MSNBC Pundits Lament they never actually talk about racism.

Reality begs to differ:

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 †

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Release Date: *Tuesday NOVEMBER 4th

(*Midterm Election Date: Tuesday November 4th ? )

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When outlining complex issues and events, which encompass large scale research, do you prefer smaller bite sized posts made of multiple parts……

…..Or, do you prefer singular long posts which take the reader from “A” all the way to “Z” but can be several thousand words long.

To fully absorb the information, which do you -as a reader- prefer?

Thanks.

Maxine Lee, today’s guest author, is also the grandmother of our good friend carterzest. Please make her welcome! Over recent days it’s been my pleasure to visit via email with carterzest and Maxine and get acquainted with two very special people who are part of a large and loving family – a family with full hearts who certainly do have a story to tell.

Maxine was born in 1929 on the South Dakota plains and published Some Assembly Required in 2005. The gathering of her stories in the book was a result of her dream “to leave a printed account to my family, of my beginning, my birth place and childhood, and a few of the lessons life has taught to me.”

Her faith is part of her story and she says “Since it was my privilege to put together some slices of life with spiritual applications, for my church and since I had lots of stories of the past to tell, I included a section of those essays. There is much of my history in those stories.” One of these essays is included in today’s post as well.

Today’s post is Maxine’s opening narrative from her book –  Part One – In the Beginning and also includes an additional word picture, We’re Moving Again, as the extended family narrative begins to unfold.

Part One: In the Beginning

It all began somewhere in Sweden from where my great grandmother and family came to this country. I never knew them. Their family name was Matson. One daughter was named Ida who had a brother, Olaf and a sister, Sadie. I remember them only vaguely. There were others whose names I do not recall.

These newcomers to America built simple homes in an area between South Dakota and Minnesota, where many Swedish and German families had settled. When my grandmother Ida was about sixteen, she fell in love with a Jewish boy whose last name was Stanhope. She was soon expecting a child. However, it was against the young man’s religion to marry outside his faith, which left my young grandmother in a sad predicament.

To have a child out of wedlock in those days was an utter disgrace. So my Catholic, Swedish grandmother agreed to marry a German man, by the name of Chris Lenz, a widower with five children who needed a mother. This marriage of convenience produced a dozen more children. (more…)

Good analysis from American Thinker – HERE – including Tommy’s Curriculum Vitae

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 †

(New York Post)  Members of a violent cell of al Qaeda-linked terrorists are being questioned in connection with the disappearance of Flight MH370, according to several British press reports.

International law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and Britain’s MI6, asked Malaysian authorities to conduct intense interrogations of the 11 militants, who range in age from 22 to 55 and include students, business professionals and a young widow, the Mail newspaper said.

They were all arrested in Malaysia last week. (more…)