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HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Sunday, Nov. 30 -- 7 1/2 P.M. Some camps of the enemy, visible yesterday, disappeared last night. They probably have retired to the valley behind the range of hills in the rear of Fredericksburgh. New rebel earthworks almost daily make their appearance, and the range In the rear of the town is crowned almost continuously with redoubts and rifle pits. Some of our batteries, whose guns bear directly upon the town, have recently been protected by earthworks. Five gunboats are reported to have advanced up the Rappahannock opposite King George Court house. The right wing...

The American Left agrees with the suppression of liberty there and anywhere else. Why is the far Left on board with the suppression of liberty in China? The past few days have witnessed extraordinary events in Red China, with protestors literally risking their lives as they battle hazmat-clad riot police in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. As Tucker Carlson noted in a recent video, unless you read some of the English papers, you wouldn’t know that Chinese President Xi Jinping had sent tanks to put down these protests. Even worse, the people who supposedly stand for liberty -- with...

Good conversation. Among other things, we resolved the misunderstanding about Twitter potentially being removed from the App Store. Tim was clear that Apple never considered doing so.

1 December 2022Thursday of the 1st week of Advent Church of Saint-Éloi, Dunkirk, France Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingIsaiah 26:1-6 ©Open the gates; let the upright nation come inThat day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah:We have a strong city;to guard us he has setwall and rampart about us.Open the gates! Let the upright nation come in,she, the faithful onewhose mind is steadfast, who keeps the peace,because she trusts in you.Trust in the Lord for ever,for the Lord is the everlasting Rock;he has brought low those who lived high upin the steep citadel;he...

Story at-a-glance: * A carnivore or meat-only diet can be uniquely beneficial for some people, especially those struggling with autoimmune diseases, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, chronic pain and mental health disorders * It can also be used as a detox strategy for three to 12 months * One of the primary benefits of a carnivore diet — as long as you focus on red meat and limit chicken and pork — is that it’s a really low in omega-6 fat, which is the most harmful type of fat and a primary driver of chronic disease * You’re also removing most...

The West’s increasing capitulation to authoritarianism may be more subtle but no less pernicious than China’s coercive lockdowns. Against the pulsating scenes of Shanghai police pummeling COVID-19 protesters in China, Iranian mullahs cracking down on Tehran's demonstrators, and the World Economic Forum’s supporting digital passports allowing governments to control the movement of people, the forces of authoritarian control are clearly on the march. Nor is this problem limited to East Asia or the Middle East. This issue directly implicates the West. Arising out of our cultural elites’ disdain for the concerns and values of the common folk, the West’s increasing...

Social Cost of Carbon estimate jumps from $51 to $190 per metric ton, creating future impact for Americans' wallets and a new headache for the oil and gas industries. With the price of everything from gasoline to food soaring in America, nobody is surprised by inflated price tags these days. But even by Washington standards, an action taken earlier this month by the Environmental Protection Agency is creating sticker shock: a nearly fourfold increase in the government calculation of damages from carbon emissions. The so-called Social Cost of Carbon was first set in 2009 under then-President Barack Obama. Under Democrats...

Far-left activists reportedly swarmed an event Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk held at the University of New Mexico on Wednesday evening, with protesters calling to “shut down white supremacy.” “My welcoming committee at University of New Mexico for tonight’s event,” Kirk tweeted along with a video that showed tens of protesters dressed in black, wearing masks, shouting and holding slogans protesting Kirk’s appearance on their campus.

CU student says Pride Flag was removed, burned, and returned to home By: Colette Bordelon Nov 30, 2022 BOULDER, Colo. — Boulder is typically thought of as one of the most progressive cities in the entire state, but a college student said his Pride flag was vandalized overnight Tuesday, and it's not the first time it's happened. Glacius, 20, said he moved to Boulder to attend the University of Colorado at Boulder, and also because it is such an accepting community. “I can really be myself out here. I can really just show to the world who I really am,"...

Undoubtedly, the question right now at the top of everyone’s mind is, When is the Manhattan Contrarian’s Energy Storage Report coming out? After all, he previously promised it for September, and then October, and here we are almost in December and we still haven’t seen it. It’s a fair question. Being a blogger, I don’t have much appreciation for the formalities of the publication process. In blogging, you finish the post, do a quick proofread, press “Publish,” and there it is. With this, it has been rounds of peer review, editing, typesetting, proofreading, and so forth. However, I’m now told...

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, the number two Republican in the U.S. Senate, said on Tuesday that the GOP plans to use the debt ceiling as leverage to make cuts to Social Security and other social safety net programs. "There's a set of solutions there that we really need to take on if we're going to get serious about making these programs sustainable and getting this debt bomb at a manageable level before it's too late," Thune said in an interview with Bloomberg News, adding that raising the retirement age is one of the solutions Republicans want to explore.

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, nobody in President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle is believed to have expected the war to last more than a few months. As the weather turns cold once again, and back to the freezing and muddy conditions that Russia’s invading forces experienced at the start of the conflict, Moscow faces what’s likely to be months more fighting, military losses and potential defeat. That, Russian political analysts say, will be catastrophic for Putin and the Kremlin, who have banked Russia’s global capital on winning the war against Ukraine. They told CNBC that anxiety was rising in...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the situation at the front as difficult, with intense fighting in the east, northeast and south of Ukraine. He said Russian forces are “planning something” in the south of the country, where fighting has been intense around the area of Zaporizhzhia and the nuclear power plant there, but did not give any details of what Ukraine believes could happen.(snip) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country’s armed forces are preparing a “countermeasure” to Russia’s advances that will exceed prior ones. Zelenskyy made the comment during his nightly address to the nation, and following a meeting...

The Biden administration is considering a dramatic expansion in the training the US military provides to Ukrainian forces, including instructing as many as 2,500 Ukrainian soldiers a month at a US base in Germany, according to multiple US officials. If adopted, the proposal would mark a significant increase not just in the number of Ukrainians the US trains but also in the type of training they receive. Since the start of the conflict in February, the US has trained only a few thousand Ukrainian soldiers, mostly in small groups, on specific weapons systems. Under the new program, the US would...

Both the East, led by China and Russia, and the West, led by U.S. and EU globalists, want to fundamentally change the world order. They call this change the Great Reset, first termed by Klaus Schwab, founder and executive director of the World Economic Forum (WEF). The WEF consists of the world’s wealthiest people, including over 1,000 global corporations and most of the G-20 leaders. Schwab & Co. naively view China as a partner, with dictator Xi Jinping a regular forum keynote speaker. Although China and Russia are diehard nationalists, their mission dovetails with that of Western globalists, so, for...

OAKS, PHILADELPHIA — The Kennel Club‘s annual dog show competition was taken by storm this year by first-ever trans furry competitor Blake Ruff. The decision was made unanimously by judges to award Mr. Ruff with the event‘s most coveted title of ‘Best In Show'. According to sources, Blake Ruff had never won a single competition of any sort in his life until realized that he's not a mediocre adult male — he's actually a Blue Alaskan Malamute. "Recognizing who I truly am has been a liberating journey!" said Mr. Ruff hiking his leg and urinating on the public sidewalk. "I've...

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Duddridge started charging for Christmas dinner in 2016, and has since become part of the family’s traditions — immediate relatives are used to it by now. “Some people might think it’s harsh to put a levy on meals for kids but it’s an important life lesson. The older grandkids like to try and offer to help me to earn some of their money back and I admire that,” she said. Grandma charges family $45 a head for Christmas dinner Duddridge said she spends “dozens of hours” scouring grocery stores for the cheapest and best deals, especially with the price of...

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Black told Steamboat Pilot & Today that he and his team are lost when it comes to the phenomenon. 'It's frustrating, trying to figure out exactly what occurred in this incident,' Black said. The director also said that while they don't believe wolves to be behind the deaths, they also can't rule them out completely. 'We have no evidence of wolves in that area. That doesn't mean they are not there,' Black said. Since October, more than 40 cows have been found killed near the town of Meeker Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials say they have found no tracks near...