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Callista Gingrich phoned me yesterday via a voice-recording begging me to help her bring an important message from God to the American people.

According to Wikipedia, Callista Louise Gingrich (née Bisek, born March 4, 1966) is the President of Gingrich Productions, a production company based in Washington, D.C. She is married to former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.

Callista Gingrich

 Gingrich and her husband host and produce historical and public policy documentaries, editorials and advocacy films. Recent films include A City Upon a Hill; America at Risk; Nine Days that Changed the World; Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny; Rediscovering God in America; Rediscovering God in America II: Our Heritage and We Have the Power.

Gingrich is the voice for several of her husband's audio books, including To Save America; Valley Forge; 5 Principles for a Successful Life; Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less; The Art of Transformation; Real Change; Contract with the Earth; and Rediscovering God in America.

Also according to Wikipedia, Callista Bisek met Newt Gingrich in 1993 when he was House Minority Whip and she was working in the office of Congressman Gunderson. Callista testified in 1999 as part of Gingrich's divorce proceedings that the couple began a six-year affair in 1993 while Newt was married to his second wife, Marianne. Newt divorced Marianne in December 1999, and on August 18, 2000, Callista and Newt were married in a private ceremony in Alexandria, Virginia.[4] In 2002, Newt Gingrich asked the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta to annul his 19-year marriage to Marianne on the basis that she had been previously married. Callista, a lifelong Catholic, was instrumental in her husband's conversion to that faith in 2009.

This woman is asking me to send money.

So she can do God's work.

Imagine that.

Gives additional impetus to ROTFLMAO.

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WORD FOR TODAY

maar [mahr]
noun
volcanic crater without a cone, usually filled by a lake.

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Born On This Date In History


Robin Williams

 Born July 21, 1951
Age: 60 years old.

Robin McLaurin Williams is an American actor and comedian. Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork & Mindy, and later stand-up comedy work, Williams has performed in many feature films since 1980. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting. He has also won two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globes, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and five Grammy Awards.

Don Knotts

Born July 21, 1924
Died Feb 24, 2006.

Jesse Donald "Don" Knotts was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, a role which earned him five Emmy Awards. He also played landlord Ralph Furley on the 1970s and 1980s television sitcom Three's Company.

   
Ernest Hemingway

 Birthday: July 21, 1899
Death Date: Jul 2, 1961

Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He published seven novels, six short story collections and two non-fiction works. Three novels, four collections of short stories and three non-fiction works were published posthumously. Many of these are considered classics of American literature.

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All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened.
--Ernest Hemingway