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Take a look at this tweet that was put on my feed by Twitter under the topic of 'Holidays'. https://twitter.com/MMaschin2/status/1570845605202919425

I just learned of Patriot Mobile. Cheaper, they don’t give to liberal causes, advertise as backing military and conservative causes. Anybody use them and is there service good? Coverage in Virginia?

1. There are LOTS of black Republicans. Why isn’t the Trump campaign using these great people en masse in there ads? 2. Why can’t Trump explain the problems with liberalism/socialism? He should call a press conference and speak directly to young voters about this!

Opened in 1997, upscale Union Square restaurant Farallon was known as much for its wild decor as for its menu of tourist-pleasing seafood dishes. The restaurant shut its doors when San Francisco’s shelter in place began in March, saying then that it would reopen when it was “allowed to return to normal operating hours.” But with normalcy still a distant hope, the restaurant has closed for good, SF Gate reports, sending an email to workers saying that the spot will not reopen when the pandemic ends. In recent years, the decor might have been more of a draw that the...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A powerful storm that pummeled a busy Colorado zoo with large hail on Monday injured 14 people and killed at least two animals, authorities said. Five people were taken to the hospital with traumatic injuries after the short but intense afternoon storm passed over Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, according to the Colorado Springs Fire Department. Another nine were treated at the scene, but additional details about the victims and their injuries have not been released.

The FBI in late December reviewed intercepts of communications between the Russian ambassador to the United States and retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn — national security adviser to then-President-elect Trump — but has not found any evidence of wrongdoing or illicit ties to the Russian government, U.S. officials said. The calls were picked up as part of routine electronic surveillance of Russian officials and agents in the United States, which is one of the FBI’s responsibilities, according to the U.S. officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss counterintelligence operations. Nonetheless, the fact that communications by a...

Here or There A NPR discussion turned to why schools only play America’s national Anthem and not anthems of other countries. Part of the uniqueness of America is that someone from another country can become just as much an American as someone born in America. Why would they wish to play the national Anthem of their native country in schools after becoming an American citizen? Do they continue to pledge allegiance to their native flag? Why did there come here? Did they come here from there to become part of hereor did they come here from there to bring there...

Obama insists "there's no there there" on Benghazi...he's right on the "what" (no there there) and wrong on the "where" it's applied...

Imagine a situation in which the world’s banks have to find as much as $30 trillion to comply with just one new regulation. That might be something of a stretch, given that the gross domestic product of the United States is only $15.8 trillion, and the world’s 10 largest banks hold only $25 trillion of assets. Yet a banking industry group recently looked into a new rule and sketched out a possibility in which banks were forced to come up with as much as $30 trillion in cash. The potential cash call is outlined in a letter the International Swaps...

What began as a local escalation is steadily transforming into a broader conflict that the sides will apparently have difficulty stopping. While the headlines are focusing on the Katsav trial, the protests in Syria and the implications of the earthquake in Japan, a small war has been going on for a week now along the Gaza border. Israeli communities near the border are receiving a daily dose of mortars and rockets, and the Israel Air Force has been attacking Gaza. What began as a local escalation is steadily transforming into a broader conflict that the sides will apparently have difficulty...

Sean Smith spent a month embedded with the US Army's 501st Parachute Regiment in June this year. more a link

Obama Worship Goes Into Overdrive as 100-Day Mark Approaches By P.J. Gladnick (Bio | Archive) April 25, 2009 - 09:06 ET You're not seeing things and it is not a spoof picture from The Onion or any other satirical website. The image you see to the right (larger version below the fold) is a painting by artist Michael D'Antuono called "The Truth" that will be officially unveiled at Union Square in New York City on April 29 to mark President Barack Obama's hundreth day in office. Here are the details from the official press release: Can You Handle 'The Truth'?...

British military officers have held secret talks with leaders of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq, according to the country's president. Iraqi president Jalal Talabani said British officers played a key role in talks between his government and insurgent groups President Jalal Talabani was a Kurdish guerrilla leader but now he fights for national unity In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, President Jalal Talabani said British officers played a key role in talks between his government and insurgent groups over reducing the sectarian violence that has torn the country apart. The parties were now on the verge of an historic...

By Spc. Rick Rzepka124th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Two Iraqi 4th Army Division Soldiers stand guard outside FOB Dagger prior to their division assuming security responsibility from the American 101st Airborne Division. Department of Defense photo by Spc. Rick Rzepka. TIKRIT -- The Iraqi Army took an important step forward Aug. 8 by marking the halfway point for division headquarters to take the lead for security operations throughout the country. The 4th Iraqi Army Division assumed control of their area of responsibility, encompassing regions spanning three of Iraq’s northern provinces, Salah Ad Din, Sulaymaniyah and Kirkuk provinces. Its area...

Are there really more hurricanes? 06 June 2006 NewScientist.com news service AS THE season for hurricanes cranks up, so do the arguments about what is causing them. Now a meteorologist claims that the apparent increase in recent years - blamed on global warming - is an illusion. The supposed rise in hurricane frequency can be explained by better measurement techniques, says Philip Klotzbach of Colorado State University in Fort Collins. Klotzbach analysed the frequency and intensity of hurricanes over the past 20 years. The study that linked hurricanes to global warming used data going back over 35 years, but he...

SOUTH BEND -- Santa Claus is not being dispatched from the Food Bank of Northern Indiana. And people shouldn't give donations to a possible rogue Santa telling people he has been sent by the food bank. Nick Dalton, interim president and chief executive officer of the Food Bank of Northern Indiana, said he took a call from an angry local business owner earlier this week. The business owner, whom Dalton did not name, was upset because a Santa, who said he was from the food bank, did not show up for a scheduled event at his business, Dalton said. The...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — About 2,000 sailors, veterans, community leaders and guests bowed their heads Wednesday in remembrance of the attack on Pearl Harbor that hurled the U.S. into World War II 64 years ago. Four F-15s flown by the Hawaii Air National Guard roared above the bay, including one jet that veered off from the group to symbolize the 2,390 people killed.

A children's picture book for conservatives whose villains include Hillary Clinton and Senator Ted Kennedy has become the surprise publishing hit of the year. Sales of Help! Mom! There are Liberals Under My Bed! have rivalled even the latest Harry Potter novel, with the book racing up the best-seller charts after it was published two weeks ago.

Is there more than a whiff of truth about Gallic charm? By Kim Willsher in Paris (Filed: 09/10/2005) It is one of the most enduring and insulting of national stereotypes: the Frenchman as a workshy character whose unpleasant body odours owe as much to his aversion to soap as to his love of garlic and onions. The French dismiss such talk as no more than cruel caricature, dreamt up by their beer-swilling, overweight and perfidious English neighbours. Now a leading French journal has produced figures suggesting that it may be closer to the truth than anyone – except perhaps rush-hour...

How many articles are posted nowadays? I just don't have the time to keep up with all of them. Seems like there's twice as many now as last year.