1. It is now the second Monday of January and of 2020. I have no idea how many times I have inadvertently written 2019 instead of 2020--but I am sure it is quite a few.
2. It was a disappointing football weekend with the Ravens losing. I am defaulting to cheer on my childhood favorite football team the Kansas City Chiefs--who won a very exciting game this weekend, for the remainder of the playoffs and Super Bowl.
3. We hosted friends this weekend and thoroughly enjoyed the company and excitement that two small children can add to a house.
4. How could one not appreciate two 70 degree days in a row in January AND on a weekend? Wow! It was a great foretaste of the Springtime yearning to start.
6. It should be a quieter news week this week than last--let's hope so.
7. Today in History. On January 13, 1128, Pope Honorius II grants a papal sanction to the military order known as the Knights Templar, declaring it to be an army of God. Led by the Frenchman Hughes de Payens, the Knights Templar organization was founded in 1118. Its self-imposed mission was to protect Christian pilgrims on their way to and from the Holy Land during the Crusades, the series of military expeditions aimed at defeating Muslims in Palestine. For a while, the Templars had only nine members, mostly due to their rigid rules. In addition to having noble birth, the knights were required to take strict vows of poverty, obedience and chastity. In 1127, new promotional efforts convinced many more noblemen to join the order, gradually increasing its size and influence.
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Iran Cracks Down as Protests Over Downing of Airliner Grow - The New York Times
Defense Secretary Says He Didn’t See Specific Evidence of Plans for Embassy Attacks- The New York Times
'Our enemy is here': Iran protesters demand that leaders quit after plane downed - Reuters
White House says U.S. has asked North Korea to resume talks: Axios - Reuters
Philippine financial markets shut after volcano spews ash over Manila - Reuters
“I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.”
-- Bob Doan, Elkridge, MD
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