Well it looks like the left finally got its wish with this Colorado school shooter, who appears to be a Tea Partier. No! Wait!

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Ace of Spades HQ   "Ahh, so not a Tea Partier at all. He sounds a lot like the lefty trolls that swing by here from time to time, a fact that I find totally unsurprising."
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" 'He had very strong beliefs about gun laws and stuff," said junior Abbey Skoda, who was in a class with the alleged shooter her freshman year."

"...I was wondering to all the neoclassicals and neoliberals, why isn't the market correcting itself?" he wrote. "If the invisible hand is so strong, shouldn't it be able to overpower regulations?" 

Pierson also appears to mock Republicans on another Facebook post, writing "you republicans are so cute" and posting an image that reads: "The Republican Party: Health Care: Let 'em Die, Climate Change: Let 'em Die, Gun Violence: Let 'em Die, Women's Rights: Let 'em Die, More War: Let 'em Die. Is this really the side you want to be on?" (emphasis added)

 "Ahh, so not a Tea Partier at all. He sounds a lot like the lefty trolls that swing by here from time to time, a fact that I find totally unsurprising.
"And now that these detail are out there, he'll never be heard of again in the media, which must protect the "dangerous right winger" narrative for the possibility that one day one of these guys actually is.
"(h/t JW, who notes that the lead is pretty clearly written to make you think he was pro-gun)"

Arapahoe High Gunman: Republicans Are the Party of 'Let 'em Die'  He died quoting the words of Alan Grayson.
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"For an American mainstream media that is always eager to exploit tragedy for political gain, yesterday's horrific shooting will not give them much to work with. The gunman's politics have little in common with the Tea Party, and the state where the shooting took place, Colorado, just passed almost all of the media's gun control wish-list about six months ago.
"More bad news for the media came in the gunman's weapon of choice: a shotgun, which is also Vice President Joe Biden's weapon of choice." 

Megyn Kelly Responds to Santa Claus Critics: Get a Sense of Humor

Newsbusters  "Fox News Channel host Megyn Kelly took on the left-wing hate mob that has come after her following a humorous segment that she featured on her program Wednesday evening in which she and her guests staged a mock debate over the racial identity of Santa Claus.

"To the haters, Kelly had a message tonight: Lighten up and learn to realize what satire is. “Humor is a part of what we try to bring to this show but sometimes that is lost on the humorless,” she said.

"Since the Wednesday segment, an absurd controversy has been swirling around the newly minted primetime host in which Foxophobic television and internet outlets seemed unable (or unwilling) to comprehend that the entire segment, which began with a satirical disclaimer to “kids at home” that Santa was white and did exist, was not to be taken seriously."  Read more:
 

Obama the Oblivious; He doesn’t write code — or bother himself with the tasks of governing.

Charles Krauthammer  "In explaining the disastrous rollout of Obamacare, President Obama told Chris Matthews he had discovered that “we have these big agencies, some of which are outdated, some of which are not designed properly.”
"An interesting discovery to make after having consigned the vast universe of American medicine, one-sixth of the U.S. economy, to the tender mercies of the agency bureaucrats at the Department of Health and Human Services and the Internal Revenue Service."

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"That’s why his reaction to the Obamacare website’s crash-on-takeoff is so telling. His remedy? A cross-country campaign-style speaking tour. As if rhetoric could repeal that reality.

"Managing, governing, negotiating, cajoling, crafting legislation, forging compromise. For these — this stuff of governance — Obama has shown little aptitude and even less interest. Perhaps, as Valerie Jarrett has suggested, he is simply too easily bored to invest his greatness in such mundanity."

The Megyn Kelly/ Santa watch

Megyn Kelly to Return to Fox Amid 'White Santa' Furor  "Fox News host Megyn Kelly – who stayed home sick Thursday night – is set to address the media firestorm ignited by her declaration that both Santa Claus and Jesus were white.

"Kelly made the comments during a panel discussion about a Slate article written by a black woman who described feeling ashamed as a child because "our black Santa wasn’t the real thing."

" 'This is so ridiculous, yet another person claiming it’s racist to have a white Santa," Kelly told her panel Wednesday, adding, as she turned to the camera, "And by the way, for all you kids watching at home, Santa just is white, but this person is just arguing that maybe we should also have a black Santa.' "

Friday 'toons

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THE MEANING OF THE ADVENT WREATH. (Speakers on)

This should have been posted in November, but here it is:
Living Hope

"Most Advent wreaths use three colors – purple, pink, and white. However, some may use blue in place of the purple."
Choral excerpts from Handel's Messiah
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1st CANDLE – (purple) THE PROPHECY CANDLE or CANDLE OF HOPE  For unto us a child is born
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2nd CANDLE – (purple) THE BETHLEHEM CANDLE or THE CANDLE OF PREPARATION    Every Valley...- G.F. Handel "Messiah"
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3rd CANDLE – (pink) THE SHEPHERD CANDLE or THE CANDLE OF JOY
"How Beautiful are the Feet of Them that Bringeth Glad Tidings of Joy."
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4th CANDLE – (purple) THE ANGEL CANDLE or THE CANDLE OF LOVE Messiah Chorus He shall purify
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5th CANDLE – (white) “CHRIST CANDLE” – The white candle reminds us that Jesus is the spotless lamb of God, sent to wash away our sins! His birth was for his death, his death was for our birth!  Hallelujah Chorus
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"When these candles were lit, Scripture and prayer was part of the custom and the family devotion time was a time of instructing the children about Christ’s coming. Later, the custom crossed over different denominational lines and other faith traditions adapted its use. Today, you can find Advent wreathes in many Protestant and Roman Catholic churches."

Why Stand for the Hallelujah Chorus?     "No one knows why King George stood but we do know that people around the world still rise to their feet whenever they hear first notes of the Hallelujah Chorus.
"Originally, Handel wrote The Messiah to be performed at Lent or Easter. Today, however, the Hallelujah Chorus is most popular as a piece of Christmas music."
Then there is this excellent contemporary version of the oratorio, "handel's young Messiah".

J.S. BACH – CHRISTMAS ORATORIO

American Glob  "The video description says this is the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists   in 2009.
"If you like classical Christmas music, you’ll love this."
 

Life in the Free World

British Man Arrested for Making Nelson Mandela Joke

.... "A SHOP boss was arrested and quizzed by police for eight hours for cracking Nelson Mandela jokes on the internet.
Neil Phillips said he was fingerprinted, DNA-swabbed and had his computers seized.
The 44-year-old was held after posting: “My PC takes so long to shut down I’ve decided to call it Nelson Mandela.”
Another read: “Free Mandela – switch the power off.”
But police swooped after a councillor complained over the gags about the former South African leader, who passed away on Thursday, aged 95.

"In case you’re blissfully unaware of British local political terms, “councillors” are the elected representatives of the country’s local governments. Which is to say that the story is this: A private citizen made a bad joke about a deceased foreign leader on a webpage, so a government employee ordered the police to “swoop” and to arrest him. Why? Because he was offended " ...

Malaysia: Church leaders call decision to restrict use of ‘Allah’ to Muslims only ‘repugnant
"10,000 local Iban Christians have been staging a peaceful protest in Kuching, the capital of Sarawak, to remind the federal government to honour its commitment to religious freedom. Christians, who constitute 9.2 per cent of a population of 29 million people, feel increasingly apprehensive in a country once a beacon of multi-racial and multi-religious harmony."

apocalypsecakes

Colorado baker faces year in jail for refusing to make cake for gay wedding

Owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Denver faces year in jail for refusing to bake cake for gay wedding.KDVR

" 'According to attorney Nicolle Martin, the owners of a Colorado bakery could face a year in prison for refusing to make a cake for a gay wedding, Jim Hoft reported at the Gateway Pundit Monday.

“ 'The complainants can sue him civilly in the regular courts system or he can potentially be prosecuted by the district attorney for up to twelve months in jail,” ..."

Oh Brother… Lib Media Attacks Megyn Kelly For Saying Jesus and Santa Are White
"They had to do something.
"She’s beautiful, talented, smart, level-headed and too damned popular.
"Yahoo media attacked Megyn Kelly for saying Jesus and Santa were white men… Because they were white men.
"Unbelievable."

The popular news host told viewers of “The Kelly File,” her hit FNC program, “When I saw this headline, I kinda laughed and I said, ‘Oh, this is ridiculous. Yet another person claiming it’s racist to have a white Santa.’ And by the way, for all you kids watching at home, Santa just is white. But this person is maybe just arguing that we should also have a black Santa. But, you know, Santa is what he is, and just so you know, we’re just debating this because someone wrote about it, kids.”

 It’s Offensive… Judge Orders Removal of Mt. Soledad Cross

 

"Leftists Rejoice!
"A federal judge ruled late Thursday the cross atop Mount Soledad must be removed.

"The 29 foot tall cross was erected in 1954 on top of Mount Soledad in La Jolla, California." ...

 

Hunter Yelton case: Girl’s mother says conduct “IS SEXUAL HARASSMENT”  

"We reported on the 6-year old boy who was suspended for “sexual harassment” for kissing a girl in class on the hand and cheek.

"The school has since downgraded the charge, and dropped the “sexual harassment” claim. " ...

"Now the girl’s mother is speaking out, defending the school district. She took to Facebook to insist the conduct was sexual harassment (emphasis added)."

Liberals: “We Need To Start Calling Out Christians For Trying To Exercise ‘Christian Privilege’”…
... "He followed that remark by saying that interpretations of the Bible “ought never threaten the federal government and the way people are ruled by law … an interpretation of the Bible is of little consequence to the guarantee of the Constitution.”...

From the guy who gave the Queen of England a gift of his speeches on DVD...

http://terrellaftermath.com/


Lucianne

The world we are living in

David Horowitz Interview: We Are at War  ... "His first book is now available and it is a book people need to read. I read it yesterday and it clarified who and what Barack Obama is for me. I will no longer say he is incompetent. He is probably the most competent president we have had. He is succeeding in destroying traditional America.

"David Horowitz has published the first book in a series of ten which are aimed at educating conservatives about progressivism and the forces of evil that have been poisoning our culture, our schools, and our government for the last forty years." 

israelhayom

2 Turks arrested at Auschwitz for alleged Nazi salute  "A man and a woman, tourists, both 22, took pictures of each other in front of the gate to the former Nazi death camp under one of the most recognizable signs of the Holocaust, “Arbeit macht frei,” or work will free you, raising their right hands as if performing the Nazi salute. "  May we assume these people had no problem seeing the bodies of the murdered Fogel family in Israel?

North Korean leader's uncle 'executed over corruption'  This man and his wife are said to have been the power behind the throne in NK, and have kept the country unstable for years. Is this all a good thing or not?

... "As news of the purge emerged earlier this week, South Korean President Park Geun-hye warned the North was "carrying out a reign of terror" to reinforce Mr Kim's position.

"She said the volatile relationship between the two countries was likely to become "more unstable" as a result."

White House Press Briefing Erupts With Reporters’ Protests 

"The White House Press Corps is in full-tilt revolt.
"After sending a letter of protest last month signed by 40 major media outlets, at today’s White House Press Briefing with Obama lackey Jay Carney, the press corps went on the attack.

"At press briefings, the press is generally respectful, not stepping over other reporters’ questions or over the press secretary’s responses. But at today’s meeting, they erupted with objections when Jay Carney tried to justify the banning of the press from official presidential functions.....

9 Things You Should Know About The Hobbit

The Gospel Coalition  ..."9. Tolkien denied that his stories were written for children:

That's all sob stuff. No, of course, I didn't... The Hobbit was written in what I should now regard as bad style, as if one were talking to children. There's nothing my children loathed more. They taught me a lesson. Anything that in any way marked out The Hobbit as for children instead of just for people, they disliked-instinctively. I did too, now that I think about it. All this 'I won't tell you any more, you think about it' stuff. Oh no, they loathe it; it's awful. Children aren't a class. They are merely human beings at different stages of maturity. All of them have a human intelligence which even at its lowest is a pretty wonderful thing, and the entire world in front of them. It remains to be seen if they rise above that. 

Pakistani Blogger Calls For Reform In Textbooks: "On What Basis Had I Come To Believe That The Value Of The Life Of A Jew Or Christian Was Less Than That Of A Muslim?"

Atlas Shrugs

"As the Twin Towers came crashing down in New York City on September 11, 2001, an eight-year-old boy remained unmoved some 7,000 miles away in Lahore as the horrifying images unfolded before him. The boy then descended into a mode of celebration upon discovering that the towers were in 'non-Pakistani' territory and that a significant majority of the dead were non-Muslims.  

"This boy was no suicide bomber in the making. He was not the product of an extremist madrassa nor was he the son of a jihad veteran. In fact, this was a boy who was being educated at one of the finest institutions this country had to offer....."

"Proving yet again that the "moderates" (wherever they are hiding) have no theological leg to stand on. I give this brave blogger 24 hours to go underground to escape the requisite death fatwa that is sure to follow.

Pakistani Blogger Calls For Reform In Textbooks: 'Where We Celebrate A War Hero, We Must Also Celebrate A Hero Of Science'; 'On What Basis Had I Come To Believe That The Value Of The Life Of A Jew Or Christian Was Less Than That Of A Muslim?' 'Where We Recall The Sacrifices Of Our Prophet... We Must Also Recall The Sacrifices Of Jesus' MEMRI