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Today’s CG is from The Arkansas Gazette. UFO NQAOUOL GDQ HOPDEO, UFO EDLO GDQ BLO BHTO UD FOBL. —LQEA You can find this little fun word game, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications. The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram). Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated. PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post your time and any tips you might give the group...

The ad, titled "Pete's Record," highlights the differences between the candidates, with dramatic music swelling playing as Biden’s experience and accomplishments are recited. “Both Vice President Biden and former Mayor Buttigieg have taken on tough fights. Under threat of nuclear Iran, Joe Biden helped to negotiate the Iran deal,” the ad says. “And under the threat of disappearing pets, Buttigieg negotiated lighter licensing regulations on pet chip scanners.” The mocking continues: "Both Vice President Biden and former Mayor Pete have helped shape our economy. Joe Biden helped save the auto industry, which revitalized the economy of the Midwest and led...

The mother of a 5-year-old Guatemalan boy sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the medical care he has received in detention for a head injury suffered before the family was arrested.

And the response will be ...

From 2016: Three weeks prior to the election, investigative journalist James O'Keefe's Project Veritas released two videos of an undercover sting in which high-level Democrat operatives bragged about running a nationwide voter fraud operation financed by the DNC and the Clinton campaign: "We've been busing in people [illegal voters] for 50 years and we're not going to stop now." "[We know] this is illegal." "I think backward from how they would prosecute us, and then try to build out a method to avoid [getting caught]." "We implement the plan across every Republican-held state." "[Our operation] causes massive changes in state...

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her boyfriend Riley Roberts offered a gradual three-step approach for helping white people do their part to combat racism. The New York Democrat took on a wide range of questions from followers in her latest Instagram Q & A session Friday night, including one about how white people can help "chip away" at racist beliefs among fellow Caucasian friends and family. Ocasio-Cortez and Roberts--who has largely avoided public remarks during his girlfriend's time in office--offered side-by-side "tips on combating racism as a White person," as well as responses to questions about generational wealth and the "hot...

“It does look fairly intentional,” Turner told Status Coup. “I feel bad for the people of Iowa who take great pride in the caucus process. They were robbed. Our campaign, and all the thousands of volunteers that combed that entire state on behalf of this campaign, it was really wrong.” . . . “Now, they want to question the satellite, and it’s my understanding that Mr. Buttigieg’s campaign is calling foul on the satellites, somebody that’s polling about 0% in the black community, Hispanic community, communities of color, wants to question the satellite caucuses that did allow people who work...

Can we come out now? Is it safe, yet, to speak or write the truth? Or is it still too soon? Since the sudden, tragic death of Kobe Bryant two weeks ago, I’ve thought of the many men who, in just the past three years, have had their careers and reputations destroyed or seriously stained by allegations of sexual harassment or assault. Among them: Actors Scott Baio, Gerard Depardieu, Morgan Freeman. In TV, Tavis Smiley, Les Moonves, Matt Lauer. Noted astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, famous chef Mario Batali, opera star Placido Domingo. Minnesota Senator/comedian Al Franken was forced to resign...

Freepers Grab the Popcorn for this 12 minute video. Stunning performance by Steve Bannon, Maher is gobsmacked IMHO....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUOY8wY60W4&feature=youtu.be

... The third impeachment trial in American history ended on Wednesday not with a bang but with a whimper. But here in Waukesha County, a patchwork of suburbs, small cities and rural areas west of Milwaukee that holds more Republican votes than any other county in this crucial swing state, there was a nervous excitement. Yard signs have been flying off the shelves in the county Republican Party’s headquarters in a strip mall near a vegan food supply store. More than 150 people showed up for a State of the Union watch party on Tuesday night, applauding and cheering in...

Democrats are calling on Twitter and Facebook to take down an edited video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., ripping up the State of the Union address -- claiming it's designed to “mislead” people. “The latest fake video of Speaker Pelosi is deliberately designed to mislead and lie to the American people, and every day that these platforms refuse to take it down is another reminder that they care more about their shareholders’ interests than the public’s interests,” Drew Hammill, Pelosi's deputy chief of staff, said Friday.

I truly needed some quiet after the last week, so made this last night from Daily Mail landscape images to "If Ye Love Me" by Thomas Tallis.

What happened: The US Navy has dismantled its Task Force on Climate Change, which was designed to use the best available science to prepare naval leadership for global shifts in sea levels, melting ice sheets and ocean temperatures. The task force was shut down in March 2019 without a public announcement and climate change science and information has been scrubbed from the Department’s website. According to a Navy spokesperson the task force was “duplicative” and no longer needed, though the task force’s work has not been fully incorporated into the Navy’s decisionmaking process.Why it matters: The task force was designed to provide...

Two Popes, an Oscar race and an unholy row >snip< Francis is thinking of ordaining married priests. Benedict is horrified by the idea.And when Benedict's name appeared as the co-author of a book that passionately defends the celibate priesthood, Francis forced the frail older man to withdraw his endorsement.The resulting row between allies of the liberal Argentine pope and his conservative Bavarian predecessor kept The Two Popes in the headlines just as members of the Academy were filling out their ballot papers.And the scandal was given fresh impetus this week when it emerged that Francis had stripped the head of...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — American and Afghan military personnel were fired on while conducting an operation in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, the U.S. military said Saturday. There were multiple American casualties, but the number and the extent of the injuries were not immediately known, according to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss information that has not been officially released. U.S. military spokesman Col. Sonny Leggett said in a statement that both Afghan and U.S. personnel were ’engaged by direct firing.”p>

Broadly defined, information in ANY format CREATED or RECEIVED by a person or organization CONSTITUTES A RECORD. Documents, photographs, e-mails, databases, Tweets, and videos create millions of records in a single day. Few of these records fall into the permanent category, that is, worthy of LONG-TERM preservation in an archive or other repository. WHAT ELEVATES A RECORD TO THIS STATUS? A record's value exists in TWO categories: 1-EVIDENTIAL value provides information about the origins, functions, and activities of the creator of the record, and 2-INFORMATIONAL value is the significance of the record based on its content. The types of value...

Americans have no reason to panic over the coronavirus, Fox News medical correspondent Dr. Marc Siegel said Saturday. "People are walking down the street with masks about a virus that literally only has infected 12 people" in the United States, he said. Siegel, appearing on "Fox & Friends: Weekend," said Chinese misinformation and secrecy has made the virus harder to control, but the United States has done a great job in helping to control the spread and treat infected people. While the risk of infection in America right now is "very, very, very, low," he said China's failure to stem...

A Thai soldier has gone on a gun rampage inside a shopping mall, killing at least 20 people and taking a dozen hostages while live-streaming the mass murder on Facebook and posing for selfies. Sergeant Major Jakrapanth Thomma, 32, began his murderous rampage this afternoon at his barracks, where he executed his commanding officer along with two other soldiers, before commandeering a humvee and tearing away from the scene. As he drove along the motorway toward the Terminal 21 shopping mall in Nakhon Ratchasima, also known as Korat, a city 155 miles northeast of Bangkok, Thomma opened fire on civilians...

As the sole Republican vote for convicting President Trump in his impeachment trial in the Senate, Mitt Romney (R-Ut) cited his "conscience" as the basis for siding with Democrats who have been eager to oust Trump since the day he was elected. "Many in my own Party tried to convince me that there had to be evidence of a crime before a president should be removed from office," the Senator said. "But my belief in God tells me that, if in my heart I'm convinced he is guilty, I must vote to take him out." "The parade of government officials...

" I would rather have a socialist in the White House than a dictator." As he drops out of GOP primary Former Tea Party Republican Joe Walsh says he will back any Democrat.  https://twitter.com/JohnBerman/status/1225775523227406337 ***REMINDER*** Here is a taste of Joe Walsh's true personality... https://twitter.com/willchamberlain/status/1225781657560604672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1225781657560604672&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.citizenfreepress.com%2Fbreaking%2Fsayonara-joe-walsh-drops-out%2F