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Lovely Lyrical Lines ~ Donald Trump & Steve Bannon Edition!

18 Friday Aug 2017

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Humor, Lovely Lyrical Lines, Steve Bannon and Donald Trump

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Bye bye bye

I’m doing this tonight

You’re probably gonna start a fight

I know this can’t be right

Hey baby come on

I loved you endlessly

When you weren’t there for me

So now it’s time to leave and make it alone

~

I know that I can’t take no more

It ain’t no lie

I want to see you out that door

Baby bye bye bye

~

Bye bye

Don’t want to be a fool for you

Just another player in your game for two

You may hate me but it ain’t no lie

Baby bye bye bye

Bye bye

Don’t want to make it tough

I just want to tell you that I’ve had enough

It might sound crazy but it ain’t no lie

Baby bye bye bye…

~ Bye Bye Bye, NSYNC ~

After hearing about the despicable, loathsome Steve Bannon unceremoniously being booted from the Trump Universe, this song immediately popped into my head. I’m not the kind of person who tends to gloat, but in this instance I hope you’ll all forgive me! 

 

The Darkest Lies, by Barbara Copperthwaite ~ 4.0 Stars

18 Friday Aug 2017

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Adult Fiction, Mysteries, Psychological Suspense

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Thanks to NetGalley and Bookcouture for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Release Date: Available Now

433 Pages

Synopsis: A mother desperate for the truth. A daughter hiding a terrible secret.

Melanie Oak appeared to have the perfect life. Married to her childhood sweetheart, Jacob, the couple live with their beautiful daughter, Beth, in a pretty village.

Nothing can shake her happiness–until the day that Beth goes missing and is discovered beaten almost to the point of death, her broken body lying in a freezing creek on the marshes near their home.

Consumed with grief, Melanie is determined to find her daughter’s attacker. Someone in the village must have seen something. Why won’t they talk?

As Melanie tries to piece together what happened to Beth, she discovers that her innocent teenager has been harbouring some dark secrets of her own. The truth may lie closer to home and put Melanie’s life in terrible danger.

I really enjoyed The Darkest Lies, which was my first book by Barbara Copperthwaite, but I did have a couple of issues that stopped it from being a perfect read.

The story is told mainly from Melanie’s POV, although details from the night that Beth was attacked emerge, and there are brief and frightening glimpses into the unknown killer’s disturbed mind. Melanie drove me a little crazy at times. While I had complete sympathy for her and what she was going through, her search for her daughter’s attacker becomes an obsession which has her reporting every new theory she comes up with, to the police, and accusing her friends and townspeople. As the story progresses, she becomes more and more isolated, and she really has no one to blame but herself. She also has these internal conversations with Beth, but she barely visits her in the hospital because she’s too busy berating her friends and neighbors.

The story itself though is fast-paced and intriguing. I suspected who the true villain was about halfway through the story, but because of several twists, I wasn’t absolutely certain until right near the end. The last few chapters were full of surprises which did a lot to overcome my previous issues.

In the end, The Darkest Lies, wound up being a solid psychological suspense story for me. The chapters are short which helps make this a quick read. If you’re a fan of authors like Lisa Jewel, I highly recommend this. I will definitely be on the lookout for future books by this author.

 

 

President Is Tweeting Fake News Again (The General Pershing Story)

18 Friday Aug 2017

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Here Is The True Story Of General Pershing. Not The Debunked Myth That Tone-Deaf Mr. Trump So Distastefully Tweeted Today In Response To The Horrific Attack In Barcelona.

Gronda Morin

Image result for images of general pershingThe following conspiracy theory has been debunked by numerous fact check organizations over the years but it still lives on. In this instance this “fake news” ugly tale is being resurrected by the republican President Donald Trump in a tweet in reference to today’s terrorist attack in Barcelona, Spain.

Image result for images of general pershingNo, U.S. General John J. Pershing did not effectively discourage Muslim terrorists in the Philippines by killing them burying and their bodies along with those of pigs. The opposite is true. He did everything possible to avoid casualties among those of the Muslim faith.

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The above example of “fake News” is what has seen around the world. ..
Updated on April 28, 2016 from a 2001 post, David Mikkelson of Snopes.com penned the following fact check report, “Pershing The Thought.”

CLAIM

U.S. General John J. Pershing effectively discouraged Muslim terrorists in the Philippines by killing them and burying their bodies…

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