Open Thread WE 27 DEC 23 ~ Star gazing
Submitted by QMS on Wed, 12/27/2023 - 5:00am![](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1493/26212496565_b2b949e0a3.jpg)
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Sure, people have been predicting an end to King Dollar for many decades, but this time it might actually happen.
1) Let's start this one by doing a list of candidates. There are, according to NPR (12/4/2023). six Republican candidates for President: Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Asa Hutchinson, and Chris Christie. There are two important independents: Cornel West and RFK Jr..
As our homeless problem continues to grow, we as a nation seem stuck in time for a solution.
We are in the same place as ten or even twenty years ago. We have gotten to the point of just looking at them. And then full stop.
Jesus was a Palestinian Jew who would be killed if he came today.
On this silent and holy night of #ChristmasEve, our hearts beat in unison for every soul born under God's watchful eyes. In the quiet reflection of this sacred evening, we remember those taken from us in #Gaza. Their voices may have been silenced, yet they live on, eternal and undying in our collective memory. Though their physical presence has been stolen away by #Israel, their spirits remain unbroken and free, forever cradled in the loving embrace of our thoughts and prayers. On this night, as the stars twinkle with a solemn promise, we realise that Israel can take lives, but never the memories, the love, the legacy. The children of Gaza remain with us, now and always. Via @Alicesverige
Funny how inflation is always the fault of working people.
A true story from Christmas eve 1914
Christmas in the Trenches - written and performed by John McCutcheon
Lyrics below the fold