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December 30 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/december-30?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2025-1230-12302025

She's white and Russian so she gets to stay despite being indicted for illegally taking money for her "business". Thanks Don and JD https://www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-chen-trump-administration-scores-visa-for-founder-russian-propaganda-outlet-tenet?utm_source=substack&publication_id=87281&post_id=182912328&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=45wcm&triedRedirect=true They all should spend time in the Florida Alligator Gulag

This is where we differ. I consider myself unchurched. No church home for several reasons, all 0f them mostly personal. I grew up with family in a Presbyterian Church with family, he was a family friend as he was with most members of the congreation. My grandmother and mother were active in the church. My grandfather was a back pew church goer, as I later became for a while. When family moved to Virginia, we attended the church attended by our landlords. We had two option, Church of the Brethren or Baptist, we chose the former. We were active, I became an Eagle Scout there and earned the God and Country Badge. Without going my farther, let's just say my argument with organized religion (the church) is not over doctoral matters but a perceived difference in what they taught and what they practiced. At 73 I've come to terms with most of that. I watch services of a couple churches during the week. I read the bible on occasion but feel my calling now on Sunday mornings is volunteering at the visitor center at Colonial Williamsburg, which I've done since COVID restrictions were lifted. I'm not overly religious, I believe the core teachings of Christ. Yet at the same time I prefer being "Homeless" for now.

Not political, but some may construe it that way.

I just perused the latest in the thread. I wonder if the survey makes a distinction between those who profess to be Christians and those who may lean to Christianity but are solidly "non churched" Those who believe in the principles of Christianity, yet find most demonizations and even individual churches corrupt in some way.

December 29 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/december-29?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2025-1229-12292025

December 28 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/december-28?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2025-1228-12282025

Instead of Commander in Chief, he should be Decorator in Chief. Offer him a job on HGTV or with Chip and Joanna Gaines. Now would make America grate again!

Marble armrests. Who actually thinks of those. It's got to make for uncomfortable seating. Besides wasting taxpayer money...

Part of our decision (or my wife's) was that her parents wedding anniversary was 12/31. (Ours was 12/30). I'm sure her played a major role in that as well. We did do it on a tight budget though. Her mother was a caterer, my dad while basically a lawn care guy before it became semi fashionable also had equity in a floral shop so he supplied the flowers. A simple reception in the church's fellowship hall. Our hotel room for the first night was the "bridal suite' at the Holiday Inn on the Virginia Beach ocean front (a whopping $25 a night).... Some great memories though. Including my Pittsburgh relatives just beating my wife down the aisle. We had the audacity of having a wedding at the same time as a Steeler playoff game.

December 27 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/december-27?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2025-1227-12272025

Twelve Days of Griftmas, Bullwerk style https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-12-days-of-grift-mas?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Christmas and wedding anniversary fall within 5 days of each other. It's really not a problem as we've started doing one "big" gift for the house or one we both can share. I did do a couple of "Christmas related "gifts' this year. Tickets to a Voices8 concert just before Christmas, along with a couple of other musical events related to Colonial Williamsburg. We also decided on a nice Christmas dinner out yesterday, After 38 years, it seems to work well for us

The Bears are last year's Commanders, possible the Lions from 2 years ago.

Maybe if they put a huge tariff on bullets.. https://wydaily.com/latest/alerts/2025/12/24/police-man-shoots-self-in-foot-at-williamsburg-premium-outlets/ I'm willing to bet he skipped those open carry classes held down the street

Players bumping into each other fumbles, sacks..... Sombody needs to turn off the Dan Campbell bot and reboot the program. It's stuck in 2020

I don't see any listed in a reasonable distance from me. I haven't been to one in over 30 years. A couple of local places here serve much better Fish & Chips anyway

The people are speaking

You could also include the absence of led paint in many of the older lower income apartment buildings

Did it have the spinning disc with different colors that would shine on the tree? The ones we've had usually had the lights attached. We just needed to add whatever other ornaments. Just hauling the box in and out of storage became a hassle, and after a couple of years it would be brelagated to a giant garbage type plastic bag. My major seasonal decoration these days are single candles in the windows

I have no problem with them flying in their machines, but around here there are a number who seem to transfer their piloting skills into their driving. I guess that's what you get putting a 20 or 30 something into a jet then have them transition into "rush hour" traffic. The same goes for young sailors who buy their first "muscle car"