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We have received full files of Richmond papers to December 28. They do not furnish any exciting news, but the following extracts are interesting: The Richmond Enquirer publishes a batch of correspondence between Gens. HITCHCOCK and MEREDITH, and the rebel Commissioner CULD, which still leaves the matter of the exchange of prisoners involved in the old question of the validity of certain paroles given in the field, and the declaration of the exchange of the Vicksburgh and Port Hudson captures. Speaking of the last efforts by Gen. HITCHCOCK to renew the exchange, the Richmond Enquirer of the 28th remarks: "An...

New York City's effort in the 1990s to regulate toilets and shower heads to cut down water usage ignited consumer outrage, even inspiring a 1996 Seinfeld television episode in which the character Kramer was so fed up with his apartment's low-flow shower head that he purchased a high-flow head on the black market. Three decades later, the Biden administration is leaving few appliances in the home untouched in its quest to regulate the amount of water and energy Americans use for their household chores. The list of impacted appliances includes gas stoves, dishwashers, air conditioners, refrigerators, light bulbs, washing machines,...

https://realclimatescience.com/2023/12/highest-december-24-arctic-sea-extent-in-twenty-years/#gsc.tab=0 Al Gore predicted the Arctic would be ice-free by 2014. https://realclimatescience.com/page/3/#gsc.tab=0

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Pray For The Peace of JerusalemLuke 2The Birth of Jesus 2 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register. 4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married...

There can be no Happy New Year without Donald J Trump as president. All methods of delivering another underhanded skewed result must be discovered and plugged. The nation needs a dramatic sea change to end the nation now hell bent enough to compete disaster. Get rid of all illegals, regulators, and that which is unnecessary in the FBI while bringing in the duties of the CIA, the TSA.et al into the FBI. The IRs needs to be castrated and only one rate for all. Eventually use either a postcard or no tax Clean out the military of all perverts and...

US helicopters sank three boats carrying Houthi gunmen who attacked a container ship that was transiting the Red Sea, the US military said Sunday. A US warship also shot down two ballistic missiles fired from Yemen, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement. It said that at 6:30 a.m. local time, the Maersk Hangzhou, a Singapore-flagged, Denmark-owned and -operated container ship issued a second distress call after earlier reporting that it was hit by a missile.

Today’s ‘climate change’ communism is just another iteration of the King Cotton economy. As 2023 comes to a close, two stories are receiving renewed attention: the unprecedented immigrant invasion at the Southern border and Democrats’ ongoing legal efforts to remove Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot. Neither story is a surprise, since Democrats depended entirely on the importation of new voters from foreign lands (usually third-world indoctrination mills for some form of Marxist socialism) and a series of partisan judicial rulings that legalized mail-in ballot fraud in 2020 to make habitually unpopular Joe Biden the most popularly “elected” president in...

The Catholic Church, akin to George Soros, is now under scrutiny for its involvement in financing the illegal invasion of Europe. Rome, Italy – A significant scandal has recently emerged within the Italian Catholic Church, implicating high-ranking church officials, including cardinals and archbishops, in a scheme of organizing and financing illegal migration from Africa to Europe. Investigations led by the prosecutor’s office in Ragusa, Sicily, have uncovered troubling connections between several Italian dioceses and the George Soros-tied NGO “SOS Mediterranea,” accused of aiding and abetting human trafficking under the guise of refugee aid. Financial Ties and Controversial Figures The investigations...

The Talk Shows December 31st, 2023 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.); Denver (sanctuary city) democrat Mayor Mike Johnston and Chicago (sanctuary city) democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson.FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas); Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas). Panel: Mollie Hemingway, Jeff Mason, Julia Manchester and Whiner Williams. MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.); Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R); Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D). THIS WEEK (ABC): Hosted by Little Georgie Steponallofus (or is it Martha...

1. Trump isn’t going to save us. Even if he did everything he says he’ll do, he’s still Israel-first and frankly he’s not intelligent enough to out-smart his son in law Kushner, let alone all the other israelis and arabs trying to trick him. 2. Only one state has to keep him off the ballot. 3. It doesn’t really matter because they can just rig the election again and the right will do nothing just like last time.

I wish you all a happy and healthy New Year even though, as 2023 draws to a close, it seems that “the whole world is festering in unhappy souls,” to quote the brilliant Tom Lehrer. I know at times it seems unlikely that 2024 will be better than this one has been, but there are some reasons for optimism. I credit independent journalism, Elon Musk with his fight for free speech on the internet, and the truism that eventually reality bites for my belief that the West may be wising up to the toxic mix of Islamism, traditional anti-Semitism, and...

Iran is bringing together militias and proxies across the Middle East to attack Israel. Iran has been dictating the tempo of the conflict against Israel for more than a year. It began in the fall of 2022 to heat up threats in the West Bank using Palestinian Islamic Jihad. After seeking to empower this proxy group and fill a vacuum left by the failure of the Palestinian Security forces in Jenin, Iran then turned its attention to other fronts. Iran’s goal has been to “unify” the fronts or “arenas” against Israel. This means bringing together militias and proxies in numerous...

"Assuredly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the descendant of Abraham. Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted" (Heb. 2:16-18). Jesus came to sympathize with us, so He could be our merciful and faithful High Priest. In his letters to...

In his commentary, “Crazy Stuff—Fabricated Details of Western Oil Sanctions Against Russia,” Sundance over on the The Last Refuge casts light onto the fabricated reality we are living in. The West and America are now as the Soviet Union had been—existing in a fabricated reality behind an iron curtain:“ I’m very serious when I share with people that almost everything we understand about the geopolitical purposes and impacts of sanctions against Russian economic interests is entirely fabricated. However, because the scale of the propaganda against us is so effective, breaking the mental/cognitive barrier is almost impossible.” SundanceThe iron curtain symbolizes...

When 2024 Democratic presidential hopeful Rep. Dean Phillips took over his family's booze business in 2000 he oversaw a raunchy ad campaign used to sell Revelstoke, a spiced Canadian whisky. The ad campaign used strippers to sell the whisky and suggested men needed to drink more of it to deal with overweight, undesirable women. It also used creative technology so that the name of the whisky brand would show up in urinals as male customers went to the bathroom. Phillips has used his business background as a benefit since launching a political career in the aftermath of former President Donald...

Calvin Smith explores the unsettling ties between some interpretations of evolution and systemic racism. Highlighting misrepresentations that linked ethnic groups to primates, he advocates for a biblical worldview, emphasizing that all humans are divinely created in God’s image, promoting unity and respect across races.

Critics are accusing the DOJ of sweeping additional charges against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried under the rug, after prosecutors said he would not face a second trial for campaign finance violations following his conviction last month. In a letter filed on Friday night in federal court in Manhattan, prosecutors said the 'strong public interest' in a prompt resolution of the case outweighed the benefits of a second trial. In his letter to the court, US Attorney Damian Williams noted that prosecutors introduced evidence about all of the dropped charges during Bankman-Fried's monthlong first trial, where he was found guilty on...

Newly-released bodycam footage shows the moment an LA Sheriff's Deputy shot a mother who had called 911 after her ex-boyfriend allegedly attacked her and her daughter. Niani Finlayson, 27, called police and 'reported that her boyfriend would not leave her alone' and then screaming and sounds of a struggle could be heard', the LA Sheriff's Department (LASD) said. Footage shows deputies swiftly approaching the apartment complex and soon saw Finlayson holding an eight-inch kitchen knife at the door. She reportedly told the officers that she was going to stab her ex-boyfriend for allegedly hurting her nine-year-old daughter, Xaisha. Xaisha was...

They were testing the New Year’s Eve ball today in Times Square ahead of Sunday’s celebrations, but the real spectacle was happening on the streets. In a self-declared “heightened threat environment” since Hamas’ murderous assault on Israeli communities near the border with Gaza and the butchering of thousands on October 7, and the punishing military response by the Jewish state, the NYPD is pulling out all the security stops openly and behind the scenes in anticipation of protests and potential violence. With big NYE specials in the final stages, networks are gearing up for an anticipated unruly night. Amidst bubbling...