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Toys of Christmas Past
By “No one ever forgets a toy that made him or her supremely happy as a child, even if that toy is replaced by one like it that is much nicer.” — Stephen King
“‘Tis the season,” so they say, so now I offer up something light, silly, and hopefully a little fun. Because I am Mr. Fun! All my friends say so, right? Right? (Nobody here except us crickets, man.) Ahem. Well, be that as it may, I got caught up in a conversation the other day about the toys we had as kids. Sure, it’s not an uncommon conversation, but whenever they start, it quickly evokes the same feelings of competitive envy I had when I was nine, when everyone would go back to school and compare notes on who got what for Christmas.
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Before the Holidays Get Away From You . . .
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Every year at the beginning of January, we all complain to each other about how fast the holidays went by. Especially for those of us who are older, the universe seems to slam on the gas pedal and we hold on for dear life. Parties, gift shopping, baking cookies, decorating: doing all the requisite tasks […]
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I can’t come here and be storn at…
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… by Theresa May. So this is to push that image down the page…because I’m eating. More
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Can she be stopped???
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Death Waits
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I work at a funeral home. It can be sad, but I find it more rewarding than anything else. It’s a privilege to be able to serve your fellow men and women in their deepest time of need. Usually, the funerals aren’t so bad. Someone’s 90-year-old mother finally succumbed to time’s suffocating grasp, perhaps. Sad, […]
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Recommended by R> Members Judge Jonathan A. Kobes Confirmed to 8th Circuit
In spite of lame duck Arizona Senator Jeff Flake, President Donald Trump has confirmed his 30th new circuit court judge. More
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Criticism Of Epigenetics
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A psychotherapist that did me a lot of good was a big believer in this. Basically a stressful environment or not can change the gene pool of the next-generation positively or negatively. It makes circumstantial sense for my situation. More
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Recommended by R> Members Trump, Pelosi, Schumer Debate in Public
Ignoring the content for a moment of this video, I just want to say: I love this. I love that this exchange took place in front of the American people. Pelosi wanted to shut down the disagreement, to go behind closed doors, cut some sort of deal, decide how to couch it to the American people, and claim they got agreement on something. I love it.
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QOTD, December 12: The Glory of My Friends
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William Butler Yeats isn’t my favorite poet, but he often does, as in this case, speak my heart. Politically, he doesn’t reflect my views at all. Emotionally though, I can often understand where he’s coming from. His personal life was a hot mess too, and boy howdy, I can relate to that as well. More
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This Is Why I have a Low Opinion of the FBI Reason # 1547 part B
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“How did Steele’s dossier get to the FBI? Comey plumb didn’t know! Did the FBI confirm his information? Comey couldn’t remember. Had he studied, before signing, the Carter Page warrant application that gave the FBI the power to rifle through Page’s life, both past and present? Nope; Comey didn’t think that necessary, though he did […]
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Cactus (fiction)
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The thin green smell of the boiling cactus is strong within the hut. Its moisture coats the walls and ceiling. Its smell mixes with the clean aroma of the bamboo walls, the long-dried and toasted scent of the cogon grass roof and the earthy odor of the rich dirt floor. The dark hut feels ready. […]
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Conservative MPs to Hold a Vote of No Confidence in Theresa May…
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This morning Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the Conservative Party’s backbench 1922 committee, announced that he had received 48 letters calling for a vote of no confidence in their leader. There will now be a ballot held at 18:00 this evening, or 13:00 EST, with the result to be declared some time after 20:00 (15:00 EST). […]
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Just Wondering…
By I was picking up some chicken to cook for dinner tonight, and I had a thought…I wonder if PETA people have gotten jobs at meat processing plants so that they can contaminate it secretly? There have been sooo many warnings to not eat this or that or the other thing–not just the lettuce mess, but […]
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Recommended by R> Members Veneration: The Practicing Jew
They live their lives by a sacred code; it isn’t secret, but few people actually know its inner sanctum. Life entails a commitment to 
consciousness, discipline and faith, and because of the lure of everyday secular life, many fall away, believing they are not up to the task or are unwilling to comply with the demands. Those who remain are deeply committed to living virtuous lives, to raising loving and principled children, and to following the Law.
They are practicing or Orthodox Jews who embrace Torah, love G-d and revere acts of kindness. I have witnessed these three qualities among my practicing Jewish friends, and I venerate them for the life choices they have made.
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A House Built on Sand
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The Vatican broke with tradition this year and had a manger scene built entirely out of sand. It is reported that the sand sculpture took 720 tons of sand from a nearby town called Jesolo, a popular beach resort in Venice, for the project. I didn’t know the sinking Venice could spare any sand. The […]
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Recommended by R> Members The Desecration of a Cathedral in Vienna
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Let me say at the outset that raising money to battle the scourge of AIDS is a good thing. Doing so by putting on a satanic celebration in a consecrated Catholic cathedral is horrific. Sadly, or shockingly, that’s what Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, in his wisdom, permitted in St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna a few days ago. As Tradition In Action reports:
MoreA man stands on top of the altar rail of St. Stephen’s Cathedral with an open camo-jacket showing his belly and holding a bottle of beer. He walks like a drunk, he sings like a lunatic, he acts like one possessed. On the same rail are skulls, candles and jars, giving the impression of a satanic orgy. During his performance other macabre and delirious-looking actors and actresses enter the scene. Then, devils appear onstage and flaunt their seductive cajoleries.
Recommended by R> Members The White Sea-Baltic Canal
By To add to the prior posts on Solzhenitsyn, this passage from The Gulag Archipelago remains the most vivid in my memory 40-plus years after reading.
The Gulag Archipelago is not dry history, instead brimming with passion, anger, contempt, caustic wit and acerbic asides. The accretion of detail on person after person, on trial after trial, on lawless and arbitrary decrees, and on the squalid dehumanizing world of the camps is relentless and overwhelming, and the translation by Thomas P. Whitney captures it all.
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Recommended by R> Members Quote of the Day: Solzhenitsyn on Freedom
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“You only have power over people so long as you don’t take everything away from them. But when you’ve robbed a man of everything, he’s no longer in your power – he’s free again.” – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
As others on Ricochet have noted, today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. As it is my turn to provide a quote of the day, I thought it appropriate to draw on his fund of wisdom for today’s quote.
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Jerome Corsi On Mainstream Media discusses Mueller case
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Jerome Corsi discusses his situation with Mueller – why he wouldn’t take a plea deal: More
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