I hope you had a great Christmas and a great New Year. I have had a week off so let’s get to the news and there’s a lot.

 

News

Here’s some news:

• While on another vacation in St. Croix, Joe Biden had the $1.9 trillion spending bill sent to him to sign.
  • Imagine the carbon put into the atmosphere for that.
  • He didn’t have to pay for much or anything. This is is all on the tax payer and he stayed at a billionaire donor’s resort.
  • Meanwhile, about a hundred people died in the worst snow storm in history and an airline crisis.
• They finally found the man who killed those four college students in Idaho.
  • He was caught at his parents’ home in Pennsylvania.
  • There is no motive.
  • DNA and his car led to his identity.
• Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills suffered a cardiac arrest last night during their game against Cincinnati. He is sedated and in critical but stable condition.
• Pope Benedict XVI has passed away at the age of 95.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-staying-at-st-croix-house-of-billionaire-democrat-donor
https://www.foxnews.com/us/idaho-murder-suspect-kohberger-wearing-suicide-prevention-vest-police-crime-scene-dna-sources
https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-benedict-last-words-according-bedside-nurse
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/bills-damar-hamlin-collapses-field-medical-staff-appear-administer-cpr

 

What a Non-Story

There was a rumor that popped out on social media yesterday that announce that former Vice President Mike Pence had just turned in his application to run for President in 2024. There was quite a reaction on Twitter. By that, I mean there was no reaction on Twitter.  Not one person thought this was going to go anywhere whether he runs or not. He has no chance to win, he’s boring as hell, and he’s way too straight-laced. He would have no chance if he went up against Trump or Ron DeSantis. In fact, I think he would have trouble with Glenn Youngkin or Nikki Haley, both are thinking of running.

But this might not make a difference anyway.

The manager for Mike Pence said that he did not file to run for VP. In fact, it looks like the whole thing was nothing but a joke. Apparently there was a filing, but it is common for false filings. This was one of them. The name used for the filing was “Mike Pence”, not “Michael Pence,” which is his legal name.

Anyway, if Mike is looking at the reactions of the public on social media, he might want to reconsider running for President.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mike-pence-spokesman-former-vp-did-not-file-run-president-suggests-someone-pranked-media

 

Of Course There Would Be Problems

Christmas, though not one of the biggest Christian holidays, is a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. You would think of all people at Christian churches around the country would celebrate Christmas. Surprisingly, this is not the case.

According to Fox News:

An increased number of churches are canceling Christmas day services in anticipation of low attendance, given the holiday falls on a Sunday this year. 

With the pandemic impacting the way people worship, Only 84 percent of pastors plan on holding services this year, down from 89 percent in 2016, which was the last time Christmas Day fell on a Sunday, according to surveys conducted by Lifeway Research. Only 60 percent of pastors plan to have church services on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. 

Reallife Church in Macon, Georgia, tweeted that it would be hosting a Christmas Eve service but not one on Christmas morning. 

Most of these Christian churches that are doing this are non-denominational or Unitarian in nature. That means they have a very loose interpretation of what Catholics and Protestants have. A lot of these religions do not see the purpose of celebrating Christmas or any other holiday, so none of this should be a surprise. Some of them don’t even allow for the celebrations of birthdays. But most said they did hold services on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning. They just decided to cancel them.

I blame this for on three things.

The first is the pandemic and the forced shut down of churches. This had a huge affect on former church-goers. And not many of the churches fought it, including the Catholic churches. If I’m a church-goer and the church doesn’t think their services are important enough to fight for, why should the congregants?

The second issue is the secularization of of religion. Believe it or not, Christianity is becoming woke and less religious. Even Catholicism is beginning to embrace the LGBTQ crap. Every once in a while, the pope will go out there and say that it is all wrong. But he does it rarely and half-heartedly.  He is even rather quiet on things like abortion because it is not a “woke” talking point.

Finally, last but not least, the destruction of the family has destroyed religion. Children learn from parents. But parents have given up on being parents and giving their children faith. This hasn’t started now. I have to say I am somewhat guilty of this. We had a great family but I never embraced the value of religion until way later in life. Unfortunately, I think I did not help my children embrace religion like I was forced to. Now that I am older and have a bit of experience under my belt, I see the importance of my religion.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/many-churches-cancel-services-christmas-day-enjoy-time-with-family
https://www.foxnews.com/media/christmas-canceled-parents-media-holiday-traditions-getting-annoying

 

In Others Words, A Woman Had a Baby

According to the Mirror:

Proud dad Reuben Sharpe today tells how HE gave birth to a miracle baby in Britain’s most modern family.

The 39-year-old transitioned to a man 12 years ago.

But he still had maternal instincts and six years ago stopped taking testosterone in the hope of one day having a child.

And that dream came true when he and partner Jay had a bouncing baby.

Jay is non-binary – so does not identify as male or female.

The sperm donor was a trans woman… and even the DOCTOR was transgender.

And while a handful of other UK men have fallen pregnant after transitioning from a woman, Reuben and Jay are among the first couples to speak out about their remarkable journey.

The title of the story on Twitter was: Transgender man gives birth to non-binary partner’s baby with female sperm donor.

Now is this a story? Of course not but it is because these people are trans. Here’s the real story.

Two lesbians wanted a baby. The paid a man to give his sperm. one of the lesbians got pregnant and had a baby. Period. That’s it. why is this being made into a story? Because it will be “proof” for the trans people that men can get pregnant and women can get a man pregnant. Of course, this proves nothing of the sort. It actually proves that women are always going to be women and men are always going to be men.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/transgender-man-gives-birth-non-21177808