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Recently, The STATE DEPARTMENT issued this statement On October 12,
2017, the Department of State notified Communist UNESCO Director-General Irina
Bokova of the U.S. decision to withdraw from the organization and to
seek to establish a permanent observer mission to UNESCO.
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Update: Following Friday’s disappointing
release of some, but not all, remaining files related to the death of
President John F. Kennedy, President Trump just confirmed, via tweet,
that the rest of the files are released, well ahead of schedule…
Of course, given that this is the government – and the government does not work weekends – the files are unlikely to be released on to the official National Archives site until Monday.
This appears to be a victory for Trump in his never-ending battle with the intelligence agencies.
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As we detailed earlier, The Deep States’ ‘war’ with President Trump
may sink from the headlines every so often, but there is little doubt
that it continues to bubble away, battle after battle. This week’s
delayed, reduced… and now soon-to-be-complete release of the rest of the
previously classified JKF files is yet another clash with the spy
agencies… and this time President Trump may have won…
As AP’s Zeke Miller writes,it was a showdown 25 years in the making:
With the world itching to finally get a look at classified Kennedy
assassination files, and the deadline for their release just hours away,
intelligence officials were still angling for a way to keep their
secrets. President Donald Trump, the one man able to block the release,
did not appreciate their persistence. He did not intend to make this easy.
Like much else surrounding investigations of the 1963 killing of President John F. Kennedy, this week’s release of 2,800 records from the JFK files was anything but smooth.
It came together only at the last minute, with White House lawyers
still fielding late-arriving requests for additional redactions in the
morning and an irritated Trump continuing to resist signing off on the
request, according to an account by two White House officials. They
spoke only on condition of anonymity to discuss internal discussions.
The tale of the final hours before the congressionally mandated 25-year release deadline on Thursday adds a new chapter to the story of Trump’s troubled relationship with his spy agencies.
He again flashed his skepticism and unpredictability in dealing with
agencies long accustomed to a level of deference. Intelligence
officials, meanwhile, were again left scratching their heads about a
president whose impulses they cannot predict.
And those officials had their own story tell, some rejecting the
notion they were slow to act on Trump’s expectations for the documents.
The CIA began work months ago to get its remaining assassination-related
documents ready for release on Thursday, according to a person familiar
with the process. The person, who was not authorized to publicly to
discuss the process and spoke only on condition of anonymity, said the
goal was to have all the agency’s documents ready to be released in full
or with national security redactions before the deadline.
Since taking office, Trump has challenged the integrity of
intelligence leaders, moved to exert more control over U.S. spying
agencies and accused his predecessor of using government spycraft to
monitor his campaign. In the JFK files matter, one White House official said, Trump wanted to make clear he wouldn’t be bullied by the agencies. Whatever occurred in the lead-up to deadline day, Trump
was irritated Thursday that agencies still were arguing for more
redactions. The president earlier in the week had tweeted to
tease the release of the documents, heightening the sense of drama on a
subject that has sparked the imaginations of conspiracy theorists for
decades. Under a 1992 law, all of the records related to the
assassination were to be made public unless explicitly withheld by the
president.
Just before the release Thursday, Trump wrote in a
memorandum that he had “no choice” but to agree to requests from the CIA
and FBI to keep thousands of documents secret because of the
possibility that releasing the information could still harm national
security. Two aides said Trump was upset by what he perceived
to be overly broad secrecy requests, adding that the agencies had been
explicitly warned about his expectation that redactions be kept to a
minimum.
“The president and White House have been very clear with all
agencies for weeks: They must be transparent and disclose all
information possible,” White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah said Friday.
Late last week, Trump received his first official briefing on the
release in an Oval Office meeting that included Chief of Staff John
Kelly, White House Counsel Don McGahn and National Security Council
legal adviser John Eisenberg. Trump made it clear he was unsatisfied with the pace of declassification. Trump’s tweets, an official said, were meant as a signal
to the intelligence community to take seriously his threats to release
the documents in their entirety.
According to White House officials, Trump accepted that some of
the records contained references to sensitive sources and methods used
by the intelligence community and law enforcement and that
declassification could harm American foreign policy interests. But after
having the scope of the redactions presented to him, Trump told aides
he did not believe them to be in the spirit of the law.
On Thursday, Trump’s top aides presented him with an alternative to simply acquiescing to the agency requests:
He could temporarily allow the redactions while ordering the agencies
to launch a new comprehensive examination of the records still withheld
or redacted in part.
Trump accepted the suggestion, ordering that agencies be
“extremely circumspect” about keeping the remaining documents secret at
the end of the 180-day assessment.
“After strict consultation with General Kelly, the CIA and other
agencies, I will be releasing ALL JFK files other than the names and
addresses of any mentioned person who is still living,” Trump wrote in a
Friday tweet.
“I am doing this for reasons of full disclosure, transparency and in order to put any and all conspiracy theories to rest.”
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On Monday the Justice Department unsealed its indictment of
former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort, citing business dealings with
the Ukraine government between 2006 through 2015.
Former Trump campaign official Rick Gates was also named in the indictment by a federal grand jury. “The indictment against Manafort and Gates contains 12 counts:
conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money,
unregistered agent of a foreign principal, false and misleading US
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) statements, false statements, and
seven counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial
accounts,” reports CNN.
As pointed out by President Trump on Twitter Monday, the indictment
has nothing to do with alleged collusion between his 2016 presidential
campaign and Russia.
Sorry, but this is years ago, before Paul
Manafort was part of the Trump campaign. But why aren't Crooked Hillary
& the Dems the focus?????
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These hard-Leftist groups, although they claim to be against fascism,
are fascist to the core, wanting to shut down, violently if necessary,
anyone who disagrees with them. They claim to be against hate, but are
more hateful than anyone, and so they see natural allies in al-Qaeda and
the Islamic State. Both hate the West, both hate the U.S., both hate
the Judeo-Christian tradition, so they see each other as kindred
spirits.
“EXCLUSIVE: US left wing groups travelled to Germany for the G20
Summit last July to meet with Al Qaeda and ISIS leaders and plot the
destruction of President Trump, secret FBI investigation reveals,” by Ed
Klein, Dailymail.com, October 29, 2017:
Edward Klein is the former editor in chief of the New
York Times Magazine and the author of numerous bestsellers including
his fourth book on the Clintons, Guilty as Sin, in 2016. His latest book
is All Out War: The Plot to Destroy Trump will be released October 30,
2017 A secret FBI investigation of the violent ‘resistance’ movement on
college campuses against President Trump has led to an alarming
discovery—the collusion between American anarchists and foreign
terrorists in the Islamic State and Al qaeda, according to a
confidential ‘Informational Report’ by FBI field offices.
‘There is clearly overwhelming evidence that there are growing ties
between U.S. radicals and the Islamic State, as well as several [ISIS]
offshoots and splinter groups,’ stated the FBI field report, which was
delivered to Acting Director Andrew McCabe on July 11, 2017, and which
is being published for the first time in my new book All Out War: The
Plot to Destroy Trump.
The FBI report on efforts by Islamic terrorists to recruit followers
among violent U.S. groups like Antifa corroborates President Trump’s
controversial claim, following last summer’s deadly protests in
Charlottesville, Virginia, that left-wing anarchist groups are just as
dangerous as right-wing white supremacists.
A secret FBI investigation of the violent ‘resistance’ movement on
college campuses against President Trump has led to an alarming
discovery—the collusion between American anarchists and foreign
terrorists in the Islamic State and Al Qaeda (Pictured above are the
protests in Charlottesville, VA)
‘This is the greatest challenge to law enforcement since the Weather
Underground and the Black Panther Party,’ the FBI report declared.
Last summer, the FBI dispatched a task force to Europe to report on
massive demonstrations planned by radical groups, such as the German
contingent Antifaschistische Aktion, to protest President Trump’s
attendance at a meeting of leaders and central bank governors of the G20
group of major industrialized countries
‘Task force covered G20 meeting in Hamburg, studied intel from local
authorities, Interpol, and other assets, determined that as assumed
U.S.-backed anarchist/radical groups had traveled to Germany and took
place in the violence,’ the FBI’s summary stated.
‘There is also evidence of meetings between these individuals and
associates of ISIS. There is an urgent need to closely surveil the
identified individuals.’
The agents sent by the FBI paid particular attention to a group of
anarchists from Oakland, a major port city that lies adjacent to the
campus of the University of California at Berkeley, the scene of several
violent protests….
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It may be the ultimate government-gone-wrong story. David and Lourdes Garrett bought a rundown townhouse from New Orleans and planned to repair and rent it. But weeks later, without any notice, the city dispatched a bulldozer and leveled it. And then it sent the couple a bill for $11,000. Now a lawsuit has been filed by the Pacific Legal Foundation against the city, seeking compensation for the couple.
“We were blindsided by the city,” David Garrett said in a statement
released by the couple’s lawyers. “You deserve at least a phone call or
letter from the government – and an opportunity for a hearing – before
it sends over a bulldozer. The city’s failure to contact us was simply
outrageous.”
PLF said the Garretts recently bought the property from the city,
but New Orleans employees apparently sent the only notices about the
“demolition” to a party who hadn’t owned the property since the 1990s.
“New Orleans took a wrecking ball to the Garretts’ rights and
demolished their dreams in the process,” said J. David Bremmer, a senior
attorney for the PLF.
“Their experience was straight out of Kafka. They woke up to find
their building demolished through a city condemnation process in which
they were never named, involved or notified.”
He added: “The city not only failed to reimburse them, it had the
gall to charge them for reducing their building to dust. The court must
right these wrongs.”
The case now is before the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals because a
lower federal court told the couple to take the case to state court. But
that’s a problem, PFL explained, because New Orleans “has a long
history of not paying financial judgments awarded by state courts.”
Nor is a trip through state courts required, the lawyers argue.
“The federal courts should be open to every American who has suffered
a constitutional wrong,” said Breemer. “The Constitution’s protections
for property rights are among its most important guarantees, and federal
courts cannot take a back seat in enforcing them.”
Garrett said he and his wife “bought this building intending either to upgrade it and rent it out, or sell it quickly.”
“But we didn’t have time to make our decision,” he said. “We were
blindsided by the city. You deserve at least a phone call or letter from
the government – and an opportunity for a hearing – before it sends
over a bulldozer. The city’s failure to contact us was simply
outrageous. We are asking the courts to give us justice and teach the
city it can’t treat anyone this way.”
The legal team is arguing not only that the couple deserves
compensation for the city’s destruction of their property but that the
federal court is an appropriate venue in which to seek that result.
The complaint points out that it was the city itself that had owned “and neglected” the property for 17 years.
Then it sold the building “without any notice of defect or danger,” and the sale was recorded by the city.
“The city’s treatment of the Garretts violates multiple
constitutional provisions,” the filing contends. “The most obvious
problem is the city’s failure to provide basic due process; i.e.,
reasonable notice and an opportunity to be heard before the demolition.
“It is highly unlikely that demolition would have occurred if the
city had fulfilled its basic due process obligations and contacted and
listened to the Garretts. But it did occur, and the resulting
destruction of the Garretts’ building in an unreasonable manner and
without just compensation created additional, substantive constitution
injuries.”
The complaint explains the city obtained the property in a tax sale
in 1998 but apparently didn’t realize it owned the asset, because it
tried to impose code violations against Charles Jett over the subsequent
years.
When the Garretts bought the building for $7,000, they were not told
of any defect, and “the sale was documented, notarized, and then duly
recorded in the city conveyance office.”
The Garretts paid the property taxes on the structure on Jan. 25,
2016, so the city had been freshly reminded of its ownership. But four
days later, city workers demolished it.
The district court claimed the couple had to settle with the city in
state court, but the brief explains this is not a typical “takings”
case.
The case charges violations of the Fourth Amendment, Due Process and more.
“The Fourth Amendment prohibits the unreasonable seizure of private
property,” the lawyers said. “This guarantee applies in the civil, as
well as criminal, context.”
Also, they wrote, “The city’s demonstrated reluctance to pay state
court compensation awards is a perfectly understandable and legitimate
reason for the Garretts to file their federal takings claim in federal
court.”
the man From being a staunch and
orthodox Hindu, Sundar Selvaraj had a dramatic life-changing
supernatural encounter with the living Christ Jesus at the age of 16.
Answering God's call to the ministry at 17, Brother Sadhu,as he is
affectionately called by all from around the world, has since then
been faithfully serving the Lord God.
the message Sadhu's messages, filled
with love and compassion, have touched millions of people of every
caste, colour, race and faith. His messages challenge all believers to
a life of holiness and to walk in the Spirit as yielded vessels for
the work of furthering the kingdom of God on earth. He has also been
specifically called and sent by the Lord God to prepare the Bride of
Christ for the Lord Jesus' second coming.
the ministry Sadhu Sundar Selvaraj is the
founder of Jesus Ministries, a prophetic-evangelistic work which
fulfills a call of God to pioneer evangelistic outreaches to people
groups among whom Christ Jesus is little or never named. God's strong
anointing in Brother Sadhu's life is attested by signs, wonders and
miracles. Since 1979, the Lord God has taken Brother Sadhu to more
than 50 nations around the world to be a witness for him.
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Sadhu Sundar Selvaraj is a Hindu-turned-Charismatic Guru who blends
his Hindu pujas (religious traditions) with Christian flavoring to
create an interesting advertising schtick to those seeking after signs
and prophecies. Selvaraj has become the latest rage among America’s
charismatics, who are increasingly seeing him as a prophet, or in some
cases, Apostle.
Selvaraj has made numerous end times or doomsday prophecies,
especially those relating to natural disasters or pestilence, that have
reportedly come to pass.
Like all charismatic prophecies, his have only come in the vaguest of
terms, and if fulfilled he is heralded as a prophet, and if unfulfilled
he is credited with turning the people to repentance and turning back
God’s wrath.
Selvaraj is also a necromancer, and claims that Old Testament
prophets are actually prophesying through him. He has done this, in
particular, with the prophet, Joel. In fact, Selvaraj has claimed that
God’s Old Testament Saints will come back down to Earth to help with
natural disaster recovery efforts (link, timestamp 10:14).
Here’s a video of Selvaraj talking about his own Heaven tourism in
which he appeared at a heavenly council with none other than…Donald
Trump.
So, you can see exactly what this guy’s deal is. He supposedly hears
directly from God. He’s seen God. He’s seen Heaven; he’s been there. He
speaks to the Old Testament prophets and they speak with him and through
him. And, he looks like an Indian guru, so Westerners think he must be
especially attuned to the supernatural.
Selvaraj will be promoted on Jim Bakker’s survival food infomercial on December 4.
Expect to see more and more of this shaman in American charismaticism as time goes on. He is now on our radar.
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WARNING: FALSE TEACHING HERE:
The Baptism of Holy Spirit & Prophetic Anointing -Sadhu Sundar Selvaraj
2 CORINTHIANS 6:14: "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship
hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light
with darkness?"
THE GREAT DECEPTION:
UNITY IN APOSTASY
Kairos 2017 and the Mother of Harlots,
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Organized by Vatican special envoy Matteo Calisi ("United in Christ"),
in collusion with Mike Bickle's IHOP.KC and by John Arnott's "Catch the
Fire". This ecumenical event is a major milestone on the road back to
Rome - The apostasy that is uniting many aberrant streams of
Christianity in the one-world religion predicted in the book of
Revelation is happening before our eyes. Wake up - the church is on
fire!
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Since Vatican II in 1959, the Harlot of Rome has been trying to get
Christians to come back under her skirt. The bawdy fornicatress of the
Roman Catholic church, having tried to eliminate authentic Christianity
with oppression and bloodshed, turned to a devilish, palms-up approach
of coaxing back into her fold those who she once called (and still does)
anathema. The only success the antichrist courtesan has typically had,
has been those liberal, inerrancy-denying denominations in one way or
another affiliated with the World Council of Churches. Until very
recently, American evangelicals have not been drawn by the sinister
siren’s lascivious call. The exception to this has been America’s
charismatics, who divorced from Sola Scriptura and entranced by claims
of extra-scriptural revelation, find the mother madam’s iniquitous
brothel a place of seductive comfort rather than sacrilege.
Beginning with the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in 1967, Rome’s
religion has increasingly reached out to the more superstitious and
mystical with claims of her own charismatic power. Obviously, this came
with applause from those engulfed in the heretical riptide of the First
Wave and Second Wave of the charismatic movement in America. Charismatic
evangelicals in the West were eager to adopt Roman Catholics in an
ecumenical embrace on the grounds of their shared charismatic
sentiments. Since that time, the merger of Charismaticism and Roman
Catholicism has become all but complete. Nothing demonstrates this
better than the latest attempt to merge American Charismaticism and
Roman Catholicism than the Kairos 2017 event that will be held in Kansas
City from October 24-26.
The “International Meeting of the Kairos” was invented by the Roman
Catholic church as a part of it’s “Great Jubilee” in the year 2000. The
goal of the ecumenical organization was to – very explicitly – merge
together both Rome and charismatics.
The meeting of Kairos cannot be considered
a simple ecumenical event among many, but it should be considered a new
ecumenical Pentecost. Bari has been called an ecumenical city par
excellence by the testimony of Bishop Nicholas of Myra. Because of the
presence of the Basilica dedicated to Nicholas, Bari is considered a
Holy City of the Churches of Eastern Europe. It has for centuries been a
destination of pilgrimage by the faithful, especially from the Orthodox
and Eastern Catholic Churches and, more recently, by the Christian
Communities of the Reformation and the Anglican family, all seeking to
restore Christian unity…The spiritual ecumenism indicated by the Second
Vatican Council is accomplished through the experience of a strong
presence of the Holy Spirit, which is manifested in ever new and
extraordinary ways in the starting of the prophetic mission.
Participation in the meeting of Kairos representing various Churches and
Christian Communities is one of the concrete gestures of the unity in
the diversity, which testifies to the ecumenical journey undertaken with
the universal Church for the realization of the desires of the heart
Jesus “that all may be one so that the world may believe.”
This year’s Kairos conference, there will be a whole
gaggle of false teachers who will be doing the blasphemy truffle shuffle
in a virtual conga line of charismatic chicanery. The speakers-list is
like a roll-call for infamous heretics.
Speakers will include Kenneth Copeland, Mike Bickel (of
Kansas City IHOP), Lou Engle (NAR Apostle), Gordon Robertson (son of Pat
Robertson), Billy Wilson (of Oral Roberts University), and a whole hive
of Roman Catholic officials and Eastern Orthodox idolaters.
As you can see below, from the Kairos website, the organization has a deliberately ecumenical design.
Kenneth Copeland personally invites you to Kairos 2017; Avoids "Reformation", Calls it a "Protestors" split
from Catholic Church
CONDEMNS & REPUDIATES SEPARATION FROM ROMANISM; PROMOTES ECUMENISM; DISTORTS RECENT CATHOLIC STATEMENTS ABOUT
"WORKS" (FOLLOWING) SALVATION
PRAISES VISIT TO VATICAN
Lou Engle Invites You to Kairos 2017
The Great Deception Behind the Kairos 2017 Ecumenical Event in Kansas City
The Kairos 2017 Ecumenical Event in Kansas City is portrayed as a pivotal event in history where Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Leaders set aside their differences to reconcile 500 years of Forgiveness. It is in fact nothing other than the ongoing attempts to form an antichrist universal religion that denies Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour and the only way by which we can be saved.
It is in fact designed to counter the Protestant Reformation started by Martin Luther, and forms part of the ongoing onslaught on true Christianity by the Babylonian Roman Catholic Mystery Religion known as the Roman Catholic Church.
Here are some important resources that act as reference material for this video:
Pope Francis Calls for Dialogue Between the Worlds Religions
http://propheticalert.net/pope-franci...
The Stained Glass Curtain Deception: Why Evangelicals who partner with the Roman Catholic Church are in Rebellion against God
http://www.propheticalert.net/wp-cont...
Is The Roman Catholic Church Christian?
https://youtu.be/a3Gop2nFS58
The Tsunami of Mystical Deception in the Church
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCueu...
Beware of those who want to preach another gospel
https://youtu.be/bYeNDU9e5gI
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Russell Moore and the ERLC have never issued any statement against the racist, Marxist, pro-homosexual group, Black Lives Matter.
In fact, as the leftist group torched dumpsters, vandalized property
and terrorized cities, Moore and the bleeding-heart left of the
evangelical industrial complex oozed sympathy for the group. As the
group ramped up its protests, Russell Moore said, “If it seems that
your church ignored the shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando
Castile, then it may well be that the struggles of black lives are
invisible to your people.” Black Lives Matter told America to speak up for supposed systemic injustice and Russell Moore asked, “How loud?”
Black Lives Matter is an international organization advocating
against violence done toward blacks by non-blacks (they’ve been
virtually silent on black-on-black violence, which constitues 93% of
homicides in the black community). The movement grew out of a
#blacklivesmatter hashtag during the controversy surrounding George
Zimmerman’s legal self-defense shooting while being assaulted by Trayvon
Martin. The organization then organized riotous behavior surrounding
the deaths of Michael Brown at the hands of a police officer, whom he
was brutally attacking, and Eric Garner in New York, who died of a heart
attack while resisting arrest. Their protests usually result in
violence, destruction of property or vandalism, illegal shutting down of
streets and interstate traffic, and generalized mayhem.
The lead founder of Black Lives Matter is Alicia Garza, who
reveres a Marxist revolutionary, black panther, cop-killer and
conspirator with the Weather Underground and the Black Liberation Army.
A secondary founder, Pattrise Cullors, advocates for a nationwide vast
reduction in police department budgets, believing that law enforcement
is the chief problem in race relations. A third founder, Opal Tometi, is
a “black feminist writer” who equates police actions with Jim Crow
lynchings (source link).
Black Lives Matter is essentially a Marxist-driven band of racists
who incite violence and property destruction in order to demonize police
and defend violent criminals. To date, Russell Moore has not
criticized the Black Lives Matter movement. However, today he signed a
statement denouncing a “White Lives Matter” rally in Tennessee. The statement read…
This weekend, white nationalists will descend on
Tennessee, in both Shelbyville and Murfreesboro, for a “White Lives
Matter” rally. As Christian leaders in Tennessee, we declare ourselves
in resolute opposition to this expression of racism and white supremacy.
The fact is this: It is impossible to denounce White Lives Matter without simultaneously denouncing Black Lives Matter,
which Russell Moore has all but endorsed by his years of silence. Both
groups have exactly the same problem, and that is looking at culture
and ethics through the lens of race, by which they prioritize themselves
above others. It is all the rage for limp-wristed evangelical debutants like
Russell Moore to signal their virtue by denouncing the supposed racism
of the alt-right, but they remain echoingly silent in opposition to the
just-as-clear racism of the Marxist left. There is not a speck of
bravery in the statement by Russell Moore and the ERLC. There is not a
hint of intellectual consistency or ethical honesty in the statement by
Russell Moore and the ERLC. This is political correctness on parade,
under the guise of pandering and convenient virtue. It’s a sham.
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The Disney Channel is once again wading into the culture war
with one of its most popular shows set to feature a male teen’s
transition into homosexuality.
On Friday, the second season of the show Andi Mack premiers, which according to The Hollywood Reporter, will introduce the network’s first gay storyline.
The show, based around fictional female lead Andi, “will feature a
young male — one of the show’s main characters — beginning to realize
that he has feelings for a male classmate,” reports THR.
“Friday’s episode finds Andi awkwardly sorting out her feelings for
her classmate Jonah (Asher Angel). At the same time, Cyrus, also 13,
realizes that he, too, has feelings for Jonah and confides in Buffy —
the scene and Buffy’s reaction are intended to serve as a positive role
model for both kids and adults — even as he struggles with how to share
this revelation with his new girlfriend. This kicks off his journey to
self-discovery and ultimately self-acceptance as a gay individual, as
seen in subsequent episodes.”
As noted by THR, Andi Mack is “top-rated in its time period among kids 6-14,” and has a median viewer age of 10.
A spokesman for the Disney Channel said the series update is about educating audiences on “inclusion.”
“Andi Mack is a story about tweens figuring out who they are;
Terri Minsky, the cast and everyone involved in the show takes great
care in ensuring that it’s appropriate for all audiences and sends a
powerful message about inclusion and respect for humanity,” a statement
to THR reads.
A spokesman for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
(GLAAD) lauded the show because “more and more young people [are]
coming out as LGBTQ.”
“Television reflects the real-life world, and today that includes
LGBTQ youth who deserve to see their lives depicted on their favorite
shows. Disney has been a leader in LGBTQ inclusion, and there are so
many young people who will be excited to see Cyrus’ story unfold,” said
GLAAD president Sarah Kate Ellis.
This wouldn’t be the Disney Channel’s first foray into the gay issue – previous shows have also featured gay characters.
“However, this story arc is a first for the network, which has
not previously told the story of a character’s journey of realizing that
he or she is gay and embarking on that journey of self-discovery,”
writes THR.
Earlier this year one of the channel’s animated shows, Star Vs. the Forces of Evil,
also featured the network’s first same-sex kisses, slipping in a scene
in which people in a crowd delivered same-sex kisses to their gay and
lesbian partners.
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Islamic State jihadists, reeling from heavy territorial losses in
Syria, have slaughtered “scores of civilians,” including women and
children, in the once predominantly Christian town of Qaryatayn. The victims were either shot or beheaded. One town resident described
the Islamic State jihadis as “monsters,” which they certainly are. The
resident went on: “These are people who don’t know God, they don’t know
anything. They killed children and women with knives, they beat women,
broke their arms.” Where are the voices and influence of top Christian leaders? Why
aren’t they speaking out about the ongoing jihadi brutalities against
Christians and other minorities because of their faith? Where are the
Pope, the World Council of Churches, and Western leaders who preach
tolerance, harmony and diversity? The foremost voices of influence are
not advocating for these Christians. Nor are they opening their borders
to the most brutalized victims of this jihadi intolerance. Why? Because
it would be “Islamophobic” to cast light on these atrocities. The inconvenient truth is that such violence (including mass rapes of
infidel women and girls) are sanctioned in Islamic doctrine. Not all
Muslims practice this, but such abuses are widespread globally,
affecting millions, and Western leaders remain largely petrified and
afraid to address this fact for fear of being called “racist,”
“Islamophobic,” and into Islamic State jihadists are now also quickly increasing their
presence in the West, as they return enraged and driven by a desire
vengeance for their losses in Syria and Iraq. They are flooding Britain in the tens of thousands; flocking to the US despite bans; and holding training sessions in the Caribbean, particularly Trinidad, where they have vowed to attack tourists during the Christmas season.
“ISIS Slaughters Scores of Civilians, Including Children, in Revenge Killing at Christian Town”, by Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post, October 24, 2017:
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,
however, which regularly reports on terror attacks and the civil war in
the country, said that at least 128 people were executed by IS. Most of
the bodies were apparently found dumped in farms and ditches.
International Christian Concern noted that Qaryatayn was once a
predominantly Christian town, though most believers fled when IS first
captured it back in 2015.
The town has been captured and retaken back and forth by Syrian and
IS forces on a number of occasions, though Christians returning home in
November 2016 were relieved to find that the famous relics of fourth
century saint Mar Elian survived despite IS destroying his monastery.
“After the destruction of the monastery, we thought his relics were
lost, but instead we were able to find them. This gave us great
consolation,” Father Jacques Mourad, a priest who was previously
captured by IS, said at the time.
He added that Christians are looking forward to “placing the bones of
Mar Elian back in the places where they were kept, and to pray again
around that relics.”
Abdullah AbdulKarim, a former resident of Qaryatayn, said that the
latest slaughter was revenge killing specifically targeting people and
their relatives who IS accused of collaborating with government forces.
“They came into town with a hit list,” the former resident said.
AbdulKarim added that the militants went door to door for three weeks hunting down individuals……
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Does the Rev. Steve Bailey think that once it abdicates its own
cultural identity, Britain will have any ability to stand up to jihadis
and Sharia supremacists? Most likely, he has never given that a moment’s thought. He no doubt
assumes that Islam is a Religion of Peace, and that if we show enough
good will and provide enough money to the Tiny Minority of Extremists
among Muslims, they will be integrated into British society, and
everyone will march together into the glorious multicultural future.
“Vicar bans Onward Christian Soldiers hymn from Remembrance Sunday service in case it offends non-Christians,” by Amie Gordon, Mailonline, October 27, 2017:
A vicar has banned the rousing Onward Christian Soldiers
hymn from a Remembrance Sunday service ‘in case it offends
non-Christians’. Furious members of a Royal British Legion club are now planning to
boycott the service at St Peter’s Church in Oadby, Leicestershire after
the Reverend Steve Bailey banned the hymn.
Participants march into the church to the traditional hymn at the end of the service every year.
But RBL members claim this year the vicar vetoed the hymn because people at the service would not necessarily be Christian. Pete Green, chairman of the Oadby Royal British Legion club, said:
‘It is absolutely unbelievable. I have been going to Remembrance
Services in Oadby since 1967, and Onward, Christian Soldiers has been
sung ever year apart from one. ‘That was a few years ago, when another vicar tried to ban it. There was uproar then, and there is uproar now. ‘I’m disgusted, to be honest. As a result of the vicar’s decision I’m
refusing to enter the church. I’m just going to lay a wreath. ‘We had hoped he might change his mind, but he is adamant it won’t be
sung. He has refused point-blank. He says it is because we live in a
multi-faith society – but people of all faiths serve in the British
military, and have died for this country in wartime.
‘We also have many different religions within our 400 members here,
and no-one has ever complained to me about it. The whole thing is quite
upsetting really.’
Mr Green, 71, added: ‘Every year we lay our wreathes in Oadby, then
walk half-a-mile or so to the church and walk in to Onward, Christian
Soldiers. It is tradition, and I don’t see why he has to change it.
‘I’m hoping it will be changed back for next year. Sadly I think the
church might be half-empty for the service this year – people really do
feel that strongly about it.’ Onward, Christian Soldiers is a 19th-century English hymn which was adopted by the Salvation Army as its favourite processional. The words were written by Sabine Baring-Gould in 1865, and the music composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1871.
The theme is taken from references in the New Testament to the Christian being a soldier for Christ.
Ramanlal Anand, a Hindu member of the legion, said he was ‘shocked’ when he heard the song had been banned.
The 77-year-old added: ‘I couldn’t understand it. I don’t see why anyone would have a problem with it at all.’
Ian Thorpe, 61, vice-chairman of the Oadby club, said: ‘I am not
aware of a single complaint ever being made about the hymn being sung.
If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it.
‘I have been attending that service since I was a child, and can
always remember it being sung. Everyone here is very annoyed. It’s
political correctness gone mad really.
‘If we went to a mosque we would not expect them to change their service to suit us, we would respect their traditions.
‘Its been sung by the legion since 1921 and its been part of the service since at least 1967.
‘The parade has people from all nationalities and backgrounds, from
Sikhs to Hindus, and bikers, and each one of them is proud to stand
there and sing this hymn.
‘We’re a multicultural town and proud of it but this is tradition and
to change that out of fear of offending someone is ridiculous.
‘We know the hymn isn’t about soldiers of war, it was written before
the wars, but it is symbolic and we should be able to sing it.
‘It is simply to honour the fallen and one family is planning to
stand outside the church to sing it anyway, and I think many people will
join in defiance.
‘Its just one man’s decision which has gone against the will of most
people, from various religions, who all think we should be allowed to
sing the hymn.’
In a statement issued by the Diocese of Leicester, Rev Steve Bailey
said: ‘We agreed the change in hymn with the Oadby Royal British Legion
who run this major civic event because members of the community from a
wide range of cultural backgrounds attend this parade, service and
laying of wreaths at the war memorial.
‘It is because the legion’s committee recognised that people from
different faiths served in the Armed Forces that we will be singing All
People That On Earth Do Dwell instead of Onwards Christian Soldiers….
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Prophecy Newswatch Oct. 27, 2017
Dave Boyer
Posted with permission from The Washington Times Vice President Mike Pence announced Wednesday night that President
Trump has ordered the State Department to shut off funding for
“ineffective” United Nations programs to help persecuted Christians in
the Middle East, saying the administration will take over those efforts
directly. “From this day forward, America will provide support directly to
persecuted communities through USAID,” Mr. Pence said at the In Defense
of Christians annual solidarity dinner in Washington. “We will no longer
rely on the United Nations alone to assist persecuted Christians and
minorities in the wake of genocide and the atrocities of terrorist
groups.” Saying Christians have been victims of a genocide at the hands of the
Islamic State across the Middle East, Mr. Pence said the “sad reality”
is that the U.N. spends about $1 billion per year on humanitarian aid in
the region that doesn’t help Christians enough. “While faith-based groups with proven track records and deep roots in
these communities are more than willing to assist, the United Nations
too often denies their funding requests,” Mr. Pence said. “My friends,
those days are over. This is the moment. Now is the time. And America
will support these people in their hour of need.”
The vice president said the U.S. will “stand with those who suffer
for their faith because that’s what Americans have always done because
the common bond of our humanity demands a strong response.”
“And so as a nation, we pledge to support them in these trying times,
and every day — every day — I know the American people offer forth a
chorus of prayers for these communities from our hearts to the heart of
heaven,” he said.
Mr. Pence told faith leaders of various religious groups that the
Obama administration “devoted well over a billion dollars in
humanitarian aid to the Middle East, but routed the lion’s share through
programs run by the United Nations.”
“Yet the United Nations has too often failed to help the most
vulnerable communities, especially religious minorities,” he said. “The
result has been that countless people continue to suffer and struggle
needlessly.”
The vice president said the U.N. claims that more than 160 projects
are in Christian areas, “but for a third of those projects, there are no
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Trump Pulls UN Funding, Gives It to Faith Based Orgs Helping Persecuted Christians
Trump Pulls UN Funding, Gives It to Faith-Based Orgs Helping Persecuted
Christians
In a speech Wednesday night, Vice President Mike Pence announced that
the Trump administration “will no longer rely” solely on the United
Nations to disperse funds meant to aid Christians being persecuted in
the Middle East.
Pence made the remarks in Washington at the In Defense of Christians’
annual Solidarity Dinner for Christians in the Middle East gala.
According to the Washington Examiner, the Obama administration relied on
the United Nations to disperse over $1 billion in funding meant for
humanitarian aid in the Middle East.
“My friends, those days are over,” Pence said.
Instead, the pulled humanitarian funding will now go to faith-based
organizations to distribute.
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“Our fellow Christians and all who are persecuted in the Middle East
should not have to rely on multinational institutions when America can
help them directly,” Pence said.
From now on, the United States Agency for International Development will
administer the relief, Pence said.
“Tonight, it is my privilege to announce President Trump has ordered the
State Department to stop funding ineffective relief efforts at the
United Nations and from this day forward, America will provide support
directly to persecuted communities through USAID,” he said.
The audience greeted the announcement with a sustained round of
applause.
“The United States will work hand-in-hand from this day forward with
faith-based groups and private organizations to help those who are
persecuted for their faith,” Pence said.
“This is the moment. Now is the time.
“And America will support these people in their hour of need.”
Let’s face facts: The United Nations is not the most effective
organization when it comes to distributing aid to certain groups. One of
those groups is made up of persecuted Christians, who aren’t high on
the priority list at the U.N.
Then, why would you leave any of these decisions in the hands of an
organization that’s vehemently anti-Israel and anti-American?
The Trump administration is making the right decision here — and the
more money pulled from the U.N.’s more ineffectual efforts, the better.
Landmark Vote: Catalan parliament votes for independence from Spain
It is a historic day for Catalonia. The regions parliament has voted in
favour of declaring independence from Spain.
72 lawmakers voted in favour of Catalan independence, 10 voted against,
two abstained. Both pro-independence lawmakers and crowds of people
outside the parliament did not hesitate to show their elation.
Catalan independence declaration:
"There is no going back"
"We will seek to declare Catalonia's declaration of independence illegal" Spanish Prime Minister
"We will seek to declare Catalonia's declaration of independence illegal" says Spanish Prime Minister
Catalan town councils begin to remove the Spanish flag.
Spanish flag taken down from #Catalan government building in Girona.
Roger Stone joins Alex Jones live via Skype to expose the motives behind
the deep state as they withhold approximately 300 JFK files from the
President, so he appears less transparent to his base.
CIA Mutinies Against Trump, Refuses To Release
300 JFK Documents
2,800 records relating to the assassination of John F. Kennedy were
released by the National Archives yesterday, but more have been held
back and will be reviewed during a 180-day period.
CIA Mutinies Against Trump, Refuses To Release
200 JFK Files
Trump's Hands Tied, JFK Files Expose
Still Living People
Alex Jones explores the reasons behind the CIA's concealment of 300
files on JFK that possibly reveal collaboration in assassination with
people that are still alive today to tell the tale.
Gorka: Deep State Withholding of JFK Files
“Stinks to High Heaven”
Trump blamed for keeping documents secret despite being furious about it
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Former Deputy Assistant to the
president Sebastian Gorka says the deep state’s move to withhold many
of the JFK files “stinks to high heaven,” and that Donald Trump had
nothing to do with it.
2,800 records relating to the
assassination of John F. Kennedy were released by the National Archives
yesterday, but more have been held back and will be reviewed during a
180-day period. According to Trump confidant Roger Stone, CIA director
Mike Pompeo is responsible for the documents being kept secret.
Gorka said it was “fake news” that
Trump had any role in ‘covering-up’ the release of the documents,
telling host Lou Dobbs, “This is nothing to do with President Trump,
this is the FBI and the CIA requesting to redact some of the documents.”
“To hell with them, I mean that
seriously, to hell with them,” responded Dobbs, asking, “Why should we
or the president or any administration put up” with intelligence
agencies keeping the documents secret for so long.
“There’s only two reasons you would do
that redaction right now, the reasons are you protect active operations
or you protect sources and methods – neither of those can be true 50
years later – so what is it? Something embarrassing,” remarked Gorka,
adding, “It really stinks to high heaven.”
According to reports, Trump is apparently furious that the remaining documents were not released.
A White House official told CNN Trump was, “unhappy with the level of redactions” and that the agencies were “not meeting the spirit of the law.”
“JFK Files are being carefully
released. In the end there will be great transparency. It is my hope to
get just about everything to public!” Trump tweeted this morning.
JFK Files are being carefully released. In the
end there will be great transparency. It is my hope to get just about
everything to public!