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Opinions are legion about what the GA-6 election results mean or don't mean. I'm reluctant to draw any conclusions beyond the obvious about who won. It would be nice to see some thorough exit poll results but I don't know if any were done

Sad but true. So it falls to us, the individual citizens, to be responsible consumers of the news. Example: Washington Post headline is "Hard-fought House race in Georgia comes to an end as a referendum on Trump." I accept as fact that this race has been hard fought. The campaign activity has...

When critiquing the media, consideration must also be given to those who consume what the media produces. One of the reasons we have corrupt politicians is corrupt voters elect and re-elect them. Many vote for the candidates who will give them what they want by placing their personal interests...

When Diane and I were politically active, I was interviewed by over 100 news reporters. Additionally, I was an occasional guest on the CNN and Fox news talking head shows. Every chance I got after each interview, as the journalists and crews were packing up their gear, I asked the journalist...

I am not without hope. Many who touted ethics in journalism and tout it today are themselves journalists. Reform is possible and can easily come from within the trade.

Apples and oranges. A daily tracking poll asks how do you feel about the president now. An election poll asks how are you going to vote on a future date?

Agreed. That said, a partisan press is not new in American history. A Google search of "history of partisan press" provides some interesting reading.

They said nothing. These are daily tracking polls of the president's job approval rating. In Trump's case, these daily tracking polls began on Inauguration Day. They are a useful indicator because the same pollsters use the same methodology every day. Rasmussen and Gallup numbers differ with...

You don't have to believe it. Check it out for yourself. If you are rooting for Trump like you root for a sports team who you will back no matter what, go ahead and embrace the fake news narrative. If you seek to be open-minded and willing to separate fact from fiction, take that stand and study...

I regularly view the Rasmussen and Gallup daily tracking polls. At present, Trump is near his all-time lows in both. If you follow these polls and the daily news, you will see that the less Trump tweets, the better he does in the polls. The less he talks about the investigations, the less the...

How is his way of fighting back (tweets that continually focus the spotlight on the investigations) working for him? Might another way be more effective? As the investigations get better organized, more fully staffed (Mueller now has at least 20 lawyers under his command or coming on board...

When Trump directed the imposition of new regulations regarding Cuba, for each of those new regulations, which two existing regulations were removed? Remember, he promised to remove two old regs for every new reg imposed.

As I view the political landscape these days, two things stand out. (1) The ongoing drumbeat of daily "breaking news" based on unnamed sources is a calculated and intentional attempt to oust or neuter Trump. The "journalists" who engage in this activity are corrupt. They undermine the power...

Our Port Orange facility allows monthly dues payments by credit card but we will soon add a surcharge for that option. The trend is away from credit cards and toward EFT (electronic funds transfer - drafts made from bank checking or savings accounts) because EFT is less expensive. Some Anytime...

Back to the main point of this thread; Planet or AF? Consider price. Consider location availability. Consider true 24/7 operation. Consider equipment availability at peak times. Consider staff and customer service support. Consider changing-room privacy.

Unknown until locations are selected and leases are signed. Our present location is straight truck accessible but overnight parking is prohibited by our landlord and the city.

OK. 1,300. The numbers change fast. My "topped 1,000" number came from an article a saw about this a few months back. It's not a big deal for this conversation, but if we want to start picking the fly doo doo out of the rice, a thing to look at is the number of announced locations that are...

Planet recently topped 1,000 locations in North America. When Diane and I became AF franchisees three years ago, there were about 1,800 AF clubs in North America (including a small number of clubs in Canada, where expediters also go). At present, there are over 2,300. I do not know how many...

Of course it's political. There is no question that the complaint is politically motivated by Democrats who oppose the Trump agenda and are driven by the same partisan myopia that drives Republicans. This is the self-same myopia that is so pervasive that Democrats and Republicans find it nearly...

The question of standing will be one of the first to be decided. We'll know soon enough what the expert arguments of both sides are and what the Court decides. Whatever the outcome may be, I'm delighted to finally see these questions make it meaningfully into the courts where they can be...