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The passing of Dick Butkus is one of the saddest times for the sport. Butkus was a real star both on and off the field. A throwback to the old 1930's through 1950's players that were there to win at any cost. He played from 1965 till 1973, all with the Chicago Bears prior to being brought up in the sport in Chicago as a child, and was all pro seven of his nine years. Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. https://www.chicagobears.com/news/bears-legend-dick-butkus-passes-away Dan Obramowitx said it best, “Dick was not satisfied with...

Roe v. Wade was a 1973 decision that affirmed a right to an abortion before fetal viability – “generally” understood by experts in present times to mean 24 weeks of pregnancy. Pregnancy lasts for about 280 days or 40 weeks so the marker is just better than half of the average of the normal human gestation period. But that doesn’t cover late term abortion, in some cases with the child partially outside the birth canal and with the attributes of living like breathing, moving, and in some cases, awake. Public discussion about abortion in the United States has generally focused...

We hear so much about military expenses and about a few of the vehicles created. So I ran across an article about some of the almost unknown vehicles of our military. To my knowledge, there are more but some have been identified and a couple are still on the drawing board. Buffalo Clearance Vehicle: This Buffalo Clearance Vehicle comes to a length of 27 feet and weighs 76,000 pounds. It’s one of the most valued vehicles in the vault because it is a mine-protected route clearance vehicle (MPCV) with a speed of 55 miles per hour. It comes with a...

There is one problem with the Ukrainian situation I have not seen in the media. And that is the employment and extremely high salary of Hunter Biden who was protected there concerning his connection to Burisma and the threat put out by then VP Biden to withhold earmarked loan funds from the US for the Ukraine until the investigation of the company was terminated and the prosecutor doing the investigation was fired. Or they would lose $1M. https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Ukraine%20Report_FINAL.pdf https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/09/27/flashback_2018_joe_biden_brags_at_cfr_meeting_about_withholding_aid_to_ukraine_to_force_firing_of_prosecutor.html The prosecutor that was terminated was Viktor Shokin, who was investigating Burima. And memos have indicated this. The prosecutor was taken...

Merry Christmas too all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq9cwUMHHCA