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This is 7 a side rugby; not the full 15 rugby. High drama at the end of the match - a bolt from the blue!
NBC - classless as always - is not allowing embedding of their content so hit this link. Very exciting.
https://youtu.be/BtXhHzH40SQ?si=PAemjSKwjEOwvzGU
This Feast was added by Pope Francis in 2021. The painting is by Vermeer - he finished it in 1655.
In contrast to Martha who had run out to meet Jesus when He arrived, Mary stayed home, sorrowful, perhaps sulking. When Martha told Mary that Jesus wanted to see her, she went out to see Jesus in apparent despair. The Gospel says that Jesus became “perturbed” at the weeping of Mary and “the Jews who had come with her.”The Greek word literally means, “He snorted in spirit” which seems to be a response to Mary’s lack of hope. After this, Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead.
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I agree with this 100%. Dan Henninger is one of the Journal's senior columnists.
Donald Trump could have closed the deal with his acceptance speech. He didn’t.
The idea that it was Mr. Trump’s election to lose emerged after the assassination attempt. Mr. Trump survived, rose triumphant and sat at the convention looking like a man who by God’s grace was alive to carry on....
All he had to do was deliver a statesmanlike acceptance speech and pocket the election, with or without Mr. Biden in the race. Instead, once past his moving words about the attempt on his life, Mr. Trump gave a shopworn, meandering stump speech. After all his travails, controversies and wars with the Democrats, this was a chance to show himself to the entire country as the president. Instead he gave them something familiar—Trump.
If Mr. Trump couldn’t pull himself together to deliver a solid 60-minute case for his candidacy then, there is no reason to expect he will do so in the campaign ahead.
This election will be decided by independent and undecided voters in seven states. Whatever they knew about Mr. Trump before the assassination attempt is what they’re going to know for the next several months. Which means that Ms. Harris, for all her liabilities, has a good chance of making this election competitive. She could win.
Track records matter in political forecasting. An established reality is that Trump elections are close (including down the ballot). With the millions of votes cast in 2016, Mr. Trump barely beat Hillary Clinton. After four years as president, Mr. Trump narrowly lost to Mr. Biden, a multiple loser in previous White House runs. What reasons has Mr. Trump given voters—despite that golden convention opportunity—to give him a landslide victory in 2024?
Mr. Trump has proved he possesses political gifts. Amid unending assault, he has shown resilience, adaptability, fortitude and now even courage. I am emphasizing his convention speech because I think it reveals a potentially fatal Trump flaw.
Donald Trump is the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of American politics. Most of the time, he displays unusual talents to advance his own interests. But once in front of a big crowd—even the convention coronation—a switch flips and he becomes Mr. Hyde, uncontrollably going off-script and raving about whatever enters his mind.
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Ms. Harris may yet give voters her signature word salads, but with the stakes this high, don’t bet on it. She’ll fix that.
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One of Mr. Trump’s most remarkable recent achievements has been gaining the support of black and Hispanic voters, especially younger males. That, too, is the product of his record at creating private job opportunities. To win, Ms. Harris needs to pull those voters back to the Democratic Party. She can’t easily do that, but the still-charismatic Mr. Obama can.
I would look for the Obama sphinx to re-emerge in the campaign as a Harris proxy to talk black men back into the party. Michelle will join the candidate in reaching out to suburban women. If Mr. Trump loses, the Obamas will ascend to the Democratic Mt. Rushmore. And maintain an open phone line to the Oval Office.
The Harris campaign plans a nonstop ad hominem assault on Mr. Trump. Convicted, “will take us back” and all that. The rationale for going low is it will make Mr. Trump go even lower against “the first black woman to run for president.” That in turn will be the offset against Mr. Trump’s gains with the public from the assassination attempt.
Mr. Trump had a chance to close the deal with his acceptance speech. He didn’t. If Trump-rally mode is as good as it’s going to get, she has a chance.
Tough; took 12-13 minutes. 38 in a row now - halfway to my all time best of 77.
Another quick and easy one.
Not happy at all with the anointing of Kamala Harris. They think it's undemocratic and the Party is dominated by "party bosses."
The group indicated that just on Monday, one day after Biden dropped out of the race, sources reported that Harris had “secured enough delegates to be the Democratic Nominee.”
That night, as BLM recounted, Harris claimed to have “worked hard to ‘go out and earn this nomination’ as promised” the day before.
“A 24-hour process of talking to party bosses is not democratic, nor is it a process Democrats should be proud of,” BLM stated. “We do not live in a dictatorship. Delegates are not oligarchs.”
The leftist organization called on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) “to create a process that allows for public participation in the nomination process, not just a nomination by party delegates.”
Another ace! Took 30 seconds.
At a recent gathering - all four went to Fairfield, earning a variety of mediocre degrees (chemistry, biology, classics, etc), and all but one also went to Stepinac HS. Who is the odd man out who did not go to Stepinac? Picture(s) by Brigid.
Meanwhile here I was in much better company... Eat your heart out!
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A friend of mine's daughter has become a novice with the Religious Sisters of Mercy in Michigan. She joins seven other novices. With all the religious sister orders with average age in their 70's (or higher!) check out this crowd.
Close call.
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From the new Prime Minister of Great Britain - the article is from Politico, a publication that "leans left."
Damned with faint praise...
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Wow this was tough! 35 minutes.
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