Rabbi Dave, Friar Rod and Baptist Billy get together on the most joyous of days (Festivus) to rant and praise the best and the worst of the Holiday Season.

Whether it's TV or films or food or just their holiday plans, whatever happens, PLEASE DO NOT CALL THE COPS!!!!!!

NOTE: The dental procedures have begun, and as George S Patton once said, no plan survives first contact with the enemy. In literally the first minute, the decision was made to change directions and try something else first. Already the planned procedures have changed. So literally I have no idea what will happen next or when, except that it will not be before February of 2023. Thank you for the encouragements and messages. I really appreciate them.

One of the the things that I hate about being a modern person is that we are so skeptical of history. Today, we are constantly revising it, reviewing it, re-interpreting it. In fact, we are willfully forgetting it.

The stories told for untold generations are being replaced, not with the old ideas, reinforced by old legends and myths, but new ideas, underpinned by opinion and theory.

The power of the story of the past could restore many of those things, but it is being abandoned. Like the reason that I hate being in a Dentist chair goes back near on to three-thousand years..

It’s a cold snowy day up here in the Pacific Northwest. Grab a cup of coffee and let’s spend it talking history!

Some months ago we had a caller to BML complaining that “only three or four guys actually did anything” with regard to the Revolution and the Constitution. It’s a common misconception, but why we think that way is a bigger question. Is it simply ignorance, or is it something… else?

There is almost a Biblical tendency to ignore the history that we either weren’t taught or just don’t care about. There is also the issue of whether or not it is actually being suppressed on purpose?

Consider this… in 1778 The United states were desperate to gain an alliance with France. For most people, it was Ben Franklin and his amazing wit and wily negotiating, along with the victory at Saratoga, that finally secured that alliance. As usual, there is much more tot he story, and even a spat – between Americans – that almost derailed the whole thing.

At the end of the day, history is about people who make choices (free will?) that cause effects and outcomes.

Just like the future…

On Monday, Deceber 19, 2022 at just around 2pm (CST), we will our baby sister, Deanna Rae Bowman, to her final rest.

Our family continues to be grateful for the support in prayer and thoughts from so many this difficult year.

Out of necessity – at first – and then from her amazing, resilient spirit Dede was the heart of our family.

And I am certain, she would want us to continue to grab the hat.

And life

It has been an up and down week, with Dave's misadventures under Nitrous Oxide and Rods delicious deflowering when it comes to Little Debby's Christmas Tree cakes!

The annual tradition of taking a look at the crazy Hallmark Christmas/Holiday flicks is back. This year with diversity! This year the boys look to Artificial Intelligence to create the PERFECT Hallmark christmas flick - "The HALLMARK HOT!" staring Elon and AOC, whose film career could use a shot in the arm.

The world Cup is over. At long last. No spoilers here, but the final went to overtime and penalty kicks before Argentina won it when France surrendered.

The Methodist church is splitting apart, which momentarily will distract the good Friar and Rabbi Dave from the bigger issues of the day, such as the Britney Griner trade and the Twitter files.

But even none of that should distract from the major accomplishment of this show, what the frock, achieved in 2022!!! (three exclamation show, so you know that we mean it)

Friar Rod and Rabbi Dave are deeply concerned that the true reason for the season has been... well... lost. They are also worried about the lack of Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cakes in the Central Valley of California.

The World Cup is over for the United States, but NOT for the nation of Croatia. The locals in Qatar don't really like Croatia's biggest star, or the football team either.

The Mayan's might be bringing back human sacrifice, especially for women who twerk on top of their temples, while the Liver King turns out to be... well... a complete and total fake. Who didn't see that coming?

Eric and Dave are just hanging out on watch in the Missile Control Center when Jesse from sonar walks in to shoot the breeze. The topics range all over, from space travel to World War III.

I was watching some Television over the weekend when I came to a realization that for some reason, had never completely struck me before. As you know, I love me some history, and the program I was watching dealt with one of the most evil figures in history, involved in one of the darkest moments in history.

But what struck me wasn’t how terribly monstrous this fellow had been (he’s dead now). It wasn’t his hatred or his senseless belief in a twisted and delusional ideology. The truth that I finally realized was simply this: as bad as this leader had been, it was impossible for him to even try to accomplish his goals without people – lost to history – who were willing to carry out his directives.

But those orders don’t happen unless there were thousands upon thousands who both agreed with him and who were willing to actually carry out the actions that had been directed.

I was… well… confused over the weekend by the actions of President Trump and his dinner companions. I get it, I am a free speech radical. For whatever it’s worth, I personally believe that Kanye West is a performer and a brand. There is very little substance there and his words are generally designed to attract attention. You know what I say… attention whores gonna attention whore. It’s what they do.

But the other fellow at the dinner strikes me as one of those thousands upon thousands of people who would have read the memo’s put out by Heydrich and taken them to heart.

Does he have a right to spew his anti-Jewish hatred? Yes.

Do I have the right to call him a foul Nazi worshipping myrmidon who would have willingly followed Hitler to the death (and may yet)?

You bet’cha…

But name calling isn’t going to accomplish anything, is it? Neither will 140 character Tweets or soon-to-be-banned Facebook posts. Nor does it mean that the former President should be above critique for the having the meeting in the first place. It’s not like he didn’t KNOW who these folks are.

NOTE: iHeart had computer issues this morning, forcing the show to be done via telephone with the attendant reduced audio quality.

One week after the assassination of President Kennedy, now President Lyndon Johnson issued an Executive Order which announced the formation of the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy. It would carry the nickname “the Warren Commission,” and it would become the national focal point for national distrust of government reports.

Given that the entire purpose of the commission was to prevent speculation of a conspiracy in the killing of President Kennedy, history would seem to have judged it a complete and utter failure.

But… was it…?