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  1. RC Yeah sorry my bad, we did get it here, i just never saw it, it clashed with Poldark, and after the first series i just stuck with it, shouldve watched Victoria instead in hindsight, its just hubby gets a bit peeved when i hog the TV too much, and i also love Rufus Sewell, and the chemisty and acting is amazing 😉 ….

    Good to see you by the way, im taking an indefinete break from posting on TX, im bored rigid with it all to be honest lol ….

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    • Alison,

      Yes, thank you for knowing the name of that actor! I just couldn’t remember his name! I was very impressed with his performance in that movie, playing opposite the great Judi Dench.

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  4. Alison,
    And he ages like a fine wine. Not that I ever watched the movie or read the book, but I had the soundtrack he created for the Last Temptation of Christ on for a decade during late 80’s and 90’s and keep going back to it. It’s particularly a good meditation in these times…makes me float on over to the Middle East
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h961F-vatKM

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  7. ?? The latest on President Bannon ??
    http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/02/08/514102356/steve-bannon-aligns-with-vatican-hardliners-who-oppose-pope-francis

    White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is known to have cultivated ties with far-right parties in Europe, like the National Front in France. He also seems to have forged an alliance with Vatican hard-liners who oppose Pope Francis’ less rigid approach to church doctrine. The New York Times reported this week on Bannon’s connections at the Vatican.

    Before becoming White House chief strategist, Bannon — who is Catholic — was the executive chairman of Breitbart News, which he called a “platform for the alt-right.” That’s a movement associated with white nationalism.

    During a visit to Rome a few years ago, Bannon struck up a friendship with the American Cardinal Raymond Burke, a traditionalist who has emerged as one of Pope Francis’ most vocal critics.

    Bannon hired Thomas Williams, an American former priest, as Breitbart’s Rome correspondent. Williams belonged to the conservative Legion of Christ, which was roiled by scandal when it was revealed its founder had been a pedophile.

    Williams recently told his own story on an Italian TV talk show: In 2003, he fathered a child, but he kept it secret until he was outed by a news report. He then left the priesthood and married the child’s mother — who is the daughter of the former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, Mary Ann Glendon.

    In July 2014, Bannon addressed a conference that was held inside the Vatican but was sponsored by a conservative Catholic group. Speaking via Skype, Bannon painted an almost apocalyptic vision of the state of the Western world.

    “We’re at the very beginning stages of a very brutal and bloody conflict, of which, if the people in this room, the people in the church, do not bind together and really form what I feel is an aspect of the church militant, to really be able to not just stand with our beliefs, but to fight for our beliefs against this new barbarity that’s starting.”

    A barbarity, Bannon added, that would completely eradicate “everything we’ve been bequeathed over the last 2,000, 2,500 years,” and which he clearly spelled out a few minutes later: “We are in an outright war against jihadist Islamic fascism. And this war is, I think, metastasizing far quicker than governments can handle it.”

    This is language that Pope Francis has never used. The pope has repeatedly urged European countries to welcome migrants — who are, in the majority, Muslim — and he has championed the rights of the poor.

    A year ago, Francis criticized candidate Donald Trump for wanting to build a wall along the border with Mexico, saying, “A person who thinks only about building walls … and not building bridges is not Christian.”

    But that’s not Bannon’s worldview. While most Breitbart reports on the pope have been neutral, headlines about the pope when Bannon was in charge included:

    “Seven Ways Pope Francis Slapped Conservatives in the United States”
    “A Vatican Expert: Pope Francis a ‘Friend of Islam’ ”
    “Pope Francis Slams Capitalism, Death Penalty, Immigration Law; No Real Mention of Abortion, Gay Marriage”
    “Pope Francis Threatens Legacy of Pope John Paul II, Ronald Reagan”
    While Breitbart and Bannon seem to be making common cause with Roman Catholics who are on the outs with this pope, these Vatican hard-liners are not very powerful.

    Nevertheless, Pope Francis’ supporters inside the Vatican worry that following Trump’s election victory, the pope is a little more isolated — a lonely progressive on the global stage. They say this has emboldened his critics both within and outside the Vatican, who have become more vocal.

    For example, just last week, mysterious anti-Francis posters cropped up around Rome. The photo showed the pope looking uncharacteristically very grouchy, and the unidentified author — using a Roman street dialect — accused him of acting in an authoritarian manner and showing lack of mercy, despite the fact that Francis has made “Mercy” the unofficial slogan of his papacy.

    Francis has not reacted. But in a surprising move, on Sunday, he issued the very first papal blessing for the Super Bowl. It was a video message in his native Spanish — not in Italian, which he usually uses for official messages — in which he said such a sporting event “shows that it’s possible to build a culture of encounter and a world of peace.”

    The Italian media labeled the message “anti-Trump.”
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    POPE FRANCIS = nicest PAPA EVER!

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  8. Peter Gabriel (with Genesis)…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0Spl1cOf-o

    Dancing With The Moonlit Knight

    “Can you tell me where my country lies?”
    said the unifaun to his true love’s eyes.
    “It lies with me!” cried the Queen of Maybe
    – for her merchandise, he traded in his prize.

    “Paper late!” cried a voice in the crowd.
    “Old man dies!” The note he left was signed ‘Old Father Thames’
    – it seems he’s drowned;
    selling england by the pound.

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  9. https://theintercept.com/2017/02/08/intercepted-podcast-president-trumps-cabinet-of-killers-and-why-orange-is-the-new-anti-black/

    This Podcast is required listening.

    LESS THAN A MONTH into the new administration and not even a presidential bath robe can protect President Trump’s orange from becoming the new anti-black. This week on Intercepted we sit down with intrepid investigative reporter Allan Nairn, who breaks down Trump’s relationship with the CIA, the president’s murderous affection for Vladimir Putin, and the killer assembly of establishment neocons and right-wing conspiracists running the U.S. war machine. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Princeton professor and author of “From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation,” dismantles Obama’s problematic legacy, offers strategic advice for resisting Trump, and shares her scorecard on Nazi punching. The Intercept’s own distinguished alt-historian, Jon Schwarz, offers a (morbid) lesson on the origins of presidential executive orders. And singer-songwriter Kimya Dawson of The Moldy Peaches performs a powerful song about racism and the police state.

    HOW DO WE STOP THE MADNESS!

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  13. “The subtext was clear: Look, children — he will destroy the country. He’s blatantly siding with the bad guys: Fidel, Putin, the white supremacists or the guerrilla. Besides, he’s clearly not that smart. He’s threatening to destroy the economy, too. He clearly has no respect for democracy. For the intelligentsia. We, who work hard and know how to do business. We, who’ve researched this, thought about this, grasped this. In history, in economics, in diplomacy, in accounting. Now, learn this word. Repeat after me: fascism.”

    https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2017/01/20/culturejam/

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      • I just heard an interview on cable news about Muslims raising money for the graves that were desecrated. It’s inspiring to realize that there are people who care enough to reach out and help. We need this generosity of spirit now more than ever,

        Trump has stoked the fires of hatred in this country and it is no coincidence that these despicable acts have increased alarmingly in America.

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      • It is wonderful rc and Nny…just like u and me…i’m a Muslim but i love u guys like i love my own flesh and blood…How can anyone cannot love another human being,let alone treat them like a piece of trash is beyond me..

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        • Mira Andi,

          Nice to chat with you again! I haven’t been posting that much.

          It just broke my heart to see what was done to those graves! A man was interviewed because he came to see if the graves of his family members were desecrated. His family was okay, but he said that some of the graves that were trashed were veterans of WWI. He was crying and so distraught that anyone could do something like this.

          Hate is a terrible thing! But when you see the worst of people, it can bring out the best in people and that gives me hope!
          ?❤️?

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          • Nny…Yeah,like u i’m also don’t watch much tennis lately..there’s no attraction somehow…all the big names didn’t start playing until the next monday or tuesday…and Nny..have u seen Rafa’s likely opponent that augusta posted the other day?Oh my God Nny…almost all of them are big server..Milos,Alex[oh no!not again!!],Dr Ivo,John Isner,Sam Queery,Jack sock,Nick Kyrgios[oh no again!!]DelPo…i can’t wait to see who’s rafa will get in his quarter…

            Btw..Oppss!sorry..got carried away Nny…it’s supposed to be non tennis forum!he he…Nny…just in case we’re not going to chat anymore for tonite…here’s for u…in opposed to what happened,we have to keep showing our love to each other..love didn’t know what colour of our skin,what races we are or what language we spoke…

            http://ihappie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ihappie-Good-Night-Love-Images-30-500×281.png

            https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/82/70/f3/8270f35def1d72d61d4b6a28e4feda7a.jpg

          • Nny!!!…I MISSED U!!!…In honesty,i cannot wait for rafa to start play because i have a reason to interact with u!Hehe…How are u btw Nny?All good?…I hope so!..

            Nny..If that happen to my family’s grave..i’m also will be very upsets and sad…We cannot messing around with grave…no matter who’s they’re belong to…it’s disrespectful…but,i guess maybe that’s the main reason why it’s been desecrated in the first place…to create an uncomfortable situation…But,i believe when there’s a hate,there’s also someone out there who’s readily to fight that hate with LOVE…And usually,love always win Nny!..VAMOS!!!

          • Mira Andi,

            Yes, I am looking forward to seeing Rafa play again! We will have lots to chat about! I don’t watch as much tennis with the smaller tournaments, unless there are players I want to see.

            But I will watch Rafa anywhere, any place, any time!

            I am doing well! Thanks for asking!

            I will tell you that when I saw those graves destroyed, so many of them, I had tears in my eyes. I would never want anyone to do that to my relatives who have passed on.

            We can like forward to seeing lots of Rafa and enjoying it!
            ?❤️?

  20. I am a little exhausted today so I will respond to your comments with much details tomorrow or next.
    But just to be clear as someone who majored in a science department when I was in school, I also taught different science subjects after I graduated for a while.

    I know for a fact that true science not false theories is against everything you say you support whether it is abortion( which is the murdering of an innocent baby), homosexuality, transgender etc.
    All these things are against science and common sense, the are wrong, unnatural but more importantly immoral, ungodly and to be blunt some of them are pure EVIL and WICKED to the highest order.
    Am not against a woman having an abortion if her life is at stake because now her life is on the line, the truth is more than 90% of abortion that takes place has nothing to do with the woman’s life being at risk.
    Am also not saying that those who have committed this act’s can’t be forgiven, they can all be forgiven because GOD is merciful and would forgive anyone who humbly repents.

    Llike I said am a little bit exhausted today so tomorrow or next I would talk more about it.

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