they own.

They haven't really brought anything back per se. They've just created gray wolves genetically modified to look like dire wolves. Shold they be doing it? I'm kind of torn. As interesting as the end results could be, it's also a slippery slope. And then how does one determine which extinct species to try to "bring back"? Dire wolves went extinct by natural selection, there was probably a really good reason for that as opposed to, say, the Dodo. Someone online put it best though, "There's literally an entire movie franchise that illustrates that this is a bad idea."

Barbara Streisand is, and has always been, vastly overrated.

It's getting on time to start working on the next wildflower plot on our land. I did some looking at the "blank canvas" yesterday and decided to make a change in the location of the bench. There's a nice level spot under one of the existing trees that kind of overlooks the entire field. That's where it's going. As a bonus, there won't be a need to wait for the little tree I have to grow to cast chade, there will be plenty from the trees and the hillside. I got started on the property down the road and the little "Please Do Not Mow" signs look quite wimpy. So I took a chance and bought some really nice looking ones that should be here in a couple of days: They were about twice the cost of the wimpy ones, but they certainly look more official. I have a message in to American Meadows to see if seed would take with the existing grass there or if it would be a waste of money. I'm really tempted to dig up a section where there's not so much milkweed, but also don't want to overstep since it's not our land. But if it "just happened" to be randomly seeded, no one would mind, I'm sure.

Each day, I watch five hours of business and news programs. One program in particular appears to be focused on investors who are, for the most part, "day traders". I believe the producers of the show make certain that the host invites someone who is or believes in buy-and-hold investing. It is only fair that all aspects of investing be offered, and I am glad this happens. Today, one of the guests was a man whose name was Mr. Alllan Boomer, representing Momentum Advisors. He was recommending three stocks: BRX, VNOM, and BDC. I have not done any research on them yet, but as he spoke, he emphasized they paid generous dividends. What caught my ear was the way the host made a joke over the fact that he had never heard of them. This was annoying to say the least. The host of the show trivializes income investing and occasionally says the word "Dip Buying". I am a strong supporter of income investing and support the investing strategy of finding good stocks that have a record of increasing their dividends and producing a product the consumer buys regularly. So why do I continue to watch this show? Well because I know occasionally a gentleman of Allan Boomers mentality will appear and give some recommendations for viewers such as I.

I have to share this story.... When I moved in with my first husband 35 yrs ago we each owned a basic coffee maker that was a year or two old. We put mine away and used the one he had. When his crapped out a few months later, we pulled mine out and then it also died....so we grabbed a $10 Mr Coffee at Walmart that lasted less than a year. Then, in a fit of frustration, he came home with an $89 Bunn. That price seems outrageous to me and I really thought he’d lost his mind. But it turned out he made a good decision...that Bunn lasted decades longer than our marriage.

Just random stuff I guess. I put out the new signs today and they not only look nice, they look really “official.” I did some quick trimming near the landowner’s mailbox and then took pics to send to him. He said it looked good, so we’re both happy. Some native wildflower seed may end up in the ground there in the future. We’ll see.

Empty seat, empty suit... same thing really. At least Tom Reed had the balls to meet contituents face to face, not do these wimpy phone events where people are hand picked.

"[No person shall be] deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law" The Constitution means something. All of it. And in the spirit of full disclosure... I rarely bring up the fact that my own mother was an illegal alien who lived in the US for nearly 40 years before applying for Resident Alien status. She arrived from Canada in 1960 and was in a common law marriage to my (US born citizen) father and mother to two US born US citizen children (including me). She worked under a fake SS# and didn’t come forward when the “amnesty” was passed during the Reagan administration. She was a taxpayer and otherwise a productive “non-criminal” resident who was granted a green card in 1999. (OK, I know she actively volunteered on Reagan's campaign, and may have actually voted for him. So technically "if" she voted in an election, that could have been a criminal offense). So yeah. If her status had been questioned at any point.... I hope that she’d have been entitled to due process FFS.

aware of this guy's case from the get go, as it has developed(devolved) i am more sickened. he was afforded no due-process, was given protected(legal) status, with zero proof to date of gang affiliation, and you have these two peckerwoods shrugging their shoulders. SCOTUS has said get him back to get due process and same....reporter asked trump in that same setting about SCOTUS order and he replies thats why CNN has such low ratings. at that point office or job be damned, id of been, verbally, up one side of him and down the other until they carried my ass out.

Well, since the family farm is spoken for, I guess I’ll have to settle for a place on Seneca. Preferably on the eastern side in the Burdett to Lodi stretch and on level ground that doesn’t require a hike up and down flights of stairs just to get the mail. My second choice might be in the village of Spencer, preferably on an end of a street somewhere. I’ve always thought it’s a nice little town.

I think it's time to try the no-buy movement. Since I hate to shop, this will be easy for me.

Ray Maratea has asked for a section where he can post items of interest pertaining to the economy and about investing. This is an excellent idea, and I appreciate Ray's suggestion. To cover both Ray amd our rears, please keep the following disclaimer in mind:

Two things can be true at once. It’s possible that “data” in the past few years was skewed toward a confirmation bias that eggagerated potential risks (suicide, etc) of not indulging gender dysphoria while ignoring data that points to potential risks, which can result in “regret” of irreverible treatment. And it’s also just as possible that the current administration’s “data” will be skewed toward confirmation bias that there is irreparable danger in rushing permanent treatment for gender dysphoria. Given the permanency of treatment of many surgical and hormonal treatments....the prudent path is probably to lean toward “waiting” and exploring the least invasive options (particularly for minors).

Completely understand but I would do it just to waste their time with the paperwork anything really to jam them up at this point.

I’m positive there were more fun / funny discussions throughout those 11 years but the fog of time doesn’t allow for any specific conversations from this end lol 😂 HAPPY 11th trip around the Sun !!

More than likely pissed off whoever is above him and that's their little dig back at him. However now that technically they terminated his position he could go for unemployment if he so wished they may fight it but they had no reason to terminate him so it would just hold up the process that's the down side of NYS being a hire/fire at will state from an employer standpoint. Now this is wrong if they have an employee manual and you have a copy look through it and see if it mentions anything about losing gym privileges. (congratulations on the new job anyways)

report to the labor board for sure, sounds like a cut/dry retaliation perhaps even discrimination aside from that, you better have my stuff clean and ready when i call for it @Matthew

I disagree with this Bill currently being introduced. It doesn’t matter what crime was committed (I used bold on the first sentence of third paragraph) Does this include a life sentence? Section 3 amends Correction Law § 803 to make good behavior time allow- ances vest at the end of each calendar year, after which such credit cannot be withheld, forfeited, or canceled. This section requires DOCCS to demonstrate at a hearing by a preponderance of the evidence that a person violated institutional rules in order for time allowances not yet vested to be withheld, forfeited, or canceled, and allows for the subse- quent reinstatement of good time allowance credit for good behavior or progress or achievement in an assigned treatment program. This section further provides that, following any final determination withholding a time allowance, the incarcerated person has the right to take an admin- istrative appeal and the right to legal assistance in taking the appeal. Section 3 also amends Correction Law § 803 to increase the good time allowance credit to one-half of the maximum term imposed by the court for those serving indeterminate sentences, and to one-half of the term for those serving determinate sentences. Section 3 also expands those eligible for merit time to all persons, regardless of offense. It increases the merit time allowance credit to one-half of the minimum term imposed by the court for those serving indeterminate sentences, and one-quarter of the term for those serving determinate sentences. It provides merit time credit for additional programmatic opportunities, and where an institution does not provide opportunities to earn merit time allowances, merit time is automatically credited. Section 3 requires that these merit time allowances shall apply retroactively and shall be credited toward every incarcerated individual's sentence within ninety days of the chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-two Section 4 amends Correction Law S 804 to apply the changes to good behavior time allowances outlined in Section 2 to those serving definite sentences. JUSTIFICATION: Encouraging incarcerated individuals to pursue personal transformation, and providing meaningful opportunities to do so, furthers the goal of rehabilitation. This Act will provide incarcerated individuals increased good time and merit time allowance credit to incentivize good behavior and enrollment in educational, vocational, treatment-related, and other beneficial programming. The Act will also provide rehabilitative opportunities for all incarcer- ated people, regardless of offense. It will enhance rehabilitation efforts by protecting earned time credit, requiring good time credit to vest at the end of each year, imposing a higher burden for the withhold- ing of good time credit, and incentivizing facilities to provide programming for merit time allowances. Finally, this Act promotes the safety of the public and eliminates unnecessary financial burdens, as earned time allowance credit opportu- nities have been shown to reduce recidivism rates and lessen correction- al An inmate’s “good time” is vested. How many will play the system, do the programs to qualify, then once released it’s business as usual.

LOL… Exactly! I mean who has never had Shit On a Shingle ?! And pardon the salty language please but when you’re brought up by a Sailor then become a Sailor yourself SOS is in your blood , quite literally it seems, in my 72 years around the Sun .

Ya, I was just told it is TA. 113 trucks can park at once.

Good ole' SOS. LOL

100% I’m all for free choice. But after decades of protesting that mandates infringe on their right to choose (to not be vaccinated), they need to see the irony in wanting to take away other people’s right to choose (to be vaccinated).

Anti-vaccine community can not vaccinate THEIR children and watch them get really sick. They have no right to be angry at the rest of us.

Same I make mine with Italian as I am not a fan of breakfast sausage. Also over all sausage gravy is a cheap meal to make so shorting you on the actual gravy is pretty sad. Last time I had the half moons from there they were super dry and not what they used to be. Was is just mashed potatoes or did they deep fry it like a potato cake should be?

Outback sucks. The wife got some gift cards from a Doc who was leaving the hospital and we used them. She got a Caesar salad with shrimp and I got the blooming onion chicken sandwich and a side salad instead of fries. First they forgot the shrimp the main ingredient. Second her entree salad was the same size as my appetizer salad and cost 10-12 more. Last Red Robin burger I got was like they let is soak in a grease bath done with them. Have not been to Applebee's in many many years. Cracker barrel I just go there for the pancakes. The only other place we may order from is Texas Roadhouse generally they dont screw up our orders as they are pretty easy. About the only place we eat at regularly is Nicks on Sunday's as we have the same waitress and she takes damn good care of us and that is reciprocated in her tip

Gold, own physical gold now because we are running out of it. I am writing this column because I have heard that they estimate there to be only 40 years of gold left in the ground. Okay, let us assume this is true. Should you rush out and buy physical gold bars? Costco is successfully selling one-ounce bars of gold, but does that mean you should own them? I will list what follows when you own physical bars of gold, and what follows is laughable: You arrive home and show it to your significant other. You ask your significant other if there is a safe place to keep it. The answer is “I do not know." You cannot find a secure place in the home, so you may decide to buy a safe or open a safe deposit box, and find they are not cheap these days. You ask yourself, was this a clever idea? You decide to sell it and find that what the dealer offered is not what you expected. You know it was a bad idea. Or... The economy goes to hell in a handbasket, and you are happy to have purchased physical gold. Now comes the funny part. You need someone who will offer you reasonable value for a one-ounce piece. You find that someone and you are happy about what you received for the one-ounce piece, and now you say to yourself, “Should I sell all I own?” If greed takes control, you are in a quandary. You are upset because you do not know whether to hold out and see if the market for one ounce good bars will rise. From the onset of this idea, I can assure you anxiety. Sorry, I cannot help you here as I am a Stock guy.

As an adult in the 1990’s to 2000 I developed an interest in Barbie as characters, like Snow White, Cinderella, etc. My Mom even gave me a Holiday Barbie for a Christmas or two. They are in the box, never opened, in a bag in the attic. Years ago I found a Barbie site that showed Barbie and Ken as Arthur and Guenievere (which I have) with a value at $485.00. I couldn’t find that site again unfortunately. I have no idea if these dolls have any value today. The attic holds Fisher Price my boys and grandchildren played with, Wheebles, Depression Ware, dishes from Hubby’s great-grandmother. I just remembered some are in the dining room hutch drawer. My Mom’s 40 year old China, service for 12 with serving pieces. Cups and saucers I collected over the years, one being from 1898, and I’m still trying to find the Romanian crystal goblets in the attic that I bought in the 1980’s lol. I have collected different things through the years, during different phases of my life, without thought to being collectibles.

Frugal … FRUGAL ! 😁

And you’re pretty tightfisted 🤣

I have no dog in this fight technically, but I do know that I grew up in that neighborhood and hung out at the Agway (wasn't operating then either) when I was a teenager and to this very day, no one has ever shown any concern about anyones health due to contaminated soil until it meant they may get new neighbors.

From 2015:

Just mashed potatoes, flattened and then cheese melted in top of it. I have never heard of anyone using Italian sausage in place of breakfast sausage until you and Ann mentioned it.

That’s from the original post back in October. Im going to assume it’s still a “Travel Centers of America” and the lack of specifics in the most recent reports is simply sloppy “journalism” either because they didn’t ask what the brand was or forgot/didn’t know to capitalize the name. ( My money is on the latter. )

Thanks Kevin! I hope you can get some info. If it is a brand name (which I really hope it is), then it's pretty sad that you're more motivated to ask follow-up questions than the local journalists.

I kind of did, and I’ll be changing things up once I get the better signs. I was assured that if there’s signage asking not to and there’s no visibility issues, they wont mow. Ultimately I can only do so much though. Once the signage is finalized and I’ve been maintaining it I’ll communicate with the head of DPW again to make sure we’re on the same page. If it belonged to us, I’d be doing this much differently and investing more money into it. But it doesn’t. So I’ll do what I can without overstepping and not spend too much energy worrying about it.

Yeah, we've eaten there exactly once, and it was not long after they first opened. I was not impressed. They've all gotten so expensive and for some reason American chain restaurants feel the need to blast loud music, making it unpleasant if you're trying to actually talk to someone. We'll do Applebees if we're on the road somewhere and need to eat something quick. It's generally "okay" at least. Texas Roadhouse is generally a good experience, but we only eat there once in a great while. Typically we try to avoid the chains around here and eat local.

Cases like this is why the SRO is important.

OK. It's plausible that he was unsure (and even doubtful) that it was legit until after the strikes occurred, confirming it was authentic. That doesn't explain why he'd not alert authorities to what he suspected was scammers impersonating National Security Officials. If I got texts from someone claiming to be Bill Schrom saying shit that I find dubious......I'd contact the Sheriff's Office to let them know.

This is a great story. I emailed Sean and asked him to consider coming up north to Upstate NY. I would love to see one of his shows.

Source

The fact that the Mafia helped elect him...and then his brother as Attorney General helped send a few to jail definitely didn't help him. Kennedy was the last President to have the person in second place be named the VP at the convention correct?

Maybe if we were not giving Israel so much money and weapons, they wouldn't be able to do this. I know Carter tried to create a humanitarian component to giving a country weapons and money. No President since has. Maybe we should start with that.