Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge

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Looking for famous bridges in Georgia? We’ve got one of the most wonderful pieces of architecture in the state picked out for you! The Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge in Georgia is just 12 miles north of Warm Springs. This old bridge is still standing and more than worth taking a trip to if you are on a quest to see covered bridges in Georgia. If you need a little bit more of a push, here are eight reasons why this record-holding covered bridge should be explored.

This beautiful bridge was built over 170 years ago. It’s been well-maintained over time, so it’s still able to carry traffic across. Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge in Georgia was built by freed slave Horace King. This noted bridge builder was born in 1807 and died in 1885. The bridge has a fascinating design that will enchant covered bridge lovers. The Town lattice plan consists of crisscrossing planks at 45 to 60 degree angles. Approximately 2,500 wood pegs were used when constructing this magnificent structure.

Horace King is credited with building many covered bridges in Georgia. He was particularly active in the western half of the state. Sadly, Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge is the last surviving bridge designed by him.

 At 391 feet in length, this structure is the oldest and longest of all the wooden covered bridges in Georgia. This architectural gem is sometimes called the Imlac Covered Bridge. It spans over Red Oak Creek in the small community of Imlac, not far from Woodbury. What makes this covered bridge stand out above the rest is the workmanship that it showcases. When you consider it was built centuries ago, it’s truly amazing it’s still able to accomplish its job today!

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  1. Good Morning, Pat and Filly!

    Magnificent Bridge! I’m so glad they are maintaining it. As a child I was always terrified of going over those old uncovered wooden bridges with two raised wood lanes for tires – would have nightmares of driving over the bridge.

    Temp here is 23º at the Village and in at home. Hope my pipes are with no one there to run water.

    Our President is moving at Trump Warp Speed! He’s Blitzkrieg-ing all the leftist idols – like solar, wind, anchor babies, and more – so MAGA America First people are winning and grinning!

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    1. Morning GA!
      we have a little sponge that hubby lets the water drip onto most nights when we think our water might freeze–you don’t hear it dripping that way.
      I married a handsome, clever man!

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            1. we belong to a mutual admiration society.
              you know, I admit, my husband was handsome when i met him–his brown eyes drew me in! But as he has aged, and his dark brown hair grayed (as did his mustache) man! it just deepened the attraction and made those eyes sparkle.
              I tell him all the time (and he scoffs) but i think he’s sexier now than when i met him.

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      2. Morning, Pat! Here in NE, a stream of water is required vs. just dripping – maybe that is one reason why your pipes keep freezing? 24 here this morning, with a little haze over the moon.

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        1. Morning Filly!
          no, usually just a drip works–when hubby remembers to do so. last night he forgot but the pipes didn’t freeze–it’s really strange. and it was 2* this morning…shrug

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    2. Good morning, GA! I’ve got 24 on my thermometer this morning – supposed to get close to 50 for a few days before dropping again. Typical NE weather – just wait 24 hours, it will change! We hit the mid-40’s yesterday.

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  2. Morning All!
    we are sitting at 2* this morning–but the water didn’t freeze. I turned on the light to see the temp–and I could see three deer waiting in a line to get to the corn block. there’s a larger one there now feeding down. We have to get more blocks later this morning.

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  7. MAGA Minuteman

    January 25, 2025 6:40 am

    Reply to  Monticello

    Devin Nunes mentioned recently that around 25% of US farm products come from California.

    If the water supply from the north doesn’t open up quickly to supply those farms and the southern communities, then a “State of Emergency” could be declared to ensure the safety of that food source. Food Security is National Security. 25% is a significant percentage.

    I’m sure this is headed in that direction soon.

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  8. what a bunch of juveniles.

    Feisty Hayseed

    January 25, 2025 12:33 am

    Federal workers’s ‘revenge’ plot after being forced back to office

    [Editor’s note: This will only punish local DC businesses]

    Spiteful federal government workers have vowed to boycott struggling mom-and-pop businesses near their offices after Donald Trump banned remote working. 

    In a now-deleted Reddit post titled ‘Boycott using local businesses around work site if forced back to office, several federal discussed how to fight back against Trump’s order.

    ‘For those that end up being forced back to their respective offices I would avoid patronizing the local businesses in those areas,’ the original poster said.

    ‘Bring your own lunch to avoid using the eateries and grocery stores, avoid parking in pay parking (use mass transit if available), and don’t buy anything at the shops or has stations.’

    Democratic DC mayor Muriel Bowser said she supported Trump’s order because it would bring more people to the downtown economy; she has previously tied a decline in retail and office space revenue to a lack of federal workers in their offices.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/federal-workers-s-revenge-plot-after-being-forced-back-to-office/ar-AA1xNACb

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  9. good news

    Feisty Hayseed

    January 25, 2025 12:45 am

    Breaking: Biden Did Not Pardon Ashli Babbitt Killer Michael Byrd

    Biden did pardon “the police officers from the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department or the U.S. Capitol Police [USCP] who testified before the Select Committee,” but Byrd never testified before the J6 committee.

    Byrd has good reason to worry. As explained in the law suit filed by Judicial Watch on behalf of Ashli’s husband Aaron Babbitt, Byrd violated just about every Capitol Police directive on the use of deadly force.

    Masked and out of uniform, Byrd did not identify himself as a police officer, did not give Babbitt verbal orders to stop, nor give her a chance to comply.

    He did not “diligently assess” the situation before firing. He never considered any other defensive tactics or compliance techniques. And he disregarded the presence of seven other police officers in his line of fire.

    Most critically, Babbitt did not pose “an imminent danger of death or serious injury.” When Byrd fired, he did not even know she was a female.

    The treatment afforded Byrd after the shooting was unprecedented. For six months, the USCP brass refused to say who killed Ashli Babbitt. Quietly, they put Byrd and a pet up in a “distinguished visitor suite” at the “Presidential Inn” on the grounds of Joint Base Andrews.

    https://jackcashill.substack.com/p/breaking-biden-did-not-pardon-ashli

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  10. Just The News: “The Senate on Friday night confirmed President Trump nominee Pete Hegseth as the country’s next Defense secretary, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. The final vote was 51-50. Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Alaska; Susan Collins, Maine; and Mitch McConnell, Kentucky, voted against the nomination of Hegseth, a military veteran and former Fox News host. 

    Much of the drama about whether Hegseth would have the votes ended when North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis said on social media late Friday that he would vote yes. Vance breaking the tie reportedly marks only the second time in modern history that a vice president has done so for a Cabinet nomination. No Senate Democrat voted to confirm Hegseth. 

    The 44-year-old Hegseth rose to the rank of Army major and served in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. The confirmation marks a stunning turnaround for Hegseth and his nomination, which in the early stages seemed doomed over concerns about his qualifications, excessive drinking, opposition to women in combat and alleged sexual misconduct. Hegseth has denied all of the allegations. 

    When Trump nominated Hegseth shortly after winning reelection, he said his nominee would bring a new perspective to the Pentagon and rebuild the “most powerful military in the world.” But the concerns about Hegseth and his past, also including questions about his leadership and financial management of two veteran advocacy groups, appeared to be too big to overcome. 

    However, he and his attorney, Tim Parlatore, chose to mount a counter-offensive – in large part by shifting the focus from allegations to policy discussions, particularly on improving the Pentagon.

    “I think that it’s we had a couple of weeks there where there were all these negative articles coming out, and the conventional wisdom is a nominee doesn’t respond, you know, doesn’t give interviews, don’t say anything until after the confirmation hearing, so you don’t give the other side ammo,” Parlatore recently told Just the News. 

    “And you know, really, there came a point last week where, you know, they were talking about potentially replacing them, and Pete and I just said, you know, forget this. We’re gonna, you know, we’re gonna break the rules. We’re gonna go out. Because every single one of these things has a good fact based response. We just need to present it.”

    Parlatore also said Hegseth’s one-on-one talks with Iowa GOP Sen. Joni Ernst, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, which would recommend, or decide whether the Defense secretary nominee gets a final vote, was pivotal.

    “Senator Ernst and others and start talking about policy, and you get past whether he committed misconduct and throw that to the side,” Parlatore continued. “OK, now let’s talk about policy. Let’s talk about what we’re going to actually do to improve the Pentagon. And I think that that is one place where the two of them really have found common ground.”

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  14. PDJT promises to mobilize the Army Corp of Engineers to rebuild NC.

    FTA

    President Donald Trump announced that he would be deploying the United States Army Corps of Engineers to North Carolina, highlighting how the people in the state need their riverbanks and roads fixed in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene’s destruction.

    During a visit to the state on Friday, Trump admitted that he did not know “what took so long” for the Biden administration to address the destruction that communities in western North Carolina faced due to Hurricane Helene. Trump added that his administration would get them “the resources” they need and the support they deserved.

    “We have a lot of things in mind, and we’re getting the Army Corps of Engineers all set,” Trump said. “You need your riverbanks fixed. You need a lot of roads fixed. And, we’re going to get it done in rapid time, and I’ve asked Susie Wiles and all of my people to start calling up. Get the Corps ready and their going to get ready to go. I don’t know what it is, I don’t know what took so long for the other administration.”

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which has roughly “37,000 dedicated Civilians and Soldiers delivering engineering services to customers in more than 130 countries worldwide” works “diligently to strengthen” the security of the U.S. “by building and maintaining America’s infrastructure and providing military facilities where our servicemembers train, work and live,” according to the Army Corps of Engineers website.

    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/24/trump-to-deploy-army-corps-of-engineers-to-rebuild-north-carolina-going-to-get-you-the-resources-you-need/

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  15. Just The News: “Several Republican lawmakers in Congress are proposing to change the name of Dulles International Airport in Washington DC’s suburbs to Donald J. Trump International Airport. Rep. Addison McDowell, the 31-year-old Republican freshman from North Carolina, introduced the bill Thursday along with Reps. Brian Jack, R-Ga., Riley Moore, R-W.V., Brandon Gill, R-Texas, and Guy Reschenthaler, R-Penn.

    “It is only right that the two airports servicing our nation’s capital are duly honored and respected by two of the best presidents to have the honor of serving our great nation,” McDowell said.

    Dulles International and Reagan National are major airports serving the District of Columbia, Maryland and Northern Virginia. The former is named for Josh Foster Dulles, secretary of state under Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953-59. More than 26 million passengers used Dulles in the 12 months ending in November, according to the latest statistics available.

    The then-$108.3 million airport, on 10,000 acres of Loudoun and Fairfax counties in Virginia, was dedicated Nov. 17, 1962. Another 830 acres were acquired 20 years ago.

    Jack said the effort “to ‘cancel’ President Trump during his post-presidency” is rightly countered by the bill to “enshrine President Trump’s legacy.” “This legislation will cement his status in our nation’s capital as our fearless commander-in-chief, extraordinary leader, and relentless champion for the American people,” Reschenthaler said in a release from McDowell’s office.

    Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, smaller in gates 113 to 58 than Dulles, is on 860 acres in Virginia. Opening in 1941 as National Airport, Democratic two-term President Bill Clinton on Feb. 6, 1998, signed the legislation authored by Sen. Paul Coverdell, R-Ga., renaming it for the nation’s 40th president.

    Reagan National also checked more than 26 million passengers in the 12 months ending in November. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority reported 53.1 million total between the two.”

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  16. Just The News: “Comedian Rob Schneider has offered to pay for the parking tickets that the family members of Jan. 6 prisoners received in Washington, D.C. 

    “Seriously, to ANY and ALL Jan 6th, ‘The FBI Guided Tour of the Capitol Building,’ Family Members who, while waiting for your loved ones (political prisoners) to be released GOT TICKETED BY DC POLICE,” he wrote Thursday on Instagram. “I WILL PAY FOR YOUR PARKING TICKETS!”

    Schneider’s official website contains a section with instructions on how to submit parking tickets for reimbursement before Jan. 31.

    Trump signed pardons for the Jan. 6 prisoners on his first day in office.”

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  17. these agencies are out of hand! and DEPT of ED is buying tactical gear??? WTH???

    in regards to this incident–the ranger has been reassigned and Harriet Hageman is now involved.

    FTA

    On May 1, 2024 the Maudes met with the Forest Service District Ranger for the Buffalo Gap National Grassland/Fall River Ranger District, Julie Wheeler, and they decided on a land survey to settle a boundary issue.  Wheeler told the Maudes it would take as long as a year to get the survey done, but five days later, Forest Service Special Agent Travis Lunders showed up with a survey crew, and without permission, trespassed to do a survey.

    As you might suspect, Lunders is looking like the bad guy in this case, because on June 24, 2024 he showed up at the Maude’s home, resplendent in tactical gear, and served each with a grand jury indictment for theft of government property, a 10 year, $250,000 felony.

    Most Americans would be surprised to discover the Forest Service has “special agents,” but not surprised they have SWAT-like tactical gear. Federal agencies like the Department of Education have been buying tacticool goodies, huge quantities of ammo and automatic weapons for years. That there is no apparent need for this gear doesn’t matter. They have taxpayer cash, so why not? Even Amtrak(?!) and Health and Human Services have SWAT teams, and as early as 2015, there were at least 271 throughout the federal government. 

    https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/the_biden_forest_service_corrals_fencing_terrorists.html

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  18. NF: I’ll go on record saying I do not support this – the government needs to stay out of religion, considering that they represent the entire country, not just those of one religious persuasion. Those who choose a different religion or no religion should not have their taxpayer $$$ being used in that fashion. If people want to donate, fine but forcing ALL to pay for it is just flat wrong. Separation of church and state is foundational; I also don’t support churches not paying taxes.

    Just The News: “The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear Oklahoma’s request to allow a state-funded Catholic charter school.

    St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School is a planned digital learning, and explicitly Roman Catholic, institution that, if approved, would become the country’s first taxpayer-funded religious charter school, NBC News reported.

    The court will address a lower court decision deeming the school’s funding to be unconstitutional. Notably, a majority of the justices profess the Roman Catholic faith. Associate Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and Sonia Sotomayor, as well as Chief Justice John Roberts, are all Catholic.

    Justice Neil Gorsuch was raised Catholic but has attended an Episcopal Church and his current affiliation is somewhat unclear.

    Oklahoma’s state attorney general, Gentner Drummond, R, challenged the plan, despite its support from Gov. Kevin Stitt, R-Okla. The case marks a potential landmark for the First Amendment’s establishment clause.”

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  19. Just The News: “Arizona U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs started collecting signatures to be on the 2026 Arizona Republican gubernatorial primary ballot. His nominating petition will need to hit a certain threshold of signatures in order for his name to appear on the ballot. Earlier this week, he announced he was going to contemplate the “weighty decision” after filing an official statement of interest with the Secretary of State’s office.

    “I am collecting the signatures required to get on the ballot for Governor of Arizona, and I would be grateful for your support,” he tweeted Thursday with a link to his campaign website donning a logo for the race.

    No other major candidates have entered the race yet. Karrin Taylor Robson, who President Donald Trump said in a December speech in Phoenix that he would support, has yet to make a public decision on whether she’ll jump into the race. Biggs is also closely allied with the president and a member of the House Freedom Caucus, and he was one of the Republicans who led the ouster of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Whoever wins the primary will likely take on Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, who narrowly defeated Republican Kari Lake in 2022. In 2026, the race is expected to be one of the most competitive in the country.

    Biggs’ decision to run opens the door for a hotly competitive primary in his East Valley congressional seat, as the Republican won with over 60% of the vote in his district in November. Former State Rep. Travis Grantham announced he filed a statement of interest for the seat earlier this week.

    “Today I filed a Statement of Interest to run for the U.S. House of Representatives in Arizona’s 5th Congressional District. The East Valley deserves continued strong, experienced and conservative leadership should Congressman Biggs depart for statewide office,” the former Republican lawmaker said in an X post.

    “I look forward to the coming months, meeting with our citizenry and seeing what the future holds for this wonderful district,” he added.”

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  21. ‘Trump Is Right About Birthright Citizenship”

    The Federalist, By: Matthew Raymer, January 24, 2025

    Donald Trump

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “Trump isn’t rewriting the 14th Amendment; he’s applying the law as it is, based on its plain language and the Supreme Court’s existing precedent.

    If you were wondering how long it would take for Democrats to sue the Trump administration, we have an answer. With the ink barely dry, eighteen Democrat state attorneys general, four additional Democrat state AGs, and a collection of outside groups led by the American Civil Liberties Union all filed federal lawsuits over President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants. Their argument, that the U.S. Supreme Court has already ruled that the 14th Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship for practically anyone born here, is flatly wrong as a matter of law. The courts should use this opportunity to get it right.

    The 14th Amendment — ratified after the Civil War and ensuring that former slaves were U.S. citizens — provides that “[a]ll 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.” The plaintiffs focus on the first part, but barely glance at the second, arguing that, with few exceptions (such as the children of foreign diplomats in the United States), anyone born in the United States is “subject to its jurisdiction,” simply by virtue of being within its borders.

    They do this by relying almost entirely on United States v. Wong Kim Ark, an 1898 U.S. Supreme Court opinion that the plaintiffs get hopelessly wrong. In Wong, the court held that a man born in San Francisco to Chinese immigrants was a U.S. citizen under the 14th Amendment. Omitting some key facts, the plaintiffs argue this means that all children born in the United States of all immigrant parents, with the aforementioned very rare exceptions, automatically are U.S. citizens. Even a cursory read of the opinion, however, shows that the Supreme Court ruled nothing of the sort.

    Wong was born in California and lived his entire life in the United States, until he took two trips to China to visit family as an adult. The first time he returned to the United States, he was admitted through customs as a U.S. citizen. A few years later, after visiting China a second time, he was denied reentry after a customs official concluded that he was not a citizen, because his parents were not U.S. citizens when he was born here.

    SCOTUS sided with Wong, but for a very important reason the plaintiffs fail to mention: Wong’s parents were legal immigrants to the United States. The entire foundation of the plaintiffs’ argument — that SCOTUS has already upheld birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants by this decision — is therefore completely and obviously wrong.

    In rendering its opinion, SCOTUS dove deep into the meaning of “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” What they found, tracing back hundreds of years through English common law, is that the phrase is rooted in a mutual relationship of “allegiance and protection” between the individual and the sovereign (historically a king, but the nation here). Children “born in the allegiance,” and therefore citizens entitled to “protection” at birth, included children born to subjects of the king, as well as children born to “aliens in amity” — that is, aliens lawfully “domiciled” there with the king’s consent. Notably, the court found that this did not extend to the children of aliens in “hostile occupation of part of our territory.”

    Consent is the operative word. In ruling for Wong, the Supreme Court made clear that the United States has a say in who is subject to its jurisdiction, noting that noncitizens like Wong’s parents are “entitled to the protection of, and owe allegiance to, the United States so long as they are permitted by the United States to reside here” (emphasis added). In Wong’s case, this meant that the 14th Amendment granted him citizenship because he was: (1) born in the United States; and (2) subject to its jurisdiction, due to the fact that his parents were lawful immigrants permitted by the United States to reside here at the time he was born.

    In clear and distinguishable contrast, children born to illegal immigrants are not “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States, and therefore are not entitled to birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment, for the simple reason that the United States has not permitted them to be here. In other words, the relationship is not mutual.

    A harder question is whether the 14th Amendment grants birthright citizenship to children born to aliens here lawfully but on a temporary basis, such as tourists or individuals on a work visa. Wong Kim Ark doesn’t explicitly address this, but it does note that Wong’s parents were “domiciled” in the United States, and it concludes that “[e]very citizen or subject of another country, while domiciled here, is within the allegiance and the protection, and consequently subject to the jurisdiction, of the United States” (emphasis added). This repeated reference to “domicile,” meaning a state of permanent, legal residence, suggests that birthright citizenship at a minimum requires an intent to live lawfully and permanently in the United States, even if that intent later changes.

    In their lawsuit, the 18 Democrat state AGs declare that the president “has no authority to rewrite or nullify a constitutional amendment or duly enacted statute.” (Where were they a week ago, when President Biden tried to ratify a new, 28th Amendment by personal fiat?) But Trump isn’t rewriting the 14th Amendment; he’s applying the law as it is, based on its plain language and the Supreme Court’s existing precedent. That, at least, shouldn’t be controversial.”

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  22. Winston
    January 25, 2025 9:13 am

    Jan. 23, 2025
    ICE detains more than 530 people in workplace ‘raids’ in U.S. Northeast

    https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/01/23/ice-details-538-ion-workplace-raids/7811737692376/

    Arrests were also reported by local media in New York and Massachusetts. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey praised ICE’s efforts.

    “I wouldn’t describe them as raids,” Healey told WCVB about the arrests. “What it seems to be, and what we expected and what I support, which is the apprehension of criminals in our communities.”

    Thomas Homan, who will oversee border policy in the new Trump administration, has said ICE plans to carry out “big raids,” in sanctuary cities in the United States.

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    1. oh me too–about the facial expressions. I could never play poker! even around birthdays or Christmas, hubby always knows when i bought something i think he’ll love–it’s all over my face.

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      1. There is a big field full of that trash directly across the highway from my brother’s farm west of Norfolk. Ugly as all get out!

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  25. TwoLaine
    TwoLaine
    January 25, 2025 9:26 am

    Senate out now until 9:30 am et Saturday. After breaking the filibuster tonight on the nomination of Kristi Noem to be DHS Secretary, Senate will vote to confirm her tomorrow at 11:30 am et

    — Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) January 25, 2025

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  26. Clarion
    January 25, 2025 10:11 am

    South Africa is about to go full Marxism and begin seizing farmland. Foreign Policy magazine applauds this seizure of land.

    South Africa is about to go full Marxism and begin seizing farmland. Foreign Policy magazine applauds this seizure of land. pic.twitter.com/4AYbB3yHyy

    — Cernovich (@Cernovich) January 25, 2025

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  31. I need to run over to Family Dollar to get a new coffee-bean grinder but I’ll wait until it warms up more – 30 now and bright sunshine. I don’t grind my own beans but I can use it to grind up my chewable Vit C and Calcium tabs into a powder form so I can add it to my yogurt every morning. The one I had that was my a-Moms gave up the ghost and doesn’t work any more.

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  33. “Trump Secures Uneasy Peace in Gaza — The MSM is Forced to Report on a Major Trump Win”

    Ryan DeLarme, Jan 25, 2025

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    EXCERPT: “After 15 months of unfettered carnage and a seemingly endless go-ahead from the United States government, Donald Trump finally accomplished in Gaza what Joe Biden couldn’t—or wouldn’t—before he was even sworn into office. I’m referring to the ceasefire deal that Trump’s Mideast envoy secured in his very first interaction with the Israeli government since becoming the President elect.

    From Hareetz:

    Sixteen days after an agreement is signed, negotiations over the release of remaining hostages in a second phase will begin.

    According to the deal, the IDF is not expected to withdraw from Gaza until all hostages are returned, but will allow the movement of residents from southern Gaza to the north of the Strip.

    Sixteen days after the agreement is signed, discussions on the second phase are set to begin, ultimately leading to the release of the remaining hostages.

    A senior Hamas source told the Qatari channel Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that a meeting to discuss a draft hostage deal agreement is planned for Monday evening. “If there is no harm to the critical points important to our people, our response will be positive,” the Hamas source said. — (Haaretz. January 13, 2025.)

    Donald Trump has long been insisting that this conflict come to an end—as well as any fighting in Syria and Lebanon—before he assumes the presidency so that he can focus on the lives of American citizens and not the interests of foreign nations.

    But just how stable is this pending peace?

    Many in the Netanyahu government have argued that this agreement is bad for Israel because it compels them to stop bombing Gaza without accomplishing their objectives of annexing the northern part of the territory, stopping humanitarian aid, and permanently expelling all Arabs and Palestinians from the region. Many in Israel do not want to see the hostilities end.

    Additionally, Hamas was not destroyed, though that was the stated objective and purpose for the ceaseless bombing of Palestinian civilians over the course of the last 15 months. Not only has Hamas not been defeated, but they are also regrouping and successfully recruiting a significant number of newly radicalized young individuals, likely due to a growing segment of Palestinian men who are deeply disgusted and enraged by Israel’s actions.

    This is actually a boon for the hawks in Israel, as you can’t have military conquest without an enemy or threat. Remember, Hamas as it is today wouldn’t even exist in the first place were it not for the Israeli government…..”

    https://badlands.substack.com/p/trump-secures-uneasy-peace-in-gaza

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  35. “BREAKING: Kristi Noem Confirmed to Lead Homeland Security in Rare Weekend Vote”

    Red State, By Joe Cunningham | 11:54 AM on January 25, 2025

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    “South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has cleared a confirmation vote in the Senate, becoming the next Director of Homeland Security and officially joining the new Trump administration. She was confirmed with bipartisan support, winning 59-34.

    Noem’s confirmation process did not receive the same level of scrutiny as some of President Donald Trump’s other picks, such as newly confirmed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. His overnight vote ended 51-50 with three Republicans – Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Mitch McConnell – voting against him and Vice President JD Vance having to cast the tie-breaking vote.

    Noem, who did face an at-times contentious confirmation hearing, nonetheless made it through the process unscathed. There were signs that she could even be confirmed with some bipartisan support. She previously received some support from Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, where her nomination passed with a 13-2 vote to move to the full Senate for final confirmation.

    Noem reached 51 votes for confirmation well before the roll call vote was finished, with a handful of Democrats voting to confirm, including the more centrist of late John Fetterman of Pennsylvania. Every single Republican voted for Noem, and six Democrats joined them.

    Weekend votes for confirmation are rare, but not unheard of in the Senate.” 

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  37. sync

    sync

    January 25, 2025 10:15 am

    There are 5 democrats on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

    3 of them are up for retention THIS November.

    There are 5 democrats on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

    3 of them are up for retention THIS November.

    So, if you vote ❌NO to retention for Donohue, Dougherty, & Wecht, you will literally kick them off the bench.

    Your vote in Pennsylvania this November can change everything.

    — ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) January 25, 2025

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  40. Don’t laugh – it really does exist!!!

    “Exploding head syndrome (EHS) is a rare sleep disorder that causes people to hear loud noises or feel like their head is exploding while falling asleep or waking up. It’s considered a benign condition that’s not dangerous to your health. 

    Symptoms: Sudden loud noises that are brief and jarring, noises described as a gunshot, explosion, or door slamming, flashes of light, fear, confusion, and distress, abrupt awakening

    Causes: The exact cause is unknown, but some theories include: Increased activity in the brain’s sensory neurons, damage to the inner ear, abnormal attention processing during sleep-wake transition

    Treatment: Antidepressants like clomipramine, calcium channel blockers, anxiety-relieving activities like yoga, reading, listening to music, or taking a warm bath

    Prognosis: EHS is usually infrequent and benign, but can sometimes become chronic. With treatment and time, episodes may stop.”

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  44. Red State: “The Department of Education announced Friday that it had eliminated the Biden-created office of “book ban coordinator” and the supporting office. This office was created in June 2023 in response to many school districts removing age-inappropriate and sexually explicit books from school libraries.

    Biden’s Department of Education was naturally in favor of keeping soft-core porn and LGBTQQIP2SAA (did I miss anyone?) recruiting materials in the reach of elementary school kids. The director of the “book ban coordinator” office, a gay progressive activist, solicited complaints from activists and threatened school districts with lawsuits by the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights. That all ended on Friday.

    The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today announced that it has dismissed 11 complaints related to so-called “book bans.” The complaints alleged that local school districts’ removal of age-inappropriate, sexually explicit, or obscene materials from their school libraries created a hostile environment for students – a meritless claim premised upon a dubious legal theory. Effective Jan. 24, 2025, OCR has rescinded all department guidance issued under the theory that a school district’s removal of age-inappropriate books from its libraries may violate civil rights laws. OCR is also dismissing six additional pending allegations of book banning and will no longer employ a “book ban coordinator” to investigate local school districts and parents working to protect students from obscene content.

    “By dismissing these complaints and eliminating the position and authorities of a so-called ‘book ban coordinator,’ the department is beginning the process of restoring the fundamental rights of parents to direct their children’s education,” said Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor. “The department adheres to the deeply rooted American principle that local control over public education best allows parents and teachers alike to assess the educational needs of their children and communities. Parents and school boards have broad discretion to fulfill that important responsibility. These decisions will no longer be second-guessed by the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education.”

    This is exactly right. Schools are the quintessential community organization. They have historically had autonomy, and there is no reason to permit the federal bureaucracy to enter that space.”

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  45. Just The News: “President Trump said the U.S. could possibly eliminate the federal income tax if his tariff plans work out as intended.

    “If the tariffs work out like I think, a thing like that could happen, if you want to know the truth,” he said. “Years ago, 1870 to 1913, we didn’t have an income tax. What we had is tariffs.”

    Trump also said the additional IRS agents the Biden administration hired could potentially move to the border. “I think we’re going to move them to the border. You know, they’re allowed to carry guns,” he said.” 

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  46. See the “M” on his forehead? All Tabbies have them!

    Siren E3 5c, The Burren, Ireland

    Oh, sweet! But I think I’d polish up the propeller a bit….I’ve got the glass for it, just maybe a teensy bit smaller. My a-Mom used it as a coffee table, too, but with 3 wooden legs underneath.

    Bergen, Norway

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

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