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“En sång en gång för längese’n” was a big hit in Sweden in 1967. It translates to green, green grass of home. It was written, not the Swedish lyrics of course, by Curly Putman who also gave us “He Stopped Loving Her Today” and “D-I-V-O-R-C-E.”
1619 New York Times Garbage — The New York Times is starting a divisive propaganda push to convince Americans that our country didn’t start in 1776 with the Declaration of Independence but in 1619 “when a ship carrying enslaved Africans landed in Virginia.”
This is going to backfire. You see those 20 Africans were not chattel slaves bound for life but indentured servants much as half of the European immigrants to the colonies were. These Africans were put in bondage by other Africans. Europeans gave money to those who had put them in chains allowing them to gain their freedom after a period of labor– at least in Virginia. It wasn’t all that bad a deal for them.
One of those 20 original indentured servants was an Angolan who took the name Anthony Johnson. After Johnson served his indenture and gained his freedom, he became a successful tobacco farmer. He got an African indentured servant of his own named John Casor.
Except Johnson didn’t free Casor upon the expiration of the indenture.
So Casor got help from an English neighbor, who compelled Johnson to grant Casor’s freedom. The victory, however, was short lived. Johnson filed his own lawsuit in 1654 in Northhampton County, Va. The powers that be felt Johnson had a pretty neat idea, and ruled in his favor binding Casor to him for life.
And hence the vile evil of chattel slavery was born.
If The New York Times wants to argue that our founding father was Anthony Johnson, well, it would certainly be an interesting thing to teach during Black History Month.
The United States was founded on July 4, 1776. Almost immediately upon declaration of independence the British mandate to maintain slavery was rejected by the Northern colonies and abolition began, starting with the counties of New York that would become Vermont in 1777 and then Pennsylvania in 1780. Note this was before the Treaty of Paris was signed and the Revolution still raged.
Skin color is meaningless. Judge people by their character.
The New York Times is garbage. All decent people should ignore it.
Augustus the Strong who was king of Poland for about 30 years starting in 1697 was also known as “the Saxon Hercules” and “Iron-Hand”. He liked to break horseshoes with his bare hands.
The artificial leg of Santa Anna — the general was the bad guy at the Battle of the Alamo — is on display at the Illinois State Military Museum.
Needed Callout For Montco GOP Unity — Stan Casacio, the Republican nominee for Montgomery County (Pa) controller, has taken a big step towards a GOP takeover of the Dem- controlled and corrupted county with an ad airing on WPHT calling for GOP unity.
Thank God there is someone who still thinks up there. Yes, the Republicans have a chance to win if they get unified.
Stan also tells us he will be hosting an hour-long show on 1180 WFYL at 8 a.m., Wednesdays. His first guest is Lt. Col Allen West.
We can’t find a source that authoritatively declares who hit the longest home run, but there is no dispute that 500-foot home runs are exceedingly rare and that in 1921 Babe Ruth credibly hit one in all eight American League ballparks.
Ads Banned For Gender Stereotyping — Free speech defender Bob S of Swarthmore sent us this link about bureaucratic bullies in the U.K. banning ads for Volkswagen and Philadelphia Cream Cheese for “gender stereotyping.”
It is just as wrong to ban ads teasing women or showing a woman doing a traditional female task as it is to ban ads teasing men or showing a woman doing a traditional male task.
Let freedom reign and the proper and desired social equilibrium will be found.
Ghislaine Maxwell Amazon Review — Can the mystery of Jeffrey Epstein get any weirder? A dubious “suicide” in one of America’s most secure prisons? Bill Clinton in a blue dress and red shoes?
We think, yes. It’s going to get weirder.
Epstein’s purported sex trafficking partner Ghislaine Maxwell was captured in a rare photo, Aug. 15, reading The Book of Honor : The Secret Lives and Deaths of CIA Operatives at an In-N-Out Burger in Los Angeles.
Take a step further into the rabbit hole. A G Maxwell reviewed the book, Aug. 15, on Amazon: A comforting read after a personal tragedy.
Yeah, the citizens of the USA better get ready for a roller coaster ride.
A group of Japanese immigrants to Brazil formed a group called Shindo Renmei to back the Empire during World War II. When Japan surrendered this group refused to believe it and killed any Japanese-Brazilian who said otherwise. They ended up murdering 23 and injuring 147 others.
So what is this inverted yield curve everyone keeps talking about? Financial advisor extraordinaire Bruce Cooke, whose office is on Manoa Road in Havertown, provides this educational and easy to understand link.
Yes, an inverted yield curve is not a good thing. Yes, we blame the Democrats. If Nancy Pelosi puts country ahead of partisan posturing and gets the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) passed we suspect the yield curve might start looking a little more normal despite the problems in Europe and China.
You hear that Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa5)? Of course not. You’re OK with suffering as long as you think it helps your side. At least we believe so. Prove us wrong and back this thing.