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"Oh give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever." Psalm 107:1 I witness that this is true. Even in hard times, the Lord God continues to bless and help us through if we seek Him. The same is true for our nation right now. Let's give thanks to God for our many blessings this Thanksgiving, and turn to Him If we do, and put our whole hearts into that effort...then He will heal our nation. Read II Chron. 7:14

It’s Thanksgiving, so I thought I’d take this opportunity to acknowledge some of the things I’m thankful for this year. Problem is, I’m a cynical man. So, I’m truly thankful for some things on this list, but others are there purely for purposes of sarcasm. You decide which is which. First, my friends and family. Blah, blah, blah, love them, blah, blah, blah. They’re “insert your favorite positive adjective here” to me. Without them…I’d probably leave the house less often and spend a lot less time on the phone. I’m kidding, of course, I am thankful for them, but...

This is what Thanksgiving is all about! Thank you, Abraham Lincoln.

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. A day of family gatherings, feasting, football and the last respite before the start of the Christmas shopping season. The focus is on spending time together rather than giving gifts and attending cocktail parties. Thanksgiving began in 1621, when the Pilgrims invited the Wampanoag Indians to join them in celebration of the fall harvest. The Indians traveled for several days, created their own camp, and stayed with the Pilgrims for three days of feasting and celebration. This first Thanksgiving sounds similar to our tradition of family members invading a relative's home and...

**SNIP** The “Health Care for the Holidays” page on BarackObama.com, promoted by his wife, urges his remaining devoted followers to “pledge” to push ObamaCare on family members and advises “integrating the talk into family time.” Because there’s nothing that says “family time” like teaching people to hijack family dinners to become used health care salesmen; BarackObama.com offers sales tips like “Make it memorable,” “Be Persistent, but keep it positive” and “Find a quiet place.” That last tip will prevent other family members from hearing their screams of horror at the size of their new ObamaCare premiums and deductibles. These aren’t...

Almighty God, as we approach this day that has been set aside to express our thankfulness to you for the boundless blessings you have showered on this United States of America and the people who are fortunate enough to be called Americans, I would like to take a few minutes to, in my own words, say thank you for some of the things that mean so much to me.

Just as 9/11 was fundamentally transformed from a Day of Remembrance to a Day of Service,  the Wons are  pleased to announce that as of this year Thanksgiving has been fundamentally transformed as well. No longer just a simple day to give thanks to the Almighty for His bountiful graces, from now on it will be a day to acknowledge your almighty government for the same things.  In his Thanksgiving email missive, David Plouffe reminds us all to be grateful for the vast spread of food stamps   and Lady M reminds us of the value of government propaganda to...

Complete Headline: President pitches in for Thanksgiving: Obamas continue family tradition by handing out food to the poor... and boxes of White House M&Ms President Barack Obama has continued an annual family tradition by helping to pack bags of food and distribute them to the needy on Thanksgiving eve. Obama, his wife Michelle, daughters Malia and Sasha, and his mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, last night dropped in on the Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB), one of the largest serving the Washington area. They dropped bundles of sweet potatoes, onions, carrots and apples into reusable bags people held open as they...

I’m sure you got your email from Lady M: MOTUS -- Barack and I have so much to be grateful for this Thanksgiving, and that includes people like you who've been by our side, working for change right from the beginning. Because of your hard work, passion, and dedication, we have accomplished so much over this past year. We've continued to create jobs and rebuild our economy. We've cut carbon pollution so we can preserve our environment. We've witnessed historic victories for equality across the country, all the way to the Supreme Court. And soon, millions of Americans will finally...

I had a lot of jobs in a somewhat knockabout youth—waitress, clerk, temporary secretary, counter girl in a bakery and in a flower shop. One thing all these jobs had in common was something so common, so expected, that it was unremarked upon. You got holidays off. About a million Wal-Mart workers will have to be in by 5 p.m. for a 6 p.m. opening, so I guess they'll have to eat quickly with family, then bolt. Kmart will open on Thanksgiving too, along with Target, Sears, Best Buy and Macy's, among others. It's not right. The idea that Thanksgiving...

Years ago, on a perfect Hanukkah day, my brother and I were getting off the Coney Island bumper cars on the way to kosher country, when we heard "Dirty Jews!" Before having a chance to react in anger or fear, two boys were running full speed away from us. Knowing they were not running from a 7-year-old in a plaid shirt or his slow moving 11-year-old brother, I imagined that the hand of God had descended from the cyclone. But, spotting a speeding Judah Maccabee chasing down those thugs, to my amazement and some chagrin, the Maccabee was none other...

"Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after a special manner rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors…" ...Edward Winslow, original pilgrim, 1621 on the first Thanksgiving I am struck by how much Americans have to be grateful for this Thanksgiving. Despite our economic and political difficulties, more than two hundred years of freedom of opportunity have delivered a standard of living by all estimates among the best of the most robust economies anywhere. Educational opportunities are world-class. People come here for the most advanced, effective and...

“Great Is Thy Faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22-33)“Great Is Thy Faithfulness”: The hymn our choir sang earlier and which we all will sing at the end of this service--this is definitely an appropriate hymn of thanksgiving and praise on this Day of Thanksgiving. How true are the words of the refrain: Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see; All I have needed Thy hand hath provided; Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me! And since today is the Day of National Thanksgiving, we can also say the same thing about the Lord’s blessings on...

We all know there is nothing scarier than taxes, but with Halloween behind us, taxpayers have much to be thankful for this holiday season. ALEC’s recently released 2013 State Tax Cut Roundup highlights the 18 states that significantly cut taxes in the 2013 legislative session. Here are some of this year’s top picks that highlight how much reform minded legislators can save taxpayers. North Carolina’s 2013 tax reform package is one of the most successful tax reform efforts in the last decade. Although it was contentious, the final plan is estimated to save taxpayers $500 in the first two years...

Because Thanksgiving and Hanukkah fall on the same day for 2013 -as they last did in 1888-  this year's calendar has produced a  rare concurrence that won't be repeated for another 79,043 years... FoxNews   h/t Speedunque

November 28, 2013 Thursday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time    Reading 1 Dn 6:12-28 Some men rushed into the upper chamber of Daniel’s homeand found him praying and pleading before his God.Then they went to remind the king about the prohibition:“Did you not decree, O king,that no one is to address a petition to god or manfor thirty days, except to you, O king;otherwise he shall be cast into a den of lions?”The king answered them, “The decree is absolute,irrevocable under the Mede and Persian law.”To this they replied, “Daniel, the Jewish exile,has paid no attention to you,...

Here's an assortment of favorite graphics I've collected and/or created over the years. Rather than put up with Obamabots propagandizing about Obamacare (see my "sort of" response here) just calmly (because they wont be) share these with them. :-)h/t iOwnTheWorld, The People's Cube, Aftermath, Conservative Guy, Billy's Custom Gun WorksHere's one I created earlier today

Watch the students of the Technion compete for the best Rube Goldberg device to....LIGHT THE MENORAH! Technion students Eyal Cohen and Tomer Wassermann from the Mechanical Engineering faculty and Matan Orian and Dvir Dukhan of Industrial Engineering and Management take on the challenge to build a Rube Goldberg machine that lights the Chanukah menorah. Hanukkah is the holiday of miracles and here is another one.