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NOTABLE QUOTES Chrsitopher Rufo Substack: That must be enough [courage]. For every Paine, Washington, and Jefferson, there are a hundred nameless men who spilled ink, and blood, for the fight. In our time, the Right will soon be confronted with a choice: to submit to the current regime, to revitalize the vision of the Founders, […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES John Daniel Davidson contributor to The Federalist: Because the removal of statues and memorials by radical Democrats has never been about the past, it’s always been about the raw exercise of political power and the assertion of tyranny over a free people in the here and now. This has been true of commie […]
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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Arizonans Should Decline To Sign The Arizona Abortion Access Amendment Gov. Hobbs Repeats False […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Ray DiLorenzo contributor to Canada Free Press: Understand that the seeming incompetence of our government is a disguise for sabotage. Bret Weinstein in a Tucker Carlson interview: “The ability to [end the First Amendment] is currently under discussion at the international level, and it’s almost impossible to exaggerate how troubling what’s being discussed […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Adam Tomkins contributor to Law & Liberty: If we want free speech, we will just have to put up with its vices, its drawbacks and its inconveniences, fake news and disinformation included. Sanford D. Horn contributor to The Federalist: As we head into 2024, let’s fight like hell, in unison — Democrats, Republicans, […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Adam Tomkins contributor to Law & Liberty: If we want free speech, we will just have to put up with its vices, its drawbacks and its inconveniences, fake news and disinformation included. Sanford D. Horn contributor to The Federalist: As we head into 2024, let’s fight like hell, in unison — Democrats, Republicans, […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Norman Rogers contributor to American Thinker: A popular saying is that those that don’t believe in God will believe in anything. Global warming provides an excellent reason for making an effort to believe in God, or at least in Judeo-Christian ideology that is the basis of our civilization. Global warming religion originates in […]
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Happy New Year: May your faith provide you with peace, comfort, and happiness in the new year. NOTABLE QUOTES Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Director General of the World Health Organization: Our food systems are harming the health of people and planet. Food systems contribute to over 30% of greenhouse gas emissions, and account for almost one […]
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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Fontes Drops New Elections Procedure Manual, Draws Threats Of Litigation Hobbs Announces […]
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Happy New Year: May your faith provide you with peace, comfort, and happiness in the new year. NOTABLE QUOTES Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Director General of the World Health Organization: Our food systems are harming the health of people and planet. Food systems contribute to over 30% of greenhouse gas emissions, and account for almost one […]
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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Arizona Leaders React To Trump’s Removal From Colorado Ballot Arizona Democratic Party chair […]
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The Daily News Roundup will resume on January 4, 2024. The Prickly Pear Editors wish all of our readers a very healthy, prosperous and Happy New Year. We sincerely thank you for your readership and support of The Prickly Pear and our efforts to provide important content each day to inform, educate and advocate important […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Jason D. Hill contributor to Frontpage Magazine: If we understand that the move to raze Western civilization and make white people extinct comes in many guises, and that Baker-Bell’s demand that all Americans speak Ebonics while canceling standard English is part of a systemic and comprehensive Final Solution by avowed nihilists to genocide […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Jason D. Hill contributor to Frontpage Magazine: If we understand that the move to raze Western civilization and make white people extinct comes in many guises, and that Baker-Bell’s demand that all Americans speak Ebonics while canceling standard English is part of a systemic and comprehensive Final Solution by avowed nihilists to genocide […]
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CHRIST’S BIRTH PLACE Longenecker: No Room in the Inn — What Inn? Bailey goes on to explain in more detail what a typical home in Bethlehem would have been like, “Simple village houses had but two rooms. One was exclusively for guests. That room would be attached to the end of the house or be […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Monica Showalter contributor to American Thinker: […] for the first time since the start of modern celebrations of Christmas, Jesus’s birthplace and the Manger Square tree in Bethlehem will not be decorated. Daniel Greenfield contributor to Frontpage Magazine: Democrats and the media love their “threat to democracy” messaging that depicts anyone who opposes […]
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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Arizona’s 2024 Presidential Preference Election Is Set Petersen And Toma Challenge Proposed ATF Firearms […]
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DECEMBER 15, 2023: BILL OF RIGHTS DAY Zeiger: This Bill of Rights Day, Let’s Celebrate the Preamble December 15th marks Bill of Rights Day, which commemorates the 232nd anniversary when the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution were ratified. December 15th should be a day all Americans reflect on the unique blessings the Bill […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Byronn York contributor to TownHall.com: Two things are true: One, former President Donald Trump’s polling — nationally, in key swing states, and in the first-voting state of Iowa — has never been better. And two, Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed by the Biden Justice Department to prosecute Trump, is taking self-described “extraordinary” […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Victoria Taft for PJMedia.com: It turns out that the American people know a scam when they see one — even Democrats. A new I&I/TIPP poll shows indisputably that the lawsuits against Trump are beginning to boomerang in the minds of Democrats. Indeed, they’re not buying the BS that Donald Trump is a “THREAT […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Victoria Taft for PJMedia.com: It turns out that the American people know a scam when they see one — even Democrats. A new I&I/TIPP poll shows indisputably that the lawsuits against Trump are beginning to boomerang in the minds of Democrats. Indeed, they’re not buying the BS that Donald Trump is a “THREAT […]
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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Trump to stay on 2024 Arizona ballot after lawsuit tossed Toma And House Republicans […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO), in a hearing, said to CIA Director, Chris Wray: “You said we do not go to priests and ask them about their parishioners. You said we do not. You didn’t say we haven’t. You didn’t say we won’t. You said we don’t. It turns out you do.” Jack Gleason […]
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ON DECEMBER 7, 2023 WE WILL COMMEMORATE THE 82ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR Pearl Harbor is a U.S. naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii, that was the scene of a devastating surprise attack by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. Just before 8 a.m. on that Sunday morning, hundreds of […]
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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. The People Of Arizona Should Stop Any Efforts To Allow Abortion Up To Birth […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Michael Infanzon contributor to ThePricklyPear.org: The Second Amendment reads: “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” For years, scholars and courts have debated whether this safeguards an individual’s right to own firearms or merely […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Michael Infanzon contributor to ThePricklyPear.org: The Second Amendment reads: “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” For years, scholars and courts have debated whether this safeguards an individual’s right to own firearms or merely […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Viv Forbes contributor to American Thinker: The sinister hidden agenda of COP28 in Dubai is about rationing and depopulation. Eric Utter contributor to American Thinker: U.S. “special envoy” John Kerry recently announced that Washington has agreed to join something called “the Powering Past Coal Alliance” which means the Biden administration has effectively vowed […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Viv Forbes contributor to American Thinker: The sinister hidden agenda of COP28 in Dubai is about rationing and depopulation. Eric Utter contributor to American Thinker: U.S. “special envoy” John Kerry recently announced that Washington has agreed to join something called “the Powering Past Coal Alliance” which means the Biden administration has effectively vowed […]
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ADVENT Sunday, December 3rd is the start of Advent 2023- Advent is the season of reflective preparation for Christ’s Nativity at Christmas and Christ’s expected return in the Second Coming. NOTABLE QUOTES Carpe Diem contributor to American Greatness: Even with all of these disastrous policy outcomes, whether foreign or domestic, to my knowledge, Biden has not fired a […]
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ADVENT Sunday, December 3rd is the start of Advent 2023- Advent is the season of reflective preparation for Christ’s Nativity at Christmas and Christ’s expected return in the Second Coming. NOTABLE QUOTES Carpe Diem contributor to American Greatness: Even with all of these disastrous policy outcomes, whether foreign or domestic, to my knowledge, Biden has not fired a […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Miles Smith IV contributor to The American Mind: Russell Kirk once said that Americans had to understand themselves as inheritors of a tradition to keep their hard-earned liberties. So, too, do Americans in the early 21st century have to understand that we are stewards of a tradition not tied to race or ethnicity […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Frits Byron Soepyan is chemical engineer and contributor to American Thinker: I was struck most by the benefits of CO2, which was something I had not put much thought into. CO2 is essential for plant growth and food production. In fact, doubling atmospheric CO2 from today’s concentrations of approximately 400 parts per million […]
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Jeffrey H. Anderson contributor to City Journal: As Thomas Jefferson put it when describing government actions that lead to “misery” and “suffering,” the “fore horse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follows that, and in its train wretchedness and oppression.” Debt is a choice; we choose it at our peril. Jessica Geraghty contributor […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Sun Tzu was a Chinese military general and strategist: “An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over ashes.” Ben Whedon reporter for Just the News: Fifty-two percent of voters said they or a household member owned a gun in a recent NBC News survey. The result marked […]
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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Patriot Party Fails To Qualify For 2024 Ballot New Poll Shows Rep. Gallego […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Christopher Roach contributor to American Greatness: . . . a commitment to free speech comes from the recognition that our beliefs about the truth and the actual truth may have some distance between them. The principle of free speech also recognizes that besides truth and error, there are other categories, like opinion, taste, […]
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THANKSGIVING WILL BE CELEBRATED ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2023. Rush Limbaugh III: The True Story of Thanksgiving Read the transcript/Watch the 24:33 minute video: https://officialrushlimbaugh.com/the-true-story-of-thanksgiving/ THANKSGIVING QUOTES Psalm 118:29 – “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.” Henri Frederic Amiel was a Swiss moral philosopher: Thankfulness is the beginning […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES David Stockman contributor to LewRockell.com: During the last 1,461 days (FY 2020 thru FY 2023), Uncle Sam has generated $6.2 billion of red ink each and every day including weekends, holidays and snow-days. For anyone keeping score at home, that’s $4.2 million of red ink per minute. Albert Einstein, “Religion and Science: Irreconcilable?,” […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES David Stockman contributor to LewRockell.com: During the last 1,461 days (FY 2020 thru FY 2023), Uncle Sam has generated $6.2 billion of red ink each and every day including weekends, holidays and snow-days. For anyone keeping score at home, that’s $4.2 million of red ink per minute. Albert Einstein, “Religion and Science: Irreconcilable?,” […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Jordon Boyd contributor to The Federalist: While the Department of Justice works overtime to imprison top political foe and 2024 presidential poll leader, former President Donald Trump, over mishandling classified documents, Special Counsel Robert Hur plans to let President Joe Biden off scot-free. Micah Meadowcroft contributor to The American Conservative: The goal is clear: to […]
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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Katie Hobbs Broke The Law To Take Credit For The Republican Tax Rebate […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Jordon Boyd contributor to The Federalist: While the Department of Justice works overtime to imprison top political foe and 2024 presidential poll leader, former President Donald Trump, over mishandling classified documents, Special Counsel Robert Hur plans to let President Joe Biden off scot-free. Micah Meadowcroft contributor to The American Conservative: The goal is clear: to […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Kurt Schlichter contributor to TownHall.com: Well, California’s rulers finally decided to clean up the junkie-strewn and poop-positive streets of San Francisco. But, of course, they didn’t do that because foul boulevards and medieval subways are a problem for normal people. California’s rulers did it because China’s Winnie-the-Pooh-looking dictator Xi is coming to town. […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES A. Dru Kristenev contributor to Canada Free Press: Understanding that sheriffs are empowered to deter and restrain unlawful actions by the FBI, other federal agencies or officials, it is incumbent on citizens to elect individuals to that office who will enforce their constitutional authority. If any sheriff is complicit with overreaching federal agencies, […]
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Editors’ Note: At The Prickly Pear, we often run as many as ten fresh videos a day. We think all of them are important or we would not select them. But as with most things, some videos are more important, and more eloquent, than others. With so little time, and so much to read or […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES J.B. Shurk contributor to American Thinker: There will one day be a reckoning when those who have aided and abetted this pernicious American police state find themselves in the dock. The government’s program of censorship, political persecution, and human rights abuses will be judged. People will gasp in disbelief as they learn just […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Paige Hauser contributor to The Federalist: American marriage laws are dysfunctional and a legal undermining of the family structure. We have cut the branch upon which we sit and eroded the stability and authority of the family. The family is the most fundamental institution of society, and we must restore laws that teach […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Paul Sperry investigative journalist for Real Clear Investigations: “The seeds for 9/11 were planted in 1948,” according to a draft of a “Proposed Muslim Platform” found at CAIR’s headquarters. “A resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict needs to be based on recognizing and correcting the harm that was done to the Palestinians since 1948,” when […]