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FROM MARY CATELLI:  Curses And Wonders.

A collection of tales of wonder and magic.

A prince sets out to win his way to the dragon’s lair.

A woman fights a curse on her lands.

A man returns to his castle, bringing a magical sword, and worse things.

And more tales.

Includes “Dragon Slayer”, “The Book of Bone”, “Mermaids’ Song”, “Witch-Prince Ways”, “Sword and Shadow”, “Eyes of the Sorceress”, “Fever and Snow” — and “The Emperor’s Clothes”, which is not sold separately.

AWKWAAAARD:  Alleged JD Vance home vandal is son of wealthy doctor, Dem donor — who recently changed name to Julia.

HE WAS DISAPPEARED INTO THE SOVIET GULAGS:  Wallenberg, a hero without a grave.

ONCE MORE: Turning off the fire alarm doesn’t stop fires.  Globalize the Intifada: Zohran Mamdani Cuts NYPD Out of Mayoral Briefings Put in Place After 9/11.

FRANKLY MARGARET, I DON’T CARE:  This CBS News Host Got Taken to the Cleaners by Rubio on Sunday. Want to Guess Who?

POLITENESS WOULD HAVE BEEN WASTED ON THE FORMER CLINTON CONSIGLIERE:  Did Marco Rubio Politely Tell ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos He Was Being a Moron?

ABOUT TIME:   Trump Sends A Clear Message: The Western Hemisphere Is Ours. 

DEMOCRATS THINK TRUMP BREATHING IS AN IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE:  Democrats Claim Trump Capturing Maduro is an ‘Impeachable Offense’.

COMMUNISTS ARE THE WORST THING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT:  China’s Fishing Fleet Continues to Gut Fish Stocks, International Laws.

LAW DEPENDS ON FORCE TO MEAN ANYTHING:  International law is more like International “law”.

ALL POINTS WORTH PONDERING:  Venezuela in the news.

PLAYING DOMINOES:  Venezuela & RICO.

PERHAPS NOT. BUT IT HAS A CHANCE:  Is Venezuela free at last?

THIS NEEDS TO BE STOPPED:  Manufacturing American Citizens: Inside China’s Surrogacy Pipeline to Citizenship.  Alarm over reports of Chinese oligarchs having hundreds of American children via surrogates is coloring the increasingly fraught debate.

SURE, BUT NOT BECAUSE AMERICA WANTS TO STEAL OIL:  Yes, it is (partly) about the Oil. or once the lefties are correct, but accidentally so.

More because with travel making the world more interconnected, it’s important to control the flow of energy to bad actors.

ON SUNDAYS I DO A PROMO POST FOR (MOSTLY) INDIE AUTHORS:  Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

Quite a good crop today, and also a vignette challenge.

OKAY, FINE, BUT SOME OF US ARE DEAF (INCREASINGLY SO) AND HAVE NO IDEA HOW LOUD WE ARE:  Noise Pollution. A Rant about Some People’s Children.

EVERY YEAR OUGHT BE THIS BUT RARELY IS:  Let this be the year of free speech and right thinking.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KNOWING WHEREOF YOU SPEAK AND HEADS FULL OF MUSH:   Venezuelan Reporter Had a Brutal Message for the Libs Trying to Blame Trump for the Maduro Raid.

WHILE JOINING VIA SECURE VIDEO CONNECTION, A (PERHAPS EXCESS )OF CAUTION PREVENTED HIS PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN THE SAME SITE AS THE PRESIDENT :  There’s a Reason Why JD Vance Wasn’t at Mar-a-Lago During Venezuela Raid.

INDEED, THERE IS MY SHOCKED FACE:  Of Course They Have.

CELEBRATING ENGLISHNESS WOULD GIVE THE WORKING CLASS IDEAS ABOVE THEIR STATION:  London’s 2026 show celebrates everything but Englishness.

SOCIALISM IS ALWAYS SUICIDE:  “Venezuela’s Suicide” — Democrat whipsaw from one policy priority to the next: In 2018, Leftists Decried “A Failed State” Under Chavez and Maduro.

THIS IS ERIK SVANE’S WORLD.  WE JUST LIVE IN IT:   Once Again: Thanks, President Trump, for an Astounding Birthday Gift (This’ll Be the Second Time…)