Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Among the links, the economy and foreign policy are good, Biden corruption is bad, and Dems fomenting riots is ugly. The Good Economy: Don’t tell anyone — the MSM certainly won’t — but the V-shaped economic recovery continues apace. This from Hot Air Thus far, warnings of collapse in the
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The Democrats released a draft version of their 2020 platform. These are just a few highlights (or lowlights) from this 80-page racist, Marxist disaster. The draft platform is an 80-page-long, singe-spaced document. It’s very repetitive, repeating the same facts to make different points. It is as hard left as a
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I regret that I cannot go back in time and boycott Rick Steves because, back in the day, I watched a lot of his travel videos and bought his products. As long-time readers of my blog know, I am a very well-traveled person. For a decade, every time we went
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Reading through the news, I see that most of the news is so crazy, it doesn’t inform me; it just leaves me with questions that I’ll now share with you. I’ve mentioned before a game I play with a friend. He reads me headlines and asks me to guess whether
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While the Democrats keep squawking about proportionality, the facts show that Trump’s targeting Soleimani was proportional to the risks Iran presents. Nancy Pelosi is leading the charge against Trump for targeting IRGC General Qassam Soleimani. This attack is purely political and designed to gather political advantage, irrespective of cost to
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To know what Trump is thinking, spend 20 minutes listening to Trump talking to Rush Limbaugh — or read key excerpts from the interview here. Trump likes to tweet, but the problem with his tweets is that they don’t create a sustained narrative. The tweets are appetizers, not the main
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12th Night, James Watt & the Industrial Revolution; Henry Ford & the Economics of Labor, Louis XV, Benedict Arnold, Raid on Richmond, German Workers Party, 1st Female Governor, Golden Gate Bridge, Antarctic Heatwave and More. Holidays and Observances on January 5 Today is the 12th day of the 12 Days
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Today: 6th Day of Christmas, Soviet Union, Grenada Massacre, War of the Roses, Rasputin, Kipling, Bernard Gui, Alberto Vargas, and And More . . . Holidays and Observances on December 30 Today is the 6th Day of Christmas . . . There is no specific celebration tied to this day.
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Today: Hannukah, Yule, (yesterday’s) Winter Solstice, the Dreyfus Affair, Mao’s Cultural Revolution, the Embargo Act, Beethoven, Battle of the Bulge, Lech Walesa, Richard Reid, Christmas Music, And More . . . Holidays and Observances on December 22 Happy Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday that celebrates the victory of the Maccabees over
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Today: Pope Damasus organizes the Bible in 382; Britain conquers Jerusalem; Alcoholics Anonymous; Nazi Germany does FDR a favor and declares war on the U.S.; Christmas Music . . . And more . . .
Continue readingA look at some of the history and holidays on December 8 Holidays & Observances on December 8 The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is held on this day to celebrate the belief in the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary — i.e., that from the moment of her birth,
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A look at some of the history and holidays on December 6 Holidays & Observances on December 6 Feast of St Nicholas – Yes, Virginia, there is a St. Nickolaus . . . and his feast day is today. The Santa Claus we associate with Christmas is a melding of
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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
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A look at some of the history and holidays on November 20 Holidays & Observances on November 20 Feast of the Blessed Anacleto González Flores, José Sánchez del Río, and companions (Martyrs of the Cristero War): After communists rose to power during the Mexican Revolution of 1910 to 1920, one of
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The advent of the internet means that ordinary people like me can loudly criticize Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and the Times‘ ridiculous 1619 project. (If you prefer listening to reading, the companion podcast is embedded below, or you can listen to it at Libsyn or at Apple podcasts. I’m trying
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