John E. Parker Jr.

Yes!

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This was pop music at its peak for me. Simple yet powerful. Gender bending before it was popular, showing us the way. The lyrics say everything, and they use more than three hundred characters.

Rubio says El Salvador offers to accept deportees from US of any nationality, including Americans President Nayib Bukele said El Salvador has “offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system.”

Rubio said some sane and rational things on these issues. He seems to have empathy for migrants the world over. It is the first rational and humane thing I’ve heard from this administration.

That said, the idea of sending people to El Salvador for imprisonment is incredibly cruel.

Ugh.

This is my most unlikely three yet. I think I’m into a rhythm of sorts with this game. Maybe I can have more 1-3 than 5-6. That would be something!

The answer is usually 42!

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USAID staffers told to stay out of Washington headquarters after Musk said Trump agreed to close it Musk, Trump and some Republican lawmakers have targeted the U.S. aid and development agency, which oversees humanitarian, development and security programs in some 120 countries, in increasingly strid...

It’s simply amazing how much pain, suffering and death this administration is going to cause. I did not like the move to put Harris over Biden, but I would have voted for anyone over Dump. If one didn’t vote for Harris, thus helping to install this lunacy, one is partly to blame for this.

I thought for sure I had a three, but I’ll take the four.

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Messenger: A bad prosecution haunts St. Louis as it tries to fix its broken jail St. Louis is still prosecuting someone who warned about, and tried to explore, poor conditions at the city jail. Why?

This short article shows how dysfunctional our mayor has been in managing the jail system. Tishaura has blood on her hands with this one. Jennifer is gone, likely having moved far away from here. But Tishaura is the one who hired her, and Tishaura is still the mayor.

Getting a two is so damn lucky. It’s strangely the luckiest thing I’ve ever done. Three seems like a bit of skill, and certainly solving it in six or under continuously is skill, but two is just luck.

But, as my dad used to say, better lucky than good.

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KDHX: A Love Story Kelly Wells killed a radio station!

Okay, so this is how you publish a story longer than 300 characters on this site. I'm learning the maze that is social media.

Yeah, buddy! I got me a Cadet!

I am very proud of this kid. He has big dreams of playing ball there, but mostly it’s just great to be able to go to a good school equidistant from his mom’s house and my house. The school is a good fit for him. He’s happy.

Time to get ready for Cadet basketball!

Had a good chance at another three, but I’ll never be upset with a four. No twos at all in this streak. It’s so tempting to think about “goals”, but that wouldn’t do me a bit of good.

Nines and threes are wild!

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KDHX in St. Louis to stop broadcasting live content amid financial troubles Radio station KDHX, roiled in controversy since several DJs were fired, will stop broadcasting live content. Prerecorded programming will continue.

I wrote a long, very personal perspective on the seven year arc of this story on the Facebooks. It’s a tragic tale of the destruction of a once great radio station.

Kelly Wells destroyed KDHX.

Somehow, one person destroyed a damn radio station!

Crazy.

Hearings show limits of St. Louis mayor’s power over city bureaucracy Mayor Tishaura O. Jones has been trying to fire one of the most powerful people in city government for half a year. The hearings may be ceremonial.

This is getting embarrassingly stupid. This woman’s whole life and future is being paraded around and toyed with. Tishaura is gonna fire her no matter what, but at least Tishaura is being exposed.

We need new leadership.

Support Cara Spencer for mayor!

Interesting that wind, solar and nuclear are all producing around 3,000 TWh right now.

This image really does show how simple the whole thing is. Back in the early 90's when I started studying this, I never thought we would be at this point. I also didn't think we would be at 423PPM CO2.

Rams deal falters in St. Louis. Aldermanic president abruptly ends meeting. The turnabout, plotted in secret over the course of the week, upended sweeping plans from Mayor Tishaura O. Jones and Aldermanic President Megan Green.

More drama.

Sure, water is a priority and it could be separated from the controversy pretty easily, so that’s not dumb.

Megan may have overreached on this one. Plus, shouldn’t we wait until after the mayoral election? Why rush now? It stinks of politicization.

Did St. Louis school board president enable superintendent’s spending spree? Credit card statements and interviews paint a picture of close friendships and improper perks among St. Louis school administrators and board president Antionette “Toni” Cousins.

Fire Toni Cousins. Replace everyone on the board. When you fail that miserably, you deserve to be fired. Period.

I sort of stupidly like that my fives are catching my threes

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Personnel director wants St. Louis mayor to testify at termination hearing Personnel Director Sonya Jenkins-Gray’s lawyer wants to call a number of high-profile witnesses in her pre-termination hearing, including the mayor, comptroller and city counselor.

What is crazy about this is the timing. Tishaura might be out in early April. This trial will take every bit of Feb. In March, if they let Tish fire her, the commission will have to start the process of picking 3 candidates for the mayor to choose from. That might not be done by early April.

Oh, sorry. I thought it was at HQ.

I wake up, eat breakfast and listen to great music every day. Coffee, music and news. It’s a nice routine.

Momentum Academy to close one south St. Louis charter school The Gravois Park campus has 91 students in kindergarten through fifth grades, filling less than half of the school's capacity.

Another charter school bites the dust. Charter schools in the area have failed 50% of the time.

In school grading systems, 50% is an F. Charter schools have failed.

“At my office”? Please give an address.

St. Louis police chief: Politicians are ‘moving the goal posts’ in state takeover Under his leadership, Chief Robert Tracy said the department has seen improvements in everything from officer morale to crime rates. Nevertheless, he said, state lawmakers aren't backing off.

Anyone in the city should be furious about Jefferson City doing their annual BS. If this happens, it will be the worst overreach in the country. For a “small government, local autonomy” party, this is the height of hypocrisy. It’s disgusting and insane and is purely political.

Shame!

Had a good chance at two but got the three. I’ll take it.

Got to 93% on the board with this streak! Now I’d like to get to a true 93%. That won’t be for a week or so.

The threes have my attention. Could I catch my fours with my threes?

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White House rescinds Trump's funding freeze after massive backlash It's an astonishing reversal by the Trump administration.

Let the time of “the dumbass in charge” begin.

Here’s how fish farms could double as a climate solution A new study analyzes a potential win-win solution for fish health and carbon capture. The critical ingredient is something you might not expect.

Because we need good news once in a while, articles like this, at this time, are essential reading. Science gives us another great solution to a vexing problem and gives aquafarming a big boost in terms of being an ecosystem friendly and global warming friendly solution to our need for protein.

International Criminal Court has no trial scheduled as Trump piles on pressure Trump, on his first day in office, reinstated an executive order from his previous term sanctioning court staff.

Maybe Mongolia and Italy should lose their membership with the ICC.

We truly do need a miracle every day at this point.

I used to get it in four all the time. It feels good to get it in four. It feels normal, which is definitely not how I feel about the world right now.

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St. Louis’ AT&T tower redo eyes 600 apartments, automated parking The parking tech could potentially solve the building's lack of parking, an issue development experts have cited as a major obstacle to the site's redevelopment.

It’s amazing what is happening downtown since Cara Spencer became the alder over most of it. This building is in her ward and it’s no coincidence that progress is finally happening there.

Just imagine if she were mayor of the whole city!