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Rome's 'Holy Stairs' uncovered for first time in 300 years

The marble steps will remain bare for devout pilgrims to climb until they are covered again in June.

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1	"FAKE VIEWS" ~ A.K.A. "Artistic License" on CREATIVE ARTS THURSDAY/FRIDAY	A. Macarthur	6 hours ago	4	41
2	Does the Mueller report exonerate Trump? 12 legal experts weigh in	John Russell	24 minutes ago	4	135
3	Romney ‘sickened’ by Trump after reading Mueller report	Krishna	3 minutes ago	4	20
4	Making Values Great Again: The Only Way America Can Survive	Make America Great Again	5 hours ago	3	100
5	It's A Date ...	cobaltblue	15 minutes ago	2	49

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"FAKE VIEWS" ~ A.K.A. "Artistic License" on CREATIVE ARTS THURSDAY/FRIDAY

By: A. Macarthur • CREATIVE ARTS ON THE NEWSTALKERS • 41 Comments • 4 Likes • 6 hours ago

Artistic license is a colloquial term, sometimes a euphemism, used to denote the distortion of fact, alteration of the conventions of grammar or language, or rewording of pre-existing text made by an artist in the name of art. This photo of a portion of the Big Thompson River in the Colorado...

Does the Mueller report exonerate Trump? 12 legal experts weigh in

Via: John Russell • Op/Ed • 135 Comments • 4 Likes • 24 minutes ago

“ While Mueller may not have had sufficient evidence to charge anyone with conspiracy, the experts agree that plenty of evidence exists. The same is...”

“If this is what a complete and total exoneration looks like, I’d hate to see a damning report.”Attorney General Bill Barr finally released Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia report on Thursday, reasserting his position that the special counsel found no evidence of collusion or the basis for an...

Romney ‘sickened’ by Trump after reading Mueller report

Via: Krishna • News & Politics • 20 Comments • 4 Likes • 3 minutes ago

Utah Sen. Mitt Romney said Friday he was “sickened” by President Trump and other members of his team after reviewing special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report. “I am sickened at the extent and pervasiveness of dishonesty and misdirection by individuals in the highest office of the...

Making Values Great Again: The Only Way America Can Survive

Via: Make America Great Again • Op/Ed • 100 Comments • 3 Likes • 5 hours ago

“In order to truly make America great again, we must once again return to traditional family values. We must once again embrace America’s...”

Ever since 2016, there has been a lot of talk about “making America great again.” If you’re a conservative you probably believe that America is great and used to be even greater. You want to restore America’s greatness. But just how do we do that? How do we make America great again? A lot of...

It's A Date ...

By: cobaltblue • SiNNERs and ButtHeads • 49 Comments • 2 Likes • 15 minutes ago

4/20. Time for a blunt conversation about drugs with your kids.

More ripples in state attorney's office follow Jussie Smollett case

Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 4 Comments • 2 Likes • 21 minutes ago

“Police allege Brown was aggressive, defiant and resistant to police commands to march peacefully, resulting in his arrest in which Brown kicked and...”

As embattled Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx continues to stand by her office’s decision to suddenly drop 16 felony charges against actor Jussie Smollett, three ranking staffers have now parted with Foxx including Chief Ethics Officer April Perry; the director of the conviction integrity...

Former Congressman Keith Ellison: Trump’s Attacks on Ilhan Omar Are ‘Violent Incitement’

Via: Tessylo • News & Politics • 26 Comments • 1 Like • an hour ago

U.S. Former Congressman Keith Ellison: Trump’s Attacks on Ilhan Omar Are ‘Violent Incitement’ By Sam.Brodey@thedailybeast.com (Sam Brodey),The Daily Beast 15 hours ago Win McNameeFormer congressman Keith Ellison has a theory for why President Donald Trump is...

There Is A Cancer On The Presidency

Via: John Russell • Op/Ed • 15 Comments • 1 Like • 4 hours ago

WASHINGTON POST › George Conway: Trump is a cancer on the presidency. Congress should remove him. APRIL 18, 2019 So it turns out that, indeed, President Trump was not exonerated at all, and certainly not “totally” or “completely,” as he claimed. Special counsel Robert S. Mueller...

Mueller Report Fallout Pressures Democrats to Impeach Trump

Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 5 Comments • 1 Like • 6 hours ago

“Democrats in Washington found themselves Friday confronting an unwelcome surprise conclusion following the release of the final report by special...”

Ever since taking back the House of Representatives in January, Democratic leaders have carefully modulated the demands for impeachment from their activist base. First, they stressed the need to wait for the outcome of Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Last month,...

Some Microsoft employees allege policies 'discriminate' against Asians, white men

Via: Krishna • News & Politics • 5 Comments • 1 Like • 6 hours ago

“Eighty-seven percent of Microsoft employees are white or Asian and more than 73 percent are men.”

Graphic: 70-417-questions.blogspot.com SAN FRANCISCO — The backlash against the tech industry-wide push to hire more women and minorities has flared again — this time at Microsoft. Some employees on an internal message board questioned the tech giant's efforts to shift the demographics of...

New Hampshire lawmakers vote to repeal death penalty with veto-proof majority

Via: Perrie Halpern • News & Politics • 188 Comments • 5 Likes • 8 hours ago

“Efforts to do away with capital punishment have been gathering steam in state legislatures across the country.”

By Savannah Smith The New Hampshire Senate voted Thursday to repeal the death penalty with a veto-proof majority, setting the stage for the state to become the latest to outlaw capital punishment. The 17-6 vote comes more than a month after the state House of Representatives passed the repeal...

Great white sharks are afraid of orcas, study finds

Via: Freefaller • Health, Science & Technology • 16 Comments • 4 Likes • 8 hours ago

It appears one of the most fear-inducing predators in the ocean may have a fear of its own. A new study led by the Monterey Bay Aquarium and published Tuesday in Nature found great white sharks leave their “preferred hunting ground” when orcas — also known as killer whales — enter it. In fact,...

Sarah Sanders admits she lied about FBI trust in Comey - and other false statements revealed in Mueller report

Via: pat wilson • News & Politics • 43 Comments • 3 Likes • 7 hours ago

“Lies, damned lies and presidential aides' misstatements.”

Politics Sarah Sanders admits she lied about FBI trust in Comey - and other false statements revealed in Mueller report Lies, damned lies and presidential aides' misstatements. The Mueller report on Thursday revealed several instances when aides to President Donald Trump,...

Is print reading better than digital reading?

Via: Buzz of the Orient • Books • 32 Comments • 1 Like • 8 hours ago

Is print reading better than digital reading? We read each medium differently, and that affects comprehension. By CORY ROSENBERG, Mother Nature Network, April 17, 2019, Reading text in a digital format isn't always the best way to get all the information from a story. (Photo:...

AG Barr believes Obama spied, new probe coming?

Via: Make America Great Again • Op/Ed • 5 Comments • 1 Like • 7 hours ago

“AG nominee William Barr (Jan2019)With Attorney General William Barr concluding that special counsel Robert Mueller’s report does not call for a...”

With Attorney General William Barr concluding that special counsel Robert Mueller’s report does not call for a probe on President Donald Trump over his alleged Russian collusion, the president and Vice President Mike Pence are encouraging Barr bar to investigate the Obama administration based on...

Chris Christie says Russia probe 'was not a hoax'

Via: Krishna • News & Politics • 2 Comments • 1 Like • 7 hours ago

While Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his team ultimately did not establish that members of the Trump campaign coordinated with the Russian government’s attempts to meddle in the 2016 election, Christie disagreed with President Trump’s often repeated claim that the probe was a “witch hunt.”...
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Ronin2 • 3 minutes ago • Romney ‘sickened’ by Trump after reading Mueller report
Right, the true patriot that wanted desperately to be Trump's SoS, after trying to rally the Establishment Republicans against Trump. Even if that meant the POS Clintons were put back in the WH. So much BS, so...

KDMichigan • 12 minutes ago • Romney ‘sickened’ by Trump after reading Mueller report
Romney has become a little ⋅. It is no surprise he is a darling of the left now. As you said he has been crying ever since Trump accomplished at what he failed to do. Mw thinks someone has a bruised ego.

Kavika • 15 minutes ago • It's A Date ...
It's a town in Northern California...

KDMichigan • 21 minutes ago • More ripples in state attorney's office follow Jussie Smollett case
Unfortunately there are other things going on in life other than the Mueller report. We are very aware that the never Trumpers will be screaming at the sky for the next 5 years and that is there choice. The bottom...

Dismayed Patriot • 24 minutes ago • Does the Mueller report exonerate Trump? 12 legal experts weigh in
"..." I said nothing about party. I said "The facts show that eventually conservatives lose on everything." Conservatives fought against women and blacks voting. I didn't think it would be that hard for you to...

JBB • 27 minutes ago • Romney ‘sickened’ by Trump after reading Mueller report
For a good while I have been saying what a shame it is that the once Grand Old Party of Abe Lincoln has devolved unto merely, "the gop". A small case party of small minds and small ideas dedicated to, well, hubris....

JBB • 47 minutes ago • More ripples in state attorney's office follow Jussie Smollett case
If one terrible awful no good low down lie told by a second rate TV actor a while back out in Chicago still really bothers so damb much then it is probably best that you not even begin to think about all the hundreds...

JBB • an hour ago • Romney ‘sickened’ by Trump after reading Mueller report
No, like all true patriots, even the Republican ones, Mitt Romney is plainly and rightfully sickened and disheartened by the lying cheating dysfunctional White House exposed by Robert Mueller's report and everybody...

Ronin2 • an hour ago • Romney ‘sickened’ by Trump after reading Mueller report
The only time Romney was for Trump was when he was lobbying to become Trump's SoS. http://time.com/5492201/mitt-romney-donald-trump-feud/ "..." Romney is out for Romney. He will say and do anything to further his...

Ronin2 • an hour ago • More ripples in state attorney's office follow Jussie Smollett case
This is Chicago politics; which applies to their legal system as well. Chances are she has done other things before the Smollett case that escaped the national medias attention. She is under the microscope now,...

Ronin2 • an hour ago • Former Congressman Keith Ellison: Trump’s Attacks on Ilhan Omar Are ‘Violent Incitement’
Funny, those are not the standards the left used used for Kavanaugh.

Vic Eldred • an hour ago • More ripples in state attorney's office follow Jussie Smollett case
How blatant can bias get?

cjcold • an hour ago • Does the Mueller report exonerate Trump? 12 legal experts weigh in
Donald Trump has been a lying criminal for his whole life. That's why his parents sent him to military school in the first place. It didn't take. Trump is still a lying criminal.

Keep America Great! • 4 hours ago • There Is A Cancer On The Presidency
Nadler is incredibly fat. Massively obese is more like it. And I thought I was bad off in that regard.

Keep America Great! • 4 hours ago • There Is A Cancer On The Presidency
Conway is a cancer on the GOP. It’s like he’s begging for attention and trying to make enough noise to cause the administration to part ways with his wife. No spouse Should be trying to openly try to damage the other...

arkpdx • 5 hours ago • Making Values Great Again: The Only Way America Can Survive
"..." I believe you will find that in the free exercise clause of the first amendment

BeastOfTheEast • 5 hours ago • Making Values Great Again: The Only Way America Can Survive
"..." P.S. They don't fly with people from the south either, except for maybe some immoral people.

Krishna • 5 hours ago • Pete Buttigieg’s message to France sends social media into a tizzy
"..." Several actually!

BeastOfTheEast • 5 hours ago • Making Values Great Again: The Only Way America Can Survive
"..." So going to church, praying and worshipping God is a privilege in your way of thinking? Unbelievable

Krishna • 5 hours ago • Pete Buttigieg’s message to France sends social media into a tizzy
tells us how abandoning the principles that made the US great will improve our lives. Link?

Krishna • 5 hours ago • Pete Buttigieg’s message to France sends social media into a tizzy
suggests fascism is the solution. Link?

Krishna • 5 hours ago • Pete Buttigieg’s message to France sends social media into a tizzy
"..." Nope-- they are totally consistent with the teachings of Jesus! (If you really believe that-- please provide some evidence. Otherwise its just an idle comment!!).

Krishna • 5 hours ago • Pete Buttigieg’s message to France sends social media into a tizzy
"..." Marxist? Link please!!!!

Krishna • 5 hours ago • Pete Buttigieg’s message to France sends social media into a tizzy
"..." What "Democratic ideology?" That's quite an over-generalization! There is a range of views within the party. From Capitalists* like Howard Schultz (entrepreneur, CEO of Starbucks) and Warren Buffett to...

Keep America Great! • 6 hours ago • Mueller Report Fallout Pressures Democrats to Impeach Trump
There’s nothing remotely like that out there.

Perrie Halpern R.A. • 6 hours ago • ‘Partly Alive’: Scientists Revive Cells in Brains From Dead Pigs
It's very true. This goes to show how little we know, even though we know 100 times more than we did at the end of the last century. The human brain is the last frontier in medicine and now I can see where that some...

Perrie Halpern R.A. • 6 hours ago • ‘Partly Alive’: Scientists Revive Cells in Brains From Dead Pigs
It is hard to not feel conflicted about this. I have to agree with you that this has both elements to it.

Texan1211 • 6 hours ago • Some Microsoft employees allege policies 'discriminate' against Asians, white men
"..." All true. I have never seen a shop with a female mechanic (I know there are some, though). But that won't stop some from claiming prejudice or misogyny or whatever.

Raven Wing • 6 hours ago • "FAKE VIEWS" ~ A.K.A. "Artistic License" on CREATIVE ARTS THURSDAY/FRIDAY
Thank you Pat. They present a very big challenge, but, that is part of the real experience. and what makes it more fun as well. (grin)

Krishna • 7 hours ago • Some Microsoft employees allege policies 'discriminate' against Asians, white men
There are differences in different professions in the % of each sex-- I believe nursing and elementary school teachers have the highest percentage of females. In tech there's an overwhelming percentage of men. In...

Keep America Great! • 7 hours ago • AG Barr believes Obama spied, new probe coming?
There are those among the progressives who want him impeached now...

Keep America Great! • 7 hours ago • Liberal hypocrisy about sanctuary cities
Unless they are brought there by Trumps border patrol or ICE then they aren’t welcome.

BeastOfTheEast • 7 hours ago • Making Values Great Again: The Only Way America Can Survive
"..." Sure do.

BeastOfTheEast • 7 hours ago • Making Values Great Again: The Only Way America Can Survive
In order to truly make America great again, we must once again return to traditional family values. Democrats are fond of saying the reason the south turned red was because the racist conservatives/Republicans left...

pat wilson • 7 hours ago • "FAKE VIEWS" ~ A.K.A. "Artistic License" on CREATIVE ARTS THURSDAY/FRIDAY
I love those patterns. You've incorporated it beautifully in your art.

Texan1211 • 7 hours ago • Some Microsoft employees allege policies 'discriminate' against Asians, white men
Funny how some folks will get all worked up because Microsoft or whoever has more male employees. Does anyone get upset that about 90% of nurses are female?

Krishna • 7 hours ago • Some Microsoft employees allege policies 'discriminate' against Asians, white men
"We still lack any empirical evidence that the demographic distribution in tech is rationally and logically detrimental to the success of the business in this industry," one Microsoft employee posted, according to...

Krishna • 7 hours ago • Some Microsoft employees allege policies 'discriminate' against Asians, white men
The criticism, first reported by online news service Quartz, is similar to a highly publicized dust-up at Google in 2017 when James Damore was fired from his engineering job after writing a controversial memo on an...

Texan1211 • 7 hours ago • Does the Mueller report exonerate Trump? 12 legal experts weigh in
I didn't put any words in your mouth. I got it from this: "..." I simply asked for a link proving that the GOP talked about impeaching Obama from day one, as you claimed. If you are now claiming that the GOP...

Texan1211 • 7 hours ago • Does the Mueller report exonerate Trump? 12 legal experts weigh in
"..." There were loads of people who received deferments, among them: Joe Biden, Dick Cheney, Bllomberg, Bill Bradley, Bill Clinton, Howard Dean, Daniel Ellsberg, Al Franken, Al Gore, Chris Matthews, Bill...

Split Personality • 7 hours ago • Does the Mueller report exonerate Trump? 12 legal experts weigh in
You are guilty of what you accuse others of every day. I said "..." You responded "..." What do you say to everyone who tries to talk to you? Shall we go with "..." or "..." When I mean the GOP,...

BeastOfTheEast • 7 hours ago • Making Values Great Again: The Only Way America Can Survive
"..." Every time Bill Clinton got in trouble he made sure the camera's were filming him on his way to church clutching a Bible.

Krishna • 7 hours ago • Chris Christie says Russia probe 'was not a hoax'
Christie added that his advice to Trump in the wake of the report’s release is to take a hard stance against Russian interference. “I would shift the focus to that quite frankly to bring his intelligence leaders...

Raven Wing • 7 hours ago • "FAKE VIEWS" ~ A.K.A. "Artistic License" on CREATIVE ARTS THURSDAY/FRIDAY
Not those in Utah.....the Upper and Lower Antelope Canyons in Arizona.

Krishna • 8 hours ago • Chris Christie says Russia probe 'was not a hoax'
He added that the report contained information that necessitated a counterintelligence investigation into Russian election interference, saying, “The depth and breadth of the Russian efforts to me was really chilling.”

Paula Bartholomew • 8 hours ago • Sarah Sanders admits she lied about FBI trust in Comey - and other false statements revealed in Mueller report
Of course she lied. She learned the skill from her boss. But at least she has better hair.

Paula Bartholomew • 8 hours ago • Does the Mueller report exonerate Trump? 12 legal experts weigh in
The only thing Cpt Bone Spurs knows about war is how to get out of serving thanks to daddy's money.

Raven Wing • 8 hours ago • "FAKE VIEWS" ~ A.K.A. "Artistic License" on CREATIVE ARTS THURSDAY/FRIDAY
How cute is that! That little guy/gal is just along for the ride. (grin)

Paula Bartholomew • 8 hours ago • Does the Mueller report exonerate Trump? 12 legal experts weigh in
My choice would be the guy running who speaks like 7 languages and from all reports is a total Renascence Man. He is well spoken, intelligent, and knowledgeable about world affairs, Trump sorely lacking in all three...

Krishna • 8 hours ago • Romney ‘sickened’ by Trump after reading Mueller report
I suppose that Romney is expecting the President to fall. Either that, or we have here the last specimen of a disappearing species: an honest Republican. I am wondering what his motivation actually is . . . might...
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