Claude Lyles Artworks / Estudio Cielo Azul LLC: The “leading rule” for all aspiring professionals, the lawyer Lincoln recorded in 1850, “is diligence. Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today.” To fulfill an ambitious life was “to be honest at all events.”

Mainline Florida: Link to Mainline Florida

I am making more use of links: music and visual. Click on them and then you might have a second link to search. Some locations, such as YouTube generate revenue for your "free" viewing by running ads, so be patient. On occasion there is a "skip ad" button. Sometimes it will load and start when you go there, sometimes you need to click on the white arrow in the red box. Moreover, when I can, I attribute sources for photos; unfortunately, some have been passed along several times and I have no idea of the source.

I closed my Instagram page due to the political climate and to protest their political attacks on conservative voices...that’s about all I can do.

An important note: I work on this blog for one person - ME; I love sharing it with about 60 friends, relatives, and acquaintances in the States and in Europe.

With this in mind, I hope you enjoy the updates to my art and life as presented in this blog. IF you don't like the political stuff and don't want to receive future blogs just say so, no hard feelings. So far, only five have taken me up on the offer. With that in mind, remember: Below the Fold below is where lies controversial stuff, if you don't want to go there, stay above.

And now, Ladies and Gentlemen, I present:

Art:

Summer re-runs:

Updated two of my art walls

Florida: We are more than just cars, honest.

See, need for speed in my preserve

Listening:

Ashamed Shaikh, UFO (From days of old),

Travel: Recent visit to Colorado Springs...cccccold, even in May

Great outdoors shop, stop in at Gearonimo

Climbing wall 24/7 and climbing boulder

Proof of cold, and, I’ll admit, beauty...remember to click on photo and then you can enlarge

Took a drive, took a walk.

I Find This Interesting:

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Humor:

So now, the average Chicagoan averages being shot twice every six months?

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Apple translation in voice mail??????

“Good afternoon this message is for a CLOG THE LILES

I’m calling from Dr. F....

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The Babylon Bee Fact-Checks 10 Controversial Statements From President Biden

May 4th, 2021 - BabylonBee.com

How do Biden's most influential statements stand up to our rigorous fact-checking? Read and find out! You can trust us. We're fact-checkers.

1. "So you go ahead and you stack spaghetti sauce at a store, and and and a supermarket, you control the guy or the woman who runs the brings out the carts on on on ah, on a forklift."

FACT CHECK: TRUE

After researching this claim from Biden, we found there are indeed people who stack spaghetti sauce at grocery stores. We could not confirm whether the spaghetti sauce stackers actually control the people who bring out the carts, or whether they use a forklift to do so. While some facts of the claim are unconfirmed, we're rating this true because Biden is a really good guy.

2. "High-speed rail at 200 miles an hour from Charlotte, one, and another line going from, in Florida, down to Tampa. Another line, if we had moved Gov, we would have had that tunnel fixed in New York now. The money was there to get it done."

FACT CHECK: TRUE

According to our research, there are some high-speed trains that can reach speeds of 200 miles per hour. Charlotte, Florida, Tampa, and New York are all real places. Money exists. It doesn't get more accurate than this.

3. "Could.. take care if you were a quartermaster, you can sure in hell take care running a you know, a department store, thing, uh, you know, where the second floor of the ladies department or whatever."

FACT CHECK: NEEDS CONTEXT

While the specific meaning of this isolated Biden quote is unclear, it was spoken in the context of a larger discussion about Biden caring about poor people and doing good things for minorities. He's the best.

4. "And the kids used to come up and reach in the pool and rub my leg down so it was straight and then watch the hair come back up again. So I learned about roaches, and about kids jumping on my lap. And I love kids jumping on my lap.”

FACT CHECK: NEEDS CONTEXT

We'll get back to you on this.

5. “Now we have over 120 million dead from COVID.”

FACT CHECK: TRUE

While the specific numbers of this claim aren't technically accurate, they speak to a deeper truth that COVID is really bad. Thanks for protecting us, Mr. President!

6. “I may be Irish but I’m not stupid.”

FACT CHECK: TRUE

Our researchers determined Biden has English, French, and Irish heritage, so the first part of his statement is true. He also has an IQ of 76, which technically means he doesn't fall under the definition of mentally handicapped. Another true statement!

7. "I guess what I'm trying to say without boring you too long at breakfast—and you all look dull as hell, I might add. The dullest audience I have ever spoken to. Just sitting there, staring at me. Pretend you like me!"

FACT CHECK: TRUE

The crowd was indeed very dull. We know because we were in it. And we are very dull. We appreciate Biden calling us out here and encouraging us to be better.

8. "His mom lived in Long Island for ten years or so. God rest her soul. And- although, she's- wait- your mom's still- your mom's still alive. Your dad passed. God bless her soul."

FACT CHECK: TRUE

Biden made this statement regarding Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen’s mother, who sources confirmed was indeed alive at the time. Biden also called Cowen's deceased father a "her." Since it is unclear what gender Cowen's father identified as at his death, we are giving Biden the benefit of a doubt and rating this "true."

9. "Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids."

FACT CHECK: TRUE

...we know what you meant Mr. President. It's ok!

"You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent... I'm not joking."

FACT CHECK: NEEDS CONTEXT

Biden's statement was spoken during an exchange where he was praising the vibrant culture brought by Indian-Americans to the area of Delaware where he lives. It was actually the opposite of racist, and shame on you for thinking otherwise.

10 out of 10 successful fact-checks for President Biden!

Biden Voters...WHAT have you done? (And this is not even Below The Fold)

HOSPITALS & ABORTION POLITICS A new bill in California would bar partnerships between public universities and health care providers who refuse to perform elective abortions and sterilizations, effectively banning Catholic hospitals from such arrangements. “If this bill passes, it’s not going to provide any more access to elective abortions and elective sterilizations, it’s only going to take away [health care] from the poor and vulnerable,” said Lori Dangberg, Vice President of the Alliance of Catholic Health Care.

POLITICIANS & COMMUNION San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone issued a pastoral letter stating that politicians who support abortion should not present themselves for Holy Communion. “It is fundamentally a question of integrity: to receive the Blessed Sacrament in the Catholic liturgy is to espouse publicly the faith and moral teachings of the Catholic Church, and to desire to live accordingly,” wrote Cordileone. “We all fall short in various ways, but there is a great difference between struggling to live according to the teachings of the Church and rejecting those teachings.”

BIDEN, ABORTION, AND “FAITH” CatholicVote President Brian Burch spoke with Newsmax on the scandal of politicians who support abortion while claiming to be devout Catholics. ''On no other issue except abortion do they 'silo' themselves and not apply their 'personal' views to public policy” while at the same time “holding themselves out as devout,” said Burch. “Biden and other Catholic Democrats play us for fools.”

PRO-LIFE DECLARATION WITHDRAWN The Biden administration informed the UN that the United States has withdrawn from a historic pro-life declaration started by the Trump administration. The Biden administration informed the other 34 countries who signed the document: “Upon reviewing the Declaration, we have reservations that aspects of the document are not consistent with our current Administration’s policies, including those relating to women’s health, LGBTQI equality, and gender equality.”

From Bishop Barron: So much depends on the spiritual meaning of the little word “trust.” Jeremiah the prophet laid it out as starkly and simply as possible: “Cursed is the man who trusts in human beings, who makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord.” And conversely, “Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, the Lord will be their trust.”

Ask yourself: “What is the center of gravity in my life?” The Bible consistently proposes this question. For example, read the book of Joshua, when Joshua lays it on the line for the people of Israel: “Do you serve the Lord or some other gods?” That’s the question being asked of you.

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CIS, I mean CIA from Fox News. If we don't stop this, [the U.S.] will fall. I bet instead of waterboarding, they'll unleash real torture on terrorists: Listening to 'progressives' talk for hours about every social issue."

A new CIA recruitment video sparked a fierce online reaction Monday for being what critics labeled "full of woke propaganda."

The 2-minute video features a 36-year-old Latina CIA agent who described herself as "intersectional," "cisgender," and "millennial."

The officer tells viewers that while she used to suffer from "'imposter syndrome," she has embraced herself "unapologetically" because she refuses to internalize "misguided patriarchal ideas of what a woman can or should be."

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R.I.P.

STL Cardinal Extraordinaire:

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