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  • Classic Autos and Music Machines

    The Stahls Automotive Foundation
    The Stahls Automotive Foundation

    Yes, they do go together at the Stahls Automotive Foundation’s Museum in Chesterfield, Michigan.

    The museum has very limited hours, so be sure to call before had.  Michigan is loaded with fun things to do and visit even for the local residents.  We’ve heard folks say, “This is in my backyard?”  Yup, make sure you discover these wonderful assets.

    The Stahls Automotive Foundation was created to build an appreciation for history. Their mission is to educate, motivate and inspire young people with a passion and appreciation for vintage vehicles and help them to understand their contribution to the development of the car industry as well as their impact on society, history and everyday life.

    A visit to the Stahls Automotive Foundation will take you back to a time in history when cars were more than just a way to take us from point A to point B. Gain a better understanding of how the automobile developed from a novelty to a main form of transportation. In addition to the beautiful cars, enjoy the collection of gas pumps, road signs, oil cans and other car-related accessories from the Depression era.


  • Electronic Giving for Religious Organizations

    Religious organizations have several options for electronic giving.  Among them are:

    Tithely – Tithe.ly helps you increase giving and engagement with tools built for churches and ministries.

    Vanco – Providing payment solutions and education administrative tools for over 20 years.

    eOffering – myEoffering provides a complete turnkey electronic solution for collecting offerings that is easy, efficient and cost effective. In addition to increasing donations, the deposit preparation time and bookkeeping burden on your Church is reduced and the collection process efficiency is improved.

  • Racist Under the Trump Administration

    Dividing the Country During the Trump Administration

    Video provides evidence of Trump’s America.

    Racist incidents have exploded across the US, and the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) has seen a rise in hate crime, with nearly 60 per cent being racially motivated, and African-Americans being the most targeted group. The report concludes that under Donald Trump, “anti-black, antisemitic, anti-gay and anti-Latino were the most common type of hate crimes”. [1]

    Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism, California State University, San Bernardino - PDF
    Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism, California State University, San Bernardino [3] – PDF

    References:

    1. The Indy Independent, November 26, 2018, Narjas Zatat – Racist woman filmed in US saying she wants ‘the whole freaking nation to be white’
    2. NAACP, June 29, 2018 – NAACP Sees Continued Rise In Hate Crimes, Legacy of Trump’s Racism
    3. California State University, May 2018 (PDF) – Report to the Nation: Hate Crimes Rise in U.S. Cities and Counties in Time of Division & Foreign Interference – Compilation of Official Data (38 Jurisdictions)




  • GM Announces Major Cuts Under Trump Administration

    Economy Crisis Under Trump

    General Motors announced Monday a major restructuring of its global business, shutting production at five facilities in North America and slashing its staff. GM said it will reduce its salaried workforce by 15%, including a quarter of the company’s executives.

    References:

    1. CNN, November 26, 2018, David Goldman – GM is reinventing itself. It’s cutting 15% of its salaried workers and shutting 5 plants in North America

  • Is George Orwell’s Prophecy Coming True With Trump

    George Orwell
    George Orwell

    In light of Trumps praise of dictators and autocrats, the words of George Orwell seem to be coming true.

    The phrase “…make lies sound truthful and murder respectable…” sounds like it could have come directly from Trump’s mouth.

    Below is the last paragraph of an opinion from George Orwell which seems to ring true with the current administration.

    I have not here been considering the literary use of language, but merely language as an instrument for expressing and not for concealing or preventing thought. Stuart Chase and others have come near to claiming that all abstract words are meaningless, and have used this as a pretext for advocating a kind of political quietism. Since you don’t know what Fascism is, how can you struggle against Fascism? One need not swallow such absurdities as this, but one ought to recognise that the present political chaos is connected with the decay of language, and that one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end. If you simplify your English, you are freed from the worst follies of orthodoxy. You cannot speak any of the necessary dialects, and when you make a stupid remark its stupidity will be obvious, even to yourself. Political language — and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists — is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. One cannot change this all in a moment, but one can at least change one’s own habits, and from time to time one can even, if one jeers loudly enough, send some worn-out and useless phrase — some jackboot, Achilles’ heel, hotbed, melting pot, acid test, veritable inferno, or other lump of verbal refuse — into the dustbin where it belongs. [1]

    References:

    1. George Orwell: ‘Politics and the English Language’ – First published: Horizon. — GB, London. — April 1946.
    2. Wikipedia – Politics and the English Language