The Scandal Rocking the Evangelical World [Click] “The sudden departure of Russell Moore [from the SBC] is forcing an overdue conversation about the crises of American Christendom.”
George Packer: How America Fractured Into Four Parts [Click] “People in the United States no longer agree on the nation’s purpose, values, history, or meaning. Is reconciliation possible?” I think the answer given at the end of the article is “yes.” A very long read, and a very heavy-duty one, which seems to clarify several things that I had not understood [e.g. what the Libertarians are in favor of]. I recommend it.
An exercise for people who are out of shape: Begin with a five-pound potato bag in each hand. Extend your arms straight out from your sides, hold them there for a full minute, and then relax. After a few weeks, move up to ten-pound potato bags. Then try 50-pound potato bags, and eventually try to get to where you can lift a 100-pound potato bag in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute. Once you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each bag. —Beverly Gross
There is still a lot of water in the river bottom below our house, but the level has fallen a bit. This morning we noticed sandbars starting to show that we hadn't seen in maybe two or three years. Wonderfully cool weather, and more on the way!
So very like Kipling's peace rock in the Jungle book stories. When drought came to the jungle and the river level exposed the rock at the center of the river, all animals had to come to get water in peace. The tiger was not allowed to kill an antelope there, etc. It was a matter of survival.
The Scandal Rocking the Evangelical World [Click] “The sudden departure of Russell Moore [from the SBC] is forcing an overdue conversation about the crises of American Christendom.”
ReplyDeleteHundreds arrested after Australian police and FBI crack underworld messaging app [Click] Terrible creature that I am, I quickly wondered if DT and his buddies might have used the app. . .
ReplyDeleteIRS Records Reveal How Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax [Click]
ReplyDeleteGeorge Packer: How America Fractured Into Four Parts [Click] “People in the United States no longer agree on the nation’s purpose, values, history, or meaning. Is reconciliation possible?” I think the answer given at the end of the article is “yes.” A very long read, and a very heavy-duty one, which seems to clarify several things that I had not understood [e.g. what the Libertarians are in favor of]. I recommend it.
ReplyDeletehttps://weather.com/news/weather/video/dam-release-causes-flooding-concerns-in-north-texas
ReplyDelete"Weeks of heavy rain force a dam to open in north Texas, prompting flooding problems downstream."
An exercise for people who are out of shape: Begin with a five-pound potato bag in each hand. Extend your arms straight out from your sides, hold them there for a full minute, and then relax. After a few weeks, move up to ten-pound potato bags. Then try 50-pound potato bags, and eventually try to get to where you can lift a 100-pound potato bag in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute. Once you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each bag. —Beverly Gross
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DeleteNews we can use!
DeleteOne of my favorites from Facebook:
ReplyDeleteWhen I'm dying I'm going to swallow a whole bag of popcorn kernels.
My cremation will be EPIC!
There is still a lot of water in the river bottom below our house, but the level has fallen a bit. This morning we noticed sandbars starting to show that we hadn't seen in maybe two or three years. Wonderfully cool weather, and more on the way!
ReplyDeleteSo very like Kipling's peace rock in the Jungle book stories. When drought came to the jungle and the river level exposed the rock at the center of the river, all animals had to come to get water in peace. The tiger was not allowed to kill an antelope there, etc. It was a matter of survival.
DeleteSusan! You were in rare form today!!! LOVE IT!!!
ReplyDeleteVT 6/8/21: 24,295-24,282 = 13
ReplyDeleteActive Cases:579
Deaths:256(0x5)
Recovered:23,460(96.6%)
Hospital:2(+1) ICU:1(+1)
Tests:395,952(+228)
When 80% of eligible Vermonters have received at least one dose of the Covid vaccine,
Deleteall restrictions will be dropped.
Currently at 79.4%.
Not Kidding:
Delete"thousands of people got the shot over the weekend and the state is standing up more pop-up clinics at hospitals, workplaces -- and even the local dump."
https://www.wcax.com/2021/06/08/vermont-state-leaders-hold-pandemic-press-conference/