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A very special treat for today. She goes by the name Samara Joy, with a voice that is mesmerizing. As one critic put it “it is like they wrapped Sarah Vaughn and Ella all up in one body.” She is only 25 years old.
Youtube turned me on to her “Warm in December” and I had to have more. I have put together a playlist of 5 of her Christmas songs, every one is a gem.
Buy her albums, go see her live. Music this good needs to be supported
though the recent commutations and pardons by Joe Biden are more a down pour but not nearly the deluge when Jimmy Carter granted pre-emptive pardons to hundreds of thousands who had violated the Military Selective Service Act evading the Vietnam War.
Shakespeare in his Merchant of Venice also noted about mercy
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:
‘T is mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown:
Attribution: Russia collapse by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com
BTW according to On This Day
On December 11, 1792 Louis XVI was arrested after an insurrection in August. The monarchy was abolished the following year, a republic was proclaimed and he, along with his unpopular wife Marie Antoinette, were executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793.
What do these two things have in common as lessons for our current wannabe king?
