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Monday, July 24, 2017

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Seriously Funny
Ready, Aim, Pray!
By Mordechai Schiller

A lover of language explores what happens when military service synthesizes with "service of the heart"

War on Jihad
In France, the cold-blooded murder of an elderly Jewish woman ignites a debate over terrorism
By James Mcauley

Nation grapples with profound questions -- as political as they are existential -- following Sarah Halimi's vicious slaying

Wake-Up Call
Islam in America As Described by Three Leading Muslim Voices
By Steven Emerson

After watching this 4-minute video you can either get scared or be P.O-ed.

It's your choice.

Prevent A Divorce!
6 truths you need to know about marriage before you seal the deal
By McKenna Park

Make sure you know these truths about married life before saying "I do". You'll be grateful you did

Consumer Intelligence
Several online banks are finally offering better deals on savings accounts
By Jonnelle Marte

Some online banks have been sweetening their savings accounts as the Fed has raised rates as a way to attract more cash

Wellness
This app tells you when you're depressed. Who else does it tell?
By Caroline Chen

Woebot knows that I felt anxious on Wednesday and happy on Thursday. But who else might know?

Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Noelle Carter

This sweet, cheesy kugel is a perfect choice when you're craving something both homey and comforting

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• Lisa Benson

• Chip Bok

• Sean Delonas

• Bob Gorrell

• Dave Granlund

• Joe Heller

• David Hitch

• Dana Summers

• Gary Varvel

• Adam Zyglis

• Michael Ramirez

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On this day in . . .

• 1487, citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands strike against ban on foreign beer

• 1858, Republican senatorial candidate Abraham Lincoln formally challenged Democrat Stephen A. Douglas to a series of political debates; the result was seven face-to-face encounters

• 1866, Tennessee became the first state to be readmitted to the Union after the Civil War

• 1929, President Hoover proclaimed the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which renounced war as an instrument of foreign policy

• 1943, British bombers raid Hamburg, Germany, by night in Operation Gomorrah, while Americans bomb it by day in its own "Blitz Week"

• 1959, During the grand opening ceremony of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev engage in a heated debate about capitalism and communism in the middle of a model kitchen set up for the fair. The so-called "kitchen debate" became one of the most famous episodes of the Cold War.

• 1967, during an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in Montreal: Vive le Quebec libre! ("Long live free Quebec!"). The statement, interpreted as support for Quebec independence, delighted many Quebecers but angered the Canadian government and many English Canadians

• 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts -- two of whom had been the first men to set foot on the moon -- splashed down safely in the Pacific. The American effort to send astronauts to the moon had its origins in a famous appeal President John F. Kennedy made to a special joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961: "I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth."

• 1974, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Nixon had to turn over subpoenaed White House tape recordings to the Watergate special prosecutor

• 1975, an Apollo spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific, completing a mission which included the first-ever docking with a Soyuz capsule from the Soviet Union

• 1983, George Brett batting for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the "Pine Tar Incident"

• 1996, two bombs blamed on Tamil separatists ripped through a commuter train near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 64 civilians and wounding more than 400

• 1997, the Scottish scientists who produced Dolly the cloned sheep announced they had cloned a sheep with human genes

• 1998, a gunman opened fire at the Capitol in Washington, killing two police officers and wounding a tourist. Police shot the gunman, who survived and was later charged with murder

• 2002, nine coal miners were trapped in a flooded mine in western Pennsylvania; the story ended happily three days later with the rescue of all nine. ALSO: Democrat James Traficant is expelled from the United States House of Representatives on a vote of 420 to 1

• 2011, thousands of protesters angry about Spain's brutal economic woes once again filled Madrid's downtown Sol square after many had spent weeks marching hundreds of miles from far-flung cities across the country

• 2014, an Air Algerie plane carrying 118 people dropped from radar en route to Algiers from Ouagadougou, the capital of the West African country of Burkina Faso, and crashed in Mali. There were no survivors

• 2016, thousands of demonstrators took to Philadelphia's sweltering streets, cheering, chanting and beating drums in the first major protests ahead of the Democratic National Convention

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Victor Davis Hanson: America's Media Meltdown

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Try, Try Again | Fantas-tech?

• Judge to inmates: Get sterilized and I'll shave off jail time

• Lyft riders will be able to hail a self-driving car by the end of the year

• These 'lawn artisians' take pride in their work, never complain --- and aren't paid a red cent by their state bosses

Argus Hamilton's News in Zingers

Lloyd Garver: Kermit the frog, you're fired

Bernard Goldberg: If Arrogance Were A Crime, A Lot of Journalists Would Be In Jail

Dick Morris: Did Trump Make a Big Concession to Putin at G-20?

Debra J. Saunders: Trump Steps on Message, Again, with Attorney General Comments

Craig Shirley: How could a meeting like Trump Jr.'s happen? Easy

Ramesh Ponnuru: Libs want Republicans not to be Republicans

David Weigel: Republicans are in full control of government --- but losing control of their party

Sean Sullivan & Robert Costa: Republicans are in full control of government --- but losing control of their party

Jeff Jacoby: 'Let Obamacare fail,' says Trump. It already has

George Will: Weapon technology has been stalled for decades. That's about to change

• Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen

• Mallard Filmore