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WHITE CHRISTMAS?

My video surveillance cameras saw it first and then my eyes confirmed the snow. There's apparently going to be a white and cold Christmas in New York City, unless the white flakes melt before December the 24th.

Please, allow me to offer a few favorites, beginning with my DaD's number one crooner, Bing Crosby.

WHITE CHRISTMAS - Bing Crosby https://youtu.be/GJSUT8Inl14 via @YouTube

Dean Martin - Let it Snow! https://youtu.be/mN7LW0Y00kE via @YouTube

White Christmas - The Drifters https://youtu.be/GfZPtkqXQIA via @YouTube

¡Feliz cumpleaños, Happy Birthday!

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May God shower his holiest birthday wishes, Pope FRANCIS.

It's Pope Francis birthday and you may send him email greetings in multiple languages. But you won't catch the pontiff voicing any birthday wishes ahead of the big day: "In my homeland, voicing wishes early brings bad luck and those who voice wishes early are a jinx." The Pontiff won't be taking the day off, either.

The Frozen Apple

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Frigid weather has arrived in The Big Apple, as temperatures dive into single digits wind chills.

The unsheltered homeless, older adults and people with chronic medical conditions are at increased risk of health problems from the extremely frigid temperatures.

FAKE NEWS

Our 24/7 news cycle is filled with rapid pace content through a variety of media platforms, and we all have an abundance of news and information available at our fingertips. Some real, some fake.

Discerning fact from fiction can be complicated. Knowing or relying on the source can be a challenge, and the messages being delivered can be received in different ways, affecting certain populations of people as well as our country.

Americanews sites like DON #DOSEOFNEWS www.doseofnews.com is divided into 12 categories.

HO-Ho-home For The Holidays

Ho-ho-home for The Christmas holidays is what over one hundred million Americans will soon be singing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndhX5RrO9bU

In fact, according to those in those ho-ho-ho who know about these stats, more than 103 million of US will be traveling between December 18 and January 2, which AAA travel claims will be the most ever... Coming Home For Christmas https://youtu.be/itdNoGtPQ3I

Lower gasoline prices and consumer confidence are fueling this holiday increase in rushing home for family celebrations.

WE WILL BURY YOU

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I was born in Cuba, a massive tropical paradise with warm winds blowing through palm trees.

As a child, I recall my parents' apprehensions before their eventual decision to leave everything behind and escape the dangers of the cold war. The decided to begin a new life in the greatest country on earth. The United States of America is and has always been known as a bastion of freedoms and democracy.

Tolerance, Love and Consideration

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All we should need, or want for Christmas are the gifts of tolerance, love, and consideration.

Everyone would agree these are core principles of humanity. The right of all people to express their individual beliefs, feelings, or traditions which may be different from our own.

Schools, government, public services and the military have all practiced intolerance when they prevent the free expression of faith and beliefs, or the right to practice whatever lifestyle one chooses, as long as they are not hurting others.

RIP: ALAN THICKE

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TV icon Alan Thicke is dead at age 69. The Canadian-born actor, who is an NHL fan suffered a heart attack while playing hockey with his son in California.

Alan Thicke, iconic TV dad, dead at 69, publicist confirms http://www.cbsnews.com/news/alan-thicke-dead-tv-icon-actor-growing-pains

'Growing Pains' patriarch Alan Thicke dies at 69 http://upi.com/6468841t via @upishowbiz

Actor Alan Thicke, dad on 'Growing Pains,' dead at 69 http://reut.rs/2gJjSXZ via @Reuters

Do The Ends Justify the Meanness?

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was known as a Renaissance historian, a politician, a diplomat, a philosopher, a humanist, and an amazing communicator. He was born in 1469 and died in 1527 in his beloved Florence Italy.

Can you break down this moral code? Does anyone come to mind who appears only on Fox and is cunning like a fox and ready to deceive? Consider our contemporaries and a Virtusa?

Machiavelli is the founder of modern politics. He has been quoted as saying It is better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both.

S and M

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Supermoon and Meteors are two celestial phenomena that will be fighting for our attention high above our heads tonight.

The Geminids are one of the year's best meteor showers but may be dimmed by the bright light of yet another "supermoon" tonight and early Wednesday morning.

Even worse, thick clouds from coast to coast may make for poor viewing conditions for much of the country.