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"If they were reminded of their duty, as enjoined by the apostles, Servants, obey your masters, and were taught the necessity of the different orders of men in this world, they would be contented with their situation... "...and expect a better condition in the next world, and not run a risk of being unhappy here and miserable hereafter. I am certain, if they had been told these things, not one slave would have our enemies."

“Captain Selmon order’d his party to go in to take Mr Wright from the arms of his Wife and Sister, and insultingly smiled at the Tears and Lamentations of Women who were in the greatest distress; at being seperated from their Husband and Brother.” The Continentals also spike the guns of the overlooking fort. When they depart, they take Callbeck and Wright with them as prisoners, hoping Congress can exchange them. Among their plunder is the great seal of the colony, made of sterling silver, which has never been recovered.

We are currently living in the middle of what seems to be a major construction zone. The main interstate route between Richmond, Va and Norfolk/Virginia Beach as well as the NC beaches is under construction. As well as the main tunnel into Norfolk. My biggest issues are a couple of things 1) Container Haulers who seem to pay absolutely no attention to things like speed limits or other possible traffic hazards. 2) Dirt haulers who are worse. Most of these guys have no tags on their trucks and a stupid sign saying they are not responsible for damage to windshields because they don't cover their loads. Yet the buzz down the highway at at least 10 miles over the speed limit or limp but at 20 under. To make matters worse, recently the second entrance to our community of over 1500 homes has been closed for widening of the interstate bridge over one of the main roads making getting in and out of here challenging. The county and state claims their traffic estimates indicate there isn't enough traffic to add a light at the remaining cross street. Plus we're looking at another thousand or so homes being built in the next year or so.

I agree a state issued ID would be a great solution. It also should be a bipartisan effort to see getting done. Go to the communities and hold several days of opportunities to get an ID, work with local community groups to set up sites and events to do so. Provide counseling or other means to help folks get thru the hoops to obtain the proper papers, birth certificates or whatever to make the process easier on those who don't understand the system. But what do I know, I'm an old white suburban male

Regarding ID's. I don't have a problem as long as they can be easily provided for all eligible voters. Something conservatives are reluctant to do...

Once again it's another MAGA generated non issue. (From ChatGPT)

November 17 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/november-17

Tech has said they plan to increase their sports commitment by something like $225 million over the next four years. That may be enough to get them back to being competitive in the ACC. Franklin is going to cost them a lot $$ but I think there is something in his Penn State buyout that would offset what he would get from VPI or another school. As a fan from a distance, I’m not sold. I’d rather see a young up and coming coach form one of the state schools get the job (Bob Cheney at JMU for example) but I think Penn State among other schools have their eye on him as well. Va Tech and UVA are smaller versions of UM and Michigan State. Big dreams. I just don’t see it in football I guess we’ll find out Monday

“I have made the following Sketch, which may be varied in any one particular an infinite Number of Ways, So as to accommodate it to the different, Genius, Temper, Principles and even Prejudices of different People.” Lee will circulate copies of Adams’s letter widely in pursuit of the goal the two of them share, moving the majority of the Congress and other colonial leaders away from pursuit of reconciliation with Great Britain and in favor of, as they call it, separation.

Karma? Considering she was probably responsible for death threats against Dr Fauci and probably a few others...

Additional thoughts. Franklin is going to cost Tech a ton of $$$. I'm not sure the returns will be worth it. I'd rather see them go after someone like Bob Chesney at JMU. He can recruit in state and has done well regionally. Tech is never going to be one of the Big Boys

That's been the rumor since Franklin was fired. It seems like a good fit to get him and the Tech program back on track. I'm just not sure that is even possible in the current condition college football is in and with a league like the ACC.

Next he’ll start looking into her real estate purchasers

The late great Bob Prince had a nickname for Stuart. Doctor Strangeglove

November 15 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/november-15

Crazy Grandpa back to revising his greatest hits

I’m holding out for a bidet

November 14 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/november-14 On November 14, 1851, Moby-**** is published. Now considered a great classic of American literature—with one of the most famous opening lines in fiction: “Call me Ishmael”—the book about Captain Ahab and his quest to catch a giant white whale was originally a big flop. On November 14, 1776, the St. James Chronicleof London carries an item announcing “The very identical Dr. Franklyn [Benjamin Franklin], whom Lord Chatham [former leading parliamentarian and colonial supporter William Pitt] so much caressed, and used to say he was proud in calling his friend, is now at the head of the rebellion in North America.” On November 14, 1914, in Constantinople, capital of the Ottoman Empire, the religious leader Sheikh-ul-Islam declares an Islamic holy war on behalf of the Ottoman government, urging his Muslim followers to take up arms against Britain, France, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro in World War I. On November 14, 1970, a chartered jet carrying most of the Marshall University football team clips a stand of trees and crashes into a hillsidejust two miles from the Tri-State Airport in Kenova, West Virginia, killing everyone onboard.The team was returning from that day’s game, a 17-14 loss to East Carolina University. Thirty-seven Marshall football players were aboard the plane, along with the team’s coach, its doctors, the university athletic director and 25 team boosters–some of Huntington, West Virginia’s most prominent citizens–who had traveled to North Carolina to cheer on the Thundering Herd. “The whole fabric,” a citizen of Huntington wrote later, “the whole heart of the town was aboard.”

Three squares, unlimited TP, health care and a puppy. Now that’s punishment