How To Handle People Who Betray You

Betrayal is an inversion of love, and perhaps its greatest perversion. What, then, to do with a traitor? What he will not do for you.

The Federalist  . . . "What should our response be, then, when we’re betrayed? How do we keep from allowing the pain to rob us of our ability to love and to trust? The only answer, I believe, is to forgive. Even if the traitor doesn’t ask for our forgiveness, it is the greatest gift we can give ourselves: “Mercy is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that receives.” If we don’t show mercy and forgiveness, bitterness can take hold, and we’ll risk losing our capacity to love.

"One of the most beautiful scenes in literature is when Aslan forgives Edmund. Trembling with shame and still unaware of the extent of his crime and the damage he had done, Edmund humbled himself before his family. They forgave him, and most importantly, Aslan forgave him. Then, in the ultimate act of love, Aslan went alone to the Stone Table, where he died a terrible death to pay for Edmund’s crime of treachery.

“ 'There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends,” John writes. Do you see how this is the opposite of betrayal? This is what love looks like. This is how you treat a friend. It’s putting another’s life and needs before yourself, your own pride, your own petty jealousies, and even your own fears." . . .

BLACK RACISM GOES MAINSTREAM

"A movement based on race-hatred gets the thumbs up from the government, the media and the culture-at-large."

Matthew Vadum

"Black racism is getting worse in America because it is being validated, endorsed, and legitimized like never before.

"And it’s not just Barack Obama doing this.

"This race-based hatred is promoted by America-hating currency speculator George Soros who has been funding the racist, violent Black Lives Matter movement for years.

"Instead of urging crime-fighting, Chris Stone, president of Open Society Foundations, supports disarming the police, a move that would make things worse and leave society at the mercy of criminals.

"Black criminals aren’t to blame for rising crime rates because trigger-happy cops are on a killing spree in the U.S., he writes. “Those who kill innocents rarely do so sadistically. There are always excuses and explanations, stretching notions of self-defense, exaggerating threats, claiming mistaken identities.”

"Although the U.S. is the least racist nation on the face of the earth there is a discernible shift underway. Too many black Americans and their radical non-black allies feel comfortable routinely spewing anti-white sentiments in public. Their crude, sometimes genocidal statements are becoming increasingly mainstream in the Obama era." . . .

The FBI’s Defense of How the Clinton Interview Was Conducted Is Full of Holes

The Bureau was clearly hamstrung by the Obama administration’s goal of avoiding prosecution.

 Andrew C. McCarthy  . . . "I genuinely hate this case. I don’t mind disagreeing with the Bureau, a not infrequent occurrence in my former career. But I am hardwired to presume the FBI’s integrity. Thus, no matter how much irregularities in the Clinton investigation have rankled me, I’ve chalked them up to the Bureau’s being hamstrung. There was no chance on God’s green earth that President Obama and his Justice Department were ever going to permit an indictment of Hillary Clinton. Jim Comey says he didn’t make his final decision to recommend against prosecution until after Mrs. Clinton was interviewed at the end of the investigation, and that he did not coordinate that decision with his Obama-administration superiors. If he says so, that’s good enough for me. But it doesn’t mean the director made his decision detached from the dismal reality of the situation." . . .


Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior policy fellow at the National Review Institute and a contributing editor of National Review. He is a former assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and led the 1995 terrorism prosecution against Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman and eleven others."

American Silliness, Oct 3, 2016

Students Report Profs to Bias Response Team For Voicing Conservative Views  "In one case, a professor stated they believed there are only two genders and did not want to use pronouns such as Ze and Zir. In the second case, a professor said he believed children deserved to be raised by a mother and father, a statement that — after it was reported to campus administrators — prompted the department chair to have a “conversation with the faculty member about the incident,” a campus spokesperson told The College Fix.

Bored Leftists Arguing Over Whether Wonder Woman Was A Bisexual   Good grief.

Kansas University Conservatives Accused Of ‘Violence’ For Using Terms ‘Illegal’ And ‘Black’…  "Via Campus Reform:

University of Kansas leftists shouted down yet another meeting for a potential Young Americans for Freedom chapter, accusing the conservative students of attacking and inciting violence with their ideology.

Students walk out of retired U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Allen West's speech to protest his use of term ‘radical Islam’  "In response, West wrote an article saying he had been “censored,” called modern college students who seek safe spaces “little cupcakes,” and added:" . . .

Pentagon will now pay for transgender soldiers to have gender reassignment surgery - but retirees and family of service members are not covered  . . . " 'I think this is a gross misuse of military medical dollars,' Ron Crews, executive director of the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty added. He also complains that military personnel are also getting transgender education which he claims takes up valuable time."

Clerk Asked To Fill Balloons For Cop’s Memorial, Has Infuriating Response

Driving Miss Machado

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Hillary’s ‘Body-Shamed’ Miss Universe ‘Admits’ To Driving Attempted Murder Getaway Car

Awkward: Sanders-Clinton joint appearance canceled in wake of Hillary insulting Sanders supporters as basement dwellers

Thomas Lifson  . . . "Sanders, basking in newfound post-campaign fame and wealth (he just bought his third house for more money than his reported net worth on Senate disclosure forms), has done an awkward shuffle.  He recognizes that the Clintons have all the power in the Democratic Party, for they just kicked his butt despite obvious enthusiasm and support.

"He is trying to have it both ways.
1. “I agree with her”

. . . 

2. “Of course” it bothers me

. . . 

"So rather than sort it out onstage in a joint appearance, they are hoping their friends in the media will ignore the story and it will fade from memory."  

It Finally Happened: Politics Has Ruined Everything Fun

 

Peggy Ryan  "Not that long ago, I could get away from the dystopian news environment and relax.  I'd spend my weekends at the movies, chatting with friends over a latte or watching football on my oversized 4K TV, all things that bring a smile, take me away – just good old-fashioned fun.  But one after another, these treasured pastimes have become something else – a reminder of the dark times we live in, another forum for angry political discourse.  In their zeal to control every aspect of our lives, liberal activists have left no stone unturned."

. . . "Will Mickey Mouse boycott his own Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party to make a statement for PETA on rodent rights?  I mean, the trap thing is pretty barbaric. 
"My worst nightmare is that Cinderella, Belle, Elsa, and other princesses could show up in pantsuits, no makeup or jewelry, and unwashed, limp hair, to show that princesses don't have to be dressed in elegant, sparkling gowns or be ethereal to play the part." . . . 

I hate to tell this author, but a recent Disney series has a teen-age bad girl whose last name is Breitbart.

From 2008: “Law & Order” Quota: Show’s Producer Mandates 83% of Criminals Must Be White Rich People  . . . "My late father always hated when my mother would put “Law & Order” or one of its spin-offs on the TV. In addition to being a show that frequently vilifies Jews and conservative causes and people–such as evangelical Christians, pro-lifers, and the Minutemen–it mostly elevated Muslims and left-wingers, portraying them as victims and those wrongfully accused of crimes." . . .
Debbie Schlussel.