When Kentuckians make international news, it's not always our best look. Here's today's global item. Someone spray painted graffiti on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's front door at his Louisville home. Congress has been debating another "free money" stimulus package ranging between $600 and $2,000 per person. McConnell has resisted the higher payments. “WERES MY MONEY” 😳 A Kentucky political activist validates the state’s woeful education ranking. pic.twitter.com/70jdQO8Pqz— Terry Meiners (@terrymeiners) January 3, 2021 The day before Sen. McConnell's house was tagged, a San Francisco home belonging to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was vandalized. The California tagger appeared to spell everything correctly and use proper punctuation. Nancy Pelosi's home vandalized with graffiti, pig head: reports https://t.co/JpBHbWg079 pic.twitter.com/pcMR877vEj— New York Post (@nypost)
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SHOCKER! The Meiners family patriarch was also not a looker
The story of my "rather homely, undeveloped, and uneducated great great grandmother Minnie Katzenberger is posted below. Born in Bavaria in 1867, Minnie went on to marry a Voll, my dad's mother's name. Christina Voll married George Meiners in 1912 and they had 10 children, one of whom was my dad Mel Meiners. So how did the Meiners family name launch in America? My son Simon turned up this research: "The oldest ancestor I can find is Mel’s great-grandfather, Johann Gerhard “George” Meiners (1835-1909). Came on a ship from Germany to New Orleans in 1857. First looked for work in Saint Louis but later settled in Louisville. Married Mel’s great-grandmother Maria Lemke in 1859. After she died of dropsy in 1884, he
How dare you push back with facts!
"Why should we be studying (in school) for a future that will soon be no more?" - Greta Thunberg encouraging youths to skip school on Fridays to protest climate change outside their local government buildings Climate activist Greta Thunberg is the latest global media darling. Good for her. The human race needs people from each generation who will further the cause of protecting the earth. Greta's climate message is spot on except for the demonization of prior generations. She is mistaken to think that today's youth are the first young people to take up the cause of environmental activism. "Save the planet" has been a cause celebre for at least 50 years. There is literally nothing new under the sun, just the ferocity
Nuts indeed
Pro-lifers outside an abortion clinic meet a woman who begs to differ with their position. Neither side appeared to alter the other's perspective. NSFW (profanity)
Citizen activist transports his nads in a wheelbarrow
An activist citizen in Washington state informs a police officer that his unmarked car is illegal. The cop remains amazingly calm while being taught the state's law.