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Wednesday, February 1, 2017


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PONDERABLE


"A smile is a curve that sets everything straight."

--- Phyllis Diller



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Seriously Funny
Holy humor
By Mordechai Schiller

Think the authentically devout can't get you to keel over from laughter?


 




Reality Check
The lessons of Roosevelt's failures
By Caroline B. Glick




The current media and left-wing uproar over the executive order US President Donald Trump signed on Saturday is extraordinary on many levels

As usual, the author absolutely nails it





Passionate Parenting
The long road to parenting payout
By Tiffany Gee Lewis




Know a couple second-guessing their child rearing skills? (Or are you fearing failure?) Read this



Heads-Up
Making sense of a brain that garbles senses
By Katherine Arcement



Rachel Schneider, to her detriment, spent a good chunk of her still young life fighting a condition that didn't exist. She wants to create awareness so others don't do so as well





Ess. Ess/Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Molly Stevens


Scrumptious and studded with cranberries, these melt-in-your-mouth muffins are hard on the outside, creamy on the inside


[ W O R T H  1 0 0 0  W O R D S  ]

Sean Delonas

Lisa Benson

J.D. Crowe

Matt Davies

Bob Gorrell

Dana Summers

Michael Ramirez





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On this day in . . .


1327, teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer

1709, Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

1790, in New York City, the Supreme Court of the United States attempts to convene for the first time. (However, since only three of the six justices were present, the court recessed until the next day.)

1793, the French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands

1861, during the American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States

1862, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," a poem by Julia Ward Howe, was published in the Atlantic Monthly

1884, Edition One of the Oxford English Dictionary is published

1893, Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey

1942, the Voice of America broadcast its first program to Europe, relaying it through the facilities of the British Broadcasting Corp. in London

1958, the first Earth satellite of the United States, Explorer 1, is launched at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as part of the United States program for the International Geophysical Year and in response to the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik. ALSO: Egypt and Syria merge to form the United Arab Republic, which lasts until 1961

1968, the execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan is videotaped and photographed by Eddie Adams. This image helped build opposition to the Vietnam War. ALSO: The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form the ill-fated Penn Central Transportation

1979, convicted bank robber Patty Hearst is released from prison after her sentence was commuted by President Jimmy Carter. ALSO: Ayatollah Khomeini, ym"sh, is welcomed back into Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile

2001, former U.S. President Bill Clinton said he and his wife would return $86,000 in gifts they received in 2000 but would keep $104,000 worth of others they received prior to 2000. ALSO: French and German newspapers republished caricatures of Muhammad in what they called a defense of freedom of expression, sparking fresh anger from Muslims

2002, President George W. Bush responded to the collapse of Enron by proposing regulation reforms of 401(k) retirement plans. Justice Department investigators directed President Bush's staff to preserve the paper trail of any contact with Enron

2003, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard

2004, 251 practitioners of that "religion of peace" are trampled to death and 244 injured in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia

2006, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhahd) launched anniversary celebrations for Iran's Islamic Revolution with a defiant promise to push ahead with the country's controversial nuclear program

2010, U.S. President Barack Obama proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2011 with a projected $1.6 trillion deficit

2011, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced he would not run for a new term in September elections but rejected protesters' demands he step down immediately and leave the country, vowing to die on Egypt's soil, after a dramatic day in which a quarter-million Egyptians staged their biggest protest to date calling on him to go

2012, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan would end as early as mid 2013 with the 90,000 troops on the scene withdrawn by late 2014. ALSO: At least 73 people were killed and 200 hurt in a fight between fans and players at a soccer match in Port Said, Egypt, the deadliest soccer violence there since 1996. The riot and police response led to violence and deaths at Cairo, Said and Suez

2014, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Syria's civil war "the most urgent security challenge in the world today." U.N. officials estimated more than 100,000 people had been killed since the conflict began in March 2011

2015, an interception at the goal line by rookie Malcom Butler preserved a 28-to-24 win by the New England Patriots over the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl

2016, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz swept to victory in Iowa's Republican caucuses, overcoming billionaire Donald Trump and a stronger-than-expected showing by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio; among Democrats, Bernie Sanders rode a wave of voter enthusiasm to a virtual tie with Hillary Clinton. ALSO: The World Health Organization declared a global emergency over the explosive spread of the Zika (ZEE'-kuh) virus, which was linked to birth defects in the Americas, calling it an "extraordinary event" that posed a public health threat to other parts of the world





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Andrew Malcolm: Trump's White House sends arrogant media into Obama withdrawal

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Can't Possibly Be True | An 'Ant' Version of Hell

Lenore Skenazy A Breakthrough About Breakthroughs

Paul Greenberg: Call this number now

Jonah Goldberg: Trump is taking the Bannon Way, and it will end in disaster

L. Brent Bozell III: 2017: The Year Conservative Protests Are News

John Stossel: Trump Bubble Bursts

Bob Tyrrell: Hushing errant journos is doing them a favor

Robert Barnes: 'Originalist' Supreme Court pick seen as willing to compromise

Robert Barnes: Undercurrent of justice pick was whether it would soothe Kennedy, making him feel secure enough to retire

Paul Kane: Fight over Supreme Court nominee could forever change the nature of ... the Senate

Amber Phillips: DEM-olition: How party's antics may leave them losers, again

Charles Hurt: People need to get over the so-called 'Muslim ban'

Michelle Malkin: Not All Refugees Are Welcome

Walter Williams: Lower Conduct Standards for Libs

Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen

Mallard Filmore



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