See the latest from Brian Tyler Cohen, brutal political humor at its best. Rather than a Golden Age with DT, things are going downhill. When the Bureau of Labor Statistics, reported 73,000 in July’s job growth, DT did no analysis. He fired the director. This is better than what it was in the Soviet Union, where the…
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Good News for a Change – Ed O’Rourke
See this from tonight’s NEWSHOUR, Ed How Ben & Jerry’s is recycling food waste into energy Attachments area Preview YouTube video How Ben & Jerry’s is recycling food waste into energy
The Hebrew word for grief is Selah. – Ed O’Rourke
Loose Leaf Hollow Release, Relax & Rest in this Space for GraceMONDAY MORNING MUSINGSelah a bittersweet road trip with my big-brother & sisterThe Hebrew word for grief is Selah.It means creating the time to”Pause, reflect, and feel meaning”Whenever life, loss and love collide.Selah appears 70 times in the Psalms That the monks chant day after dayOut at the Abbey of Gethsemani.According to…
Gaza – My e-Mail to My Senators and Congressman – Ed O’Rourke
Starvation in Gaza It is way past time to send a United Nations force, the Swedish Army, the Indian Army or the US Army to take over Gaza’s administration. Do the Starving in Gaza Feel Betrayed by Humanity? What do they feel, knowing that they have survived thousands of air strikes, artillery shells, field executions,…
The Israelis Are Committing War Crimes Every Day – Ed O’Rourke
This is my e-mail to the two Texas senators and my congressman: It is time to send in the Swedish Army, the Indian Army, an international force or our own army to occupy Gaza. This effort is long overdue. Pope Demands ‘Immediate Halt to the Barbarity’ of Israel’s War on Gaza Pope Leo XIV said…
A Comical Look at DT and the Epstein File – Ed O’Rourke
NEW HIT SONG – Releasing the Files (Trump’s Epstein Files Saga) Attachments area Preview YouTube video NEW HIT SONG – Releasing the Files (Trump’s Epstein Files Saga)
Bastille Day from Joe Zarantello – Ed O’Rourke
Bastille DayMorning fog like a thin layer of gauze lieson the hay field that is lush and ripefor a second mowing, and the sun is peaking overthe tree line as I walk home, musing on Bastille Day. Old Donald of Orange and the French Wiz Kidvisited Napoleon’s tomb yesterday,both of them bending a knee to…
A Look at the Big Beautiful Bill and US Farm Policy – Ed O’Rourke
Just about everybody knows that many rural hospitals will close. There is much more. See this excerpt and then read the entire article. For decades, U.S. farm policy has been a bipartisan festival of ag-lobby pandering, shoveling enormous piles of cash to farmers through grants, heavily subsidized loans, even more heavily subsidized insurance, disaster aid and an…
A Good Look at Early Warning Systems – Ed O’Rourke
See an excerpt from the NY Times article: Disaster preparedness is among the trickiest public services. Natural disasters happen regularly and everywhere, but they don’t happen predictably, which means being ready for them requires extra precautions: It requires a lot of people on duty even when nothing is going wrong, to ensure they will be…
Tragedy in the Hill Country – Ed O’Rourke
This is the e-mail that I sent to the two Texas senators and my congressman. Global warming has become personal. I was a camper in Kerr County in the summers, 1956, 1957 and 1958 at Texas Catholic Boys Camp (TECABOCA). In 1960, I returned to work in the kitchen. I had a happy childhood. My time at…