"Christmas Movies Show What Hollywoke Gets Wrong" by Lou Aguilar

 Here's an interesting article about the current state of movie making in the United States. 

Michael Crawford, "O Holy Night" Remastered

Dave Koz and Friends 20th Anniversary Christmas Special (from 2017)

The Uplifters Try It Again | H.L. Mencken

The Uplifters Try It Again | H.L. Mencken

Toyland - In The Nutcracker Mood - The Glenn Miller Orchestra

Don Surber: 2020, the year the experts killed us

Don Surber: 2020, the year the experts killed us: 2020 was not a bad year. It was just drawn that way. Throughout the year, the experts kept giving bad advice which resulted in 300,000 covid...

Little Drummer Boy/We Three Kings (Medley)

Don Surber: Hey Power Line, stand with Donald John Trump (one of Mr. Surber's best columns)

Don Surber: Hey Power Line, stand with Donald John Trump: Scott Johnson at Powerline suffered butt hurt and made it public this morning.

The Manhattan Transfer - A Christmas Love Song (Columbia Records 1992)

Murphy and Frazier's Christmas Adventure Part 1

From Glenn Reynolds' Instapundit blog

 

This was part of the "open thread" on the evening of Dec. 9th - https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/

UPDATE: A friend emails:

Thought experiment. There are five Democrat justices on the Supreme Court. There was a Democrat president who just ran for reelection. He supposedly lost, but virtually all Democrat voters believe that massive fraud in several Republican controlled states caused him to lose. Many Democrat attorneys general file a lawsuit in the US Supreme Court, essentially identical to the one that is pending now.

Does anyone believe for a second that those five Democrat justices wouldn’t do absolutely anything necessary to make sure the Democrat control of the presidency was maintained? Democrats care about power. Democrats do not care about process, or rules. Now we are being asked to be so meticulous about adhering to the rules, that we are to allow a laughably egregious fraud to succeed, and to permit our own throats to be cut by turning over the executive branch to the people who just committed the biggest political crime in history. I hope five US supreme court justices will show just a tiny bit of the creativity, to put it politely, which Democrat justices had when they, for example, found an imaginary abortion right in the US Constitution. We’ll see what happens.  

 

Jingle Bells - Manheim Steamroller version

Jubilation Jazz, Inc. Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas ~ December, 2018

Christmas Is Round the Corner - by Stuart Roslyn & Matthew Foundling

Fantasy Sleigh Ride by Tom Kubis ~ Nice music & super cool video!

Trumpet Bells of Christmas - recorded 'round the world! AWESOME!!!

Don Surber: The court must take the case

Don Surber: The court must take the case: Amid ample evidence that Democrats cheated in a dozen different ways to steal the presidential election, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide ...

Wayne Bergeron Oh Holy Night Live with the Tom Kubis Big Band.mov

♥♪♫ Some Children See Him ♫♪♥ - Andy Williams

Little Drummer Boy (2001 Version) featuring Rick Braun (trumpet) and Dave Koz on soprano sax. Very cool arrangement!

Joy To The World - Brian Culbertson

👍👍

"This may be the most important speech I've (President Trump) ever made ...."

The Election Steal is simply part of the ongoing Coup !

The Election Steal is simply part of the ongoing Coup !

Don Surber: Down ballot proves Democrats cheated

Don Surber: Down ballot proves Democrats cheated: The New York Times ran this weekend, "How Democrats Suffered Crushing Down-Ballot Losses Across America." The story -- and that is...

Maria Bartiromo - Sidney Powell: The evidence is coming in so fast I can...

The Stolen Election, Part One: AMERICAN PRAVDA

A Coup d'Etat ??

 The Democrats have attempted a coup for the last 4 years and will continue that strategy after tomorrow's election (and Trump's win). Here's an article about the Democrats and their pitiful desperation.

Elvis - Doo Wop Collection Good stuff!

Doc Severinsen - Watch What Happens 1080p

When the Saints Go Marching In

Amen

Listen to the Lambs

How Long Has It Been

Joe Biden Brags about getting Ukranian Prosecutor Fired

Gwen Stefani - Sleigh Ride (Audio)

Trump 2020 A Man vs. A Movement

Mark Levin lays out the challenge facing us in the next four weeks

Mark Levin lays out the challenge facing us in the next four weeks: On his weekly prime-time Fox News channel program yesterday evening, tireless conservative talk show host and bestselling author Mark Levin summarized the challenge that the nation faces in Election 2020 in four short weeks.  The guest on&n...

"On the Street Where You Live" Vic Damone

DO MASK REALLY WORK - Doctor Ted Noel

Landing a Kodiak Airplane on a Slippery Mountain Runway | Bush Pilot Fli...

Book Of Love by The Monotones

Don Surber: Democrats would destroy the presidency

Don Surber: Democrats would destroy the presidency: I know jack about opera but Pavarotti singing "Nessun Dorma" from Turandot captivated the world at the 1990 World Cup which Italy ...

Neil Sedaka: "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" (1961)

The Playmates - Beep Beep (Roulette 4115 - 1958)

How the Left views our political world in 2020

People on the political Left see things in a way that is the "polar opposite" of people on the Right. They have a completely different truth about the world we live in. Read this opinion piece written by Robert Reich (Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration) and you'll see what I mean. 

Democrats Question Integrity of 2020 Election??? ...Whaaat??

    I learned a long time ago that whatever Democrats accuse Republicans of doing, they are doing to a much greater degree. Here are the Dems accusing Republicans of cheating in the upcoming election - 

   In reality the Democrats are telling the world what they will do (again) in November.

Op-Ed: Our Current Crisis is Nothing Less than the Democrat Party’s War on America

     This is an article from a newly discovered website called PROTESTIA. I don't yet know what to make of this website but here's what their about page says in part - "Protestia is a media outreach of Fellowship Baptist Church in Sidney, Montana, and dedicates itself to providing alternative Christian news in an age of widespread censorship. Protestia’s general direction and purpose is overseen by that local congregation’s leadership, while its day-to-day operations and media publishing is managed by the Gideon Knox Group, a consortium of individuals from various fields (religious, business, marketing, design, and legal) who work together to help Christian conservatives and grassroots activists articulate their message. Through their help, small churches are able still to have a huge impact and a global witness." 

   So here's the link to the article.

Texas Reloaded - Greatest joint campaign ad in history

Steely Dan Aja

The Candace Owens Show: Heather Mac Donald

Herd Immunity and Covid-19

 Can "herd immunity" be achieved? Here's an interesting article that might provide an answer.

Don Surber: Trump's inspirational comeback

Don Surber: Trump's inspirational comeback: The numbers look bad. Pollsters continue to show Biden well ahead in his basement campaign for the president -- his 33-year quest for the po...

Supreme Court Vacancy - September 2020

 Interesting article at The Spectator about the vacancy on the Supreme Court. 

Don Surber: Moving the embassy to Jerusalem brought peace

Don Surber: Moving the embassy to Jerusalem brought peace: Tonight in Jerusalem:

Falling for the Biggest Hoax in History

Falling for the Biggest Hoax in History: It will probably take months if not years for the truth of the Covid-19 pandemic to emerge, but when it does will any politician take responsibility for the lies and disinformation or the damage this hoax caused this great nation? I don’t think...

Victor Davis Hanson | Plague, Panic, and Protests—The Weird Election Yea...

911 - The God Song - Silent Night

Don Surber: Why stealing an election ain't easy

Don Surber: Why stealing an election ain't easy: On Wednesday, I posted my thoughts on stealing the election . I take the threat serious, but I do not panic. My remedy is to pray for the ...

Don Surber: Kurt Schlichter is right on the election

Don Surber: Kurt Schlichter is right on the election: Kurt Schlichter, retired colonel, winning lawyer, best-selling fiction writer, and columnist, wrote, "Nobody Is Switching from Trump ...

Manhattan Jazz Orchestra - ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE

10 Miles Of Cars Line Up For Trump, And A Raucous Night In A Small Town

10 Miles Of Cars Line Up For Trump, And A Raucous Night In A Small Town: The county paper predicted a crowd of 2,000-plus for President Trump's stop. There are more than twice that many vehicles by 4.

Don Surber: Conservatives purged the party in 2016

Don Surber: Conservatives purged the party in 2016: I wish Dan McLaughlin, the Baseball Crank on Twitter, would stick to baseball because his misunderstanding of President Donald John Trump ke...

Olds Ambassador Trumpet Demonstration

Dave Koz and The Summer Horns - LIVE Atlanta, GA 9/7/19

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue @ l'Olympia • 2013

The Righteous Brothers - Legends In Concert

Your Soul Will Be In Grave Danger

The Blues Brothers - Full Concert - 12/31/78 - Winterland (OFFICIAL)

Danny Seraphine: How the Band Chicago was Started. Part One

Girl sings Star-Spangled Banner for Trump supporter (MUST SEE)

1959 HITS ARCHIVE: Uh! Oh! (Part 2) - Nutty Squirrels

Efforts to Tie Trump to Q Intensify as Questions Mount on China, COVID, and the Democrats

Efforts to Tie Trump to Q Intensify as Questions Mount on China, COVID, and the Democrats: On August 12th, Marjorie Taylor Greene was declared the victor in a Republican House primary in Georgia and is now poised to become the first self-proclaimed Q supporter in Congress. Her victory prompted increasingly frantic media attacks on Q and he...

Trump Does The Unthinkable By Liz Crokin

Thomas Sowell Discusses The Crazy State Of US, The "Systemic Racism" Lie...

The Fact-Free Lockdown Hysteria | Thomas E. Woods, Jr.

Chicago (the band) In Phoenix

Beirut explosion: Huge blast rocks port and downtown areas

The Global Reset – Unplugged. “The Deep State” by Peter Koenig at globalresearch.ca

This is an interesting article worth a few moments of your time. 

Here's the first couple of paragraphs - Imagine, you are living in a world that you are told is a democracy – and you may even believe it – but in fact your life and fate is in the hands of a few ultra-rich, ultra-powerful and ultra-inhuman oligarchs. They may be called Deep State, or simply the Beast, or anything else obscure or untraceable – it doesn’t matter. They are less than the 0.0001%.

For lack of a better expression, let’s call them for now “obscure individuals”. 

These obscure individuals who pretend running our world have never been elected. We don’t need to name them. You will figure out who they are, and why they are famous, and some of them totally invisible. They have created structures, or organisms without any legal format. They are fully out of international legality. They are a forefront for the Beast. Maybe there are several competing Beasts. But they have the same objective: A New or One World Order (NWO, or OWO).

Without A Song

Carpenters - Live in Australia (1972)(DHV 2011)

Carpenters at the BBC - 1971

Carpenters in Concert at the New London Theatre - 1976

Carpenters in Concert at the New London Theatre - 1976

The Carpenters Karen & Richard - Tonight Show 1978 - part 2

Episode 1076 Scott Adams: Trump is Medically Correct and CNN Might Be Ki...

Paul Anka - Live in Switzerland 2013 || Full Concert || HD 1080p

Tom Jones at 80 - Happy Birthday 1940 - 2020

Tom Jones & Ray Charles Medley - This is Tom Jones TV Show 1970

The Casinos - Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye (Long Version)

Good article from John Hinderaker at Powerline blog

Some interesting thoughts from John Hinderaker at Powerline blog. 

His opening paragraph - "Revelations of recent years have expanded the range of the thinkable. Four years ago, I would have considered the idea that the Department of Justice, the FBI and the CIA would team up to swing a presidential election to their favored candidate, and failing that, would try to disable the incoming administration, a paranoid fantasy, the stuff of fiction. But it happened. And it was highly successful, due to the predictable behavior of the Democratic Party and its news branch at the New York Times, Washington Post, and so on." 

Read the full article...   

My Interview with Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports!

1947 Louis Jordan - Jack, You’re Dead (#1 R&B hit)

James Morrison & The Hot Horn Happening - Jazzwoche Burghausen 1995

Articles: Democrats Are Forcing a Civil War

Articles: Democrats Are Forcing a Civil War: Through Antifa and BLM, the Democrats are preparing for war.��The riots, looting, arson, and public beatings taking place every day are merely practice for the coming revolutionary conflagration.��They are war-gaming to see how be...

Kurt Schlicter on Townhall.com July 16, 2020

I like Kurt Schlicter's commentary and this one is very good! Here's a little snippet - "Trump has the advantage in this race and this election is his to lose, but one weapon he has yet to unleash is the Reaganesque optimism that we, the normal, patriotic Americans who he can rely on, yearn for. Look around. Things are a mess, and the Democrats are doing everything they can to make them messier. They are holding onto their precious pangolin pandemic panic like Brian Stelter grips a pie, ferociously fighting to keep hope dying by denying our kids school and millions of us a livelihood, all to eek out a win in November...."  

Read it all....

Inside the cloak-and-dagger search for sacred texts

Inside the cloak-and-dagger search for sacred texts

DON'T YOU CARE - The Buckinghams LIVE

Old Movie Stars Dance to Uptown Funk

George Benson ☆ Live at Montreux • 1986 [Full Concert]

Fourplay - Live in Tokyo (2013)

David Barton | The Ben Shapiro Show Sunday Special Ep. 57

Don Surber: 37 states

Don Surber: 37 states: Democrats believe they have a lead in the polls and they can run out the clock on the 2020 election.

Some things you've never heard about AMERICA!~ (historian David Barton)

Spyro Gyra - Early Hits Medley: "Shaker Song" "Catching The Sun" "Morn...

Once Upon A Time in the West - Extended Original Soundtrack 1972

An Industry Of Untruth by Victor Davis Hanson

Another fine article by Victor Davis Hanson appears at the American Greatness website. Here is a sample - 

     "The truth is that the COVID-19 epidemic, the lockdown, and the rioting were seen by the Left, the media, and now the Democratic Party as a renewed effort in this election year to do what Robert Mueller, Ukraine, and impeachment had not—abort the presidency of Donald Trump, or make it impossible for him to be reelected." 

     And here's more - Consequently, the last two weeks, in succession we were told by the media that a noose was left in a NASCAR garage as a racist threat to NASCAR’s only major African-American driver, typical of Trump’s racist America; that Donald Trump, in dejection and self-incrimination, was soon to quit rather than face the humiliation of a landslide defeat in November; that the president knowingly rejected intelligence that the Russians were paying bounties on American soldiers in Afghanistan, as part of his obeisance to Vladimir Putin; and that Trump went to Mount Rushmore to honor racist presidents and dishonor sacred Native American land.

All were not just lies, but respectively unimaginative and banal successors to similarly long ago discredited lies—the Jussie Smollett hoax, the “Trump never wished to be president in the first place” hoax, the Russian “collusion” hoax, and the hoax that Trump’s presence turns once esteemed monuments that prior presidents, most recently Barack Obama, visited into racist dog whistles." 

 

Response to Dana Coverstone's 3 Dreams

Don Surber: Why Trump tweets

Don Surber: Why Trump tweets: Some things are so obvious to me that I assume everyone knows, but then I discover lots of people don't know. I thought everyone knew ...

God Bless the U.S.A featuring Lee Greenwood, Home Free and The Singing S...

2020 Election

     I always find Conrad Black's commentary interesting. If he has a particular agenda, I cannot discern what it might be. Here is a recent article from the "Amercian Greatness" website about President Trump's prospects of getting re-elected in November. Here is the opening paragraph -

      "The current speculation about a likely Joe Biden victory in the November presidential election ignores a number of extraordinary factors. Since the speculation is in the media and the media is overwhelmingly hostile to President Trump, there is a spontaneous urge to consider his declining fortunes in the polls as a vindication of both their professionalism and their prophetic talents. Their self-confidence is misplaced."

Read it all...

Three Prophetic Dreams from Pastor Dana

ONE O'CLOCK JUMP - CancerBlows: The Legends Return (2017)

Don Surber: Defeating Satan is racist?

Don Surber: Defeating Satan is racist?: BLM just revealed its satanic side. Oopsie.

2020 Election

Here's more great commentary from Victor Davis Hanson with his current thoughts on the election this November.
    " The old 2020 election was supposed to be about many familiar issues. It is not anymore.  Up until now, the candidates themselves would supposedly be the story in November. The left had cited Trump’s tweets and erratic firings as windows into his dark soul. 

....The people’s energy, tranquilized by a two-month national quarantine and terror of the coronavirus, has suddenly exploded in both massive protests and silent seething at the lawlessness. The result is that for good or evil, the 2020 election is no longer really about Biden and Trump, Democratic or Republican policies, or progressive and conservative agendas.

No, it is now about America as it has been before May 2020 — always flawed, but constantly improving, and not perfect but far better than the alternatives — and what has now followed."

Is Trump Winning ?

     Another of my favorite bloggers/writers is Kurt Schlichter who is a columnist at Townhall.com and today's column is one that made me feel better after reading. 

     

     Here's paragraph number 3 of his column - 

The libs’ plan to win in November corresponds to Trump’s plan to crush them yet again. Skeptical? Consider this. In the five years since he rode down that escalator bringin’ hell with him, how many times have they come at Trump and won? Zero. He’s spent half a decade on the edge of doom and he’s still here. Why would you think that the walls are suddenly closing in now? You shouldn’t.  

     Read it all here.... it will give you hope!

The Media Lies? Well... yes! Yes they do!

     The left leaning media (TV & print) have been slanting the news for a very long time. I first noticed it in 1992 when Bill Clinton was running for President. While watching television news shows, I noticed all the stories about Clinton would be positive and the ones about George H. W. Bush would all have a subtle negativity to them. And now the so-called journalists don't even pretend to be unbiased.
     Here's an article that makes this point very well, from June 3rd -
The Media Are Lying To You About Everything...

WALTER WILLIAMS: The True Plight Of Black Americans

     Walter Williams is an Economics professor at George Mason University and a conservative voice that has been a guest host of the Rush Limbaugh radio show several times, plus writes commentary that appears on numerous websites. 
     Here is one of his recent articles about "systemic racism". 

     His first paragraph - "While it might not be popular to say in the wake of the recent social disorder, the true plight of black people has little or nothing to do with the police or what has been called “systemic racism.” Instead, we need to look at the responsibilities of those running our big cities." 

Don Surber: Ban the NFL from playing the national anthem

Don Surber: Ban the NFL from playing the national anthem: Ban playing the national anthem at NFL games because the league's players are too damned dumb to stand and honor the flag. Americans s...

Dirty Dozen Brass Band: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

"The Remains of an Administration" by Victor Davis Hanson

Yet another great commentary by Victor Davis Hanson, this article at National Review reminds us of how corrupt the Obama administration was....

Obama entered with a supermajority in the Senate and a large majority in the House, with the likelihood of remaking the Supreme Court. When he left eight years later, he had lost both houses of Congress, lost the Supreme Court for a generation, and lost more than 1,000 state and local offices. Once Obama discovered in his last year in office that the more he disappeared, the more the public liked the idea rather than the reality of Obama, his polls recovered. His designated successor, armed with Obama’s endorsement, a captive media, and a vast preponderance of money lost to outlier Donald Trump in the greatest upset in U.S. election history. Trump, remember, ran on being the antithesis to Barack Obama.  

Read it all here....

"First-Time Gun Buyers Explain How Coronavirus Changed Their Politics"

From the Washington Free Beacon, this story is very interesting. 

       Here's a snippet - "This has taken me, a law-abiding citizen with nary an unpaid parking ticket to my name, over a month," he told the Washington Free Beacon. "Meanwhile Joe Bad Guy has probably purchased several fully automatic AK-47s out of the back of an El Camino in a shady part of town with zero background checks."

Receipts reviewed by the Free Beacon show Kane first purchased a firearm on March 11 from Sportsman's Warehouse in Milpitas, Calif. Santa Clara County shut down the shop before Kane's 10-day waiting period was complete. No end date was given for the order, but a California law giving buyers just 30 days to pick up a gun remained in effect. Kane was stuck in a legal limbo that only grew worse.

Unable to do business, the store went belly-up in May. Kane had no way to pick up his gun. He started the process over again at another store in a neighboring county. He returned home with a Springfield XD 9mm and a biometric safe on April 29, 50 days after he first passed a background check and paid for a gun.

"I'm seriously thinking of running for office or something," Kane said. "This state's gun laws are insane." 

Read it all....

It's OK to Say It: The Lockdown Was a Catastrophic Error

It's OK to Say It: The Lockdown Was a Catastrophic Error: Let's review. 'Reopening' is a sham. Shops, restaurants and small businesses, under 'reopening', are being micromanaged by the

More commentary from Victor Davis Hanson

One of my favorite writers, Mr. Hanson explains politics and culture like no one else. His latest article at PJ Media, talks about the divide between "red-state & blue-state" America....

Red- and blue-state America was already divided before the coronavirus epidemic hit. Globalization had enriched the East Coast and West Coast corridors but hollowed out much in between.

The traditional values of small towns and rural counties were increasingly at odds with postmodern lifestyles in the cities.

There were, of course, traditionalists in blue states. And lots of progressives live in red states. But people increasingly self-segregate to where they feel at home and where politics, jobs, and culture reflect their tastes.  

The ensuing left/right, liberal/conservative, Democrat/Republican divide not only intensified in the 21st century, but it also took on a dangerous geographical separatism.

The coasts vs. the interior divide reflects two Americas — often in a manner similar to the old Mason-Dixon line that geographically split the U.S. for roughly a century.

As always, it's great writing. Read it all! 

"The Three Blows to the New World Order"

Here's an interesting article by Bruce Thornton at Frontpage Mag. It starts off with this paragraph...
Nearly 30 years ago the Cold War ended with the collapse of the Soviet Empire. Communism, the last challenge to the Western paradigm of liberal democracy and free trade, disappeared, defeated by the same free-world alliance that had vanquished earlier totalitarian foes like fascism and Nazism. History understood not as events but as a tournament of conflicting socio-politico-economic orders had ended. A “new world order,” over a century in the making, finally had won.

UNREAL: Orange County Doctor Breaks His Silence on COVID-19

The Eagles Live 2020 �� New Kid In Town �� March 6 2020 ⬘ Houston Toyota C...

THE EAGLES | Farewell 1 Tour: Live from Melbourne

TajMo': The Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' Band - Jazz San Javier 2017 || Full Con...

Interesting (scary??) article

Here's an article from the American Thinker blog titled "Police State Dry Run a Huge Success". It's written by Carol Brown and contains numerous links to other articles supporting her many points. It's an article worth reading.

'Social Distancing' is Snake Oil, Not Science

'Social Distancing' is Snake Oil, Not Science: Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York says that it’s “shocking” to discover that 66 percent of new hospitalizations appear to have been among people “largely sheltering at home.”�

“We thought maybe they were t...

Tower of Power Horns on Letterman Show, November, 1987 Wow!

The horn section from Tower of Power (1987) is pretty awesome, as they have been for fifty years!

Don Surber: Grenell threatens to open Spygate wide

Don Surber: Grenell threatens to open Spygate wide: I keep hoping for a Robin to go with our Batman to save the republic from its uniparty doom only to be disappointed to find another Joker....

Just wow!

Check out this article over at American Greatness. Here's a sample - "...For Democrats, this is what it’s come to: A last attempt to drive down support for Trump by doing everything they can to heighten public fear of the coronavirus and extend for as long as possible the resulting economic disruption.

As demands to open businesses increase in states around the country, Democrats’ target date for getting Americans back to work is 18 months from now. By which time, they hope, Trump’s plan to restart the economy will have backfired, and they’ll be running what’s left of the country, Green New Deal-style."  

Is this what's really going on? It just might be.

Michael Flynn Exonerated

An article by Mike Huckabee published at The Stream website - 
Exonerated: At Last, A Breakthrough in the Case of Lt. General Michael Flynn 
A little snippet....
The Note That Indicts the FBI

It’s one of the handwritten notes that has shown beyond doubt that Flynn was personally targeted, just to get rid of him.

The barely legible scrawl reads: “What’s our goal? Truth/Admission or to get him to lie, so we can prosecute or get him fired?”

Let that sink in. “Get him to lie”? “…get him fired”? Since when does the FBI concern itself with getting someone fired? 

America Held Hostage

America Held Hostage: What are we doing, America?��We've destroyed a booming economy, turned a record number of jobs into record unemployment numbers, and given up our basic tenets of liberty — all so we won't get sick?���

We'...

129 Media Mistakes in the Trump Era: The Definitive List - from Sharyl Attkisson

Great article on Sharyl Attkisson's website about all some of the mistakes made by the media about President Trump.
Here's the first three...

1. Aug. 2016-Nov. 2016:

The New York Post published modeling photos of Trump's wife Melania and reported they were taken in 1995. Various news outlets relied on that date to imply that Melania, an immigrant, had violated her visa status. But the media got the date wrong. Politico was among the news agencies that later issued a photo date correction.

2. Oct. 1, 2016:

The New York Times and other media widely suggested or implied that Trump had not paid income taxes for 18 years. Later, tax return pages leaked to MSNBC ultimately showed that Trump actually paid a higher rate than Democrats Bernie Sanders and President Obama.

3. Oct. 18, 2016:

In a Washington Post piece not labelled opinion or analysis, Stuart Rothenberg reported that Trump's path to an electoral college victory was nonexistent. 

There are 129 in all.

"Donald Trump's Been Saying The Same Thing For 30 Years"

Very interesting article from January, 2017 on NPR's website.  

       "For decades, Donald Trump both toyed with and coyly denied any interest in pursuing the presidency — until his expectation-shattering campaign of the 2016 election.

But if you go back and watch old clips — and by old, we mean decades-old — you hear a young Donald Trump sounding very much like the current Trump. Common themes include his view that trade wasn't fair, that the world has long laughed at America and countries have taken advantage of U.S. generosity while refusing to pay their "fair share" for all the U.S. does globally." 

Several video clips within the article....

Don Surber: We funded Red China's world dominance

Don Surber: We funded Red China's world dominance: Glenn Reynolds linked a story about a fact-checker at the Washington Post who ignored facts to defend WHO. The Instapundit then said "The WHO is in China’s pocket, and so is the Washington Post."

Trump Derangement Syndrome

I thought Bush Derangement Syndrome was bad, but it was nothing compared to what's been happening since November 9, 2016. And Trump Derangement Syndrome just keeps getting worse. Here's an article at Bookworm Room blog that expresses it better than I can. 

An excerpt - "So far, all I’ve given you are my impressions about leftism and my assurances that people I know really do say the things I allege that they say. Now’s the part where I simply quote the professional leftists, the columnists and comics, for proof that their hatred for Trump is no longer a rational thing. The difference between them and my friends is that the professionals express their Derangement more elegantly, going beyond mere howls and obscenities. 

The entire article is well worth your time and I think is correct in recognizing this serious problem.

Don Surber: My plan to re-open America

Don Surber: My plan to re-open America: My plan to re-open America is simple. First we pray. A national day of fasting would be a nice throwback to Lincoln, and a reminder of f...

It’s Time for the President to Address Our Economic Relaunch - Conrad Black

    "It is clear that the time is approaching that will be absolutely decisive for this presidency and for the country’s near-term future. The president will have to decide on an economic relaunch plan, and this will make or break him and his opponents.

The vast amount of posturing and accusatory liberties that already surpass what is normal in even the most contentious of election years will be of no account, depending on the outcome of the president’s decision of when and how to conduct the United States back to normal life. The Democrats have advocated a lengthy shutdown, leaving plenty of room to impute to them political as well as public health motives." 

     Those are the first two paragraphs of this article by Conrad Black at American Greatness.  

Is America a Roaring Giant or a Crying Baby?

Another outstanding article from Victor Davis Hanson -

".... As we struggle to defeat the coronavirus, an aroused America is talking grandly of restructuring the U.S. economy. 
Politicians promise that major industries -- pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, rare earths, military technologies -- will return home to create millions of new jobs and better protect the population in times of crisis."

From Issues & Insights

"A WARTIME PRESIDENT" is the title of an article at Issues & Insights.   Here is the last paragraph of the article - "President Trump is leading from the front, addressing the American people every day, reminiscent of Roosevelt’s fireside chats during the depths of the Depression. Trump is fighting a war against this virus and for our economy. He has the mettle, the experience, and the patriotism that a wartime president must have to win. With him in charge, we will win."

Please read the whole thing.

"The case for reopening the country now" by Roger Kimball

This article by Roger Kimball at Spectator.us (The Spectator) asks questions that are on a lot of people's minds right now. 

"More and more people, I suspect, are padding about muttering lines from Psalm 13: ‘How long, O Lord,…How long must I take counsel in my soul/ and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?’

These are good questions. As of April 9, 2020, however, we do not have a reliable answer." 

Corona Meltdowns by Victor D. Hanson

Another fine article from Victor Davis Hanson -

Is the bad and self-negating behavior of so many of Trump’s enemies setting him up for an even more impressive victory in the fall?

"As the coronavirus outbreak begins to reach its zenith, it remains unclear whether the measures taken to stem its tide will prove sufficient, insufficient, or an overreaction. What is certain, however, is that a number of individuals and entities have behaved shamefully and demonstrated no capacity for leadership or usefulness in this moment."  ........

"Trump’s Leadership in Pandemic Paves Way to Reelection"

Conrad Black always has an interesting perspective on American politics and this coronavirus is as much of a political problem for President Trump as it is a health emergency. Here is Black's latest article on the President and the virus.  

From the article - "One of the characteristics of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States is its unique political explosiveness. In order to deal effectively with it, President Trump has had to show a good deal of dexterity, which his always numerous and vocal critics have assailed as incoherence, or insincerity."

Don Surber: Trump COVID-19 panic

Don Surber: Trump COVID-19 panic: Pres. Trump: “This will be, probably, the toughest week, between this week and next week. And there will be a lot of death, unfortunately....

Hmm... this is interesting.

Check this out - A Howard Zinn Pandemic (from American Greatness) 

"In the midst of a global pandemic, left-wing pundits and politicians spin the blame to comport with the propaganda coming from Communist China, the regime responsible for the virus’s spread in the first place."

"Talk about the Fox guarding the henhouse! "

This is another story on the Democrat scumbags in Washington DC. This one is from Jeff Dunetz writing at THE LID - Pelosi Creates Select Committee Overseeing $2 Trillion Relief Package 

Dunetz begins his article - Talk about the Fox guarding the henhouse! Speaker Pelosi announced on Thursday that she is creating a new ‘bipartisan’ House select committee on the coronavirus crisis. It will exercise oversight of the federal response to coronavirus and will be chaired by Majority Whip Jim Clyburn. Jim Clyburn? That doesn’t sound bipartisan.  

Read the entire article.

"With virus crisis raging, Pelosi and Schiff ramp up new Trump investigations"

From Byron York in the Washington Examiner -  

The team is back in action. On Thursday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the creation of the House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Crisis. The new panel will have the authority to investigate any aspect of the virus emergency and the Trump administration's handling of it. Read the entire article.

Viral Prerequisites and Nationalist Lessons in Time of Plague - V. D. Hanson

"Trump’s prior initiatives eased the implementation of many of his most effective orders during this crisis." 

Victor Davis Hanson is one of my favorite columnists. Here's his latest commentary at American Greatness.

America's Superb, Unappreciated President - Frontpagemag

If you don't like President Trump, then don't read this -

America's Superb, Unappreciated President - Frontpagemag

Victor D. Hanson - The Virus is Not Invincible, But It’s Exposing Who’s Irreplaceable

     Another fine article from Victor Davis Hanson about how the coronavirus is showing who's really important in our society. Not the academics or loudmouth politicians, but the farmers, truckers or our doctors & nurses. 
     His commentary begins - "In all the gloom and doom, and media-driven nihilism, there is actually an array of good news. As many predicted, as testing spreads, and we get a better idea of the actual number and nature of cases, the death rate from coronavirus slowly but also seems to steadily decline." 

     A few words about California - "However, a rare “March Miracle” has just seen the Sierra Nevada Mountains suddenly receive 4-6 feet of snow that covers dry ground (it is still snowing as I write this). And the later the snow, the better the spring runoff." 

     International rivals - "Like it or not, national rivalries continue at a time of plague. Our three greatest rivals, China, Russia, and Iran are all faring far worse than are we in ways that transcend the virus."  

     Read it all at this link.

The Grumpy Economist: Needed: the reopening plan. Fast.

The Grumpy Economist: Needed: the reopening plan. Fast.: A trillion bucks is a lot of money. The costs of shutting down the economy are larger. California's GDP is essentially zero at the momen...

"Lefty Reporters Squirm..."

I love this video clip. A One America New Network reporter is called on by President Trump and asks a great question. Scroll down for the video.... 

"A fiasco in the making?..."

This is an interesting opinion article about the cooronavirus pandemic by John P.A. Ioannidis - professor of medicine, of epidemiology and population health, of biomedical data science, and of statistics at Stanford University and co-director of Stanford’s Meta-Research Innovation Center. 
Comments below the article are also interesting.

Coronavirus Will Give President Trump His Biggest Win - Frontpagemag

Coronavirus Will Give President Trump His Biggest Win - Frontpagemag

Keith Urban: LIVE!

Victor Davis Hanson Perspective

I have always admired Victor Davis Hanson's skill as a writer and find that I agree most of the time with his opinions. I especially think he is correct in his most recent article about the the current state of affairs here in the USA. Here are some excerpts -
"When the virus peters out and the panic fades, China may be permanently rebranded and recalibrated by the world at large. Its trading partners will trust it far less...
In sum, China’s mercantile system will take a hit. The only country that can match and surpass its economic output, the United States, will be the long-term beneficiary as investors and businesses look away from Beijing to a more transparent partner....

So the public could look forward to a rebounding late summer economy to come fueled by cheap gas, low interest, relief that COVID-19 is manageable, key preparations of pharmaceutical industries to return to the United States and realize that an already robust America can recover quickly from the virus and its associated panic.

Again, the key is not to damn the panic over the virus, but to understand and accept it—while reassuring Americans that all that can be done is being done, and what downturns they now experience will soon be overshadowed by even more jobs and greater economic expansion and wealth creation to come.

We sometimes forget, in legitimate fears of the coronavirus, that every action prompts a reaction and the massive curtailments of the U.S. economy can have as many health consequences as the virus itself—if millions lose income and jobs, become depressed in self-isolation, increase smoking, and drug and alcohol use, and postpone out of fear necessary buying and visits to doctors and hospitals for chronic and serious medical conditions unrelated to the virus.

In addition, it is not wrong to remind the public that current but once caricatured policies of secure borders, targeted travel bans, demands for transparency and symmetry from major U.S. trading partners, recalibration with China, and a return of manufacturing and assembly of key U.S. industries, from high-technology to pharmaceuticals, was long overdue—and must continue to ensure U.S. security and the long-term health of its people.

Let us relearn that at times of crisis our country is singularly resilient and self-sufficient, and we have only ourselves to save ourselves, or as FDR said in 1932 at the height of the Great Depression, “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

Coronavirus #4

Don Surber: We didn't need an office of pandemics: Beth Cameron, an expert in global health security and biodefense, complained in the Washington Post, "I ran the White House pandemic ... 
Despite hysterical press reports, the USA is doing better than anyone. We have 6.9 cases per million people. Italy has 292.1, Norway has 183.7, Denmark has 138.8, Switzerland has 131.6, Spain has 111.9, and Sweden has 80.6, all well above Red China's 56.2.

Coronavirus #3

Here's yet another article about the corona virus.

‘Moderate’ Joe Biden has moved way to the left

This is a very good article by Jeff Jacoby, a Boston Globe columnist, about how Joe Biden "would be the most liberal Democrat ever nominated for President".

Not "Trump's Chernobyl", more accurately to call it China's Chernobyl.

'Trump's Chernobyl': Media Wuhan Virus Hysteria Stokes Public Panic: Not only is it clear that corporate media can't be trusted about coronavirus, it's clear they don’t care about public health or the economy.

Don Surber: They really got old Donald John Trump this time

Don Surber: They really got old Donald John Trump this time: Boy, oh, boy. They really got old Donald John Trump this time.

Gasoline prices in the next few months

I've been paying around $2.00 per gallon for gasoline for several weeks now and the price may go a bit lower according to this article from cnbc.com.  Bullet points from the article are:

• Oil prices are down 30% for the year as the new coronavirus, COVID-19, slashes global demand forecasts.
• With previously agreed OPEC+ production cuts expiring at the end of March, Saudi Arabia and Russia can theoretically pump as much crude as they want.
• International and U.S. oil benchmarks plummeted to multiyear lows on Friday, with Brent crude closing at $45.27, down more than 9%, and West Texas Intermediate down more than 10%.  

Lower oil prices are not great for oil companies and their employees, but lower fuel prices are good for most other people. It's going to be interesting to see how the U.S. economy reacts over the next few months to the effects of the corona virus. Maybe lower fuel prices will "soften the blow" of the virus. 

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/summary.html

Don Surber: Jennifer would have saved the party

Don Surber: Jennifer would have saved the party: (Graphic courtesy of Pro Trump News .) Tulsi Gabbard will not be on stage for the next Democrat debate as the party changed its rules on...

THE MAVERICKS. JAZZ SAN JAVIER 2018.

Such a unique band!

"Jazz San Javier" is an annual music festival in Spain - here's the website.

Another coronavirus article

Here's another article, and a very good one, about the coronavirus. A tidbit from the article - "Clearly, this press conference was a masterful response by Trump to gain control of the flow of facts and provide full information to the American public without the distortions of media infected with Trump Derangement Syndrome." 

And another - "The means that the virus isn’t quite as deadly as many have feared. Factors that could work in our favor include great sanitation, access to excellent medical care, and good diet…all of which play a role in recovering from illness."  Click here for the full article. 

Coronavirus news, Feb. 26. 2020

Trump puts Vice President Mike Pence in charge of coronavirus response, says nation is 'very ready'

From a USA Today article - "Lawmakers from both parties expressed concern that the administration isn’t doing enough to prepare for a possible U.S. outbreak of the virus that has spawned more than 80,000 cases around the world, including 59 confirmed cases in the USA." 

More from the same article - “We're better prepared than anybody else. It doesn't mean you're going to escape through this with absolutely no impact,” said Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., who sits on the House Appropriations Committee. 

BILL EVANS & THE SPY KILLERS. JAZZ SAN JAVIER 2019

These guys are really good!

Important Tip from the Glen Rose TX Veterinary Clinic

The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy

The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy: The phrase "right-wing extremist" has become part of the national lexicon, yet for some strange reason, we never hear "left-wing extremist" to describe the liberal crazies in Antifa and BAMN, just two examples of what liberal extremism looks like — bloody.  Why is that?  Why do the media pretend the lunatics on the left don't exist?


More: https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/02/the_vast_leftwing_conspiracy.html#ixzz6F4XXak39

Coronavirus & the economy

    Acccording to Larry Kudlow the coronavirus is certainly a "human tragedy", but the United States is in "excellent shape" financially. Kudlow appeared on CNBC today in an interview you can view here. He says the U.S. has contained the virus, but how does he or anyone else, really know? Hmm? 
    Oh, and the stock market has dropped about 1700 points over the last two days. Ouch!

Gowdy: No one believes Russia prefers Trump over 'comrade Sanders'

Nunes drops a bombshell, reacts to reports of Russia trying to help Trump

How Trump Made the Federal Courts Blink

How Trump Made the Federal Courts Blink:
    "A quick back-and-forth occurred over the last week between President Trump and the nation's federal judges. After lying to Attorney General Barr about seeking a minimum sentence, the prosecutors in the Roger Stone case (including two from the Mueller Crew) entered a harsh sentencing recommendation that he serve a decade behind bars for lying to Congress." (more at the link)

Count Basie and his Orchestra live at the North Sea Jazz Festival • 1979

Pete Buttigieg's father was a Marxist professor....

From the Washington Examiner -
Pete Buttigieg's father was a Marxist professor who lauded the Communist Manifesto   The father of Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg was a Marxist professor who spoke fondly of the Communist Manifesto and dedicated a significant portion of his academic career to the work of Italian Communist Party founder Antonio Gramsci, an associate of Vladimir Lenin....

Don Surber: Impeachment was good for the USA

Don Surber: Impeachment was good for the USA: On Tuesday, President Donald John Trump got liberals to defend long mandatory sentencing by commuting sentences and pardons, reversing a few Trophy Convictions by the deep staters in DOJ.  (continued at the link)

Putting America First

Actually, it's a question by columnist Robert Spencer - 

"What Exactly Is Wrong with a President Putting America First?"

  https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/what-exactly-is-wrong-with-putting-america-first/  

Very good article.......

Do Lord - arr. by Tom O'Conner - Jubilation Jazz @ Three Rivers College

Jubilation Jazz at Three Rivers College 29th Annual Jazz Fest 
in Poplar Bluff, MO February 14th, 2020

The Coronavirus Outbreak

The coronavirus, or "COVID-19", is scary and concerns me a little bit. Here is an article from the Sydney Morning Herald that is written from a different point of view than most United States news outlets.

"Trump Does The Unthinkable"

This is from a July 2016 column by Liz Crokin on the Townhall website. It's an article about Donald Trump's generosity, siting examples beginning in 1986. And the column has links to archived news articles about the examples she gives. Very interesting....

STEVE GADD BAND. JAZZ SAN JAVIER 2019

Trump and Ukraine

Following the theme of Victor Davis Hanson's article, here's another from the American Greatness blog by Matthew Boose -
Trump's Angry and True Victory Speech  Very interesting!

     "At one point, Trump asked a very sensible question about military aid to Ukraine: Why is the United States “always the sucker?” Why was America giving millions in aid to Ukraine in the first place, and why was a temporary hold on that aid made out to be an act of treason? This is the kind of nonsense that consumes the political establishment." 

     And remember what Joe Biden said about a certain prosecutor in Ukraine in 2018.