FREEDOM

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Freedom stands for something greater than just the right to act however we choose. it stands for securing that everyone has an equal opportunity for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

To most reasonable people, freedom means more than just ‘free to do whatever I want’. Taken literally, that approach would produce anarchy—every man, woman, and child for himself or herself. Fortunately, none of us has to live that way, unless in Syria, Somalia or any other disaster area.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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They Say its My Birthday... I was there, but I don't remember. But please allow me to share with all of you who may also be Libras, or wish you were.

This mix of tenderness and irritation will be familiar to most people who were invited to attended family gatherings.

Should I live it up, or let others treat me? Here’s a list of companies that really like to celebrate birthdays.

California Wildfires

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My family is safe, thank God, but others are in the path of another deadly inferno, which has returned to Southern California.

Will the 2019 wildfires surpass last year's destructive path? The wildfire season was the deadliest wildfire season ever recorded in California, with a total of 8,527 fires burning 1,893,913 acres.

A red flag warning is in effect over portions of The Southland as deadly wildfires whipped by the treacherous Santa Ana winds damaged over 33 homes and forced the evacuation of more than 100K.

CIRQUE MEI

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The global Chinese beautiful circus is performing worldwide with a stop in NYC. https://www.lehmancenter.org/
On the 70 anniversary of the new People’s Republic of China, this troupe has traveled from Hebei Province.

Cirque Mei features traditional and contemporary Chinese circus acts in a colorful and lively celebration of the internationally renowned circus arts.

Rally Big Show-off

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Any individual who attracts attention by frequently, and most usually employed in a mildly mocking manner, or someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract as much attention as possible.

By utilizing his Bully Pulpit has @realdonaldtrunp evolved into a really a big show-off who continually lies to his American base and will he be caught off base?

President Trump has repeatedly bragged about the size of his crowds  as journalists share photos and videos of rows of empty seats in the arenas.

How Many Stooges?

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Two of these men are currently under arrest today. How many others will neet a similar fate the following days? With a Pro-Trump Super PAC at the Center of Indictments. we'll just have to see what happens. These two foreign-born men helped Giuliani in Ukraine are arrested on campaign-finance charges. Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman were expected to appear in federal court in Virginia. These are the first arrests in the impeachment investigation.

Sick of You

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Our so-called leadership is gutless, spineless and shameless. Like a bloodsucking parasite living off our hard-earned tax dollars, making no sense and killing us. Do most Americans wish he would just go away and never return?

How could We The People have allowed it to get to this stage? Not just with despicable words but actions, which have consequences.

Who has managed to defend, or justify unspeakable acts while playing dumb, keeping quiet and therefore being complicit in silence?

The Political Jungle

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A well-known phrase - History has a way of repeating itself - Or does it also have a way of reversing itself? The same kinds of events repeat or the opposite occurs. Will history repeat or reverse itself for our country? Is our nation is headed for disaster?

The "Eighteenth Brumaire" November 9, 1799 —the day Napoleon Bonaparte had made himself dictator by a coup d'état. The work is the source of one of Marx's most quoted statements, that history repeats itself, "the first as tragedy, then as farce".

Gmar Chatima Tova

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On this Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the New Year, we wish our Jewish friends and readers, Samaritans, and all the Christian friends who celebrate it, a good, easy or meaningful fast.

Yom Kippur, the most significant holiday in the Jewish religion, marks an end to the 10 days of repentance.

This is a time for people to reflect on their sins and transgressions from the past year and ask God for forgiveness.

the holiest day of the Jewish year.

US Unmatched Wisdom

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OK folks its time for show and tell. Who calls himself a stable genius and boasts about his unmatched wisdom without any knowledge? No, it was not Tricky Dick. Could it be Real Trekkie Don answering a distress signal from the USSR Putin? His decisions have been described as a knee jerk. They chose one word correctly. Trump has now abandoned the Kurds.