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On Thursday evening European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen cancelled today's planned signing in Brazil of a trade deal between the European Union and five South American MERCOSEUR countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay). The deal will now be signed next month. It's a deal farmers in Europe see as a direct threat to their livelihood. Several months ago US ranchers bristled when President Donald Trump... French farmers have been protesting the MERCOSEUR trade deal for months with various demonstrations that sometimes include the dumping of manure and trash at government buildings. Protests continued in France this week... Meanwhile...

President Emmanuel Macron in China for a three-day visit a friendly smile and handshake with President Xi Jinping. But underlying the talk of greater cooperation and 'rebalanced trade' between China and France Mr. Macron using the Ukraine War as a launch pad to demand... The drone drama being linked to Russia with various drone sightings over Europe came to France on Thursday evening. Five mini-drones spotted over a French naval base where nuclear missile submarine are based... The afternoon in Paris the "Historic Yellow Vests" gathering a live video stream...

"Daily Mail" reporting on an affair involving Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton... Jeffrey Epstein paid the travel expenses of prominent British Labor Party... "They killed Charlie because he preached patriotism, faith and the merciful love of God...You have no idea what kind of fire you lit"...Erika Kirk... Tucker Carlson told podcaster Megyn Kelly...Kirk opposed War with Iran in the Oval Office... A Houthi missile fired at Israel successfully intercepted... Explosions reported in Odessa, Ukraine... The news leaking out of Israel...Mossad spy agency rejected a ground attack in Qatar... The commander of US Central Command...visiting Syria today... Nearly 200 people killed...

Newsdump Alert: Israeli Offensive Rolls On In Gaza City... In a previous life your host with his three thousand song collection playing it back to... "And then secondly there are those that want instant sex instead of true love The pregnancies of now 13, 14 to 17 year-old girls is now an epidemic. Don't blame the girls blame the boy too. We make it one sided all the time" Dr. Billy Graham... 37 Trillion Dollars In The Hole There Is A "Government Shutdown Deadline" coming up... Dad got a birthday card from me today I picked it up at the...

Newsdump Update: Farage Calls For Mass Deportations Of Illegals In UK... I'm also a recovering 'antisemite' and the thing about that is this: "Antisemites think Jews are the problem" And then there's "feminism" and the thing about that is this: "Feminists think men are the problem" But the deeper truth is this... It's time for a Rush Limbaugh Flashback the "Feminist Update" and here is a famous "Feminist Update" theme... This week folks the network dubbed "PMSNBC" by Rush Limbaugh... And it was on the Rush Limbaugh Show that El Rushbo spoke of the "Undeniable Truth Of Life Number 24"......

In Israel late tonight an attack by Jewish residents on a Palestinian village... Hundreds of illegal immigrants held at the US military base in Guantanamo Bay Cuba returned to the United States... Armenia and Azerbaijan agreeing on the text of a peace treaty... Senate Minority Leader Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York supporting the "Continuing Resolution" to continue to spend money and increase the national debt... A federal judge in California ordering reinstatement of probationary employees... New York's Columbia University expelling and suspending students over protests in support... An Israeli airstrike on a target in northeastern Lebanon... British Prime Minister...

In spite of using Article 49.3 to force through budget legislation Premier Francois Bayrou survived censure motions thanks to the Socialists and National Rally declining to support them. A large faction of... The online trolling of French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife-former teacher Brigitte kept up this week by influencer Candace Owens who separated from the Conservative Media subculture as an alleged Antisemite... the first Mirage 2000 warplanes were delivered to Ukraine... And France's aircraft carrier "Charles De Gaulle" joining US and Japanese carriers in a show of force opposite China... On Friday former French President Nicolas Sarkozy shaking...

Newsdump Update: Saturday Ruling From Federal Judge Against Department Of Government Efficiency... The Democrats want you to believe Elon Musk and his crew are hackers stealing from your bank accounts... Welcome to this week's attempt at media excellence your currently sober drunk host "Margaritaville" was a song that grew on me never really liked it but once I got... Nelson Mandela released from prison in South Africa February 11th, 1990 with Winnie Mandela offering up a Communist clenched fist salute... Netanyahu a 'war criminal' wanted by the International Criminal Court his prosecution backed by South Africa both the court and...

Director of the National Archives Colleen Shogan fired... Ukrainian drone attacks in the Rostov Region of Russia... President Trump signing an order freezing us aid programs in South Africa... Democrat Attorney Generals from 19 states suing... Next week three aircraft carriers leading a major naval exercise in the Western Pacific... a 7.4-billion-dollar arms sale to Israel... British government demanding Apple allow it to spy... The missing plane in Alaska found... President Trump expecting to meet Ukraine's President...next week... President Trump meeting with Japanese Prime Minister... A Second Amendment Executive Order from President Trump... A US judge with what he's calling...

A Louisiana grand jury indicting a doctor in New York...abortion pills to a minor... US Treasury Department a career official resigning... The new US Department of Government Efficiency... The US Department of Justice firing federal prosecutors...January 6th cases... FBI agents who worked on the January 6th probe and...against President Donald Trump fired... Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China set to take effect tomorrow... The Dutch Data Protection Authority warning about the "DeepSeek"... A Lear Jet 55 Air Ambulance crashed in Philadelphia... In Belgium five political parties...new government... US Envoy Richard Grenell in Venezuela demanding cooperation on deportations and getting some...

A farewell address from Joe Biden...saying the United States should lead...development of Artificial Intelligence... Late tonight Israeli air and ground attacks in northern Gaza... Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office with a late-night statement...claiming Hamas is trying to back away... Political tensions evident in Canada...meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other provincial leaders...how to respond to President-Elect Donald Trump... Disruption of internet service in some parts of Russia... The annual rate of inflation in Russia now pegged at 9.86 percent... A ceasefire hostage deal agreed to by Israel and Hamas. This is confirmed by... Members of Syria's new security forces...

"We are the United States of America, the best country people ever to exist, but right now we are terminally ill and headed towards collapse" That's from the writings of US Army Master Sergeant Matthew Livelsberger... At least 13 dead and 30 others hurt after a bus plunged into a ravine in Colombia... The United States imposing sanctions on a Chinese cybersecurity company... Four Ukrainian drones destroyed over Russia's Bryansk Region... Israel attacking targets in Syria tonight near the port city of Latakia... The Biden Administration informally notifying Congress of a plan to sell Israel eight billion dollars.. Chinese car...

This week many of the same old names and faces as New Prime Minister Francois Bayrou announced his cabinet Monday. Emmanuel Macron loyalists Sebastien Lecornu and Stephane Sejourne remaining in place as Defense and Foreign ministers... In another sign of declining French influence in Africa Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko announcing the closure of foreign military bases 'in the very near future'. This would mean an end to the French military presence in Senegal. French military forces in recent years kicked out of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger just days ago leaving a based in Chad... As far as protests...

It's December and seems the right time to play music related to Christmas back in the 1970's Boney M... "I'm praying for you China" Those lyrics in that song wow! We were all praying for China when it opened up opening up opportunities for evangelism in my youth. Well, the situation with China today is... It seems to me listening to folks like Gordon Chang a decade before COVID that China was in the crosshairs to become 'the enemy'... COVID was more than its 'origin' it was lockdowns, masks and vaccines... As I reflect on March of 2020 I was...

Since his election, President-Elect Donald Trump has worked quickly to assemble a first-rate cabinet that will disrupt the “Deep State” and bring much needed change to our federal government. Unfortunately, we must wait until January 20, 2025, for his inauguration. Until then, the entire world is in danger of being plunged into a nuclear war, compliments of President Joe Biden and the team of warmongers controlling him. Last week, it was announced that Biden had given Ukraine approval to use long range American missiles, MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile Systems, to strike deep inside Russia. After the decision was announced, Ukraine...

French President Emmanuel Macron joined other world leaders in holding phone conversations with US President-Elect Donald Trump on Wednesday. Macron said to have stressed the role of Europe... "I am a candidate for the presidential election:" Marine Le Pen making the point to judges at her trial in Paris on Thursday. The frontrunner in polling for the 2027 Presidential Election being put on trial for alleged misuse of funds at the European Parliament... A small group of protesters on the streets a banner fronting the protest. Left-wing rhetoric and even a yellow flag with the "peace sign"...

In Amsterdam attacks on Israeli fans after a soccer match involving a visiting Israeli team... The US Federal Reserve Board lowering the key interest rate .25 percent... In Israel completion of the cabinet shuffle with "Right" politician Gideon Sa'ar becoming Foreign Minister... In Argentina three people charged...death of One Direction singer Liam Payne... President-Elect Donald Trump appointing campaign manager Susie Wiles as his Chief of Staff... Six US Senators including Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina want the International Criminal Court to delay any arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister... US politics the Associated Press projected Elissa Slotkin Democrat winner...

The Ukraine War leading to the cut off of natural gas supplies from Russia forcing France and other European countries to look in different directions including liquefied natural gas from the USA. Perhaps the real reason for the conflict in Ukraine because cutting off energy supplies from Russia has a benefit for the US energy industry. In the interests of trying to build France and Europe as an economic alternative to the United States and China and or be less energy dependent on the US President Emmanuel Macron has moved to establish closer relations with its former colony Morocco in...

Washington State Governor Jay Inslee activating the National Guard... air raid alert early Saturday morning in Kiev... Tensions in Bolivia...former Leftist President Evo Morales and current President... 11 wounded when a rocket struck a home late tonight... Legal filings about abuse at the US Coast Guard Academy from 22 former cadets... Israeli attack...in Gaza...five reported dead... The British Anti-Islamization Activist Tommy Robinson moved...Belmarsh Prison...Woodhill Prison... US intelligence community getting involved in the US election saying that a video... US military adjusting its presence in the Middle East... In Israel suspects have been arrested...connection leaking of documents...Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office......

Barbra Streisand sings "Avinu Malkeinu" which translated from Hebrew is "Our Father, Our King" a song associated with these Jewish Holy Days from Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kippur that we now find ourselves in. It's a song of repentance which is my theme... How about a Pro-Life Update this song Number One when Abortion on Demand... This repentant sinner as Pro-Life as he ever was admitting his pride, vanity and his lust can end up having Anti-Life consequences. A Recovering Luster and a Recovering Politician the game in politics is to be saying what a majority of people are believing...