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Month: November 2015

TERRORIST ATTACKS & RELIGION

TERRORIST ATTACKS & RELIGION

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If you're like me, it's really hard to understand the extreme evil that religious terrorists inflict on innocent people, convinced it's what God wants. Here's my attempt to give a simplistic explanation. THE SHORT EXPLANATION The "short" explanation for their actions  is that  groups like Al Qaeda and ISIS believe in a "holy  war" to establish a Islamic state encompassing not only the Middle East but in fact the entire world. The situation is made more dangerous by the fact that there is a…

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OUR THANKSGIVING 2015

OUR THANKSGIVING 2015

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I hope you have plans for an enjoyable Thanksgiving. For many years, including this year, we have enjoyed Thanksgiving with the children, their spouses, grandchildren and even great grandchildren They fly in to Scottsdale where they stay at the Scottsdale Four Seasons. It is only ten minutes from our home in North Scottsdale. Given marriages and children we accommodate some forty adults and children. Thanksgiving will involve a Mexican party with music at our house and Thanksgiving at the clubhouse…

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THE TRUE STORY OF THE HOLLOW NICKEL & THE SOVIET SPY

THE TRUE STORY OF THE HOLLOW NICKEL & THE SOVIET SPY

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 Stephen Spielberg's movie, Bridge of Spies, is based upon a true historical event. During the cold war the United States conducted high altitude flights over Russia photographing areas of military interest. The movie involves the facts about an airplane, a U –2 spy plane flown by pilot Francis Powers and which was shot down by a Russian missile. Powers survived and was captured by the Russians. Powers eventually was exchanged for a captured Russian spy held in a United States prison.  The Russian spy, working…

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