Draidle, Dreidel, Draidlebaum

Sitting in the comfort of my “home office”, such as it is, with a small amount of sunlight coming in, I’m going to try to take a stab at writing the thing I never wanted to write – the thing I dreaded putting into words because it would make it real. Of course Mark Steyn has set the bar very high with his touching tribute, and my friend Andrew Lawton has some lovely words here as well. But I’m struggling.

How do I get my fingers to type the words that will express my grief about the death of my incredible friend Kathy Shaidle without sounding maudlin or self-serving?

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Tennessee Principal on Leave After Warning Kids about Twitter Censorship

Barton Thorne, the principal of Cordova High School, told students during morning announcements that they needed to be aware of the censorship happening on social media.

“I’m not going to tell you what to think, I just want to help you think,” he told students on a video that was later posted on YouTube.

“This isn’t about Trump,” he said. “This is about speech.”

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FBI director warns of ‘extensive amount’ of ‘concerning online chatter’ ahead of Biden inauguration

FBI Director Christopher Wray made the comments during a security briefing for Vice President Mike Pence at the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters with other government leaders involved in securing next Wednesday’s inauguration in the nation’s capital amid growing concerns that some of the people or groups involved in last week’s deadly siege might attempt some sort of violence.

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Toronto Mayor John Tory caught spying on Rebel News

Remember that delightful encounter we had with those “peaceful” protesters that occurred back in June?

In case you don’t recall, here’s an abbreviated backstory: Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square had been taken over by a collective of ne’er-do-wells known as Afro Indigenous Rising. And I do mean taken over. Think of this group as a poor man’s version of Antifa and/or Black Lives Matter.

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The Threat of Revolution

We are flirting in this country with the darkest and most serious kind of civic disaster: the disaster of political violence. Not only the shameful and deadly fiasco in the Capitol building on January 6, but the merciless parade of arson, defacement, and slaughter that tore through our cities in the summer of 2020: these are like the first thunderclouds that pass over the air before a storm. If the storm comes, it will be the ruin of us all.

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Trudeau’s new taxes add insult to economic injury

2020 has been an incredibly challenging year for Canadians from all walks of life. CFIB predicts up to 225,000 Canadian businesses could close forever due to COVID-19 lockdowns. Family members have been lost, jobs remain scarce, and we find ourselves in the middle of a deeply unstable global political climate. Surprisingly, this Liberal government decided that now, during the second wave of a pandemic, is the right time increase taxes and make Canadians pay more.

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