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July 17, 2016

This should go viral

March 13, 2016

TRUMP!!! RIGHT NOW on MSNBC! saying the person who rushed the stage earlier today..part of ISIS




I am not condoning ANY ATTACK of any sort on any Candidate BUT no Candidate should say what Trump just did the way he did.
December 11, 2015

Third Eyewitness To San Bernardino Shooting Says It Wasn’t ‘Terror Couple’ Who Carried Out Attack

http://countercurrentnews.com/2015/12/eyewitness-to-san-bernardino-says-it-wasnt-couple/



Earlier this month, the attorneys for the Farook family maintained that they do not believe the suspects are the ones who carried out the attacks in question.

Several eyewitnesses and family of witnesses and victims initially said that three athletic Caucasian men had been responsible for carrying out the attacks. Police immediately banned them from speaking with the media.

Just days ago, another eye-witness in the office came forward and said that in spite of what the law enforcement and mainstream media narrative is saying, the people who carried out the attack where very athletic, large, Caucasian men, who were three – not two – in number. Farook’s wife, it should be remembered weighed approximately 90lbs.
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December 6, 2015

Could my neighbors be in federal trouble?

My wife and I dealing with the two down stairs from our condo. Right inside the security door which is used for all 4 apatments there is a mat reading Merry Christmas. My Wife would have been fine with Season Greetings or Happy Holidays. My wife has left letters explaining her objections. But those have been rip down and the mat remains.


Today my wife received a package from amazon of stuff she ordered ON the package was written Merry Christmas and Christmas underline. We found the package on the steps to the condo. In order for the mailman to get in the buzzard needs rung or you need a key.


If one of these neighbors wrote this on my wife's package did they deface postal property? Can they be in trouble?

December 6, 2015

Isn't this how it started 80 years ago in Germany?

http://www.sott.net/article/307442-Federal-judge-rules-Muslim-free-zone-at-Florida-gun-store-fails-to-harm-Muslims




Federal judge rules Muslim-free zone at Florida gun store fails to harm Muslims

A federal judge has dismissed a complaint filed by a Muslim advocacy organization claiming that an Inverness gun shop violated the Civil Rights Act by declaring itself a "Muslim-free zone".

The suit had demanded an injunction against Florida Gun Supply to prohibit it from discriminating against Muslims and others on the basis of religion. The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed the suit against Florida Gun Supply in July after the store's owner Andy Hallinan enacted a Muslim-free zone

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Please let me out now.
December 5, 2015

"Who else has lighted tree but "christians" Christmas tree?"

I came across this DU thread http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027419686 and I was completely shocked by some of the responses.


There are Yuletide trees.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule


Saturnalia used festival of lights

In Roman mythology, Saturn was an agricultural deity who was said to have reigned over the world in the Golden Age, when humans enjoyed the spontaneous bounty of the earth without labor in a state of innocence. The revelries of Saturnalia were supposed to reflect the conditions of the lost mythical age, not all of them desirable. The Greek equivalent was the Kronia.[3]

Although probably the best-known Roman holiday, Saturnalia as a whole is not described from beginning to end in any single ancient source. Modern understanding of the festival is pieced together from several accounts dealing with various aspects.[4] The Saturnalia was the dramatic setting of the multivolume work of that name by Macrobius, a Latin writer from late antiquity who is the major source for information about the holiday. In one of the interpretations in Macrobius's work, Saturnalia is a festival of light leading to the winter solstice, with the abundant presence of candles symbolizing the quest for knowledge and truth.[5] The renewal of light and the coming of the new year was celebrated in the later Roman Empire at the Dies Natalis of Sol Invictus, the "Birthday of the Unconquerable Sun," on December 25.[6]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturnalia

Lights--In the past fires and candles and modern day of LEDs in trees and houses is basically an ongoing human hope and desire. In older times the hope that the "Gods" would bring back the sun and good growing seasons and would not let humans die.

Perhaps to some non-Christians/neo-pagans/wiccans/ atheists lights on a tree is hope and good feeling for humanity and hope for a better new year.

Just a thought.

My wife is Wiccan she has "Christmas trees" A theme tree in every room in her house. The Living room tree is a "Yule Tide tree" Has all white lights and hand written roll scrolls which at midnight are removed by guests and those scrolls contain the thoughts and good wishes of the hostess for her guests.

All the trees are fake because she believes live ones should stay in the world.
November 27, 2015

What is happening in Colorado is basically a "CHRISTIAN terrorist attack" But no one in the media

would DARE call this s terrorist attack.




I am just finding out about this and I hope for the best for all involved but we need to call this what it is.

October 6, 2015

So which story upset you more?

Came across 3 stories about cops doing their "job" on Rawstory.



Video shows California cops punching unarmed woman in brutal arrest — for a seatbelt violation


http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/video-shows-california-cops-punching-unarmed-woman-in-brutal-arrest-for-a-seatbelt-violation/

A woman in Carlsbad, California is suing police after an officer punched her in the face while arresting her over an alleged seatbelt violation.

The New York Daily News reported on a police brutality suit brought by 40-year-old Cindy Hahn, who was arrested and beaten in 2013 as her two children, ages 7 and 11, watched.

According to Hahn’s complaint, on July 31, 2013, she and her children were leaving a birthday party when they came upon a vehicle which was unoccupied with its alarm blaring.

Police cruisers with their lights flashing surrounded the vehicle, but officers were allowing the alarm to blare. When Hahn — whose father is a police officer — asked an officer on duty why police weren’t shutting off the car alarm, the officer — identified in court documents as Officer Kenyatte Valentine — reportedly told her to mind her “own fucking business.”

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Oklahoma cop facing felony charges after savagely beating unarmed suspect with butt of shotgun

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/oklahoma-cop-facing-felony-charges-after-savagely-beating-unarmed-suspect-with-butt-of-shotgun/

An Oklahoma cop has been charged with felony assault after beating a suspect with the butt of a shotgun while other officers held him down, Tulsa World is reporting.

Owasso Police Lt. Michael Dwain Denton, 49, has been suspended and faces assault and battery with a deadly weapon and reckless conduct with a firearm following a high speed car chase on June 14, caught on a police cruiser dash cam.

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WATCH: Road-raging motorcyclist points gun at car — and Georgia cops let him go

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/watch-road-raging-motorcyclist-points-gun-at-car-and-georgia-cops-let-him-go/

n angry motorcyclist who threatened another driver with a gun on a Georgia highway Sunday was allowed by the police to go free.

According to Atlanta’s CBS Channel 46, a former police officer who filmed what appeared to be a clear case of road rage now wants to know why the gun-waving man wasn’t charged.




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