This is an old quiz (to me, at least), but a good one.  Some might say a hard one.  Try not to cheat, and rely on what’s between your ears!
Here we go:
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Should Top Brass Contradict the Commander-in-chief in Public?  (Part 1)

 

EGYPT – In his speech to the United Nations on Wednesday, Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said that the world has begun to understand the reality of the extremism that Egyptians revolted against last year.

“The world has started to grasp the reality and understand why Egyptians revolted against extremism that wanted to break the unity of the nation,” said El-Sisi.
At the beginning of his speech, El-Sisi saluted UN officials and also Egyptian expats who came from different cities to the UN headquarters to “say that a new Egypt is coming.”
El-Sisi said that since his election last June, he and other Egyptians have been working to build “a civil democratic state” by following the roadmap announced last year by different political forces soon after the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.
He also stressed the need for an inclusive state that respects the law, the judiciary and human rights. (more…)

From the information gathered it can possibly be serendipitous for Jesse Matthew to be held in Texas – Thus providing Virginia law enforcement more time to build a case against him prior to extradition and filing charges in the abduction, kidnapping, assault and/or murder (if so) of 18-year-old UVA student Hannah Graham.
GALVESTON — A man wanted in connection with the disappearance of a University of Virginia student was arrested Wednesday on the Bolivar Peninsula, authorities confirmed.
Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr., 32, was in the Galveston County jail, Charlottesville, Va., Police Chief Timothy Longo and Galveston County Sheriff Henry Trochesset said.
Matthew was found on the beach near Rollover Pass in the Gilchrist community of the Bolivar Peninsula at about 3:30 p.m. Trochesset said.
Police said they believe Matthew was the last person with Hannah Graham, 18, before she went missing.
She was last seen Sept. 13 in an area of Charlottesville known as the Downtown Mall, which is an open pedestrian-friendly area with retail shops and restaurants.
On Wednesday a Galveston County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to a suspicious person call and found a man who had pitched a tent on the beach with a car nearby.
While questioning the man with the car, the deputy checked the plates and confirmed the vehicle was sought in connection to the missing woman’s case. (more…)

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It was a United Nations event, so perhaps this was the audience:

Wednesday, First Lady Michelle Obama said that American women are suffering under “harmful cultural norms” at a U.N. education event.
Mrs. Obama said:
“Women here [in America] are still woefully underrepresented in our government and the senior ranks of corporations. We still struggle with violence against woman and harmful cultural norms that tell woman how they are expected to look and act.”
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This incident happened September 4th. This “cop behaving badly” incident is seriously over the top and with the release of this video will surely hit the national media toot sweet.
The 31 year old South Carolina State Trooper, Sean Groubert, shot Mr. Levar Jones, 35, for absolutely the most ridiculous reason. In addition to all the other factors (You have to watch the video) the trooper is white and the victim is black.
I don’t know how the position of being a police officer factors into the charges, but this officer -on it’s face- should consider himself fortunate to only be facing Felony Assault and Battery. Unreal stupidity and negligence; completely indefensible.
COLUMBIA, SC — An S.C. trooper who stopped a man for a seat belt violation outside Columbia and then shot him – apparently without provocation – was arrested Wednesday and charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature.

Sean Groubert, 31, a lance corporal who was fired from the Highway Patrol after the shooting incident, now faces 20 years in prison if convicted of wrongfully shooting the driver, Levar Jones. (more…)

No, just, well, NO.

NEVADA – Las Vegas schools are considering plans to teach children as young as 5 about masturbation and homosexuality.

Clark County School District proposed the changes during closed-door meetings with community members last week, EAG News reported.
Among the changes include education of homosexuality as early as age 5 and giving everyone “respect regardless of who they are attracted to,” the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.  Students of that age would also be taught that “touching and rubbing one’s genitals to feel good is called masturbation,” the newspaper said.
Parents who weren’t invited to the previous meeting showed up Monday to express their anger. (more…)

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †