Barbarians trash Calais

“Europe is on fire!”

 
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It’s true. Europe is on fire – although you’d barely know things were heating up if the mainstream media still had a monopoly on the news. Thank-you Lord for alternatives on the web like American Thinker which featured this Feb. 13th article from John Griffing: Islam: The Jinn is out of the bottle ~

(Europe is) in a social and financial crisis of its leaders’ own making. Its public places are now spectacles of the obscene, and its women are sexual objects for a predatory race of invaders. Its social systems are stretched to the breaking point by belligerent “refugees” who are devouring their host countries at will, while Europe’s leaders defend the invaders and blame their own citizens.
 
Western civilization is under attack, and rational citizens are at a loss to understand why their leaders are allowing the destruction of their societies.

 
France-CalaisThere’s no more stunning example of this meltdown – and ruling class surrender – than in the French port city of Calais. Since early last summer when the Muslim invasion reached a fever pitch, Calais has been a flash-point, primarily because of its location just across the Channel from Britain.
 
In June of last year – complicated by a ferry workers’ strike – chaos erupted at the border crossing, disrupting traffic through the Channel tunnel for days, as reported in the UK Telegraph ~

Illegal migrants desperate to get in to Britain have exploited the closing of Calais and travel chaos on both sides of the Channel.
 
Thousands of migrants who have massed at the French port used a wildcat strike by French ferry workers to try and clamber on to Britain-bound lorries that were left queuing for hours.
 
By late afternoon, hundreds of migrants lined junction 42 of the A16 motorway […]
 
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Vastly outnumbered by the migrants, riot police did their best to keep them at bay and away from the lorries, hundreds of which were stuck in a huge tailback due to the closure of the Channel tunnel.

 
The unrest has flared up on and off for the past six months (see links below). At this point Calais is basically besieged. Watch as this life-long resident relates the heartache of helplessly watching her beloved city being destroyed by the Islamic horde ~

 

Video via Gates of Vienna. Full transcript at link.]

 
It’s tragic – and worse. Because the government officials are doing NOTHING. Beyond nothing – they’re siding with the lawless migrants!
 
Here’s Griffing again, on the utter dereliction of responsibility by Europe’s ruling class ~

Western leaders (he’s including the U.S. here) are aiding and abetting this insanity with a consistency and single-mindedness of purpose that can only be explained in one way: they must think they have something to gain from the chaos created by this crisis.
 
What other conclusion can be drawn from the brazen ascendancy of Islam in the western world, and the deafening silence that permits its success? Clearly, Western leaders think they can use Islam for their own ends, to consolidate their own power.

 
Which is really scary, considering how far Europe has already fallen ~

Islam is now controlling most of Europe, either actively, or passively, due to the absence of any response from local governing authorities — a curious void of law and order. “Peace in our time” has now given way to the “Religion of Peace.”
 
Unless Europeans and Americans rise up now to reverse this trend, one of two things will occur. Either those in power will succeed in using this crisis to advance their aims and fundamentally transform their societies, or, more likely, Islam will become dominant in the West past the point of no return.

 

In the perennial struggle between good and evil, European “leaders” have chosen sides poorly. Now their “subjects” will be forced to pay the price.
I hope we’re not next…

 
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Related:

Calais migrants: British anarchists infiltrate camps to provoke trouble, police warn ~ More turmoil in August 2015
26 Police Injured In Clashes With Migrants At Calais ~ And in November ~

“In all honesty we just don’t know what the solution is to this crisis. There are 6,000 people living in this camp. We will do our job and do it with courage but the officers are very downbeat. They have 26 injured colleagues.” […]
 
Although clashes between police and migrants are a regular occurrence in Calais, Sunday night’s clashes were far worse than normal and are provoking fears that situation may deteriorate further.

 
Calais Explodes Into War Zone As Muslim “Refugee” Hordes Overwhelm Police, Cross Channel Tunnel To England ~ In December

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Clooney to the rescue?

Slobbered over for years by adoring fans, some celebrities just can’t help but develop god-complexes. Which of course explains why so many of them (Sean Penn, Bono, Oprah, Bill Gates) feel the need to insert themselves into global affairs. We should be so very grateful that they deign to assist we mere mortals with our various struggles and challenges.
 
georgeclooney2Seriously, this is not to disparage the many in the social elite set who do do enormous amounts of good for humanitarian causes. Rather, to point out the superior attitudes of celebs like Bill Gates, and George Clooney, who somehow feel the world is in such dire need of their infinite wisdom that they must step up and help set things right.
 
Cloony’s latest endeavor has him offering assistance to Germany with their, um, little refugee problem ~

There was a time when Hollywood’s top tier talent would work in the cause of Americanism and freedom. John Ford, George Stevens, John Huston, William Wyler and Frank Capra all did film work advancing America’s interests in the fight against oppression, suppression and totalitarianism.

 
That was then. Now we have a Hollywood that works to undermine freedom and individual rights. The low state of film is a reflection of the morally depraved clowns making them. George Clooney wants to help German Chancellor Angela Merkel with the Muslim invasion…
 
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Which naturally has the astute Daniel Greenfield wondering, How Many Syrians Can George Clooney Fit On His 5 Acre Estate? ~

… if George Clooney really wants to know what he can do, let’s start with his 5 acre estate in the UK. Working people in Germany have been kicked out of their homes to make room for Muslim refugees. Why not take over one of the estates of the rich and famous humanitarians instead?

 
Yes, George is quite moved with the plight of the Muslim refugees (Funny, all the mainstream media sites are still incorrectly referring to them as “Syrian” refugees. They’re apparently in denial too.) – never mind the average German citizens who feel themselves under siege. But don’t question the actor’s methods or motivations, he’s liable to get rather testy ~

Clooney lost a bit of his famous cool at a Berlin Film Festival press conference Thursday when a reporter asked what else he’s been doing, beyond making movies, to ease the ongoing refugee crisis.
 
“I spend a lot of time working on these things, and it’s an odd thing to have someone stand up and say, ‘What do you do?’ That’s fine, knock yourself out,” a peeved Clooney snapped, according to media reports. “I have gone to places that are very dangerous and I work a lot on these things.”

Oh. Well OK then.

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Woe to those who call evil “good,” and good “evil…”

Here in the 21st century, our contemporary western societies seem to have completely lost any capacity for moral discernment. Bruce Bawer reflects on that tragedy in the following poem ~
 

IN OUR TIME ~
Finding virtue in sheer villainy

 

In Sønderberg the other day
A teenage girl used pepper spray
To rout a randy “refugee”
From somewhere far across the sea
Who threw down and molested her.
The cops arrested her.
 
As part of a jihadist plot,
A brute assailant took a shot
At a fine Copenhagen man
Who’d deprecated the Quran.
When the brave soul who’d nearly died
Then publicly identified
The thug who’d tried to kill him, he
Was charged with grave delinquency:
Breaching privacy.
 
In Mölndal, a Somali teen
Plunged a long blade into the spleen
Of a young Swedish altruist
Who’d yearned to do one thing: assist.
The land’s top cop went on TV
And trumpeted his sympathy.
For the poor girl who’d lost her life?
No. For the kid with the knife.
 
At one time it was understood
That a devotion to the good
Didn’t mean one should be blind
To evil, or pretend to find
Some virtue in sheer villainy.
To see what isn’t there to see
Is not a sign of rectitude.
To point out evil isn’t rude;
To fight it is good.
 
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You can’t, however hard you try,
Mistake for a speck in the eye
A loaded Uzi in the hands
Of some rough beast from foreign sands
Intent on taking out a child.
You’ll win no points for being mild
To members of a desert creed
That seeks to make the heathen bleed
And preaches that the kind and meek
Are contemptibly weak.
 
Christ said to turn the other cheek.
But what if it’s not just your cheek?

 

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

~ Isaiah 5:20 ~

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Saturday Shorts – 2-13-16

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Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention:

 
Sharing Social Values in a Secular World ~ Some welcome words of simple truth and inspiration, from Congressman Mark Walker (R-NC) ~

The evidence over the past 50 years makes it indisputable: the federal government hijacked the American Dream and the family has been decimated. We see this plainly in our everyday lives […]
 
You see, as things stand currently, our freedom to live and work in accordance to what we believe has been placed in the crosshairs by an Administration that mocks those who dare cling to their guns and Bible. This is unacceptable.

 
And if you don’t think we’re in the crosshairs as well ~ Christians “Should be Eradicated”: Researchers Document Anti-Christian Agenda Among Powerful Elite ~ They aren’t kidding.

 
Barack Obama Pushes FDA to Allow Scientists to Create Three-Parent Embryos ~ Obama seems to be doing everything within the power of his pen and his phone to ensure the total destruction of the nuclear family – which of course is merely the foundational building block of every civilized society in the history of mankind.
 
Naghmeh Abedini, Franklin Graham, and the Silencing of Evangelical Abuse Victims ~ Felt obliged to mention this because I’ve followed the story of Pastor Abedini’s imprisonment in Iran so closely. Hard to believe… very sad if true.
 

Gallup: Trump Has Highest Unfavorable Rating of Any Candidate Ever ~ Yikes!

Donald Trump has the highest unfavorable rating since Gallup began tracking the indicator for nominated candidates from either political party during the 1992 elections. Just two days before the Iowa caucuses, 60 percent of Americans surveyed view Trump unfavorably, versus 33 percent who see him favorably.

Well, he does seem to be courting the reactionary red-neck vote.

 
I Want a President for Americans who Follow the Rules, Go to Work, and Obey the Law ~ Me too. Enlightening article from Christopher Chantrill at American Thinker discusses self-governance vs. serfdom.

 
Mounting Evidence Putin Will Ignite WWIII: letting Putin get away with whatever he likes in Syria, Obama has created a deeply dangerous situation ~ Events are starting to line up nicely with biblical prophecy. Just saying…

 
Democrats expand the tent in Maryland… by allowing felons to vote ~ What does it tell you about Maryland’s Democrat party that – over-ruling the Republican governor by the way – they’re so anxious for felons to vote? – “Democrooks?” Makes perfect sense ~

(Dems) simply voted to change the law and allow recently released felons who are still on parole or probation to vote. Hogan vetoed the measure, but the state legislature has now overridden him, clearing the path for tens of thousands of happy new Democrats to come to the polls

 
DHS ordered me to scrub records of Muslims with terror ties ~ by Philip Haney (Also see his recent interview with Jamie Glazov) ~

While members of Congress grilled Obama administration officials (2009), demanding why their subordinates were still failing to understand the intelligence they had gathered, I was being forced to delete and scrub the records. And I was well aware that, as a result, it was going to be vastly more difficult to “connect the dots” in the future—especially before an attack occurs.

Obama has abdicated his primary responsibility; keeping Americans safe from all enemies foreign and domestic. But since the media doesn’t care, I guess no one else does either.

 
Shame on the Pastors Who Anointed Hillary Clinton as President ~ These “pastors” are the worst kind of hypocrites; they’re not only compromising their own values, and betraying the faith, they’re seriously misleading their flocks. Shameful.
Dr. Michael Brown sorts them out nicely ~

This is a righteousness issue, and it is shameful for ministers of the gospel to bless a candidate who stands for a woman’s “right” to shed innocent blood in the womb (through all 9 months of pregnancy), who aggressively supports the redefinition of marriage, and who calls for the changing of cherished religious beliefs.
 
It would have been one thing if they prayed for her in a biblical way, asking God to bring her to Himself and to help her fulfill her God-given destiny. By all means, we should pray for Hillary Clinton (just as we should pray for Bernie Sanders and for the Republican candidates).
 
It is another thing entirely for these Christian leaders to say over her, “Until He comes again, Secretary Clinton and President-to-be Clinton, we decree and declare from the crown of your head to the soles of your feet that the favor of the Lord will surround you like a shield, in Jesus’ name.”

 
‘Deafening silence:’ Obama, 2016 Dems mum on recent police deaths ~ From Fox News (Caution: their site is a real resource hog!) ~

A Fargo police officer fatally shot responding to a routine domestic disturbance call. A 25-year police veteran killed while trying to serve a warrant outside Atlanta. These are just the latest tragedies of cops murdered while performing their sworn duty — “to protect and serve.”[…]
 
So far in 2016, eight officers have been shot to death, with most of those deaths occurring in the past week, way up from this time last year.

Thanks Fox, but keep counting ->> 2 Police Officers Killed in Maryland After Restaurant Shootout ~ Feb. 11th, 2016

 
#FlintForward ~ No, people aren’t dying in the streets. Opportunistic government officials and their media sycophants have done their best to turn the city into a raging, political battleground. This video focuses on the positive side of Flint, and on the real people who will still be there long after the grievance-mongers have left to exploit another crisis.

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Debunking evolution on “Darwin Day”

Apparently February 12th is now unofficially recognized as “Darwin Day” (Charles Darwin was born on Feb. 12, 1809). So Happy Birthday Chuck! Except, well, I’m not sure there’s all that much to celebrate…
 
More than 200 years after his birth, science has yet to come close to actually proving Darwin’s theory of evolution. In fact, it’s looking less and less plausible as time goes by.
 
In the spirit of the day, here’s a birthday puzzle for Charlie’s devotees to solve: Where did ALL that INFORMATION come from? (The numbers are just a tad mind-boggling!) ~

 

Video via Darwin’s Doubt

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Sorry Charlie,
The latest evolution-busting discoveries and developments ~
 
Reasons to Believe ~ A great resource to counter the progressive narrative on the origins of life
What are the odds that Darwinian evolution is true?
Overlapping Genetic Code Complicates Things for Darwin Devotees
Darwinism devolving further
The Master Coder
What the bones tell us…
Random Chaos or Intelligent Design?
Creation-Evolution Headlines ~ Debunking Darwin daily
On Darwin Day, Darwinism Is Well Past Its “Sell By” Date ~

… key features of the biological realm flatly contradict the Darwinian mechanism of natural selection and the notion that all features of living things are or were in some ancestral form adaptive […]
 
To understand the core weakness of the Darwinian worldview, it is important to understand what Darwinian natural selection requires. The process will work its magic, building up functional structures in organisms, only when two very strict conditions are met: First, the structure must be adaptive — that is, helpful to the organism in flourishing in its environment — and second, there must be a continuum of structures, functional all along the way, leading from an ancestor species to the descendent.

A brief but enlightening explanation of the critical deficiencies in Darwin’s theory from Michael Denton. Read the rest HERE.

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The Secrets of RINO Warfare

The June 2014 defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in Virginia’s Republican primary was a major highlight of that years’ election cycle. Those of us in fly-over country probably failed to appreciate what a truly stunning upset it really was, but “Holy Crap!” was the phrase most repeated by the inside-the-beltway pundits that day.
 
how2bagaRINOI just finished reading “How to Bag a RINO” which describes Dave Brat’s amazing victory. It was written by the two young men most directly responsible for that “Holy Crap!” moment; Gray Delaney & Zach Werrell.

 
In the book they share some fundamental keys to a successful campaign:
 
• Make sure you have a truly electable candidate. The RINO hunters were very fortunate to have that in college economics professor, Dave Brat.
 
• Be sincere, convincing (and yes, lucky) enough to attract hard-working, dedicated volunteers.
 
• Point out your opponent’s hypocrisy. Cantor’s own non-conservative record convicted him.
 
• Knock on lots of doors. Follow up. Repeat.

 
Lots of good advice, but what struck me the most through the book’s engaging narrative was the level of contempt that the Washington Cartel has for regular Americans. Yes, we know they don’t really respect the voters, but reading “RINO” makes you realize that the establishment class – both parties – actually despise us. Cantor barely deigned to show up in his district to campaign for re-election.
 
And corrupt? Delaney and Werrell compare the Cantor machine to the mob; “The Henrico Mafia.” These greedy little despots smear, they lie, they cheat, they threaten. They have no principles at all to get in the way of their ruthless pursuit of ever more money, influence and power.

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Dave Brat’s victory over the RINOs of Virginia’s 7th District is an awesome real-life David vs. Goliath story. His campaign took on the formidable Eric Cantor machine – on a shoestring budget – and crushed it.
 
If you want to be informed, energized – and most importantly – inspired to stay in the fight in the middle of this crucial election season, read “How to Bag a RINO!”

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A vote for Bernie; a step closer to Venezuela

As we know, the public schools stopped teaching history (other than the revisionist variety), geography and comparative ideologies years ago. Unfortunately we’re now we’re seeing the inevitable real-world results of that knowledge deficit ~

 
Bernie Sanders crushed Hillary Clinton by 70 points among young voters in Iowa ~

The most amazing stat coming out of the Iowa Democratic caucuses is this one: Among voters between the ages of 17 and 29, Bernie Sanders won 84 percent of the vote to Hillary Clinton’s 14 percent.

 
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Early indoctrination isn’t the only factor at work. Sanders is popular with the barely-out-of-college set because most of them have yet to experience reality on any significant basis. They still think money grows on trees – apparently in the back yards of the evil One Percenters. And if they vote for old Bern he’ll see to it that they get their “fair” share of the harvest ~

 

 

So you really can’t blame the millennials, it’s their demographic; the young and the idealistically delusional. And it’s the public school mis-education they’ve received – reinforced by a factor of 10 if they’ve been to college. For the kids in that video “socialism,” has no negative connotations at all. It’s just a warm and fuzzy, feel-good term. After all don’t we all want to get along, embrace diversity, be “social?”
 
Clearly, no one ever told these young people that the Nazis were National Socialists. No one ever assigned them a book report on “The Gulag Archipelago.” They’ve probably never even seen Doctor Zhivago.
 
No doubt most of them would be hard-pressed to locate Venezuela on a map, much less be able to tell you what form of government that country has… Venezuela Is Socialist, Senator Sanders. Any Questions?
 
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That’s right, if his young voters really want to know what life in Uncle Bernie’s Magical Land of Make Believe will be like they only need to glance south a thousand miles or so. This recent editorial from Investor’s Business Daily offers some perspective ~

Venezuela is teetering on the brink of a horrific economic collapse. It was brought on by one thing: socialism, taken to the hilt.
 
Yet incredibly, neither Bernie Sanders nor his voters make this connection […]
 
Right now Venezuelans are at the logical conclusion of 18 years of democratic socialism, the kind Sanders has praised in the past, and even benefited from, as he accepted Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez’s oil largesse — stolen from Venezuela’s people — for Vermont.
 
Today Venezuela, with the world’s largest oil reserves is, believe it or not, importing oil. It’s a perfect illustration of Nobel-winning economist Milton Friedman’s well known saying that if the Sahara took up socialism, there would soon be a shortage of sand.
 
Socialism has also led to massive shortages of food, toilet paper, diapers and medicine, among many other things, all the result of state planning and currency controls and rampant inflation. After 18 years of socialist spending, inflation has hit 720%, the IMF says. And don’t forget that Venezuela also has the world’s highest crime rate, with Caracas rated the world’s most dangerous city by the Citizens’ Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice.
 
Socialist Venezuela is on the verge of a massive Argentina-sized sovereign debt default, with $10 billion in debt payments due this year, and only $8 billion left to buy imports such as food, according to an appalling analysis in the Financial Times by Ricardo Hausmann. Meanwhile, Venezuela ranks No. 1 in the world on economist Steve Hanke’s Cato Institute “Misery Index” which is his measure of each nations’ combined inflation, unemployment and interest rates.

 

Thanks to leftist professors and revisionist education – enthusiastically reinforced by the progressive media – Bernie’s young supporters have no clue what real socialism looks like. Oblivious to the threat, they’ll mindlessly pull the lever for Sanders and risk dooming the country to the utter misery of authoritarian rule.

 
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Related:

My bad feeling about Bernie ~ Predicted this Bernicane back in July

More videos of Sanders’ devotees; the young and the delusional ~
Bernie Sanders Supporters Interviewed On Street (Watters’ World)
Bernie Sanders Supporters Explain Socialism (MRCTV’s Dan Joseph)

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Banning public school prayer; the tragic aftermath

Back in 1962, the United States Supreme Court, led by progressive hero Chief Justice Earl Warren, decided that it was infinitely wiser than America’s founders, millions of past and present Americans, and almost two centuries of previous Supreme Courts, and decreed that prayer would no longer be allowed in public school.
 
The lasting damage wrought by that one decision, shredding the very fabric of our nation, is incalculable. And at this point – without divine intervention – irreversible.
 

 
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Video is from the Remnant, a traditional Catholic website, a steadfast “remnant,” fighting against the post modern revolution in the Church for over forty years…

… just as it has been fighting against the errors that infect the modern state– Liberalism, Socialism, Communism, the New World Order, a degenerate youth culture, the abortion epidemic, euthanasia, sex education, etc.

 
 
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The only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty.
 
~ Benjamin Rush

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Turning justice on its head


 

In this week’s episode of “Disorder in the Court,”
we discover that catching Planned Parenthood in the act of selling
embryonic parts for profit is a greater crime than illegally
selling
embryonic parts for profit.

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Rather than prosecute Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast for exchanging human organs for “valuable consideration”, which just so happens to be a felony under both federal and Texas state law, a Houston grand jury decided in late January that David Daleiden of the Center for Medical Progress (the non-profit organization responsible for the revealing series of videos published last year) should be indicted instead!
 

Daleiden, as LifeSite News relates, had dedicated 2 1/2 years of his life to…

… infiltrating the abortion industry, offering large sums of money in exchange for aborted babies’ body parts, and filming Planned Parenthood officials’ all-too-willing reactions.

 

More offended by his methods in obtaining the evidence than by the egregious evidence itself, the grand jury indicted Daleiden on two charges, a felony charge of tampering with a governmental record (another employee, Sandra Merritt, was indicted on this charge as well) and a misdemeanor count related to purchasing organs. [If convicted, they each face up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine!]
 
Writing about this miscarriage of justice at The Federalist, Nicole Russell concludes; Now We Indict Whistleblowers, Not Oppressors ~

While the case still needs to go to trial and certainly an indictment doesn’t mean Daleiden is guilty—remember, the grand jury only had to feel there was enough evidence against him to proceed—the fact that Planned Parenthood was cleared while Daleiden was not speaks volumes about our culture’s twisted sense of what is legally and morally right.

 

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Live Action News reports on the latest development in this story ~ Citizen journalist behind Planned Parenthood videos rejects plea deal, demands an apology ~

“If David’s investigation had revealed evidence of criminal conduct in a meatpacking plant, his freedom would not be threatened. The videos would be seen as providing a valuable public benefit and prosecutors would act on the information,” said Alexandra Snyder, an attorney with Life Legal Defense Foundation.

A hearing has been scheduled for March 28. Let’s pray that real justice will prevail.

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“Risen” ~ searching for Yeshua

As the Easter season approaches, we Christians will once again brace ourselves for the semi-annual mock-fest. For several years now, it seems the aggressive secularists in the media and Hollywood have been attempting to co-opt our holy days – Christmas, and especially Easter – to promote their worldview of agnosticism, if not outright atheism. These are their two favorite times to foment doubt; pedaling books, articles and movies that usually twist scripture in subtle, and not-so-subtle ways to intentionally subvert the faith (See “The DaVinci Code,” “The Gospel of Thomas” and other Gnostic texts, “WhyBelieveInGod?” billboard campaigns, Russel Crowe’s “Noah”).
 
Thankfully, to counter the anti-Christian propaganda, this year we have “Risen.” The new film, opening on February 18th, revolves around a couple fictional characters, Roman centurions, tasked with finding the truth behind the missing body of the crucified Yeshua. (It sounds rather like “The Robe” – and excellent book, although I’ve never seen the movie)

 
Tyler O’Neil at PJ Media gives it high praise: ‘Risen’: Hollywood Gets Jesus Right ~

Risen isn’t just thematically and historically accurate, it also succeeds as a film. Impressive cinematography captures each powerful scene—from the stunning courtyard of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem, to the pomp of the Roman palace, to the sprawling desert wastes and the bloody tragedy of the crucifixion.

 
Here’s the trailer ~
 


 
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I recently heard someone say that the stirring, biblical blockbusters Charleston Heston starred in, “The Ten Commandments” and “Ben Hur,” brought more people to Christ than all the churches of that era. Let’s pray that “Risen” enjoys equal success. BECAUSE…
 
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Saturday Shorts – 2-6-16

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Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention:

 
Super ‘Toilet’ Bowl: City scorched for open-air ‘pee’ wall ~ More cultural devolution, courtesy of trend-setting San Francisco ~

Just as America’s attention turns to California’s Bay Area for Super Bowl 50, the City by the Bay is offering open-air public urination stations – without doors or walls – where men can do their business within eye-shot of unsuspecting passersby.
 
“This is a new low even for San Francisco. It is also blatantly illegal,” PJI President Brad Dacus said in a statement. “The city has not even attempted to comply with its own ordinances, much less state or federal law. We intend to hold them accountable. Public urination is bad enough; spending taxpayer money to promote it is indefensible.”

 

Raymond Ibrahim: “Christian Girls Are Only Meant for the Pleasure of Muslim Men” ~ I think Obama forgot to mention this barbaric tenet of Islam while he was singing the praises of the Religion-of-Peace last Wednesday

 
DC bill would pay people stipends not to commit crimes ~ Whoa – how can I jump on this gravy train??!

WASHINGTON (AP) — They say crime doesn’t pay, but that might not be entirely true in the District of Columbia as lawmakers look for ways to discourage people from becoming repeat offenders.
 
The D.C. Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a bill that includes a proposal to pay residents a stipend not to commit crimes. It’s based on a program in Richmond, California, that advocates say has contributed to deep reductions in crime there.
 
The bill doesn’t specify the value of the stipends, but participants in the California program receive up to $9,000 per year.

 
Right-to-Work States Have Faster Income Growth ~ Last year, seven of the 10 states with greatest increase in income were right-to-work. (And imagine that – none of them were California) Conservatism works.

 
GOP establishment seduced by ‘LGBT’ power ~

Wall Street is now exerting massive pressure on Republicans by pushing the “LGBT” agenda. In a breathtakingly short span of time, corporate America, too, has gone “gay,” and the moral decline of too many American businesses has a big impact on the GOP […]
 
… it seems they’re becoming willing tools of the gaystapo, the same revolutionaries who routinely bully bakers, florists, photographers and innkeepers without batting an eyelash.

 

City Council Battling Satanists Over Public Prayer ~ Satanic Temple in Phoenix claims discrimination after invite to deliver invocation is scheduled to be revoked ~

Four councilmen are seeking to enact an emergency ruling forbidding representatives from the Satanic Temple of Tucson, Arizona from delivering a prayer at the beginning of the February 17 city council meeting.

This is the cultural crisis to which moral relativity has pushed us; satanists demanding legitimacy in the public square (instead of a gallows!)

 
BREAKING: Jill Stanek’s home vandalized by violent abortion supporters ~ Stanek is an dedicated, unapologetic pro-life activist. She came home from vacation to find a brick had been chucked through her window with a note demanding her to “Quit the pro-life bulls**t.”

Rather “judgmental” of the pro-choicers wouldn’t you say?

 
New York Socialist Mayor’s Failed War on Horses Enters 2nd Year ~

(Commie Mayor de Blasio) promised to ban horse carriages in Central Park in his first week in office as part of a dirty deal with one of his top donors who wanted to grab the stables they were in under the guise of “animal rights”. Two years later, despite a fortune spent inflicting Bill de Blasio and a Puerto Rican nationalist terror supporter City Council Speaker on New Yorkers, the horses of Central Park still haven’t been delivered to Bill’s Progressive Glue Factory.

 
Pope Francis Said to Bless Human-Animal Chimeras ~ Seriously padre? The pontiff actually thinks is OK to play God?! ~

A Spanish scientist working at the Salk Institute in California told Scientific American that Pope Francis personally blessed his cutting-edge research to mix human cells into animal bodies.
 
Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, a prominent stem-cell biologist, is engaged in efforts to grow human tissue inside of farm animals such as pigs, sheep, and cows. This type of research is sensitive because scientists have to inject human stem cells into early-stage animal embryos, then try to grow the mixtures inside surrogate animals.

 
Shocking Child Sexual Abuse in Afghanistan Makes SFC Martland’s Removal from Military More Disturbing ~

Generations of Afghan men are taught to rape and be raped.
 
Islam and Shari’a law are adamant in their condemnation of homosexuality; however, same-sex relationships between men and boys remain prevalent among the Pashtun tribe in Afghanistan.

See also: Overlooking Evil is itself Evil

 
Darwinism Produces Sociopathic Ideologies ~

Biblical creation is the only worldview that supplies dignity to the individual and true morality to society. Abandon it for amoral evolution at your own risk.

 
Facebook Declares War on Patriotism ~ Our elite ruling class doesn’t want to hear any dissent from the peasants; expect to see accelerating censorship on the web, especially from Google and Facebook.

 
Cruz’s Iowa Win in Part Due to Culture of Kindness and Courage at Campaign HQ ~ The people T. Elliot Gaiser describes in this piece sound like Americans I remember from decades ago when most still knew what the Golden Rule was – and more importantly, tried to follow it.

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Climate Change – the science ISN’T settled

In this enlightening video, Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore (yes – he’s come to his senses 🙂 ) brilliantly explains “What They Haven’t Told You about Climate Change” and why the science is far from “settled” ~
 

Source: Prager University Hat-tip: chadams

 

Earth’s climate is a vastly complex system. While Co2 is a handy “villain” for progressives to latch onto as a means of controlling the unwashed masses à la Stalin, it’s merely one of multiple factors that contribute to both long and short term changes in climate. And we have a very long way to go in understanding those causes and their intricate interactions, much less the ability to control them.

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