wnd--2020-02-03--White students win MLK Day essay contest, outrage ensues

( THE COLLEGE FIX ) -- The University of Montana thought it had a good idea a couple of weeks @ @ @ @ @ writing contest for the annual Martin Luther King Day holiday .
It turns out there @ @ @ @ @ of the entrants were white .
Which means all the selected winners were white .

(THE COLLEGE FIX) -- The University of Montana thought it had a good idea a couple of weeks ago: It established a writing contest for the annual Martin Luther King Day holiday.
It turns out there was a problem: All of the entrants were white. Which means all the selected winners were white.
On Martin Luther King Day?
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wnd--2020-02-03--Trump devastates leftists with 'simply brilliant' Super Bowl commercial

Donald Trump 's 2020 campaign debuted a Super Bowl ad Sunday aimed at highlighting the president 's successful efforts to implement criminal justice reform .
The ad features the story of Alice Marie Johnson , who was sentenced in the mid-1990s to life in prison , according to Reason .
Johnson was convicted of being involved in a drug-trafficking conspiracy , but her involvement was nonviolent .
Still , she was slapped with a life sentence without the possibility of parole .
In 2018 , Trump commuted Johnson 's sentence , reportedly after being asked to do so by reality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2018 , Trump signed into law the First Step Act , a prison reform bill that received significant bipartisan support .
Among other things , the legislation is meant to give offenders like Johnson a second chance .
`` The First Step Act enacted commonsense reforms to make our justice system fairer and help inmates successfully transition back into society , '' according to a White House statement .
`` The First Step Act provided the opportunity for sentencing relief for certain defendants who received mandatory minimum sentences prior to the Fair Sentencing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ added .
Trump 's Super Bowl ad , the first of two advertisements his campaign was set to run during the game , aired during the first quarter .
`` Thanks to President Trump , people like Alice are getting a second chance , '' the ad 's caption reads .
`` President Trump got it done . ''
The ad also features footage of Johnson thanking Trump during a news conference .
Trump 's ad set social media ablaze , with conservative commentator Denise McAllister praising it as `` simply brilliant .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ that he `` promised to restore hope in America . ''
`` That includes the least among us .
Together , let ’ s KEEP AMERICA GREAT ! ''
he said .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

Donald Trump's 2020 campaign debuted a Super Bowl ad Sunday aimed at highlighting the president's successful efforts to implement criminal justice reform.
The ad features the story of Alice Marie Johnson, who was sentenced in the mid-1990s to life in prison, according to Reason.
Johnson was convicted of being involved in a drug-trafficking conspiracy, but her involvement was nonviolent.
Still, she was slapped with a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
In 2018, Trump commuted Johnson's sentence, reportedly after being asked to do so by reality TV star Kim Kardashian.
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Also in 2018, Trump signed into law the First Step Act, a prison reform bill that received significant bipartisan support.
Among other things, the legislation is meant to give offenders like Johnson a second chance.
"The First Step Act enacted commonsense reforms to make our justice system fairer and help inmates successfully transition back into society," according to a White House statement.
"The First Step Act provided the opportunity for sentencing relief for certain defendants who received mandatory minimum sentences prior to the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010," the statement added.
Trump's Super Bowl ad, the first of two advertisements his campaign was set to run during the game, aired during the first quarter.
"Thanks to President Trump, people like Alice are getting a second chance," the ad's caption reads.
"Politicians talk about criminal justice reform," it adds.
"President Trump got it done."
The ad also features footage of Johnson thanking Trump during a news conference.
Trump's ad set social media ablaze, with conservative commentator Denise McAllister praising it as "simply brilliant."
Donald Trump’s Criminal Justice Reform Super Bowl ad was simply brilliant. @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/69Lazfd9tX — Denise McAllister (@McAllisterDen) February 3, 2020
This was a good ad highlighting a very good thing Trump did. @AliceMarieFree is a good friend and a wonderful person. https://t.co/FP0T9cir5u — David French (@DavidAFrench) February 3, 2020
Trump with an absolute DAGGER of an ad. He’s gonna get enough of the black vote to absolutely sink any chance his opponent has in 2020. Flat out robbing a constituency Democrats bank on. #SuperBowl — Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) February 2, 2020
Super Bowl ads so far, ranked 1) Trump Superbowl ad 2) Snickers I am not spying Alexa ad 3) Every other ad = total garbage — Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) February 3, 2020
I’ve done a ton of polling on criminal justice reform - that Trump campaign #SuperBowl ad is going to resonate stronger than most will realize... — Robert Blizzard (@robertblizzard) February 2, 2020
The Donald John Trump ad with Alice Johnson is a powerful indictment of our broken criminal justice system the president is reforming. Nice to see someone giving this man credit for what he has done for them and their family. #SuperBowlAd #Trump2020LandslideVictory — Randy Quaid (@RandyRRQuaid) February 3, 2020
In a tweet, Trump noted that he "promised to restore hope in America."
I promised to restore hope in America. That includes the least among us. Together, let’s KEEP AMERICA GREAT! Text TRUMP to 88022 if you liked our Super Bowl ad! pic.twitter.com/Lgjt53B7QX — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2020
"That includes the least among us. Together, let’s KEEP AMERICA GREAT!" he said.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-02-03--John Kerry to run for president amid Bernie fears?

( NBC NEWS ) -- DES MOINES , Iowa — Former Secretary of State John Kerry — one of Joe Biden 's highest-profile endorsers — was overheard Sunday on the phone at a Des Moines hotel explaining what he would have to do to enter the presidential race amid `` the possibility of Bernie Sanders taking down the Democratic Party — down whole . ''
Sitting in the lobby restaurant of the Renaissance Savery hotel , Kerry was overheard by an NBC News analyst saying `` maybe I 'm f -- -ing deluding myself here '' and explaining that in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to step down from the board of Bank of America and give up his ability to make paid speeches .
Kerry said donors like venture capitalist Doug Hickey would have to `` raise a couple of million , '' adding that such donors `` now have the reality of Bernie . ''
Asked about the call later on Sunday , Kerry said that he was `` absolutely not '' contemplating joining the Democratic primary race .
He reiterated this sentiment in a tweet later , saying that `` any report otherwise is f @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
Minutes later , he deleted the tweet and reposted it without the expletive .

(NBC NEWS) -- DES MOINES, Iowa — Former Secretary of State John Kerry — one of Joe Biden's highest-profile endorsers — was overheard Sunday on the phone at a Des Moines hotel explaining what he would have to do to enter the presidential race amid "the possibility of Bernie Sanders taking down the Democratic Party — down whole."
Sitting in the lobby restaurant of the Renaissance Savery hotel, Kerry was overheard by an NBC News analyst saying "maybe I'm f---ing deluding myself here" and explaining that in order to run, he'd have to step down from the board of Bank of America and give up his ability to make paid speeches. Kerry said donors like venture capitalist Doug Hickey would have to "raise a couple of million," adding that such donors "now have the reality of Bernie."
Asked about the call later on Sunday, Kerry said that he was "absolutely not" contemplating joining the Democratic primary race. He reiterated this sentiment in a tweet later, saying that "any report otherwise is f---ing (or categorically) false." Minutes later, he deleted the tweet and reposted it without the expletive.
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wnd--2020-02-03--WATCH: Captain nimbly docks huge ship in violent waters

A captain who docked a massive cruise ship in rough waters and made it look easy is now the star of a viral video after his feat was caught on camera .
The massive ship in the video is the MS Nordnorge , according to the U.K. Daily Mail .
While the vessel was making its way into a Bodo , Norway , harbor on Jan. 21 , violent waves began to push the ship around like a toy .
Lesser captains may have panicked , or abandoned docking altogether .
After all , when a ship meets a solid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Despite the rough conditions , this captain brought his vessel in successfully .
Two workers in high-visibility vests can be seen cautiously approaching the boat as it drifts closer to land .
Eventually , the ship makes contact with land as ropes are thrown overboard .
Amazingly , this resulted in only minimal damage to the MS Nordnorge .
The ship 's communications manager , Rune Thomas Ege , explained the only damage sustained was a few slight surface scuffs .
`` There were small dents around the fender rails to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Broadcasting Corporation , a Norwegian government-owned news organization .
With how violently this ship was being rocked by the waves , it 's clear the damage could have been much greater .
Another video shows the same dangerous docking , but from a different angle .
This clip gives a better idea of how large this ship actually is : Nobody was hurt in this shocking event , largely thanks to the skill and actions of the ship 's captain and crew .
Not all ships are fortunate enough to have such level-headed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one when it needed one the most .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

A captain who docked a massive cruise ship in rough waters and made it look easy is now the star of a viral video after his feat was caught on camera.
The massive ship in the video is the MS Nordnorge, according to the U.K. Daily Mail.
While the vessel was making its way into a Bodo, Norway, harbor on Jan. 21, violent waves began to push the ship around like a toy.
Lesser captains may have panicked, or abandoned docking altogether.
After all, when a ship meets a solid concrete dock, the ship usually loses.
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Despite the rough conditions, this captain brought his vessel in successfully.
Two workers in high-visibility vests can be seen cautiously approaching the boat as it drifts closer to land. Eventually, the ship makes contact with land as ropes are thrown overboard.
Watch the gripping video below:
Amazingly, this resulted in only minimal damage to the MS Nordnorge.
The ship's communications manager, Rune Thomas Ege, explained the only damage sustained was a few slight surface scuffs.
"There were small dents around the fender rails to the rear," Ege told the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, a Norwegian government-owned news organization.
With how violently this ship was being rocked by the waves, it's clear the damage could have been much greater.
Another video shows the same dangerous docking, but from a different angle. This clip gives a better idea of how large this ship actually is:
Nobody was hurt in this shocking event, largely thanks to the skill and actions of the ship's captain and crew.
Not all ships are fortunate enough to have such level-headed captains, but the MS Nordnorge had one when it needed one the most.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-02-02--Trump on 'short' Bloomberg: 'Why should he get a box to stand on?'

( AP ) -- PALM BEACH , Florida -- President Donald Trump used a Super Bowl pregame interview to rail @ @ @ @ @ of hatred and offering schoolyard insults about his potential 2020 rivals .
“ I see @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t care about fairness , they don ’ t care about lying , @ @ @ @ @ taped interview with Fox News Channel ’ s Sean Hannity , which aired on Fox @ @ @ @ @ night of the year .
Trump spent his weekend in Florida as most of the @ @ @ @ @ on Iowa , where Democrats on Monday will cast their first votes to choose the @ @ @ @ @

(AP) -- PALM BEACH, Florida -- President Donald Trump used a Super Bowl pregame interview to rail against Democrats, accusing them of hatred and offering schoolyard insults about his potential 2020 rivals.
“I see the hatred. ... They don’t care about fairness, they don’t care about lying,” Trump said in a taped interview with Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity, which aired on Fox hours before sports’ biggest night of the year.
Trump spent his weekend in Florida as most of the political world has been focused on Iowa, where Democrats on Monday will cast their first votes to choose the party’s nominee.
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wnd--2020-02-02--'Just die, Grandpa': Doctors push 'full totalitarian' health care

The American College of Physicians , with an estimated 159,000 members , advocates a `` full totalitarian '' health-care system in which the elderly are given painkillers to die as a matter of efficiency , warns the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons .
Jane M. Orient , M.D.
, the executive director of the AAPS , reacted to the ACP calling this week called for `` sweeping government action '' that would cover everyone , `` reduce costs '' and improve the health of Americans .
DailyMail.com reported the ACP declared that the U.S. health care system `` is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . '
'' `` Doctors from the association endorsed either a government-run 'single-payer ' system that would cover everyone , or a new 'public option ' government plan that would offer comprehensive coverage to compete with private insurance , '' DailyMail.com reported .
Orient , noting Canada has such a system , pointed out some of the consequences .
`` If the global budget is spent in November , the operating room is closed in December , and the surgeon , who is not allowed to earn any money , is on vacation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plan , Orient pointed out , states that care of the old and seriously ill is not cost-effective .
`` One quarter of Medicare dollars are spent during the last year of a beneficiary 's life , '' the doctors ' organization says .
`` Palliative care has been shown to reduce costs , particularly in the hospital setting , and increase patient and physician satisfaction . ''
ACP spokesman Robert McLean said his group is n't yet `` signing on to specific proposals made by Democratic presidential candidates . ''
The proposals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for All ' bill and former Vice President Joe Biden 's plan to combine a public option , revised Obamacare and drug price negotiations via Medicare .
McLean said his organization looked at high costs , coverage gaps , quality and the `` mind-boggling complexity '' of the system .
Orient commented that before Medicare , the American Medical Association proclaimed that `` the voluntary way is the American way . ''
`` Now , the ACP is advocating the involuntary way , '' she said .
She pointed out that ACP believes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coverage must be compulsory .
Enrollment in any new U.S. system must be mandatory , Orient argued , noting ACP opposes the sale of duplicative coverage .
`` This is One Plan for ALL , and nothing else .
Maybe some plans for luxury services would be allowed , but for trauma , cancer , or heart attacks , the only life-saving services allowed would be from the One Plan , '' Orient said .
`` It is understood that demand for care would soon exceed resources to supply it .
So , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will choose : Global budgeting is 'the process by which society chooses , directs , and enforces how much to spend on health care , what to spend it on , and where that spending will take place , ' '' she said .
Orient 's Association of American Physicians and Surgeons takes a much different approach .
Its white paper explains `` that under Medicare or [ Obamacare ] , Americans have similar options : Take your Medicare or your ACA-compliant plan—or be uninsured . ''
`` To decline Medicare Part A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Security and return all benefits already received .
Moreover , physicians who accept payment from Medicare are not permitted to provide Medicare-covered services to Medicare beneficiaries except under Medicare 's constraints for 'medical necessity , ' allowed charges , and other rules .
This means that such patients can not receive 'covered services ' that are unavailable under these constraints , '' the AAPS white paper says .
`` AAPS points out that Medicare for All proposals would outlaw private insurance .
Patients would have no choice .
They would have to pay @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their turn for whatever services might be available , '' the organization states .
`` Instead , AAPS proposes repealing Medicare 's and ACA 's restrictions on free-market insurance and other financing arrangements for all who wish to work or receive care outside the system .
If Medicare or ACA are so desirable , why the need for a virtual Berlin wall to keep beneficiaries in ?
`` American medicine is at a crossroads , '' the white paper concludes .
`` It can continue on the path that leads from Medicare to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ system , or it can allow freedom-loving Americans to build a private sphere with government confined to its constitutional role .
Our current path will only lead to a worsening of the enormous cost , deteriorating quality , and demoralization we are now experiencing , as inevitable insolvency looms . ''

The American College of Physicians, with an estimated 159,000 members, advocates a "full totalitarian" health-care system in which the elderly are given painkillers to die as a matter of efficiency, warns the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons.
Jane M. Orient, M.D., the executive director of the AAPS, reacted to the ACP calling for "sweeping government action that would cover everyone, "reduce costs" and improve the health of Americans.
DailyMail.com reported the ACP declared the U.S. health care system "is ill and needs a bold new prescription.'"
"Doctors from the association endorsed either a government-run 'single-payer' system that would cover everyone, or a new 'public option' government plan that would offer comprehensive coverage to compete with private insurance," DailyMail.com reported.
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Orient, noting Canada has such a system, pointed out some of the consequences.
"If the global budget is spent in November, the operating room is closed in December, and the surgeon, who is not allowed to earn any money, is on vacation," she said.
The ACP plan, Orient pointed out, states that care of the old and seriously ill is not cost-effective.
"One quarter of Medicare dollars are spent during the last year of a beneficiary's life," the doctors' organization says. "Palliative care has been shown to reduce costs, particularly in the hospital setting, and increase patient and physician satisfaction."
Orient commented that this "assures prompter, cost-efficient death."
ACP spokesman Robert McLean said his group isn't yet "signing on to specific proposals made by Democratic presidential candidates."
The proposals include Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders' 'Medicare for All' bill and former Vice President Joe Biden's plan to combine a public option, revised Obamacare and drug price negotiations via Medicare.
McLean said his organization looked at high costs, coverage gaps, quality and the "mind-boggling complexity" of the system.
Orient commented that before Medicare, the American Medical Association proclaimed that "the voluntary way is the American way."
"Now, the ACP is advocating the involuntary way," she said.
She pointed out that ACP believes that to achieve true universal coverage, coverage must be compulsory.
Enrollment in any new U.S. system must be mandatory, Orient argued, noting ACP opposes the sale of duplicative coverage.
"This is One Plan for ALL, and nothing else. Maybe some plans for luxury services would be allowed, but for trauma, cancer, or heart attacks, the only life-saving services allowed would be from the One Plan," Orient said.
"It is understood that demand for care would soon exceed resources to supply it. So, the architects of the 'Choosing Wisely' will choose: Global budgeting is 'the process by which society chooses, directs, and enforces how much to spend on health care, what to spend it on, and where that spending will take place,'" she said.
Orient's Association of American Physicians and Surgeons takes a much different approach.
Its white paper explains "that under Medicare or [Obamacare], Americans have similar options: Take your Medicare or your ACA-compliant plan—or be uninsured."
"To decline Medicare Part A, Americans also need to forgo Social Security and return all benefits already received. Moreover, physicians who accept payment from Medicare are not permitted to provide Medicare-covered services to Medicare beneficiaries except under Medicare's constraints for 'medical necessity,' allowed charges, and other rules. This means that such patients cannot receive 'covered services' that are unavailable under these constraints," the AAPS white paper says.
"AAPS points out that Medicare for All proposals would outlaw private insurance. Patients would have no choice. They would have to pay in advance through taxes, then wait their turn for whatever services might be available," the organization states.
"Instead, AAPS proposes repealing Medicare's and ACA's restrictions on free-market insurance and other financing arrangements for all who wish to work or receive care outside the system. If Medicare or ACA are so desirable, why the need for a virtual Berlin wall to keep beneficiaries in?
"American medicine is at a crossroads," the white paper concludes. "It can continue on the path that leads from Medicare to ACA to a fully closed, coercive system, or it can allow freedom-loving Americans to build a private sphere with government confined to its constitutional role. Our current path will only lead to a worsening of the enormous cost, deteriorating quality, and demoralization we are now experiencing, as inevitable insolvency looms."


wnd--2020-02-02--Man who hacked cop's head with machete cleared of attempted murder

Despite a suspect 's brutal machete attack being caught on film , the man was cleared of attempted murder after nearly hacking a cop to death .
Muhammad Rodwan was filmed attacking U.K. Metropolitan Police Officer Stuart Outten after a traffic stop in August , according to the Independent .
The 56-year-old Rodwan , who was found guilty of a separate machete attack before the August incident , left Outten in rough shape .
The officer was found to have multiple gashes on his head , cuts on his arms and broken fingers .
Although one Taser shot failed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ subdued Rodwan .
Rodwan told a court that the brutal attack was started by the police officers .
He accused the officers of being rude and injuring him in the struggle , and characterized his bloody machete rampage as a matter of self-defense .
On Jan. 23 , Rodwan learned his fate .
A jury found him guilty of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm .
Shockingly , however , Rodwan was cleared of attempted murder and offensive weapon charges .
One reason the jury might have landed on this verdict @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rodwan previously was convicted of a machete attack , those deciding his fate were not told of this .
The jury also was not informed of a previous rape conviction as well as a drug citation Rodwan had received .
Outten may have miraculously survived , but his attacker appears to have dodged true justice for his crimes .
Watch the harrowing video below to see the attack play out .
The grisly attack underscores the failure of knife control in the United Kingdom and the near-impossibility of disarming people of dangerous instruments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ used by Rodwan in his gardening job , the frenzied man was able to almost take the life of a police officer with it .
Outten will have scars from the harrowing attack for the rest of his life , but thankfully he survived to tell the tale himself .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

Despite a suspect's brutal machete attack being caught on film, the man was cleared of attempted murder after nearly hacking a cop to death.
Muhammad Rodwan was filmed attacking U.K. Metropolitan Police Officer Stuart Outten after a traffic stop in August, according to the Independent.
The 56-year-old Rodwan, who was found guilty of a separate machete attack before the August incident, left Outten in rough shape. The officer was found to have multiple gashes on his head, cuts on his arms and broken fingers.
Although one Taser shot failed to stop the attacker, a followup quickly subdued Rodwan.
Rodwan told a court that the brutal attack was started by the police officers.
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He accused the officers of being rude and injuring him in the struggle, and characterized his bloody machete rampage as a matter of self-defense.
On Jan. 23, Rodwan learned his fate. A jury found him guilty of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
An "arrogant, remorseless" machete attacker who left a police officer with skull fractures and deep gashes to the head has been sentenced to 16 years in prison https://t.co/ig8i4g1DkI — Sky News (@SkyNews) January 24, 2020
Shockingly, however, Rodwan was cleared of attempted murder and offensive weapon charges.
One reason the jury might have landed on this verdict is a lack of information.
Although Rodwan previously was convicted of a machete attack, those deciding his fate were not told of this. The jury also was not informed of a previous rape conviction as well as a drug citation Rodwan had received.
Outten may have miraculously survived, but his attacker appears to have dodged true justice for his crimes.
Watch the harrowing video below to see the attack play out.
The grisly attack underscores the failure of knife control in the United Kingdom and the near-impossibility of disarming people of dangerous instruments.
Although the machete was a tool used by Rodwan in his gardening job, the frenzied man was able to almost take the life of a police officer with it.
Outten will have scars from the harrowing attack for the rest of his life, but thankfully he survived to tell the tale himself.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-02-04--Patriarchy, communism and the women's vote

By a serendipitous quirk of fate ( aka divine providence ) , in 2013 I participated in a World Congress of Families planning committee in Moscow for a major international pro-family conference , which was scheduled to be held at the Kremlin in 2014 .
That conference was canceled due to the political turmoil surrounding Barack Obama 's 2014 coup d'etat in Ukraine and the consequent , fully legitimate Russian annexation of the Crimea .
But for me personally , that trip to Moscow was enormously fruitful .
First of all , I befriended Archpriest Dimitry Smirnoff , Orthodox Patriarch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and was interviewed by him on national Russian television .
And , I had the great honor , as a member of this small planning group , of receiving a special guided tour of the Kremlin ( since that was expected to be the venue for the conference ) and the awe-inspiring Orthodox cathedrals of Red Square .
Most significantly , however , as regards the evolution of my knowledge of geo-political history , I befriended young Russian intellectual Pavel Parentiev , who had just completed an in-depth study of family policy during @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It was from Pavel that I first learned that the outbreak of Marxist war on the natural family in America in the 1960s was almost a carbon copy of what the Soviet Communists had done in Russia from 1917 to the mid 1920s .
In 1917 the Soviets invented what we call `` No Fault Divorce . ''
In the 1918 Family Code , they codified the right of the state to supersede parental rights in `` the best interest of the child '' as determined by the State .
They also established @ @ @ @ @ @ @ undermine the authority of families over children .
And they became the world 's first government to fully legalize abortion on demand .
All of this was driven by the two Marxist imperatives that are today recognized as the heart of Cultural Marxism , as summarized in the 1950s by Herbert Marcuse .
His remedy for the `` crisis '' of `` the repressive order of procreative sexuality '' was `` the elimination of the monogamic and patriarchal family . ''
I had known this for some time , but thanks to Pavel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Vladimir Lenin , who wrote in 1919 : `` True liberation of women , true Communism comes about only when and where the masses rise up … against … small scale households . ''
[ Pavel 's article `` A Brief History of Family Policy in Russia , 1917-2013 '' may be found in The Family in America , Vol .
27 , No .
3 , Summer 2013 . ]
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For Marxism to succeed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ especially – wait for it – male authority in the family structure : the patriarchal order .
And so the Soviets openly admitted that `` women 's liberation '' – their term – was the No .
1 key to establishing Communism .
So what was happening in family-centered Christian America during this time of radical Communist upheaval in Russia ?
What an odd coincidence .
America was undergoing it 's own social upheaval over the question of `` women 's suffrage , '' and on Aug. 18 , 1920 , women were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution .
And what became the No .
1 `` women 's rights '' issue in the 1960s and remains so today ?
Abortion on demand !
Of course , I 'm being facetious when I call it a coincidence .
It is a direct parallel we should learn from .
In Russia , the disastrous consequence of these policies was almost immediate and worsened until the nation-building Stalin era ( 1929 to the mid-1950s ) when many of the destructive family policies were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pure pragmatism as the empire needed the social infrastructure that only healthy families can provide .
Stalin and his successors had learned the painful lesson that the `` sexual revolution '' was poisonous to social order .
They retained abortion as a tool to prevent women from having an excuse to drop out of the workforce in industries that had become dependent on the larger workforce , but otherwise they heavily pushed sexual conservatism at home .
Indeed , in my tour of Russia in 2006 and 2007 I was stunned that relations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ university campuses – looked so normal and healthy , like what Americans enjoyed in the 1950s .
And at every one of my speeches and lectures to college students on the history and tactics of the LGBT movement , the most common comment I heard in response was `` that could never happen here . ''
Again , I 'm not talking old folks – these were young college students , even those of the theatrical arts college in the most Westernized of all the Russian cities : Saint Petersburg .
But the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to export `` sexual revolution '' as a weapon to destroy the Western world from within .
And , indeed , although there was a long delay from the 19th Amendment ( and the first `` Red Scare '' of the 1920s ) until the implementation of the rest of the Soviet family policy agenda during the second Marxist wave of the 1950s ( the second `` Red Scare ) , our own moral collapse and social chaos ensued rapidly .
Reagan did indeed take down the Soviet Union through a combination of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – but the Soviets got in their licks as well , injecting the West with slow-killing poison that might yet still kill us these many years later .
There 's a lesson to be learned from that long period of stability in America 's experience with `` womens liberation '' from the '20s to the '50s compared both to the Russians in the '20s and our own since the 1960s .
The lesson is that women having the right to vote is not a problem – so long as they do n't use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ real women have always embraced as their primary ( not exclusive ) source of strength and place of service – their family .
The social meltdown only began when Marxist agitators began persuading women that true equality with men meant competing against them both in vocational pursuits and more destructively in embracing sexual promiscuity as a social value .
The corollary crises we 've suffered since we lost so many of our women to the Marxists is the wholesale emasculation of two generations of boys under the tyranny of radical feminism and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ without the anchor of marriage-based family .
What we really need is a restoration of the patriarchy – but a more balanced form that acknowledges the equal value and complementary function of men and women , and actively maximizes the mutual benefits of the organic family fabric of society .
We need males to be real men and females to be real women again .

By a serendipitous quirk of fate (aka divine providence), in 2013 I participated in a World Congress of Families planning committee in Moscow for a major international pro-family conference, which was scheduled to be held at the Kremlin in 2014. That conference was canceled due to the political turmoil surrounding Barack Obama's 2014 coup d'etat in Ukraine and the consequent, fully legitimate Russian annexation of the Crimea.
But for me personally, that trip to Moscow was enormously fruitful. First of all, I befriended Archpriest Dimitry Smirnoff, Orthodox Patriarch Kirill's right-hand man on family policy and was interviewed by him on national Russian television. And, I had the great honor, as a member of this small planning group, of receiving a special guided tour of the Kremlin (since that was expected to be the venue for the conference) and the awe-inspiring Orthodox cathedrals of Red Square.
Most significantly, however, as regards the evolution of my knowledge of geo-political history, I befriended young Russian intellectual Pavel Parentiev, who had just completed an in-depth study of family policy during the existence of the Soviet Union. It was from Pavel that I first learned that the outbreak of Marxist war on the natural family in America in the 1960s was almost a carbon copy of what the Soviet Communists had done in Russia from 1917 to the mid 1920s.
In 1917 the Soviets invented what we call "No Fault Divorce." In the 1918 Family Code, they codified the right of the state to supersede parental rights in "the best interest of the child" as determined by the State. They also established a government-controlled foster-care system, specifically to undermine the authority of families over children. And they became the world's first government to fully legalize abortion on demand.
All of this was driven by the two Marxist imperatives that are today recognized as the heart of Cultural Marxism, as summarized in the 1950s by Herbert Marcuse. His remedy for the "crisis" of "the repressive order of procreative sexuality" was "the elimination of the monogamic and patriarchal family." I had known this for some time, but thanks to Pavel I learned that Marcuse was simply echoing Vladimir Lenin, who wrote in 1919: "True liberation of women, true Communism comes about only when and where the masses rise up … against … small scale households." [Pavel's article "A Brief History of Family Policy in Russia, 1917-2013" may be found in The Family in America, Vol. 27, No. 3, Summer 2013.]
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Let this sink in. For Marxism to succeed it must destroy the natural family, especially – wait for it – male authority in the family structure: the patriarchal order. And so the Soviets openly admitted that "women's liberation" – their term – was the No. 1 key to establishing Communism.
So what was happening in family-centered Christian America during this time of radical Communist upheaval in Russia?
What an odd coincidence. America was undergoing it's own social upheaval over the question of "women's suffrage," and on Aug. 18, 1920, women were granted the right to vote through the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. And what became the No. 1 "women's rights" issue in the 1960s and remains so today? Abortion on demand! Of course, I'm being facetious when I call it a coincidence. It is a direct parallel we should learn from.
In Russia, the disastrous consequence of these policies was almost immediate and worsened until the nation-building Stalin era (1929 to the mid-1950s) when many of the destructive family policies were reversed – not from moral repentance but pure pragmatism as the empire needed the social infrastructure that only healthy families can provide. Stalin and his successors had learned the painful lesson that the "sexual revolution" was poisonous to social order. They retained abortion as a tool to prevent women from having an excuse to drop out of the workforce in industries that had become dependent on the larger workforce, but otherwise they heavily pushed sexual conservatism at home.
Indeed, in my tour of Russia in 2006 and 2007 I was stunned that relations between men and women – even on university campuses – looked so normal and healthy, like what Americans enjoyed in the 1950s. And at every one of my speeches and lectures to college students on the history and tactics of the LGBT movement, the most common comment I heard in response was "that could never happen here." Again, I'm not talking old folks – these were young college students, even those of the theatrical arts college in the most Westernized of all the Russian cities: Saint Petersburg.
But the Soviets were no humanitarians. They began to export "sexual revolution" as a weapon to destroy the Western world from within. And, indeed, although there was a long delay from the 19th Amendment (and the first "Red Scare" of the 1920s) until the implementation of the rest of the Soviet family policy agenda during the second Marxist wave of the 1950s (the second "Red Scare), our own moral collapse and social chaos ensued rapidly. Reagan did indeed take down the Soviet Union through a combination of external economic pressure and internal Christian revival – but the Soviets got in their licks as well, injecting the West with slow-killing poison that might yet still kill us these many years later.
There's a lesson to be learned from that long period of stability in America's experience with "womens liberation" from the '20s to the '50s compared both to the Russians in the '20s and our own since the 1960s. The lesson is that women having the right to vote is not a problem – so long as they don't use their vote to harm the very institution real women have always embraced as their primary (not exclusive) source of strength and place of service – their family. The social meltdown only began when Marxist agitators began persuading women that true equality with men meant competing against them both in vocational pursuits and more destructively in embracing sexual promiscuity as a social value.
The corollary crises we've suffered since we lost so many of our women to the Marxists is the wholesale emasculation of two generations of boys under the tyranny of radical feminism and the dangerous rise of feral masculinity among men without the anchor of marriage-based family. What we really need is a restoration of the patriarchy – but a more balanced form that acknowledges the equal value and complementary function of men and women, and actively maximizes the mutual benefits of the organic family fabric of society. We need males to be real men and females to be real women again.


wnd--2020-02-04--Will this bipartisan bill open the door to Medicare for All?

It sounds good – eliminating `` surprise '' medical bills patients sometimes receive from hospitals and providers when their services are n't covered by insurance .
This happens sometimes when patients go to a hospital or emergency room and receive services from a doctor who is `` out of network . ''
But what if it 's the government stepping in to stop the surprise bills ?
Government usually messes things up when it gets involved .
And even worse , this would open the door to Medicare for All .
This would amount to government price controls or rate-setting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ All is the way to fix surprise medical billing .
Left-wing billionaire John Arnold , who established the Laura and John Arnold Foundation to support left-wing causes , is pushing this congressional fix .
Several conservative groups oppose the legislation , including FreedomWorks and Club for Growth .
The Taxpayers Protection Alliance and the National Taxpayers Union are spending money on ads opposing the bill .
Big insurance companies favor the bill .
Doctors oppose it , too .
Nearly 900 doctors and smaller practices said the proposal could have `` devastating unintended @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strongly worded letter to leaders in Congress , they warn that the heavy-handed solution would `` severely impact small practices by eliminating what few incentives remain for insurers to negotiate fairly with us , therefore driving further consolidation within health care , and triggering ensuing cost increases . ''
If this consolidation happens , `` health care costs could increase by as much as 30 percent . ''
It would allow insurers to shift more costs over to patients by using higher deductibles and other cost-sharing measures .
CEO William Thorwarth of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the bill does not prevent insurers from simply keeping any monetary savings to themselves , rather than passing them along to patients .
The Federation of American Hospitals says the bill takes two steps forward and three steps back .
According to Beau Rothschild , former outreach director for the Committee on House Administration , doctors and patients are the victims of surprise medical billing .
`` The insurance companies purposely draw narrow coverage plans and do everything they can to not pay out claims . ''
Additionally , `` patients are given @ @ @ @ @ @ @ insurers purposely make very difficult to get reimbursed for care out of coverage . ''
He says patients should n't have to become experts in coverage in order to figure out what will be paid .
Doctors are victims because they get blamed for insurance 's deliberately confusing language .
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, the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee , released a competing bill favored by doctors and hospitals .
It would ban surprise medical bills , but would let a neutral third party in an independent dispute resolution process determine how much the insurer should pay the doctor if an agreement ca n't be made .
Some of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , as does the American College of Radiology .
Out of the Middle , a coalition of physicians , says the independent dispute resolution process is working in New York where it has been implemented .
According to the New York State Department of Financial Services , IDR has successfully saved consumers $ 400 million and reduced out-of-network billing 34 percent .
Surprise medical bills are a problem .
A study published in the journal Health Affairs found that anesthesiologists , pathologists , radiologists and assistant surgeons at in-network hospitals billed out of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Another study found that over 1 in 5 patients who went to in-network emergency departments were treated by out-of-network emergency physicians .
Unfortunately , the media are not reporting the full picture .
Articles like this do n't bother to mention that health care costs for consumers will increase if this type of legislation is passed .
That patient who was forced to file bankruptcy due to a surprise medical bill ?
Now they 'll merely have to file bankruptcy due to costs being increased in other areas .
The article explains @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ending surprise medical billing .
Even if Congress does n't pass legislation , some individual states are implementing it .
The bill is likely to make it to President Trump .
With bipartisan support , there is a real concern that it will make it into law .

It sounds good – eliminating "surprise" medical bills patients sometimes receive from hospitals and providers when their services aren't covered by insurance. This happens sometimes when patients go to a hospital or emergency room and receive services from a doctor who is "out of network."
But what if it's the government stepping in to stop the surprise bills? Government usually messes things up when it gets involved. And even worse, this would open the door to Medicare for All. This would amount to government price controls or rate-setting. One doctor fully admits Medicare for All is the way to fix surprise medical billing. Left-wing billionaire John Arnold, who established the Laura and John Arnold Foundation to support left-wing causes, is pushing this congressional fix.
Several conservative groups oppose the legislation, including FreedomWorks and Club for Growth. The Taxpayers Protection Alliance and the National Taxpayers Union are spending money on ads opposing the bill. Big insurance companies favor the bill.
Doctors oppose it, too. Nearly 900 doctors and smaller practices said the proposal could have "devastating unintended consequences" on physicians. In a strongly worded letter to leaders in Congress, they warn that the heavy-handed solution would "severely impact small practices by eliminating what few incentives remain for insurers to negotiate fairly with us, therefore driving further consolidation within health care, and triggering ensuing cost increases." If this consolidation happens, "health care costs could increase by as much as 30 percent." It would allow insurers to shift more costs over to patients by using higher deductibles and other cost-sharing measures. CEO William Thorwarth of the American College of Radiology points out that the bill does not prevent insurers from simply keeping any monetary savings to themselves, rather than passing them along to patients. The Federation of American Hospitals says the bill takes two steps forward and three steps back.
According to Beau Rothschild, former outreach director for the Committee on House Administration, doctors and patients are the victims of surprise medical billing. "The insurance companies purposely draw narrow coverage plans and do everything they can to not pay out claims." Additionally, "patients are given very confusing contracts about coverage that the insurers purposely make very difficult to get reimbursed for care out of coverage." He says patients shouldn't have to become experts in coverage in order to figure out what will be paid. Doctors are victims because they get blamed for insurance's deliberately confusing language.
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The legislation is offered by one of the most left-leaning members of the Senate, Patty Murray, D-Wash. Other cosponsors include Senate HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., HOUSE Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., and Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore.
Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas, the top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee, and Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, released a competing bill favored by doctors and hospitals. It would ban surprise medical bills, but would let a neutral third party in an independent dispute resolution process determine how much the insurer should pay the doctor if an agreement can't be made. Some of the conservative groups suppose this alternative legislation, as does the American College of Radiology.
Out of the Middle, a coalition of physicians, says the independent dispute resolution process is working in New York where it has been implemented. According to the New York State Department of Financial Services, IDR has successfully saved consumers $400 million and reduced out-of-network billing 34 percent.
Surprise medical bills are a problem. A study published in the journal Health Affairs found that anesthesiologists, pathologists, radiologists and assistant surgeons at in-network hospitals billed out of network in about 10% of cases. Another study found that over 1 in 5 patients who went to in-network emergency departments were treated by out-of-network emergency physicians.
Unfortunately, the media are not reporting the full picture. Articles like this don't bother to mention that health care costs for consumers will increase if this type of legislation is passed. That patient who was forced to file bankruptcy due to a surprise medical bill? Now they'll merely have to file bankruptcy due to costs being increased in other areas. The article explains how Washington state just passed a law ending surprise medical billing. Even if Congress doesn't pass legislation, some individual states are implementing it. The bill is likely to make it to President Trump. With bipartisan support, there is a real concern that it will make it into law.


wnd--2020-02-04--Kobe Bryant, eternity and the Christian life

I would like to revisit my Feb. 2 , 2020 , `` Sunday Thought For The Day , '' titled : `` Putting Kobe Bryant 's Death Into Perspective . ''
First and very importantly , I want to thank every subscriber and/or reader who commented on the post and those who contacted me by email and text message , noting that they had read Kobe Bryant and his daughter had attended Mass earlier that fateful Sunday morning .
I genuinely appreciate being apprised of same .
I was completely unaware that He had attended `` Communion '' earlier that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it appears , as one friend has informed me , Kobe did attend a Catholic Church .
More importantly , however , I thank God , for this valuable , teachable moment , which brings me to my point .
In the second paragraph of my `` Sunday Thought For The Day '' referenced above , I wrote : `` … what I 've found to be more tragic is the absence of references I have read or heard , that made mention of Bryant being a Christian man .
I personally have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made that had anything to do with Kobe Bryant being a Christian man who had used his great wealth and fame to further God 's Kingdom .
I did n't hear or read of one person who came forward saying that Kobe Bryant had shared Christ with them and that they accepted the Lord as a result of his sharing . ''
Please carefully read that second paragraph again .
You will note that I made it abundantly clear that I personally had neither read nor heard any reference pursuant to Kobe Bryant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of furthering God 's kingdom .
That is a pivotal point of importance .
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The simple fact is that I did n't share incorrect information , because as I specifically stated , I personally had not read nor heard a single mention of Kobe Bryant being a Christian man .
I made it clear that I personally had neither read nor heard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ further God 's Kingdom nor any mention of him having reached people for Christ .
That does n't mean I did n't wonder about his church attendance , but church attendance was n't the point .
The point was to focus on when we die , and what we do for Christ while we are alive .
At the end of our lives , the only thing that matters is where we spend eternity and what we 've done for Christ while alive , with the talent ( s ) He has given @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Christ has lasting and eternal relevance .
This is why what I did n't hear being said about Kobe was for me a testimony of wasted opportunity .
I can not stress enough that unless and until those who claim to be Christians stand up for Christ we will never make a difference in the world .
Until those of us who claim to be Christians truly put God first in every facet of life , we will never make a difference , regardless of how much we wring our hands and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the world .
I submit and will not retreat from my belief that the sinful condition the world wallows in today is far and away because the Christian church , i.e.
, Christian people have disavowed themselves from how God in His Holy Word specifically directs to live .
Suppose every truly born-again Christian purposed on their knees before God that they did n't want to be remembered and eulogized as whatever the world deems magnanimous at that time .
Rather , they wanted their lives as Christians and their work for Jesus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eulogized .
Recently , the pastor of our church attended the funeral of a Christian man who was remembered and eulogized for the great number of lives he touched sharing Jesus Christ as a Gideon .
While alive he passed out thousands of Bibles and shared Christ even more .
I was blessed to have met him when I was a young minister , and I remember his commitment to God fondly .
As a young minister in the 1980s , I vividly remember radio pastor Dr. Steve Brown telling of a man @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hotels in New York City , who was responsible for leading over 200 people to Christ as a doorman .
The man God brought into my life less than one week after I was saved was a Christian blue-collar business owner who loved his family and racquetball – but he loved Christ most of all .
And now , almost 40 years after the Lord brought him into my life , he has been responsible for planting at least three churches , leading people to Christ , helping missionaries and much more .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ordinary men who committed their lives to Christ and lived every day for Him .
They 've left and will leave legacies that far exceeds that of someone who 's known for hitting a ball , being a champion vehicle driver or winning world championships but not using their platforms to reach people for Christ .
As I have said and written before : When I die I want my legacy to be that I was an unrepentant sinner going to hell , until the weekday afternoon I accepted Jesus Christ as my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be that as Christians we may stumble , but because of God 's matchless grace prodigal children can be restored .
As Christians we can use Bryant 's passing to tell the unsaved that no matter how much money you have , no matter how much fame , prestige and power a person has , he can not control the moment of his death .
But he can decide where he will spend eternity .

I would like to revisit my Feb. 2, 2020, "Sunday Thought For The Day," titled: "Putting Kobe Bryant's Death Into Perspective."
First and very importantly, I want to thank every subscriber and/or reader who commented on the post and those who contacted me by email and text message, noting that they had read Kobe Bryant and his daughter had attended Mass earlier that fateful Sunday morning. I genuinely appreciate being apprised of same. I was completely unaware that He had attended "Communion" earlier that morning, nor was I aware that it appears, as one friend has informed me, Kobe did attend a Catholic Church.
More importantly, however, I thank God, for this valuable, teachable moment, which brings me to my point.
In the second paragraph of my "Sunday Thought For The Day" referenced above, I wrote: "… what I've found to be more tragic is the absence of references I have read or heard, that made mention of Bryant being a Christian man. I personally have neither read nor heard a single reference made that had anything to do with Kobe Bryant being a Christian man who had used his great wealth and fame to further God's Kingdom. I didn't hear or read of one person who came forward saying that Kobe Bryant had shared Christ with them and that they accepted the Lord as a result of his sharing."
Please carefully read that second paragraph again. You will note that I made it abundantly clear that I personally had neither read nor heard any reference pursuant to Kobe Bryant being a Christian and/or doing the work of furthering God's kingdom. That is a pivotal point of importance.
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Understand, I'm not doubling down to trying to avoid acknowledging that I shared incorrect information. The simple fact is that I didn't share incorrect information, because as I specifically stated, I personally had not read nor heard a single mention of Kobe Bryant being a Christian man. I made it clear that I personally had neither read nor heard a single reference to his working to further God's Kingdom nor any mention of him having reached people for Christ.
That doesn't mean I didn't wonder about his church attendance, but church attendance wasn't the point. The point was to focus on when we die, and what we do for Christ while we are alive.
At the end of our lives, the only thing that matters is where we spend eternity and what we've done for Christ while alive, with the talent(s) He has given us. Only what we have done for Christ has lasting and eternal relevance. This is why what I didn't hear being said about Kobe was for me a testimony of wasted opportunity.
I cannot stress enough that unless and until those who claim to be Christians stand up for Christ we will never make a difference in the world. Until those of us who claim to be Christians truly put God first in every facet of life, we will never make a difference, regardless of how much we wring our hands and feign concern regarding the moral condition of the world.
I submit and will not retreat from my belief that the sinful condition the world wallows in today is far and away because the Christian church, i.e., Christian people have disavowed themselves from how God in His Holy Word specifically directs to live.
Suppose every truly born-again Christian purposed on their knees before God that they didn't want to be remembered and eulogized as whatever the world deems magnanimous at that time. Rather, they wanted their lives as Christians and their work for Jesus Christ to be what is remembered and eulogized.
Recently, the pastor of our church attended the funeral of a Christian man who was remembered and eulogized for the great number of lives he touched sharing Jesus Christ as a Gideon. While alive he passed out thousands of Bibles and shared Christ even more. I was blessed to have met him when I was a young minister, and I remember his commitment to God fondly.
As a young minister in the 1980s, I vividly remember radio pastor Dr. Steve Brown telling of a man employed at one of the most prestigious hotels in New York City, who was responsible for leading over 200 people to Christ as a doorman.
The man God brought into my life less than one week after I was saved was a Christian blue-collar business owner who loved his family and racquetball – but he loved Christ most of all. And now, almost 40 years after the Lord brought him into my life, he has been responsible for planting at least three churches, leading people to Christ, helping missionaries and much more.
The men I have just referenced were/are ordinary men who committed their lives to Christ and lived every day for Him. They've left and will leave legacies that far exceeds that of someone who's known for hitting a ball, being a champion vehicle driver or winning world championships but not using their platforms to reach people for Christ.
As I have said and written before: When I die I want my legacy to be that I was an unrepentant sinner going to hell, until the weekday afternoon I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior. I want my legacy to be that as Christians we may stumble, but because of God's matchless grace prodigal children can be restored.
As Christians we can use Bryant's passing to tell the unsaved that no matter how much money you have, no matter how much fame, prestige and power a person has, he cannot control the moment of his death. But he can decide where he will spend eternity.


wnd--2020-02-04--Why so 'shocked' by the sexually charged halftime show?

Parents are expressing their outrage .
Religious leaders are expressing their indignation .
How dare the NFL ( and Pepsi ) put on such a raunchy , sexually explicit halftime show on prime-time TV , watched by millions of families together .
But why are we surprised ?
Why the shock and outrage ?
The NFL has been doing this for years .
Have we forgotten that almost every NFL team has cheerleaders – women dressed in the scantiest outfits , gyrating and shaking to the delight of the fans , especially the male fans ?
This is a regular @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The halftime shows just take things to another level .
As for the halftime shows themselves , while it has been my family 's habit for many years to skip that part of the game , to my knowledge , these shows are often anything but family friendly .
The infamous `` wardrobe malfunction '' featuring Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake in 2004 may not have been an accident after all .
Either way , that was hardly a family friendly performance .
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Did they sing old American classics while dressed in wholesome outfits ?
( Right . )
Moms , are these the kind of shows you want your husbands and sons to watch ?
Or your daughters to emulate ?
Speaking of mothers , both Jennifer Lopez and Shakira , the featured performers at Sunday 's Super Bowl , are moms themselves , probably very devoted moms .
And JLo even brought her 11-year-old daughter on stage to perform with her .
But that makes the performance all the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the presence of her daughter , performing on a stripper 's pole ?
With good reason Rev .
Franklin Graham said , `` I do n't expect the world to act like the church , but our country has had a sense of moral decency on prime-time television in order to protect children .
We see that disappearing before our eyes .
`` It was demonstrated tonight in the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show – with millions of children watching .
This exhibition was Pepsi showing young girls that sexual exploitation of women @ @ @ @ @ @ @ women on the rise worldwide , instead of lowering the standard , we as a society should be raising it . ''
A concerned mother expressed it like this ( the language is quite graphic ) : `` The FCC still has rules about decency on network television between certain hours when children are watching .
It is well established that children are watching during the Super Bowl .
I had to send mine out of the room as soon as Jennifer Lopez took the stage in what looked like a two-sided thong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outrageously gross , zooming in on Lopez 's barely covered crotch , so close that the viewer could see some sort of silver maxi pad sticking out from either side of her way-too-small fraud of a garment .
If that thing was n't riding up between her front-hole lips , then my 6o-inch HDTV television was lying to me , and HD never lies . ''
I totally agree with these sentiments , and I applaud those who have spoken out .
But I ask again : why the shock ?
Was this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ past performances ?
And did we expect JLo and Shakira to sing opera ?
The first three Super Bowl halftime shows ( years 1967-1969 ) featured top marching bands from different colleges .
The next show added in performances by Marguerite Piazza , Doc Severinsen , Al Hirt , Lionel Hampton , Carol Channing .
( Come to think of it , Piazza was an opera singer .
As for Carol Channing , she certainly was n't sexually gyrating on the stage . )
By 1974 , along with a marching band , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Miss Texas 1973 – but playing a fiddle .
In 1981 , a marching band was still featured , this time with big band singer Helen O'Connell .
Fast forward to 1987 , and along with the marching band were funny men George Burns and Mickey Rooney .
1988 was a bit more edgy , this time adding in the Rockettes .
But I can assure you that none of them were doing pole dances .
Even in 1992 , there was still a featured marching band , and some of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Walking in a Winter Wonderland . ''
1993 , however , featured Michael Jackson , and quickly , the trend was changing .
One of the featured performers in 2001 was Britney Spears .
2004 also featured Jessica Simpson , together with the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders .
2011 had the Black Eyed Peas , not exactly known for family friendly performances .
In 2012 , it was Madonna and Nicki Minaj .
In 2013 , Beyoncé and Destiny 's Child .
( Beyoncé was back in 2016 . )
And Lady Gaga 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moment in LGBT activism .
But this is just the Super Bowl .
What about the music videos young children have been watching for decades .
I doubt that anything JLo and Shakira did during the Super Bowl is any worse than the normal fare many young Americans have grown up with .
No big deal !
There have been scandalous , sexually explicit , virtually nude videos airing 24/7 for many years now .
And , to repeat , many American children , even younger than pre-teens , have cut their teeth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scenes have they witnessed over the years ?
Why , then , are we so surprised to see a glimpse of it during the Super Bowl ?
Our culture today celebrates prostitution .
Glorifies strippers .
Idolizes porn stars .
( Just think of the cable-TV shows featuring these subjects , and in a positive light at that . )
What happened during Super Bowl LIV was just the latest manifestation of the moral downgrading of our society .
When will we wake up ?
For my part , I 'm not damning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evil people .
No , I see them as being just like the rest of us : gifted but fallen human beings in need of redemption .
And they may be involved in many good and noble causes .
What I am saying is this : The time for moral outrage was decades ago , not today .
Today is the day for repentance and confession and self-examination .
Today is the day to plead for mercy on our fallen and debased culture .
And what does it say of a nation when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pole-dancing agility and a former GOP governor and presidential candidate tweets , `` Best Super Bowl half time show ever ! ''
?
What does it say ?
Making things even worse is that all this has taken place in a climate of increased awareness for the victims of accused sexual predators like Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein , men who allegedly exploited women as sex objects .
What does it say of our culture , of our nation , of our morals ?
It says that we really , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

Parents are expressing their outrage. Religious leaders are expressing their indignation. How dare the NFL (and Pepsi) put on such a raunchy, sexually explicit halftime show on prime-time TV, watched by millions of families together. But why are we surprised? Why the shock and outrage? The NFL has been doing this for years.
Have we forgotten that almost every NFL team has cheerleaders – women dressed in the scantiest outfits, gyrating and shaking to the delight of the fans, especially the male fans?
This is a regular, expected part of the game. The halftime shows just take things to another level.
As for the halftime shows themselves, while it has been my family's habit for many years to skip that part of the game, to my knowledge, these shows are often anything but family friendly.
The infamous "wardrobe malfunction" featuring Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake in 2004 may not have been an accident after all. Either way, that was hardly a family friendly performance.
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What about past performances by Beyoncé or Madonna? Did they sing old American classics while dressed in wholesome outfits? (Right.)
Moms, are these the kind of shows you want your husbands and sons to watch? Or your daughters to emulate?
Speaking of mothers, both Jennifer Lopez and Shakira, the featured performers at Sunday's Super Bowl, are moms themselves, probably very devoted moms. And JLo even brought her 11-year-old daughter on stage to perform with her.
But that makes the performance all the more outrageous. A 50-year-old mother in the presence of her daughter, performing on a stripper's pole?
With good reason Rev. Franklin Graham said, "I don't expect the world to act like the church, but our country has had a sense of moral decency on prime-time television in order to protect children. We see that disappearing before our eyes.
"It was demonstrated tonight in the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show – with millions of children watching. This exhibition was Pepsi showing young girls that sexual exploitation of women is okay. With the exploitation of women on the rise worldwide, instead of lowering the standard, we as a society should be raising it."
A concerned mother expressed it like this (the language is quite graphic): "The FCC still has rules about decency on network television between certain hours when children are watching. It is well established that children are watching during the Super Bowl. I had to send mine out of the room as soon as Jennifer Lopez took the stage in what looked like a two-sided thong and buttless chaps. The camerawork was outrageously gross, zooming in on Lopez's barely covered crotch, so close that the viewer could see some sort of silver maxi pad sticking out from either side of her way-too-small fraud of a garment. If that thing wasn't riding up between her front-hole lips, then my 6o-inch HDTV television was lying to me, and HD never lies."
I totally agree with these sentiments, and I applaud those who have spoken out. But I ask again: why the shock? Was this Super Bowl performance that much worse than past performances? And did we expect JLo and Shakira to sing opera?
The first three Super Bowl halftime shows (years 1967-1969) featured top marching bands from different colleges.
The next show added in performances by Marguerite Piazza, Doc Severinsen, Al Hirt, Lionel Hampton, Carol Channing. (Come to think of it, Piazza was an opera singer. As for Carol Channing, she certainly wasn't sexually gyrating on the stage.)
By 1974, along with a marching band, there was a performance by Judy Mallette, Miss Texas 1973 – but playing a fiddle.
In 1981, a marching band was still featured, this time with big band singer Helen O'Connell.
Fast forward to 1987, and along with the marching band were funny men George Burns and Mickey Rooney.
1988 was a bit more edgy, this time adding in the Rockettes. But I can assure you that none of them were doing pole dances.
Even in 1992, there was still a featured marching band, and some of the songs performed by guests included, "Walking in a Winter Wonderland."
1993, however, featured Michael Jackson, and quickly, the trend was changing.
One of the featured performers in 2001 was Britney Spears.
2004 also featured Jessica Simpson, together with the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders.
2011 had the Black Eyed Peas, not exactly known for family friendly performances.
In 2012, it was Madonna and Nicki Minaj.
In 2013, Beyoncé and Destiny's Child. (Beyoncé was back in 2016.)
In 2015, Katy Perry sang, "I Kissed a Girl."
And Lady Gaga's 2017 performance was celebrated as a major moment in LGBT activism.
But this is just the Super Bowl. What about the music videos young children have been watching for decades. I doubt that anything JLo and Shakira did during the Super Bowl is any worse than the normal fare many young Americans have grown up with. No big deal!
There have been scandalous, sexually explicit, virtually nude videos airing 24/7 for many years now. And, to repeat, many American children, even younger than pre-teens, have cut their teeth on this trash. How many crotch-grabbing scenes have they witnessed over the years? Why, then, are we so surprised to see a glimpse of it during the Super Bowl?
Our culture today celebrates prostitution. Glorifies strippers. Idolizes porn stars. (Just think of the cable-TV shows featuring these subjects, and in a positive light at that.)
What happened during Super Bowl LIV was just the latest manifestation of the moral downgrading of our society. When will we wake up?
For my part, I'm not damning the performers as if they are especially evil people. No, I see them as being just like the rest of us: gifted but fallen human beings in need of redemption. And they may be involved in many good and noble causes.
What I am saying is this: The time for moral outrage was decades ago, not today. Today is the day for repentance and confession and self-examination. Today is the day to plead for mercy on our fallen and debased culture.
And what does it say of a nation when a 50-year-old mother is celebrated for her pole-dancing agility and a former GOP governor and presidential candidate tweets, "Best Super Bowl half time show ever!"? What does it say?
Making things even worse is that all this has taken place in a climate of increased awareness for the victims of accused sexual predators like Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein, men who allegedly exploited women as sex objects.
What does it say of our culture, of our nation, of our morals?
It says that we really, urgently, desperately need awakening and revival.
God have mercy.


wnd--2020-02-04--7 reasons multitudes are saying 'sayonara' to Democratic Party

Pssstt ... Just like Nicodemus came under cover of night to check out Jesus ( John 3:1-21 ) , is it true more and more Democrats are doing the same with President Trump ?
Stunning data from his recent Ohio rally revealed almost 43 % of the attendees identified as either a Democrat or Independent !
Is there a `` Dump the Democrats '' movement developing as people discover what the party has become ?
1 .
Is there ever a time when it 's the will of God to leave a church , doing so with integrity and ideally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fact , our family left a network of churches we helped establish when legalism and authoritarian leadership caused thousands to eventually depart , including a dozen primary leaders .
2 .
Is there ever a time to responsibly resign from employment in a company because of mounting stress and deleterious effects on one 's health and family ?
Of course .
My father-in-law did just that with his family of 10 , transitioning from Pittsburgh to D.C. – and I 'm glad he did , as God providentially had me there to meet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
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How about shifting from a political party ?
What if such a shift represented generations of affiliation and proud identification with the party 's accomplishments and icons ?
`` A prudent man sees evil and hides himself .
The naïve proceed and pay the penalty '' ( Proverbs 27:12 NASB ) .
`` So from that day forward they planned to put Him to death .
Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ near the wilderness … '' ( John 11:53-54 ) .
Leave a political party ?
No question , especially when that party has drifted into extremely dangerous areas , pushing policies that can bring about the destruction of America as she was established and prospered for almost two and a half centuries .
My dad and mom were dyed-in-the wool Democrats and so was I as a young man .
I enthusiastically cheered for Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy and then proudly wore my `` Jimmy Carter for President '' button , happy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' Baptist Sunday school teacher candidate for president .
But in the past few decades a subtle and somewhat imperceptible ideological shift has been taking place in the Democratic Party that is reshaping it from liberalism to a leftist , anti-traditionalist party espousing radical policies that would 've been categorically rejected not long ago !
Previously , disagreements between the two parties would 've focused on fiscal issues , but now they 're serious moral matters .
Heretofore uninformed people have `` woke , '' recognizing they 've been seduced by a cleverly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very existence as a nation .
Eric Metaxas , author of `` If You Can Keep It : The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty , '' raises a red flag for people to recognize that there was a time when the Democratic Party was n't dominated as it is today by leftist-leaning radicals : '' Very sadly for the country , that day has gone , at least for now .
So if the Democrats of today win control of the White House and both Houses of Congress , we are in for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we can never recover . ''
Metaxas emphasizes that Abraham Lincoln , a Republican ( like Ronald Reagan ) , viewed the divine destiny of America as `` the last best hope of the world .
… If we keep the republic and preserve American self-government we make it possible for the flame of liberty to spread to other parts of the globe , where they look to us for leadership . ''
`` We must recognize the path the left is forging ; otherwise the forces of globalism and secularism will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seen , and the flame of liberty will flicker and sputter and eventually go out .
I pray that God and his people never let that happen . ''
Likewise , Kenneth Blackwell of the Family Research Council warns us of the `` startling contrast '' between the two major parties .
Significant gains in public policy protecting faith , freedom and family will be imperiled if leftist-dominated Democratic politicians gain more positions in local , state and federal government .
Due to my role as a cultural commentator , I have a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ biblically informed perspective to wonderful people such as yourself whom I 'm privileged to serve .
Although there were times I had to hold my nose while exposing myself to things the 24 Democratic presidential candidates said during the past year , here are seven reasons multitudes of patriotic Americans are starting to say `` sayonara '' to the Democratic Party as they increasingly recognize what it advocates .
1 .
Advance the LGBTQ agenda by aggressively communicating it to our children K-high school when the Bible clearly teaches `` marriage '' is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or a woman and a woman but only between one man and one woman ( Genesis 2:24 ) .
Engaging in homosexual conduct is not an acceptable alternative lifestyle but the same as fornication and adultery ( 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ) .
God accepts all who respond to His love , but He does not approve of what Scripture labels sinful conduct .
2 .
Celebrate the abortion of unborn babies , taxpayer-funded until the moment of birth for any reason , plus terminate children surviving the procedure as `` women 's healthcare @ @ @ @ @ @ @ life is precious and babies are not to be murdered in the womb but protected ( Psalm 139:13 ; Proverbs 31:8 ) .
Sophisticated sonograms indisputably show we 've exterminated 62 million babies by abortion , the equivalent of the population of 19 states .
This genocide must stop , and when candidates treat it like `` removing a toenail '' and `` compassionate reproductive rights '' this is serious deception .
3 .
Change the makeup of our free-market economy with opportunity for all willing and able to work into socialistic , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Embrace an open-borders immigration policy allowing all foreign nationals into America , providing free health care and giving them protected status until future asylum hearings that do n't come for years , with the overwhelming majority never making an appearance .
5 .
Accept and advocate lawlessness : promotion of sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants ; ignoring laws regarding drug enforcement and distribution ; passing `` soft on crime '' laws that eliminate cash bail , allowing criminals with violent tendencies back on the streets after simply being given `` citations . ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ our duly elected president and obsess over removing him from office `` by any means necessary . ''
7 .
Promote numerous initiatives harmful to America : Legalize marijuana and other recreational drugs ; decriminalize prostitution ; provide every adult American with a guaranteed monthly income of $ 1,000 ; give `` free '' health care to everyone including illegal immigrants ; promise `` free '' college education for everyone including illegal immigrants ; removal of all college debt ; pay reparations to all ancestors of slaves ; and accept the revolutionary provisions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prevent our extinction in 10 years '' and placate Time magazine 's petulant teenage climate change `` Person of the Year . ''
After Barack Obama heralded his `` fundamental transformation of America '' and set our country back horribly with his so-called `` progressivism , '' multitudes are sensing the time has come to depart the Democratic Party , knowing that if progressives reign , then progress reverses and the reprieve we 've enjoyed will be removed .
Let 's build upon the extraordinary achievements of the past three years and go @ @ @ @ @ @ @ great again , because God is great in America again !

Pssstt ... Just like Nicodemus came under cover of night to check out Jesus (John 3:1-21), is it true more and more Democrats are doing the same with President Trump? Stunning data from his recent Ohio rally revealed almost 43% of the attendees identified as either a Democrat or Independent! Is there a "Dump the Democrats" movement developing as people discover what the party has become?
1. Is there ever a time when it's the will of God to leave a church, doing so with integrity and ideally with relationships intact?
Absolutely. In fact, our family left a network of churches we helped establish when legalism and authoritarian leadership caused thousands to eventually depart, including a dozen primary leaders.
2. Is there ever a time to responsibly resign from employment in a company because of mounting stress and deleterious effects on one's health and family?
Of course. My father-in-law did just that with his family of 10, transitioning from Pittsburgh to D.C. – and I'm glad he did, as God providentially had me there to meet my now wife of almost 44 years.
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3. How about shifting from a political party? What if such a shift represented generations of affiliation and proud identification with the party's accomplishments and icons?
"A prudent man sees evil and hides himself. The naïve proceed and pay the penalty" (Proverbs 27:12 NASB).
"So from that day forward they planned to put Him to death. Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went away from there to the country near the wilderness …" (John 11:53-54).
Leave a political party? No question, especially when that party has drifted into extremely dangerous areas, pushing policies that can bring about the destruction of America as she was established and prospered for almost two and a half centuries.
Dramatic change with Democrats
My dad and mom were dyed-in-the wool Democrats and so was I as a young man. I enthusiastically cheered for Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy and then proudly wore my "Jimmy Carter for President" button, happy to have an unashamedly "born again" Baptist Sunday school teacher candidate for president.
But in the past few decades a subtle and somewhat imperceptible ideological shift has been taking place in the Democratic Party that is reshaping it from liberalism to a leftist, anti-traditionalist party espousing radical policies that would've been categorically rejected not long ago!
Previously, disagreements between the two parties would've focused on fiscal issues, but now they're serious moral matters. Heretofore uninformed people have "woke," recognizing they've been seduced by a cleverly camouflaged "progressive" threat to our very existence as a nation.
Eric Metaxas, author of "If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty," raises a red flag for people to recognize that there was a time when the Democratic Party wasn't dominated as it is today by leftist-leaning radicals:
"Very sadly for the country, that day has gone, at least for now. So if the Democrats of today win control of the White House and both Houses of Congress, we are in for a radical deconstruction of America from which we can never recover."
Metaxas emphasizes that Abraham Lincoln, a Republican (like Ronald Reagan), viewed the divine destiny of America as "the last best hope of the world. … If we keep the republic and preserve American self-government we make it possible for the flame of liberty to spread to other parts of the globe, where they look to us for leadership."
"We must recognize the path the left is forging; otherwise the forces of globalism and secularism will be given free reign as we have never seen, and the flame of liberty will flicker and sputter and eventually go out. I pray that God and his people never let that happen."
Likewise, Kenneth Blackwell of the Family Research Council warns us of the "startling contrast" between the two major parties. Significant gains in public policy protecting faith, freedom and family will be imperiled if leftist-dominated Democratic politicians gain more positions in local, state and federal government.
Radical policies promoted
Due to my role as a cultural commentator, I have a God-given assignment to bring analysis and a biblically informed perspective to wonderful people such as yourself whom I'm privileged to serve. Although there were times I had to hold my nose while exposing myself to things the 24 Democratic presidential candidates said during the past year, here are seven reasons multitudes of patriotic Americans are starting to say "sayonara" to the Democratic Party as they increasingly recognize what it advocates.
Here's the Democratic Party's unbiblical to-do list:
1. Advance the LGBTQ agenda by aggressively communicating it to our children K-high school when the Bible clearly teaches "marriage" is not between a man and a man or a woman and a woman but only between one man and one woman (Genesis 2:24). Engaging in homosexual conduct is not an acceptable alternative lifestyle but the same as fornication and adultery (1 Corinthians 6:9-10). God accepts all who respond to His love, but He does not approve of what Scripture labels sinful conduct.
2. Celebrate the abortion of unborn babies, taxpayer-funded until the moment of birth for any reason, plus terminate children surviving the procedure as "women's healthcare" when the standard of Scripture teaches life is precious and babies are not to be murdered in the womb but protected (Psalm 139:13; Proverbs 31:8). Sophisticated sonograms indisputably show we've exterminated 62 million babies by abortion, the equivalent of the population of 19 states. This genocide must stop, and when candidates treat it like "removing a toenail" and "compassionate reproductive rights" this is serious deception.
3. Change the makeup of our free-market economy with opportunity for all willing and able to work into socialistic, government-controlled production and profit.
4. Embrace an open-borders immigration policy allowing all foreign nationals into America, providing free health care and giving them protected status until future asylum hearings that don't come for years, with the overwhelming majority never making an appearance.
5. Accept and advocate lawlessness: promotion of sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants; ignoring laws regarding drug enforcement and distribution; passing "soft on crime" laws that eliminate cash bail, allowing criminals with violent tendencies back on the streets after simply being given "citations."
6. Intentionally obstruct each initiative by our duly elected president and obsess over removing him from office "by any means necessary."
7. Promote numerous initiatives harmful to America: Legalize marijuana and other recreational drugs; decriminalize prostitution; provide every adult American with a guaranteed monthly income of $1,000; give "free" health care to everyone including illegal immigrants; promise "free" college education for everyone including illegal immigrants; removal of all college debt; pay reparations to all ancestors of slaves; and accept the revolutionary provisions of the Green New Deal to "prevent our extinction in 10 years" and placate Time magazine's petulant teenage climate change "Person of the Year."
Here's the deal
After Barack Obama heralded his "fundamental transformation of America" and set our country back horribly with his so-called "progressivism," multitudes are sensing the time has come to depart the Democratic Party, knowing that if progressives reign, then progress reverses and the reprieve we've enjoyed will be removed. Let's build upon the extraordinary achievements of the past three years and go forward with leadership committed to making America great again, because God is great in America again!


wnd--2020-02-04--Democrats call Trump's expansion of travel ban 'racist'

Democrats criticized as `` racist '' the White House announcement that the Trump administration has restricted travel from an additional six nations for reasons of national security .
Democrats called the original ban a `` Muslim ban , '' and on Saturday , Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden called its expansion an `` African Ban , '' BizPacReview reported .
Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told reporters on Friday that after a `` systematic review '' of all countries , the administration has added Burma , Eritrea , Kyrgyzstan , Nigeria , Sudan and Tanzania to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Iran , Libya , North Korea , Somalia , Syria , Venezuela and Yemen .
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld its constitutionality in 2018 after multiple challenges .
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi described the expansion as `` discrimination disguised as policy . ''
`` The Trump administration ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ban threatens our security , our values and the rule of law , '' she said in a statement .
`` The sweeping rule , barring more than 350 million individuals from predominantly African nations from traveling to the United States , is discrimination disguised as policy . ''
She vowed that Democrats will do everything in their power to resist the president .
`` In the Congress and in the Courts , House Democrats will continue to oppose the Administration ’ s dangerous anti-immigrant agenda , '' she said .
`` In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Committee will mark-up and bring to the Floor the NO BAN Act to prohibit religious discrimination in our immigration system and limit the President ’ s ability to impose such biased and bigoted restrictions . ''
Jihad Watch Director Robert Spencer commented that the Trump administration contention that the bans are needed for security reasons is `` entirely reasonable . ''
For many on the left , however , Spencer said , `` concern for national security is 'racist ' and must be done away with . ''
Wolf said the additional six @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seven .
`` These countries , for the most part , want to be helpful , want to do the right thing , have relationships with the U.S. and are in some cases improving relations , but for a variety of different reasons failed to meet those minimum requirements that we laid out , '' he said .
`` And really the only way to mitigate the risk is to impose these travel restrictions . ''

Democrats criticized as "racist" the White House announcement that the Trump administration has restricted travel from an additional six nations for reasons of national security.
Democrats called the original ban a "Muslim ban," and on Saturday, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden called its expansion an "African Ban," BizPacReview reported.
Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told reporters on Friday that after a "systematic review" of all countries, the administration has added Burma, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania to the list.
Already, the list contained Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld its constitutionality in 2018 after multiple challenges.
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Wolf said President Trump signed a proclamation "issuing tailored travel restrictions on 6 countries that currently fail to meet the minimum US security standards set by this Administration."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi described the expansion as "discrimination disguised as policy."
"The Trump administration’s expansion of its outrageous, un-American travel ban threatens our security, our values and the rule of law," she said in a statement. "The sweeping rule, barring more than 350 million individuals from predominantly African nations from traveling to the United States, is discrimination disguised as policy."
She vowed that Democrats will do everything in their power to resist the president.
"In the Congress and in the Courts, House Democrats will continue to oppose the Administration’s dangerous anti-immigrant agenda," she said. "In the coming weeks, the House Judiciary Committee will mark-up and bring to the Floor the NO BAN Act to prohibit religious discrimination in our immigration system and limit the President’s ability to impose such biased and bigoted restrictions."
Jihad Watch Director Robert Spencer commented that the Trump administration contention that the bans are needed for security reasons is "entirely reasonable."
For many on the left, however, Spencer said, "concern for national security is 'racist' and must be done away with."
Wolf said the additional six nations have lighter restrictions than the original seven.
"These countries, for the most part, want to be helpful, want to do the right thing, have relationships with the U.S. and are in some cases improving relations, but for a variety of different reasons failed to meet those minimum requirements that we laid out," he said. "And really the only way to mitigate the risk is to impose these travel restrictions."


wnd--2020-02-04--440 scientific papers last year disputed climate alarm

Last year , more than 440 scientific papers were published that cast doubt on the claim that human-caused carbon emissions are causing catastrophic changes to the climate .
The papers show that climate science is not `` settled , '' the NoTricksZone blog reported .
The website noted that while the papers challenge the claims of climate alarmists with evidence , they do n't prove that the claims are invalid .
The papers support four main skeptical positions questioning the climate alarm popularized in academia and media : TRENDING : Biden snaps as 'Today ' show host confronts him on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ significant role in the net changes in the climate system , including temperature variations , precipitation patterns and weather events .
The influence of increased carbon concentrations on climatic changes are less pronounced than currently imagined , the papers shows .
• The intensity of warming , hurricanes , droughts sea-level rise , glacier and sea ice retreat during the modern era is neither unprecedented or remarkable , falling within the range of natural variability .
• The computer climate models are neither reliable or consistently accurate .
The uncertainty and error ranges @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate states are not supported by observations , making them little more than speculation .
• Policies to reduce emissions such as advocacy for renewables are often ineffective and even harmful to the environment .
On the other hand , elevated carbon and a warmer climate provide unheralded benefits to the biosphere , including enhanced crop yields .
Conversely , the papers do not support the following `` consensus '' positions of climate alarmists : • Some 110 % of the warming since 1950 has been caused by increases in human-caused carbon emissions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 0 % .
• Modern warming , glacier and sea ice recession , sea level rise , drought and hurricane intensities are all occurring at unprecedentedly high and rapid rates , and thus endanger the global biosphere and human civilization .
• The climate models are reliable and accurate , and the scientific understanding of the effects of both natural factors carbon concentration changes on climate is `` settled enough '' that `` the time for debate has ended . ''
• Wind and solar expansion are safe , effective and environmentally friendly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ papers have been posted on the following pages by NoTricksZone :

Last year, more than 440 scientific papers were published that cast doubt on the claim that human-caused carbon emissions are causing catastrophic changes to the climate.
The papers show that climate science is not "settled," the NoTricksZone blog reported.
The website noted that while the papers challenge the claims of climate alarmists, they don't prove that the claims are invalid.
The papers support four main skeptical positions that question the climate alarm popularized in academia and media:
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Natural mechanisms play a significant role in the net changes in the climate system, including temperature variations, precipitation patterns and weather events. The influence of increased carbon concentrations on climatic changes are less pronounced than currently imagined, the papers show.
The intensity of warming, hurricanes, droughts sea-level rise, glacier and sea-ice retreat during the modern era is neither unprecedented or remarkable, falling within the range of natural variability.
The computer climate models are neither reliable nor consistently accurate. The uncertainty and error ranges are irreducible, and projections of future climate states are not supported by observations, making them little more than speculation.
Policies to reduce emissions such as advocacy for renewables are often ineffective and even harmful to the environment. On the other hand, elevated carbon and a warmer climate provide unheralded benefits to the biosphere, including enhanced crop yields.
Conversely, the papers do not support the following "consensus" positions of climate alarmists:
Some 110% of the warming since 1950 has been caused by increases in human-caused carbon emissions, leaving natural attribution at close to 0%.
Modern warming, glacier and sea-ice recession, sea level rise, drought and hurricane intensities are all occurring at unprecedentedly high and rapid rates, and thus endanger the global biosphere and human civilization.
The climate models are reliable and accurate, and the scientific understanding of the effects of both natural factors carbon concentration changes on climate is "settled enough" that "the time for debate has ended."
Wind and solar expansion are safe, effective and environmentally friendly alternatives.
Summaries and links to the papers have been posted on the following pages by NoTricksZone:
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