…is an ocean that will soon rise up and swamp all the land, creating Waterworld, you might just be a Warmist
Instead of a blog of the day today, I’m going to thank all you who come here and comment, and those who link up, the stars of the day. Hope you Christmas is wonderful and joyful.
Read: If All You See… »
Every Christmas, once everyone is up, Christmas greetings were made, hugs were exchanged, the presents were opened, and breakfast was being made, I would read this first in the paper (ye olde parental units get an actual paper, and they live in NJ). It is a Christmas classic that has always touched my soul. While some people outside of the Tri-State area have heard of it, rarely do papers outside of the NY-NJ-Conn area see it in print, and I always direct them to read it online. I humbly bring it to you, and hope it touches you as much as it touches me:
Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
Editorial Page, New York Sun, 1897
We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun:
I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, “If you see it in The Sun, it’s so.†Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?
Virginia O’HanlonVirginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a sceptical age. They do not believe except what they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The external light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies. You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.
You tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart. Only faith, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Claus? Thank God he lives and lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay 10 times 10,000 years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!
And a Merry Christmas from deep down in my heart to all my friends and visitors out there.
If you would like to know the background on the letter, you can go to the 2004 posting of this.
Merry Christmas, Everyone!
Warmists just being unhinged Warmists, as Common Dreams’ Kate Sheppard loses her mind
The Real War on Christmas: Climate Change
Every year we hear about some new front in the “War on Christmasâ€Â that liberals are supposedly waging against this most important of all Christian holidays. But an actual war on Christmas is coming—and it’s spurred by climate change. It’s a liberal conspiracy!
The summer drought caused many Christmas holiday tree seedlings in Tennessee to die this year, The Tennessean reports:
And, obviously, that drought is your fault for refusing to hand wash and line dry your clothes
The Department of Agriculture notes that this won’t really affect the trees people are buying this Christmas, since it takes trees six to seven years to get to an average height for holiday festivity status. But it will likely have an impact in a few years, when we’re all fighting over a few statuesque firs or stuffing presents under some puny Charlie Brown pine.
Read: The Real War On Christmas Is Climate Change Or Somethig »
…are reindeer which will soon no longer know what snow looks like, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Climate Change Dispatch, with a post on a Canadian govt website claiming Santa will have to move to the South Pole.
Read: If All You See… »
Happy Sunday! Another great day in America. The holiday feeling is in the air, some are getting snow, and it’s just a day before Christmas. I’m not sure who did this pinup. Some say an artist called Long Shot, seen about 3 other names. Added a bit too it, obviously.
What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15
As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page. While we are on pinups, since it is that time of year, have you gotten your “Pinups for Vets†calendar yet? And don’t forget to check out what I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts and things that interest me
Don’t forget to check out all the other great material all the linked blogs have!
Anyone else have a link or hotty-fest going on? Let me know so I can add you to the list.
Read: Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup »
Back in 2016, the NY Times mad a big change to their use of anonymous sources policies. They have to be bigly approved by high ranking editors for things where the primary news element is based on anonymous sources. I guess Dean Baquet, Matt Purdy, and Phil Corbett are rather busy, because it seems that everything is based on anonymous sources, which gives readers absolutely no ability to verify the veracity of the story. But, for the Times, this matters little, because this is about a Narrative
Stoking Fears, Trump Defied Bureaucracy to Advance Immigration Agenda
Late to his own meeting and waving a sheet of numbers, President Trump stormed into the Oval Office one day in June, plainly enraged.
Five months before, Mr. Trump had dispatched federal officers to the nation’s airports to stop travelers from several Muslim countries from entering the United States in a dramatic demonstration of how he would deliver on his campaign promise to fortify the nation’s borders.
But so many foreigners had flooded into the country since January, he vented to his national security team, that it was making a mockery of his pledge. Friends were calling to say he looked like a fool, Mr. Trump said.
According to six officials who attended or were briefed about the meeting, Mr. Trump then began reading aloud from the document, which his domestic policy adviser, Stephen Miller, had given him just before the meeting. The document listed how many immigrants had received visas to enter the United States in 2017.
More than 2,500 were from Afghanistan, a terrorist haven, the president complained.
Haiti had sent 15,000 people. They “all have AIDS,†he grumbled, according to one person who attended the meeting and another person who was briefed about it by a different person who was there.
Wait, wait, one of the sources was someone who wasn’t even there? But heard gossip from someone who supposedly was? Is this a high school gossip circle? That’s a damn big allegation to be using a source that is a direct quote, for which the Times rules say they should be rarely used, “only when pivotal.”
Forty thousand had come from Nigeria, Mr. Trump added. Once they had seen the United States, they would never “go back to their huts†in Africa, recalled the two officials, who asked for anonymity to discuss a sensitive conversation in the Oval Office.
In fact, there is not one named person from that meeting who can back up any of these assertions. There is no one who can provide verification. This is about as shoddy of journalism as it can get. But, this is the era of Trump Derangement Syndrome, where everything is meant to be Trump Is Bad, the reverse of what they did during Obama’s years.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, denied on Saturday morning that Mr. Trump had made derogatory statements about immigrants during the meeting.
It’s up to the NY Times and the outlets who ran with the Times’ story to prove that it’s true.
The rest of the article is meant to portray had mean Trump has been to legal and illegal immigrants. Oh, and it’s strange that the Times hasn’t really covered Trump obliterating ISIS (with some help, of course) as an organized group
Thank God for the President's leadership in fight to defeat ISIS https://t.co/zsewP7cIuc
— Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived (@PressSec45) December 24, 2017
Crossed at Right Wing News.
Read: NY Times: Utterly Anonymous People Claim Trump Freaked Out About Immigrants »
It’s great how she talks up illegals while denigrating legal citizens, and especially those who came to this country the right way and went through the process to become citizens
(Breitbart) Illegal migrants “embody the best of our nation,†says the leader of the Democrats in the House of Representatives, Rep. Nancy Pelosi.
The flattery for migrants came December 21 as Pelosi urged the House Committee on Rules to include an amnesty for 3.25 million ‘dreamer’ illegals in the two-week budget resolution. According to Politico:
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi urged the committee to add an amendment to the short-term spending bill that would attach the bipartisan DREAM Act, H.R. 3440 (115). Pelosi said Congress had a “duty and obligation†to protect undocumented immigrants …
“They embody the best of our nation: patriotism, hard work, perseverance,†Pelosi said of DREAMers. She added that Congress shouldn’t “leave them to celebrate the holidays in fear, watching their DACA protection expire.â€
The best of our nation: coming illegally, demanding we do what they want, refusing to assimilate, requiring we give them stuff. At least, in Democrat World, that’s what they think is the best.
The migrants’ skill level is very low, according to education tests. For example, the college-graduate rate for the ‘dreamer’ illegals is roughly one-tenth the college graduation rate for Americans.
Relatively few of the migrants speak English. The Center for Immigration Studies estimates that “perhaps 24 percent of the DACA-eligible population fall into the functionally illiterate category and another 46 percent have only ‘basic’ English ability.â€
With few skills, many of the migrants choose to accept economic transfers from Americans’ welfare programs.
Many of the ‘dreamers’ who got DACA work permits from former President Barack Obama have already committed crimes.
Yup, definitely the best, Nancy!
Read: Pelosi: Illegal Aliens Are The Best Of Us Or Something »
Valerie Blake, writing for the Washington Blade, “America’s LGBT news source”, gives the story of Jesus an update
The fourth Wise Man: a fractured Christmas story
Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa, or my personal favorite, Date Nut Bread Day (it’s today!), traditions abound during the holiday season.
Most traditions involve the gathering of family and friends at someone’s home and the consumption of mass quantities of food and, often, drink – sort of like a football game with religious overtones.
As a child, my Nana and I used to play a game of Who Can Tell the Biggest Lie and it’s in the spirit of that game and in remembrance of my late Nana (and not to offend anyone) that I tell you the story of The Fourth Wise Man as it was loosely told to me many years ago.
Once upon a time Mary and her husband, Joseph, were directed to return to their ancestral home to register for the Tax Cut and Jobs Act. Mary was pregnant and the idea of getting their $1,400 refundable child tax credit from Marco Rubio was enticing.
The couple booked a flight to Bethlehem out of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, but as luck would have it, they were stranded there for two days due to power outages and lost their hotel reservations.
Interestingly, Valerie does make an interesting point about consumerism, over-sharing on social media, and missing the point of Christmas, and, it’s actually worth the read. But, hey, I cover a certain subject a lot, and, what’s the deal with the fourth Wise Man, whose name is Fred?
In Bethlehem, the wise guys presented their gifts to Baby Jesus.
“I offer you this photo of gold,†said Balthazar. “You can visit the real stuff at Fort Knox. Just call Steven Mnuchin so you can use his plane.â€
“I offer you frankincense,†said Melchior. The baby sneezed.
“I offer you myrrh,†said Gaspar. Mary rolled her eyes at Joseph and whispered, “WTF is myrrh?â€
“I’ve got this, guys,†said Fred. “I offer Baby Jesus a tuition-free, science-based college education so he can study ways to combat climate change, save the world and bring us peace on Earth.â€
Still, most of this is amusing.
…is a horrible sports stadium, made evil because people drive lots of fossil fueled vehicles to it, you may be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Flopping Aces, with a post noting that Obama was a roadblock to recovery.
Read: If All You See… »
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