My thoughts, insights and opinions on various things
The Cardassians are a race of alien beings (a relative term as they are aliens only to humans or other species of sentient beings who haven’t met them yet) first introduced in Star Trek – The Next Generation. The chief … Continue reading Keeping up with the Cardassians
SARAH MERLY | JUNE 9, 2023 – for mrcTV.com Amidst all the stories about schools shoving LGBTQ propaganda on kids while college students cancel anything and anyone right-leaning, sometimes I’m tempted to believe that all public schools in the U.S. actively fight against conservative values. Fortunately, one high school valedictorian’s viral speech has proven me wrong Lydia Owens, who graduated this year from Woodmont High School in Piedmont, South Carolina, testified to her Christian faith during her ceremony speech. “Even if you accomplish all of your dreams or none of them at all, you are still valuable, and you are still good enough because you are … Continue reading High School Valedictorian Goes Viral For Sharing Her Christian Faith On Stage
The league’s white players talk about what it’s like to be the minority By Marc J. Spears @MarcJSpears – Oct. 25, 2016 – andscape.com My cmnt: Is the NBA racist? Obviously, according to democrat party standards. When an ethnic or racial group is heavily under-represented in ANY activity, job, sport, et al., then that entity is by definition racist and needs to be forced to add proportionate representation. My cmnt: Click here to see the Sports Illustrated 1997 article “What ever happened to the White Athlete?”. All of the “speed” sports are dominated by Americans (and others) of African descent (accept … Continue reading Where are all the white American NBA players?
By Tom Callahan Monday, Dec. 05, 1983 – Time Magazine Archives My cmnt: For those of us born and bred in Nebraska who lived thru this time this article from Time magazine in 1983 will (somewhat) ring true and definitely be … Continue reading Nebraska, Plainly – Time Mag hypes the 1983 Husker football team
At a time of shrinking church membership, Jesus remains a uniquely powerful and popular figure in American culture. The great divide is over what he stands for. By Francis X. Rocca – April 7, 2023 – The Wall Street Journal My … Continue reading Our Many Jesuses
by Kevin DeYoung – May 2023 – First Things A review of: Timothy Keller:His Spiritual and Intellectual Formationby collin hansenzondervan, 320 pages, $26.99 I first met Tim Keller in April 2011 at a national conference for The Gospel Coalition (TGC), the evangelical, renewal-minded organization Keller and Don Carson founded in 2005. About a month before the conference, Rob Bell released Love Wins, a provocative, universalist-leaning book “About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived.” It is hard to believe now, but Bell—who left ministry to start “a spiritual talk show in Los Angeles” the same year Love Wins came out—used to … Continue reading Timothy Keller: An American Evangelist
He was a popular preacher in New York and a celebrity who hated attention. By Kate Bachelder Odell – May 24, 2023 – The Wall Street Journal Tim Keller Photo: Redeemer Presbyterian Church Ask anyone to name a story from the Bible, and you’ll likely get the answer David and Goliath. Most Americans know it as a tale about facing your fears, steeling yourself and prevailing against long odds. “I’m here to say that’s a shallow understanding, even a deceptive understanding, of how to read the text,” Tim Keller, minister of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, told his congregation one … Continue reading The Many Paradoxes of Timothy J. Keller
Thousands pack the services of the evangelical Redeemer Presbyterian Church, most of them single and under 35. Timothy Keller By Kate Bachelder – an interview in the Wall Street Journal Dec. 19, 2014 6:40 pm ET New York Timothy Keller ILLUSTRATION: Ken Fallin ‘Cheer up, you’re worse than you think,” Rev. Timothy Keller says with a smile. He’s explaining that humans are more weak, more fallen, more warped than they “ever dare admit or even believe.” Then comes the good news: At the same time people are “more loved in Christ and more accepted than they could ever imagine or … Continue reading God Isn’t Dead in Gotham
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March 3, 2023 by Kelsie Gibson – for Pop Sugar Image Source: Getty / Amy Sussman Whether you loved Kevin, Joe, or Nick growing up, most Jonas Brothers fans fantasized about one day becoming Mrs. Jonas. While that dream didn’t exactly work out for the rest of us, the brothers did end up with some incredible women. Kevin was the first to tie the knot when he married his wife, Danielle, back in 2009, while his younger brothers found the loves of their lives more recently. Nick got married to Priyanka Chopra in 2018, and Joe exchanged “I do’s” with … Continue reading How Each of the Jonas Brothers Met and Fell in Love With Their Wife
The age of LGBTQIA. by Diana Schaub – Winter 2022/23 – Claremont Review of Books My cmnt: This is a ‘must read’ essay on transgenderism and what it means and where it is headed. Trust me on this: You will want … Continue reading After Manliness comes LGBTQwerty…
By Tamar Lapin – February 10, 2020 – The New York Post My cmnt: While this column in the Post is more than 3 yrs old it is still relevant today. Joe Biden is a mean, senile, disrespectful, dirty old man. Besides sniffing the hair and fondling the shoulders of young women and even young girls he says totally disconnected, stupid things when he’s trying to flirt with them. Only a people as blind and corrupt as the democrat party could possibly elect this foreign-money-for-favors, corrupt douchebag. The college student branded a “lying dog-faced pony soldier” by Joe Biden said on … Continue reading Student Biden called ‘lying dog-faced pony soldier’ says she was humiliated
It wasn’t the first time he’s had an odd answer to a woman’s question. By Anna North Feb 10, 2020, 1:20pm EST – for Vox My cmnt: This article is over 3 years old yet it was a portent of things to come. As it turns out it doesn’t matter to democrat voters what Biden, or any democrat politician, says. It doesn’t matter how strange or bizarre his comments are. It doesn’t matter whether or not he is physically sick (like Hillary) or mentally incompetent like AOC, or nearly brain-dead like John Fetterman. Democrat elected officials have been completely incompetent for decades. … Continue reading Biden’s “lying dog-faced pony soldier” moment
By Christell Fatima M. Tudtud – Jul 18, 2022 – for Amo Mama My cmnt: I could care less about Jamie Foxx. I put him on this blog because he has been very sick and hospitalized for a couple weeks in the pass month or so. Since they are being all hush-hush about just what his affliction is I will assume he got very sick from the mRNA Covid-19 shots. I also want to note here that none of his Ex’s seem to care that he got very sick – at least not publicly. It is his two daughters who seem … Continue reading Meet Jamie Foxx’s Ex-girlfriends and Mothers to His Daughters Corrine and Annalise
King Charles III and his wife Queen Camilla By Kurt Zindulka – 6 May 2023 – Breitbart My cmnt: I’m no “royals watcher” and I don’t watch British series like Downton Abby or The Crown. My wife on the other hand loves everything about the British aristocracy especially pre- Princess Diana. However I did work as a financial systems analyst and programmer in the 1980s when my company was bringing onto our system a couple of our plants in England and so spent hundreds of hours on the phone talking with my British counterparts. They told me at the time … Continue reading King Charles, Royals Wave from Buckingham Palace Balcony, but No Harry and Meghan!
Oliver JJ Lane – 6 May 2023 – Breitbart news King Charles III made his Coronation oath on the Holy Bible before being anointed with sacred oil blessed in Jerusalem at the service at the ancient Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday morning “God of compassion and mercy whose Son was sent not to be served but to serve, give grace that I may find in thy service perfect freedom and in that freedom knowledge of thy truth.”, said King Charles III of the United Kingdom at the altar of Westminster Abbey on Saturday. Moments before, he had sworn his … Continue reading Charles III Takes Coronation Oath on Holy Bible, is Crowned King
Bob Montgomery – Herald-Journal – March 30, 2022 – Go up State My cmnt: Here was a 16 yr-old boy making it to the Top 5 of American Idol when the evil, democrat-run cancel culture forced him off the show over a 3 second video he made when he WAS TWELVE!! My cmnt: I do not know what has happened to him since or why he was allegedly drunk driving and killed a man. This is a profound tragedy for Caleb, the victim and their families. I do however have to believe none of this horror would have happened without … Continue reading Caleb Kennedy timeline: From American Idol to felony DUI charge, jail, after fatal wreck
Gwyneth has made a candle called This Smells Like My Vagina for her website, Goop. And, of course, it has sold out Hadley Freeman @HadleyFreeman – Mon 13 Jan 2020 11.24 EST My cmnt: So I’m watching the Greg Gutfeld late-nite show on Fox and he has Harland Williams as one of his guests and he starts talking about this candle. I had no idea any of this existed and so looked it up to verify. Well my point in posting this is: 1) it’s just bizarre; 2) I didn’t believe it; 3) and what Harland had to say about … Continue reading Why is Gwyneth Paltrow selling a candle that smells like her vagina?
Vanity Fair has the exclusive peek inside. By Delia Cai May 2, 2023 My cmnt: AOC could not beg, borrow or steal her way into this year’s event for the very wealthy with or without her infamous “Tax the Rich” gown. … Continue reading Behind the Scenes at Cartier’s 2023 Met Gala Pre-party With Billie Eilish, Yara Shahidi, Jackson Wang, and More
by LOUISA BALLHAUS, GIOVANA GELHOREN – MARCH 6, 2023 AT 12:20PM PM EST – She Knows Men in Hollywood trading in their first wives for women twenty years their junior? Tired. Celebs of all genders dating older women and loving and respecting them like crazy? Wired. In celebration of Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra’s fourth wedding anniversary together, we’d like to congratulate him on having Hollywood’s hottest new accessory: a hot older wife and a seriously adorable marriage. RELATED STORY These Celebrity Couples All Have Significant Age Differences As it turns out, many more of our favorite celebrity couples actually feature an … Continue reading These Celebrities Are All in Relationships With Older Women
Initially, Priyanka Chopra Jonas said she didn’t give her rockstar husband a chance because of his age. Their first date changed her mind. April 27, 2023, 9:49 AM CDT – Today.com By Joyann Jeffrey My cmnt: The wife and I were watching the new Prime series Citadel and she mentioned that Priyanka is married to Nick Jonas and that she’s ten years older than he is. I’m always amazed at these relationships (Hugh Jackman 55 and Deborra-Lee Furness 68; Keanu Reeves 59 and Alexandra Grant (just looks older); Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn; Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde; Ryan Gosling and … Continue reading Priyanka Chopra Jonas says people think about age gap with Nick Jonas ‘a lot more’ than she does
Reese helped guide LSU to a national championship By Ryan Gaydos | Fox News – Published April 25, 2023 6:00am EDT – Fox news My cmnt: See my other post here on Reese vs Clark. What the Libs have their panties all in a wad about is the very fact that a white woman from Iowa (of all white places) is the best college basketball player – male or female – of the year and one of the best for three years running! Caitlin Clark is the Pistol Pete Maravich of our generation. Clark literally carried a good, not great, … Continue reading Angel Reese reveals she called Shaq over LSU praise and received explicit response
The wife of the Sex Pistols frontman passed away after a years-long battle with Alzheimer’s. By Emily Kirkpatrick – April 7, 2023 – Vanity Fair Nora Forster, the wife of Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon better known as Johnny Rotten, died this week following a years-long battle with Alzheimer’s. On Thursday, the sad news of the music promoter’s passing was announced on Lydon’s official Twitter account. Sharing a photo of the punk rocker posing with his wife of almost 50 years, the tweet read, “Rest in Peace Nora Forster. It is with a heavy heart that we share the sad … Continue reading Johnny Rotten’s Wife Nora Forster Dead at 80
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See the entertaining video by the Babylon Bee here Now we know that you nitpickers out there (probably women) notice there are 12 reasons listed and that maybe men can’t count. Nah. This way you can pick the 10 reasons you think are best. Men always have options that women don’t. Readers’ comments Add a comment… Mikey 17 hours agoBeing a man today means you’re more likely to win the “woman of the year” award! 1.6K Reply Gigi Izzy 17 hours ago (edited)As a man, I get to work all the really cool jobs like sewage, mining, construction, military combat, … Continue reading 9 Reasons Why Being A Man Is Awesome
compiled by Sam for Marca Lifestyles My cmnt: This is so typical of the hypocritical Hollywood democrat-Left. They fake concern for women while refusing to support them in women’s athletics by allowing faux-females (i.e., trans women) to compete against real females, letting the #MeToo movement die on the vine (so their sexual predation of women can continue), and won’t pay their female actors the same as men while they continually whine about women allegedly making 70% of what men make. Hollywood is big business and actors get a big chunk of that. And there is one actor who rules the roost … Continue reading All the highest paid actors in Lib-Left Hollywood are men
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A problem of human nature. by Leonard Sax – Winter 2022/23 – pg 37 – Claremont Review of Books A true story of courage My cmnt: The following essay is not primarily a review of the book shown above. A number … Continue reading We’re Teaching the Holocaust All Wrong
A review by James M. Kushiner July/August 2004 – Touchstone mag In order of appearance: By Design: Science and the Search for Godby Larry WithamEncounter Books, 2003(248 pages; $24.95, hardcover) Science and Evidence for Design in the Universeby Michael J. Behe, William A. Dembski, and Stephen C. MeyerIgnatius Press, 2000(234 pages; $12.95, paperback) Doubts About Darwin: A History of Intelligent Designby Thomas WoodwardBaker Books, 2003(303 pages; $19.99, hardcover) Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincingedited by William A. DembskiISI Books, 2004(366 pages; $18.00, paperback) Darwin’s God: Evolution and the Problem of Evilby Cornelius G. HunterBrazos Press, 2001(192 pages; $12.99, hardcover) … Continue reading Darwin Under Fire
Princeton no longer looking like Cinderella – they came to play By Lord Buckbeak – Mar. 18, 2023 – for Buckbeak Press After upsetting number two seed Arizona 59-55 in the first round 15th seeded Princeton destroyed seventh seeded Missouri 78-63 in the second. Missouri simply had no answer to the bombardment of three pointers Princeton put up. Missouri looked like it might have superior one-on-one athletes – tho’ that is debatable – but when it came to playing smart as a team it was Princeton hands down. Missouri did not play badly but they did start to look defeated … Continue reading Princeton Tigers roar through Missouri Kitty Cats
JULY 10, 2020 | ALLISON – formerly A Farm Girl’s website My cmnt: This is my 2nd post from her website. It is a beautiful and uplifting website and I recommend it to anyone but I think that Christians will most appreciate it. Click above to see all 100 questions. It’s lovely to see you here! I’m Allison. This blog is my creative outlet for art, photography, homemaking, writing, and really anything I feel like posting. (That’s why I call it a lifestyle blog, hehe.) I’m 22 years old, married to my best friend Sully, and most importantly, I’m a child of … Continue reading 100 Questions to ask your Pen Pal
The Plot Thickens – a book blog that stands for quality stories, old and new By Kendra My cmnt: This young woman (her site says that she was 19 yrs old in 2020) is obviously an avid reader and well-versed in what she has read. She certainly provides insight into her way of looking at things. So I purchased her recommended (below) “The Dragon’s Tooth” by N.D. Wilson to see if I would recommend it to my grandchildren. It was a tedious book to get thru and did nothing to bolster her claim that “Wilson is the greatest modern author.” … Continue reading A site for reviews of young adult books
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Look Up When Others are Looking Down, Part 4 Leading The Way Christian talk radio with Michael Youssef February 23, 2023 My cmnt: It is so rare to hear a sermon on work that I can’t even remember the last time I heard one. I recommend that you chk the category “Prager U – Dennis Prager” on this website for lots of interesting articles comparing capitalism to socialism. My cmnt: I have transcribed this from the audio sermon. If there are errors they are mine. You can hear the original sermon by clicking on the link highlighted above. I have … Continue reading A Sermon on Work
Elena Sheppard – February 9, 2020·3 min read – for Yahoo News My cmnt: Of course she does. She was a rich, white, spoiled daughter of a rich, white, world-famous actor, winning an Academy Award at the ridiculous age of Ten – what could possibly go wrong?? Children are stupid, ignorant and unstable and cannot be allowed into the adult world so soon. That is why we outlaw underage sex, tattoos and drinking but allow children to change their birth sex, vote and obtain abortions. Such is the schizophrenic world of democrats and the Left. My cmnt: The democrats pushed … Continue reading Tatum O’Neal expresses regret over John McEnroe divorce: ‘I’ve never met anyone who even comes close to my ex-husband’
2/1/2023 LincOne Federal Credit Union President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jerry Barnett, has announced his retirement after 40 years of dedicated service. Barnett has been a driving force behind the credit union movement and LincOne’s growth and success, leading LincOne to over $170 million in assets. As of Wednesday, February 1st, Barnett will shift into an advisory role, with his official retirement date and last workday with LincOne Federal Credit Union being Monday, May 1st, 2023. The LincOne Board of Directors unanimously appointed Mary Sailors, Executive Vice President (EVP) as the next President and CEO of LincOne Federal Credit Union. … Continue reading Jerry Barnett Announces Retirement from LincOne Federal Credit Union. Mary Sailors Appointed President & CEO.
For over 35 years, Charles Kreshel, MD, Family Medicine, has devoted his life to caring for his patients and employees, or as he likes to refer to them as “his family.” From the BlueStem and Kreshel Clinic website My cmnt: I started going to Dr. Kreshel soon after he opened his office in 1985. I worked at Goodyear and he was accepting new patients and his office was in north Lincoln where the Goodyear plant is located. I was blessed to find him and he and his nurses (who also worked there until just recently) have been very good to … Continue reading Charles Kreshel, MD
Nikon sponsors – Nikon Small World Top 20 Below is an example of this artistry. You can click each one below to see the photos. 1stGrigorii Timin, 2ndCaleb Dawson 3rdSatu Paavonsalo 4thAndrew Posselt 5thAlison Pollack 6thOle Bielfeldt 7thJianqun Gao 8thNathanael Prunet 9thMarek Sutkowski 10thMurat Öztürk 11thYe Fei Zhang 12thBrett Lewis 13thRandy Fullbright 14thNadia Efimova 15thZiad El-Zaatari 16thOlivier Leroux 17thDaniel Wehner, et al. 18thJulien Resseguier 19thTagide deCarvalho 20thHui Lin, et al. Continue reading 2022 Photomicrography Competition
My cmnt: This is now my second post on Taylor Swift. I know that makes me a groupie by some standards but I deny the designation. I don’t own a single Swift record, album or CD. I will listen to … Continue reading Taylor Swift makes global music history once again in 2022
Spike was 23 years and 43 days old as of Dec. 7, making him the world’s oldest living dog By Elizabeth Pritchett | Fox News – Jan 20, 2023 – Fox News My cmnt: Please be sure to read the Reader’s Comments below. They say it all. According to the Guinness World Records, the world’s oldest living dog is a 23-year-old Chihuahua mix in Ohio. Spike, who was 23 years and 43 days old on Dec. 7, 2022, is approximately 9 inches tall and 12.9 pounds. His owner, Rita Kimball, found him in the parking lot of a Camden, Ohio, grocery store over 13 years ago. … Continue reading Guinness World Records names 23-year-old Chihuahua mix from Ohio world’s oldest living dog
Two thousand years ago, a young woman in an obscure corner of the Roman Empire received a message that would change the world. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, ‘The Annunciation’ (ca. 1660). GETTY IMAGES By Rebecca McLaughlin – Updated Dec. 23, 2022 11:59 pm ET – The Wall Street Journal My cmnt: This is worth the read for a somewhat historical perspective on the rise and spread of Christianity. However the main and overriding msg of Christ and the Apostles (it is incorrect to attempt to separate the two) is redemption from bondage to sin as represented by poverty. The poor and downtrodden (in … Continue reading When Mary Met the Angel
The star of ‘Black Adam’ and ‘Leverage: Redemption’ on his single mother’s manager talents and how he ended up on Broadway at age 8 Aldis Hodge in Los Angeles in July 2022. TEXAS ISAIAH By Marc Myers – Jan. 10, 2023 11:00 am ET – for The Wall Street Journal Aldis Hodge, 36, is an actor who appeared in the films “Hidden Figures” and “One Night in Miami” and on TV’s “City on a Hill.” He currently co-stars in the film “Black Adam” and the Amazon Freevee series “Leverage: Redemption.” He spoke with Marc Myers. Growing up, I was always drawn to … Continue reading Actor Aldis Hodge’s Career Changed After a Tip From Samuel L. Jackson on a ‘Die Hard’ Set
Here’s an interesting word. The is old English from the Latin and means “wall”. So first it means the wall of a body cavity. Then the wall of a hollow structure. And then it came to stand for the rules for opposite sex visiting in dormitories – rules that kept a “wall” of separation between the sexes. And finally it became the name of the prehistoric art painted on the walls of caves 30-40,000 yrs ago which came to be called parietal art. Handprints at Cueva De Las Manos. H_ctor Aviles / EyeEm / Getty Images From: everythingdordogne.net parietal | pəˈrīəd(ə)l | adjective 1 Anatomy & Biology of, relating … Continue reading Parietal
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Hannah Towey – Updated Dec 31, 2022, 12:04 PM – for Business Insider Longyearbyen, the largest city in Svalbard on May 2, 2022. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images In a world where your passport dictates where you can live, travel, and work, there’s a semi-frozen haven open to citizens of all countries — no complicated visa or employment permits required. Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago 500 miles from the North Pole, is home to the world’s northernmost human settlement. The 2,300 residents of the capital, Longyearbyen, include people of over 40 different nationalities, few of whom are “from” Svalbard, per say. That’s because … Continue reading Anyone can live and work in Svalbard, a group of Arctic islands, visa-free — as long as they don’t run out of money and abide by a unique set of rules
The actor, producer and comedian on his go-to joke, his ‘SNL’ days and his favorite thing about making ‘Elf’ PHOTO: ILLUSTRATION BY RYAN MCAMIS FOR WSJ. MAGAZINE Nov. 22, 2022 8:30 am ET – Wall Street Journal What’s the one habit you wish you could break? Shoplifting. Who’s the one person who makes you laugh the most? This is probably going to be odd to some people but totally obvious to others: Lionel Richie. Who’s the one person you call in a crisis? Snoop Dogg. What’s the one lesson you’ve learned as a parent? Being a parent is a huge responsibility. … Continue reading What Gets Will Ferrell Into the Christmas Spirit?
By Lord Buckbeak 7/28/22 I heard this on Bott Radio. Pastor Robert Morris of Gateway Church in Dallas was preaching and this aired Jan 10, 2023. As near as I can discern from the Gateway church website they are a charismatic-dispensational church. I neither recommend nor de-recommend their church (even tho’ they claim to be nondenominational, every church has a denominational-type set of beliefs) as their Statement of Faith is biblically sound and very much the same as any number of evangelical, bible-believing Christian churches across America. Like many charismatic Christian churches they have female pastors while their Elders are … Continue reading What is the purpose of life?
By Sapana Bajracharya – November 6, 2022 10:18 AM – for celebseek.com The LSU Tigers Mason Taylor and his mom Katina Taylor. ( Source : instagram ) The LSU Tigers tight end Mason Taylor’s mom is Katina Taylor, the founder & director of Camp Katina. Furthermore, his father is the NFL Hall of Famer Jason Taylor. He played for 15 years as an outside linebacker & defensive end for the Miami Dolphins, Washington Redskins, and New York Jets. Mason was born to Katina and Jason as their middle child in 2004 in Plantation, Florida, United States. He has an older brother and a … Continue reading Mason Taylor LSU Mom Katina Taylor & Dad Jason Taylor
By James Shackell – June 15, 2022 – for adventure.com Last year, legendary skier Angel Collinson turned her back on the mountains, jumped in a 40-foot steel boat, and sailed across the Atlantic. We sat down to find out why. … Continue reading Why ski legend Angel Collinson gave up the mountains and went to sea
Lord Buckbeak: "Will you come into my parlor?," said the Spider to the Fly. 