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I'm a 60 something wife, mom and grandmom who is homebound/disabled by severe hypersensitivity to chemicals. I fill my days with learning, loving and art. My favorite values are truth, generosity and gratitude.

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BLUE BLOODS: It’s our favorite show – Donnie Wahlberg who plays Danny tweeted, “I found out that my TV Dad #TomSelleck has generously accepted the #2020TipChallenge at Elios Upper East Side! Love ya dad. I didn’t start it but I’m proud to be part of it. To those who gave even the smallest extra amount this year — THANK YOU.”

COVID-19: The Daily Mail reported, “Hospitals in Southern California are so overrun by COVID-19 cases that doctors are running low on supplies of oxygen, infected patients are forced to wait eight hours in ambulances before they can enter an emergency room, and intensive care units are fully booked with no more beds available.“

Under Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom, California has imposed the most draconian restrictions on American life since the days of King George III. He has closed churches and destroyed thousands of businesses. And it all failed.

Meanwhile, in places that never closed (like Sweden) or that opened up early (like Florida and Texas), life is mostly back to normal. Don Surber reminds us,

“We fought an American revolution amid a smallpox epidemic that killed one-third of those infected. The story of Valley Forge was the American army holing up for the winter to acquire herd immunity. There were no alternatives.

“The cost was very high. The death toll was enormous. Indeed, for every soldier killed in battle, 3 died from disease. But they soldiered on.

“This virus kills 1 in 1,000 people infected.

“It is well past time to soldier on, America.”

CLIMATE HUSTLE: Just what we needed right before Christmas … a story about a church that is NOT teaching Scripture.

I recently watched Climate Hustle 1 and 2. If you only want to watch one, I think 2 is better. This infiltration of the churches is discussed in 2.

As a Catholic, I was and am thoroughly dismayed that Pope Francis signed on to it. I heard that, while he was working on his encyclical, so-called “skeptics/deniers” attempted to see him. He refused.

IMO, his refusal to even LISTEN to the opposition eliminated his authority to tell me what’s true and I don’t care how many Cardinals stuck a crown his head.

COMMON SENSE: Dec 23, 2020 video by Rudy Giuliani [37:45] – He talks about the meaning of Christmas to Christians, to the United States, and to the current fight against election fraud.

He also talks about how NONE of the courts have look at any of the evidence of listened to a single witness. They’re just tossing cases on bs procedural grounds.

So far as I can see, corrupt and/or frightened judges have decided that NOBODY has “standing” to object to this election! Not the candidate who was cheated. Not the voters who were cheated. Not the states whose majority in the Senate is at risk.

FAUCI: What a fraud! – Dr. Fauci has been gradually moving the goal post about how many Americans would need to be vaccinated before we achieve herd immunity. First, he said 60-70 percent. Then, he said 70-75 percent. Then, it went up to 75 to 80-plus percent. And most recently, he said it had to be “close to 90 percent.”

Dr. Fauci blithely explained that polling, rather than science, informed his public pronouncements. “When polls said only about half of all Americans would take a vaccine, I was saying herd immunity would take 70 to 75 percent. Then, when newer surveys said 60 percent or more would take it, I thought, ‘I can nudge this up a bit,’ so I went to 80, 85. … We really don’t know what the real number is.”

FLEEING CALIFORNIA: The Daily Wire, the conservative media outlet founded by Ben Shapiro, Jeremy Boreing, and Caleb Robinson, announced plans to move its headquarters from Los Angeles to Nashville.

HOPE: The Catholic Catechism says that Hope is one of the Theological Virtues which “are infused by God into the souls of the faithful to make them capable of acting as his children and of meriting eternal life.”

I believe that God always answers prayer and that while He may say “No” or “Not yet” to prayers for worldly gifts, he always answers “Yes” when asked for an increase in any virtue. Of course, our cooperation in His graces will magnify their action in us, just like practicing and studying magnify the action of the teachers who share their knowledge with us.

ISRAEL: Researchers from Tel Aviv University have proven that it can be killed in half a minute using LED-UV lights emitting a specific range of wavelengths.

Also, an Israeli fabric maker has developed an anti-viral mask coated in zinc oxide nanoparticles that destroy bacteria, fungi and viruses. Testing has shown that the Wuhan coronavirus is neutralized within 30 minutes and that the masks retain their protective properties throughout 55 wash cycles.

Sadly, customer reviews are not over the top, with complaints about mask sizes running small with women needing the men’s size, which means my big-faced hubby couldn’t wear one at all. Also, some complaints about poorly made masks falling apart and metal nose strips poking through.

They are also really expensive. You can order them from https://sonoviatech.com/product/large-sonomask-antiviral-reusable-adjustable-with-nose-wire/ for $45 each or go to Amazon where Sonovia is selling the same thing for $69 to which you can apply a $24 coupon that brings the price down to $45. Such a deal!

If I could get the material for DIY, I’d consider it, because Dearest goes out a lot and I’d prefer he and I didn’t get the plague.

LEFT vs. RIGHT: John Rivers writes, “Look, I’m not a political guy. Republican, Democrat, what’s the difference? On the one hand, you got the Republicans, who are mostly solid family men and loving mothers who work together to provide for their children and on the other hand, you got the Democrats, who are mostly communists and child molesters but, hey, who am I to judge?”

MICHIGAN: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) is pursuing legal sanctions against lawyers who questioned the outcome of the November election.

Nessel, who has defended Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D), said this week she is going to go after the attorneys who filed lawsuits alleging that some people voted illegally and that votes were also manipulated by Dominion Voting Systems.

MILITARY: Previously Navy Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt served as the Lincoln’s executive officer — another first for a woman — from 2016-2019. After leaving the Lincoln, Bauernschmidt served as the commanding officer of the amphibious transport dock USS San Diego, a command she left in October.

“I am incredibly honored and humbled to be selected,” Bauernschmidt said in a statement. “I love leading sailors and I take that responsibility extremely seriously.”

NASHVILLE EXPLOSION: 12/25th presser [10:43] – Dawn on the second holiest day of the year. Authorities believe it was intentional. Pure evil. AND a testament to God’s glory that so far, only three people are known to have been injured. Police have found what they believe to be human remains in the vicinity, so that may change.

Interview with a survivor @ https://rumble.com/vc6sv5-nashville-explosion-the-most-incredible-explosion-ever.html [3:52]

On Saturday, the FBI’s Memphis SAC said, “There are a number of individuals that we’re looking at,” he added. “So, at this point, we’re not prepared to identify any single individual.” For the full 12/26 press briefing, CLICK https://www.theepochtimes.com/live-news-conference-on-investigation-of-nashville-vehicle-explosion_3633219.html.

NEW YORK: I’ve always thought of our congressman, Tom Reed, as one of the good guys. He was one of the first to formally support Trump’s candidacy, but it looks like he has sold out to the corruptocrats.

After siding with the corrupt Democrats on voter fraud, he’s now very upset with TRUMP for “blindsiding the GOP” by not supporting the horrible “covid relief” bill that would send borrowed money we can’t afford to failing blue states and FOREIGN NATIONS! I’m so disgusted.

OPERATION LEGEND: Worth watching [7:43] – Operation Legend, launched in July of this year, deployed agents from various federal agencies to assist local law enforcement in fighting violent crime.

The effort was named for LeGend Taliferro, a four-year-old who was killed by gunfire while sleeping in his bed in Kansas City, Missouri.

The Department of Justice says Operation Legend has resulted in over 6,000 arrests, removing violent criminals, domestic abusers, carjackers and drug traffickers from nine cities which were experiencing stubbornly high crime and took illegal firearms, illegal narcotics and illicit monies off the streets.

Of those 6,000 arrested, 1,500 have been charged with federal offenses, and 500 were charged with homicide.

PORKULUS: I can’t STAND how far in debt we are, but they keep voting for more and more! IMO, if a person is in debt, then any extra money they have belongs to their creditors. Debtors should do their charity by volunteering time and/or giving away stuff they don’t need anymore. But until those debts are cleared, they’ve got no right to donate money to charities, because it isn’t THEIRS. So why are we doing it as a nation?!

SEX EDUCATION: CLICK https://fb.watch/2DHP5grLKz/ [6:04] to see Glenn Beck’s update on Amy, the brave teacher in Oklahoma, who wrote a personal letter to nearly 90 parents of students in her class. She wanted to warn them about upcoming curriculum she felt could be dangerous to the students — lessons that were not about sex education, but about sex indoctrination. It’s inspiring, so don’t skip it!

SUCKY NEWS: I’m thinking it would be better for all of us to spend the time in prayer instead of reading and sharing all the details of how our once great nation is circling the drain.

TEXAS: Notice anything strange about these?

VICTORY: On Wednesday, New York State Supreme Court Judge Paul B. Wojtaszek has ruled that the state’s 25% capacity limit on businesses is unconstitutional. Video [2:04] report @ link below.

Senior Advisor to Governor Cuomo Rich Azzopardi said the lawsuit was based on “crackpot logic.”

GRAMMY NEWS: We did a lot of zooming for Christmas. It was SO fun to watch the grands open up our gifts in real time!

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ABORTION: LONG before there was more than one Christian church, it was defined doctrine that Jesus was fully human and fully divine from the moment of conception. He was like us in all things but sin. Ergo, we are all fully human from the first moment of conception. Abortion is murder.

BIDEN: Joe Biden, who had difficulty having anyone come to any of his events, is reportedly very upset that Twitter is wiping out all of Trump’s followers before turning over the @POTUS (33 million Trump followers) and @WhiteHouse (26 million Trump followers). Many Trump followers said it didn’t much matter, since they planned to unfollow anyway.

COVID-19: The CDC says that, as of Wednesday afternoon, 1,008,025 people in the U.S. have received a COVID-19 vaccination. More than 9.4 million doses have been shipped across the country.

The FDA investigating “about five” severe anaphylactic allergic reactions to the Pfizer vaccine. The reactions may have been triggered by  polyethylene glycol (PEG), a compound in both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., CHD chairman and chief legal counsel, said: “As we told the FDA in September, studies show that one in seven Americans may unknowingly be at risk of experiencing an allergic reaction to PEG.”

“At the very least, everyone should be screened for anti-PEG antibodies before getting the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines,” Kennedy said. “It is unconscionable that instead, the FDA and CDC are encouraging people to go ahead and risk a life-threatening anaphylactic reaction and just assume that someone will be on hand to save them.”

GRAMMY NOTES: Bunny’s viola teacher has been having them pluck and learn the basics. She has been feeling a little lackluster about her lessons lately. Here was her reaction when her teacher told the kids to get out their bows. “YES!!! HALLELUJAH!!!!”

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Blessed Christmas to You and Yours

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/514936477/videos/10157945462566478/ [2:05]

Grab a tissue!

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ARIZONA: On Dec. 15, Arizona Senate President Karen Fann and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Eddie Farnsworth, both Republicans, issued subpoenas to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors seeking ballot tabulation equipment and voting records from county election officials.

In response, the board voted against complying and filed a lawsuit to determine whether it is obligated to produce the materials sought … which begs the question, “What do they have to hide?”

On Dec. 21, Fann and Farnsworth filed a lawsuit asking the Maricopa County Superior Court to enforce the subpoenas.

The senators plan to order a full forensic audit of tabulation devices and other voting equipment in Maricopa County and use the results to determine whether to certify or reject the presidential electors for Joe Biden.

COVID-19: A study involving COVID-19 patients at a hospital in Spain discovered 80% of them were deficient in Vitamin D. There are many studies that show how beneficial vitamin D is for the immune system. Now they need to do zinc.

DEFENSE BILL: President Trump has vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) – Besides NOT depriving social media companies of their Section 230 protection, “the Act fails to include critical national security measures, includes provisions that fail to respect our veterans and our military’s history, and contradicts efforts by my Administration to put America first in our national security and foreign policy actions. It is a ‘gift’ to China and Russia.”

ELECTION FRAUD: CLICK https://tv.gab.com/channel/realdonaldtrump/view/poll-worker-in-georgia-caught-on-5fe29ac9332380aa24e7897a [1:44] to see OAN report.

While it’s absolutely maddening that this woman hasn’t been interrogated, arrested, or charged, it’s also understandable. The Epoch Times article linked below tells how viciously the Leftist Bullies went after one guy who tried to stand up and do the right thing.

There are millions more of us than there are of them! Pray and ask God to show you what you personally can do to stand WITH these people.

GEORGIA: CLICK https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1341559984409227266 [2:18] to see Tucker Carlson reveal police body cam footage showing Raphael Warnock and his ex-wife in a dispute. Warnock is the pro-abortion pastor running for U.S. Senate. He is reportedly a dangerous Marxist who actually celebrated Fidel Castro and welcomed him to his church.

IRAN: If this happened under a President Biden, he would send them pallets of cash.

KAYLEIGH McENANY: CLICK https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1341426508339032066 [:52] to hear Trump’s press secretary explain why she wears a cross at all her briefings.

LOSER: Funny how when it happened on Obama’s watch, Biden blamed Trump.

PARENTAL RIGHTS: Last month, the District of Columbia passed B23-017, a bill that allows children to be vaccinated without the knowledge or consent of their parents. Undermining the family is all part of Satan’s plan.

PORKULUS: President Trump wants larger direct payments to Americans and the removal of “wasteful and unnecessary” foreign aid items.

“Congress found plenty of money for foreign countries, lobbyists and special interests while sending the bare minimum to the American people who need it,” Trump said in the video recorded at the White House. “It wasn’t their fault. It was China’s fault. Not their fault.”

EMAIL President Trump (link below) and tell him to VETO PORKULUS!

These six senators voted again the bill: Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Rick Scott of Florida, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Mike Lee of Utah, Ted Cruz of Texas.

WAIT, WUT? … Voters have proven to be a lot smarter than all the Democrats, Jerknalists, and Left Wing Haters. They told us for years and with great confidence that Donald J. Trump hates immigrants. (Never mind that he’s married to one!)

Given that immigrants have allegedly been reliably blue, one might think this is another sign of just how fraudulent Biden’s “win” is.

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ChiComs, WHO, and Vaccinations

The ChiCom regime has decided that 50 million Chinese citizens MUST be vaccinated with the untested, unapproved, Chinese COVID-19 vaccination.

Remember how the World Health Organization (WHO) totally lied to us about COVID-19 because the Chinese kinda sorta owns them? Well, they’re up to it again.

Before sometime in the distant past … like last week … the WHO’s accurate definition of herd immunity was this: “Herd immunity is the indirect protection from an infectious disease that happens when a population is immune either through vaccination or immunity developed through previous infection. This means that even people who haven’t been infected, or in whom an infection hasn’t triggered an immune response, they are protected because people around them who are immune can act as buffers between them and an infected person.”

Now, WHO defines “herd immunity” to mean the “vast majority of a population are vaccinated.”

Stanford epidemiologist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya says the new definition “provides a nice description of how vaccines can protect people against infections” but “is not actually a definition of herd immunity.“

Yardley Yeadon (see graphic) also took issue with this other statement by the hyperpoliticized, China-owned World Health Organization:

“The vast majority of people in most countries remain susceptible to this virus. Seroprevalence surveys suggest that in most countries, less than 10% of the population have been infected with COVID-19.”

Yeadon called the statement presumes 100% initial susceptibility to the COVID-19 virus, calling it “naively wrong” and “ridiculous because while SARS-CoV-2 is indeed novel, coronaviruses are not.”

He pointed out that there are at least “four, endemic, common-cold inducing coronaviruses … [which] circulate freely in UK and elsewhere.” Those who have been infected by “one or more of these endemic, common-cold producing coronaviruses in the past, have a long-lived and robust [T-cell] immunity, not only to those viruses, but to closely related viruses. SARS-CoV-2 is one such closely-related virus.”

“To not expect such cross-over is … to demonstrate the lack of the requisite understanding” for being effective in mitigating harms due to an epidemic. He also called the 10% number “a gross and amateur underestimate.”

Drawing from the scientific data, Dr. Yeadon stated that previous exposure to common-cold coronaviruses meant that “a significant proportion (30%) of the population went into 2020 armed with T-cells capable of defending them against SARS-CoV-2, even though they had never seen the virus.”

In addition to these 30%, Yeadon criticized the WHO’s conclusion that “less than 10%” of the population has been infected. The number is based on seroprevalence surveys which are inaccurate, because “not every person, infected by a respiratory virus, goes on to produce antibodies” which is what these surveys measure.

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2020: White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said President Donald Trump met with several members of Congress on alleged voter fraud, adding that they are “preparing to fight back against mounting evidence of voter fraud. Stay tuned.” He did not elaborate on who was at the meeting. Trump has not conceded the race and has said that fraud and irregularities cost him the election.

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) says, “The only thing that will get the congressmen and senators to do what is right for our country on this issue of voter fraud and election theft is active participation by American citizens who want honest and accurate elections. Now, can American citizens actively participate? Very simply, they have to call their congressmen and their senators and demand that they support this effort to protect our election system from fraud and illegal conduct.”

I wrote to Rep. Tom Reed, but I’m not going to bother with Senators Schumer and Gillibrand.

ABORTION: I just saw a FB post that asked, “Has anyone ever asked you why you’re pro-life? What did you tell them?” It reminded me of the time I was standing in a foyer waiting for Dearest to fetch the car.

I holding a pro-life magazine and a fellow came up to me, gestured to the magazine, and asked, “Why are you against abortion?”

The thing is … he wasn’t combative or hostile. In fact, I thought he looked kind of anxious, like he really wanted someone to give him a good reason to believe in something his gut was telling him was true.

I knew I had mere moments to talk to this fellow, so I said a very quick prayer for God to give me the exact right words. What came out of my mouth was this. “Bottom line?” He nodded.

“I don’t think it’s civilized to kill people to solve your problems.”

I’m sure that came from God, because I had never even had that thought before. But as soon as I said it, this man’s face went from anxious and worried to relaxed and relieved. It was absolutely amazing. And I have always been so grateful that God let me be that person for him.

BIRX: She lectured us about traveling for Thanksgiving, going so far as to claim that anyone who did travel for the holiday should just expect to catch the virus. Then, she went to one of her vacation homes in Delaware and shared a meal with three generations of her family from different households.

She was inexplicably unprepared for the blow back and whined, “You know, they’ve tried to be supportive, but to drag my family into this, when my daughter hasn’t left that house in 10 months, my parents have been isolated for 10 months, they’ve [be]come deeply depressed, as I’m sure many elderly have as they’ve not been able to see sons, their granddaughters. My parents haven’t seen their surviving son for over a year. These are all very difficult things.”

Oh. My. Word. Did she seriously just tell us how hard it is to be isolated and not see family for months and months and months? Like only her family has suffered, so we should all understand why she ignored her own preachy rules?

If she’d just said, “I was a hypocrite and I’m sorry,” I might’ve been prepared to say, “I forgive you, but don’t do it again.” Now, I’m more on board with “Don’t let the door hit you on the backside.”

CRUMBS: House Speaker Pelosi spent months stalling the pandemic relief bill lest President Trump get any credit for it. Now, she’s calling $600 stimulus payments “significant.” Back in 2018, she called the $1,000 worker bonuses that resulted from Republican tax cuts “pathetic” “insignificant” “crumbs.”

DARKEST DAYS: Democrats can’t bear to give up the pandemic, which has given them an unprecedented amount of power over their constituencies. Rather than celebrate all the progress we’ve made in testing for, treating, and hopefully preventing the disease, they’re busy busy busy tooting their little doomsday horns about a mutation.

ETHICAL VACCINES: I’m disappointed in Newsmax and LifeSiteNews for posting this deceptively worded headline. Thankfully, Catholic Vote came through, putting “where no alternative exists” in the lede.

The real story is that Catholics who feel a moral responsibility to get a vaccination, but do NOT have access to an “ethically irreproachable” vaccine have been given permission to receive a vaccine that was developed and/or tested on a fetal cell line that originated in the 20th century from one of two aborted babies.

This is similar to the instruction we receive about voting in political races where none of the candidates are 100% pro-life. In these situations, we must choose the more “ethically irreproachable” candidate.

The Lozier Institute has tracked the ethical development of all the COVID-19 vaccines and reports on t hem at the link below.

EUROPE: They’ve embraced Satan’s agenda – The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) dismissed the legal challenge of a Christian Pentecostal family in Norway whose children were seized by government officials in 2015 on charges of “Christian radicalization and indoctrination.”

The ECHR dismissed the case “on the basis that the family had not availed themselves of possible domestic remedies for damages” within Norway’s own legal system. But the family sought legal help outside of Norway because the Norwegian system was the cause of the family’s original separation.

It took the Bodnarius seven months of legal battles to be reunited with their children. Fearing that they would again face discriminatory action from the Norwegian government, they moved back to their native Romania, while continuing their legal battle against an increasingly anti-Christian Europe.

FGM: [5:30] – Female genital mutilation is the cutting or removal of these body parts of women for nonmedical purposes. The practice has no health benefits but levies physical and psychological effects. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 510,000 women and girls in the country have had female genital mutilation or are at risk of it.

On Wednesday, the Senate passed the “Stop FGM Act” (aka, “Strengthening the Opposition to Female Genital Mutilation Act of 2020”) that will give federal law enforcement greater tools to prosecute those who perpetrate the act. HR 1600 is now headed to President Donald Trump’s desk. “It shall not be a defense to a prosecution under this section that female genital mutilation is required as a matter of religion, custom, tradition, ritual, or standard practice,” the text of the bill says.

MASKS: A study of coronavirus cases in counties with mask-mandates vs. those without them found no statistically significant difference. In fact, counties with mask-mandates did slightly worse than those that refused to jackboot the citizenry. A comparison of coronavirus cases in states had even worse results.

It makes no sense to me that people who have recovered from the virus or who have received a vaccination are still required to wear masks. Presumably, those two classes I cited are now immune from the disease. Masks are supposed to protect other people from viruses being shed by an infected person who is pre-symptomatic.

NEW YORK: Governor Andrew “Killer” Cuomo’s ridiculous lockdown orders have angered New York City’s restaurateurs to the point that they are organizing to ban him from all NYC establishments for life.

“He can dine at Gracie Mansion if he wants hospitality in Manhattan. He ain’t getting it here!”

PORKULUS: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/whitehousebrief/videos/214455783551263 [12:33] to hear Senator Rand rant about the “deficits don’t matter” porkulus “covid” relief bill … that includes 5,593 pages of passing out “free money” not just to Americans, but to foreign countries.

On Tuesday night, President Trump called for Congress to take the bill back. “It really is a disgrace,” Trump said in a video posted to Twitter. “It’s called the COVID relief bill, but it has almost nothing to do with COVID.”

CLICK https://rumble.com/vc3zhn-president-trump-slams-disgrace-relief-bill-demands-2000-checks.html [4:08] to see Trump’s speech on Rumble. His parting line is awesome!

SAN FRANCISCO: A record number of people (621) died of drug overdoses in San Francisco so far this year. That’s nearly 2 per DAY … and it does not include the 3,000 drug overdose victims who were saved by Narcan.

Meanwhile, this city, which has had some of the worst shut down regulations in the country, has seen a total of 173 deaths from COVID-19.

SLOW JOE: When Fox News’ Peter Doocy asked Biden if he still thinks the allegations against Hunter Biden are Russian disinformation, Biden laughed and said, “Yes, yes, yes. God love you, man. You’re a one horse pony.”

Guy Benson pointed out that his “yes, yes, yes” was a baseless answer to a fully legitimate question. There is zero evidence that the allegations against Hunter Biden are Russian disinformation. Plus, he butchered the expression “one trick pony.”

TIME TO HEAL: Democrats lost seats. What makes them think they’ll drag Trump anywhere?

GRAMMY NOTES: Our Mascots miss the Alaska snow. Where Papa Buzz is stationed now, they get very little of the fun white stuff. So when they did get a bit, they made the most of it. I’m impressed they found enough snow to build a whole snowman! LOL

It was such a special day that Mama Buzz made an ornament for their tree to commemorate it. The nose on the ornament is a battery-powered tea light. The features and buttons etc. on the real snowman are painted wood. They’re from a snowman kit somebody got them years ago.

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2020: I just tried to post this on Facebook and got a fact check warning. The fact check article “debunking” the simple mathematical conclusion in my graphic said that the “66.2% turnout” cited by the Washington Post was “clearly labeled” as a share of the “voting-eligible population”, not of “registered voters.” Then, the fact checker tried to make a mathematical case for why the 66.2% of “the voting-eligible population” was actually equal to 155.5 million.

The flaw in the totally non-partisan Facebook don’tyoudaretalkaboutvoterfraud Fact Check is that “registered voters” and “voting-eligible population” are the same thing. The only people who can legally vote in U.S. elections are U.S. citizens who have met their state residency requirements, have turned 18 before Election Day, and have registered to vote.

ABORTION: [3:02] – The video was included as a funny addendum to the article at Townhall about Vice’s rant condemning pro-lifers using ultrasound images and pictures of aborted babies to de-legitimize abortion. Vice is such an appropriate name.

BABY JESUS: After hearing God call him, a man in Brazil started adopting disabled children, many of them survivors of botched abortions. He has made a home for them in a place he calls Comunidade Jesús Menino (Community of Baby Jesus). Watch the 4:37 video at either the Rumble or LifeSiteNews links. If you want to help, donate at the Life Funder link.

CATHOLIC: Pope Francis has appointed Washington, DC Archbishop Gregory to the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life. Gregory excoriated the administrators of the John Paul II National Shrine for “allowing” Trump to visit and pray. He has backed abortion legislation and says he would not hesitate to give Joe Biden Holy Communion. He has even claimed that “birth is only the first moment of a person’s human dignity,” despite the clear teaching from the ancient church that Jesus Himself was fully human and fully divine from the moment of conception.

CHRISTIE: On Sunday, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie appeared on “The Situation Room” with Wolf Blitzer on CNN and proceeded to be very blunt with President Trump concerning Michael Flynn and Sidney Powell. He told Trump to keep them out of the Oval Office. Christie has been making the media rounds lately doing a mea culpa on not wearing a mask when he said he should have. He has also been attacking the president at every turn over the election.

COVID-19: How much longer will Democrat Jackboots will continue to cancel holidays, destroy small businesses, and arrest people for not wearing masks? We’ve now got half a dozen effective treatments for a disease that is about 99% survivable, we’ve got a quick-results, at-home test for the virus, we’ve got millions of people who have recovered from the disease who are now immune, and now we’re vaccinating millions more.

Gen. Gustave Perna, chief operations officer for Operation Warp Speed, says the United States has distributed nearly 3 million doses of the new COVID-19 vaccine, and more are on their way to states across the country. “What a remarkable feat, and we should all be proud of what has happened.”

HATERS WILL HATE: George Takei’s vicious opinions have made it nearly impossible for me to enjoy Star Trek reruns.

ORWELLIAN: The Brits have launched a “re-education program” that encourages people to report concerns that loved ones are “developing extremist views” — which it fails to define — and “being filled with hate.”

The website gives a few real-life examples of people who have been “helped” by the Prevent program. Three of the stories describe “intervention” for people with vaguely defined “extreme right-wing” views, and three stories describe “extremist” Muslim views.

Conspicuously absent from the list are examples of people with “extremist left-wing” views.

PATRIOT: Early this month, the sound system glitched before a high school basketball game in Ohio. The announcer told everyone to stand for the national anthem, but when no music played for some minutes, a mom in the bleachers urged her hubby to sing. And he did so with no musical backup or a microphone.

Another parent posted the video to his Facebook, where it has received brought people to tears. He captured the performance on video and posted it to Facebook, where it has received around 1 million views. He said it brought people to tears.

I know I need a tissue! That was not just brave and patriotic, but wow … it’s such a hard song for any vocalist, never mind without accompaniment! He did a great job!!

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/john.futhey/videos/3463689293667608 or go to the WBRC link below to see the video.

RACISM: The New York Slime is obsessed with hating white people. A recent article cited three different “experts” who all cited RACE as their prime criteria for deciding who should get priority in the COVID vaccine waiting lists.

I assumed the vaccines would go first to the elderly, health care workers, and the military, then to older workers in jobs with a lot of public contact, particularly transportation and education.

Silly, silly me. CLEARLY, the important criteria is the color of a person’s skin! What was I thinking! Also top priority apparently are members of Congress, regardless of how NOT in any high risk group they are.

STATISTICS: More science the Democrats don’t care about – A data analyst with 30 years of experience studied the election results and found that Biden’s vote totals fell 5.6% above the prediction line in 78 percent of counties that used Dominion or HART InterCivic voting machines. This held true in both Republican and Democrat counties.

GRAMMY NOTES: Lil’ Buzz was asked to write steps for how he would trap gingerbread people. He was apparently inspired by a recent trip to a farm. 🙂

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In Tonight’s Sky

Tonight, Jupiter and Saturn will come within 0.1 degrees of each other. That’s just 1/5 of a full moon diameter. They’ll appear to be one giant star that some are calling a Christmas Star.

It’s not. For one thing, the conjunction will be gone from the night sky before Christmas. And for another, the symbolism is all wrong.

What the Magi saw was a conjunction of the planet Venus (Virgin, Mother) with the planet Jupiter (King, Father) in connection with the constellation Leo (Lion) whose brightest star is Regulus (Little King).

In tonight’s sky, the planet Jupiter (King, Father) will align with the planet Saturn (War, Time, Harvest, the god who dethroned his father) in connection with the constellations Capricorn (Horned Goat, Devil), Sagittarius (Archer, First Horseman of the Apocalypse), and Scorpius (Scorpion, Demon Abaddon).

Obviously, it is forbidden for Christians to look to the stars and astrology to make life decisions. We’re supposed to pray and trust in the Lord with our lives.

But the Bible says, “The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork” (Ps. 19:1). It is clear that God proclaimed the birth of His only Son in the skies. Perhaps tonight, he is sending us a sign that the final battle is near.

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I never knew the backstory behind this poem. It makes the hymn so much more meaningful!

A-HOLES: [31:28] – Every year since 1984, the good folks who live in a West Allis, Wisconsin, neighborhood they dub “Candy Cane Lane” decorate their homes bigly and encourage visitors to make a small donation as they drive through the festively enhanced neighborhood. All of the money raised goes to support research, treatment, and the eventual discovery of a cure for childhood cancers and related blood diseases.

This year, BLMers staged a loud march through the event. The group claims, “In our video it clearly shows demonstrators walking down the center of the streets to not impede any of the vehicles.” No, actually, the video shows them hogging an entire lane, which means they blocked traffic in that direction. Police received calls about the noise and traffic congestion, but did not arrest or cite anyone, because they saw no evidence of violence or vandalism.

One man shared a post from a friend that read, “So my son and I were playing in the living room and we heard very loud music and people chanting from the outside. We open up the front door to see what all the commotion was about. It was a ‘Black Lives Matter’ march going up and down my block and through candy cane lane. These people saw my ‘Back the Badge’ sign and ‘Trump 2020’ sign and began to shout at us. They began to give us the middle finger and shouted, ‘F-CK YOU F-CK THE POLICE F-CK TRUMP!’ Uhm really? I am holding my ONE year old son in my arms. Glad to see how ‘peaceful’ and ‘respectful’ these people and protests really are lol. What a bunch of pieces of sh-t.”

BAD POPES: [50:33] – When I was an RCIA teacher, one of our candidates told us he had “read” himself into the Catholic faith. In his ten years of reading, he said one of the most compelling arguments he came across that Catholic doctrine is true and protected by God Himself were the bad popes. We were astonished, but he made a great point. Even at their worst, none of them changed doctrine to make their behaviors okay.

BLESSINGS: How do people get through more than a decade of public school without learning how incredibly wealthy we are?

We are low-middle income and I’m disabled, yet we own our own home with a yard and a car, enjoy year-round climate control, indoor plumbing delivering clean water, light at any time of the day or night, and plenty of good quality clothing and foot wear. Millions of people around the world, especially in third world and communist countries can not say the same.

But we ALSO have college educations, our own small business, multiple computers, phones, a vast array of tools for our DIY projects, a DVD player/monitor and hundreds of books for entertainment and enlightenment, and a church where we are free to worship without fear. How many people can claim as much?

But we ALSO have reliable street-side trash pick up, daily mail delivery, police a few minutes away, a doctor, a chiropractor, a dentist, an auto mechanic, a computer guy, and a cleaning gal who all take great care of us. My kids served in the Middle East and helped people who had none of that.

But we ALSO have grocery stores packed with nutritious and delicious fresh and frozen food, easy access to goods of every description in stores or via mail order, and nearby restaurants and carry out for special days. Our dog eats better than many people’s children!

But we ALSO have healthy kids and grandkids who drive or fly to see us when they can and call and zoom when they can’t. I often think of my ancestors who left their homes and maybe were able to write or get a letter once in a blue moon.

Yes, I am disabled and in constant pain and my husband works hard. But our lives are so full of joy and blessings that there isn’t time in the world to begin to tell you all of it!

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WATCH THIS! CLICK https://fb.watch/2u2alJDzUy/ to hear an important message about how we Christians should be dealing with the election [15:59] – “It’s not about the election. It’s about faith. … Get your eyes back on me.”

2020: [1:37] – Missouri Senator Josh Hawley sounded off in Congress saying, “74 MILLION AMERICANS are not going to shut up.”

2020: [:19] – With NeverTrumper John Roberts as Chief Justice, I’m not getting my hopes up that SCOTUS will do a damn thing. Stopping the Steal is shaping up to be a true David vs. Goliath battle. If Trump gets a second term, it’s going to be totally because GOD willed it! To HIM be the glory!

CALIFORNIA: A citizen movement of California residents are busily collecting signatures demanding for a recall vote on Gov. Gavin Newsom. They need 1.5 million signatures by March in order to put the issue on the ballot. They’ve got 820,000 so far.

Also, a judge in southern California issued a ruling allowing San Diego restaurants to reopen in violation of Newsom’s stay-at-home order.

CENSUS: SCOTUS ruled 6-3 that the federal census can eliminate illegal aliens. Democrats want them included, because congressional seats and Electoral College votes are based on them.

Reminds of how Republicans once decided to count slaves as three-fifths of a person. Democrats, who treated their slaves as property, wanted them counted as full citizens in the census.

COVID-19: [1:58] – Twitter and Instagram removed a viral video exposing United Airlines’ evicting a family whose two-year-old child refused to wear a mask.

United declined to give the family back their baggage, though a flight attendant did go retrieve their child car seat for them. I’m guessing she has kids herself and knows how difficult it is to travel without a car seat.

I can’t see a single reason for this to ever occur again. Masks are supposed to keep pre-symptomatic infectious people from spreading the virus.

But now that the quick results, at-home COVID-19 test kits exist, people like this could be tested on the spot. If negative, then they could be allowed to fly mask-less.

GEORGIA: On Dec. 17, Secretary of State Raffensperger announced that his office will partner with the University of Georgia to analyze a random sampling of signatures from each county’s November mail-in ballots. The audit is expected to take 2 weeks.

Bridget Thorne and Susan Voyles have spoken to news outlets and state legislators about having seen abnormal activity while performing their duties as poll workers in Fulton County. They have both been notified that their contracts with the Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections have not been renewed.

In November, Georgia’s Elections Division Director sent out a memo to county election officials claiming that Dominion Voting Systems software and software updates were not to be provided in response to Open Records Requests. These machines essentially determine who won an election, but voters aren’t allowed to see what’s going on inside them?

HATERS: Another powerful law enforcement officer whose hatred for Donald Trump supersedes his oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

HOT DOGS: “People tell me they’re afraid to get the vaccine because they don’t know what’s in it. I ask them: do you eat hot dogs? Because you don’t know what’s in them, either.” — Sen. John Kennedy, R-LA.

Somebody called this the “Quote of the Week”, but I think it’s the “Dumb Analogy of the Week.”

And, in fact, I do NOT eat hot dogs … because of what’s in them. While I am not a rabid anti-vaxxer, I am extremely cautious about them ever since one of my babies suffered a vaccine-related injury.

HUNTER: Ponder this for a minute – In October, Joe Biden called his son Hunter Biden “the smartest guy I know.”

MICHIGAN: On Nov. 3, Antrim County officials reported that Biden got 3,000 more votes than Trump. Two days later, they said Trump won by about 2,500 votes. On Nov. 21, they changed it again, this time certifying that Trump won by nearly 4,000 votes.

Officials have blamed the goofy results on human error. Ha, ha, ha.

Allied Security Operations Group conducted an audit of the county’s Dominion machines and found, surprise! (not) that the system had been set to intentionally reject an enormous number of “ballot errors” to the adjudicator. Remember that video where they showed us how easy it is for an adjudicator to change votes?

“Based on our study, we conclude that The Dominion Voting System should not be used in Michigan. We further conclude that the results of Antrim County should not have been certified,” Russell Ramsland Jr., co-founder of Allied Security Operations Group

This week, the results of a hand recount confirmed the third recount’s results. Trump won 9,759 to 5,959.

OREGON: Collegiate fascists in training are DEMANDING that the College Republicans group be removed from campus because they … wait for it … attended a “Stop the Steal” rally.

ZUCKERBERG: On Wednesday, the Amistad Project of the Thomas More Society released its report on the $419.5 million that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, gave to non-profit organizations during the 2020 election cycle.

“The 2020 presidential election witnessed an unprecedented and coordinated public-private partnership to improperly influence the 2020 presidential election on behalf of one particular candidate and party. Funded by hundreds of millions of dollars from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and other high-tech interests, activist organizations created a two-tiered election system that treated voters differently depending on whether they lived in Democrat or Republican strongholds.” – Executive summary

Priscilla Chan’s parents are ethnic Chinese who fled Vietnam in a refugee ship. She is fluent in Cantonese.

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/AlbertoRigoniMusic/videos/827291174703043 [3:32] to hear a wonderful rendition of “One Day At A Time” sung by a woman who has many, many days under her belt.

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