Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, December 27, 2022

Episode Date: December 27, 2022

A deadly Winter Storm slams upstate New York, Vladimir Putin claims he’s ready to negotiate with Ukraine, Whoopi Goldberg doubles-down on her controversial beliefs about the Holocaust, drivers rank the worst traffic in the USA. Plus, the Message of the Day, how to keep your new years resolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, I'm Mike Slater, host of the podcast Politics by Faith. Filling in for the great Bill O'Reilly. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Today is Tuesday, December 27th, 2022. Only a few more days left in this year. You're listening to the O'Reilly update. Here's what's happening today in America. A deadly winter storm slams upstate New York.

Vladimir Putin claims he's ready to negotiate with Ukraine. Whoopi Goldberg. doubles down on her controversial beliefs about the Holocaust, and drivers rank the worst traffic in America. Also coming up, the message of the day on how to keep your New Year's resolutions and also will celebrate Kwanza. But first, the death toll from New York's weekend blizzard, rising to nearly 30 fatalities with authorities warning that the number of dead would likely grow.

The storm slammed the cities of Buffalo and Niagara with more than four feet of snow. Thousands remain without power. Members of the National Guard now helping rescue efforts and clearing roads. Governor Kathy Hochle describing the blizzard is one of the most devastating storms in New York's history. Russian dictator Vladimir Putin now said he's ready to negotiate over the war in Ukraine. Moscow formally blaming Kiev and Western leaders for the 10-month conflict. U.S. officials believing more than 200,000 Russian troops have been killed or injured since the fighting began last February, 200,000. A battery of American patriot defense missiles arrives in Ukraine this week.

Comedian, Whoopi Goldberg, reiterating her previous remarks about the Holocaust, the view host was suspended earlier this year after claiming the Nazi genocide of the 1940s had nothing to do with race. Goldberg telling UK newspaper the Sunday Times, quote, You could not tell a Jew on a street. You could find me, but you couldn't find them. That was the point I was making. will she get the full Kanye treatment?

I doubt it. A new report from Fox News ranking the worst traffic in America. Cities are judged by time in the car compared to distance traveled. Top of the list heading into 2023, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, Houston, although sound about right, the worst spot for motorists, Washington, D.C., and that's just the worst spot for a lot of people in a lot of ways. Drivers in the Capitol waste 150 hours every year sitting in traffic. Folks looking to avoid gridlock can visit Kansas.

People in Wichita experience just five minutes of traffic each month. Five minutes. You got a call ahead to you. Honey, I'm sorry, I'm going to be a little late today. Coming up next, do you want to keep your New Year's resolution? Do you know what percentage of people don't? Well, let's not be in that percentage this year. Also, we'll celebrate the wonderful holiday, holiday, air quotes.

of Kwanza. Next. Hey, it's Sean Spicer from the Sean Spicer Show podcast, reminding you to turn into my show every day to get your daily dose inside the world of politics. President Trump and his team are shaking up Washington like never before, and we're here to cover it from all size, especially on the topics the mainstream media won't. So if you're a political junkie on a late lunch or getting ready for the drive home, new episodes of the Sean Spicer Show podcast drop at 2 p.m. every day. Make sure you tune in. You can find us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. Hey, I'm Mike Slater, host of the podcast Politics by Faith, filling in for the great Bill

O'Reilly. Now it's time for the O'Reilly update. Message of the Day. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. It is now behind us. On to the New Year. Do you keep your New Year's resolutions? Don't feel bad. 91% of people don't. Do you want to keep it, though? If so, I'll tell you how. This is from James Clear's book, Atomic Habits. It's the best goal-setting advice that there is. Here's why most people's goals don't work. First, people make New Year's resolutions that are outcome-based. Like, I'm going to lose weight.

First, that's not specific enough. And you've heard that advice before. You've got to be more specific. All right, I'm going to lose 10 pounds. Super. You've got to put a time frame on it. Okay, geez. I'm going to lose 10 pounds in three months.

Okay, great. No chance you're going to do that. There's just no chance because you haven't changed your process. You haven't changed your habits. So make process goals. I'm going to work out four days a week. Super. You won't.

You won't because you haven't changed. And here's the key. You haven't changed your identity. If you want to keep your New Year's resolution, whatever it is, you don't make outcome-based goals. You don't make process-based goals. You make identity goals. For instance, I am the kind of person.

who, whatever it is, never misses a workout. Or I'm the kind of person who always works out. And then when something comes up in life, you ask yourself, well, a person who always works out, what would they do? So you don't think about outcome. That's what everyone does. And it never works, clearly. 91% of people don't keep their goals.

So how do I come up with an identity statement? Well, first, ask yourself, what kind of person do you want to be? What kind of person do you want to be? and then you can turn that into an identity statement. I always work out. So just tell yourself that I always work out. It's who I am. I always work out.

I write every day. I am always on time. So I am. And you know people who are late all the time, like, well, it's just, you know, I'm just late. Well, stop, make a new identity. I am always. On time, I always read books.

I just read. I read books all the time. I stay in touch with friends. just who I am. And then once you've identified the type of person you want to be and then you make an identity statement about it, then you can come up with the process. Because I'm someone who always works out, here's my schedule. I work out four days a week. Or I write a thousand words a day. Or I call a friend every Saturday. And you set up the process that will prove your identity to be true. And if you do that, I guarantee you the outcome will happen. Don't stress about

the outcome. Don't worry about the outcome. Yeah, the outcome will happen. Identity first, process second, and the outcome will follow. So decide who you want to be. Who's the person you want to be? Then set up small, winnable goals and prove yourself right. Prove to yourself that you are indeed this person who you want to become. 91% of people do not keep their New Year's resolution. So let's start there. I'm the kind of person who when I make up my mind, I don't give up. I keep New Year's resolutions. Are you thinking excited?

Well, I've never kept my New Year's resolutions. Yeah, yeah. Now you know how to do it. So make a new identity statement. I keep New Year's resolutions. Start there. And if you do that, you're way ahead of the game. Coming up on something you might not know, the holiday of Kwanza.

Do you know about the beginnings of Kwanza? Do you know who started it? Oh, Circle already. round. I'll tell you a story next. Hey, I'm Caitlin Becker, the host of the New York Postcast, and I've got exactly what you need to start your weekdays. Every morning, I'll bring you the stories that matter, plus the news people actually talk about, the juicy details in the world's politics, business, pop culture, and everything in between. It's what you want from the New York Post wrapped up in one snappy show.

Ask your smart speaker to play the NY Postcast podcast. Listen and subscribe on Amazon Music, Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, I'm Mike Slater. Host of the podcast, Politics by Faith, for Bill O'Reilly. Now it's time for something you might not know. Yesterday was Kwanza.

Hmm. Happy Kwanza. Oh, you, I hope you didn't miss it. Did you forget? It was, uh, Kwanza is a beautiful Marxist holiday created in the 60s by a man who tortured women in his basement, whipping them with electrical cords. and branding them with a hot iron. Ah, yes, it's a wonderful holiday.

Our vice president, Kamala Harris, said Kwanza was always a special time. We came together with generations of friends, family, and neighbors. There were never enough chairs. So my sister and I and the other children would often sit on the floor. And together we lit the candles of the Canara. And then the elders would talk about how Kwanza is a time to celebrate culture, community, and family. And then, of course, they taught us the seven principles. Oh, you know them, of course.

Unity, self-determination, collective responsibility, purpose, creativity, faith, and then the super fun Marxist one, cooperative economics. Just to be clear, in case my tone is not thick enough. Kwanza has nothing to do with Africa. It was started by a man Malana Dabeznitha Karenga. His real name is Ronald Everett. who was big into the black power movement at L.A. City College in the 60s.

He was a black studies professor after that. He literally started Kwanza only to attack Christianity, which he called a white religion that black people should shun. Hence it being the day after Christmas. But Kamala has wonderful memories of this very special time. So this is not a real holiday. It's made up by a Marxist black power felon

who was convicted of torturing women. It's not a real holiday, or is it the perfect holiday? Every other holiday in America has always been about celebrating something bigger than yourself, whether it's the birth of Jesus or the birth of George Washington or the birth of America on the Fourth of July. It's always something bigger than you, but Kwanza is a vanity project made to celebrate the founder and your racial self and identity. said the founder, Ron, I mean, Malana, as part of the black freedom movement, we were using this to return to our history and our culture. Yes, unity, just not as Americans. But who am I to question the dear childhood memories of our vice president?

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