bonginoreport--2020-12-25--Kurt Schlichter: Warrior Warriors, Not Social Justice Warriors

This month is the 30th anniversary of me arriving in the Persian Gulf for Operation Desert Shield , which became Operation Desert Storm , which finally became the Operation Desert Something that counts for the third star on my perfect attendance ribbon .
And this milestone arrives coming just as our military ceases to be a serious organization .
Look , I ’ m no Audie Buttigieg terrifying the Taliban from my workstation , or a Dick Blumenthal giving Charlie what for during the Tet Offensive from Fort Connecticut .
I just showed up a couple times .
Thirty years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a place called Log Base Alpha out in the middle of the Saudi Desert .
I ran a heavily armed carwash , and due to the might of VII Corps – the most powerful military formation in human history – the closest I came to seeing any action was watching CNN .
Note that this was before CNN became a steaming cesspool of commie lies and talking taters .
But I was there in theater , as a small , insignificant part of a serious United States military .
And a serious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up the equivalent of a city of a half-million people , drop it in a wasteland in the center of one of the top five most isolated nations on earth , and proceed to annihilate an entire enemy army in under 100 hours .
A serious military can do seriously amazing things .
And an unserious one can do seriously terrible things .
I fear we are in the unserious mode today , and with a Biden* administration looming there will be no push towards the kind of seriousness that would keep thousands @ @ @ @ @ @ @ next time we face a serious enemy .
Note that I speak of senior leaders not the troops , though the unseriousness will eventually trickle down to the squad level if not purged .
So , what do I mean by “ unserious ?
” Well , we have a lot of generals and admirals out in public talking about how important diversity is , as if they are barely keeping a lid on the cauldron of prejudice that is our military .
It is pleasing to the SJW hustlers in D.C .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ It is not serious .
Serious is figuring out how to wipe out the Chinese growing forces before they sink our Pacific fleet , which if they can not do it today , give them a couple years .
Unserious is babbling about diversity all the time .
The military is , or rather should be , the antithesis of diversity .
At the outset the diversity fetish – and generals play this idiotic game because their civilian leaders reward it – is based on the assumption that the military is rife with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
That is part and parcel of the poisonous critical race theory analysis of society – all aspects of society are evil , and all aspects of society must be purged and purified .
Guess what the cultural hand sanitizer is ?
Marxism .
But , back to the military .
Fussing over diversity is a false confession of systemic racism ( and other -isms ) in the military , and it ’ s a damnable lie .
The military is not only not racist , it is America ’ s leader and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
When I left the Army and went to Loyola Law School , where the rich scions of the Westside libs went if UCLA wouldn ’ t take them , you know what shocked me most ?
Their parochialism and soft bigotry .
Oh , they weren ’ t out spewing invective like some Klan jerk ( I remind you that the KKK is a Democrat creation ) .
They just didn ’ t know anyone whose skin tone wasn ’ t mayonnaise , and being nice to their gardener was about as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just come from a place where everyone was different , yet were in all important ways the same – camouflage .
Fun Army Aside : I deployed from Germany and did not get those bitchin ’ desert camo uniforms until after the ground war ended .
I went through the whole war dressed like a tree in a place with literally no trees .
Here ’ s a simple fact : every hour an infantry company spends listening to some consultant explain how a man chose to be a woman and we all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a girl is an hour that infantry company is not training to destroy our enemies through fire and maneuver .
Someone is getting destroyed in the next war , and if we aren ’ t destroying the enemy , then the enemy is destroying us .
“ My condolences , Mrs. Rodriguez , on the loss of your paratrooper son .
I want you to know that we generals made a conscious decision to take time away from training him relentlessly in the crucial skills necessary to survive and win on the battlefield @ @ @ @ @ @ @ America is a racial hellhole and that gender is a matter of whim .
You can be proud that he rests in peace forever woke.
” Oh , that ’ s not a joke .
You have 24 hours in a day to prepare .
I say use all 24 of them to prepare for war .
Our unserious military leadership disagrees .
It is literally deciding that training in actual military stuff is less important that indoctrination in the kind of gooey nonsense we feed Ivy League sophomores with daddy issues .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ their decision .
They need to own it .
In any case , this roiling idiocy over racial identity has got to be making the Chinese – who are deadly serious – howl with laughter .
In fact , if they did not know us better – and from the sloppy slobbering corruption of our ruling class , they know us pretty damn well – they might worry that our SJW insanity was really just a clever way to punk them .
But they do know us well enough to know it ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and admirals talking about diversity when they could be talking about , say , taking hills or not crashing our destroyers into cargo ships , then diversity is the priority .
That is a choice .
And choosing that is absolutely unserious .
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This month is the 30th anniversary of me arriving in the Persian Gulf for Operation Desert Shield, which became Operation Desert Storm, which finally became the Operation Desert Something that counts for the third star on my perfect attendance ribbon. And this milestone arrives coming just as our military ceases to be a serious organization.
Look, I’m no Audie Buttigieg terrifying the Taliban from my workstation, or a Dick Blumenthal giving Charlie what for during the Tet Offensive from Fort Connecticut. I just showed up a couple times. Thirty years ago right now, I showed up in a place called Log Base Alpha out in the middle of the Saudi Desert.
I ran a heavily armed carwash, and due to the might of VII Corps – the most powerful military formation in human history – the closest I came to seeing any action was watching CNN. Note that this was before CNN became a steaming cesspool of commie lies and talking taters.
But I was there in theater, as a small, insignificant part of a serious United States military. And a serious United States military was able to pick up the equivalent of a city of a half-million people, drop it in a wasteland in the center of one of the top five most isolated nations on earth, and proceed to annihilate an entire enemy army in under 100 hours.
A serious military can do seriously amazing things.
And an unserious one can do seriously terrible things.
I fear we are in the unserious mode today, and with a Biden* administration looming there will be no push towards the kind of seriousness that would keep thousands of body bags from coming home the next time we face a serious enemy.
Note that I speak of senior leaders not the troops, though the unseriousness will eventually trickle down to the squad level if not purged.
So, what do I mean by “unserious?”
Well, we have a lot of generals and admirals out in public talking about how important diversity is, as if they are barely keeping a lid on the cauldron of prejudice that is our military. It is pleasing to the SJW hustlers in D.C. It is pleasing to our enemies. It is not serious.
Serious is figuring out how to wipe out the Chinese growing forces before they sink our Pacific fleet, which if they cannot do it today, give them a couple years. Unserious is babbling about diversity all the time.
The military is, or rather should be, the antithesis of diversity. At the outset the diversity fetish – and generals play this idiotic game because their civilian leaders reward it – is based on the assumption that the military is rife with racial, sexual, and other bigotry. That is part and parcel of the poisonous critical race theory analysis of society – all aspects of society are evil, and all aspects of society must be purged and purified. Guess what the cultural hand sanitizer is? Marxism.
But, back to the military. Fussing over diversity is a false confession of systemic racism (and other -isms) in the military, and it’s a damnable lie. The military is not only not racist, it is America’s leader and role model for equal treatment of citizens. When I left the Army and went to Loyola Law School, where the rich scions of the Westside libs went if UCLA wouldn’t take them, you know what shocked me most? Their parochialism and soft bigotry. Oh, they weren’t out spewing invective like some Klan jerk (I remind you that the KKK is a Democrat creation). They just didn’t know anyone whose skin tone wasn’t mayonnaise, and being nice to their gardener was about as far as they went. I had just come from a place where everyone was different, yet were in all important ways the same – camouflage.
Fun Army Aside: I deployed from Germany and did not get those bitchin’ desert camo uniforms until after the ground war ended. I went through the whole war dressed like a tree in a place with literally no trees.
Here’s a simple fact: every hour an infantry company spends listening to some consultant explain how a man chose to be a woman and we all have to pretend he’s now a girl is an hour that infantry company is not training to destroy our enemies through fire and maneuver. Someone is getting destroyed in the next war, and if we aren’t destroying the enemy, then the enemy is destroying us.
“My condolences, Mrs. Rodriguez, on the loss of your paratrooper son. I want you to know that we generals made a conscious decision to take time away from training him relentlessly in the crucial skills necessary to survive and win on the battlefield and instead tried to teach him that America is a racial hellhole and that gender is a matter of whim. You can be proud that he rests in peace forever woke.”
Oh, that’s not a joke. You have 24 hours in a day to prepare. I say use all 24 of them to prepare for war. Our unserious military leadership disagrees. It is literally deciding that training in actual military stuff is less important that indoctrination in the kind of gooey nonsense we feed Ivy League sophomores with daddy issues.
Commanders set priorities. It’s their decision. They need to own it.
In any case, this roiling idiocy over racial identity has got to be making the Chinese – who are deadly serious – howl with laughter. In fact, if they did not know us better – and from the sloppy slobbering corruption of our ruling class, they know us pretty damn well – they might worry that our SJW insanity was really just a clever way to punk them.
But they do know us well enough to know it’s real. When you have generals and admirals talking about diversity when they could be talking about, say, taking hills or not crashing our destroyers into cargo ships, then diversity is the priority. That is a choice. And choosing that is absolutely unserious.
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bonginoreport--2020-12-25--Greg Laurie: This Christmas, in a Year Full of Despair, We Need to Hold Fast to This Truth

As we approach the end of 2020 , our nation ’ s mental health is the worst it has been in decades .
That ’ s not my opinion — it ’ s the findings of a recent report from Gallup , which has asked Americans about the state of their mental health since 2001 .
This year , nearly one-fourth of Americans rated their mental health as `` fair '' or `` poor , '' the most significant decline in our country ’ s psychological well being on record .
The sad truth is these findings won ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
A global pandemic , social unrest , an economic downturn , a polarizing election : you name it .
This year has thrown us a litany of challenges that would burden anyone ’ s mental well being .
Even as we hear news that a vaccine for the coronavirus is now available — a veritable Christmas miracle !
—it may take months before it reaches the average person .
JACK GRAHAM : CHRISTMAS 2020 MAY NOT BE A TRADITIONALLY HAPPY ONE , BUT HERE ARE 3 WAYS TO MAKE IT JOYFUL Doctors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very dark winter '' ahead , leading one commentator to pronounce on national news , `` Christmas is probably not going to be possible this year . ''
If you ask me , it seems all America wants for Christmas is some hope .
The good news is Christmas was meant to be celebrated exactly in the kind of hopeless moment we are living through .
You see , 2,000 years ago on the first Christmas things looked pretty bleak too .
The Jewish people were under Roman occupation .
This is not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : God had said they would live freely and prosper in the land he had promised to their forefathers .
Worst yet , they had not heard from God in a long time — not one solitary miracle , not one angelic appearance and no mighty prophet thundering the word from the Lord .
Just an apparent icy silence from Heaven .
Then one night when no one was expecting it the heavens lit up as a host of angels sang , `` Glory to God in the highest heaven , and on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ favor rests . ''
CLICK HERE TO GET THE OPINION NEWSLETTER We know how the rest of the story goes : God had come to his people in the form of a baby .
Jesus Christ , the savior of the world , was born in the humble town of Bethlehem .
In the middle of a dark chapter in the story of Israel , God was reminding his people that everything was right on schedule — his schedule .
The birth of Jesus was the advent of hope to a world that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ long time .
As the classic Christmas hymn says : For yonder breaks , a new and glorious morn The birth of Jesus still offers a thrill of hope to everyone seeking comfort from a weary world .
It is true , Christmas probably will look very different this year : no malls packed with shoppers , no big parties at work with the dreaded , obligatory white elephant gift exchange game and no crazy holiday traffic ( thank you very much ) .
Depending on where you live , even caroling may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t miss the silver lining running through all of this : Covid-19 has reminded us what Christmas is really all about .
`` ‘ Behold , the virgin shall conceive and bear a son , and they shall call his name Immanuel ’ ( which means , God with us ) , '' says the Gospel of Matthew .
If you think about it , Christmas is about God undoing our loneliness .
At a time when people feel so isolated and abandoned , the promise of God ’ s presence is indeed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the years I have found that the greatest moments of Christmas are not the ones we get psyched about .
Rather , it ’ s those in-between moments when we are present with another .
These moments are especially shared with family and not only our actual flesh-and-blood families but also the family of God .
The Gallup poll I mentioned earlier found that the only group that didn ’ t report a negative change in their mental health were people who attended church regularly .
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , know that Immanuel , God ’ s healing , loving and comforting presence , is available to you right now .
Hope has a name , and it ’ s Jesus Christ .
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM GREG LAURIE

As we approach the end of 2020, our nation’s mental health is the worst it has been in decades. That’s not my opinion — it’s the findings of a recent report from Gallup, which has asked Americans about the state of their mental health since 2001.
This year, nearly one-fourth of Americans rated their mental health as "fair" or "poor," the most significant decline in our country’s psychological well being on record.
The sad truth is these findings won’t surprise anyone who has lived through 2020. A global pandemic, social unrest, an economic downturn, a polarizing election: you name it. This year has thrown us a litany of challenges that would burden anyone’s mental well being.
Even as we hear news that a vaccine for the coronavirus is now available — a veritable Christmas miracle! —it may take months before it reaches the average person.
JACK GRAHAM: CHRISTMAS 2020 MAY NOT BE A TRADITIONALLY HAPPY ONE, BUT HERE ARE 3 WAYS TO MAKE IT JOYFUL
Doctors have warned we still face a "very dark winter" ahead, leading one commentator to pronounce on national news, "Christmas is probably not going to be possible this year."
If you ask me, it seems all America wants for Christmas is some hope.
The good news is Christmas was meant to be celebrated exactly in the kind of hopeless moment we are living through.
I have found that the greatest moments of Christmas are not the ones we get psyched about. Rather, it’s those in-between moments when we are present with another.
You see, 2,000 years ago on the first Christmas things looked pretty bleak too. The Jewish people were under Roman occupation. This is not the way things were supposed to be: God had said they would live freely and prosper in the land he had promised to their forefathers.
Worst yet, they had not heard from God in a long time — not one solitary miracle, not one angelic appearance and no mighty prophet thundering the word from the Lord. Just an apparent icy silence from Heaven.
Then one night when no one was expecting it the heavens lit up as a host of angels sang, "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests."
CLICK HERE TO GET THE OPINION NEWSLETTER
We know how the rest of the story goes: God had come to his people in the form of a baby. Jesus Christ, the savior of the world, was born in the humble town of Bethlehem.
In the middle of a dark chapter in the story of Israel, God was reminding his people that everything was right on schedule — his schedule.
The birth of Jesus was the advent of hope to a world that had been weary and burdened for a long time. As the classic Christmas hymn says:
A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks, a new and glorious morn
Fall on your knees
O hear the angels' voices
O night divine
O night when Christ was born.
The birth of Jesus still offers a thrill of hope to everyone seeking comfort from a weary world.
It is true, Christmas probably will look very different this year: no malls packed with shoppers, no big parties at work with the dreaded, obligatory white elephant gift exchange game and no crazy holiday traffic (thank you very much). Depending on where you live, even caroling may be discouraged.
But we shouldn’t miss the silver lining running through all of this: Covid-19 has reminded us what Christmas is really all about.
"‘Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel’ (which means, God with us)," says the Gospel of Matthew.
If you think about it, Christmas is about God undoing our loneliness. At a time when people feel so isolated and abandoned, the promise of God’s presence is indeed good news.
This is why over the years I have found that the greatest moments of Christmas are not the ones we get psyched about. Rather, it’s those in-between moments when we are present with another.
These moments are especially shared with family and not only our actual flesh-and-blood families but also the family of God. The Gallup poll I mentioned earlier found that the only group that didn’t report a negative change in their mental health were people who attended church regularly.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
So wherever you are this Christmas, know that Immanuel, God’s healing, loving and comforting presence, is available to you right now.
Hope has a name, and it’s Jesus Christ.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM GREG LAURIE


bonginoreport--2020-12-25--Andrew Pollack: Americans Should be Appalled By The Latest Coronavirus Relief Bill

Americans should be appalled by both the substance and the process of the latest COVID relief bill passed by Congress .
Our founding fathers intended for our country to be a constitutional Republic , where locally elected leaders would gather and through a process of careful deliberation and thoughtful debate arrive at decisions of nationwide importance .
They would neither recognize nor respect a system where Congressmen and Senators are given a few hours to decide whether to vote for or against a 5,000 plus page proposal that they could not possibly even read , much less reflect upon .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ could use a relief package .
We could have used one months ago .
But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blocked the bill , she eventually admitted , in order to hurt President Trump ’ s re-election chances .
After hurting the American people in order to hurt our President , she has now decided to send a Christmas-eve proposal to his desk and all but dared him to play the part of Scrooge .
Well , maybe he should .
Because the substance of the bill is an insult to all Americans .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ must-pass ” legislation , the Democrats – and many Republicans as well – filled the bill up with pork and wasteful spending that has absolutely nothing to do with helping out our fellow citizens .
As President Trump noted in his video address to the American people , this bill provides $ 85.5 million to Cambodia , $ 134 million to Burma , $ 1.3 billion for Egypt , and $ 25 million for democracy and gender programs in Pakistan .
But even as Congress is happy to send billions overseas , they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dollars to Americans to help see them through these troubling times .
What ’ s more , some parts of the bill are a direct insult to President Trump and his administration .
President Trump and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos have been strong proponents of school choice , and have tried their best to persuade Congress to do something to expand it .
But this bill actually prohibits governors from taking COVID relief funding and providing it to families whose children attend private schools .
According to some insiders , this was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who apparently harbor a profound hatred for private schools .
It also provides Pell Grants – money for college courses – to prisoners .
Now , there ’ s a reasonable case for letting prisoners access higher education if doing so will help them prepare for a more productive life back in the real world .
This had long been the Trump administration ’ s position .
But this bill provides prisoners with Pell Grants with no restrictions whatsoever .
That means that murderers and rapists who are serving life in prison @ @ @ @ @ @ @ able to use your taxpayer money to take gender studies courses .
This bill is the swamp at its worst .
This year , our politicians have shut down the country , intentionally delayed aid to Americans in order to hurt the President of the United States , and now that they ’ re finally getting around to doing something they put the American people last and their special interests , pet projects , and foreign nations first .
And it ’ s politicians on both sides of the aisle .
Remarkably , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ abomination of a bill .
President Trump issued a forceful critique of this bill , but soon he will have to decide what to actually do about it .
He came to Washington , DC intending to drain the swamp .
But he learned that the swamp doesn ’ t drain easily .
And he has time and time again , seen that DC elites protect their own – not the American people .
That ’ s why it was inspiring to see him insist that this COVID relief bill actually be about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ provide Americans with more money – $ 2,000 per citizen – and give less of our taxpayer dollars to foreign nations and pork-barrel projects .
No group of Americans , sitting together in careful deliberation , would possibly arrive at anything resembling this bill for COVID relief .
The profound disconnect between what our people actually want and what our politicians provide was a major part of the appeal of Donald Trump , the outsider , in the 2016 election , and a big part of why he got 13 million more votes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ put the American people first , and that ’ s exactly what he ’ s doing with his veto threat of this terrible bill .
Andrew Pollack is the President of the Crime Prevention Research Center .

Americans should be appalled by both the substance and the process of the latest COVID relief bill passed by Congress.
Our founding fathers intended for our country to be a constitutional Republic, where locally elected leaders would gather and through a process of careful deliberation and thoughtful debate arrive at decisions of nationwide importance. They would neither recognize nor respect a system where Congressmen and Senators are given a few hours to decide whether to vote for or against a 5,000 plus page proposal that they could not possibly even read, much less reflect upon.
There’s no doubt that Americans could use a relief package. We could have used one months ago. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blocked the bill, she eventually admitted, in order to hurt President Trump’s re-election chances. After hurting the American people in order to hurt our President, she has now decided to send a Christmas-eve proposal to his desk and all but dared him to play the part of Scrooge.
Well, maybe he should. Because the substance of the bill is an insult to all Americans. Knowing full well that this was “must-pass” legislation, the Democrats – and many Republicans as well – filled the bill up with pork and wasteful spending that has absolutely nothing to do with helping out our fellow citizens.
As President Trump noted in his video address to the American people, this bill provides $85.5 million to Cambodia, $134 million to Burma, $1.3 billion for Egypt, and $25 million for democracy and gender programs in Pakistan.
But even as Congress is happy to send billions overseas, they have proven only willing to send 600 dollars to Americans to help see them through these troubling times.
What’s more, some parts of the bill are a direct insult to President Trump and his administration. President Trump and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos have been strong proponents of school choice, and have tried their best to persuade Congress to do something to expand it. But this bill actually prohibits governors from taking COVID relief funding and providing it to families whose children attend private schools. According to some insiders, this was a major sticking point for Congressional Democrats, who apparently harbor a profound hatred for private schools.
It also provides Pell Grants – money for college courses – to prisoners. Now, there’s a reasonable case for letting prisoners access higher education if doing so will help them prepare for a more productive life back in the real world. This had long been the Trump administration’s position. But this bill provides prisoners with Pell Grants with no restrictions whatsoever. That means that murderers and rapists who are serving life in prison or sitting on death row will be able to use your taxpayer money to take gender studies courses.
This bill is the swamp at its worst. This year, our politicians have shut down the country, intentionally delayed aid to Americans in order to hurt the President of the United States, and now that they’re finally getting around to doing something they put the American people last and their special interests, pet projects, and foreign nations first. And it’s politicians on both sides of the aisle. Remarkably, only six Republican Senators voted against this abomination of a bill.
President Trump issued a forceful critique of this bill, but soon he will have to decide what to actually do about it. He came to Washington, DC intending to drain the swamp. But he learned that the swamp doesn’t drain easily. And he has time and time again, seen that DC elites protect their own – not the American people.
That’s why it was inspiring to see him insist that this COVID relief bill actually be about COVID relief. He demanded that it provide Americans with more money – $2,000 per citizen – and give less of our taxpayer dollars to foreign nations and pork-barrel projects.
No group of Americans, sitting together in careful deliberation, would possibly arrive at anything resembling this bill for COVID relief. The profound disconnect between what our people actually want and what our politicians provide was a major part of the appeal of Donald Trump, the outsider, in the 2016 election, and a big part of why he got 13 million more votes in 2020. President Trump promised to put the American people first, and that’s exactly what he’s doing with his veto threat of this terrible bill.
Andrew Pollack is the President of the Crime Prevention Research Center.


bonginoreport--2020-12-25--Tim Graham: Coronavirus Curtails the Comfort and Joy of Christmas Music

Way back on Nov. 13 , Washington D.C. , radio station WASH-FM flipped the switch to its annual 24/7 Christmas music rotation .
That 's about two weeks before the rest of America .
After the severely limited year of 2020 , it 's understandable more people would haul out the holly and get in the spirit early , but many on social media cried , `` No Christmas music until after Thanksgiving ! ''
I love Christmas music , both secular and religious .
I have boxes of compact discs , too many to play in one day .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ composed of rock-era standards that celebrate the bells and the trees and the sleigh pulled by reindeer .
`` Jingle Bell Rock '' and `` Rockin ' Around the Christmas Tree '' seem like they 're scheduled hourly , followed by `` Frosty the Snowman '' and `` Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer '' and `` Santa Claus Is Coming to Town . ''
On Twitter , conservative Casey Mattox wrote that these festivities should n't start before Thanksgiving and then noted that Catholics lecture , `` Well , actually , Christmas BEGINS on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Advent . ''
He then joked that these people are fussy and didactic , saying , `` Catholics are the Neil DeGrasse Tyson of Christmas . ''
As a Catholic , I know we can be very serious about the Advent season .
Some refuse to get out the tree and decorate until Dec. 25 is nigh .
While WASH-FM will go back to its mellow , middle-of-the-road pop music at about noon on Christmas , Catholics celebrate the 12 days of Christmas ( starting at the birth of Christ and ending on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or continue one more week to the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord .
The best Christmas songs are saved for those 12 days .
In Advent , there 's `` O Come Divine Messiah '' and `` O Come O Come Emmanuel . ''
We have to wait patiently for `` Silent Night , '' `` O Holy Night '' and `` O Come , All Ye Faithful . ''
It feels joyful and triumphant to arrive .
Just as we could n't have a church choir for Easter , there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ either .
The lockdowns also prevented the annual controversy over bringing Christmas songs into public schools , with many bans in the name of `` tolerance '' and `` inclusion . ''
Even the secular songs about a `` winter wonderland of snow '' are considered microaggressions .
Some are still active with macroaggressions .
The Satanic Temple bought billboards in Dallas , Houston and Miami during the holidays to promote its `` religious abortion ritual '' to `` sanctify the abortion process . ''
One billboard mock-up apparently shows a woman holding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ words `` What If Abortion Had Been an Option ? ''
This sounds precisely like the way Satan would try to tempt people into the sin of murder — by proposing it as the sincerest kind of know-it-all humanitarianism .
It 's also egregiously satanic to divert attention from the birth of a savior to tout so-called `` religious abortion rituals . ''
For all of us who celebrate it , Christmas should be a joy , and a challenge .
Can we try harder to live up to the idea of peace @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
We might need a military solution for the Hitlers , but we can certainly try to be more peaceful to our fellow Americans ... maybe starting with the temptations of righteous slams on social media .
The focus on cultivating our own faith and hope and charity brings me back to a favorite Bing Crosby song , `` The Secret of Christmas . ''
Secular and religious themes combine into a very condensed sermon in the lyrics : `` So may I suggest the secret of Christmas/ Is not the things you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you do all year through . ''
Tim Graham is director of media analysis at the Media Research Center and executive editor of the blog NewsBusters.org .
To find out more about Brent Bozell III and Tim Graham , and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists , visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com .

Way back on Nov. 13, Washington D.C., radio station WASH-FM flipped the switch to its annual 24/7 Christmas music rotation. That's about two weeks before the rest of America. After the severely limited year of 2020, it's understandable more people would haul out the holly and get in the spirit early, but many on social media cried, "No Christmas music until after Thanksgiving!"
I love Christmas music, both secular and religious. I have boxes of compact discs, too many to play in one day. So much of the WASH playlist is composed of rock-era standards that celebrate the bells and the trees and the sleigh pulled by reindeer. "Jingle Bell Rock" and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" seem like they're scheduled hourly, followed by "Frosty the Snowman" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town."
On Twitter, conservative Casey Mattox wrote that these festivities shouldn't start before Thanksgiving and then noted that Catholics lecture, "Well, actually, Christmas BEGINS on Dec. 25. You're thinking of Advent." He then joked that these people are fussy and didactic, saying, "Catholics are the Neil DeGrasse Tyson of Christmas."
As a Catholic, I know we can be very serious about the Advent season. Some refuse to get out the tree and decorate until Dec. 25 is nigh. While WASH-FM will go back to its mellow, middle-of-the-road pop music at about noon on Christmas, Catholics celebrate the 12 days of Christmas (starting at the birth of Christ and ending on the feast of the Epiphany), or continue one more week to the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
The best Christmas songs are saved for those 12 days. In Advent, there's "O Come Divine Messiah" and "O Come O Come Emmanuel." We have to wait patiently for "Silent Night," "O Holy Night" and "O Come, All Ye Faithful." It feels joyful and triumphant to arrive.
Just as we couldn't have a church choir for Easter, there won't be a choir for Christmas either. The lockdowns also prevented the annual controversy over bringing Christmas songs into public schools, with many bans in the name of "tolerance" and "inclusion." Even the secular songs about a "winter wonderland of snow" are considered microaggressions.
Some are still active with macroaggressions. The Satanic Temple bought billboards in Dallas, Houston and Miami during the holidays to promote its "religious abortion ritual" to "sanctify the abortion process." One billboard mock-up apparently shows a woman holding up a tiny Adolf Hitler with the words "What If Abortion Had Been an Option?"
This sounds precisely like the way Satan would try to tempt people into the sin of murder — by proposing it as the sincerest kind of know-it-all humanitarianism. It's also egregiously satanic to divert attention from the birth of a savior to tout so-called "religious abortion rituals."
For all of us who celebrate it, Christmas should be a joy, and a challenge. Can we try harder to live up to the idea of peace on Earth, good will to men? We might need a military solution for the Hitlers, but we can certainly try to be more peaceful to our fellow Americans ... maybe starting with the temptations of righteous slams on social media.
The focus on cultivating our own faith and hope and charity brings me back to a favorite Bing Crosby song, "The Secret of Christmas." Secular and religious themes combine into a very condensed sermon in the lyrics: "So may I suggest the secret of Christmas/ Is not the things you do at Christmastime/ But the Christmas things you do all year through."
Tim Graham is director of media analysis at the Media Research Center and executive editor of the blog NewsBusters.org. To find out more about Brent Bozell III and Tim Graham, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.


bonginoreport--2020-12-25--Jennifer Kerns: THE REAL WAR ON WOMEN: Nearly 1 Million Women’s Jobs Lost Due to Liberal Lockdowns

A recent report shows that more than 865,000 women dropped out of the workforce this fall .
However , the news got nary a look from liberal feminists who often complain about the effects of one political party ’ s policies on women .
Those who did notice used the occasion to suggest that more government services are needed ( read : universal free childcare , more stimulus , universal basic income , and a litany of the usual progressive , big-government remedies ) .
Yet , no one bothered to examine the real root of the problem : liberal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to California had women running for the emergency exits of their careers .
Naturally , liberals don ’ t understand business owners in general so it ’ s understandable how they missed the mark .
However , to misunderstand the plight of small businesses owners and working Americans altogether is to misunderstand women , given the significant role that women play in the workforce today .
Women own more than 11.6 million businesses in the United States and represent 39 percent of all privately-run businesses .
In 2019 B.C .
( “ Before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nearly 9 million people according to American Express OPEN ’ s “ The State of Women-Owned Businesses.
” However , liberals seem to have missed the correlation that with women well-integrated into the business world in the year 2020 , a hit to any business is in fact a hit to women .
With their anti-business lockdowns , liberal politicians from Mayor Bill De Blasio to Mayor Eric Garcetti , from Governor Andrew Cuomo to Governor Gavin Newsom , haven ’ t just delivered a blow to white-male-owned-establishments and pubs — they ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ class of women they claim to protect .
Yelp reported that 800 businesses closed per day , from mid-March through September .
With nearly half of businesses owned by women , women took a nearly equal hit .
( Likely more have closed since September as restaurants and small businesses face additional lockdowns in blue areas . )
Sadly , Yelp reported that of those that closed , more than 60 percent of the closures were permanent .
Liberals will never admit it but their lockdown policies have hurt minority women as well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the U.S. are majority-owned by women of color , according to the National Association of Women Business Owners .
As of 2019 , those firms employed 2.1 million people and as of last year , they generated $ 361 billion in annual revenue according to the American Express OPEN report .
As of August , two out of three ( 66 percent ) of minority-owned businesses expressed concern about having to permanently close , according to a report by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and MetLife .
That was in the heat of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; facing winter months and another round of lockdowns in urban areas and blue cities , that figure is likely to be even higher now .
Lastly , liberal lockdown policies don ’ t appear to take into account the impact of school closures on working women .
There is a unique reason why the largest female departure front he workforce in American history took place in September .
That ’ s when the school year began and so did school lockdowns .
Despite limited risks to young students and just a 0.2 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — lower than the infection rate for the parents actually dropping children off to said school — liberals are on-record supporting widespread school cancellations and favoring virtual learning .
In places such as the Los Angeles Unified School District — the largest school district in the nation — children have been away from the classroom more than they ’ ve been in it in 2020 .
LAUSD closed school from mid-March through the end of the school year in late May , shuttered its summer operations , then refused to seat students for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ beginning the week of August 17 .
That undoubtedly has had a devastating impact on working women .
Sadly , the damage has not yet fully registered .
We are still in the midst of the pandemic , and a fresh round of lockdowns were just issued in blue cities and blue states .
The figure of 865,000 women fleeing the workforce were from the last statistics available , as of September .
There is another quarter of losses for 2020 yet to be registered , which will surely place the figure for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ likely at or over 1 million .
As we head into 2021 , the news isn ’ t any less daunting for women — neither are the new policy proposals from Democratic Party leaders .
Just a few days ago , Joe Biden announced that he will keep schools closed during his “ First 100 Days ” which will once again force parents to choose which parent works and which stays home .
The truth is , liberals ’ lockdown policies are hurting women of all races , creeds , socioeconomic statuses and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the sky about this , yet they are covering for their men and — during the worst global pandemic in 100 years — serving as enablers of power-hungry misogynist misdeeds against all womankind .
Jennifer Kerns is host of the new nationally-syndicated show , “ All-American Radio with Jennifer Kerns.
” She has served as a GOP strategist ; spokeswoman for the California Republican Party ; strategist for the Colorado Recalls over the Second Amendment ; and writer/researcher for the most-watched U.S. Presidential Debate of the 2016 election cycle for FOX News @

A recent report shows that more than 865,000 women dropped out of the workforce this fall. However, the news got nary a look from liberal feminists who often complain about the effects of one political party’s policies on women.
Those who did notice used the occasion to suggest that more government services are needed (read: universal free childcare, more stimulus, universal basic income, and a litany of the usual progressive, big-government remedies).
Yet, no one bothered to examine the real root of the problem: liberal leaders’ lockdowns from New York City to California had women running for the emergency exits of their careers.
Naturally, liberals don’t understand business owners in general so it’s understandable how they missed the mark. However, to misunderstand the plight of small businesses owners and working Americans altogether is to misunderstand women, given the significant role that women play in the workforce today.
Women own more than 11.6 million businesses in the United States and represent 39 percent of all privately-run businesses. In 2019 B.C. (“Before Covid”), those businesses employed nearly 9 million people according to American Express OPEN’s “The State of Women-Owned Businesses.”
However, liberals seem to have missed the correlation that with women well-integrated into the business world in the year 2020, a hit to any business is in fact a hit to women. With their anti-business lockdowns, liberal politicians from Mayor Bill De Blasio to Mayor Eric Garcetti, from Governor Andrew Cuomo to Governor Gavin Newsom, haven’t just delivered a blow to white-male-owned-establishments and pubs — they’ve delivered a knockout punch to the class of women they claim to protect.
Yelp reported that 800 businesses closed per day, from mid-March through September. With nearly half of businesses owned by women, women took a nearly equal hit. (Likely more have closed since September as restaurants and small businesses face additional lockdowns in blue areas.) Sadly, Yelp reported that of those that closed, more than 60 percent of the closures were permanent.
Liberals will never admit it but their lockdown policies have hurt minority women as well.
More than 5.4 million firms in the U.S. are majority-owned by women of color, according to the National Association of Women Business Owners. As of 2019, those firms employed 2.1 million people and as of last year, they generated $361 billion in annual revenue according to the American Express OPEN report.
As of August, two out of three (66 percent) of minority-owned businesses expressed concern about having to permanently close, according to a report by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and MetLife. That was in the heat of summer, when UV rays were abundant; facing winter months and another round of lockdowns in urban areas and blue cities, that figure is likely to be even higher now.
Lastly, liberal lockdown policies don’t appear to take into account the impact of school closures on working women. There is a unique reason why the largest female departure front he workforce in American history took place in September. That’s when the school year began and so did school lockdowns.
Despite limited risks to young students and just a 0.2 percent COVID-19 infection rate for classroom teachers — lower than the infection rate for the parents actually dropping children off to said school — liberals are on-record supporting widespread school cancellations and favoring virtual learning. In places such as the Los Angeles Unified School District — the largest school district in the nation — children have been away from the classroom more than they’ve been in it in 2020. LAUSD closed school from mid-March through the end of the school year in late May, shuttered its summer operations, then refused to seat students for the start of the 2020-2021 school year beginning the week of August 17. That undoubtedly has had a devastating impact on working women.
Sadly, the damage has not yet fully registered. We are still in the midst of the pandemic, and a fresh round of lockdowns were just issued in blue cities and blue states. The figure of 865,000 women fleeing the workforce were from the last statistics available, as of September. There is another quarter of losses for 2020 yet to be registered, which will surely place the figure for the loss of women’s jobs likely at or over 1 million.
As we head into 2021, the news isn’t any less daunting for women — neither are the new policy proposals from Democratic Party leaders. Just a few days ago, Joe Biden announced that he will keep schools closed during his “First 100 Days” which will once again force parents to choose which parent works and which stays home.
The truth is, liberals’ lockdown policies are hurting women of all races, creeds, socioeconomic statuses and backgrounds. Liberal feminists should be screaming at the sky about this, yet they are covering for their men and — during the worst global pandemic in 100 years — serving as enablers of power-hungry misogynist misdeeds against all womankind.
Jennifer Kerns is host of the new nationally-syndicated show, “All-American Radio with Jennifer Kerns.” She has served as a GOP strategist; spokeswoman for the California Republican Party; strategist for the Colorado Recalls over the Second Amendment; and writer/researcher for the most-watched U.S. Presidential Debate of the 2016 election cycle for FOX News.


bonginoreport--2020-12-25--Patrick Buchanan: Are “Never Trumpers” the Future of the GOP?

Denouncing the $ 900 billion COVID-19 relief bill as a parsimonious `` disgrace '' and hinting at an Alamo-style finish on Jan. 6 , when Congress votes to declare Joe Biden the next president , Donald Trump is not going to go quietly .
The anti-Trumpers and `` Never Trumpers '' celebrating at Christmas 2020 , in this `` dark winter '' of Joe Biden 's depiction , are assuring each other that Trumpism and Trump are dead and gone for good in four weeks .
The future of the GOP , they suggest , belongs to the Republicans who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ five years of his candidacy and presidency .
As for those cowards and collaborators who stood by Trump and refused to repudiate him , they will , in turn , be repudiated by history and the American electorate alike .
The wish , here , is very much the father to the thought .
For if the past is any guide , not only are the reports of the death of Trumpism premature , the probability is that Trumpism has put down roots in our national politics that are not soon , if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
For those of us of a certain age , a comparable situation arose at Christmas 1964 .
Barry Goldwater had just been crushed in a 44-state landslide , winning the votes of only 27 million Americans .
The senator had carried only five states of the Deep South and his home state of Arizona .
The establishment saw in the crushing of Goldwater the defeat and rout of the `` extremist '' movement that had produced him .
`` The Party That Lost Its Head '' was the title of a widely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Republicans .
The establishment consensus was that Govs .
Nelson Rockefeller of New York , William Scranton of Pennsylvania and George Romney of Michigan were the future of the party , if it was to have a future .
Richard Nixon , who had stood by Goldwater when the party 's liberal elite abandoned him , would lead the GOP to recapture 47 House seats in 1966 , take the presidency in 1968 , and run up a 49 state landslide in 1972 .
Thus began a period of GOP presidential ascendancy , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ winning five of six elections from 1968 to 1988 , until the first baby boomer president , Bill Clinton , arrived on the scene .
And while there are differences between now and then , there are many similarities .
Do the anti-Trumpers or `` Never Trumpers '' represent the future of the GOP ?
If so , where is the postwar precedent for this ?
No Republican who turned his back on Goldwater was ever nominated for president or vice president following Goldwater 's defeat .
When President Gerald Ford put Rockefeller @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President Nixon , the Kansas City convention of 1976 demanded Rockefeller 's removal as the price of party unity .
Rockefeller was sacrificed , as the right had demanded .
Four years after Ford 's defeat , Mr. Conservative himself , Ronald Reagan , Goldwater 's most effective surrogate in 1964 , was nominated and won successive landslides in 1980 and 1984 .
Other factors and forces point to the probability that Trumpism has a major role in the party 's future .
Where Presidents Truman , Nixon , and George W. Bush @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 20s , Trump 's approval rating is still in the 40s , where it has been for the duration of his presidency .
Second , the issues that propelled Trump to the nomination and the Oval Office still resonate with the American people .
Among them are mass migration , insecure borders and dependency upon foreign imports for the necessities of our national life .
Moreover , there is shrinking support for a foreign policy that has us tied down militarily in Europe , East Asia and the Middle East , to fight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of scores of nations , few of which have a direct bearing on the national security of the United States .
Another issue Trump elevated and exploited that is more acute now than in 2016 , is a distrust of the media , the `` deep state '' and the political , cultural and academic establishments that have alienated the 74 million who voted for Trump .
And if the past is prologue , the Republican Party will make a major comeback in 2022 .
Consider .
Two years after his smashing victory @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lost 47 House seats .
Ronald Reagan , after his landslide in 1980 , lost 26 House seats in 1982 .
After routing Bush I in 1992 , Bill Clinton lost 54 House seats and the Senate .
Two years after winning the presidency , Barack Obama lost both the House and Senate in 2014 .
Is it likely Joe Biden will be celebrating his 80th birthday after making history by leading his party to control of Congress in 2022 ?
For Republicans , the nomination of 2024 is a prize to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spent the last four years trashing Trump , it may be as out of reach as it was for Rocky .
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of `` Nixon 's White House Wars : The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever . ''
To find out more about Patrick Buchanan and read features by other Creators writers and cartoonists , visit the Creators website at www.creators.com .

Denouncing the $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill as a parsimonious "disgrace" and hinting at an Alamo-style finish on Jan. 6, when Congress votes to declare Joe Biden the next president, Donald Trump is not going to go quietly.
The anti-Trumpers and "Never Trumpers" celebrating at Christmas 2020, in this "dark winter" of Joe Biden's depiction, are assuring each other that Trumpism and Trump are dead and gone for good in four weeks.
The future of the GOP, they suggest, belongs to the Republicans who resisted and renounced Trump through the last five years of his candidacy and presidency.
As for those cowards and collaborators who stood by Trump and refused to repudiate him, they will, in turn, be repudiated by history and the American electorate alike.
The wish, here, is very much the father to the thought.
For if the past is any guide, not only are the reports of the death of Trumpism premature, the probability is that Trumpism has put down roots in our national politics that are not soon, if ever, going to be pulled up.
For those of us of a certain age, a comparable situation arose at Christmas 1964. Barry Goldwater had just been crushed in a 44-state landslide, winning the votes of only 27 million Americans. The senator had carried only five states of the Deep South and his home state of Arizona.
The establishment saw in the crushing of Goldwater the defeat and rout of the "extremist" movement that had produced him. "The Party That Lost Its Head" was the title of a widely hailed post-election book by two Ripon Society Republicans.
The establishment consensus was that Govs. Nelson Rockefeller of New York, William Scranton of Pennsylvania and George Romney of Michigan were the future of the party, if it was to have a future.
What followed?
Richard Nixon, who had stood by Goldwater when the party's liberal elite abandoned him, would lead the GOP to recapture 47 House seats in 1966, take the presidency in 1968, and run up a 49 state landslide in 1972.
Thus began a period of GOP presidential ascendancy, with Nixon, Reagan and Bush I winning five of six elections from 1968 to 1988, until the first baby boomer president, Bill Clinton, arrived on the scene.
And while there are differences between now and then, there are many similarities.
Do the anti-Trumpers or "Never Trumpers" represent the future of the GOP? If so, where is the postwar precedent for this? No Republican who turned his back on Goldwater was ever nominated for president or vice president following Goldwater's defeat.
When President Gerald Ford put Rockefeller on his ticket after taking over from President Nixon, the Kansas City convention of 1976 demanded Rockefeller's removal as the price of party unity.
Rockefeller was sacrificed, as the right had demanded.
Four years after Ford's defeat, Mr. Conservative himself, Ronald Reagan, Goldwater's most effective surrogate in 1964, was nominated and won successive landslides in 1980 and 1984.
Other factors and forces point to the probability that Trumpism has a major role in the party's future.
Where Presidents Truman, Nixon, and George W. Bush left office with approval ratings in the 20s, Trump's approval rating is still in the 40s, where it has been for the duration of his presidency.
Second, the issues that propelled Trump to the nomination and the Oval Office still resonate with the American people.
Among them are mass migration, insecure borders and dependency upon foreign imports for the necessities of our national life.
Moreover, there is shrinking support for a foreign policy that has us tied down militarily in Europe, East Asia and the Middle East, to fight if need be, in the defense of scores of nations, few of which have a direct bearing on the national security of the United States.
Another issue Trump elevated and exploited that is more acute now than in 2016, is a distrust of the media, the "deep state" and the political, cultural and academic establishments that have alienated the 74 million who voted for Trump.
And if the past is prologue, the Republican Party will make a major comeback in 2022.
Consider. Two years after his smashing victory over Goldwater, LBJ and his party lost 47 House seats. Ronald Reagan, after his landslide in 1980, lost 26 House seats in 1982. After routing Bush I in 1992, Bill Clinton lost 54 House seats and the Senate. Two years after winning the presidency, Barack Obama lost both the House and Senate in 2014.
Is it likely Joe Biden will be celebrating his 80th birthday after making history by leading his party to control of Congress in 2022?
For Republicans, the nomination of 2024 is a prize to be sought.
However, if one has spent the last four years trashing Trump, it may be as out of reach as it was for Rocky.
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of "Nixon's White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever." To find out more about Patrick Buchanan and read features by other Creators writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators website at www.creators.com.


bonginoreport--2020-12-25--Terry Paulson: Time for a Government Shutdown—Let Them Experience What Lockdowns Are Like for the Re

Terry Paulson: Time for a Government Shutdown—Let Them Experience What Lockdowns Are Like for the Rest of Us

In late September , Congress passed a bill to keep the government funded at current levels through this Friday .
Trump has refused to sign the comprehensive funding bill tied to providing new $ 600 stimulus checks to qualifying Americans .
It ’ s clear that they don ’ t have much time to resolve their disagreements and pass a law President Trump will support .
Most likely , they will pass another extension , but Trump has already signaled he would rather use a pocket veto and let the next president handle the issue than sign a bill he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ standoff risks a government shutdown if a solution can not be passed and signed .
President Trump has had three shutdowns in his term as president , the longest being 35 days between December 2018 and January 2019 over the issue of funding for the border wall .
That shutdown forced about 800,000 federal government workers to go on furlough without pay .
If an extension is not passed to avoid a shutdown , thousands of government workers considered nonessential would again be furloughed or forced to work without pay until the shutdown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how they experience our pain for the lockdowns generated in many Democrat controlled states and cities during the COVID Pandemic restrictions .
Many Americans have lost jobs ; some have lost their businesses .
Government workers can talk as though they understand , but they ’ ve had no cuts in salary or their retirement plans .
They have been insulated from the consequences of their own actions .
Our republic was formed to protect individual citizens from government overreach and control , but now , we see a bloated government with protected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
While citizens suffer , the federal government just increases the federal deficit and prints more money .
Government workers lose nothing ; they continue to be paid at current levels .
The incoming administration has the audacity to talk about increasing taxes on the citizens who have been already paying the price for their restrictive controls they ’ ve had in place since the Spring .
State and local governments do not have the ability to sustain deficit spending ; they need the consent of the governed to raise taxes to support @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , county and state governments are in a big hurt ; they have depleted revenue due to the economic restrictions they have put in place .
They are looking to Washington to bail out their largesse , and President Biden and the Democrats promise to do just that .
What does that mean ?
Democrats will try to make citizens from the responsible states pay for the overspending of the irresponsible states like New York and California .
Biden has promised to unify our country when and if he takes office , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It will infuriate citizens who have fled Democrat-controlled states for such irresponsible spending .
A government shutdown may just be the blessing America needs to let government workers know what losing a job and a paycheck means .
If they experienced a shutdown for 8 months , they just might finally “ feel our pain ” up close and personal .
Currently , government workers have no skin in the game .
There is no shared sacrifice .
When any shutdown furlough ends , they ’ re usually paid retroactively for what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ citizens get for having their businesses closed and their jobs lost— $ 600 or maybe $ 1,200 .
Citizens will get crumbs and the promise of higher taxes .
President Trump came to Washington to take on the swamp .
It put up more of a fight than expected .
In fact , if the results of this election stand , the swamp will have won .
The Biden administration has no plan to cut back the size of government .
No , his plan is to feed the beast and free it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ life .
Could we shut down government for two years until the mid-term elections ?
Unfortunately , probably not .
Terry Paulson is PhD psychologist , author , and professional speaker on Earned Optimism , Making Change Work , Claiming Your American Dream , and Becoming a Conservative Values Voter .
Contact him to speak before your group at terry @ terrypaulson.com .

In late September, Congress passed a bill to keep the government funded at current levels through this Friday. Trump has refused to sign the comprehensive funding bill tied to providing new $600 stimulus checks to qualifying Americans. It’s clear that they don’t have much time to resolve their disagreements and pass a law President Trump will support.
Most likely, they will pass another extension, but Trump has already signaled he would rather use a pocket veto and let the next president handle the issue than sign a bill he can’t support. Such a standoff risks a government shutdown if a solution cannot be passed and signed.
President Trump has had three shutdowns in his term as president, the longest being 35 days between December 2018 and January 2019 over the issue of funding for the border wall. That shutdown forced about 800,000 federal government workers to go on furlough without pay. If an extension is not passed to avoid a shutdown, thousands of government workers considered nonessential would again be furloughed or forced to work without pay until the shutdown ends.
Government leaders love to say how they experience our pain for the lockdowns generated in many Democrat controlled states and cities during the COVID Pandemic restrictions. Many Americans have lost jobs; some have lost their businesses. Government workers can talk as though they understand, but they’ve had no cuts in salary or their retirement plans. They have been insulated from the consequences of their own actions.
Our republic was formed to protect individual citizens from government overreach and control, but now, we see a bloated government with protected bureaucrats calling on extending restrictions on citizens. While citizens suffer, the federal government just increases the federal deficit and prints more money. Government workers lose nothing; they continue to be paid at current levels. The incoming administration has the audacity to talk about increasing taxes on the citizens who have been already paying the price for their restrictive controls they’ve had in place since the Spring.
State and local governments do not have the ability to sustain deficit spending; they need the consent of the governed to raise taxes to support more spending. That is why municipal, county and state governments are in a big hurt; they have depleted revenue due to the economic restrictions they have put in place. They are looking to Washington to bail out their largesse, and President Biden and the Democrats promise to do just that.
What does that mean? Democrats will try to make citizens from the responsible states pay for the overspending of the irresponsible states like New York and California. Biden has promised to unify our country when and if he takes office, but such actions will only further divide America. It will infuriate citizens who have fled Democrat-controlled states for such irresponsible spending.
A government shutdown may just be the blessing America needs to let government workers know what losing a job and a paycheck means. If they experienced a shutdown for 8 months, they just might finally “feel our pain” up close and personal.
Currently, government workers have no skin in the game. There is no shared sacrifice. When any shutdown furlough ends, they’re usually paid retroactively for what income they lost. What do our citizens get for having their businesses closed and their jobs lost—$600 or maybe $1,200. Citizens will get crumbs and the promise of higher taxes.
President Trump came to Washington to take on the swamp. It put up more of a fight than expected. In fact, if the results of this election stand, the swamp will have won. The Biden administration has no plan to cut back the size of government. No, his plan is to feed the beast and free it to take control of more of your life.
Could we shut down government for two years until the mid-term elections? Unfortunately, probably not.
Terry Paulson is PhD psychologist, author, and professional speaker on Earned Optimism, Making Change Work, Claiming Your American Dream, and Becoming a Conservative Values Voter. Contact him to speak before your group at terry@terrypaulson.com.


bonginoreport--2020-12-25--“Happy Days” Star Henry Winkler Defends Fellow Actor Scott Baio

Henry Winkler holds his `` Happy Days '' co-star Scott Baio in high regard despite their opposing political views .
It 's been over three decades since Winkler took on the role of Arthur `` Fonzie '' Fonzarelli , the doting older cousin of Charles `` Chachi '' Arcola ( Baio ) in the beloved ABC show about the Cunningham family , which ran from 1974 to 1984 .
The two sitcom stars had the opportunity to reunite with the rest of the cast at a Democratic fundraiser held in Wisconsin in October .
Many , including Winkler , participated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a vocal President Trump supporter , was noticeably absent .
At the time , Baio dubbed the event `` a little bizarre , '' given that its purpose was to `` promote '' then-Democratic nominees Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris , the actor told FOX Business ' Maria Bartiromo .
Winkler caught up with Fox News this week , when he made it clear that the bond struck between Fonz and Chachi was n't just manufactured for the small screen .
SCOTT BAIO REACTS TO DON MOST ’ S COMMENTS ABOUT ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ SHOULDN ’ T BE POLITICAL ’ '' Scott is my family , '' Winkler , 75 , told Fox News in a written statement .
`` But he has his political life and I have mine . ''
Winkler 's comment comes just days after Don Most , who portrayed Ralph Malph in the sitcom , communicated his disappointment in Baio 's harsh critique of the event .
Baio , 60 , previously claimed he was n't on board with it because , `` I do n't believe in socicalism and Marxists .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ not be a part of this because of the differences in political views .
So it was not a question of whether he would be a part of it or not .
That was a given , '' Most , 67 , told Fox News .
`` But you know , Scott and I , we played golf together .
It ’ s been a while now , about a couple of years , but we ’ ve stayed in touch somewhat .
But in the last year , I haven ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to say that it was a `` little disappointing '' to hear Baio 's harsh words about the fundraiser .
`` I felt it was way out of line , '' Most admitted .
`` I really did .
Because we are entitled to our opinions .
And we were all as a group uniting to do something , just like he proposes his views .
He was part of the show and people are aware of him because of that show .
And he ’ s using that as a way to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entitled to do the same .
And we were all united in the way we felt . ''
Still , Baio assured Fox News that there was still a whole lot of love between him and his former castmates .
He explained in a statement that his stance against the reunion came from his belief that `` entertainment should n't be political , especially when it comes to shows like 'Happy Days ' that have such a powerful place in the hearts of so many Americans . ''
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ show ’ s name to support a candidate for office was just wrong , in my opinion .
That doesn ’ t change how much I love Donny , Henry [ Winkler ] and the rest of the crew from ‘ Happy Days.
’ I just wish they had thought this all the way through , '' Baio continued .
Ron Howard ( Richie Cunningham ) , Anson Williams ( Potsie Weber ) , Marion Ross ( Marion Cunningham ) and writer Lowell Ganz also appeared at the virtual fundraiser held on Oct. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were able to donate $ 1 or more to attend and watch the `` Happy Days '' cast participate in a Q & A , as well as share behind-the-scenes stories , Variety reported .
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP '' We ’ re thrilled a show made famous in Milwaukee is coming back home to help make Donald Trump a one-term president , '' said Ben Wikler , chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin , in a press release .
`` We know all roads to the White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and with the cast of ‘ Happy Days ’ helping us raise money to take back the White House , we believe even more we can deliver a victory on Nov .
3 . ''
The Electoral College has confirmed Democratic nominee Joe Biden , 78 , as the nation ’ s next president .
Fox News ' Jessica Napoli and the Associated Press contributed to this report .

Henry Winkler holds his "Happy Days" co-star Scott Baio in high regard despite their opposing political views.
It's been over three decades since Winkler took on the role of Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli, the doting older cousin of Charles "Chachi" Arcola (Baio) in the beloved ABC show about the Cunningham family, which ran from 1974 to 1984.
The two sitcom stars had the opportunity to reunite with the rest of the cast at a Democratic fundraiser held in Wisconsin in October. Many, including Winkler, participated in the event, but Baio, a vocal President Trump supporter, was noticeably absent.
At the time, Baio dubbed the event "a little bizarre," given that its purpose was to "promote" then-Democratic nominees Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris, the actor told FOX Business' Maria Bartiromo. Winkler caught up with Fox News this week, when he made it clear that the bond struck between Fonz and Chachi wasn't just manufactured for the small screen.
SCOTT BAIO REACTS TO DON MOST’S COMMENTS ABOUT ‘HAPPY DAYS’ FUNDRAISER: ‘ENTERTAINMENT SHOULDN’T BE POLITICAL’
"Scott is my family," Winkler, 75, told Fox News in a written statement. "But he has his political life and I have mine."
Winkler's comment comes just days after Don Most, who portrayed Ralph Malph in the sitcom, communicated his disappointment in Baio's harsh critique of the event. Baio, 60, previously claimed he wasn't on board with it because, "I don't believe in socicalism and Marxists."
"I knew that he would not be a part of this because of the differences in political views. So it was not a question of whether he would be a part of it or not. That was a given," Most, 67, told Fox News. "But you know, Scott and I, we played golf together. It’s been a while now, about a couple of years, but we’ve stayed in touch somewhat. But in the last year, I haven’t seen him."
‘HAPPY DAYS’ STAR DON MOST TALKS ERIN MORAN FRIENDSHIP, SCOTT BAIO’S ABSENCE FROM FUNDRAISER REUNION
Most went on to say that it was a "little disappointing" to hear Baio's harsh words about the fundraiser.
"I felt it was way out of line," Most admitted. "I really did. Because we are entitled to our opinions. And we were all as a group uniting to do something, just like he proposes his views. He was part of the show and people are aware of him because of that show. And he’s using that as a way to present his views. We’re entitled to do the same. And we were all united in the way we felt."
Still, Baio assured Fox News that there was still a whole lot of love between him and his former castmates. He explained in a statement that his stance against the reunion came from his belief that "entertainment shouldn't be political, especially when it comes to shows like 'Happy Days' that have such a powerful place in the hearts of so many Americans."
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"Invoking the show’s name to support a candidate for office was just wrong, in my opinion. That doesn’t change how much I love Donny, Henry [Winkler] and the rest of the crew from ‘Happy Days.’ I just wish they had thought this all the way through," Baio continued.
Ron Howard (Richie Cunningham), Anson Williams (Potsie Weber), Marion Ross (Marion Cunningham) and writer Lowell Ganz also appeared at the virtual fundraiser held on Oct. 25.
During the event, guests were able to donate $1 or more to attend and watch the "Happy Days" cast participate in a Q&A, as well as share behind-the-scenes stories, Variety reported.
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"We’re thrilled a show made famous in Milwaukee is coming back home to help make Donald Trump a one-term president," said Ben Wikler, chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, in a press release. "We know all roads to the White House go through the Badger State, and with the cast of ‘Happy Days’ helping us raise money to take back the White House, we believe even more we can deliver a victory on Nov. 3."
The Electoral College has confirmed Democratic nominee Joe Biden, 78, as the nation’s next president.
Fox News' Jessica Napoli and the Associated Press contributed to this report.


bonginoreport--2020-12-25--Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie’s Battle Is Raging on Into the Holidays

Click to email this to a friend ( Opens in new window ) Brad Pitt ’ s Christmas won ’ t be so merry as the still-unresolved issues with Angelia Jolie in their custody battle “ are still raging , ” Page Six is told .
Despite reports that Pitt will see at least three of his children with ex-wife Jolie on Christmas Eve , things are “ not that simple , ” according to a source .
“ Every holiday , every birthday , someone always leaks the same thing about Brad and his supposed plans to see the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Shiloh ’ s birthday this year — and it seems like there ’ s never any truth to it , ” the insider claimed .
What makes matters worse is that this year it finally seemed as if Pitt , 57 , and Jolie , 45 , were close to reaching the finish line in their long-running divorce .
The exes announced their split in September 2016 and after a bitter custody fight over their six children , they were ” finally headed towards some resolution.
” However , after Jolie filed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the whole process stopped and almost everything that had been kept under wraps became public — and things now “ seem to be at a standstill and it doesn ’ t look like it ’ s going to be resolved anytime soon , ” according to the source .
Although Pitt is bound to see his kids at some point , the situation continues to be “ pretty tragic for everyone ” as it heads into its fifth year .
“ This continues to be a very hard time for the family @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Six has reached out to Jolie ’ s camp for comment .

Brad Pitt’s Christmas won’t be so merry as the still-unresolved issues with Angelia Jolie in their custody battle “are still raging,” Page Six is told.
Despite reports that Pitt will see at least three of his children with ex-wife Jolie on Christmas Eve, things are “not that simple,” according to a source.
“Every holiday, every birthday, someone always leaks the same thing about Brad and his supposed plans to see the kids, like the pizza party for Shiloh’s birthday this year — and it seems like there’s never any truth to it,” the insider claimed.
What makes matters worse is that this year it finally seemed as if Pitt, 57, and Jolie, 45, were close to reaching the finish line in their long-running divorce.
The exes announced their split in September 2016 and after a bitter custody fight over their six children, they were ”finally headed towards some resolution.”
However, after Jolie filed to dismiss the judge in the court case, the whole process stopped and almost everything that had been kept under wraps became public — and things now “seem to be at a standstill and it doesn’t look like it’s going to be resolved anytime soon,” according to the source.
Although Pitt is bound to see his kids at some point, the situation continues to be “pretty tragic for everyone” as it heads into its fifth year.
“This continues to be a very hard time for the family,” the source said.
Page Six has reached out to Jolie’s camp for comment.


bonginoreport--2020-12-25--Bidens Release Christmas Message Telling People Not to Gather for the Holidays

Joe Biden and his wife Jill put up a holiday message on YouTube in which they asked people to not gather over the holidays .
`` Jill and I wish you and your family peace , joy , health and happiness this season .
But we know for so many of you in our nation this has been a very difficult year .
And we 're reminded in this season of hope , our common humanity , and what we 're called to do for one another . ''
The Bidens elaborated further on the above : '' Many of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ work , literally put food on the table , pay their rent or their mortgage , reminded we 're on this earth to care for one another , to give what we can and to be a source of help and hope to friends and strangers alike . ''
Biden previously had said he was going to ask people to wear a mask for 100 days .
In this video , he he asking people to avoid seeing family members outside of their household this holiday season .
`` For the Bidens , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over Christmas Eve for dinner , but not this year , '' Joe Biden commented , referring to the current pandemic situation .
`` We 're going to miss our family , but it 's what we need to do to keep our families safe .
We hope you 'll consider limiting travel in the size of family gatherings as well this year . ''

Joe Biden and his wife Jill put up a holiday message on YouTube in which they asked people to not gather over the holidays.
"Jill and I wish you and your family peace, joy, health and happiness this season. But we know for so many of you in our nation this has been a very difficult year. And we're reminded in this season of hope, our common humanity, and what we're called to do for one another."
The Bidens elaborated further on the above:
"Many of our fellow Americans are struggling to find work, literally put food on the table, pay their rent or their mortgage, reminded we're on this earth to care for one another, to give what we can and to be a source of help and hope to friends and strangers alike."
Biden previously had said he was going to ask people to wear a mask for 100 days. In this video, he he asking people to avoid seeing family members outside of their household this holiday season.
"For the Bidens, we usually have 20 to 25 people over Christmas Eve for dinner, but not this year," Joe Biden commented, referring to the current pandemic situation. "We're going to miss our family, but it's what we need to do to keep our families safe. We hope you'll consider limiting travel in the size of family gatherings as well this year."


bonginoreport--2020-12-25--Video Shows Evacuation Warning Before Nashville Explosion

Video has surfaced showing that there was an audio broadcast telling people to evacuate the area right before an explosion rocked downtown Nashville .
`` BREAKING : Audio warning was being broadcast before explosion rocked downtown Nashville .
Video shows moment of blast , '' reads the tweet from Breaking911 .
Nashville police provided an update Friday afternoon , saying `` Officers responded to reports of shots fired in downtown Nashville , encountered RV with recording warning of possible detonation , began evacuations of nearby buildings .
The RV exploded shortly afterward '' according to local news .
You can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the video `` All buildings in this area must be evacuated now , '' then `` if you can hear this message , evacuate now , '' and then the explosion , at the 27-second mark in the video .
A parked recreational vehicle had previously exploded in downtown Nashville , Tennessee early Christmas morning in what police are describing as an `` intentional act , '' First responders have blocked off portions of the downtown core after the explosion rocked the city and blew out the windows of nearby buildings .
Smoke @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vehicle in the above video .
The explosion occurred on Second Avenue North in the heart of the city of Nashville , and it is considered to have been `` deliberate '' in nature .
According to local outlet Nashville News 4 , three people were injured by the explosion , and they are being treated for their injuries , which are not considered to be life-threatening .
President Trump has already been briefed regarding the situation , and further updates are expected to be forthcoming in the course of the day 's @ @

Video has surfaced showing that there was an audio broadcast telling people to evacuate the area right before an explosion rocked downtown Nashville.
BREAKING: Audio warning was being broadcast before explosion rocked downtown Nashville. Video shows moment of blast. pic.twitter.com/3IvciFH6BV — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) December 25, 2020
"BREAKING: Audio warning was being broadcast before explosion rocked downtown Nashville. Video shows moment of blast," reads the tweet from Breaking911.
Nashville police provided an update Friday afternoon, saying "Officers responded to reports of shots fired in downtown Nashville, encountered RV with recording warning of possible detonation, began evacuations of nearby buildings. The RV exploded shortly afterward" according to local news.
JUST IN: Authorities update on Nashville explosion: Officers responded to reports of shots fired in downtown Nashville, encountered RV with recording warning of possible detonation, began evacuations of nearby buildings. The RV exploded shortly afterward. https://t.co/6aOkFeKl7x pic.twitter.com/1obtMqjCWg — ABC News (@ABC) December 25, 2020
You can hear a message repeating several times in the video "All buildings in this area must be evacuated now," then "if you can hear this message, evacuate now," and then the explosion, at the 27-second mark in the video.
A parked recreational vehicle had previously exploded in downtown Nashville, Tennessee early Christmas morning in what police are describing as an "intentional act,"
First responders have blocked off portions of the downtown core after the explosion rocked the city and blew out the windows of nearby buildings. Smoke can be seen rising from the exploded vehicle in the above video.
The explosion occurred on Second Avenue North in the heart of the city of Nashville, and it is considered to have been "deliberate" in nature.
According to local outlet Nashville News 4, three people were injured by the explosion, and they are being treated for their injuries, which are not considered to be life-threatening.
President Trump has already been briefed regarding the situation, and further updates are expected to be forthcoming in the course of the day's news.