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Sunday, December 22. 2019From today's Lectionary
Matthew 1:18-25 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 1:19 Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly. 1:20 But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 1:21 She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." 1:22 All this took place to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet: 1:23 "Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel," which means, "God is with us." 1:24 When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her as his wife, 1:25 but had no marital relations with her until she had borne a son; and he named him Jesus Saturday, December 21. 2019Saturday morning links
Photo from Family shocked by “moving ornament” in Christmas tree A memorable tree for them. Poor bird is far from home, though. Amusing: Florida Man Friday: Worst Cleanup on Aisle Six Ever CNN Anchor: Trump Should Listen When Women Tell Him We Have ’12 Years’ Until the World Ends Shouldn't the media report how bad previous climate change predictions have been instead of participating in the indoctrination? Yes, but... History’s Largest Mining Operation Is About to Begin - It’s underwater Bipartisan Congress showers health care industry with multi-billion victory after wagging finger at it for much of 2019 Now Alcohol and Sugar Are Even Worse for the Planet Than Eating Meat Bottom line: Don't eat or drink British Academic Wants To Ban The Insults "Nerd" And "Geek" As Hate Crimes As an ex-nerd, or current nerd, can I call her an idiot a-hole, or is that hate crime too? Bill Gates' educational plans don't work NAS Commends President Trump’s Executive Orders: No More Law by Dear Colleague Letter The Fracking Decade Economic Inequality—Populism’s Rallying Cry Make the wealthy poorer - statistical problem solved. If you have more than one house, let the gummint take the others. Then your IRA. Why not, if equality is sacred? Chris Hayes’ Mini-Rant About Whiteness of House GOP Ends Badly After People Point to MSNBC’s Lineup The Vindication of Sean Hannity - A relentless pursuit of the truth. CA Dem Gov. Newsom Lashes Out At Trump, GOP For Not Helping Solve California’s Homeless Crisis That's the feds' problem? I don't think so. It's local. AG Barr: James Comey is a Serial Liar Wow. Saint Comey? " The Horowitz report makes clear that multiple news cycles over the past few years were dominated by reports that were either incorrect or lacking factual foundation." True, only chumps believe the news Trump-branded properties lost value since the 2016 election, study shows Predictable. Honey Badger don't care. When Hate Becomes an Agenda - Trump so infuriated his opponents that, rather than find arguments to convince a majority of Americans that the president’s policies were flawed, his enemies instead sought to destroy him. Haters gotta hate on something Will Washington media expose the liars who spun the Trump-Russia hoax? 6 Reasons Pelosi’s Senate Obstruction Gambit On Impeachment Articles Is A Disaster How Trump Won 2019 - Column: Thank his opponents Democrats are making a farce of impeachment Merry Impeachmas’ — Washington Post Reporters Appear To Celebrate Impeachment Of course Trump-Obsessed German Media Cheer Impeachment: ‘Huge Success for the Democratic Party’ In Haiti, UN Peacekeepers Fathered Hundreds of Children and Abandoned the Mothers They always do that Friday, December 20. 2019Christmastime BobHave yourself a merry little Christmas
Mulled WineA traditional, festive punch for holiday season and for winter days: Mulled Wine If it comes to a boil, the alcohol will boil off. Best just to warm it up for 20 minutes or so. Friday morning linksLots more images from Liberty Arms here - gun store wisdom Robot can make 300 pizzas an hour NY Times: Why Not Embrace Super Long Trips To Avoid Flight Shaming Or Something "One huge drawback of nuclear energy is that it doesn't dismantle systems of oppression - it only produces clean energy." America Has World’s Highest Rate Of Single-Parent Households The UK: A charity worker was fired because she expressed the illegal opinion that biological sex is real and not just a fantasy. The casual misandry that masquerades as ciriticism of men ‘Social Justice’ Ideology Is Damaging American Values Three years in prison seems like an awfully light sentence for an action that could have killed a planeload of people. California Energy Situation Bad and Getting Worse 2020 census: Surge in immigrants to take 24 House seats from Trump states Jacobin: Bernie can win Charter School Advocates Crash Democrat Debate, Trash Elizabeth Warren Trump Gets Massive Post-Impeachment Victory As USMCA Passes House Winning for America US Economy in Longest Expansion Ever Winning for America As House votes to impeach Trump, McConnell pushes 13 judge nominations through Senate Winning for America Trump Signs ‘Groundbreaking’ Legislation Supporting Historically Black Colleges And Universities Winning for America
Did anyone really think the Democrats were serious when they put on those long faces for the nightly news and cast their impeachment votes? Democrats impeach. America yawns Tucker on Democrats’ Impeachment Vote: “It Is Kind of a Jonestown Dynamic Where They All Know It’s Going to End Badly” Kimball: The real impeachment scandal. The Democrats are always guilty of what they accuse Trump of Get The Hell Out Of Afghanistan Now Margaret Thatcher's Amazing Prophecy On The EU Europe's Humiliation Thursday, December 19. 2019Thursday morning linksPhoto of holly on ice. We had a nice minor ice storm the other day ‘Christmas With Your Jewish Boyfriend’: A Jewish jazz guitarist recorded a dozen famous Christmas songs written by Jews The Highest-Paid YouTube Stars of 2019: The Kids Are Killing It NYU students say ‘Join Us if You Hate NYU’ Holy Cross dean defends protestors who disrupted Heather Mac Donald lecture I guess he didn't want to hear what Heather had to say either Louis Meyers: Bending the cost curve on higher education Who Is Winning The Climate Wars? (2) Northeastern States Look To Implement Transportation Climate Initiative We like horses How Marxists Invented “Hispanics” Black Nationalist Hate Group Praised by Media Shot Up Kosher Market How Out Of Control Is Our Surveillance State? Establishment Journalists Call For Big Tech To Censor Everyone Else Facing a 2020 drubbing, the left begins lining up its excuses Horowitz hits FBI 'failures' in Senate testimony after FISA court rebuke Not "failures" - moral and maybe legal lapses Trump approval rating on impeachment day hits highest point since March 2017 Re the Russia hoax: WE NOW KNOW: THE CASE OF JANE MAYER Dershowitz on Impeachment Disheveled California Democrat Rep. Admits Impeachment is About Smearing Trump – ‘Impeachment Will Be a Stain on His Record Forever’ The Empire Strikes Back - What the effort to impeach President Trump is really about.
Brit Hume: One Of The Wonders Of Modern Media Is Its Failure To See Through Adam Schiff Bartiromo on FISA abuse: The lies are real, people will be prosecuted… Wednesday, December 18. 2019Wednesday morning linksThis simple Holiday Wrapping Hack Is Blowing People’s Minds - “HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS?” one person responded to a viral instructional Vanderleun's Mall Angel America’s best colleges get even worse on due process for accused students, report finds It’s Spreading Like the Plague — Social Justice Education Does anyone trust the FBI after reading the shocking findings of the Horowitz (IG) report? Not on your life. Opposition To Trump’s Antisemitism Executive Order Is All About The 2020 Election Why The Democrats Have Shifted Left Over The Last 30 Years IG Report Proves Adam Schiff Has Been Lying About Spygate Since The Beginning. Following the inspector general’s FISA report that proved nearly every sentence wrong in Rep. Adam Schiff’s last high-profile report, Schiff’s work should be deemed worthless. New Evidence Shows Hunter Biden-Ukraine Payments Flagged As ‘Suspicious’ In Early 2016 Trump tells Pelosi in blistering letter that Dems are 'declaring open war on American Democracy' Read Donald Trump’s Historic Impeachment Takedown Letter to Nancy Pelosi USA TODAY Poll: Impeached or not, Trump leads his Democratic rivals for another term Scott Adams says Schiff is the one of the worst Americans ever Also amusing about Comey pleading incompetence rather than malice Russia to modernize Syria port, build railway across Syria to Persian Gulf Mike Pompeo's great letter to Democrats on settlements and peace (full text) Xi Jinping’s annus horribilis Tuesday, December 17. 2019The true History of The Traveling WilburysTuesday morning linksSorry in advance — this year’s ‘best illusions’ might make your brain hurt The toxic rhetoric of climate change The Great American Cultural Revolution Portland State University Professor Peter Boghossian tweeted a photo of a flyer advertising a "Queer Ecologies" course. For Tessa Majors, ever newer and more creative ways of blaming the victim Biden Commits To Ending “Racist” Standardized Testing In Schools Including pilot schools, civil engineering, and medical schools? As Colleges Move To Do Away With The SAT In The Name Of Diversity, Detroit High School Valedictorian Struggles With Low-Level Math Boris Johnson, Donald Trump’s secret to success: Take best from right, left I don't know about Boris, but I see Trump as a bold pragmatist, non-ideological Trump Job Approval And Economy Rating Hit Highs, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; On Ukraine: 52 Percent Say Trump Pursued Personal Interest Secret Deep State Demands: The FBI Wants Consumers' Credit Data Evil GOP Rep Will Hurd: I Don’t Know Why More People Aren’t Outraged At FBI Behavior Revealed In IG Report Meaning the MSM? Monday, December 16. 2019Monday morning linksImage via Ace The surprising benefits of caffeine for your skin and body A book: Give Me Liberty: A History of America’s Exceptional Idea, by Richard Brookhiser The Business of Climate Change Dalyrymple on Teddy Bears:
Beowulf is Racist "It's For Racists!" - Academics Slam Quantum Computing Article For Using The Term 'Supremacy' Dems: Trump Reaching Out to Black Voters is "Voter Suppression" Trump’s anti-Semitism order is a Rorschach test for Jews. If you are against federal action to stop anti-Semitic discrimination on college campuses just because Trump is doing it, then you’re the one with the problem. How the rich and famous profess sympathy for left-wing sociopaths New York Times puts bad light on murdered Barnard teen and exculpates the city As Virginia Dems Threaten Gun Bans, Sanctuary Movement Spreads VA Dems Threaten To Use National Guard Against Sanctuary Counties NY City Democrat Tells Off Corrupt Jerry Nadler on Sham Impeachment Barr gets the word out about the Deep State Can We Impeach The FBI Now? James Comey Admits: 'I Was Wrong' About FBI's Use of FISA Process ‘You are in need of rehabilitation’: Devin Nunes uses the DOJ IG report to STOMP all over many of Adam Schiff’s claims IG Report On FBI Spying Exposes "Scandal Of Historic Magnitude" For US Media SUPERCUT — Media to Americans: Of course the Trump dossier is true! Leftwingers Matt Taibbi and Krystal Ball Assail Democrats, and Especially the Corporate-Owned Neoliberal Media, For Grotesque Errors and Lies in RUSSIA Collusion Hoax Tucker Carlson: IG report documents how CNN repeatedly lied. Horowitz' investigation already revealed fake claims from Schiff, Comey Hillary Clinton, Chris Steele Allege Boris Johnson Is A Russian Stooge Britain’s Labour Party Got Woke—And Now It’s Broke The post-WWII order is ending — and nothing has replaced it. Sunday, December 15. 2019From today's Lectionary: "Go and tell John..."Matthew 11:2-11 11:2 When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples 11:3 and said to him, "Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?" 11:4 Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: 11:5 the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news brought to them. 11:6 And blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me." 11:7 As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind? 11:8 What then did you go out to see? Someone dressed in soft robes? Look, those who wear soft robes are in royal palaces. 11:9 What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 11:10 This is the one about whom it is written, 'See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.' 11:11 Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. Saturday, December 14. 2019A Christmas party itemFrom a too-fancy party last night: "Guess what, Bird Dog, I have an announcement for ya." "OK, I am listening." "I've gone vegetarian." "That's cool," I said. "You are fitting in exactly to the joke about vegetarians telling everybody. But why?" "Mostly to feel morally superior to other people like you, secondarily for my triglycerides." Excellent response. I love our friends. So lucky to have them all, especially at Christmastime. I didn't bother correcting him on his medical ignorance, because cheerful friends don't correct people at Christmas parties. Nobody likes a pedantic a-hole.
The American Chestnut and GMO hopeThe majestic American Chestnut, like the Elm, died off to various blights in the past century. You can still see the slowly decaying rust-colored Chestnut carcasses on woodland hikes. The Chestnut was one of the basic trees of the northern USA climax forest, along with oak, beech, maple, walnut. Lots of good eats for wildlife. When you buy those delicious roasted chestnuts on NYC streets, they are imported European chestnuts. A different, but related, species. I have planted a few Asian Chestnut hybrids, but man do they grow slowly. As they say, the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. A handful of American Chestnuts have escaped the blight thus far. In Cape Cod. The good news for Americans of the future: How GMOs Might Save The American Chestnut Tree
Saturday morning linksWSJ: Cheap vs. Pricey Cashmere: Here’s the Real Difference My Amazing Uber Drivers from Africa...and Colin Kaepernick Women make up majority of U.S. medical students for first time Greta Thunberg Tells Cheering Crowd ‘We Will Make Sure We Put World Leaders Against The Wall’ If They Do Not Tackle Global Warming Sheesh Politico: Black Voters Shocked, Shocked To See Trump Wooing Them Doubt they are shocked. Trump has been great for everybody. She's Baaaaaaack: Is This New Photo of Hillary 'Radiant' or 'Terrifying'? It's not a coup. It's a civil war. President Trump Was Absolutely Right To Ask Ukraine To Investigate The Bidens Irresponsible not to
Report: IG Findings Support GOP's Claims About Carter Page It Appears Putin May Have Written The Democrats’ Talking Points On Impeachment Gohmert Flips the Script: Dems Are Guilty of Abuse of Power, Obstruction Pelosi Sounds Run Down as She Admits Democrats Have Been Trying to Impeach Trump For “Two and a Half Years” The UK: IT’S ONLY DEMOCRACY IF THEY WIN Friday, December 13. 2019Mallards in the parkFrom a reader in Yankeeland
Friday morning linksFather Mulcahey died How Intellectuals and “Experts” Undermine Moral Agency The Invention of Hispanics - What it says about the politics of race. Rep. Tlaib Blames "White Supremacy" For Shooting Carried Out By Black Supremacist Group Trump Shows Himself a Better Friend to the Jews Than Even Truman Fox News Anchor Chris Wallace Trashes Trump, Says President “Engaged in Most Direct Assault on Freedom of the Press in Our History” Horowitz report is damning for the FBI and unsettling for the rest of us The FBI didn't commit 'errors and omissions.' It abused its power Pelosi Basically Admits They’ve Been Planning Impeachment For Years Dem Rep. Steve Cohen Fabricates Trump Quotes During Impeachment Hearing, Gets Leveled For It By GOP Rep… "Only"! — "Dem leaders see only handful of defections on impeachment." The news isn't "only a handful" — it's that there are defections. VDH: Is Trump the Only Adult in the Room? Sen. Graham: 'Don't Need Any Witnesses' in Impeachment Trial Why Does This Impeachment Not Feel Like a Defeat for Trump? “Trump is Really Decoupling the US Economy from China” Johnson, Conservatives Win UK Election Dominated by Brexit Plans Conservatives Celebrate Historic 'Working-Class' Mandate As Corbyn Quits American Leftists Believed Corbyn’s Inevitable Victory Would Be Their Model Thursday, December 12. 2019A duet with himself: Marcelito PomoyGuy can sing - in two voices: The Prayer
Thursday morning linksImage via Vanderleun's photo collage How Wine Bricks Saved The U.S. Wine Industry During Prohibition Disney Promotes “Transitioning” Children Seattle: Radical Fems vs Trans Activists Don’t Call Them Homeless Encampments. They’re “Curbside Communities” Food Stamp update A Professor Tried To End a Flirty Email Exchange With a Young Woman. Then She Threatened to Blackmail Him. Mega-Rich Environmentalists Respond To Questions About Their Use Of Private Jets Jewish groups divided on Trump order targeting college anti-Semitism - Legislation welcomed by some as a necessary measure, while others condemn it as anti-Semitic and a stifling of the freedom to criticize Israel Wider Definition of Judaism Is Likely to Aid Crackdown on Colleges Ace on social media:
Trump is cute about Greta Thunberg Peter Navarro: USMCA is Trump's vision (not Pelosi's) -- and a shining example of promises made, promises kept The Inspector General Report Is a Huge Blow to the FBI's Credibility. Why Is It Being Treated Like Vindication? Horowitz: FBI Should Have Pumped The Brakes On Surveillance Of Trump Campaign Aide Attorney General Barr: FBI Ignored Exculpatory Evidence, Hid Information to Continue Trump Investigation IG Horowitz Takes a Direct Shot At James Comey In His Senate Testimony The Inspector General's Report on FISA abuse makes it crystal clear that John Brennan lied. To Congress, blatantly. A bald-faced lie THE PRESS PILED ON NUNES; WILL IT NOW APOLOGIZE? Watchdog: 'Basic and Fundamental Errors' in Russia Probe Horowitz: DNC Funded Dossier Used To Justify Sending “Confidential Human Sources” To Trump Campaign. This is what should be infuriating to all Americans. Democratic Rep. Karen Bass Says House Would Impeach Trump Again If He Wins In 2020 Impeachment markup heats up as Dems invoke MLK, Nadler says 'we cannot rely on an election' to oust Trump True that is “One of the Biggest Rallies I’ve Ever Seen!” – NBC’s Far Left Reporter Katy Tur Caught on Video at Trump Rally in Hershey, PA Senator Hawley: FBI ‘Effectively Meddled’ In 2016 Presidential Election No kidding Cruz To Horowitz: Did An FBI Attorney Defraud The FISA Court? Horowitz: Yup Report Shows Crossfire Hurricane Akin To Resurrecting J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI; Horowitz Rebukes Comey: What We Found Vindicates No One; Update: “Don’t Know” If Political Bias Played A Role IG Report Confirms Schiff FISA Memo Media Praised Was Riddled With Lies. Nearly two years later, the inspector general's report vindicates the Nunes memo while showing that the Schiff memo was riddled with lies and false statements. Slate: Trump most corrupt Pres in history Eric Holder Sends Warning to John Durham, Says William Barr ‘Unfit’ to be Attorney General, in WaPo Op-Ed
NATO Secretary General Targets "Rising China": Why Cold War Newspeak Never Went Away Spain's 'Migrant Friendly' Border Fences Wednesday, December 11. 2019Walker PercyPerhaps my favorite contemporary novelist, the late Walker Percy: Walker Percy Ponders The Joy And Risk Of Naming The World. In newly published material, the late author complains that linguists can explain lots of things about language--except meaning. I hear you asking about my other favorite contemporary novelists. OK, Mark Helprin and Cormac McCarthy, not including beach books with snappy, wacky, sociopathic dialog like Carl Hiassen.
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Wednesday morning linksDesperate woman punches mountain lion as it attacks, later eats dog: 'She could hear her baby dying' ‘Girls Need Female Role Models’ and Other Bromides Yale's diversity is 0% Students love Medicare for all…until learning what’s in it The Ascendency Of Magical Economic Thinking In The Democratic Contest New Poll Has Still More Very Bad News For Democrats Pelosi Announces That the House Democrats Support New Trump NAFTA Deal FISA Report Reveals Clinton Meddled In 2016 Election Carter Page: FBI Investigation 'Ruined My Life' As I recall, he was a CIA asset IMPOSSIBLE! EVERY SINGLE ONE of the 17 Flaws and Omissions Listed in IG Report WENT AGAINST DONALD TRUMP A Trail of FBI Abuse - The Horowitz report confirms that the bureau deceived FISA judges with the Steele dossier. LIVE FROM COMEYWORLD BARR IS ON THE CASE - with an excellent interview China’s Library Officials Are Burning Books That Diverge From Communist Party Ideology Ideas are dangerous to ideologies NATO has worries more pressing than Donald Trump. It needs a new role in a changed world. If it has no role, why does it need to find a new one? 5 Infuriating Takeaways From The ‘Afghanistan Papers’ - Lies, spin, over a trillion dollars wasted, and no strategy. They knew for 18 years and no one said a thing. Europe No Longer Hides Its Hostility to Israel Why is it hostile? Israel is not their enemy Tuesday, December 10. 2019Feeding winter birds
Tuesday morning linksHow the ‘Ikea effect’ subtly influences how you spend Wausau Banned Throwing Snowballs: The Wussification Of Our Kids Continues Anti-Israel Activists On Campus Have Made Ignorance A Virtue How the Boston Globe creates Fake News Joe Biden says son Hunter will not engage in foreign business if he wins 2020 race DOJ IG: FISA Application for Spy Warrants Against Trump Official Riddled with Errors Durham: I Don’t Agree With Some Of The IG’s Conclusions About How The FBI Probe Began More on Durham's reaction Nadler: Anyone Who Votes Against Impeaching Trump Is Not A ‘Patriot’… Hinderaker: I’VE HAD IT WITH IMPEACHMENT Lindsey Graham on Impeachment: “I am going to end this as quickly as I can” Russia banned from Tokyo Olympics, other major sports events for 4 years Massive leak debunks UK Labour’s claim it is dealing with anti-Semitism The Invisible U.S.-Iran Cyber War All about Boris Monday, December 9. 2019Pagan ChristmasLots of Saturnalian and also northern European pagan aspects to this season around this part of the world. It's a multicultural festival season. - Cocktail parties, lots of them. Saturnalian, but on a civilized level. Time to look great and behave well. Get hair done and dig out that tux for the fancy ones. Gotta show up or people will forget that you exist. - Excesses of foods and hors d'oevres. Saturnalian. Control oneself. - Random reckless holiday drunken sex. Saturnalian. Sounds exciting, but I have not seen this yet around my neighborhood, so no worries. - Decorated evergreen trees. Ain't they purty? Pagan German/Scandinavian. I do not think baby Jesus had one, though. We bought one for outdoors and one for indoors. Almost bought a fake one for indoors. It looked perfect, and had 1000 lights but I hate white lights. They look like a bank lobby and if you're not sensible, you might need to visit the bank for Christmas anyway. - Presents? Sort-of Saturnalian (jewels for your mistresses - they can give you Viagra), sort of European with St. Nicholas. And the wise men with their perfume and stuff. You know what She wants - A Pucci scarf and ballet tickets. We guys generally want nothing other than family happiness. Presents are the worst thing about Christmas unless they are food (we like rare stinky cheeses). We go with 1/person only to keep the tradition going. Yes I know - little kids love opening gifts. Adults don't. - Snow and cold. Not real Christmassy - northern European. Lucky for me, I like snow and cold and the only thing I love as much around here as a powerful hurricane is a beautiful blizzard that stops life in its tracks and gives us time to not be busy. - The Messiah. It was written for Easter, for heaven's sake. - Christmas - it was illegal to celebrate it in New England until, like, a few years ago. You could go to jail for making a savory mince-meat pie at Christmastime. They had pie-police sniffing on the streets of Boston. I have (well, had) and old-tyme Connnecticut Congregationalist pal whose family still refused to acknowledge Christmas. As a Congregationalist by ancient family tradition, I do not think of Christmas as "holy" either but there is nothing not to like about it and the hymns and carols are as good as it gets. - As for me, any excuse for assembling family is good. I have a big one (5 sibs), and I love them all. Not certain about vice-versa... The holiday decorations are fun, and lovely. Church on Christmas Eve always brings tears to me but whether they are holy or sentimental is hard to tell. All has little to do with whether I am a Jesus-follower or not but yeah, I feel He's worth following as best one can and I take it seriously. Not a grinch, not a scrooge. Birth (Christmas), or re-birth (Easter) - all good lives of the living Spirit.
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Monday morning links‘OK, boomer’? Pay the bills, support a family, then we’ll talk For the First Time, Scientists Have Reversed Dementia in Mice With Drug That Reduces Brain Inflammation Not just counterfeit: Legal THC vaping products linked to lung illnesses Six Months at an Amazon Fulfillment Center Lots of exercise, 16 miles/day. Great News: The Peloton Wife Is Safe, She’s Leaving Her Husband, And She’s Drunk As Hell This Harvard grad has made millions on U.S. college admissions for international students Amazon’s Bezos Hits Silicon Valley For Not Working With Pentagon The US Space Force Appears Cleared For Launch Muhammad Makes List Of Top 10 Baby Names In The U.S. For First Time PRAGER: The Left Hates The Salvation Army. That’s All You Need To Know About The Left Sex Reassignment Market to Exceed $968 Million by 2024 New York can end its insane scaffolding plague Elizabeth Warren reveals she made $1.9 million from private legal work over 3 decades Good for her. She made more $ flipping real estate, though. Bill Barr Indicts 8 Including Mueller Top Witness for Funneling Millions in Foreign Donations to Adam Schiff, Hillary Clinton and Top Senate Democrats Ukraine Was The Origin Of The Trump-Russia Collusion Hoax Related, The Empire Strikes Back on Kennedy - Louisiana’s junior senator finds himself behind the eight-ball on Washington’s illusory Ukraine narrative. Jobs Report Takeaway: It's Morning in America Everybody in the US who wants a job can have one. That is good. Trump’s Unexpected Jobs Boom Leaves Dems Incoherent There’s great hate for Donald Trump’s success: Goodwin Trump Boasts About Getting NATO Countries to Contribute $530 Billion More and US Less …And Fake News Mocked Him! Pope Francis Compares US President Trump to King Herod Who Slaughtered Baby Boys During the Time of Christ Atlantic: Trump’s Supporters Are Displaying the Will to Win. Democrats Are Not. The House Judiciary Committee needs a clearer plan for mobilizing public opinion in support of impeachment. Suppose They Threw an Impeachment and Nobody Came? Impeaching Trump Is Already A Win For Democrats President Trump’s Approval Rating Jumps 5 Points in One Week After Democrats Announce Impeachment! Impeachment Proving a Cash Cow For the President Hong Kong Protests Attract Massive Crowds, Estimated 800k March In Financial District How anti-semitic is UK's Labour Why is the Left anti-semitic? Furious French Protest Climate Policies, Cost of Living, Pension Reforms Sunday, December 8. 2019James Prosek: An American OriginalAs a college junior, he wrote an illustrated history of trout — and he’s been an outside-the-box artist ever since.
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