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James Earl Carter
to be honored for military service and public service (Governor
of Georgia and POTUS 1977-1980) with
Flags hanging at half-staff
[ UPDATE: "sore winner" #DJT has raised on Jan. 13
his "own flags" to full height
thehill.com/homenews/administration/508256/mar-a-lago-flags-half-mast ]
HOW DID the incoming POTUS regard those with
him on the Inaugural Platform?
He thanked his predecessor (Gerald Ford - Nixon's VP)
and utilized to take the oath
of office
George Washington's Bible
presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/inaugural-address-O
George Soros
Magic (Earvin) Johnson
Jose Andres
Hillary (Rodham) Clinton
Robert F. Kennedy, Sr. (posthumous)
Bono
Ashton Carter (posthumous)
Michael J. Fox
Tim Gill
Jane Goodall
Fannie Lou Hamer (posthumous)
Ralph Lauren
Lionel Messi
Bill Nye
George Romney (posthumous)
David Rubenstein
George Stevens, Jr.
Denzel Washington
Anna Wintour
grammy.com/artists/jimmy-carter/7405
Last Sundays in Plains:
a Centennial Celebration
Artist who recorded his
storytelling is
Jimmy Carter (b. 1924 -
died today, 2024)
Funeral and burial at Plains,
GA on 9 January 2025
Additional update for 9th January
VP-Elect JD Vance resigns from U.S. Senate
and will await 11 days for next job as Trump's 2nd Vice
President -- CNN.com/politics/
JD-Vance-ohio-senate-seat-resign-vice-president.html
Burial service for
Woodrow Wilson
State Funerals for
Dwight Eisenhower,
Ronald Reagan,
Gerald Ford,
George H.W. Bush
and Jan. 9, 2025
the family will have
funerals / viewing
in D.C. for POTUS 39
James Earl Carter.
NOTICED by journalists were ex-VP Mike Pence & Karen
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, Panama's Pres. Torijos,
4 living "former Presidents" 3 living FLOTUS =
Hilary Clinton, Laura Bush, Melania Trump
POTUS & FLOTUS Biden & son Hunter & dau. Ashley
UPDATE: National Day of Mourning will be
Jan. 9, 2025 (Thursday)
Federal offices will be closed;
a 10 a.m. service at the National
Cathedral (Episcopal):
Eulogies given by POTUS 46
and 2 pre-prepared by the late
Gerald Ford and Walter Mondale.
source: NY TIMES
cathedral.org/about/news-media
Andrew Young will speak
at the State Funeral; He
is 92 years old : AJC.com
interview with editor
POTUS 39 will have a state funeral in D.C. and
his home state Georgia where he will be buried in
his home town of Plains, GA, next to his beloved
wife Rosalynn.
wthr.com/ Associated Press details
Sunday after XMAS
2 - 5 p.m. Eastern on ABC
5,600 dogs to compete
American Kennel Club
24th Annual competition.
Dozens of breeds from 50 states;
title winner gets $50,000
Winner was
"Monty"
the giant schnauzer
New Year's Eve (12/31/2024)
Cheez-It CITRUS Bowl
Orlando, FL
Camping World Stadium
3 p.m. Eastern
on ABC-TV
details at fightingillini.com/
Update (12/31/24)
Score was #20 Univ. of IL 21
while #15 SC Gamecocks scored 17.
former PM of India (10-yr. rule decade)
died Thursday at the age of 92
His body was cremated in the Sikh
tradition, as priests chanted hymns,
after his body was carried covered
by India's flag on a flower-decked
carriage to the banks of the Yamuna
River in New Delhi
Ronald Knox had to confront many reflexive biases,
both among Catholic and non-Catholic critics,
when he began publishing his translations of [Matthew -
Revelation, and later Genesis - Malachi]; . . .
many revisions of the Douay-Rheims (from Vulgate
to English vernacular) were written in what Knox
calls Bible English, a literary form that was
distinct even from the idiomatic English language
used by prose writers contemporary . . . with the
Authorized Version (I.e. KJV). Bible English
was preternaturally old, and it was often
irredeemably dense, since it often departed from
common English usage the better to adhere to a
Latin Syntax. . .The Bible is meant to be read
at home, and so, a translation that makes the
reader comfortable is in order. . .The text should
read as if it were an original composition.
The transition from one sentence
to the next must be made logically
clear, even at the cost of introducing
words which are not there, but are
implicit in the context. Your vocabulary
must be chosen, not so much by reference
to the use of this or that word elsewhere
in the Old Testament [TANAK] as by
reference to the needs of this particular
passage -- token-words will not do. You
must cast your sentences into a form which
will preserve not only the meaning but the
rhetoric of the original, or the flying
wrack of imagery will pass you by --
pages 33 - 34
Sections
Chapter 1, verses 3 - 6 [Hymn of Praise to Christ]
Blessed be that God, that Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has
blessed us, in Christ, with every
spiritual blessing, higher than
heaven itself.
He has chosen us out, in Christ,
before the foundation of the world,
to be saints, to be blameless in his
sight, for love of him; marking us
out beforehand (so his will decreed)
to be his adopted children through
Jesus Christ. Thus he would manifest
the splendour of that grace by which
he has taken us into his favour in the
person of his beloved Son.
Chapter 1, verses 11 - 14
In him it was our lot to be called, singled
out beforehand to suit his purpose, (for
it is he who is at work everywhere,
carrying out the designs of his will);
we were to manifest his glory, we who
were the first to set our hope in Christ;
in him you too were called, when you
listened to the preaching of the truth,
that gospel which is your salvation.
In him you too learned to believe, and
had the seal set on your faith by the
promised gift of the Holy Spirit; a
pledge of the inheritance which is ours,
to redeem it for us and bring us into
possession of it, and so manifest God's
glory.
{Verbal bridges have been built to
help the reader follow the Pauline
transitions and asides}
delivered in Italian
St. Peter's Basilica, Rome
May the sound of arms be
silenced in war-torn Ukraine!
May there be the boldness
needed to open the door to
negotiation and to gestures
of dialogue and encounter,
in order to achieve a just and
lasting peace"
UPDATE: Mid-January 2025
Governor of NB expected to recover after surgical repair of
broken ribs; second surgery a success at Nebraska Medicine
in Omaha, NB.
No issues with his bruised kidney, injured spleen, or punctured
lung.
Sunday 12/22/24
The first-term Republican governor of NB was with his family
Sunday when he was thrown off a new horse and injured. EMTs
rushed him to a hospital in Columbus, NB and then he was airlifted
to U. of NB Medical Center in Omaha.
He was reported as "conscious and alert" and in touch with his
staff; he will remain hospitalized for several days.
The 68-year-old was elected in 2022 and previously worked
as veterinarian and owned a livestock operation.
apnews.com/article/nebraska-governor-pillen-horse et cetera
deseret.com/politics/2024/12/16/john-curtis-search-for-consensus
The 64-yr.-old former immigrant to America is likely now
to be a "special envoy to Britain" on behalf of Trump-Vance
nomination that will have no opposition from a GOP/MAGA
Senate approval vote in Jan. 2025.
Mark Burnett
well-known for #TheApprentice
and #Survivor, as well as
#SharkTank and "Are you smarter
than a 5th Grader?"
nytimes.com/2024/12/21/us/politics/mark-burnett-special-envoy.html
December 21, 2024
Shortest daylight of the 366-day year
for the Northern Hemisphere
Ut in nomine Jesu
omne genu flectatur
caelestium
terrestium
et infernorum.
Et omnis lingua confiteatur,
quia Dominus Jesus Christus
in Gloria Dei Patris.
A.D. 230 - 270
18 lines of Latin Text in amulet
"In the name of St. Titus
Holy! Holy! Holy!
In the name of Jesus Christ,
Son of God
The Lord of the World
Resists to the best
of his ability
All attacks / setbacks
The God grants the well-being
Entry.
This means of salvation
protects the human being who
surrenders to the will of
the Lord Jesus Christ,
the Son of God,
since before Jesus Christ
All knees bow to Jesus Christ:
the heavenly the earthly
and the subterranean and
every tongue confess to Jesus Christ"
cnn.com/2024/12/20 online article "Silver Amulet discovered in Germany
could rewrite Christian history in Europe"
2,000 troops from U.S. Army are on site in Syria to support the
core official deployed forces participating
in the Pentagon's mission of keeping
Islamic State's armed forces from reconstituting
nytimes.com/2024/12/19/us/politics/us-troops-syria.html
20 Jan. 2025
UPDATE: Following new POTUS swearing-in
new head of Defense Department is
Robert G. Salesses,
formerly deputy director of
Washington HQ Service,
a mid-level Pentagon official.
He accepted the job of acting
Defense secretary when no
Biden official would take it
from Jan. 20 forward.
LIVE Update CNN
the Dept. of Defense will continue to work
POTUS has signed necessary legislation from House & Senate
CNN.com/politics/live-news/trump-government-shutdown-
news-12-19-24/index.html
Jan. 10 NBC News interview
Homan discloses his plan to
"close the Darien Gap";
Trump-Vance incoming
Border Czar
needs 100,000 beds far beyond the
34,000 already currently funded for
to deal with the 11 million illegal
immigrant "issue" : his plan is to
carry out Trump-Vance plans by
immediately arresting and holding
in "detention camps" the undocumented
immigrants . . .
cnn.com/ border-czar-homan-trump-
deportation-plans/index.html
______________________________________
Pete Hegseth, Trump-Vance nominee to Defense Secy.
argued vehemently that the pre-2023 name for "Fort Liberty"
in NC should be restored to its 1921 name of Ft. Bragg
(that honored Confederate General / slave owner who
lost every battle he commanded forces for during the 1860s
CIVIL WAR).
cnn.com/2025/01/13/politics/pete-hegseth-confederate-
generals-military-bases/index.html
Florida Congressman (D) denies any job in Trump-Vance administration
was offered -- He will stay in Congress representing his district.
(23rd)
There are always areas for bipartisanship // he will not be named
as FEMA chief by #DJT
UPDATE: December 2024
Although the vote for the next Congress SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
will be held on Jan. 3, 2025 (Friday after New Year),
Four members of the GOP conference are uncertain to vote for
current leader Mike Johnson of Louisiana =
Scott Perry (Pennsylvania),
Thomas Massie (Kentucky),
Andy Harris (Maryland),
Victoria Spartz (Indiana),
also Chip Roy of Texas has
declared something must
change in Republican leadership
Speaker of House Johnson negotiated specific assistance
for farmers - $10 billion new spending
DETAILS CNN.com/2024/12/17/politics/
government-spending-negotiations-congress/index.html
Stop gap measure he originally planned for was to run thru
March 14 next year
UPDATE:
As of Wed. -- outside agitator Elon Musk is calling
for GOP members to vote against this bipartisan
deal -- leaving Mike Johnson in the "lurch"
Trump - Vance nominee for HHS and all health agencies at
federal level told Senator Mark Wayne Mullin (Oklahoma)
that he plans to continue to
question the science of
vaccines -- CNN.com/
2024/12/16/politics/
kennedy-vaccines-gop-
senators/index.html
Dec. 17, 2024
President Macron named this fellow party member as incoming
Prime Minister
Francois Bayrou,
founding member of MoDem Party
UPDATE: his Cabinet will carry over
from prior office holder
UPDATE: Jan. 6, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau will resign today
after 9 years as head of his
majority party in the government.
LOC (Library of Congress) announces these 25 new titles in its
national film registry of significant feature and short films:
Star Trek II : The wrath of Khan
Dirty Dancing
No Country for Old Men
Beverly Hills Cop
The Social Network
Up in Smoke
Angels with Dirty Faces
The Chelsea Girls
Spy Kids
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Thomas Edison short film
American Me
Mi Familia
Powwow Highway
Compensation
Common Threads: AIDS Quilt stories
Ganja and Hess
Invaders from Mars (1953)
Koko's Earth Control (1928)
The Miracle Worker
My Own Private Idaho
The Pride of the Yankees
Uptown Saturday Night
Will (1981)
Zora Lathan Student Films
The first "Alberta Clipper" of the winter precipitation
season will hit Michigan on Dec. 19 - 20, 2024 : SOURCE
Michigan Live! dot-com
storm system that moves from
the Pacific Ocean to SW Canada &
then SE into the Northern Plains,
then moves SE over the Great Lakes
region
mlive.com/weather/2024/12/weather-this-week-
1st-alberta-clipper-gradually-turns-us-wintry.html
The shortest daylight of the year will
take place at the Winter Solstice at 4:20 a.m. eastern
December 21, 2024;
from that point in the season the amount of
daylight increases until the longest Daylight
of the year at the Summer Solstice !
Beethoven's Birthday
[Schroeder of Peanuts
comic strip honored this day]
Dec. 16, 1770
Bonn, Germany
he would live 56 years, 3 months
Parents: Johann B. &
Maria Magdalena Keverich
Concerning the early 20th century international war termed
The Great War or The First WORLD War:
War bears within itself the justification
of sin. For it contradicts God's command-
ment. A final answer to the question of
whether a Christian should or should not
participate must be rejected. Both answers
are possible.
One person shows solidarity and goes along.
The other one says: "Even the authorities
are demanding sin; I will not participate."
On the one hand, we are threatened by
militarism. And on the other,
by doctrinaire pacifism.
This is not a matter of assessing people
morally. Here people did die heroic
or miserably cowardly deaths. One can
be even more grateful to the cowardly
than to the person who died heroically.
Just think what it means for a poor,
cowardly person to offer up life itself!
The heroes at least had an ideal. The
others died without such an ideal,
miserably, but perhaps with all the more
difficulty.
But both suffered death, stood together
in a single line like a wall. Gratitude!
But God amid all this! It is not our
place to award retroactive medals for
bravery. Nor the opposite either.
They died. How? Who knows? Enough
simply that they died. As a result,
we live. That prompts us to offer
thanksgiving and to repent before
God!
Pray for the victory of one's own
cause? No.
It, the church, prays only for peace
for soldiers on both sides. War sermons?
They were equally bad in both Germany
and England.
With mid-December 2024 impeachment of the former president
Yoon Suk Yeol,
the Prime Minister Han Duck-Soo
will step in to govern the E. Asian democracy,
on an interim basis (12/14/2024).
UPDATE (mid-January 2025) =
Yoon (impeached and arrested President)
has so far refused to cooperate and answer
questions from his attempt to declare
martial law in late 2024
cnn.com Jan. 14, 2025
South Korea's President who declared Martial Law this month
and who is today impeached by the constitutional
court (Dec. 14, 2024).
Celebrations broke out across the cities and regions
of South Korea. He did vow to fight removal from
office
DETAILS at
nytimes.com/live/2024/12/14/world/south-korea-impeachment
president-yoon
UPDATE: He awaits ruling from Constitutional Court of Korea
as far as whether he is permanently removed from office or
might be restored to hold that high office in 2025
As of Mid-January 2025, no ruling has been given by the
high Court.
NYTIMES dot-com profile
Friday 12/13/24
a lawyer assisting RFK, Jr. pick federal
health officials for the incoming Trump-
Vance administration
He has petitioned the government to
revoke its approval of the
polio vaccine,
Hepatitis B vaccine,
13 other vaccines until
their makers disclose
details about aluminum
nytimes.com/2024/12/13/health/
aaron-siri-rfk-jr-vaccines.html
The German word
Kirchenkampf
refers to the situation of
the Christian churches in
Germany from Hitler's rise
to power in 1933 to the
end of World War II in 1945
The professional Theologian / academic philosopher took in
this writing a public stand against the new regime (NAZISM)
Michael P. DeJonge -- Bonhoeffer on Resistance (2018)
subtitled: The Word against the Wheel
There are three possibilities for action
that the church can take vis a vis the state
First, questioning the state as to the legiti-
mate state character of its actions, making
the state responsible for what it does.
Second, service to the victims of the
state's actions. The church has an
unconditional obligation toward the victims
of any social order, even if they do not
belong to the Christian community
("Let us work for the good of all");
these are both ways in which the church,
in its freedom, conducts itself in the
interest of a free state. In times when
the laws are changing, the church may
under no circumstances neglect either
of these duties.
Third possibility is not just to bind up
the wounds of the victims beneath the
wheel but to seize the wheel itself
Volume 12 DBWE page 365
German phrase is _dem Rad selbst
in die Speichen zu fallen
alternate translations:
to jam a spoke in the wheel
itself and to seize the wheel
itself footnote 2, page 5
DeJonge Bonhoeffer on Resistance
in his memoir of "The Trumps and how we got this way"
(2024, publisher Gallery Books)
As nephew of the President-elect, Fred and Lisa Trump
were seated close with other members of the family, near
Senator John McCain. . .
Donald was sworn in at noon, as is the custom . .
Just as my uncle began his inaugural address,
the slate-gray sky of the Capitol opened up
and a light rain began to fall. As many com-
mentators pointed out later, it was a
fairly dark speech, berating the D.C.
elites of both parties for ignoring the
needs of the American people and allowing the
nation's cities to be overrun with "crime &
gangs & drugs. . .The American carnage stops
right here and stops right now. From this day
forward, a new vision will govern our land.
From this moment on,
it's going to be America First." (page 293, Chapter 20)
Steve Witkoff has met repeatedly with
BIBI NETANYAHU to encourage Gaza Cease Fire
ahead of Inauguration Day (3rd Monday 20 Jan.)
The ACTUAL envoy / primary adviser - briefer will be
Trump's post-Jan. 20, 2025 Presidential Middle East adviser =
Massad Boulos,
father-in-law to Tiffany (Trump)
His company last year had a net profit of $66,000,
corporate filings show.
a Christian from Northern Lebanon who emigrated to
Texas as a teenager;
he is not an attorney but has a B.A. in Business Administration.
Another Trump relative/buddy
is nominated Israel Ambassador
Mike Huckabee, Arkansas ex-governor
Still he did gain a 50% +1 majority
UPDATE: Nor this GOP member of the House
Thomas Massie (KY).
Incumbent Speaker of the House Mike Johnson should
expect none of the 215 votes of the Democratic Party
when he is seeking to get at least 218 votes for a 50%
plus one majority of the 435 member Constitutional
body. Between now and the Jan. 3, 2025 vote to elect
a speaker of the House, Johnson has been
lambasted by arch-conservatives who want to
stymie any efforts at bipartisanship as recently as
May 2023 (the R. vote against him was 10 "radicals)
and future "Votes to Recall" may be forthcoming.
Among the 220 Reprs. (GOP) elected the number fell
to 219 when Matt Gaetz of FL resigned due to
Ethic complaints and the possible release of
details of that multi-year investigation.
SOURCE Hakeem Jeffries -- the hill.com online
coverage 12/11/2024
NY TIMES Obituary says he was
born George Joseph Kresge, Jr.
Jan. 12, 1935
and died December 10, 2024
at an assisted living center, Wayne, NJ
an entertainer who used to dazzle audiences
as he rose to fame on late-night TV shows
of the 1970s
Winter Weather Advisory
in effect those 13 hours --
high winds 35 - 40 MPH and
2 - 4 inches of blowing snow
Dec. 11 and 12, 2024
ON Thursday 12/12
the SW Michigan Ski resort
Swiss Valley will open for
the winter season 2024-25
Charles Schulz, cartoonist
featured a part of arts & culture when his
piano-playing character, Schroeder,
observed Ludwig Beethoven's birthday
(Dec. 16 annually from 1953-1960).
In the musical YOU're A GOOD MAN,
CHARLIE BROWN -- that same character
has a featured song "Beethoven Day" !
NPR.org
New Jersey has a new law that limits
the BANNING OF BOOKS in
School Libraries and Public Libraries:
the state law directs that
FREEDOM TO READ ACT 2024
ensures generations of children will
be able access diverse and inclusive,
age-appropriate materials and boards
"cannot ban books solely on the basis
of the Origin,
Background, or
Views contained within the text
or
Because an individual finds it
offensive . . ."
whyy.org/articles/new-jersey-book-
banning-school-libraries.html
apnews.com/article/ang-lee-dga
On Feb. 8, 2025, noted and honored director
Ang Lee, age 70,
will receive the Directors Guild of America's
Lifetime Achievement award for his body of work:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Sense & Sensibility
The Ice Storm
Life of Pi
Brokeback Mountain
Feb. 8, 2025 at their annual
awards (the 77th)
The seventy-seven Laureates/recipients of Nobel Prizes
are in the fields of
MEDICINE, CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS, ECONOMICS
Victor Ambros & Gary Ruvkun (2024)
Daren Acemoglu & Simon Johnson
(this year Economics on Global inequality)
Dr. Harold Varmus
Richard Roberts
List at
NYTIMES.com/2024/12/09/
health/kennedy-hhs-nobel-laureates.html
Eligible films / TV series / specials / technical
awards and lifetime awards for Ted Danson &
Viola Davis
Golden Globes
UPDATE: Feb. 2, 2025
Grammy Award ceremony
in Los Angeles recently
ravaged by wildfires
Academy Award ceremony
March 2, 2025 -- hosted
by Conan O'Brien
The 4-term Hawaii congresswoman declared upon her
return from Damascus that "Bashar al-Assad was not
an enemy of the U.S." and endorsed many of Russian
President V. Putin's
actions to invade and brutally attack Ukraine's citizens
and infrastructure. . .
details at the hill.com/home news/house/5029519-tulsi
gabbard-capitol-hill-syria
Tulsi meets the week of Dec. 9 - 13 in D.C. officially with
Senators she hopes will back her nomination to the
Cabinet level after the inauguration of #DJT and #Vance
Jan. 20, 2024.
UPDATE:
She benefitted with $1.2 million honoraria / speaking
fees while a MAGA spokeswoman for the 2024 Campaign
appearances for the Trump - Vance ticket.
Inauguration weekend News headline Washington Post.com
Sunday Dec. 8, 2024
was a new day dawning for 100s of long-term prisoners
of Assad's Saydnaya "human slaughterhouse",
just north of Damascus, Syria
apnews.com/articles/syria-assad-prisons-human-rights
detainees-saydnaya online article (Monday 12/9/2024)
Watch at 4 a.m. Sunday December 15, 2024
for the December maximum FULL
Moon, a.k.a. "Cold Moon"
almanac.com (Old Farmer's Almanac online)
ALSO -- on Dec. 30 or 31
there will be a "New Moon" called
BLACK MOON 2024
The combat Navy veterans, ages 102 and 104,
returned Dec. 7, 2024 to the Hawaii location
of the Japanese air attack to honor those who died
and were injured 83 years ago.
coverage at POLITICO.com/
Judge Juan Marchan held that Trump's bid to have his 34 felony
convictions overturned has failed -- he will enter the White House
as the only POTUS with felon as his status on criminal charges
found guilty by a jury of his peers.
nytimes.com/2024/12/16/nyregion/trump-immunity-criminal-case.html
The Trump/Vance pick for
WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL will not be William McGinley
but instead a different top lawyer for the Campaign
David Warrington.
McGinley's aide BORIS
EPSHTEYN has been accused
of "shaking down" potential
appointees for tens of thousands
of dollars.
nytimes.com/2024/12/02/us/politics/trump-replaces-
white-house-counsel.html
CNN online article (Dec. 6, 2024)
The 42-year-old nominee of Trump-Vance administration
to head the NASA (govt. sector Space program) is a
CEO of Shift4Payments, the company he founded as
a 16-year-old entrepreneur teenager.
An experienced jet pilot -- owner of $27.5 million worth
of stock of SpaceX . . .
cnn.com/science/nasa-pick-jared-isaacman.html
Over 14 years of civil war, Aleppo (Syria ancient city and
larger population center) has had its Christian population
shrink from ~300,000 to 25,000, as many have left the country
for better opportunities and a life free of the threat of violence.
washingtpost.com/ online article
As of 2024, Trump associate Kash Patel published this enemies list
in his most recent book:
Representative Liz Cheney
Dr. Anthony Fauci
Jack Smith, outgoing sp. counsel
Adam Schiff (lead House prosecutor for
first Trump Impeachment)
Olivia Troye
General Mark Milley, retired Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Letitia James, Atty. general New York
Justice Arthur Engoron
Police officers who defended the Capitol (6 Jan. 2021)
Mark Zuckerberg
John Bolton
William Barr, former Atty. General
Mark Esper, former Defense secretary
Pat Cippolone, former White House counsel
Gina Haspel, former CIA director
& Christopher Wray, current FBI Director. [he will leave office early
in 2025 when a suitable replacement can be named]
2 p.m. Thursday 12/5/2024
Reuters Exclusive: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin
will NOT travel to S. Korea following President Yoon Suk
Yeol's botched attempt this week to declare martial law
reuters.com/world/pentagon-halts-planning
defense-secretarys-south-korea-visit-officials-say
at Kennedy Center for the Arts (Washington, D.C.)
Queen Latifah will host the annual
celebration of the achievements of people and 1 place:
F. Coppola,
the Grateful Dead,
BonnieRaitt,
Arturo Sandoval,
The Apollo Theater (Harlem, New York City).
Its chairman is David Rubenstein (appointed by
George W. Bush) -- Trustees will at Jan. 2025
be 18 appointed by #DJT and 18 by #POTUS
Biden; notable ones are Pam Bondi & Mike
Huckabee.
to be chanted 3 times ahead of the rite of the opening of
the doors of Notre-Dame-de-Paris Cathedral
Dec. 7, late in the afternoon
(first Saturday, Dec. 2024)
How joyful it was when
they said to me
'Let us go to the House of the Lord'!
Now our feet are standing within
your gates, O Jerusalem!
Jerusalem, built as a city,
that is bound firmly together.
800-year old cathedral at heart of Paris, France will
be re-opened with a ceremony presided over by
French President Emanuel Macron, Paris mayor
Anne Hidalgo, Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich.
NOT attending -- Pope Francis (press office)
Guests to include:
Heads of State: Ukraine President Zelenskyy;
President A. Buda of Poland; Prince Albert II of Monaco;
FLOTUS Dr. Jill Biden (representing the Biden-Harris
administration and the U.S. government);
#DJT; his Plus-one Elon Musk;
+40 world leaders (Prince William); Italian PM
Giorgia Meloni, former Secy. of State John Kerry.
December 7 (Saturday) is NOT the same as Dec. 8
re-dedication inaugural MASS led by the Archbishop of
Paris with the President of the Republic also
in attendance -- see
notredamedeparis.fr/en/re-opening/december7-8/
Sheriff of Florida county that includes Tampa;
he was named by #DJT to head the D.E.A. but has
withdrawn his name from the nomination (needed
Senate approval) three days after he was tapped.
nytimes.com/live/12/03/us/trump-biden-news
from Constantine & Christendom
edited and translated by Mark Edwards
Transl. Texts from Historians (2003)
vol. 39 Liverpool University Press
"Now the Erythraean Sibyl,
saying that she was born in the
sixth generation after the flood,
was a priestess of Apollo,
wearing a diadem on equal terms
with the God whom she worshipped,
in charge of the tripod round which
the snake was coiled. . . she foretold
in words what was to happen with
respect to God, plainly revealing
by the prefixing of the initial
letters, which is called an acrostic,
the history of Jesus' descent"
(page 41)
The acrostic spells the words
Iesous Christos Theou Huios
Soter Stauros (Jesus Christ,
Son of God, Saviour, Cross).
ACROSTIC
for "fish" (Greek)
also code for "Christ"
part of poem (4th Century) - by
Emperor Constantine
In sign of coming judgment
earth shall sweat;
CHaff now and earth shall
all the world become;
THen shall all people wail
and gnash their teeth;
HUge sorrow then shall fall
on humankind;
Savior immortal, King
who died for us.
pages 42-3 [Constantine &
Christendom ] 2007 reprint
by Mark Edwards, editor/transl.
a 5-meter (16-foot) male washed up dead on a beach
at New Zealand -- only 6 ever before found
apnews.com/article/rarest-whale-zealand-spade-toothed-
dissection-d71aad4ce6e47feq1056a10cf5b8610e
For Berrien and Cass Counties in Michigan
Heavy lake snow expected - possible 5 - 8 inches
High Winds
midweek Dec. 4 5 p.m. - until Friday 12/6/2024 1 a.m.
Brain rot
earliest use was 1854 - H.D. Thoreau
"While England endeavors to cure the
potato-rot, will not any endeavor to
cure the brain-rot, which prevails
so much more widely and fatally?"
nytimes.com/2024/12/01/arts/brain-rot-
oxford-word.html
When Joe Biden visit Luanda the week of Dec. 1
he is scheduled to visit the national Slavery Museum
near Luanda (the capital) to highlight the bond
between the two nations that was born out of slavery.
A vast majority of African Americans have Angolan
ancesty . . .that gives the United States an ability to
draw cultural and historical ties to the country that its
rival, China, cannot.
Online article mentions Wanda Tucker, part of Biden's
delegation and present Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III
who has said : "Four centuries ago, slavers from far away
put the men and women and children into shackles --
people who looked just like you and me."
1 December 2024
Former Israeli defense minister, Moshe Yaalon, has accused
Israel of committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing in
Gaza Strip, a rare critique from a member of the security
establishment at a time of war
nytimes.com/2024/12/01/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-yaalon.html
"The path they're dragging us down is
to occupy, annex, and ethnically cleanse --
look at the northern strip"; Israel was being
pulled in the direction of building settlements
in Gaza . . .
Mr. Yaalon is a former member of the Likud Party.
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