It’s always Republicans. ALWAYS

A former political consultant to the Rensselaer County executive is now in FBI custody.

Richard Crist, 55, was taken into custody Thursday morning, along with Rensselaer County Director of Central Services James Gordon, 42, of North Greenbush, and, Leslie Wallace, 35, of Troy.

Crist is director of operations for Rensselaer County, Gordon is the county’s director of central services and a town board member, and Wallace works for the county executive’s office.

During the 2021 local election, the three used their official positions to obtain absentee ballots in voters’ names through fraud and intimidation, according to the indictment. These voters didn’t intend to request absentee ballots, and didn’t request the help of the trio.

All three are also accused of conspiring to cast false and illegal votes in those voters’ names.

This is not the first time the county has had officials come under investigation. Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin was found not guilty in January of grand larceny and filing a false instrument. Crist was also involved in that investigation.

These arrests come after a more than a year-long federal investigation that has focused on several GOP officials. It has already led to guilty pleas for two people.

Former County Republican Elections Commissioner Jason Schofield pleaded guilty to federal charges in January.

He admitted to fraudulently obtaining and filing absentee ballots using the personal information of at least eight voters without their permission.

The Rensselaer County Legislature had initially reinstated him, but he resigned ahead of his plea.

Seven months earlier, former Troy Councilwoman Kim Ashe-McPherson pleaded guilty to similar federal charges. She admitted to fraudulently submitting absentee ballots in last year’s primary and general election.

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Nancy Ward, 19 (USA 1968)

What makes Nancy’s case somewhat unusual is that the abortion that killed her was declared “retroactively legal” after her death thanks to Roe v Wade.

College student Nancy Ward and her boyfriend Fred Landreth found out she was pregnant in 1967. Nancy told her boyfriend that she wanted an abortion, so he told his father, who got in touch with his criminal contact.

Richard Mucie, an osteopath, ran an Ear, Nose and Throat specialty practice but was willing to carry out an abortion when paid enough. He instructed Fred and Nancy to come to Kansas City in early February.

Nancy was thought to be 13 or 14 weeks pregnant when she went in for the abortion that took her life. Fred briefly saw Nancy, who was awake but drugged. He thought she was okay and took a nap in the waiting room. Several hours later, he was awakened when Mucie told him Nancy needed to go to a hospital. Fred followed him to a back room and discovered that the situation was more dire than Mucie claimed. Mucie was already on the phone talking about a coroner and a death certificate. Fred was stunned.

Mucie then admitted that Nancy was dead amd told Fred to lie about what happened. He told Fred to pretend Nancy had been brought to him for chest pains and insisted that Nancy had a heart attack. As he was coaching the still-shaken Fred on the lie, the ambulance arrived.

The ambulance crew noticed that Nancy’s body was already stiff, with her bloodied fingers in the “clawed” position. She had been dead for hours before Mucie called an ambulance. Mucie told the hospital that he had been treating Nancy for a heart condition, but an autopsy was conducted that showed what actually happened.

Nancy’s autopsy, which was attended by a detective, found all the damage that Mucie had done to the teenage girl. Nothing indicated that she suddenly suffered a heart attack. Instead, the abortion that would later be declared legal had killed her. Most disturbing was the damage to her uterus, which had a tear in it about half an inch long and contained part of the skull and spine of her dismembered child. Nancy had been 4 1/2 to 5 months pregnant. Her left breast, arms and buttocks also had needle marks. Nancy internally bled to death and was dead for hours before Mucie called the ambulance.

Nancy’s killer was taken to court. The evidence against him was overwhelming, including but not limited to Nancy’s autopsy and the contents of Mucie’s trash (containing the child’s shoulder blade, upper arm, shoulder joint and part of the collarbone). He was found guilty of an abortion not necessary to preserve the life of the mother and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

But he wouldn’t serve most of this sentence. Even though his parole date was set for no sooner than July 27, 1977, he was released after only 14 months. His license wasn’t revoked until 1971, years after Nancy’s death.

Roe v. Wade was passed, denying Nancy any semblance of justice. Because of a ruling that made Roe v. Wade retroactive in Missouri, Mucie successfully appealed his conviction since killing Nancy and her child no longer qualified as a crime. (It is notable that abortionist Robert Crist, responsible for three maternal deaths from legal abortion after Roe, testified on Mucie’s behalf to have the conviction overturned.) His license was given back and the conviction of manslaughter and unnecessary abortion was expunged.

Roe v. Wade got a killer out of prison and declared his client’s death retroactively “safe and legal.”

State of Missouri vs Richard P. Mucie, #54317, Supreme Court of Missouri, Division #1, January 12, 1970

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I am of two minds about this piece and I'm still trying to figure out where I end up with it, because I do agree with some of the points.

On an election night when Democrats did far better across the country than they had any reason to expect, Florida stood out as the exception. A red tide—not the one fouling Florida’s coasts, the one inundating its politics—swept away Democrats’ illusions that the Sunshine State might still be competitive. Gov. Ron DeSantis won in a landslide against Charlie Crist, a veteran Florida politician and former governor. Sen. Marco Rubio also won by a wide margin, defeating Rep. Val Demings, one of the strongest candidates the Democrats could have fielded. Democrats lost 20 of Florida’s 28 House races, failing to take back a major seat in south Florida (FL-27) that they had hoped to reclaim after losing it in 2020. In 2021, for the first time in Florida’s modern political history, there were more registered Republicans than Democrats. Democrats are still competitive in the urban strongholds of Tampa, Orlando, and Miami, but statewide they are not. There is no plausible scenario in which President Joe Biden or any other Democrat beats former President Donald Trump, let alone DeSantis, in Florida in 2024.

There is a silver lining to this dark electoral cloud for Democrats: A deep-red Florida gives them the freedom to reconstruct their Cuba policy based on U.S. foreign-policy interests rather than prognostications about Cuban American voters in Miami-Dade. But the habit of letting domestic politics drive Cuba policy will be hard to break. It has shaped how Democrats approach the issue for 40 years—ever since the 1980s, when Cuban Americans became a significant voting bloc.

Former President Bill Clinton admitted that “anybody with half a brain” knew the U.S. embargo against Cuba was a “policy of proven failure.” Nevertheless, during his 1992 campaign, he supported legislation tightening the embargo in order to outflank then-President George H.W. Bush on the right, and in 1996 he signed legislation writing the embargo into law. “Clinton really wanted to carry Florida,” explained former National Security Council official Richard Feinberg. “That was numero uno.” (Clinton lost there in 1992 but won in 1996.)

The 2000 election in Florida is burned into the collective memory of Democrats—especially Biden’s chief of staff, Ron Klain, who was chief of staff to then-Vice President Al Gore and general counsel of Gore’s recount committee. In reprisal for Clinton returning 6-year-old Elián González to his father in Cuba, Cuban Americans cast a voto castigo (punishment vote) that cost Gore the presidency. Thus was born the conventional wisdom that to carry the swing state of Florida, Democratic presidential candidates had to be at least as tough on Cuba as their Republican opponents.

Former President Barak Obama challenged that wisdom in a limited way in 2008 and 2012 by appealing to Cuban American moderates with policies that favored family connections, relaxing restrictions on remittances, and travel. That strategy worked; Obama reached a high-water mark for Democrats, winning about half the Cuban American vote in 2012. But even Obama did not undertake his historic normalization policy until after he was safely reelected.

Trump’s success at mobilizing the Cuban American right by reversing Obama’s rapprochement with Havana persuaded some Democrats that the popularity of Obama’s policy was an anomaly. Biden returned to the default posture of trying to be as tough on Cuba as the Republicans, leaving most of Trump’s economic sanctions in place and adding new ones. Biden has even gone a step further, giving the diaspora a privileged role in crafting his Cuba policy, calling Cuban Americans “a vital partner” and “the best experts on the issue.”

The futility of this approach was on display in the election results, and a recent poll of Cuban Americans in south Florida explains why. Respondents overwhelmingly opposed Biden’s Cuba policy—72 percent to 28 percent—even though it was not substantially different from Trump’s, which they supported overwhelmingly. Cuban American antipathy toward Democrats goes far beyond Cuba policy, reaching across a wide range of issues, foreign and domestic. Cuban American Republicans greatly outnumber Democrats in party registration, and according to exit polls, 67 percent voted for Rubio and 69 percent for DeSantis.

If Florida is lost for the foreseeable future to Democrats running statewide, freeing the national Democratic Party to formulate Cuba policy based on national interests, what would that policy look like?

It would begin from the premise of promoting regime change or coercing the Cuban government into compliance with U.S. demands, but both approaches have an unbroken record of failure stretching back more than 50 years. As Democratic icon and former President Franklin D. Roosevelt advised: “Do something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.” Time to do something else.

A Cuba policy based on national interests would recognize that inescapable geography gives the United States and Cuba significant interests in common, ranging from migration to environmental protection, public health, narcotics interdiction, and more—interests that can only be advanced through cooperation.

It would acknowledge that no other country in the world supports Washington’s policy of hostility, as the near-unanimous annual United Nations vote against the embargo has recorded for 30 years in a row. Many U.S. allies, especially the left-center governments now predominant in Latin America, actively oppose that policy, as they told Secretary of State Antony Blinken on his recent trip to the region. By stubbornly sticking to a policy of hostility, the Biden administration is hobbling its hemispheric agenda, as the partial boycott of the Summit of the Americas in May illustrated—and this at a moment when China’s influence in the region is on the rise.

Finally, a realistic policy aimed at promoting a more open Cuba, politically and economically, would recognize that if the United States hopes to have a positive impact on the dramatic changes underway on the island in the post-Castro era, it has to actively engage with Cuba’s new leaders and with its increasingly vibrant civil society.

In short, a policy based on U.S. national interests would look a lot like the policy Obama announced on Dec. 17, 2014—the policy Biden promised during the 2020 campaign to return to “in large part” but hasn’t. Obama’s policy was hailed by U.S. allies across Latin America and Europe and praised by both former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Pope Francis. One would be hard-pressed to name another U.S. foreign-policy initiative in recent decades so universally applauded. If Biden is prepared to craft a Cuba policy that makes sense as a foreign policy, he doesn’t have to reinvent the wheel. He just has to put it back on the cart.

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Christmas Story Christmas story, customs and traditions in Great Britain, Ireland, and London by English-culture blog plus other links to our posts on Christmas festival. In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it 'Christmas' and went to church; the Jews called it 'Hanukkah' and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say 'Merry Christmas!' or 'Happy Hanukkah!' or (to the atheists) 'Look out for the wall!'. Dave Barry Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home! Charles Dickens Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive. Robert Lynd The name Christ itself was borrowed into Old English from Latin Christus, which in turn came from Greek Khristós. This meant literally ‘anointed’, and came from the verb khríein ‘anoint’. It was a direct translation of Hebrew meshiah (source of English messiah), which also meant literally ‘anointed’. Christian is derived, of course, from the name of Christ. It is a surprisingly recent word, having been introduced in the 16th century from Latin Christianus, replacing the existing English adjective christen, which came from Old English cristen. The latter was the basis of the Old English verb cristnian, from which we get modern English christen. Christmas" is a shortened form of "Christ's mass". It is derived from the Middle English Cristemasse, which is from Old English Cristesmæsse, a phrase first recorded in 1038 followed by the word Cristes-messe in 1131. Crist (genitive Cristes) is from Greek Khristos, a translation of Hebrew "Messiah", meaning "anointed"; and mæsse is from Latin missa, the celebration of the Eucharist. Christmas: "Church festival observed annually in memory of the birth of Christ," late Old English Cristes mæsse, from Christ (and retaining the original vowel sound) + mass. Written as one word from mid-14c. As a verb, "to celebrate Christmas," from 1590s. Father Christmas first attested in a carol attributed to Richard Smart, Rector of Plymtree (Devon) from 1435-77. Christmas-tree in modern sense first attested 1835 in American English, from German Weihnachtsbaum. Christmas cards were first designed 1843, popular by 1860s; the phrase Christmas-card was in use by 1850. Christmas-present is from 1769. Christmas Eve is Middle English Cristenmesse Even (c. 1300). The Christmas Story in a Nutshell Jesus in Manger. Wise men bring first Christmas gifts It all started with the Angel Gabriel just over 2000 years ago. The Angel Gabriel proclaimed that Mary would have a very special baby and that the newborn would called Jesus. If we move forward to Bethlehem, Mary and her husband Joseph, went to town to pay their taxes. Unfortunately, there was nowhere for them to stay, so they took shelter in a stable. There in Bethlehem, in a manger, the baby Jesus was born. A bright star in the East guided wise men to the stable. They brought with them gifts Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. This informal ceremony has extended to the celebration of Christmas as we know it today.

Christmas story and traditions The Christmas Story - The Version from the King James Bible. Matthew Chapter 2. Jesus in Manger. Wise men bring first Christmas gifts 1. Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2. Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. 3. When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. 5. And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, 6. And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. 7. Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. 8. And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also 9. When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. 10. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. 11. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh. 12. And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. SAINT NICHOLAS (Santa Claus) ON CHRISTMAS EVE (December 24th) He comes to visit every child on the night before Christmas. The children hang stockings on the end of their beds and Santa Claus (or Father Christmas, as he is often called) fills them with toys. Santa comes from Greenland in a sleigh pulled by reindeer, he lands on the roofs of houses and comes down the chimney to bring presents for the children. The children write letters to Santa Claus a few weeks before Christmas and leave them in the fireplace. In Britain December 31st is called New Year's Eve and January 1st, which is a public holiday, is New Year's Day. The Scots have another name for the New Year holiday, it is called Hogmanay- and in Scotland it is the most important holiday in the year. Friends and relations meet and have parties to see the new Year in. They eat and drink and sometimes dance and sing. At midnight they have a drink and wish each other "A happy new year". In Scotland, and in many parts of England, people visit their friends after midnight, this is called "first-footing". If your first visitor after twelve o'clock is a tall, dark man with a piece of coal and sometimes a herring in his hand, you will be lucky for the whole year! The day after Christmas is called Boxing Day and January 6th is called Twelth Night. CHRISTMAS DAY December 25th It is 1.30 on Christmas Day and the Browns are eating their Christmas dinner. Mrs Brown's father is carving the turkey and Mrs Brown is serving ... Mrs Brown: I hope the turkey's cooked properly, Father. Father: It looks fine to me. Mrs Brown: Will you have ham and sausages with your turkey, Barbara? Barbara: Yes, please, Mum. Mrs Brown: And bread sauce? Barbara: Yes. Mrs Brown: And chestnut stuffing? Barbara: Oh yes - I'll have everything. Mrs Brown: Here you are then. Barbara: It looks delicious. Pass the gravy, please, David. Mrs Brown: Don't wait for us, Barbara. Start yours or it'll get cold. Now, David, what'll you have? ... And after the main course the Browns had Christmas pudding with brandy butter, mince pies with cream followed by nuts and fruit and coffee. Then they all pulled crackers. Inside each cracker there was a coloured paper hat, a joke and a small toy - a whistle or a doll perhaps. (A Christmas cracker is a cardboard, very thick paper that is used for making boxes, tube covered in coloured paper and containing a small present. Crackers are pulled apart by two people, each holding one end, at Christmas parties. They make a loud noise as they break. After such a large meal - and a lot of washing up - they all settled down to watch the Queen on television. In the evening they went carol singing with the church choir and visited an old people's home. This is one of the Carols they sang. I saw three ships come sailing in on Christmas Day, on Christmas Day. I saw three ships come sailing in on Christmas Day in the morning. And what was in those ships all three, on Christmas Day, on Christmas Day? And what was in those ships all three, on Christmas Day in the morning? Our Saviour Christ and His lady, on Christmas Day, on Christmas Day; Our Saviour Christ and His lady, on Christmas Day in the morning. BOXING DAY December 26th It's the day after Christmas - a Bank holiday - and David is sitting in the stalls of the Palladium Theatre with his Aunt Kate and his little cousin, Emma. They are watching the pantomime, Babes in the Wood. It's the first time Emma's been to a pantomime and so she's asking a lot of questions. Emma: Why's that man dressed as a woman, Mummy? Aunt Kate: It's just funnier that way. There's always a man like that - usually he's somebody famous - that's Arthur Askey and he's pretending to be the children's mother. Emma: He's rather ugly, isn't he? ... And why are there two men inside that horse? Can't they get a real one? David: Well, it would be a bit difficult to have a real horse on the stage - it might get frightened by all the noise. Emma: Why did the man leave the children in the wood? Aunt Kate: What a lot of questions you ask! Now, shh! Watch. Arthur Askey's going to take the children to Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest ... Customs, story and traditions St Nicholas was the bishop of the Italian town Bari. He was a very good and generous man. He died in December and parents started giving gifts' to their children on the anniversary of his death, in order to remind them of the saint's generosity. At the end of the Roman Era and during the Middle Ages, Europe was far more united than we can imagine: pilgrims' travelled to sanctuaries, scholars' went from one university to another - and so St Nicholas, or Nicolaus , became known all over Europe. And in northern Europe Santa Claus, who brings gifts during the Christmas period, is still St Nicholas from Bari with his new northern name.

Indoor Christmas decorations Yet, in the original Celtic tradition there were two other people who brought gifts during winter. Of course you know them. One is the Italian Befana, who is a good witch on her way back from the witches' Sabbath. The others were the tiny' gnomes from northern Europe, who lived in old trees in the forests. They also wore a big red hood'. A little girl who spoke to wolves' and walked in the forest wearing a red hood and carrying gifts is no doubt known to you: Little Red Riding Hood. All over Britain, around Christmas time, children are taken out for a special treat - a pantomime or a circus. A pantomime is a kind of comedy play with singing and dancing, based on a well-known fairy story or folk-tale such as Aladdin, Cinderella or Babes in the Wood. Sometimes one story is mixed with another. The Babes in the Wood that Emma saw took place in Sherwood Forest and Robin Hood had to save the children from the Sheriff of Nottingham. Pantomimes have certain traditions. There is usually a 'Principal Boy' or hero, who is actually a woman dressed in men's clothes - except that 'he' doesn't wear trousers, but stockings and high heels instead! There is a “Dame” - an old woman acted by a man dressed in women's clothes. There is always a villain (a man or a woman who tries to harm the hero) and often there is a comic animal played by one or two men. The audience is often asked to join in It sings popular songs, it hisses or boos t e villain, and it tries to warn the hero or the Dame when something bad is going to happen. However, all pantomimes have a happy ending - usually a beautiful and romantic wedding scene. Why is December 26th called “Boxing” Day? In the old days, servants, shopkeepers and other people who performed a service for the rich used to come to their houses with a box and be given presents and sometimes money. The custom still continues in a way, but only with people who deliver things or take them away - like milkmen, postmen, newsmen, newspaper boys and dustmen. Christmas Meals in the United Kingdom & Ireland. What is now regarded as the traditional meal consists of roast turkey, served with roast potatoes and parsnips and other vegetables, followed by Christmas pudding, a heavy steamed pudding made with dried fruit, suet, and very little flour. Other roast meats may be served, and in the nineteenth century the traditional roast was goose. The same carries over to Ireland with some variations.

London streets Christmas lights decorations From glittering Christmas lights and ice skating to traditional markets and Christmas shows, London is a Christmas wonderland. After a festive meal, where better to burn off energy gliding around the Christmas tree at the Natural History Museum’s magical ice rink. London has plenty of other rinks to pirouette upon, including Skylight’s rooftop rink, with impressive city views, or cutting your crystal in the rink of the Tower of London, outside the Queen’s jewels. London rinks sell hot chocolate to warm hands and cockles after whizzing around the ice. You can see the beautiful Oxford Street Christmas lights shimmer in the skies above the world-famous shopping district and check out one of the quirkiest London Christmas lights displays, glowing across the 13 streets of cool Carnaby. Admire the gorgeous mistletoe chandeliers at Covent Garden, and explore the magical Christmas lights in nearby Seven Dials. See the luxurious area of Bond Street sparkle with magnificent Christmas lights or marvel at more than 300,000 Christmas lights and 16 glowing spirits glittering above Regent Street. You can also sing along to carols around Trafalgar Square’s world-famous Christmas tree and support your favourite furry friends at the Battersea Cats and Dogs Home Carol Concert. You may also be part of traditional Christmas carols at the historic St Paul’s Cathedral. Or join in with carols by candlelight at the Royal Albert Hall and enjoy carols and concerts at St Martin-in-the-Fields Church. Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus. The word nativity comes from the latin word 'natal' which means birth (and is also where we get the word 'native' from). It is traditional in the UK for Primary (Elementary) schools to perform Nativity Play for the parents and local people associated with the school. The Nativity Play recreates the scene of Jesus' Birth and tells of how Mary and Joseph were visited by the Shepherds and Wise Men. The parts of Mary, Joseph, the Shepherds and the Wise Men are played by children. If the school is attached to a Church, the play often takes place in the Church. Sunday Schools in Churches also sometimes put on Nativity Plays. In the past, it was common for live animals including an ox and donkey and other farm animals (but not pigs) to be used in the plays. Sometimes they still are, but it is now more common for children to dress up as the animals in costumes or to have animal props. The first Nativity Play was not performed by Children in the UK, but in a cave by Monks in Italy! St. Francis of Assisi and his followers acted in the first play in 1223 to remind the local population that Jesus was born for them, as he was born into a poor family like theirs and not to a rich family.

Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus. St. Francis told the part of each character in the story himself using wooden figures in the play. After a couple of years, the play had become so popular that real people played the parts of the characters in the story. Songs were sung by the people taking part and they became what we call Christmas carols today! Now cribs are used in Churches all over the world and even in some homes (we have a wooden one in my house) to remind people of the story. Sometimes religious pictures and statues are called icons. Some Catholic and Orthodox Christians have icons of Mary and the baby Jesus in their homes. In some countries such as Italy and Malta, and many South American countries, the crib is the most important Christmas decoration. The city of Naples, in Italy, has used cribs to decorate houses and Churches since the 1020s! That's even before St. Francis of Assisi put on his play. Naples is also the home to the world's largest nativity crib scene. It's in the 'Museo Nazionale di S. Martino' and has 162 people, 80 animals, angels, and about 450 other smaller objects. Find out more about Nativity cribs in Naples in Italy. Nativity Scenes called 'Pessebres' are popular in the Catalonia region of Spain. Cribs also have a long tradition and importance in Malta, where they are called 'Presepju'. There's a special society that keep the tradition alive. Find out more about Nativity cribs in Malta. And now enjoy some proverbsw on Christmas: Christmas comes, but once a year is enough. Proverb, (American) Christmas has been talked of so long that it has come at last. Proverb, (French) A green Christmas makes a fat churchyard. Proverb, (Danish) A turkey never voted for an early Christmas. Proverb, (Irish) After Christmas comes Lent. Proverb, (German) Another year will bring another Christmas. Proverb, (Danish) If the ice will bear a maman before Christmas, it will not bear a goose after. Proverb It is good to be priest at Easter, child in Lent, peasant at Christmas, and foal in harvest-time. Proverb, (Danish) Green Christmas, a white Easter. Proverb, (German) The devil makes his Christmas pies of lawyers' tongues and clerk's fingers. Proverb http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ze2h6pdR54 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYyZKUFPCMo Read also our other posts on Christmas Read the full article

Top GOP figures charged in ballot fraud case out of New York - RawStory.com

Three New York county officials linked to the local GOP were indicted last week on charges related to ballot fraud, WAMC reported. Richard Crist, James Gordon, and Leslie Wallace, all Rensselaer County officials, were arrested and charged Thursday...

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Republicans took important early wins in Tuesday night's midterm election with Gov. Ron DeSantis and Senator Marco Rubio racking up victories in Florida

Control of the House and Senate remains up in the air after several states saw polls close at 8 pm ET

Key Senate races in Georgia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina are too close to call as are several House districts in Virginia, New Jersey, and Rhode Island

Republicans did pickup two House seats in Florida

Inflation topped concerns of voters followed by abortion, exit polls found

In troubling signs for President Joe Biden, three-quarters of the electorate that voted Tuesday felt negative about the economy

All 435 seats in the House and one-third of the Senate, along with several governor races, are being decided on Tuesday

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By EMILY GOODIN, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER

Republicans took important early wins in Tuesday night's midterm election with Gov. Ron DeSantis and Senator Marco Rubio racking up victories in Florida.

But control of the House and Senate remains up in the air after several states saw polls close at 8 pm ET.

The DeSantis and Rubio wins in the Sunshine state cemented Republicans' grip there. Donald Trump has made it his new home state and is spending election night at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach.

DeSantis' win sets up an intriguing dynamic for the next two years. He's rumored to be considering at 2024 bid. Trump, who helped DeSantis win his first gubernatorial race, will announce his White House intentions next week.

Trump held a campaign rally with Rubio in Miami on Sunday while DeSantis held a competiting rally in another part of the state. Still, the former president said he voted for DeSantis when he cast his ballot in Palm Beach on Tuesday morning.

DeSantis defeated Democrat Charlie Crist, who had previously served the state as a GOP governor before he switched parties. Crist campaigned with President Joe Biden last week but that couldn't help him across the victory line.

Meanwhile, key Senate races in Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina are too close to call as are several must-win House districts in Virginia, Texas, New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island.

Republicans did pickup two House seats. They need a net gain of five seats to win the majority.

In Florida's seventh district, GOP candidate Cory Mills won the race to replace retiring Democratic Representative Stephanie Murphy. But the district was heavily gerrymandered by Republicans during the redistricting process, making it a hard seat for Democrats to keep in their column.

And in Florida's 13th district, Republican Anna Paulina Luna won the seat Democrat Charlie Crist left for his unsuccessful gubernatorial run.

Democrats retained several Senate seats: Chuck Schumer in New York, Peter Welch in Vermont, Richard Blumenthal in Connecticut, Tammy Duckworth in Florida, and Chris Van Hollen in Maryland.

And Republicans kept several in their column with Tim Scott's victory in South Carolina, John Thune's in South Dakota, Rand Paul's in Kentucky, Jerry Moran in Kansas, John Boozman in Arkansas, Todd Young in Indiana, Markwayne Mullin's in Oklahoma, and Katie Britt's in Alabama. Britt is the first female elected to the Senate from Alabama.

Thus far the Senate remains at a 50-50 balance, with any one contest can tip the majority to either party.

In another governor's race, Democrat Wes Moore won the gubernatorial race in Maryland. He will be the first black governor in that state. President Biden and first lady Jill Biden campaigned for him on Monday night - their final rally of the 2022 midterm election.

In Massachusetts, Democrat Maura Healey became the first openly lesbian woman to be elected governor in the United States.

In Arkansas, Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders won the gubernatorial mansion. Her father also served as governor of the state. Huckabee Sanders became a national figure when she served as White House press secretary for President Donald Trump.

Republican Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis (left) won a second term; Republican Senator Marco Rubio (right) of Florida won re-elelection; he campaigned in Miami with Donald Trump on Sunday

Republicans pick up House seats: In Florida's seventh district, GOP candidate Cory Mills (left) won the race to replace retiring Democratic Representative Stephanie Murphy; in Florida's 13th district, Republican Anna Paulina Luna (right) won the seat Democrat Charlie Crist left for his unsuccessful gubernatorial run

THE EYES HAVE IT

THE EYES HAVE IT - https://keywestlou.com/the-eyes-have-it/A touching phrase by one of the greatest authors of all time Leo Tolstoy: "But their eyes when they met spoke fondly and kissed tenderly." Few authors have been held in higher esteem. Tolstoy was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times, the Nobel Peace Prize three times. Ironically, he never won. His more significant works included War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Beautiful writings. Beauty is found in many forms. Art, for example. Michelangelo a Tolstoy equal. Today a significant one in Michelangelo history. It was on this day in 1512 the Sistine Chapel ceiling was opened to the public. One of Michelangelo's finest, if not his finest, works. I have had the good fortune to view the ceiling on two occasions. An experience. Truly God in His Heaven. It took Michelangelo several years to complete the ceiling. A series of panels. Nine are devoted to Biblical history. The most famous is The Creation of Adam. The arms of God and Adam stretching toward each other. Fingers reaching to touch. I am going to stick my neck out. I'm probably wrong. However, my gut suggests otherwise. I think the political polls are out of line. Most elections are not close. Actually, the Democratic candidates will win a significant number by more than a hair. How can candidates like Walker, Oz and Vance win? Doesn't make sense. Something makes me believe Republican money controls the polls and has been dictating erroneous results this year. In the hope of subconsciously swaying the minds of voters. I will eat humble pie when it turns out I am wrong. Steve Thompson a lucky man. He lived in Key West through the exciting 1970's and 1980's . Knew everyone and everything. Richard Hatch, for example. Hatch responsible for Blue Heaven and Salute as we know them. When I met Richard Hatch he seemed serious, and articulate, but still jolly. He lived in the back of my house and drove a Trolly. I was surprised when he bought Blue Heaven and started to run it. Without restaurant experience, how could he have done it? His brother showed up who had been to Chefs school. From that day on, everything was cool. They opened Salute on the beach with a parking lot. It seemed everything was better the bigger they got. Now they have their own farm and grow their own food. Richard has always been a nice guy and a successful dude. He said his good friend Kevin from Margaritaville helped him a lot. All of his places climbed right to the top. He and his wife ran the farm and restaurants too. They also raised a family, what else can they do? Biden nailed the gas companies yesterday. Someone did in Citizens' Voice this morning: "I drive up and down the Keys. Gas prices are 60-80 cents cheaper in Key Largo than in Key West. This is not right and seems like price gouging, and something needs to be done. Come on gas station owners, do what is right for the community!" DeSantis is silent when it comes to anti-Semitism. He knows leading the party means not offending the anti-Semites and racists of the Republican base. Smart politics. Reflects poor character, however. It is that poor character that made it possible for Crist to make a fool out of DeSantis in the debate the other evening. Be well.    

Manifestation of a Monster (part 13)

In Richard's automobile, Grendel set with his head on his knees and his legs tucked toward his chest. "What's the issue, fucking criste?" picking at the around his nail. Aware of but ignoring Richard's sidelong glance. There are equally awful as Fabien. He threw his hands to the side in anger. "Since when does he even bother to turn people? gods, we don't need any more Fabin's lackeys looming around.

"Stop doing that," Richard said in a —uff as he started his car.

Grendel gave him a confused, sidelong glance. "I believed you shared my hatred for Fabin."

"I didn't mean that. I mean." stopping as though it would be worthwhile to debate the point. "Don't misuse the name of God." He spoke swiftly without turning to face the other.

"Oh, okay." Grendel nearly felt bad. But Richard moved past it before he reacted.

"And to respond to your inquiries? As you may say in the roaring twenties, Fabien had made the two of them lackeys, as you would put it. I might have played a minor role in that."

He was relieved that he hadn't inadvertently begun a religious debit. Not for the first time, though. The two of them have radically different perspectives on the situation. Grendel, who still believed in the gods of early Egypt, and Ricard, who found sanctuary in the idea of the catholic gods. He needed a few seconds to process what Richard was saying. "Why, exactly? How did you manage to get Fabin to turn someone else?"

As you can see, He quickly continued. "You probably inferred that we are attempting to establish roots in America from what we mentioned there. This certainly wasn't the first instance. Early in the 20th century, we attempted. Fabien and I were both over there. He met a few people in two years in an effort to outsmart me." Richard seemed uncharacteristically saddened by this. "Was almost the end of him. If only I had more insight."

The thought of this was terrifying. People turning has always been a drawn-out process. Turning over one or two people within a few years of each other was never a wise idea. In actuality, it was risky and harmful to convert over one person every ten years. One hundred years later, he felt confident that Fabin would still experience the effects of turning that many so close to one another. And he twisted himself over after biting off more than he could chew?

Richard hurried while yet reserving something. Grendel could not discern what it was. If I just." He paused yet again. His mouth would not let the words out. "I suppose our tendency toward connotation won out for both of us. But I believe I won, considering Molly is still around."

Grendel was now the one who was unable to speak. The worst scenarios ran through his head. However, nothing in his mind could have prepared him for what Richard would say. "She nearly abandoned me." He suddenly exhaled, but it took him a few more seconds to press the words. It was far worse than he had imagined.

Oh, please don't look at me in that way. When Richard noticed Grendel staring at him, he finally spoke. "We are fine now. I'm better at, um, trying to maintain work, home balance." He answered dismissively, meaning he hadn't, really. But it was a lie he was fine with telling himself.

Grendel responded, "Good," while hunching over the window and sounding dejected.

"Oh, stop that. I explained. Everything is wonderful."

"No, that isn't it." For the first time since he had awakened, Grendel appeared to be genuinely bothered by something. He appeared to be brooding. "I'm not sure if he's alright. Normally, I can scene him. Even if we are on opposite sides of the world. But he appears to have evaporated."

Richard refrained from searching while his fury gradually increased." Why can't you feel him?" he asks. "You claimed to have." He was already on the verge of breaking due to his lack of control. However, following the stick he just made. If Grendel turned out to be mistaken, his ass would be on the line. "Explain yourself"

"Exactly what I said. I'm not sure how to explain it. It's just empty. "

Richard gripped the wheel, turning white at the knuckles. "So why did you tell me that he was in the northeast USA? If you weren't informed?"

"Because he is." He stared out the window with a blank expression. Almost impossible to read or even understand.

"Are you intoxicated?" Richard asked with accusation. Knowing he wouldn't have had time between picking him up and now. However, Grendel was known to commit stranger crimes.

His face said it all. Gods, I wish". He dropped his head into the back of the seat.

"It's not a game, this. To me, no. And if you're mistaken or just making stuff up, stop."

"I am not lying," Grendel interrupted him by babbling. "And please don't ask how I know; I simply do. ok?"

"And why not? I have a lot on the line in this scenario. Everything could be wasted. You are aware of how many enemies I have made. Some would want nothing more than to see me fail and be completely destroyed."

For a while, Grendel remained silent. I would never harm you in any way. But if I'm not careful, they might hurt him terribly." He again halted. "Milo's safety is my top responsibility. For the time being, I have to keep some things to myself."

Richard appeared to lose all of his rage like a balloon that has been inflated. Grendel had demonstrated his abilities numerous times, but his typical manner made it difficult to recall this. He utilized a cunning tactic to trick those around him into believing they were safe by frequently forgetting this." I can assist if you simply let me know."

"No." He didn't hesitate to respond. "I won't take that chance."

***

Did we stop moving? Why? Grendel questioned as he rubbed the sleep from his eyes and peered about. They were now parked in an unfamiliar location to him. It was a small, charming area with lush yards and modest houses. However, that was not unexpected. He had been in a deep sleep for 150 years. They might have passed by his old house in that time and he would have been ignorant of it. The changes weren't limited to how things seemed. It extended to the energy it radiated. A consent buzzing filled the air. There was also a test of metal and plastic he was sure wasn't there when he last roamed the world.

Ricard responded, "We're at home. But before we entered, there are a few things I wanted to share with you," He turned to examine Grendel. "What mood are you in? Olive should, in my opinion, meet a more composed version of you."

"What is Olive?" Grendel yawned the question.

"Oh, okay. Since I didn't have the time to inform you, you wouldn't be aware. Richard's tone made an odd turn." She's my daughter."

Grendel's eyes lit up. "And you just now informed me that I am an uncle?

"When was I free? Prior to that, it wasn't something that was really suitable to discuss." He said as he clucked his neck and fixed his tie.

"Oh, okay. I forgot. Before now, I had business Richard." Jabbing him in the side, Grendel remarked.

Richard's head cocked. "What does that even means?

Grendel shrugged. "When you're at work vs. home, you're a different person."

Richard made a frown and replied, "Am not." However, he had already heard this from a few people. Molly, being the stare contender in her reluctance, hatred for 'business Ricard.'

How is it now? Grendel questioned, his grin seemed to widen with each passing second.

"How is what?"

"Being a parent?"

Richard removed the key from the ignition, but he remained inside." It is tedious. To maintain the image, we have been forced to relocate every few years." It was common knowledge that raising kids was difficult. However, the fact that their kind's process takes three times longer didn't help. It was the effort of long-term child care and even more major trauma to human mortality. Learning the hard lesson of losing friends to time was never simple. Particularly when you don't know much about the world.

You are not unfamiliar with that. You never stayed anywhere for longer than a week at a point when I first met you.

Of course, but I was becoming used to staying put. As I become older.

Grendel grinned. "The first millennia is always the hardest."

Ricard continued while casually ignoring him. "And Molly must wait till Olive is older before her modelling career can move forward."

"That's not what I asked. How does it feel being a dad?"

On his face, a pleasant smile emerged. One who seldom appeared. "She is a blessing. She has made me so happy, but also.

"But?" Grendel fixed him in his eyes. Richard was aware that he wouldn't stop until he received a response from him. Even he, however, couldn't completely get it. He had trouble putting it into words.

"I'm more concerned than ever that I'm going to lose everything. Losing Oliv, Molly. Richard did not have to elaborate. He never really had a home because he lost his parents when he was young. The church that welcomed him abandoned him quickly. They didn't like how he didn't age and referred to him as the devil. When he was older, his so-called acquaintances drove him to become a sin eater, which made his loneliness much worse. He didn't realize it until Molly came across him years later when he discovered the circus that would be the closest thing to a home until now.

Grendel felt guilt any time he thought of those times. Maybe he could have done something differently. Maybe he should just tell him. "Worse than that, I worry Olive will lead a life similar to mine. Unsure of who or what she was. cicatrices for many years. I had almost forgotten about that solitude. But observing her daily. I had the impression of going through it all again. Although that couldn't be further from the truth." As opposed to Grendel, Richard spoke more to himself. He found it really difficult to express himself and discovered that pretending he was only thinking out loud made it easier.

Grendel remained cheerful and said, "I'm sure everything will be alright. And I'm excited to meet her. She probably exudes a lovely atmosphere. Your aura and Molly's auras blend very nicely with one another. She's beautiful, I'm sure"

Since when are auras visible? Although it hadn't been that, Richard wasn't sure what he had expected from the other.

"Since before always." He chuckled as he spoke.

It had been one of his fables, nothing more. "I never heard of you being able to accomplish this before." He had to develop the habit of not taking everything Grendel said so seriously.

"I don't tell many people about it. It quickly becomes really embarrassing. Oh, what a sweet baby you two have. He's only a friend, not his. At some point afterwards, I'm questioned about how I know there was cheating. Bla, bla, bla," He made mocking jester gestures with his hands before kicking his feet up on the dashboard.

"But, series. You two will be okay." Grendel was still beaming. "In contrast to humans, we cannot simply pop out babies as easily. Consecrations require a psychic relationship in order to function. For it to work, there must be genuine love. "

Richard was aware of this. It might not have been a topic that was widely discussed. But he recognized it. However, Grendel made a point that was so obvious at the time. But it sounded more meaningful as a result. He questioned whether the simple conversation with him was due to the syer link or if the moron had another ruse up his sleeve. So engrossed in his thoughts, Richard hadn't noticed the dark cloud that seemed to quickly pass threw Grendel.7

Wtf that cry of devil :0

Steve Jobs

Persistent

Steven Paul Jobs was an American inventor, designer and entrepreneur who was the co-founder, chief executive and chairman of Apple Computer. Apple's revolutionary products, which include the iPod, iPhone and iPad, are now seen as dictating the evolution of modern technology.

In 1976 Wozniak designed and developed apple 1 computer and showed it to jobs, who suggested the they sell it. Jobs, Wozniak, and Ronald wayne founed Apple computer in the garage of Jobs in Los Altos Home on Crist Drive.

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Rupert Murdoch

Creative

Keith Rupert Murdoch AC KCSG is an Australian-American billionaire businessman, media tycoon, and investor. He controls a media empire that includes cable channel Fox News, The Times of London and The Wall Street Journal.

Murdoch father was the owner of the news thriving group called News Limited. After inheriting news limited at the age of 21, Murdoch was credited with inventing the modern tabloid. Over the next few decades Murdoch purchased a large number of news paper companies in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States within 50 years his News Corporation came to own more than 800 companies.

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Jeff Bezos

Passion

Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American entrepreneur, media proprietor, investor, and computer engineer. He is the founder and executive chairman of Amazon, where he previously served as the president and CEO.

Jeff wasn’t always the richest person in modern history, he gave up parts of his youth in highschool working at McDonald’s as a line cook. 38 years after cleaning that albuquerque McDonald’s corner to corner he would take o. the title as the richest man on earth.

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Thomas Edison

Self Confident

Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures.

Were most familiar with Thomas Edison as the inventor of the ligh bulb we used today. Having a convenient lught source change peoples lives gone were of the days of being able to go outside.

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Richard Branson

Risk taker

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate, investor, and author. In the 1970s he founded the Virgin Group, which today controls more than 400 companies in various fields. Branson expressed his desire to become an entrepreneur at a young age.

Sir Richard Branson was born in England in Juky 18, 1950. At the age of eleven Richard and his childhood friend, Nick Powell established their first business. At thr age of sixteen Richard started one of his most successful business he started a magazine called the student together with his schoolmate Jonathan Holland Gems.

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