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His enemies were devilishly clever. A Mission Impossible team, posing as reporters, would invite him to offer ad lib remarks before the cameras and broadcast his thoughts live and unedited before a nationwide audience. It was weeks before he became wise to their fiendish plot.
What is the purpose of having White House News Conferences when the Lamestream Media asks nothing but hostile questions, & then refuses to report the truth or facts accurately. They get record ratings, & the American people get nothing but Fake News. Not worth the time & effort!
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Grateful to the Nautilus Awards for honoring my book “A Living Gospel.” @OrbisBooks nautilusbookawards.com/nauti…
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The master often came across salacious rumors about himself in the press, knowing that he had started them himself. For instance that to protect the honor of a woman he had swallowed 3 dozen hard boiled eggs. He liked to know people talked about him. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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One of those Eureka moments, where afterward you sort of wish it hadn’t been broadcast live to the whole damn world.
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Feast of St Mark. Before he wrote his gospel the teachings of Jesus circulated in collections of his sayings. For Mark Jesus’ message was rooted in his paradoxical identity as the suffering and crucified Messiah, properly understood in light of his completed ministry and passion.
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For Mark this was best communicated in the form of a story. The crux of the story is the question: who do you say I am? The answer, the Christ, must be reconciled with Jesus foretelling of his own suffering and death—and the assurance that discipleship will entail the same fate.
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Elevator pitch for a new reality show: “We confine a guy to his house with a steady diet of Fox News and Diet Coke and then we give him the nuclear codes.”via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2020/04/23/us/po…
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The master’s foreman was alarmed by the question: Was it possible that injections of arsenic might increase productivity among the peasants? But the master later explained that the question was asked sarcastically, “just to see what would happen.” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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One time a fortune teller had offered the master a choice: “You can have wisdom and no power, or power and no wisdom.” It was not a difficult choice. “With power I can always hire some wise guys.” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Of course it sounds silly when you put it like that. But I would personally be glad to hear briefings delivered by a labradoodle. What do we have to lose?
A @Reuters special report: HHS chief Alex Azar tapped ex-professional Labradoodle breeder to coordinate the coronavirus response reut.rs/2VTLqwU
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Cesar Chavez, d 4/23/1993, wrote a new chapter in the history of American labor by organizing the first union of farm workers. Through nonviolence, he transformed a local labor struggle into a moral cause that brought hope to the hopeless and aroused the conscience of the nation.
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So proud of my sister! Her pioneering work has raised consciousness about domestic violence around the world and saved countless lives. @MaryEllsberg
Co-authored by GWI Director @MaryEllsberg, this follow up study on #IPV in #Nicaragua is the 1st to measure the prevalence of IPV over a 20-year period & notes the importance of multisectoral efforts driven by the Nicaraguan women's movement: bit.ly/2yzAOvn
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So many possible suspects: Sleepy Joe Biden and his son Hunter; Crazy Nancy; Cryin' Chuck Schumer; Liddle' Adam; the Fake News; 12 Angry Dems on the Mueller probe...
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...So you see this was a deep and beautiful dream, a dream that enlarged me and made me feel a part of His redemptive suffering, which of course is true of all of us. That’s why we live still and don’t flit off to heaven: His lakes need us."--Sister Wendy Beckett #EarthDay
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