Job Losses

Job Losses 

U.S. Labor force down 911,000

jobs since 1 year ago.

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UPDATE: July 14, 2025

2/3rds of the D of J unit defending

Trump-Vance policies have quit, citing

punishing workload and trouble justifying

policies that just aren't justifiable. . .

reuters.com/ online article -- the REUTERS

staff confirmed this with lawyers on the inside (7, in fact)

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Former lead Dept. of Justice

official who investigated then-Candidate

Donald John Trump's

crimes and misdemeanors:

Jack Smith.  His

staffers have been

felled 20 at a time --

Pamela Jo Bondi

abcnews.com/Politics/

attorney-general-bondi-

fired-20-officials-ties-jack

Even his litigation assistants and support

staff and U.S. Marshalls have entirely

been fired. . .

40th Anniversary of July 13, 1985 (LIVE Aid benefit for Africa Famine)

INTERVIEW With Bob Geldof, promoter

of LIVE-Aid which +$140 million and 

featured free performances from Queen, 

David Bowie, Madonna, the Who, Elton

John, Tina Turner, Paul McCartney

NYTimes.com/2025/07/13/arts/music/live-aid-bob-geldof-anniversary.html

This month will be the 

anniversary of 

LIVE Aid - Wembley Stadium

concert for famine relief (Africa)

40 years ago - live musicians / groups

played for no fee a concert both

in London and Philadelphia and L.A.

raising + $1,000,000.

The event was on a Saturday and it will

be re-broadcast on Sunday 13 July

in 2025 on the BBC 2.

Long-serving Meteorologist in charge of warning coordination -- (Paul Yura of Kerr County, TX) near San Antonio

As the Texas Floodwaters Rose,

One Indispensable Voice Was Silent

Paul Yura of Kerr County, TX

nytimes.com/2025/07/09/opinion/texas-flood-nws.html

Michael Kirk Moore, physician of Utah charged with defrauding the govt. during COVID-19 vaccine era

Pardoned by Pamela Jo Bondi

He and other defendants charged after their offense in 

the 2021 era of Biden-Harris could have faced

35 years in prison.  Atty. Genl._

Bondi: He did not deserve the

years in prison.  It ends today.

July 12, 2025 6 p.m.

AP NEWS online article

The trial began Monday in Salt Lake City

but the Attorney General's office ended that

tonight (Saturday night).

More than $28,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses

were destroyed and he and his staff 

fraudulently filled out vaccination record cards.

Los Angeles federal judge stops indiscriminate immigration stops

 LA TIMES reports that

"In a searing ruling, a federal judge in Los Angeles,

CA temporarily blocked the indiscriminate sweeps

by Kristi Noem's ICE raiders who take into custody

anyone they can find on basis of language, appearance,

association which is violation of "Probable Cause"

protections.

THIS RULING / STOP came into effect Friday

July 11, 2025.

Message of Krister Stendahl - bishop in his native Stockholm, Sweden

The Professor of Biblical studies and dean of

Harvard University's Divinity School (he passed

away April 15, 2008 a few days shy of his 87th

birthday) -- his message always emphasizing

God's greatness, human humility, and the limits

of our knowledge:

So, sisters and brothers,

we are very small but

we are small in the hands

of God. . . .To me it seems

that if God is God, I

neither care for not worry

about the hereafter; I 

celebrate the coming of

the kingdom by singing

hymns and by caressing

with words the heaven

with angels and saints

and the messianic banquet

with light and joy and glory!

And I know that I paint,

but I like to paint and I paint

out of love and hope and faith.

But when all is said and done

I pray that the evil I have put into

the world will not cause others to

suffer too much and that my little

life will fit somehow into God's

plan for the kingdom.  The rest

I leave.  May His Kingdom come!

from Jesper Svartvik's

essay in KRISTER AMONG THE JEWS AND GENTILES:

essays in appreciation of the life and work

of Krister Stendahl (a Stimulus / PAULIST PRESS

books, 2018) : page 40.

Details about Cruise ( Carnival or Royal Caribbean) - two disparate aspects

How appealing to you is a Cruise?

In 2025 -- Mid-Summer

USA TODAY reports that

more than 140 passengers & Crew

were sickened during a cruise ending July 11 :

among 3,914 aboard the Royal Caribbean International

Cruise -- on the Navigator of the Sea ship.

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We are having a Fundraiser soup luncheon for our local Blessings in a Backpack Cowden-Herrick Group in which we are currently feeding 48 children on the weekends.  We will have a meal, a live auction (including homebaked pies and decorated cakes) as well as a silent auction for many services.
 We also are having an ongoing raffle with Amazing Prizes!  First Prize- a 5 night Carnival Cruise for 2 in an ocean view cabin, you chose the date and the destination OR take $1,000 cash, 2nd Prize-a weekend getaway at Whitetail Cabins on Lake Shelbyville with a Float Boat rental, 3rd Prize-a 3 month gym membership at the Workman’s Center in Effingham.

Come out and join us at the fundraiser!  Spread the word for this Wonderful Cause of feeding hungry children in our neighborhood!  IF you’d like to purchase raffle tickets or make a donation but are unable to attend the event please call, text or email to michelle_slater@yahoo.com, her cell is 217-343-1239.
 Thank You and God Bless!

Feb. 10, 2017 announcement

COWDEN, IL (Shelby County)

is near both Shelbyville & Effingham