The Beverly Hillbillies - Season 1, Episode 1 (1962)

 VIDEO HERE  (24:52 minutes)

A rural Ozark family relocates to Beverly Hills after oil is discovered on their property worth $25 million. After finding oil on the land, the family is surprised when Mr. Brewster of the OK Oil Company offers to buy it. (The family home is set in the Branson, Missouri area.) After much coaxing by Cousin Pearl, Jed sells the swamp and moves the family to a mansion in Beverly Hills. Upon their arrival, they are arrested because of a case of mistaken identity but are later returned to the mansion safely.

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Believe it or not, I had never seen this pilot episode until I ran across it the other night.

Your Social Security check going up in 2025? What an increase could mean

Coming out of the pandemic, American bank accounts continue to feel the sting of inflation, and that includes retirees — and those who rely on Social Security.

The Senior Citizens League, a nonpartisan group focusing on issues that affect older Americans, raised its long-term forecast for the 2025 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to 2.6% (up from 1.7% the month prior), after seeing March inflation data.

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This is why we can't have nice things

Talking about biting the hand that feeds. Palestinian terrorists on Wednesday attacked the U.S. pier being constructed off the coast of Gaza, the Israeli TV channel i24NEWS reported.

Gaza “terrorists launched mortars at the maritime construction site, damaging several pieces of engineering equipment,” the TV channel revealed. ” In addition, one person was slightly injured while running to a protected area.”

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Lawmakers Decry U.S. Military’s Drift to DEI Culture

The U.S. military’s ongoing embrace of the far-left culture war has drawn increased attention and ire from lawmakers.

Despite Pentagon officials waving off concerns, a steady stream of evidence has shown that the most progressive ideas on race, gender and sexuality have become the norm, in particular within the administrative parts of the U.S. military.

“The Biden Administration has made implementing woke Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives a more important mission than protecting Americans,” U.S. Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., told The Center Square. “Our military is strongest when it is focused on training patriotic men and women to become the most lethal fighting force in the world.”

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Left To Their Own Devices

This rich and sometimes compelling book touches on multiple newsworthy themes, but its central thesis will come as no surprise to anyone who closely follows U.S. politics. Joe Biden "ran for president as a staunch moderate," but since taking office he has "applied his pragmatic moderate branding on a far more left-wing set of policy prescriptions than the Democratic Party had ever offered."

That’s not simply the authors’ conclusion; it’s enthusiastically vouched for by some of the most far-left members of Congress. Minnesota representative Ilhan Omar told them that Biden is "proud of the image that he crafted as a centrist and moderate," but in actuality he "is now repeating the policy positions of Bernie Sanders."

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-Chuck

Nearly 700 Chinese Migrants Apprehended at California Border in Just One Week

Almost 700 migrants from China have been apprehended for illegally crossing the California border from Mexico, according to new reports.

The number only includes those caught in the San Diego region during the third week of April.

Breitbart News reports:

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East bound and down, loaded up and truckin'.....

President Joe Biden repeated a lie he's told in the past about having driven an 18-wheeler truck at a speech in Florida Tuesday. 

At 81, the oldest president in American history, Biden has remained a gaffe machine throughout his presidency, often re-telling lies about his biography that have been repeatedly debunked, even by mainstream outlets.

At Hillsborough Community College in Tampa Bay on Tuesday, Biden claimed to have driven a big rig.

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Commentary: The Endurance of an Ideological Paradox

I have written about the death and rebirth of socialism periodically over the years. But as André Gide said in another context, “Toutes choses sont dites déjà, mais comme personne n’écoute, il faut toujours recommencer” – “everything has already been said, but since no one was listening, it is necessary to say it again.” 

Really, the socialist impulse is a hardy perennial. How could something so frequently and thoroughly discredited persist in the hearts of men? Some think it has something to do with the gullibility of the human animal, some (but I repeat myself) with the persistence of the utopian dream. I suspect there are many explanations, of which the raw desire for power plays an unedifying but also underrated role. I also favor the explanatory power of original sin, which has profound psychological as well as theological application to many of the more farcical aspects of human experience and what is more farcical than socialism?

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Damned if you do, damned if you don't

OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. – An Oakland County gun charge has become a Second Amendment battle with the prosecutor’s office.

Isaiah Ware pulled a gun from its holster inside a Kroger store to fend off a physical altercation inside at Long Lake and Telegraph roads in Bloomfield Hills on Thursday (Oct. 5) at 5:30 p.m.

The Oakland County prosecutor’s office charged him with felony assault with a deadly weapon after the incident.

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Gotta make a buck

Federal officials say a British man was caught with more than 44 pounds of ketamine in his luggage during a customs inspection at O’Hare International Airport over the weekend. 

Christopher Andrew Harvey entered customs with a small roller bag and a backpack after arriving on a flight from Brussels on Saturday, according to a complaint filed by a Homeland Security Investigations agent. Screeners flagged Harvey for additional screening because he had “trouble answering simple questions regarding his trip,” the complaint said.

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It never ceases to amaze me how many people try to transport drugs through airports. I haven't flown in many years but I have been in Nashville airport picking up and dropping off friends and family, and the place was crawling with dope dogs every time I've been there. I wouldn't go into an airport with so much as a joint in my pocket nowadays.

The Crime of the Century

A retired Pennsylvania teacher is suing his local government after he was convicted of a criminal charge for putting a “For Sale” sign in his truck window. 

Will Cramer teamed up with the Institute for Justice last week to take legal action against the borough of Nazareth over its ordinance, claiming that it’s a violation of his First Amendment rights, according to the nonprofit law firm.

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Your Thursday Morning Florida Report

In a bizarre twist of events in Florida this week, St. Petersburg resident Devin Hansen is charged with murder in the first degree after police say he shot his wife at his parent’s house, battered his mother, and then, as his spouse was being rushed to the hospital in an ambulance, chased the emergency vehicle down in his Cadillac before later crashing his car.

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Gotta start fattening them up early for Christmas Dinner

The wild goose (or in this case geese) chase has ended. North Texas officials have found the two geese reportedly stolen from a park in Allen last weekend. The City of Allen Parks and Recreation Department posted on Facebook on Monday, April 15 that the birds were located and will be returned.

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Fucking drama queen

A North Carolina defense attorney found herself on the wrong side of the law when she allegedly assaulted a woman and then faked a seizure.

Cops from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department responded to an assault call shortly before noon Monday to the law office of 53-year-old Mary Leazer Rogers. When they arrived, police found a woman with a bloodied and scratched-up face.

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When Hell Came to Ohio: The East Palestine Train Crash

Discover the harrowing tale of the East Palestine train derailment that shook a small American town to its core. From the initial explosion to the aftermath, uncover the truth behind this catastrophic event.

VIDEO HERE  (15:16 minutes)