by Toby Luckhurst BBC In 1969, El Salvador and Honduras fought a four-day conflict that cost thousands of lives and displaced thousands more – a bloody struggle still remembered as the Football War. It was 2-2 after 90 minutes at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. This was the third game between Honduras and …
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A Smokin’ Hot Game Can Be A “Barn Burner”
by Kevin Burton The NCAA Final Four is Saturday. Those of us with no favorite teams playing, merely hope for close games. In honor of March Madness, Merriam-Webster has looked into the origin of the idiom “barn-burner.” I have mostly heard this refer to football, but it could apply to basketball as well. …
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Craving Comfort, Needing Courage In Christ
by Kevin Burton If I were a computer, my memory verses would stay memorized. But I am not a computer. So I have to review the verses to keep them in my mental and my heart’s rolodex. One error I had been making, now has me thinking. The verse is John 16:33, …
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It’s Official: Everybody Is Stressed By Election
by Katia Riddle National Public Radio Seven out of 10 adults in the U.S. say the future of the nation is a significant source of stress. The concern crosses party lines. Every year the American Psychological Association takes a look at the leading causes of stress in the U.S., and publishes an annual report. …
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Why That Ferret Is Dying For A Little Action
by Kevin Burton Got these facts from my friend Tracy, labelled as “32 things to make you stop thinking of politics.” Well I wasn’t thinking of politics, but I am happy to muse on these (snide comments from me in parenthesis): 1. A rat can last longer without water than a camel. (And …
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Enid Voters Reject White Supremacist
by Brandy Zadrozny NBC News ENID, Okla. — Voters in Enid decided by a nearly 20-point margin Tuesday to remove a City Council member over his ties to white nationalist groups. Judd Blevins lost his seat on Enid’s six-member City Council by 268 votes, according to unofficial results from the Oklahoma State Election Board. Nearly …
Canada: So Close, So Livable, Why Not?
by Kevin Burton Americans alarmed and disgusted by extreme left-wing and right-wing elements destroying their country bit by bit, can look north to a quite agreeable landing spot. We posted part of a BBC story, stating that Mexico is the favorite location for expatriates (“Survey Names Mexico best Location For Expats,” Sept. 16). …
New Zealand Tries To Tax Burping Cows
by Kevin Burton Politicians, working in committees, will find a way. Bet you five dollars they will. And cows will be cows. This story from the Associated Press out of Wellington New Zealand, marries politics, agriculture and the unseemly but altogether natural acts of cows. “New Zealand’s government on Tuesday proposed …
Put The Carpenters In The Hall Already
by Kevin Burton Hope I’m not too early but I want to be the first to congratulate The Carpenters on their 2023 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It has to happen now, right? I say this because some committee just voted Dolly Parton of all people, into the …
“The Immigrant” Didn’t Fit John Lennon
by Kevin Burton For about three minutes and fifty seconds a tidy story unfolds from the pen of lyricist Phil Cody and the voice of the great Neil Sedaka. Attempt to read between the lines though and you have a mess on your hands, especially with Sedaka dedicating the song to ex-Beatle John …
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