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by | October 14, 2026 · 7:02 am

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AMERICAN HISTORY: On October 14, 1774, the First Continental Congress made its Declaration of Colonial Rights. It is important to remember that the founders of our great nation were Christians who were deeply involved in politics.

DOUBLE STANDARDS: @HispanosLokos asks an excellent question. “So can anybody explain to me how Spanish people are brown but the Spanish conquistadors were White oppressors?“

EDUCATION: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2516319605509586 [1:31] to watch a Cuban teacher visit an American high school for the first time. (I need a tissue.)

LIFE: The same one that had legal representation for a trial by jury, followed by ten years of appeals.

MILITARY: I am not opposed to the death penalty. However, the live streaming does make me really uncomfortable, calling to mind the “bread and circuses” mentality that marked the decline of the Roman Empire.

STUPID PEOPLE: CLICK https://x.com/LBrownKSTP/status/2108999881108967857 [:57] to watch lily-white members of the “Party of Peace” (left) disrupt the Republican gubernatorial candidate, Lisa Demuth (right), at Friday’s Minnesota GOP Lincoln-Reagan Dinner in Eagan, Minnesota.

TRANS: “Kelly” Day (32) chased down and repeatedly stabbed Larry Young (50) until the knife tip broke off in Young’s skull. This reportedly happened in front of Young’s wife and 7-year-old stepson. Day, a Black man who identifies as a woman, was reportedly angered by Young mocking him. After the incident, he went to a hospital with a cut finger and claimed he had had a cooking accident. Now that he’s behind bars, he is claiming it was self-defense. According to the trannie with the knife, Young used a verbal slur, then made a gun gesture with his hand and threatened violence. Thankfully, the judge has ordered Day be held without bail.

VATICAN: Pope Leo XIV’s surgery yesterday to remove a “small, localized nodule” from his lung was successful.

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by | October 3, 2026 · 8:01 am

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BORDER: [4:58] – A caravan of about 300 left Honduras on September 20 and entered southern Mexico on September 24. The group, which is still heading to our border, has since swelled to more than 600 members. Tom Homan says there’s no way in hell they’re going to get into the U.S.

COVID: @TheRickster1957 posted, “My wife contracted severe case of Covid and was struggling to breathe. I knew admitting her to hospital would have been a death sentence. I was able to reach out to @RX_forLiberty for help. He provided phone consult and prescribed Ivermectin, Hydroxychloroquine, Budesonide and Doxycycline. Dr. Barke saved her life and did not charge a dime! I will forever be in his debt.“

DEMOCRATS “vs” REPUBLICANS: Dems voted down a Republican-led effort to ban insider trading. I’m thinking that Republican senators getting rich from insider trading didn’t actually want the bill to pass; why else would they tack on a voter ID provision they know Dems oppose? So, now Republicans get to tell their constituents they voted for the ban, while Democrats get to tell their constituents they voted against voter ID. Meanwhile, they get to keep lining their pockets in a way that is highly illegal for the rest of us.

https://notthebee.com/article/senate-democrats-block-stop-insider-trading-act

DOUBLE STANDARDS: You know the saying … if they didn’t have double standards, they wouldn’t have any standards at all.

EVERYDAY HEROES: ”Wednesday afternoon I was driving west on I-40 when my blood sugar dropped to a dangerous level. Luckily a Burger King restaurant was at the upcoming exit. As I stumbled through placing my order I mentioned to the voice on the speaker that I was diabetic and in need of food. Low blood sugar makes it difficult to think or act. I pulled up to the first window in order to pay for my food. I was shocked to see Burger King employee Tina Hardy running toward the front of my car. She squeezed between the front of my car and the building just to bring me a small serving of ice cream. Tina later explained that her husband was also diabetic and she could tell that I needed help. After paying I pulled up to Tina’s window where she gave me my food. She instructed me to park across the driveway so that she could keep an eye on me until I felt better. After eating I waited for a break in business so that I could return to Tina’s window. I then took this picture and spoke with Tina’s supervisor, telling him what she did for me.” Credit : Rebecca Boening

IRAN WAR: The New York Post reports that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has put out a 25-page letter urging Americans to vote Democrat on Nov. 3.

MAHA: A new episode of The Real Food Show. [2:53] – Back in the 1980s, I was diagnosed with a vast number of food and chemical sensitivities and had to go on a Rotary Diversified Diet (RDD) of organic foods. Initially, I only had one food per meal; when I had identified 2 I tolerated, I could try them together to see how that worked, etc.

The RDD organizes all foods by families; a specific food is only eaten once in a four day rotation, while a relative is only eaten on the second day after. E.g., in my rotation, I had turkey, cauliflower, and pears on Day One and chicken, broccoli, and apples on Day Three.

A friend was visiting for a week and I realized she had been nervous about eating meals with me when I overheard her tell her husband on the phone, “It tastes like real food!” I always thought that would make a great title for a cookbook about my diet and I’m so tickled with Sec. Kennedy’s name for his show!

MIDTERMS: [17:29] – Most often, election results are to the right of what the polls were showing. The exciting news is that the blue states are showing GOP candidates even or near even with the Democrat candidates. And get this … the latest Quinnipiac poll of men shows only 17% of American men approve of the Democratic Party!

NATIONAL SECURITY: An immigration judge has ruled that the U.S. can deport the Palestinian-born leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque on the grounds that he is a national security threat.

TRANS: A 17-year-old trans person (Julia Egler) has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for murdering her mother and her mother’s boyfriend in 2024. She told investigators her mom had “misgendered” her. CLICK https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/2027551138552131843 [1:20] to hear her talk with investigators

TRUMP ECONOMY: So far this year, jobless claims have averaged just under 210,000. This is the lowest average for the January through September period since 1969.

The population of the United States in 1969 was approximately 202.68 million people. Today, it is estimated to be 349.04 people. If I did the math right, today’s population is 92% higher than it was in 1969. So a lowest average jobless claim is truly remarkable!

In other news, the US federal workforce is at its lowest level in 60 years, down by 11% since Trump took office.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6KZxerM9Ne8 [:23] to see the most not boring treadmill work-out ever.

CLICK https://x.com/DudespostingWs/status/2106042019323789451 [1:39] to see what may be the best cooking show on the internet!

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by | October 2, 2026 · 7:42 am

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DOUBLE STANDARDS: You know the saying … if they didn’t have double standards, they wouldn’t have any standards at all.

EVERYDAY HEROES: Wheelchair ballet teaches dance to the “differently abled.” [12:20] – I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. And I’m very proud of the work my Dearest architect has done to make buildings accessible.

EVERYDAY HEROES 2: One-legged dancers gets the Golden Buzzer! [10:06] – I had to put this one here too.

FLY DUBAI: [2:20] – An Omani national was in the second seat on a FlyDubai flight when he stabbed the pilot multiple times and hijacked the plane. The hijacker, who had worked for FlyDubai for around a year, apparently planned to fly the plane into the ground, killing all 174 souls aboard.

The flight had departed Dubai for Tel Aviv just before 7 a.m. and was cruising around 34,000 feet before the violence broke out. The jet dropped from an altitude of approximately 33,000 feet to around 15,400 feet in just 12 minutes. The pilot was able to transmit a radio warning and Israeli fighter jets were scrambled as a precaution.

Passengers successfully subdued the hijacker, regained control of the aircraft, and somebody safely landed the aircraft in Saudi Arabia.

ISLAM: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2287027855205054 [1:42] to hear someone make a very interesting point.

MAHA: [10:29] – Osteoarthritis runs strongly in my family so I was especially interested in this video about how to preserve one’s cartilage for as long as possible.

TRUMP: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/2820745781643169/ [1:33] to see yet another example of what a genuinely kind man our president is.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JCrCg892X8M [:59] to see one of God’s cutest creations. And also learn a few facts about them.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RyNCuzvubrE [:58] to see some of the cutest flower girls ever.

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by | September 29, 2026 · 6:36 am

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DEMOCRATS: CLICK https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/2103516270792442017 [:21] to hear Rep. Tom Suozzi (NY-3) tell us what his biggest legislative goal is.

OH CANADA: CLICK https://x.com/tedcruz/status/2101790186078110205 [2:30] to hear how the “free” health care system worked for one young couple.

S&G: I’m all for religious freedom and being color blind and learning how to accommodate the disabled (of which I am one) so they (we) can live fuller lives. But could we, please God, draw some kind of red line in the sand and stop pandering to fetishes, neuroses, and sinful behaviors?

STUPID PEOPLE: CLICK https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/1475127955084902403 [:42] to hear Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of the 1619 Project, criticizing anyone who supports parental involvement in education.

Hannah-Jones is a left-wing “journalist” who writes for The New York Times. The 1619 Project is a left-wing journalististic re-writing of the American founding that trashes all the heroism and high ideals because SLAVERY and RAAACISM and WHITE SUPREMACY!

In 2015, Hannah-Jones decided to enroll her only child in one of the worst schools in NYC. She had the means to send her to a good school; she and her husband bought a $1.5 million Bed-Stuy brownstone in 2018.

But they were too married to their socialist ideals to put their own child first. “We believed strongly that if families like ours went into schools like this one, it would challenge other families with similar values to do the same. I felt an obligation to make educational decisions based on the collective good and not just our individual advantage.”

The daughter, Najya, is now 16 and angry. She had believed she was doing well in school, then learned her teachers didn’t bother to grade anything. They just passed everybody. After Najya exploded, “I wish instead of always thinking about other kids, you would have thought about me.” Her parents finally let her choose what school she would attend, but she needs private tutoring, because she is so far behind in all basic skills.

SURVEILLANCE: Last week, Indiana Sheriff’s Deputy James Heneghan (33) was arrested and charged with 441 counts of intimidation, official misconduct, and fraud. He is now being held in the Hancock County Jail. The charges stem from more than 6,000 illegal searches he did using police tech, which he then used to stalk people he didn’t like and confront them in public. His enemies list includes his ex-wife, his ex-girlfriends, and the men with whom they associated.

GRAMMY NOTES: My young Texan granddaughter was appalled to learn that her New York grandparents BUY their guacamole. I tried explaining that the “fresh” avocados we get are too often tasteless or moldy, so pre-made guac is better for us. I don’t think she heard me, because her eyes were still wide, her jaw still dropped as she sputtered, “You BUY your guacamole!” I told her mom, who laughed and said, “Fresh, homemade guac is definitely a Texas thing.“

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by | September 22, 2026 · 8:06 am

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AMERICAN HISTORY: After being discovered as an American spy behind enemy lines, Nathan Hale was hanged on September 22, 1776. Just 21 years old at the time, he famously said, “I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

CATHOLIC: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1670683141325978 [2:58] to hear Josh Pray explain the Catholic practice of adoration. The practice of staying at adoration for a full hour comes from the Garden of Gethsemane, when the disciples fell asleep while Jesus was in his agony and He asked, “Can you not watch with me for one hour?”

LBJ: During his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson was legendary for badgering subordinates with demands. Aboard Air Force One, he frequently insisted the flight crew adjust the cabin temperature, something that was not easy to do in that aircraft. The crew asked technicians to install a prominent, custom-built control knob labeled for climate regulation near where the president sat. It was a dummy that did absolutely nothing, but Johnson didn’t know that. Whenever the temperature felt off, he would adjust the dial and rest assured that he was in charge of the jet’s internal atmosphere.

MAHA: Poor sleep and pain feed each other; each one makes the other worse. Just a few nights of restricted or interrupted sleep can increase a person’s pain sensitivity. Melatonin, which is well known as a mild sleep aid, may help break the cycle in more ways than we suspected.

A new analysis of 23 clinical trials involving more than 2,000 patients found that melatonin reduced pain in people with chronic musculoskeletal conditions such as arthritis and low back pain. It did not meaningfully help pain after surgery.

Across all chronic pain studies, melatonin lowered pain scores by about 9 points on average. By comparison, a 2020 Cochrane review found that NSAIDS, such as ibuprofen, reduced pain by about 7.7 points on the same scale.

Note that melatonin is not a fast fix like a pain pill. It worked over weeks, with most of the studies using doses of about 2 to 3 mg per day for under three months. Long-term safety hasn’t been well studied. Side effects across the studies were generally mild: nausea, dizziness, headache, and drowsiness.

Check with your doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, elderly and at risk of falls, have epilepsy, or take other medications. There are 358 drugs known to interact with melatonin, along with 3 disease interactions, and 3 alcohol/food interactions. Of the total drug interactions, 5 are major, 344 are moderate, and 9 are minor.

The brand I chose for the graphic above is Consumer Lab’s Top Pick for 3 mg, time release formulation.

OH CANADA: [1:15] – Quebec has decided to drive religious instruction out of its schools. Never mind that people of faith pay taxes.

SPIRITUAL WARFARE: CLICK https://x.com/Protestia/status/2101019674922135969 [1:33] to hear an Episcopal “pastrix” explain how she was “forced” to tell an elderly congregant that we (allegedly) have no idea what happens when we die.

In the 1990s, I attended back-to-back funerals for two loved ones who had each died on Thanksgiving day. The Episcopal one never once mentioned God or eternal life, just celebrated what a good person the man had been. The Catholic one focused totally on Jesus’ promises.

STUPID PEOPLE: CLICK https://x.com/camhigby/status/2101352762696946012 [:54] to hear a college student snarkily inform us that “a vagina is just an inside out penis.”

CLICK https://x.com/clareanneath/status/2101657393469776001 [:11] to hear another brainiac tell us that every menstrual cycle is an abortion.

TEXAS: On September 4, 2026, the Texas State Board of Education has revised its high school social studies standards. Among the amendments … students must be able to identify 1948 as the year the modern State of Israel was established “in the ancestral homeland of the Jews” and that President Harry Truman was the first world leader to formally recognize Israel. The new standards are scheduled to take effect in the 2030–31 school year.

TRANS: Proving exactly why we don’t want them in our spaces. – Recently, I’ve been listening to ATC clips on Facebook. Pilots and Air Traffic Controllers stay incredibly calm in the most hair-raising circumstances. Then, I read about trannies dragging people into court for refusing to use their made-up pronouns and whining about how uncomfortable they feel about being forced to use the men’s room.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFUhaH34yU0 [1:00] to enjoy Budweiser’s 1998 Winter Olympics ad.

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by | September 15, 2026 · 1:09 pm

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ELECTION INTEGRITY: Mariana Alexandra Dewey, a citizen of Peru, has been arrested and charged with one count of false claim of citizenship, one count of false claim of United States citizenship in order to vote, one count of fraudulent election conduct, and one count of voting by an alien in a federal election.

In other news, SCOTUS has blocked Trump’s attempt to require unique barcodes and scanner-ready envelopes for all mail-in ballots nationwide.

FYI: In first-century Palestine, the mustard seed was widely recognized as the smallest seed routinely sown and handled.

LIBERAL LUNACY: They can’t define what a woman is, but they’re sure women can’t get photo ID to vote. Also, they want Lindsay Clancy found not guilty because her hormones made her crazy, but they also think a woman should be the President of the United States with her finger on the nuclear button. But that’s okay, because they also think men can be women, so a man who is a woman wouldn’t have dicey hormones, right?

MAHA: [21:53] – Dr. Alex talks about an extraordinary study that showed the bowel cancer risk in African-Americans (very high) and South Africans of similar genetic make-up (very low) flipped after just 14 days when the diets of the two populations was reversed.

NASA: This is the most spectacular of the sunset photos the Mars Rovers have sent us. The blue glow happens because fine dust particles in the thin Martian atmosphere scatter blue light more efficiently than other colors.

WOMEN’S RIGHTS: The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has issued a sweeping directive mandating that transgender inmates be housed strictly according to their biological sex at birth. In addition to removing trans-identifying men from women’s prisons, the directive also blocks federal funding for gender-affirming medical care and halts social transition accommodations, such as pronoun and dress code changes, for individuals in federal custody.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1137180439287317 [1:25] to hear a very do-able plan for coping with anxiety.

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1805535754123011 [:28] to see a precisely synchronized pair dive from the 2024 Olympics.

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by | September 4, 2026 · 9:04 am

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AMERICAN HISTORY: On September 4, 1957, Democrat Governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to prevent nine black students from enrolling in Little Rock Central High School. On September 23, 1957, Republican President Eisenhower issued Executive Order 10730, federalizing the Arkansas National Guard and ordering them to support the integration. Eisenhower also ordered the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army to Little Rock.

Democrats actually closed the schools altogether rather than comply, but by the end of September 1957, the Little Rock Nine were admitted to Little Rock Central High under the protection of federal troops. Two segregationists were injured in clashes with federal troops on September 25; one who was struck in the face with a buttstock after trying to grab a soldier’s rifle, and a second who received a minor bayonet wound to the arm.

Inside the school, the Little Rock Nine were subjected to a year of physical and verbal abuse by many of the white students. Melba Pattillo had acid thrown into her eyes; a group of white girls also trapped her in a stall in the girls’ washroom and attempted to burn her by dropping pieces of flaming paper on her from above.

BORDER: [13:20] – In August, federal immigration authorities arrested nearly 51,000 illegal immigrants throughout the United States, setting a new record high for a single month.

Since Trump took office, the number of illegals in the USA has dropped by about 3 million … which is about 20% of what Biden let in.

CATHOLIC: [5:06] – Most people have heard the myth – “Faith and science are enemies.” But science isn’t the Church’s enemy. It’s one of her children.

EDUCATION: Last year, the ACLJ filed a lawsuit on behalf of two New York families after seventh-grade students were directed to websites containing graphic sexual content as part of a graded classroom art lesson that lasted for two weeks.

Parents were never notified in advance, were given no opportunity to opt out, and learned about the material only after their children had already been exposed to it. Under Mahmoud v. Taylor, parents have a right to know what their children are being taught and what materials they are being required to view.

The mediator reports that the parties have reached a settlement. The websites at the center of this case have been blocked and a precedent will be set for parents who wish to opt their children out of content that is inappropriate or violates their religious beliefs.

MAGA: Don’t hold your breath waiting for the slime stream media to report on this.

MIDTERMS: Republicans have the edge in Likely Voters.

RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS: In the ’80s, I called the school nutritionist to ask them to move the Monday vegetarian lunch to Fridays, so my Catholic kids could have a hot meal. The man said no, because he’d get sued for “forcing religion” on public school kids. One year, on the last day of school before spring break, he had tried to make the lunch rooms more festive by covering the table with pale blue paper. One of the prickly Jewish lawyer dads threatened to sue him for allegedly forcing his son to celebrate Easter.

RHINOSHIELD: CLICK https://x.com/GetRHINOSHIELD/status/2092573281799008285 [1:01] to see how they did it.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Q-J-pRIuHdM for a big dose of awwww.

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by | June 23, 2026 · 6:41 am

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CATHOLIC: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1343923334308187 [:58] to hear Bishop Sheen talk about other religions.

DEMOCRATS: Elon Musk created $1 trillion in value. Congress created $36 trillion in debt. Elon’s net worth is not the problem.

EVERYDAY HEROES: [8:59] – Batya Ungar-Sargon shares the surprising Yale study that forced her to change sides.

HEALTH: Posted by Modern Alternative Mama – “I want you to sit with this for a second.

“In 1990 the FDA banned Red Dye 3 from cosmetics. They knew it caused cancer in animals. They said so themselves.

“And then they left it in children’s food for 35 more years. In cereal. In candy. In medications made specifically for kids. They finally revoked it in January 2025… but enforcement doesn’t start until 2027, so it’s still legally on shelves right now.

“The difference between what goes on your skin and what goes in your child’s mouth isn’t science. It’s lobbying. The cosmetics industry didn’t fight to keep it. The food industry did.

“I’m not asking you to be outraged. I’m asking you to notice. Because once you start seeing how these decisions actually get made, you can’t unsee it.”

I remember picking the red cherries out of fruit cocktail from an early age, calling them “poison cherries.” I have no idea why I was so opposed to red food dye, but I’m grateful that I was.

HOLLYWEIRD: 6:17] Stephen Spielberg implied that his new film would shake the foundations of Christianity. Yeah, no.

IMPEACHMENTS: [19:59] – We may see both of the Dem’s impeachments of Trump expunged. Dershowitz also discusses Epstein and Iran.

OBAMA LIBRARY: [15:57] – The claim that people can visit for free is only partly true. The majority of the Obama Presidential Center campus is free, but the museum requires a paid, timed-entry ticket, which may cost anywhere from $0 to $30 per person.

TRANS: I appreciate where she’s coming from, but to be honest, ALL words are made up. While I see a place for “cisgender” in today’s sex/gender debates, I also don’t want anyone using it to label me. However, it’s not because I am a woman, but rather because I don’t think my sexuality is anyone’s business.

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: In the 1950s, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a massive campaign to eradicate malaria in Borneo by heavily spraying DDT. While the potent insecticide successfully killed the malaria-carrying insects, it also killed a host of local small creatures, as well as all of the area’s domestic cats. With their primary predators wiped out, the rat population exploded across the region. In March 1960, the British Royal Air Force dropped 23 cats into the remote area. A month after the drop, the villagers sent a message back to the capital stating, “Thanks for the cats, no more trouble with rats and mice.”

GRAMMY NOTES: In my experience, he responds better when the prayer is said out loud. I’m thinking it’s a “God loves humility” thing.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/y_bXtXPEmkc [:41] and marvel at what this toddler did! :-O

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by | June 18, 2026 · 6:10 am

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The man pictured is Dr. William Chester Minor (1834–1920), an American army surgeon who served during the American Civil War. Haunted by severe paranoia and hallucinations, likely what would today be diagnosed as schizophrenia, Minor moved to London in 1871 in search of peace. Instead, his mental state deteriorated, culminating in a tragic night in 1872 when, gripped by a delusion that an intruder had broken into his room, he chased and fatally shot an innocent English stoker named George Merrett. Minor was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to the ‘Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum’ in Berkshire, England. As he had his US Army pension and was judged not dangerous, he was given rather comfortable quarters and was able to buy and read books.

While confined at Broadmoor, Minor learned of a public appeal by James Murray, the primary editor of what would become the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Murray was seeking volunteers to read books and submit quotations illustrating how specific words were used over time. Given a comfortable suite, his pension, and the ability to buy and store thousands of rare, antiquarian books, Minor dedicated his life to this literary crusade. He became one of the dictionary’s most prolific and meticulous contributors, providing over 10,000 highly precise source citations that helped shape the foundational text of the English language.

For nearly two decades, Minor and Murray corresponded solely by mail, with Minor using his personal address at Broadmoor rather than indicating it was an asylum. Murray deeply admired the mysterious “Dr. Minor” for his unparalleled academic rigor and eventually decided to visit him in person around 1896 to properly thank him. Upon arrival, Murray was astounded to discover that his star researcher was not a reclusive country gentleman, but an inmate in a high-security asylum for the criminally insane. Despite the shocking revelation, the two men formed a deep, respectful friendship, and Minor continued his contributions until his health severely declined in his later years.

A profoundly poignant twist to this story is that Eliza Merrett, the widow of the man Minor killed, actually became one of his frequent visitors and a crucial lifeline. After learning of Minor’s genuine remorse and his worsening psychiatric torment, she forgave him, and the two struck up an extraordinary, empathetic connection.

Because Minor’s military pension left him quite wealthy inside Broadmoor, he provided regular financial support to Eliza and her children. In return, she would regularly travel to London bookshops on his behalf, purchasing and hand-delivering many of the rare, antiquarian volumes that Minor used to research his 10,000 definitions for the dictionary.

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by | June 10, 2026 · 7:24 am

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FEMINISM: “No woman should be authorized to stay at home and raise her children. Society should be totally different. Women should not have that choice, precisely because if there is such a choice, too many women will make that one.” ~Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986), French feminist

IRAN: Israel says Iran violated the cease fire on Sunday, launching missiles that the Israeli defense system intercepted. The attack came hours after Trump said in an interview on “Meet the Press” that the United States was “very close” to securing a deal with Iranian officials.

LIBERAL LOGIC: CLICK https://x.com/TheCarolineMc/status/2063803200902168769 [:45] to hear a Graham Platner supporter dismiss his Nazi tattoo as no big deal.

MEDIA: In 2025, Bari Weiss took over CBS News with the goal of making it less biased. After she fired 60 Minutes host, Scott Pelley, he said Weiss had actually asked the staff why the public didn’t trust the media any more, whining, “Why do you think so? Do you have a poll? Is there market research? What are you talking about? Because we certainly didn’t believe that.”

CLICK the link below to see multiple clips of the interview.

PATRIOTISM: @BuzzPatterson posted – When I was the Air Force Military Aide to Bill Clinton (and again, that was not a political appointee position, it was a military assignment), I served daily with very young staffers who were appointed because of their efforts in the campaign or who their parents were.

I really enjoyed interacting with most of them. Bright kids from Ivy League school. But their naïveté and lack of experience showed. Dramatically.

One day I was walking across the White House “campus,” the “18 acres,” and I encountered one of the young female staffers. We chatted for a bit, and she asked me, “So, why did you join the military? Were your career options limited or were you forced to by a judge?”

I wanted to throat punch her, but I said, “No, ma’am, I volunteered.”

She asked, “But why? Lack of education? No other options?”

“No, ma’am, I volunteered. Really. Not only do I have a Bachelor’s but also an MBA.”

She asked again, “Then why?”

I shook my head and walked away. They simply can’t understand a higher calling. They are incapable of understanding that another human who would selflessly serve.

Therein lies much of the Democrat vs. military disconnect. They’re missing the patriotism chip.

TRUMP: CLICK https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2063633787343282240 [1:25] to watch POTUS “comment” (loudly) about California’s blatant election fraud. CLICK https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2063634419106115887 [:50] to watch him end the interview.

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