Traditionally, the Quick Shoe Repair Shop on 3rd Street is closed on Saturdays during the summer. This year, the long running shop is on a 4 day summer schedule, Tuesday-Friday, as they're now closed on Mondays as well.
Sounds to me like ownership is getting ready to retire or sell the shop. Stay tuned.
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There's been protests in Albany the last couple of days against the Immigration & Customs Enforcement department (ICE), and their xenophobic raids on immigrants, regardless of their official legal status here in the US.
You probably know by now that ICE agents have taken to wearing masks to conceal their identities, though, supposedly, some agents have been doxxed, in retaliation for the raids. The agents do not show badges, do not have warrants, according to reports, and, there have been innocent citizens, who are here in this country legally, who have been taken.
This is what president Trump wants, along with his top trolls, Stephen Miller & Tom Homan, the latter the current head of Homeland Insecurity, sowing fear & chaos all because President Pampers can't be satisfied with having been re-elected 7 months ago.
Miller, in particular, took the mic at the GOP convention last summer, and declared that priority one is America comes first. Apparently, the development of our society into one of inclusion & diversity is too much for his simple, small brain to handle.
We'll discuss his involvement in ABC's decision to dump reporter Terry Moran earlier this week another time.
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President Pampers also is insisting on reinstating the original names of military bases, though not for the same confederate soldiers for which they were originally named.
It hits home here because it affects Fort Johnson in Louisiana, which was renamed in honor of Albany's Henry Johnson, a World War 1 hero, two years ago, from Fort Polk.
Photo courtesy of the Albany Times-Union.
Whereas Fort Polk was originally dedicated to Leonidas Polk, now, it would be for General James Polk, a World War II Army officer. Same goes for other bases around the country. The confederate soldiers won't get their honors back, if you will, as Trump and his team have found other modern-day soldiers sharing the same surnames, to justify their actions.
Blame this on Miller putting ideas like this in Trump's ear. Seems to me Miller doesn't care about Henry Johnson, or how Johnson was revered as a hero here.
I'd make Miller sit in on some civics & history classes, strapped to a chair, in leg irons, so he learns he's been wrong all along. All he's doing is giving people in Albany another reason to protest.
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Speaking of protests, the group Indivisible is sponsoring events this weekend, including one in Troy, protesting the Trump administration's direction. These events are taking place on a seemingly monthly basis, and will continue until Trump and his cast of idiots finally gets the message. If they ever do.