The RoanokeSlant
This file is a US personal journal of commentary of examples of the Roanoke Times and Liberal Media Slant...... lbhagen@aol.comMonday, July 20, 2026
Fauci The Double-Pandemic Enabler
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The three big pandemics of my lifetime: Polio, COVID, AIDs --- the good news … at least Fauci wasn’t in charge of Polio.
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GOP senator demands special counsel probe of Dr. Anthony Fauci over COVID-19 origins
https://nypost.com/2026/07/13/us-news/senator-demands-special-counsel-probe-of-dr-anthony-fauci-over-covid-19-origins/
Marshall (R-Kan.), one of four trained physicians in the Senate, argued in a Monday letter to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that a special counsel would “avoid the appearance that the federal government is improperly reviewing its own pandemic-era misconduct.”
“Specifically, the investigation should examine Dr. Fauci’s role related to the origins of COVID- 19, federal funding for risky coronavirus research, and the obstruction of congressional oversight,” Marshall wrote.
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Anthony Fauci is set to receive an annual retirement package exceeding $350,000 following his controversial tenure as the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2022/08/fauci-leaving-good-news.html
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However bad Fauci’s performance was in the COVID mess, his actions were criminal in the HIV-AIDS pandemic including his designation that the disease is a separate unique category and Not an STD thereby Not allowing identification and intervention and isolation of those spreading the disease, to unwitting victims, as had been done for other communicable diseases since the time of Typhoid Mary!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2021/06/hiv-and-aids-public-health-system.html
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HIV and AIDS A Public Health System Debacle
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2021/06/hiv-and-aids-public-health-system.html
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Dr. Anthony Fauci reflects on 40 years since the first case of HIV: ‘I thought it was a fluke’
https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/dr-anthony-fauci-reflects-40-191825793.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2021/06/40-years-of-hivaids.html
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The three big pandemics of my lifetime: Polio, COVID, AIDs --- the good news … at least Fauci wasn’t in charge of Polio.
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GOP senator demands special counsel probe of Dr. Anthony Fauci over COVID-19 origins
https://nypost.com/2026/07/13/us-news/senator-demands-special-counsel-probe-of-dr-anthony-fauci-over-covid-19-origins/
Marshall (R-Kan.), one of four trained physicians in the Senate, argued in a Monday letter to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that a special counsel would “avoid the appearance that the federal government is improperly reviewing its own pandemic-era misconduct.”
“Specifically, the investigation should examine Dr. Fauci’s role related to the origins of COVID- 19, federal funding for risky coronavirus research, and the obstruction of congressional oversight,” Marshall wrote.
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Anthony Fauci is set to receive an annual retirement package exceeding $350,000 following his controversial tenure as the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2022/08/fauci-leaving-good-news.html
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However bad Fauci’s performance was in the COVID mess, his actions were criminal in the HIV-AIDS pandemic including his designation that the disease is a separate unique category and Not an STD thereby Not allowing identification and intervention and isolation of those spreading the disease, to unwitting victims, as had been done for other communicable diseases since the time of Typhoid Mary!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2021/06/hiv-and-aids-public-health-system.html
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HIV and AIDS A Public Health System Debacle
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2021/06/hiv-and-aids-public-health-system.html
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Dr. Anthony Fauci reflects on 40 years since the first case of HIV: ‘I thought it was a fluke’
https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/dr-anthony-fauci-reflects-40-191825793.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2021/06/40-years-of-hivaids.html
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Trump Trying To Fix Broken US Voting System
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Clearly the US Voting System has been profoundly broken, on purpose!
The who, what, when and where are ALL broken, on purpose!
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The first 50 years of my voting was OK with perhaps the exception of rumors
and Innuendo surrounding JFKs 'morning after' results came in from Texas
and Chicago,
and his father's flippant remark that “I just paid for a win
and not for a landslide”.
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I was mostly in small districts in which everyone knew everyone
Clearly the US Voting System has been profoundly broken, on purpose!
The who, what, when and where are ALL broken, on purpose!
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The first 50 years of my voting was OK with perhaps the exception of rumors
and Innuendo surrounding JFKs 'morning after' results came in from Texas
and Chicago,
and his father's flippant remark that “I just paid for a win
and not for a landslide”.
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I was mostly in small districts in which everyone knew everyone
with No opportunity to lie about your
qualifications, residency or citizenry and ID was required.
Absentee voting was frowned upon and challenged.
All voting including veteran-mail-in was done and results tabulated
and reported That Day, however late into the night.
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Then came big relaxation in absentee voting that now extends to
voting many weeks before election day and counting ballets received
many days after election day and districts so large people do not
know those in the district. We also now have massive numbers of
illegals everywhere and No Voter ID required in some places.
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Trump was also making the case that foreign bad actors are
trying to influence our election outcomes in their favor.
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qualifications, residency or citizenry and ID was required.
Absentee voting was frowned upon and challenged.
All voting including veteran-mail-in was done and results tabulated
and reported That Day, however late into the night.
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Then came big relaxation in absentee voting that now extends to
voting many weeks before election day and counting ballets received
many days after election day and districts so large people do not
know those in the district. We also now have massive numbers of
illegals everywhere and No Voter ID required in some places.
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Trump was also making the case that foreign bad actors are
trying to influence our election outcomes in their favor.
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Voting integrity should be as formal as cashing a check at the bank!
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Let’s get back to voting integrity – it’s the basis of our country!
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Not Voting Just For Trump
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/10/not-voting-just-for-trump.html
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Ballot Fraud -- What Ballot Fraud?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/06/ballot-fraud-what-ballot-fraud.html
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No-excuses absentee voting invites problems
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2012/10/no-excuses-absentee-voting-invites.html
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Let’s get back to voting integrity – it’s the basis of our country!
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Not Voting Just For Trump
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/10/not-voting-just-for-trump.html
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Ballot Fraud -- What Ballot Fraud?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/06/ballot-fraud-what-ballot-fraud.html
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No-excuses absentee voting invites problems
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2012/10/no-excuses-absentee-voting-invites.html
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Sorry Ollie: We Have To Kill You To Save Your Cousin
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U.S. officials plan to kill hundreds of thousands of barred owls to save another species from extinction
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/u-s-officials-plan-to-kill-hundreds-of-thousands-of-barred-owls-to-save-another-species-from-extinction
To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a half-million barred owls that are crowding out their smaller cousins.
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The plan calls for killing up to 470,000 barred owls over three decades after the birds from the eastern U.S. encroached into the territory of two West Coast owls: northern spotted owls and California spotted owls.
(Damn those Yankee transplants!)
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Google Response to “Kill Owls”
It is illegal to kill, capture, or harm any native owl species in the United States. All raptors are strictly protected under federal law by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and violating this law can result in severe fines and federal charges. Because wild owls often eat pests like rodents, their presence is usually beneficial to the local ecosystem. Instead of harming them, the best way to deter owls from your property is through non-lethal, humane methods
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Let’s Kill Half-Million Barred Owls … 2024
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2024/07/lets-kill-half-million-barred-owls.html
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Federal Government Killing Oregon’s Owls … 2013
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2013/07/federal-government-killing-oregons-owls.html
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U.S. officials plan to kill hundreds of thousands of barred owls to save another species from extinction
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/u-s-officials-plan-to-kill-hundreds-of-thousands-of-barred-owls-to-save-another-species-from-extinction
To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a half-million barred owls that are crowding out their smaller cousins.
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The plan calls for killing up to 470,000 barred owls over three decades after the birds from the eastern U.S. encroached into the territory of two West Coast owls: northern spotted owls and California spotted owls.
(Damn those Yankee transplants!)
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Google Response to “Kill Owls”
It is illegal to kill, capture, or harm any native owl species in the United States. All raptors are strictly protected under federal law by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and violating this law can result in severe fines and federal charges. Because wild owls often eat pests like rodents, their presence is usually beneficial to the local ecosystem. Instead of harming them, the best way to deter owls from your property is through non-lethal, humane methods
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Let’s Kill Half-Million Barred Owls … 2024
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2024/07/lets-kill-half-million-barred-owls.html
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Federal Government Killing Oregon’s Owls … 2013
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2013/07/federal-government-killing-oregons-owls.html
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Sunday, July 19, 2026
Spamberger’s European Boondoggle
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Abigail taking a bunch of Yahoo’s on a Boondoggle trip to Europe – Really!
Hasn’t our Federal Team negotiated a trade deal for the US?
Doesn’t that set international rules, rates, amounts and tariffs for goods and services for imports & exports?
Abigail should just key off the Federal trade agreement from her office in Richmond.
However, Paris is a very nice place to visit at taxpayer’s expense!
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EU agrees to historic US trade deal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktE1vzKkoY
The EU has taken a significant step towards implementing an historic trade deal with the United States. The European Parliament and the European Council agreed on legislation in the early hours of Wednesday morning that all but ensures a US deadline of July 4th will now be met. The move is expected to reassure some over a trading relationship worth around two trillion US dollars every year
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Spanberger leads trade mission to Europe
https://roanoke.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_c0b982c0-8cf4-560c-8195-fb7cc7df3c20.html
Gov. Abigail Spanberger set out on her first overseas trade mission Saturday, a seven-day trip to Great Britain, Italy and France.
She'll meet with business executives in aerospace, defense, advanced manufacturing, biopharmaceuticals and energy.
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Spanberger also will meet with Virginia's European partners, aiming to expand exports of Virginia's farm and forest products.
"Virginia’s economic future depends on our ability to compete in the global marketplace while expanding economic opportunity at home,” Spanberger said.
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Abagail Spamberger: “The Rain-girl” At SML
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/07/abagail-spamberger-rain-girl-at-sml.html
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Abagail Spamberger: “The Rain-girl” At SML
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/07/abagail-spamberger-rain-girl-at-sml.html
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Friday, July 17, 2026
Abagail Spamberger: “The Rain-girl” At SML
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"The Rain-girl" by Tanya Tucker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai0FICpfutc
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Abagail arrives at SML and starts the show:
"The Rain-girl" by Tanya Tucker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai0FICpfutc
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Abagail arrives at SML and starts the show:
(some artistic license taken)
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She came ridin' in on the sunrise of a hot south-Virginia day
A fancy gal in a painted wagon with some fancy things to say
Looks like you folks need some water, well water is my game
And for a contribution of $1000, I betcha I can make it rain
Step back, non-believers, or the rain will never come
Someone start that fire a-burning, somebody beat the drum
She said some may think I'm crazy for making all these claims
But I swear before this day is over you folks are gonna see some rain
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Roanoke Times
Governor visits Smith Mountain Lake to emphasize water conservation in drought
https://roanoke.com/news/local/government-politics/article_e1fef0d2-fbc4-49bc-a80d-dd07099755a1.html
MONETA — With the Roanoke region and much of Virginia experiencing increasingly dire drought conditions, Gov. Abigail Spanberger visited a water-intake station at Smith Mountain Lake to urge residents to take voluntary steps to conserve water.
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Spanberger met with state and local leaders at Smith Mountain Lake on Thursday to talk about the drought. The group gathered on the depleted lake's shoreline, a short distance from the drinking water intake site connected to the nearby Smith Mountain Lake Water Treatment Facility, which provides drinking water for thousands of homes and businesses in Bedford and Franklin counties.
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She came ridin' in on the sunrise of a hot south-Virginia day
A fancy gal in a painted wagon with some fancy things to say
Looks like you folks need some water, well water is my game
And for a contribution of $1000, I betcha I can make it rain
Step back, non-believers, or the rain will never come
Someone start that fire a-burning, somebody beat the drum
She said some may think I'm crazy for making all these claims
But I swear before this day is over you folks are gonna see some rain
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Roanoke Times
Governor visits Smith Mountain Lake to emphasize water conservation in drought
https://roanoke.com/news/local/government-politics/article_e1fef0d2-fbc4-49bc-a80d-dd07099755a1.html
MONETA — With the Roanoke region and much of Virginia experiencing increasingly dire drought conditions, Gov. Abigail Spanberger visited a water-intake station at Smith Mountain Lake to urge residents to take voluntary steps to conserve water.
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Spanberger met with state and local leaders at Smith Mountain Lake on Thursday to talk about the drought. The group gathered on the depleted lake's shoreline, a short distance from the drinking water intake site connected to the nearby Smith Mountain Lake Water Treatment Facility, which provides drinking water for thousands of homes and businesses in Bedford and Franklin counties.
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Reflecting Pool Felony
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The WSJ article on the damage to the new liner in the DC Reflecting Pool is pathetic!
The article totally omits/ignores/covers-up the fact that vandals slashed/cut the new liner resulting in major leaks and damage.
The intended effect is to marginalize the felony to a national monument.
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How can a paper named WSJ be so left-wing biased and journalistically irresponsible?
A pox be on their editorial minions.
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Reflecting Pool Destructive Anarchists
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/06/reflecting-pool-destructive-anarchists.html
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Olympic Canoeist Charged With Damaging Renovated Reflecting Pool
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/olympic-canoeist-charged-with-damaging-renovated-reflecting-pool-d42ad149
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The WSJ article on the damage to the new liner in the DC Reflecting Pool is pathetic!
The article totally omits/ignores/covers-up the fact that vandals slashed/cut the new liner resulting in major leaks and damage.
The intended effect is to marginalize the felony to a national monument.
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How can a paper named WSJ be so left-wing biased and journalistically irresponsible?
A pox be on their editorial minions.
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Reflecting Pool Destructive Anarchists
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/06/reflecting-pool-destructive-anarchists.html
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Olympic Canoeist Charged With Damaging Renovated Reflecting Pool
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/olympic-canoeist-charged-with-damaging-renovated-reflecting-pool-d42ad149
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Media Reduced To Ghoulish Pathetic State On McConnell
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Sen.R. Mitch McConnell suffered a serious health issue and was hospitalized.
Decent persons would express concern and sympathy and send flowers.
Not so with the US PravdaMedia who undertook a ghoulish mockery of the serious health issues of a senior member of the US Senate.
Without any medical data or health information, the PravdaMedia immediately stated that McConnell should resign and mocked his situation.
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What a contrast with the PravdaMedia’s handling of Joe Biden who clearly was mentally incompetent for four years as POTUS and was not just one of 100 US Senators!
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Jon Stewart compares Mitch McConnell to Make-A-Wish kid after proof of life demands
https://www.irishstar.com/culture/entertainment/jon-stewart-mitch-mcconnell-health-37428798
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The Mitch McConnell mystery is solved. But it doesn’t look good for America
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/15/mitch-mcconnell-hospital-photo-silence
Mitch McConnell broke his silence, as they say in the tabloids, by releasing a photograph of himself sitting upright in a hospital bed. He wore a pink button-up shirt, and his vacant, lipless mouth seemed to form something meant to resemble a smile
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Sen. Mitch McConnell’s office released a photo Sunday night in an effort to answer weeks of questions about his health. In it, the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican smiles beside his wife, Elaine Chao, while holding what appears to be that day’s Washington Post Sports section.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/13/mcconnell-photo-with-washington-post-page-fuels-ai-era-speculation/
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Sen.R. Mitch McConnell suffered a serious health issue and was hospitalized.
Decent persons would express concern and sympathy and send flowers.
Not so with the US PravdaMedia who undertook a ghoulish mockery of the serious health issues of a senior member of the US Senate.
Without any medical data or health information, the PravdaMedia immediately stated that McConnell should resign and mocked his situation.
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What a contrast with the PravdaMedia’s handling of Joe Biden who clearly was mentally incompetent for four years as POTUS and was not just one of 100 US Senators!
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Jon Stewart compares Mitch McConnell to Make-A-Wish kid after proof of life demands
https://www.irishstar.com/culture/entertainment/jon-stewart-mitch-mcconnell-health-37428798
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The Mitch McConnell mystery is solved. But it doesn’t look good for America
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/15/mitch-mcconnell-hospital-photo-silence
Mitch McConnell broke his silence, as they say in the tabloids, by releasing a photograph of himself sitting upright in a hospital bed. He wore a pink button-up shirt, and his vacant, lipless mouth seemed to form something meant to resemble a smile
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Sen. Mitch McConnell’s office released a photo Sunday night in an effort to answer weeks of questions about his health. In it, the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican smiles beside his wife, Elaine Chao, while holding what appears to be that day’s Washington Post Sports section.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/13/mcconnell-photo-with-washington-post-page-fuels-ai-era-speculation/
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McConnell, Manchin Press Federal Regulators to Lift Climate Change Restrictions on Gas Pipelines
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/03/27/mcconnell-manchin-press-federal-regulators-to-lift-climate-change-restrictions-on-gas-pipelines/
“At a time when we should be looking for ways to expedite the approval of these important projects, the Commission has chosen on a purely partisan basis to do the exact opposite,” McConnell wrote in a draft of the letter he sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), obtained by Politico. “Erecting new roadblocks to affordable, abundant energy makes no sense, particularly in this tenuous time.”
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McConnell, Manchin Press Federal Regulators to Lift Climate Change Restrictions on Gas Pipelines
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/03/27/mcconnell-manchin-press-federal-regulators-to-lift-climate-change-restrictions-on-gas-pipelines/
“At a time when we should be looking for ways to expedite the approval of these important projects, the Commission has chosen on a purely partisan basis to do the exact opposite,” McConnell wrote in a draft of the letter he sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), obtained by Politico. “Erecting new roadblocks to affordable, abundant energy makes no sense, particularly in this tenuous time.”
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Thursday, July 16, 2026
Apple and Google Managing Our Elections
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Apple and Google suppressed negative Graham Platner stories for months on their news platform, study finds
Apple and Google suppressed negative Graham Platner stories for months on their news platform, study finds
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Apple News, Google News had 'zero' coverage of various controversies plaguing the Dem hopeful from November-May, per MRC study
https://www.foxnews.com/media/apple-google-suppressed-negative-graham-platner-stories-months-news-platform-study-finds
Apple and Google spent months suppressing negative news stories about the scandal-plagued Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner prior to his recent downfall, according to a new study obtained by Fox News Digital.
The Media Research Center (MRC), a conservative watchdog group, found that Apple News and Google News published zero stories between November of last year and May of this year about the various controversies that muddied Platner's Senate bid, including headlines about his Nazi tattoo and his offensive Reddit posts.
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It’s very disturbing that Apple & Google have joined the PravdaMedia!
The American public needs fair, balanced and nonpartisan news IF our form of government is to survive.
Our current ever concentrated media control is Not compatible with the media we need.
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Red Wave Rising!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/07/red-wave-rising.html
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Communism Rising Again: “Better Dead Than Red!”
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/07/communism-rising-again-better-dead-than.html
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Has The Roanoke Times Savior Arrived?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/07/has-roanoke-times-savior-arrived.html
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Apple News, Google News had 'zero' coverage of various controversies plaguing the Dem hopeful from November-May, per MRC study
https://www.foxnews.com/media/apple-google-suppressed-negative-graham-platner-stories-months-news-platform-study-finds
Apple and Google spent months suppressing negative news stories about the scandal-plagued Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner prior to his recent downfall, according to a new study obtained by Fox News Digital.
The Media Research Center (MRC), a conservative watchdog group, found that Apple News and Google News published zero stories between November of last year and May of this year about the various controversies that muddied Platner's Senate bid, including headlines about his Nazi tattoo and his offensive Reddit posts.
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It’s very disturbing that Apple & Google have joined the PravdaMedia!
The American public needs fair, balanced and nonpartisan news IF our form of government is to survive.
Our current ever concentrated media control is Not compatible with the media we need.
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Red Wave Rising!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/07/red-wave-rising.html
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Communism Rising Again: “Better Dead Than Red!”
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/07/communism-rising-again-better-dead-than.html
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Has The Roanoke Times Savior Arrived?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/07/has-roanoke-times-savior-arrived.html
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NY Continues Self-Sabotaging Actions
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New York won’t build big data centers for a year as it weighs energy and climate risks
https://apnews.com/article/new-york-data-centers-moratorium-ai-c1e05b74208a6c570eec7c658ac8f187
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Tuesday imposing the country’s first statewide moratorium on hyperscale data centers, which house thousands of computer servers and require massive amounts of energy and a steady supply of water to keep cool.
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NYS is now “economically” a 50-mile wide corridor from NYC up the Hudson to Albany and out toward Montauk.
The rest of the state is now seriously economically-degraded and deteriorating.
The cost of living and lack of opportunity, even in rural areas, is driving a massive exodus to other states and fewer workers remain in NYS after retirement.
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Billions in taxpayer income are leaving two iconic states (NY & Cal) — as a new economic map emerges
Americans fleeing high-tax states are heading to red states like Texas, Florida and Tennessee
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/billions-taxpayer-income-leaving-two-iconic-states-new-economic-map-emerges
The latest IRS data show the top 10 counties with the largest net losses of taxpayers to other states were all located in California and New York. Compiled from federal tax returns, the figures offer one of the clearest snapshots of where Americans are relocating — and where their income is moving with them. Economists say those migration patterns help explain broader shifts in state economies, tax bases and housing markets as families weigh affordability, taxes and job opportunities when considering where they want to put down roots.
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No Cheap Fracking-Gas To New York
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2016/01/fracking-gas-to-new-york-yet-more-new.html
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The Simpson’s Visit The UpState-NY Malaise
The Simpsons’ mocked upstate NY in a disparaging video of the malaise of what once was a beautiful and prosperous area. However, there is nothing ‘funny’ about the plight of ‘UpState-NY’ (that massive area primarily north of the Tappan Zee Bridge.
Much of the beauty remains but much of the prosperity has gone.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-simpsons-visit-upstate-ny-malaise.html
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UpState NY A Joke?
Once again “UpState NY” is the brunt of disparaging jokes about rural-blight and decline and economic-abandonment. How sad!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2023/01/upstate-ny-joke.html
The Democrat domination of ALL of NY has resulted in the ‘economic decline of UpState NY in favor of the several big metropolises.
Taxes and Regulations and diversion of Incentives have driven manufacturing businesses and their employees and retirees out of the state and now welfare and government jobs have replaced the vibrant upstate of the 1960’s.
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New York won’t build big data centers for a year as it weighs energy and climate risks
https://apnews.com/article/new-york-data-centers-moratorium-ai-c1e05b74208a6c570eec7c658ac8f187
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Tuesday imposing the country’s first statewide moratorium on hyperscale data centers, which house thousands of computer servers and require massive amounts of energy and a steady supply of water to keep cool.
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NYS is now “economically” a 50-mile wide corridor from NYC up the Hudson to Albany and out toward Montauk.
The rest of the state is now seriously economically-degraded and deteriorating.
The cost of living and lack of opportunity, even in rural areas, is driving a massive exodus to other states and fewer workers remain in NYS after retirement.
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Billions in taxpayer income are leaving two iconic states (NY & Cal) — as a new economic map emerges
Americans fleeing high-tax states are heading to red states like Texas, Florida and Tennessee
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/billions-taxpayer-income-leaving-two-iconic-states-new-economic-map-emerges
The latest IRS data show the top 10 counties with the largest net losses of taxpayers to other states were all located in California and New York. Compiled from federal tax returns, the figures offer one of the clearest snapshots of where Americans are relocating — and where their income is moving with them. Economists say those migration patterns help explain broader shifts in state economies, tax bases and housing markets as families weigh affordability, taxes and job opportunities when considering where they want to put down roots.
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No Cheap Fracking-Gas To New York
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2016/01/fracking-gas-to-new-york-yet-more-new.html
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The Simpson’s Visit The UpState-NY Malaise
The Simpsons’ mocked upstate NY in a disparaging video of the malaise of what once was a beautiful and prosperous area. However, there is nothing ‘funny’ about the plight of ‘UpState-NY’ (that massive area primarily north of the Tappan Zee Bridge.
Much of the beauty remains but much of the prosperity has gone.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-simpsons-visit-upstate-ny-malaise.html
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UpState NY A Joke?
Once again “UpState NY” is the brunt of disparaging jokes about rural-blight and decline and economic-abandonment. How sad!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2023/01/upstate-ny-joke.html
The Democrat domination of ALL of NY has resulted in the ‘economic decline of UpState NY in favor of the several big metropolises.
Taxes and Regulations and diversion of Incentives have driven manufacturing businesses and their employees and retirees out of the state and now welfare and government jobs have replaced the vibrant upstate of the 1960’s.
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Sunday, July 12, 2026
SC.R.Sen. Lindsey Graham .. RIP
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Sen. Lindsey Graham Dead After 'Sudden Illness'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cameron-arcand/2026/07/12/sen-lindsey-graham-dead-after-sudden-illness-n2679257#google_vignette
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The 71-year-old was a close ally of President Donald Trump and chair of the powerful Senate Budget Committee. Graham has been in the United States Senate since 2003, and he previously served in the House of Representatives.
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He was a war hawk for whom it was always the day after 9/11, and pushed for a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants in 2013.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham Dead After 'Sudden Illness'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cameron-arcand/2026/07/12/sen-lindsey-graham-dead-after-sudden-illness-n2679257#google_vignette
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The 71-year-old was a close ally of President Donald Trump and chair of the powerful Senate Budget Committee. Graham has been in the United States Senate since 2003, and he previously served in the House of Representatives.
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He was a war hawk for whom it was always the day after 9/11, and pushed for a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants in 2013.
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Friday, July 10, 2026
Norway Lost To England - Memorable Game
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Norway Lost to England 2 -to-1
Good Game played well and hard.
An Unfortunate Game Issue:
During Regulation Play a Norway kick hit a TV cable high above the field
England recovered the ball and scored the tie point sending
the game into overtime where England scored again and won.
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Norway Lost to England 2 -to-1
Good Game played well and hard.
An Unfortunate Game Issue:
During Regulation Play a Norway kick hit a TV cable high above the field
England recovered the ball and scored the tie point sending
the game into overtime where England scored again and won.
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NYT’s Despicable Headline
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Erling Haaland is a ‘monster’. The world should be scared
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7424387/2026/07/05/erling-haaland-brazil-goals/
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Why such a despicable headline? ---- When the article is reasonable?
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“He is the best goalscorer in the world,” said Solbakken. “He played a very good game, very active, very physical. He made it difficult for their centre backs.
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NYT’s Despicable Headline
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Erling Haaland is a ‘monster’. The world should be scared
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7424387/2026/07/05/erling-haaland-brazil-goals/
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Why such a despicable headline? ---- When the article is reasonable?
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“He is the best goalscorer in the world,” said Solbakken. “He played a very good game, very active, very physical. He made it difficult for their centre backs.
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Thursday, July 09, 2026
Bonnie Tyler -- A Great Voice Silenced
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Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEOl38y8Nj8
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Total Eclipse of the Heart singer Bonnie Tyler dies at age 75
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/arts/music/bonnie-tyler-dead.html
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh singer who, with a frosted, teased-up coiffure and a voice both weathered and operatic, soared to No. 1 with “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” one of the titanic pop anthems of the 1980s, died on Wednesday at a hospital in Portugal. She was 75.
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Total Eclipse of the Hear
Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart (Turn Around) (Official Video)
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Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEOl38y8Nj8
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Total Eclipse of the Heart singer Bonnie Tyler dies at age 75
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/arts/music/bonnie-tyler-dead.html
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh singer who, with a frosted, teased-up coiffure and a voice both weathered and operatic, soared to No. 1 with “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” one of the titanic pop anthems of the 1980s, died on Wednesday at a hospital in Portugal. She was 75.
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Total Eclipse of the Hear
Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart (Turn Around) (Official Video)
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Wednesday, July 08, 2026
Red Wave Rising!
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Communism Rising Again: “Better Dead Than Red!”
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/07/communism-rising-again-better-dead-than.html
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Democratic fighting escalates in Maine as Graham Platner stalls on making a decision
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/democratic-fighting-escalates-maine-graham-platner-stalls-making-decis-rcna353589
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Graham Platner, isolated, defies Maine Democrats as they try to hatch a plan
People close to the Senate candidate’s campaign say that they know he has to drop out but that Platner has struggled with the decision.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/08/graham-platner-isolated-defies-maine-democrats-they-try-hatch-plan/
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Platner’s candidacy garnered national attention, with early support coming from progressive leaders like Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), both of whom have since withdrawn their endorsements in light of the allegations.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5959902-maine-democrats-senate-race-graham-platner/
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Communism Rising Again: “Better Dead Than Red!”
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/07/communism-rising-again-better-dead-than.html
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Democratic fighting escalates in Maine as Graham Platner stalls on making a decision
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/democratic-fighting-escalates-maine-graham-platner-stalls-making-decis-rcna353589
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Graham Platner, isolated, defies Maine Democrats as they try to hatch a plan
People close to the Senate candidate’s campaign say that they know he has to drop out but that Platner has struggled with the decision.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/08/graham-platner-isolated-defies-maine-democrats-they-try-hatch-plan/
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Platner’s candidacy garnered national attention, with early support coming from progressive leaders like Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), both of whom have since withdrawn their endorsements in light of the allegations.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5959902-maine-democrats-senate-race-graham-platner/
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Fetterman on Platner dropping out of Senate race: 'The trash took itself out'
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., issued a fiery rebuttal to former Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner after he dropped out of the race following sexual assault allegations on ‘Jesse Watters Primetime.’
Fetterman on Platner dropping out of Senate race: 'The trash took itself out' | Fox News Video
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Fetterman on Platner dropping out of Senate race: 'The trash took itself out'
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., issued a fiery rebuttal to former Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner after he dropped out of the race following sexual assault allegations on ‘Jesse Watters Primetime.’
Fetterman on Platner dropping out of Senate race: 'The trash took itself out' | Fox News Video
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Monday, July 06, 2026
Communism Rising Again: “Better Dead Than Red!”
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I joined the US Army in 1960, 2nd Lt, RA, Airborne, Artillery.
My service included: joining the 5th Corps Arty in Germany that was confronting the Communist Russians who were on an aggressive path in Europe with major saber-rattling, building the Berlin Wall, massing 2-million troops and 50,000 tanks along the West-German border, murdered our president, and installed nuclear missiles in Cuba!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2018/11/jfk-rip-how-soon-we-forget.html
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At that time a responsive US chant was: “Better Dead Than Red”!
Perhaps we are circling back to that view as openly Communist candidates in the US are rising in some of our left-leaning political communities’. Aggravating the situation has been our uncontrolled open borders and several massively wealthy left-wingers who support pseudo-socialist candidates.
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President Trump addressed this challenge at his ‘250’-speeches at Mount Rushmore and at the DC mall, causing the PravdaMedia to immediately throw a warm protective blanket over what are clearly communists and fellow-travelers.
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A concerning aspect of this situation is that the leaders of the Democrat Party are Not confronting nor condemning these anti-American elements but are ‘tiptoeing’ around them.
I joined the US Army in 1960, 2nd Lt, RA, Airborne, Artillery.
My service included: joining the 5th Corps Arty in Germany that was confronting the Communist Russians who were on an aggressive path in Europe with major saber-rattling, building the Berlin Wall, massing 2-million troops and 50,000 tanks along the West-German border, murdered our president, and installed nuclear missiles in Cuba!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2018/11/jfk-rip-how-soon-we-forget.html
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At that time a responsive US chant was: “Better Dead Than Red”!
Perhaps we are circling back to that view as openly Communist candidates in the US are rising in some of our left-leaning political communities’. Aggravating the situation has been our uncontrolled open borders and several massively wealthy left-wingers who support pseudo-socialist candidates.
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President Trump addressed this challenge at his ‘250’-speeches at Mount Rushmore and at the DC mall, causing the PravdaMedia to immediately throw a warm protective blanket over what are clearly communists and fellow-travelers.
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A concerning aspect of this situation is that the leaders of the Democrat Party are Not confronting nor condemning these anti-American elements but are ‘tiptoeing’ around them.
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This challenge requires every American to join again in a clear and unified position as so well-articulated by Pres. John Kennedy on his trip to Berlin:
John F. Kennedy's Speech at the Berlin Wall
This challenge requires every American to join again in a clear and unified position as so well-articulated by Pres. John Kennedy on his trip to Berlin:
John F. Kennedy's Speech at the Berlin Wall
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“America will never be a Socialist or Communist Country!”
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This is Not your father’s Democrat Party:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku7ugnyfCFA
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JFK Addressed Mamdani’s Communism In 1962
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/11/jfk-addressed-mamdanis-communism-in-1962.html
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NYC Reds Win Without A Shot
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/11/nyc-reds-win-without-shot.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/09/communism-returns-to-nycity.html
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Looks Like Marx – Smells Like Marx – Must Be Marx
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2024/08/looks-like-marx-smells-like-marx-must.html
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Roanoke Times Heralds the Communist Manifesto as THE Answer to America’s Challenges
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/09/roanoke-times-heralds-communist.html
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New York Times Celebrates Karl Marx
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2018/05/new-york-times-celebrates-karl-marx.html
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They’re Back: Communists And Their Fellow-Travelers
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/02/theyre-back-communists-and-their-fellow.html
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Communist-Socialist Siren’s Call For Self-destruction
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/01/communist-socialist-sirens-call-for.html
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“America will never be a Socialist or Communist Country!”
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This is Not your father’s Democrat Party:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku7ugnyfCFA
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JFK Addressed Mamdani’s Communism In 1962
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/11/jfk-addressed-mamdanis-communism-in-1962.html
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NYC Reds Win Without A Shot
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/11/nyc-reds-win-without-shot.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/09/communism-returns-to-nycity.html
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Looks Like Marx – Smells Like Marx – Must Be Marx
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2024/08/looks-like-marx-smells-like-marx-must.html
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Roanoke Times Heralds the Communist Manifesto as THE Answer to America’s Challenges
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/09/roanoke-times-heralds-communist.html
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New York Times Celebrates Karl Marx
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2018/05/new-york-times-celebrates-karl-marx.html
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They’re Back: Communists And Their Fellow-Travelers
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/02/theyre-back-communists-and-their-fellow.html
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Communist-Socialist Siren’s Call For Self-destruction
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/01/communist-socialist-sirens-call-for.html
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Sunday, July 05, 2026
Has The Roanoke Times Savior Arrived?
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Roanoke Times, July 5, 2026, Pg 1
Roanoke Times, July 5, 2026, Pg 1
NEW HOPE FOR LOCAL NEWS (all caps - front page - SUPER SIZE - really?)
https://roanoke.com/news/local/business/article_f544310c-484f-5e1d-8a6b-40567a30a948.html
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Talk about coverage!
75% Page 1: David Hoffmann “New Hope” for Roanoke Times
100% Page 6
100% Page 7
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Lee Enterprises tells its papers to run front-page profile of chairman and billionaire David Hoffmann this weekend
Some at the company say the unusual request raises questions about editorial independence
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2026/lee-enterprises-tells-its-papers-to-run-front-page-profile-of-chairman-and-billionaire-david-hoffmann-this-weekend/
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Perhaps this is real change in the Roanoke Times’ management, coverage, slant and content, perhaps not; Time will tell IF the paper changes and survives.
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Perhaps the new owner can return the RT back to its 1886 founders views:
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Roanoke Times Wanders Far From Their Founders Message -- 2011
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/11/roanoke-times-wanders-far-from-their.html
Roanoke Times, 11-27-11, Pg Horiz 1: Roanoke Times at 125 years old.
Major one page spread with nice photogenic picture of the president and publisher.
First editorial, Nov 30, 1886, by Mr. Claytor, first owner and editor of the Roanoke Times outlines the paper’s philosophy including:
• It has no pets to reward and no enemies to put down.
• It will endeavor to be truthful.
• It is the mouthpiece of no order, corporation, party nor clique.
• To the fostering of our infant manufactories, to the development of our mineral resources and the cultivation of our fertile fields, must we direct our best efforts if we would make this Southern land of ours blossom as the rose.
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Sadly Roanoke Times Continues Downward Spiral --- 2018
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2018/02/sadly-roanoke-times-continues-downward.html
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Roanoke Times Big Self-Serving For Thanksgiving --- 2020
Of all the Self-Servings dished out this Thanksgiving in Roanoke – this has to be the Biggest!
The reference to Mr Claytor was a special garnishment!
The Roanoke Times has not only wandered off Mr Claytor’s path – they have totally left the territory.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/12/roanoke-times-big-self-serving-for.html
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Roanoke Times Editorial Political Pabulum and Bias --- 2010
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2010/09/roanoke-times-editorial-political.html
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https://roanoke.com/news/local/business/article_f544310c-484f-5e1d-8a6b-40567a30a948.html
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Talk about coverage!
75% Page 1: David Hoffmann “New Hope” for Roanoke Times
100% Page 6
100% Page 7
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Lee Enterprises tells its papers to run front-page profile of chairman and billionaire David Hoffmann this weekend
Some at the company say the unusual request raises questions about editorial independence
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2026/lee-enterprises-tells-its-papers-to-run-front-page-profile-of-chairman-and-billionaire-david-hoffmann-this-weekend/
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Perhaps this is real change in the Roanoke Times’ management, coverage, slant and content, perhaps not; Time will tell IF the paper changes and survives.
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Perhaps the new owner can return the RT back to its 1886 founders views:
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Roanoke Times Wanders Far From Their Founders Message -- 2011
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/11/roanoke-times-wanders-far-from-their.html
Roanoke Times, 11-27-11, Pg Horiz 1: Roanoke Times at 125 years old.
Major one page spread with nice photogenic picture of the president and publisher.
First editorial, Nov 30, 1886, by Mr. Claytor, first owner and editor of the Roanoke Times outlines the paper’s philosophy including:
• It has no pets to reward and no enemies to put down.
• It will endeavor to be truthful.
• It is the mouthpiece of no order, corporation, party nor clique.
• To the fostering of our infant manufactories, to the development of our mineral resources and the cultivation of our fertile fields, must we direct our best efforts if we would make this Southern land of ours blossom as the rose.
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Sadly Roanoke Times Continues Downward Spiral --- 2018
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2018/02/sadly-roanoke-times-continues-downward.html
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Roanoke Times Big Self-Serving For Thanksgiving --- 2020
Of all the Self-Servings dished out this Thanksgiving in Roanoke – this has to be the Biggest!
The reference to Mr Claytor was a special garnishment!
The Roanoke Times has not only wandered off Mr Claytor’s path – they have totally left the territory.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/12/roanoke-times-big-self-serving-for.html
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Roanoke Times Editorial Political Pabulum and Bias --- 2010
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2010/09/roanoke-times-editorial-political.html
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Saturday, July 04, 2026
America 250
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Celebrating the Triumph of the American Spirit
https://www.freedom250.org/
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Celebrating 250 Years of American History
https://www.state.gov/freedom-250
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Trump kicks off America 250 with Mount Rushmore speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hbqI4ZNkR4
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United States Semiquincentennial
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Semiquincentennial
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Celebrating the Triumph of the American Spirit
https://www.freedom250.org/
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Celebrating 250 Years of American History
https://www.state.gov/freedom-250
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Trump kicks off America 250 with Mount Rushmore speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hbqI4ZNkR4
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United States Semiquincentennial
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Semiquincentennial
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Wednesday, July 01, 2026
What Part Of “Girls” Don’t You Understand
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What kind of society finds it necessary for the highest court in the country to declare that:
“Girls sports are for Girls only”? And what elements in that society react in surprise and hostility to that finding?
What kind of society finds it necessary for the highest court in the country to declare that:
“Girls sports are for Girls only”? And what elements in that society react in surprise and hostility to that finding?
This hostility from those who are sexually mutilating children!
What has happened to our country and our society and the Democrat Party?
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NBC anchor forced to explain use of term 'biological male' during coverage of Supreme Court ruling
Supreme Court's ruling upholding bans on transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports prompted reactions on network television
https://www.foxnews.com/media/nbc-anchor-forced-explain-use-term-biological-male-during-coverage-supreme-court-ruling
"Just a quick note here," anchor Craig Melvin said during the morning broadcast. "The terms that we’re using here during our reporting, biological male, biological female, the high court put those terms in quotations in their decision and their dissent."
"But just so you know, we’re using those terms from the decision itself, biological male, biological female," he added.
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Altered Boys Beat Girls – It’s The Obama Legacy
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/02/altered-boys-beat-girls-its-obama-legacy.html
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Big News: Get Men Out Of Women’s Sports
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/03/big-news-get-men-out-of-womens-sports.html
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Democrats Destroying Girl’s Sports And Mutilating Minors
What has happened to our country and our society and the Democrat Party?
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NBC anchor forced to explain use of term 'biological male' during coverage of Supreme Court ruling
Supreme Court's ruling upholding bans on transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports prompted reactions on network television
https://www.foxnews.com/media/nbc-anchor-forced-explain-use-term-biological-male-during-coverage-supreme-court-ruling
"Just a quick note here," anchor Craig Melvin said during the morning broadcast. "The terms that we’re using here during our reporting, biological male, biological female, the high court put those terms in quotations in their decision and their dissent."
"But just so you know, we’re using those terms from the decision itself, biological male, biological female," he added.
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Altered Boys Beat Girls – It’s The Obama Legacy
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/02/altered-boys-beat-girls-its-obama-legacy.html
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Big News: Get Men Out Of Women’s Sports
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/03/big-news-get-men-out-of-womens-sports.html
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Democrats Destroying Girl’s Sports And Mutilating Minors
Democrat Job Creation Not
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Michigan Spent $1.8 Billion and Only Created 602 Jobs: … That’s $3-Million per Job
D..Gov. Gretchen Whitmer promised "generational" investments in her state, but as she leaves office, there's little to show for it.
https://reason.com/2026/06/26/michigan-spent-1-8-billion-and-only-created-602-jobs/
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Gretchen was an expensive date: Note: A billion is 10 to 9th power or: $1,000,000,000
$1.8-Billion for 602-jobs == $3-million dollars per job Tax Payer money!
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"Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer offered billions of taxpayer dollars to select companies in an effort to create jobs during her eight-year term," writes James M. Hohman, director of fiscal policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. "Overall, she has authorized $6.9 billion for business subsidies since gaining office in 2019."
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In a new report, Hohman examined eight major projects—"those that offered $100 million in payments and received significant media attention"—totaling $2.7 billion in promised incentives. Hohman then assessed how the investments paid off.
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Governments have a terrible track record of picking winners and losers, and it turns out that Michigan, under Whitmer, did not break the trend.
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Obama Jobs = Need 200,000, Expect 120,000, Add 74,000, Subtract 374,000….1/10/2014
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/01/obama-jobs-expect-120000-add-74000.html
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One Million Tax Dollars Per Job
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2009/10/one-million-tax-dollars-per-job.html
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Bidenomics A Big Boondoggle
A Swing and a HUGE Miss – November Jobs Report Yet Another Bidenomics Disaster: 210,000 vs 550,000 new jobs
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2021/12/bidenomics-big-boondoggle.html
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Michigan Spent $1.8 Billion and Only Created 602 Jobs: … That’s $3-Million per Job
D..Gov. Gretchen Whitmer promised "generational" investments in her state, but as she leaves office, there's little to show for it.
https://reason.com/2026/06/26/michigan-spent-1-8-billion-and-only-created-602-jobs/
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Gretchen was an expensive date: Note: A billion is 10 to 9th power or: $1,000,000,000
$1.8-Billion for 602-jobs == $3-million dollars per job Tax Payer money!
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"Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer offered billions of taxpayer dollars to select companies in an effort to create jobs during her eight-year term," writes James M. Hohman, director of fiscal policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. "Overall, she has authorized $6.9 billion for business subsidies since gaining office in 2019."
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In a new report, Hohman examined eight major projects—"those that offered $100 million in payments and received significant media attention"—totaling $2.7 billion in promised incentives. Hohman then assessed how the investments paid off.
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Governments have a terrible track record of picking winners and losers, and it turns out that Michigan, under Whitmer, did not break the trend.
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Obama Jobs = Need 200,000, Expect 120,000, Add 74,000, Subtract 374,000….1/10/2014
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/01/obama-jobs-expect-120000-add-74000.html
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One Million Tax Dollars Per Job
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2009/10/one-million-tax-dollars-per-job.html
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Bidenomics A Big Boondoggle
A Swing and a HUGE Miss – November Jobs Report Yet Another Bidenomics Disaster: 210,000 vs 550,000 new jobs
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2021/12/bidenomics-big-boondoggle.html
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Paris Hot Again
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The mayor says it’s hot in Paris (104-F) and its our fault!
We concede that perhaps the US use of fossil fuels has contributed to some small fractional part of recent temperature change, HOWEVER, it’s also clear that over 100-years ago, for multiple years, Paris was substantially hotter than now and a small world population did Not have a significant carbon foot-print!
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Paris deputy mayor blames the United States' carbon emissions for deadly heat wave
The mayor says it’s hot in Paris (104-F) and its our fault!
We concede that perhaps the US use of fossil fuels has contributed to some small fractional part of recent temperature change, HOWEVER, it’s also clear that over 100-years ago, for multiple years, Paris was substantially hotter than now and a small world population did Not have a significant carbon foot-print!
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Paris deputy mayor blames the United States' carbon emissions for deadly heat wave
https://www.foxnews.com/media/paris-deputy-mayor-blames-united-states-carbon-emissions-deadly-heat-wave
Paris Deputy Mayor Audrey Pulvar released a lengthy statement blaming the United States for the deadly heat wave over France this past week.
Paris felt record-setting heat during the week with temperatures climbing above 104 degrees Fahrenheit, AP reported.
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Natural temperature variations and major climate changes have been part of the world’s history. My parents immigrated from Norway circa 1905 because North Sea fishing had collapsed coincident with the Irish potato disaster. Reality: there have been and are major natural climate and biological variations. It appears that man-kind’s contributions are limited compared to mother-nature’s massive changes over time.
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Mendenhall Glacier Retreat And Natural Global Warming … 2015
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2015/10/mendenhall-glacier-retreat-and-natural.html
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Are We Living Responsibly In Our Current InterGlacial Period?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2022/04/are-we-living-responsibly-in-our.html
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It’s been Hot in France before:
44 °C (111 °F) Toulouse, Haute-Garonne 8 August 1923
42.8 °C (109.0 °F) Montpellier, Hérault 19 July 1904
42.2 °C (108.0 °F) Châteauroux, Indre 9 August 1923
41.6 °C (106.9 °F) Chaumont, Haute-Marne 28 July 1921
1.4 °C (106.5 °F) Angoulême, Charente 8 August 1923
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extreme_temperatures_in_France#:~:text=List%20of%20extreme%20temperatures%20in,France&text=1.%2041.9%C2%B0C%2C%2025%20July%202019&text=2.%2040.3%C2%B0C%2C%2019%20July%202022&text=3.%2040.0%C2%B0C%2C%2012%20August%202003&text=4.%2039.9%C2%B0C%2C%206%20August%202003&text=5.%2039.8%C2%B0C%2C%2024%20July%202019
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Paris felt record-setting heat during the week with temperatures climbing above 104 degrees Fahrenheit, AP reported.
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Natural temperature variations and major climate changes have been part of the world’s history. My parents immigrated from Norway circa 1905 because North Sea fishing had collapsed coincident with the Irish potato disaster. Reality: there have been and are major natural climate and biological variations. It appears that man-kind’s contributions are limited compared to mother-nature’s massive changes over time.
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Mendenhall Glacier Retreat And Natural Global Warming … 2015
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2015/10/mendenhall-glacier-retreat-and-natural.html
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Are We Living Responsibly In Our Current InterGlacial Period?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2022/04/are-we-living-responsibly-in-our.html
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It’s been Hot in France before:
44 °C (111 °F) Toulouse, Haute-Garonne 8 August 1923
42.8 °C (109.0 °F) Montpellier, Hérault 19 July 1904
42.2 °C (108.0 °F) Châteauroux, Indre 9 August 1923
41.6 °C (106.9 °F) Chaumont, Haute-Marne 28 July 1921
1.4 °C (106.5 °F) Angoulême, Charente 8 August 1923
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extreme_temperatures_in_France#:~:text=List%20of%20extreme%20temperatures%20in,France&text=1.%2041.9%C2%B0C%2C%2025%20July%202019&text=2.%2040.3%C2%B0C%2C%2019%20July%202022&text=3.%2040.0%C2%B0C%2C%2012%20August%202003&text=4.%2039.9%C2%B0C%2C%206%20August%202003&text=5.%2039.8%C2%B0C%2C%2024%20July%202019
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Friday, June 26, 2026
Spambergers Dumbed Down Va Education Dept
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How long are the Democrats and their Teachers Unions going to academically-cripple our Virginia public-school students.?
They totally-unnecessarily shut the schools down for Covid while getting full pay and benefits:
(note: the Virginia religious-private schools did Not shut-down for Covid).
Then when they finally came back “to work” they refuse to get back on a teaching-learning-testing regimen consistent with US education standards in 2026!
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A pathetic side-effect of No Standardized Testing is that the degrading of Virginia education is Not being measured but colleges are complaining about the remedial courses they now have to teach!
Talk about Teacher Union operations and cover-up!
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Education TrainWreck: Even California Educators Are Waking-up
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/06/education-trainwreck-even-california.html
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How long are the Democrats and their Teachers Unions going to academically-cripple our Virginia public-school students.?
They totally-unnecessarily shut the schools down for Covid while getting full pay and benefits:
(note: the Virginia religious-private schools did Not shut-down for Covid).
Then when they finally came back “to work” they refuse to get back on a teaching-learning-testing regimen consistent with US education standards in 2026!
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A pathetic side-effect of No Standardized Testing is that the degrading of Virginia education is Not being measured but colleges are complaining about the remedial courses they now have to teach!
Talk about Teacher Union operations and cover-up!
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Education TrainWreck: Even California Educators Are Waking-up
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/06/education-trainwreck-even-california.html
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Why are Virginia parents Not speaking out? Do they Not care?
Perhaps the ones that do care have already moved to private schools!
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Va. Board of Ed rejects proposal to delay more rigorous SOLs
https://roanoke.com/news/state-regional/education/article_64566c0e-2055-5a83-abce-72e69bc93609.html#tracking-source=home-the-latest
The Virginia Board of Education on Thursday rejected a surprise proposal from Gov. Abigail Spanberger's education department to delay tougher passing standards on Standards of Learning exams, arguing Virginia students have already waited long enough for more honest measures of academic achievement.
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Virginia's “cut scores” — the number of questions a student must get right to pass state exams — are the lowest in the nation. Thursday's vote to reject the proposal preserves a plan adopted last year to gradually raise Virginia's Standards of Learning passing scores beginning in 2027 and ending with full implementation in 2030. The higher cut scores are intended to better align the exams with the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the nation's benchmark assessment, after years of criticism that Virginia's tests make student achievement appear stronger than it is.
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Va. Board of Ed rejects proposal to delay more rigorous SOLs
https://roanoke.com/news/state-regional/education/article_64566c0e-2055-5a83-abce-72e69bc93609.html#tracking-source=home-the-latest
The Virginia Board of Education on Thursday rejected a surprise proposal from Gov. Abigail Spanberger's education department to delay tougher passing standards on Standards of Learning exams, arguing Virginia students have already waited long enough for more honest measures of academic achievement.
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Virginia's “cut scores” — the number of questions a student must get right to pass state exams — are the lowest in the nation. Thursday's vote to reject the proposal preserves a plan adopted last year to gradually raise Virginia's Standards of Learning passing scores beginning in 2027 and ending with full implementation in 2030. The higher cut scores are intended to better align the exams with the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the nation's benchmark assessment, after years of criticism that Virginia's tests make student achievement appear stronger than it is.
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A Google search of Virginia school achievement says everything is great and Va schools are top of the US --- Really? What are they smoking? --- Has Google become part of the DNC or does it just look that way?
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Education TrainWreck: Even California Educators Are Waking-up
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/06/education-trainwreck-even-california.html
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Teachers Unions Fail Our Children And Country
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2021/03/teachers-unions-fail-our-children-and.html
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NonInstructive Teacher’s Unions
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2023/12/noninstructive-teachers-unions.html
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Education TrainWreck: Even California Educators Are Waking-up
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/06/education-trainwreck-even-california.html
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Teachers Unions Fail Our Children And Country
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2021/03/teachers-unions-fail-our-children-and.html
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NonInstructive Teacher’s Unions
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2023/12/noninstructive-teachers-unions.html
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RoundUp Not Your Father’s Agent-Orange
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Litigation Lawyers have been exploiting the sad history of the Viet Nam War Agent-Orange with use of current agricultural herbicide RoundUp. Roundup has been greatly used in US agriculture and proven to be effective especially in corn production.
The lawyers have used agent-orange fear-mongering to get technically-naive juries to make gigantic awards for plaintiffs who have and are suffering from very serious illnesses the cause-effect of which is undetermined.
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Based on the massive wide-spread use of RoundUp, commercially and privately, since 1974, there is massive statistical data showing a lack of illness cause-effect.
Albeit statistically possible there are people with unique risk factors.
Cancer and the 500 Nuclear Air Bursts ... 2006
Litigation Lawyers have been exploiting the sad history of the Viet Nam War Agent-Orange with use of current agricultural herbicide RoundUp. Roundup has been greatly used in US agriculture and proven to be effective especially in corn production.
The lawyers have used agent-orange fear-mongering to get technically-naive juries to make gigantic awards for plaintiffs who have and are suffering from very serious illnesses the cause-effect of which is undetermined.
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Based on the massive wide-spread use of RoundUp, commercially and privately, since 1974, there is massive statistical data showing a lack of illness cause-effect.
Albeit statistically possible there are people with unique risk factors.
The EPA has taken the position that RoundUP does Not cause cancer.
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In a 7-2 decision, the SCOTUS ruled that a jury verdict against Bayer Chemical is void.
Supreme Court bars lawsuits over Roundup cancer warnings
https://roanoke.com/partners/video-elephant/news/video_0f1f7368-d95a-51b3-bad4-d70e941408c5.html
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RoundUp Hysteria vs Agent Orange
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2022/06/roundup-hysteria.html
Agent Orange was a highly toxic chemical herbicide and defoliant used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War to strip dense jungle foliage. It was heavily contaminated with dioxin, a deadly pollutant linked to severe long-term health issues, including cancers, diabetes, and birth defects.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange
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In a 7-2 decision, the SCOTUS ruled that a jury verdict against Bayer Chemical is void.
Supreme Court bars lawsuits over Roundup cancer warnings
https://roanoke.com/partners/video-elephant/news/video_0f1f7368-d95a-51b3-bad4-d70e941408c5.html
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RoundUp Hysteria vs Agent Orange
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2022/06/roundup-hysteria.html
Agent Orange was a highly toxic chemical herbicide and defoliant used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War to strip dense jungle foliage. It was heavily contaminated with dioxin, a deadly pollutant linked to severe long-term health issues, including cancers, diabetes, and birth defects.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange
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Cancer and the 500 Nuclear Air Bursts ... 2006
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Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Bloody Chicago Juneteenth
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Juneteenth is a very special day in Black History. It represents their freedom as won by the Civil War.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/06/juneteenth-freedom-day.html
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The Chicago gangs choose to use this day as mass violence day:
Trump tells Pritzker he can help with Chicago crime after 39 injured, six dead in violent Juneteenth weekend
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4620225/trump-tells-pritzker-he-can-help-with-chicago-crime/?utm_source=Examiner%20Today%2006232026_06/23/2026&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today&rid=25733925&env=1633c9010899046592b63526800b4748bec434ff
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It is difficult to comprehend the level of violence in our inner cities. Where are the police? Where is the outrage?
Where are the politicians leading major anti-violence actions; or are they simply looking the “other way” hoping that the violent actors simply eradicate each other with a minimum of ‘collateral damage’?
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Juneteenth is a very special day in Black History. It represents their freedom as won by the Civil War.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/06/juneteenth-freedom-day.html
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The Chicago gangs choose to use this day as mass violence day:
Trump tells Pritzker he can help with Chicago crime after 39 injured, six dead in violent Juneteenth weekend
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4620225/trump-tells-pritzker-he-can-help-with-chicago-crime/?utm_source=Examiner%20Today%2006232026_06/23/2026&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today&rid=25733925&env=1633c9010899046592b63526800b4748bec434ff
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It is difficult to comprehend the level of violence in our inner cities. Where are the police? Where is the outrage?
Where are the politicians leading major anti-violence actions; or are they simply looking the “other way” hoping that the violent actors simply eradicate each other with a minimum of ‘collateral damage’?
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Big Apple Red Again
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NYC had a significant number of communists in the 30’s, in the 50’s and now in the 2020’s. In the 50’s their ‘Daily Worker’ newspaper had a significant circulation including into the Catskill’s Sulivan and Ulster counties where many communist NYC member’s families spent the summers. Some bought property and became locals. They openly congregated and communicated and recruited. This moderated during the Korean war as even the most naïve realized the communist threat and that they were killing our sons.
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It is disturbing to those who value this country and have faithfully served this country to have this Rotten Apple infestation and corruption.
Today’s immigrant’s are Not my father’s immigrants! Clearly these are Not the people who built NYC!
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NYC Reds Win Without A Shot ….. Nov 2025
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/11/nyc-reds-win-without-shot.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/09/communism-returns-to-nycity.html
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They’re Back: Communists And Their Fellow-Travelers … Feb 2020
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/02/theyre-back-communists-and-their-fellow.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/02/democrat-core-in-disbelief.html
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Roanoke Times Heralds the Communist Manifesto as THE Answer to America’s Challenges …… Sept 2011
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/09/roanoke-times-heralds-communist.html
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Bernie’s Victory Speech = The Communist Manifesto …. Feb 2016
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2016/02/bernies-victory-speech-communist.html
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NYC had a significant number of communists in the 30’s, in the 50’s and now in the 2020’s. In the 50’s their ‘Daily Worker’ newspaper had a significant circulation including into the Catskill’s Sulivan and Ulster counties where many communist NYC member’s families spent the summers. Some bought property and became locals. They openly congregated and communicated and recruited. This moderated during the Korean war as even the most naïve realized the communist threat and that they were killing our sons.
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It is disturbing to those who value this country and have faithfully served this country to have this Rotten Apple infestation and corruption.
Today’s immigrant’s are Not my father’s immigrants! Clearly these are Not the people who built NYC!
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NYC Reds Win Without A Shot ….. Nov 2025
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/11/nyc-reds-win-without-shot.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/09/communism-returns-to-nycity.html
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They’re Back: Communists And Their Fellow-Travelers … Feb 2020
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/02/theyre-back-communists-and-their-fellow.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/02/democrat-core-in-disbelief.html
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Roanoke Times Heralds the Communist Manifesto as THE Answer to America’s Challenges …… Sept 2011
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/09/roanoke-times-heralds-communist.html
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Bernie’s Victory Speech = The Communist Manifesto …. Feb 2016
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2016/02/bernies-victory-speech-communist.html
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Monday, June 22, 2026
The Obamanation Muss'i'li'um
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The Obama Mussilium Opens In Chicago to wonderment and bewilderment.
The Obama Mussilium Opens In Chicago to wonderment and bewilderment.
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Reflections of song: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered. Ella Fitzgerald
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtnrPXxhynI
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An Obama Presidential Center Dedication held Thursday featured a slew of left-wing former diplomats, officials and celebrities such as former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, Oprah, Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris, and Steven Spielberg.
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Why are Taxpayers footing Big Bills for Obama’s personal stuff?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-seizes-delayed-obama-presidential-center-opening-crown-trump-builder-in-chief
Taxpayers footed hundreds of millions of dollars in public infrastructure costs for Obama’s museum that constructed roads, transit, and utility updates around the campus.
Overall construction costs were reported to be $830 million in 2021 and have likely climbed past the $1 billion mark.
A recent Fox News Digital investigation identified multiple construction firms claiming losses ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to tens of millions.
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Reflections of song: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered. Ella Fitzgerald
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtnrPXxhynI
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An Obama Presidential Center Dedication held Thursday featured a slew of left-wing former diplomats, officials and celebrities such as former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, Oprah, Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris, and Steven Spielberg.
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Why are Taxpayers footing Big Bills for Obama’s personal stuff?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-seizes-delayed-obama-presidential-center-opening-crown-trump-builder-in-chief
Taxpayers footed hundreds of millions of dollars in public infrastructure costs for Obama’s museum that constructed roads, transit, and utility updates around the campus.
Overall construction costs were reported to be $830 million in 2021 and have likely climbed past the $1 billion mark.
A recent Fox News Digital investigation identified multiple construction firms claiming losses ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to tens of millions.
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Obamanation Mussilium
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Reality Note: Muslims do not use toilets
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Michelle: I, MySelf And Me
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/06/michelle-i-myself-and-me.html
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Ostensibly the ‘tower’ is facing the Kaaba in Mecca?
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Muslim Brothers In The White House
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2012/04/muslim-brothers-in-white-house.html
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Obama: The Muslim Fellow Traveler
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2016/06/obama-muslim-fellow-traveler.html
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Obamanation Mussilium
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Reality Note: Muslims do not use toilets
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Michelle: I, MySelf And Me
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/06/michelle-i-myself-and-me.html
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Ostensibly the ‘tower’ is facing the Kaaba in Mecca?
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Muslim Brothers In The White House
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2012/04/muslim-brothers-in-white-house.html
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Obama: The Muslim Fellow Traveler
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2016/06/obama-muslim-fellow-traveler.html
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Michelle: I, MySelf And Me
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Michelle Obama reminiscent of the old child’s poem: I, Myself and Me
https://allpoetry.com/poem/14599627---I--Myself--and-Me--by-Wendell
Now I've been to other parties where the cake and wine are free,
But never have I had such friends, as I, Myself, and Me...
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Michelle continues on with her unpleasant and self-centered persona.
Her latest interview with “live-in husband, Barack” summed up her being as “Me”.
Michelle Obama reminiscent of the old child’s poem: I, Myself and Me
https://allpoetry.com/poem/14599627---I--Myself--and-Me--by-Wendell
Now I've been to other parties where the cake and wine are free,
But never have I had such friends, as I, Myself, and Me...
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Michelle continues on with her unpleasant and self-centered persona.
Her latest interview with “live-in husband, Barack” summed up her being as “Me”.
Michelle Obama’s ‘me’ answer about next chapter draws social media backlash
Apparently, her self-delusional view is that she is self-important in spite of the reality that her only distinguishing attribute is a racist view of America going back to her college thesis:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1974896/posts
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Michelle Obama’s ‘me’ answer about next chapter draws online backlash
https://www.foxnews.com/media/michelle-obama-me-answer-next-chapter-draws-social-media-backlash
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Apparently, her self-delusional view is that she is self-important in spite of the reality that her only distinguishing attribute is a racist view of America going back to her college thesis:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1974896/posts
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Michelle Obama’s ‘me’ answer about next chapter draws online backlash
https://www.foxnews.com/media/michelle-obama-me-answer-next-chapter-draws-social-media-backlash
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NYTimes Discounts Men For Father’s Day
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The homosexual writers at the NYTimes spread their gay views of men and dads on the pages of the NYTimes for ‘Fathers Day’.
What a sad reflection of our Elitist-Media and their sexually-misdirected members and associates.
What ever happened to “all the news that’s fit to print?”
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NYT triggers outrage for using Father’s Day to push ‘trans dad’ narrative: How Western media is pushing transgender activism into mainstream culture
https://www.opindia.com/2026/06/nyt-triggers-outrage-for-using-fathers-day-to-push-trans-dad-narrative-how-western-media-is-pushing-transgender-activism-into-mainstream-culture/
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New York Times Celebrates Father’s Day By Erasing Men
The comic strip-style piece offered insight on how a trans-identifying woman learned to be a "dad."
https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-times-celebrates-fathers-day-by-erasing-men
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Happy Father’s Day 2026
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/06/happy-fathers-day-2025.html
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The homosexual writers at the NYTimes spread their gay views of men and dads on the pages of the NYTimes for ‘Fathers Day’.
What a sad reflection of our Elitist-Media and their sexually-misdirected members and associates.
What ever happened to “all the news that’s fit to print?”
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NYT triggers outrage for using Father’s Day to push ‘trans dad’ narrative: How Western media is pushing transgender activism into mainstream culture
https://www.opindia.com/2026/06/nyt-triggers-outrage-for-using-fathers-day-to-push-trans-dad-narrative-how-western-media-is-pushing-transgender-activism-into-mainstream-culture/
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New York Times Celebrates Father’s Day By Erasing Men
The comic strip-style piece offered insight on how a trans-identifying woman learned to be a "dad."
https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-times-celebrates-fathers-day-by-erasing-men
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Happy Father’s Day 2026
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/06/happy-fathers-day-2025.html
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Sunday, June 21, 2026
Happy Father’s Day 2026
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Happy Father’s Day to all those men who are making the real effort to provide love, guidance and sustenance to their family!
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Father’s have been a key component of ‘the family unit’ for thousands of years. Early societies recognized the importance of family because children are highly dependent for many years and the survival of the society depended on Father’s providing and protecting.
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Our society’s recent history is departing from that time-proven model and our society and children are paying a high price for that neglect.
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Government 'child care' displacing The Family
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2013/02/obamas-nationalized-childrens-day-care.html
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https://thefederalist.com/2019/02/28/children-dont-need-day-care-need-mothers/
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“The disciples of Hillary’s “It takes a Village” (Liberals, Progressives and Socialists) march on with programs to enable and reward the isolation of fathers from mothers and mothers from their children; scrapping and marginalizing the institution of family and family obligations, responsibilities and rewards.
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It is indeed sad that our socialistic government programs of dependency, housing, welfare, and school systems have failed so many of our people; however, more socialism and the annihilation of the family unit and culture will only cause more damage and chaos and failure.”
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Happy Father’s Day to all those men who are making the real effort to provide love, guidance and sustenance to their family!
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Father’s have been a key component of ‘the family unit’ for thousands of years. Early societies recognized the importance of family because children are highly dependent for many years and the survival of the society depended on Father’s providing and protecting.
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Our society’s recent history is departing from that time-proven model and our society and children are paying a high price for that neglect.
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Government 'child care' displacing The Family
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2013/02/obamas-nationalized-childrens-day-care.html
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https://thefederalist.com/2019/02/28/children-dont-need-day-care-need-mothers/
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“The disciples of Hillary’s “It takes a Village” (Liberals, Progressives and Socialists) march on with programs to enable and reward the isolation of fathers from mothers and mothers from their children; scrapping and marginalizing the institution of family and family obligations, responsibilities and rewards.
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It is indeed sad that our socialistic government programs of dependency, housing, welfare, and school systems have failed so many of our people; however, more socialism and the annihilation of the family unit and culture will only cause more damage and chaos and failure.”
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Hopefully the values that built this great country will prevail and grow.
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Good News: Liberal Prosecutors Exiting
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Roanoke Times, 6-21-2026, Pg 1: An exodus of prosecutors, dozen vacancies
Cause: Pres. Trump!
https://roanoke.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_9617b556-62de-4c88-8d6f-0e6b06b75b60.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
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The US Attorney’s office is full of liberal-lawyers appointed by 8-years of Obama and 4-years of Biden.
Roanoke Times, 6-21-2026, Pg 1: An exodus of prosecutors, dozen vacancies
Cause: Pres. Trump!
https://roanoke.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_9617b556-62de-4c88-8d6f-0e6b06b75b60.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
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The US Attorney’s office is full of liberal-lawyers appointed by 8-years of Obama and 4-years of Biden.
Don’t let the door hit you in the butt on the way out!
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RTs proposed Cause: Pres. Trump! Really? The sooner the left-wing turn-em-loose US Attorney’s get out of town the better for the town and all it’s law-abiding citizens!
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Good example of No-Law-DA’s in Pa:
Pa. Supreme Court ruling curbs Philly district attorney, adds state attorney general oversight
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/pa-supreme-court-ruling-curbs-philly-district-attorney-adds-state-attorney-general
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court rebuked progressive Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner … on Tuesday, saying his office misled a court tasked with reviewing criminal convictions and sentences when it argued in favor of a new trial.
Future cases submitted by Krasner’s office under the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA) will be subject to the scrutiny of state Attorney General Dave Sunday, singling the office out for an additional layer of review not required in other counties.
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RTs proposed Cause: Pres. Trump! Really? The sooner the left-wing turn-em-loose US Attorney’s get out of town the better for the town and all it’s law-abiding citizens!
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Good example of No-Law-DA’s in Pa:
Pa. Supreme Court ruling curbs Philly district attorney, adds state attorney general oversight
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/pa-supreme-court-ruling-curbs-philly-district-attorney-adds-state-attorney-general
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court rebuked progressive Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner … on Tuesday, saying his office misled a court tasked with reviewing criminal convictions and sentences when it argued in favor of a new trial.
Future cases submitted by Krasner’s office under the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA) will be subject to the scrutiny of state Attorney General Dave Sunday, singling the office out for an additional layer of review not required in other counties.
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Reflecting Pool Destructive Anarchists
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Yet more destructive and divisive actions by those who hate America.
The Reflecting Pool ‘connects’ the Washington Monument to the Jefferson Monument and celebrates the founding fathers of our country.
We have some very politically-sick people in our country today.
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In a statement on Truth Social Saturday night, Trump announced "many additional people" have been arrested after suspects "took some form of knife or blade, and put a 250-foot-long gash into the beautiful facade of what took so much work, competence, and money to build and complete."
The president also alleged suspects "poured corrosive and destructive chemicals" into the basin.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-olympian-among-charged-vandalizing-reflecting-pool-trump-vows-immediate-repairs-report
"… The Reflecting Pool was never so beautiful as it was just one week ago, even going back to 1922 when it opened. We are very proud of what we have done with this magnificent structure, and we will get it repaired, quickly, to an equal level of Beauty."
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Yet more destructive and divisive actions by those who hate America.
The Reflecting Pool ‘connects’ the Washington Monument to the Jefferson Monument and celebrates the founding fathers of our country.
We have some very politically-sick people in our country today.
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In a statement on Truth Social Saturday night, Trump announced "many additional people" have been arrested after suspects "took some form of knife or blade, and put a 250-foot-long gash into the beautiful facade of what took so much work, competence, and money to build and complete."
The president also alleged suspects "poured corrosive and destructive chemicals" into the basin.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-olympian-among-charged-vandalizing-reflecting-pool-trump-vows-immediate-repairs-report
"… The Reflecting Pool was never so beautiful as it was just one week ago, even going back to 1922 when it opened. We are very proud of what we have done with this magnificent structure, and we will get it repaired, quickly, to an equal level of Beauty."
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Friday, June 19, 2026
Juneteenth: Freedom Day
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Juneteenth is now a Federal Holiday in remembrance of the emancipation of the slaves at the end of the Civil War.
This date and its meaning has been celebrated for many years here in Franklin County, Virginia at the Booker T. Washington Memorial.
https://www.nps.gov/articles/juneteenth-origins.htm
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Juneteenth and the Freedom It Unleashed
https://townhall.com/columnists/ryanbomberger/2021/06/18/juneteenth-and-the-freedom-it-unleased-n2591180
“June 19th signified the nearly three-year delayed emancipation of 250,000 slaves in Texas who hadn’t yet received the news (even a month after the end of the civil war).
Juneteenth doesn’t belong to one group of people. It belongs to all Americans. It’s a testament to the unity of both black and white people who went to great lengths to break the chains of bondage. It can be a great reminder to the American public and the world how ……. a radical Republican named Abraham Lincoln altered the trajectory of a nation.”
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Historical FootNote: Legal slavery continued for 6 more months in 2 states, not ending until December 6th, 1965. The emancipation proclamation only declared slavery illegal in the states that seceded. It took ratification of the 13th amendment to end it everywhere.
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The key to continued improvement for all our people is Education and Skills and Jobs!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2018/04/mlk-and-btw-disappointed-with-their.html
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This date and its meaning has been celebrated for many years here in Franklin County, Virginia at the Booker T. Washington Memorial.
https://www.nps.gov/articles/juneteenth-origins.htm
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Juneteenth and the Freedom It Unleashed
https://townhall.com/columnists/ryanbomberger/2021/06/18/juneteenth-and-the-freedom-it-unleased-n2591180
“June 19th signified the nearly three-year delayed emancipation of 250,000 slaves in Texas who hadn’t yet received the news (even a month after the end of the civil war).
Juneteenth doesn’t belong to one group of people. It belongs to all Americans. It’s a testament to the unity of both black and white people who went to great lengths to break the chains of bondage. It can be a great reminder to the American public and the world how ……. a radical Republican named Abraham Lincoln altered the trajectory of a nation.”
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Historical FootNote: Legal slavery continued for 6 more months in 2 states, not ending until December 6th, 1965. The emancipation proclamation only declared slavery illegal in the states that seceded. It took ratification of the 13th amendment to end it everywhere.
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The key to continued improvement for all our people is Education and Skills and Jobs!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2018/04/mlk-and-btw-disappointed-with-their.html
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Thursday, June 18, 2026
Nancy’s Attack Dog Swalwell Muzzled & Neutered
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Do Democrat politicians have a thing about sex-abuse, or does it just seem that way?
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D.Cal. Eric Swalwell Thought He Was Untouchable — Until He Wasn’t
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/04/18/eric-swalwell-sexual-assault-downfall-00871824
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D.Cal. Swalwell has now been accused by multiple women of sexual assault; at least two others claim he harrassed them with unwanted come-ons and explicit photos. He faces criminal investigations into separate rape accusations in Manhattan and Los Angeles, and the Department of Justice also opened an investigation; he has denied all allegations of assault, though he has acknowledged “personal failings.” He withdrew from the governor’s race and resigned from Congress before his colleagues moved to expel him.
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Last November, when Swalwell entered the race for governor of California, Politico wrote that his candidacy would test the power of a “national profile constructed through cable news hits, Trump bashing and social media saturation
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-brought-down-eric-swalwell
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Do Democrat politicians have a thing about sex-abuse, or does it just seem that way?
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D.Cal. Eric Swalwell Thought He Was Untouchable — Until He Wasn’t
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/04/18/eric-swalwell-sexual-assault-downfall-00871824
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D.Cal. Swalwell has now been accused by multiple women of sexual assault; at least two others claim he harrassed them with unwanted come-ons and explicit photos. He faces criminal investigations into separate rape accusations in Manhattan and Los Angeles, and the Department of Justice also opened an investigation; he has denied all allegations of assault, though he has acknowledged “personal failings.” He withdrew from the governor’s race and resigned from Congress before his colleagues moved to expel him.
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Last November, when Swalwell entered the race for governor of California, Politico wrote that his candidacy would test the power of a “national profile constructed through cable news hits, Trump bashing and social media saturation
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-brought-down-eric-swalwell
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The Iran FrameWork Signed
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Trump and Iran’s president sign initial deal to end war, open Strait of Hormuz and ease sanctions
The interim agreement, signed late Wednesday, starts the clock on a 60-day negotiating window to resolve key issues around the future of Iran’s nuclear program.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/strait-hormuz-reopen-us-lift-iran-sanctions-14-point-deal-seeking-end-rcna350513
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President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian have signed a memorandum of understanding, laying out terms for ending the war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
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Trump could be seen signing the memorandum late Wednesday at the Palace of Versailles in video published by French President Emmanuel Macron.
Trump and Iran’s president sign initial deal to end war, open Strait of Hormuz and ease sanctions
The interim agreement, signed late Wednesday, starts the clock on a 60-day negotiating window to resolve key issues around the future of Iran’s nuclear program.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/strait-hormuz-reopen-us-lift-iran-sanctions-14-point-deal-seeking-end-rcna350513
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President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian have signed a memorandum of understanding, laying out terms for ending the war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
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Trump could be seen signing the memorandum late Wednesday at the Palace of Versailles in video published by French President Emmanuel Macron.
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The Strait of Hormuz has officially been declared open following a U.S.-Iran peace deal. However, normal shipping traffic has not immediately resumed due to severe logistical backlogs, ongoing mine-sweeping operations, and extreme caution from maritime operators and insurers.
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Peace Is At Hand – Maybe?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/06/peace-is-at-hand-maybe.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/06/trump-declares-iran-success.html
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The Strait of Hormuz has officially been declared open following a U.S.-Iran peace deal. However, normal shipping traffic has not immediately resumed due to severe logistical backlogs, ongoing mine-sweeping operations, and extreme caution from maritime operators and insurers.
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Peace Is At Hand – Maybe?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/06/peace-is-at-hand-maybe.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/06/trump-declares-iran-success.html
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Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Peace Is At Hand – Maybe?
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Politicians and pundits are coming out of the woodwork demanding to see every bit of detail in the US-Iran Peace DOU- NOW!.
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Republicans are afraid the terms are Not hard enough on Iran.
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The Democrats are catatonic over the prospect that for the first time in 47-years, since Carter’s Iran hostage crisis of 1979, we may be witnessing a massive change for peace and stability in the MiddleEast and history may be giving Trump The Credit.
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Even FoxNews is hyper over not yet seeing the details of the agreement.
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Trump keeps reminding Iran that the prospect of being ‘bombed back into the stone-age’ is still ‘on the table’. (Reflections of Curtis LeMay)
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Trumps at the G7 where all our ‘friends’ now want Trump to immediately fix the Palestinian Problem and resolve the Russia-Ukraine War.
Interesting that the G7 and NATO countries are not engaging in these major issues.
Easier and less costly and less risk to sit in the bleachers and kibitz.
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June 16, 2026 - Trump attends G7, vows to release text of Iran agreement ‘in a couple of days’
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/16/world/live-news/iran-war-g7-summit
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Trump Declares Iran Success
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/06/trump-declares-iran-success.html
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Republicans are afraid the terms are Not hard enough on Iran.
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The Democrats are catatonic over the prospect that for the first time in 47-years, since Carter’s Iran hostage crisis of 1979, we may be witnessing a massive change for peace and stability in the MiddleEast and history may be giving Trump The Credit.
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Even FoxNews is hyper over not yet seeing the details of the agreement.
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Trump keeps reminding Iran that the prospect of being ‘bombed back into the stone-age’ is still ‘on the table’. (Reflections of Curtis LeMay)
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Trumps at the G7 where all our ‘friends’ now want Trump to immediately fix the Palestinian Problem and resolve the Russia-Ukraine War.
Interesting that the G7 and NATO countries are not engaging in these major issues.
Easier and less costly and less risk to sit in the bleachers and kibitz.
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June 16, 2026 - Trump attends G7, vows to release text of Iran agreement ‘in a couple of days’
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/16/world/live-news/iran-war-g7-summit
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Trump Declares Iran Success
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/06/trump-declares-iran-success.html
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Monday, June 15, 2026
Trump Declares Iran Success
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The White House statements today “indicate” that the Iran Campaign is over and Iran will:
· Not get in the way of the removal of all their highly-enriched uranium
· And will open the Straight of Harmos for toll-free passage
· And will not seek nuclear weapons.
The White House statements today “indicate” that the Iran Campaign is over and Iran will:
· Not get in the way of the removal of all their highly-enriched uranium
· And will open the Straight of Harmos for toll-free passage
· And will not seek nuclear weapons.
· And will not attack 'others'
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If valid – this is a historic achievement by the US Administration, US Military, Israel, friendly Middle-East countries and supportive others!
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No thanks in order for the Democrats in DC nor their friends in the Media!
They have all fostered a hostile divisive 5th-collem effort to undermine administration efforts, in many cases worthy of charges of sedition. A pox be on all their houses!
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Iran The Energizer Rabbit
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/05/iran-energizer-rabbit.html
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Trump And The Iran Nettle Fable
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/05/trump-and-iran-nettle-fable.html
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BIDEN Iran’s Man In DC
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2024/04/biden-irans-man-in-dc.html
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Preemptive Strike On Iran: OnGoing
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/03/preemptive-strike-on-iran-ongoing.html
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Obama's Vehement Rants Over Iran Nuclear Deal
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2015/08/obama-vehement-belligerent-and-vicious.html
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If valid – this is a historic achievement by the US Administration, US Military, Israel, friendly Middle-East countries and supportive others!
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No thanks in order for the Democrats in DC nor their friends in the Media!
They have all fostered a hostile divisive 5th-collem effort to undermine administration efforts, in many cases worthy of charges of sedition. A pox be on all their houses!
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Iran The Energizer Rabbit
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/05/iran-energizer-rabbit.html
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Trump And The Iran Nettle Fable
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/05/trump-and-iran-nettle-fable.html
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BIDEN Iran’s Man In DC
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2024/04/biden-irans-man-in-dc.html
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Preemptive Strike On Iran: OnGoing
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/03/preemptive-strike-on-iran-ongoing.html
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Obama's Vehement Rants Over Iran Nuclear Deal
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2015/08/obama-vehement-belligerent-and-vicious.html
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Lynchburg Va Republicans Flash Back To Tea Party Days
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Apparently, The Lynchburg GOP leadership flashed back to the ‘good-ole Tea Party days, utilizing a ‘Firehouse Primary’ to limit and bias voter participation and control the outcome with “manipulative operators”.
In stepped the RPV Republican Party of Virginia who thrashed the Primary and ousted those deemed responsible for the shenanigans and deactivated the local unit.
Unfortunately, a dozen years, ago this type of “activity” went unchecked in some districts for years.
Talk about being “disconnected from reality”! Do these people Not understand that the Democrats have taken over Virginia and that the Republican Party requires the best highest caliber Virginians to represent our party and all Virginians?
Apparently, The Lynchburg GOP leadership flashed back to the ‘good-ole Tea Party days, utilizing a ‘Firehouse Primary’ to limit and bias voter participation and control the outcome with “manipulative operators”.
In stepped the RPV Republican Party of Virginia who thrashed the Primary and ousted those deemed responsible for the shenanigans and deactivated the local unit.
Unfortunately, a dozen years, ago this type of “activity” went unchecked in some districts for years.
Talk about being “disconnected from reality”! Do these people Not understand that the Democrats have taken over Virginia and that the Republican Party requires the best highest caliber Virginians to represent our party and all Virginians?
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"Firehouse primary results ejected, Lynchburg GOP dissolved
https://roanoke.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_57144bdb-b973-5a33-8213-bdb20468896b.html
The Republican Party of Virginia’s central committee voted Saturday to throw out the results of the Lynchburg GOP’s firehouse primary, held on May 30, and to declare the local party defunct in response to how it handled the primary for the three at-large seats on council.
In a vote of 55-17 at a meeting in Fredericksburg, the State Central Committee of the RPV agreed to take the action based on its review of three appeals filed against how the Lynchburg Republican City Committee (LRCC) ran the firehouse primary.
The appeals alleged various types of malfeasance and impropriety during the firehouse primary process".
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The RPV’s central committee, composed of nearly 80 members, is the governing body of the state party. It manages the party's affairs, sets bylaws, oversees elections, and rules on internal nomination disputes.
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All current executive officers of the LRCC, except Steven Troxel, are banned from serving in a leadership position for the remainder of the current term, until the end of 2027.
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Former City Councilman Jeff Helgeson was singled out for the most severe penalties based on how he campaigned for the team of Bratton, Misjuns and James “Trae” Watkins in the primary while serving on the purportedly neutral firehouse primary’s electoral board.
The central committee voted to formally censure Helgeson and bar him from all Republican offices, including LRCC membership, until the end of 2027.
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The appeals committee then reconvened the following day with RPV Counsel Chris Marston to discuss and vote on remedies for the Lynchburg Republican Party.
Faraldi described the central committee’s ruling as “monumental” and “overwhelming.”
“In other words, 40-plus Republicans ruled that this firehouse process was indeed a dumpster fire and violated many party rules."
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"It is about accountability," she (Beth White) said. "For years, Lynchburg Republicans have been dragged into controversy because of the actions of a select few. Those few have acted like they speak for the majority, but they do not."
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The report also highlighted “irregular” provisional balloting procedures, voting by email, disenfranchisement of military members, voter intimidation, and improper submission of election forms.
(Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how'd you like the play?)
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Some Reflections:
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January 05, 2016 TeaParty Primary-Elections Strategy Revealed
How to negate and manipulate the will of the majority of the voters
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2015/06/teaparty-primary-elections-strategy.html
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March 24, 2015 The Story Behind The Ted Cruz At Liberty Lynchburg Story
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-story-behind-ted-cruz-at-liberty.html
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September 23, 2014 The Republican Clash Between Two Banners
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-republican-clash-between-two-banners.html
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The Republican Party of Virginia’s central committee voted Saturday to throw out the results of the Lynchburg GOP’s firehouse primary, held on May 30, and to declare the local party defunct in response to how it handled the primary for the three at-large seats on council.
In a vote of 55-17 at a meeting in Fredericksburg, the State Central Committee of the RPV agreed to take the action based on its review of three appeals filed against how the Lynchburg Republican City Committee (LRCC) ran the firehouse primary.
The appeals alleged various types of malfeasance and impropriety during the firehouse primary process".
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The RPV’s central committee, composed of nearly 80 members, is the governing body of the state party. It manages the party's affairs, sets bylaws, oversees elections, and rules on internal nomination disputes.
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All current executive officers of the LRCC, except Steven Troxel, are banned from serving in a leadership position for the remainder of the current term, until the end of 2027.
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Former City Councilman Jeff Helgeson was singled out for the most severe penalties based on how he campaigned for the team of Bratton, Misjuns and James “Trae” Watkins in the primary while serving on the purportedly neutral firehouse primary’s electoral board.
The central committee voted to formally censure Helgeson and bar him from all Republican offices, including LRCC membership, until the end of 2027.
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The appeals committee then reconvened the following day with RPV Counsel Chris Marston to discuss and vote on remedies for the Lynchburg Republican Party.
Faraldi described the central committee’s ruling as “monumental” and “overwhelming.”
“In other words, 40-plus Republicans ruled that this firehouse process was indeed a dumpster fire and violated many party rules."
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"It is about accountability," she (Beth White) said. "For years, Lynchburg Republicans have been dragged into controversy because of the actions of a select few. Those few have acted like they speak for the majority, but they do not."
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The report also highlighted “irregular” provisional balloting procedures, voting by email, disenfranchisement of military members, voter intimidation, and improper submission of election forms.
(Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how'd you like the play?)
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Some Reflections:
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January 05, 2016 TeaParty Primary-Elections Strategy Revealed
How to negate and manipulate the will of the majority of the voters
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2015/06/teaparty-primary-elections-strategy.html
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March 24, 2015 The Story Behind The Ted Cruz At Liberty Lynchburg Story
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-story-behind-ted-cruz-at-liberty.html
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September 23, 2014 The Republican Clash Between Two Banners
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-republican-clash-between-two-banners.html
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Sunday, June 14, 2026
Flag Day June 14, 2026
Saturday, June 13, 2026
Smith Mountain Lake Church Wind Casualties
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NBCNews: 1 killed, others injured in Virginia church tent collapse amid high winds
The large commercial tent collapsed as a church was hosting an event to commemorate its 20th anniversary.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/1-killed-others-injured-virginia-church-tent-collapse-high-winds-rcna349902
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One person was killed and 11 others were taken to hospitals after a large tent at a Virginia church event collapsed during a storm and high winds Friday PM, authorities said.
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The tent collapsed around 6:45 p.m. as an event was being held outside of EastLake Community Church in Moneta, Bedford County acting fire and rescue Chief Abbey Johnston told reporters.
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Johnston said the pastor was in the process of evacuating the tent, which has seats for 1,500, when the collapse occurred.
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EastLake Community Church is located just off of Hendrick Store Road in Moneta, VA, at 1201 Timberwood Lane.
https://eastlake-church.com/plan-your-visit
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The large commercial tent collapsed as a church was hosting an event to commemorate its 20th anniversary.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/1-killed-others-injured-virginia-church-tent-collapse-high-winds-rcna349902
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One person was killed and 11 others were taken to hospitals after a large tent at a Virginia church event collapsed during a storm and high winds Friday PM, authorities said.
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The tent collapsed around 6:45 p.m. as an event was being held outside of EastLake Community Church in Moneta, Bedford County acting fire and rescue Chief Abbey Johnston told reporters.
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Johnston said the pastor was in the process of evacuating the tent, which has seats for 1,500, when the collapse occurred.
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EastLake Community Church is located just off of Hendrick Store Road in Moneta, VA, at 1201 Timberwood Lane.
https://eastlake-church.com/plan-your-visit
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Friday, June 12, 2026
Education TrainWreck: Even California Educators Are Waking-up
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Our nation’s competitors and adversaries have been pleased with the collapse in US educational competence since “the virus” consumed US society.
Not only did we let the ‘teachers unions’ destroy teaching & learning during the pandemic, but it has not been restored since!
In stark contrast are the religious-based schools that continued teaching during the pandemic with minimal medical issues and significant academic success.
At last, the teachers ‘who care’ are raising the teaching-learning issues impacting our students and our schools. If California can come out of the closet, so hopefully, can all our other schools. Hopefully better late than never.
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California board of regents to review SAT/ACT testing ban after 1,400 professors warn of ‘severe’ math gaps
University of California faculty letter warned that eliminating standardized tests masked severe academic deficiencies in STEM students
https://www.foxnews.com/media/uc-system-review-standardized-testing-ban-after-1400-professors-warn-severe-math-gaps
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The University of California (UC) announced Thursday that it is launching a comprehensive review of its standardized testing policy. The pivot follows a massive revolt by faculty members who warn they are being forced to re-teach middle school mathematics to incoming university students.
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"The Board of Regents and University leadership take very seriously the critical issue of college preparedness, and the UC Academic Senate has proposed a comprehensive, data-driven review to support its recommendations to strengthen student readiness and success at UC," University of California President James B. Milliken said in a statement. "There are few things more important on our agenda."
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GoodBye To Mastering Math, Reading, Writing, -- Hello To Decline
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/04/goodbye-to-mastering-math-reading.html
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Teachers Unions Fail Our Children And Country
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2021/03/teachers-unions-fail-our-children-and.html
Of all the sad adverse consequences of the China Virus, the teacher’s union’s refusal to open our schools and embrace our children is one of the saddest followed by their blatant extortion of the taxpayers.
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Our nation’s competitors and adversaries have been pleased with the collapse in US educational competence since “the virus” consumed US society.
Not only did we let the ‘teachers unions’ destroy teaching & learning during the pandemic, but it has not been restored since!
In stark contrast are the religious-based schools that continued teaching during the pandemic with minimal medical issues and significant academic success.
At last, the teachers ‘who care’ are raising the teaching-learning issues impacting our students and our schools. If California can come out of the closet, so hopefully, can all our other schools. Hopefully better late than never.
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California board of regents to review SAT/ACT testing ban after 1,400 professors warn of ‘severe’ math gaps
University of California faculty letter warned that eliminating standardized tests masked severe academic deficiencies in STEM students
https://www.foxnews.com/media/uc-system-review-standardized-testing-ban-after-1400-professors-warn-severe-math-gaps
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The University of California (UC) announced Thursday that it is launching a comprehensive review of its standardized testing policy. The pivot follows a massive revolt by faculty members who warn they are being forced to re-teach middle school mathematics to incoming university students.
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"The Board of Regents and University leadership take very seriously the critical issue of college preparedness, and the UC Academic Senate has proposed a comprehensive, data-driven review to support its recommendations to strengthen student readiness and success at UC," University of California President James B. Milliken said in a statement. "There are few things more important on our agenda."
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GoodBye To Mastering Math, Reading, Writing, -- Hello To Decline
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/04/goodbye-to-mastering-math-reading.html
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Teachers Unions Fail Our Children And Country
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2021/03/teachers-unions-fail-our-children-and.html
Of all the sad adverse consequences of the China Virus, the teacher’s union’s refusal to open our schools and embrace our children is one of the saddest followed by their blatant extortion of the taxpayers.
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WSJ: The Learning Legacy of Randi Weingarten
The latest NAEP results show the harm done by Covid school lockdowns.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/naep-scores-long-term-trend-assessment-math-reading-pandemic-8f088099?mod=hp_opin_pos_4
National test scores keep showing how pandemic lockdowns hurt students—but also that the trend of academic decline is bigger than Covid.
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WSJ: The Learning Legacy of Randi Weingarten
The latest NAEP results show the harm done by Covid school lockdowns.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/naep-scores-long-term-trend-assessment-math-reading-pandemic-8f088099?mod=hp_opin_pos_4
National test scores keep showing how pandemic lockdowns hurt students—but also that the trend of academic decline is bigger than Covid.
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Is Me.Sen.R. Susan Collins “LookIn Good”?
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Susan Collins is an enigma and a master politician serving as Maine’s Republican US Senator since 1997.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Collins
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One may think that because Maine is a place of outdoor independent individualism, that it would be loaded with Republicans, however, that’s Not the case.
Just as the same logic would apply to Vermont, however, both states have evolved into high-government-dependency and therefore Democrat influence.
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For 29-years Collins has woven a web of politics that keeps getting her elected.
Much of the time voting against fellow Republicans in Congress and White House.
Trump’s recent vendetta against so called ‘RINO Republicans’, excluded wrath for Collins.
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It will be interesting to watch Collin’s spar with Platner and his nemesis Bernie Sanders with their Communist Manifesto.
Might even import the Lenin statue from Seattle.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/06/democrats-continue-to-embrace-anarchists.html
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Maine Politics Goes Oyster Digging With Platner
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/06/maine-politics-goes-oyster-digging-with.html
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I miss Liberal-Republicans: An old Vermont political tradition
https://www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025/10/i-miss-liberal-republicans-an-old-vermont-political-tradition
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Susan Collins is an enigma and a master politician serving as Maine’s Republican US Senator since 1997.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Collins
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One may think that because Maine is a place of outdoor independent individualism, that it would be loaded with Republicans, however, that’s Not the case.
Just as the same logic would apply to Vermont, however, both states have evolved into high-government-dependency and therefore Democrat influence.
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For 29-years Collins has woven a web of politics that keeps getting her elected.
Much of the time voting against fellow Republicans in Congress and White House.
Trump’s recent vendetta against so called ‘RINO Republicans’, excluded wrath for Collins.
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It will be interesting to watch Collin’s spar with Platner and his nemesis Bernie Sanders with their Communist Manifesto.
Might even import the Lenin statue from Seattle.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/06/democrats-continue-to-embrace-anarchists.html
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Maine Politics Goes Oyster Digging With Platner
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/06/maine-politics-goes-oyster-digging-with.html
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I miss Liberal-Republicans: An old Vermont political tradition
https://www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025/10/i-miss-liberal-republicans-an-old-vermont-political-tradition
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Wednesday, June 10, 2026
CopyRight Rules & Laws Run Through The AI Shredder
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AI is now not only too big to fail, it’s too big to be constrained by patent and copyright rules and laws and ownership and attribution.
It’s somewhat like ‘eminent domain’ being used to take your real-property and evict you from your own home without compensation.
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There were laws and rules governing use of someone else’s original written materials. This was bounded by the “fair use” rules that limited the amount of ‘direct quoted’ material one could use.
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Fast forward to today’s AI ‘no rules, no limits, no bounds’ on what the AI ‘people’ are taking even without credits or footnotes --- just copy it and use it.
This ‘taking’ involves massive volumes targeting the library of congress, the files of the patent office, technical manuals, product specs, the universities dissertations and textbooks just for starters.
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To add insult to injury AI companies are claiming “Fair Use” applies.
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When did the CopyRight rules get changed, who changed them and where is all this documented?
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Perhaps our race with the Chinese for AI dominance will override all the existing rules and laws in the ‘best interests of the country’ and be at the expense of those who originated and owned all this intellectual property!
AI is now not only too big to fail, it’s too big to be constrained by patent and copyright rules and laws and ownership and attribution.
It’s somewhat like ‘eminent domain’ being used to take your real-property and evict you from your own home without compensation.
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There were laws and rules governing use of someone else’s original written materials. This was bounded by the “fair use” rules that limited the amount of ‘direct quoted’ material one could use.
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Fast forward to today’s AI ‘no rules, no limits, no bounds’ on what the AI ‘people’ are taking even without credits or footnotes --- just copy it and use it.
This ‘taking’ involves massive volumes targeting the library of congress, the files of the patent office, technical manuals, product specs, the universities dissertations and textbooks just for starters.
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To add insult to injury AI companies are claiming “Fair Use” applies.
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When did the CopyRight rules get changed, who changed them and where is all this documented?
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Perhaps our race with the Chinese for AI dominance will override all the existing rules and laws in the ‘best interests of the country’ and be at the expense of those who originated and owned all this intellectual property!
But what will be the impacts on future invention and disclosure?
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Copyright Law And Southern Virginia and Old 97;
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2023/08/copyright-law-and-southern-virginia.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2016/10/old-97-rough-road-from-lynchburg-to_24.html
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Copyright Law And Southern Virginia and Old 97;
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2023/08/copyright-law-and-southern-virginia.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2016/10/old-97-rough-road-from-lynchburg-to_24.html
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California Voting And Voting And Voting And Voting
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Apparently, California’s going to keep on voting until they get the result they want!
Is this Not the most technologically advanced country in the world?
Reflections of JFK’s father: I paid for a win – not a landslide!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2018/12/ballot-harvesting-fraud-in-california.html
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I remember when there was a “Voting DAY”
Even the “absentees” were counted.
Poll workers didn’t go home till the counting was done.
And number of votes = number of voters!
Apparently, California’s going to keep on voting until they get the result they want!
Is this Not the most technologically advanced country in the world?
Reflections of JFK’s father: I paid for a win – not a landslide!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2018/12/ballot-harvesting-fraud-in-california.html
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I remember when there was a “Voting DAY”
Even the “absentees” were counted.
Poll workers didn’t go home till the counting was done.
And number of votes = number of voters!
All were registered legal residences!
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The amazing good California News:
XAVIER BECERRA and STEVE HILTON are advancing to the general election
Xavier Becerra DEM 2,390,780 27.9%
Steve Hilton GOP 2,137,993 25.0%
Tom Steyer DEM 1,928,381 22.5%
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The amazing good California News:
XAVIER BECERRA and STEVE HILTON are advancing to the general election
Xavier Becerra DEM 2,390,780 27.9%
Steve Hilton GOP 2,137,993 25.0%
Tom Steyer DEM 1,928,381 22.5%
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The Bad News: D's = 2 X Rs
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For an election ‘insult your intelligence piece’:
Here’s why California’s election results take time
Trump and others criticize the long wait for results in the Golden State, but an onslaught of late mail ballots takes time to process.
Here’s why California’s election results take time
https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/06/08/california-election-results-take-a-long-time/
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Perennial For Cal Gov: Fat Cat Steyer
Left-Wing Super-Progressive Fat Cat Steyer is running for Cal Governor on a platform of reducing energy bills! Really!
This in THE state of regulations and controls and mandates and taxes on top of taxes.
Steyer — a former hedge fund manager turned liberal activist — has spent or booked more than $195 million in ads for broadcast TV, cable and radio with the tally still growing, according to data compiled by advertising tracker AdImpact
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For an election ‘insult your intelligence piece’:
Here’s why California’s election results take time
Trump and others criticize the long wait for results in the Golden State, but an onslaught of late mail ballots takes time to process.
Here’s why California’s election results take time
https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/06/08/california-election-results-take-a-long-time/
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Perennial For Cal Gov: Fat Cat Steyer
Left-Wing Super-Progressive Fat Cat Steyer is running for Cal Governor on a platform of reducing energy bills! Really!
This in THE state of regulations and controls and mandates and taxes on top of taxes.
Steyer — a former hedge fund manager turned liberal activist — has spent or booked more than $195 million in ads for broadcast TV, cable and radio with the tally still growing, according to data compiled by advertising tracker AdImpact
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Maine Politics Goes Oyster Digging With Platner
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I wanna be your: Maine Man - Song - Rhett & Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcDsd_sMtiw
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It’s difficult to comprehend how a great state like Maine could promote a person with Graham Platner’s history and character and campaign statements to US Senate candidate.
Apparently, the voters looked at todays US Democrat Senators, like leader Chuck Schumer, and said ‘why not?’.
Based on this primary-election, it’s not clear who Maine voters will choose between Susan Collins and Platner.
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Platner Wins Maine Senate Primary After a Turbulent Stretch of His Bid
Graham Platner has faced new scrutiny over his personal history, but his Democratic primary victory sets up a high-stakes race against Senator Susan Collins, a Republican.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/us/politics/maine-senate-platner-mills.html
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Graham Platner, the progressive oyster farmer who toppled Maine’s political establishment even as a series of unsettling revelations about his past rattled his party, won the Democratic nomination for Senate on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press.
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In a victory speech that took aim at Ms. Collins, Mr. Platner declared that his political movement would “take back our power” in November and subsequently enact a raft of progressive legislation, including codifying abortion rights and passing a single-payer health care system known as Medicare for all.
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Mr. Platner dismissed the news reports about his past as immaterial to the coming general election.
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I wanna be your: Maine Man - Song - Rhett & Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcDsd_sMtiw
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It’s difficult to comprehend how a great state like Maine could promote a person with Graham Platner’s history and character and campaign statements to US Senate candidate.
Apparently, the voters looked at todays US Democrat Senators, like leader Chuck Schumer, and said ‘why not?’.
Based on this primary-election, it’s not clear who Maine voters will choose between Susan Collins and Platner.
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Platner Wins Maine Senate Primary After a Turbulent Stretch of His Bid
Graham Platner has faced new scrutiny over his personal history, but his Democratic primary victory sets up a high-stakes race against Senator Susan Collins, a Republican.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/us/politics/maine-senate-platner-mills.html
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Graham Platner, the progressive oyster farmer who toppled Maine’s political establishment even as a series of unsettling revelations about his past rattled his party, won the Democratic nomination for Senate on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press.
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In a victory speech that took aim at Ms. Collins, Mr. Platner declared that his political movement would “take back our power” in November and subsequently enact a raft of progressive legislation, including codifying abortion rights and passing a single-payer health care system known as Medicare for all.
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Mr. Platner dismissed the news reports about his past as immaterial to the coming general election.
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