Rev. Trevors addresses the misconception that Christians are called to tell people how to live. He voices that Christians should live as Christ wants but they are not directed to tell others how to live. Hugs
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks with Face the Nation’s Margaret Brennan about the war with the U.S., his country’s latest offer to open the Strait of Hormuz, the supreme leader’s condition and more.
This interview is increadable. The Irain sounds so reasonable and smart. While our president is issuing threats of anilation and other esculating things, this guy shows all Iran wants is to be respected and allowed to have their own government. The US and Israel have been on a campaign for decades to assassinate their leaders and testify as if they have the right to do so. Yet this guy asks, What if someone did that to you—killed your leaders, your scientists? The interviewer had no response. Due to dogma and propaganda, the people in the US hold the Iranian government to a standard we do not hold any other country to. All because Israel wants to dominate them. I found the ambassador and the president on a different network to be very sincere and forthright while our own people lie and make up reasons why we must keep attacking them. Look this guy mentions that while they were in honest open talks, and negotiations, Israel and the US bombed the negotiating team. How is that even thought to be OK? The US gets them to the table to talk and then blows up the table. And it is all to support Israel. Where is Israel’s support for this war now? They started it and then sat back and let the US taxpayer pay the entire cost. Take from that what you will. Hugs
I treat everyone how I want to be treated. Recently the pharmacist at the pharmacy I use took the time to thank me for Ron and mine patience and joyful demeanor when we came to pick up our medications or when we decided to wait for them. He said so many people get irritated that we can’t instantly do what they want but you make us smile and tell us it is OK, as you know we are working as hard as we can. I thanked him but replied I know how hard their job is because from the minute they open the pharmacy until they leave people want something and they want it right now.
Ron and I went in last monday morning and Ron got two vaccines and I got four. We joked around with the staff and waited happily as they got all the required things done on their computers. They were busy and I asked if it would be better if we came back another time. The pharmacist said no, they were busy but we were willing to give them the time needed and they appreciated that. Ron and I don’t even need to give our names when we go to get our medications as they know us. They seem to think that Ron and I are treating them with respect and understanding is a gift when we think it is just simple respect.
It is how I deal with everyone I deal with. I respect everyone until they show me they don’t deserve my respect. Clerks, people behind desks, and others that help you in stores all deserve respect. Again I hope I will be treated as I treat others. When out in the public most people hide their pain, I know I do. Some people can sense when I struggle.
Recently at the nearby Publix grocery store where we get three cases of 2 litter sodas a week, after they were brought to me in a cart the young man noticed my cane. He offered to go out to the car and load them for me. I said it was OK; I was slow and did not want to take up his time. Then he said something I remember. He said I have seen you struggle to lift stuff, I really don’t mind doing it. He then pushed my cart to my car and loaded all of them in the trunk. He asked how I would get them into the house and I said I break them out into two sodas in a reusable grocery bag. He offered to do it for me as the bags were right there. Really nice person. It saved me a lot of effort and pain. I did feel a bit guilty for taking this young person’s time and the effort he was making on my behalf but to tell the truth those cases are really heavy for me and it hurts when I lift them. Hugs
Again the tRump administration ignores and breaks the law. tRump and crew feel that no law or rule applies to them. They feel they are above the laws that everyone else must follow. tRump is not a king or dictator yet. During the first tRump term they frequently broke the hatch act law, and this term they have done it constantly in the vein of entertaining tRump, all paid for by the tax payers. Yet if a democratic party administration did any thing near this blatant the right would lose their minds and melt down over it. Hugs
At first glance, it looks like a typical Republican campaign advertisement. As images of President Donald Trump flash across the screen, the 30-second spot says “America will never be a communist country” and boasts about the “largest tax cuts in history.”
But there’s something different near the end — a bit of text at the bottom that says “paid for by the U.S. government.”
According to AdImpact, which tracks media spending, the advertisement cost $14,000 and it ran during conservative shows on Fox News and Newsmax.
The White House said in a statement the ad is “educational and unapologetically patriotic.”
“These public service announcements are about reminding Americans to love their country and understand what makes it worth defending, at home, at our borders, and abroad,” the White House statement said.
Fox News and Newsmax did not immediately return a request for comment.
The White House did not say what agency paid for the spot, which includes background music with singers crooning “love me” over and over.
The advertisement does not say who voters should support in the midterms, but it meshes with campaign messaging from Trump and other Republicans, particularly during the party’s unusual convention in Dallas earlier this month.
Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, who is in line to chair the House Judiciary Committee if his party wins the majority in November, said in a social media post that it’s a violation of the Hatch Act for government employees to work on such a video.
“It is blatantly unethical under numerous federal ethics provisions proscribing the use of government resources for political campaigns,” Raskin wrote.
Republicans also criticized the ad.
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, who is not running for reelection, referenced the former right-wing Hungarian prime minister to critique the advertisement.
“It’s inappropriate. It’s not like they need a GoFundMe page to have the dollars to do that sort of ad and they could do it. But using taxpayer dollars, it feels like Viktor Orban,” he said.
Louisiana Republican Sen. John Kennedy said he hadn’t seen the ad but questioned whether it was legal.
“I don’t generally like to see politicians use public money to pay for their own campaign ads,” he said.
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Associated Press reporters Joey Cappelletti and Steven Sloan in Washington contributed to this article.
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