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I’m a longtime Beatles fan (though, of course, like most artists, there are some of their songs I don’t find appropriate) so that’s how I knew this. The other thing is that as far as I’ve read, McCartney is an atheist or agnostic, so I’m also assuming that to be another reason why Let It Be isn’t a religious reference.

Mary was the name of Paul McCartney’s mother. She died of cancer when he was 14 and he has said she is the Mary referred to in that song. So yes, I do listen to it.

I’m over 65. Fully vaccinated, got my boosters, flu shot. Out and about quite often, neither my husband or I have had COVID. I was a very sickly child, lots of upper respiratory infections. As an adult, I very rarely get sick. I wore a mask when it was recommended. I think it’s a safe estimate to say that 70 to 75% of the friends in our congregation have had COVID, one of them (unvaccinated) died and several were very sick. In the last few weeks alone,I know about 20 friends who got COVID, some for the second time. There is so much misinformation/conspiracy theories out there anymore, and I take most of it with a grain of salt. It does seem, though, that repeated bouts of COVID can have bad long term consequences. I personally think that the Governing Body wouldn’t have strongly recommended vaccines and masks if they didn’t believe there was sound basis for doing so for most people.

I must be cynical. Her story sounded fake pretty early on.

I read it earlier. Favorable article which goes into detail about what our Russian friends are facing.

I initially thought the protest didn’t seem very violent but have since watched several reports that squashed that idea. The police officer dragged down the steps and ruthlessly beaten with an American flag (not the officer who died after being hit with a fire extinguisher), cries of “Hang Pence!” and the cop screaming for help when he was trapped by that steel door while rioters tried to rip his helmet off were only a FEW of the disgusting acts caught on video. Cops were overwhelmed by the size of the crowd and reportedly, one woman protestor was trampled to death. Pure chaos. Also, social media posts show that rioters were deadly serious (no pun intended) about looking to harm certain ‘targeted’ politicians. A very dark day and fears that worse lies ahead. Bible prophecy about the iron and the clay not mixing makes it all somewhat unsurprising but I can’t say it’s not disturbing.

I'm pretty sure I recognize his voice. I'm ruling out Larry Graham, too.

This is fantastic news! I am so happy for our friends in Eritrea. I hope they are all released soon.

We’ve had this arrangement for several months now.

Thanks to all of you who took part. That was really cool. Makes me wish I’d participated instead of holding back out of shyness. Maybe if there’s a next time...

Loved it!

Incidentally , that article is dated June 2017 (and it does seem quite fair and balanced).

USA Today has been around several decades. It’s definitely legit not some scandal sheet.

Coordinator of the body of elders, I believe.