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(From 1200 BC) The bulk of the inscription deals with Merneptah's victory over the Libyans, but the last few lines shift to Canaan:[4] 1.The princes are prostrate, saying, "Peace!" 2.Not one is raising his head among the Nine Bows. 3.Now that Tehenu (Libya) has come to ruin, Hatti is pacified; The Canaan has been plundered into every sort of woe: Ashkalon has been overcome; Gezer has...

A lot of folks here and o other sites regularly state that they want to talk about facts, rather than spin, opinions and distortion.But when given an article of containing facts about the current economic situation in the U.S. and asked to share what they conclude from the facts (extracted from the government web site) no one has anything to say.There is no one to bash, no one to blame, no one...

Robert Frost's "Mending Wall" is one of my favorite poems.I have come to think of one line in particular "Good fences make good neighbors" when getting along with individuals proved especially challenging, whether literally neighbors or simply people that I interact with either professionally, socially or simply by chance.NewsTalkers is no different from any other neighborhood and sometimes it...

I find it tiresome and annoying that many people do not want to discuss issues or postulate possible solutions and pathways to change regardless of the subject offered in an original article or a seeded article from the media. Instead most threads degenerate to blaming someone for what happened rather than talking about what needs to be done (other than getting the bums (right or left) out of...

By Rupert Rupert, son of Diddley and Cree Squat, is a young rodent intellectual who is best known for his claim that he hasn't just an opinion on everything, he has opinions. Plural. Many of them. "When I want to measure public reaction to something of importance," said Rupert famously, "I just poll myself." So don't be surprised if I have a whole bunch of them on this...

Former GOP Senate candidate Christine ODonnell told her tax records were breached Errant lien on house placed, publicized Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jul/17/former-gop-senate-candidate-christine-odonnell-tol/?page=1#ixzz2ZPeZa2Mi Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter More than two years after her upstart Senate campaign rocked the Delaware political world,...

It just shows to go you, that sometimes we get caught up in a seemingly endless storm of BS that it's hard to find a common ground. Todays social media is partly to blame here due to the fact that it is almost instantaneous. It's at your finger tips, that instant gratification of knowing that you can get your opinion out there no matter how well informed or ill informed it may be. We are...

Late in the night of July 13, 2013 George Zimmerman was acquitted of murder and manslaughter for shooting Trayvon Martin. The scary part is that one of the prosecutors, John Guy, in his rebuttal to the defense's closing arguments asked the jurors to disregard the lack of evidence and the lack of credibility of two key witnesses to find Zimmerman guilty. Read the rest of the article at:...

Me: Let me get a sausage and chesse Crissandwich and a large french toast sticks. Cashier: Would you like the 3 piece or the 5 piece? pause...pause...pause...Me: The large one (while thinking to myself...wtf) Cashier: I know, but the 3 piece or the 5 piece? Astonished, I asked, "which one has more?" Cashier: "Oh, the 5 piece" (she said as though she was proud of herself for getting the answer...

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WintropeMerrideth, The III My Column Account Settings Sign Out The Paula Deen Flap, "Much Ado About Nothing", authored by William Shakedown,illustrates how sensitive America has become to words. The issue is often defined as who used it; how did they it used and in what context. Some words are appropriate for usein "Rap" music, when,...

These people six year old murdered by four year old brother. Kentucky Killing This is a clear sign its time to buy more guns and more ammunition. The NRA will say aw just an acccident. I say aw bullshit guns kill people animals that is what they are designed to do. This time an infantant showed us how easy it is to kill some one with a gun. These gun pushers make me sick. Those who have been...