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Welcome to this week's attempt at media excellence I want to start with the "Israel Update"... The actual news stories from Israel this week as linked in the daily news summaries... "Israel 'on the brink of civil war': Gantz tries to convince"... "Moody's says Israel's economy has been weakened by 'very high political risks"... "Dozens of medical reservists said to refuse return to Gaza combat"... "Breaking with gov't, 69% percent of Israelis, 54% of coalition voters back ending war in exchange for hostages--poll"... What You Need To Know About The US Bombing Of Yemen Day After Day... Meanwhile US Congressman...

Let's start the music this with sounds that go back 50 years or so the early sounds of Contemporary Christian Music the "Jesus Music" sound that came into contact with around 1980... Welcome to this week's attempt at media excellence your currently sober "Male Lesbian Host" at the keyboard... "Surrendering-Unconditionally give up my life, my right to lust and sex, my sexuality, my badge of 'orientation', and my relationships over to the care of God"-"Lust Virus" (Ron J-Roy Kuljian) Page 217... It takes minerals for computer chips and cryptocurrency and minerals are used in smartphones. Congo has 24 trillion dollars'...

"American military personnel launched missiles into mainland Russia and killed..."...That's journalist Tucker Carlson... The US Justice Department charging a Chinese man living in California with sending weapons and ammunition... "Putin emphasized the need to put an end to the terrorist aggression against the Syrian state as soon as possible..." That's part of the Kremlin... Hillsborough County, Florida Sheriff Chad Chronister removing his name from consideration... China banning exports of critical minerals to the United States in retaliation for the latest restrictions... Fighting in Syria said to be taking place in and around the city of Hama... The US military in...

"I note that the prosecution is outrageous in their demands" Marine Le Pen This week French prosecutors revealed that they want a five-year prison sentence imposed on Marine Le Pen the leading Presidential candidate in the 2027 election. In addition they want he excluded from running for office for five years effectively booting her out of the 2027 election. The charges involve 26 defendants over alleged... Late this week Premier Michel Barnier saying it would be likely that the "finance" part of the 2025 budget would be approved via Article 49.3... Thursday night at the Stade de France heavy security...

A protester who works in the media lit himself on fire outside of the White House during an anti-Israel protest on Saturday evening, disturbing video shows. The man, identified as photojournalist Samuel Mena Jr, can be seen screaming in pain after he set his left arm ablaze in the middle of the street as shocked police officers and bystanders rush over to help, according to one clip. Mena holds his left arm — engulfed in flames — high in the air to show others as several people quickly douse him with water and beat out the flames with pieces of...

Syrian air defenses operating against an Israeli attack... Israel's internal security chief igniting a firestorm with his allegation of a "Jewish terrorism" threat... The US Supreme Court granting a Republican Party request to reinstate an Arizona voter ID law... The US Destroyer "Ralph Johnson" sailing through the Taiwan Strait... New "Twitter Files" revelations this week linking the Biden Administration State Department to social media censorship... A report published this week by the US government linking lower IQ in children to higher levels of fluoride... US Central Command reporting three Houthi drones shot down... A NATO airbase in western Germany on...

Well, here we are its vacation week your host on the road thankful and grateful to the Lord giving me another day to keep the road trip moving forward some of the geography I've visited reflected in the music above. Gasoline Prices In The USA At the start of the week gasoline in Somerset, Pennsylvania 375.9 a gallon. At the week's end gasoline on west side of Knoxville, Tennessee 275.9 a gallon. In Taxylvania our gasoline tax can be bumped up by a decline in wholesale gasoline prices... On a brighter note I visited this place during the week... RFK...

In Coeur d'Alene, Idaho today people with crosses parading today following a controversy when the local Chamber of Commerce banned... US politics on this Independence Day holiday mainstream media reporting on doubts about Joe Biden's performance... Russian air defenses active over the southern city of Rostov late tonight... One dead and seven wounded in a Russian attack on the Ukrainian port city of Odessa... The negotiations between Israel and Hamas on a ceasefire and release of hostages...appear to be making progress... Russian President Vladimir Putin cynical about a mediator settling the conflict in Ukraine... The British Election a win for...

In Papua New Guinea more than 300 people and 1,100 homes buried by a landslide... Louisiana Governor Mike Landry signing legislation classifying two types of abortion pills... Biden Administration prosecutors seeking a gag order against President Donald Trump... US political polling the Cook Political Report gives Donald Trump the advantage over Joe Biden in six... Four reported dead in an Israeli airstrike in the central part of Gaza... US Secretary of State Antony Blinken talking to Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz in the aftermath of the international court decision... The White House claiming tonight... Late tonight air raid alerts...

The traditional day of protest in Franc May 1st no exception this year grievances over the cost of the Olympics late this summer in Paris on the minds of demonstrators. 121,00 protesters according to police across France on Wednesday with the CGT trade union... The speech of President Emmanuel Macron last week about Europe deemed to be a political speech ahead of the European Parliament elections next month... Also on Thursday President Macron bringing up the notion of French troops in Ukraine again... 91 Pro-Palestinian protesters removed from the "Sciences Po" political science school... A small band of protesters took...

Rush Limbaugh always had something to say about the X-Rated President of the United States Bill Clinton why not a Bill Clinton Update... 3 Communist Things come to mind with President Bill Clinton Sending Elian Gonzalez back to Communist Cuba the Feds barged into that home in Miami April 26, 2000 24 years ago this coming Friday... My Own Humble Opinion "I don't endorse the notion of Russia taking Ukraine per se. Russia has its attitude in the matter but what matters as an American is what's going on over here on our side of the fence... Newdump Alert: US...

The messaging from media in Israel and Mainstream Media in the US tonight points to some sort of conflict between Israel and Iran...a critic of Israel's government leftist Journalist Seymour Hersh speaking...Netanyahu is 'willing to risk war with Iran' to remain in office...Scott Ritter saying Iran should withhold fire... One killed, one wounded in a knife attack in Bordeaux, France tonight... Three people shot and five arrested following a shooting incident in Philadelphia... Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appearing before an inquiry into foreign interference in Canadian politics... China's President Xi Jinping and former Taiwan President Ma Ying-Jeou reaffirming their...