Tag: Thanksgiving

Continue reading “THANKSGIVING ADVICE: BRING UP POLITICS, COVID VACCINES & ISRAEL vs HAMAS”

“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite – only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety. I am ready to try this for the next ten thousand years, and exhaust it. How sweet to think of! my extremities well charred, and my intellectual part too, so that there is no danger of worm or rot for a long while. My breath is sweet to me. O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment.” ― Henry David Thoreau

“Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.” ― Erma Bombeck

“Here in Britain, of course, it’s Thank Fuck We Got Those Weird Jesus Bastards On The Boat Day” ― Warren Ellis

“Thanksgiving Day, a function which originated in New England two or three centuries ago when those people recognized that they really had something to be thankful for — annually, not oftener — if they had succeeded in exterminating their neighbors, the Indians, during the previous twelve months instead of getting exterminated by their neighbors, the Indians. Thanksgiving Day became a habit, for the reason that in the course of time, as the years drifted on, it was perceived that the exterminating had ceased to be mutual and was all on the white man’s side, consequently on the Lord’s side; hence it was proper to thank the Lord for it and extend the usual annual compliments.” ― Mark Twain

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Guest Post by Margaret Anna Alice

1) Ask them to share their perspective—and listen.

Make it clear you are not an adversary but a fellow traveler seeking to understand reality as clearly as possible and you’d appreciate their help trying to do that.

Instead of bombarding them with information (my specialty 😉 that contradicts their worldview, try asking if they would share their perspective of the last few years. Rather than challenging them, ask them to elaborate on any details you think may elicit deeper reflection—for example, if they express frustration, anxiety, regret, or disappointment, you could ask how they coped with that and if there were any lessons they gleaned from the experience that could help in the future.

Why-do-you-think-that-is questions are less threatening because you are encouraging them to practice their problem-solving skills and come up with the answers themselves.

Continue reading “12 Communication Tips to Foster Meaningful Dialogue—Without Ruining Thanksgiving”

What are you thankful for today, besides not being a turkey?

By John Stossel

Thursday, if you eat a nice meal, thank the Pilgrims. They made Thanksgiving possible.

They left the Old World to escape religious persecution. They imagined a new society where everyone worked together and shared everything.

In other words, they dreamed of socialism. Socialism then almost killed them.

As I explain in my weekly video, the Pilgrims attempted collective farming. The whole community decided when and how much to plant, when to harvest and who would do the work.

Gov. William Bradford wrote in his diary that he thought that taking away property and bringing it into a commonwealth would make the Pilgrims “happy and flourishing.”

It didn’t. Soon, there wasn’t enough food. “No supply was heard of,” wrote Bradford, “neither knew they when they might expect any.”

The problem, Bradford realized, was that no one wanted to work. Everyone relied on others to do the work. Some people pretended to be injured. Others stole food. Continue reading “Thanksgiving Lessons”

From Casey in BC

Our local foodbank has reported they have provided double the amount of food to people in 2020 versus 2019. But the Dow hit 30,000 this week so everything must be good. Over 150,000 small businesses have shut their doors forever. But Amazon, Wal-Mart, Target, Costco and Home Depot are reporting record profits and all-time high stock prices. Over 111 million working age Americans aren’t working. But the BLS government drones tell me only 11 million are unemployed. The beauty of meaningless data.

What are you seeing and experiencing in your own town or city?

Are small businesses surviving the totalitarian dictates of your governors?

Are you planning on shopping more or less (if you are shopping) for the upcoming Christmas season?

Guest Post by Bill Bonner

Thanksgiving was declared a national holiday in 1941 when FDR signed a bill officially establishing the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day. Through the Depression and then World War II, Thanksgiving grew in importance.

In a country where roots meant almost nothing, where people were ready to pick up and move at the drop of a hat, where there were huge differences in what people thought and how they lived, Thanksgiving served to provide a unified national myth… most popularly expressed in Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving illustration for The Saturday Evening Post in 1943.

The original Thanksgiving celebration took place in Massachusetts in 1621. It was hosted by a dour bunch of Puritans, who probably wouldn’t have been able to enjoy a good dinner if their lives depended on it. But they certainly had a lot to be thankful for.

Continue reading “Thanksgiving Is a Unified National Myth”

Via The Babylon Bee

U.S.—In honor of Thanksgiving week, the nation’s progressives have begun to give thanks that they have so much to be angry and offended about this year.

“Thank you, unspecified deity who may or may not exist, for giving us so much stuff to be outraged about,” said Staci Walder, 42, of Portland, as she prepared her vegan, kale-wrapped turkey. “I’m truly humbled that you’ve blessed me with the Trump presidency, the patriarchy, the laws of economics, and biological facts to rage against.”

Continue reading “Nation’s Progressives Give Thanks That They Have So Much To Be Angry About This Year”

Guest Post by Kurt Schlichter

On this special day, we should reflect upon the blessings we enjoy, and I enjoy nothing quite as much as stupid people who are miserable. There are a lot of stupid people who are miserable right now, and this is good. The misery stupid people cause themselves should disincentivize future stupidity – with luck, America will be burdened with less stupidity because of it. Think of it as natural selection of people who aren’t stupid.

But there are other things to be thankful for besides the pain dummies cause themselves as a result of their own dumbness. There are good things happening out there, though the media and the elite want to conceal them. You see them if you look – in the world, in our country, in your personal life.

Continue reading “I Am Thankful For Many Things, Especially The Things That Make Stupid People Sad”

Guest Post by John W. Whitehead

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”—John F. Kennedy

Once again, it’s been a hard, heart-wrenching, stomach-churning kind of year.

It’s been a year of hotheads and blowhards and killing sprees and bloodshed and takedowns.

It’s been a year in which tyranny took a few more steps forward and freedom got knocked down a few more notches.

It’s been a year with an abundance of bad news and a shortage of good news.

It’s been a year of too much hate and too little kindness.

It’s been a year in which politics and profit margins took precedence over decency, compassion and human-kindness.

Continue reading “Don’t Just Give Thanks. Pay Your Blessings Forward”