Category Archives: Resistance

Four for the Fourth: Holiday Ruminations

local man Jim Radcliffe announced Monday his intention to launch into a comprehensive study of every mention of the United States of America in the entire Bible.

“From God’s covenant with America in the Old Testament, all the way through to America’s ultimate victory over our enemies in Revelation—I’m going to study every single verse about God’s chosen nation,” read his announcement on Facebook. “There are a ton of them, I know. But I am committed.”

Radcliffe also announced that he hopes to complete this daunting task within one calendar year.

Watergate Reruns, Richard Burr & Other Pipe Dreams

Today, after the Comey firing & many other shocks, some of us are hoping to see this story re-enacted in and around today’s Senate, complete with Robert Redford & Dustin Hoffman skulking in the background.
Unfortunately, one of our wiser peers, retired editor & columnist Edwin Yoder, has just thrown a big bucket of ice water on these nostalgic fantasies. In the Raleigh NC News & Observer, he lays out the more realistic, gloomy scenarios:

“Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has been touted by some admirers as a potential reincarnation of the late Sen. Sam Ervin. Ervin’s Senate select committee on campaign abuses began the unwinding of the Watergate scandal. . . .

Never Mind Armageddon: World War III Is Coming First — I’ve Seen the Secret Plan

And you better read fast, because according to this source, D-Day for what they’re confidently calling “Operation Clean Sweep” is 1500 hours (3 PM for civilians) Central Daylight Time in “early May.” (BTW come to think of it, I’m writing this post in “early May,” and it’s past 3PM; so maybe today is not this extra “Mother’s Day.” Maybe.)

Perhaps you’re tempted to snicker, or even guffaw at all this, especially considering the source.

Well, laugh if you want, but be careful, because maybe the joke is on you.

After all, this blogger is rather late coming to the party involving exploring the ties between this paper and the Oval Office guy. Much bigger, weightier media types have been all over it for quite awhile.