In a country in which greed rules, is pedophilia the line that cannot be crossed? (Probably not) We all know the real problem in our country is that greed for wealth and power, an idol, drives us to not accept constraints on anything, but most of us in the United States are conditioned to not address, let alone recognize, the problem. Heck, we allow people elected to Congress to get wealthy by trading stocks no matter the clear conflicts of interest and likely insider trading that sends the likes of Martha Stewart to jail. The idea that any person can have too much money is heresy of the American religion, which itself is a heresy of the teachings of Jesus. And some dare to claim that the United States is a Christian nation?
I now see the source:markdownitems in the rss feed for my main blog. I am wondering if this can be used to provide a better import in to DayOne.
A while back in search for different coffee to drink I found Angelino’s and I have been drinking their bold coffees for a little more than a year. My favorite is their Italian Roast, though I also like their Expresso roast, but in my most recent order I added a new coffee, the Mad Professor that might be my new favorite. I am not a coffee connoisseur so I can not properly describe the taste, but I find it bold enough for my palate while being different. Here is a video on YouTube that has more information about the origins of this roast.
Kyle Hendricks is retiring from pitching in Major League Baseball, he played a critical role in the Cubs winning the World Series in 2016. He is now on the MLB coaching clock.
Last night was the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. I was in middle school at the time and don’t recall the event when it happened but I do recall hearing Gordon Lightfoot’s ballad about it for the first time a year later on the school bus one morning.
Meaning and understanding are two different things.
It gets worse…when I got downstairs this morning and looked at the outdoor thermometer it said 26 degrees! While I am ready for it to be colder, I am not ready for sub-freezing temps. The weather app says the high for today is expected to be 31, which is 17 degrees below the average high for this time of the year.
First snow fall of the season and the chili is cooking.
In a recent article for the New York Times, David Brooks writes that MAGA has taken ownership of what was once “radical left” ideas to challenge the cultural elite. Brooks writes:
If you want a one-sentence description of where politics is right now here’s my nominee: We now have a group of revolutionary rightists who have no constructive ideology confronting a group of progressives who let their movement be captured by a revolutionary left-wing ideology that failed.
Manton says he made changes to the RSS feeds of this site. I am curious to see how that looks.