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My February birthday fund-raising campaign for this website, Behind the Black, is now over. Despite a relatively weak initial three weeks, the last week was spectacular, making this campaign the second best ever.

 

Thanks to every person who donated or subscribed. It continues to astonish me that people who can read my work for free like it enough to donate money voluntarily. Words cannot express my appreciation for that support, especially in these uncertain times.

 

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Today is Thanksgiving, a truly American holiday, as unique to history as the United States. No nation before this one ever tried to establish by law a nation dedicated to “the pursuit of happiness” and the premise that sovereignty resides solely in the people, not in an elitist upper class of rulers. This holiday was established to celebrate and give thanks for these ideals, and the blessings of liberty they bestow to Americans.

Those ideals are now threatened by the progressives who dominate the Democratic Party and the weasels in the Republican Party too cowardly to resist. It therefore becomes imperative that, as we American citizens celebrate this holiday today with family gatherings often in defiance of the edicts of these petty dictators, we resolve to defy them in all ways, and to reclaim with courage our heritage of freedom and the individual sovereignty it gives to us.

No one has the right to give us orders. Give thanks for that, and tell those who try they risk terrible things for themselves by doing so.

Genesis cover

On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.

 
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.


The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
 

"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News

6 comments

  • Ian C.

    In that spirit, let me quote a (hopefully real) social media post by the Town of Hendersonville, NC:

    “This Thanksgiving, if you see 20 cars at your neighbor’s house, and you’re thinking about reporting them, go to the fridge and drink a big glass of milk.

    Why? Milk is good for your teeth.
    You know what else is good for your teeth?

    Minding your own business.”

    Happy Thanksgiving, American friends.

  • Edward_2

    Ian C.

    LOL!

    All the best too you and yours too.

    Happy Holidays to All!

  • Phill O

    “Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Liberia, and the sub-national entities Leiden, Norfolk Island, and the inhabited territories of the United States.”

    For a Canadian Snowbird, there are two days of the year to celebrate Thanksgiving.

    Folk should arrive about 3pm.

  • To Phill O: I hope there were a lot of folks. And not of the mask-wearing variety.

    Minding your own business is good for your health, in general. In the US, it will keep you from gaining weight in 220 grain increments.

    There is still much to be thankful for. Let us look to the good, and not be distracted by the siren call of mediocrity.

  • wayne

    Blair-
    Good stuff.

    “On April 21, 1787, the Congress of the Confederation of the United States authorized a design for an official copper penny, later referred to as the Fugio cent because of its image of the Sun and its light shining down on a sundial with the caption, “Fugio” (Latin: I flee/fly, referring to time flying by).
    This coin was designed by Benjamin Franklin; as a reminder to its holders, he put at its bottom the message, “Mind your business”.”

  • Richard McM

    God bless you

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