A Roman Catholic nun was released from the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the agency arrested her while she walked to mass in her habit in south Texas. Sister Leticia Ugboaja was walking to Our Lady of Sorrows church in McAllen, Texas, just a few miles from the US-Mexico border on Sunday when she was detained by ICE officers, the church said in a statement on social media. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and ICE have not responded to a request for comment since Sunday. The nun is part of the Daughters of Mary Mother of Mercy and volunteered as what is known as an extraordinary minister of holy communion at Our Lady of Sorrows, according to Brenda Riojas, a spokesperson for the Catholic Diocese of Brownsville, Texas. Ugboaja is also a registered nurse at South Texas Health System, Riojas confirmedg. She also worked previously for 10 years as a certified nursing assistant at DHR Health in Edinburg, Texas. read more
Iran's foreign minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, who believes: "The Iranian negotiation style is generally known in the world as the market style,' which means continuous and tireless bargaining. This method is a process of interaction that requires great patience and time. It requires a lot of time and energy, and he who gets tired and bored quickly will lose. The market has its own unique culture, and only a person who has lived in that culture for years or, as a person connected to the market says, has breathed the air of the market', can participate and compete in it." read more
I just returned from a tour of various Statues, Monuments, Fountains and, most importantly, an old and run down Golf Course located throughout Washington, D.C., our Nation's Capital. Almost all of the Statues, Monuments, and Fountains have been completely renovated and restored, and are in, after suffering years of Graffiti, Abuse, and Vandalism, perfect shape. They are truly beautiful, even nicer than the day they were built. The Reflecting Pool is now in full use after suffering great damage from Criminal, Radical Left Vandals, people that truly hate our Country. They cut the lower surface of a very expensive and strong waterproof padding, in the color of American Flag Blue, and put their hands underneath the surface, and ripped it. read more
The Reflecting Pool drama says everything about how the administration operates. read more
Billionaire financier Leon Black's testimony before a House committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein ended abruptly on Friday morning after members from both parties said Black refused to answer questions about non-disclosure agreements. read more
The 13 Steps of a Trump Fiasco
By Charlie Warzel
www.theatlantic.com
1. Devise unnecessary spectacle.
2. Disregard expertise.
3. Bypass normal procedures.
4. Declare victory too early (bonus if done by AI-slop post).
5. Spend way more than estimated.
6. Ignore the haters.
7. Realize it is not going well.
8. Bypass normal procedures once again.
9. Allege conspiracy and sabotage.
10. Redeclare victory.
11. More blaming.
12. Losing interest.
13. Pretend it never happened, and move on to the next thing.
Some insights to a deist's perspective can be found in the cut-and-paste job Thomas Jefferson did on the New Testament: The Philosophy of Jesus of Nazareth, being Extracted from the Account of His Life and Doctrines Given by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John; Being an Abridgement of the New Testament for the Use of the Indians, Unembarrased [uncomplicated] with Matters of Fact or Faith beyond the Level of their Comprehensions, better known as The Jefferson Bible: uuhouston.org
"There laid they Jesus: and rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher and departed."
They haven't even decided when they might arrange face-to-face discussions about any aspect of the MoU Trump signed at Versailles.
"Please, sit, yes, make yourself comfortable. The sweets? The finest from Isfahan, much the same as the rugs. The rugs? Oh, yes, but of course! Certainly after a sweet, no? Be daring! Ha, ha, ha! And a touch of sweet tea, perhaps? Where, if I may be so bold, in Milan do you get your clothes tailored? What? No!? Well, what taste ... .The rugs? Oh, yes, of course! Another touch of sweet tea?"