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by | January 16, 2025 · 10:51 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We ask you to keep Donald Trump and J.D. Vance and their families safe. Please grant us an uneventful inauguration day and a smooth transition with no drama or hijinks marring the confirmations of his nominees. We ask this in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

ATTORNEY GENERAL: [12:49] – Megyn Kelly and Victor Davis Hanson discuss the first confirmation hearing for Trump’s nominee, Pam Bondi.

EDUCATION: The latest Becket Fund Religious Freedom Index found 77% of Americans believe parents should be able to opt their children out of curriculum violating their religious beliefs. This is up 3 points from last year.

EXTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE: President-elect Donald Trump has unveiled plans to create the External Revenue Service (ERS), a new agency modeled after the IRS but aimed at collecting tariffs, duties, and revenues from foreign trade partners.

HEALTH: Following a comprehensive review of scientific studies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revoked the use of Red No. 3 in food products and ingested pharmaceuticals. Companies that use the dye in food and ingested drugs have until Jan. 15, 2027, and Jan. 18, 2028, respectively, to reformulate their products. Consumers are advised to check product labels and avoid those containing Red No. 3, which may also be listed as E127 or erythrosine.

MIDDLE EAST: Biden’s own state department said that Trump’s team was “absolutely critical” in getting the Hamas-Israel cease fire agreement “over the line.” One hour later, Joe Biden took credit for the whole thing.

PERVERT: Award-winning Washington Post cartoonist, Darrin Bell, has been arrested for possession of child abuse pornography. Investigators found 134 videos of child pornography linked to an account he owned and controlled. Bell has routinely depicted Trump and other Republicans as sexual predators and perverts.

POPE FRANCIS: I think I’ll give Jorge’s new memoir a miss. Reviewers say it includes condemnation of young Catholics who are devoted to the Latin Mass, as well as approval for transgender individuals to receive baptism and be godparents and for homosexuals to continue in the homosexual lifestyle because God “loves them as they are.”

SHAMEFUL: Michelle Obama skipped Carter’s funeral and is not planning to attend Trump’s inauguration. The word is that she is on an “extended vacation in Hawaii.” In other bitchy-Democrat-female news, Kamala Harris has reportedly denied Usha Vance access to the VP residence to plan her family’s move.

WIND: Wyoming is concerned about the amount of landfill space old wind turbines are taking up. Wyoming House bill 89 proposes they be buried in the holes from which coal has been mined.

GRAMMY NOTES: Bwahahaha!! [1:48] – I dated a guy once (a looong time ago) who lived on a cul de sac. During one blizzardy day when everyone had to stay home from school, the neighbor kids built a big pile of snow in their practically private roadway and invited him to try to take it out with his jeep. He zoomed through it, then went back inside to warm up while they built it again, only bigger. Again, he came out and drove right through it. The third time was not a charm. He ended up having to buy a new radiator for his vehicle.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_AEmLziNw1E to see a genius advertising idea!

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by | January 15, 2025 · 8:30 am

Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense

I will be very relieved to have this warrior leading my warriors.

[11:01] – Pete Hegseth, Trump’s secretary of defense nominee, read his opening statement before Senate lawmakers, unveiling his top priorities if confirmed on Capitol Hill. “[Trump], like me, wants a Pentagon laser-focused on lethality, meritocracy, warfighting, accountability, and readiness. We will remain patriotically apolitical and stridently constitutional.”

[5:48] – I had no interest in actually watching the Democrat senators. Thankfully, Megyn Kelly endured the torture so I wouldn’t have to. CLICK https://x.com/TheOnlyDSC/status/1879242577804976257 [:11] to see a blessedly brief montage of the Democrat hags embarrass women everywhere.

More commentary and clips at the links below.

[7:27] – Senator Mullin’s snarky responses to Democrats’ accusations that Hegseth is a drunken sexual predator were priceless. During Dem rants, Hegseth noted the alcoholism accusations were anonymous and unproven, while the 2017 sex incident had been consensual. He further noted that law enforcement investigators entirely cleared him of wrongdoing.

[7:10] – Two good questions from Senator Tuberville. Two excellent answers by Hegseth.

Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) has decided to formally support Hegseth’s nomination. “After four years of weakness in the White House, Americans deserve a strong Secretary of Defense.” Democrat John Fetterman (PA) has also indicated he’s likely to vote yes. With the 119th U.S. Senate sitting 47 Dems and 52 GOPs, Trump’s nominees need every vote they can get. FYI: Vance’s seat is currently empty. Until Jan 20, Harris will preside any tie breakers.

VAXXXINE: The Department of Defense rescinded the COVID-19 vaccination requirement in 2023, but Biden’s Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has refused to reinstate the 3,400 some troops who were pushed out of service for refusing it. Hegseth vowed to not only reinstate them, but also “they will receive an apology, back pay, and rank that they lost because they were forced out due to an experimental vaccine.”

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by | January 12, 2025 · 11:14 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We pray today for all the victims of the California fires and thank you for the witness of this beautiful family whose faith and joy in You have allowed them to stand on the ashes of their worldly possession and sing Your praise! Amen. Alleluia!

ABC NEWS: CLICK https://x.com/JackOsbourne/status/1877151676630434100 [:15] to see how David Muir, host of “World News Tonight”, used clothespins to cinch in the waist of his fake fireman’s jacket so he could look more buff as he reported on the deaths and devastation in California.

CALI-FIRES: [13:48] – “Everyone saw this coming.” Don’t tell me Democrat policies aren’t deliberate. I think it’s ironic that this staunch Republican is demanding they get exactly what they’ve been aiming for – i.e., FEDERAL TAKEOVER and MARTIAL LAW … two important steps on the road to the one world government prophesied in Revelation.

CLICK https://x.com/jacobkschneider/status/1877458305599053852 [1:45] to hear how the Democrat California governor responds to a citizen.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6pDTedR6PM0 to hear how dumb the Democrat LA mayor is.

DOJ: For two years, Biden’s Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed to Special Counsel, Jack Smith, has investigated Trump in two separate cases—one charging him with election-related crimes and another accusing him of illegally retaining classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home after he concluded his first term at the White House. As soon as Trump won, both cases were dropped. Trump said he would be firing Smith, who has saved him the trouble by resigning.

FAUXTUS: CLICK https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1877857173046440257 to hear the delusional old man say, “I think Kamala could have beaten Trump.”

S&G: A federal court has vacated the Biden admin’s radical Title IX rule that sought to elevate trans wants over women’s rights in female locker rooms and showers.

SHAMEFUL: Noesis tweeted, “Their woke ideology is far more important than the lives of their fellow citizens.” Sen. John Fetterman said, “[This] is why we lost.”

Thankfully, the vote received the 60 necessary to move the Laken Riley Act to the floor where it is expected to pass sometime next week.

SLEEP: A recently published study reports that sleep—particularly rapid eye movement (REM) sleep—plays in managing emotional memories. IOW, the unwanted memories that disrupt sleep for those suffering from as depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder leave sufferers less able to regulate said unwanted memories. The study noted that “well-rested individuals could override retrieval operations and reduce the emergence of intrusive memory content [while] sleep-deprived individuals failed to suppress the target memories effectively, which remained intrusive over time.” This finding may offer insights into more effective treatments that help sufferers rest and forget.

THANK THE FOUNDERS: The UK does not have the constitutional protections we enjoy courtesy of our First and Second Amendments.

TOBACCO BAN: [5:11] – “Biden’s ban is a gift with a bow and balloons to organized crime cartels with it, whether it’s cartels, Chinese organized crime, or Russian mafia. It’s going to keep America smoking, and it’s going to make the streets more violent,” Rich Marianos, former assistant director of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the current chair of the Tobacco Law Enforcement Network,

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Awp7KzhmGvY to watch an Aussie try American biscuits and gravy for the first time.

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by | January 11, 2025 · 1:12 pm

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DAILY PRAYER: Lord, We come before You, repenting of and asking Your forgiveness for the times we have spoken out of turn. Grant each of us the graces we need to weigh our words on Your scale before choosing when and what we say. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

CALI-FIRES: This is one of those things that I find too distressing to report on in detail. Here’s a brief summary for those of you who, like Dearest, did not know Los Angeles County has been burning out of control.

Low humidity and winds gusting up to 100 miles per hour caused fires to ignite and spread out of control within minutes.

Fire fighting resources throughout the county are spread thin and, due to California’s obsession with protecting tiny fishes, the hydrants are dry.

Thousands of structures and tens of thousands of acres have been burned to the ground. More than 100,000 people are under evacuation orders. Five people have been reported killed so far.

Air quality is bad; schools and roads are closed.

Biden and Newsom both opposed forest management projects, like controlled burns, claiming they were bad for wildlife and the environment.

Trump has been criticizing California’s forest management practices for years, saying they were going to pay heavily for it when massive fires broke out in populated areas.

Los Angeles has faced firefighter shortages for several years while the Biden administration has also overseen a drop in federal firefighters.

Far-left Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ignored warnings about wildfire conditions before traveling to Ghana, then remained there for days after the fires broke out. What business could the mayor of a U.S. city possibly have in Africa?!

In 2021, LA Mayor Bass lambasted Ted Cruz for taking his wife and daughters to Cancun to escape a 2021 storm and energy crisis in Texas.

Mayor Bass also slashed the Los Angeles Fire Department’s FY 2024-2025 budget by $17.6 million.

In 2022, the Los Angeles County Fire Department shipped fire fighting equipment to Ukraine.

While standing beside California Governor Gavin Newsom at a presser about the fires, Still Kinda President Joe Biden announced, “The good news is, I’m a great-grandfather as of today.” He then refused to answer questions from reporters and left.

CLICK https://rumble.com/v676xuy-how-californias-ultimate-failure-is-destroying-citizens.html [6:49] to hear Dan Bongino rant about why so many people who have lost everything will get nothing from insurance, because California’s far left government regulated insurance companies out of the market.

LAWFARE: [9:35] – On Thursday, the Supreme Court rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s request to halt proceedings in his New York business records case. On Friday, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan gave President-elect Donald Trump an unconditional discharge in his sentencing in his hush money case. It’s a largely symbolic sentence that means that Trump does not face any penalties beyond having a conviction entered in his legal record. IOW, the lefties can go on saying he is a felon. They’ll ignore the fact that, if what he did is an actual crime, then most politicians and celebrities would be felons as well.

META: Joe Rogan interviewed Meta CEO founder Mark Zuckerberg on his podcast. Zuckerberg said the Biden White House pressured his company to censor posts on Meta’s social media platforms. For example, during the ‘rona vaxxx roll-out, he said, “They pushed us super hard to take down things that, honestly, were true.”

Initially, they pushed back, then the administration got nasty. “People from the Biden administration would call up our team and like scream at them and curse. … Then, like, all these different agencies and branches of government basically just, like, started investigating and coming after our company. It was brutal. It was brutal.”

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qIW9tM4PYtM to see “My tortoises favorite things.”

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iS4nT5HktX0 for the first ever “First Responder Haunted House.” LOL ::snort::

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by | January 8, 2025 · 9:33 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Ave Maria, gratia plena. Dominus tecum benedicta tu in mulieri­bus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus. Sancta Maria mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.

CALIFORNIA: A fast-moving wildfire erupted in the Southern California coastal city of Pacific Palisades, about 20 miles west of Los Angeles, destroying homes in one of the nation’s wealthiest communities and forcing 30,000 residents to evacuate.

Comments on X: “Due to environmental laws, California doesn’t remove dead brush and trees so places like this become a massive fire hazard waiting to go up in flames.” Also, “Even worse, the Los Angeles fire hydrants are OUT OF WATER because the county REFUSED to refill reservoirs. Also, the Mayor did ZERO prep despite the advanced warning of winds and fire risk. This is EXACTLY what happened on Maui!”

CLIMATE HOAX: [1:14] – Carbon is the stuff of life. Before mankind started digging up fossil fuels and releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, almost all of the available carbon on the planet had been used and buried. The planet was literally on the brink of starving to death for a lack of carbon. Far from harming the planet, our fossil fuel use has given Earth a new lease on life.

Naturally, the Green New Deal “Save the Planet” morons thought it was essential to spend $281,000,000 of our tax dollars to capture and permanently store the carbon dioxide being emitted by a plant that turns corn into ethanol. Thankfully, for the good of the planet, the moronic project only managed to capture 10% to 12% of the plant’s output. Not so thankfully, they wasted $281 million dollars!

DEI: Meet the Fire Chief who did not refill Los Angeles County’s reservoirs. LA’s first lesbian Fire Chief’s says that her #1 priority is “creating, supporting, and promoting … diversity, inclusion, and equity.”

EXORCIST: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OWG3NXFPfds to learn something new about both Lucifer and Mary.

GOOD DADS: CLICK https://x.com/thriving__kids/status/1876010194087661613 [1:09] to see another guy who is raising his boys right.

LAKEN RILEY: The newly seated House of Representatives passed its first bill, The Laken Riley Act, with bipartisan support. Zero Republicans opposed. The act proposes that feds be required to detain illegal immigrants found guilty of theft-related crimes. It also would allow states to sue the Department of Homeland Security for harm caused to their citizens because of illegal immigration. The bill is named after a nursing student who was killed by an illegal immigrant while jogging on the University of Georgia’s campus.

MASCOTS: Bootz cried when he heard Daisey had died. He said he wished he could see her one more time. So Mama got out their photo albums so they could remember the fun times they had with her. Then, Mama made a page in her journal. I thought the lady in the photo was her until I zoomed in and realized it was me. We look a lot alike! 🙂

NATIONAL ARCHIVES: Colleen Shogan, the current Archivist of the United States, once wrote that anti-intellectual Republican presidents won because their stupid rhetoric allowed them to connect with the stupid American people. [7:58] – Trump has announced he will be firing Colleen Shogan who famously weaponized the National Archives against him. According to whistleblowers, she has a history of abusive, retaliatory, and partisan conduct in the work place. Cuz, tolerance!

NEW YORK: An appeals court in New York has rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s attempt to halt proceedings in his business records case, which is scheduled for sentencing on Jan. 10. Trump has asked SCOTUS to rule, citing presidential immunity concerns and potential harm to the institution of the presidency.

OH, CANADA! CLICK https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1876306722433990837 to see one group’s reaction to Trudeau’s retirement announcement. My Canadian cousin keeps sending me emails proclaiming her home U.S.’s 51st state. I’ve been pondering this and I think it could/would/should be ten states. Canada has ten provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan.

OKLAHOMA: CLICK https://x.com/MAGAVoice/status/1876601823886455242 [1:50] to hear how one state is returning education to its roots.

PSA: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/61DEgV4U0ZU to hear about how much water weighs. I remember this being an issue when we decided to get a 90-gallon aquarium. You can’t put ginormous boxes of water just any old where!

S&G: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MY6H2nU0B7Q to hear a good dad stand up for his little girl’s right to privacy. We need more good dads in this country!

TRUMP: [1:12:2 5] – Yesterday, The Donald gave more press conference in one afternoon than Slow Joe did in all of his four years. No note cards. No scripted questions. CLICK https://x.com/greg_price11/status/1876678817084801471 [:44] to hear him answer just one of the many questions.

GRAMMY NOTES: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/34VrR59D2DQ for a wonderful message. I was raised by an avid sports lover, athlete, coach, referee, and Hall of Famer. He would have loved “I left it all on the field.” I hope I’m doing it!

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YOfGB6Q40dc for a new R*CKST*R.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GoWfIYYdzkI and grab a tissue! ❤

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by | January 7, 2025 · 10:34 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Thank You for this reminder that You really get what we’re going through. Have mercy on us as we struggle with our humanity and keep on loving us into Your kingdom. Amen.

BACK THE BLUE: Or they will not back you.

FAUXTUS: Biden’s minders flipped a totally pointless bird at Trump supporters in his last days by signing an executive order banning offshore drilling in large areas of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Trump will no doubt rescind the stupid thing in 13 days.

The NY Post reports the lame jerks also created a ban on new non-condensing, natural gas-fired water heaters, a move they are so proud of that they did not announce it. Dunno how the Post learned of it. And I don’t know if it’s as easy to undo as the drilling ban.

If these morons actually cared about the environment, they wouldn’t be wasting paper on this nonsense.

META: Meta is ending its fact-checking program in the United States. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said, “It’s time to get back to our roots around free expression on Facebook and Instagram.” The fact-checkers “have become too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they created, especially in the U.S.”

Meta is switching to a community notes system, similar to Elon Musk-owned social media platform X. Community notes are based on feedback from users. Notes that receive a certain number of votes across people with different ideologies are displayed under posts.

NEW YORK: On Jan. 3, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan’s Jan. 3 decision to reject Trump’s request to dismiss the witch hunt New York Dems used to keep him sitting in a court room for weeks during campaign season. Instead, Merchan set Jan.10 for passing sentence. In his order, Merchan said he “a sentence of unconditional discharge appears to be the most viable solution to ensure finality and allow the Defendant to pursue his appellate options.”

As we learned with Hunter Biden’s pre-sentencing pardon, the felony convictions against Trump would become finalized with sentencing. On Jan. 10, Trump and his lawyers filed an appeal to stop the sentencing, hoping to trigger an automatic stay, or pause, in the proceedings.

Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said. “The Supreme Court’s historic decision on Immunity, the state constitution of New York, and other established legal precedent mandate that this meritless hoax be immediately dismissed.” The alleged crimes all involve hush money payments that Trump made to shut up scandal mongers looking to make a quick buck.

NOKO: Fat Little Rocketman has banned all forms of sausage. People caught cooking or selling hotdogs could find themselves arrested for treason and sentenced to hard labor. Reports have also emerged from the hermit nation that people who get divorced face one to six months in labor camps for their “crimes” against the state.

TEBOW: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZfwTnlPt2TI to hear an extraordinary true story.

TURN THE PAGE: Fox News contributor Joe Concha discusses President Biden’s ‘lecture’ to reporters at a White House event and his decision to award Medals of Freedom to the likes of Hillary Clinton and George Soros. [3:13] – I must give credit to the Dems in Congress for confirming the 2024 electoral vote without unseemly drama. Kamala held up well, though I did think she looked like she might burst into tears at one point. I’m curious how many tranquilizers she needed to get through that lengthy and humiliating event.

GRAMMY NOTES: Thankfully, Daisey passed in her sleep during the night … in her own cozy bed and in her own time.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/geC3wkcC0TM to see a classic moment from The Dick Van Dyke Show.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-AeAof3Rodw to see a super cute dog moment.

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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 | 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 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 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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