***This past week was exhausting, personally and for the country. There's an upbeat web site called The Chive that has put together a good news article that's really uplifting. It's here. Some examples:
There are many stories of heroism that are coming out of the Las
Vegas tragedy. One act of courage under fire that recently surfaced was
that of a Chiver who came to the aid of a girl who had been shot in the
arm. We’re told he had the presence of mind to remove his Whiskey shirt
and fashioned a tourniquet to stem the blood loss. He is credited with
saving the woman’s life. Until yesterday, nobody knew who this noble
Chiver was.
We know his name now. His name is Kyle Smitley, an EMT from Corona California. A huge Chiver, big heart, hero.
Lots more at the link. ***More on the Left showing their true colors. Remember Steve Scalise? He was shot and almost killed while practicing for the Congressional baseball game. He threw out the first pitch at a Washington Nationals game. He got a thundering standing ovation, but there were apparently some on the Left who felt it was inappropriate for him to be there. Huh?
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who was shot and almost killed
while practicing for the annual congressional baseball game, threw out
the first pitch at the opening game of the Washington Nationals playoff
series last night. Scalise used crutches to make his way onto the field
and a walker to set himself for the first pitch. He threw it to David
Bailey, the Capitol Police special agent who was also wounded during the
shooting. Two other victims, Zack Barth (a congressional staffer) and
Matt Mika (a lobbyist) delivered the lineup cards.
Scalise received a standing ovation from the crowd. I wasn’t at the game, but Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post described the ovation as “thunderous.”
Not everyone was pleased by Scalise’s appearance, though. According
to the Steinberg, Twitter comments included: “Bad choice;” “I will not
cheer for him;” and “I’m physically sickened.”
Mentally sick is more like it.
That level of hatred borders on psychotic. Thank goodness 99% of the crowd there welcomed him.
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Yes! No!
My turn signal wasn’t working, So I asked for help from a friend. "Stand behind the car," I said. "Let’s get this problem to end."
"When I turn the signal on, If it’s working, let me know." I hit the blinker and then I heard: "Yes! No! Yes! No! Yes! No!"
By Joanna Fuchs
***Got our outdoor fall decorations up today. My absolute favorite!***
***I have to get this off my chest. I have avoided the myriad threads in Facebook about the tragedy that took place in Richmond last week as I didn't want to deal with the inevitable silliness that would follow my posting my opinion. The boy's mother is the one who called in the tip, and the police where there when he arrived. She no doubt saved several lives, the boy in question had two firearms and explosives in his possession. He obviously was planning to do a lot of harm. Since then, however, there has been an overabundance of weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth. Of course it's tragic and awful, you would have to be nuts to think otherwise. BUT, if the Dennis middle schoolers did not feel like victims before, they certainly do now. Counselors, days out of school, free T-shirts, free day at the local recreational complex, endless worrying about their feelings...not terrible things, but come on. So many are wailing about bullying and how it has to stop and oh, what a...
***Today's the day we go and cut our Christmas tree with Johnathan, and then tomorrow we are going shopping with both kids...what a perfect weekend! We got our outdoor lights up this morning, now to have Johnathan help us drag all the Christmas tubs down from the attic. I'm starting to get in the spirit, all I need now is a little snow. :-) ***The Washington Post , as usual, is misrepresenting the GOP tax bill , claiming it, wait for it, benefits the wealthy more than the poor and middle class. Gosh, never heard that before, have we? In fact: What the Post reporters don’t tell readers is that other measures of the Senate tax cut bill’s effects contradict their chosen – Democratic – narrative. To cite just one example, the Cato Institute’s Chris Edwards looked at the aggregate percentage cuts by income range. Taxpayers earning $40,000 to $50,000 annually would see a 51 percent reduction. Similarly, those earning $75,000 to $100,000 would see a 17 percent aggregate re...
***I'm really tired of all the negative stuff going around. Here's some good news from the UK : A Belfast bakery run by evangelical Christians was not obliged to make a cake emblazoned with the message “support gay marriage”, the supreme court has ruled, overturning a £500 damages award imposed on it. The five justices on the supreme court – Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr, Lord Hodge and Lady Black – found the bakery did not refuse to fulfil Lee’s order because of his sexual orientation and therefore there was no discrimination on those grounds. The business relationship between Lee and Ashers did not involve people being refused jobs or services because of their religious faith, the judges added. Of course nobody should be forced to produce a product against their religious beliefs. The plaintiffs are not being denied something they can't get somewhere else. Good sense prevailed this time. *** In Texas - Cruz 54, O'Rourke 45. Let's hope it stays...
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