Update
The Cutest Christmas
Moment
When Bonnie uncovered the play table, Grandson Dale (2
years, 9 months) clapped his hands and exclaimed. "Yea! I got a
train!"
My wife signed us up to provide refreshments for the two services at church this Sunday, So I spent four hours Friday baking 24+ dozen cookies. No, not from scratch like I do my sugar free ones--from store bought cookie dough.~Bob
My wife signed us up to provide refreshments for the two services at church this Sunday, So I spent four hours Friday baking 24+ dozen cookies. No, not from scratch like I do my sugar free ones--from store bought cookie dough.~Bob
A little girl sings
Holy Night
Christmas in the
Trenches--the 1914 Truce
General News and Comment
Worth Reading
Excerpt: Until now there were two types of peaceful American
change. One was a president, like Franklin D.
Roosevelt or Ronald Reagan, working with Congress to alter
American life from the top down by passing a new agenda. The other was popular
reform pressure, as happened in the 1890s or 1960s, to change public opinion
and force government to make new laws or change existing ones. Barack
Obama has introduced a quite different, third sort of revolution. He seeks
to enact change that both the majority of Americans and their representatives
oppose. And he tries to do it by bypassing Congress through executive
orders and presidential memoranda of dubious legality.
No Surprise: Wealthy donors sided with Democrats in
midterms
Excerpt: Among the top 100 individual donors to political
groups, more than half gave primarily to Democrats or their allies. Among
groups that funneled more than $100,000 to allies, the top of the list tilted
overwhelmingly toward Democrats — a group favoring the GOP doesn't appear on
the list until No. 14. The two biggest super PACs of 2014? Senate Majority PAC
and House Majority PAC — both backing Democrats. In all, the top 10 individual
donors to outside groups injected almost $128 million into this year's
elections. Democratic-leaning groups collected $91 million of it.
Reality Smacks Left Again: France's Socialist
government has admitted that the country cannot cope with any further tax rises
and promised no more hikes just days ahead of the country's largest ever tax
bill.
Excerpt: In an unfortunate piece of timing, however, the
pledge came just as the environment minister announced the creation of a new
"carbon tax" and amid reports that the overall tax pressure on French
households will rise even further next year. Returning from their summer break,
the French are about to discover stinging rises in tax bills in their letter
boxes – the result of a series of new levies enacted by President
François Hollande as he seeks to plug the French deficit
and bring down public debt – now riding at 92 per cent of GDP. (As Maggie
Thatcher said, "The Problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out
of other people's money." ~Bob)
French jobless total
at new record high
Excerpt: The number of people
seeking work in France
has risen to a record high, official figures show. The jobless total rose by
27,400 in November to 3,488,300 - the highest level yet seen.
That means the number looking for
a job has risen by 5.8% in the past year. (The inherent vice of capitalism is
the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal
sharing of miseries. --Winston Churchill)
If China Attacks, This Is the Ship Taiwan
Excerpt: With its radar-dodging design, the vessel has
earned a nickname as Taiwan’s “carrier killer” in local media — and with
Taiwan’s massive neighbor, China, gunning for a fleet of four carriers and claiming Taiwan for its
own, the Tuo Chiang could prove to be a decisive weapon in Taiwan’s arsenal.
Amazon Indians raid
remote Peru
Excerpt: Authorities in Peru have decided to evacuate a
remote Amazon community after it was raided by members of an indigenous tribe. About
200 Mashco-Piro Indians armed with bows and arrows arrived at Monte Salvador
looking for food.
Mark Levin Urges
States to ‘Take Back Your Power’ From Runaway Obama
Excerpt: Can you think of an amendment that limits the power
of the federal government that would be bad?
How much does your
governor earn?
Excerpt: Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, a Republican, bypassed
his salary in 2013 and 2014, noting that he would not accept a salary until his
state achieved full employment. Florida Republican Gov. Rick Scott only
accepted 12 cents of his salary, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, also a Republican,
collected $1 of his salary, and Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Haslam returned
his 2014 salary to the state.
Florida, North
Carolina up a peg; New York, Michigan
Excerpt: The order of the top 10 states has changed. Florida , with 19,893,297 residents passed New York , with
19,746,227. And North Carolina , with
9,943,964, passed Michigan ,
with 9,909,877. New York ranked first in
population in the Censuses conducted from 1810 to 1960; it was passed by California about 1963 and Texas about 1994. Now it’s fourth. (GOP run
states growing, Dem run states declining. Gee, I wonder why? ~Bob)
Learning From North Korea
Excerpt: Pro-Israel student activist and TruthRevolt
contributor Daniel Mael has come under fire from campus progressives and fellow
students for writing about a Brandeis student representative’s tweet declaring
that she had “no sympathy” for the two NYPD officers murdered in Brooklyn Saturday. Since the story went viral, Mael
has become the target of personal threats and a campaign to see him suspended
or expelled from the school.
Fast and Furious
Crime Scene Photos Released
http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/12/fast-furious-crime-scene-photos-released/
http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/12/fast-furious-crime-scene-photos-released/
Excerpt: Photos from a 2013 murder scene in Phoenix,
Arizona, which involved a gun obtained
through the Obama DOJ and ATF's corrupt Operation Fast and Furious, have
finally been released due to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by Judicial
Watch.
Obama vacation to Hawaii , Africa cost
taxpayers nearly $16 million
Excerpt: U.S.
taxpayers spent nearly $16 million to fly the Obamas to, from and around Hawaii and Africa , Air
Force records, obtained by Judicial Watch, show. “The Obama family
2013-2014 vacation to Honolulu
cost $210,877 per hour for travel alone; at 36.9 total hours, the cost to
taxpayers for the vacation’s flight expense was $7,781,361.30,” Judicial Watch
said in a statement, noting an increase of $3,695,006.10 from flight expenses
for the Obamas’ 2012-13 Hawaii Christmas vacation. (I don't mind BO going on
vacation. It's that he keeps coming back...~Bob)
Why George W. Bush Never Left D.C. Until the Day After
Christmas. By Oliver Darcy
Excerpt: “[H]ere’s the thing: In December, we never left Washington , D.C. Maryland ,”
Curl wrote in a 2013 column that was republished Thursday. After a few years, curiosity finally
got to the former Washington Times reporter and he asked a low-level
administration official why. “I still remember what she said,” Curl wrote. “’So
all of us can be with our families on Christmas.’”
Excerpt: We’ve discussed David Clark a few times over the
past few years. He was the official at the Maryland Department of Veterans’
Affairs who was deputy chief for claims there and, as such, submitted claims
for himself and his cronies. The
Stars & Stripes reports that he was sentenced to a year in the
pound; ... “Clark fraudulently obtained VA compensation for himself and at
least 17 others, by submitting false documents to the VA purporting to show
that the claimants had been diagnosed with diabetes, and in some cases that the
claimants had served in Vietnam when they had not,” the U.S. attorney’s office
said in the release.
Hillary Loves Castro
Excerpt: Hillary Clinton was the main architect of the deal
reached with Cuba
and her advocacy toward opening a new relationship with the Castro regime began
almost immediately when she became secretary of state, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Josh Rogin.
Obama Apologizes to
Castro. Cuban communist leader lectures Obama for 30 minutes.
Excerpt: Barack Obama apologized to Cuban president Raul
Castro during their phone conversation after the American commander in chief's
opening remarks. Speaking to reporters at his final White House press briefing
of 2014 Friday afternoon, Obama gave more details about his phone
call with the communist leader of Cuba
earlier this week before the announcement of a change in U.S. policy on the Caribbean
island nation.
LAPD Officers Buy
Clothes For Homeless Man
Excerpt: Two Los Angeles Police Department officers drove a
homeless man to a Ross Dress for Less store in Hollywood and bought him clothes and shoes
earlier this month. Witness Marc Najjar thought the officers deserved
recognition and contacted ABC7.
Congress to the
Rescue: Quashing Obama’s Internet Giveaway
Excerpt: President Obama’s plan to give away the
Internet back-end to dictatorial control of countries like Russia , China ,
Iran , Cuba , and North Korea has been quashed
because of a provision tucked away in the recent omnibus budget bill passed by
the US Congress. Yes, hidden in amongst all the pork barrel frittering and
boondoggle squandering of the public funds, there was one bona fide gem thrown
into the mix.
Gun News
EPA can't regulate
lead bullets, says federal court
Excerpt: "We agree with EPA that it lacks statutory
authority to regulate the type of spent bullets and shot identified in the environmental
groups’ petition," Judge David Tatel wrote for the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia Circuit.
A Hello Kitty gun for
Christmas? More women are getting firearms as gifts.
Excerpt: Twenty-three percent of American women owned guns
in 2011, according to Gallup
polling, up from 13 percent in 2005. And nearly 80 percent of gun retailers
surveyed by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) reported increases
in female customers from 2011 to 2012.
Santa impersonator
arrested in shooting of 2 men
Excerpt: "One of the victims ran back to his car, and
the guy dressed as Santa Claus must've thought he was going to get a gun
because he started shooting."
Homeowner kills
suspect during attempted home invasion
Excerpt: Officers responded to a home in the 2300 block of
Devoy at about 6:20 p.m. Tuesday, where they saw 22-year-old Nico Carlisle with
multiple gunshot wounds lying at the front door. Officials pronounced Carlisle dead at the scene. Investigators say Carlisle and another man knocked on the door, then forced
their way inside when a woman answered the door. Carlisle
then put a gun to the woman’s neck.
Homeowner shoots,
kills suspect during home invasion in SW Houston
Excerpt: Investigators said the suspect entered the home,
but the homeowner shot him. The suspect died at the scene.
Race Card News
Excerpt: There is no question, though it's not acknowledged
enough, that black Americans have made greater gains, over some of the highest
hurdles and in a very short span of time, than any other racial group in
mankind's history. What's the evidence? If black Americans were thought of as a
nation with their own gross domestic product, they'd rank among the 20
wealthiest nations. It was a black American, Gen. Colin Powell, who headed the
mightiest military in mankind's history. A few black Americans are among the
world's wealthiest. Many black Americans are among the world's most famous
personalities. The significance of all this is that in 1865, neither an
ex-slave nor an ex-slave owner would have believed that such progress would be
possible in less than a century and a half. (Dr. Williams is an emeritus
professor and former economics department head at George Mason
University
‘Best Xmas Party Of
The Year': #Blacklivesmatter Trashes Oakland
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2014/12/26/best-xmas-party-of-the-year-blacklivesmatter-trashes-oakland/?utm_source=e_breitbart_com&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Breitbart+News+Roundup%2C+December+26%2C+2014&utm_campaign=20141226_m123738913_Breitbart+News+Roundup%2C+December+26%2C+2014&utm_term=More
Excerpt: Demonstrators participating in a Christmas Day
“Black Lives Matter” protest in Oakland
against police smashed store windows, injured a journalist, and vandalized the
city’s main Christmas tree in Jack
London Square in the latest violence associated
with the movement. (because nothing helps fight white racism in MO and NY like
trashing Christmas in your CA town. I'm sure a lot of white folks became less
racist because of the destruction and violence. ~Bob)
Another
police-involved shooting death of black teen sparks tensions in St. Louis
Excerpt: Berkeley
Mayor Theodore Hoskins (D) defended the officer involved in Tuesday’s shooting
and said it was likely justified, citing surveillance video that appeared to
show Martin pointing a gun at the officer. Police said the officer, who has not
been named, fired back in fear for his life.
Excerpt: “The mayor says stop that, we say f–k that!” the
mob chanted at one point.
Other slogans were of the sort that Hizzoner has denounced
as “hateful” and “inappropriate” in the wake of Saturday’s assassinations of two city cops.
“NYPD, KKK, how many kids did you kill today?” the protesters shouted. (So both
the police and the protesters now hate the mayor. Solution is to use only black
officers who volunteer in black neighborhoods. Of course, the productive and
black owned businesses will flee the area, but there is a cost for hating the
police. ~Bob)
Black woman on NY cop
killings
Excerpt: The “Honestly Speaking” woman who dropped a viral
rant on Ferguson is back with her thoughts on the “execution” of two NYPD
officers, reportedly in connection with getting ‘revenge’ for the chokehold
death of Eric Garner. She blasted the mayor for the way he spoke out on the
case, and criticized Obama for hanging around with Al Sharpton.
White Liberals and
the New Racism. By Bernard Goldberg
Excerpt: During the opening remarks, we heard from the
panelists — a black activist who didn’t want anyone to be called a “criminal,”
and opposed prisons on principle; a member of the ACLU who thought that America
was “further away from equality” today than in 1965 when he marched from Selma
to Montgomery; a cop who said he believed Michael Brown was trying to take away
Officer Darren Wilson’s gun only to “humiliate him,” presumably with no
intention of shooting the cop; and a judge who for the most part simply
explained how grand juries operate, though she tiptoed into liberal terrain
too. They talked about how cops had to change their behavior in order to stop
the “trend” that was killing off “unarmed” black men. But during their
presentations, not one of them uttered even one word about what criminal
suspects needed to do to avoid being shot by police.
These Cops Let a
Butcher Knife Wielding Bad Guy Chase Them Around And the Reason May Leave You
Steamed.
Excerpt: After bringing a knife to a gun fight, Alfonso
Martinez of Milwaukee , Wisconsin
Excerpt: I will not be shooting any Black Panthers this week
because I am Kwanza-reform, and we are not that observant. Kwanzaa, celebrated
exclusively by white liberals, is a fake holiday invented in 1966 by black
radical/FBI stooge, Ron Karenga -- aka Dr. Maulana Karenga, founder of United
Slaves, the violent nationalist rival to the Black Panthers. In the annals of
the American '60s, Karenga was the Father Gapon, pawn of the czarist police.
... The FBI fueled the bloody rivalry between the Panthers and United Slaves.
In one barbarous outburst, Karenga's United Slaves shot two Black Panthers to
death on the UCLA campus: Al "Bunchy" Carter and John Huggins.
Obamacare/Government Healthcare News
Merry Christmas America
Cartoon.
"You're Greener than Gore" News
WH Science Advisor:
Ice Age Now if Not for Human Activity
http://lastresistance.com/9263/wh-science-advisor-ice-age-now-if-not-for-human-activity/
http://lastresistance.com/9263/wh-science-advisor-ice-age-now-if-not-for-human-activity/
Excerpt: According to White House science advisor John
Holdren, natural cycles would be throwing us into another ice age. The only
thing that’s holding us back from an ice age is human activity, namely the
burning of fossil fuels, which is actually counteracting the Earth’s natural
tendencies toward a cooling climate. I guess this would explain why we haven’t
really experienced “global warming” for decades now.
The Next Shale
Revolution? The astonishing promise of enhanced oil recovery. By Samuel
Thernstrom
Excerpt: Why is so much carbon dioxide being released into
the atmosphere if it’s valuable? Because the costs and benefits don’t quite
align—yet. But Congress could easily change that. There isn’t much of a
market for carbon dioxide from power plants because the costs of capture
typically exceed the market price of carbon dioxide. Oil companies might pay
$30 or $40 a ton for carbon dioxide, but capturing it from a power plant can
cost $80 a ton or more. So imagine what would happen if the federal government
provided a tax credit that bridged the difference—a credit, say, of $40 a
ton. (Not that implementing it would actually make a significant difference in
the overall generation of CO2 to the atmosphere, but good economics are good
economics. I wonder if anyone in Congress will pick up on this. --Del )
Beaver Gas to Blame
for Global Warming
Excerpt: It’s actually not beaver flatulence per se,
although I’m sure they’d say that contributes a little as well. It’s actually
the methane that’s apparently generated at the bottom of standing water ponds
created by beaver dams that ends up being released into the atmosphere that’s
the problem.
Religion of Peace News
Worth Reading
Excerpt: Islamic apologists in the West argue furiously that
child marriage has nothing to do with Islam, and that the idea that Muhammad
married a child is the invention of greasy Islamophobes. The Grand Mufti of
Saudi Arabia, unaccountably, seems to be one of those Islamophobes. In reality,
few things are more abundantly attested in Islamic law than the permissibility
of child marriage. Islamic tradition records that Muhammad’s favorite wife,
Aisha, was six when Muhammad wedded her and nine when he consummated the
marriage:
Excerpt: The US
targeted a dual-hatted Pakistani Taliban leader and al Qaeda commander in one
of two drone strikes that took place today in Pakistan 's
jihadist haven of North Waziristan . The
CIA-operated, remotely piloted Predators or Reapers launched two airstrikes in
the Shawal area of North Waziristan, killing nine people, including four
"foreigners," a term used to describe members of al Qaeda or other
foreign jihadist groups, The New York Times reported. The Shawal Valley
Excerpt: The Obama administration is accelerating its
efforts to shut down the Guantanamo
Bay Iraq at one
time. ~Bob)
Excerpt: It is often reported that detainees, such as the four
transferred to Afghanistan ,
have been "cleared for release." The implication is that they had
been "cleared" of any wrongdoing and their release is risk-free. But
this is not true. The task force recommended that all four be transferred
subject to "appropriate security measures" being enacted by the host
country. That is, the task force expected that whichever country took the four
Afghans, the local government would take steps to ensure that they did not pose
a threat. In practice, such security measures are often non-existent. Joint
Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO), which oversees the detention facility,
assessed the four Afghan detainees years earlier. The secret JTF-GTMO threat
assessments for the four detainees -- Mohommod Zahir, Khil Ali Gul, Abdul Ghani,
and Shawali Khan -- were authored in 2008 and subsequently leaked online. In
each case, JTF-GTMO deemed the detainee to be "high risk," who
"is likely to pose a threat to the US , its interests, and
allies." JTF-GTMO recommended that all four remain in the Defense
Department's custody. (The list of people in this world who I would kill if I
could is distressingly long, and suggests that I won't need to take harp
lessons for the next life. ~Bob)
Sharyl Attkisson:
White House Hiding Photos of Obama on Night of Benghazi
http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/12/sharyl-attkisson-white-house-hiding-photos-obama-night-benghazi-attack/
http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/12/sharyl-attkisson-white-house-hiding-photos-obama-night-benghazi-attack/
Excerpt: In an interview on C-SPAN's "Washington
Journal" Tuesday morning, former CBS reporter Sharyl
Attkisson revealed that photos taken by the White House photographer
taken the night of the Benghazi attacks have never been turned over.
IS captures Jordanian
pilot after warplane crashes in Syria
Excerpt: The jihadist group claimed it had shot down the jet
with a heat-seeking missile near the city of Raqqa . It published photographs showing the
pilot, who has been named as Flight Lieutenant Moaz Youssef al-Kasasbeh. We do
not know yet if the Jordanian aircraft suffered an engine failure or other
technical problem, or if it was actually downed by IS air defences.
A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now
to Stop War and End Racism): Profile
Excerpt: ANSWER was formed a few days after 9/11 as a
"new anti-racism, anti-war, peace and justice" group and led its
first protest just weeks later against the impending US-led attack on Afghanistan .[1] It went on to
oppose the war and occupation of Iraq , homeland security measures
and what it perceived to be American racism against Middle Easterners, Muslims
and people of color.[2]
Excerpt: A suicide bomber detonated his payload among a
group of pro-government Sunni militiamen near the Iraqi capital Baghdad on
Wednesday, killing at least 24 people.
The attacker mingled with the militiamen as they gathered at
a military base in the town of Madain , about 20
kilometers (14 miles) south of Baghdad ,
to receive their monthly paychecks, two police officers said. At least 15 of
the dead were Sunni militiamen and the rest were soldiers, while 55 others were
wounded, they said.
Excerpt: The Israeli military said it deployed tank fire and
an airstrike on targets in Gaza
after its troops came under attack by Palestinian snipers as they were on
patrol on the Israeli side of the border. It said it "immediately
responded" to the Palestinian shooting attack on Wednesday.
Suicide bomber kills
33 people south of Baghdad
Excerpt: A suicide bomber killed 33 people and wounded 55
others in Madaen, about 25 km (15 miles) south of Baghdad , on Wednesday, Iraqi police and
medical officials said.
Terror raids:
Sulayman Khalid to spend Christmas behind bars
Excerpt: Khalid, also known as Abu Bakr, appeared earlier
this year on SBS’s Insight wearing a jacket emblazoned with the Islamic State
flag and abruptly stormed off the set when questioned about his support for IS
fighters and the revelation his passport had been revoked due to fears he would
head overseas to fight.
Pak Red Mosque cleric
calls anti-Taliban fight 'un-Islamic'
Taliban killing school children apparently okay in Islam.
~Bob
Excerpt: German authorities and the international media are
making an utterly predictable but nonetheless inexcusable mistake by deriding
these protesters as “far-right” and “pinstripe Nazis.” Nazis targeted people —
the Jews — who were completely innocent of the charges made against them. Then
the Nazis committed genocide. The Patriotic Europeans Against Islamisation of
the West is reacting against increasingly frequent and aggressive jihad attacks
— just look at the last few days in France — and repeated declarations by
Muslim leaders that they will soon conquer Europe. Patriotic Europeans Against
Islamisation of the West is not in favor of genocide, but against immigration
policies that threaten to overwhelm the native population and lead to the
imposition of a political and social system that will destroy the freedom of
speech and equality of rights for women and non-Muslims.
Obama Admin Spends
Christmas Trying To Get Islamist Groups Off Terror List [VIDEO]
Excerpt: The Obama administration spent Christmas week
trying to get two Islamist organizations off a foreign country’s terror list. The
Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Muslim American Society are both
listed as Islamist organizations by the Islamist Money In Politics database,
which tracks copious political spending by figures linked to the groups. The
Muslim American Society was founded as an American-based Muslim Brotherhood
front group. CAIR and MAS representatives met with “senior U.S. government officials” just days before
Christmas to discuss the groups’ inclusion on the United Arab Emirates ’ official list
of terrorist organizations.
The Real Islam: 13-year-old girl: My father gave me
to Boko Haram to be a suicide bomber
Excerpt: She said her captors asked if she wanted to go to
paradise and, when she said yes, explained she would have to be a suicide
bomber. “When I was told I would have to die to enter paradise, that I would
have to explode a bomb and die, I said I cannot do it,” she said. When they threatened
to kill her, she allowed them to strap her into a vest primed with explosives,
saying “I was afraid to be buried alive.” (Tell me again how all cultures are
equally valid--I need the laugh. ~Bob)
The Real Islam: Man sentenced to death in Mauritania
Excerpt: A Muslim man in Mauritania was sentenced to death
for apostasy on Wednesday after a court ruled that he had written something
blasphemous, a judicial source told AFP. Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed, who is
around 30 years old, fainted when the ruling was read out late on Wednesday in
a court in Nouadhibou in the northwest of the country, the source said on
condition of anonymity.
Pope says Islam is
religion of peace, then begs Muslims to condemn violence. By Robert Spencer,
JihadWatch.org
Excerpt: More Pope Fiction: “Islam is a religion of peace,
one which is compatible with respect for human rights and peaceful
coexistence,” says the Pope. Then he calls on Muslims to push a “more authentic
image of Islam, as so many of them desire.” Has he ever wondered how this
version of Islam that he assumes to be inauthentic has become so widespread and
so powerful as to displace millions of Christians from the Middle
East ? Moreover, condemnations are easy. What we really need to see
from Muslim leaders who profess to oppose jihad violence is real action against
it to prevent young Muslims from adopting this view of Islam. But we do not see
that, and neither the Pope nor anyone else seems to notice or care.
*****
Robert A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam Veteran who served five
terms in the Massachusetts State Senate. He is the author of The Coming Collapse of the American Republic.
http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Collapse-American-Republic-prevent/dp/1461122538/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1304815980&sr=1-5
For a free PDF of Collapse, e-mail him at tartanmarine(at)gmail.com. Hall’s
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