The Solstice: Winter is officially here
Not only is winter here but it is here with a vengeance. The good news is, the days will now be getting longer. Yes, the Oak King overpowers the Holly King and the days grow longer and the nights grow shorter.
For those of us who enjoy the sunsets, this is good news.
I still sit in wonder at the various places around the world like NewGrange and Stonehenge that line up so perfectly with the various heavenly bodies at the solstices. How on earth did the ancients know that much astronomy and how did they build these precise edifices?
Journalist claims tweets gave him seizures
The outcome of this interview can be seen below on page 2.
I thought that Kurt Eichenwald was obnoxious. I thought that Tucker Carlson was obnoxious. I can’t stand him. I actually saw part of this show. My one and only time I have watched Fox News since the election.
Both of these men need their mothers to spank them.
Getting rid of all the “others”
This post is dedicated to NorthofNokesville. He alluded to this condition in his last post.
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Establishment of Religion? Let the Reason Prevail….and stuff
MANASSAS, Va. — The Freedom From Religion Foundation erected a banner next to a nativity display at Nelson Park in Manassas.
The group posted this to our site:
A FFRF Winter Solstice banner has been placed by a local FFRF member next to the crèche scene in Nelson Park in Manassas, Va. FFRF received a permit from the city for its “Let Reason Prevail” banner to counter the religious exhibit. It will be displayed through Dec. 31.
FFRF’s 7½-by-3-foot banner states: “At this Season of the Winter Solstice, LET REASON PREVAIL. There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth & superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds.”
FFRF wishes that the time will come when it won’t have to put up its banners in this manner.
Nelson Park is located near the intersection of Sudley Road and Grant Avenue.
The group regularly posts a similar banner in the city each year, and the FFRF group obtained the proper permits from the city to erect the banner, said Manassas spokeswoman Patty Prince.
The city may only restrict time, place, and length of the display of banners through the permitting process. The city cannot control the content of a banner, other than to ban profanity on banners, added Prince.
Let’s see, which side do I chose…how about none?
Corey Stewart: lies and irresponsibility
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I don’t usually pick a fight with Corey. I like Corey. I often don’t like what Corey says and does, but I still like him.
Today I feel I must criticize him on two issues– A gun raffle and calling Carlos Martinelly a dreamer.
The first is irresponsible and the second is simply a bold-face lie.
The trashing of Lauren Batchelder
About a year ago, 18-year-old college student Lauren Batchelder stood up at a political forum in New Hampshire and told Donald Trump that she didn’t think he was “a friend to women.”
The next morning, Trump fired back on Twitter — calling Batchelder an “arrogant young woman” and accusing her of being a “plant” from a rival campaign. Her phone began ringing with callers leaving threatening messages that were often sexual in nature. Her Facebook and email inboxes filled with similar messages. As her addresses circulated on social media and her photo flashed on the news, she fled home to hide.
“I didn’t really know what anyone was going to do,” said Batchelder, now 19, who has never discussed her experience with a reporter until now. “He was only going to tweet about it and that was it, but I didn’t really know what his supporters were going to do, and that to me was the scariest part.”
This is what happens when Trump targets a private citizen who publicly challenges him.
This was just the beginning of Ms. Batchelder’s problems:
Old soldiers’ perspectives: Pearl Harbor
“The mothers suffered the most.” I think the fathers suffer equally. It’s hard to imagine that the ones who died were 17 and 18 years old. That’s the age most kids graduate from high school.
Often Americans envision our military as “fighting men” when actually those men are really someone’s son or daughter. When we are chest thumping and calling for blood, it is prudent to remember who really goes in on the front lines.
The survivors are few now. Pearl Harbor is passing into the ages.
Another personal perspective
More reading: Tom Brokaw: Pearl Harbor is the birth place of America’s “Greatest Generation”
Pearl Harbor: 75th Anniversary
After 9-11, I asked my mother how it was different from Pearl Harbor and if she knew at the time how Pearl Harbor was going to affect all of them. She said on that Sunday afternoon, none of them had any idea just how life-altering the attack on Pearl Harbor would be on their lives. Most people had never heard of Pearl Harbor.
“Pearl Harbor” would soon be a household word in every American home. Yes, it was life-altering for just about everyone in the world at that time and for as much of the future as most of us can imagine.
75 years ago seems like ancient history to many people. To put some of the passage of time into perspective, Pearl Harbor happened 80 years after the start of the Civil War. Queen Elizabeth was a young woman driving an ambulance for her country. She was still a princess. My mother was going to marry my father in 6 months. My father would enlist a year to the day after Pearl Harbor.
Pearl Harbor will always be remembered and will always be a solemn day for America.
The power of fear and incompetence
This video speaks for itself. Even though it was first published November 18, 2016, nothing has changed. If anything, there has been lots of crowing over a misidentified mandate (there is NO mandate), some right wing fear mongers are beginning to ratchet up playing on people’s fears.
Is some of the most recent ratcheting an attempt to scare the left into submission? Control the right and scare the left seems to be the not-so hidden agenda.
Ben Carson to head up HUD? He has never held a government post. Of course, neither has the president. While we are at it, let’s destabilize our relationship with China. I sure hope we don’t need their help with North Korea any time soon.
Throw in Retired US Army Lieutenant-General Mike Flynn as National Security advisor. Has he denounced his radical son yet? What other leaders have surrounded themselves with generals?
What Trump is doing is disgraceful, irresponsible, and unacceptable. His behavior brings a whole new meaning to bully pulpit. I can’t wait for the impeachment hearings to begin.
No one is surprised. Trump is filling our dreaded expectations, even before taking office.
What happens when lies and fake news get spread….
Washingtonpost.com:
A North Carolina man was arrested Sunday after he walked into a popular pizza restaurant in Northwest Washington carrying an assault rifle and fired one or more shots, D.C. police said. The man told police he had come to the restaurant to “self-investigate” a false election-related conspiracy theory involving Hillary Clinton that spread online during her presidential campaign.
The incident caused panic, with several businesses going into lockdown as police swarmed the neighborhood after receiving the call shortly before 3 p.m.
Police said 28-year-old Edgar Maddison Welch, of Salisbury, N.C., walked in the front door of Comet Ping Pong and pointed a firearm in the direction of a restaurant employee. The employee was able to flee and notify police. Police said Welch proceeded to discharge the rifle inside the restaurant; they believe all other occupants had fled when Welch began shooting.
Welch has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. Police said there were no reported injuries.
We should not be surprised when more and more people start taking the law into their own hands. I expect by now there is a conspiracy theory about what happened today.
This situation is another reason why the president- elect needs to put down his twitter account and stop tweeting.
Trump steps in it with China–speaks with Taiwan president
President-elect Donald Trump spoke Friday with Taiwan’s president, a major departure from decades of U.S. policy in Asia and a breach of diplomatic protocol with ramifications for the incoming president’s relations with China.
The call is the first known contact between a U.S. president or president-elect with a Taiwanese leader since before the United States broke diplomatic relations with the island in 1979. China considers Taiwan a province, and news of the official outreach by Trump is likely to infuriate the regional military and economic power.
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