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Gunman Kills 26 at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas

Nothing indicated Nov. 5, 2017 would be different from any other Sunday in rural Sutherland Springs, Texas. The 50 or so parishioners that attended services at the First Baptist Church had made their way up the concrete walkway and were … Continue reading

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Trump Seething Over Russia Indictments and Staffer Guilty Plea

Day 284 in the Trump administration was one to remember. After a year plus of repeated denials from President Trump, VP Mike Pence and their enablers that no member of the Trump campaign “ever” met with any Russians, reality crashed … Continue reading

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Lone Wolf Gunman Kills 58 at Las Vegas Country Music Festival

At 10:05 PM on Sunday in Las Vegas, country music star Jason Aldean was delivering the closing set at the Route 91 Harvest music festival when gunfire rang out. At first attendees and performers confused the sound as part of the … Continue reading

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Try This Perfect Roasted Chicken

As I cook for five people each night, I’m always on the lookout for tasty recipes involving sizable selects of meat, poultry or pork, that will feed my brood without breaking the checkbook. I know chicken doesn’t exactly get anyone’s … Continue reading

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Trump Visits Puerto Rico – Chucks Paper Towels at Victims

Donald Trump made a regrettable trip to Puerto Rico on Tuesday, visiting the devastated island for the first time since Hurricane Maria made landfall on September 20. Instead of comforting beleaguered residents or its leaders, Trump sought adulation and self-praise … Continue reading

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Trump Provides Aid & Comfort To White Supremacists in Wake of Charlottesville

I don’t get it. This isn’t hard. The Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis and white nationalists hold their largest rally in decades to “take America back” in the sleepy college town of Charlottesville, VA. It could have been anywhere really, but … Continue reading

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Slow Cooked Boston Butt Pork Roast

Recently I was cruising through the grocery in the meat department and came across a sizable selection of Boston Butt pork roasts priced at $1 a pound. Being that I cook for five on a nightly basis this was right … Continue reading

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Fun Times in TrumpTown

As SE Texas continues to recover from Hurricane Harvey, TrumpTown also is getting its first true taste of turbulent weather. For seven months now our esteemed President Cheeto Benito has primarily manufactured turmoil of his own creation, like falsely claiming … Continue reading

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Top Trump Executive Sought Putin Aid on Russian Business Deal

It has become impossible not to call bullshit on Donald Trump after he and his dirty henchmen categorically denied any contact with Russian officials in any way, shape, or form – when in reality Trump was involved in a business … Continue reading

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Hurricane Harvey Sets Record for Rainfall – Swamps SE Texas

Rains continued to plague SE Texas along the Gulf Coast Tuesday, as flood waters climbed to historic levels and reservoirs overtopped, inundating neighborhoods, requiring thousands to be rescued and transported to temporary shelters. Ironically, Tuesday marked the 12th anniversary of … Continue reading

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