Yes, please create your own title for this post today, because I’m drawing a blank…

The blessings that are happening around here today:

1. A very nice break from the extreme heat.

2. ALL 723 of my cats are currently flea-free…and so far, no fleas have jumped on me since early yesterday morning. [UPDATE: A flea just jumped on me; it was living in my desk drawer!]

3.After today, I’m pretty sure I have an entire week off from the train station. We’ll see how that pans out as the week goes on.

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From Code Monkey Z‘s substack:

“An Ohio judge upheld a law that bans medical and surgical transgender procedures for minors in the state. Ohio’s AG applauded the decision. ” [more]

“The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken emergency action to halt the use of a common pesticide it deems dangerous—DCPA, also known as Dacthal. This is the first time the EPA has used its emergency suspension authority in 40 years. ” [more] (pregnant women should stay away from Dacthal.)

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Another cool short from Matt Roeske;

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Nigel Watson – TWO TIER POLICING – DOES IT EXIST IN BRITAIN? (20 mins):

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Sanity4Sweden – Fascists, Russia and Musk are driving the riots in the UK? (5 mins):

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News roundup.

Keyboard Operator – 8/7/2024 Another Squad member loses reelection (12 mins):

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CHARLIE WARD DAILY NEWS WITH PAUL BROOKER & DREW DEMI – WEDNESDAY 7TH AUGUST 2024 (9 mins):

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In other news!

Nick Cave sent out a Red Hand File this morning. A reader wrote in and asked him if he ever worried about being on the wrong side of history, and what his favorite podcast might be. Nick answered, in part:

“…Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook’s The Rest is History. This splendid podcast shows us that history is extraordinarily complicated and rarely draws a clean line between right and wrong, good and evil. Much of history seems to be a violent collision of good intentions, and sometimes what appears ethically obvious today has its way of turning tomorrow….”

You can read it in full here.

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And that is it for now.

Enjoy your Wednesday, wherever you are in the world!!

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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(Also known as Ecclesiastes 3)

“Turn! Turn! Turn!”

To everything – turn, turn, turn
There is a season – turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven

A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep

To everything – turn, turn, turn
There is a season – turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven

A time to build up, a time to break down
A time to dance, a time to mourn
A time to cast away stones
A time to gather stones together

To everything – turn, turn, turn
There is a season – turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven

A time of love, a time of hate
A time of war, a time of peace
A time you may embrace
A time to refrain from embracing

To everything – turn, turn, turn
There is a season – turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven

A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time for love, a time for hate
A time for peace, I swear it’s not too late!

c – 1962 Pete Seeger

At least, I hope so.

No laundry, no housecleaning. At least, I don’t think so.

Sandra has to go to NYC today for a fitting for her upcoming role in HBO’s The Gilded Age, Season 3. So I’m just going to sit here at my desk and work on the screenplay today by myself. I think.

We shall see! You never know when those pesky fleas will suddenly make a return engagement and demand our complete attention.

I had a great surprise yesterday. My Q-following friend, who lives in town, was on her way to another friend’s house, who lives out in the country even farther than I do — and she stopped in to say “hi!” and to pick up a bottle of goldenseal because someone else she knows is struggling with a UTI.

Goldenseal is an INCREDIBLE all-natural antibiotic, gang. Use it for viruses and infections. I always have at least 2 bottles in the house — one, in case I need it, and another in case someone else needs it in a hurry and the local store is closed. This stuff literally saved my life 3 years ago, when 3 different prescription antibiotics only made me sicker and sicker and sicker and I was going into sepsis…

But it was so nice to have a friend stop by and say hi. It doesn’t often happen, since I live anywhere from 25, to 500, to 3000 miles away from everyone I know.

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Okay.

Phil is supposed to go live tonight at 8PM Eastern time. I really, really hope it happens this time. Check here later to confirm.

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Excluding all anti-Christian, Satanic, Olympic stuff, and anything/everything about the various and sundry “assassination- attempt shooters,” and all things (fake) Kamala…

Here’s the news for today.

From Code Monkey Z‘s substack:

“Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his political rival, Edmundo González, each claimed victory in the country’s presidential election, after Venezuelans took to the polls Sunday. Maduro has been in power since 2013. Exit polls had suggested that González would win. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States had “serious concerns that the result announced does not reflect the will or the votes of the Venezuelan people,” and called for a detailed tabulation of votes to be published.”

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News roundup –

Keyboard Operator – 7/28/2024 Google Censors Trump Assassination Attempt from Search (14 mins):

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Sanity4Sweden – All Purebloods died? Swedish Church People. Tommy documentary (5 mins):

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Tommy Robinson’s Documentary:

Britain's banned documentary – SILENCED pic.twitter.com/HKIBPsuZTA

— Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 (@TRobinsonNewEra) July 27, 2024

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James Tabor in Jerusalem-

My 75th Trip to Jerusalem: Is the Most Important Site in Jerusalem Forgotten and Overlooked? (19 mins):

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Ross K. Nichols – The Iniquity of Peor (1 hr 11 mins):

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Posted by Simon Parkes over the weekend –

The 10th International Forum “Primakov Readings”

“Recently Baluku our African Continental Coordinator attended the 10th Primakov Readings in Moscow.

During his discussions at the Conference table, and during the breaks, he was pleased to hear that the information coming from the delegates who represented a wide range of Countries matched very closely Simon’s intel.

What follows is a few lines from Baluku’s after-meeting report. I (Simon) wish to share this with you all. “

[full post is here]

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CHARLIE WARD DAILY NEWS WITH PAUL BROOKER – MONDAY 29TH JULY 2024 (19 mins):

https://rumble.com/embed/v56k5th/?pub=3r2t9

(It’s not letting me embed it, so click the link.)

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Proof that Johnny Depp exists. From late last week, in St. Tropez, I think — smoking. (Sort of an intense photo, isn’t it?)

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In other news!!

Nick Cave sent out a Red Hand File very early this morning, giving some beautiful advice to a seemingly happy woman who, nonetheless, struggles with loneliness. He says, in part:

“Personally, I find that feelings of loneliness dissipate when I take time to focus on the sacred, the imagination, beauty, nature, the soul – those unmeasurable and mysterious wellsprings of meaning that reside outside the scientistic and the rational. Here, I feel connected to something universal, eternal, truthful and righteous and, therefore, less alone….”

Read it in full here.

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A friend sent me this photo the other day and I just love it, so I share it here:

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And I believe that is it for now, gang.

I seriously HOPE Phil goes live tonight, because I know he has something big to tell us….we shall see.

Enjoy your Monday, wherever you are in the world.

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys, See ya!

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Music-listening from yesterday!!

This song always makes everything in life completely and 100% endurable!! (Seriously, try it sometime.)

I was listening to it while bathing 5 (FIVE) small and unhappy cats yesterday in the kitchen sink… It made the fleas a lot less annoying. Glenn Miller & his Orchestra, “Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree,” 1942!! Enjoy, gang.

Today, I am 64, gang!

I’m really looking forward to my picnic in the park with Kara this afternoon.

I am so very glad we are doing that because I won’t lie, gang; I am really fighting depression today. Tomorrow would have been my dad’s 94th birthday — when I was growing up, he and I always shared a birthday cake. Usually one baked and decorated by my mom.

Then, as I got older, my dad and I almost always were together on those 2 days that were our birthdays, even when he and I weren’t getting along so great.

Well. I miss him so much today. But from 5AM onwards this morning, people have been texting & emailing me with various “happy birthday” greetings, so it is hard to be sad!!

In fact, Wayne, my ex-husband who is usually in NYC, texted me from Tokyo, where he is on vacation, to wish me a happy birthday. That really brought a smile to my face.

Next in line was my other ex-husband, in Seattle, wishing me a very happy year ahead and crowning that happy greeting with a “Cash App” gift!!

Ditto my beloved cash-app-using friend, Valerie!

Anyway. I have heard from quite a few people, so that has made me feel very happy. And on Saturday evening, at the train station, they had flowers and a card for me. So, I am going to make it. I realize that life has to go on.

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Of course the news is all about the fake Biden no longer running for the actual Presidency, and he has selected the fake Kamala to be in his place. However, even the REAL Kamala would not be eligible because she was not born in the USA and neither were either of her parents… hmmmm.

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Phil is supposed to be live tonight but we’ll see, gang. He was supposed to do his live on Thursday, then Friday, then last night….. you know how it goes. He must be very busy helping to bring down banking institutions the world over! Or something like that…. Check here later to confirm.

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James Tabor arrived safely in Jerusalem over the weekend, even though he was traveling on the day that all the airports had to shut down. He just squeaked through in time!

I can’t discuss, yet, the details of the photo below but it makes me so happy, gang! James Tabor sent it out to his private Patreon members yesterday. It’s from his meeting with Simcha Jacobovici and Oded Golan, the owner of the James Ossuary!!! Big things are underway there, archeologically speaking. I can’t wait!

James Tabor – Arrived in Israel! (3 mins):

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Ross K. Nichols – Archaeology and the Biblical Balaam (1 hr 13 mins):

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Keyboard Operator – 7/21/2024 Biden drops out of race. Kamala is not eligible candidate. (12 mins):

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CHARLIE WARD DAILY NEWS WITH PAUL BROOKER & DREW DEMI – MONDAY 22ND JULY 2024 (17 mins):

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Don’t take cash to Sweden!!

Nigel Watson – SHOCKING! WHAT I SAW IN SWEDEN (17 mins):

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And in other news!!!

Nick Cave sent out a really wonderful Red Hand File today, about writing his song, Brompton Oratory, which is one of my favorite songs of his, ever. Honestly, it is in my Top 5 of a songwriting career that spans over 40 years. (However, he mentions that the 4th verse is “controversial” but it’s always been my favorite verse in the song… I always seem to be on some other planet from the rest of the world.) Anyway. He says, in part:

“It was my circumstances at that time that changed everything. I was going through a break-up, things were very fraught and the events started forcing themselves onto the page. I wrote Brompton Oratory the morning after I had been unceremoniously defenestrated from what I thought was a rather special and groovy relationship, and in the high tragedy of the moment, I found myself seeking consolation in the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, also known as Brompton Oratory….“

You can read it in full here.

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And I think that is it for now, gang.

Enjoy my birthday today, wherever you are in the world!!

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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How about I leave you with this today? “Brompton Oratory,” Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, from their exquisite album, “Boatman’s Call”, 1997. Enjoy!