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By the time you read this I will be on the road. Yes, I will drive carefully – I always do. Virgil himself says I am a better driver than he is. I’ll be back eventually to comment. Meanwhile, have a nice “Thank A Criminal” Day.<\/p>\n
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PolitiZoom – Finally! Some Good News From Kabul!<\/a> The Guardian – Trump stages Alabama rally as state struggles with Covid surge<\/a> Food for Thought – Yesterday, I remembered a couple of odds and ends I had not yet put in place for today, and took care of them. Mostly, I was able to rest and do a little crocheting. By the time you read this I will be on the road. Yes, I will drive carefully – I always do. […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":43905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[3704,4115],"class_list":["post-44871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-cartoon","tag-justice","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nQuote – Most importantly, the administration came out and admitted that the program had been proceeding under the radar for almost a week. This changes the whole paradigm of the operation. The US military has been in almost constant contact with Taliban commanders since the start, providing them with valid forms of ID for US citizens and refugees to use, and warning of swift repercussions if if US forces come under hostile fire. I find it inconceivable that the US military on the ground had not warned the Taliban that the helicopters would be in the air, and interference in their humanitarian missions would bring swift reprisals.
\nClick through for details<\/a>\u00a0which really could not have been made public earlier.<\/p>\n
\nQuote – Dr William Smith, chief medical officer for Cullman Regional, told CBS42: \u201cWe view this as a potential \u2018super-spreader\u2019 event, just like last week\u2019s Rock the South [at the same location]. We\u2019ve seen an increase in patients since that event last weekend and we\u2019re concerned we could see the same impact.\u201d Trump\u2019s presence will also put strain on Brooks\u2019 opponents in the Republican race to fill the Senate seat being vacated by the retirement of Richard Shelby.
\nClick through for story,<\/a> and please pray for Carrie B and her family (four generations.) This rally is north of Birmingham, and Carrie and her family are east of Montgomery, but this thing spreads.<\/p>\n
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