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Political polling ahead of next Tuesday's off-year elections... President Trump raising the notion of Christianity facing an "existential threat" in the African nation... China launching three astronauts into space for the 16th... The messaging of President Trump tonight is that he wants to provide "SNAP" benefits... Tonight the nation of Belarus issuing a ban on Lithuanian vehicles using its border crossings with... A federal district judge in Rhode Island ruling that the federal government must continue to provide food assistance... FBI Director Kash Patel says the FBI thwarted a "potential terrorist attack"... Republican leadership will not use the 'nuclear option'...

Newsdump Alert: Trump Meeting In Qatar Opens Foreign Trip... Qatar's Connections To The US, Israel And Hamas Cannot Be Denied... The rage against Hamas over the brutal events of October 7th, 2023 belies the facts of Israeli and American interaction with Hamas through Qatar prior to October 7th. Having Hamas in power in Gaza and the... How about some Top Ten Country Songs from 50 years ago today the music of my life... Time for a "National Debt Update" our theme song... This week the US national debt that began rising when Lyndon Johnson was President of the United States...

A week on the road for your currently sober drunk host a week in the heartland visiting eateries like "Culvers" and "Pizza Ranch" synonymous with 'fly over country' as El Rushbo used to describe it... Those were big songs back in 1971 played by a local disc jockey whose remote broadcasts I used to hang out at. I was 11 years old. That guy used to get me involved in his remotes keeping track of that lengthy playlist of songs played from the radio station... "He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow...

What was going on when President Emmanuel Macron and US President Donald Trump engaged in a tense handshake that lasted almost 30 seconds. A lip reader was consulted and came up with a notion of what the two leaders said... After making the apparent concession of suspending the pension reform planned for 2030 for the 18-month period leading to the 2027 Presidential Election Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu held frantic talks with various political factions. And the weekly Yellow Vests procession in the streets of Paris dozens of people again gathered with French flags displayed also some protest signs...

"They're taking Lloyd Dobyns off" That's how I felt about the move by NBC to introduce its new live Saturday night show bi-weekly alongside the newsmagazine "Weekend". "Weekend" was a show I had enjoyed during the previous 1974-75 season every week. I liked watching Lloyd Dobyns and his attempt to bring some attitude to television news... I read about this newfangled NBC Saturday Night Live show in the newspaper much hype about the reunion of Simon and Garfunkel which came on the second show in the series later in October. In all honesty I didn't watch the first show and...

Newsdump Alert: Israeli Attacks Continue In Gaza Despite Hamas Acceptance Of Trump Plan To End Fighting And Trump's Call For Israeli Attacks To Stop... "You shall have no other Gods before me" Exodus 20:2 The First Commandment Back in the early 1980's I lived in this drunken delusion of an America being "Christianized" by people like... Talking Of Peace When War With Iran Could Be Coming Soon... A Department of War Update the theme from that classic movie "Patton"... And fast forward to this week and the speech of the Secretary of War Pete Hegseth... What Did China Find Out...

This week an oil tanker seized by French naval commandos off the Atlantic coast. The captain and second-in-command taken into custody. The tanker linked to what's called the "Russian Ghost Fleet' carrying oil exports from Russia under sanctions over the Ukraine War. The accusations leveled at the tanker included the notion it was used to launch a drone flight over... Ahead of the announcement of a new government this weekend Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu attempting to create a new image. Lecornu vowing not to invoke Article 49.3 to force through a budget as he seeks input from the opposition on...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order vowing to use all measures including U.S. military action to defend the energy-rich nation of Qatar — though it remains unclear just what weight the pledge will carry. The text of the order, available Wednesday on the White House’s website but dated Monday, appears to be another measure by Trump to assure the Qataris following Israel’s surprise attack on the country targeting Hamas leaders as they weighed accepting a ceasefire with Israel over the war in the Gaza Strip. The order cites the two countries’...

Newsdump Alert: Gaza War Continues Dozens More Killed, 21 Point US Gaza Plan Is Leaked Out That Will Not Expel Gaza's Population And Create Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue... Newsdump Update More Drone Sightings In Denmark... Here again another attempt at media excellence your host winner of the American History Award from the Daughters of the American Revolution back in 1978 I was the 4.0 student in that area. Historically American Presidents have laid down the law to Israeli Prime Ministers on certain occasions... They may get somewhere on Gaza but the intentions of Mr. Netanyahu made very clear at the UN yesterday...

..."Disobey Trump's order"...Colombian President Gustavo Petro...visa revoked by the United States... The FBI has fired as many as 20 agents... Explosions ringing out late tonight in the central Ukrainian... Controversy over the release of the military records of Democrat candidate... Sources tell NBC News that US military officials...possible attacks on sites in Venezuela... A retired investment banker...arrested on federal sex trafficking charges... The US and allied nations vetoing a UN Security Council resolution... The medical charity 'Doctors Without Borders' (MSF) suspending...work in Gaza... Democrats on the US House Oversight Committee releasing Jeffrey Epstein documents... Trump tonight speaking of four days...

Argentina has launched a fresh bid to take over the 'illegally occupied' Falkland Islands in a move branded 'extraordinary' by a former head of the Royal Navy. The announcement came during President Javier Milei's speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday. The firebrand Argentinian leader told the summit that his country's claim to the South Atlantic island was 'legitimate' and 'unrenouncable'. In a fiery speech that could outrage leaders in Downing Street, Milei called on the UK to open 'bilateral' talks over the 'sensitive and crucially important issue' of the so-called 'Islas Malvinas'. 'I wish...

Senior Justice Department investigator Glenn Prager revealed Jeffrey Epstein was “CIA” and confirmed that rapes occurred while Bill Clinton was on the private plane. The O’Keefe Media Group on Wednesday released audio of Glenn Prager discussing the DOJ’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. Prager served as an Inspector overseeing sensitive investigations involving the FBI, DEA, Bureau of Prisons, US Marshals Service, ATF and the US Attorney’s Offices. Glenn Prager was overheard at a Phoenix airport dropping Epstein bombshells. “I’ve interviewed all the victims, There’s never been an instance where Trump was on a plane with these kids and the rapes occurred....

Newsdump Alert: A "Very Clever Cyber Attack' Disrupts... Newsdump Update: UN Secretary General Calls On Nations Around The World Not To Be Intimidated By Israel... "Submit yourselves then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up" James 4:7-10... Your host with you again seeking media excellence and coming clean by...

Newsdump Alert: Trump Seeks Peace Agreement In Ukraine War Following Putin Meeting... Newsdump Update: Jihadist Attack In Iran... Support Free Republic... Your host with another attempt at media excellence powerless over Jewish women at times in my life so... Does God have a sense of humor Helen Shapiro sang this 'corny' hit song in the recording studio in London back in the early 1960's... "We praise you, God, we praise you, for your Name is near; people tell of your wonderful deeds. You say, "I choose the appointed time; it is I who judge with equity'" Psalm 75:1-2 NIV Bible......

Newsdump Alerts: On Saturday night hundreds of Orthodox Jews protesting outside an Israeli military prison... In Israel Saturday night mass demonstrations against 'eternal war mongers'. Calls for soldiers to refuse orders... Hundreds arrested in London for violating a ban on the "Palestine Action" group... Newsdump Update: Authorities in Gaza report 11 starvation deaths, 21 killed seeking aid at US-Israeli aid centers... Astronaut Jim Lovell passed at the age of 97 on Thursday reminding me of the Christmas Eve broadcast that he... "I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and...

Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential victory sent shockwaves throughout America and the world. Most of all, it devastated the Democrat Party, which could not accept that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Democrats’ anointed next president, had lost to President Trump. We're only now finding out just how panicked the Democrats really were over the prospect of a Trump White House, but two men have for years been leading the charge to expose the dirtiest political trick in American history. And thankfully, they're still on the case. Throughout the 2016 campaign, Democrats sought to tie President Trump to President Vladimir...

Newsdump Update: Deadly Attack On Courthouse In Southeastern Iran Iranian Authorities Say It Was Carried Out By Group Affiliated With Israel... Your host posted this on social media this week... "There was debate 80 years ago when Germany was in ruins in the summer of 1945 and occupied. The debate should Germany be fed considering what Germany had done including the #Holocaust. Not quickly resolved but eventually Germans were fed."... What About The Home Front What About "Making America Great Again"?... "After 4 years of HIGH inflation skyrocketing the cost of living..."-Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene "X" "Price changes are expected...

One common Israeli tactic to get information about Israel's adversaries is to leak news out to elicit a denial of the leaked story... This week Israel's "Ynet News" claimed that France had backed away from plans to recognize a Palestinian state. But the Elysee Palace denied the content of the story... This week three Serbian nationals charged with paint vandalism of five Jewish sites in Paris last Friday. The judge in the case alleging the Serbs acted on behalf of a foreign power... And a story getting a lot of attention in the French media in the last 24 hours....

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'...

This week the first song from the 1980's "Starship" which evolved from "Jefferson Airplane" released a hit song in the 1980's and the iconic Grace Slick one of the lead singers... lets go the "January 6th Prisoner Update"... a Trump Putin Update will the two leaders meet but one asks where the location should be for their meeting. Maybe they should meet at... How does Russia see the Ukraine War waged against it and its interests ending?... "On June 14, 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the leadership of the Foreign Ministry outlined the conditions for a...