It’s National Toss Your Fruitcake Day!

Humor 2 Minutes

Fruitcake is one of those mysterious gifts that everybody receives, but nobody actually enjoys. It mysteriously lasts for a long time, and it does not taste good. If you received a fruitcake this holiday season, here are some ideas for using it.

1. A door stop

Do you have that pesky door that just won’t stay open? Throw the fruitcake down, and the door will stay open for as long as you want!

2. A booster seat for kids

Is your child not quite tall enough to sit at the dinner table? Simply place the fruitcake on a chair, and seat the child on top of the fruitcake. They will instantly be able to sit at the grown-up table!

3. A Christmas Tree stand

Is your Christmas Tree stand not festive enough? Use a fruitcake instead. (Bonus: the fruitcake will hold water, just like any other Christmas Tree stand)

4. A bird feeder (Will only work if birds are desperate)

You can try being a bird whisperer by feeding your local birds with the fruitcake! If the birds are hungry enough, this may just work!

5. A bookend

Are you tired of your books constantly falling over? Simply place the fruitcake at the end of your collection, and you have a festive bookend. For extra sturdiness, cut the cake in half and place one half at each end of your book collection.

6. Put it under your pesky neighbor’s tire

Do you have that one neighbor that you just can’t stand? Place the fruitcake under their tire, and they are almost guaranteed to never speak to you again.

7. A step stool

Do you have that one shelf that is just impossible to reach? Place the fruitcake on the ground and step on it. You are magically taller! (Note: Can also be used as a step platform for aerobics)

8. A beer koozie

Do you need somewhere festive to place your beer? Look no further than the fruitcake!

9. Use it to fix a wobbly table

Do you have to hold onto your drinks when you eat dinner? Place the fruitcake under the uneven leg, and your table is good as new! (Note: You may need to trim fruitcake according to table leg size)

10. A hockey puck

Did you lose all of your hockey pucks again? Simply use the fruitcake! You can even mold it into a hockey puck shape!

11. Save it for trick-or-treaters on Halloween

Would you like to see your fruitcake consumed, but you can’t do it yourself? Save it for Halloween! You can cut it into squares or use a cookie cutter for fun Halloween shapes!

12. A boat anchor*

*Will only work on smaller boats. Large boats and cruise ships will require several fruitcakes.

13. Throw it at a burglar

Someone break into your house? The weight of the fruitcake is sure to knock any burglar out!

14. Fire wood (most recommended)

If you just want the fruitcake to be gone, simply throw it in your bonfire during this chilly holiday season. It will be gone in no time!

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148 thoughts on “It’s National Toss Your Fruitcake Day!”

  1. Problem is – most folks don’t know that Fruitcakes were not meant to be served ‘as is’

    They are baked early in the holiday season – early to mid November – then they are put into an air tight tin or cake holder and ‘doctored’….which means they are covered with cheese cloth soaked with medicinal amounts of bourbon…so that they can be served with egg nog throughout the holidays.

    Both the drink and the cake are potent enough to get everyone into a jolly Christmas spirit.

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    2. Morning GA!
      see? I didn’t know that either!!
      do you like them?
      I have to be honest, the way everyone goes on about them, I never had the courage to try one..

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      1. Down here, the Claxton GA fruitcakes are prized. Folks also used to make their own homemade baked and no-bake versions. Many families would doctor the cakes even if they were tea-totalers.

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  2. Morning All!
    was reading the morning headlines–a Buffalo Bills player was hit in the chest apparently in last night’s big game. He stood up after the hit, then collapsed–not breathing. 9 minutes of cpr–still not breathing on his own…
    some say it was the jab–the hit was hard–but not that hard–drs saying it was a heart attack.
    didn’t all nfl players HAVE to take the jab?
    this is so sad…waiting to hear more news.
    we need to have a national conversation NOW!

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  8. Citizen 817
    January 3, 2023 12:23 am

    @realDonaldTrump

    12h
    When I was President I made Member Nations pay up all of the money they weren’t paying to NATO. The U.S. was footing almost the entire NATO bill, and I quickly put a stop to that. Hundreds of billions of Dollars were then rapidly paid by those “delinquent” nations. The Secretary General of NATO said it was AMAZING what President Trump had done. Thank you, but here we go again! The good old USA “suckers” are paying a VAST majority of the NATO bill, & outside money, going to Ukraine. VERY UNFAIR!

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  9. Citizen 817
    January 3, 2023 12:27 am

    @realDonaldTrump

    1h
    Wow! Has anyone seen the Ruby Freeman “contradictions” of her sworn testimony? Now this is “BIG STUFF.”Look what was captured by Cobb County police body cameras on January 4, 2021. “And everything they are saying is false. Everything from the quote unquote SUITCASES OF THE BALLOT BOXES, TO THE WHY WE OPENED THEM BACK UP. EVERYTHING THEY SAID WAS FALSE.THE FBI…REACHED OUT TO ME ONLY TO CLEAR MY SOCIAL MEDIA (evidence tampering?)…COUNT WAS LOW, IT WAS REALLY LOW.” Now it gets really bad,TRUTH 2

    Ruby Freeman, page 2: “BOOM under the table. Cut the zip ties to scan them so the number would go up…so that’s how the number was CREATED, by the ballots going through the scanner…I do want an attorney. IT’S ALL A FRAUD. EVERYTHING THEY ARE SAYING IS FALSE. FROM THE SUITCASES OF THE BALLOT BOXES, TO WHY WE OPENED THEM BACK UP. EVERYTHING THEY SAID WAS FALSE.” They got Ruby 7 top D.C. lawyers and protection from the FBI (Again?). WHY? She then “changed” her statements – LIED? TROUBLE FOR RUBY!!!

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        1. A lot of snow with ice underlying it, I expect. Temp is at 25 right now and still cloudy. Snow expected off and on all day into the evening. No sign of the trash trucks yet – they usually start really early but not today!

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              2. Oh, my, yes, he shows up as soon as he hears me moving around. I’ve been out and refilled his food/water dishes, petted him a bit. We had another Mexican stand-off between him and Jake thru the door.
                No loud yowls or slapping any more, just rumbling in the throat from Jake. When Jake is good and doesn’t get all kick-ass fierce, he gets a treat.

                No, ear mites are really tiny – almost microscopic – and deep in the ear canal, especially in cold weather. At some point, while he is on my lap, I’ll take some tissue and try to kind of wipe inside his ears, if I can. It’s best to do it with a q-tip but I don’t think he would put up with that so….we’ll see. The biggest sign will be less scratching at his ears and shaking his head, especially the left one where it was raw and bleeding this summer.

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  15. “Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills, the Vaccines, Tragedy & Truth”

    Tom Renz
    18 min ago

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “On Jan 2, Monday night football I watched in horror as I saw another 24 year old professional athlete make a very average tackle, stand up and then collapse. He laid on the field as medics came and performed CPR before he was finally ambulanced away. The most important and first reaction I had was to pray for him, his family, his teammates, and all involved. This was terrible and should never happen.

    My second reaction was anger, and not just a little bit. For nearly 3 years now I have fought the COVID fraud day and night. I believe COVID is a thing and know it has killed many but everything beyond that has been a lie. I’m not interested in getting in to the specifics of the lie here, but rather, want to ensure we stop the lie from going further and killing even more.

    The hit that Hamlin was involved in was minor at best. I played football, am a lifelong athlete, spent years in martial arts, and have tried about every type of contact sport you can try. In all of my years and in all of the things I have tried, this simply does not happen. What happened last night had nothing to do with the hit – I predict it was the bioweapon/vaccine pushed by Anthony Fauci, Joe Biden, the WEF, the CCP and many others that will ultimately be shown to be the cause (of course they will cover it up).

    If you have not heard about the potential for heart damage from the jabs then your living under a rock or listening exclusively to CNN/MSNBC and if that is the case you may be beyond the reach of reason. For the rest of us, let me tell you what I saw. I saw a young man that was participating in intense physical activity, that took a minor hit, got up from the hit quickly, then collapsed in a manor that seems consistent with what we see in many of the #diedsuddenly heart attack videos. He then received CPR which you are likely to need if you are experiencing heart issues such as these. Reports have said that they also used the AED at the field which is to jump-start your heart if it stops.

    None of this has ANYTHING to do with a hit. There are a few vax apologists trying to suggest that it was commotio cordis but that is absolutely absurd and, even if it was true, it was probably exacerbated by the jab. Commotio cordis happens roughly 10-20 times per year and rarely in people over 20 years old (see this AHA article). If you watch the hit this guy was hit in the shoulder area primarily and it slid up towards his head – the impact was minor and not in the area of the heart. I talked to several doctor friends and they all said the same thing as Peter McCullough – this was likely related to the jab.

    The first reaction, after shock, was for the mainstream to start parading out doctors to tell us it wasn’t the jab. There is zero chance they could have ruled that out. These guys had no test results or medical info and the jab is known to cause heart issues. How would they rule out a likely cause without more info than we have? The answer is they couldn’t and were just trying to cover up the truth. I suppose that shouldn’t be a surprise given that the NFL sold its player health for the almighty dollar and would not want that known, and that is my real issue.

    As statements of prayer and concern were posted last night, any time anyone mentioned the jab the response was “don’t politicize this.” Are you kidding me? Did you miss the story about the NFL player that had called for the unjabbed to be imprisoned who “died suddenly” yesterday – probably from the jab (you can see it here if you missed it)? Fauci and his band of crooks have not missed a single chance to lie and claim every single COVID death could have been prevented with the deathjab but we shouldn’t talk about the truth?

    The simple reality is we MUST talk about this. EVERY single person watching had the same question but most were too afraid to ask, was this the jab? I predict the answer is yes and want people to continue asking this critical question. My reasoning has absolutely nothing to do with me saying “I told you so” – think that is abhorrent. Rather, my reasoning is that we MUST have everyone wake up to the truth so we can prevent tragedies like this from continuing.

    These jabs have killed and will kill more than we will ever know. They are indisputably creating massive reductions in life expectancy and causing lifelong health issues including reproductive problems. An HONEST conversation about this disaster is well past overdue and this tragedy should force the issue. Closing our eyes to the truth will only serve to exacerbate the problem and we MUST start looking for treatments/cures to the jabs and pull them from the market immediately.

    I am well past apologizing for my position. I’ve seen more death and carnage and have as much court-quality evidence of what is happening than anyone in the country. There is no question about what is happening, the question is how many more tragedies to we need to see before we start looking at the hard reality that the people of the world were defrauded in one of the most evil schemes in history. Until we start facing this FACT, these tragedies will continue.

    I pray for this young man and his family and hope they file the biggest lawsuit against the NFL in history if circumstances allow.

    https://tomrenz.substack.com/p/damar-hamlin-the-buffalo-bills-the

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  16. There is page after page of listings….I didn’t read every one but you get the point….

    https://www.kltv.com/2023/01/02/garrison-track-star-olympian-dies-suddenly-49/
    https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/02/uche-nwaneri-dead-38-former-nfl-jacksonville-jaguars/
    https://www.breitbart.com/local/2022/10/22/community-mourns-sudden-death-of-16-year-old-athlete-a-kind-and-gentle-soul/
    https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/06/21/tributes-pour-in-after-sudden-death-of-young-athlete-in-ireland/
    https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/06/02/tributes-flood-social-media-following-sudden-death-of-19-year-old-athlete/
    https://theblacksphere.net/2022/04/sudden-death-hundreds-of-athletes-collapsing/
    https://www.wndu.com/2022/11/09/university-mourning-sudden-death-student-athlete/
    https://beniciapaw.com/2022/03/07/sudden-death-of-stanford-goalkeeper-katie-meyer/

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  17. Skip Bayless is being roundly excoriated for these 2 Tweets and he shouldn’t be at all – he speaks the truth!!! How many times have we watched football games where someone takes a hard hit, is carted off the field, and the game goes on? For pete’s sake, they didn’t even stop the game when Joe Theismann got his leg broken!!! All these people coming on Twitter to scream and yell at him – WTF are they drinking??!!??

    “The Redskins could have folded when Joe Theismann, their 36-year-old quarterback, suffered a compound fracture of the lower right leg tonight. Instead, behind Jay Schroeder, a rarely used backup, they struck back and beat the high-flying Giants, 23-21.”

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    1. maybe they (TPTB) were realizing that “died suddenly” was on the field at that moment…
      from what I’ve read, the nfl wanted the teams to warm up for 5 minutes and resume the game. the coaches declined

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    2. from tcth…an opinion on why they didn’t just finish the game

      thedoc00
      January 3, 2023 10:08 am

      For those wondering why the Monday Night Football Game was not continued as happened after past severe game time incidents… there is actually a different mind set in the eye of athletes of a “sport related injury and tragedy” vs an injury “NOT related to the game”.

      Believe it or not it takes brains to play sports, which includes the ability for key players and coaches on the field to see and analyze, in real time. Those key players and coaches actually communicate with the other players on the field.

      This was seen as and determined to be an UNNATURAL, NOT PART OF GAME tragedy by the players and coaches, therefore a different set of reactions was activated on the field.

      There is also the fact that the extent of the tragedy could not be contained on the field, as was done in the past. Too many players and coaches KNEW what happened.

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  18. I have been anxiously awaiting to see who their “america first” nominee for speaker is…
    I would LMAO if it was Donald Trump. i know it won’t be…but it would be a hoot anyway

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  19. “Former linebacker for the NFL Uche Nwaneri died Friday after being found unresponsive in the bedroom of his wife’s Indiana home.

    Police in West Lafayette received an emergency call from Nwaneri’s wife around 1 a.m. on Friday with a report that the former Jacksonville player had collapsed in the bedroom. An autopsy performed on Monday preliminarily revealed that Nwaneri died of an “enlarged heart with acute heart failure,” TMZ reported. An official cause will not be released until toxicology reports are available.”

    https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/02/uche-nwaneri-dead-38-former-nfl-jacksonville-jaguars/

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  20. January 3, 2023
    “Stealth Jihad is Alive and Well”
    By Eileen F. Toplansky

    EXCERPTS: “Thirteen years ago, the Center for Security Policy Press published Shariah: The Threat to America, Report of Team BII. They pointed out that “[t]he most important entity promoting Islamic supremacism, shariah, and the caliphate… is the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), or in Arabic, the Ikhwan.” Moreover, “The MB defined this form of warfare as ‘civilization jihad’ in its strategic document for North America [.]” The “Movement” is a ‘settlement’ process to establish itself inside the United States and, once rooted, to undertake a ‘grand jihad’ characterized as a ‘civilization jihadist’ mission that is likewise led by the Muslim Brotherhood.

    Specifically, the document explained that the civilization jihadist process involves a ‘grand jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and ‘sabotaging’ its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated [.]

    Known as “stealth jihad,” it is meant to “employ whatever tactics are most expedient… and take control of the political authority.” [emphasis mine]. Despite this warning, rather than go full force to root out this campaign, U.S. national intelligence, law enforcement, and security leadership hid the Islamic origins of jihadist terrorism from the public. In fact, for years, “senior Pentagon commanders have labored to define the threat out of existence.”

    So it should be no surprise that “The Muslim vote may have helped secure Democratic Party control of the Senate.” Consequently, the Red-Green Alliance is in full force. In 2018, Trevor Loudon explained “how Muslims intent on fundamentally transforming America have achieved an ominous beachhead in Minnesota, thanks in large measure to that state’s long-dominant radical left.

    Mr. Loudon’s “Red Minnesota: How a State’s Communist Roots Produced the Hard-Left Politics that is Enabling Its Burgeoning Sharia-supremacism” reveals a chilling reality: The ‘Land of Lakes’ has become one of the most Islamized states in the Union because it is one of its most socialist states. A man who personifies this ‘Red-Green axis’ is the Marxist and Muslim Brotherhood-tied Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress in 2006 who has just won the Democratic nomination for the state’s Attorney General. His candidacy has become a crucible for the further coalescing of the far-left and Sharia-supremacist movements into one great stream dedicated to undermining and eventually supplanting the traditions of political freedom, Western values and religious tolerance.

    These leftist political institutions have established close ties with Minnesota’s predominantly Somali Muslim immigrant community and are now enabling the latter’s Sharia-supremacist agenda and helping empower its proponents, politically and otherwise. More recently, Benjamin Baird highlights the “tight network of politically active Islamist organizations [that] have employed sophisticated electioneering techniques to multiply their political power and play a major role in the outcome of U.S. elections.

    Aligned with the far left, these so-called Muslim civic action groups seek to create a consolidated Muslim voter bloc that can swing elections and promote candidates who will back their radical agenda. CAIR vigorously works to thwart counterterrorism efforts, open the U.S. border to unchecked immigration from Muslim-majority countries, and punish any criticism of Islamism. Despite this history, CAIR enjoyed privileged access to the Obama administration and today markets itself as “America’s largest Muslim civil liberties organization.” It is committed to various progressive causes that happen to align with Islamist interests.

    Other Islamist advocacy groups include Emgage USA which is the current White House’s favorite liaison to the Muslim American community and MPower Change, a digital advocacy organization that sponsors Muslim voter registration. Linda Sarsour, MPower Change’s founder has made overt antisemitic remarks and has ties to radical Islamist organizations.
    —————–
    Moreover, Islamists never compromise because “they have a goal, a vision, a determination, and even a sense of identity and values that Western multiculturalists cannot even imagine. Over the years, Islamists have taken… the ‘soft jihad’ into America’s classrooms. Under cover of ‘Arabic instruction,’ public schools and taxpayer funded private and charter schools were ‘implementing a religious curriculum.’”

    Americans need to take the Islamists at their word. Their goal is the total evisceration of American values and liberty and the establishment of an Islamic caliphate. The exquisite irony is that they use our democracy to destroy our democracy unless we stop them.” [NF: There’s that word again….”democracy.” SMH]

    https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/01/stealth_jihad_is_alive_and_well_.html

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    1. i see the split coming though—dems are very liberal and their gay/transgender policies will not sit well with moose slimes…altho i believe they are on board with the pedo crap

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      1. They will put up with the “gay” until they get what they want, then flip back to who they really are. Of course they are on board with the pedo crap – women and children are nothing but livestock in their eyes.

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    1. i think the realization is dawning on many people…and it’s not just one football player.
      i honestly believe more people are realizing their mistake…but that’s just my opinion

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  22. This is a really good article!!!

    “How These Parents Helped Their Son Reject Transgender Lies And Affirm His Real Identity
    BY: NANCY PEARCEY
    JANUARY 03, 2023
    7 MIN READ
    EXCERPT: “Brandon’s parents fought for him. Their story shows how we all can help kids affirm their true identities as born male or female. From the time “Brandon” was quite young, people would remark that he was not a typical boy. Before he was even walking, his babysitter told his mother, “He’s too good to be a boy,” by which she meant he was gentle, sensitive, and compliant — traits we stereotypically associate with girls.
    —————-
    In elementary school, Brandon came to his parents weeping — repeatedly — because he did not fit in anywhere. Most of his friends were still girls, but they did not fully accept him as one of their own because, of course, he is a boy. He told his parents, “I feel the way girls do, I am interested in things girls are. God should have made me a girl.”

    By his early teens, Brandon was scouring the internet for information on transgender ideology. So what did his parents do? First, they made sure he knew they loved him just the way he was. They did not try to change him. When I was in seminary, one of my fellow students was a former homosexual, and he told me, “When I was young, I liked art and poetry, and my father kept trying to ‘toughen me up’ by pushing me into sports and other more traditionally male activities.”

    But Brandon’s parents did not pressure him to be different. They told him it is perfectly acceptable to be a gentle, emotional, relational boy. It did not mean he was really a girl. They told him it might mean God had gifted him for one of the caring professions, such as psychologist, counselor, or health-care worker. In the same way, of course, it is perfectly acceptable for a woman to be gender nonconforming — to be more take-charge, rational, and assertive. His parents’ favorite line, which they said over and over again, was, “It’s not you that’s wrong, it’s the stereotypes that are wrong.”
    —————-
    The good news is that roughly 80 to 90 percent of children who experience some gender incongruences lose those feelings before adulthood. Unfortunately, Brandon was not one of them. His feelings of gender distress persisted until his early 20s. Finally, he told me, “I realized that surgery would not give me what I wanted. It would not make me a girl.” He added, “A person is not a computer program that you can delete and redesign from scratch.”
    —————-
    Strategy 1: Use positive language.
    Strategy 2: Be proactive.
    —————–
    Transgender ideology sets up an opposition between the body and an inner sense of being male or female, between physiological facts and subjective feelings. The best counter is a positive Christian worldview that affirms the value of the body and the unity of the human being. Christians should also be the first in line to nurture and support kids who don’t “fit in” by affirming the diversity of personalities as gifts from God. Brandon will always be at the far end of the personality spectrum, and it can be difficult to be out of step with the prevailing stereotypes of your sex. But he no longer thinks it makes him a girl.”

    https://thefederalist.com/2023/01/03/how-these-parents-helped-their-son-reject-transgender-lies-and-affirm-his-real-identity/

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  24. “House Freedom Caucus Gains Most of Its Rules Reforms, but Speaker’s Race Still Wide Open”
    By Mark Tapscott January 2, 2023 Updated: January 3, 2023
    ENTIRE ARTICLE @ TheEpochTimes: “New rules to govern the House of Representatives in the 118th Congress (pdf) include multiple reforms sought by conservative Republicans seeking to rein in the power of congressional leaders and give rank-and-file members more control of the lower chamber.

    The most controversial of the rules reforms sought by the House Freedom Caucus under its chairman, Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.)—bringing back the motion to vacate the chair, thus forcing a new vote for a speaker of the House—was a late addition by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to the package that was made public late on Jan. 1.

    McCarthy reversed his previous opposition to restoring the motion during a conference call with House Republicans. That motion—which empowers a single member of the House at any time to propose a vote for a new speaker of the House—was in effect for virtually the entire history of Congress, but it was dropped after Democrats regained the House majority in 2018. The new rule restores the one-member motion but adds a requirement that there be at least four co-sponsors. The last time the motion was used was in 2015 when then-Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) did it and forced the removal of Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).

    McCarthy’s reversal on the motion to vacate came as he struggled to collect enough votes from among the new Republican House majority that includes 222 members. McCarthy must get at least 218 votes if all members of the House are present on the floor for the vote on Jan. 3 when the 118th Congress convenes.

    McCarthy is also promising, as part of his speaker campaign, to make greater use of the Constitution’s grant to the House in Article I of the power to originate all federal spending. That provision provides the House with great leverage against the Senate and the president, leverage that House conservatives have for years urged Republican leaders to use more frequently.

    “Just as we used this year’s annual defense bill to repeal the vaccine mandate on our service members, we will pinpoint ‘must pass’ legislation to advance shared conservative policy aims—chief among them: securing our border, restoring our energy independence, and balancing our budget,” McCarthy said in a letter to House Republicans.

    Funding Rules — The new package of rules (pdf) includes restoration of a requirement that any federal tax rate increase is approved by at least three-fifths of the House, as well as restoration of the CUTGO rule that requires any mandatory federal spending increase be offset with a cut in other requiring expenditures and requires the Congressional Budget Office to report on the inflationary impact of proposed legislation.

    The package also restores the Holman Rule, an on-again, off-again provision dating to the post-Civil War era that enables Congress to terminate funding the salary and benefits of a particular individual civil servant in the executive branch.

    Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist told The Epoch Times “the Republican caucus will adopt two rules that will stop much of the bleeding and begin to turn America around.” “First, any tax hike will require a three/fifths vote, not a simple majority vote, to pass the House. Second, any increase in entitlement spending must be matched with an equal or greater reduction in entitlement spending. And a cap on new entitlement costs and on taxes. That is a strong defensive line.” Norquist was one of the architects of then-future Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich’s “Contract with America,” which resulted in Republicans regaining the House majority in 1994 for the first time in four decades.

    In preparing for the expected onslaught of oversight investigations, particularly by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability—formerly known as Oversight and Reform—and the House Judiciary Committee, the new rules require every House panel with oversight authority to make public an oversight plan no later than March. The House Committee on Education and Labor is renamed the panel on Education and the Workforce.

    Pandemic Rules Dropped — Regarding the issue of reopening the House to the public, the rules do away with the proxy voting system instigated by then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new rules also restore the long-standing requirement that House members be physically present to participate in committee hearings, rather than attending virtually, as Pelosi allowed under her pandemic measures.

    Also gone are Pelosi’s mandated mask-wearing by representatives and staff on the floor and in the Capitol Complex, as well as fines for members who don’t go through metal detectors before entering the House chamber.

    Other actions required by the new rules include establishing a new House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party and a refocusing of the purpose of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic to probe the origins of the disease, U.S. funding of gain-of-function research that could’ve led to the pandemic, and analyses of the economic and social impact of mandatory closures of schools and businesses.

    The House Judiciary Committee gains a new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government with investigative authority. In his letter, McCarthy said the sole focus of the new subcommittee will be “exposing the weaponization of government against our citizenry, writ large.”

    In order to make the House more transparent and efficient, the new rules require that every proposed bill be publicly available for 72 hours prior to voting. They also require that Pelosi’s Jan. 6 panel turn over all of its records to the House Committee on Administration no later than Jan. 17, make it easier for members to offer amendments to bills from the House floor, and protect the right of members to use gender-specific words in committee hearings and on the floor.

    The move by House Democrats to authorize congressional staff unions is also reversed under the new rules. It isn’t clear yet what the status will be of the several Democratic office staff that applied in 2022 for permission to organize union representation.

    Outgoing House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) condemned the new rules proposed by the Republicans, saying leaders of the majority “have once again caved to the most extreme members of their own caucus: allowing the far-right to hold the incoming Speaker hostage; attempting to end Congressional staff unionization; reinstating CUTGO so they can more easily cut taxes on billionaire corporations while slashing the social safety net; giving committee chairs unbalanced discretion over which witnesses can and cannot testify; rejecting commonsense pandemic safety procedures like remote voting by proxy; and reinstating the Holman rule so they can target civil servants they disagree with.”

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  28. Troublemaker10
    Troublemaker10
    January 3, 2023 12:07 pm

    “Things getting heated in House GOP meeting….”

    Things getting heated in House GOP meeting.

    McCarthy swore in his speech, dropping a “god damnit.” And he made clear he would negotiate no more. McCarthy also said opponents came to him with “personal asks” last night.

    Lauren boebert yelled in response to speech: “BULL SHIT”

    — Melanie Zanona (@MZanona) January 3, 2023

    *********

    “And Bob Good tells us McCarthy didn’t win anyone over during heated GOP meeting…”

    And Bob Good tells us McCarthy didn’t win anyone over during heated GOP meeting, in fact, he says the opposition feels even more strongly that their “cause is just.” https://t.co/tFVT7rswD0

    — Melanie Zanona (@MZanona) January 3, 2023

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  31. Troublemaker10
    Troublemaker10
    January 3, 2023 12:21 pm

    Today, I am filing a ‘Motion for New Trial’ after the shocking revelations from the recount. It’s simple, if the judge allows us to inspect and count the ballots – we win.

    Kris Mayes will either resign or be removed from office.

    Count the votes accurately. pic.twitter.com/bBHgfm1Em7

    — Abe Hamadeh (@AbrahamHamadeh) January 3, 2023

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  33. G-Pol
    G-Pol
    January 3, 2023 12:29 pm

    Sundance, please look into the death of Kent Stermon.

    If what Roger Stone and Laura Loomer are saying about it is true, then Ron DeSantis may have built his own version of the Clinton Arkancide machine.
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    j x
    j x
    January 3, 2023 12:57 pm
    Reply to G-Pol

    Since you know about it why not tell us about it?
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    G-Pol
    G-Pol
    January 3, 2023 1:12 pm
    Reply to j x

    Stermon supposedly killed himself last month after being implicated in sex crimes involving a minor. Prior to his death, he was a close friend and major donor of Ron DeSantis. DeSantis stayed in his home while running for Congress, and appointed him to multiple positions as Governor.

    Meanwhile, some of the police records concerning the lead-up to his death have suddenly disappeared without explanation.

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  35. 14 Photos Of Nature Across America Taken In 2022 That Leave Us Breathless

    In addition to our active community of nature lovers across the USA, we have nature lovers’ groups for all 50 states. Members share their favorite spots and local adventures with us, and we want to pass some of our favorite nature photos along to all of you! These highlight the beauty of the United States – every single state has something special to offer. It certainly is America, the beautiful!

    Cantwell, Alaska – Tom Slater Photography

    This spectacular photo was taken north of beautiful, snowy Cantwell. In July of 2003, Cantwell got 6 inches of snow!
    Capitol Lake, Washington – Ryan Lamont Photography

    This beautiful lake near Olympia’s historic district is a popular place for runners and cyclists with its scenic gravel trails.
    Barton, Vermont – Jesse La Valle

    Vermont is a top fall foliage destination, and it’s easy to see why. Popular towns to visit include: Stowe, Burlington, St. Johnsbury, Woodstock, Grafton, Montpelier, and Shelburne.
    Linville Gorge Wilderness, North Carolina – Leslie Restivo

    The third-largest wilderness area in North Carolina, Linville Gorge is one of just two wilderness gorges in the South.
    Usery Pass, Arizona – Billy Main

    Usery Mountain Regional Park is known for its fantastic hiking trails, including the popular (and leashed dog-friendly) Wind Cave Trail.
    Secret Beach, Oregon – Chaz K. Shand Photography

    You’ll need to hike to get to this gem of a beach, and you’ll want to visit at low tide!
    Cherokee Rock Village, Alabama – Debbie Ellis Moon

    This picturesque park has been a popular spot for hikers, backpackers, and rock climbers since the 1980s!

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  36. Rib Mountain, Wisconsin – Megan White

    At over 1.5 billion years old, Rib Mountain is one of the oldest geologic formations on earth. Now part of a state park, visitors can enjoy incredible views all year and skiing in the winter.
    Yosemite National Park, California – Marc Howard Photography

    Yosemite National Park is best known for its waterfalls, especially the Horsetail Falls “Firefall.” The Firefall occurs seasonally, when the sun hits the falls at just the right angle.
    Arches National Park, Utah – Explore The Light Photography

    Discover over 2,000 natural arches within the 76,000 breathtaking acres of Arches National Park! You’ll also find other unique rock formations including beautiful pinnacles, rock fins, and balanced rocks.
    Marblehead Light, Ohio – North Coast Aerial Images

    Marblehead Lighthouse on Lake Erie is the oldest continually operating lighthouse on the American side of the Great Lakes.
    San Juan Mountains, Colorado – Ray Mathis

    Colorado is home to a wide range of beautiful wildflowers including Castilleja and Lupines. Some of the best places to see them include Crested Butte, Rocky Mountain National Park, Aspen, and American Basin.
    Watkins Glen, New York – Dan Simonds Photography

    Garner State Park, Texas – Yolanda Allen

    This Hill Country gem is a popular place for float trips and the #1 state park for camping in Texas.

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  40. My neighbor came home from the office to play with his toys again. I just took these 5 minutes ago – temp is 28 right now.


    Clearing my mailbox:

    This is the snow on my front porch – you can see where I opened the door:

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  41. strange…from wolf’s

    TheseTruths
    TheseTruths(@thesetruths)Online
    Coyote
    Reply to RDS
    January 3, 2023 13:43

    So the feds are at the hospital because JB is planning to visit on Wednesday, and they don’t want trouble if the poor player should die under mysterious circumstances, according to Mario Newfal.

    Why would JB plan to visit? Hamlin is in critical condition, as far as I know. It seems weird.

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  42. booger 71
    January 3, 2023 2:32 pm

    At least one good thing happened today

    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KFVS) – Governor Mike Parson says he will not grant the clemency request of Missouri death row inmate Amber McLaughlin.
    McLaughlin is scheduled to die by lethal injection at the prison in Bonne Terre on Tuesday, January 3 for killing Beverly Guenther, a former girlfriend, in 2003.
    Her execution will mark the first time an openly transgender inmate has been put to death in the U.S.
    “McLaughlin’s conviction and sentence remains after multiple, thorough examinations of Missouri law. McLaughlin stalked, raped, and murdered Ms. Guenther. McLaughlin is a violent criminal,” said Governor Parson in a released statement. “Ms. Guenther’s family and loved ones deserve peace. The State of Missouri will carry out McLaughlin’s sentence according to the Court’s order and deliver justice.”
    According to the Associated Press, a clemency petition cited McLaughlin’s traumatic childhood and mental health issues, which the jury never heard at her trial.
    The petition also included reports citing a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, a condition causing anguish and other symptoms as a result of a disparity between a person’s gender identity and their assigned sex at birth.
    McLaughlin’s attorney, Larry Komp, said sexual identity was “not the main focus” of the clemency request.

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  43. SunnyFlower5
    January 3, 2023 3:11 pm

    EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW A OUT DESANTIS

    FLORIDA:
    Why is low energy Jeb Bush at the DeSantis Swearing-in Ceremony?

    FLORIDA

    Why is low energy Jeb Bush at the DeSantis Swearing-in Ceremony? pic.twitter.com/C7zRoTAxJP

    — DOUG IS MY GOV (@MagaMastriano) January 3, 2023

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  45. SPECIAL REPORTS
    Weird. The Hamlin collapse videos are being deleted off of Twitter. Why? Feds at the hospital?
    I’m reposting the video because of this. This story is getting weirder…

    Super Spreader
    56 min ago

    EXCERPT: “So, I went back to look at the first tweets I found of the original Hamlin footage and that’s when things get (even) weirder. Those tweets had all been deleted, disturbing. Why?

    Fortunately, I think there are sooo many copies uploaded to other places already it will be impossible to delete them all. Youtube is also listing the videos as “age restricted” requiring users to log in to view. Since when is NFL footage age restricted?

    What are they trying to hide? Do they really think they can make it go away? pretend like there was some devastating hit that doesn’t exist? Out of an abundance of caution I uploaded the video to more mirror sites. If you’re so inclined you may want to download and save it offline and then possibly upload and share it (of course).”

    https://mole.substack.com/p/weird-the-hamlin-collapse-videos

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