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My friend Mick Paine
My great friend Mick Paine. Here he is with Brigid in June, 1979 as my new bride and myself prepared to fly out of the tiny Mandeville, Jamaica airport on our way for the big flight to NY. As is evident Brigid had a few Red Stripes the night before, while Mick rarely drank. I…
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“Trump Names Task Force on Anti-Christian Bias”
I've linked to another site – "Trump Names Task Force on Anti-Christian Bias"
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Forbes: “Why Economists Hate Trump’s Tariff Plan”
A better title might have been "Why some economists hate Trump's tariff plan". I do believe in free trade and of course tariffs hinder that. On the other hand if you're getting screwed by your trade partner…
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“Looking for Faith? Here’s a Guide to Choosing a Religion.”
Haha. The author is Ross Douthat and he is a convert to Catholicism so we know what choice he made several decades ago. I read his book Bad Religion:How We Became a Nation of Heretics over 15 years ago. For some reason the NY Times publishes his columns a few times a month. This is…
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Trump Signs Executive Order Barring Men from Women’s Sports
Another thing for certain people to get their hair on fire over. A few years ago I told my son Tim that all he needed to do to go to the Olympics is take testosterone blockers and estrogen for two years and Bingo!! he'd be throwing the women's shot put in the Olympic games. Ain't…
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Palantir CEO Alex Karp on tech and maintaining U.S. dominance.
UPDATE: Palantir announced their quarterly results after the close of the markets Monday. The stock went up 22% yesterday (Tuesday) and is now up 1,243% since May 2023. The short version of the interview is the link but highly recommend the long version I've embedded. On many things Karp is so-called progressive (he voted for…
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Who knew? Madeline Albright tried to do with USAID exactly what Trump is doing
So the State Department will take over the duties of USAID, which Albright tried to do during the Clinton years. This is a revealing short video from CBS. Comments at the beginning from Secretary of State Rubio.
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Bethany Hamilton – lost her arm to a shark – speaks about children and family
And faith. About five minutes long. And she still surfs! Bethany Hamilton – lost her arm to a shark in 2003 – speaks at the March for Life about children and family