CHRISTMAS SURPRISE

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In 2008, I was living with HB and SIL in a house in Manassas, VA on a major roadway with a lot of traffic, although it was only a two-lane road. It was Christmas but it was unseasonably warm that year. HB and SIL were watching TV and, of course, I was sitting at my computer, which was directly in front of a window.

I was sitting at the small window on the right.

All of a sudden, I heard a loud crash and looked up to see that an SUV had crashed into a tree across the street. It hit the tree and bounced back; I saw the driver’s door open and a man got out, with an obvious leg injury – he fell up against the SUV and kind of rolled down the side of it towards the front of the vehicle.

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By the time I got up and went to the door, I could no longer see him. Behind the house across the street was a large wooded area – there was a driveway running down the side of the house towards the back. We called 911 to report it and then we all trooped outside to look; a woman had pulled over into our driveway so we chatted with her while we waited.

Within 5 or 10 minutes, the cops arrived and began searching for the driver, who was nowhere to be found. They told us the SUV had just been stolen from someone down the street. I told them that he was obviously injured but that was all I knew. They searched and searched and searched, and finally determined that he must have gone down the driveway into the woods. So they sent a car around to the other side of the woods to search from that side. They even had a helicopter up looking for him.

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After about 45 minutes, another cop car pulled up with a canine unit. They brought the dog out and had him jump into the SUV to get the man’s scent. He jumped back down and went directly to the tree at the front of the SUV!

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Turns out, the guy had buried himself in the leaves and was there the whole time!!!! They had never even looked there!!! We also found out he was an illegal – sometimes I swore half of Manassas was made up of illegals, there were so many, including MS-13!

HB and SIL had already made their decision by then to move to Nebraska. She was pregnant with Piper and wouldn’t be able to work and SIL had been laid off from his job. I had not yet decided to join them but, in March of 2009, I also lost my job as General Manager at ResoleAmerica. I decided God was telling me it was time to go home!!!!

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  3. Citizen 817
    Citizen 817
    December 25, 2022 12:22 am

    @realDonaldTrump

    6h
    Merry Christmas to EVERYONE, including the Radical Left Marxists that are trying to destroy our Country, the Federal Bureau of Investigation that is illegally coercing & paying Social and LameStream Media to push for a mentally disabled Democrat over the Brilliant, Clairvoyant, and USA LOVING Donald J. Trump, and, of course, The Department of Injustice, which appointed a Special “Prosecutor” who, together with his wife and family, HATES “Trump” more than any other person on earth. LOVE TO ALL!

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  10. King Charles has finally had enough of brother Andrew…kicks him out of the palace.
    FTA
    King Charles has finally thrown his brother, alleged sex pest Prince Andrew, out of Buckingham Palace, an insider claims.

    The 62-year-old disgraced prince, who resigned from the Royal Family nearly three years ago over his ties with sex trafficking duo Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, will no longer be allowed an office in the castle that serves as the royal headquarters, sources told The Sun.

    Queen Elizabeth reportedly allowed her son Andrew to continue using the palace and to retain a small staff after he stepped down from public duty in 2020.

    But under his brother’s rule, Andrew won’t even be allowed to use Buckingham Palace as a corresponding address.

    “Any presence at the Palace is officially over,” a source told the outlet. “The King has made it clear. He isn’t a working royal. He’s on his own.”

    https://nypost.com/2022/12/23/king-charles-kicks-prince-andrew-out-of-buckingham-palace/

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  12. some language expert says these are the 2022 “new” words…I call bullshit (as the reporter does) on fluffernutter tho
    FTA

    Meatspace — The physical world, in contrast to cyberspace; FUNFACT: The human body is also known as a ‘meat tractor.’

    Sponcon — Content posted on social media that appears as a typical post but which is actually a paid-for advertisement; [Sponsored Content]

    Fexting — The act of fighting with someone by text messages rather than speaking on the phone or face-to-face; [Fight Texting]

    Copypasta — Data that’s been copied and spread online; BONUS: It’s fun to say.

    Quiet Quitting — Doing no more work than one is contractually obliged to do; Otherwise known as what every dissatisfied worker has done forever and ever, amen.

    Fluffernutter — A sandwich of marshmallow spread and peanut butter on white bread; I have to call baloney on this “new” word. My college roommate ate these monstrosities almost daily and that was, you know, back in the day.

    Vibe Shift — A significant change in the prevailing culture; As opposed to say, a fundamental transformation? Some things never change.

    Splooting — The act of usually a dog lying flat on its stomach with its legs stretched out to counter unusually high temperatures; Let’s hope they mean dogs do this.

    Manicule — A typographic mark depicting a hand with a pointing forefinger; [mani- + ridicule emoji]

    Sharenting — The act of sharing news, images or videos of one’s children on social media; Facebook guilty, so sue me or follow me on Twitter where I don’t sharent often.

    Scream Pot — A clay vessel used to scream into to release anger and frustration; Sounds as productive as feminists doing this. No thanks.

    Soysage — A vegetarian sausage fake meat monstrosity made with soy protein in the shape of a delicious, yummy sausage; I soytanly wouldn’t order one. Hard pass.

    Wearapy — The choosing of clothes to make the wearer feel comforted; Unless we’re talking comfy leggings, it’s time to take off the pajama bottoms, guys and put on your Big Boy pants. You’re not fooling anyone.

    https://pjmedia.com/culture/gwendolynsims/2022/12/24/the-strange-new-and-mostly-annoying-words-of-2022-n1656080

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            1. OK – here goes a new made up recipe.

              1 pecan graham cracker crust (butter, graham cracker crumbs, chopped pecans) baked and cooled.

              Jar of marshmallow cream stirred with melted chocolate chips or chocolate fudge topping, Heath toffee chips, chopped pecans, and topped with whipped cream, garnished with chocolate curls or cocoa powder.

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              3. no, lol, i don’t think so!
                I find with low carb or artificial sweetners, I tend to overdo thinking their “safer”.
                so instead I allow myself to eat limited full fat or sugar or carb treats but know that i can only have a little…it works for me

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  16. “Twitter Files: What We’ve Learned So Far”

    The bottom line? Federal law enforcement asserted primacy over all media distribution, a situation normally only found in tinpot regimes

    Matt Taibbi
    7 hr ago

    ‘This morning on Twitter I published a thread on “Twitter and Other Government Agencies.” With the documents it of course exceeds email size limits, but you can find it on the site by clicking here. merry Christmas, everyone. I’m going to sleep now…”

    https://taibbi.substack.com/p/twitter-files-what-weve-learned-so

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  17. Well…this was certainly interesting! Remember the Westboro Baptist Church whose rag-tag small groups used to protest at veterans’ funerals? In 2014, a young Pierce boy had died in Iraq or Afghanistan and was coming home – those lunatics were going to be there protesting. HB spearheaded a group of people to go to the funeral procession and we went to Pierce to try to block them. You should have seen the people lining both sides of the street, flying US flags and POW flags! We far outweighed their paltry group! The hearse was also re-directed to another route so the family did not have to see them.

    (Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)
    “Last year, we enlisted our very own Megan Phelps-Roper to share her Christmas story. It was—it is—a poignant reminder of what this holiday is supposed to be, and we’re pleased to reprint it this year. Merry Christmas from everyone at The Free Press. — BW”

    “I Was Taught ‘God Hates Christmas.’ Now, I Love It. Megan Phelps-Roper on bridging past and present without burning it all down.”
    By Megan Phelps-Roper
    Sunday, Dec 25, 2022

    EXCERPT: “Holidays are infamous for bringing up all kinds of complicated feelings in people, and I count myself among them: my family hates Christmas. It was never a matter of bickering over politics at Christmas dinner, or the frustration of gifts poorly chosen and received ungraciously. No, no—in my family, Christmas was a matter of eternal significance: “I hate, I despise your feast days,” God chides in one Bible passage. God hated Christmas, and so everyone else had to as well.

    Or so we believed.

    As a child growing up in the Westboro Baptist Church—you may have known us as the “God Hates Fags” protestors—I never much minded my family’s ideological separatism. The church was my world: my grandfather founded it, my mother was its spokesperson, and everyone I loved was deeply committed to its vision. In practice this meant that from the age of five, my holiday season consisted primarily of a series of protests on cold winter evenings. My extended family and I would hold signs condemning Christmas idolatry, planting ourselves on sidewalks outside of Christmas concerts, church services, and performances of The Nutcracker.”
    —————-

    (What Christmas in my South Dakota home looks like these days.”

    https://www.thefp.com/p/i-was-taught-god-hates-christmas-8b0

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        1. what are you talking about?
          you aren’t plotting to rid the planet of half of its inhabitants…you’re not trying to control the world…you’re blooming where you’re planted and helping to keep me sane!

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  21. I am adding a short daily prayer to the board. I would invite each of you, if you wish, to also add one or maybe two of your own liking. I do not want to stifle anyone but please limit yourself to one or two religious postings. here’s one I found that I liked.

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