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President Theodore Roosevelt’s Smith & Wesson #3 was sold for a total of $910,625 ($775,000 before buyers premium) at Rock Island Auction Company on December 9, 2022. The buyer’s premium is fifteen percent. Theodore Roosevelt is the president most associated with personal arms and with promoting that Americans should be armed and trained in the use of arms. He became the President after the assassination of President Mckinley, the youngest president in US history. He was an early adopter and user of silencers.Teddy Roosevelt’s Smith & Wesson #3 revolver The Smith & Wesson #3 was linked to President Theodore Roosevelt....

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Boston Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley, in a Dec. 17 interview with a newspaper from Argentina, spoke about how some church factions in the U.S. drive views opposing Pope Francis via polarizing media messages. The cardinal, head of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, also spoke of how the sex abuse crisis has impacted evangelization. In the interview with La Nación on the occasion of Pope Francis’ 85th birthday, Cardinal O’Malley said polarization and opposition to Pope Francis includes some conservative prelates in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, but he did not name anyone. “Yes,...

Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley had strong words for the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) this weekend for its criticisms of Pope Francis. Asked by Argentinean journalist Elisabetta Pique about conservative/liberal polarization among the U.S. bishops, Cardinal O’Malley said that "the episcopal conference is polarized, but it is difficult to put a percentage on the opposing sides. There are also some bishops who are tied to a more conservative policy and the Holy Father himself has commented on the situation of EWTN, where many times the commentators are very critical of the Holy Father, at least of his ideas."

Check this guy out. I think it very possible we're going to see a lot of these kinds of real American candidates in the upcoming election cycles.

Text: The big bossess of the political field, the beneficiaries of privilege in the field of industry, the men who represent that sinister alliance between crooked politics and crooked business, which has done more than anything else for the corruption of american life, are united as one man against the genuine rule of the people themselves. The privileged classes, the representatives of of special privilege, of special interests, can always make terms with a boss or bosses. They can make terms with the bosses who dominate the republican party. They can make termes with the bosses who dominate the democratic...

The American Museum of Natural History Purges Its Most Famous Patron Daniel Greenfield 29 President Theodore Roosevelt was a great naturalist and he came by it naturally. His father was one of the founders of the American Museum of Natural History, and while no great monument was ever erected to him in New York City, the museum's Roosevelt rotunda and the giant statue of Roosevelt outside were the next best things to it. But, of course, the cultural revolution came calling. And the American Museum of Natural History quickly surrendered, asking that one of the most distinctive statues in the city...

There's an interesting Robert Taylor film 'Adventures of Quentin Durward'--a dangerous, incorruptible man--in which 1465 French King Louis XI played by Robert Morely, is a supremely ruthless politician in the modern sense, supposedly in the interests of keeping France together in the aftermath of the 100 Years' war with England. King Louis manipulates the Scottish character of 'Quentin Durward', a kind of Douglas Fairbanks, swashbuckling, athletic hero. but in talkies. But ultimately, Morely goes into political despair of Taylor because he is uncorruptable, and therefore, a wild card in the political game.Mr. Justice Clarence Thomas was shown to be an...

11 AM 'Scandalous: Chappaquiddick,' Episode 1 In July 1969, Sen. Ted Kennedy throws a party on the island of Chappaquiddick. The next morning, Kennedy's car and 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne's body are discov 12 PM 'Scandalous: Chappaquiddick,' Episode 2 Suspicions regarding Sen. Ted Kennedy's actions on July 18, 1969 begin to build as the senator's explanation to the American people generates more questions abou 1 PM 'Scandalous: Chappaquiddick,' Episode 3 With the inquest behind him, Senator Kennedy tries to push past the controversy and run for president. 2 PM 'Scandalous: Chappaquiddick,' Episode 4 In the decades since the Ted Kennedy...

The day Teddy passed away ...

Today I lost my companion of 13 years. He was in early onset kidney failure back in January. He'd been on medication to manage it and seemed to be doing fine. He was eating, sleeping, drinking water, playing, etc.. This morning he urinated almost all blood and I rushed to the vet and was informed his kidneys were deteriorating and it was just a matter of time now. I had to make the painful decision I've had to make before with each one of my dogs and that decision never gets any easier. My ex-wife came to be with me...

I was totally engaged designing my annual Shavuos holiday card and didn't feel like getting up to go change the radio station. I really should have. Michael Savage spent the entire run of his radio program trashing the decision to move the Israeli U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. He kept beating the drum over and over again as to "Why did we need to move the embassy just now?" and how DREADFUL the Israelis were for firing live bullets instead of using water cannons to deter the rioting Palescumians charging the border fence. Considering the murders of innocent Jewish fathers, mothers,...

Teddy-inspired message to all Donald Trump supporters: ‘Watch your backs when you’re out alone on the street, and watch the backs of your beloved pets when accosted by heartless anti-Trumpers' Anyone who knows radio talk show host Michael Savage, knows of his heartfelt love for his little toy poodle, Teddy. At 74 years or at any other age, Savage would defend Teddy to his very last punch, and woe betide any assailant—no matter how much taller or how much weightier—who would dare to shove his constant companion aside in any scuffle.

"Calling" Teddy Brown and His Dance Band on Broadcast 130 (1927)

When Ted Cruz refused to endorse Donald Trump in his Republican National Convention speech, he channeled his ideological opponent, Ted Kennedy, whose bitter primary fight with Jimmy Carter made him dodge the opportunity to raise hands with his opponent. It cost Carter the 1980 election, and might do similar damage to Trump.

Yes, you read that right. The director of the steamy 50 Shades of Grey, Sam Taylor-Johnson, has departed the Ted Kennedy film Chappaquiddick. Apparently, he's not the man to make a movie on Kennedy. Taylor-Johnson will be replaced by filmmaker John Curran. According to Deadline Hollywood, producer Mark Ciardi said of Jason Clarke, who will be playing Ted Kennedy: “Clarke is the perfect choice to take on the complexities of this role.”

Just the FAQs, Ma'am, are the Dems really the Blue Party, are they secretly Reds, or did Bubba and Billary just happen to get caught with their hands in the cookie jar?

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, whose support in Iowa has withered after riding on top of the polls, on Tuesday called former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney a liar who would mislead the American people if elected to the White House - but added that he would still vote for him if Romney won the GOP nomination. On CBS' "The Early Show" this morning, CBS News chief White House correspondent Norah O'Donnell asked Gingrich about comments he had previously made about his chief rival and the Super PAC whose negative campaign ads have hurt his campaign: "You scolded Mitt Romney, his...

Jeff sent this along, "the following passages were written in 1916 in Teddy Roosevelt's book, "Fear God and Take Your Own Part", reproduced in "What Every American Needs to Know About the Qur'an" by William Federer. These words are relevant today because the historical conflict between Islam and Christianity, which started nearly 1400 years ago, is still going on. The final outcome of this struggle is not clear." Christianity is not the creed of Asia and Africa at this moment solely because the seventh century Christians of Asia and Africa had trained themselves not to fight, whereas the Moslems were...

Obama's Income Inequality SpeechAdam Clark Estes - 2:18 PM ET **SNIP** Now, just as there was in Teddy Roosevelt’s time, there’s been a certain crowd in Washington for the last few decades who respond to this economic challenge with the same old tune. “The market will take care of everything,” they tell us. If only we cut more regulations and cut more taxes – especially for the wealthy – our economy will grow stronger. Sure, there will be winners and losers. But if the winners do really well, jobs and prosperity will eventually trickle down to everyone else. And even...