Tom Homan, President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming border czar, did not mince words during a recent interview in which he blasted New York Gov. Kathy Hochul over a “tone-deaf” social media post she wrote shortly after the news broke about an illegal immigrant setting a woman on fire in a New York City subway.
The determinedly left-wing Guardian newspaper came down hard on Christmas Day and adopted an Ebenezer Scrooge tone as it scolded those who celebrate the birth of Christ.
It cautioned Co2 emissions produced by anyone enjoying Yuletide travel, gifts, family time, lighting, and food are destroying the planet and “the whole meaning” of the day itself.
This explains why certain generations are the way they are. pic.twitter.com/7hrPBr9aQn
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) December 25, 2024
At Saint Patrick’s Church, the parish legend was always that the Halifax Explosion of 1917 blew out the stained glass windows, but only on the north side.
The joyful Christmas spirit hasn’t affected everyone.
How truly awful. pic.twitter.com/I3UIzT2NWs
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) December 25, 2024
In the eight decades since its release, It’s a Wonderful Life has become a sacrosanct part of the holiday period. James Stewart stars as George Bailey, a savings and loans manager who contemplates taking his own life until an angel shows him a vision of how much worse off his town and his loved ones would be if he had never been born. Due to a clerical oversight, the film’s copyright expired in 1974, and the subsequent television broadcasts cemented its reputation as a Christmas classic. And yet, even in 1974, its director Frank Capra was still having to defend it from the charge of being “over-sentimental”.
Just the trailer I’m sorry to say. But a much loved Christmas staple.
Bear Grylls has been labelled ’embarrassing’ after saying Mary was a Palestinian refugee in a Christmas message to his followers.
The 50-year-old explorer took to social media to share ‘a quick historical note’ about ‘Maryam (Mary)’.
He wrote on X: ‘In these next few days billions of us around the world celebrate the birth of a Middle Eastern refugee who, 2,000 years ago, changed the course of the world forever.
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS!
Over the next few days, billions of us around the world celebrate God come to earth as a baby, born to live amongst us. He grew up as an impoverished Middle Eastern refugee some 2,000 years ago, yet this Jesus (Yeshua) changed the course of the world forever.… pic.twitter.com/dyjK1EpJIl— Bear Grylls OBE (@BearGrylls) December 25, 2024
h/t Patti Jo
Welcome everyone to Reader Fave Carols! I hope you are all enjoying this wonderful Christmas Day!
We’ll have Part 2 up later this evening for your listening pleasure!
Enjoy!
Handel: Messiah, For unto us a child is born (Sir Colin Davis, Tenebrae, LSO) – From PA Cat
Adam Lambert & Noa Dori singing ‘The Prayer’-David Foster – From Norman in New York
And … יונינה- מעוז צור | Yonina- Maoz Tzur
US Air Force Band & Singing Sergeants – From freddiegomez
And … O Holy Night | Sandi Patty and The Tabernacle Choir
Andy Williams – O Holy Night – From Clink9
The Trailer Park Hillbillionaires Ep4-The Christmas Special with Elon Musk And Marky Zuckerberg – From Hermes
Lidija Bacic Lille – Sretan Bozic (Merry Christmas) – From Martin B
Who Put the Stump? – From dunst43
Pavlo – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – From SDMatt
Bing Crosby, the Oscar-winning megastar “Voice of America.” A score by Irving Berlin, composer of the most popular song of all time (“White Christmas”). Vera-Ellen, one of the most talented female dancers of the age. Michael Curtiz, director of one of the top movies in Hollywood history (“Casablanca”).
The next federal election looms large on the horizon for Mayor Olivia Chow.
She knows the man who polls predict may become the next prime minister from her own days working in Ottawa.
But whether it’s Pierre Poilievre or someone else who wins power in the nation’s capital, Chow says, it would be unwise of any prime minister to ignore the residents of Canada’s largest city.
Most of Toronto will continue to vote stupid. A city that could elect the likes of Chow deserves every bit of the hardship coming its way.
Hertz is culling its portfolio of EVs in response to the sharp depreciation affecting some of its most popular models, including the Tesla Model 3. In what appears to be an aggressive effort to offload these vehicles, the rental giant has begun reaching out directly to customers currently renting them, offering an opportunity to purchase the cars outright on the spot.
h/t DS
While president-elect Donald Trump hasn’t declared Manifest Destiny as his rationale for wishing to expand American territory beyond its present boundaries, he very well might.
Readers with even a basic understanding of U.S. history will know about Manifest Destiny — the doctrine that the democratic administration of President James Polk relied on to expand continental U.S. beyond the 26 states of the early 1800s. The rationale marked America’s belief in itself as exceptional — a republic, no longer colonies of a monarchy — destined to expand across the North American continent.
Watch the King deliver his Christmas message.
This year, King Charles thanks doctors and nurses who cared for him and his daughter-in-law the Princess of Wales through their cancer treatment.https://t.co/dGsmRONcXx pic.twitter.com/zKADNvyMHP
— Sky News (@SkyNews) December 25, 2024
I have to say, viewers didn’t mince words after King Charles’ Christmas speech today.
Many accused His Majesty of being detached from the real concerns of everyday Brits. His claim that Britain is a diverse and multicultural success story as “an inspiring example of a community…
— Darren Grimes (@darrengrimes_) December 25, 2024
h/t Patti Jo
LONDON — Westminster is the storied home of British lawmaking — and plenty of lawbreaking too.
Beyond the U.K. parliament itself, the London borough boasts world-famous landmarks such as Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace. It’s the site of cherished theaters, vast public parks, glossy tourist attractions, and sturdy government offices dating right back to the days of the British Empire.
But a borough well-used to the pomp and ceremony of a royal procession is also a crime hotspot. It faces the day-to-day grind of muggings, thefts, and street assaults — and the problem shows no signs of getting any better.
Although Canada faces a major trade war with the US as soon as president-elect Donald Trump enters office in less than a month, Justin Trudeau has been distracted by a leadership crisis that could topple him as prime minister.
The situation has Canada’s regional leaders hopping on flights to influence the incoming Trump administration themselves.
