Christmas, Intuitions, new vocabulary.

Yo-Yo Ma, Alison Krauss - The Wexford Carol (Video)

This post is dedicated to RantMom. Family Christmas plans kept not coming together and not coming together and not coming together. This problem was making several people ANXIOUS. RantWoman had to put her foot down and say "We HAVE to give Christmas (celebration) to God.

RantWoman never quite knows what to make of such intuitions. 

RantWoman will play the video for RantMom tomorrow at the next visit to the rehab where RantMom and some IV antibiotics are spending as much of a spell as can be proven helpful. RantWoman has another electronic daily blessing to play. RantWoman is embarrassed that she cannot remember enough of the Lord's prayer, no matter how meaningful it would be to RantMom. RantWoman is profoundly grateful for other visitors who do remember.

In the event, RantWoman, Little Sister, and Irrepressible Nephewand his woman friend but not Brother-in-law and the undervaccinated hound gathered on Christmas eve. Laptop audio does not do justice to a pipe organ. RantMom wanted exactly two bites each of the roast yam and cranberry relish RantWoman brought but it all seemed to matter to RantMom.

Now the family is grappling with terms like "assisted living," occupational therapy, long-term care.

RantMom would not not not want all the piquant details of her situation all over the internet; RantWoman will be most grateful to all readers who pray, hold in the Light,,for RantMom, Little Sister, Irrepressible Nephew who is DARNED lucky to have a wonderful relationship with RantMom, aka :Grams."

Merry (?) Christmas from Stephen Miller, thank you FRANK SINATRA

#Immigration #FrankSinatra

Immigration is what makes us great!

SLOW meditation on hymn, organ, church

RantWoman is posting this walk into history as much as anything as an effort to self-soothe.

May it bring others a path to reflection as well

The OLDEST CHRISTMAS HYMN ever written

When conversation might be too much, try Mr. GOOGLE. Further memorial.

 Remember RantWoman and the RSOF: Memorial with a side of fisheries management.

RantWoman has decided to acknowledge that she is both P***ed offand horrified.

RantWoman finally just used Mr. Google and Mr. YouTube. Anyone who already knows the name of the deceased can do the same. One reason to do so would be to recognize MANY reasons to hold Mrs. D in the Light without expecting one way or another about whether key details need to be spilled in conversation. For now, RantWoman will try to make her points while respecting privacy and not forcing D's wife to relive horrible moments.

RantWoman has a sort of electronic scrapbook of media items in her drafts folder. RantWoman is unclear whether to post the whole list. The media items include reasons particularly to hold D's wife in the Light. The media items also include graphic details from the suspect's initial court appearance.

Everything RantWoman knows about D and his wife and their rental property management points to very responsible up-front local landlords, not some far off management company that had to fly lawyers up from FL because of a tenant speaking truth to power about a bus stop. Sorry, RantWoman had to get that digression off her chest 

Many of the media accounts talk about D helping tenants in many ways and giving people second chances and renting to people that other landlords might not touch because of criminal records and / or court supervision. One tenant spoke of D renting to him while he was trying to get a massage (?) practice off the ground and offering him side work helping with what sound like many repair projects associated with rental properties.

The suspect, now in jail on $2million bond has a serious criminal record. Media accounts say he did not work but lived with his mother. The suspect's mother reported that household items matching what D's body waws wrapped in were missing from their household.

RantWoman is not a lawyer and certainly not a prosecutor, but some details make RantWoman wonder whether premeditation was involved.

The next court date is sometime in January. Hold D's wife and loved ones and community in the Light.

And anyone who can manage it, hold the suspect in the Light as well. It sounds like he deserves the full weight of the criminal justice system even if that of God within him many be hard to imagine right now.

US arrests Venezuelan tanker

 This YouTube channel reports regularly about many matters related to global shipping.

YouTube first sent a video to RantWoman in connection with West Coast protests of a ship supposedly delivering arms to Israel. Evidence fell in line with RantWoman who had wondered why a boat on the west coast would be shipping arms to Israel.

In the case of the US ARREST of the Venezuelan tanker, this piece provides LOTS of background about sanctioned vessels, shipping patterns for oil and the actual legal basis behind involvement of different US government entities in the arrest. And yes, "arrest" is the proper term.

Nothing about the video changes RantWoman's view that the US is more interested in VeneZuelan oil than anything else. RantWoman will fulminate about that another time.

Ukraine Strikes a 3rd Shadow Fleet Tanker in the Black Sea | MT Dashan Struck Multiple Times

OIL, OIL, OIL
See, See, the US CAN at least make an effort to follow the law

Just let Jon Stewart assemble the clips. Iraq? Venezuela????

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Leaks Plan BARGAINING positions

#Russia #Ukraine

The Kremlin’s Leaked Peace Plan Proves That Russia Is Weaker Than It Seems

RantWoman considers this video important and insightful.

In particular, attention to details others miss, willingness to game out motivations, and cutting through social media clamor and pressure, of which there is PLENTY

Enough said for now.