Iraq: Kurds Replace Cross Destroyed by ISIS

iOTWreport  "ISIS has been a menace in Iraq and Syria. Unfortunately
 for people there, President Obama has done nothing but sit on his hands. 
He allowed ISIS to flourish.

"Thankfully, the Iraqis have beaten back ISIS and retaken a church in Bashiqa, Iraq
 where they restored a cross to the top after ISIS was forced out!

"The video for this is pretty inspiring. Check it out!

"These are things we sometimes take for granted in the United States. These 
Christians are always under the threat of DEATH for how they worship. In this 
case, Kurdish fighters and local  people made a showing that they’re not afraid 
of ISIS."

Electoral College Revolt Brewing? "A Republic. How does it work?"

"Democrats aren’t limiting tumult to their own side of the Electoral College. There’ve been numerous reports of Republican Electors receiving death threats from Hillary supporters:" . . .

Legal Insurrection  "As half the country learned two weeks ago, we do not select our president by popular vote, our president is selected by Electors in our Electoral College; a safeguard against pure democratic rule.

"As far as modern history is concerned, Elector’s votes are typically congruent with their respective state’s popular vote.

"Now, a handful of Democratic electors are threatening to vote their conscience:

. . . "One Michigan Elector, Michigan Young Republicans Chairman Mike Banerian, was forced to file a police report after his voice mail filled up with terrifying messages. “You have people saying ‘you’re a hateful bigot, I hope you die,’ ” Banerian told the Detroit News.

“ 'I’ve had people talk about shoving a gun in my mouth and blowing my brains out. And I’ve received dozens and dozens of those emails. Even the non-threatening-my-life emails are very aggressive.' ” . . .

This map, which, fails to show all-red Alaska, tells us which portion of America would choose our President should the Electoral College be replaced by a popular vote:

Or, to put it another way, in the satellite photo below the very brightest clusters of lights will choose the President. Candidates will no longer care to campaign in other areas nor to be concerned with their issues.

The Hysterical Left Is Making NeverTrumpers Reconsider

"Then you're making one hell of a good case that Trump is less of a threat to democracy than his opponents."

PJ Media  . . . "So let's just be clear. I don't particularly like Trump. I didn't vote for Trump. I preferred him over Clinton, marginally, because Trump wasn't an outright criminal whose primary defense was that her political cronies refused to prosecute, and because I thought (as Glenn Reynolds has suggested) that I could depend on the press to at least actually scrutinize what Trump's administration was doing.

Well, in the intervening couple of weeks, I've seen:

• violent protests against Trump
• brutal assaults against Trump supporters
• death threats against Trump, Mike Pence, and their families
• concerted attempts to suborn the election by petitioning electors to change their votes, including by doxxing electors and overtly making repeated death threats against them,
• and open plans to to not just protest, but to disrupt, Trump's inauguration.

Tim Allen Slams Anti-Bullying Hollywood Bullies Who Bully Trump Supporters

"The artist wishes to remain anonymous"

PJ Media  "Tim Allen is one of the last conservatives standing in Hollywood.

"Sure, the industry still has Jon Voight, Robert Davi and Scott Baio, but Allen is out there punching back every week through his ABC sitcom "Last Man Standing." The show regularly features little digs at the Left, one of the rare shows to even attempt that approach.

"You know, fair and balanced.

'Now, Allen is lashing out at his peers over the shock election of Donald Trump. He opened up about Trump and his colleagues' reaction to him defeating Hillary Clinton during a Fox News interview by Megyn Kelly.

“What I find odd in Hollywood is that they didn’t like Trump because he was a bully," Allen said. "But if you had any kind of inkling that you were for Trump, you got bullied for doing that. And it gets a little bit hypocritical to me."

"Allen isn't the only comedian who feels that way. Heather McDonald recently said anyone thinking of voting for Trump in Hollywood might find their next gig at risk.

"Does anyone doubt other comics have similar stories? And why aren't the usual suspects furious at this clampdown on free speech?" . . .

The Silent Minority – Conservatives in the Arts  . . . "There are some people in Hollywood who are openly right leaning. Clint Eastwood, David Mamet, Jon Voight and Gary Sinise come to mind, but those are people with star power. A mid-level staffer at a non-profit arts organization has no such advantage.

"The cast of Hamilton is certainly entitled to free speech but I’ll leave you with this thought from Larry O’Connor:

My former colleagues in the theatre industry claim they want to foster discussion and they hope for a dialogue about these issues, but they are being disingenuous, at best. They don’t want a dialogue, they want a monologue.

That’s what we saw on Friday night from the stage on 46th street. A monologue. A speech. A lecture. It was patronizing and it was condescending and there was no room for rebuttal.

Another day, another policeman shot in the head

"So don't expect anyone in the MSM to connect these cowardly ambushes (only the most recent, but hardly the only ones) to the violent rhetoric of Black Lives Matter or to those marching and chanting "Pigs in a blanket, fry 'em like bacon!' "*

UK Daily Mail  "A police officer has undergone potentially lifesaving surgery after he was shot in the head while on duty near a college in downtown Detroit.

"Collin Rose, 29, was shot just a few blocks from Wayne State University about 6.45pm on Tuesday, and was then rushed to the Detroit Receiving Hospital for surgery.

"He is now listed as being in a critical, but stable, condition and is recovering with his family. Rose has been with the force for about five years.

"Deangelo Davis (pictured, left) had been named as a person of interest in the shooting, according to ClickOn Detroit, before he was taken into custody about 9:45pm.

"The officer was shot shortly after radioing to say he was approaching a man while investigating car robberies." . . .

The case of the missing narrative  . . . "But the respective races of the perps and their victims have hardly been shouted from the rooftops – certainly not the way race would figure – and has figured – in any story in which the police did the shooting.  When the cops do the shooting and the person shot is anything but white, the narrative is straight out of the Ministry of Propaganda mainstream media playbook: cops are, like American society at large, inherently, intrinsically racist, and they go out each and every day looking for minorities, particularly blacks, to shoot for no reason whatsoever. " . . .

Chants at an Anti-Police Rally: 'What's Better Than 14 Dead Cops? 15 Dead Cops!'

"[Warning: this video contains adult language and disturbing content.]"   Video

"This is pretty definitive proof that the the Black Lives Matter and anti-Trump movements are anti-police. And it's one thing to not like our men and women in blue, but these protesters, in Austin, Texas, were actually calling for the killing of police officers. This is so beyond offensive, and is not how our system should work."

Obama never did this. However, Obama did send five representatives to robber Michael Brown’s funeral in Ferguson.

National Review: The Left’s Double Standard Discounts Cop-Killings
"Where is the progressive outrage when police officers are murdered?"
"Pro-life protesters who condemn all violence are blamed for the bloody attacks of their more fanatical fellow travelers. Why, then, is a movement that actually incites riots and venerates murderers subject to fawning coverage in both mainstream and progressive media outlets? To read the “Black Lives Matter” tags at ThinkProgress and the Huffington Post is to enter a bizarro world, where America is a cauldron of racial hatred and the real problem of anti-police violence is the way in which “right-wing commentators” use it to advance the “War on Cops myth.' ”

Good grief.

Liberals Are Losing Their Minds

Power Line Blog  "A couple days ago I wandered into the Berkeley Bowl Market, which is where upscale hippiedom of Berkeley shops for its fair-trade kale and such. Oh my! The experience does not disappoint. The people watching was even better than the Whole Foods in Boulder, which was the size of a Home Depot. One of these days I’ll take a hidden video camera for some candid shots. Maybe I’ll wear a “Make America Great Again” cap just to watch people  clear out of the unsafe food space faster than a botulism scare.

"Over at The Federalist, David Marcus relates the amazing story of what happened at a crunchy food co-op in Brooklyn when “Sweet Home Alabama” came on the store’s background music rotation:

After getting our Brazilian Arabica ground for drip (I know, I should really use a French Press), Libby and I walked towards the organic maple syrup. That’s when it started. I suppose there had been music playing in the store, but I hadn’t noticed until a familiar guitar lick pierced the air and a soft voice said, “Turn it up.”

Libby and I both stopped and looked at each other. “Seriously?” said my wife, a very disappointed Clinton supporter. She started gripping her soft Tomme Crayeuse a little too hard. By the time Ronnie Van Zant’s drawl started in with “Big wheels keep on turnin’,” everyone in the store was standing in shock. Brows were furrowed, people mumbled to each other. The song seemed to get louder as one of those New York moments happened, when everyone was thinking the exact the same thing.

A woman in her fifties, wearing a Love Trump Hates button, turned to her Brooklyn-bearded husband and said loudly, “This is unbelievable!” She found the nearest store clerk, a young woman in a green apron who was staring up at the ceiling, looking for the invisible speakers blaring this message from the other America. “This is so inappropriate,” the woman said. “Can we turn this off?”

"Just wait until Trump has “Dueling Banjos” played at his inauguration."

Watch this media meltdown over Trump's election

Yeah, well, juxtapose THIS: Flashback: Trump-Trashing Journalists Oozed Over Obama’s ’08 Transition

Town Renames "Good Friday" for the sake of "Cultural Sensitivity" UPDATED

They never touch the Muslim holidays, do they? When was the last time you saw a liberal lawmaker launch a crusade to rename Ramadan? 

Todd Starnes  "Whenever you hear a liberal talking about cultural diversity and sensitivity it normally means something insensitive is about to happen to Christians. 

"The latest case in point: Bloomington, Indiana - the home of Indiana University and a nesting place for a gaggle of intolerant liberals. 

"Mayor John Hamilton recently announced that are renaming two paid holidays for city workers -- in an effort to respect "differing cultures."

"Columbus Day will henceforth be known as "Fall Holiday" and Good Friday will be known as "Spring Holiday."

"Mayor John Hamilton told Fox 59 the name change will “better reflect cultural sensitivity in the workplace.”

"According to our Fox television affiliate -- some folks around town got upset when City Hall posted a closing sign referencing specific holidays.

“ 'As a mayor we are in charge of government. We do not set religious policies, we are not supposed to be part of religion and we are just trying to make sure that our government is open to all people and inclusive,” the mayor told the television station.

"And apparently the only way to achieve cultural diversity and sensitivity is by disrespecting Italians and Christians." . . .

Ann Coulter on Trump’s decision not to go after Hillary: No president should block the DOJ from doing their job

Hot Air  "I’m glad we all agree that it’s inappropriate for the president to pressure the DOJ politically and that it should be free to pursue criminal investigations wherever the evidence might lead. Gonna bookmark this post for future reference on that point, just in case.

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Ann Coulter 

Whoa! I thought we elected @realDonaldTrump president. Did we make him the FBI, & DOJ? His job is to pick those guys, not do their jobs. https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/801070243670007808 …

" . . .If he wants to get this off his plate politically and avoid blame from Coulter-types who demand to see Hillary in jail, it’d be better to have Obama pardon her — but if that’s Trump’s game, the last thing he should be doing now is implying that Clinton won’t be prosecuted next year. That might lead Obama to believe that no pardon is necessary. If anything, Trump should refuse to rule out a special prosecutor into her crimes, which might force Obama’s hand." . . .

Perfect: President who pledged to ‘fundamentally transform’ country will speak out if Trump violates American ‘values or ideals’

Doug Powers "What a big difference eight years and a liberal presidential loss makes.

"Late October 2008:

We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.

. . . "Obviously, by American “values and ideals,” Obama means HIS values and ideals: Countless pen & phone decrees, Obamacare, sanctuary cities, weaponized DOJ and IRS, etc." . . .

Suspect arrested in shooting of San Antonio police officer

Hot Air  . . . "So it’s looking like this was a case of a police officer being targeted for wearing the uniform. While the police officer shot was white and the shooter was black, police are not saying that race was a motive in this shooting. In fact, in the press conference announcing the arrest, the police chief said the motive for the killing was still unknown. That seems odd given that McKane seemed ready to essentially confess to the crime and the motive on his way to jail." . . .

"Officer Marconi is just one of four police officers who were shot Sunday. From the Associated Press:"

. . . Law enforcement officials say there’s been an alarming spike in ambush-style attacks. Sixty officers, including the San Antonio detective, were shot to death on the job this year, compared with 41 in all of 2015, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. Of the 60 killed, 20 were purposely targeted by their assailant compared with eight last year, the group said. . . .

More leftist "bigot" propaganda

Sharpton: Sessions Pick, Proof GOP Is Just ‘Appealing’ to Bigots

. . . "The MSNBC host brought on Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson to confirm his accusations about Sessions being a racist. Almost ironically, Johnson, who once feared the island of Guam would capsize because of too many US troops, compared Jewish settlers in Israel to termites over the summer. According to The Washington Free Beacon, Johnson’s comments came, “while speaking at an event sponsored by an anti-Israel organization that supports boycotts of the Jewish state.”

“ 'Well, he has a history of being opposed to the enforcement of the civil rights laws that protect vulnerable people from discrimination, from hate, from violence,” smeared Johnson, “And he's not a man of justice. He's a man of injustice…' ”

Pence vs. "Hamilton" cast

Mike Pence takes the high road  . . . "To me, however, Pence’s response on Twitter was more impressive. Describing his reaction to the reading of the anti-Trump statement, Pence wrote:

I nudged my kids and reminded them, ‘That’s what freedom sounds like.’

"Well played, Mr. Pence.

It was Michelle Obama who claimed during this year’s political campaign that “when they go low, we go high.” Unfortunately, President Obama rarely went high. In my estimation, he was the least gracious president since at least Richard Nixon.

"Classy Mike Pence is a different story. I’m happy that when the Hamilton cast went low, he went high."

Did Pence want to be booed?  "Of course not. But that’s the theory of a liberal Washington Post writer called Catherine Rampell. She writes:" . . .

Mike Pence, Hero of American Theater  . . . "With the weekend in social-media shambles, the nation needed a hero. Less dramatically, in an era inundated with “How to Explain to Your Family That They’re Wrong About Politics at Thanksgiving (No, Really, They’ll Love It!)” think pieces, the nation really just needed someone to act like a normal, well-adjusted human being. That person turned out to be Mike Pence."