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Festivals and other celebrations for “El Dia De Los Muertos”—or “The
Day of the Dead”—are currently underway in cities nationwide and around
the world. The annual Latin American-Roman Catholic observance is meant
to honor the lives of deceased loved ones, but with the belief that the
spirits of the departed temporarily find their way back to their
families to remember the things they once loved.
“God is calling us to follow Him and to ‘come out from among them
(the pagans, heathen and unbelievers) and be separate’ (2 Cor. 6:17),”
Mike Gendron of Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries in Plano, Texas told
Christian News Network.
“As Christians seek to abide in God’s word, they will become like the
Psalmist who gained understanding from God’s word and hated every false
way (Ps. 119:104). He wrote, ‘How blessed are those who observe His
testimonies, Who seek Him with all their heart They also do no
unrighteousness; They walk in His ways” (Ps. 119:2-3).” HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OF ‘THE DAY OF THE DEAD’
The three-day observance, which begins on Oct. 31 and ends on Nov. 2,
is believed to have originated in Mexico with the Aztecs, and was
merged with Roman Catholicism after the conquistadors began taking over
South American empires.
“When the Spanish conquistadors arrived in Mexico in the early 1500s,
they encountered the native Nahua peoples, including the Aztecs. When
autumn came, the conquistadors witnessed the extended rituals celebrated
by these people honoring both death and the fall harvest,” one report
outlines.
“For the Aztecs, the goddess Mictecacihuatl (literally translated as
‘Lady of the Dead’) presided over these harvest rituals. The
celebrations were built around fires and incense, costumes of animal
skins, images of their dead and offerings of ceramics, personal goods,
flowers, foods and drink,” it notes.
As various Roman Catholic orders sought to convert the people, the
traditions continued much in the same way, but the celebration was moved
to the first of November to coincide with the Catholic observances of
All Saints Day and All Souls Day.
To this day, those of a Latin American heritage observe El Dia De Los
Muertos as a way to remember their loved ones who have died. While
different from Halloween, the holiday utilizes images of skulls and
skeletons in both decoration and costume. Face-painting and other art
often involves intricate design as celebrators depict themselves as a
skeleton for the day. Sugar or chocolate skulls are a common edible creation, and pan de
muerto (bread of the dead) is also often made to look like a skeletal
figure. Altar including cross and artwork of virgin MaryMost
commonly, observers create a candle-lit altar, known as an ofrenda
(offering), that features a photo of the deceased person with a number
of their favorite foods and/or drinks, as well as other items that they
enjoyed in their life. Certain elements are left with the belief that
the spirits of the departed can “find their way back” to their families
during the celebration.
“Every ofrenda also includes the four elements: water, wind, earth
and fire. Water is left in a pitcher so the spirits can quench their
thirst. Papel picado, or traditional paper banners, represent the wind.
Earth is represented by food, especially bread. Candles are often left
in the form of a cross to represent the cardinal directions, so the
spirits can find their way,” outlines El Paso, Inc.
“On October 31, All Hallows Eve, the children make a children’s altar
to invite the angelitos (spirits of dead children) to come back for a
visit. November 1 is All Saints Day, and the adult spirits will come to
visit,” also writes author Frances Ann Day.
“November 2 is All Souls Day, when families go to the cemetery to
decorate the graves and tombs of their relatives. The three-day fiesta
is filled with marigolds, the flowers of the dead; muertos (the bread of
the dead); sugar skulls; cardboard skeletons; tissue paper decorations;
fruit and nuts; incense, and other traditional foods and decorations.”
Intermountain Catholic reports that Roman Catholic observers often
include a cross on their altar, explaining that “[a] salt cross on the
altar is meant to purify the spirits; an ash cross is set to help the
spirits to get out of Purgatory.”
“Three-tier altars represent Heaven, Purgatory and Earth. They can
also represent Heaven, Earth and the other world, according to the
Aztecs; or in the Catholic tradition, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit,”
the outlet also explains. “Seven-tier altars represents the seven levels
that must be passed through to reach Heaven.”
Some theorize that the souls of the dead are carried by Monarch
butterflies since the first of the colorful winged insects reach Mexico
around Nov. 1.
“The local people have long believed the monarchs are the returning
spirits of their deceased relatives, mysteriously arriving at the same
time each year, coinciding with the Day of the Dead. Aztec tradition
holds that the souls of the departed will return as hummingbirds and
butterflies,” outlines Natural Habitat Adventures.
Festivals and parades are also a part of the Day of the Dead celebration, with much music, dancing and eating.
The 2017 Disney-Pixar animated film “Coco” centers on the Mexican
holiday and a boy named Miguel, who travels to the Land of the Dead—the
“land of his ancestors”—and meets some of his deceased relatives, who
are now skeletons. He encounters his great-great grandfather, who he
learns was a musician in life, just as Miguel aspires to be. Miguel is
informed that he must return to the land of the living by sunrise by
obtaining a “blessing,” or he too will be among the dead.
The film grossed $807 million at the box office. AMERICAN CELEBRATIONS Screenshot/FacebookA
number of celebrations for The Day of the Dead are taking place in
American cities nationwide, in the form of festivals, art exhibits,
fireworks displays, movie screenings and eatery specials, and activities
for children.
On Oct. 28, a Day of the Dead festival
was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in the Plaza District, featuring
face-painting, an art show, music and dance, and a “Skeleton Parade-Day
of the Dead Procession.”
In Waco, Texas, a special Dia De Los Muertos exhibit opened on Oct. 31 at the Art Forum of Waco, which included an ofrenda, artwork and face-painting.
The annual Dia De Los Muertos fireworks celebration is scheduled for this evening at Woodlawn Lake Park in San Antonio, and a Muertitos Fest
is being held in the city both Friday and Saturday, featuring a
best-dressed contest, “a multidisciplinary showcase of student art,
altars to honor the departed, family folk art workshops, food booths, an
artisan mercado as well as live cultural performances highlighting
local dancers, musicians and entertainers.”
In El Paso, a Dead of the Dead festival
is scheduled for tonight at North Star Elementary School, which will be
showing the aforementioned Disney “Coco” movie on the lawn.
Face-painting and bouncy houses will also be a part of the event.
A Day of the Dead festival
was held from Oct. 28-30 at St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery in New York
City, with altars, folk art, sugar skulls, mask-making and music.
“This tradition is rooted in the native Mexican belief that life on
earth is a preparation for the next world and of the importance of
maintaining a strong relationship to the dead. Join us and dedicate our
ofrenda (altar) to your departed loved-ones by placing copies of
photographs,” the event webpage reads.
The Newark Public Library in New York is hosting a teen lock-in Day of the Dead event on Friday night, with food, games, crafts and “scary movies” rated PG-13 to R.
In Coral Springs, Florida, a Day of the Dead Margarita Festival
is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, featuring a live mariachi band,
margaritas and tequilas, face painting, cotton candy and popcorn, sugar
skull coloring pages for children, and the urging to “dress to impress.”
The city of Birmingham, Alabama presented its 16th annual Day of Dead festival on Friday, with altars, art, dance, food and children’s activities.
“Each autumn, the living invite their dead to join them in a festival
of communion—to return home again and, for a few hours, to sit by the
hearth and warm their cold bones before returning to the land of the
dead,” the event page reads.
In Los Angeles, California, a nine-day Day of the Dead festival
is currently underway, featuring a nightly procession of those costumed
as skeletons that begins and ends with a “traditional Mayan
blessing/soul cleansing.” The event also includes community altars,
skeleton face painting and a 5K “Run of the Dead.”
“For over 30 years, the merchants on Olvera Street have celebrated
Dia de los Muertos. The celebration has evolved to incorporate the
pre-Columbian, Aztec, Mayan and Catholic rituals surrounding death,” the
event website reads. “Death is a part of life, and so we honor it.”
The Los Angeles Times reports
that over 200 children from 10 Catholic schools in the city gathered
this week at Calvary Cemetery where they created altars inside the
mausoleum, and made sugar skulls and masks on the cemetery lawn while
listening to the song “Un Poco Loco” from Disney’s “Coco.”
“This is a demonstration of our strong sense of love,” Florencia
Teran, a teacher from Our Lady of Guadalupe School, told the outlet.
“We’re bringing back our culture, our tradition.”
Similarly, on Oct. 28, a Dia De Los Muertos event
was held at Calvary Catholic Cemetery in San Jose, with a description
of the occasion reading, “Celebrate the day with a reunion of sorts. It
is said that during El Dia de los Muertos, the veil between the living
and the dead disappears. Observe the spiritual side of the tradition at
Calvary Catholic Cemetery.”
Bowers Museum in Santa Ana is hosting a Day of the Dead festival
on Sunday, featuring face painting, art, and performances by Rhythmo
Mariachi Kids, Folklorico Raices de Mexico, Trio Tres Souls and Xipe
Totec Danza Azteca.
“Celebrate the Day of the Dead at Bowers! Dia de los Muertos is based
on the Mexican belief that our departed loved ones come back to earth
to be with us every year in a joyful celebration that lasts for three
days,” its event page reads.
The popular search engine Google even observed “El Dia De Los Muertos” by using a skull doodle in its logo for Oct. 2. IS IT BIBLICAL? GendronWhile
some say that the Day of the Dead is simply a way to honor those who
have died and to rekindle fond memories of years past, others state that
aspects of the observance, such as its belief that spirits of the dead
can somehow return to their loved ones—even for a day—is unbiblical.
“The pagan holidays of Samhain and the Day of the Dead embrace a
theme of communicating with the dead,” Gendron told Christian News
Network. “Satan’s first lie was ‘Ye shall not surely die.’ Since then,
he has perpetuated the lie that when you die, you aren’t really dead.
This lie convinces many people that the dead are really alive and are
able to communicate with them [and woo them back].”
“Since the spirits of the dead know nothing and their thoughts have
perished, they would not know their families or know how to find their
way back,” he said, citing Ecclesiastes 9:5 and Psalm 146:4. “The Bible
also makes it clear that these pagan practices are an abomination to the
Lord.” Gendron, a former Roman Catholic of over 30 years who seeks to lead
Catholics in Scriptural truth, said that a number of pagan practices and
traditions have been synchronized into the religion.
“The Catholic sacrament of extreme unction, when death is imminent,
originated in Babylon as an anointing for the last journey into the
mysteries of death,” he explained. “Catholicism uses bones of saints to
commemorate their dead heroes, as did Babylon.”
“Transubstantiation where round wafers are said to be changed into
the physical body of Christ and eaten is a practice similar to the
Babylonians who worshipped Baal in the same way, using round wafers as a
symbol of the sun god,” Gendron continued. “Purgatory and prayers for
the dead have served both ancient Babylon and Catholicism as a
cleansing.”
He said that he desires for those who are involved in pagan
traditions and rituals to esteem the word of God with serious honor and
reverence.
“Knowing God’s judgments against these pagan practices should cause
people to tremble in fear of Him (Ps. 119:120),” Gendron stated. “It is
my prayer that the truth of God’s word will be taken seriously and will
set people free from religious and pagan deception. We need to destroy
speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of
God (2 Cor. 10:5).”
Colossians 2:8 reads, “Beware lest any man spoil you through
philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the
rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.”
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In this interview with Sputnik News, Jihad Watch writer Christine
Douglass-Williams exposes a great deal about the systematic and
institutionalized abuse of women under Islamic law. Indeed, the
second-class status of women is ingrained in Sharia, and set out in
numerous passages of the Qur’an and Hadith.
The Qur’an teaches that men are superior to women and should beat
those from whom they “fear disobedience”: “Men have authority over women
because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they
spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard
their unseen parts because Allah has guarded them. As for those from
whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to beds apart
and beat them.” — Qur’an 4:34
Muhammad’s child bride, Aisha, says in a hadith that Muhammad “struck
me on the chest which caused me pain, and then said: ‘Did you think
that Allah and His Apostle would deal unjustly with you?’” — Sahih
Muslim 2127
The Qur’an likens a woman to a field (tilth), to be used by a man as
he wills: “Your women are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth as you
will” — Qur’an 2:223
It declares that a woman’s testimony is worth half that of a man:
“Get two witnesses, out of your own men, and if there are not two men,
then a man and two women, such as you choose, for witnesses, so that if
one of them errs, the other can remind her” — Qur’an 2:282
It allows men to marry up to four wives, and have sex with slave
girls also: “If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with
the orphans, marry women of your choice, two or three or four; but if
you fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly, then only one, or one
that your right hands possess, that will be more suitable, to prevent
you from doing injustice” — Qur’an 4:3
It rules that a son’s inheritance should be twice the size of that of
a daughter: “Allah directs you as regards your children’s inheritance:
to the male, a portion equal to that of two females” — Qur’an 4:11
It allows for marriage to pre-pubescent girls, stipulating that
Islamic divorce procedures “shall apply to those who have not yet
menstruated” — Qur’an 65:4
Islamic law stipulates that a man’s prayer is annulled if a dog or a
woman passes in front of him as he is praying. “Narrated ‘Aisha: The
things which annul the prayers were mentioned before me. They said,
“Prayer is annulled by a dog, a donkey and a woman (if they pass in
front of the praying people).” I said, ‘You have made us (i.e. women)
dogs.’ I saw the Prophet praying while I used to lie in my bed between
him and the Qibla. Whenever I was in need of something, I would slip
away. for I disliked to face him.” — Sahih Bukhari 1.9.490
Another hadith depicts Muhammad saying that the majority of the inhabitants of hell are women:
“I looked into Paradise and I saw that the majority of its people
were the poor. And I looked into Hell and I saw that the majority of its
people are women.” — Sahih Bukhari 3241; Sahih Muslim 2737
When asked about this, he explained:
“I was shown Hell and I have never seen anything more
terrifying than it. And I saw that the majority of its people are
women.” They said, “Why, O Messenger of Allah?” He said, “Because of
their ingratitude (kufr).” It was said, “Are they ungrateful to Allah?”
He said, “They are ungrateful to their companions (husbands) and
ungrateful for good treatment. If you are kind to one of them for a
lifetime then she sees one (undesirable) thing in you, she will say, ‘I
have never had anything good from you.’” — Sahih Bukhari 1052
And in another hadith:
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be
upon him) went out to the musalla (prayer place) on the day of Eid
al-Adha or Eid al-Fitr. He passed by the women and said, ‘O women! Give
charity, for I have seen that you form the majority of the people of
Hell.’ They asked, ‘Why is that, O Messenger of Allah?’ He replied, ‘You
curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen
anyone more deficient in intelligence and religious commitment than you.
A cautious sensible man could be led astray by some of you.’ The women
asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, what is deficient in our intelligence and
religious commitment?’ He said, ‘Is not the testimony of two women equal
to the testimony of one man?’ They said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘This is the
deficiency in her intelligence. Is it not true that a woman can neither
pray nor fast during her menses?’ The women said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘This
is the deficiency in her religious commitment.’” — Sahih Bukhari 304
Another statement attributed to Muhammad: “If a husband calls his
wife to his bed [i.e. to have sexual relation] and she refuses and
causes him to sleep in anger, the angels will curse her till morning.” —
Sahih Bukhari 4.54.460
“Human Rights Activist Explains Why Protecting Burqa Rights is Dangerous,” Sputnik News, October 26, 2018:
The UN Human Rights Committee has demanded that France
review its law banning the burqa, claiming that it violates human
rights. Christine Douglass Williams, a human rights activist and former
director of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, explained to Sputnik
why such demands pose a danger.
Christine Williams said in an interview with Sputnik that the UN is
exceeding its mandate with demands that France’s burqa ban be lifted.
According to her, such laws have been adopted by over a dozen states,
not only Western ones, out of security concerns. She added that these
countries have the right to ignore the UN ruling if the ban is a matter
of national security.
Williams also recalled that the burqa issue is of crucial concern
to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which withdrew
from the UN Declaration of Human Rights in 1990, creating its own human
rights declaration based on Sharia. She believes that the UN is playing
into the OIC’s hands by trying to repeal the burqa ban in France.
“The OIC has made no secret of its interests
to impose its Shariah imperatives globally, which includes the
inferiority of women who must be covered in accordance with Quran 24:31
and 33:59. Five years ago, under Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the UNSC
openly encouraged the active contribution of the Organization
of Islamic Cooperation, so it is apparent now that the UNSC is doing OIC
bidding,” she said.
The human rights activist admitted that drawing a line between one’s
religion and the laws of the country where a person lives is a challenge
for modern democracies. She noted that certain loopholes could be found
under the pretext of freedom of religion.
“One must also take into consideration the
concept of ‘choice’ as a guideline. With specific regards to the burqa,
it is a common understanding that victims of abuse have little to no
choice. Abuse victims are stripped of free choice, movement, and
punished for ‘disobedience’ and perceived rebellion,” she said.
She further questioned how the burqa could be a choice if its use is
mandatory in Islam and not wearing it is punishable by imprisonment,
lashings or even death. Williams noted that an “incalculable number
of women” have suffered abuse for their decision to stop wearing
full-body veils.
“When migrating to democratic countries which
enshrine equality between genders, this norm is not necessarily
abandoned, particularly if impinging Muslim community pressure is
present. The funding of mosques throughout the West by the Saudis, and
now even by Turkey, enables the proliferation of Wahhabi/Salafi ideology
which mandates the covering of women,” she added.
“Us” vs “Them” Narrative in Human Rights Struggle
Williams told Sputnik that the global struggle for human rights today
could be described as “dispiriting.” She explained that it’s plagued
with an “us-versus-them narrative,” where “us” are “Western white people
and Jews” and “them” are everyone else, including Muslims and blacks.
“When one thinks of human rights, one should
simultaneously think of equality of value between races, genders and
equal rights to practice religious beliefs. The key word is ‘equal’, not
special privileges and supremacist entitlements that harm the whole.
Why are human rights violations tolerated from some like: female
inferiority, female genital mutilation, child brides, forced marriage,
murdering gays, persecuting religious minorities?” she wondered….
“Many governments have cowered and prioritized
their own fear of being called ‘racist’, ‘Islamophobic’, and
‘xenophobic’ over the security and freedoms of their people,” she
concluded.
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Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised that “Ankara will produce first long-range missiles by 2021.” This is a matter of concern coming from an Islamic leader as ambitious and aggressive as Erdogan.
He accused Europe of
starting a war between Islam and Christianity in 2017, after a ruling
by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that allowed employers to ban
headscarves, stemming from the case of a Muslim receptionist who was
fired for wearing her headscarf to work in Belgium. Subsequently, the
ECJ ruled that “bans on the wearing of any political, philosophical or
religious sign does not constitute direct discrimination.”
This past summer, Erdogan slammed Austria’s move to close mosques and expel Turkish-funded imams. He called the decision anti-Islamic and promised a response, adding
that “these measures taken by the Austrian prime minister are, I fear,
leading the world toward a war between the cross and the crescent.”
Erdogan has also threatened to make “sick Europe” pay “for ‘humiliating & oppressing’ Turks,” and he has called for “an ‘army of of Islam’ to attack Israel on all sides.”
Last winter, Erdogan declared jihad on the Kurds
and dispatched an army of thousands of soldiers to “decimate” them,
following “conquest prayers” in 90,000 mosques, calling on Muslims to be
“ruthless against unbelievers.”
Erdogan is preparing for jihad in service of his dream of a revived Ottoman Empire.
He needs to be stymied in his efforts to build long-range missiles,
just as Iran’s nuclear ambitions have been reined in by Trump. The Trump
administration has already threatened Turkey with sanctions if Ankara
goes ahead with its production of long-range missiles.
“Turkey war warning: Erdogan promises Ankara will produce first LONG-RANGE MISSILES by 2021,” by Alahna Kindred, Express, October 31, 2018:
TURKEY’S President said it will produce its first long-range missiles by 2021.
President RecepTayyip Erdogan said today that work to build Turkey’s
first domestically produced long-range air missile system has already
begun.
It is unclear how far its missiles will travel, but its first delivery is planned for 2021.
Erdogan is also buying a S-400 surface-to-air missiles from Russia.
The S-400 is a ground-to-air defence system designed to hit air
attack weapons, and is capable of destroying aerial targets up to 400
kilometres away, earning it prestige as one of the most effective
missiles of its type in the world.
The state-owned Anadolu news agency quoted Minister Hulusi Akar as
saying last week that the installation of the S-400 missile system would
begin in next October.
Turkey and Russia signed a loan agreement on the sale of the missiles to Ankara, Turkey’s capital, in 2017.
But the United States has raised concerns over the deal, fearing that
if Turkey purchases the S-400 alongside Nato’s F-35 stealth jets then
information about the aircrafts capabilities could be relayed back to
Moscow.
The US has threatened Turkey with sanctions if Ankara goes ahead with the deal. …..
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I thought that Project Veritas couldn't deliver anything more
damning than the Gillum video. But the Beto video is arguably worse. At
least the Florida video didn't involve confessing to any crimes.
Featured in this report are campaign staffers who
work on Congressman O’Rourke’s US Senate campaign discussing how they
use campaign resources to help Honduran aliens and transport them to
airports and bus stations.
“The material Project Veritas
Action Fund captured shows campaign workers covering up the true nature
of spending of campaign funds and intentionally misreporting them. This
violates the FEC’s rules against personal use and misreporting. It also
violates Section 1001, making a false statement to the federal
government. The FEC violations impose civil penalties, including fines
of up to $10,000 or 200 percent of the funds involved. Violations of
Section 1001 are criminal and include imprisonment of up to five years.”
But the question is whether that will lead to any meaningful action.
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Beto Campaign Manager Says "No Comment" After Saying "Don't Worry" in Undercover Video
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Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at
the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing
on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.
As President Trump arrived in Squirrel Hill to pay his respects to
the 11 Jews brutally murdered in the Tree of Life synagogue, If Not Now,
a leftist anti-Israel hate group notorious for targeting Jewish
charities, unleashed an ugly hatefest that defiled the solemnity of the
day. Keffiyahs, a symbol of Muslim anti-Semitic violence, SEIU
shirts and multicolored wigs were visible in the mob. A handful of
protesters misused ‘shofars’, a religious ritual item sounded on the
holiest Jewish days of the year, and not meant to be desecrated in
street protests. Despite attempts to appropriate Jewishness, there was
nothing Jewish about the ugly hatred and exploitation of murdered Jews.
Even
though three police officers had risked their lives and were wounded
trying to stop the gunman, the If Not Now flyer for the event condemned
the “police state” and touted the black supremacist hate group, Black
Lives Matter, alongside Free Palestine. An If Not Now speaker bizarrely
bleated, “More cops in shuls will not make us safer. More cops in
schools will not make us safer.”
Where were If Not Now members while the officers, Daniel Mead, Michael Smidga, Anthony Burke and Timothy Matson, were being shot at
in the Tree of Life synagogue? Blogging about intersectionality?
Tweeting anti-Israel memes? Plotting their next hate rally targeting
police officers and Israeli soldiers?
When the shooting was
over and it was safe, they convened a hateful rally to attack Jews,
Israel, Trump and the very police officers who had saved lives and
stopped the rampage of a murderous gunman.
Batya Ungar-Sargon with The Forward,
an anti-Israel leftist paper, claimed that the protesters, rather than
Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life synagogue who graciously
welcomed the president, represented, "who the majority of American Jews
are".
If Not Now represents Jews the same way that Robert
Bowers, the Tree of Life gunman, represents Americans. It's a marginal
hate group, animated by its animosity to the Jewish State and to
Jewishness. A leading If Not Now figure, Rafael Shimunov, had even used The Forward to defend a leftist Washington D.C. politician who had accused Jews of controlling the weather.
Many of the marchers exploiting the murder of Jews, and claiming to speak for Jews, weren’t Jewish.
Putting the lie to Ungar-Sargon’s Forward fake news, the Pittsburgh City Paper noted
that, "participants at the event were from a diverse background,
including members of several progressive groups, residents of all races,
and Latino and Black activists."
“Queer Catholic Protects Jews: End White Supremacy,” one sign read.
“We are here to send the message today that we don’t want you here,” Monica Ruiz of Casa San Jose ranted. "Trump, you are not a good neighbor.”
Casa San Jose is a Latino activist group defending illegal aliens.
Tracy Baton, the African-American director of the Women’s March,
denounced Trump for inserting politics, “into a city in mourning, before
the dead are buried, is unacceptable.”
Except that was the
entire purpose of the rally, which even ended with a call to vote in the
midterm elections. It was a power grab by marginal groups and a vile
attack on a president paying a condolence call. While the president was
laying flowers at makeshift memorials, a leftist mob was screaming hate.
And Baton was cynically appropriating Jewish pain while representing an anti-Semitic hate group.
The Women’s March leadership had become notorious for anti-Semitic rhetoric by Linda Sarsour and Tamika Mallory.
Both women are supporters of Louis Farrakhan who had praised Hitler and compared Jews to termites.
Sarsour had urged Muslims to dehumanize Jews, and Tamika Mallory had responded to Jewish protests against her support for Farrakhan by tweeting,
“If your leader does not have the same enemies as Jesus, they may not
be THE leader!” Then she targeted the ADL over its criticism of her
anti-Semitism.
Baton had appeared with Tamika Mallory.
If there’s anything more inappropriate than a protest rally before the
dead are buried, it’s an anti-Semitic hate group hijacking murdered
Jews for its own political agenda.
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Barack and Michelle Obama are in talks with Netflix to produce an anti-Trump TV show, according to media reports.
The former president and first lady bought the production rights to Michael Lewis’ book The Fifth Risk, which was critical of the Trump administration, and are currently in production talks with Netflix, reported The Week.
“Netflix in May announced a multi-year deal in which the Obamas would produce shows for the streaming platform,” the paper reported.
“At the time, The New York Times reported that Obama did not intend to
‘wage a public campaign against his successor’ with these shows, so
either The Fifth Risk won’t be as much of a takedown of President Trump
as one might initially think, or Obama has changed his mind and decided
that a public campaign against Trump might not be such a bad idea after
all.”
Oddly enough, the Obamas could also use the show to promote big government without even mentioning Trump. According to a press release by the book’s publisher:
Michael Lewis’s brilliant narrative takes us into the engine
rooms of a government under attack by its own leaders. In Agriculture
the funding of vital programs like food stamps and school lunches is
being slashed. The Commerce Department may not have enough staff to
conduct the 2020 Census properly. Over at Energy, where international
nuclear risk is managed, it’s not clear there will be enough inspectors
to track and locate black market uranium before terrorists do.
In other words, the entire premise of the book – and presumably
the TV show – promotes bureaucracy over elected officials when the aims
of the former coincide with Obama’s past administration.
It’s a premise that only works if you agree – or can be lead to
believe – that big government is the way to go, and considering how
visibly partisan this is, the proposed TV show indicates that the
establishment considers the spread of ‘limited government’ principles as
a serious threat to its dwindling status quo.
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Major cities in France were hit by rioting last night as the
country’s former Interior Minister warned that mass immigration could
bring societal breakdown within five years.
“French police arrested more than 100 people after gangs of masked
youths stormed through Paris suburbs and the center of Lyon on Halloween
night, authorities said on Thursday, following a message on social
media calling for a “purge” against police,” reports Reuters.
Video footage shows one of the incidents in Lyon.
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Google is being accused of
engaging in election meddling by burying Candace Owens’ Blexit website
in its algorithm despite the website ranking number 1 on every other
major search engine.
A user over at the Donald subreddit
noticed the scandal and produced a series of screenshots to illustrate
how Blexit, which is a campaign to encourage black people to leave the
Democratic party, is being all but blacklisted by Google.
Typing ‘Blexit’ into Google results in nothing but negative news articles about the campaign, but that’s not the worse of it.
The first ‘Blexit’ website listed in
the results is in no way related to Candace Owens’ campaign and is a
totally separate organization.
This organization even had to issue an apology because people were mistakenly donating money in the belief it was going to Owens’ official Blexit campaign.
“They noticed a massive increase of
members and donations in the last few days. In other words: Due to
Google’s fuckery with its algorithm, Candace Owen’s Blexit movement lost
out on members and donations,” notes the Reddit user.
Typing ‘Blexit Website’ into Google also returns a completely unaffiliated website called BlexitMN.
The sheer scale of the manipulation is
realized when one searches for ‘Blexit’ on other major search engines,
including DuckDuckGo, Yahoo and Bing.
In every instance, the correct result, Candace Owens’ official ‘Blexit’ website, appears as the number one ranked search result.
“This cannot possibly be a
coincidence,” writes the Reddit user. “This is active fuckery with their
algorithm on behalf of Google. Every other search engine gets it right
but Google, the market leader by far, somehow is incapable of doing the
same? This is active and intentional censorship of a political group
shortly before a midterm election. This is influencing the election a
lot more than some Russian twats creating facebook memes in Moscow.”
Despite Big Tech giants routinely
banning and censoring users for what they claim represents “election
meddling,” few questions are being asked about the power of the likes of
Google, Twitter and Facebook to sway voters.
Studies have shown that algorithmic changes can shift millions of votes during elections.
According to Dr. Robert Epstein,
Google alone was probably responsible for shifting 2-3 million votes in
Hillary Clinton’s favor during the presidential election as a result of
algorithm manipulation.
“The fact that it’s really just two or
three companies – mainly two – and that they have similar politics,
that just makes this even crazier. In fact, I say in this upcoming
article that if these companies in November all happen to be favoring
the same political party, I estimate conservatively – and I emphasize
conservatively, even though I’m not a ‘conservative’ – that they could
shift upwards of 12 million votes,” he warned.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. —The attorney general of Illinois
has filed a lawsuit against a Christian bed and breakfast owner for not
paying $30,000 in damages to two men who filed a discrimination
complaint against him after he declined to allow them to use his
property to hold a ceremony celebrating their civil union. Attorney General Lisa Madigan
filed a complaint in Ford County Circuit Court on Oct. 23
against Walder Vacuflo Inc., which operates the TimberCreek Bed and
Breakfast in Paxton.
“Madigan’s complaint alleges Walder Vacuflo has failed to
comply with an order issued by the Illinois Human Rights Commission
(IHRC) directing the company to pay damages to a gay couple after
refusing to host their civil union ceremony,” a press release from
Madigan’s office outlines. As previously reported,
TimberCreek identifies itself on the main page of its website as “an
upscale Christian country bed and breakfast,” situated in the midst of a
small farming community. The facility hosts church retreats, baby and
bridal showers, business meetings and other events.
In 2011, local resident Todd Wathen contacted TimberCreek via email
to inquire if the bed and breakfast would be hosting civil union
ceremonies after Illinois approved the unions that year via the
“Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act.” Owner Jim
Walder replied that the facility had no such plans, and allegedly
advised Wathen that “homosexuality is immoral and unnatural,” and that
“it’s not too late to change your behavior.”
Three days later, Wathen filed a discrimination complaint with the
Illinois Human Rights Commission. The American Civil Liberties Union of
Illinois (ACLU) also soon became involved and sought emotional damages
for Wathen and his partner, Mark.
In 2016, Michael Robinson, an administrative law judge appointed by the Commission, ordered Walder to pay $30,000 in damages to the men ($15,000 each), as well as $50,000 in attorney’s fees and more than $1,200 in costs.
Robinson also mandated that Walder follow the Illinois Human Rights
Act by not declining further events, and that he additionally host
Wathen’s celebration at the bed and breakfast within one year. The two
men held a ceremony in their yard in 2011 after being declined; they did
not seek other facilities as alternatives.
However, Walder, who advised that he could not comply with the order because of his Christian faith, filed an appeal. Commissioners Duke Alden, Terry Cosgrove and Patricia Bakalis-Yadgir,
who were assigned to the case, soon issued an order stating that they
had “declined further review” of a “recommended order and decision,”
allowing Robinson’s order to stand.
But the background of two of the three commissioners posed an issue
as Cosgrove had been inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of
Fame, and himself had filed a discrimination case against a local bar.
He has also lobbied for state laws about the matter.
Alden serves as the chairman of Howard Brown Health, a health and
social services organization for homosexual and “transgendered” persons.
He also was a part of a “Presidential Debate Viewing Party” for
homosexuals in Chicago to “cheer on Hillary Clinton.”
“[A]ssigning two out of three commissioners who are either LGBT
activists or openly gay to review our case is corrupt and indefensible,”
Walder consequently told the Paxton Record. “[B]oth commissioners
should have honorably recused themselves from the review.”
“This feels like blatant reverse discrimination against all business
owners, Christian or otherwise, by the IHRC, which is supposed to be an
unbiased, neutral party in resolving complaints,” he said. “It begs the
question how this unelected commission’s rulings can ever be taken
seriously again.”
Attorney General Madigan has now sued Walder for neither paying the
damages or allowing the men to hold the ceremony on his property, as
ordered by Robinson and upheld by the panel.
“My office is committed to holding businesses accountable if they
refuse service to members of the public based on sexual orientation,”
she said in a statement.
However, Walder says that homosexuals are welcome to visit his bed
and breakfast; he just cannot accommodate their ceremony due to his
religious beliefs.
“None of this goes back to hate. None of this goes back to bigotry.
None of this goes back to being homophobic. … All of this goes back to
the Bible and how God sees homosexuality,” he said in 2016. “I don’t
want to see someone not go to Heaven, because the opposite of that is
unfathomable.”
