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| Barrel Room at Big Cork Rohersville, MD December 29, 2024 |
2. Family NFL Report. Family teams went 4-2 during the week long football extravaganza. Ravens took sole possession of the AFC North Division, and the Commanders clinched a playoff spot.
Cowboys (7-9) failed to show against Eagles (13-3), 7-41
Commanders, (11-5) overcame Falcons (8-8), 36-33
Ravens (11-5) trounced Texans (9-7), 31-2
Steelers (10-6) were pummeled by Chiefs (15-1) 10-29
Dolphins (8-8) drowned Browns (3-13), 20-3
3. Yesterday, Chris and I visited our favorite Maryland Winery for the last time during 2024. We were joined by Sue and George and we spent a great afternoon enjoying the wines and reconnecting.
4. The weather moderated yesterday with temperatures reaching into the 60s. It was a relief from the below freezing experience we had been having.
5. Remembering Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of these United States. My how times and presidents were different then.
6. There have been three significant aircraft accidents/crashes during the past week. That seems very strange and concerning.
7. Today in History. On December 30, 1922, in post-revolutionary Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine and the Transcaucasian Federation (divided in 1936 into the Georgian, Azerbaijan and Armenian republics). Also known as the Soviet Union, the new communist state was the successor to the Russian Empire and the first country in the world to be based on Marxist socialism.
During the Russian Revolution of 1917 and subsequent three-year Russian Civil War, the Bolshevik Party under Vladimir Lenin dominated the sovietforces, a coalition of workers’ and soldiers’ committees that called for the establishment of a socialist state in the former Russian Empire. In the USSR, all levels of government were controlled by the Communist Party, and the party’s politburo, with its increasingly powerful general secretary, effectively ruled the country. Soviet industry was owned and managed by the state, and agricultural land was divided into state-run collective farms.
Jimmy Carter dies at 100 - CNN
Passengers report flames as Air Canada flight suffers ‘suspected landing gear issue’ after landing - CNN
Exclusive: The Russian billionaires whose chemical factories fuel Russia's war machine - Reuters
South Korea orders airline safety probe after worst domestic crash kills 179 - Reuters
Syria eyes 'strategic' ties with Ukraine, Kyiv vows more food aid shipments - Reuters
Jayden Daniels does it all in OT thriller, lifts Commanders into playoffs - The Washington Post
Where Is Russia Finding New Soldiers? Wherever It Can - The New York Times
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