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over again

When do you read something over again? There are crime novels to which I frequently return (those of Josephine Tey and Marjorie Allingham are particular favourites) and, when I'm ill or low, I often pick up books enjoyed in childhood (Paul Gallico, Giovanni Guareschi). My main reading for pleasure now tends to be non-fiction, and though I often mark up passages or pages, in case I later want to follow a train of thought, I can't think of an instance as an adult in which I've finished a book that I've enjoyed and then felt compelled to sit down and…

dressing up . . . 1970s style

I've been suffering with a migraine, and am still feeling very ropey, so thought I'd just follow on from yesterday's post about masks and performance, with a few images (and words) about my childhood - in which costume and dressing up played a significant role - and which Pilar is now drawing on in the work she is producing for our Cadaver Exquisito. Here's a much younger me above, as a Castleton Grime Fighter, and below, as a Jubilee Bee. My sister, Helen, and I as "Jubilee Bees," celebrating Brenda's silver jubilee in 1977. If you've read Handywoman, you'll already…

God is Calling...

Go up to Gilead and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt; In vain you will use many medicines; You shall not be cured. The nations have heard of your shame, And your cry has filled the land; For the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty; They both have fallen together. Jeremiah 46:11-12 NKJV Pandemics. Protests. God is calling... Workers are worried, concerned about dying Big money don’t care, the stock market is climbing Liberty stands there with tears in her eyes Acknowledging Justice has never been blind This land that once welcomed has shuttered her door Tariffs leave farmers…

THANKS TO THE BRAVE

From a note in journal June 15th '98 Subject was "childlikeness" and how Jesus said we should come to him as a little child. I had written the following note: There are so many children in this time who do not have the child-like traits Jesus was demonstrating. How sad that so many are undisciplined, rebellious, and aggressive. Many children have never had a childhood in which their submission to authority brings security and peace. TV has violated children. Again, how sad. That was my opinion twenty-two years ago. Those were the children who are the "outraged rioting looters" of today.…

Monday morning rundown (10 Memorial Day opinions on the right to vote.)

1. I believe people who made the ultimate sacrifice are patriots who believed deeply in this country's tenets. 2. One of America's most deeply held beliefs is in the right of its citizens to vote into office people we feel will be our best leaders. 3. I've known a few folks in the military. They are without fail people I consider trustworthy, honest, courageous, and principled. 4. They defend our country for many reasons, one of which is the right to vote. 5. All states, by law, are required to send absentee/mailed ballots to military and overseas voters for federal…

Peaceful Protests Met With Violence

Eight days ago George Floyd was murdered by four Minneapolis policemen: two held his body in place, one stood guard to make sure no one would help him, and the fourth used his knee to strangle him. Only one has been arrested. Derek Chauvin, the man who strangled Floyd, had 18 complaints on his official record. Only two ended in discipline, which including official letters of reprimand; details are not publicly available. Think how easily all this could have been avoided if only police were accountable for their actions. Two weeks ago tRump’s base donned pimped up rifles and munitions…

WE NEED SOME HEROES

Fall of 1947, I was a high school newbie, straight out of a one-room, one-eight grade school. My high school was not big - about a hundred kids I suppose, but most of them knew each other because of going to grade school together. I felt every bit an outsider. I lived in the country about 15 miles out of town and rode in on a school bus. About the second week was called "initiation" week. The Freshmen had to do something rather weird each day. One day we had to wear clothes inside out; another we had to wear…

'I'd Take Her In A Heartbeat': Joe Biden Says He Would Pick Michelle Obama To Be His Vice President

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Joe Biden says he would take Michelle Obama to be his running mate for the 2020 presidential election. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee told KDKA's Jon Delano that the former first lady would be a strong addition as VP if he thought she would accept the nomination. “I’d take her in a heartbeat," Biden said on Monday. "She’s brilliant. She knows the way around. She is a really fine woman. The Obamas are great friends." "I don't think she has any desire to live near the White House again," Biden added. Biden did say it is still…

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Unemployed and Dying for a New Job?

Unemployment rates are now at 20% in this made "great again" country of ours. If you look out your window and count the passers-by, (be patient,) you can safely assume that one of every five zombies people is unemployed. There is no excuse for idleness. If you can't find work you aren’t looking in the right places. There are possibilities abound. Take off your blinders and direct your focus toward a different crypt of industry. Certain vocations are veritable Petri dishes lands of opportunity, ready to welcome job seekers who hit the market today. Some are entry-level jobs with the…

Karens and Ice‑Cube

Yesterday I learned that I cannot make jokes about menopause when the topic of conversation is Karens, because it's sexist. *A Karen, if anyone doesn't know, is a racist white woman who has lost her mind. She is a tRump supporter. Legend has it that the first such woman caught on tape was named Karen. Despite my own post-menopausal condition, I have no right to joke about it. It doesn't matter if the joke was somewhat self-directed. I’ll see if I can upset you now by explaining. Someone posted yet another a Karen video on twitter. (We don't know what…

Degenerate Conservatism

Conservatism is progressivism driving the speed limit. -- Michael Malice Any sort of movement or ideology needs to have a definition. Within this definition, there need to be commonly held and agreed-upon assumptions that encompass whomever it is that wishes to be a part of it. You can't have a religion, for example, without a common set of core beliefs. We call this dogma, a word that has been given a negative connotation by those with an axe to grind against God. All "dogma" means is "something held as an established opinion," especially "a definite authoritative tenet." There are many…

Save our Hamberders; Implement the ‘Defense Protection Act!’

You know I don't care what you eat. I’m a 🌱 on the down-low, so please don't give me your anti-vegan vitriol. 🎶Nothing really matters to me. 🎶 or Freddy Mercury. This is Merica, where you can: Eat can what you want! Spread whatever pandemic God has plagued the earth with. Live mask free! No one is going to tell you to wear a mask in public. Unless it's to hide your face when you wear your MAGA hat, with your camouflage, carrying your pimped up rifles to protest tyranny. You are free to do anything you feel impelled to…

Nudges

So, I’m back to some of my favorite ramblings – terminology. Only this time with a little bit of a political twist. While I do have a political section on my blog, I have elected not to fill it with much. Just too much divisiveness out there right now. But I don’t consider this piece to really be the subject of irrational argument. I’m merely puzzling over societal manipulation in one of its many forms, and how it is branded and sold. That “form” is called “social policy.” And you may not really realize just how pervasive this is used…

Donald Trump Has Committed Treason

We knew he was a traitor, but news reports have revealed new details about the depth of Donald Trump's treasonous behavior. His response to Covid-19 has made me wonder. It’s almost as if he made a deal with the devil to kill as many Americans as possible. (Devil— enter stage Eastern Europe.) It has been reported, first by the New York Times and then confirmed by the Washington Post that Donald Trump was briefed on an alarming situation in March— not pandemic related. Putin put bounties on American lives, more specifically, the lives of American soldiers in Afghanistan. He is…

revelation - #1linerWeds

“Being president doesn’t change who you are – it reveals who you are." Michelle Obama Linda hosts One-Liner Wednesday. Check out her blog to see who else is participating this week.

Trump is Not Fit for the Job He Stole

In the United States today: Over 100,000 Americans are dead due to Covid-19, thanks to a leader who ignored warnings for 3 months. Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was filmed by several bystanders, murdering George Floyd, grinding his knee into Floyd's neck while he repeatedly cried "I can't breathe." Demonstrators, including children, have taken to the streets in protest of Floyd's murder, and are met by Minneapolis Police with tear gas bombs and shot with rubber bullets. Heavily armed white men protested inside several statehouses, threatening the lives of democratic governors who issued lockdown orders due to the spread of…

Karma for Traitors

It must be hard living in John Bolton’s skin right now, being universally hated. Democrats hate Bolton because he refused to testify when Congress called on him to do so. He wanted to save his information, to sell it a book. The intelligence could have made a difference in the outcome of tRump’s impeachment. John Bolton is hated by Republicans for writing the book, sharing damning information about tRump that might affect the GOP’s reelection efforts in the upcoming November election. Now he has written his book, and despite Trump and Barr’s efforts to stop the publication, it is set…

Senator Loeffler’s Quid Pro Quo

Kelly Loeffler broke into politics, just months ago. She is a Republican from Georgia who was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp, (cheater) to fill a vacancy in the Senate. Having had no political experience, she previously served as CEO of Bakkt, a subsidiary of a commodity and financial service provider called Intercontinental Exchange. Loeffler is married to Jeff Sprecher who, in addition to being a Don Rickles doppelgänger, is chairman of the New York Stock Exchange. In March, news reports disclosed that Loeffler was among a group of Senators who used privileged information, received during a January 24, 2020, Senate…

COVID19 - When Will Life Resume?

I'd like to start by saying that the United States has the highest reported number of confirmed cases of the COVID19 virus. That fact is based on misinformation, but it's still true. Despite what CORPULENT45 claims, few symptomatic people are being tested, because not enough tests are being made available. Truth is being suppressed. Yesterday, mango-Mussolini threatened Governors who are forthcoming with real numbers, warning that they will not receive federal assistance. Last week there were 17,000 confirmed cases. Experts believe the real number was really between 60,000 and 245,000. Based on that math, the 81,332 confirmed cases reported this…

Your Death is a Risk Trump is Willing to Take

U.S. unemployment numbers have reached a ten year high at 22 million. This won't bode well for Trump and the GOP come November. Trump dropped the COVID19 ball for 70 days, although new information tells up that he knew about the impending pandemic as far back as November. He wasted months golfing and holding rallies where he called the virus "a Democratic hoax” designed to make him look bad. As we have come to expect, he has chosen many scapegoats. He sat on the information, allowing the pandemic to hit us hard and fast, but blames various state politicians, and…

The Adults Are In Charge

Is there a more condescending line on political discourse than 'the adults are in charge'? A common utterance for 30-40 year old journalists who feel that Kier Starmer (57) is somehow more mature than Jeremy Corbyn (71), the concept of an 'adult politics' is clearly not based in any kind of objective reality - the sort that is suggested by the minimum age of candidacy. Rather, the political formation of adulthood, or maturity, is a fascinating and underdiscussed aspect of the centrist political id, manifesting as a desire to be governed by a benevolent patriarchal authority to whom the status…

It's your Fault People have Died

“And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn’t there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression…How did this happen? Who’s to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you’re looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn’t be? War, terror, disease. There was a myriad of problems that conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense.” V for Vendetta, Alan Moore …

‘We Want Unity:’ Trump Says in His Salute to America Speech

President Donald Trump declared on July 4 that the America he is working for “wants unity,” and that “no matter our race, color, religion, or creed, we are one America, and we put America first.” The president was speaking on Saturday evening from the White House South Lawn in Washington following a performance from the military band, flyovers by B-52 bombers, F-35 fighter jets and more, as well as parachute jumps. Trump started by thanking the scientists and researchers “around the country and even around the world” for their courageous efforts in battling the virus, and welcomed some who were…

‘We Want Unity:’ Trump Says in Salute to America Speech

Kanye West Says He’s ‘Running for President of the United States,’ Has ‘2020 Vision’

Rapper Kanye West said that he is running for president of the United States. West, 43, used the hashtag #2020VISION, suggesting that he intends to run this year. “We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision, and building our future. I am running for president of the United States,” he wrote on Twitter on the Fourth of July. After posting the tweet, West gained the support of Telsa CEO Elon Musk, who responded: “You have my full support.” However, it’s not clear if West has filed the paperwork to formally join the race between…

"Human Rights? Yes, This Is She. To Whom Am I speaking?": Hong Kong

"Human Rights? Yes, This Is She. To Whom Am I speaking?": Hong Kong It's not a matter of political preference, it's a matter of oppression, suppression, and aggression. Political agenda and subsequent constraints. Hong Kong has, for the past couple of years, been somewhat overlooked by the media. No repetitive, incredulous scandals flashing across the bottom TV ribbon that reads, 'breaking news' on major news platforms. At present, however, HK is making and breaking headlines-- all with due cause. The new Security law imposed by Beijing is an Oxford dictionary (legitimate and trustworthy) definition of "engendered mass fear". Just this…

The Freedom To Wear A Mask

The novel coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic has revealed a myriad of truths about the United States and of those who inhabit it. Some of the more concerning truths surfacing to the forefront of this historic moment involve current levels of entitlement, selfishness, and confusion embedded within our society. Largely fueled by misinformation, fear, and the agendas of political leaders, a window into our social failings has opened, giving us a clearer look at our most embarrassing and dangerous qualities. It is through this window that we can begin to identify and address what has proved to be a significant roadblock that…

In Politics, Longevity Can be a Fickle Thing

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Analysis: Trump tries to drag America backward on a very different July 4th

Maeve Reston | CNN On a very different Fourth of July holiday, when many Americans are wrestling with the racist misdeeds of the country's heroes and confronting an unrelenting pandemic with surging cases, their commander-in-chief is attempting to drag America backward -- stirring fear of cultural change while flouting the most basic scientific evidence about disease transmission. In a jaw-dropping speech that amounted to a culture war bonfire, President Donald Trump used the backdrop of Mount Rushmore Friday night to frame protesters as a nefarious left-wing mob that intends to "end America." Those opponents, he argued, are engaged in a…

Politician Who Empowered Youths and Women With Wheelbarrows, Head Pans and Shovels, is Dead

Nigerian politician and former Nsukka local government chairman, Hon Chinwe Ugwu who was in the news early this year for empowering youths of her local government with wheelbarrows reportedly died after a brief illness.The former chairperson of Nsukka local government area Hon Chinwe Ugwu, became (in)famous early January, when she allegedly empowers the youths in the local government with wheelbarrows which she allegedly gave out on higher purchase. Continue reading

North Korea Says No Need to Sit Down With US for Talks

SEOUL—North Korea does not feel the need to have talks with the United States, which would be nothing more than “a political tool” for Washington, a senior North Korean diplomat said on July 4, ahead of a U.S. envoy’s visit to South Korea. Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said negotiations would not work out between Washington and Pyongyang and there will be no change in North Korea’s policy. “We do not feel any need to sit face to face with the U.S., as it does not consider the DPRK-U.S. dialogue as nothing more than a tool for grappling its…

Happy 4th of July!

R-Rated Religion would like to wish everyone a blessed 4th of July. Take the time today to get off social media, fellowship with your family, and give tribute to the United States of America. Take the time today to thank a veteran for their service and use this holiday to put aside any grievances. Do not forget your God! Give thanks to the Lord for America or for any country that you may live in. As Christians, we are tasked "to give thanks in all things, for that is the will of God" (1 Thessalonians 5:18). Giving honor to the…

Happy Independence Day

The Fourth of July, Independence Day. It is the celebration of our beginning as an independent nation and as a wild experiment in creating a functioning republican democracy. Yes, despite what those who consider themselves to be of superior intelligence like to claim…we ARE a democracy. That is not eliminated by the form of our democracy. We elect representatives to act on our behalf. Every adult citizen enjoys the right to vote (minus certain very specific circumstances such as having committed a felony). Thus we are a democracy. A number of people today are posting the Declaration of Independence on…

Falana, Ezekwesili, Others Form New Political Movement Ahead Of 2023 Elections

They would embark on, “Immediate mass mobilisation of the nooks and crannies of the country for popular mass action towards political constitution reforms that is citizens-driven and process-led in engendering a new peoples’ constitution By SaharaReporters , New York July 02, 2020 At least 30 prominent Nigerian activists, academics, and other professionals have formed a new political movement called National Consultative Front. Ginna Crochets Its founders said the new party will have an ideological outlook and mobilise Nigerians to take power like the African National Congress in South Africa. The group’s objectives contained in a communique include…

Dirty Politics By Senator Luke Rankin

As the Daily Counter has been paying very close attention to one of the major runoff elections in South Carolina, which is Senator Luke Rankin and his opponent John Gallman, it has become very clear that Sen. Rankin is aware he will lose. Sen. Luke Rankin John Gallman On election day Sen. Rankin received 41.37% of the voted and John Gallman received 33.81% of the votes. This showed that Sen. Rankin is not as stable in his position as he believed himself to be. John Gallman made several attempts to debate Sen. Rankin on issues concerning South Carolina and District…

On the SRC, scandals and saving communities

Former SASCO Stellenbosch chairperson and current SRC member Sifiso Zungu speaks to Hloni Manare about his relationship with student politics and how the lessons he learnt from his past has helped him to create a better future for his community. Sifiso Zungu’s name is well-known throughout the Stellenbosch University (SU) community, specifically for his support to students at the beginning of each year. He assists students (first year to final year) with various challenges, ranging from appeals from academic exclusion to securing funding and accomodation for the upcoming academic year. But there was a time when education was a far…

Pubs and restaurants may have to ban music and shouting to relax two‑metre rule

Pubs may have to ban shouting, singing and even playing music in order to be able to relax the two metre social-distancing rule, it has been reported. Businesses might be able to allow their staff and customers to be closer together, but only if they prove they have implemented a number of measures that aim to reduce the risk of the virus spreading. Some of the measures being discussed reportedly include a ban on talking loudly and singing, as this could spread the virus further. Music could also be switched off, so that people don't have to shout to be…

Boris Mitnick: "I don’t like Trump, but..."

I hate his mannerism, the way he is talking, his vocabulary that is limited to some 60 words. It is upsetting to see how he uses Twitter in the middle of night and for no apparent reason, and most of all how Trump energetically and skillfully making enemies out of a few friends that he still has, etc. I don’t like Trump! The question however is: should I like him? One should love his kids, wife, maybe mother in law, a good dinner perhaps. It is not about love or how brutish Trump is, or how many women he paid…

Kimberly Guilfoyle -- Donald Trump Jr.'s girlfriend and top Trump campaign official -- tests positive for coronavirus

By Kaitlan Collins, Jeremy Diamond and Jim Acosta | CNN Kimberly Guilfoyle -- the girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr. and a top fundraiser for the Trump campaign -- has tested positive for coronavirus, a person familiar with the matter and a campaign source familiar with the matter confirmed to CNN. Guilfoyle tested positive in South Dakota before she was set to attend the president's event at Mount Rushmore, the sources said. Guilfoyle was not with the president and Donald Trump Jr. has so far tested negative, the person familiar with the matter said. That source said Guilfoyle had not had…

July 4th Military Flyovers to Go Over DC, 4 Other Cities

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump’s July Fourth celebration will feature an extensive U.S. military air show over Washington, but four other cities will get mini-versions of the air power display on Saturday. The “Salute to the Great Cities of the American Revolution” will feature military flyovers in Boston, New York City, Philadelphia and Baltimore. The flyovers will start in Boston at about 4 p.m., with Air Force and Marine Corps jets flying over in five waves. The show will be kicked off by the Air Force Thunderbirds, followed by B-1, B-2 and B-52 bombers, F-15 and F-22 fighter jets and U.S. Marine…

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