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The 2022.06.16 Bookworm Video Podcast is up

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Bookworm

So much to talk about: hope from history, dealing with vaccine stress, our pagan reversion, benefits (to Dems) from lockdowns, transgenderism, Uvalde, and more.

Happy Fourth of July — The Declaration of Independence Annotated

Posted on July 4, 2021July 4, 2021 by Wolf Howling

The Declaration of Independence was published by the Second Continental Congress on this day in 1776. Their audiences were the American colonists, to justify our call to arms, and Britain’s enemies, to assure them of our intent. Thomas Jefferson’s preamble, with his famous proclamation that all people are equal before

History, Holidays & Observances on January 14

Posted on January 14, 2020January 11, 2020 by Wolf Howling

Feast of the Ass, Ratification of the Treaty of Paris, Hippie Movement and the Human Be-In, Spain annexes Cuba, Treaty of Kiel, Greek War of Independence, Casablanca Conference, Elvis Presley Holidays and Observances on January 14 Feast of the Ass: This is a now antiquated celebration that may have arisen

History, Holidays & Observances on January 13

Posted on January 13, 2020January 11, 2020 by Wolf Howling

Feast of St. Hilary of Poitiers, Afghanistan becomes the Graveyard of Empires, California in the Mexican-American War, Doctor’s Plot, Spanish slavery, NatGeo, Independent Labour Party, Hawaii and the Bayonet Constitution Holidays and Observances on January 13 Feast of St. Hilary of Poitiers is a memorial on the General Roman Calendar

History, Holidays & Observance on January 9

Posted on January 9, 2020January 2, 2020 by Wolf Howling

Feast of Adrian of Canterbury, Massacre of Jews in Basel, Switzerland, Britain introduces the income tax, Joan of Arc, Horatio Nelson, Daguerreotype photography, Star of the West incident, Battle of Gallipoli, iPhone Holidays and Observances on January 9 Feast of Adrian of Canterbury (memorial). Adrian of Canterbury was born about

History, Holidays & Observances On January 8

Posted on January 8, 2020January 1, 2020 by Wolf Howling

Battle of New Orleans, Democrat Party, War on Poverty, Alfred the Great, Handel, the ’45, Washington 1st SOTU, Crazy Horse, Woodrow Wilson, and more. Major Events on January 8 1815 – War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans: British interference with American merchant ships during the Napoleonic Wars led to

History, Holidays & Observances on January 4, the 11th Day of Christmas

Posted on January 4, 2020December 28, 2019 by Wolf Howling

The 11th Day of Christmas, Feast of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, The Rump Parliament Votes to Put The King on Trial, The Fabian Society, Roman Civil War, Vikings, Seven Years War, Russo-Turkish War, Crazy Nancy named Speaker, and More. Holidays and Observances on January 4 11th Day of Christmas Feast

History, Holidays & Observances on December 16

Posted on December 16, 2019December 23, 2019 by Wolf Howling

Today: The Boston Tea Party leads to a Revolution, King Henry VI of England . . .and France, English Bill of Rights of 1689, Hans Bol, Beethoven, Christmas Music And More . . . Major Events on Dec. 16 1773 – Boston Tea Party makes the American Revolution virtually inevitable

History, Holidays & Observances on December 15

Posted on December 15, 2019December 23, 2019 by Wolf Howling

Today: The History of the Bill of Rights, Prohibition Ends, Battle of Nashville, the Holocaust in the Ukraine, Nero, Sitting Bull, Christmas Music And More . . . Holidays and Observances on Dec. 15 Bill of Rights Day – Today we celebrate the Bill of Rights becoming the law of

History, Holidays & Observances on December 14

Posted on December 14, 2019December 23, 2019 by Wolf Howling

Today: St. John of the Cross, Paxton Boys rebel, Civil Rights and the Commerce Clause, Napoleon, War of 1812, Jimmy Doolittle, Washington Dies, Christmas Music And More . . . Holidays and Observances on Feast of John of the Cross – St. John of the Cross, a 15th century Carmelite

The British People Stage A Counter-Coup

Posted on December 13, 2019December 23, 2019 by Wolf Howling

Eleven years ago, Labor staged a coup against the British people with the Lisbon Treaty. Three year ago, the Brits voted to leave the EU. Yesterday, the Brits said, “we bloody well mean it!!!” What a great day for Britain! They are going to be a sovereign country again. The

History, Holidays & Observances on December 13

Posted on December 13, 2019December 23, 2019 by Wolf Howling

Today: Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe, Japan commits the Rape of Nanking, the EU conducts a coup with the Lisbon Treaty, Christmas Music And More . . . Holidays and Observances on Dec. 13 Acadian Remembrance Day – Acadia was a sizable area of French settlements in coastal Canada

History, Holidays & Observances on December 9

Posted on December 9, 2019December 9, 2019 by Wolf Howling

Today: Slavery, Dunmore’s Proclamation, Small Pox & The Ethiopian Regiment in the Revolutionary War; England’s Glorious Revolution; Lutefisk; John Milton; Christmas Music . . . AND MORE . . .

History, Holidays & Observances on December 4

Posted on December 4, 2019November 26, 2019 by Wolf Howling

A look at some of the history and holidays on December 4 Holidays & Observances on December 4 Feast of Giovanni Calabria, a 20th century Catholic Priest who dedicated his life to easing the plight of the poor and ill. He establshed several religious institutions, corresponded in Latin with C.S.

History, Holidays & Observances -November 30

Posted on November 30, 2019November 26, 2019 by Wolf Howling

A look at some of the history and holidays on November 30 Holidays & Observances on November 30 Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle, who lived with Jesus Christ, then after a long life of evangelizing, died a martyr on a St. Andrew’s cross in 60 A.D., during the reign