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Everyone associated with that show seems to have been as wonderful as you’d want them to be. The real Star Trek was the friends we made along the way …
BREAKING: Actor Walter Koenig, known as Ensign Chekov on the original "Star Trek" series, has died at 90. apnews.com/article/walter-ko…
MAGA Catholics are defending +Golka against something he and fellow bishops themselves criticized and regretted? This hurts my brain.
Kelsey Reinhardt President of @CatholicVote joins me today at 4:36 to defend Archbishop Golka against unfair criticism of his prayer for President Trump and our nation. @630khow @600kcol
David Gibson retweeted
The opening paragraph to AJP Taylor's "The Course of German History" remains my absolute favourite start to a history book. Nobody's ever hit this hard right off the bat before
The Frog and the Scorpion Part MMLDXXVI:
This is the way diehard rightwingers operate -- remember Pope Francis getting ambushed with the Kim Davis meeting at the end of his 2015 visit by his own ambassador, Archbishop Viganò: 1/3
sojo.net/articles/vatican-po…
A strong and direct apology from Milwaukee Archbishop Grob for that Oval Office fiasco:
"I did not go without reservations. I wish I had heeded them."
Also a very good explanation of what really went down with White House manipulations:
archmil.org/posts/a-public-a…
Vignanó is a favorite of USCCB conservatives and had a hand in the appointments that Francis and now Leo are dealing with -- no coincidence that +Naumann was also part of the Oval Office Op with Trump... 2/3
Preach:
Cam Skattebo on penalty: "The NFL loves to post me when I do stuff like that but then also wants to take stuff from me. I'm going to run the ball like I want to run the ball. If I'm going to continue to get flags for it or fined for it, guess I'm going to play for free." #giants
David Gibson retweeted
Shout out to the New York Times reporters liking our posts on this & writing me that this isn’t even a close call
We gave the Times the chance to do the right thing yesterday.
Instead, they’re going with an argument that basically boils down to:
*We randomly produced our first ever plume model about the exact same incident that Hunterbrook exposed with a plume model
*We randomly took a lead photo of the exact same home on the exact same street
*We randomly interviewed the same expert
Etc.
They wrote a great story. Obviously, we care about the subject deeply. It’s just a huge bummer for our team and the reporters who worked relentlessly on these stories.
David Gibson retweeted
We gave the Times the chance to do the right thing yesterday.
Instead, they’re going with an argument that basically boils down to:
*We randomly produced our first ever plume model about the exact same incident that Hunterbrook exposed with a plume model
*We randomly took a lead photo of the exact same home on the exact same street
*We randomly interviewed the same expert
Etc.
They wrote a great story. Obviously, we care about the subject deeply. It’s just a huge bummer for our team and the reporters who worked relentlessly on these stories.
Breaking: Several sections of @NYTimes front page story today mirror two earlier Hunterbrook investigations — without attribution.
Images. Methods. Sources.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?
David Gibson retweeted
Catholic bishops regret White House prayer photo with Trump, say it was used politically apnews.com/article/donald-tr…
And even though it was only Boston College it still took...
“All of my success in sports is because I was given gifts from God and prayed hard about how to use them. I like to spread God’s word and be a disciple. That is why I chose a Jesuit school.”
- Sal Frelick #JesuitEducated
"We came in good faith to try to work for the betterment of our fellow human beings, to ease their suffering, to build up the common good, and to pray with a president, not to pose for a political photo opportunity to benefit the few." -- Archbishop Grob on Trump prayer video
A strong and direct apology from Milwaukee Archbishop Grob for that Oval Office fiasco:
"I did not go without reservations. I wish I had heeded them."
Also a very good explanation of what really went down with White House manipulations:
archmil.org/posts/a-public-a…
A strong and direct apology from Milwaukee Archbishop Grob for that Oval Office fiasco:
"I did not go without reservations. I wish I had heeded them."
Also a very good explanation of what really went down with White House manipulations:
archmil.org/posts/a-public-a…
David Gibson retweeted
Your country is being looted
US energy company execs have resigned in disgust as the Trump family is caught secretly expediting the funneling of $25 billion from a sanctioned Russian energy giant in exchange for allowing Russians to obtain a natural gas project in Alaska.
According to investigations by The New York Times and Financial Times, Russia's Novatek allegedly concealed its financial involvement in the American project through a UAE-linked intermediary.
Gentry Beach, a longtime Trump ally and close friend of Donald Trump Jr., signed an agreement with Novatek to pursue natural gas development in Alaska. Reuters documented the arrangement in February.
Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin discussed this cooperation on the Alaska energy project with Trump's representatives, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, during negotiations involving Russia and Ukraine.
The controversy deepened when Polar Train LNG's CEO, Joel Riddle, raised concerns about concealed Russian financing and possible sanctions violations. He departed in September, followed by other senior executives.
The Financial Times also described discussions about a potential arrangement under which Novatek would provide technology for the Alaska project in exchange for sanctions relief benefiting its Arctic LNG 2 development in Siberia.
According to The New York Times, Riddle and two other departing executives warned the Trump administration about the Russian financing and urged officials to investigate.
The White House maintains that the project was mentioned only briefly and that no detailed discussions took place. There is no established evidence that Kushner or Witkoff knew about the allegedly concealed financing. Polar Train LNG denies wrongdoing.
The central question is how a sanctioned Russian energy company became involved in a major American energy venture while Putin was discussing potential economic cooperation with Trump's representatives and a longtime Trump family associate was pursuing a separate agreement with the same Russian company.
Selling Alaska to the Russians or selling Ukraine to the Russians - to the Trump family it's all the same.
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Miami archbishop to Florida's AG's effort to force Catholic schools to accept unvaccinated children:
“I think this an idle threat, but it is an example of bullying, and really it is not worthy of a public official.”
'Classic bullying': Archbishop Wenski hits back at Uthmeier over Catholic school vaccine rules wlrn.org/government-politics…
David Gibson retweeted
“What number is this, Chip?”
“7-A!”
This weekend marks the anniversary of “Daydream Believer,” released on October 25, 1967.
Written by John Stewart of the Kingston Trio, and produced by Chip Douglas, it became one of those records that seemed to be an instant hit. Davy sang the lead, I sang harmony, Mike played guitar, Peter played piano, and Chip was there on bass and percussion. Shorty Rogers supplied the orchestral arrangement.
The single became our third No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, holding the top spot for four weeks. It also reached No. 1 in Canada, New Zealand, Ireland and South Africa, No. 2 in Australia and Norway, No. 4 in Germany and Japan, and No. 5 in the U.K.
Peter came up with that instantly recognizable piano introduction, and the B-side was “Goin’ Down.” It had actually been recorded during the sessions for PISCES, AQUARIUS, CAPRICORN & JONES LTD., but wound up appearing on THE BIRDS, THE BEES & THE MONKEES instead.
Let's hear it for "Daydream Believer!"
#TheMonkees
David Gibson retweeted
When I was on @billmaher’s show back in the day, he’d call me a crazy Tea Party guy. With much disdain. Now look what Maher has become - an authoritarian-embracing MAGA apologist. If you told me back in 2016, that I’d become a NeverTrumper, and Bill Maher would become a Trump bootlicker, I would’ve said no way.
Fiery Bill Maher Tells His Audience 'F*ck You!' as Defends His Dinners with Trump: 'Yeah, I Did It Again, B*tches!' mediaite.com/media/tv/fiery-…
