Phony Baloney

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What Goes Up Must Come Down Meaning: All Things that rise will also fall. Like a demagogue full of hot air will soon drop.

This expression is often used to say that nothing lasts forever. Origin of What Goes Up Must Come Down This idiom originated in the 1800s and came from the physical properties of gravity. If you throw an orange in the air, it will come back down.

Asian American Month

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May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month!. PBS has a collection of new shows, and some gems to revisit.

MAYDAY!

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MaydayMaydayMayday! It's the call that no ship's captain ever wants to make. Why? Because it could mean trouble. Big Problem!

The mother ship is taking in water. And according to NYC officials, Nautical Winds Condominium has issues serious enough to receive fresh building violations.

White House Correspondents Dinner

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President Joe Biden Speaks at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner LIVE from the Hilton in Washington DC.

I've attended these in the past and can say, I do not miss these events. However, I'm glad that we are back to a place where we don't have a thin-skinned president who can't tolerate the kind of skewering the chief executive always receives at these events.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hEfV1UMNMy4

Beach Boys 60th Anniversary

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Once America’s favorite rock n roll band they’re now celebrating 60 years of music 🎶 with a new release of their biggest hit 🎼 songs.

The Old Man of The C

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My AP predecessor, correspondent Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea was a classic novella about a Cuban fisherman.

Empower The UN

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Why doesn’t the United Nations Security Council expel Russia? Putin has now turned it into a terrorist state, no longer a worthy member.

Some UN member nations are now formally recognizing Russia’s war crimes in Ukraine as genocide. If Putin does not respect The UN, then let them get Russia the hell out of the UN Security Council for the good of humanity.

Communist propaganda has told millions of Russians who watch state-sponsored media are repeatedly told that Russia is not bombing Ukraine.

Let There Be Light

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Throughout their writings about The Savior, his apostles referred to Genesis 1 as a certain historical fact pointing to spiritual truths.

The Holy Bible tells us that... In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Social, or Merde Media?

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Things do not appear to be going well for American Democracy these days when the big platforms are owned by real USA billionaires.

Forget the others that make their usual false claim to be on top, but can't break into the pack. The big ones have put Americans in a stinky and sticky predicament.

We are referring to Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, WashingtonPost, Twitter, FoxNews, NYPost, WallStreetJournal... etc.

The late-night comics are having a field day with the progressively expanding media topic.