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by | March 24, 2025 · 1:29 pm

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We pray that one day all people come to faith in Yeshua Messiah. Amen.

FAKE NEWS: Heads up, friends. The entire “Elite Stories” YouTube channel @ https://www.youtube.com/@EliteStoriesYT is FICTION that is presented as serious “news” type reporting of “real” events. It seems to be designed specifically to spread fake news to conservatives, maybe so we’ll mindlessly pass it around and then get called on how “stupid” we are. Or maybe it’s just click bait made by some basement-dweller while noshing on Cheetos and sucking down Red Bull.

JUDGE BOASBERG: U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg is so dirty! – Boasberg is the judge who is trying to stop Trump’s deportation efforts. CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/656603713525344 to hear two reasons why he should have recused himself from this case.

Boasberg, the chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., was appointed to the bench nearly 15 years ago by President Barack Obama. During his tenure on the FISA court, he authorized surveillance of certain members of Trump’s 2016 campaign.

After returning full-time to the federal bench, he declined to recuse himself from the sentencing of former FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith, who had pleaded guilty to doctoring a 2017 email asking to extend FISA permission for the wiretapping of a member of the Trump campaign. Boasberg sentenced him to 12 months of probation and 400 hours of community service.

It will come as no surprise that he clerked for the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals before later joining the Justice Department as a federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C.

JUDGE REYES: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth joined the mounting criticism of federal judges by President Donald Trump on Saturday, mocking the judge who blocked a ban on transgender troops in the U.S. military and suggesting she had exceeded her authority.

NASA: A NASA spokesman said the astronauts who were trapped at the International Space Station since June 2024 have been classified as ‘on official travel orders as federal employees’, which got them a whopping $5 per day extra in their pay packets. CLICK https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1903117558498066781 [1:27] to hear Trump promise that, if NASA won’t give appropriate compensation, he’ll pay them out of his own pocket.

PSA: Spring is here.

RIP: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1512660549707940 to hear Foreman’s testimony.

Also, prayers for Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress. On Sunday, she lost her battle against brain cancer. She was 49.

TESLA: Musk is alleged to be the richest man on the planet. He could lose Tesla entirely and not notice it in his lifestyle.

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by | February 24, 2025 · 8:35 am

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The reading he references is Sirach 1:1-10.

AIR: Flying is getting safer. We’re just seeing more media coverage of mishaps. CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EjMeIvE3X_Y to hear a pilot calmly inform his passengers that he just landed them safely after experiencing his first engine failure in over 3 decades of flying. CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zS-KXv07GtU to hear a wonderful flight safety announcement.

BORDER: [16:13] – The Canadian border is an issue too.

DAN BONGINO: This news made my day!!

“Republicans against Trump” tweeted – “BREAKING: Donald Trump just named far-right MAGA podcaster Dan Bongino, a notorious conspiracy theorist who promoted the lie that the 2020 election was ‘stolen,’ to serve as Deputy Director of the FBI. God help us all.”

“GranTorino” responded – “Define far right… And list all the conspiracies that Bongino has reported on that haven’t come true. I’ll wait.”

::gigglesnort::

DOGE: The reason behind the email every federal worker got requiring them to submit a report on what they did during the week. Failure to reply will be considered a resignation. In other news, Musk reportedly has proposed that DOGE have an enforcement arm to be designated “FAFO” (Federal Agency for Financial Oversight). I suspect this may be a prank designed to get liberal heads exploding … kinda like that tweet where Trump called himself “The King.” But who knows for sure? I thought buying Greenland was a prank, yet it seems Trump is 100% serious about that one.

ELON: So glad he won’t get pink slipped for failing to respond to his own email.

UK: Apple has caved to the British government’s request to have access to private user data by removing its highest level security tool from its UK users. This in a nation that is jailing people for silently praying outside of abortion clinics.

GRAMMY’S NOTES: ::mind-boggled::

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WqZBn4bSWuA to learn something else I did not know before.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HORYeGUMmwU and listen to the very end! ROFLLL

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by | January 26, 2025 · 10:41 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We ask you today for this great truth to circle the Earth and enter every heart and mind. Jesus is King! Amen. And again, I say, Amen!

CATHOLIC: Pope Francis said Trump’s deportation plan is a “disgrace.” Lifelong Catholic Tom Homan said the pope should stick to fixing his church’s mess and leave national security to Trump.

“They have a wall around the Vatican. And if you illegally enter the Vatican, the crime is serious. You know, you’ll be charged with a serious crime, be jailed. So he can protect the Vatican where he lives; he can build a wall where he lives, where American people are not allowed that? No. Securing the border saves lives.”

CONFIRMED: The Senate confirmed South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary with a vote of 59–34.

DEI: [1:48] – Senator Kennedy is a treasure!

FAUXTUS: [7:43] – Hypocrites. Absolutely BEST comment about Biden’s pardons: “Was Satan not available? What about the family pets?”

MISSING CHILDREN: Harris Faulkner reported on Fox News that Trump’s people have located between 75,000 and 80,000 of the over 300,000 migrant children the Biden administration misplaced. Biden’s Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, told Congress they didn’t know where the kids are. Trump’s Border Czar, Tom Homan, said they plan to locate and rescue all of these kids as soon as possible.

TARGET: This is welcome news at Casa Hyphen! Target is the only store in our area that accepts empty Soda Stream tanks.

GRAMMY NOTES: Bunny’s AHG troop attended a self-defense workshop. Wow … has she grown!

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by | January 21, 2025 · 1:55 pm

Day One

President Trump signed a flurry of Executive Orders yesterday. Promises made. Promises kept.

Clarifying The Military’s Role In Protecting The Territorial Integrity Of The United States

Declaring A National Emergency At The Southern Border Of The United States

Guaranteeing The States Protection Against Invasion

Protecting The American People Against Invasion

Protecting The Meaning And Value Of American Citizenship

Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program

Securing Our Borders

Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis

Establishing And Implementing The President’s “Department Of Government Efficiency”

Declaring a National Energy Emergency

Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government’s Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects

Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential

Unleashing American Energy

Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing

Flying The Flag Of The United States At Full-Staff On Inauguration Day

Granting Pardons And Commutation Of Sentences For Certain Offenses Relating To The Events At Or Near The United States Capitol On January 6, 2021

Hiring Freeze

Holding Former Government Officials Accountable For Election Interference And Improper Disclosure Of Sensitive Governmental Information

Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions

Memorandum to Resolve the Backlog of Security Clearances for Executive Office of the President Personnel


Organization of the National Security Council and Subcommittees

President Trump Announces Cabinet and Cabinet Level Appointments

President Trump Announces Acting Cabinet and Cabinet-Level Positions

President Trump Announces Sub-Cabinet Appointments

President Trump Designates Chairmen and Acting Chairmen

Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture

Reforming The Federal Hiring Process And Restoring Merit To Government Service

Regulatory Freeze Pending Review

Restoring Accountability for Career Senior Executives

Restoring Accountability To Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce

Return to In-Person Work

America First Policy Directive To The Secretary Of State

America First Trade Policy

Designating Cartels And Other Organizations As Foreign Terrorist Organizations And Specially Designated Global Terrorists

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Global Tax Deal (Global Tax Deal)

Protecting The United States From Foreign Terrorists And Other National Security And Public Safety Threats

Putting America First In International Environmental Agreements

Reevaluating And Realigning United States Foreign Aid

Withdrawing The United States From The World Health Organization

Application Of Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act To TikTok

Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government

Ending The Weaponization Of The Federal Government

Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California

Restoring Freedom Of Speech And Ending Federal Censorship

Restoring The Death Penalty And Protecting Public Safety

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by | January 2, 2025 · 10:55 am

Bits & Bytes

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please grant each of us all the graces we need to grow in virtue and holiness every moment of every day. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

ACCIDENTAL: Three women were killed and about two dozen people were injured at a Honolulu home when a cache of illegal fireworks went off prematurely at a large New Year’s Eve party. At the last count, three are dead and more than two dozen wounded.

BABYLON BEE: [3:47] – Excellent parody.

EXORCIST: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e4iK45q2r4c to hear Msgr. Stephen Rossetti talk about how unbelievably ugly and evil demons are.

LAST VEGAS: It looks like the New Year’s explosion outside Trump Tower may have been a terror attack gone wrong. CLICK https://x.com/Acyn/status/1874610174637547910 [:41] to see why the blast only killed one (the driver) and injured seven.

NEW ORLEANS: [:58] – The death count has risen to 15. The FBI says the driver of the vehicle that deliberately plowed into New Year celebrators was Shamsud-Din Jabbar (42), a U.S. citizen who lived in Texas and had an ISIS flag on his vehicle. The FBI is working to determine if he had any affiliations with terrorist organizations.

The Sugar Bowl game between Georgia and Notre Dame has been postponed until Thursday.

PAKISTANI GROOMING GANGS: I read enough of the article at the link below to know that, as a survivor of sexual assault, it would not be healthy for me to read further or report on this.

PSA: Idea for those whose kids haven’t started back to school yet.

UK: Nearly two-thirds of the imprisoned males who identify as female have been convicted of sexual offenses. Of the males who identify as male, only 17% have been convicted of sexual offenses.

Thankfully, in the UK, the majority of trannies with male genitalia or who have been convicted of a violent or sexual offense are not housed in the women’s prisons.

WIKIPEDIA: CLICK https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1873989278461751769 [1:40] to hear one of the co-founders explain how Wikipedia went from striving for neutrality to being another arm of the Democrat Media Machine.

Just so y’all know, I do use Wikipedia for basic facts – e.g., birth and death dates – mainly because it is the fastest way to get that information. But I haven’t used Wikipedia for anything political in many years. Ditto Snopes.

GRAMMY NOTES: One fall, we tossed our old pumpkins on to our open compost heap and had a bonanza of pumpkins the following year. We had recently bought our first video camera … a big ol’ clunky VHS thing that weighed a ton, but was state of the art at the time. One of my kids (who later went to film school) used it to stage a very funny video about her troll dolls being eaten by giant plants. LOL

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by | December 24, 2024 · 10:35 am

‘Twas the night before Christmas

CALIFORNICATION: In November, nearly 70% of California voters voted in favor of Proposition 36, which undid stupid stuff voters approved in 2014. The law took effect this month. CLICK https://rumble.com/v627aw8-its-a-felony-shoplifting-suspects-discuss-new-california-law-after-being-ca.html?e9s=src_v1_upp to see three young ladies casually go shoplifting at three stores, then express shock and dismay over the fact that what has been okay for the last ten years, is now a felony.

DEBT: Sen. Rand Paul has issued his tenth annual Festivus Report on Government Waste. Items featured include:

  1. $892 billion for the interest on our national debt.
  2. The Navy wants to spend $90 billion to build more versions of a failed ship design.
  3. $15.5 billion to push Americans toward electric vehicles they don’t want.
  4. $10 billion spent on maintaining, leasing, and furnishing almost entirely empty buildings.
  5. $700 million to help a failed trucking company delay bankruptcy.
  6. $20 million to promote fertilizer use in Pakistan, Vietnam, Colombia, and Brazil.
  7. $20 million on “Ahlan Simsim”, a new Sesame Street show in Iraq.
  8. $15 million to make the IRS more powerful.
  9. $12.4 million to torture cats. [See “Where’s PETA?!” below.]
  10. $12 million to build a Pickleball Complex in Las Vegas.
  11. $4.8 million went to social media influencers in the U.S. and abroad.
  12. $3 Million for ‘Girl-Centered Climate Action’ in Brazil.
  13. $2.24 million to find out if cats can contract and transmit COVID-19.
  14. $2.1 million for border security in Paraguay.
  15. $2 million to study kids looking at Facebook ads about food.
  16. $873,584 to teach Jordanian film-makers how to do a better job.
  17. $720,479 on wetland conservation projects for ducks in Mexico.
  18. $500,000 to expand our Ethiopian embassy’s public relations campaign.
  19. $419,470 to determine that lonely rats seek cocaine more than happy rats.
  20. $365,000 to promote circuses in city parks.
  21. $345,434 to encourage kids to play soccer instead of build bombs.
  22. $330,000 to fund censorship of non-liberal and conservative media.
  23. $288,563 to ensure bird watching groups are diverse.
  24. $253,653 to Bosnia to fight “misinformation.”
  25. $123,066 to teach Kyrgyzstan youth how to go viral.
  26. $108,272 to upgrade a non-functioning hotel in the Caribbean.
  27. $32,596.12 to enhance Olympic breakdancing workshops and performances in Nigeria.
  28. $10,000 to the Bearded Ladies Cabaret for a show ice skates focused on climate change.

GREENLAND: If Trump gets his way, the U.S. will be buying a yuge chunk of land. On Sunday, he said that U.S. control and ownership of Greenland is “an absolute necessity” for “national security and freedom throughout the world.”

On Monday, Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede replied, “Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom.”

Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark but has wide-ranging autonomy. The United States has made previous offers to purchase Greenland, first in 1867 and again in 1946. I wouldn’t put money on this third bid failing, cuz, you know, Trump.

PARTY OF HYPOCRISY: CLICK https://rumble.com/v61wmrh-kamala-campaign-mega-fundraiser-calls-it-quits-like-leaving-a-cult.html?e9s=src_v1_upp [3:13] to see DNC National Finance Committee member Lindy Li explain why she has left the “shrinking tent” party. This is not an official #WalkAway video, but it could be.

She says, “They pretend to be so loving and caring and embracing of diversity but all of a sudden, when I dare to utter any criticisms of the goddess Kamala Harris, I get ostracized. Me, after having raised tens of millions of dollars for the party. … [L]eaving the Democratic Party or even questioning the Democratic Party is like leaving a cult. It’s terrifying. I don’t want to be a part of this craziness anymore.”

WHERE’S PETA?!: The White Coat Waste reports that the NIH has been using our money to finance the torture of cats, supposedly in the name of essential scientific progress.

In 2024, our National Institutes of Health (NIH) spent $1.5 million on a study at the University of Pittsburgh that could potentially aid in the treatment of conditions like vertigo or helping us understand the effects of space travel on the human body. Four to six month old kittens are first tied down for hours or weeks until they stop resisting restraints. Then they have parts of their brains severed or removed, so they are still alive but devoid of any cognitive function. Some have holes drilled into their skulls to allow their sociopathic tormenters to lock their heads into place. Then, they are strapped to a hydraulic table that tilts and spins them in all directions for 8 to 12 hours or longer, all in a gruesome effort to induce severe motion sickness. Their eyes are subjected to bright, flashing lights and, if they fail to vomit, researchers inject copper sulfate directly into their stomachs.

Also in 2024, the Department of Defense (DOD) gave the sons and daughters of Josef Mengele at U Pitt to slice open the backs of male cats and insert electrodes into their spinal cords so they could shock them for up to ten minutes to stimulate penile erections. Then, they severed their spinal cords to paralyze their lower bodies and continued the shocks for another 10 minutes. In another experiment, the so-called scientists at Pitt shoved marbles up cat rectums, attached electrodes to their spinal cords, and shocked them until they pooped out the marbles. One particularly unfortunate cat had to endure 11 minutes of relentless shocks just to expel four marbles. The report includes close ups of the marbles as they emerged from the cats’ anuses. All in the name of “national security.”

SHORTS:

After all of the above, you need to CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/571209755624047 for a much-needed feel good video.

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