No Peace or Goodwill

Cal Thomas  . . . "People speak of "the spirit of Christmas," or when observing some special act with which they approve or seek to inspire, refer to "the true meaning of Christmas." They are never asked what they mean by either.

"The true meaning of Christmas is this: God took on the form of a human to die in our place, paying for our sins, so that humans who receive Him might be forgiven and be with Him forever.

"You are free to reject that message and the One who delivered it, but what you are not free to do is to redefine or change the message into something that fits your own beliefs and choices.

"In "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" (part of his classic "The Chronicles of Narnia" series), C.S. Lewis writes of a frozen land ruled by a "White Witch," devoid of hope. In that world, it is "always winter, but never Christmas."

"It is a metaphor for a world that has rejected God and His redemptive power. It is a world where humans choose to live as they please, rather than be transformed, even renewed. It is this world in which we now live, full of mendacity, envy, greed, lust, anger, terrorism, war, political divisions and confusion. We have forgotten who we are, because we have forgotten Whose we are.

"It is these and so many other human deficiencies the Christ child came to reset. Like a gift under a tree, however, the transaction is not complete until the one for whom the gift is intended receives it. If anyone refuses a gift, the transaction is incomplete, its purpose thwarted. Does it matter that so many reject Him? Look around and consider the result." . . .

The Souls behind the Christmas Classics

Mary Claire Kendall

"Every year as we celebrate the birth of Christ, one time-honored tradition is that of sitting in the warmth of our homes and enjoying classic Hollywood films with friends and family, if not alone, as we savor the days of Christmas.

"These cinematic treasures help us appreciate the momentous reality of Christ becoming man because they exemplify, in many respects, the goodness and virtue he embodied, and which a Christian—“a bearer of Christ”—is called to live. Often this happens through characters such as George Bailey and Ebenezer Scrooge, in, respectively,It’s a Wonderful Life (1945) and A Christmas Carol, produced numerous times, including the 1938 and 1971 classics, starring Reginald Owens and Albert Finney, who exemplify our weak human nature and how, with grace, it is beautifully overcome.

"These Christmas films feature legends of Hollywood—many of whom I write about in Oasis: Conversion Stories of Hollywood Legends, including:" . . .

American Silliness Dec 24th, 2015

Here are some government approved songs you can sing with your kids at Christmas

. . . "Looking for family-friendly indoor activities? Have a push-up contest with the kids. They'll learn that being active is fun. #LetsMove— ChooseMyPlate.gov (@MyPlate) December 22, 2015" . . .

Bill Nye Outraged Nobody Blaming “Climate Change” For Warm Christmas Time Temperatures…

Black Lives Matter Shaun King: Jesus depictions today further promote a white supremacist agenda   . . . "In Atlanta, I see them everywhere I go. Jesus as a blond-haired, blue-eyed baby and his blue-eyed supermodel mother are ubiquitous and done without even a slight hint of humor. It's preposterous. It would truly be no different from depicting Christopher Columbus as a dark-skinned African or Thomas Jefferson as a long-haired Latino. People actually look a certain way." . . .

I hate to give King any credence, but to be honest with you, all the old masters did indeed paint the Apostles and Old Testament people looking like Western Europeans. One speaker from Chosen People Ministries pointed out that in the painting of the Last Supper, the only disciple who looked Jewish was Judas. TD



College campuses are a treasure trove of silliness. Cases in point:

Oberlin students say cafeteria food is racist, protest leaders should be paid  Wouldn't you say their demands are racist?

Fine

Prof Wants Students to Say ‘Happy Federal Holiday’   "Terri Susan Fine wrote in “A Holiday Greeting That Applies to Everyone” that, “In our efforts to be inclusive, we show cultural insensitivity both by equating one major holiday with a minor holiday and failing to recognize that diversity includes those who celebrate neither holiday.” She notes that the typical greetings of “Merry Christmas” “Happy Chanukah” and even “Happy Holidays” only “cover most of the bases”."  More here.

Mizzou Health Center Bans Christmas Decorations to Keep it a Safe Space  . . . "While Evens does acknowledge “this decision will be disappointing to some,” it is no less lamentable that the holiday cheer of employees must be silenced for the sake of students who may or may not actually be offended." . . .

Prof: Not Acknowledging White Privilege Means You Believe in White Supremacy

Planned Parenthood Says Hiding HIV From Sex Partners Is A ‘Right’
“ 'Sharing your HIV status is called disclosure. Your decision about whether to disclose may change with different people and situations. You have the right to decide if, when, and how to disclose your HIV status.' ”

I could post so many more but feel the need to retreat to my safe space.
The Tunnel Dweller

Hillary Clinton’s Vulgarity Makes Trump Look Like Shakespeare!

legalinsurrection.com/crybully

Hillary plays the teary eyes and bullied cards, again  "Regardless, whether a slang word to be beaten badly, or a Yiddish term for a schlong, there is zero chance Hillary was actually offended or upset. Zero. SHE LIVES WITH BILL CLINTON. She has covered for Bill Clinton’s sexual antics and went after his female victims.
"Yet Hillary got teary eyed when talking about campaign bullying later that same day, an obvious reference to Trump’s comment.
"The excuse was a child’s statement about people making comments about her asthma behind her back. That child’s personal message was used as a political launching board for Hillary:" . . .

Like a manipulative child who finds this works.

Legal Insurrection  "I was astonished that Hillary Clinton wept as she decried bullying, after Donald Trump’s used of the word “schlong”.

"A woman who is seeking the office of “Commander-in-Chief” should really show a little more intestinal fortitude.

"The act is laughable, because her own use of profanity is so notorious that there are whole books on the subject!

"A California friend, Bill Monroe, offers this example.

Hillary’s vulgar and nasty language is well documented. To directly quote her: ‘F**k off! It’s enough that I have to see you ****-kickers every day, I’m not going to talk to you too!! Just do your G*damn job and keep your mouth shut.’*

(From the book American Evita by Christopher Anderson, p. 90 – Hillary to her State Trooper bodyguards after one of them greeted her with “Good Morning.”)

"That is not the only tome that documents Clinton’s legendary temper. Another book, Unlikeable: The Problem with Hillary Clinton, recounts an episode with Obama as the target of one of her grand tirades.

. . . “What I want for you to do is call off your f–king dogs, Barack!” Clinton allegedly barked at Obama, according to Klein’s account, which cited sources close to Clinton and Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett.

"Obama got off lightly compared to her husband, according to an episode described in a third book, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House.

[Author Kate Andersen] Brower gave an interview with CNN in which she is laughing and smiling while telling the story of Hillary Clinton’s violent, bloody attack on her husband the President of the United States.

Apparently, spousal abuse is funny if committed by a feminist icon running for president." . . .

*Much of the above is commented on in the Snopes column titled, The HildaBeast

UK Daily Mail reported in 2014:  

. . . "White House deputy counsel Vince Foster, who committed suicide in June 1993,  was on the receiving end of a virulent verbal attack by Hillary.  She disagreed with a legal opinion he made and humiliated him in a meeting, stating he would never be more than a hick-town lawyer and wasn’t ready for the big time.‘The put-down that she gave him in that big meeting just pushed him over the edge’, Copeland says. She blamed Foster for all of the Clinton's problems and stated he had failed the couple.

Victor Davis Hanson on The Death of Gratitude

Cavuto asks selfish, protesting college kid ‘who’s gonna pay for it?’   Video at the link.

"Today's average student is eager to find something offensive. Rarely does he or she wonder who built the chic resident halls, who designed the upscale student union, or who donated to the college endowment to subsidize the numerous free things on campus."

 Victor Davis Hanson  . . . "Instead, gratitude is proof of humility and offers perspective. It is an appreciation for others, often now dead, who have helped to make us what we are. Without it, we are narcissists and self-absorbed amnesiacs.

Unfortunately, our modern "me" generation has forgotten gratitude and replaced it with the art of victimization. Contemporary Americans prefer blaming others -- parents, ancestors, their country, the world in general -- for their own unhappiness while patting themselves on the back for anything that goes well.

"Nowhere is the death of gratitude more acute than at our elite universities.

"Today's students hunt for micro-aggressions, slights that register only on their hypersensitive Richter scales of victimization. They pout over mean Halloween costumes, inauthentic ethnic food or politically incorrect literature assignments. They are angry even at mute statues and century-old names chiseled on the arches of their ivy-covered halls." . . .

A certain legislator came to mind when watching this

Christmas with the Kranks - Botox Scene

While watching this show, I couldn't help thinking of this gentleman:

Bill & Hillary Clinton: A Life of Violating People

. . . ""Hillary said to “fire their asses” and he wrote a memo saying there would be “hell to pay” if they Travel Office was not fired immediately." . . .*

* Lest Hillary attack Fiorina for laying off workers at HP.  TD

 

Hillary Clinton cheats at everything:
. . . "Hillary is a street criminal who thinks it is perfectly OK to send thugs over to beat and nearly murder Gary Johnson, Gennifer Flowers’ neighbor, (6-26-92) because he had videotapes of Bill often entering Gennifer’s condominium. Hillary is a serial perjurer who says she did not give orders to fire the White House Travel Office in 1993, even though David Watkins later said Hillary said to “fire their asses” and he wrote a memo saying there would be “hell to pay” if they Travel Office was not fired immediately.


"Hillary is a misogynist and phony “feminist” – like Bill – who thinks that Bill’s victims and girlfriends are “sluts,” “whores,” and “bitches.” Hillary hires a secret police like Anthony Pellicano (now in jail) and Jack Palladino to intimidate and terrify these victims and girls into silence. Hillary would rather protect and enable her rapist husband Bill than send him to jail. Hillary was the co-Governor, co-President, co-Rapist." . . .

CAIR-St. Louis Assists Muslim Group with Anti-Terror Billboard Campaign/ Muslims rescue Christians

Source: I Hooper, discussed - I assume - here.  More on I Hooper here, from Wikipedia

Via Iron Burka

A story we need to know about:

Women gave hijabs to Christians as Muslim men confronted gunmen, witness says  . . . "They shot at the bus and ordered the driver to stop. They then ordered everyone out of the vehicle and the women who were Muslims started removing their hijabs and lesos and handing them to the non-Muslims" he said

"He added that as the women were sharing their hijabs the men came out of the bus and confronted the gunmen" . . .

Bowe Bergdahl's bondsman

James Longstreet "The odds are very high that Bergdahl, if found guilty of charges filed against him, will be relieved of his punishment by Barack Obama.

"The president will have a pocket full of pardons in about 12 months, and it is likely that in order to smooth out the wrinkled mess of exchanging five high-profile Guantánamo prisoners for a convicted deserter, Obama will issue a pardon to Bergdahl.  Presidential explanation will clarify the complexities for the history books and in so doing attempt to exculpate himself and his administration from a chain of bad decisions, inaccurate commentary, and blatant illegalities.

"In response to what must be an embarrassing situation for the president and Susan Rice and others, the pardon with a paragraph of empathy will intend to put the issue to rest in a very political fashion.  The good intentions will be amplified and set up to displace what was illegal release and exchange conducted without the required legal approval of Congress.

"The authorizing of the exchange and subsequent release violated a U.S. law that requires the administration to give Congress notice 30 days before releasing any detainees from the military prison at Guantánamo Bay.

. . . 

"What is a proper and diligent legal pursuit by the Army regarding military conduct, in conflict with the wishes of the administration, may likely result in nothing more than procedural imagery.  

"An act passed by Congress and signed by the president was violated, five high-profile detainees were exchanged for a deserter, Susan Rice referred to the soldier in question as serving with "honor and distinction," and the effects may be washed clean by a presidential pardon.  

"If this plays out as suspected, if Bergdahl is convicted and then pardoned, will history remember what transpired?  And will history ever determine what was the greater violation?  Was it Bowe's or Barry's?  A more salient question may be, who continues to pardon this president?"

Tis the Season to be Offended

WHITE CHRISTMAS PC SNOW JOB; Is White Christmas racist? Micro-Agression? Where does it all end?

"Clueless politically correct liberals at college campuses are willing to jump on board with banning the “racist” classic “White Christmas” in order to check their white privilege and stand against micro-aggressions." . . .
Then this:

John Dietrich . . . " Most of these “manufactured” offenses take place in schools, the media, the military, and government bureaucracies. When some of its more extreme examples are exposed to the public the first reaction is to deny they happened. It appears that the government is attempting to eradicate all mention of Christianity without drawing excessive attention to their program. Professor James Hitchcock has written, “Far from being neutral, the American government is now in the position of favoring unbelief over belief and irreligion over religion.” When there is media attention to their efforts and a strong reaction they tend to deny that they were establishing a new policy.

"There are countless examples of government efforts to remove any reference to the Christian religion. A military diversity training officer instructed a group of U.S. soldiers at Camp Shelby, Miss., not to use the word "Christmas." This officer told the troops she was affirming Army rules. After the episode became public the Public Affairs Chief of the post explained, "There is no policy at the 158th Infantry Brigade, First Army Division East, or First Army that forbids using the word 'Christmas.'" It was all a misunderstanding." . . .

Let's vet Hillary a bit more, shall we? Updated.

Habitual Liar Lies Habitually   "From cattle futures to bimbo eruptions to Internet auteurs inspiring terror attacks in Benghazi, anybody who is paying any attention understands that Herself’s relationship with the truth is a lot like her relationship with the Big Creep: all politics, a marriage of convenience."

A Trip Down Memory Lame  "Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is attempting to elbow Dr. Ben Carson aside in brain expertise, claiming that if she's elected she'll eradicate Alzheimer's disease by 2025.

"It's a cause close to the former first lady's heart, as both she and her husband have repeatedly suffered the devastating effects of memory loss when giving sworn testimony. According to a Clinton campaign spokesperson, "we think there's a definite causal link between Alzheimer's and subpoenas.' ". . . 

hopenchangecartoons.

Hillary's Debate: Bladder before Blather . . . "Hillary's skill at choosing the proper course in dealing with China seems far less certain than her choosing the proper White House china for courses at state dinners.  After all, the Clintons took quite a lot of place settings home with them when they left the White House the last time, though they were forced to return them afterward.  So perhaps for Hillary, it will be sort of like being reunited with old friends."

Hillary plays the teary eyes and bullied cards, again  . . . "Regardless, whether a slang word to be beaten badly, or a Yiddish term for a schlong, there is zero chance Hillary was actually offended or upset. Zero. SHE LIVES WITH BILL CLINTON. She has covered for Bill Clinton’s sexual antics and went after his female victims.

"Yet Hillary got teary eyed when talking about campaign bullying later that same day, an obvious reference to Trump’s comment." . . .

How about husband Bill's accusers who were bullied by Hillary's people?

[Clinton-bullied Kathleen] Willey is now focused on another Clinton, explaining in a recent interview why she believes electing Hillary in 2016 would be a big mistake for America.   . . . “ ''I haven’t seen one single accomplishment that would give her the credentials to be president of the United States,” she said."

We Ran Hillary Clinton’s Symptoms Through WebMD And The Diagnosis Isn’t Pretty  . . . "The DC added to her list of medical issues the impaired judgment obvious in her use of a private email server to conduct work business while she was secretary of state.

"The symptom of confusion has also been documented by a person in Clinton’s inner circle. In emails from Clinton’s aide Huma Abedin, Abedin wrote Clinton was “often confused.' ” . . . 

Hillary Not Qualified to Win War on Terror  . . . “You say we have no remorse. You’re right,” FALN member Ida Rodriguez told the judge. “Your jails and your long sentences will not frighten us.”

"Judge McMillen agreed that the defendants showed no remorse. “I’m convinced you’re going to continue (terrorism) as long as you live. If there was a death penalty, I’d impose the penalty on you without hesitation.”

"These are the terrorists the Clintons’ unleashed on the American public; playing Russian Roulette with our lives for cheap politics." . . .

Clinton's Third Debate Performance Did Not Help Her  . . . "One factor that may explain Clinton’s loss of support was the naiveté she displayed when describing the threat of ISIS. The U.S. is “where we need to be” in the fight against this terror group, she claimed. Critics scoffed at the former secretary of state’s insensitive assumption that came in the aftermath of Paris and San Bernardino. She dug an even deeper hole when she accused Donald Trump of being ISIS’ “best recruiter” because terrorists were supposedly using videos of his controversial comments about Muslims to lure people into their organization. So far, no such videos have been found, but, embarrassingly for her, propaganda featuring President Obama and her husband have." . . .

7 Ways Hillary Clinton Is NOT Like My Abuela

"Hillary Clinton is doing her best to campaign as the first Latina President, much like her husband is referred to as “the first black President.” In fact, she’s vying for this so badly, her campaign website published an article titled “7 Ways Hillary Clinton Is Just Like Your Abuela.' ”

. . . Excerpts in the outline below:

1) My abuela never had the FBI investigate her emails.

2) My abuela believed it took a family to raise a child, not an entire village.

3) So far as I know, my abuela never blamed one of her mistakes on an internet video.

4) My abuela never contributed to the destabilization of the entire Middle East. 

5) Nobody ever paid my abuela $335,000 to give an hour long speech to a corporation.

6) My abuela never tried to make herself look gritty by completely lying about being under sniper fire in Bosnia.

7) My abuela didn’t make up stories about herself for attention.

UPDATE: Backlash From Hispanics Against Hillary Clinton: #NotMyAbuela

Aura Bogado ‏@aurabogado  Dec 22

My grandmother would never defend a rapist. @HillaryClinton already has: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clinton-stands-by-her-defense-of-1975-rape-suspect/ … #NotMiAbuela

BOOM! Adam Sandler calls out Obama, Liberal celebrities on Anti-Israel views

Wayne Dupree  "Adam Sandler just took a huge stand against President Obama’s anti-Israel policies. The 49-year-old screen legend made some peers fume when he said he’s “disgusted” by celebrities who refuse to tour Israel.

"Although our own “President” Barack Obama has shunned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and failed to adequately support the Jewish state, Adam Sandler wasn’t afraid to stand up for Israel. During an interview with Howard Stern, Sandler had some choice words for anti-Israel advocates which he expressed with personal conviction and a few f-bombs.

"According to the Jewish Journal, Sandler let Howard Stern know his thoughts on Israel, stating that he is “very pro-Israel” and “disgusted they (liberal celebrities) single out Israel.' ” . . .

. . . "He was ecstatic about Stern’s willingness to call out the Hollywood elites; in this case, Roger Waters, the former Pink Floyd front-man. Sandler told Stern:

“When you go off on Roger Waters, I f***ing love that you do that.”