RIP Jay Howard

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It was standing room only for Jay Howard's City Island memorial service at Trinity Church. The 76-year-old may have lost his battle with cancer, but he will not be forgotten. Our thoughts and prayers go to his widow, Norma and all the members of his extended family.

Jay Howard loved angels and he really was a guardian angel in City Island according to those who spoke and echoed these sentiments saying City Island will never be the same, or Jay was a rock for our community center, Trinity church and so much more.

Coffee Boy Spills The Beans

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George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty for lying to federal agents about contacts with Russians in 2016 while having a starring role as a foreign-policy surrogate for Donald Trump. You don't allow someone at that table if they are low-level staffers and the images confirm that action speaks louder than words.

POTUS, who says he has a great memory now claims he does not remember him. Papadopoulos has been called a coffee boy, but could he be more a Covfefe?

President Trump on March 2016 meeting with George Papadopoulos: “I don’t remember much about that meeting.” http://cnn.it/2A2v9t9

Tax Plan or GOP Scam?

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Republicans released their long-awaited Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. This plan improves the corporate tax system but may not support working families or reduce the deficit. How does the tax bill could affect us?

Why is the so-called GOP tax reform plan being hailed by conservatives as the long-awaited cure for America’s anemic economic growth? Is it because they are going to cash in? Please, make sure you read the fine print.

15 things in the Republican tax bill's fine print that could affect you https://usat.ly/2lR9EJC

National Climate Assessment

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The National Climate Assessment is prepared by our top scientists and is by far the largest, most comprehensive US-focused climate change report ever produced and gives in-depth look on climate change.

The findings point to humanity as the cause for this extreme weather pattern. Many independent lines of evidence demonstrate the world is warming and human activity is the primary cause.

Other changes flow from this warming, including melting of snow and ice, rising sea level, and increases in some types of extreme weather, such as extreme heat and heavy downpours.

End Crimes Against Journalists

An increasing number of journalists have been targeted in 2017 because of the work they do. They have been subject to physical assault, imprisonment, court convictions, arbitrary detention, interrogation, stalking, verbal attacks, online threats, and seizure of equipment. In some cases, their family members have also been targeted.

The perpetrators of these attacks are almost never held accountable. In the overwhelming majority of cases, authorities have acted with impunity, and non-state actors have gone unpunished. Instead, reporters are the ones who are treated as criminals.

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Angry Bird

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Who's the angry character that refuses to take responsibility for anything and will accuse anyone in order to pass the blame on to someone else but himself?

The fact is, everyone who's in a position of power is to blame when something goes wrong. The public blames politicians, but they are professional blame deflectors and the wheels go round and round.

Veterans speak out as "Commander-in-Chief" Trump blames generals for deaths of U.S. troops in Niger

https://shareblue.com/trump-blames-generals-for-deaths-of-soldiers-in-n… …

Astronomical Houston

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It was an astronomical climb from being the worst team in the majors in the Autumn of 2011, the club was tasked with fixing a broken organization without direction, nor plan and lacking answers. Now they are at the top of the heap. Baseball has been very good to them.

The Houston Astros lost over a hundred games before they got tired of losing and have now won the World Series of Baseball for the first time ever. The Houston @astros PARADE is on Friday http://abc13.co/2z5Wmf4

Hollywood ending - Astros beat Dodgers in Game 7 to win World Series
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Open Enrollment Now

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We wonder why Trump has slashed Obamacare's ad budget, as well as grants to outside organizations that are supposed to help consumers sign up? Obamacare 2018 enrollment clouded by uncertainty under Trump https://reut.rs/2lD20ST

Months of debate over replacing #ACA and healthcare reform have added to confusion over the exchanges but health experts and advocates also say ACA funding cuts have played a role. Just do it before 12/15.

NYC Terror

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6 dead and multiple injuries in lower Manhattan as a pickup truck plows through a NYC bike path.

A crazed man has forced a level 3 crime scene mobilization where everything in lower Manhattan is frozen this afternoon. The guy drove a pickup truck down a long stretch of bike path next to the Hudson River in Lower Manhattan, striking numerous people.

The suspect driving the vehicle collided with a school bus from Stuyvesant High School. There were some reports the man fired gunshots, but officials could not immediately confirm that.

Dirty Trick's No Treat

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It's Halloween, which means it is now time to put on that costume for Trick or Treating, but please keep it clean, because there have been too many dirty tricks being played out.

Dirty tricks, politics, as usual, unethical acts, illegal campaign practices or pranks intended to disrupt or sabotage the campaigns of opposing candidates, or similar practices carried out against rival countries or corporations for espionage or commercial purposes.

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