Happy Independence Day!

[Dashinka 24,479]

Happy Real Independence Day!

 

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/when-is-the-real-independence-day-july-2-or-july-4

[TBoneTX 45,251]

5 hours ago, Dashinka said:

Happy Real Independence Day!

 

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/when-is-the-real-independence-day-july-2-or-july-4

Interesting -- thanks!

 

No one hailed Canada Day on Monday, eh.

 

How did Canada get its name?

"C eh N eh D eh"

 

[TBoneTX 45,251]

Liberal Unsure Which Gender This Pride Flag Represents

 

PORTLAND, OR — Sources close to Carole Chevonne, an Oregon native, said that the "Free Gaza" activist and part-time barista is unsure which gender this weird new red, white, and blue Pride flag represents.

Chevonne reportedly grew confused after walking through an unfamiliar part of town and seeing several of the strange banners hanging on various houses.  [...]

https://babylonbee.com/news/liberal-not-sure-which-gender-this-pride-flag-represents

[Ban Hammer 13,327]

[TBoneTX 45,251]

10 Reasons America Is Still The Greatest Country On Earth

 

[...] Here are just ten of the many, many reasons that America remains the greatest country on earth:  [...]

 

https://babylonbee.com/news/10-reasons-america-is-still-the-greatest-country-on-earth

[TBoneTX 45,251]

Pathetic Excuse For Backyard Fireworks Display Doesn't End With Everyone Cowering Behind The Shed

 

DAYTON, OH — A lousy, embarrassing excuse for a July 4th backyard fireworks display ended this evening without a single family member hiding for safety behind the shed.

"I'm not sure what went wrong," said Bruce Hayes, father and chief pyrotechnician of the Hayes family.  "Most years, our fireworks display ends in all-out pandemonium and a hasty retreat behind the shed.  Never once did I feel this year that my life was in legitimate danger.  I made some poor decisions and frankly don't even deserve to call myself American."  [...]

 

https://babylonbee.com/news/pathetic-excuse-for-backyard-fireworks-display-doesnt-end-with-everyone-cowering-behind-the-shed

[Boiler 45,445]

Please remember to be more Inclusive

 

Some of our members were on the losing side.

[Ban Hammer 13,327]

1 hour ago, Boiler said:

Please remember to be more Inclusive

 

Some of our members were on the losing side.

hopefully nigel farage will fix that.

[Pooky 3,780]

Happy Independence Day, ye traitorous scum ☠️

[TBoneTX 45,251]

3 hours ago, Pooky said:

Happy Independence Day, ye traitorous scum ☠️

Gracias, o Lobsterback whose days are numbered unless he exits the Colonies forthwith, verily, wot.

[TBoneTX 45,251]

July 4 Is the Anniversary of More Than American Independence

 

We all know about July 4 and the amazing miracle that happened on this date 248 years ago in Philadelphia.  But some of us are old enough to remember another July 4 miracle that happened not in 1776, but in 1976.  It was not in Pennsylvania but in Uganda, and it's something we should all be aware of in this world of hostages today.  [...]

 

https://pjmedia.com/rabbi-michael-barclay/2024/07/04/july-4-is-the-anniversary-of-more-than-american-independence-n4930395

[TBoneTX 45,251]

The Midnight Ride of Caesar Rodney Brought America Independence

 

Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of … Caesar Rodney.  While Rodney might not have a famous poem written about his nighttime journey, his ride was just as historic as Revere's and vital to the passage of the July 1776 Declaration of Independence.

 

On July 2, 1776, the delegates for 13 colonies at the Continental Congress voted for American independence from Great Britain.  (It then took the delegates two days to agree on an edited draft for the public, hence our July 4 holiday.)  But what many Americans don't know is that, on July 1, independence hung in the balance — and one man came to break a tie and ensure the establishment of a new nation.  [...]

 

https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/07/04/the-midnight-ride-of-caesar-rodney-brought-america-independence-n4930381

[TBoneTX 45,251]

I agree with all of these things.  As lousy as things are now politically, we can count many blessings.

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Americans Are Sharing Aspects Of Everyday Life That They Didn't Realize Were, In Fact, Luxuries Until Traveling Abroad

 

Chances are, there are aspects of your everyday life that you're so accustomed to that you don't even realize that many people around the world would consider them to be true luxuries.  So, redditor u/Seraphicly329 asked, "What's a luxury that most Americans don't realize is a luxury?"  Here's what people said:  [...]

 

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/people-sharing-everyday-comforts-most-001603198.html

[Ban Hammer 13,327]

11 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

I agree with all of these things.  As lousy as things are now politically, we can count many blessings.

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Americans Are Sharing Aspects Of Everyday Life That They Didn't Realize Were, In Fact, Luxuries Until Traveling Abroad

 

Chances are, there are aspects of your everyday life that you're so accustomed to that you don't even realize that many people around the world would consider them to be true luxuries.  So, redditor u/Seraphicly329 asked, "What's a luxury that most Americans don't realize is a luxury?"  Here's what people said:  [...]

 

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/people-sharing-everyday-comforts-most-001603198.html

something all in the military learn after a few years in............

[TBoneTX 45,251]

12 hours ago, Ban Hammer said:

something all in the military learn after a few years in............

I'd say that the water issue (quality, pressure) is probably chief among these.

The other jump-out point was about countries good at heating or A/C, but not both.