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“Russia Is Europe” (as Europe Used to Be)

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The country is under attack despite being part of European culture, Patriarch Kirill has said (https://www.rt.com/russia/608062-patriarch-kirill-christianity-russia/). FILE PHOTO: President Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visit the Orthodox Russia Exhibition Forum. © Sputnik / Vyacheslav Prokofyev   The US and its allies have ganged up against Russia because it has taken […]

The Megiddo Mosaic: an Archaeological Rebuke to the Liberals

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In all the excitement that the election season provides us (remember?), we often forget what’s really important.  This is one of those times. Peter Papoutsis, a long-time reader of this blog as well as an avid archaeology buff, sent us the following article from The Daily Mail. https://dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14096551/earliest-inscription-jesus-god-srael-prison-ancient-discovery.html?to=native_share_article-natve-menubutton According to this article, a mosaic –the […]

Thoughts on the Recent Victory: Cabinet Edition

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[Editor’s note:  There’s a lot of other news (especially Church-related) which we’re going to talk about. Right now, we are living through the greatest political comeback in history.  And the precipice of nuclear annihilation.  Please be patient.] This is good.  Scratch that, this is great. First off, let’s look who was not invited to serve:  […]

On Veteran’s Day

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In 1918, on the 11th hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, a truce was declared between the warring parties in the Great War. Because it was a truce, it was called Armistice Day.  Neither side had “won” the war but all agreed that it was a horrible one, too terrible to contemplate […]

It Was too Big to Rig

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Gail made me promise to not gloat.  So I wont. I will though, comment on what happened other night.  And it ain’t gonna be pretty.  For those who are happy, read what follows as a first draft of history.  (That’s what real journalism is supposed to be.)  For those who aren’t happy, now would be […]

The View Top to Bottom

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OK, I know what you’re thinking (some of you, anyway.)  You want to know how the ladies of The View are taking Trump’s decisive win.   A win that may be the lynchpin in proving to their producers how seriously out of touch they are with reality and those of us who live in it. They […]