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Urban News: Russians, Donald Trump and the Memo
ecthompsonmd June 5, 2018

I wrote this in February 2018 for the Asheville monthly newspaper – The Urban News.  Does anything smell fishy to you? Since when have we become good buddies with Russia? Last time I checked, the Cold War was over. Yet, we had this uneasy peace with the Russians. There were high hopes in the 80s and 90s, once the Soviet Union fell, that we would become closer allies but that never really materialized. Suddenly, out of nowhere, there is Donald Trump. During the 2016 election, Trump began praising Russia. Let me say this again. Donald Trump, GOP candidate, continually had nice

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Muslim Violence in the Middle East Results in Tragedy
ecthompsonmd September 12, 2012

The US ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, was killed when the American Embassy was overrun in Benghazi. Several other embassy staffers were killed. Ambassador Stevens is the first US ambassador killed in the line of duty since 1979. There are lots of things in this world that I don’t understand. Senseless violence (or any violence for that matter) in the name of religion is sad, ironic and goes against the Judeo – Christian – Islamic heritage. The God that I worship, as a Christian, is about love, kindness and understanding. The God that I worship is supposed to be the

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Robert Byrd dies at age 92
ecthompsonmd June 28, 2010

Senator Robert Byrd is dead at age 92. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy From WaPo: Robert C. Byrd, 92, a conservative West Virginia Democrat who became the longest-serving member of Congress in history and used his masterful knowledge of the institution to shape the federal budget, protect the procedural rules of the Senate and, above all else, tend to the interests of his state, died at 3 a.m. Monday at Inova Fairfax Hospital, his office said. Mr. Byrd had been hospitalized last week with what was thought to be heat exhaustion, but more serious

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