Tactics Episodes

In a special Festivus episode, Caleb, Laura Clark, and John from Millbrook all get together to participate in the Airing of Grievances and then discuss their favorite Christmas traditions as they exchange Christmas presents. They also count down the top 10 stupidest stories of the year and stupidest person of the year in the Daily Dose of Stupid Awards. Chaplain's Report: Mark 2:23-28 Sources: https://news.yahoo.com/lauren-boebert-caught-security-footage-180000531.html https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-plea-deal-taxes-gun-drugs-690d38f1ffae4dfce2c171d21e7d3594 https://www.npr.org/2023/07/26/1190327638/white-house-uses-the-term-bidenomics-to-help-sell-the-presidents-economic-agenda https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/28/bidenomics-is-working-the-presidents-plan-grows-the-economy-from-the-middle-out-and-bottom-up-not-the-top-down/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bud-light-dylan-mulvaney-kid-rock-tiktok-backlash-travis-tritt/ https://nypost.com/2023/09/09/bud-light-still-down-30-six-months-after-dylan-mulvaney-partnership/ https://www.foxnews.com/media/fox-news-media-tucker-carlson-part-ways https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-rep-bowman-faces-investigation-after-pulling-fire-alarm-capitol-2023-10-01/ https://www.npr.org/2023/04/11/1169191865/biden-ends-covid-national-emergency https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-gavin-newsom-debate-fox-news-sean-hannity-november-30-rcna117228 https://apnews.com/article/trump-desantis-abortion-ban-republican-primary-5bdbba55f9c2f328d49b5fbe9727677e https://www.aei.org/op-eds/trump-blames-extreme-pro-lifers-for-republican-midterm-defeats/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKdVNa6aTY8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CWLjdQRxDg B-roll: Videezy

Caleb explains a theological conflict within Protestantism that has led to some Christians supporting Israel in their conflict and some opposing them. In a new Breaking the Internet, a meme goes around equating Israel citing a historic claim to the land like ancient Rome claiming modern England as its land today. In the Daily Dose of Stupid, TikTokers discover Osama Bin Laden's letter to America and can't help but praise and admire it. Chaplain's Report: Colossians 2:8-15 Sources: Breaking the Internet https://www.hudson.org/node/44363 https://www.npr.org/2019/07/03/738586883/dna-study-reveals-philistines-were-originally-from-europe https://study.com/academy/lesson/philistine-people--origin-history.html Daily Dose of Stupid: https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ubl2016/english/To%20the%20American%20people.pdf https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tiktok-removing-osama-bin-laden-letter-to-america-posts-amid-apparent-viral-trend/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220324004821/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/nov/24/theobserver https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/consider-osama-bin-ladens-full-letter-not-tiktok-videos Palestinian Polls https://www.awrad.org/files/server/polls/polls2023/Public%20Opinion%20Poll%20-%20Gaza%20War%202023%20-%20Tables%20of%20Results.pdf https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-beliefs-about-sharia/ B-roll: Videezy

June 24th is Life Day in commemoration of the overturning of Roe v. Wade. To celebrate the anniversary, Caleb gives a recap of where we are a year later and breaks down 6 common pro-abortion arguments. In the Daily Dose of Stupid, the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network publishes a story about two gay men that want to abort "their" baby against their surrogate mother's wishes. Chaplain's Report: Psalm 106:34-46 Sources: Intro https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/us/abortion-laws-roe-v-wade.html https://1819news.com/news/item/amie-beth-shaver-365-days-without-abortion Argument #7 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2019/06/10/adoption-agencies-latest-front-religious-freedom-fight/1359072001/ https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/391848-faith-based-adoption-agencies-are-too-valuable-to-shut-down/ https://www.heritage.org/civil-society/report/the-role-faith-based-agencies-child-welfare https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6318184/ https://philanthropydaily.com/new-study-religious-faith-and-reading-the-bible-increases-generosity/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/04/12/how-highly-religious-americans-lives-are-different-from-others/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34429211/ https://cafo.org/2014/02/12/new-barna-research-highlights-christian-adoption-foster-care-among-3-most-notable-vocational-trends/ Argument #9 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5214a2.htm https://www.npr.org/.../the-disconnect-between-perceived... https://www.vox.com/2015/10/1/18000474/gun-homicides-decline https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/ https://www.atf.gov/resource-center/data-statistics https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/18319/chapter/3#17 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/pdfs/mm7119e1-H.pdf Argument # 11 https://www.guttmacher.org/sites/default/files/report_downloads/us-abortion-patients-table1.pdf https://www.bhwlawfirm.com/legal-age-consent-united-states-map/ Daily Dose of Stupid: https://cbc-network.org/2023/06/when-surrogacy-goes-bad-there-are-never-any-winners/ B-roll: Videezy

Caleb tells the story of 5 members of the American military who died in service to their country. Revolutionary War: Major General Johann DeKalb (Army) World War 2: Private George Watson (Army) The Korean War- Private First Class Anthony T. Ka-hoʻohan-ohano (Army) The Vietnam War- Lance Corporal Miguel Keith (U.S. Marine Corps) War on Terror (Iraq)- Sergeant First Class Al-win Cren-dall Cashe (Army) Sources: https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/05/the-25-deadliest-battles-of-the-revolutionary-war/ https://www.battlefields.org/learn/revolutionary-war/battles/camden https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/014800/014859/html/14859bio.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_de_Kalb https://mymemorialday.org/remember/watson.php https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/anthony-t-kahoohanohano https://www.cfr.org/blog/remembering-those-whom-memorial-day-honors-0 https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/miguel-keith https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/alwyn-c-cashe B-roll By: Videezy.com