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"...changing the definition of marriage would undermine the family structure." U.S. President Bush (younger) - twit -

"Dear Dr. Laura, Thank you so much for trying to educate people regarding god's law. I have learned a great deal from you, and I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle for example, I simply remind him that Leviticus 18:12...

S&P 500, Nasdaq end at record closing highs as moderate inflation lifts rate hopes By Saeed Azhar, Johann M Cherian and Sanchayaita Roy / August 12, 20253:00 PM GMT-5 NEW YORK, Aug 12 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq ended at record closing highs on Tuesday, as news that July inflation...

Fact-checking Trump’s claim that crime in Washington is ‘out of control’ Trump claimed DC crime is surging to deploy the National Guard, however, the city’s preliminary data proves otherwise. By Gabrielle Lazor, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman and Maria Ramirez Uribe | PolitiFact Published On 12...

Trump slams DC crime as 'embarrassing' ... Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation's capital Monday and announced the National Guard and hundreds of other law enforcement officials from various agencies will descend on the city to prevent further crimes. "This is an emergency," Trump told...

FOX News tends to present Trump favorably. But does this presidential coverage rise to the level of authentic journalism? Or is FOX merely shilling for the president? Rashomon ... pioneered the Rashomon effect, a plot device that involves various characters providing subjective, alternative...

The casual phrase "federal pen" refers to prisons that in the past were called "penitentiaries". The reality is, such institutions could not be relied upon to render residents, inmates "penitent", feeling or expressing remorse for one's misdeeds or sins; contrite. The debate / dispute has not...

True, BUT ! Putin is the one that's making a liar out of U.S. at the moment. Personally I think betrayal is about as contemptuous as it gets, and I think battlefield betrayal is about the worst of the worst.

"betray" Perhaps I have psychological issues of my own, but it seems to me those that would EXPLICITLY make such security COMMITMENT, and then violate / disregard it are little if any better than the thug (Putin).

Of course. BUT ! There may be some detail that may seem minor, trivial, immaterial to Putin Trump during negotiation that Zelenskyy would understand, specify, and satisfactorily address, to the mutual benefit of not merely all 3 but the entire globe. Engineering Zelenskyy out multiplies the risk...

U.S. Updated on: August 10, 2025 / 7:42 PM EDT / CBS News Bobby Whitlock, Derek and the Dominos founder, dies at 77 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bobby-whitlock-derek-and-the-dominos-founder-dies/ Founded Dominos w/ Eric Clapton

That's the (opening) position I'd expect Z to take. Excluding Zelenskyy from the summit is exceedingly bad form. Bad form is Trump's style apparently. None the less, while seeming to capitulate to Russia's knuckle-dragging barbarism may not be Zelenskyy's first choice, he could do worse. For...

The world's most luxurious tricycle:

"You can run, but you can't hide." Paul Harvey Perhaps not out of malice, but instead basic economic evolution, corporate America (Barnes & Noble, Amazon, etc) have elbowed Mom & Pop aside. I'm glad a little foot pressure on the accelerator pedal has replaced whipping the horse for a little...

a) UUUUUUUUUGGHHH ! b) I did not know, but should have known. nutty If Trump had reason to want to amass support for a third presidential term such groundless pandering might seem to make some sense. AND ! We can't rule out that Trump may attempt by whatever means to circumvent the 22nd...