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Happy Throwback Thursday - or Thirsty Thursday! 🥃 I remember when I took this picture. It was in 2011, during the traitor Obama's first term. I was disgusted with his gun-grabbing agenda way back then. Hell, you couldn't find .45 ACP ammo at any store. DONT TREAD ON ME! 🇺🇸🔫🇺🇸

Good morning, friends. With all that's going on in our country, know that God is on our side. In 2 Samuel 10:12, King David had sent Joab to fight the Ammonites at the gates Rabbah. He urged Joab to fight "for the people." Know that with God on our side, we can't lose! 🙏🇺🇸😎

This Day in United States History 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 On November 11, 1976, major U.S. newspaper headlines included: Utah Court, Granting Killer's Wish, Authorizes Death by Firing Squad - with the New York Times reporting: SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 10—The Utah Supreme Court, by a vote of 4 to 1, ruled today that a convicted murderer, who had asked to die “like a man,” can be executed by a firing squad next Monday. The decision, unless changed, would make Gary Mark Gilmore the first person to be executed in the United States since 1967. There are 443 other persons on death rows in the country. Meanwhile, groups opposed to the death penalty began seeking the means at least to stay Mr. Gilmore's execution. There was widespread confusion about how to proceed, however. Today's decision, which reversed 3‐to‐2 decision by the high court on Monday that granted a stay of execution, said, “The stay of execution heretofore granted is withdrawn and vacated and any appeal on behalf of Gary Gilmore dismissed forthwith.” The dissenting opinion by Justice D. Frank Wilkins, contending that there were still unresolved problems, said, “I believe they can be resolved by this court with deliberate speed, but not deliberately within the time period of the few days that have passed.” The 35‐year‐old prisoner was convicted last month in the slaying in July of a young motel manager in Provo. The defendant dismissed his court‐appointed attorney last week when he rejected the attorney's plan to appeal his case, and asked the Utah Supreme Court to allow his execution to be carried out by firing squad at dawn on Monday, the day set by his trial judge. Death by firing squad? 🤔 Utah law then allowed condemned inmates to choose hanging or firing squad; Gilmore chose the latter (“I’d prefer to be shot”), arguing it was more dignified, and the court authorized it over his lawyers’ objections. An initial date of November 15, 1976, was stayed; after further delays, he was shot by a five-man squad on January 17, 1977, becoming the first person executed in the United States after the Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in Gregg v. Georgia(1976). His last words were “Let’s do it.” The ACLU and other abolitionist groups filed multiple stays and appeals (including on behalf of Gilmore’s mother), viewing the case as potentially opening the door to more executions nationwide. Gilmore repeatedly told them to “butt out,” saying it was his life and death. On the morning of the execution, roughly 60 death-penalty opponents held a silent protest and candlelight vigil outside the prison in freezing temperatures; similar vigils and protests occurred elsewhere in the U.S. Prisoners inside also reacted with shouting. A Harris poll at the time found about 71% of Americans favored the execution. On This Date In The Music World 🎶🎵🎶 Australian rock band, Little River Band, released their self-titled album in August 1976, in the U.S. The LP had been released a year earlier in Australia and England. 50 years ago today, the opening track on this album, It's A Long Way There, was getting plenty of airtime on U.S. radio stations. It would reach No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 - their first U.S. top-40 hit. (The single, would be cut to 4:16, while the album track was 8:39.) Enjoy part of today's afternoon ride with me. Things just happened to work out to break outta jail (work) - and I didn't miss the opportunity. You know what they say about Tennessee weather? - "If you don't like the weather, wait 5 minutes and it'll change." It did. It was 15º warmer than yesterday and quite beautiful - At. The. Start. Of. The. Ride. 🤦🏻‍♂️ Before I was done, it would be very windy with dark clouds pushing in from the south. Volume UP!!! 🇺🇸😎🫵🏻 (This is the full-length version of the song because it's mo better!) It's A Long Way There ~ Little River Band 🎶🎶🎶 Hey, everybody, yeah, don't you feel that there's something People on their own are getting nowhere I'm on the road to see If anything is anywhere or waiting, just for me Everynight I walk around the city Seems like I'll never know That feeling of being together when I go And it's a long way there It's a long way to where I'm going And it's a long way there It's a long way to where I'm going Hey, everybody, don't you feel that there's something But you know in a moment it is gone I live for the day when I can hear people saying That they know and they care for everyone But I feel like I've been here for the whole of my life Never knowing home It's a long way, it's a long, long, long way there I'm gonna keep on tryin', I'm gonna keep on tryin', yeah I'm gonna keep on tryin', keep on tryin' Been away from home for such a long time And got to know this town But I don't seem to matter much to anyone who's around Is there anybody around Every night I walk around the city Seems like I'll never know The feeling of being together when I go And it's a long way there It's a long way to where I'm going And it's a long way there It's a long way to where I'm going Everybody knows it's a long way there Oh, everybody knows it's a long way there Mmm, it's a long way Driving around's kind of getting me down and I know, and I know It's a long long way there It's such a long long way, long way Hey, everybody, yeah, don't you feel that there's something Feel it, feel it Hey, everybody, yeah, don't you feel that there's something 🎶🎶🎶

This Day In U.S. Military History 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 162 years ago today, Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman would use his troops to burn the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Manufacturing and military stores would be the targets, but that's now how it turned out: thegreybeardbiker.com/2026/1…