We got one of these for Christmas.It’s BRILLIANT, especially in a hot shower.HIGHLY recommend it to anyone who has “hot” trigger points, especially in back where it’s hard to reach on your own.
Four prominent U.S. bishops joined leaders of other Christian traditions in publicly reaffirming the inherent beauty and reality of each person’s God-given sexuality.
Created Male and Female: An Open Letter from Religious Leaders – December 15, 2017
Dear Friends:
As leaders of various communities of faith throughout the United States, many of us came together in the past to affirm our commitment to marriage as the union of one man and one woman and as the foundation of society. We reiterate that natural marriage continues to be invaluable to American society.
We come together to join our voices on a more fundamental precept of our shared existence, namely, that human beings are male or female and that the socio-cultural reality of gender cannot be separated from one’s sex as male or female.
We acknowledge and affirm that all human beings are created by God and thereby have an inherent dignity. We also believe that God created each person male or female; therefore, sexual difference is not an accident or a flaw—it is a gift from God that helps draw us closer to each other and to God. What God has created is good. “God created mankind in his image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them” (Gen 1:27).
A person’s discomfort with his or her sex, or the desire to be identified as the other sex, is a complicated reality that needs to be addressed with sensitivity and truth. Each person deserves to be heard and treated with respect; it is our responsibility to respond to their concerns with compassion, mercy and honesty. As religious leaders, we express our commitment to urge the members of our communities to also respond to those wrestling with this challenge with patience and love.
Children especially are harmed when they are told that they can “change” their sex or, further, given hormones that will affect their development and possibly render them infertile as adults. Parents deserve better guidance on these important decisions, and we urge our medical institutions to honor the basic medical principle of “first, do no harm.” Gender ideology harms individuals and societies by sowing confusion and self-doubt. The state itself has a compelling interest, therefore, in maintaining policies that uphold the scientific fact of human biology and supporting the social institutions and norms that surround it.
The movement today to enforce the false idea—that a man can be or become a woman or vice versa—is deeply troubling. It compels people to either go against reason—that is, to agree with something that is not true—or face ridicule, marginalization, and other forms of retaliation.
We desire the health and happiness of all men, women, and children. Therefore, we call for policies that uphold the truth of a person’s sexual identity as male or female, and the privacy and safety of all. We hope for renewed appreciation of the beauty of sexual difference in our culture and for authentic support of those who experience conflict with their God-given sexual identity.
The title above is what Stilton called Newsweek‘s Christmas Eve article,HOW TRUMP AND THE NAZIS STOLE CHRISTMAS TO PROMOTE WHITE NATIONALISM.
Way down near the end of this piece of trash, the “journalist” author admits, “Trump’s rhetoric differs from that of Nazi Germany’s, most notably because he has never advocated genocide.”
Gosh. How very FAIR and BALANCED of you. :oP
The Left really wants very hard to believe that their media actually does call apples apples. But this week’sPew Research report, “17 striking findings from 2017”, shows how delusional they really are.
As you can see, coverage ofPresident Clintonwas actually fair and balanced (despite Shrillary’s claims about a Massive Right-Wing Conspiracy).
Coverage ofPresident Bushwas slightly less so, with the proportion of positive stories dropping in favor of neutral stories. But the negative stuff stayed the same.
It was only withPresident Obamathat the media went into full bore worship mode.
But even their lack of balance about Obama got swept away by their ugly, hate-filled, foam-at-the-mouth reporting onPresident Trump.
Trump tweeted about the record-breaking cold spell.
Suddenly, after decades of reporting every extreme weather event as the result of global climate change, reporters deemed it necessary to remind the American public that there’s climate change, and then there’s weather.
Ryan Struyk CNN: This is a jaw-dropping misunderstanding of what climate change is…
Dan Merica CNN: A reminder that President Trump’s tweets are to be treated as official White House statements… so the official White House position is that global warming could be a good thing.
Jeremy Diamond CNN: Looks like our President still fundamentally misunderstands what global warming is. Or is misleading those who don’t understand the science.
On Tuesday, a CNN cameraman lurked in the bushesand managed to grab some shots of President Trump playing golf. Some might call this “stalking.” CNN calls it “journalism.”
On Wednesday, CNN went into full conspiracy mode over this.
“Mysterious white truck blocked TV news crew from getting shots of Trump playing golf in Fla., I’m told. As photojournalist moved the camera, he said, truck moved w/him to block the picture. The unmarked truck parked when Trump was apparently at hole, then drove off after.”
On Thursday,CNN broke this Big Story!
What would the country do without these guardians of the Republic?
That was for the benefit of those who still work for a living and the weekends are something to look forward to. When you’re retired, it’s just another day.
. Mysterious truck blocks CNN’s view of Trump’s golf course in Florida WHAT A SAD, JOYLESS LIFE THESE PEOPLE LEAD
A mysterious truck blocked CNN’s view of President Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Fla., one day after the network touted “exclusive” footage of the president hitting the links.
Noah Gray, a producer for CNN, tweeted a picture of a white box truck in front of hedges adjacent to the golf course on Wednesday.
He noted that during Trump’s winter vacation to his Mar-a-Lago resort the network has repeatedly captured video of Trump golfing from a public sidewalk. But, Gray said that was “not possible” on Wednesday.
The Secret Service has responded to CNN’s outragey reportage after a white truck blocked stalking journalists from getting clear shots of the president’s golf game. (Pulitzer Prize-winning stuff potentially, we know.)
TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME IS VERY REAL Liberal Thug Screams at Disney Hall of Presidents as Trump Speaks — Then Posts Video Online
Disney World finally reopened the Hall of Presidents exhibit this month with a speaking animatronic version of President Donald Trump giving a speech that was recorded by Trump for Disney. One visitor to Disney World took video of themselves screaming, “Lock him up!” over and over and over again as he sat in the audience at the Hall of Presidents as the Trump animatron spoke.
Trump mocks ‘good old Global Warming’ as cold spell hits US I GET THE FEELING HE ENJOYS THE HELL OUT OF THIS
“In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year’s Eve on record,” Trump noted about the freezing temperatures in New York and other cities.
“Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle up!”
Media Spends 2017 Attacking Melania Trump This past year was marked by relentless media attacks and fake and misleading headlines about President Donald Trump. But when the media couldn’t get enough dirt on Trump in 2017, they turned their attention on first lady Melania.
Melania lives a relatively quiet life in the White House compared to previous first ladies, but whenever she stepped out in public, the media was champing at the bit for a scandal.
We’ve compiled a list of some of the most ridiculous media attacks on Melania since her husband took office. http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/28/media-spends-2017-attacking-melania-trump/
Cuomo pardons 61 people ahead of the New Year, including 18 immigrants Cuomo pardoned 18 immigrants who had committed low-level offenses, saying his pardon was based on their rehabilitation efforts. Cuomo blasted President Trump’s hard-line immigration efforts in the process.
“While the federal government continues to target immigrants and threatens to tear families apart with deportation, these actions take a critical step toward a more just, more fair and more compassionate New York,” Cuomo said in a statement.
Philly Judge Who Resigned over Sex Scandal and Was Jailed for Lying to FBI Now Running for Congress as Democrat Willie Singletary, a former Philadelphia Traffic Court judge, has announced his run for the First District seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Robert Brady, who is also chairman of Philadelphia’s Democratic City Committee, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Singletary, 36, has quite a record to run on. In 2013, he was caught up in a ticket-fixing scandal that prosecutors at the time said benefited only Philly’s rich and powerful and cost the city and state hundreds of thousands in unpaid fines. http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/28/philly-judge-resigned-sex-scandal-jailed-lying-fbi-running-congress-democrat/
Conservative fires back at Don Lemon, calls CNN ‘a dog whistle for race-baiting, anti-Trump bigots’
On Tuesday, radio host Todd Starnes was among the panelists who joined “Hannity” guest-host David Webb to take on CNN anchor Don Lemon’s assertion that President Trump use of “Merry Christmas” is a “dog whistle” to his base.
The First Anti-American President Barack Obama will no doubt be chronicled, among other things, as the first anti-American president. No wonder; he’s the product of an educational system that has become increasingly radical and anti-American with each passing decade, and his mother was a stereotypical leftist anthropologist with a passion for the Third World.
The pattern is unmistakable. As Luis Fleischman notes, Obama wanted to make deals with our enemies, Iran being the most dramatic example. https://pjmedia.com/michaelledeen/first-anti-american-president/
Trump Slams China For Secretly Helping North Korea Late Wednesday China was exposed for secretly helping North Korea by illegally importing gas and oil into the country, a serious violation of UN sanctions
The alarm over North Korea grew louder this week after defecting soldiers from the regime were to found to have anthrax antibodies in their systems, indicating Kim Jong Un could be planning to develop and use biological weapons. The use of these weapons is a violation of international law. https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2017/12/28/trump-slams-china-for-secretely-helping-north-korea-n2427813
Trump Is About To Repeal Obama-Era Fracking Regulations
FRACKING IS WHY YOU’RE NOT PAYING $4.50 FOR A GALLON OF GAS ANYMORE
President Donald Trump’s administration will give a belated gift to American energy producers and repeal former President Barack Obama-era regulations for hydraulic fracturing operations on federal lands.
The Interior Department is expected to publish a repeal of the rule in the Federal Register on Friday, and already the oil and gas industry are celebrating. Producers challenged were locked in court battles over the rule since it was finalized in 2015. http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/28/trump-is-about-to-repeal-obama-era-fracking-regulations/
Trump Blasts Joe Manchin For Refusing To Work With Him “Like Joe Manchin,” Trump said in the interview. “He talks. But he doesn’t do anything. He doesn’t do,” Trump said. “‘Hey, let’s get together, let’s do bipartisan.’ I say, ‘Good, let’s go.’ Then you don’t hear from him again.”
Manchin is up for re-election in 2018, but said in August that he doesn’t care about being reelected
I don’t give a s**t, you understand? I just don’t give a s**t,” he said in an interview with Charleston Gazette Mail. “Don’t care if I get elected, don’t care if I get defeated, how about that http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/28/trump-blasts-joe-manchin-for-refusing-to-work-with-him/
Debunking Lies About Immigration and “Family Reunification”
Time to put the interests of American families first
Currently America has a population of unknown millions of illegal aliens who entered the United States covertly and without vetting by running our borders. Their presence in the United States and their very identities are unknown and unknowable.
We also have millions of illegal aliens who violated the terms of their lawful admissions into the United States and have gone “missing in America.”
Incredibly, so-called “Sanctuary Cities” and “Sanctuary States” harbor and shield these illegal aliens from detection by the Department of Homeland Security and its component immigration law enforcement agencies, even as mayors of those cities demand to be given federal funds to combat crime and protect their residents against international terrorists they may be harboring. https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/268867/debunking-lies-about-immigration-and-family-michael-cutler
A 2015 public opinion poll conducted in Iowa found that 69 percent of Iowans agree that taxpayers should not subsidize groups like Planned Parenthood that perform abortions.
Iowa’s lawmakers have agreed to shift $2.7 million in state tax dollars from Planned Parenthood to health care clinics that don’t do abortions.
A Planned Parenthood abortuary that has been slaughtering babies for 18 years has been forced to close!
According to the Left, President Trump is a RAAACIST. I can’t help wondering what on earth that word even means given all he’s done to get blacks back to work.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has been tracking black unemployment rates since 1972. Here’s a summary:
Dearest and I are resting up after the WONDERFUL Christmas we had with GRANDKIDS!! Army Prince, Princess, and 2.5 offspring drove up from Texas and Warrior Princess and her son drove down from the Adirondacks. We were AWASH in wrapping paper and happy kids and food and love. It was fantabulous. And now we’re totally worn out! LOL
Mama Buzz sent me this YouTube with a tissue warning. You’ll need one! I have NO idea how they figure out what prescription these wee ones need. But clearly (see what I did there, “clearly” ha ha!), they can. So heartwarming!
Well, maybe not THAT cold, but pretty damn cold. This is the third day if single digit temperatures. Still, we’ve only had a smidgen of snow, nothing like they were hit with on the east coast. Why do they get so much snow every year? Because they deserve it for voting democrat.
WHY THE HELL WON’T HE JUST GO AWAY? Barack Obama to Prince Harry: Hashtags Don’t Bring About Change Former President Barack Obama told Britain’s Prince Harry in a BBC 4 interview that hashtags alone do not bring about social change.
The Obama administration was notorious for using hashtags in lieu of actual diplomacy or military action to address urgent problems.
The strategy reached its zenith (or nadir) in 2014, when First Lady Michelle Obama tweeted “#BringBackOurGirls” in response to the mass abduction of Nigerian schoolgirls by the terrorist group Boko Haram. http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/27/barack-obama-bbc-prince-harry-hashtags-dont-bring-change/
Barry and Harry: Politicized Prince ‘Interviews’ Obama for BBC as Former U.S. Prez Attacks ‘Corroding Civil Discourse’ on Social Media Former US President Barack Obama made a barely veiled attack on President Trump in a BBC Radio interview conducted by British Royal Prince Harry, apparently politicising the otherwise neutral Royal Family by involving them in Domestic U.S. politics.
Pretty sure this is what Obama *meant* to say… http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/12/27/obama-slams-irresponsible-social-media-use-prince-harry-interview/
‘Not Welcome’: London’s Muslim Mayor Repeats Calls to Cancel Trump Visit Stating he had “previously called on Theresa May to cancel her ill-judged offer of a state visit to President Trump”, the mayor made clear he feels a visit by President Trump would be against the “interests and security of Londoners”. Khan said :”It is clear that any official visit here would not be welcomed.”
Bill de Blasio Compares Himself to Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Mahatma Gandhi
[CtH: Wow, and they say Trump has a big ego?!]
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says he is destined for greatness—so much so that he is comparing himself to Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Mahatma Gandhi.
Democratic insiders, however, bristle at the thought of de Blasio running for nationwide office or taking the national stage, saying that he is full of himself and does not command respect from his colleagues.
“It’s laughable to think that the response to Trump is going to come from a progressive mayor whom progressives don’t rally around and mayors don’t respect,” said one high-placed Democratic operative.
HEIR APPARENT: DeBlasio Chooses Bernie To Swear Him In For Mayor
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio will be sworn in for his second term by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, City Hall revealed Wednesday.
De Blasio’s choice is surprising given his enthusiastic support of former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and his long maintained ties to the Clinton family. These ties were on full display during his first swearing in presided over by former President Bill Clinton, who de Blasio served under in the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
TRUMP EFFECT: Kennedy Center Honors Ratings Crash to All-Time Low After President Boycotts Ceremony OBAMA NEVER MISSED ONE OF THESE CIRCLE JERKS WHERE THE GLITTERATI WOULD FAWN OVER HIM. TRUMP DIDN’T NEED THIS CHARADE. GOOD ON HIM.
President Donald Trump announced earlier this year he would not attend the December 3 awards ceremony, nor hold a White House reception, after several liberals being honored, including Norman Lear, said they would boycott the White House reception for the honorees. It was the most public snub of a president by a Kennedy Center honoree since Paul McCartney canceled on George W. Bush, rescheduling his award when Barack Obama was president.
The American people responded to the Trump-hating liberals by not watching the Kennedy Center Honors broadcast. CBS’ broadcast of Kennedy Center Honors clocked its lowest ratings result in people-meter history, dating back to 1987.
Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton Retain Most Admired Titles
•Barack Obama edges out Donald Trump as most admired man
•Hillary Clinton wins narrow victory over Michelle Obama
•Clinton has won the past 16 years; Obama the past 10
The 2017 survey marks the 16th consecutive year Clinton has been the most admired woman. She has held the title 22 times in total, more than anyone else. Eleanor Roosevelt is second with 13 wins. Obama has now been named the most admired man 10 times, trailing only Dwight Eisenhower, who earned the distinction 12 times.http://news.gallup.com/poll/224672/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-retain-admired-titles.aspx
Democratic Appointees Reluctant To Give Trump More Judgeships To Fill THE DEMOCRATS HAVE COMPLETELY POLITICIZED THE JUDICIARY.
[CtH: If their appointees weren’t using their positions to force unlegislated laws on us, this wouldn’t be an issue.]
Two Democratic appointees to federal appeals courts expressed reluctance to retire during President Donald Trump’s administration, claiming the president has not fielded impressive judicial nominees.
Two unnamed judges told BuzzFeed News that they have concerns about the temperament of Trump’s judicial candidates, despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of his nominees attained approving reviews from legal trade associations.
One circuit judge claimed Trump’s nominees lack the qualifications necessary for judicial service.
Democrats Still Can’t Bring in the Cash They Desperately Need The Democratic National Committee had $6.3 million in the bank on Dec. 1, while the Republican National Committee had six times as much, at $40 million, according to documents the parties filed with the Federal Election Commission. In November, the DNC posted its worst fundraising amount for the month in a decade.
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a former DNC chairman who hosted a party fundraiser at his home Dec. 14, is among the party stalwarts stepping in to try to reverse the course. “I have heard a lot of donors say they need to take a break,” said Mr. McAuliffe. “The party’s job is to convince them they can’t.”
Kathy Griffin Can’t Stop Blaming Trump For Her Own Career-Ending Move
Kathy Griffin continued to blame President Donald Trump for her current career status and said she can’t tour the United States “without getting shot.”
Shortly after pictures of the shoot surfaced, she issued an apology for taking things too far, only to retract that apology a few months later.
“They were thrilled to have someone come over and make fun of Trump,” Griffin explained. “I wish I could tour in the U.S. without getting shot–I know I can’t. I was in the middle of a 50-city tour when the tweet happened. It was canceled in 24 hours.”
[CtH: And how many conservatives have had to cancel because leftists demanded they not be allowed to appear?]
All eyes on Sen. Hatch as he weighs reelection bid The political spotlight is shifting to longtime Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) as he considers whether to run for reelection in 2018. They have showered praise on the powerful Senate Finance Committee chairman for helping to shepherd the GOP’s tax overhaul through the upper chamber.
Much of the intrigue surrounding Hatch’s decision is centered on Mitt Romney, who reportedly plans to run for the seat if Hatch retires. If Hatch retires, Romney would become the immediate front-runner and would be expected to clear the field for the seat.
Trump and Romney have had a contentious relationship over the years. Romney waged a public campaign to stop Trump’s nomination in 2016. In one speech, he called Trump a “phony” and a “fraud.” More recently, Romney denounced failed Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore hours after Trump endorsed him.
Asked earlier this month whether he was trying to prevent Romney from filling Hatch’s seat, Trump dodged the question. “He’s a good man. Mitt’s a good man,” he said.
New Jerusalem Train Station To Be Named After President Trump
Israel will name a new train station after President Trump announced the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv will move to Jerusalem The nation’s transportation minister Israel Katz said Wednesday that the station, if approved and built, will be a thank you to Trump for his “courageous and historic decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Israel.”
The train station would sit in close proximity to the Western Wall, a holy site for worshipers of Judaism and a tourist attraction that brings in roughly 11 million visitors a year.
Vanity Fair Sparks Liberal Meltdown After Calling for Hillary Clinton to Take Up Knitting
The outlet published a video on its Twitter page, featuring a number of millennials offering recommendations to Clinton — who has spent much of 2017 relitigating the 2016 election — to stay away from politics and to do something else.
While the video was no doubt supposed to be a light, comedic ribbing — with Vanity Fair an unlikely backer for President Trump — and expressing in a light-hearted form the sentiment among many Democrats that Clinton may be a drag on the party in 2018 and 2020, Clinton-backers were not impressed.
As with most criticisms of Clinton, even those that come from women, the sexism card was quickly thrown down by those offended by the jokey video.
Actress Patricia Arquette requested that the outlet “STOP TELLING WOMEN WHAT THE F-CK THEY SHOULD DO OR CAN DO. “
ISIS CRUSHED Since Donald Trump Took Office – The Numbers The massive gains come after years of “onerous” rules, when critics say the Obama administration “micromanaged” the war and shunned a more intensive air strategy that could have ended the conflict much sooner.
The rules of engagement under the Obama administration were onerous. I mean what are we doing having individual target determination being conducted in the White House, which in some cases adds weeks and weeks,” said retired Air Force Lt. Gen. David Deptula, the former head of U.S. Air Force intelligence. “The limitations that were put on actually resulted in greater civilian casualties.”
James Woods Trolls Dems, Sheila Jackson Lee After She Stole Other Passenger’s United Airlines Seat
As previously reported, despite United Airlines apologizing to the woman who purchased a first class ticket aboard one of their flights, only to be re-seated because Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee wanted to sit first class, the race-baiting Congresswoman believes no apology was owed. Shortly after this apology and a $500 credit were issued by United, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee went on a Twitter tirade where she claimed that the entire incident is just about race, naturally.
James Woods tweeted out the picture of Sheila Jackson Lee sitting in the stolen first class seat, talking on her cell phone and said, “The Democrat party in a nutshell”. The Democrat party stomps on common middle class people because they believe they are the royals of this country. The Democrats are always in their ivory towers looking down at the proletariat.
Democrats have contempt for Americans; they think they are superior to everyone else and if you dare speak up, you are a racist.
Sarsour: You Have No Right To Tell Us We Can’t Kill Jews
THIS IS A DEMOCRAT/FEMINIST ICON…SHE SHOULD BE DEPORTED Islamic terrorists would like immunity from any accountability. They want to smash in the skulls of little girls, fire rockets at schools from kindergartens and then accuse Israel of violating human rights. But standards work both ways, despite Sarsour’s “punching up terrorism” nonsense. If you opt out of the laws of war, so do your enemies. Everyone is oppressed in their own minds anyway.
But the Democrats continue to stand by Linda Sarsour, despite a blatant defense of anti-Semitic Islamic terrorism and accusations of complicity in sexual harassment against a fellow Muslim woman. Because there’s nothing the left won’t excuse from Islamic Supremacists.
Florida man calls 911 to report restaurant’s clam size too small. When the cops showed up, he got a surprise
After Nelson Agosto, 51, called 911 TWICE to complain that the clams he was served were too small and he didn’t want to pay for them. He was arrested and charged with misuse of 911, which is a misdemeanor.