God's Christmas Gift

If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent us an educator. If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a scientist. If our greatest need had been money, God would have sent us an economist. If our greatest need had been pleasure, God would have sent us an entertainer. But our greatest need was forgiveness, so God sent us a Savior.

Trevor Thomas  . . ."We work hard at keeping Christ the center of Christmas.  We've cautioned our children that "traditions" often can distract us from the profound Truth that Christmas presents.  In addition, those who hate the real meaning and message of Christmas will go to great lengths to keep us from this Truth.

Thus, as is almost always the case, at this time of year, we must endure again the "War on Christmas."  Why wage a war on Christmas?  Is the birth of Jesus really that scary?  Yes, it is.  In fact, whether we would admit it or not, each of us, whether privately or publicly, at one time or another, has waged a "war on Christmas."

Sometimes it's as subtle as Clark Griswold at the end of the film Christmas Vacation.  While staring at what he thinks is the Christmas star, with the typical Hollywood drivel, Clark declares, "That's all that matters tonight.  It's not bonuses or gifts or turkeys or trees.  You see, kids, it means something different to everybody; now I know what it means to me."  The moment is supposed to warm our hearts, but instead it's just another lie about Christmas.

"We lie about Christmas because the real meaning and message of Christmas make us confront a frightening truth.  Christmas means one thing and one thing only.  As C.S. Lewis put it, Christmas is the story of how the rightful king has landed.

"When Jesus stood before Pilate, just prior to going to his execution, the Roman governor asked Him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"  After some discussion Pilate concluded to Jesus, "You are a king, then!"  Jesus answered him: "You are right in saying I am a king.  In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world.' " . . .

Sad that we have to ask this: Is There No Longer Room in America for the Christ Child and His Family?

Trump Plans to ‘Tell the Real Facts’ About Bette Midler in Forthcoming Book

 PJ Media

Bette Midler recently made headlines for attacking the voters of West Virginia, calling them “poor, illiterate and strung out.”

“ 'What [Joe Manchin], who represents a population smaller than Brooklyn, has done to the rest of America, who wants to move forward, not backward, like his state, is horrible,” she tweeted earlier this week. “He sold us out. He wants us all to be just like his state, West Virginia. Poor, illiterate and strung out.”

"She later apologized, but that apology wasn’t good enough for Donald Trump, who vowed to “tell the real facts” about her in his forthcoming book.

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“ 'Wacko Bette Midler said horrible things about the great people of West Virginia and Joe Manchin, but when I say much less offensive things about her, everybody goes wild,” Trump said in a statement. “Don’t worry, I’ll tell the real facts about her in my book. I love you, West Virginia!”

"Midler was a vocal critic of Trump during his presidency, and the two occasionally got into some public feuds. I don’t know what Trump meant by saying he’d tell “the real facts about her” in his upcoming book. I don’t doubt that Midler is like many of his Hollywood critics who once praised him before entering politics and sought him out for his financial assistance. But, for those of us anxiously awaiting to read his story of his time in the White House, we don’t need Trump’s presidential memoir to be a litany of score-settling with Hollywood liberals. We deserve something better." . . .

I've Worked with People Like Bette Midler... Yes, They Think You're Stupid

Her attack was unseemly, rude, insulting, and demeaning. Also, sadly, it was all too common within the cloistered, sheltered, and privileged ranks of the entertainment elite. 

Bette Midler mocks Rush Limbaugh with KKK comparison less than a week after his death   ..." '#RushLimbaugh has gone to his reward.  Bet it’s hot," she wrote."...

 Bette Midler Mocked For Calling West Virginians “Poor, Illiterate and Strung Out”  "One of the few things Democrats are really good at is concealing their deep contempt for working-class Americans behind what independent journalist Glenn Greenwald appropriately called a “thin veneer of condescending intellectual compassion.” But every once in a while they let the masks slip, and the ugliness that is revealed as a result can sometimes end up backfiring spectacularly."

How much do you wanna bet @BetteMidler has a “Hate Has No Home Here” sign in her yard? https://t.co/YWYj2LVARc  — Adele Scalia (@AdeleScalia) December 21, 2021

 

Lefty pols get a lesson in what 'defund the police' means

Let them lie in the bed they made for all of us. 

Tony Branco

Monica Showalter  "It's pretty amazing when leftists have to live with the results of their own decisions.

"Deep-blue San Francisco's descent into violent crime and chaos following its voters' choices to elect officials on platforms to "defund the police" is Exhibit A.

"But for the political perpetrators of these imposed anti-police agendas, it doesn't usually happen.  They are, after all, a nomenklatura of sorts, and membership has its privileges.

"But for two leftist politicos who unleashed "defund the police" on the public, the result was so big that they couldn't escape it.  They got what they voted for, "good and hard," as H.L. Mencken put it. 

"Here's a pair of Democrats who found themselves helpless victims of violent crimes brought on by defunding the police, according to Fox News:

Judge calls vax mandate a ruse

Don Surber

Bush 41 nominated a good man when he nominated Merryday in 1991. A Democrat Senate confirmed him. That was 30 years ago when Biden wasn't playing hardball and Democrats weren't as nuts.

"Judge Steven Douglas Merryday shot down Biden's vax mandate for federal contractors in Florida. He issued an injunction preventing its enforcement. The battle is between the federal and state government over who has the authority to handle a public health emergency.

"In his injunction, Merryday questioned the premise on which Biden based this particular mandate." . . .

‘Shame on ya, padre’: CNN’s Father Edward Beck argues that the unvaccinated should stay out of church — and then keeps digging  . . ."Those who have not been vaccinated against COVID have effectively become the modern-day lepers. You’ve got people like David Frum and Rex Chapman out there arguing that the unvaccinated are basically asking to get sick and thus don’t deserve to be treated if they go to a hospital seeking treatment for illness (or, at best, the unvaccinated should automatically be put at the back of the treatment line).

"Father Beck’s argument isn’t as cold as that, but if you replace “hospital” with “church,” his argument is essentially the same: the unvaccinated have no dignity." . . .

Biden To The Unvaccinated: Drop Dead  . . ."Just in time for Christmas, the ghoulish Biden executive branch has cranked up a climate of fear that in the blue regions has been overheating for months. This is no way to encourage the unvaccinated to get the shot. Stoking anxiety and “othering” people, treating them as lepers, is mean, cheap, not in any way American – and quite clearly part of the Democrats’ agenda.

"Make no mistake. Democrats, who want voters to believe theirs is the party of diversity, want to divide America. They want Americans charging for each others’ throats so they can play the role of savior: “We’re the only ones who can bring America together, so give us more money and power and we’ll fix this broken country.' ”. . .

Oklahoma Man Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor for Taking Nancy Pelosi’s Beer on January 6 — Will Serve 6 Months in Federal Prison for the Crime

American Gulag  "An Oklahoma man pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor after taking one of  Nancy Pelosi’s beers from her office on January 6.

"Andrew Craig Ericson, 24, pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. Prosecutors will drop three related misdemeanor charges in exchange for his plea. Ericson said in a signed statement that he is pleading guilty because he is in fact guilty.

"He will face six months in federal prison and a $5,000 fine after he was tipped off to the FBI by someone who had known him since high school.

"Six months in prison for one beer? 

"Ericson posted a photo of himself on Snapchat while sitting comfortably with his feet on a table at Pelosi’s conference room and taking a beer out of a mini-refrigerator." . . .

Judge Hands Down Big Win To Gen. Flynn, Allows His Family To Sue CNN

 Conservative Brief

"A U.S. federal judge has ruled that relatives of former national security adviser Michael Flynn can move forward with a lawsuit against CNN.

"The relatives, Flynn’s brother Jack and sister-in-law Leslie, allege that CNN wrongly portrayed them as QAnon conspiracy followers, according to a report.

"Earlier this year, CNN aired a report entitled “CNN Goes Inside A Gathering of QAnon Followers.”

“ 'The report included a brief clip of Lieutenant General Michael Flynn proclaiming, ‘where we go one, we go all.’ Plaintiffs John P. (‘Jack’) and Leslie A. Flynn … are shown in the clip standing next to General Flynn,” wrote U.S. District Judge Gregory Woods, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama.

"Jack and Leslie are seeking $75 million in damages, arguing that CNN defamed them and portrayed them in a negative light.

"Politico described QAnon as a “popular online conspiracy theory that claimed elites were sexually abusing children and that former President Donald Trump was planning to declare a national emergency to strike back at the shadowy figures engaged in the abuse.' ”. . .

Democrat Politics 101

American Thinker

"And though the forest was shrinking, the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that, since his handle was made of wood, he was one of them."

Image from Reality Bites by Broc Smith.

Is America officially a nation of sheep?   . . ."The radicalization of the party began in earnest under Obama who was a communist at heart.  It was Obama who turned our DOJ, FBI IRS, DEA, ATF, and CIA into surveillance agencies tasked with ferreting out political opposition anywhere it might be found.  When Trump won in 2016, those agencies all doubled down on their now well-practiced Stalinist tactics.

"The denizens of the Obama administration are well represented within the pathetic Biden team, albeit behind the scenes.  Just who is calling the shots is anyone's guess, but whoever they are, they have very poor judgment, as does every single member of the Biden Cabinet.  Granholm for Energy!  Buttigieg for Transportation!  Jake Sullivan for National Security!  Garland as A.G.!  Every one of them is a disaster, clueless to the point of being dangerous.

"Most dangerous of all, however, is the Democrats' taste for tyranny over the American people.  Anyone paying attention knows that Biden and his cabal of ideological schemers are gleefully looking forward to shutting down more small businesses, mandating more restrictions on our daily lives and the lives of the nation's children." . . .

The Fawch: Season’s Greeter

Fauci Calls for Holiday Party Shutdown Three Days Before Christmas: 'Stay Away'  "Despite comments in October that suggested this should be a joyful Christmas of gathering with friends, Dr. Anthony Fauci now says parties should be off-limits and the unvaccinated should be left out in the cold.

"On Wednesday, during a White House COVID-19 briefing, Fauci — the White House’s guru on the coronavirus and the head of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases — said the Christmas spirit should be shared only among those who are fully vaccinated, which in Fauci-speak means a booster in addition to a previous vaccination." . . .

Your papers, please.

A. F. Branco's syndicated cartoons appear at many websites, including Legal Insurrection. His work may also be found at his own website, Comically Incorrect.

Fear the Democrat Party

 Dems dangerous when they see their power at risk  . . ."We are at a dangerous historical point: the left’s ideological and policy agenda is so transparently destructive, causing so much suffering and harm, so obviously at war with fact and truth that reliable surveys show Trump currently leading Biden in the popular vote by as much as 8%. That would translate into an electoral vote landslide. Were anything like that to occur, credible persons now openly advocate that such a result not be permitted to stand." . . .

But I hear far less discussion about the damage that's being done to the Democratic Party.  . . ."More ominously, the Democratic Party has allowed itself to be infiltrated by Marxists and other extremist groups whose intentions are expressly to dismantle the American political and economic systems. They have embraced activists from the antifa and Black Lives Matter movements, thinking that this will pull more voters to the party. The DNC apparently assumes it can exploit the protests, unrest and violence for its electoral purposes and then turn them off like a spigot if/when it wins the White House and Congress." . . .

Democrats Are Right To Be Scared About Losing The Parent Vote

Former Obama campaign manager Stephanie Cutter (@StefCutter), addressing last night’s election results: “The one thing that we need to make sure of is that Republicans in 2022 don’t become is the party of parents" pic.twitter.com/7nkxADC2KG   — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) November 3, 2021    

"It’s too late; that’s already happening. Even the hoax-mongering New York Times can see it, and they’re afraid too."

California’s Zero-Bail Policies Have Been A Deadly Failure

A mayor in a California city could order police to go on an old west-style round-up of these lawbreakers, who would then immediately walk free out of jail…only to go out and do it again.

 Jeffrey J. Clayton  "California’s state lawmakers recently failed to pass bail reform legislation, creating a case study in how fundamentally poor public policy will self-destruct if it’s exposed for what it is. On the face of it, there is a logic to the continuing argument that cash-based bail is unfair to people who have little or no money. But that simplistic premise is deeply flawed and has led to a huge increase in violent crime in California, as well as in other places that implemented the policy. Unfortunately, the grim repercussions are not just statistical. There is a human face to criminal justice reform gone bad—and ultimately it tripped up the legislators behind the latest attempt at force-feeding bail reform to the Golden State’s citizens.

"Even the staunchest bail reform advocates were compelled to take a step back after the horrific events of September 6. In Sacramento, Troy Davis, a convicted felon, broke into 61-year-old Kate Tibbitts’s home, raped and murdered her, slaughtered her two dogs, and then set the house ablaze. The night before, Davis had exposed himself on a neighbor’s porch.

"When it emerged that Davis had been released on zero bail, the impetus for a bail reform bill that was steamrolling its way through the California Senate immediately screeched to a halt. But is that the end of the story or is there another domino waiting to fall?" . . .

San Francisco dad of slain 6-year-old slams liberal DA Chesa Boudin: Making 'justice system a complete joke'  . . ."But the slain boy’s father, Jason Young, said the guilty verdict was no victory and has left his family "devastated" because Boudin ran on the campaign promise of never allowing an offender who commits a crime when he or she is under 18 to be tried as an adult – no matter how heinous the offense might be." . . .

Bail fund promoted by Kamala Harris helped free serial domestic abusers   "Two of the men face felony charges for allegedly strangling women in their own homes, and another stands accused of beating his girlfriend upwards of six times with a closed fist."

San Francisco DA Upset at Mayor for Wanting to Crack Down on Crime  "Liberal San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced earlier this month she’s cracking down on the crime spike her policies created. But that move has angered Chesa Boudin, San Francisco’s even further left district attorney.". . .

"It's no surprise that Chesa Boudin opposes this—cracking down on crime goes against everything a Soros prosecutor stands for," [Sen. Tom Cotton] tweeted. "Every single Soros prosecutor needs to be recalled, removed, and replaced."

The Gathering Cloud of Political Madness; This is a way station on the rockslide of the Trump-hate myth.

 Conrad Black

No greater gift to herd immunity from the COVID family of viruses could have been sought or imagined. Yet it is being used to justify a renewed campaign to transform Americans into a nation of cowardly, paranoid, and hypochondriacal moles.  

"The year is ending in an increasing cloud of political madness. The January 6 commission and Trump-hating nightly media commentators professed to find in the fact that Donald Trump’s family and Fox News Trump personalities Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity warned the then-president of backlash if he didn’t take a strong line against the trespassing and vandalism at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, proof that the melee was a pre-planned insurrection and that Trump’s complaints of election fraud were unfounded. (It confirms merely that like almost everyone, they disapproved of the attack on the Capitol, but did not deny Trump’s and his law-abiding supporters’ grievance.)   

"Hillary Clinton choked back tears and sobs last week as she read the victory statement she had prepared to give on election night in 2016. The most inappropriately named person in the Western world, Joy Reid, accused Elon Musk of cultural theft against the African-American community by referring to Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) as “Karen”—the one-word summary of airheaded, self-indulgent, and overprivileged white women often used in black culture. Woke black America has now taken ownership of the English language, as well as the right to smash and grab, and otherwise steal what they want.        

"Joe Biden and the Democrats are embarking on a new campaign of terror over the Omicron variant, (“a winter of . . . death” for the unvaccinated), which is, in fact, a Christmas blessing. There are fewer than 10 fatalities reported in the entire world as a result of this new variant on COVID. It is like a conventional flu, except that 90 percent of the people afflicted have mild or no symptoms and all of those afflicted benefit from the reinforcement their immune systems are getting against all variants of the disease. No greater gift to herd immunity from the COVID family of viruses could have been sought or imagined. Yet it is being used to justify a renewed campaign to transform Americans into a nation of cowardly, paranoid, and hypochondriacal moles." . . .    What can be said about Joe that does not apply to Hillary Clinton? 

A simple question about Build Back Better: What’s in it for West Virginia?

 

https://www.terrellaftermath.com/

A simple question about Build Back Better: What’s in it for West Virginia?  By Charles Lane    "Here’s a quick review of American politics 101: Congressional districts elect one member of the House of Representatives each; states elect two senators each. House members represent their districts; senators, their states.

"In those governmental units, groups that speak out, often based on economic interests, get the most attention from politicians. Otherwise, the latter may have trouble getting reelected.

"Elementary as they are, the above concepts bear repeating because at the moment quite a few people in Washington, Democrats especially, have completely forgotten them.

"Or so it would seem, judging by the fury being vented at Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) after he said he will not support the $2.4 trillion Build Back Better bill. Manchin stands accused by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) of a “lack of integrity.” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Manchin “doesn’t have the courage to do the right thing.”

"What Manchin is actually guilty of — if anything — is representing his state, including, to some extent, its special interests." . . .