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by | January 4, 2025 · 9:13 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please help us all to strive for eternal life with You! In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

119thCONGRESS: The members of the 119th Congress took their oaths of office yesterday. CLICK https://x.com/_johnnymaga/status/1875241394329239895 [:13] to hear VP Kamala Harris screw up the Pledge of Allegiance.

Mike Johnson was re-elected as Speaker of the House on the first ballot, with every Republican except Thomas Massie voting for him and every Democrat voting for Hakeem Jeffries. CLICK https://x.com/greg_price11/status/1875273293814755391 [:05] to hear Jeffries declare the Democrats’ commitment to “fart hard for the freedom to vote.”

On January 6, the House and Senate will hold a joint session to count electoral votes and certify the 2024 United States presidential election. Pray with us that it will go smoothly.

BOOTYJUDGE: On December 31, Biden’s Secretary of Transportation tweeted, “I’m confident that a century from now, future Americans will look back on the work we’ve done—much as we look at the Hoover Dam—and see how the Biden-Harris Administration’s “Big Deal” for infrastructure made big things possible.”

This is the man who was handed 7.5 billion dollars to build EV charging stations and only got seven (7 … as in six plus one) built.

CATHOLIC: To all those who claim the Catholic Church is only pro-birth, not pro-life, your argument doesn’t wash.

FAUXTUS: In one of his (many) FUs to the American people, Joe Biden is awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to Hillary Clinton and George Soros and 16 other people, half of whom aren’t even American citizens.

NEW YORK: New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan has ordered soon-to-be-POTUS Donald Trump to appear either in person or virtually for sentencing on Jan. 10. CLICK https://x.com/ABCNewsLive/status/1875289736278851731 [1:18] for a news report.

Trump Communications Director Steven Cheung responded to Merchan’s order by calling it “a direct violation of the Supreme Court’s Immunity decision and other longstanding jurisprudence” and that “President Trump will continue fighting against these hoaxes until they are dead.”

USA: [4:11] – “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

GRAMMY NOTES: My cousin-in-law sent me a photo of how she is using the Christmas card I made for her. I can’t imagine a higher honor! <3<3<3

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by | January 2, 2025 · 10:55 am

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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 28, 2024 · 10:47 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Lord, let us never become so discouraged by our failures that we stop coming back to You for forgiveness and a fresh start. We ask this in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

BORDER: Remember when Biden took office and halted construction of border wall that was already paid for? He left piles and piles of expensive border wall units sitting around, then put them up for auction for pennies on the dollar. Lone Star State Attorney General Ken Paxton sued to block the sales and won.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND: A whistle blowing vicar says Anglican priests throughout England were urged to modify “problematic” Advent hymns and Christmas carols that might be possibly offensive to non-Christian. One example of offense was affirming that Jesus Christ is the true Messiah. Why am I not surprised to learn that, over the past decade, more than 400 Anglican churches in Britain have shut down due to a lack of attendance and support from the local community?

COVID-19: The Wall Street Journal has done some actual journalism, revealing what those of us who were paying attention knew early in 2020. That is, that the virus was engineered in and escaped from the Wuhan lab in China.

The WSJ further revealed that three scientists from the National Center for Medical Intelligence – John Hardham, Robert Cutlip and Jean-Paul Chretien – reported this fact to the FBI and were told to shut up about it.

It might be news to the WSJ’s readers that all information about the lab leak origin was omitted from presidential briefings. But it wasn’t surprising to those of us who were paying attention. Real journalists told us years ago that the research funding had Tony Fauci’s sticky fingers all over it.

FAUXTUS: That’s about 52 years worth of vacation days for your average American. And when Slow Joe was in the office, he rarely worked a full day and never worked overtime.

GALLUP: The number of Americans who are satisfied with the way things are going in the U.S. has dropped to 19%. I‘m wondering if the 20% who are not satisfied with our direction, yet approve of Biden performance are mad about Trump’s win.

GEORGIA: A judge in Georgia has issued a ruling forcing Fani Willis to testify under oath before the State Senate to answer for the crimes she committed in the Trump “lawfare” case.

MASCULINITY: “I say embrace masculinity. We need more and more boys to grow up to be strong fathers.” – Kevin Sorbo. CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/k24wFad9IB8 to see one guy who has the good dad thing nailed. We have a similarly good dad here at Casa Hyphen where, years ago, a certain member of the tribe lost her door privileges for a time.

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: I’ve heard this used to be a respectable magazine.

SINSICK: William (34) and Zachary (36) Zulock both pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy, sexual exploitation of their two adopted sons. The gay couple, who lived in Atlanta, have each been sentenced to 100 years in prison without the possibility of parole. DA Randy McGinley said, “These two Defendants truly created a house of horrors and put their extremely dark desires above everything and everyone else.”

GRAMMY NOTES: I want to share my friend Hans’ first podcast @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA325997PgM. He recently retired (again) and, Hans being Hans, came up with yet another new thing to keep him busy. We’ve been friends since high school where we shared the school’s morning announcement duties for “WIHS.” Since then, Hans has managed a radio station, owned and operated an ambulance business, trained and used bloodhounds for search and rescue operations, taught me to rappel, became a forest ranger, met and married the love of his life with whom he adopted and raised 4 kids, supported her through becoming a Lutheran pastor, wrote and published a popular series of Christian science-fantasy novels (see “The Gewellyn Chronicles” by Hans Erdman at Amazon) while his beloved was undergoing cancer treatment, retired from the forest service and started a new career in security at a local college, engaged in a number of bicycle mission trips, and served as a bicycling EMT at numerous sporting events. Phew!

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6jJ0O8Mhnxs to see Ada get her portrait done. This is the start of a new series for SHORTS. Mama Buzz discovered this wonderful You Tube channel by a guy who does street portraiture with total strangers. He makes these people look so beautiful that I just want to cry.

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by | December 22, 2024 · 9:00 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, As we rush through the countdown days until Christmas Eve, we ask that you help us keep our minds and hearts fixed on You. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

CATHOLIC: [2:39] – I saw a documentary once about these small shrines. The custom began in Europe and was brought to the states where Catholic immigrants built them in their often-tiny front yards.

CONNECTICUT: Rep. Rosa DeLauro has been representing the third district (New Haven) for 23 years. Despite being 81 years old, she was just elected for yet another term. She is the Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee. The banner on her government web page shows her with a teacher and some little kids; everybody is masked. Her net worth is $30 million.

CLICK https://x.com/HSajwanization/status/1870019393150751098 [:40] to hear her rant about “President Musk” having any influence in the pork-laden CR. My favorite comment on the clip: “Who can expect people to take you seriously when you present yourself in this manner. A member of Congress. Seriously?” – Carol Tisdale

EDUCATION: Lame duck Biden has thrown in the towel on student loan forgiveness and on forcing schools to accept mtf trannies on girls’ teams. And an Ohio school district has lost an English teacher’s pronouns lawsuit. Two years ago, Jackson Memorial Middle School fired English teacher Vivian Geraghty for choosing her Christian faith and proper English over affirming two trans students. The district will be coughing up a $450,000 settlement.

FAUXTUS: [4:01] – Last Thursday, The Wall Street Journal published a piece called, “How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden in Charge.” It was obvious to the 2020 campaign that Joe Biden was unfit for the office.

JOBS: Under the Biden administration, good jobs reports have gotten headlines, but when the numbers were later revised downward, the media mostly ignored it. In 2022, Biden’s Bureau of Labor Statistics overstated job creation by more than 1 million. In 2023, revised employment growth down by 443,000 jobs, which was over 40% of payroll growth. This year, the Biden administration puffed up their initial job growth numbers by 3 million.

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Somebody has twice beheaded the goat god statue the Satanic Temple put up in front of the New Hampshire State Capitol. It has been repaired again. I’m personally opposed to using vandalism to fight spiritual wars. It would be far more effective to do binding prayers and pray the rosary.

PRIORITIES: ::smh::

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8p19diXLmzM for a wonderful R*CKST*R.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b-eJkKmVNpk to see a short from Portrait Geek.

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by | December 19, 2024 · 10:10 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us all to focus on the central point of Christmas, which is to welcome Jesus into our hearts and lives. Making the holidays special is important, but it isn’t the reason for the season. Guide us in finding a good balance. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

2024: The Electoral College voted on Tuesday, formalizing President-elect Donald Trump’s 312 vote victory over Vice President Kamala Harris’ 226. A U.S. presidential candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win. Trump also won the popular vote with 77.2 million votes compared to Harris’ 75 million votes.

CONGRESS: On Wednesday, Trump, incoming administration nominees, and House Republicans succeeded in getting the House to scrap a 1,547-page, year-end, pork-loaded spending bill. Among other things, it would have given massive pay raises for Congress members, allowed them to avoid Obamacare, shield corrupt Jan. 6 House committee members like Liz Cheney from congressional subpoenas, and extend the life of a censorship agency within the State Department.

Noting that the giveaways were bribes to get Schumer and Biden to approve aid to farmers and disaster relief, Trump said, “Republicans must GET SMART and TOUGH. If Democrats threaten to shut down the government unless we give them everything they want, then CALL THEIR BLUFF.”

FAUXTUS: A new Marquette poll likely cements Joe Biden’s status as least popular president ever. At the end of his first (and blessedly only ever) term, he scored a -32 (Approve: 34% minus Disapprove: 66%). By comparison, at the end of Trump’s first term, he scored a +6 (Approve: 53% minus Disapprove: 47%).

GEORGIA: This morning, the Georgia Court of Appeals found in favor of Donald Trump’s suit to disqualify the biased and corrupt Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the election-related criminal case against him and about a dozen codefendants.

J6: On Tuesday, House Administration’s Subcommittee on Oversight released a new report that concludes the events of J6 were preventable. It also outlines why Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney should be investigated for witness tampering while serving as Vice Chair of the January 6 Select Committee. Cheney was one of the two NeverTrump Republicans that Pelosi agreed to allow on her corrupt kangaroo committee.

WOMEN’S SPORTS: [1:23] – A new documentary tells the story of how a female athlete not only had her athletic career destroyed, but now faces lasting physical and cognitive challenges as a result of a single shot to the head courtesy of a man playing as a girl.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mjrWYscjU6g for another good one from Ariel.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gkil2n2GDgs for a sweet moment for Judge Caprio.

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by | December 16, 2024 · 1:13 pm

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DAILY PRAYER: Almighty Father, We pray for the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health of our children and grandchildren. Please bless them with strength, stamina, and resilience as they face the challenges of each day. Help them to develop healthy habits and avoid those that are harmful. May they always feel Your presence and find comfort and peace in Your arms. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

BORDER: CLICK https://x.com/bonchieredstate/status/1867621901482492285 [1:09] to hear leftie jerknalists admit that Republicans sending illegals to blue cities worked.

CALIFORNICATION: Dems like to blame others for creating “food deserts” in poor neighborhoods. It’s their policies that cause the problem. CLICK https://x.com/TheKevinDalton/status/1866883754742124631 [1:28] to see a news report.

DRONES: The Pentagon says the numerous drones that have spotted over New Jersey, New York, southern California, Minnesota, and the U.S. Air Force base at Ramstein in Germany this months are not theirs.

FAUXTUS: From Catturd on X – “Over the last week … Joe Biden 1. Pardoned his criminal crackhead son after lying for a year that he wouldn’t. 2. Sent 1 billion to Ukraine. 3. Admitted U.S. involvement to regime change in Syria and promised to send them money to rebuild. 4. Gave almost a billion dollars to Africa. All while people in North Carolina sleep in tents. Just in case you’re wondering why Trump won in a landslide.”

MEDIA: ABC News and anchor George Stephanopoulos have agreed to settle President-elect Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit by paying $15 million to charity and $1 million to cover Trump’s attorney fees. They will also issue an apology.

MERRY CHRISTMAS: In May, a federal court ruled that the steps of the U.S. Capitol building are a public forum where peaceful demonstrations may take place. For the first time ever, a Nativity scene appeared there, accompanied by Christmas carols.

MILITARY: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XNxP8MfACC4 to see Pete Hegseth face down the media and tell them they don’t matter. He deployed to war zones twice, then was on the other side of the camera for years at Fox News!

WE ARE NOT LIKE THEM: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sz1XmvylFnI to hear Nick Freitas explain the latest in woke morality. CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_-8G7NGELAE to hear Ben Shapiro on a slightly different topic. I like their conclusions.

GRAMMY NOTES: Many, many people (including us) provided help for a local woman with a chronic illness. Her genuine distress inspired many good-hearted people to reach deep and go a lot of extra miles. She sabotaged every effort, leaving a trail of damaged people in her wake.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aBRHVCVs3jQ to see a paramedic short.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1aagmsIAgVs to see a sweet sibling moment.

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by | December 14, 2024 · 10:30 am

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DAILY MEDITATION: “Have confidence in prayer. It is the unfailing power which God has given us. By means of it you will obtain the salvation of the dear souls whom God has given you and all your loved ones. ‘Ask and you shall receive,’ Our Lord said. Be yourself with the good Lord.” – Saint Peter Julian Eymard

CLIMATE HOAX: A new study has found a compound produced by the emissions of marine life in the oceans called methanethiol that reflects the sun’s rays and cools the planet far more than scientists realized. In other words, all those super sciency climate models predicting catastrophic global warming and sea level rise were wrong.

GRIFTER: In 1987, Sharpton was front and center for Tawana Brawley’s fake rape accusations. [6:45] – In 1991, Al Sharpton founded National Action Network, which is allegedly a non-profit dedicated to promoting civil rights. Mostly, NAN seems to be about enriching Sharpton while giving him an excuse to aggravate racial unrest. As CEO, he pays himself a six figure annual salary in “base compensation”; in 2021, this figure was $348,174.

In addition, he takes hundreds of thousands in “bonuses” and “other reportable compensation.” Over the last seven years, these extras totaled $940,054. FEC filings reveal that the Harris campaign shoveled half a million into NAN’s coffers this past fall. One can only guess how much of that ends up in Sharpton’s pockets.

In addition, the “Reverend” Sharpton is paid somewhere between $324,000 and $1.5 million by MSNBC to host his 60 minute week-end show, “Politics Nation.” The show, which he has been doing since 2011, draws an average of 500,000 viewers per week, though the number dropped to half that after the election. Ad Fontes Media rates it “Hyper Partisan – Left.”

PELOSI: Nancy Pelosi fell down a marble staircase in front of all the lawmakers and dignitaries during an official visit at the Grand Duke’s palace in Luxembourg. She suffered a fractured hip and has been hospitalized. The photo above was taken in front of said stairs shortly before the accident. Methinks an 84 year old woman should not be wearing barely there stilettos, especially not while traversing slippery stairs. And what’s with the death grip she’s got on the guy next to her? Was she plastered (again) and unable to stand up straight on her own?

GRAMMY NOTES: This reminds me of the day when our pooch was demanding to go outside. I told him the weather was awful, but he didn’t care. So I opened the door to show him. And he looked at me with utter disdain, like I should have done a better job. I told him, “What?! You think I should close the door and open it again on a nice spring day? It doesn’t work like that, buddy.” He huffed at me and went back to his pillow with a big sigh. Drama king.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/555914503972363 to see a delightful miniature surprise.

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1317672205887294 and just marvel with me that anybody ever covered up those tiles!

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by | December 13, 2024 · 9:45 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Heavenly Father, I pray for Your protection. Surround us with Your love and care. Shield us from all harm. Guard our hearts and minds. Keep us safe from accidents and illness. Help us to trust in Your provision and to know that You are with us in all things. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

2024: [5:01] – Satan’s post-election presser.

DEI: This week, a U.S. appeals ruled the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) “intruded into territory far outside its ordinary domain” when it attempted to impose a DEI rule for the boards of directors of companies listed on Nasdaq.

According to the rule, companies listed on the exchange had have “at least one director who self-identifies as a female” and at least one who “self-identifies as Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Asian, Native American or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, two or more races or ethnicities, or as LGBTQ+.”

DUKE LACROSSE: CLICK https://x.com/kcjohnson9/status/1867355689259049024 [:37] to hear Crystal Mangum confess she lied when she accused team members of raping her. Mangum has been in prison since 2013 for the murder of her boyfriend. This case was very personal for me. Tony Cullen was my baby brother. You can read about him at the third link below.

FBI: Trump’s response to the resignation of Director Wray – “The resignation of Christopher Wray is a great day for America as it will end the weaponization of what has become known as the United States Department of Injustice. I just don’t know what happened to him. We will now restore the Rule of Law for all Americans. Under the leadership of Christopher Wray, the FBI illegally raided my home, without cause, worked diligently on illegally impeaching and indicting me, and has done everything else to interfere with the success and future of America. They have used their vast powers to threaten and destroy many innocent Americans, some of which will never be able to recover from what has been done to them.”

GIVING: Oscar Morris and his nonprofit, Free Canes for Veterans, recycles Christmas trees into free canes for veterans. The Florida native, who retired from the Navy eight years ago, says the trees make lightweight, strong, and beautiful canes. In addition, he puts the veteran’s military history on his or her cane. These include the branch of service, rank, units, and medals or ribbons. To date, Morris and his organization have made more than 1,000 canes for veterans, and seeing the effect it has had on his fellow veterans has made it all worth it. “They’re tough guys, women, and they don’t show any emotion. … It’s been a personal challenge of mine to make them cry when they get their cane, and I can squeeze a tear out of the toughest veteran.”

DOJ IG REPORT: The DOJ Inspector General has released a report that says the FBI had 26 confidential human sources in the crowd on January 6. Only three were assigned by the FBI to be present for the event and none were authorized or directed by the bureau to break the law or encourage others to commit illegal acts. During the event, four of these people entered the Capitol Building, while another 13 entered the restricted area outside. One wonders if these 17 people were charged and jailed for actions that put so many others behind bars.

J6: The FBI testified before Congress that they couldn’t identify the person who planted two pipe bombs during the Jan. 6 incident, because the phone data was corrupted. Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., the chairman of the House Administration oversight subcommittee, says they contacted every major cell carrier about their data. They all responded and said none of it was corrupted. Nor were they ever notified by the FBI about issues accessing the data. “This contradictory testimony raises some serious questions about the status of the investigation into the pipe bomber and about why the case remains unsolved nearly four years later.”

MILITARY: I still have 2 kids still in uniform. It is such a load off my mind to know Trump will soon be (practically already is!) their CiC! Please pray with us that his choice of a warrior to lead the Pentagon will receive swift and uncontroversial approval from the new Senate.

GRAMMY NOTES: I got the bright idea to harvest all the tutorials I did during the year I was studying watercolor with Emily Olsen at Watercolor Mastery and make greeting cards. I ended up with more than 50 cards! Then I got a hankering for a rubber stamp of the logo my sil designed for my old jewelry business to make the backs look fancy. Joey still had the layered files and was able to quickly remove the colored parts and send me a file I could use to order a stamp. I am SO happy with how cool my cards look!

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by | December 12, 2024 · 1:08 pm

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, help us all to humbly ask You each day where we have hurt others through our thoughts, words, and deeds. Also show us where we failed to be “Jesus with skin on” and failed to help through our silence and inaction. And, Lord, after You show us, grant us the graces we need to repent and do better tomorrow. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

ARGENTINA: After more than a century of out-of-control spending, President Javier Milei’s major governmental cuts have resulted in a surplus. “The deficit was the root of all our evils—without it, there’s no debt, no emission, no inflation.” January 20 can not come soon enough.

ANTI-SEMITISM: It’s not the first time something like this has happened to Acker. In May, an extremist showed up to his home at 4:40 a.m. and hung a note with a list of demands. Then, a few weeks later, four anti-Israel extremists vandalized Acker’s law firm office with anti-Israel messages. Acker says he will not back down. “Divestment [from Israel] is not something any one of us is considering.”

BUTLER: A House task force has determined that the near-fatal attempt on President-elect Donald Trump’s life at a Butler, Pennsylvania, campaign rally was enabled by “preexisting conditions and leadership failures.” within the U.S. Secret Service. The task force also noted that the Department of Homeland Security, Secret Service, Department of Justice, FBI, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) all failed to provide full cooperation with the inquiry. It’s past time to take out the trash.

CNN: A judge has ruled that Zachary Young’s defamation lawsuit may continue. During the disastrous 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal, Young, a U.S. Navy veteran, helped facilitate evacuations. Reporting on his efforts, CNN’s Jake Tapper claimed Young “was ‘exploiting’ ‘desperate Afghans’ on a ‘black market.‘”

Young says he used “his unique skillset and relationships to assist U.S. corporations and charities that wanted to safely and swiftly extract certain persons from Afghanistan.” He never took a single penny from any Afghan and everything he did was legal.

Judge Henry noted that CNN’s Alex Marquardt had already pitched his story before even talking to Young using what Henry described as “explosive” terms like “price gouging,” “extortion,” “shadowy black market,” and “fraud,” to preemptively malign Young. Agreeing that Young “did not do anything criminal or illegal”, the judge is allowing his suit seeking punitive damages to go to trial.

In other news, CNN finished No. 17 among cable stations during primetime last week. Despite breaking news that included the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the ensuing manhunt for his killer, more of Trump’s Cabinet picks, and a rebel alliance taking over Syria … the Cable News Network’s viewership was smaller than the Food Network, the History channel, HGTV, and even MSNBC.

And in even other news, a new CNN poll shows a majority of Americans support Trump and his transition moves. CLICK https://x.com/TimRunsHisMouth/status/1866930422212329956 [:44] to see the report.

DOJ: The DOJ’s Inspector General issued a new report in which he reveals that the Department of Justice spied on Kash Patel as well as two House members who were working on the GOP-led House Intelligence Committee. The report says the DOJ also asked the courts to help hide their actions. Little wonder the swampers are panicked about Patel taking charge of the FBI.

In other news, the FBI’s current director, Christopher Wray, has announced he will be resigning as of Inauguration Day.

GOOGLE AD: CLICK https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/1866831055619232211 [:24] to see yet another reason to switch to Duck Duck Go.

NYSE: Trump became the first president since Ronald Reagan to ring the New York Stock Exchange bell. CLICK https://x.com/_johnnymaga/status/1867216539713212823 [:34] to see him there, flanked by his family and political allies, with photos of his face on TIME on the wall behind him. The photo above is courtesy of a relative of a relative who was there.

SAN DIEGO: In a 3-1 vote, the County Board of Supervisors has passed a resolution declaring San Diego County a “super sanctuary” for illegal aliens. CLICK https://x.com/jim_desmond/status/1866611711022862592 [3:15] to hear details from the one guy who voted No. Check out the chick to his right who does not want to listen to him. One commenter noted this is merely a resolution and that the county sheriff plans to ignore it.

TRUMP: President-elect Trump has been named TIME magazine’s Person of the Year. He also had that honor in 2016. Wokies are shrieking as per usual.

UK: The Brits have joined the smart nations in banning puberty blockers for minors with gender dysphoria, because they pose “an unacceptable safety risk.” Sadly, in the U.S., a number of courts have blocked state legislation aimed at protecting minors from the trans mind virus. Please pray with me that the U.S. Supreme Court will side with sanity in United States v. Skrmetti.

USPS: CLICK https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1866612617131049181 [:51] to see the current Postmaster General behave like a toddler at a congressional oversight hearing. Under his leadership, the USPS lost $10 billion in 2024.

GRAMMY NOTES: I always wished we could put our gifts under the Nativity scene. This one would actually work!!

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1665942727613769 for a lovely doll house tour. 🙂

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by | December 11, 2024 · 12:43 pm

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DAILY PRAYER: Oh Jesus in the Most Holy Eucharist, save us and grant eternal rest to the suffering souls in Purgatory. Amen.

BELIEVE: [2:01] – Thank you, Mindful!

BORDER: Tom Homan announced plans for a large-scale operation to deport illegal immigrants will begin in Chicago. He said if the mayor “doesn’t want to help, he needs to step aside. But if he impedes us—if he knowingly harbors or conceals an illegal alien—I will prosecute him.”

DOGE: Musk says they’ll be taking a hard look at this issue. Personally, I think it is immoral for debtors to be giving money to anyone other than those who hold their debt. Until you’re out of debt, it’s not your money to give. When we were drowning in debt, our pastor told us we are called to give of our overflow, not of our substance. So we donated prayer, time, and skills until we were debt free.

BTW, for this purpose, mortgages and car loans are not debt, since without those loans, we’d be paying for housing and transportation anyway. Also, in Catholic teaching, Americans are not called to tithe 10% to the church, but rather 2.5% or the equivalent of one hour’s wage. The 10% tithe was from a time before secular government taxes. It was basically a voluntary flat tax for the church to use to meet all of the military, administrative, and social welfare needs of the people. Our churches only need enough to support the clergy, pay for our facilities, and finance our social welfare programs.

J6 COMMITTEE: Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), who led the House Administration Committee’s oversight investigation of the January 6 Committee, reported that his computer forensic investigators had discovered 117 missing files. He said, “It’s obvious that [the J6 committee] went to great lengths to prevent Americans from seeing certain documents produced in their investigation. It also appears that Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney intended to obstruct our Subcommittee by failing to preserve critical information and videos as required by House rules.”

On Monday, Liz Cheney, a former member of the kangaroo committee, said there is “no conceivably appropriate factual or constitutional basis” for the Justice Department to investigate the work of a congressional committee. Please note she did not deny having deleted critical information.

JUSTICE: Daniel Penny was acquitted for charges that should never have been brought. Now Jordan Neely’s deadbeat biological father, Andre Zachary, is suing him. Please note that Jordan go this last name from his single mother, suggesting Zachary may have never been involved in the life of the son he claims now to be missing so much that he deserves compensation. When Jordan was 12, his mother’s boyfriend murdered her; Andre did nothing to rescue Jordan from the foster care system or help him process his grief and anger. When his son was a grown man, addicted to drugs and living on the streets, Andre did nothing. But now he wants a payday?!

CLICK https://x.com/townhallcom/status/1866172060075987307 to hear his crocodile tears after Penny was acquitted. Let us pray his outrageous lawsuit is handled by a common sense judge who tells Andre where to get off and not by some left-wing activist who wants to make headlines out of punishing a good man for protecting a train car full of innocents.

NARNIA: We must pray that the lost souls who watch the promised “very new take” will see God’s truth anyway. Or, at the very least, be inspired to watch the other versions or read the books and be awakened to a longing for Jesus. I had a friend who taught a C.S. Lewis class in college. The reading list started with The Screwtape Letters and The Great Divorce to establish his world view. Then they read The Chronicles of Narnia. A Jewish student told my friend, “I could believe in Jesus if he was like Aslan.” Since my friend was a devout believer, she grabbed hold of that teachable moment with both hands!

WE ARE NOT LIKE THEM: CLICK https://x.com/PiersUncensored/status/1866263320870682697 [2:16] to hear her convo with Piers Morgan. Luigi Mangione comes from a wealthy, prominent family that owns two country clubs, a local radio station, and several other real estate holdings. He was valedictorian of his high school class and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, one of the eight considered to be part of the Ivy League.

Compare the above with leftists’ responses to Jason Neely’s acquittal:

  1. NAACP: The acquittal of Daniel Penny in the death of Jordan Neely has effectively given license for vigilante justice to be waged on the Black community without consequence.
  2. Rep. Summer Lee: The acquittal of Daniel Penny in the murder of Jordan Neely is a painful reminder of a long-standing reality: vigilante violence against Black people often goes unchecked.
  3. BLM: CLICK https://x.com/DailyLoud/status/1866180793867153832 [:19] calls for blacks to choke whites to death.

GRAMMY NOTES: Our pastor said at his house growing up, the Magi began their journey in the basement and got moved daily, step by step, inch by inch, to arrive at the manger scene on Epiphany.

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