ON OCTOBER 3, 1863, ABRAHAM LINCOLN PROCLAIMED THANKSGIVING A NATIONAL HOLIDAY
In doing so, he explained,
"In the midst of civil war of unequal magnitude and severity ... peace has been preserved with all nations ... and harmony has prevailed everywhere." He declared that the last Thursday of November shall become a day of "Thanksgiving and Praise."
WE CELEBRATE HIS SPIRIT
AND WISH YOU A SAFE AND MEMORABLE HOLIDAY.
Far left indoctrination in schools a frightening reality parents must combat
By State Rep. Adam Niemerg -
The term “Critical Race Theory” continues to make headlines across the nation as parents increasingly are confronting school boards concerned about the kind of curriculum being used in their kids’ schools.
At first, we were told the concerns over critical race theory were overblown. After all, what is wrong with having a frank discussion on race relations throughout our nation’s history? But as parents dug deeper, they realized there was much more to this than merely putting history under a microscope.
When the tactic of minimizing critical race theory did not work, woke activists landed on a new argument – namely that there is no such thing as critical race theory. They point to the fact there is no class in schools called “Critical Race Theory,” and so all of the furor about it must just be a right-wing talking point. Right?
By John F. Di Leo -
Thoughts on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve…
Americans have always been encouraged to be savers.
This isn’t just a recent thing, from the do-it-yourself investment gurus of the late 20th century. It goes back to our very beginnings as a people: When Benjamin Franklin used various versions of the saying, “A penny saved is a penny earned” in Poor Richard’s Almanac in the mid-18th century, the concept was already a century old.
One of our first political arguments as a nation under the Constitution was on the question of how best to incorporate and utilize banks; our Founding Fathers knew that if our nation was to succeed, it would need to learn how to save, to invest, to capitalize.
We also learned – early on – that saving isn’t just about money. Even in Colonial times, you would harvest your crops in the fall, then save them throughout the year to come, until the next harvest. You preserve pork or fish with salt, so that you can eat for weeks or months without slaughtering animals every day.
Progressive organizations seek to standardize attitudes, language, and thought. Jacob Howland writes:
Another day, another retraction of a scientific paper for violating the code of diversity. On November 1, astronomer John Kormendy withdrew an article from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), after a preprint version that he had just posted on the web drew sharp criticism for threatening the conduct of “inclusive” science. Three days later, the preprint version was scrubbed as well (though a PDF can still be found here.) The paper had passed the journal’s three-person peer-review system and was awaiting publication. Kormendy’s forthcoming book on the same topic had also passed peer review and had been printed for distribution. Now distribution of the book has been put on hold, likely permanently.
After World War II, Chicago’s population boomed thanks in part to the large migration of black Americans from the South to the Windy City. Now they are leaving. Chicago's black population dropped by about 10% from the 2010 to the 2020 census, driven by crime and a lack of economic opportunity in the city that was once a magnet for upwardly mobile Black families.
"A city that once drew tens of thousands of southern Black residents and once held the nation’s second largest Black population seems to have lost its attraction for Black folks, who continue to leave. Chicago’s Black population dropped to 787,551 in 2020, its lowest total since the mid-1950s," reports the Chicago Tribune.
Donald Trump had it right when he used to say to minority residents of inner cities: vote for me, what have you got to lose? So sad. Democrats are destroying our great cities.
More HERE
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Association of School Boards voted Thursday to end its membership with the National School Boards Association after the national group sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking for federal intervention to investigate unruly parents who protest at local meetings.
"The decision follows previous attempts by IASB to initiate changes to the governance structure, transparency, and financial oversight of the national association," a news release from IASB says. "IASB suspended payment of dues to NSBA for 2021-2022 but continued to work to try to bring about needed changes."
To date, 26 state school boards associations have distanced themselves from the national association over the controversial letter. Of them, thirteen discontinued membership or stopped paying dues to it.
By Randy Rossi -
Every week I check the Covid death rates of Sweden and Michigan. Why? Because they both have a population of 10 million people and they have done the exact opposite of each other on how they react to Covid. The results are absolutely shocking and this should be front page news across the planet. First, let me share the key issues between Sweden and Michigan:
Government policies are causing jobs to go unfilled. Containers await trucks, drivers.
Supply chain disruptions are easing, but shipping executives are still projecting long-lasting logjams at the nation’s ports.
The supply chain was disrupted initially when workers were sent home in large numbers as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Workers have been slow to return to the docks and plants.
The supply chain traffic jam continues to be felt, with dozens of ships packed with consumer goods still stuck at the ports.
Major retailers such as Amazon, Home Depot, and Walmart account for nearly 25 percent of all goods arriving at U.S. West Coast ports. Consumers may not find orders for gifts filled by Christmas, the retailers are warning.
Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen said in a tweet the supply chain problem is a “traffic jam” with ports at a standstill and truck drivers stuck in the middle of the mess.
More HERE
Environmental and antibusiness regulations in the deep blue state are backing up port traffic. Joel Kotkin writes:
Here's a dirty secret: Great nations rest on a great common culture. I say it's a secret because it's become almost taboo to discuss this historic fact; progressives across the globe have turned decisively against national legacies, and it's progressives who by and large dictate mainstream culture. But if the Democratic Party wants to avoid further electoral disasters like those in Virginia, Long Island and elsewhere, it would do well to relearn the obvious truth that a common culture that binds us is not only good and necessary, but popular.
Continue reading "America Is Built on a Great Culture. Progressives Want to Abandon It" »
Unless you’ve been living under the world’s biggest rock over the past six months, you know that the United States is experiencing unprecedented inflation.
The consumer price index (CPI), the most popular index measuring inflation, shows the price of consumer products and services jumped 6.2 percent from October 2020 to October 2021 — the fastest 12-month increase in nearly 31 years.
CPI data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveal that virtually every aspect of the U.S. economy has been impacted by the inflation. The price of milk has increased 17 percent. Egg prices have risen 42 percent. Energy service prices have increased more than 11 percent.
But as bad as the widely reported CPI inflation figures are, a closer evaluation of key industries reveals that for millions of families, especially those seeking to purchase higher-priced items such as a car or home, inflation is having an even worse impact than the CPI’s topline figures show.
More HERE
By Randy Rossi -
The Kyle Rittenhouse trial was a critical test for America to see if we still have the courage to support the rule of law, our Constitution, our 2nd Amendment, and our God given right to defend ourselves. Anybody who actually watched the trial and saw the hard facts could see that Kyle Rittenhouse was attacked by 3 criminals that put his life in severe danger. All three of those attackers were convicted criminals including one who was convicted of several charges of sexual assault on children. The surviving attacker admitted under oath that Rittenhouse did not point his gun at him until he pointed his pistol at Rittenhouse putting his life in danger. Only then did Rittenhouse shoot him. The other two attackers threatened to kill him and either tried to take his gun away or hit him in the head and neck with a skateboard which could have killed Rittenhouse. There could not have been a clearer example of the right to defend oneself.
”A huge, swirling pile of trash in the Pacific Ocean is growing faster than expected and is now three times the size of France. According to a three-year study published in Scientific Reports Friday, the mass known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is about 1.6 million square kilometers in size – up to 16 times bigger than previous estimates. That makes it more than double the size of Texas.” CNN – March 23, 2018.
Of all the fabricated narratives about the environment, this one takes the cake. Yes, there is plastic in the oceans, mostly discarded fishing gear, but there is no island of plastic waste twice the size of Texas in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Because the average person cannot see the middle of the Pacific for themselves sensationalist activists, media, and politicians just make this up. In fact, plastic in the oceans is doing far more good than harm. Allow me to explain this bold assertion.
More HERE
The border crisis in Poland has serious, global implications. Christian Mysliwiec writes:
Thousands of illegal immigrants are attempting to enter Poland from Belarus, with violent clashes with border guards breaking out on Tuesday.
To help understand what is happening at the Poland-Belarus border, The Daily Signal spoke with Alexis Mrachek, a research associate focusing on Russia and Eurasia at The Heritage Foundation.
The Daily Signal: We are receiving reports of thousands of migrants attempting to illegally enter Poland from Belarus, apparently for several months now. Who are these illegal immigrants and where are they coming from?
Continue reading "Here’s What You Need to Know About the Border Crisis in Poland" »
By Star Parker -
In a new USA Today/Suffolk University poll, President Joe Biden’s approval is down to 38%. Which looks pretty good compared to Vice President Kamala Harris, whose approval now stands at 28%.
Democrats have just been reprimanded by voters, with the upset victory of Republican candidate and political novice Glenn Youngkin in the governor’s race in Virginia, an almost upset victory in New Jersey by Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli, who came within 2% of the vote of winning, and revolts in school board elections nationwide, pushing back against critical race theory and COVID-19 government interventions.
It’s not rocket science that Biden and his party have lost touch with the voters who elected them. Large percentages of these Democrats did not vote for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the “squad.” And they are unhappy with Biden’s capitulation to the far-left elements of his party.
More HERE
By Ben Shapiro -
According to the media, Kyle Rittenhouse was a white supremacist. According to the media, Kyle Rittenhouse was an active shooter. According to the media, Kyle Rittenhouse was a murderer.
In reality, he was none of these.
Kyle Rittenhouse was a 17-year-old young man who went to Kenosha, Wisconsin, in order to protect businesses and administer medical aid to those who needed it. He was chased down by Joseph Rosenbaum, a 36-year-old convicted child molester; he shot Rosenbaum when Rosenbaum grabbed for his gun. He was then chased down by Anthony Huber, 26, a man convicted of two felony counts of strangulation and suffering after pulling a knife on his brother and grandmother and choking his brother; Rittenhouse shot Huber when Huber tried to slam his skateboard into Rittenhouse’s head. Finally, Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, a member of a radical Antifa offshoot, approached Rittenhouse with a pistol in his hand; Rittenhouse shot him in the biceps.
All of this was on tape. It was verified by witness testimony and physical evidence.
Yet Rittenhouse was brought to trial anyway
More HERE
By Nancy Thorner -
Publius Huldah, a Phyllis Schlafly Eagle friend of Nancy Thorner, explains in her recent video how the push for an Article V Convention is the most vicious bait and switch con game of all times.
As Publius Huldah notes: "Convention supporters promise that at a convention, we will get amendments to "rein in" the powers and jurisdiction of the federal gov't. But the real purpose of a convention is to impose a new Constitution."
Continue reading "Thorner: Why It's Insane to Ask Congress to Call an Article V Convention?" »
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(The Center Square) – With the federal infrastructure bill set to send Illinois at least $17 billion for roads, bridges and transit projects, Illinoisans can expect to pay more for less.
The Reason Foundation’s 26th annual Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness report is out and Illinois has dropped 12 spots in the past five years to 40th overall.
Researcher Baruch Feigenbaum said Illinois does well in low fatality rates, but it’s a mixed bag for spending. Pavement conditions are toward the bottom as is congestion in urban settings.
“Not the worst in any one category, certainly not the best in any one category, but trending average to below average for most of the categories which explains the ranking of 40th,” Feigenbaum said.
There are 13 categories overall each state is scored on.
Illinois taxpayers spend $123,500 per state-controlled mile of highway, ranking 39th for total spending per mile.
More HERE
Ironically, Democrats and the political left spent four years accusing Donald Trump of ignoring the Constitution, emasculating the legislative branch, and imposing totalitarian fascism through the executive branch.
The Biden administration’s attempt to force Americans to be injected with a COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of holding a job is unethical, unlawful and exemplifies the totalitarian destruction of our constitutional democracy the political left claimed Donald Trump would engage in if given the chance.
Central to our constitutional democracy is the notion that federal powers are diversified and separated among three roughly coequal branches. Congress alone has the right to make laws, while the president heads the executive branch that enforces the laws Congress passes.
In our constitutional democracy, laws forcing people to get injected with COVID-19 vaccines must – if they can be lawfully implemented at all – be passed by state legislatures, not imposed by a dictatorial president or state governors.
More HERE
By John F. Di Leo -
Introduction: Imagine, if you will, an alternate universe in which a confused old man - Joe Buckstop - stumbles into the presidency, and spends his entire term in his basement. Each evening, an aide walks downstairs and serves him his evening snack, and engages him in conversation about current events, in a losing effort to keep the old man's mind somewhat sound. Tonight's episode is an excerpt from the ongoing series, "Evening Soup with Basement Joe," by John F. Di Leo, a fictional chronicle of the events of 2021, a political satire available in paperback or eBook from Amazon.
"Good evening, sir... may I come in?"
"Who wants to know?"
"Jackson Van Buren, sir."
"Who's that?"
"I have your ice cream, sir."
"Come on, man! How dare you take my ice cream!"
"I didn't TAKE it, sir. Your cook asked me to bring it down for her, sir. Remember how this works, sir?"
"No. Should I?"
Continue reading "Di Leo: Sundae Time with Basement Joe - Finding that Old Sugar Buzz" »
By Nancy Thorner -
Now that the infrastructure bill has cleared Congress and was signed by President Biden on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, the House of Representatives is expected to soon vote on Biden’s Anti-family Budget Buster (as described by the FRC headed by Tony Perkins) as early as this week.
According to the Leader of the House Majority Steny Hoyer, a vote on the Biden administration's $1.75T “Build Back Better” social spending bill would take place on Friday, November 19, 2021 at the latest.
H.R. 5376 would most certainly pass the House, but the fate of the bill is far less certain in the Senate, because all Democrat Senators need to support the bill if they want it to pass via simple majority using the budget reconciliation process.
Senate Democrat Joe Manchin is reportedly skeptical about the timing of the bill after he publicly expressed grave concern about the build-up of inflationary pressures in the US economy after last week's higher than expected inflation figures. Reports last week suggested he may favor withholding his support for the bill until 2022, when he hopes the inflation situation will have improved.
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