Janice Blake

Turn the Lights Back On currentaffairs.org/news/turn-the-… Just came across this article. Can all this possibly be true? Patients on ventilators dying in hospitals? Truly beyond belief. (Why, I wonder, is it necessary to ban trade w Cuba when we trade w China? Aren't both Communist run?)

This guy is a total nitwit.

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From a verse in the Bible, to a map, to strategy, to action, Greater Israel has stopped being just a concept.

Silly to blame Democrats when Republicans are equally at fault. Neither side is listening to the other. Democrats have made several absolutely reasonable requests for restoring DHS funding. Republicans refuse to listen.

This sounds like baloney to me. From what we've seen of ICE AGENTS so far, I don't think there's a family in America that wants to see these thugs in airports.

NEW: Pope Leo XIV urged a ceasefire in the Middle East this morning, calling the war “a scandal for the entire human family.” The first American pope has challenged President Trump over his military aggression against Iran for nearly the entirety of his pontificate. thelettersfromleo.com/p/a-scandal-fo…

In July 1944, Catherine Dior, the sister of future designer Christian Dior, was arrested in Paris for her role in the French Resistance. Born in 1917, Catherine grew up in a hilltop home in Granville, Normandy, surrounded by gardens overlooking the English Channel. After her mother’s sudden death and her father’s financial collapse during the Great Depression, her life changed dramatically. When Nazi forces occupied France in 1940, Catherine was 23 and ready to fight. In 1941, Catherine met Hervé des Charbonneries in Cannes. She joined the F2 Resistance network as a courier and intelligence gatherer, carrying secret messages by bicycle across occupied territory, risking her life. Meetings were even held inside her brother Christian’s Paris apartment. By late July 1944, as the Nazi occupation began to collapse, she was seized by the Gestapo and deported to Nazi concentration camps, enduring unimaginable brutality. They tortured her in a bathtub filled with ice for hours, nearly drowning her. She never spoke a single world. Meanwhile, Christian fought to secure her release. As Allied bombing intensified, the prisoners were uprooted again. In April 1945, thousands were driven into brutal death marches across collapsing Nazi territory. Weeks later, starving and gravely ill, she was finally liberated. She was honored with the Croix de Guerre (Cross of War) and the Croix du Combattant Volontaire de la Résistance (Cross of the Resistance Volunteer Combatant) from France; the Cross of Valour from Poland; and the King’s Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom from Britain. Catherine returned to Provence with Hervé, who became her partner. She devoted the rest of her life to her love of flowers. Christian established his namesake fashion house. He unveiled his first collection in February 1947. Part of the collection was his first perfume, Miss Dior, a tribute to Catherine and their love of flowers. After her brother’s sudden death at 52 in 1957, Catherine devoted herself to preserving his legacy. She founded the Musée Christian Dior in Granville and served as its honorary president until her passing in 2008 at age 90. #WeRememberThem #WomensHistoryMonth

ZERO steps taken by the Trump Administration to respond to requests to improve training so ICE agents stop physically attacking and murdering U.S. citizens, respect the rule of law, and, for properly identify themselves.

I thought the U.S. learned this in its 20-year wars in Iraq/Afghanistan: You can't go to war against an idea.

BREAKING: Israeli settlers are right now carrying out a pogrom in the village of Deir Sharaf in the West Bank, setting Palestinian cars on fire and attacking Palestinian homes and civilians.

Is it the Democrats' job to reopen DHS, or is it the job of ALL who serve in Congress--Republicans and Democrats alike--to actually listen to each other and figure out how to compromise? How about better training for DHS so they don't injure and kill people?

I think Mr. Lee had better read this article by Sam Brodey in the morning's Boston Globe. It's not showing voter I.D. at the polls that's the problem. It's all the other provisions of the bill that Republicans aren't talking about! bostonglobe.com/2026/03/20/nat…

@ronsterd89 Pretend you bought it that way because it's a work of art! (But of course, the kids have to experience some kind of repercussions: A cleaning project; earning money to reupholster the piece. Give them a fence to paint?)

All of the above copied from Sam Brodey's excellent article in today's Boston Globe: bostonglobe.com/2026/03/20/nat…

Complying and helping voters comply, would be a massive, complicated undertaking, according to election officials. Amanda Gonzalez, clerk of Jefferson County, Colo. said it could take her office “thousands of hours” of add'l work to get voters reregistered under the proposals.

Among this legislation's sweeping proposals: mandating voters prove their citizenship in person to register to vote and also show a photo ID to vote at the polls; and ending mail-in ballots for nearly all voters.

If the changes require time/money to properly implement, the legislation offers neither. And the bill’s proponents, chiefly Trump, are claiming the changes must take effect for this fall’s elections — even though preliminary contests have already been held in some jurisdictions.

[Another] reason for alarm among election officials: the Republican legislation would also impose criminal penalties on election workers accused of running afoul of the complex new rules.

The difference is Italy, Germany and France haven't bombarded Iran. Israel has. This is what happens when you start a war. The people you attack, attack you back.