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Charles Krauthammer
Who died yesterday; he'd let people know a couple weeks ago that the end was approaching for him. Charles Krauthammer reveals he is terminally ill with cancer I liked Krauthammer although I disagreed with much of his thinking. He seems to have never complained about his paralysis from his terrible accident while at Harvard Medical…
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Ex-Croton FD chief admits stealing 312K from the department
Wow. This is sad. Hit the link for full story A former fire department chief and police officer is facing up to 25 years behind bars after allegedly stealing more than $300,000 from the department in Northern Westchester. Gerald Munson, who most recently served as the Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department Treasurer, has been arraigned on several…
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The ongoing FBI Peter Strzok/Lisa Page debacle
UPDATE: Here's Strzok's bio – another fine Georgetown grad. From the Daily Mail (UK). Incredible this wasn't handled months and months ago. He was demoted to Human Resources (where he has access to everyone's file!). FBI lover Peter Strzok is escorted OUT of the agency but still in a job after his 'Stop Trump' message…
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Today: National Watch Day – there was once a Croton Watch Company
That's right – and they still exist, over in West Nyack Croton Watch Co. Inc. Nice website! Go here for an index of croton blogspot posts about the company -https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2016/02/an-index-to-croton-watch-company-series.html And here is (I believe) a picture of one of their vintage watches.
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As usual, God gets the last laugh; atheist Stephen Hawking buried in Westminster Cathedral
The famed physicist who was confined to a wheelchair. I read his book A Brief History of Time many years ago, and while he said he was an atheist, he wasn't an obnoxious, militant guy. In fact by all account he was a wonderful fellow who bore his terrible disability with grace and dignity. He…
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Pope Francis on the family and marriage
This is unlikely to be highlighted on CNN. At the end, he doesn't mince any words about aborting disabled children.
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Eunice Gayson, the first Bond Girl
Died at the age of 90. She was in the first two Bond movies, Dr. No and From Russia with Love. Here's the opening to Dr. No. "Trench, Sylvia Trench."
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Pope was praying for success of the Summit
The Summit in Singapore which is on right now as I'm posting this.
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More on Charles Krauthammer’s terminal illness – with an interesting comment on his lifelong attitude …
This is off the Tucker Carlson show & under 90 seconds long. I've already posted this – Charles Krauthammer reveals he is terminally ill with cancer
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Man decides to take a selfie with an injured Bear
In India. Not smart. Bad result. Sound like he may of had a couple of cocktails. This from the AllOutdoor website with the under one minute video mentioned below. As if to prove that Americans aren’t the only idiots when it comes to wildlife interaction, a man in India was reportedly mauled to death when…