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[clonerightsagenda]

Reading The Calculating Stars and went “oh nice” when they said Kansas City was the new capital after the East Coast got wiped out until I learned it was Kansas City Kansas

[angeetiques]

Just in and listed in our Etsy Shop a beautiful vintage Smith Corona Corsair Deluxe ultra portable fully working with hard cover. #smithcorona #typing #typewriter #author #writing #writer #vintage #vintagetypewriter #homedecor #vintagedecor #etsy #etsyshop #kansascity #kcmo https://www.instagram.com/p/BqwCTm2HsNn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=v8x63o6q5dh6

[gotangst]

It's not always easy but I'm working to stay positive. I blogged about some of my challenges and how I'm facing them. http://www.gotangst.com/2018/06/coping.html #author #amwriting #parkinsons #blog #kansascity #kcmo

[calibookreviews-blog]

Tunes by KC Enders

Tunes by KC Enders

About the Book

  Romance, New Adult & College Author; KC Enders Publication Date; October 1, 2018 Pages; 278

What’s more cliché than falling for a guy in a band?

A no-strings fling is all it was meant to be for Gracyn George. Sun, sand, sex, and then move on. That was before he strummed his way into her life. Each note leaving a tingle in her spine, their lasting melodies burned into her memory.

W…

[justincaseitmatters]

Rewind: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Dr. Strangelove after 50 Years

Originally Published in KCActive.com in January 2014. On January 29, 1964, the world discovered something that Bronx-born director Stanley Kubrick had known for a few years: that the only appropriate reaction to the arms race was a dirty joke. In the five decades that have passed since then, countries that once frightened the world have fallen, alliances and rivalries have reversed, technologies have changed and Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb has become more enlightening, infuriating and, yes, hilarious with time. The Chess Master I almost feel sorry for anyone who is forced to discover this movie in a manner that's different from the way I did at age 11. For some reason, Kansas City's KCMO (now KCTV) broadcast the movie for a 10:30 p.m. showing, probably on a Saturday night. My mother, my younger brother and I congregated around the used black-and-white TV in my bedroom, knowing only that the film in question starred our favorite comedian Peter Sellers, from the Pink Panther movies, and that it might be important because the local paper said it was.   I was delighted that my bedroom had turned into a mini-theater and that we wouldn't miss any beautiful color images. Gilbert Taylor's cinematography and Ken Adam's grand sets look just fine in monochrome. Other than the fact that the movie was in black-and-white, we knew nothing about the assault that was coming our way. For most adult viewers, Dr. Strangelove states its devilishly comic intents up front. The movie's notorious opening credits by Pablo Ferro feature a phallic arm fueling a plane in mid-air as a soft instrumental track of "Try a Little Tenderness" plays in the background. As the geeky son of a Baptist deacon, these amorous aircraft completely escaped my notice.

My mother curiously remained silent, but soon the three of us were so thoroughly entertained that we stopped caring that Kubrick and co-screenwriter Terry Southern (the mind behind the kinky novels Candy, Blue Movie and The Magic Christian) were about to turn all three of us into "deviated pre-verts."

It's not surprising to learn that Kubrick once hustled chess in New York as a young man because he reveals his comic intentions gradually. During the the run up to General Jack D. Ripper's unauthorized nuclear assault upon the Soviet Union, my family and and I thought we were watching a straight nuclear war drama. It wasn't until General Ripper made the following declaration at 24 minutes into the film that we discovered that Kubrick was taking the movie into a direction all his own:

I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.

Hearing deep-voiced actor Sterling Hayden utter the word "fluids" without a hint of levity in his voice sent all three of us into hysterics. From here on we knew something was up and that the footage we saw previously was laced with comic venom. We finally noticed Ripper's name and that the pilot of one of Ripper's B52s is Maj. T.J. "King" Kong (played by former rodeo clown Slim Pickens). All Too Real Dr. Strangelove is loaded with characters afflicted with gag names, and sometimes these absurd monikers aren't obvious on an initial viewing. The Soviet Ambassador is Alexi Desadesky (British actor Peter Bull), the President of the United States is Merkin Muffley (Peter Sellers), and his top strategist is a former Nazi known as Dr. Strangelove (Sellers, again). While Kubrick and Southern came up with a cornucopia of silly names with sexual connotations, the scenario in Dr. Strangelove is uncomfortably realistic. As more information from the Cold War has become publicly available, the scenario Kubrick, Southern and a Welsh Royal Air Force officer Peter George (from George's 1958 novel Two Hours to Doom a.k.a. Red Alert) cooked up was far from outlandish. Throughout history wars have been started for causes as inexplicable as fluids and water fluoridation, which General Ripper believes has made him impotent. Mental illness and just plain foolishness can strike at anytime  At the beginning of Dr. Strangelove, a disclaimer informs the viewers that the U.S. Air Force has safeguards to prevent the deadly events in the film from occurring. Not really. Around the time that George was writing his thriller about facing nuclear annihilation, Daniel Ellsberg, the future leaker of The Pentagon Papers, discovered that Washington's policy toward who could launch a nuclear attack and when was a mess. In theory, only the president had authorization. Ellsberg, a recent Harvard PhD grad from  working for the RAND Corporation, recalled in his 2002 book Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers:

I learned, for example, the secret that contrary to all public declarations, President Eisenhower had delegated to major theater commanders the authority to initial nuclear attacks under certain circumstances, such as outage of communications with Washington--an almost daily occurrence in those days--or presidential incapacitation   (twice suffered by President Eisenhower). This delegation was unknown to President Kennedy's assistant for national security, McGeorge Bundy--and thus to the president--in early 1961, when I briefed him on the issue. 

In other words, Gen. Ripper and his ilk had already been given a sort of green light. On both sides of the Iron Curtain, only whims of fate seem to have prevented nuclear first strikes. According to David E. Hoffman's The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy, on September 26, 1983, Soviet Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov received a warning on his instruments informing him the Americans had launched a missile strike on his country. His satellites told him that five missiles were on their way to Mother Russia, but there were no visual sightings to match the alarms wailing at his base. Working simply on instinct, he correctly informed his superiors that no attack was taking place and that the warning system was malfunctioning. It's a good thing he did. Doing so prevented an unprovoked Soviet first strike. Petrov's hunch saved countless lives. Sadly, he had only minutes or seconds to make his fateful decision. The Killing Joke Unfortunately, decisions like Petrov's were all too often made at the last minute and in a state of panic. This is one of the reasons Dr. Strangelove is so entertaining and why satire might be a more effective way to point out the horrors of nuclear war. George's novel is a dark thriller, and Kubrick and George initially set out to make a straightforward adaptation of the book. During pre-production, however, Kubrick noticed that some of the situations described in the book, like the President informing the Soviets how to shoot down his own planes, seemed weirdly comic. George was disappointed by Kubrick's change of heart but later wrote a novelization of the film that even included gags that Kubrick didn't film or eventually cut from the movie (like a coda where space aliens wonder how the planet they've discovered called Earth is now a radioactive graveyard). George's later writing focused on the grim potential of nuclear weapons. Sadly, his concern for the subject may have been a factor when he chose to kill himself in 1966. Strangely, in the finished movie, the humor seems to emphasize how fragile a world with nuclear weapons really is. When word of Gen. Ripper's assault reaches the Pentagon, the news arrives, not to a commander ready to deal with the crisis, but to Gen. Buck Turgidson (George C. Scott) cavorting with his bikini-clad mistress (Tracy Reed). Actually, he's in the bathroom when the urgent call comes. 

Similarly, the Soviet Premier Dimitri Kissoff (who, curiously, is never seen or heard in the film) is not at his office in the Kremlin toiling to make his nation a worker's paradise. So where is he when the Soviets need his attention the most? "You would never reached him at that number," says Ambassador Desadesky. "Our Premier is a man of the people, but he is also a man, if you follow my meaning." 

I should probably add that he's also drunk. Disasters, whether natural or man made, rarely happen at moments that are convenient for us mortals. Kubrick and Southern spent a great amount of time figuring out where leaders might be and wondered what they might eat or drink during the crisis. That explains the improvised buffet table in the Pentagon's War Room. They also knew that leaders are human beings and that they are as prone to mistakes and panicking as anyone else. In most of the dramas that preceded or followed Dr. Strangelove, world leaders appear as conscientious or calm despite the heavy stakes involved. President Muffley, however, is understandably nervous and awkward in explaining the crisis to Premier Kissoff. Sellers improvised much of his dialogue, and the call between the two leaders is hysterically funny because it's impossible to think of a polite or an effective way to relay the grim message at hand.

Kubrick's willingness to embrace panic eventually influenced more mainstream nuclear thrillers. In an interview I conducted with director Phil Alden Robinson for NitrateOnline.com over his 2002 adaptation of the late Tom Clancy's The Sum of All Fears, he readily acknowledged how Kubrick's comedy affected his own, more serious movie:

Kubrick is the best who ever lived. I have to believe that's what goes on behind closed doors. Once in a while, the President's emotions must get the best of him. Clancy once said, "If you put the leaders of a country in a room and tell them the decisions they make might lead to blowing up the world, only a sociopath would not have an emotional reaction." The most reasonable people in the world, by virtue of their reason, are going to be emotional and distraught and kind of at wit's end at some point.

Why I Still Love the Bomb As I've grown older Dr. Strangelove has become less of a movie to more and more of an old friend. Yes, it's odd that this cynical, fatalistic movie has such a fond spot in my heart. It's no spoiler to reveal that all of the human machinations in the movie fail to stop a nuclear Armageddon. It's also hard to think of a more clever or even nourishing film. Every time I come back to I learn new things. I spot gags that I missed when I saw the movie earlier. Kubrick consulted over 50 books during the making of Dr. Strangelove, and his attention to detail only shows up on repeated viewings. A friend of mine politely told me that Kubrick's movies like Lolita, A Clockwork Orange and 2001: A Space Odyssey are an acquired taste, but those of us who have   picked up an appetite continuously love coming back to his films, waiting for new treasures hidden in their frames. One aspect that does hit me from watching the movie again and again is that Kubrick, contrary to what his detractors have contended, actually could create sympathetic and completely human characters. Kubrick skillfully manipulates the audience into liking the crew on Maj. Kong's B52. When a Russian missile stalks the plane, Kubrick wants viewers to feel for the crew. Unlike their commander, Gen. Ripper, their intents are not tainted by his madness. For the sake of the story, it would be best if the missile sent them to a fiery grave. Nonetheless, watching the crew trying to stay in the air is nail biting. Unlike his make believe characters, Kubrick understands that real people are the casualties of war. Gen. Turgidson is little better than Gen. Ripper because he has no sense of proportion or consequence. He suggests that proceeding with Gen. Ripper's strike would be worth it, even if millions die. "I didn't say we wouldn't get our hair mussed," he says. Curiously, time has actually made Dr. Strangelove funnier. When I've discussed the movie with younger people, they've told me that the reasons we and the Soviets looked at each other with dread now seem remote and ridiculous. They're fully aware that the world is still a dangerous place, but they understandably think that fluoridation is not good reason to risk the lives of troops. Kubrick was only 32 when he made Dr. Strangelove, but he wound up making something that continues to enrich our lives long after his death in 1999. Through his love song to the bomb, he's revealed how far we as human beings have to grow to become responsible stewards of the technology we have. It's doubtful he could have conveyed this message so eloquently with a straight face.  

[airic-fenn]

🍂 I’m going to @storyboundfest ! This will be the first con I’ve participated in, both as an author and an artist, and I couldnt be more excited 😁 For those who havent heard of it, Storybound Fest is an indie author convention taking place for the time in KCMO from July 21-22nd 2023! It’ll be an event for indie authors and readers to connect, and its hosted by the wonderful people @nerdybookbox . If youre an self-pubbed author or published by a small press, they’re still selling tickets, so if this is a thing you’re interested in, head on over and sign up! And if youre an author or a reader and you plan on going, let me me know because I’d love to connect! 🍂 • • • • • • • • #storyboundfest #storyboundfest2023 #indiebooks #indieauthors #queerbookstagram #bookstagram #bookconvention #queerauthors #readerly #goodreads #bookrecommendations #queerauthor #authorsofinstagram #independentauthor #readersofinstagram (at Kansas City, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChMxEKKLAF9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[anurean99]

Cheyenne, Loveland, Denver, Topeka, Lawrence & KCMO

Emporia, has put themselves too heavily on my identity since infancy. Since early childhood there where judges and lawyers in Emporia robbing my family farm, stock in companies.

When I return to Kansas: I wont be speaking to friends, at all. They've come too heavily at the cost of family. My family are all in Wichita & Missouri. I will be passing through KCMO. This is where my Aunt can & may pick me up. I will have to pass through Wyoming. This is where cousins can & may pick me up. I will have to pass through Lawrence & Topeka. This is when and where the State of Kansas can pick me up. It occurs to me, my mother & sisters and I are divorced. This is sort of when and where there is call for a mistrial. I was never at that courtroom trial. I don't have friends in Emporia. I have sociopaths kept at a distance of atleast 500 miles who smile, and who own guns, yet seldom pull the trigger.

I feel more uncomfortable in the company of my half brother, his swinish family, & a single Emporian than I do in the company of my mother & sworn enemies from highschool. Emporians are not only being sued, they are being killed. Killed in cold blood, and for good reason: theyve touched my personal stock, called it a "civic & county resource" for 40 years: & bankrupted it killing Muslims, Arabs, & Hinduman as part of their war crimes in their petty bullshit midget white trash Wars Against Humanity.

I must be criminally wanted.

For what:

Laughing at their woes?

Reporting their multiple felonies to the proper authorities?

Pulling the financial plug on their projects and converting to Islam & Hinduism?

Marrying a Hindustani man over the internet & collapsing stock, cutting them out of business, and doing so while making a thieving prostitute of an "all american" asskiss of a junkie co-wife forcing her to slice her own wrists open?

It must be for making lying theiving whores of everyone in Saint David & Saint Lutheran society as an act of vendication. This has made moreso of a lady of my mother, while making much less ladies of the people who've always attacked her. All of Saudi Arabia is living in Wichita with a gun & refugee status. It's no wonder everyone in Emporia is dropping dead. They've all touched my personal stock & investment more heavily than myself or family. Said stock and investment was used to kill off an entire demographic & the business capitol of the planet. My family & I have never touched a dime from it as all Lyon County State Bank's money is perfectly counterfeit.

I am a missing person from society in Loveland Colorado.

I am reported kidnapped in Cheyenne Wyoming.

I am reported missing in Lawrence, Wichita, & Topeka.

I will have to pass through Denver & Loveland enroute to Kansas. This is when and where ministers & the State of Colorado can and may collect me off the greyhound. Do remember its a federal human trafficking charge to drive me across state lines to Portland Oregon, (which is the nearest bus & train stop) without the express permission of my grandmother, aunts, mother & sisters.

What happened to the direct private flight to Wichita that I lined up myself?

What happened to the pilot?

Emporia, doesnt matter for shit. Theyre a fake podunk town, full of fake podunk people, with a fake podunk courthouse built by hispanic slaves with fake yokel counterfeit monies.

Those arent my friends or family. Those are the sodomous social workers who've worked for homeless centers who know what lies they have to tell for a free ticket to be cut. The ticket, does not route through Wichita. It routes through every city that can & will press charges against Emporia & the persons involved standing between myself and a police officer or lawyer. Such persons, forbid me to speak on my own behalf to a doctor or a courtroom. Everyone speaking to social service employees there are those who would rather I be dead. They're all sodomous whores in a dope scene I was done with by 1999. Why are they not in prison and why am I having to work with them? It must be that they have the social graces of Marilyn Hoy. Moreso, Becky Lambert an apache Morman who likes to claim me as family.

However they expedite the process of returning to a more breathable air.

Everyone in Cheyenne, Loveland, Denver, Topeka, Lawrence, & KCMO are invited to yank me off the bus with a police officer and press human trafficking charges against everyone not working with my mother or in political/religious opposition with my mother before I reach Emporia.

If identity theives where off my name in multiple states...

I would have two state rebate checks, about 12,000$ and I would already be home. However... no... Im not allowed to have my own money or identity. I might use it to buy a pack of cigarettes, go to a bar, or purchase a joint. Right? Im not allowed a vote: I might give it to Roseanne Barr & Jeffery Dahmer. (which I sort of did by mail in ballot in Baca County of Colorado)

Everyone is encourraged to have a pack of cigarettes, a bottle of jack, and resource cards handy. You know, because I stink. Im covered in microbial grossness.

[focusonthefunny-blog]

Tried #something #different #today and it was #pretty #good #curriedgoat #carribean #carribeanfood #goat #foodie #resturant #eats #kcmo #kc #816 #KANSASCITY #islandspicecaribbeanrestaurant #yoga #damn  #FOCUSONTHEFUNNY #FOCUSONTHEFUNNYLLC #FOTF #JASONNELSON #comedian #author #writer #producer #entrepreneur (at Island Spice Caribbean Restaurant)

[narcissismechoapologetics]

Rather than doing their jobs by enforcing the law in order to protect the innocent, and aiding in the prosecution, police completely and utterly refused to perform their duties for the victim, and consistently assisted the stalkers against the victim/s. Stalkers will steal, destroy, or cause to be lost any kind of evidence or documentation, physical, electronic, etc. 

However, there were two perpetrating judges in my recent experience, too. One in Mission, and one in KCMO. This was allegedly FT due to my going out with a judge when I was younger. Well, I didn’t exactly go out with him, Brianna from Secretary-at-Law pulled a fast one on me. While I was working at Shook Hardy & Bacon, she called to tell me the judge was in town and they wanted me to meet them, they will celebrate my birthday, too, etc. I thought it odd, but went. We were to meet at the boat, which were brand new in KC. I walked into the lounge where I was to meeting them, that is Brianne, her daughter and business partner still at that time, Kelli, and the judge. I sat down and shortly thereafter, the bartender said I had a phone call. Most people did not have cell phones yet 26 or so years ago.

It was Brianne telling me they had had a family emergency, but please do this for her, entertain the judge. Then, for me to “be sure to thank the judge for my job.“ The judge did not get me my job though, and I had told Brianne not to send a bogus resume to SHB, but she did anyway. I got the job with my accurate resume. In any case, this was a tall and big white male judge from Sedalia, Missouri, doing overflow work in KCMO, which was the reason he was in town. I wanted to pick his brain, because I used to want to be a judge, or so I thought.

So, he came in and we met, and when he asked me to go back to his hotel room, I started asking him to tell me about his wife and children. I think he asked me more than once, but he did not get belligerent when I refused. He handed me $100 to gamble with, something I don’t usually do, and really do not morally agree with. I played a couple of hands of black jack I think it was, then handed his money back to him. We walked around talking, and that was it.

In any case, I grew up around cops and have always respected cops. However, it is absolutely disgusting to me how involved the police appear to be in these situations. Don’t ask people to respect law enforcement when law enforcement is behaving like a bunch of abusive, bullying thugs. Law enforcement needs to clean its own house, quickly and thoroughly. Then, there is the matter of allowing their alleged legal counsel run around impersonating a police officer with no consequences for his crimes, injuries inflicted, pain and suffering, loss of property, bogus records, faxed in police document containing orders to perpetrators masquerading as statements the victim allegedly made which were not made, etc.

If you consider law enforcement as the next authority figure up from Mom and Dad, then you consider how abusive parents attempt to demand trust and respect they do not deserve, nor have they earned, quite the contrary, this is what appears to be happening with law enforcement. They are abusing their power, they are untrustworthy, unreliable, corrupt, and in some cases right now rotten, and yet demand trust and respect. This ought not to be.

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[angeetiques]

Just finishing up a Penncrest Carravelle 12 typewriter, will be in our Etsy Shop soon! #typing #type #typewriter #penncrest #Carravelle #vintagetypewriter #author #writer #writing #smithcorona #homedecor #vintagedecor #etsy #etsyshop #kansascity #kcmo https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpr1gIqFhxR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ncza27mawfyq

[gotangst]

I got the most incredible surprise today. I was invited back out to Randall Elementary for a Q&A after the 5th grade finished reading Clod Makes A Friend. They then shared their final project, the students made movie previews! I couldn’t be more impressed with how creative and fun they were. It was an incredible experience that I’m grateful to have been a part of. #isdstrong #bullying #fantasy #author #kansascity #kcmo (at RandallElementary)

[spicynbachili2]

Trump points to ‘vicious’ world in discussing writer’s death

President Donald Trump talks with troops through teleconference from his Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Seashore, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (Susan Walsh/Related Press)

By Deb Riechmann and Jill Colvin | AP

November 23 at 12:08 AM

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump disputed that U.S. intelligence officers had concluded that the de facto chief of American ally Saudi Arabia ordered the killing of a U.S.-based journalist vital of the dominion’s royal household.

Citing vehement denials by the crown prince and king that they have been concerned, Trump mentioned Thursday that “perhaps the world needs to be held accountable as a result of the world is a vicious place. The world is a really, very vicious place.”

Critics in Congress and high-ranking officers in different international locations are accusing Trump of ignoring human rights and giving Saudi Arabia a move for financial causes, together with its affect on the world oil market.

Trump mentioned this week he wouldn’t impose harsher penalties on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the dying and dismemberment of Washington Put up columnist Jamal Khashoggi contained in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul final month.

“My coverage could be very easy: America first, hold America nice once more and that’s what I’m doing,” Trump instructed reporters after a Thanksgiving Day phone name with members of the army.

The crown prince and his father, King Salman, mentioned they didn’t commit “this atrocity,” Trump mentioned.

“It’s a horrible factor. I dislike it greater than you do. However the reality is … they create great wealth, actually great jobs of their purchases and really importantly, they hold the oil value down.”

American intelligence businesses have concluded that the crown prince ordered the killing within the Saudi Consulate in Turkey, in line with a U.S. official accustomed to the evaluation. The official was not approved to debate the matter publicly and spoke on situation of anonymity.

Others accustomed to the case warning that whereas it’s doubtless that the crown prince was concerned within the dying, questions stay concerning the extent of his culpability.

A number of lawmakers have indicated that the U.S. has no “smoking gun” that proves the crown prince was accountable. They’ve referred to as on the CIA and different high intelligence businesses to share publicly what they instructed the president concerning the slaying.

“I hate the crime,” Trump mentioned whereas on trip in Florida. “I hate what’s achieved. I hate the cover-up and I’ll inform you this — the crown prince hates it greater than I do.”

He mentioned the CIA “factors it each methods and as I mentioned, perhaps he did, perhaps he didn’t. However I’ll say very strongly that it’s an important ally and if we go by a sure customary, we received’t have the ability to have allies with virtually any nation.”

He additionally has pushed again on the concept his refusal to punish the Saudis extra will embolden different governments to go after journalists and commit different human rights abuses.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has famous that the U.S. has imposed sanctions on 17 Saudi officers suspected of involvement within the killing.

“We’ve sanctioned 17 individuals — a few of them very senior within the Saudi authorities,” Pompeo mentioned Wednesday in a radio interview with KCMO in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri. “We’re going to ensure that America all the time stands for human rights.”

Saudi prosecutors have mentioned a 15-man group despatched to Istanbul killed Khashoggi with tranquilizers and dismembered his physique, which has not been discovered. These findings got here after Saudi authorities spent weeks denying Khashoggi had been killed within the consulate.

Some lawmakers have triggered investigations into Khashoggi’s dying and particularly whether or not the crown prince was accountable. The investigations have been requested below provisions of the International Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act.

The act requires the president to report again to the Senate International Relations Committee inside 120 days — on this case by Feb. 7 — on whether or not the crown prince was liable for an extrajudicial killing, torture or different gross violation of internationally acknowledged human rights in opposition to somebody exercising freedom of expression and the administration’s choice on whether or not sanctions are warranted.

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Colvin reported from Palm Seashore, Florida.

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[kansascitywatch]

New bus line coming to Prospect Avenue

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — By the end of next year, the 71 bus line won't be the only one traveling up and down Kansas City's Prospect Avenue.

Tuesday morning city and transit leaders broke ground for the future Prospect "MAX" line.

"We expect the Prospect MAX line to be the jewel and the crown of the KCATA," Robbie Makinen, CEO of the Kansas City Area Transit Authority, said.

The new MAX line will run from downtown Kansas City to 75th and Prospect. It also comes with two new transit centers including one that will sit at 12th and Charlotte.

HAPPENING NOW: @KCMO leaders, @FTA_DOT & @RideKCTransit officials are announcing the new Prospect MAX bus line. Route will run from downtown #KC to 75th street. @41actionnews pic.twitter.com/iiDfd7tpZb

— Andres Gutierrez (@AFGutierrez) October 25, 2018

"It cannot be any more about bus versus streetcar, streetcar versus Uber, Uber versus scooter," Makinen said.

"But what we're doing here is moving people smartly in a way that allows them to stay connected and to actually stay productive while they're being moved," Kansas City, Missouri Mayor Sly James said.

According to Ride KC, more than a dozen environmentally-friendly buses will run on the Prospect MAX line.

They'll have amenities like Wi-Fi and monitors on board displaying trip information.

Passengers will sit on vinyl seats instead of fabric because it's easier to clean.

According to @RideKCTransit, 13 buses

will run on the #ProspectMAX line. 12 CNG & 1 electric.

They will have vinyl seats instead of fabric (easier to clean) & monitors on board displaying trip information.@41actionnews pic.twitter.com/n2yIAd2OXE

— Andres Gutierrez (@AFGutierrez) October 25, 2018

The total cost of the project is $55.8 million. A grant from the Federal Transit Administration is picking up $29.9 million.

"It will provide safer transportation more efficient transportation. It is a piece of the puzzle I think there," K. Jane Williams, acting administrator of the Federal Transit Administration said.

Riders told 41 Action News they do think it's the missing puzzle piece on the ongoing development along the Prospect corridor.

"They're putting signs of life, there's some kind of business and it's slowly but surely coming along," Tracy Leonard, a rider said.

The current Main and Troost MAX lines serve 13,000 passengers daily. One of the stops brings passengers right in front of Reconciliation Services and Thelma's Kitchen.

"I can't wait to see that same kind of thing happening on Prospect as the community comes together and more people have access," Father Justin Mathews, executive director of Reconciliation Services said.

Construction of the Prospect MAX line is expected to be completed by next October.

from Local News | KSHB https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/kcata-adding-new-max-bus-line-to-prospect-avenue

from Kansas City Watch https://kansascitywatch.wordpress.com/2018/10/25/new-bus-line-coming-to-prospect-avenue/

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The Kansas City Tuesday First Look

Smiling newbie sensation model Xenia Wood was recently introduced by her mentor hottie Ewa Sonnett, so it's likely that she's gonna be a big deal. Similarly, here's the Kansas City Tuesday morning links we're checking to start our day. Take a peek: KCMO Empty Promises & Good Intentions

KCMO.gov " Proposed Sidewalk Replacement Program

Expansion of NeighborWorks Sidewalk Program In addition to expanding the City's sidewalk replacement system, the City will expand its NeighborWorks Sidewalk Program, which has been piloted in the 1st District with the construction of sidewalks around Chouteau and Maple Park Elementary schools and along NE Parvin Road between N.

Tragic Kansas Misplaced Priorities

2-year-old Kansas boy left in car while parents went to church services

GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) - A 2-year-old Kansas boy left for two hours Sunday in a hot car while his parents went to church services has been hospitalized with extreme heat exposure. Law enforcement authorities in Finney County say the child had fallen asleep in the car during the ride to church.

Give The KCPD A Brake

No serious injuries reported after crash involving police officer

Kansas City Police say no serious injuries have been reported following a crash involving a police officer. Dispatch said the incident happened around 9:30 p.m. near Linwood and The Paseo. The officer was in a marked car when they were involved in a collision with another vehicle.

Kangaroos Bounced From Post-Season

Cowboys curb UMKC comeback, advance to CBI semis

The Cowboys held Missouri-Kansas City to 34 percent from the field and 16 points below their season scoring average in a 72-61 win over the Kangaroos in the quarterfinals of the College Basketball Invitational presented by Five Four on Monday evening in the Arena-Auditorium.

Home Team Scouting Report Second Look

What we can learn from Royals spring training

Some of these stats might matter!

And this is the OPEN THREAD for right now . . .

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