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Very good: Martin Sheen’s favorite stories from the movie “Gettysburgh”
Martin Sheen is a great raconteur. I meet him almost 20 years ago, before he was the President in “The West Wing” and spent a couple of hours with him. He’s a wonderful person. Gettysburgh came out in 1993 and is a very fine movie, although I thought Sheen was miscast as Robert E. Lee.
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From five years ago: “How Kobe Bryant’s Catholic Faith Pulled Him Through His Darkest Hour”
I suppose the lesson from today’s terrible crash taking five lives – life is always precious … and precarious. This was sent to me by my friend Jessica and is an article from five years ago. What most people don’t know, though, is that he’s (Bryant) Catholic. And that, according to a recent interview, his…
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Perhaps the most famous Martin Luther King Jr. quote … and the “I have a dream speech”
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” — Martin Luther King Jr. I have read that the expression “I have a dream” was not in his…
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Biden at the debate: “I’m just like you folk. I put my pants on one arm at a time.”
Yeah. Vintage. Joe Biden: 'I'm Just Like You Regular Folk, I Put My Pants On One Arm At A Time'. OK it's actually the Babylon Bee. But it could have been Biden.
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Enlightening: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon interview
Jamie Dimon is really smart, and very articulate. Well worth listening to, if you care about the state of the Country … and your $$$! This is part one of a two part series.
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WSJ: Cancer survival rates: USA v. United Kingdom and France
Well here you go. The United Kingdom's National Health Service is often held up (by Bernie Sanders, et al) as the gold standard for what we should have. It is much less costly. OK, but there's such as thing as the law of diminishing returns and also the expression "You get what you pay for."…
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Least we forget – Iran executes homosexuals
This was posted on facebook by a friend of mine – nothing new of course, but worth reminding ourselves of their cruelty. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Monday cited “moral principles” when asked why Iran executes homosexuals for their sexual orientation, as he also attacked the US and Israel for “violating human rights.” At…
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Planning for my 102nd birthday
That's right. From my lips to God's ear. From 14,000 feet. Those Australians! There's a second short video below the first. What a view!
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Don Larsen
Ahhh the great Yankee – only man to pitch a no hitter – in fact a perfect game – in a World Series. And he had a fine record with the Yankees (but not with other teams!), 45-24. The two short videos below tell the story. I’d read his autobiography a number of years ago…
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Trump: “I have done more for Christianity than Jesus”
Always modest. From the BB newsletter. WASHINGTON, D.C.—In response to the Christianity Today editorial calling for his removal, Trump called the magazine a “left-wing rag” and said, “I have done more for Christianity than Jesus.” “I mean, the name of the magazine is Christianity Today, and who is doing more for Christians today? Not Jesus.…