Thursday, November 28, 2019
‘The fourth Thanksgiving of the Trump era is upon us’: Here’s WaPo’s take on arguing with relatives – twitchy.com
‘The fourth Thanksgiving of the Trump era is upon us’: Here’s WaPo’s take on arguing with relatives – twitchy.com
"OK, we’re starting to lose track; we’ve had guides on how to talk about President Trump and politics around the Thanksgiving table from the ACLU, a pro-abortion group, MoveOn, and The Atlantic — all left-leaning, of course.
For some reason, conservatives don’t seem to see Thanksgiving as a compulsory gathering for political debate.
It’s just like when the media makes an error — it’s always in one direction, and when Thanksgiving rolls around, it’s always the liberals telling us how to steer the conversation.
"OK, we’re starting to lose track; we’ve had guides on how to talk about President Trump and politics around the Thanksgiving table from the ACLU, a pro-abortion group, MoveOn, and The Atlantic — all left-leaning, of course.
For some reason, conservatives don’t seem to see Thanksgiving as a compulsory gathering for political debate. It’s just like when the media makes an error — it’s always in one direction, and when Thanksgiving rolls around, it’s always the liberals telling us how to steer the conversation.
Now, at last, the Washington Post has weighed in, asking if we have yet learned to talk politics on this, the “fourth Thanksgiving of the Trump era.”
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The First Thanksgiving, 1621
The First Thanksgiving, 1621
It was not what they had planned. In September of 1620, 102 pilgrims embarked from England aboard the Mayflower (see Aboard the Mayflower, 1620).
Their intent was to establish a settlement in the Hudson River area in the northern reaches of the recently established Virginia Colony.
However, after a sixty-six-day journey they made landfall some 150 miles north of their target (whether by design or mishap is unclear) at the eastern tip of Cape Cod in present-day Massachusetts.
They explored the area for about a month and then sailed further west to the mainland at present-day Plymouth.
It was here that they decided to establish a new homeland.
It was not what they had planned. In September of 1620, 102 pilgrims embarked from England aboard the Mayflower (see Aboard the Mayflower, 1620).
Their intent was to establish a settlement in the Hudson River area in the northern reaches of the recently established Virginia Colony.
However, after a sixty-six-day journey they made landfall some 150 miles north of their target (whether by design or mishap is unclear) at the eastern tip of Cape Cod in present-day Massachusetts.
They explored the area for about a month and then sailed further west to the mainland at present-day Plymouth.
It was here that they decided to establish a new homeland.
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| The First Thanksgiving Jean Louis Gerome Ferris 1863-1930 |
For the first few months the majority of the expedition remained cloistered aboard ship where many succumbed to mal-nutrition and disease.
It is estimated that half of their number died by the following Spring.
With the return of favorable weather the remaining adventurers abandoned their ship and moved ashore to establish a settlement in the wilderness.
They were aided by two members of the local Native American tribes.
To the astonishment of the Pilgrims, both of these Good Samaritans spoke English.
One, Squanto, a member of the Pawtuxet tribe, had been kidnapped by English adventurers a few years earlier and taken to England. He was subsequently able to achieve his release and return to his homeland
It is estimated that half of their number died by the following Spring.
With the return of favorable weather the remaining adventurers abandoned their ship and moved ashore to establish a settlement in the wilderness.
They were aided by two members of the local Native American tribes.
To the astonishment of the Pilgrims, both of these Good Samaritans spoke English.
One, Squanto, a member of the Pawtuxet tribe, had been kidnapped by English adventurers a few years earlier and taken to England. He was subsequently able to achieve his release and return to his homeland
The Pilgrims' first corn harvest was successful and in November the group's leader, Governor William Bradford, called for a feast to celebrate their good fortune. Hunters were sent into the wilderness to hunt game for the event.
Members of the local Native American tribes were invited and brought deer meat to add to the menu.
The celebration lasted for three days
Members of the local Native American tribes were invited and brought deer meat to add to the menu.
The celebration lasted for three days
"...for three days we entertained and feasted."
Edward Winslow was among the group of Pilgrims present at the first Thanksgiving. He describes the scene:
"Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after a special manner rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors.
They four in one day killed as much fowl as, with a little help beside, served the company almost a week.
They four in one day killed as much fowl as, with a little help beside, served the company almost a week.
At which time, amongst other recreations, we exercised our arms, and many of the Indians coming amongst us, and among the rest their greatest king Massasoit, with some ninety men, whom for three days we entertained and feasted, and they went out and killed five deer, which they brought to the plantation and bestowed on our governor, and upon the captain and others.
And although it be not always so plentiful as it was at this time with us, yet by the goodness of God, we are so far from want that we often wish you partakers of our plenty."
Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher Thanks Trump: You Are a True Leader
Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher Thanks Trump: You Are a True Leader:
Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher thanked President Donald Trump for intervening in his case on Sunday and prohibiting the Navy from pulling his Trident pin and essentially kicking him out of the SEALs.
“President Donald Trump, you have my deepest gratitude and thanks. You stepped in numerous times and showed true moral fiber by correcting all the wrongs that were being done to me. You are a true leader and exactly what this military and this nation needs. God bless you and your family,” Eddie Gallagher said in a statement to Fox News’s Pete Hegseth.
“President Donald Trump, you have my deepest gratitude and thanks. You stepped in numerous times and showed true moral fiber by correcting all the wrongs that were being done to me. You are a true leader and exactly what this military and this nation needs. God bless you and your family,” Eddie Gallagher said in a statement to Fox News’s Pete Hegseth.
The True Story of Thanksgiving
The True Story of Thanksgiving - The Rush Limbaugh Show
"...What the History Books Never Told You: The True Story of Thanksgiving.”
...“On August 1, 1620, the Mayflower set sail. It carried a total of 102 passengers, including forty Pilgrims,” now known as Pilgrims, “led by William Bradford.
...During the first winter, half the Pilgrims — including Bradford’s own wife — died of either starvation, sickness or exposure.”
They endured that first winter.
“When spring finally came,” they had, by that time, met the indigenous people, the Indians, and indeed the “Indians taught the settlers how to plant corn, fish for cod and skin beavers” and other animals “for coats.”
But there wasn’t any prosperity.
...“This is important to understand because this is where modern American history lessons often end. Thanksgiving is actually explained in some textbooks as a holiday for which the Pilgrims gave thanks to the Indians for saving their lives, rather than what it really was.
...That all happened, but that’s not — according to William Bradford’s journal — what they ultimately gave thanks for.
...“All of the land they cleared and the houses they built belong to the community as well.”
Everything belonged to everybody and everybody had one share in it.
They were going to distribute it equally.”
That was considered to be the epitome of fairness, sharing the hardship burdens and everything like that.
...“Bradford, who had become the new governor of the colony, recognized that” it wasn’t working.
It “was as costly and destructive…”
His own journals chronicle the reasons it didn’t work.
...“What Bradford and his community found,” and I’m going to use basically his own words, “was that the most creative and industrious people had no incentive to work any harder than anyone else…
“For young men that were most able and fit for labor and service did repine that they should spend their time and strength to work for other men’s wives and children without any recompense,'” without any payment, “‘that was thought injustice.’
...“So what did Bradford’s community try next?
...Every family was assigned its own plot of land to work and permitted to market its own crops and products.
And what was the result? ‘
This had very good success,’ wrote Bradford, ‘for it made all hands [everybody] industrious, so as much more corn was planted than otherwise would have been.’ …
...The first Thanksgiving was William Bradford and Plymouth Colony thanking God for their blessings.
That’s the first Thanksgiving.
Nothing wrong with being grateful to the Indians; don’t misunderstand.
But the true meaning of Thanksgiving — and this is what George Washington recognized in his first Thanksgiving proclamation."
"...What the History Books Never Told You: The True Story of Thanksgiving.”
...During the first winter, half the Pilgrims — including Bradford’s own wife — died of either starvation, sickness or exposure.”
They endured that first winter.
“When spring finally came,” they had, by that time, met the indigenous people, the Indians, and indeed the “Indians taught the settlers how to plant corn, fish for cod and skin beavers” and other animals “for coats.”
But there wasn’t any prosperity.
...“This is important to understand because this is where modern American history lessons often end. Thanksgiving is actually explained in some textbooks as a holiday for which the Pilgrims gave thanks to the Indians for saving their lives, rather than what it really was.
...That all happened, but that’s not — according to William Bradford’s journal — what they ultimately gave thanks for.
...“All of the land they cleared and the houses they built belong to the community as well.”
Everything belonged to everybody and everybody had one share in it.
They were going to distribute it equally.”
That was considered to be the epitome of fairness, sharing the hardship burdens and everything like that.
...“Bradford, who had become the new governor of the colony, recognized that” it wasn’t working.
It “was as costly and destructive…”
His own journals chronicle the reasons it didn’t work.
...“What Bradford and his community found,” and I’m going to use basically his own words, “was that the most creative and industrious people had no incentive to work any harder than anyone else…
“For young men that were most able and fit for labor and service did repine that they should spend their time and strength to work for other men’s wives and children without any recompense,'” without any payment, “‘that was thought injustice.’
...“So what did Bradford’s community try next?
...Every family was assigned its own plot of land to work and permitted to market its own crops and products.
And what was the result? ‘
This had very good success,’ wrote Bradford, ‘for it made all hands [everybody] industrious, so as much more corn was planted than otherwise would have been.’ …
...The first Thanksgiving was William Bradford and Plymouth Colony thanking God for their blessings. That’s the first Thanksgiving.
Nothing wrong with being grateful to the Indians; don’t misunderstand.
But the true meaning of Thanksgiving — and this is what George Washington recognized in his first Thanksgiving proclamation."
History for November 28
History for November 28 - On-This-Day.com
John Bunyan 1628, Berry Gordy, Jr. 1929 - Founder of Mowtown Records, Gary Hart (Hartpence) 1936
Randy Newman 1943 - Singer, songwriter, Judd Nelson 1959 - Actor ("The Breakfast Club," "St. Elmo's Fire," "Making the Grade"), Anna Nicole Smith 1967 - Model, actress
1520 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait. The strait was named after him. He was the first European to sail the Pacific from the east.
1963 - U.S. President Johnson announced that Cape Canaveral would be renamed Cape Kennedy in honor of his assassinated predecessor. The name was changed back to Cape Canaveral in 1973 by a vote of residents.
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
2 polls show massive surge in black voters supporting Trump - WND
2 polls show massive surge in black voters supporting Trump - WND:President Trump received only 8% of the black vote in 2016, but two major pollsters find he now has the support of about 34% of black likely voters.
An Emerson poll had black support for Trump at 34.5% and a Rasmussen poll at 34%
The Bee or not?-----Nation's Progressives Give Thanks That They Have So Much To Be Angry About This Year | The Babylon Bee
Nation's Progressives Give Thanks That They Have So Much To Be Angry About This Year | The Babylon Bee"Thank you, unspecified deity who may or may not exist, for giving us so much stuff to be outraged about," said Staci Walder, 42, of Portland, as she prepared her vegan, kale-wrapped turkey.
"I'm truly humbled that you've blessed me with the Trump presidency, the patriarchy, the laws of economics, and biological facts to rage against."...
Many progressives partake in an annual tradition of writing down all the things they're thankful to be mad about:
Many progressives partake in an annual tradition of writing down all the things they're thankful to be mad about:
- White people
- Pronouns
- Personal responsibility
- Satire that does not affirm their viewpoint
- Billionaires
- Old tweets
- 32-ounce sodas
- Plastic straws
- People who hold a steady job
- Appropriating other cultures
- Excluding other cultures
- Bush
- Obama
- Trump
- Babies
- Kanye West
- America
"We should live our lives as though it's Outrage Thanksgiving every day."
Only more money can fix this!!!--Expect eco-libs to jump on this bigtime!-----‘Climate change is a disability rights issue’ | Watts Up With That?
“Global environmental change should be considered a disability rights issue”...and Dr Amy Dunham (Rice University, USA) argue in their recently published Letter in Science...
The researchers believe that climate change and the resulting loss of ecosystem services will affect the world’s disabled populations disproportionately by exacerbating inequalities and increasing marginalization..."
Facts:
- University of Konstanz researchers publish high-profile Letter on the topic of climate change in Science...change should be considered a disability rights issue, climate scientist and first author Dr Aleksandra Kosanic, an Associate Fellow of the University of Konstanz’s Zukunftskolleg, writes...
- More research urgently required..."
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Impeachment backfire? Democratic anxiety soars over rampant impeachment opposition - TheBlaze
Impeachment backfire? Democratic anxiety soars over rampant impeachment opposition - TheBlaze:Democratic lawmakers are becoming increasingly worried about the Republican-led anti-impeachment campaign, especially those most vulnerable to losing their seats in the upcoming election.
Politico reported over the weekend that vulnerable Democrats are "watching in horror" as Republican interests sow impeachment opposition in their home districts. The anxiety has caused many Democrats to demand increased support from their party leadership.
RINO Alert!-----Proposed study would look at whether toll roads make sense in Michigan - mlive.com
"Michigan’s major roadways currently don’t require tolls.
...But some lawmakers in Michigan are interested in at least exploring the option, backing legislation to task the Michigan Department of Transportation with studying tolling to see if it’s possible in some of the state’s high-traffic corridors.
..The bill is sponsored by Republican Sen. John Bizon, R-Battle Creek, and is supported by MDOT..."
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Taught to hate by teachers?-----The Melania Trump Is Booed While Addressing Students in Baltimore - The New York Times
WASHINGTON — Melania Trump was booed by a roomful of students in Baltimore on Tuesday when she took the stage to give a speech about youth opioid use, one of the pillars of her “Be Best” initiative.
A vocal crowd of middle school and high school students erupted in a mix of loud boos and some cheers as the first lady strode across the stage at the B’More Youth Summit on Opioid Awareness..."
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First Migrant Deported To Guatemala Under New Asylum Program Decides To Return Home | The Daily Caller
First Migrant Deported To Guatemala Under New Asylum Program Decides To Return Home | The Daily Caller:
The first migrant deported under the Trump administration’s new asylum program with Guatemala opted to go back to his home county instead, an indication of how other asylum seekers may respond to the policy.
Despite claiming to be fearful of returning to his home country of Honduras, Erwin Jos Ardn Montoya — when given the choice of receiving asylum protection and a job in Guatemala — opted instead to go back to his village, according to The Associated Press.
Despite claiming to be fearful of returning to his home country of Honduras, Erwin Jos Ardn Montoya — when given the choice of receiving asylum protection and a job in Guatemala — opted instead to go back to his village, according to The Associated Press.
Left-leaning ‘dark money’ network poured millions into Michigan elections - mlive.com
Left-leaning ‘dark money’ network poured millions into Michigan elections - mlive.com
"A well-funded left-leaning “dark money” network funneled nearly $9 million to Michigan activist causes in 2018.
Sixteen Thirty Fund, a nonprofit focused on promoting social welfare, supported an anti-gerrymandering ballot initiative and other Democrat-backed causes during the 2018 midterm elections, according to tax filings released by Politico last week.
“One of my major concerns with the structure of organizations like this is that there’s a significant lag in reporting,” Schuster said.
“This organization can have a broad influence on an election, but because they don’t have to file the documents that disclose their spending, then we don’t even know the extent of their influence until long after the election."
Politico’s analysis of Sixteen Thirty Fund’s spending in 2018 found it dedicated $141 million to more than 100 left-leaning causes. It also supported House Democrats in crucial elections across the country..."
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Sixteen Thirty Fund, a nonprofit focused on promoting social welfare, supported an anti-gerrymandering ballot initiative and other Democrat-backed causes during the 2018 midterm elections, according to tax filings released by Politico last week.
“One of my major concerns with the structure of organizations like this is that there’s a significant lag in reporting,” Schuster said.
“This organization can have a broad influence on an election, but because they don’t have to file the documents that disclose their spending, then we don’t even know the extent of their influence until long after the election."
Politico’s analysis of Sixteen Thirty Fund’s spending in 2018 found it dedicated $141 million to more than 100 left-leaning causes. It also supported House Democrats in crucial elections across the country..."
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Harvard study finds that wind turbines create MORE global warming than the fossil fuels they eliminate – and the same is true for scooters and electric cars
"Researchers from Harvard University have made an interesting and hilarious discovery with regards to wind power, which actually causes more global warming than the burning of fossil fuels does.
While massive wind farms are said by some to be the “renewable” energy source of the future, two Harvard scientists have found that the spinning blades of these massive metal monstrosities create more climate warming than coal plants..."
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