BORDER: Democrat mayors from sanctuary cities have demanded $5 billion in federal taxpayer dollars to help them cope with the dramatic influx of illegal immigrants. After NYC Mayor Adams barred buses from delivering illegals to NYC bus terminals, southern states sending illegals to his proud sanctuary city dropped them off at various train stations in New Jersey instead.
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/buses-unload-illegal-immigrant-at-new-jersey-train-station-exploiting-loophole-5556321
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/mayors-from-sanctuary-cities-demand-5-billion-in-taxpayer-funds-to-help-with-illegal-immigration-crisis-5521871
HARVARD: A few weeks ago, Harvard President Prof. Claudine Gay was credibly accused of plagiarism. Now, she is resigning.
MODERNA: During nine inspection tours of a Moderna manufacturing facility, DHHS investigators found multiple safety and sanitation failures, including equipment that was not being cleaned properly, air handling equipment that was not being maintained or monitored properly, and thousands of expired materials stored in the warehouse. The full report is posted at the document cloud link below. The plant manufactures a component of the COVID vaxxxine.
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/fda-identified-problems-at-moderna-plant-making-substance-for-covid-vaccine-document-5555884
- https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24250227-fda-form-483-for-moderna-plant
VAXXX: On December 21, 2023, a study entitled “Adverse Events Following SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccination in Adolescents” was pre-print published for peer review at medRxiv (link below). In it, Norwegian researchers reported on their examination of adverse reactions in the health records for 496,432 adolescents (12-19 yo) who had gotten the ‘rona jabs. They found that these kids suffered higher rates of anaphylaxis, lymphadenopathy, myocarditis, pericarditis, and acute appendicitis than unjabbed kids. The researchers admit that SARS-CoV-2 infection is milder in adolescents, but warned that some kids might get a bad case. This study did not list a source of funding, but several of the authors have done other work for Novo Nordisk and AstraZeneca.
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/covid-19-vaccines-linked-to-increased-risk-of-swollen-lymph-nodes-in-children-study-5555737
- https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.12.13.23299926v1.full.pdf
GRAMMY NOTES: This one is true for me, but oddly enough, not for my kids who were born with food allergies. We followed a 4-Day Rotary Diversified Diet. Breakfasts were (Day 1) cashew butter on rice cakes; (Day 2) almond butter on Wasa rye crackers; (Day 3) puffed millet in orange juice; (Day 4) whole wheat toast with butter.
SHORTS:
CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e_BZJZlf2GU for some “It’s a Wonderful Life!” trivia.
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There’s some intriguing stories behind “It’s a Wonderful Life!” One of my favorites is the scene where George (Jimmy Stewart) has just pointed Uncle Billy offscreen to the left, where besotted Billy is heard singing “My wild Irish rose.” Suddenly there’s a clattering crash. We hear Billy say, “I’m all right! I’m allll right.” (A line we use a lot.) George gives a wry smile and walks back toward the house.
Funny thing is, the crash – which sounds like Billy stumbled into some trash cans – was actually a workman on the set accidentally dropping a box of tools. Billy’s (Thomas Mitchell) “all right” line was ad-libbed, as was George’s smile, Stewart staying in-character.
The workman expected to be fired for spoiling the scene, but Capra gave him $10 because it worked out so well.
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I had heard most of that, but not the bonu$. Nice! IAWL is near and dear to our family. The author of the original short story used to drive through our little village and regularly saw “George Bailey Insurance” on a building near the main intersection. He liked the name so much, he used it for his protagonist.
Our high school drama club did a production of the play. Our very own Army Princess played Mary Bailey. :)<3
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