Sunday, December 25, 2022
West Point to Remove Confederate Monuments From Its Campus
"The United States Military Academy at West Point will start removing Confederate symbols from its campus, including taking down a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee dressed in his Confederate uniform from the academy’s library, officials said...
This doesn't include incredible BENEFITS!!-----NY Democrats give themselves 29% pay raise days before Christmas | Daily Mail Online
NY Democrats give themselves 29% pay raise days before Christmas | Daily Mail Online"Christmas bonus?
- New York Democrats give themselves 29% pay raise days before holiday, making Albany the highest-paid state legislature in the nation at $142,000 a year
- State Senators and the Assembly voted to give themselves a $32,000 raise from $110,000 to $142,000 a year...
These 18 Republican senators voted for massive omnibus - TheBlaze
These 18 Republican senators voted for massive omnibus - TheBlaze:
The mammoth measure that runs thousands of pages long cleared the chamber in a 68-29 vote and will need to clear the House before heading to President Biden's desk.
"There's no way that anybody has read this bill that we just voted on," GOP Sen. Rick Scott of Florida said in a video posted on social media — he described the spending measure, which he voted against, as an "inflation bomb."
The dark side of the trans movement; people who have their legs amputated...
"There is a fearful craze at the moment in Britain for voluntary mutilation in the cause of freedom.
People are having themselves blinded and castrated, as well as having healthy limbs amputated; just because they feel like it."
On this day in history, Dec. 25, 1941, Bing Crosby performs 'White Christmas' for the first time | Fox News
On this day in history, Dec. 25, 1941, Bing Crosby performs 'White Christmas' for the first time | Fox News:
And on this day in history, Dec. 25, 1941, crooner Bing Crosby performed "White Christmas" for the first time.
The great songwriter Irving Berlin — considered the most prolific songwriter of the 20th century — crafted the classic song.
Crosby, then 38 years old, was the first to perform it.
The Most American Christmas Ever - Don Surber
The Most American Christmas Ever - Don Surber"...But there is no dispute about Heyer’s service to our country.
He was a farm boy who became one of thousands of patriots who took up arms to force the best army in the world to leave the colonies so that Founding Fathers could set up a government that protected our rights.
On December 25, 1776, Heyer participated in the Most American Christmas Ever when Washington crossed the Delaware River, raided Trenton and caught 1,400 Hessian troops — who fought for the British — napping.
Heyer and the rest of the Yankee troops gathered at the river around 6 p.m. on that Christmas day for what was to be three crossings of the river.
On December 25, 1776, Heyer participated in the Most American Christmas Ever when Washington crossed the Delaware River, raided Trenton and caught 1,400 Hessian troops — who fought for the British — napping.
Heyer and the rest of the Yankee troops gathered at the river around 6 p.m. on that Christmas day for what was to be three crossings of the river.
The plan was to ferry 5,400 troops and equipment but bad weather forced them to cancel the second and third crossings...
Joe Rogan podcast guest explains 'heart-wrenching' source of electric vehicle, iPhone batteries in viral video | Fox News
Joe Rogan podcast guest explains 'heart-wrenching' source of electric vehicle, iPhone batteries in viral video | Fox News:
When asked by Rogan if there was any cobalt mine in the Congo that did not rely on "child labor" or "slavery," the Harvard visiting professor told him there were none. "I've never seen one and I've been to almost all the major industrial cobalt mines" in the country, Kara said. One reason for that is that the demand for cobalt is exceptionally high: "Cobalt is in every single lithium, rechargeable battery manufactured in the world today," he explained.
The Other Christmas Story
The Other Christmas Story - Scott Hogenson 
The Advent season and the Christmas story bring joy and hope as Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus. But the aforementioned sketch describes the political environment into which He was born.
- I have an idea for a political thriller certain to become a best seller and possibly a hit movie. Here’s a quick sketch:
To maintain power, he engages in global intrigue with iconic world leaders, later choosing the wrong side in a war and descending into the madness of paranoia.
As new threats to his administration emerge, he seeks to collude with foreign emissaries to destroy this threat, forcing his usurper to flee across international borders.
As new threats to his administration emerge, he seeks to collude with foreign emissaries to destroy this threat, forcing his usurper to flee across international borders.
His lunacy culminates in the murder of untold numbers of his own citizens.
Along the way, he is embroiled in a series of failed marriages, the murder of two sons, and ultimately, an agonizing death."
The Advent season and the Christmas story bring joy and hope as Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus. But the aforementioned sketch describes the political environment into which He was born.
It is the other Christmas story...
'Your arrest is necessary': Woman arrested for silent prayer, 'anti-social behavior' outside abortion clinic - TheBlaze
'Your arrest is necessary': Woman arrested for silent prayer, 'anti-social behavior' outside abortion clinic - TheBlaze:
It is at that point the policeman asks Spruce to voluntarily come to the police station to ask her questions about other incidents as well, which she declines.
The cop then informs her that she is under arrest for failing to comply, along with being charged with "anti-social behavior."
According to the government website for the city of Birmingham, England, anti-social behavior "includes behaviour which has caused or is likely to cause you harassment, alarm or distress."
History for December 25
History for December 25 - On-This-Day.com
Sir Isaac Newton 1642 (Old Style) - Physicist, mathematician
- 1776 - Gen. George Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River for a surprise attack against Hessian forces at Trenton, NJ.
- 1818 - "Silent Night" was performed for the first time, at the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorff, Austria.
- 1868 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson granted an unconditional pardon to all persons involved in the Southern rebellion that resulted in the Civil War.
- 1896 - John Philip Sousa finally titled the melody "The Stars and Stripes Forever."
- 1914 - During World War I, British and German troops observed an unofficial truce and even playing football together on the Western Front.
- 1972 - The Nicaraguan capital Managua was hit by an earthquake. Over 10,000 people were killed.
- 1979 - The USSR invaded Afghanistan in a bid to halt civil war and protect USSR interests.
- 1989 - Ousted Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, were executed following a popular uprising.
- 1991 - Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev went on television to announce his resignation as leader of a Communist superpower that had already gone out of existence.
Saturday, December 24, 2022
Popular Texas sheriff is the latest elected official to reject the Democratic Party and become a Republican - TheBlaze
Popular Texas sheriff is the latest elected official to reject the Democratic Party and become a Republican - TheBlaze:
An accomplished and popular Texas sheriff has determined that to continue the "strong tradition of excellent law enforcement in Karnes County," he will have to do so as a Republican.
Thrice-elected Karnes County Sheriff Dwayne Villanueva announced he has switched parties, officially rejecting the Democratic Party and what it has come to stand for.
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