Will the Media Honestly Record This?
Get the popcorn and buckle in. One of the oldest bad ideas in history is about to get another run.
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Setting up a Carnival of Politics
With just over a month to go, I feel like film director Mike Leigh trying to justify his improvisational technique. There’s a basic idea, a few actors, a location and the outline of a script. That’s it.
The Road to Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions
The next time our leaders unveil a grand plan to fix this or ban that ‘for our own good’, let’s not be swept away by the warm and fuzzy intentions. Let’s ask the cold, hard questions: What will this really do? What’s the track record of such ideas? And above all, what new mess might this create?
And It Is Adiós Maduro
Now Maduro is gone and there is hope for the nation. Let us also hope that Iran and Cuba, who very much have survived (barely) with supplies of cheap Venezuelan oil, are next on the chopping block.
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This Is Not a ‘Disability’
The 'UN Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities' (UNCRPD) will NOT include SOGI, but New Zealand voted to include it.
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Face of the Day
The captured Venezuelan leader was in handcuffs and wearing grey clothing as he was led down the stairs onto the tarmac by more than a dozen federal agents wearing black, CNN reports.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… frowsy (adjective) - 1: musty, stale 2: having a slovenly or uncared-for appearance Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Despite its meanings suggesting neglect and inattention, frowsy has been kept in steady rotation by English users since the late 1600s. The word (which is also spelled frowzy and
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
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I Made a Stone Axe and Used it to Fell a Tree
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The ULTIMATE off-road test: Beer o’clock Hill vs BEST selling pickups! NOT ALL of them make it!
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