Know-It-All Tuesdays: Christmas Carol Trivia

Trivia 1 Minute

In ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’, how many swans are swimming?

What is the name of Justin Bieber’s 2011 Christmas album?

Who wrote ‘White Christmas’?

How many reindeer haul Santa’s sleigh in “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”?

How many total gifts are received in “The Twelve Days of Christmas” song?

In what year was “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” first recorded?

Which century does the traditional Welsh Christmas carol ‘Deck the Halls’ date back to?

Complete the lyrics: “Silent night, holy night, All is calm, all is …”

Which Christmas Carol is the best-selling single in world history?

In which Christmas carol does ‘the little Lord Jesus lay down His sweet head’?

Complete the lyrics: “Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? In the lane…”

What was the song Do You Hear What I Hear’ inspired by?

Complete the lyrics: “A beautiful sight…”

Who sings ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’?

In the song ‘Frosty the Snowman’, what made Frosty come to life?

In the song ‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town’, we’re told, “You better not cry, you better not…”

Who has a button nose?

In a ‘Holly Jolly Christmas’ what should we have a cup of?

Which Christmas song was the first song ever played on the radio?

Which Christmas Carol is set to the tune of ‘Greensleeves’?

How did you do?

ANSWERS

Seven

Under the mistletoe

Irving Berlin

9

364

1963

19th century

Bright

White Christmas

Away in a Manger

Snow is glistening

The Cold War

We’re happy tonight

Mariah Carey

Top Hat

Pout

Frosty the Snowman

Cheer

O Holy Night

What Child is This?

Till next month…stay sharp!

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  1. Morning All!
    thermometer might be lying, but it looks to be almost 40* out there. it’s a little fogged up though so i’ll have to wait till it gets lighter to really see. hubby says rain, rain, rain.

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  3. https://twitter.com/DutchRojas/status/1865733820864926113

    @DutchRojas

    Physicians in the United States are banned from owning hospitals. That’s not a conspiracy theory—it’s Section 6001 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), passed in 2010. Here’s how it happened: •Congress needed votes for the ACA. •The American Hospital Association (AHA) made a deal: They’d back the law if Congress banned new physician-owned hospitals. Why? To protect big hospital monopolies from competition. With insurers taking a larger cut under the ACA, hospitals wanted a guarantee they’d get theirs too. The result? •No new physician-owned hospitals for over a decade. •Patients are stuck with fewer choices, higher expenses, and less innovation. •Meanwhile, studies show physician-owned hospitals consistently deliver better outcomes and higher satisfaction. Here’s what blows my mind: Almost no one knows this. Like 99% of Americans. Why? •Because this deal was buried in legislative fine print. •Because the healthcare industry is more interested in protecting profits than educating the public. •Because we’ve normalized the idea that this is just how healthcare works. But here’s the truth: If you want better healthcare—lower expenses, better outcomes, more options—you need competition. And that starts with ending policies like this. How can we fix healthcare if no one even knows it’s broken? So, now you know. #health #care #healthcare

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  4. https://twitter.com/drawandstrike/status/1866031416762671507

    @drawandstrike

    If you **still** can’t tell at this point how this ‘game’ is played, you’re probably still asleep in the Matrix. Shall I tell you? How this game is played? They’re trying to set Trump up for 4 years of narrative bombing. They’re rushing to empower AQ/ISIS all over again just like they did the last time under that gay motherfucker Obama. Do you not know? Can you not see? They’ve already earmarked hundreds of billions of dollars that the international MIC is going to spend ‘containing’ these CIA/Mossad paramilitary Operation Gladio groups they created and now empowered to take over Syria. Bad enough that ISIS was allowed by NATO and the West to gallivant around the region from 2008-2017 in those oh-so-slow moving car/truck caravans up and down the highways as they committed their mass executions and depravities. They had a magical mystery air shield that prevented their convoys from being blown back to the Stone Age. Weird how that worked, huh? They managed to seize and HOLD vast swaths of territory for YEARS while that gay motherfucker Obama did the helpless shrugging act, acting like he was trying OH SO VERY HARD to ‘contain’ them, but nothing he could really do. Nothing seemed to work, don’t cha’ know? Guess what? He wasn’t really trying. No one was, really. Because ISIS was a creation of the West and was a tool being used to provide the EXCUSE for all the MIC money-laundering and defense contracting/industry money shuffle. Same fucking thing they did with Al Qaeda. Trump will declassify the truth about what that fucking traitor No Name and Hillary and Obama and all the rest were doing in Benghazi. Trillions of dollars went into the ‘need’ to ‘promote democracy’ in that region after 9/11. And then Syria, and then to combat the mysterious rise and dominance of ISIS. And now here we fucking go again. Same players, same playbook. If you’re pretending to fall for this, you must be in on it. As for the people who’ve figured out what’s been going on, we’ve had ENOUGH OF THIS SHIT. Trump will shut this down immediately when he comes in. They are counting on that. So here’s what you can expect to happen once Trump stays out of it. They’re gonna spend 4 years screaming he’s ‘abandoning democracy!’ when he doesn’t send hundreds of billions of dollars to keep the MIC/CIA/Mossad proxies ‘contained’ in Syria. They’re gonna insist he get in there and ‘save Israel’ from this self-generated threat. And when he doesn’t they’re gonna use this to attack him. No no, don’t thank me. This is what I do for living. It’s my contribution to The Great Awakening. Get a different playbook, you fucking losers.

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  12. Phillip Stutts Profile picture

    Phillip Stutts

    @phillipstutts

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    A shocking conversation @PeteHegseth had with me 13 years ago…It was Christmas 2011 when I had lunch with Pete. Something happened at this lunch that still sits with me today….

    Some background first: @PeteHegseth hired me at Vets For Freedom (VFF) to help build a grassroots network that would support his organization. VFF was a nonpartisan organization established by Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans. Their mission was to educate the American public about the importance of achieving success in these conflicts and to support politicians who put long-term national security before short-term partisan political gain.

    Here is what I knew going into the lunch with @PeteHegseth in 2011: He was smart, charismatic, and mission-driven. Despite what you’ve read about VFF’s fundraising woes, it was a powerhouse in influence, stature, and reputation around DC – especially with lawmakers.

    But at the lunch, Pete told me something that threatened the entire mission and everything the organization had built. He told me he had decided to leave Vets for Freedom and deploy to Afghanistan. The gravity of his choice was immense: Abandoning a promising career to risk his life in the Middle East.

    My first thought: Why would someone, with so much at stake in his burgeoning career, give it all up and put his life in harm’s way by deploying to a war zone (for a second time)? @PeteHegseth’s decision exemplified the rare qualities that define exceptional leaders:
    • Unwavering commitment: Choosing duty over personal gain
    • Leading by example: Demonstrating the values he preached
    • Selflessness: Prioritizing national security over career advancement

    Soon thereafter, my contract ended with VFF as @PeteHegseth deployed. You’d think that’s the end of my time with Pete. It wasn’t. I’ve never been paid another penny by Pete, however, we’ve stayed friends, helped and supported each other in various moments of our lives, and he has always been there for me if I needed anything.

    Pete’s willingness to trade a comfortable life for the dangers of war speaks volumes about his character. It’s this @PeteHegseth – the one who puts country before self – that I’ve had the privilege to know and respect.

    As @PeteHegseth now stands on the brink of potentially becoming the U.S. Secretary at the @DeptofDefense, I can attest to his unwavering commitment to our nation’s warriors. His actions, both past and present, demonstrate a deep-rooted dedication to protecting and defending those who risk everything for our freedom. I am grateful that Pete Hegseth has chosen to serve all of us again.

    https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1866139447403716641.html

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  13. maybe some insights…???
    FTA
    Luigi Mangione’s twisted path from a well-respected Ivy League student to the alleged assassin of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was being pieced together by friends and family.

    The 26-year-old suspect – who was arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania Monday – went ‘absolutely crazy’ after painful back surgery and explored psychedelic treatment for his chronic pain, it was revealed.

    Friends said Mangione dropped off the radar when ‘everything changed’ after a surfing accident – and it has now been reported he singled out UnitedHealthcare in a ‘manifesto’ he was carrying.

    In the 262-word handwritten document, Mangione said as UnitedHealthcare’s market capitalization has grown, American life expectancy has not.

    He condemned companies that ‘continue to abuse our country for immense profit because the American public has allowed them to get away with it.

    Mangione reportedly wrote that he acted alone and was self-funded, adding: ‘To save you a lengthy investigation, I state plainly that I wasn’t working with anyone.

    ‘These parasites had it coming. I do apologize for any strife and trauma, but it had to be done.’

    A former roommate of Mangione’s has told CNN: ‘I remember he said he had a back issue, and he was hoping to get stronger in Hawaii.

    The experience was ‘really traumatic and difficult’ for him, the roommate said while adding that Mangione sent him X-ray images of his spine. ‘It looked heinous, with just giant screws going into his spine,’ Martin said.

    Mangione suddenly went ‘radio silent’ while recovering. He sought alternative forms of pain management, including psychedelics and magic mushrooms.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14175717/Alleged-assassin-Luigi-Mangione-psychedelic-treatment-surgery-UnitedHealthcare-CEO-Brian-Thompson.html

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    1. Almost a mirror image of what happened to my daughter but she took her own life (I think it was inadvertent but who can say?) instead of her pain doctor’s – when he was the one who deserved it! THIS scenario is why she fought to the end against having back surgery. If only she could have had my sister’s doctor….but she was petrified of ending up in a wheelchair.

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  14. leik
    December 10, 2024 7:47 am

    Orange County CA – Friday After Election
    -6:45PM bomb threat clears election counting center
    -Security livestream system disabled during ‘search’
    -Two F150 white vans w/blacked out windows arrive?
    -Huge ballot discrepancies subsequently surfacehttps://t.co/QIqjQj2Ykq https://t.co/CK3aqzUC8N pic.twitter.com/CsoMOiJne5

    — Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) December 9, 2024

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  15. Wethal

    December 10, 2024 8:43 am

    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3254409/trump-can-fire-anybody-he-wants-thanks-to-sean-spicer/

    Thanks to Biden, there is legal precedent that a president can fire any federal appointee, even if the appointee’s term isn’t up.

    Biden fired Trump appointments to military academy boards. The appointees sued because their terms weren’t up, and lost.

    But the court established a very useful precedent that Trump can now use to fire anyone appointed by Biden (other than Article III judges).

    Wray is reportedly going to resign before 1/20, but Trump can use this to clean out other Biden appointees.

    Karma.

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      1. That’s because they were sent to me from my friend Patty via Gmail I guess. I had to use the + feature & image in order to post them here. You should be able to right-click on the picture and select “copy image address” to post them elsewhere.

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  18. Paprika

    December 10, 2024 9:13 am

    I see that Senate Majority Schummer is ‘poaching’ a federal District Judge from President Trump today.

    The vote today for Biden’s Judicial Nomination to the Pennsylvania Middle District Court is one I’ve never seen before. The judicial vote will be for Biden’s nominee, Neary, who will replace Christopher Conners.

    There’s only one problem–The judgeship is not vacant until January 17th, 2025 and all current nominations end January 3rd, 2025 when it becomes a new Congressional Session. This ‘future’ Judicial vacancy should not be filled by this Session of Congress.

    Why aren’t the Republican Senators saying anything about this ‘poaching’ of a future judicial vacancy!!??!!

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  19. EXCERPT: “Liz Cheney threatened Donald Trump’s incoming Department of Justice on Monday, claiming that any move to investigate the now-defunct January 6th committee would be “sanctionable conduct.” The statement, put out in response to Trump’s recent “Meet the Press” interview, also denied allegations that she and her colleagues destroyed evidence.

    While speaking to NBC News’ Kristen Welker, the president-elect said the following. 

    “Cheney did something that’s inexcusable, along with Thompson and the people on the un-select committee of political thugs and, you know, creeps,” the President-elect said, referring to Mississippi Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (the committee’s chairman). “They deleted and destroyed all evidence.”

    That triggered Cheney, who lashed out, stating that Trump committed the “worst breach of our Constitution by any president in our nation’s history.” 

    “Here is the truth: Donald Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election and seize power,” she said in a statement. “He mobilized an angry mob and sent them to the United States Capitol, where they attacked police officers, invaded the building and halted the official counting of electoral votes. Trump watched on television as police officers were brutally beaten and the Capitol was assaulted, refusing for hours to tell the mob to leave.”

    She continued: “This was the worst breach of our Constitution by any president in our nation’s history. Donald Trump’s suggestion that members of Congress who later investigated his illegal and unconstitutional actions should be jailed is a continuation of his assault on the rule of law and the foundations of our republic.”

    Reading this post-election makes it all the more pathetic. There has still never been any evidence presented that Donald Trump intended for anyone to physically attack the Capitol Building. It’s also simply false that he refused to ask the “mob to leave” for “hours.” Trump did not try to “seize power,” and it has been proven that he requested National Guard troops to be present but was rebuffed.

    How do we know that? Because the January 6th committee received testimony corroborating the claim. Of course, Cheney and her cohorts buried it, refusing to include it in their hearings or report. The testimony wasn’t revealed until March of 2024. A month later, three National Guard officers came forward as whistleblowers to tell the same story…..”

    https://redstate.com/bonchie/2024/12/09/liz-cheney-threatens-donald-trumps-doj-with-sanctions-if-they-investigate-her-n2182995

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  20. we had brown paper bags (slightly inflated) hanging on our outside lights to discourage hornets, wasps and the like from building nests on the deck. Worked really well too. we never brought them inside in the cold weather either. we lost one late last week with all the wind we had–snapped the yarn clear off and before i could catch it, it blew away. I can make another I thought.
    You’re supposed to hang them in a nearby tree but all our trees are mature with no low enough branches.
    This morning, sitting here, I noticed something in a tree in front of the house. LOL…it’s my paper bag hanging where i would have hung it, if i could have reached it. LOL
    the yarn must have snagged on a rough tree limb. it’s out there now slightly blowing in the wind–fulfilling it’s mission.

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  21. EXCERPT: “FBI Director Christopher Wray plans to resign on or before Inauguration Day, according to recent reports. The move, widely seen as preemptive, reflects growing pressure from Republican lawmakers, led by Senator Charles Grassley, and signals yet another shift in leadership for an agency that has been at the center of political and institutional controversies over the past several years…..

    ….A significant catalyst for Wray’s decision was Senator Charles Grassley’s scathing letter earlier this week. Grassley, who will assume chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee next month, delivered a damning critique of Wray’s tenure, stating that it was “time for you and your deputy to move on to the next chapter in your lives.”

    Grassley’s letter cited a host of grievances, including politically biased investigations and alleged retaliation against whistleblowers. He specifically called out the FBI’s handling of the Trump raid, where armed agents executed a warrant that led to widespread criticism from conservatives. Grassley’s frustrations aren’t new; he has repeatedly clashed with the FBI over allegations of abuse of power and what he sees as a lack of accountability within the bureau….”

    https://redstate.com/joesquire/2024/12/09/report-christopher-wray-preparing-resignation-as-fbi-director-n2183004

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  22. EXCERPT: “Catholics and Biblical scholars alike have been calling foul on recent attempts by supporters of Hamas to portray Jesus Christ as a “Palestinian.” The historically incorrect narrative has been pushed by Muslims and other anti-Israel voices, who have sought to claim Jesus as their own in order to bolster support for the “from the river to the sea” destruction of the state of Israel.

    Sadly, it seems that the pro-Hamas cabal has found a kindred spirit in the leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis. This was on full display on Saturday as the pope unveiled a Christmas Nativity crèche at the Vatican that featured the figure of the baby Jesus laying upon a manger covered with a kaffiyeh, the well-known symbol of the “pro-Palestine” crowd.

    In inaugurating the crèche, which will be on display during the Christmas season in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall, the pope had some words to go along with the image of Jesus, a Jew, in virulently anti-Jewish swaddling:

    “Enough with wars! Enough with violence!”: these poignant words resonated again in the Paul the VI Hall on Saturday where Pope Francis received in audience the delegations that gifted this year’s Nativity Scene and Christmas Tree to be inaugurated on Saturday afternoon in St. Peter’s Square.

    Alongside the pope as he unveiled the crèche was none other than Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) executive committee member Ramzi Khouri, who conveyed the warm greetings of PLO President Mahmoud Abbas. Khouri thanked Pope Francis for his “unwavering support for the Palestinian cause and his tireless efforts to end the war on Gaza and promote justice.”

    The heretical nativity scene was apparently organized by the Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs, which is an arm of the PLO. The artists who created it, Johny Andonia and Faten Nastas Mitwasi, are “Palestinians” from Bethlehem….”

    https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2024/12/09/pope-francis-nativity-scene-n2182991

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  23. “President Trump Doubles Down On Pledge To End Birthright Citizenship, A Policy Backed By The Overwhelming Majority Of American People

    The prevailing liberal view that the Fourteenth Amendment sanctions this policy, which is permanent and cannot be altered is flatly wrong – based on a lazy, slipshod reading of case law.”

    Paul Ingrassia, Dec 10, 2024

    EXCERPT: “America, since its inception, has been a place of opportunity for aspiring, high-skilled people. The geniuses and artisans of Europe of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries flooded to these shores, enriching the society in many cases and making invaluable contributions to American culture – from our culinary traditions to newfound architectural styles – that continue to be influential through the present day.

    This custom of selecting only the best and brightest is not anomalous to great nations throughout history. All nations are only as good as the people which compose them: thus, any worthwhile nation would desire to enhance the quality of its people overall in order to elevate its global standing.

    That operative goal, however, cannot be achieved under the present, suicidal policy of citizenship by birthright. Among nations of the world, America is the only developed one that confers citizenship onto anyone simply for having been born to a parent who managed to inhabit these borders, regardless of legality. That America is the only noteworthy country to still have this policy in place should be enough evidence alone of its insanity.

    The prevailing view among liberal legal scholars is that the Fourteenth Amendment sanctions this policy, which is permanent and cannot be altered. This is flatly wrong. This erroneous interpretation is the byproduct of a slipshod and lazy construction of that particular Amendment, through the prism of erroneous interpretations of largely discredited, or at least, increasingly obsolete legal precedent.

    Renowned and constitutional experts – from yours truly, to John Eastman, to Mike Anton, to countless others, have delved into these issues at great length elsewhere, all worthwhile reads that make compelling cases for the alternative (and frankly, common sense) view that not only does the Fourteenth Amendment not, by letter or spirit, authorize citizenship by birthright – its Framers would have actively objected to the pernicious interpretation favored by so many leftist academicians today, basically calling unconstitutional any policy that places any limits whatsoever on citizenship.

    Instead, the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment — alongside the framers of the original Constitution — would be in lockstep with President Donald Trump’s view, that birthright citizenship is wrong, legally and morally — and that a change to current law is in order. That citizenship should be a privilege and not a right that is automatically given has compelling arguments independent of the broader legal and constitutional considerations that couch its moral framing in the popular discourse, which, although important, ultimately run downstream of the inherent common sense and undeniable logic for why such a policy is bad for any nation.

    These arguments may be divided into two categories: 1) logistical or “practical” reasons for why citizenship should not be conferred simply for having been born on these shores; and 2) deeper political reasons, dealing in national pride, patriotism, and self-identity, for why a policy of unmitigated birthright citizenship, especially today, will lead any society – the United States above all – down the pathway to inevitable decay….”

    https://paulingrassia.substack.com/p/president-trump-doubles-down-on-pledge

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    1. that little phrase–and under the jurisdiction of– negate birthright citizenship. foreign ministers and ambassadors who have children while they are here…un delegates and other traveling dignitaries are also examples. their children are not automatically citizens.

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  24. “Russiagate Remnants: It would be a crime to abandon investigations into Russiagate, both because it’s ongoing and because of the cost to those of us who were victims of it”

    Michael R. Caputo, Dec 10, 2024

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “Remnants. That’s what we are; that’s even what some of us call ourselves. Remainders. Leftovers. Residue. The stub of the cigar of the fake Russiagate scandal, left to smoke and shrink away in the overfull ashtray of national shame. We Russia hoax Remnants feel differently about President Donald Trump’s recent landslide victory, and our expectations are diverse. But we all, to some degree, have similar stories and hopes — not for retribution, as delicious as that may be, but for accountability and reform.

    And Kash Patel, President Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is the man we need. Like the President elect, he has seen this abuse up close. They are uniquely qualified.

    Make no mistake, when we all chose politics as a profession, we knew it was bloodsport. But none of us expected the personal toll that impacted not just careers, but health and families — especially our children. There are many families like my own, destroyed completely by the Democrats’ illegal zeal to Get Trump at any cost. During Russiagate and the subsequent hoaxes, I screamed at the top of my lungs on television several times each week as my wife and daughters lived in fear in our Buffalo-area home.

    Most Remnants stayed silent. They were the smart ones.

    Those subjects of the bogus Russian collusion investigations are quietly reassembling their lives today. Just six or seven years ago, some pulled their children from school, bullied by students and teachers alike. Both parents in at least one family were fired, and with no money for tuition their son was forced to drop out of the college he worked tirelessly to attend. I don’t think he ever returned.

    These Remnant stories are commonplace. Many families lost their homes; most lost their life savings. I know of older targets living on meager pensions now that their bank accounts were drained by lawfare legal fees. Those still working are earning less than half the income of their peers. One family left the country, disheartened by what America had become. Another man, once an international business success, was wrongly debased and finally diminished to serve in a bureaucracy.

    Then there is the death and near deaths, the suicide attempts readers will never know, the illnesses brought on by stress. When I fell with head and neck cancer, another Remnant struck by the disease called me twice a week to share our battles. After several months, his calls stopped.

    My colleague had finally succumbed to the Crossfire Hurricane plague, unfathomable stress that drives cancer. Readers don’t even know his name; his wife and two young children know he was a hero. He did nothing wrong. He was a Remnant.

    The mentally ill, weaponized by brazen Democrat lies, harassed nearly all of us. My frequent media appearances made me more recognizable than the smarter, quieter Remnants. That made my family a target of a local retired mailman who was arrested and prosecuted for harassment. My youngest daughters, just five and seven years old at the time, were often harassed while playing in our front yard. A local elderly woman, an otherwise benign community museum volunteer, posted dozens of times on social media during her daily walks by our house, including photos showing our address. She screamed at my girls and mocked their safety.

    The bitter old lady died recently and the nutty mailman is still creeping around. Our family prays for their souls because, like all the Remnants, we know the banality of evil. Unhinged activists, some neighbors, forced us to leave our beloved hometown forever. We miss it every day — especially after a big, beautiful Buffalo snowfall.

    It’s worse for some, like Paul Manafort, Carter Page, and the inimitable Roger Stone. Last year Roger and I had a late lunch a few miles from his home. Out of nowhere, an Antifa activist showed up to threaten him in the empty restaurant. Clearly, these pongos are still tracking Roger closely. He did nothing wrong, yet I still fear for his safety.

    I have talked to many of the Remnants since Election Day. Some have high hopes; these patriots still believe in our justice system. Others expect nothing at all after seeing enough corruption to believe justice is dead. Most are somewhere in between.

    All of us agree the original Russiagate conspiracy continues even today. The Russia hoax was created by Hillary Clinton aide Jake Sullivan, who carries on with his lies today as President Joe Biden’s national security advisor. Christopher Steele, the British spy hired by Clinton to create the dodgy dossier, and his Fusion GPS co-conspirator Glenn Simpson are still doing the same work for similar clients. Andrew Weissmann, Peter Strzok, John Brennan, and more still peddle their lies. Elements of the original conspiracy were woven into Ukrainian meddling in the 2016 American election, then bogus Trump impeachments, January 6th prosecutions, anti-Trump lawfare, and Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Mar-a-lago raid.

    FBI Director Patel can prove the original 2016 conspiracy continues today. Much of the evidence remains in federal and public databases. Preemptive pardons aside, that means Sullivan, Weissmann, Mary McCord, Steele, Simpson, Victoria Nuland, Alexander Vindman, Eric Ciaramella, Smith, and others may still be in the jackpot. We agree with attorney Mike Davis: these perpetrators potentially violated 18 U.S.C. § 241 and 242, federal civil rights statutes that prohibit conspiracies to violate the rights of others.

    This is where many Remnants stand: please do not forget the families in the ash tray and simply move on. Investigate the perpetrators now, reach back to the beginning of their Russiagate criminal conspiracy and follow it to today. Prosecute them fully and legally; expose how they illegally crushed us.

    But do this only in pursuit of true justice — not for retribution, but for accountability and reform.”

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  25. EXCERPT: “The walls are closing in on perhaps the most influential youth gender-transition physician in America after she admitted hiding the results of her federally funded study that failed to find mental health improvements from so-called gender affirming care, contradicting her prior characterization of the study’s population to explain the results.

    Johanna Olson-Kennedy, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles pediatrician and president-elect of the U.S. Professional Association for Trasgender Health, is the lead defendant in a new lawsuit by UCLA student Kaya Clementine Breen, a seven-year patient who detransitioned and can reportedly back her claims using Olson-Kennedy’s patient notes on her.

    One of Breen’s lawyers, Jordan Campbell, told Just the News Monday night that he wouldn’t share those notes without Breen’s approval, which was unlikely to happen the same day.

    Six GOP senators joined House Oversight Committee Republicans last week in demanding the National Institutes of Health turn over information on Olson-Kennedy’s two-year study that started in 2015, which helped create a false medical consensus on puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgical interventions for gender-confused youth.

    “This case is about a team of purported health care providers who collectively decided that a vulnerable girl struggling with complex mental health struggles and suffering from multiple instances of sexual abuse should be prescribed a series of life-altering” drugs starting at age 12 and breast removal at 14, Breen’s suit states….”

    https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/health/despicable-failed-experiment-detransitioner-sues-doctor-who-hid-taxpayer

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  26. Just The News: “Local officials caught defying Pennsylvania election law may find themselves without a job.

    Rep. Joe D’Orsie, R-York, is drafting legislation that would give the state House the power to remove county and municipal officials from office. It’s similar to the impeachment process and would ultimately require voter approval.

    D’Orsie and other members of the Pennsylvania Freedom Caucus back the bill after Bucks County Commissioners voted to count roughly 400 ballots with dating errors amid a razor-thin race between incumbent U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. and his Republican challenger Dave McCormick.

    “Pennsylvania voters shouldn’t have to tolerate rogue county officials openly usurping state law to satisfy their own political whims,” he said. “This legislation establishes a process for local voters to decide whether a county or municipal official should be removed from office after an offense like we witnessed in Bucks County.”

    During a Nov. 14 meeting, Commission Chairwoman Diane Ellis-Marseglia said she knew counting the votes defied the state Supreme Court’s ruling, but she didn’t care. “I think we all know that precedent by a court does not matter anymore in this country, and people violate laws anytime they want,” she said. “So for me, if I violate this law, it’s because I want a court to pay attention.”

    And pay attention they did. Four days after the board’s action, the state Supreme Court reaffirmed that the ballots were defective. The 4-3 order came after the state and national Republican Party filed for extraordinary relief over the issue, which also unfolded in Centre, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties.

    In a concurring statement, Justice Kevin Brobson reminded local officials they lack any authority to interpret state law. Justices David Wecht and Sally Updyke Mundy agreed. “I write separately to disabuse local elections officials of the notion that they have the authority to ignore Election Code provisions that they believe are unconstitutional,” he said. “Only the courts under our charter may declare a statute, or provision thereof, unconstitutional.”

    Casey’s campaign said tossing ballots with dating errors disenfranchised voters. McCormick made the same argument, unsuccessfully, in 2022 after he lost to Dr. Mehmet Oz in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. Oz faced off against Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic candidate who ultimately won the seat by more than 5 percentage points.

    Casey conceded to McCormick 17 days after the polls closed on Nov. 5 as the former hedge fund CEO’s 17,000-vote lead appeared to be holding – even amid an automatic recount.

    McCormick’s campaign said the outcome was a foregone conclusion and shouldn’t have cost taxpayers $1 million to reaffirm. “Pennsylvanians deserve action after tyrants seek to undermine our institutions,” said Rep. Robert Leadbeter, R-Bloomsburg, who chairs the Freedom Caucus. “At a time when confidence in our election process is waning, the least responsible thing to do as legislators is to turn a blind eye and leave illicit behavior unchecked. The Freedom Caucus is proud to lead the charge to right this wrong.”

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    1. as long as the votes for this referendum are statewide. it affected the STATE’S election outcomes. if allowed to be only run locally, those bastards will kiss up to their districts and be retained. ALL of PA had to pay for that recount–we all should get to decide if they stay or go.

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  27. The Vigilant Fox

    @VigilantFox

    BOMBSHELL: The U.S. government has been caught orchestrating regime change in Guatemala. “This is Ukraine 2.0,” says investigative journalist

    @RyanMattaMedia

    . “The Guatemalan government had an election, and they believed that their election was rigged.” When Guatemala’s Attorney General took on the daunting task of investigating election fraud alongside child trafficking involving NGOs, U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken stepped in—but not to support her efforts. Instead, Blinken flew to Guatemala and demanded that the Attorney General herself be investigated for “corruption.” As if that wasn’t enough, Blinken imposed severe penalties on Guatemalan politicians and their families. “Blinken then suspends, and the State Department suspends the visas of over 100 Guatemalan politicians, saying that they’re corrupt, and then went as far as to suspend 400 visas of their children,” Matta explains. “These Guatemalan politicians who have children in America going to college just lost their visas and had to pull their children out of these universities after spending God knows how much money on tuition.” Matta calls these actions a calculated effort to derail investigations and protect the child trafficking operation running rampant in Guatemala. He reveals that nearly 46% to 47% of migrant children trafficked into the United States over the last four years have come from Guatemala alone. “They’re trying to put pressure on the Guatemalan government to change the law to give the president the power to fire this Attorney General,” Matta says. “The Attorney General is the only one investigating the NGOs tied to child trafficking and the election fraud itself.” “These moves are not about democracy,” Matta warns. “This is how USAID has been caught doing regime changes,” adding that they basically “install politicians,” “take over the media,” and “stage these coups in these third-world countries.” Stunned by the revelations, Maria Zee commented, “This is such a huge story. And again, child trafficking is at the heart of all of this. It’s to make sure that that keeps going.” For more details on this groundbreaking story, follow

    @RyanMattaMedia

    on X. He’s going to break it all down on Monday with all the documents and evidence he has.

    BOMBSHELL: The U.S. government has been caught orchestrating regime change in Guatemala.

    “This is Ukraine 2.0,” says investigative journalist @RyanMattaMedia
    “The Guatemalan government had an election, and they believed that their election was rigged.”

    I’d be surprised if any elections are real. Anywhere. https://t.co/n71wpPouKy

    — Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) December 9, 2024

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  33. i’m feeding chickadees (I think) right now. I have a small table between the Adirondak chairs with a fake cactus plant with tiny stones in it. i saw them pecking at the stones and thought they were hungry. i broke up a ritz cracker and put it on the table. within a minute, they were all coming back…lol. some would snatch a bigger piece and fly away while some would peck at the tinier pieces. they are on the third cracker now…lol

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  35. Just The News: “The Justice Department spied on two House members and and several congressional staffers in a leak investigation without telling the courts, the agency’s inspector general found in a sweeping investigation released Tuesday. 

    As a result, the department obtained phone records from the two members of Congress and 43 staff members including President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director, Kash Patel, who worked as a staffer on the GOP-led House Intelligence Committee at the time. The department initiated the probe to investigate leaks to the media of FBI classified information as part of the now-discredited Trump-Russia probe which had recently been shared with Congress. 

    Inspector General Michael Horowitz found that the Justice Department, in filings with the court, did not reference “the fact that they related to requests for records of Members of Congress or congressional staffers,” despite implicating constitutional separation of powers between two government branches. 

    You can read the report below: IG report on leak investigation.pdf

    Patel, who is poised to become the new director of the FBI if confirmed, previously sued former Trump Justice Department officials and FBI Director Christopher Wray, accusing them of violating his Fourth Amendment right to protection from unreasonable searches and seizures when they tried to obtain Patel’s personal records, Just the News previously reported. 

    Patel said he was completely unaware of the subpoena until December 2022, when Google notified him about it. 

    Another former staffer, Jason Foster, previously told Just the News that he confirmed that the government successfully asked a federal court to hide its spying on Congress for five consecutive years. Foster is now the head of the Empower Oversight whistleblower center. In 2017 at the time of the secret surveillance, he was the chief investigative counsel for Sen. Chuck Grassley on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

    The seizure of his personal data occurred in 2017 while he worked for the Senate, and ordinarily under the original court order, Foster would have been notified a year later. But because the DOJ sought court approval ex parte to keep its surveillance secret, he wasn’t alerted until earlier this fall, six years after the initial subpoena.” 

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  36. “Birthright Citizenship Will be Overturned: President Trump, Congress, and the Supreme Court will finally end this outrageous precedent.”

    Robert W Malone MD, MS, Dec 10, 2024

    EXCERPT: “President Trump will sign an executive order to end birthright citizenship for the children of illegal aliens who are born in the USA at the end of January 2025. Legacy media is furious, and multiple MSM articles make the case that “legal scholars” and “respected attorneys” believe that this would violate the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Headlines, such as the ones below dominate the MSM circuit:

    But what does the Fourteenth Amendment really mean, and could President Trump’s executive order withstand court challenge?

    “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws”

    -Section 1 of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution

    Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, also known as the Citizenship Clause, was ratified by Congress on July 9, 1868, and was meant to extend citizenship to freed slaves and their children.

    Whether or not the 14th Amendment applied to people who were not citizens was challenged in Federal district courts and the Supreme Court ruled in 1898 in a case known as “United States v. Wong Kim Ark.” This was the landmark Supreme Court ruling that determined that a child, in this case, Wong Kim Ark, born in the United States to parents who were ineligible for naturalization (due to a long-defunct law that barred Chinese immigrants from becoming naturalized citizens), was still a U.S. citizen entitled to all rights and privileges of citizenship under the 14th Amendment. This established a precedent for birthright citizenship for all children born on US soil. The Supreme Court has not revisited this ruling, so the precedent of the Wong Kim Ark stands to this day. It all seems straightforward enough. Right? Wrong…

    The fourteenth amendment clearly states that persons born in the United States must be “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.”

    The question is, what does that phrase mean? Unfortunately, many modern day legal scholars have defined that term based on Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment, explicitly referring to “The United States v. Wong Kim Ark.” So, it is hard to get an unbiased definition.

    But the truth is that the United States v. Wong Kim Ark case is very different from what has happened today. That is, the masses of illegal aliens using this legal precedent to cross the border for the purpose of having “anchor babies.” An “anchor baby” is a child born in the United States to non-citizen parents, automatically gaining U.S. citizenship due to birthright citizenship laws. These babies then often provide the legal anchor for the guardians of this child to apply to stay in the United States and also collect entitlements for the child. As aside, the weaponization of words has made the term “anchor baby” a pejorative. Yet, it is a very accurate description of what is happening all across America.

    My opinion is that President Trump’s executive order will target those children who are born to illegal aliens, as he has said in multiple interviews. It’s important to note that while Wong Kim Ark’s parents were legally residing in the United States, they were not eligible for U.S. citizenship due to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.

    Section 1 of the 14th amendment was never meant to apply to the children of people in this country illegally….”

    https://www.malone.news/p/birthright-citizenship-will-be-overturned

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    1. hell California, maybe even other states, have a whole birthright birthing package for foreigners to come and stay in hotels or centers and ten have their babies here, gain citizenship and then leave to exploit it later. that needs to end too

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  44. I’m heartsick right now. I was just informed that an innocent woman died today in an auto accident involving a member of the Rome Police bomb squad who was responding to the threat at my home.

    My prayers are with Tammie Pickelsimer, her family, the officer who was injured, and the entire Rome Police Department.

    These violent political threats have fatal consequences. It’s an undue strain on our law enforcement who must treat them seriously. The officer was responding to protect my life. And now, a woman has lost her life because of this despicable act.

    The perpetrator of this crime has committed murder in our small community of Rome, Georgia. The police shouldn’t have to respond to these threats and there should not be deaths caused at their hands.

    I’m so thankful for everything the Rome Police Department does to protect our city and for putting their lives on the line to do it. I’m sick to my stomach, but I’m also angry. This should have never happened and I pray it never happens again.”

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  45. Not a good look from SCOTUS!!! Then again, we need a law that applies nationwide, not just individual states.

    WND: “The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling that subjugates parental rights to school politics.

    The ruling that had come out of the 7th U.S. District Court of Appeals in a Wisconsin fight claimed that parental rights were not affected when schools secretly encouraged children to be transgender, so the parents had no standing to bring the case.

    Justices Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas would have granted the petition, according to the court announcement, as it’s an issue that is coming up more and more.

    Alito explained, “This case presents a question of great and growing national importance: whether a public school district violates parents’ ‘fundamental constitutional right to make decisions concerning the rearing of’ their children…when, without parental knowledge or consent, it encourages a student to transition to a new gender or assists in that process.”

    Thomas joined in the statement that added, “We are told that more than 1,000 districts have adopted such policies.”

    It is the transgender ideology, which puts its faith in the science-defying concept that boys can become girls and girls can become boys, that has been promoted literally around the globe by the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris regime in Washington. Actually, being male or female is embedded in the human body down to the DNA level and does not change.

    The situations involve schools, activist employees, teachers and administrators repeatedly getting caught encouraging children to pursue the transgender ideology and keeping those actions secret from parents.

    The case came out of the Eau Claire Area School District in Wisconsin, where parents sued over a district policy that helps facilitate gender identity transitions while concealing the child’s new identity from his or her parents.

    The 7th Circuit had claimed in its opinion, which placed school’s ideology agendas above the rights and responsibilities of parents, that parents did not have standing to challenge the policy because they had not been directly impacted by it. The parents had said, “As any parent knows, parental authority includes the right (and the solemn responsibility) to say no to children’s often short-sighted desires when necessary to protect them from themselves.”

    The promotions of transgenderism have become common in many schools, even though multiple studies show that children with gender dysphoria issues resolve to live their lives as their sex according to birth in the vast majority of cases if they are not subjected to ideological pressure.

    Alito also noted, “[T]he challenged policy and associated equity training specifically encourage school personnel to keep parents in the dark about the ‘identities’ of their children, especially if the school believes that the parents would not support what the school thinks is appropriate. Thus, the parents’ fear that the school district might make decisions for their children without their knowledge and consent is not ‘speculative.’ … They are merely taking the school district at its word.”

    The parents in the case had charged that the Eau Claire schools were violating the Constitution’s provisions and protections for parental rights and religious freedom. Their argument was supported by 16 states, led by Republicans, who urged the court to review the facts.

    Imposing transgenderism on children involves giving them chemicals to alter their body’s natural development as they age, and sometimes body-mutilating surgeries. The case was brought by a group called Parents Protecting.”

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  47. NF: I agree with this 100%!!! This is nothing but a Trojan Horse!!!

    Beware: Kids Online Safety Act is a Digital ID Slavery Trojan Horse, and X SUPPORTS IT!

    “We must save the kids!! and now, save free speech!! I guess we need everyone to log onto the interwebs with your government QR code. That way we can make sure you are old enough and get free speech.”

    Super Spreader, Dec 10, 2024

    “This bill is a trojan horse for making you a slave. Do you doubt that? Just ask, how can they determine a users age to enforce age restrictions? Simple question. How can users maintain privacy when this bill forces ALL users to give up privacy?

    If I am a parent maybe I don’t want every website my kid goes to knowing how old they are. Maybe that is a safety risk. Maybe it makes them more of a target to be deceived and defrauded by predators. Maybe as a parent I want the sites my kids visit to NOT know who they are OR their age. Maybe I want to raise my kids with my own guidance and teach them about privacy and safety the way I see fit. Maybe I reject corrupt government control of every single thing. Maybe I don’t trust government to protect them. After the last four years do YOU trust government to protect your kids? Not a freaking chance! We need to protect our kids FROM government.

    WTF “X” ???!! X should know better. Hey Elon, are you trying to sneak in digital ID under the radar?? You can take that and shove it up your Tesla.

    X Negotiates Changes to Kids Online Safety Act Amid Censorship Concerns – Epoch Times

    The new text clarifies that the legislation ‘would not censor, limit, or remove any content from the internet.’

    That is so nice that they are stopping the censorship with a shiny new law amendment for kids. I have an idea, why don’t we throw the criminals who did the censorship in a dungeon for 50 years? That would stop it. Then we won’t need a new deceptively named Deep State BULLSH*T bill to stop censorship. 

    Hey X, yeah you Linda Yaccarino, news flash, censorship is AREADY illegal, take a look at the constitution. We don’t need ANY other NEW law to stop it. We just need to enforce the laws we already have.

    Do you really want some government official in some basement office deciding what your kids are allowed to do online? Do you want to abandon your kids to corrupt “Government Parenting”? Don’t shirk the amazing honor of raising children. Don’t push that responsibility away from loving parents and into the creepy hands of some purple haired deranged mental patient who identifies as a gerbil.

    Parents should decide what their kids do. Not a bloated corporate-government blob pharma-technocracy that cares nothing for families or family values. They only care about profit, power and control.

    I am very skeptical of acts “protecting children”. They almost always have ulterior motives. The “WON’T SOMEONE SAVE OUR CHILDREN” screeching is always shouted by people with MUCH darker intentions. Don’t fall for it.

    Do you see the sleight of hand? They say:

    “Look how much we ‘strengthened free speech’. We are making sure that censorship won’t happen anymore, we are protecting you from those bad bad people! We just need ya to take this itty bitty little drug, just once. Don’t worry, it’s free. We call it making everyone log onto the internet.”

    Then BAM, you are f*%ked!!

    Reject digital ID now OR embrace with open arms the slavery it will rapidly and inevitably bring to you and your family.

    Learn about the scam and tell you legislator NO.

    The way the scam goes:

    1. We do bad stuff to you
    2. We offer you a solution to that bad stuff that gives us what we want
    3. You are gullible and agree without noticing you just gave away your rights.
    4. We get rich off your slavery
    5. We go broke wasting the money because we are inbred dimwits
    6. Repeat

    Why do people keep falling for this nonsense?,,,,”

    https://mole.substack.com/p/beware-kids-online-safety-act-is

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  49. Fairey Firefly TT.1. Former Swedish Target tug, hence the colour scheme and registration. Originally served with the Royal Navy as ‘DT989’. Now waiting for restoration.

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  50. Authorities in the city of Bend, Oregon are looking for the hero who’s been improving their modern art with googly eyes. Despite the improvements donated without cost to the city, the government in Bend is demanding that the art improver cease and desist and that if anyone has any information regarding the artist’s identity, they rat out the genius.

    Here’s what the city had to say on Facebook:

    We love our roundabout art in Bend, so let’s do our part to take care of it.

    While the googly eyes placed on the various art pieces around town might give you a chuckle, it costs money to remove them with care to not damage the art.

    While we don’t condone the wreaths, leis and Santa hats, let’s stay away from adhesives, graffiti, and all things that can damage the art. 

    You “Public Servants” might love the art, but not everyone thinks like you. The city claims that the googly eyes have cost $1500 so far. Apparently that’s how much it costs to remove the adhesive goo gleefully holding the eyes in place.

    How much did it cost the taxpayers to put that “Art” up in the first place?  How much to maintain every year (absurdly exaggerated googly eye removal costs ignored, of course)?

    Of course the internet had thoughts about the whole affair:

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