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    next leadership crisis in U.S. House, maybe new “Middle of the Road Party” specifically focused on immigration.

    If we go way back at look at the history of the Republican Party— First there was the Liberty Party, then there was the Free Soil Party. Those had maybe some small effect. But it kept the issue of ending slavery alive, or at least stopping the expansion of slavery. And then in a matter of...
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    I love the CLARITY and FEEDBACK of the TikTok sale or ban (U.S. House March 13, 2024)

    https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-ban-house-vote-china-national-security-8fa7258fae1a4902d344c9d978d58a37 On Wednesday, March 13, the U.S. House passed a bill which said, Hey, TikTok, you have 6 months to sell to a new company or face a U.S. ban. This passed the House with a strong 352 - 65...
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    in Houston, Uber driver pursues vehicle that hits his car, 2nd crash which paralyzes 3-yr-old girl

    Houston ABC News — FAMILY OF 3-YEAR-OLD HURT IN UBER CRASH TRYING 'TO HAVE FAITH' DESPITE DRIVERS NOT CHARGED IN CASE “Evelyn Medina and her parents had gone to a flea market on Airline, in Houston's northside, to do some shopping. At about 7:45 p.m., the family called an Uber for a ride home...
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    James and Mary’s book about campaign-managering on opposites sides during the 1992 Clinton - Bush - Perot race

    Yes, it’s dated. No question. It’s almost 30 years old. But it might give us a good example of what we’re looking for, that being Republicans and Democrats getting along. Mary was the campaign manager for President Bush’s 1992 re-election campaign. James was Governor Bill Clinton’s campaign...
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    high school football and brain damage, and how to gracefully phase out under-age 18?

    I love high school football. I can still remember that Friday afternoon calling up my new friend Mike and asking about the ROTC ushering. I figured it was too late for this week, but I could start taking the steps for next week. Instead Mike said, hey, we’ll pick you up about 6:20. It was 4...
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    children’s books on ethics, etc, and why do we make ethics so complicated?

    Probably a fine book, talking about sharing, caring for others. Just guessing, but maybe it adds, don’t tattle just to get someone in trouble … but if someone’s really getting hurt, go ahead and speak up.
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    1st Corinthians, chapter 15, it is stated that more than 500 persons saw Jesus some time after Resurrection

    https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+15&version=KJV . . 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the...
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    Featured early Feb. 2024 — Republicans vote down pretty good immigration bill.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68143887.amp The 370-page agreement will, in the words of Republican negotiator James Lankford, move from the current system of "catch and release" to one where migrants are detained and deported. Senator Lankford brokered the deal with Democratic...
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    Good thing — back in Oct. 2022, Biden Administration rolled forward with hearing aids for moderate loss without prescription.

    https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/lower-cost-us-hearing-aids-go-sale-monday-2022-10-17/ “ . . . lower-priced hearing aids including from Walgreens . . . Walmart . . . CVS . . . lower-cost hearing aids online Monday and in some stores in November [2022]...
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    Genesis 19 — Lot himself has sex with his 2 daughters ? ! ?

    https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+19&version=KJV 30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. 31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our...
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    Good Thing — in Jan. 2020, Trump’s Labor Department increased “salary threshold” to $35,568 for “guaranteed time and 1/2 for overtime”

    Obama’s Labor Department had tried to do this, too. In Dec. 2016, this threshold was going to be increased to $47,476, but a federal judge struck it down. [Maybe Obama had gone too far, maybe the judge was wrong] I like this example because it’s a policy that both President Trump and President...
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    Genesis 19: Lot offers his 2 daughters to the crowd to be raped ? ! ?

    https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=genesis+19&version=KJV 5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. 6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, 7 And...
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    December 2023, President Biden pardons thousands for old marijuana convictions

    https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireStory/biden-pardons-thousands-convicted-marijuana-charges-federal-lands-105868406 Dec. 22, 2023: . . on federal lands and in the District of Columbia “Criminal records for marijuana use and possession have imposed needless barriers to employment...
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    Border Security, E-Verify by Employers, and Better Trade Policy — ways we can respond to excessive Immigration right now.

    E-Verify is available right now on a voluntary basis. Florida, Arizona, and other states have made it mandatory for employers. It should be mandatory federally for all corporations. For example, in my state of Texas! Trade is a bit of a tough issue. Trade does increase GDP, and it’s true...
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    rich guy Dean Phillips, in U.S. House since 2019, running for President

    announced he was running in October And, the average American voter likes rich candidates. Please remember H. Ross Perot way back in 1992, who got almost 19% of the popular vote even after dropping out and re-entering the race for President. I’m guessing most people think a rich person has...
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    Noah’s Ark — was the flood 40 days or 150 days?

    https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+7&version=KJV Genesis, chapter 7: verse 4: For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. . . ...
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    10 million U.S. Muslims, or 2-and-a-half % of population, by 2050

    https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2015/04/02/north-america/ So much for Muslims “taking over” the U.S. Meaning, the guy from my local sports bar was wrong, wrong, wrong. :) Sorry pal, but you were. He had said, “Heck, we’re all going to be speaking Arabic in 10 years.” I was too...
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    Jesse Ventura and Arnold Schwarzenegger were anti-establishment candidate similar to Donald Trump

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Ventura Jesse Ventura, a former Vietnam Veteran and Pro Wrestler, was elected the Governor of Minnesota in 1998. And he chose to serve only 1 term [In states that limit Governors to two terms, often you’re pretty much a lame duck during your second term...
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    movie “The Creator,” and AI risks big and small

    As an analogy . . . As anti-smoking as U.S. society is, and yet we didn’t put any effective stops on Juul and other vaping companies? Instead we run preachy commercials aimed at teenagers. And in some cases, it’s sub-teens who are vaping. So, we don’t effectively regulate corporations. We...
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    Thesis — after being attacked, Israel has the right to destroy Hamas military capacity

    https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/middleeast/live-news/israel-news-hamas-war-10-12-23/index.html “ . . . as Israel maintained a siege and bombarded targets in response to the Hamas terror attacks that killed more than 1,200 people. . . ” **************** Just like after World War II, we in the...