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70sEraVet

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August 11, 2020

Trump campaign dispatches Pence to shore up Mormon support -- after harsh criticism from Mitt Romney

Source: RawStory

Vice President Mike Pence is coming to Mesa Tuesday to help launch a ‘Latter-day Saints for Trump’ coalition in what appears to be a late-in-the-game play to win over LDS voters, who tend to vote Republican but hold values that clash with some of the president’s

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/08/trump-campaign-dispatches-pence-to-shore-up-mormon-support-after-harsh-criticism-from-mitt-romney-and-jeff-flake-report/



How inconvenient that LDS voters hold "values". Is Pence going to 'fix' that?
July 24, 2020

QAnon, Coronavirus and the Conspiracy Cult

Saw this video on BBC News. It was a little startling how fast QAnon has been growing since the coronavirus. Also talks about the QAnon followers in politics. Something (another virus) that needs to be taken seriously.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-53507579/qanon-coronavirus-and-the-conspiracy-cult

July 20, 2020

Portland Protesters are using good old-fashioned ingenuity

When the Feds get tough, the tough get smarter.
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June 23, 2020

A coronavirus joke that is WAY better than Trump's

The Coronavirus Task Force has decided on a plan to reduce the numbers of people at large indoor public events; they will begin asking President Trump to speak at these events, and watch the numbers dwindle to a tenth of capacity.

June 20, 2020

Chairman Lynch Issues Statement on Navy Decision Not to Reinstate Captain Crozier as Commander of th

Source: Oversight.house.gov press release

I am more concerned than ever that politics may have unduly influenced this investigation.

Read more: https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/chairman-lynch-issues-statement-on-navy-decision-not-to-reinstate-captain



I'm glad that I'm not the only one who is steamed about the railroading of Captain Crozier. This administration is ruining the career of one of its top Commanding Officers; and permanently destroying the morale of every officer and enlisted man on the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
June 14, 2020

Vitamin DEFICIENCIES in poor urban areas and coronavirus

We know that in many poor urban areas, there are no real grocery stores (thus the term 'food deserts'). And we know that African Americans have been hit the hardest by the Coronavirus pandemic. After reading an article in The Guardian about a link between the most critical Coronavirus patients and vitamin k deficiency, I have to wonder if that would explain the high ratio of African American deaths from Coronavirus.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jun/05/vitamin-k-could-help-fight-coronavirus-study-suggests

June 14, 2020

Trump's drinking problem on display

At the West Point Commencement ceremony, Cadet Bonespurs can't handle a water glass with one hand. How healthy is this man?
https://twitter.com/i/status/1271820635040362497

June 7, 2020

Police action in Nashville made me cry

I wish I knew how to post just the one video; but here's the link - the third video shows officers (two black, one white) taking a knee with protesters.
https://www.wsmv.com/news/thousands-gather-for-black-lives-matter-protest-in-nashville/article_48abf06c-a6bc-11ea-83a9-ab67d0b59695.html?fbclid=IwAR0evQScIbZ_COyN6PUDeFOEHZOwI3vQnxXfdglIlEro-XoJibrhuxhguww

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