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Newsdump Update" This Weekend French Mainstream Media Reporting On The Prison Report Into The 2022 Suicide Of Jeffrey Epstein's Key French Associate Jean-Luc Brunel... Newsdump Alert: The Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) National Oil Company Says One Of Its Tankers Was Hit In The Strait Of Hormuz Early Saturday... Newsdump Update A Story I Missed... Japan is the biggest holder of the US national debt more than one trillion dollars so it should not surprise anyone that the US and Japan jointly intervened to support Japan's currency the "Yen"... Yes James "We Shot Our..." But are you just trying to...

Newsdump Alert: US President Donald Trump Announces Mid-Day Saturday The Sunday Signing Of An Agreement... Newsdump Alert: Five Killed In Latest Israeli Attacks In Southern Lebanon... Newsdump Alert: Tanker Hit By Projectile In Strait Of Hormuz Near Oman... "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" John 3:16 NIV Bible... The "China War Update"... Shades of 1940 with Japan this week three major Chinese businesses getting the target painted on them by the US "Department of War" we had that back in...

President Trump seeking recusal of the federal judge dealing with the January 6th related federal charges brought against him by the Biden Administration Justice Department... In a sign that a US-Iran prisoner exchange is moving forward Iranian assets frozen in South Korea (6 billion US dollars) freed to move to Qatar... The US Food and Drug Administration approving new updated COVID-19 shots (vaccines).... Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Joe Biden next week. But this is not... There are fears that thousands have died in eastern Libya following a powerful storm... In the UK the "Wilko' retail chain closing...

North Korea says that US Army Private Travis King wants refuge after he crossed the border recently... The Russian military in Syria saying that two US warplanes came dangerously close to Russian aircraft in Syria... In Libya heavy fighting between militias in the capital city of Tripoli... Russian President Vladimir Putin urging a peaceful resolution to the dispute between African nations over the recent military coup in Mali... (Updated) In Argentina the fall of the peso continues today following yesterday's devaluation... The markets today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 361.24 points or 1.02 percent. The NASDAQ down 157.28 points...

The teaching about the "God Of My Understanding" began with the message conveyed in churches when I was young including a United Methodist Church in my hometown some 60 years ago... And out in Cape Girardeau, Missouri a young Rush Limbaugh III began his connection with the Centenary United Methodist Church in his youth in the 1950's.... The Woke World Bank Cuts Off Uganda... Are social media posts death sentences? Have FBI agents decided they are James Bond 007's that they have a "License To Kill"? I took a long trip "across the fruited plain" this week and some observations.....

There Was More Truth In The Vietnam War Than The Ukraine War As I See It "At least Walter Cronkite was able to tell us how many died by government estimate each week during the Vietnam War..." Liberal Democrats Want To Fuel The War In Ukraine-New CNN Poll... Russia is so bad what a country prosecuting and persecuting political opponents heck they don't that here in the USA... The Bankruptcy Of Our Nation The Bankruptcy Of Our Leaders... The credit rating of the United States is downgraded and our leaders live in denial... And they distract us with a crank...

Tensions this week over Niger the former French colony that is a source of uranium for France's extensive network of nuclear power plants and home base for 1,500 French soldiers.... France's top political leaders remain highly unpopular. An Elabe poll this week for Radio Classique showing President Emmanuel Macron with the trust of only 29 percent of those 18 and older polled...

"it's not fair...it's not legal...it's criminalization of political speech" President Trump speaking at... A Russian tanker was attacked in the Kerch Strait tonight... Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer proposing a plan to incorporate the right to use paper money... Six former Mississippi police officers entering guilty pleas to federal civil rights charges... A day of mourning declared in the nation of Georgia after a deadly landslide... Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria want the US-led military coalition to take a clear stand on Turkish drone attacks... The United Nations human rights agency pulling out of Uganda... "It is election interference & the...

Russian air defenses active early Friday morning in Crimea... Two US Navy sailors arrested accused of providing sensitive information to China... The United States said to be considering putting armed troops on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz... "This is a very sad day for America" President Trump speaking in Washington D.C. late this afternoon. Trump spoke after appearing in federal court... In Sweden mass arrests with 55 injured including three police officers. It happened during violent disturbances.... Explosions reported near a US military base in northeastern Syria...Five civilians wounded during Turkish shelling in Kurdish areas...Turkish forces killing three...

Iraq and other mostly Muslim countries denouncing the latest Quran burning in a Scandanavian country... Air raid warnings in nine different areas of Ukraine tonight... The Russian military in Syria says that US-led coalition forces there... Texas Governor Greg Abbott says there will be a legal fight over buoys in the Rio Grande River... At least 15 dead and 1500 evacuated from raging forest fires in a mountainous region of Algeria... Meanwhile the forest fires on the Greek island of Rhodes being called "like a Biblical catastrophe"... The BBC apologizing to political activist-media host Nigel Farage for inaccurately reporting about...

Wow "Hey Loretta" a song written by a guy whose books like "Where The Sidewalk Ends" adorned many a classroom I entered... (The Following May Be Disturbing) Naked Or Fully Clothed The Politicians Are Outraged What a world I live in politicians are outraged when women are naked and politicians are outraged when women are fully clothed. Can't we make up our minds people?... When it comes to naked or clothed the politicians go for the votes wherever they are. And the Liberal Capitalists win every time with "Climate" or whatever scheme they come up with... How about a Climate...

President Emmanuel Macron showing his commitment to the Ukraine War Against Russia at the NATO summit in Lithuania this week. Macron announcing delivery of long-range "Scalp" missiles to Ukraine... And the honored guest at Bastille Day festivities on Friday in Paris India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Macron hugging Modi as the Indian leader arrived at the Elysee Palace... In the National Assembly a National Rally (RN) Deputy called on the government to prosecute Left National Assembly members for being at last weekend's rally protesting the police ove the 2016 death of Adama Traore. Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti saying the RN...

The US sending F-16 fighter jets to the Persian Gulf... "Joe Biden's decision to mobilize reserve forces proves that his reckless escalation in Ukraine is straining the US military to the point of disaster" That's part of President Trump's reaction... "Now rather than acknowledge failure, Biden admin prepares to sacrifice American lives too" That's some of Democrat Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr's... In Long Island, New York an architect is under arrest charged in three of 11 murder cases... Nigerian President Bola Tinubu declaring a state of emergency over high food prices and food shortages...' Israel scrapping a 40...

I'm grateful I don't have to live in the delusion of the past about some "Conservative Movement" that was on my side. I don't believe in "Artificial Conservatism" anymore I'm free. Back in the 70's religious broadcasting had preachers reading often from the George Will, James Kilpatrick and Bill Buckley columns. The "Conservative Movement" commentators in other words. On some of the religious and even secular radio stations there were 15-minute "Lifeline" commentaries funded by H.L. Hunt a Texas oilman. I was getting a message funded by the fossil fuel industry that told me it was "Conservative". Back in those...

A manhunt for an escaped murder suspect here in Pennsylvania... "I'm sure that Lindsey Graham knows this, but this would mean American troops on the ground in Ukraine. The American people will not stand by and allow our troops to go die in someone else's war" Reaction from Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert... Joe Biden with a statement today saying the US has destroyed... In Brazil today a deadly building collapse... The US Supreme Court taking up a Second Amendment case this fall... The British tabloid "The Sun" says that a BBC star presenter is accused of paying a teenager for...

Conflicting charges from the US and Russia about what's going on in the skies over Syria... A letter from Twitter threatening a lawsuit against competitor Meta over the newly launched "Threads" social media app... Authorities in Tunisia forcibly removing migrants from the port city of Sfax... Tonight in Israel the opponents of judicial reform protesting outside the homes of government ministers and blocking roads... An Israeli soldier killed in a terrorist attack in Samaria today... Dutch authorities arresting a man and his wife from Central Asia on terrorism charges... Pushing for Sweden to be accepted into NATO membership Secretary General...

The music wow Kelly Willard with a song I first heard in the summer of 1981 in my car as the legendary WGCB Radio in Red Lion (The First Amendment, "Red Lion" Case Involving The Fairness Doctrine) experimented with Contemporary Christian Music... Donald Trump Had It Right As President He Unleashed America's Economic Potential I posted something on Free Republic the other day in a thread concerning the comments of Liz Cheney about "idiots" being elected to office nowadays... Senators like Lindsey Graham who have kissed up to powerful people as US Senators enriching themselves becoming Fellatio Alger's deserve this...

No one wants nuclear war but the United States has destroyed the system designed to prevent it. That message from Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov... An Amtrak passenger train partially derailed around 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles... The Teamsters Union at United Parcel Service (UPS) says a strike is "imminent"... A gunmen killed near the US Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Also killed a Nepalese security guard.... At Fox New remaining workers on Tucker Carlson's staff losing their jobs... "It's hard to tell really. But he's losing the war in Iraq" Joe Biden's comments regarding Vladimir Putin today in...

In the aftermath of the Wagner fighters mutiny in Russia the European Union foreign ministers calling for more aid, especially military, for Ukraine... Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking tonight saying decisions were made to avoid bloodshed with Wagner military contractors... In Toronto the Special Election for Mayor. Among many candidates the winner Olivia Chow... Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visiting China next month... The aftermath of Pakistan's January 6th on May 9th. The powerful Pakistani military prosecuting 102 people and even disciplining some in its own ranks including 10 generals... The US Supreme Court ordering an end to a lawsuit...

Commentary: The Real Objective Of The Ukraine War The real objective of the Ukraine War Against Russia is to bring down Russian from within... Time for the "Green Update" our theme music "One Tin Soldier" from the "Billy Jack" movie... "Pave Paradise Put Up A Wind Farm"... The Druze in Golan are watching their olive trees be destroyed for the sake of a wind farm... The Dutch farmers see nothing good coming from their negotiations with the government over the nitrogen rules the cow gas rules so they pulled out of talks on the "future of agriculture". Now the Dutch...