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December 27, 2016
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Away with the manger?
Jerry Newcombe

December 26, 2016
ALAN KEYES — Jesus Christ was born into a time not unlike our own. It could have been confusing when it came to the true authority of government. As part of the Roman Empire, His people lived under Caesar's authority. But as an inhabitant of Judah, Jesus was also subject to the authority of King Herod.... (more)


December 26, 2016
CLIFF KINCAID — Liberal Democrats have been so busy accusing Donald J. Trump of being a Russian agent that they have missed the real Russian agent on the international scene -- Germany's Angela Merkel. Her pro-Muslim immigration policies have not only destabilized Europe and increased terrorism, but have also facilitated the rise of the right-wing political parties our media have expressed alarm about.... (more)


December 26, 2016
FOX NEWS — Israel's government publicly accused the Obama administration Sunday of helping create and push the recently passed United Nations resolution condemning settlement activity, with a top official telling Fox News they have "ironclad information" on the U.S. government's involvement.... (more)


December 26, 2016
ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — Adding a final shameful chapter to a foreign-policy record that already runneth over with them, Barack Obama on Friday abandoned America's commitment to Israel's security, and to the vindication of democracy over sharia-supremacist aggression. In an act of cowardly venom, the president had the United States abstain from -- and thereby effectively enact -- a United Nations Security Council resolution that condemns Israeli settlement activity.... (more)


December 26, 2016
WORLDNETDAILY — Rising criticism of the Obama administration's decision to abstain in a United Nations Security Council vote to condemn Israel for building Jewish homes -- even in the capital city of Jerusalem -- could spur Donald Trump to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem sooner rather than later after assuming the presidency.... (more)


December 26, 2016
LEO HOHMANN — Evidence is mounting in support of the allegation that U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, the nation's first Muslim congressman and a leading candidate for chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is a Muslim Brotherhood operative and has been for years.... (more)


December 26, 2016
WASHINGTON TIMES — President Obama took office criticizing the expansive wars fought under the 2001 and 2002 authorizations for the use of military force, but over the past eight years, he has become attached to the two documents and used them to justify expansion of U.S. military action around the globe.... (more)


December 26, 2016
WASHINGTON TIMES — Russia's penitentiary system has come under scrutiny after a Kremlin critic said he was tortured at a prison camp and forced to shout, "Putin is our president!" Ildar Dadin, 34, made the claims in letters that his attorney and his wife in November smuggled out of the prison camp in Karelia, a remote region in northwestern Russia. He also said he was severely beaten on numerous occasions, hung up by his cuffed hands and threatened with rape.... (more)


December 26, 2016
BILL FEDERER — After losing the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, Aug. 27, 1776, the Continental Army was driven out of New York, across New Jersey and into Pennsylvania. In six months, ranks dwindled from a high of 20,000 at the time the Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4th down to just 2,000 by December of 1776. And these were planning on leaving at the end of year when their six-month enlistment was up, as they had their farms, shops and families to tend to.... (more)


December 25, 2016
BILL FEDERER — On Christmas Day, 496 A.D, Clovis, King of the Francs, was baptized with 3,000 of his soldiers at Rheims, France by Saint Remigius. The name Clovis evolved into Louis, which was the name of 22 French kings.... (more)


December 25, 2016
WASHINGTON TIMES — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office accused the Obama administration Friday evening of secretly conspiring against Israel after the U.S. abstained from voting on a United Nations resolution that condemned his country's construction of settlements in Palestine as a "flagrant violation" of international law.... (more)


December 25, 2016
WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz put the United Nations on notice Saturday evening, issuing his toughest statement yet in response to Friday's vote to condemn Israeli settlement building. In a tweet, the Republican lawmaker said he spoke with the Israeli Prime Minister Saturday evening to not only wish him a happy Hanukkah, but also to "assure him of strong support in Congress."... (more)


December 25, 2016
WASHINGTON EXAMINER — President Obama's open arms to poorly vetted refugees from mostly Muslim nations, a court decision to free potential terrorists and skimpy protection of crowded markets makes the United States as easy an ISIS target as a Berlin Christmas market, according to experts.... (more)


December 25, 2016
WASHINGTON TIMES — President-elect Donald Trump intends to shutter his personal charity and divvy up its assets amid ongoing concerns regarding the potential conflicts of interest and ethics violations that could arise after he takes office next month, the New York Times reported Saturday.... (more)


December 25, 2016
BOB UNRUH — A magistrate judge has ordered the federal government to turn over hundreds of pages of information about a super-secret spy-on-Americans program that is run by AT&T called Hemisphere... (more)


December 24, 2016
WESLEY PRUDEN — The malls and the Main Streets will fall silent. The ringing cash registers and the happy cries of children are but ghostly echoes across the silent cities. But the Christ child born in a manger 2,000 years ago lives, liberating the hearts of sinners and transforming the lives of the wicked.... (more)


December 24, 2016
GARTH KANT — Israeli officials are furious with President Obama for allowing the U.N. to pass a resolution Friday demanding the Jewish state "immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem."... (more)


December 24, 2016
WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will not abide by Friday's United Nations resolution condemning construction of Israeli settlements. "Israel rejects this shameful anti-Israel resolute at the U.N. and will not abide by its terms," the prime minister's office said in a statement after President Obama declined to exercise the United States' veto power.... (more)


December 24, 2016
THE HILL — President-elect Donald Trump slammed the Obama administration for its decision not to veto a U.N. resolution critical of Israel's settlements, promising that it would be "different" under his presidency. "As to the U.N., things will be different after Jan. 20th," Trump tweeted Friday.... (more)


December 24, 2016
GREG COROMBOS — While President Obama proudly claims to have pulled the U.S. economy off the brink of depression and into robust growth, a leading economic expert says Obama's claims are nothing more than "calculated deception" and that America's emergence from the financial crisis is the worst economic performance in 80 years.... (more)


December 24, 2016
DAILY MAIL — Chilling footage has been released of Berlin truck terrorist Anis Amri pledging allegiance to ISIS in a video released just hours after he was gunned down in a dramatic shoot-out with Italian police. The Tunisian, on the run for four days after murdering 12 people in a lorry attack in Berlin, rants about 'crusader' airstrikes and vows to 'slaughter infidels like pigs' in the two-minute clip, published by Islamic State's news agency Amaq.... (more)


December 24, 2016
WASHINGTON TIMES — Sen. Rand Paul zinged President-elect Donald Trump and the incoming administration in his annual Festivus "airing of grievances" inspired by the hit '90s sitcom "Seinfeld." "New administration is lookin good," the Kentucky Republican tweeted Friday morning. "Haven't seen this many billionaires in 1 place since I staked out Bilderbergs w/ Alex Jones. Good times."... (more)


December 23, 2016
NEWSMAX — President Barack Obama and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio "have lost their collective minds" for moving to end databases that track people who come to the U.S. from countries with active terror groups, former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Pete Hoekstra told Newsmax TV on Thursday.... (more)


December 23, 2016
NEWSMAX — The "global left" is looking to 80-year-old Pope Francis for leadership, but his progressive political leanings could alienate more conservative Catholics in the United States and elsewhere, according to the Wall Street Journal.... (more)


December 23, 2016
CONSERVATIVE REVIEW — House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc. (F, 51%) and Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. (F, 40%) have garnered plaudits recently for their strong stance on repealing Obamacare. As voters await the repeal vote they've long been promised, it's worth reflecting on how Republicans have finally gotten to this point.... (more)

 
 
 
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