Open Thread – December 2024

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  1. Esme says:
    December 1, 2024 at 7:57 am

    This is so good is probably worthy of a reprise for the first day of Advent: The Little Drummer Boy 🙂


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  2. mh says:
    December 1, 2024 at 11:38 am

    Dan Bilzerian
    @DanBilzerian

    I just want to clear up some confusion on my current antisemite of the year race.

    @Byoussef is disqualified as he’s probably the only real Semite on the list.

    @RealCandaceO said Frankists.

    If @NickJFuentes was on the list, I would have to concede out of respect as he OG of this.

    Given my competition @jakeshieldsajj and @GretaThunberg are the only contenders.

    I’ve pissed off more jews than Jake and Greta combined so, the victor is clear.

    I will be the antisemite of the year.

    9:27 AM · Nov 26, 2024 · 1.9M Views


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  3. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 1, 2024 at 7:32 pm

    I’ll have to work out how to use these, kaysee – I was reading from the old-fashioned paper copy!

    Esme, here’s one site that works sometimes. Will explain more….another day.

    kaysee – on reflection, a little further on your “relationship advice” question (noting that we don’t know the couple, and aren’t relationship counsellors or psychologists, if those credentials matter )

    I have some thoughts based on the info provided by the woman. I’ll write a comment on that….. but not today.


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  4. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 1, 2024 at 7:43 pm

    Australia has become the first country in the world to ban social media for children under 16 after the Albanese government’s legislation passed the Senate late last night.

    Was the real purpose intended to help children? Shouldn’t it be left to parents to monitor and restrict social media usage?

    Uniparty-1

    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in response to the Senate passing the ‘Social Media Minimum Age’ bill into law:

    Uniparty-2

    Opposition Leader Peter Dutton in response to the successful passage of the ‘Social Media Minimum Age’ bill

    The real reason is about Digital ID which both these leaders support.

    Malcolm Roberts

    Senator Malcolm Roberts EXPOSES how the Coalition-Labor Government is using sneaky terminology to eventually force everyone in Australia to sign up to a Digital ID.


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  5. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 1, 2024 at 8:32 pm

    The Swamp and the Cult

    The Swamp
    Lowkey EXPOSES Donald Trump

    “Donald Trump has assembled the most pro-Israel cabinet in the history of the United States, I’ve investigated his funders and it all makes sense”

    The Cult


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  6. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 1, 2024 at 8:45 pm

    Aluminum Pie Pans

    Jeffrey Tucker asks a question.

    My question is: what are the aluminum pie pans of our times, daily life rituals cultivated from within and as a result of the trauma we’ve all been through? What kind of seemingly crazy behaviors will we all practice unto death that the next generation will find irrational and anachronistic?


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  7. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 1, 2024 at 9:01 pm

    🎕 ┈┈┈┈ 🎕 ┈┈┈┈ 🎕

    👼 Advent: First Sunday 👼

    The First Candle

    .

    Gabriel’s Message

    Also known as “The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came”, this traditional hymn speaks of Gabriel’s message to mother Mary, and Mary’s acceptance of God’s will to give birth to our Saviour, Jesus Christ.


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  8. mh says:
    December 1, 2024 at 9:36 pm

    Good episode

    INTEL Roundtable w/ Johnson & McGovern : Weekly Wrap

    Judge Napolitano – Judging Freedom
    492K subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COFbvra8QpU

    ***

    Larry is wrong when he says Trump is betraying his voters with his collection of hawkish neocons.

    It was clear what Trump’s administration would be like.


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  9. mh says:
    December 4, 2024 at 9:36 pm

    Australia votes to end Israel’s presence in occupied Palestinian Territories | ABC News

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMoc60iQRgU

    Meanwhile

    Israel DEMOLISHES Palestinian Homes For Illegal Settlements

    The Young Turks
    6.09M subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CZgmAmSbyY


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  10. mh says:
    December 4, 2024 at 9:52 pm

    They’ve Gone Nuts

    Paul Joseph Watson
    2.02M subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYzWI58AKDA


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  11. mh says:
    December 4, 2024 at 10:12 pm

    Accept no imitations

    The Plasmatics play “Doom Song”

    The Plasmatics played their controversial song “Doom Song” on the comedy show “SCTV” live on Halloween night. Lead singer Wendy O. Williams destroyed the stage with a sledgehammer, much to the surprise of John Candy, who was acting the role of the ” Fishin’ Musician ” (1980).

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzrLs-hQ8dc


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  12. mh says:
    December 5, 2024 at 8:39 pm

    Al Jizz

    Israeli forces have again bombed the so-called “safe zone” in Gaza’s al-Mawasi, killing at least 21 people and wounding dozens more, according to Atif Al-Hout, the director of the Nasser Hospital in nearby Khan Younis. Our correspondents say women and children were “incinerated” in the attack.

    Human rights group Amnesty International says in a damning new report that Israel’s war on Gaza meets the legal threshold for genocide.

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/12/5/live-israel-kills-20-in-attack-on-al-mawasi-camp-in-gaza


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  13. mh says:
    December 5, 2024 at 9:03 pm

    You might remember this guy

    INTERVIEW: An Englishman at home in Moscow

    George Galloway
    512K subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK6vgNPkuHw


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  15. mh says:
    December 6, 2024 at 7:17 pm

    The narrative the MSM will feed you is that Israel stands as a bulwark against those nasty Islamic radicals and terrorists.

    It’s all bullshit of course.

    The Telegraph Touts The ‘Diversity Friendly Jihadists’ Tearing Through Syria

    Chris Menahan
    InformationLiberation
    Dec. 05, 2024

    https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64764


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  16. mh says:
    December 7, 2024 at 9:58 pm

    Andrew Tate
    @Cobratate

    The primary objective of attacking Daniel Penny is remove any ounce of protective care for your society.

    Its to teach you to not care what happens in your city or face dire consequence.

    “Not my problem” says the serf as they annihilate everything his ancestors worked for.

    6:08 PM · Dec 7, 2024

    ***

    DANIEL PENNY ACQUITTED??? Subway HERO Beats Charges Against BLACK MANIAC | America First Ep. 1432

    Nicholas J. Fuentes

    https://rumble.com/v5wtbz8-america-first-ep.-1432.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp


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  18. mh says:
    December 8, 2024 at 9:43 am

    Keith Woods
    @KeithWoodsYT

    🇸🇾🇮🇱 Times of Israel reports that Syria’s HTS, which is an offshoot of Al-Qaeda, has now taken an “accommodating stance” on Israel:

    “We love Israel and we were never its enemies”

    https://x.com/KeithWoodsYT/status/1865195449491005739


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  19. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 8, 2024 at 2:50 pm

    Looking through the news of the past week. What are the items that should be taken up for discussion? Or at least shared here?

    I am wondering what topics I should post on.

    – Is it world news or national news?
    – The continuing war in Gaza? Or the additional wars in the Middle East?
    – The world on the brink of WW3?
    – The sham new Admin being set up in the US?
    – The Ukraine war?
    – The MSM, the fake Alternative media?
    – Or any of several other topics?

    There are many questions to be asked and scepticism is useful, unless one is blindly following the media narrative.


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  20. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 8, 2024 at 3:26 pm

    During Covidemic, as Prez 45, he pushed the vaxx.

    For the four years after, he still claimed the vaxx saved lives and moaned that he was not given enough credit for it.

    The same tune continues with his picks for his new admin. Warp Speed saved lives. Dr. Janette Nesheiwat advocated for lockdowns, masking, booster shots, supported censorship of anti-vaxx info. According to her: Vaccines “safe & effective”, “keeps you off a ventilator”, “keeps you from passing away”, “the unvaccinated are dying”

    In March, he posted about how “the Vaccines that saved us from Covid are now being used to help beat cancer.”

    This week.
    Curing cancer, eh?


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  22. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 8, 2024 at 5:29 pm

    Weather report this morning.
    It is going to be a hot day. Chance of rain? < 5%

    Okay.
    Instead of whingeing about the heat, I decided make use of the sunshine and get a load of washing done.

    A few hours later, the sun disappeared and it was cloudy.

    Now, a drizzle.
    Had to get the damp-from-rain washed clothes inside.

    They can’t predict the weather for the day correctly.
    But they are warning us about dire happenings in the future if we don’t Net Zero ourselves out of existence.

    And cows are globally warming the planet so they need to be BOVAERed.

    Start checking the ingredient labels when you go grocery shopping.


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  23. mh says:
    December 8, 2024 at 6:26 pm

    Jihadists win

    Syrian opposition says its fighters have entered the capital, Damascus, claiming it is “free” of President Bashar al-Assad’s rule.

    But fear not, they are OUR Jihadists.
    And why is that? Because Israel supports them.

    Yay for the Jihadists!

    Cue …
    Tony Abbott.
    Andrew Bolt.
    Rowan Dean.


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  24. Esme says:
    December 8, 2024 at 7:06 pm

    The same tune continues with his picks for his new admin.

    Thank you, kaysee, for seeing – or acknowledging – what others don’t, or don’t want to: that the supposed saviours of the incoming regime are among those who advocated putting innocent, healthy people under house arrest for no good reason (an experience from which those who were ‘awake’ and ‘aware’ of what was really going on may still be recovering), or who spoke out against ‘lockdowns’ but supported mandatory ‘experimental’ injections, or who demurred at mandatory injections…except in the case the elderly, or disabled…and so on.


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  25. Esme says:
    December 8, 2024 at 7:08 pm

    And cows are globally warming the planet so they need to be BOVAERed.

    Start checking the ingredient labels when you go grocery shopping.

    I had only just bought some of that Lurpak butter. Sigh.


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  26. Esme says:
    December 8, 2024 at 7:12 pm

    It does make me sad that so many apparently good, intelligent people are apparently ‘beholden’ in some way.


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  28. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 8, 2024 at 7:27 pm

    We should condemn violence, especially when it affects the innocent. Vandalism, arson, fire-bombing or similar attacks should be denounced.

    There’s been news these past weeks about some vandalism taking place in a part of Sydney. Then about some firebombing of a place of worship in Melbourne. This is not acceptable and those responsible should be punished. But, as I suggested in my comment here, I am questioning the news until there are enough facts.

    But is the value of human life – safety and security – only apply to those who live in the western world?
    Does the safety of places of public worship only matter in western countries?
    Is the destruction of property and vandalism only important when it happens in some parts of the world?


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  29. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 8, 2024 at 7:38 pm

    I came across this article:
    Netanyahu claims Melbourne synagogue attack linked to Albanese government’s ‘anti-Israel position’

    And his tweet here

    This was a response from someone:
    “A war criminal under investigation for genocide has no standing to lecture Australia on morality or justice.”

    This “event” is not over. Question everything. Be sceptical.

    Peter Cronau
    Even the Herald leaves open the chance non-Palestinians burned the synagogue.

    The SMH

    Naturally, many people presumed the perpetrators were motivated by opposition to Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. As of now, though, we have only suspicions, not evidence. At the time of writing, police have not identified any suspects or made any arrests. We don’t know what the attackers’ motivations were and whether they have been influenced by the Albanese government’s actions.


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  30. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 8, 2024 at 7:52 pm

    But is the value of human life – safety and security – only apply to those who live in the western world?
    Does the safety of places of public worship only matter in western countries?
    Is the destruction of property and vandalism only important when it happens in some parts of the world?

    We have plenty of examples of the “respect” for human life if it is Palestinians.

    There are examples of vandalism and the destruction of Palestinian property.

    As for places of public worship, these are a few links just relating to Gaza. It is not a complete list. Add to it Syria and Lebanon, and there’ll be more.

    1/
    Dec 26, 2023
    Bombing Historical Sites in Gaza:
    ‘Israel Is Destroying Everything Beautiful’

    2/
    30 January 2024
    Israel-Gaza war: Counting the destruction of religious sites

    3/
    December 6, 2024
    Israel Destroyed 200 Archaeological Sites in Gaza, Palestinian Official Claims


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  31. Esme says:
    December 8, 2024 at 7:57 pm

    as I suggested in my comment here, I am questioning the news until there are enough facts.

    This is the problem, isn’t it. We know we can’t trust the ‘news’ as presented to us. Anyone who doesn’t know this hasn’t been paying attention. We know that they fake things to get a result.

    They told us – battering us daily, for months, with fearmongering propaganda – that there was a deadly virus, and that we needed to accept a poison injection, to protect other people if not ourselves. It was all lies. And, in lying, they killed and maimed our family and friends. Worse than the worst of fairytales. And yet we’re to trust them now – on anything? …because people need hope. (Like hope in ‘lockdowns’, hope in ‘vaccines’.)


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  32. Esme says:
    December 8, 2024 at 8:03 pm

    Forgive my naïveté, but I don’t understand why criticism of the (warring) actions of a foreign state must be equated with criticism or even hatred of its citizens – ‘ordinary people’. If some foreigners expressed hatred of Australia – as in the Australian government, in relation to, hypothetically, for instance, its involvement in the killing of innocent civilians – I would not take it personally. On the contrary, I might sympathise. I might relate it back to the Covid experience, for example.


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  33. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 8, 2024 at 8:06 pm

    We know we can’t trust the ‘news’ as presented to us. Anyone who doesn’t know this hasn’t been paying attention. We know that they fake things to get a result.

    When we get into a habit of not blindly accepting “the news”, of asking questions (if only to ourselves), of being sceptical and considering other possibilities, it is easy not to fall for the propaganda.


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  35. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 8, 2024 at 8:22 pm

    🎕 ┈┈┈┈ 🎕 ┈┈┈┈ 🎕

    👼 Advent: Second Sunday 👼

    The Second Candle

    .

    O Come Divine Messiah

    “Venez, divin Messie” (“O Come Divine Messiah”) was written by Abbé Simon-Joseph Pellegrin (1663 – 1745) who was a French poet and playwright. The hymn was translated from French to English by Sister Mary of St. Philip.


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  36. mh says:
    December 8, 2024 at 9:15 pm

    As of now, though, we have only suspicions, not evidence. At the time of writing, police have not identified any suspects or made any arrests.

    The bullet ‘found’ outside the synagogue was a nice touch.


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  37. mh says:
    December 8, 2024 at 11:26 pm

    Apparently this narrative suits Israel.
    When the Jews run the news …

    Moderate Isis? Moderate al-Qaeda? Go figure!

    George Galloway
    512K subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgHimrhMfR8


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  38. mh says:
    December 9, 2024 at 8:53 am

    I will have to watch this one

    Twins Pod
    @TheTwinsPod

    Episode 42 – On our podcast, we have all kinds of guests to have all kinds of conversations. So when people say David Duke is an evil person, and has no platform to speak for himself, we want to give him that platform. We go over his true ideals, how his name has been smeared, his origins in the KKK and what he believes is the REAL threat to mankind.

    https://x.com/TheTwinsPod/status/1865124057114685583


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  39. mh says:
    December 9, 2024 at 11:11 pm

    Watch the first two minutes and hear what Netanyahu thinks of America. Very easy to manoeuvre. He will be thinking exactly the same of Australia after the last week.

    Stew Peters
    @realstewpeters

    OCCUPIED WORLD PREMIERE: WARNING! Sensitive Content, Viewer Discretion is Advised

    https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1djxXrOAmgjGZ


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  40. mh says:
    December 10, 2024 at 12:10 am

    Some highlights

    George Christensen

    The Syria Deception: The West’s Dirty War That Toppled Assad and Doomed Christians

    Nation First provides in-depth analysis of Syria’s collapse, uncovering the globalist schemes, foreign meddling, and dire consequences for persecuted Christians.

    Dear friend,

    On December 8, 2024, the Syrian government fell in what can only be described as an engineered collapse. Bashar al-Assad, who held Syria together through years of war, fled to Russia as Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)—a rebranded Al-Qaeda front—seized Damascus. But make no mistake: this wasn’t the result of some grassroots revolution. This was an operation orchestrated by globalists, with the United States, Israel, and Turkey at the helm, cheered on by the sycophantic Western media.

    What’s worse, this disaster has left Syria’s ancient Christian communities in grave danger. And all the while, the same people who brought us this chaos have the gall to pretend they’re champions of freedom and democracy. …

    The Truth Behind Assad’s Fall

    HTS’s sudden rise wasn’t a fluke. It was years in the making. Billions of dollars poured into arming and training “rebels” under CIA programs like Operation Timber Sycamore. Let’s not forget: this wasn’t about democracy; it was about removing a leader who dared to oppose the globalist agenda. Assad’s real crime? Refusing to play along with Western energy pipelines and protecting Syria’s sovereignty.

    Leaked documents tell the story. A 2012 memo from the U.S. Defence Intelligence Agency admitted that “The Salafist, the Muslim Brotherhood, and AQI [Al-Qaeda in Iraq] are the major forces driving the insurgency in Syria.” They knew exactly who they were arming. Even Jake Sullivan, now Biden’s national security advisor, wrote to Hillary Clinton, “AQ is on our side in Syria.” These globalists didn’t care that they were enabling terrorists; they only cared about taking down Assad. …

    Israel and Turkey’s Dirty Roles

    Israel and Turkey didn’t sit on the sidelines. Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu openly boasted that Assad’s fall was “a direct result of the blows we have inflicted on Iran and Hezbollah.” For years, Israel has treated wounded Al-Nusra Front fighters in its hospitals, armed so-called rebels, and launched hundreds of airstrikes inside Syria. This isn’t about defending Israel; it’s about weakening Iran at any cost—even if that means empowering terrorists.

    Turkey, meanwhile, gave HTS the green light for its advance on Aleppo, prioritising its war on the Kurds over Syria’s stability. Ankara has been playing both sides for years, but its support for HTS shows its true colours. Erdoğan’s ambition to expand Turkish influence has turned Syria into his personal chessboard.

    HTS: Terrorists in Disguise

    The media want you to believe HTS is some kind of moderate opposition group. Don’t buy it. Their leader, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, was Al-Qaeda’s top man in Syria. He didn’t suddenly change because his group got a new name. HTS is enforcing Sharia law, targeting minorities, and silencing dissent. Yet the media has whitewashed them to justify years of intervention.

    This group’s rise is a direct result of the U.S.’s reckless policies. The Obama-era “red line” debacle—where Assad was threatened but nothing was done—paved the way for Russia to step in, and now, with Russia bogged down in Ukraine, the globalists are making their final move. …

    Syria’s Christians: Betrayed Again

    Under Assad, Syria’s Christians had some protection. Now, they’re on their own. Reports from Aleppo describe vandalised churches, fleeing families, and targeted violence. Aid groups are warning of a humanitarian catastrophe. This isn’t a one-off. We’ve seen it before in Iraq, where the Christian population has nearly been wiped out since the U.S. invasion.

    Trump and leaders like Senator Rand Paul have raised alarms about this pattern. Paul said it plainly: “All of a sudden we’ll have another Islamic state where Christians are persecuted.” That’s exactly what’s happening in Syria. …

    Conclusion: The Globalists’ Manufactured Tragedy

    The fall of Assad isn’t a win for freedom—it’s a manufactured tragedy. The U.S., Israel, and Turkey orchestrated this collapse to serve their interests, leaving Syria in ruins and Christians in peril. HTS, a group of jihadist thugs, now rules Damascus. And the media? They’re complicit in the lies.

    This is what interventionism looks like: chaos, destruction, and betrayal. It’s time to wake up, speak out, and demand accountability. If we don’t, Syria won’t be the last victim of this globalist game.

    Until next time, God bless you, your family and nation.

    Take care,

    George Christensen, with a Nation First staff writer


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  41. mh says:
    December 10, 2024 at 7:46 am

    Jury Finds Daniel Penny Not Guilty in Death of Jordan Neely

    Chris Menahan
    InformationLiberation
    Dec. 09, 2024

    https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64768

    ***

    Jesse Lee Peterson
    @JLPtalk

    What a bitch.

    https://x.com/JLPtalk/status/1866153861553303990


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  42. mh says:
    December 10, 2024 at 4:20 pm

    Haaretz | Israel News

    Three Israeli Soldiers Killed in Gaza, Four Reservists Killed in Lebanon

    The four reservists were killed when a building collapsed, possibly after munitions detonated ■ In northern Gaza, three soldiers were killed by an anti-tank missile


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  44. mh says:
    December 11, 2024 at 6:46 pm

    No apology required

    The Age

    Greens staffer reprimanded for suggesting synagogue arson may have been ‘false flag’

    A prominent staffer for Greens MP Mehreen Faruqi “regrets” saying the attack, which authorities have said is probably terrorism, could have been perpetrated by Zionists.

    Of course it could have been.
    The moment it happened, Netanyahu was trying to shift our government’s position on Israel/Palestine.


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  45. mh says:
    December 12, 2024 at 12:25 am

    Keith Woods
    @KeithWoodsYT

    While Israel gobbles up Syrian land and wipes out its military, the “moderate rebels” our governments support are busy murdering religious minorities and dragging civilians through the street to their death

    https://x.com/KeithWoodsYT/status/1866619952918302736


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  46. mh says:
    December 12, 2024 at 11:33 pm

    I’m sure regime change will work out this time

    The Truth About Syria

    Paul Joseph Watson
    2.02M subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmlrt_6MwXY


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  47. mh says:
    December 13, 2024 at 6:53 am

    The Age covers Syrian Girl

    ‘You’re a coward’: Australia-based Syrian Girl lashes out after fall of Assad

    The swift fall of former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad has drawn fire from one of his biggest online supporters, Australian-Syrian influencer Maram Susli, known as Syrian Girl.

    Susli, a vocal supporter of the Assad regime for more than a decade, blames Assad’s demise on a “treason revolution”, clashing with Russian commentators and lashing out at critics of Assad. …

    ***

    Interesting that the MSM now cover what some of the alternate online commentators say.


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  48. mh says:
    December 14, 2024 at 11:25 am

    Kevin Andrews, brown bread.

    The 69-year-old who was a minister in both Howard and Abbott governments died overnight on Friday after a year-long cancer battle.


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  50. Esme says:
    December 15, 2024 at 2:47 pm

    A couple more Christmas carols

    Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

    O Holy Night

    Was going to use a (more modern) version by Celtic Woman but it finished with the weak, watery “Happy Holidays” and anyway I find the women’s voices a bit saccharine for this. Compare Nat King Cole, particularly on “fall on your knees…” – the bit that really gets many of us who like this one.

    Interestingly, the Nat King Cole version omits this rather important bit (which Celtic Woman did include):

    Chains shall he break, for the slave is our brother, And in his name all oppression shall cease


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  51. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 15, 2024 at 2:55 pm

    George Christensen

    The Syria Deception: The West’s Dirty War That Toppled Assad and Doomed Christians

    George has provided a good overview of the situation in Syria. Just like the genocide in Gaza, there are some in the West who are applauding the downfall of the Assad regime as if it has resulted in a change for the better.

    1/
    Whitney Webb
    Recent events in Syria very likely would not have happened if the US had not prevented the Syrian military from attacking the Syrian “rebels” (i.e. HTS) several years ago.

    2/
    Michael Tracey
    Assad comments on Trump, 2017. Says he is controlled by the “Deep State”

    3/
    Patrick Henningsen
    If you thought you just witnessed #Syria becoming “free from the tyrant Assad”, then this video will explain why you might be suffering from a very common mental condition…


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  52. Esme says:
    December 15, 2024 at 2:59 pm

    Meanwhile, as we have come to know of our “justice system” and “free press”, lotsa convoluted hifalutin commentary around possible, potential, heckI’mgonnagowith”likely” – dontchaknowit – harms to some people from some words … and bigfat*crickets* about the actual, real, very recent past (and in some cases ongoing) harm – including death – as a result of Covidfakepandemictyranny.


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  53. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 15, 2024 at 3:11 pm

    What happened in Syria?

    Is part of this project.

    If you need a clearer image

    And this bonus gift.


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  54. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 15, 2024 at 3:32 pm

    What has been happening in Gaza?

    The evidence is here and available. Plenty of it.
    If we care about the truth.

    Lee Mordechai
    He is a Jewish historian working as an Asst Prof at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, in the Dept of History.

    1/
    In this twitter thread, he writes:

    1/ I am an historian and Israeli citizen. Over the past year I have been writing publicly about events in Gaza during the war, while collecting and documenting thousands of pieces of evidence and dozens of reports.

    2/I continue writing because the communities in which I live and work still do not know enough about events in Gaza and are not doing enough to stop the war.

    3/ Based on the evidence I have collected, and which I describe in detail in this link and screenshots later in this thread, Israel is ethnically cleansing North Gaza, presumably as some groups in Israel are planning to resettle it…….

    2/
    This Haaretz article calls Mordechai’s report:

    ….the most methodical and detailed documentation in Hebrew (there is also an English translation) of the war crimes that Israel is perpetrating in Gaza. It is a shocking indictment comprised of thousands of entries relating to the war, to the actions of the government, the media, the Israel Defense Forces and Israeli society in general.

    The English translation of the seventh, and to date latest version of the text, is 124 pages long and contains over 1,400 footnotes referencing thousands of sources, including eyewitness reports, video footage, investigatory materials, articles and photographs.

    3/
    The report:
    Bearing Witness to the Israel-Gaza War


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  55. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 15, 2024 at 4:15 pm

    I am cross linking some comments in related threads because there is info that shouldn’t get lost.

    Here in Australia, there has been so much focus about a synagogue attack (which needs to be condemned) but it shows the priorities. There was at least one newspaper that had its front page covered with stories about this attack and “antisemitism”.

    There are Israeli historians and Israeli media prepared to talk about this genocide. But the western media and politicians are focussed on the “antisemitism”.

    Dutton to the rescue.

    Did he condemn this arson attack?

    Or this one?

    Any other taskforces and funding packages for attacks on places of worship?


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  56. Esme says:
    December 15, 2024 at 4:38 pm

    There are Israeli historians and Israeli media prepared to talk about this genocide. But the western media and politicians are focussed on the “antisemitism”.

    Yes, it seems we mostly need to look overseas, beyond our borders, for truth. There have been and are brave, honest people – of all faiths and political persuasions – in other parts of the world, people who aren’t driven by tribalism, money etc.

    Sure, condemn nasty words and attacks on places of worship (though as you and others have pointed out, kaysee, it’s hard to know what is real and what is contrived now, to further an agenda) but not ad nauseam, not to the exclusion of every other offence real or potential, not in stark, damning contrast to your ongoing – years long now – silence over the actual deaths and life-changing injuries from the poison injections inflicted on people by their own governments.

    I am less concerned about nasty words and apparent “attacks” and potential/possible/even “likely” violence as reported by the media that failed us throughout the Covid democide than I am about my dead and incapacitated relatives and friends, and everyone else’s. Real. Actual. And still largely unacknowledged.


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  57. Esme says:
    December 15, 2024 at 5:07 pm

    Something good – a new football team apparently worth following:

    decision by the Melbourne Storm NRL club to drop regular Welcome to Country ceremonies

    “Indigenous”? Born here? Yes? Then you’re indigenous, too, yes. Done.


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  58. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 15, 2024 at 7:18 pm

    How the US Govt works

    US Gov

    The incoming Trump Admin

    Friends in deed …..

    Musk, the world’s richest person, spent more than a quarter of a billion dollars helping Trump get elected president in November. Removing the crash-disclosure provision would particularly benefit Tesla, which has reported most of the crashes – more than 1,500 – to federal safety regulators under the program. Tesla has been targeted in National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) investigations, including three stemming from the data.


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  59. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 15, 2024 at 7:23 pm

    The Sky is the limit when it comes to top-notch journalism.
    If you limit your news viewing to only one source….

    Sky-1

    Sky-2

    Sky-3


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  60. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 15, 2024 at 8:08 pm

    🎕 ┈┈┈┈ 🎕 ┈┈┈┈ 🎕

    👼 Advent: Third Sunday 👼

    The Third Candle

    The third Sunday of Advent is traditionally known as Gaudete Sunday, or the Sunday of Joy. The name Gaudete is derived from the Latin word for “Rejoice”.

    Veni, Veni, Emmanuel

    This Advent carol is sung here in Traditional Latin. The English translation is O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. There are several arrangements to the hymn.
    (Turn off the video CC translation – it is not correct. Lyrics and translation of this arrangement are in the next comment.)


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  61. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 15, 2024 at 8:10 pm

    If you want to follow the lyrics (Latin) and the translation (English):

    Verses 1-4

    Verses 5-7


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  62. mh says:
    December 16, 2024 at 8:27 pm

    INTERVIEW: They’d rather k*ll Shiites than oppose Israel

    George Galloway
    518K subscribers

    Israel has invaded Syria. The new regime has sold Syria to Israel. Syrian Girl on how the head-choppers’ leader Golani has betrayed the country to the US and Israel

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7HfvNt0yKs


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  63. mh says:
    December 18, 2024 at 8:06 am

    Jeffrey Sachs: The Inevitable War With Iran, and Biden’s Attempts to Sabotage Trump
    THE TUCKER CARLSON SHOW
    •
    PREMIERED 22 HOURS AGO
    •
    113 MINS

    https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-sachs-3?utm_campaign=20241017_dec17dailybriefnonsubs&utm_medium=email&utm_source=iterable&utm_content=jeffreysachs


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  64. mh says:
    December 19, 2024 at 8:20 am

    COL. Douglas Macgregor : America’s Next War of Choice

    Judge Napolitano – Judging Freedom
    503K subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8iJNX7K3FI


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  65. mh says:
    December 19, 2024 at 8:44 pm

    Or watch on X

    Tucker Carlson
    @TuckerCarlson

    Jeffrey Sachs on how Joe Biden has been the most destructive president in American history, and how Donald Trump can repair the damage.

    (0:00) The Regime Change in Syria
    (8:48) What Is Greater Israel?
    (21:45) Were Americans Involved in the Overthrowing of Assad?
    (34:26) War With China by 2027
    (40:22) Biden’s Attempt to Sabotage Trump
    (46:10) The Attempted Coup of South Korea
    (51:20) Jeffrey Sachs’ Warning to Trump of Potential Nuclear War
    (55:18) Will We See the Declassification of the 9/11 Documents?
    (1:07:11) Will Trump Pardon Snowden and Assange?
    (1:16:43) The Most Important Appointment of Trump’s Cabinet
    (1:26:29) Biden’s Attempt to Kill Putin
    (1:35:58) Can Trump Bring Peace?
    (1:45:44) Is War With Iran Inevitable?
    (1:51:21) Why Corporate Media Hates Jeffrey Sachs

    Dec 17, 2024 · 34.5M Views

    https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1868789953443832205

    I wonder how many of the tens of millions of viewers are hearing about the Clean Break report for the first time.


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  66. mh says:
    December 19, 2024 at 8:52 pm

    Michael Leunig, brown bread.


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  68. Admin Admin says:
    December 20, 2024 at 10:47 am

    Hello All,

    Seeking feedback from the Catallaxy Files blog readers and commenters.

    Do you want this blog to continue in 2025?

    You can leave your comments in this thread.
    Or email me using the site email id on the Contact page.


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  69. mh says:
    December 21, 2024 at 7:30 am

    KaizerRev
    @Kaizerrev

    Video of the suspect that tried to kill Nick Fuentes went to his front door, repeatedly rang his doorbell & said “Yo Nick!”

    Pray For Nick Fuentes 🙏🏻

    https://x.com/Kaizerrev/status/1869842477018165486

    ***

    Keith Woods
    @KeithWoodsYT

    Hey @elonmusk you said doxxing would be banned on X but for the past month people have been regularly doxxing the address of Nick Fuentes to millions of views with no action taken.

    Now that people are trying to murder him will @X commit to actually enforcing this policy?

    https://x.com/KeithWoodsYT/status/1869835804971020562


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  70. Esme says:
    December 21, 2024 at 9:04 pm

    Is the experience of this site perhaps best summed up as “the truth is a niche interest”?

    These are times of ever-sprouting celebrity false prophets and fake heroes and their diehard followers and fans; of self-regarding, beam-sporting, MIA (or worse) when it counts ‘religious’; of selective atrocity-downplaying; of victim-blaming, history speed-rewriting and gaslighting galore.

    The truth expressed here has gone some way toward acknowledging the everyday victims – family, friends, colleagues – of the myriad crimes against humanity of the past half-decade: the undecorated, ‘unmentionable’ or ‘unmentionworthy’, the inconvenient to the narrative, the pesky murdered, maimed and traumatised.

    It’s understandable they – the false prophets, fake heroes, diehard followers and fans etc – treat the truth as insanity; there’s nothing in it for them. “The caravan moves on”, never mind silly “beauty is truth, truth beauty” pretentions. And yet, with several variations on the theme, “in a mad world, only the mad are sane.”


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  71. Esme says:
    December 21, 2024 at 9:08 pm

    Last Christmas songs from me for this Christmas

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    …and a bit more upbeat –

    Feliz Navidad


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  74. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 22, 2024 at 2:39 pm

    Covid mRNA vaxxing

    This week, a media release from the minister for health tells us that a new Pfizer JN.1 Covid vaccine is now available.
    Older Australians urged to get this new booster.

    Never mind the info that is already available on the “safety” of these vaxxes.

    1/
    Australian drug regulator knows DNA fragments in mRNA vaccines can enter nucleus
    and integrate into genome, internal emails show

    Internal emails from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) reveal that the regulator withheld knowledge of DNA contamination risks relating to the modRNA vaccines from the public, presenting a picture of certainty on safety where there is none.

    Released under Freedom of Information (FOI), the cache of emails shows that high-level TGA staff knew elements of the modRNA vaccines can enter the cell nucleus and integrate into the genome, despite the agency’s official line that such events are not possible.

    2/
    The HPV Vaccine Disaster Was A Blueprint For COVID-19

    Prior to COVID-19, I considered Gardasil (for HPV) to be the most dangerous and unjustifiable vaccine on the market. It’s truly remarkable how many parallels can be found between it and the COVID-19 vaccines, so I feel it’s critically important for this already forgotten story to be told.

    3/
    Yale research

    Yale University scientists have discovered that individuals vaccinated against COVID-19, but never infected, still had spike protein in their bloodstream YEARS after their last shot.


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  75. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 22, 2024 at 2:58 pm

    What’s the real news about the German Christmas market attack?
    Is it what the media would like us to believe?

    Within a few hours of the story, social media had uncovered details. Will the MSM will follow up on this or will it get buried because it does not fit their plan?

    The suspect

    A post

    Germany was warned about Christmas market attack suspect – media

    The suspect behind the deadly incident at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg, a Saudi national identified as Taleb A., had prior run-ins with law enforcement, multiple media outlets reported on Saturday. His home country’s requests for extradition, however, had been met with silence.

    We no longer have to depend on the media for the facts. Social media will provide more info in the coming days.


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  76. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 22, 2024 at 3:17 pm

    The President-Elect

    The memes are doing the rounds.

    Prez-1
    .
    Prez-2
    .
    Prez-3

    JD isn’t actually doing any steering, either. He is there to do the bidding of his influential patron, Thiel, who is pulling plenty of strings.


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  77. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 22, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    Do you want this blog to continue in 2025?

    I’ve stated in the past that I would like this blog to continue. As a reader, having a site to come in and catch up on news and info posted by others. As a commenter/poster (time permitting), having a free speech platform where I can come and post my opinions, rant or share something I have learnt.

    If it turns out that there aren’t at least a few blog readers interested in posting on this blog, I still hope that this site will stay online as a Read-only site. There is a great deal of content which has already been posted that I have been unable to go through, especially the longer videos.

    In some cases, I have posted the links here to make it easier to find when I do have the time to read the articles or view the videos. There is also info from the past few years that is worth re-reading/watching.

    If the blog shuts down, all this valuable reference material that was researched and documented in the older threads, and now a part of the blog archives, will be lost.


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  78. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 22, 2024 at 4:28 pm

    Is the experience of this site perhaps best summed up as “the truth is a niche interest”?

    Maybe the truth makes us uneasy because we then have to confront reality. We prefer the comfortable lies to the unpleasant truths.

    Maybe having to admit that we were wrong about something we believed in the past is too horrifying a prospect. Even when the evidence is right before us, we’d rather run around in circles trying to justify what we want the truth to be rather than seek the truth as it is and accept it.

    .

    Magadonia-1

    Magadonia-2

    Magadonia-3


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  79. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 22, 2024 at 7:08 pm

    What are the voting choices for Conservative Aussies?

    Seems as if One Nation is imploding. Pauline Hanson seemed to represent Conservatives until she showed her blue and white colours in Parliament. Now, some are resigning from the ON and presenting themselves as Independents for other reasons.

    What about that UniParty LNP?
    It is MIGA.

    Here is one example of MIGA – US Edition.

    And this is MIGA- Aussie Edition

    Dutton-1

    Dutton-2


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  80. mh says:
    December 22, 2024 at 7:27 pm

    Oy Vey!

    Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt
    @ChiefRabbiPG

    Putin accuses “non-believing Jews” of oppressing the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, reviving Soviet-era tropes like “rootless cosmopolitans.”

    This echoes the Stalinist antisemitic rhetoric of the “Doctors’ Plot” (1948-53). History teaches us: hate must be challenged. We call on European leaders to condemn these statements!

    https://x.com/ChiefRabbiPG/status/1869783979169050836

    “rootless cosmopolitans.” lol


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  81. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 22, 2024 at 7:34 pm

    Question asked by a twitter poster:
    Does anyone else besides me feel like everything is fake? Nothing seems real… It’s hard to explain but everything feels off…

    This week is the news about Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was extradited from Pennsylvania to New York City, where he was met with a high-profile perp walk from an NYPD helicopter.

    What is going on here?
    Are you absorbing the news stories unquestioningly? Or are you looking for proof before you accept “the news”.

    Media Narratives-1

    Everything feels scripted because it is. And before you say “not everything is a conspiracy theory… it is.

    Media Narratives-2

    Don’t believe the news. Don’t believe their stories about terrorist attacks, or diseases, or any of it without proof.


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  82. Esme says:
    December 22, 2024 at 7:41 pm

    Magadonia-1

    Magadonia-2

    Magadonia-3

    Tragicomic. The only thing missing from the first one is MAGA man later insisting that Trump never said “ice cream tastes like ass”, that that was a lie put around by jealous, deranged people. This character actually shows a bit of genuine assertiveness in the end – at least he has the self-awareness to acknowledge someone else is controlling his opinions.


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  83. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 22, 2024 at 7:42 pm

    History Lessons

    1/
    When Was Jesus Born?
    Italian Researcher Puts Christ’s Birth in December, 1 BC

    .

    2/
    The first recorded use of MERRY CHRISTMAS


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  84. mh says:
    December 22, 2024 at 7:45 pm

    The Rabbi wouldn’t have liked this, either

    The Impartial Truth
    @IImpartialTruth

    ‘80 – 85% of the 1st Bolshevik Government Members Were Jews.’

    – Vladimir Putin

    https://x.com/IImpartialTruth/status/1823927251576004962


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  85. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 22, 2024 at 8:02 pm

    The Christian Cross on Mount Hermon, Syria

    Cross-1

    Cross-2

    Cross-3


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  86. Esme says:
    December 22, 2024 at 8:10 pm

    A book recommendation for lovers of language

    Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark

    Bought BC – “Before Covid” – and happily now being read at last.

    Forget the rules; you’re in charge. It’s time to make language do what you want it to.

    Cecelia Watson used to be obsessive about grammar rules. But then she began teaching. And that was when she realised that strict rules aren’t always the best way of teaching people how to use words most effectively; that the rules are even, sometimes, best ignored.

    One punctuation mark encapsulates this thorny issue more clearly than any other: the semicolon. Hated by Stephen King, Hemingway, Vonnegut and Orwell, and loved by Herman Melville, Henry James and Rebecca Solnit, it is the most divisive punctuation mark in the English language, and many are too scared to go near it. But why? And when is it effective? Should we even care?


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  87. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 22, 2024 at 8:10 pm

    🎕 ┈┈┈┈ 🎕 ┈┈┈┈ 🎕

    👼 Advent: Fourth Sunday 👼

    The Fourth Candle

    .

    The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns

    “The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns” is a Christian hymn infused with the imagery of morning light typical of early Greek hymnody. The Advent text by John Brownlie stirs hope in the hearts of all who look forward to the return of Christ. The text concludes with a paraphrase of the ancient prayer of the church -“Maranatha,” or “Lord, come quickly”.


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  88. mh says:
    December 22, 2024 at 8:20 pm

    Elon Musk
    @elonmusk

    The Bolsheviks killed millions of Russians

    12:42 PM · Feb 9, 2024 · 5.6M Views

    https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1755784298173526042


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  89. mh says:
    December 22, 2024 at 11:49 pm

    Why I Will NEVER Buy a NEW Car AGAIN – And Maybe You Shouldn’t Either | TheCarGuys.tv

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKEz6PErP98


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  90. mh says:
    December 24, 2024 at 9:10 am

    Keith Woods
    @KeithWoodsYT

    🇮🇱 Mossad member:

    “we create a pretend world. we are a global production company. we write the screenplay. we’re the directors. we’re the producers. we’re the main actors. the world is our stage.”

    A fittingly Jewish perspective

    https://x.com/KeithWoodsYT/status/1871224983894339781


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  91. mh says:
    December 24, 2024 at 4:39 pm

    MSM wants to ignore this political assassination attempt that they may have encouraged

    ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT FOILED??? Fuentes SURVIVES Assassination Attempt | America First Ep. 1439

    Nicholas J. Fuentes

    https://rumble.com/v62bqnh-america-first-ep.-1439.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp


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  92. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 25, 2024 at 6:58 pm

    Democracy Now
    “Christ Is Still in the Rubble”:
    Bethlehem Rev. Isaac Calls on U.S. to Stop Funding Gaza Genocide

    Christmas celebrations are canceled in the West Bank and the city of Bethlehem, Jesus Christ’s birthplace, for the second year in a row in response to Israel’s genocidal attack on Gaza and ethnic cleansing of the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

    We feature an excerpt of the Christmas sermon of Reverend Munther Isaac of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem, titled “Christ Is Still in the Rubble,” referencing a sermon he gave at this time last year titled “Christ in the Rubble,” about the loss of Palestinian life to Israel’s assault of Gaza. We also go to Bethlehem to speak with Reverend Isaac. He shares his message to the U.S. and the rest of the world. “Our fear here in Bethlehem is that there is no one who’s going to hold Israel accountable,” he says. “We’re tired and sick of these wars, which are enabled by American tax money and American politics.”

    The full sermon is here.
    Munther Isaac Christmas Message – December 20, 2024
    .

    Last year’s sermon in this post.


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  93. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 25, 2024 at 7:53 pm

    1/
    St. George Melkite Catholic Church in southern Lebanon.
    The 18th-century church is in ruins after an Israeli airstrike in October.
    .

    2/
    John J. Mearsheimer
    The Moral Bankruptcy of the West

    One wonders what people in the West who have either supported Israel’s genocide or remained silent tell themselves to justify their behavior and sleep at night.

    History will not treat them kindly.

    3/
    Tadhg Hickey
    Is international law real?


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  94. mh says:
    December 27, 2024 at 6:37 am

    ‘This is Cruelty, This is Not War’: Pope Francis Condemns Gaza Genocide in Christmas Message

    Chris Menahan
    InformationLiberation
    Dec. 25, 2024

    In a Christmas message calling for peace, Pope Francis condemned the “cruelty” of Israel bombing “schools and hospitals” in Gaza and killing children en masse.…

    https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64786


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  95. mh says:
    December 28, 2024 at 8:01 am

    Aaron Siri: Everything You Should Know About the Polio Vaccine, & Its Link to the Abortion Industry

    THE TUCKER CARLSON SHOW • PREMIERED 4 HOURS AGO • 104 MINS

    The New York Times claims the evil Bobby Kennedy wants to ban the polio vaccine and paralyze children. That’s an absurd lie, explains his lawyer Aaron Siri.

    https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-aaron-siri?utm_campaign=20241227_dec27dailybriefnonsubs&utm_medium=email&utm_source=iterable&utm_content=aaronsiri


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  96. mh says:
    December 28, 2024 at 8:06 am

    Also Tucker

    Commentary
    The Washington Examiner published a piece on Thursday detailing why so many of 2024’s undecided voters wound up supporting Donald Trump, and the chief explanation provides refreshing reason for hope about America’s future.

    “President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to bring peace [after years of Democrat-backed chaos] resonated with people frustrated by [Kamala] Harris’s association with former Republican Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney,” the article reads.
    How glorious.

    Harris did more than merely associate herself with the establishment’s favorite war hawk and January 6th propagandist. She embraced her. In the weeks leading up to Election Day, the failed border czar traveled the country with Cheney, lecturing Americans about the need to defend democracy while subverting it on a global scale, uphold American values while funding the slaughter of tens of thousands of civilians, and promote truth-telling while spreading lazy and defamatory lies about Donald Trump’s campaign.

    It didn’t have to be that way. Although it may be difficult to recall, Harris’s campaign began on a somewhat competent and entirely Cheney-free note. Immediately after her party undemocratically crowned her its leader, the vice president focused her messaging on lowering prices, fixing America’s housing market, and providing financial relief for middle-class families. Regardless of whether you agree with her methods for solving those issues, it is undeniable that those are the topics American voters care about. It was wise of the campaign to emphasize them.

    Then something weird happened. Harris’s strategy changed. Rather than showing a commitment to improving the electorate’s lived experience, the vice president wrapped her arms around the group most responsible for wrecking it in the first place: Washington’s neocons.

    The American people do not want war. That was true in the 50s, it was true in the 70s, and it remains true today. The Democrat Party’s bizarre embrace of the architects of one of history’s most asinine wars, America’s needless incursion in Iraq, showed that its leaders do not care.

    It may have cost them the White House. Hallelujah.


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  97. mh says:
    December 28, 2024 at 3:53 pm

    National debt hits $36.3 trillion, increased by $2.5 trillion in the last year

    Fri Dec 27 2024

    MXM Exclusive
    Quick Hit:

    The U.S. national debt has reached $36.3 trillion, growing by $2.5 trillion in 2024 alone, as federal spending and rising interest rates push the debt to unsustainable levels.

    Key Details:

    The national debt now exceeds 100% of the U.S. GDP, marking a troubling fiscal milestone.

    Federal debt increased from $33.8 trillion in December 2023 to $36.3 trillion by December 24, 2024, according to the Senate Republican Joint Economic Committee.

    Projections by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimate debt levels could hit $40.95 trillion by 2027 without significant reforms.

    Diving Deeper:

    As 2024 concludes, the U.S. national debt has reached an unprecedented $36.3 trillion, fueled by federal spending and climbing interest rates. The debt, now exceeding the nation’s annual GDP, underscores growing concerns about the long-term sustainability of America’s fiscal policies.

    According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), if the current pace continues, the debt is projected to hit $37 trillion within the next five months. By 2027, it could surpass $40.95 trillion, compounding economic pressures for future generations.

    Economist Romina Boccia, director of Budget and Entitlement Policy at the Cato Institute, described the debt as “excessively high and growing unsustainably fast,” highlighting its tangible impact on the economy. Boccia pointed to reduced economic growth, lower take-home pay, fewer job opportunities, and dampened entrepreneurship over the past four years as key consequences of the ballooning debt.

    Interest payments on the debt have also surged, with rates rising from 2.378% five years ago to 3.155% today. Higher rates are not only exacerbating the federal debt burden but also driving up borrowing costs across the economy, affecting mortgages, auto loans, and business financing.

    Lawmakers in the U.S. House Committee on the Budget have labeled the current trajectory “completely unsustainable.” Boccia echoed these sentiments, emphasizing the need for Congress to tackle entitlement reform, particularly for programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, which account for a significant portion of federal spending.

    “If entitlement reform continues to be too politically challenging, Congress should establish a fiscal commission to help it get the job done,” Boccia advised. She argued that such a commission could shield lawmakers from the political fallout of necessary, though unpopular, fiscal changes.


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  98. mh says:
    December 28, 2024 at 6:34 pm

    Meet the new boss
    Same as the old boss

    Nicholas J. Fuentes
    @NickJFuentes

    Another December Twitter purge…

    Deja vu all over again.

    https://x.com/NickJFuentes/status/1872791789540917475


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  99. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 28, 2024 at 6:51 pm

    Digital ID in the UK.
    For your convenience.
    .

    Coming soon to Australia
    Nicola
    Think VERY VERY carefully before handing this precious information over for “Convenience”
    .

    It won’t be mandatory.
    Trust your government?


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  100. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 28, 2024 at 6:53 pm

    Bits of coin

    Cryptocurrency is the backdoor to a programmable digital currency which is why The System, including BlackRock and Larry Fink, are embracing it and talking it up along with Trump, Musk, and the naïve ‘alternative’ media.


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