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How long do New Year's resolutions normally last? While it differs for everyone, a 2023 poll from Forbes Health found most people give up resolutions after less than four months. According to the survey, just under 1 in 10 people (8%) said their resolutions lasted a month, 21.9% reported two months, 22.2% reported three months and 13.1% said their resolutions lasted four months. Only 1% said they lasted for 11 or 12 months. What percentage of New Year's resolutions ultimately fail? While nearly half of Americans make New Year's resolutions, only about 25% of people actually stay committed to their...

[Catholic Caucus] "Do you only get into heaven with a QR code?" - Giuseppe Nardi on the Vatican as surveillance statePope Francis has introduced a new condition for obtaining a jubilee indulgence for the Holy Year 2025, thereby abusing the jubilee year to advance the globalist agenda.In order to pass through the Holy Door, the faithful must submit to the digital cage. They must identify themselves and register with all their personal data in order to receive a QR code, because only with this code can they pass through the Holy Door. Santa Marta is implementing another building block of...

Russian gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine are to end on Wednesday, when a five-year deal between Ukraine's gas transit operator Naftogaz and Russia's Gazprom expires... (had given the EU a year to prepare)... ...The European Commission said the continent's gas system was "resilient and flexible" and that it had sufficient capacity to cope with the end of transit via Ukraine... ...Russia has transported gas to Europe through Ukraine since 1991... ...Once the Ukrainian transit route is cut off, the Black Sea's TurkStream - which reaches Turkey, Hungary and Serbia - will be the only (pipeline) Russian gas supply to...

Troops, Veterans, Families, Allies, and FRiends.....The FReeper Canteen Presents.....HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025!!Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. "May Light always surround you; Hope kindle and rebound you. May your Hurts turn to Healing; Your Heart embrace Feeling. May Wounds become Wisdom; Every Kindness a Prism. May Laughter infect you; Your Passion resurrect you. May Goodness inspire your Deepest Desires. Through all that you Reach For, May your arms Never Tire."-D. Simone Please remember that The Canteen is here to support and entertain our troops...

"In The Year 2525", by Zager and Evans, from 1969.This song went to number one on the charts in the summer of '69.

Well, this is the watch on that special night, When the OD writes poetry by gangway light Tis the 1st of January, 1968 And I've the watch that runs quite late. USS Agerholm (DD 826) The naval service, by its very nature, thrives on rules and regulations. Above all else, a ship and her crew must promote self-reliance, discipline, and teamwork to maintain effectiveness and ensure mission accomplishment in the unforgiving and uncertain environments of both ocean and fog of battle. This truism of rules and regulation is particularly reflected in the official record maintained by all commissioned U.S. Navy...

Is Congress Sidestepping Its Duties Through Repeated "One-Time" Spending? A Look at the Nondelegation Doctrine. We've seen a pattern lately: Congress allocates funds for "one-time" emergencies, like COVID relief, but then that spending keeps getting renewed, effectively becoming part of the baseline budget. While flexibility in emergencies is crucial, this practice raises a serious question: Could this be an end-run around the Nondelegation Doctrine? The Nondelegation Doctrine, rooted in Article I of the Constitution, says that Congress can't simply hand over its legislative powers to the Executive Branch. By repeatedly extending spending that was initially justified as temporary, without robust...

Rolli Days have tours of normally closed to the public palazzi in Genoa, Italy obtained by reservation with tour companies. A tour visits about three palaces per day with lunch and dinner breaks. Some videos of the palaces are available via: https://landing.visitgenoa.it/rollidays-online/ The videos run about 9 minutes each. I watched videos of Palazzo Interiano Pallavicino, Palazzo Angelo Giovanni Spinola and Palazzo Pantaleo Spinola (Gambaro). Click on Carici Altri for other videos. I also watched a video of Palazzo Tobia Pallavicino - Sede della Camera di Commercio di Genova.

Colorado’s left-wing Governor, Jared Polis, says it is “dumb” to oppose the H-1B program that delivers thousands of tuition-paying foreign graduates into the careers needed by well-trained Colorado graduates. Polis told CNN’s Kaitlin Collins on December 26: Look, we have world-class universities here, University of Colorado at Boulder [and] Colorado State University. Students from across the world come here. And one of the stupidest things we do as a nation is when they get their degree, or their graduate degree, it could be a PhD in physics, in engineering, we literally say, ‘You’re not allowed to work in this country,...

On January First, 1953, Hank Williams died of heart failure in the back seat of a car on the way to a gig. (He had hired a student to drive him from Alabama to West Virginia to be there. Dedication.) Hank liberated the pop music voice to sound wholeheartedly and powerfully American with unparalleled directness and emotional honesty on the hit song charts in ways no one had done before. He is not the father of The First Amendment but he is for me a pivotal grandfather of modern freedom of speech. The cultural achievements I revere of Dylan, Elvis,...

On December 22, 2024, during an interview on “Face the Nation,” Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, dismissed the trafficking of children at the border as "outside the responsibility of DHS." This stunning remark followed a scathing Inspector General's report that exposed systemic failures and the federal government’s inability to account for 300,000 missing migrant children.

Whether we celebrate New Year’s at a riotous party, a packed outdoor venue, a church, or at home, everyone of us wants to “start the New Year right.” I’d like to share two of my favorite scenes from classic Hollywood movies that can either inspire you as you head out to party or make you smile from the comfort of your sofa. America has changed a lot since my grandparents and their fellow members of the Greatest Generation were young, but some things remain constant: for instance, music, kisses, glitzy outfits, noisy celebrations, and half-drunk party guests on New Year’s...

Star Trek: Deleted Scene - Who Mourns For Adonais? - Lt. Carolyn Palomas Is Pregnant With Apollo's Child. In this deleted scene from Star Trek (The Original Series - TOS), from the episode, "Who Mourns For Adonais?", on the Enterprise bridge, this scene was voiced by the Script Director, with Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) giving facial expressions, as responses. Dr. McCoy says that Lt. Carolyn Palomas is pregnant, with Apollo's child. Captain Kirk responds with, "What?" McCoy continues that he has a question for Spock's computer: Will the child be man or god? This is reminiscent of Genesis, Chapter 6...

A recently leaked proposal from 2018 has cast new light on Dr. Anthony Fauci’s plan to covertly spray “self-spreading” vaccines on large population centers using cutting-edge biotechnology, military-grade drones, and experimental medical research. The document, codenamed DEFUSE, was submitted by Fauci’s EcoHealth Alliance to DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and outlined plans for the deployment of aerosolized immune modulators, chimeric spike proteins, and self-spreading vaccines—over large human populations via drones. The DEFUSE proposal explicitly describes the use of aerosol delivery systems for large-area “inoculation of animals and humans,” raising the alarming possibility that such experiments may have been...

A friend and were laughing about some Muppet characters the other day for just some childhood humor. Who was your favorite? I know mine, but I was curious to see what others thought. Fire away!

A new report confirms that Dr. Jill Biden's feud with Vice President Kamala Harris has continued through the post-election period. The Wall Street Journal chronicled the final months of the Biden presidency in a story Monday, with White House aides describing the general vibe at the White House as 'depressing' and 'draining.' And the misery extends to the top. Since Harris' November 5th election loss, the relationship between President Joe Biden and Dr. Biden and Harris and her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, 'has at times been frosty,' the paper said, 'in private settings.' Sources pointed out that Dr. Biden...

Two top Washington Post reporters have defected from the Jeff Bezos-owned paper as it continues to reel following the billionaire’s decision to kill an endorsement of Kamala Harris. Political correspondents Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer were poached by The Atlantic — owned by Laurene Powell Jobs — and will join the left-leaning magazine ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. Their departures comes on the heels of a report Monday by Puck News that White House correspondent Tyler Pager and investigative reporter Josh Dawsey have been “mulling a transfer or have already decided...

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It was all the rage back in 2020. A chorus of prophetic leaders announced with certainty that Donald Trump would be reelected and serve a second term in the White House, but he did not – at least, not in 2020. Now that he has been reelected, resoundingly at that, does this mean that these prophets were right after all? Certainly not. First, some of the “prophets” (I will let God decide their actual status and calling) said that Trump would serve 8 consecutive years. They were dogmatic and clear and aggressive, even after the 2020 election results were announced....