thestream--2020-10-17--Pro-Abortionists: Now More Honest, But More Horrible Too

I ’ m struck by this more-honest-but-more-horrible turn among prominent pro-abortion advocates .
Stevie Nicks declares : “ If I had not had that abortion , I ’ m pretty sure there would have been no Fleetwood Mac.
” The band was already famous when she aborted her child , conceived with The Eagles ’ Don Henley .
The music website COS explains : “ She seems to have been suggesting that Fleetwood Mac wouldn ’ t have turned into the cultural heavyweight it became , and Nicks wouldn ’ t have realized her potential.
” The already rich and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ realized her potential.
” In other words : “ I wouldn ’ t have gotten my Oscar/I wouldn ’ t have this plush office/I wouldn ’ t have this great house ( car/travel/leisure activities ) /Fleetwood Mac wouldn ’ t have had another hit album , if I hadn ’ t killed my child.
” Unsurprisingly , Nicks invokes the late Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as her “ hero.
” Meaning mainly her support of “ abortion rights.
” Her Baby Had to Go Nicks told The Guardian : “ There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could have had a child then , working as hard as we worked constantly .
And there were a lot of drugs , I was doing a lot of drugs .
… I would have had to walk away .
And I knew that the music we were going to bring to the world was going to heal so many people ’ s hearts and make people so happy.
” Her baby had to go .
“ And I thought : you know what ?
That ’ s really important .
There ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that has two lead women singers , two lead women writers .
That was my world ’ s mission.
” The mission was so important — and not just for her , for the world !
— it couldn ’ t wait a few months till she had her baby .
I first wrote about this in January , when actress Michelle Williams credited her success to being able to abort her child .
She thought that without abortion few women will succeed in the world — succeed as she understands success .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and available abortion .
These people speak of abortion as a kind of healing , like setting a broken leg or removing a tumor .
It saves them from a pregnancy .
This way of speaking about abortion began in the nineties .
In the eighties , pro-choicers still claimed to be agnostic about when life begins and prattled on about privacy .
Those who haven ’ t gotten the memo still do .
The Supreme Court endorsed the idea .
In Casey v. Planned Parenthood , the court claimed that women had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nearly 20 year .
“ An entire generation has come of age free to assume Roe ’ s concept of liberty in defining the capacity of women to act in society , and to make reproductive decisions , ” they wrote .
Therefore it must remain legal .
There is a straight line from the Court ’ s language to Michelle Williams ’ speech .
In order to make it in life , women need to have the right to kill their own children .
That is their horrible assertion .
In 1995 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said it honestly in an article in The New Republic , one of America ’ s major liberal magazines .
She admitted that the unborn child is a life , But she still favored what she saw as the mother ’ s interests over her child ’ s .
It was also a breakthrough in more-honest-but-more-horrible pro-abortionism .
From the Court to Wolf to Nicks to Ginsburg This development comes full circle in Stevie Nicks ’ invoking Ginsburg .
This is precisely what David Mills warned about in his piece on Ginsburg , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when critiquing her .
“ Ginsburg wanted to drive legal abortion into the Constitution , ” he explained .
She even wanted to make the government fund abortions because ( she insisted ) women can ’ t be completely equal to men without them .
She explained this in her confirmation hearing in 1993 .
Limiting abortion in any way “ controls women and denies them full autonomy and full equality with men.
” Here ’ s David ’ s important insight : “ Ginsburg didn ’ t like basing abortion in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the Roe court did .
That leaves open the possibility of balancing her right to privacy with her unborn child ’ s right to live .
She wasn ’ t proposing abortion as a tragic necessity , a way out for women who just can ’ t have a child .
She didn ’ t talk about abortion being ‘ safe , legal , and rare , ’ as the Clintons once did .
Those arguments also allow for restrictions.
” “ None of that halfway stuff , ” David wrote .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Constitution demands women have complete equality with men ; the inability to free themselves of a fetus keeps them from that equality ; therefore , the Constitution demands that abortion be completely legal.
” The rock star Stevie Nicks , the actress Michelle Williams , they understand it .
So do millions of other pro-abortion people .
No one in the 70s or 80s could have said out loud what Nicks and Williams now give as the reason for celebrating abortion .
Even Wolf didn ’ t celebrate it .
Society had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , for them to put the truth right out there .
More honest .
But also more horrible .
Thanks , RBG , for helping bring us to that point .

I’m struck by this more-honest-but-more-horrible turn among prominent pro-abortion advocates. Stevie Nicks declares: “If I had not had that abortion, I’m pretty sure there would have been no Fleetwood Mac.”
The band was already famous when she aborted her child, conceived with The Eagles’ Don Henley. The music website COS explains: “She seems to have been suggesting that Fleetwood Mac wouldn’t have turned into the cultural heavyweight it became, and Nicks wouldn’t have realized her potential.”
The already rich and famous singer “wouldn’t have realized her potential.” In other words: “I wouldn’t have gotten my Oscar/I wouldn’t have this plush office/I wouldn’t have this great house (car/travel/leisure activities)/Fleetwood Mac wouldn’t have had another hit album, if I hadn’t killed my child.”
Unsurprisingly, Nicks invokes the late Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as her “hero.” Meaning mainly her support of “abortion rights.”
Her Baby Had to Go
Nicks told The Guardian: “There’s just no way that I could have had a child then, working as hard as we worked constantly. And there were a lot of drugs, I was doing a lot of drugs. … I would have had to walk away. And I knew that the music we were going to bring to the world was going to heal so many people’s hearts and make people so happy.”
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Her baby had to go. “And I thought: you know what? That’s really important. There’s not another band in the world that has two lead women singers, two lead women writers. That was my world’s mission.” The mission was so important — and not just for her, for the world! — it couldn’t wait a few months till she had her baby.
I first wrote about this in January, when actress Michelle Williams credited her success to being able to abort her child. She thought that without abortion few women will succeed in the world — succeed as she understands success. Therefore, the world needs completely legal and available abortion.
These people speak of abortion as a kind of healing, like setting a broken leg or removing a tumor. It saves them from a pregnancy. This way of speaking about abortion began in the nineties. In the eighties, pro-choicers still claimed to be agnostic about when life begins and prattled on about privacy. Those who haven’t gotten the memo still do.
The Court’s Idea
The Supreme Court endorsed the idea. In Casey v. Planned Parenthood, the court claimed that women had organized their lives assuming legal abortion for nearly 20 years. “An entire generation has come of age free to assume Roe’s concept of liberty in defining the capacity of women to act in society, and to make reproductive decisions,” they wrote. Therefore it must remain legal.
There is a straight line from the Court’s language to Michelle Williams’ speech. In order to make it in life, women need to have the right to kill their own children. That is their horrible assertion.
In 1995, the best-selling feminist writer Naomi Wolf said it honestly in an article in The New Republic, one of America’s major liberal magazines. She admitted that the unborn child is a life, But she still favored what she saw as the mother’s interests over her child’s. It was also a breakthrough in more-honest-but-more-horrible pro-abortionism.
From the Court to Wolf to Nicks to Ginsburg
This development comes full circle in Stevie Nicks’ invoking Ginsburg. This is precisely what David Mills warned about in his piece on Ginsburg, the more nefarious thing many pro-lifers miss when critiquing her.
“Ginsburg wanted to drive legal abortion into the Constitution,” he explained. She even wanted to make the government fund abortions because (she insisted) women can’t be completely equal to men without them.
She explained this in her confirmation hearing in 1993. Limiting abortion in any way “controls women and denies them full autonomy and full equality with men.” Here’s David’s important insight: “Ginsburg didn’t like basing abortion in the woman’s right to privacy, as the Roe court did. That leaves open the possibility of balancing her right to privacy with her unborn child’s right to live. She wasn’t proposing abortion as a tragic necessity, a way out for women who just can’t have a child. She didn’t talk about abortion being ‘safe, legal, and rare,’ as the Clintons once did. Those arguments also allow for restrictions.”
“None of that halfway stuff,” David wrote. “She offered a simple argument: The Constitution demands women have complete equality with men; the inability to free themselves of a fetus keeps them from that equality; therefore, the Constitution demands that abortion be completely legal.”
They Understand It
The rock star Stevie Nicks, the actress Michelle Williams, they understand it. So do millions of other pro-abortion people. No one in the 70s or 80s could have said out loud what Nicks and Williams now give as the reason for celebrating abortion. Even Wolf didn’t celebrate it.
Society had to grow more cold, more cruel, for them to put the truth right out there. More honest. But also more horrible. Thanks, RBG, for helping bring us to that point.
Peter Wolfgang is president of Family Institute of Connecticut Action. He lives in Waterbury, Conn., with his wife and their seven children. The views expressed on The Stream are solely his own.


thestream--2020-10-17--What We Cannot Know Unless We Know the Bible

Once Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling became persona non grata over her stance on the transgender issue , progressive writers are left with only one literary reference : Margaret Atwood ’ s The Handmaid ’ s Tale .
Even before Amy Coney Barrett was picked to replace Justice Ginsburg on the Supreme Court , opinion writers compared her to the misogynistic leaders in Atwood ’ s dystopia because of her views on abortion .
Not a one of these opinion pieces references any book predating the 1980s .
The Great Books , argues Luther Ray Abel , have been largely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the great books can be directly attributed to our culture-wide unfamiliarity with the Good Book .
An undergrad from a small liberal-arts school , Abel is consistently surprised that his peers do not know even the best-known accounts in the Bible .
“ When a class must stop at almost every biblical reference in the poetry of Emily Dickinson — so that a student or the professor can explain who John the Baptist was or why the Book of Revelation is kind of a big deal — the quality and pace of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ course , looms large in Western literature .
Augustine , Chaucer , Dante , Shakespeare , Milton , Dickens , Dostoevsky , Melville , Mark Twain , and even ( ironically ) Margaret Atwood allude to the Bible in their metaphors — turns of phrase , and portrayals of the human condition .
In fact , the Bible is like a key that unlocks many of these works .
To read and understand them requires some basic knowledge of the Bible .
In fact , the English language itself has been significantly shaped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Anglican minister Glen Scrivener delivered an incredible spoken-word poem on YouTube to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible .
In it , Scrivener highlighted the many phrases owed to that historic translation , such as , “ A law unto themselves , ” “ A man after his own heart , ” “ A thorn in the flesh , ” “ All things to all men , ” “ Eat , drink , and be merry , ” “ An eye for an eye , ” and “ By @ @ @ @ @ @ @ familiar expressions — used countless times by authors , poets , politicians , leaders , and story tellers of various kinds — are Biblical expressions .
Think of the references to biblical stories and concepts still common to our speech .
“ That guy has ‘ the patience of Job , ’ ” we say .
“ That rule is ‘ written in stone.
’ ” “ I ’ d like to ‘ extend an olive branch ’ to my opponent.
” Or even , ( and especially apropos to 2020 ) , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ” The Beating Heart of Western Language and Literature The Bible is the beating heart of Western language and literature .
Our lack of Biblical knowledge both reflects and reinforces the sort of “ chronological snobbery ” that dominates higher education and public discourse today .
The quick and easy remedy to this lack of knowledge , the way to open the closed door to the past , is simple : Know the Bible .
Crack the cover open , absorb God ’ s words , let them work on our hearts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with relevance and application that never run out .
It ’ s like a pool in which a child can wade and an elephant can swim .
Like a certain Lion you may have read about , the Bible has this way of growing bigger as we grow older .
Increasing Our Knowledge of the Bible God has given us the gift of others who have invested their lives in understanding Scripture .
Their works can help saturate us is Scripture , from Gordon Fee ’ s How to Read the Bible for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Eugene Peterson ’ s Eat This Book , to The Big Picture Story Bible for kids .
One of the most helpful resources in understanding Scripture is actually on YouTube .
The Bible Project ’ s collection of beautifully-illustrated explainer videos walks through books of the Bible , the Big Story of the Bible , and essential themes of the Bible .
Together , the videos provide a tremendous course of study in this Book of books .
Though an appeal to Biblical study may fall on deaf ears in our culture ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can increase our knowledge of the Bible and , by extension , the reach and impact of Western literature .
At the very least , we ’ ll have better references for current events than Margaret Atwood .
John Stonestreet serves as president of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview .
He ’ s a sought-after author and speaker on areas of faith and culture , theology , worldview , education and apologetics .
Originally published on Breakpoint.org : BreakPoint Commentaries .
Republished with permission of The Colson Center for Christian Worldview .

Once Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling became persona non grata over her stance on the transgender issue, progressive writers are left with only one literary reference: Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Even before Amy Coney Barrett was picked to replace Justice Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, opinion writers compared her to the misogynistic leaders in Atwood’s dystopia because of her views on abortion. Not a one of these opinion pieces references any book predating the 1980s.
The Great Books, argues Luther Ray Abel, have been largely abandoned. And, our culture-wide unfamiliarity with the great books can be directly attributed to our culture-wide unfamiliarity with the Good Book. An undergrad from a small liberal-arts school, Abel is consistently surprised that his peers do not know even the best-known accounts in the Bible. “When a class must stop at almost every biblical reference in the poetry of Emily Dickinson — so that a student or the professor can explain who John the Baptist was or why the Book of Revelation is kind of a big deal — the quality and pace of instruction decline.”
Loom Large
The Bible, of course, looms large in Western literature. Augustine, Chaucer, Dante, Shakespeare, Milton, Dickens, Dostoevsky, Melville, Mark Twain, and even (ironically) Margaret Atwood allude to the Bible in their metaphors — turns of phrase, and portrayals of the human condition. In fact, the Bible is like a key that unlocks many of these works. To read and understand them requires some basic knowledge of the Bible.
In fact, the English language itself has been significantly shaped by Holy Scripture. Several years back, Anglican minister Glen Scrivener delivered an incredible spoken-word poem on YouTube to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. In it, Scrivener highlighted the many phrases owed to that historic translation, such as, “A law unto themselves,” “A man after his own heart,” “A thorn in the flesh,” “All things to all men,” “Eat, drink, and be merry,” “An eye for an eye,” and “By the skin of my teeth.” These familiar expressions — used countless times by authors, poets, politicians, leaders, and story tellers of various kinds — are Biblical expressions.
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Think of the references to biblical stories and concepts still common to our speech. “That guy has ‘the patience of Job,’” we say. “That rule is ‘written in stone.’” “I’d like to ‘extend an olive branch’ to my opponent.” Or even, (and especially apropos to 2020), “This year has been ‘apocalyptic.’”
The Beating Heart of Western Language and Literature
The Bible is the beating heart of Western language and literature. Our lack of Biblical knowledge both reflects and reinforces the sort of “chronological snobbery” that dominates higher education and public discourse today.
The quick and easy remedy to this lack of knowledge, the way to open the closed door to the past, is simple: Know the Bible. Crack the cover open, absorb God’s words, let them work on our hearts and minds. Scripture is inexhaustible, with relevance and application that never run out. It’s like a pool in which a child can wade and an elephant can swim. Like a certain Lion you may have read about, the Bible has this way of growing bigger as we grow older.
Increasing Our Knowledge of the Bible
God has given us the gift of others who have invested their lives in understanding Scripture. Their works can help saturate us is Scripture, from Gordon Fee’s How to Read the Bible for All It’s Worth, to Eugene Peterson’s Eat This Book, to The Big Picture Story Bible for kids.
One of the most helpful resources in understanding Scripture is actually on YouTube. The Bible Project’s collection of beautifully-illustrated explainer videos walks through books of the Bible, the Big Story of the Bible, and essential themes of the Bible. Together, the videos provide a tremendous course of study in this Book of books.
Though an appeal to Biblical study may fall on deaf ears in our culture (as will that reference), we can increase our knowledge of the Bible and, by extension, the reach and impact of Western literature. At the very least, we’ll have better references for current events than Margaret Atwood.
John Stonestreet serves as president of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. He’s a sought-after author and speaker on areas of faith and culture, theology, worldview, education and apologetics.
Originally published on Breakpoint.org: BreakPoint Commentaries. Republished with permission of The Colson Center for Christian Worldview.


thestream--2020-10-17--A Classic Argument for God You May Never Have Heard Before

How do we know there is a God ?
Here ’ s one answer you may never have considered before @ @ @ @ @ a famous one , and a powerful one .
Dive in and see how much @ @ @ @ @ Gilson ( @ TomGilsonAuthor ) is a senior editor with The Stream and the author @ @ @ @ @ , including the recently released Too Good To Be False : How Jesus ’ Incomparable @ @ @ @ @

How do we know there is a God? Here’s one answer you may never have considered before — but it’s a famous one, and a powerful one. Dive in and see how much sense it makes!
Tom Gilson (@TomGilsonAuthor) is a senior editor with The Stream and the author or editor of six books, including the recently released Too Good To Be False: How Jesus’ Incomparable Character Reveals His Reality.


thestream--2020-10-17--‘The Big Guy’ = Joe Biden = Chinese Payoff?

Joe Biden was on the take .
Paid by Communist Chinese while serving as Vice President of the United State and in charge of policy toward China .
That is the only rational conclusion when considering newly released emails and documents .
The story is very simple .
Hunter Biden worked a lucrative deal with a Chinese energy giant chock full of members of the Chinese Communist Party .
Hunter would get his 20 % cut , and someone called “ the big guy ” got 10 % .
The “ big guy , ” sources say , was Joe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the stunning stories of corruption and payoffs and pay-to-play that have emerged in recent days , starting with the shocking revelations by the New York Post .
Stories so damaging ( and irrefutable ) , Facebook and Twitter launched a massive effort to stop the story from being shared .
Twitter finally relented , so you can now share it to your heart ’ s content : ( Here ’ s the link to the initial censored story : https : //nypost.com/2020/10/14/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad/ ) And Joe Biden ’ s response last night when finally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ No response.
” He called it a “ smear campaign ” and nearly bit the head off the CBS reporter .
Fox News got hold of an email dated May 13 , 2017 that includes discussions of “ remuneration packages ” for six people engaged in a business deal with China ’ s then-largest private energy company .
Hunter Biden was scheduled to be chair or vice-chair of the venture , “ pending on agreement with CECF.
” ( Apparently a reference to the now-bankrupt CEFC China Energy Co. ) The Post first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ equity split , earmarking “ 20 for H ” and “ 10 held by H for the big guy ?
” One of the people on the email confirmed its authenticity to Fox News .
And sources tell Fox News “ the big guy ” was , indeed , Vice President Biden .
See here for the emails : https : //nypost.com/2020/10/15/emails-reveal-how-hunter-biden-tried-to-cash-in-big-with-chinese-firm/ According to the New York Post , as he pursued deals with CECF , Hunter Biden wrote of one that would be “ interesting to me and my family.
” Who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to , when you ’ re talking deals with the Chinese , when Joe Biden is VP and heading US policy on China ?
One of the deals Hunter arranged with CEFC chairman Ye Jianming was half-ownership of a holding company that would pay Hunter $ 10 million a year .
Hunter explains in an email that Ye sweetened the contract so he would get $ 10 million a year “ for introductions alone.
” Now , I ’ m sure Hunter ’ s daughters are lovely , but a Chinese businessman with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ service isn ’ t forking over $ 10 million a year to meet them .
For $ 10 million , he wants top U.S. officials .
He wants ‘ the big guy.
” Speaking of “ the big guy ” and Hunter Biden ’ s daughters , in a text released by Rudy Giuliani , Hunter assures one of his daughters “ Don ’ t worry .
Unlike Pop , I won ’ t take half your salary.
” Yep .
According to Hunter , Joe took half of whatever Hunter earned for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t you think it is vital to know if , in this specific case , Joe Biden was paid $ 5 million a year by the Chinese , via Hunter , while he was overseeing Chinese policy ?
We ’ d ask Ye Jianming himself , but Chinese authorities grabbed him in 2018 and he hasn ’ t been seen since .
( Convenient for Joe now , huh ? )
Another little tidbit from innercitypress.com .
It came out during the corruption trial of a Ye associate that Ye gave Hunter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s help gaining access to the UN World Food Programme .
Biden was on the board of World Food Program USA .
No word yet on whether Hunter had to split the diamond with his dad .
Of course , all these new revelations are on top of the already known story of Hunter being given $ 1.5 billion by the Chinese for a hedge fund , right after VP Biden flew over to Beijing with Hunter in tow .
( And remember , Olympic gymnasts can ’ t bend so far @ @ @ @ @ @ @ China . )
And this doesn ’ t even touch the Ukrainian business .
For a brief refresh : • Joe Biden is put in charge of Ukraine policy , particularly Ukraine corruption .
• The corrupt Burisma , already under investigation , quickly hires Hunter Biden at upwards of $ 83,000 a month .
• What Burisma wants ?
Good PR and to have the investigation go away .
• Burisma ’ s # 3 executive is thanking Hunter for setting up a meeting with the Vice President .
• The prosecutor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ started getting pressure from the U.S. to back off .
• Within 8 months , Joe Biden is in Ukraine telling Ukraine ’ s president if he doesn ’ t immediately fire the prosecutor Biden will hold up a billion dollars in aid .
• As Joe would later brag , “ son-of-a-b**** , he was fired.
” Now , remember the FBI was given Hunter Biden ’ s laptop , with all the emails and documentations of his Ukraine ( and Chinese ) dealings in December 2019 .
One vexing question is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forward with the information during the impeachment .
After all , the President of the United States was on trial simply for asking Ukraine to look into those very Ukrainian activities .
Why was the FBI protecting Biden and not helping clear the President ?
Biden Blows Up When Asked About The Scandal Remarkably , Biden was not asked about any of this at his ABC Town Hall Thursday night .
Journalistic malpractice of the highest order .
Finally , last night outside his campaign plane , Biden was asked by CBS reporter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NY Post stories .
Biden snapped .
“ I know you ’ d ask it .
I have no response , it ’ s another smear campaign , right up your alley , those are the questions you always ask.
” In 1973 President Nixon famously said , “ people have got to know whether their president is a crook .
I am not a crook.
” We know how that turned out .
We are 16 days from the Presidential Election .
One that ’ ll decide the fate of the country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 21st Century belongs to the Chinese or remains one of American greatness .
Right now , at this crucial historic moment , the American people must know whether the presidential candidate leading the polls is a crook .
With his answer last night , Joe Biden is saying we don ’ t deserve to know .
Al Perrotta is the Managing Editor of The Stream and co-author , with @ JZmirak , of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration .
You can follow him at @ StreamingAl .
And if you aren ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at @ Streamdotorg .

Joe Biden was on the take. Paid by Communist Chinese while serving as Vice President of the United State and in charge of policy toward China. That is the only rational conclusion when considering newly released emails and documents.
The story is very simple. Hunter Biden worked a lucrative deal with a Chinese energy giant chock full of members of the Chinese Communist Party. Hunter would get his 20% cut, and someone called “the big guy” got 10%. The “big guy,” sources say, was Joe Biden.
This is but one of the stunning stories of corruption and payoffs and pay-to-play that have emerged in recent days, starting with the shocking revelations by the New York Post. Stories so damaging (and irrefutable), Facebook and Twitter launched a massive effort to stop the story from being shared. Twitter finally relented, so you can now share it to your heart’s content: (Here’s the link to the initial censored story: https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad/)
And Joe Biden’s response last night when finally asked about the emerging scandals? “No response.” He called it a “smear campaign” and nearly bit the head off the CBS reporter.
Here’s the details.
Remuneration Packages for the Bidens
Fox News got hold of an email dated May 13, 2017 that includes discussions of “remuneration packages” for six people engaged in a business deal with China’s then-largest private energy company. Hunter Biden was scheduled to be chair or vice-chair of the venture, “pending on agreement with CECF.” (Apparently a reference to the now-bankrupt CEFC China Energy Co.)
The Post first reported on the email detailing the proposed equity split, earmarking “20 for H” and “10 held by H for the big guy?” One of the people on the email confirmed its authenticity to Fox News. And sources tell Fox News “the big guy” was, indeed, Vice President Biden.
See here for the emails: https://nypost.com/2020/10/15/emails-reveal-how-hunter-biden-tried-to-cash-in-big-with-chinese-firm/
According to the New York Post, as he pursued deals with CECF, Hunter Biden wrote of one that would be “interesting to me and my family.”
Who do you think “family” refers to, when you’re talking deals with the Chinese, when Joe Biden is VP and heading US policy on China?
Here’s further smoke.
Hunter Paid $10 Million for “Introductions”
One of the deals Hunter arranged with CEFC chairman Ye Jianming was half-ownership of a holding company that would pay Hunter $10 million a year.
Hunter explains in an email that Ye sweetened the contract so he would get $10 million a year “for introductions alone.” Now, I’m sure Hunter’s daughters are lovely, but a Chinese businessman with ties to the Chinese military and intelligence service isn’t forking over $10 million a year to meet them.
For $10 million, he wants top U.S. officials. He wants ‘the big guy.”
Speaking of “the big guy” and Hunter Biden’s daughters, in a text released by Rudy Giuliani, Hunter assures one of his daughters “Don’t worry. Unlike Pop, I won’t take half your salary.” Yep. According to Hunter, Joe took half of whatever Hunter earned for decades.
Dear Biden voter, don’t you think it is vital to know if, in this specific case, Joe Biden was paid $5 million a year by the Chinese, via Hunter, while he was overseeing Chinese policy?
We’d ask Ye Jianming himself, but Chinese authorities grabbed him in 2018 and he hasn’t been seen since. (Convenient for Joe now, huh?)
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Another little tidbit from innercitypress.com. It came out during the corruption trial of a Ye associate that Ye gave Hunter a $2.6 million diamond for Hunter’s help gaining access to the UN World Food Programme. Biden was on the board of World Food Program USA. No word yet on whether Hunter had to split the diamond with his dad.
A Profitable Pattern of Corruption
Of course, all these new revelations are on top of the already known story of Hunter being given $1.5 billion by the Chinese for a hedge fund, right after VP Biden flew over to Beijing with Hunter in tow. (And remember, Olympic gymnasts can’t bend so far over backwards as Joe Biden did for China.)
And this doesn’t even touch the Ukrainian business. For a brief refresh:
Joe Biden is put in charge of Ukraine policy, particularly Ukraine corruption. The corrupt Burisma, already under investigation, quickly hires Hunter Biden at upwards of $83,000 a month. What Burisma wants? Good PR and to have the investigation go away. Burisma’s #3 executive is thanking Hunter for setting up a meeting with the Vice President. The prosecutor, in sworn affidavits, says he started getting pressure from the U.S. to back off. Within 8 months, Joe Biden is in Ukraine telling Ukraine’s president if he doesn’t immediately fire the prosecutor Biden will hold up a billion dollars in aid. As Joe would later brag, “son-of-a-b****, he was fired.”
Now, remember the FBI was given Hunter Biden’s laptop, with all the emails and documentations of his Ukraine (and Chinese) dealings in December 2019. One vexing question is why the FBI didn’t come forward with the information during the impeachment. After all, the President of the United States was on trial simply for asking Ukraine to look into those very Ukrainian activities. Why was the FBI protecting Biden and not helping clear the President?
Biden Blows Up When Asked About The Scandal
Remarkably, Biden was not asked about any of this at his ABC Town Hall Thursday night. Journalistic malpractice of the highest order. Finally, last night outside his campaign plane, Biden was asked by CBS reporter Bo Erickson for his response to the NY Post stories. Biden snapped. “I know you’d ask it. I have no response, it’s another smear campaign, right up your alley, those are the questions you always ask.”
I asked Joe Biden: What is your response to the NYPost story about your son, sir? He called it a “smear campaign” and then went after me. “I know you’d ask it. I have no response, it’s another smear campaign, right up your alley, those are the questions you always ask.” pic.twitter.com/Eo6VD4TqxD — Bo Erickson CBS (@BoKnowsNews) October 17, 2020
In 1973 President Nixon famously said, “people have got to know whether their president is a crook. I am not a crook.” We know how that turned out.
We are 16 days from the Presidential Election. One that’ll decide the fate of the country. One that will determine whether the 21st Century belongs to the Chinese or remains one of American greatness.
Right now, at this crucial historic moment, the American people must know whether the presidential candidate leading the polls is a crook.
With his answer last night, Joe Biden is saying we don’t deserve to know.
Al Perrotta is the Managing Editor of The Stream and co-author, with @JZmirak, of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration. You can follow him at @StreamingAl. And if you aren’t already, please follow The Stream at @Streamdotorg.


thestream--2020-10-18--Trump Derangement Syndrome Can Be Cured. But Democrats Won’t Like the Medicine

Just under four years ago , most of my liberal friends were laid low by Donald Trump ’ s victory .
Trump Derangement Syndrome ( TDS ) started to infect people , but it had not yet turned into a global pandemic .
I was sympathetic .
I had suffered from a similar condition , Obama Bitterness Syndrome ( OBS ) , for almost eight years under the previous administration .
My symptoms were milder and I identified the source of my illness from the beginning .
Some unhealthy cells on my side of the body politic .
I was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
My friends , on the other hand , were in total denial .
There was nothing wrong with their “ bodies.
” Rather than look inward for the source of the malady , it was easier to believe that sinister outside forces were at work .
Things like Russian collusion and social media trolling were offered up as possible sources of infection .
Knowing that healing can not begin without a proper diagnosis , I set about trying to help my unwell friends by telling them about my affliction .
I explained @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an outside agent .
Barack Obama was merely a symptom .
I did not want to vote for him , but just as assuredly I could not bring myself to vote for McCain or Romney .
My impairment was caused by the inferior candidate the Republican Party offered me .
It was the lack of someone to vote for that ushered in my OBS .
I then offered them a parallel in the form of Hillary Clinton .
I reminded them Ms. Clinton is ten of the evilest people in the world residing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in fact , that many of their fellow Democrats couldn ’ t bring themselves to vote for her .
That , was the true source of their malady .
Because I am not a doctor , my diagnosis was ignored .
Another reason my bout with OBS was mild was because my constant exposure to liberal ideology has made my immune system strong .
I could fight off the tunnel vision associated with these syndromes .
This tunnel vision can lead to a secondary infection that impairs one ’ s ability to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ live in an echo chamber , rarely exposed to true conservative thought .
Much like the child who is not allowed to eat dirt or go to nursery school ends up with a weakened immune system , these “ echo-chamber ” liberals are likewise immunocompromised .
An infection of TDS in such a person creates a type of irrationality through which no amount of logic or facts can penetrate .
I warned them then that their “ body ” needed some new blood , a transfusion if you will .
If the Democrats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tired , party hacks in 2020 , my friends were going to suffer eight years of TDS rather than four .
Once again , none of them listened to me .
And then there we were , almost four years later and well on our way to seeing Trump winning re-election by a Reagan-style landslide .
The economy was soaring , and unemployment was at a fifty-year low .
The few fresh faces on the Democrat side were toyed with briefly , only to be left on the trash heap along with pet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other fads .
Leaving the path to the White House clear for the once and future ward heeler , Joe Biden .
Were it not for the advent of the economy wrecking Covid-19 , my prediction would have come devastatingly true .
Amazingly enough , even with this serendipitous gift to the Democrats , my prognosis is still , more than likely to be accurate .
Especially with the economy rebounding faster than anyone anticipated and the unemployment rate having just dropped to 7.9 % .
There is no vaccine for Trump Derangement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ flattening of the curve .
In 2016 people thought the cure lay in impeachment , or legal proceedings of some sort .
This was doomed to fail as it was akin to ridding yourself of the flu by attacking the sneeze .
Only by realizing the cause of the ailment is the rotten cells in your own “ body politic ” can true healing begin .
Surgery is needed to excise these damaged cells .
Several of your fellow Democrats , who do not suffer from TDS , understand this .
A great @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the problem back in 2019 .
After showing several clips of Trump calling Democrats crazy , Maher said , “ Hey Democrats , don ’ t make him believable on that , and you win.
” He went on to describe how each of the Democratic hopefuls were doing the exact opposite .
He then lamented , “ This should be easy , just be less crazy than Donald Trump.
” The cure ?
Face the fact that the person your party put up to defeat Trump is probably worse .
The claims @ @ @ @ @ @ @ false , yet the person your party is running against him has an easily verifiable history of racist acts and statements .
A 13-year-old recording of a foul comment , and scant else , has convinced you that Trump is a molester of women .
Yet the person your party is running against him can be seen in tons of videos and photos creepily sniffing women ’ s hair , pressing his body against theirs , and giving clearly unwanted shoulder rubs .
President Trump was impeached on the charge of quid pro @ @ @ @ @ @ @ common American colloquialism , “ I would like you to do us a favor ” .
Of course , there was no other evidence , so he was acquitted .
However , there is video from when the person your party is running against him was vice-president , bragging about what is the dictionary definition of a quid pro quo .
One might say Trump ’ s advanced age could be a negative factor — except the candidate your party is running against him is three years older .
In addition , your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the state of this country today , and yet has had fifty years in office to try to do something about it .
Trump , in less than four years , is potentially up for two Nobel Peace Prizes .
As if that weren ’ t enough , the Democratic candidate is clearly suffering from the early stages of dementia .
What kind of inhuman monsters would keep parading this man about when he should be spending the rest of his days in the company of family and loved ones with whatever dignity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the best Democrats have to offer ?
The path to a cure lies within the answers of those two questions .
Trump is just a symptom .
But , believe me , if he were the disease , Joe Biden would most definitely not be the cure .

Just under four years ago, most of my liberal friends were laid low by Donald Trump’s victory. Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) started to infect people, but it had not yet turned into a global pandemic.
I was sympathetic. I had suffered from a similar condition, Obama Bitterness Syndrome (OBS), for almost eight years under the previous administration. My symptoms were milder and I identified the source of my illness from the beginning. Some unhealthy cells on my side of the body politic. I was able to find a path towards healing.
My friends, on the other hand, were in total denial. There was nothing wrong with their “bodies.” Rather than look inward for the source of the malady, it was easier to believe that sinister outside forces were at work. Things like Russian collusion and social media trolling were offered up as possible sources of infection.
The Path Towards Healing
Knowing that healing cannot begin without a proper diagnosis, I set about trying to help my unwell friends by telling them about my affliction. I explained that my infirmity was not caused by an outside agent. Barack Obama was merely a symptom. I did not want to vote for him, but just as assuredly I could not bring myself to vote for McCain or Romney. My impairment was caused by the inferior candidate the Republican Party offered me. It was the lack of someone to vote for that ushered in my OBS.
I then offered them a parallel in the form of Hillary Clinton. I reminded them Ms. Clinton is ten of the evilest people in the world residing in one body. So evil, in fact, that many of their fellow Democrats couldn’t bring themselves to vote for her. That, was the true source of their malady. Because I am not a doctor, my diagnosis was ignored.
Another reason my bout with OBS was mild was because my constant exposure to liberal ideology has made my immune system strong. I could fight off the tunnel vision associated with these syndromes. This tunnel vision can lead to a secondary infection that impairs one’s ability to be objective. Unfortunately for liberals, they live in an echo chamber, rarely exposed to true conservative thought.
Much like the child who is not allowed to eat dirt or go to nursery school ends up with a weakened immune system, these “echo-chamber” liberals are likewise immunocompromised. An infection of TDS in such a person creates a type of irrationality through which no amount of logic or facts can penetrate.
They Needed New Blood
I warned them then that their “body” needed some new blood, a transfusion if you will. If the Democrats put up the same, old, tired, party hacks in 2020, my friends were going to suffer eight years of TDS rather than four. Once again, none of them listened to me.
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And then there we were, almost four years later and well on our way to seeing Trump winning re-election by a Reagan-style landslide. The economy was soaring, and unemployment was at a fifty-year low.
The few fresh faces on the Democrat side were toyed with briefly, only to be left on the trash heap along with pet rocks, garbage patch kids, and other fads. Leaving the path to the White House clear for the once and future ward heeler, Joe Biden. Were it not for the advent of the economy wrecking Covid-19, my prediction would have come devastatingly true.
Amazingly enough, even with this serendipitous gift to the Democrats, my prognosis is still, more than likely to be accurate. Especially with the economy rebounding faster than anyone anticipated and the unemployment rate having just dropped to 7.9%.
The Path Towards A Cure
There is no vaccine for Trump Derangement Syndrome; no group immunity, no flattening of the curve. In 2016 people thought the cure lay in impeachment, or legal proceedings of some sort. This was doomed to fail as it was akin to ridding yourself of the flu by attacking the sneeze.
Only by realizing the cause of the ailment is the rotten cells in your own “body politic” can true healing begin. Surgery is needed to excise these damaged cells. Several of your fellow Democrats, who do not suffer from TDS, understand this.
A great example is Bill Maher. He nailed the problem back in 2019. After showing several clips of Trump calling Democrats crazy, Maher said, “Hey Democrats, don’t make him believable on that, and you win.” He went on to describe how each of the Democratic hopefuls were doing the exact opposite. He then lamented, “This should be easy, just be less crazy than Donald Trump.”
Face Facts, Democrat
The cure? Face the fact that the person your party put up to defeat Trump is probably worse. The claims of Trump’s racism are demonstrably false, yet the person your party is running against him has an easily verifiable history of racist acts and statements.
A 13-year-old recording of a foul comment, and scant else, has convinced you that Trump is a molester of women. Yet the person your party is running against him can be seen in tons of videos and photos creepily sniffing women’s hair, pressing his body against theirs, and giving clearly unwanted shoulder rubs.
President Trump was impeached on the charge of quid pro quo for nothing more than using a common American colloquialism, “I would like you to do us a favor”. Of course, there was no other evidence, so he was acquitted. However, there is video from when the person your party is running against him was vice-president, bragging about what is the dictionary definition of a quid pro quo.
One might say Trump’s advanced age could be a negative factor — except the candidate your party is running against him is three years older. In addition, your candidate has nothing good to say about the state of this country today, and yet has had fifty years in office to try to do something about it. Trump, in less than four years, is potentially up for two Nobel Peace Prizes.
As if that weren’t enough, the Democratic candidate is clearly suffering from the early stages of dementia. What kind of inhuman monsters would keep parading this man about when he should be spending the rest of his days in the company of family and loved ones with whatever dignity he has left? Is this really the best Democrats have to offer?
The path to a cure lies within the answers of those two questions. Trump is just a symptom. But, believe me, if he were the disease, Joe Biden would most definitely not be the cure.
George Janek is a conservative thinker encamped in Northern California.


thestream--2020-10-18--The Idea for Lockdowns Started with a High School Science Project

By now , you ’ ve likely heard that a flawed computer model helped spur governments to order population-wide lockdowns in response to the coronavirus .
The model didn ’ t show that lockdowns would help .
It assumed that they would .
But you may not know the pedigree for this untested belief .
The New York Times reported the story with little fanfare in late April .
“ The Untold Story of the Birth of Social Distancing , ” it explained , started as “ an important discovery kicked off by a high school research project pursued by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sandia National Laboratories.
” To call this a “ discovery , ” though , is to empty the word of meaning .
In 2006 , fourteen-year-old Laura Glass developed a model of social networks in her high school in Albuquerque .
Laura ’ s dad , Sandia National Laboratories scientist David Glass , took notice .
The two expanded on the idea by applying the model to a pandemic , and they published a paper on it with two other authors in a CDC journal .
It ’ s called “ Targeted Social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ abstract summarizing the paper explains , “ For influenza as infectious as 1957–1958 Asian flu ( ≈50 percent infected ) , closing schools and keeping children and teenagers at home reduced the attack rate by > 90 % .
” Notice the tone .
It suggests that closing schools works .
But the paper ’ s authors were not describing real school closures .
Schools were closed only in a simulation .
In reality , the authors told the model to say the attack rate would be lower and , behold , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paper sent their simulation to a Dr. D. A. Henderson .
He was , as the New York Times explains , “ the leader of the international effort to eradicate smallpox and had been named by [ President ] Bush to help oversee the nation ’ s biodefense efforts after the 2001 terrorist attacks.
” Henderson pushed back , saying that “ it made no sense to force schools to close or public gatherings to stop.
” Indeed , if authorities adopted such policies , he rightly discerned , the result would be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of communities ” and “ possibly serious economic problems.
” Henderson had vast scientific expertise and broad and pertinent experience dealing with such crises .
His advice ?
We should “ tough it out : Let the pandemic spread , treat people who get sick and work quickly to develop a vaccine to prevent it from coming back.
” The CDC didn ’ t know what to do if and when a pandemic should hit .
Go with Henderson ’ s plan , which had worked before and would likely work again , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , in 2008 the agency put out a survey of the U.S. adult population .
They found that lockdowns would cause severe problems , especially for poor and minority populations .
Undaunted , they did a second survey .
And the Survey Says : Lockdowns This time the CDC sampled not just common citizens but “ representatives from the organized stakeholder public.
” These elite “ stakeholder representatives from affected sectors of the population expressed a high level of support for the .
.
.
proposed package of control measures.
” This time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ came around to agreeing .
The proposed measures would require sick people — and people who knew the sick people — to stay home .
The proposed lockdown would mean “ canceling large public gatherings and altering work patterns to keep people apart.
” It would also mean “ closing schools and large day care facilities for an extended period.
” As it happens , the Bush “ administration ultimately sided with the proponents of social distancing and shutdowns , ” the New York Times explained , “ though their victory was little @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Their policy would become the basis for government planning and would be used extensively in simulations used to prepare for pandemics.
” So , a survey steered by people with a vested interest in political control led the government to set aside Henderson ’ s tried-and-true scientific expertise and experience .
That ’ s how , a decade before anyone had heard of the novel coronavirus , our public health bureaucracy committed itself and the American public to a radical experiment .
They knew — because their own research had told them — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ severely harm disadvantaged Americans , and subject millions of people to health risks from the response itself .
In 2020 , officials finally got to run the test .
All because a high school kid had told a computer what to say .
Douglas Axe , William Briggs , and Jay W. Richards , are the authors of The Price of Panic : How the Tyranny of Experts Turned a Pandemic into a Catastrophe ( October 13 , 2020 ) .

By now, you’ve likely heard that a flawed computer model helped spur governments to order population-wide lockdowns in response to the coronavirus. The model didn’t show that lockdowns would help. It assumed that they would.
But you may not know the pedigree for this untested belief.
The New York Times reported the story with little fanfare in late April. “The Untold Story of the Birth of Social Distancing,” it explained, started as “an important discovery kicked off by a high school research project pursued by the daughter of a scientist at the Sandia National Laboratories.”
To call this a “discovery,” though, is to empty the word of meaning.
The High School Science Project
In 2006, fourteen-year-old Laura Glass developed a model of social networks in her high school in Albuquerque. Laura’s dad, Sandia National Laboratories scientist David Glass, took notice. The two expanded on the idea by applying the model to a pandemic, and they published a paper on it with two other authors in a CDC journal. It’s called “Targeted Social Distancing Designs for Pandemic Influenza.”
The abstract summarizing the paper explains, “For influenza as infectious as 1957–1958 Asian flu (≈50 percent infected), closing schools and keeping children and teenagers at home reduced the attack rate by >90%.” Notice the tone. It suggests that closing schools works.
But the paper’s authors were not describing real school closures. Schools were closed only in a simulation. In reality, the authors told the model to say the attack rate would be lower and, behold, it was.
Push Back
The eager authors of this paper sent their simulation to a Dr. D. A. Henderson. He was, as the New York Times explains, “the leader of the international effort to eradicate smallpox and had been named by [President] Bush to help oversee the nation’s biodefense efforts after the 2001 terrorist attacks.”
Henderson pushed back, saying that “it made no sense to force schools to close or public gatherings to stop.” Indeed, if authorities adopted such policies, he rightly discerned, the result would be “significant disruption of the social functioning of communities” and “possibly serious economic problems.”
Henderson had vast scientific expertise and broad and pertinent experience dealing with such crises. His advice? We should “tough it out: Let the pandemic spread, treat people who get sick and work quickly to develop a vaccine to prevent it from coming back.”
The CDC didn’t know what to do if and when a pandemic should hit. Go with Henderson’s plan, which had worked before and would likely work again, or go with the simulation? So, in 2008 the agency put out a survey of the U.S. adult population. They found that lockdowns would cause severe problems, especially for poor and minority populations. Undaunted, they did a second survey.
And the Survey Says: Lockdowns
This time the CDC sampled not just common citizens but “representatives from the organized stakeholder public.” These elite “stakeholder representatives from affected sectors of the population expressed a high level of support for the . . . proposed package of control measures.”
A survey steered by people with a vested interest in political control led the government to set aside tried-and-true scientific expertise and experience.
This time, in group sessions, the citizens came around to agreeing. The proposed measures would require sick people — and people who knew the sick people — to stay home. The proposed lockdown would mean “canceling large public gatherings and altering work patterns to keep people apart.” It would also mean “closing schools and large day care facilities for an extended period.”
As it happens, the Bush “administration ultimately sided with the proponents of social distancing and shutdowns,” the New York Times explained, “though their victory was little noticed outside of public health circles. Their policy would become the basis for government planning and would be used extensively in simulations used to prepare for pandemics.”
So, a survey steered by people with a vested interest in political control led the government to set aside Henderson’s tried-and-true scientific expertise and experience.
That’s how, a decade before anyone had heard of the novel coronavirus, our public health bureaucracy committed itself and the American public to a radical experiment. They knew — because their own research had told them — hat it could cripple the economy, severely harm disadvantaged Americans, and subject millions of people to health risks from the response itself.
In 2020, officials finally got to run the test. All because a high school kid had told a computer what to say.
Douglas Axe, William Briggs, and Jay W. Richards, are the authors of The Price of Panic: How the Tyranny of Experts Turned a Pandemic into a Catastrophe (October 13, 2020).
Reprinted from The Epoch Times.


thestream--2020-10-18--Huckabee on The Hunter Biden Laptop Story

Like a cheap piñata full of rotten candy , the Hunter Biden laptop story just keeps dropping more disgusting stuff on our heads every time we touch it .
There are so many fast-changing details that it ’ s hard to keep up .
This is just a little of what ’ s been going on in the past two days , none of which you would know if you relied on the mainstream news or social media to hear about it : As of now , the laptop has been corroborated to be Hunter Biden ’ s , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ particularly damning email chain has verified the “ big guy ” message that appeared to give Joe Biden a 10 percent cut of a deal with a Chinese energy company .
The “ big guy ” definitely is Joe Biden according to this source .
( I think this dollar-distribution was from when Biden was no longer VP , so I assume his attorneys and apologists will argue it ’ s technically legal , no matter how bad it smells . )
Why Did the FBI Bury the Laptop During Impeachment ?
Nineteen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biggs have written a letter to the FBI , asking why they would have held onto the laptop through Trump ’ s impeachment , knowing it contained information about Hunter Biden ’ s activities in Ukraine that would ’ ve been key to the President ’ s defense .
Yeah , a lot of us are wondering about that .
So , what will remarkably incurious FBI Director Christopher Wray do now to protect the Swamp rats ?
Trump himself needs to declassify whatever the FBI has on this and order them to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on to evidence that was exculpatory for Trump during his impeachment , that might be the worst thing yet !
“ China , Inc. ” : Chinese Able to Get Off-the-Books Meetings With Joe Biden Also , there ’ s a big , related developing story about more emails being obtained , these from one of Biden ’ s business partners showing that the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese investors were able to get a private , off-the-books meeting with Joe Biden .
This is separate from what the New York Post reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Empires ) is reporting this one ; his source is Bevan Cooney ( who used to be a business associate of Hunter Biden and Devon Archer and is now a jailbird . )
Schweizer reports that Cooney let him have his account name and Gmail password to allow direct access to all the messages .
So Schweizer got a huge “ window ” into how business was conducted Biden-style as Hunter traded “ established relationships ” with the Chinese and got them access to the Obama-Biden White House .
This business is referred @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Inc. ” One email from Cooney said that “ Archer got the Chinese guys all taken care of in DC.
” This allegedly includes a high-level meeting with Joe Biden himself , though the official visitor logs make no mention of it .
We know about it because of some obscure document by one of the “ Chinese folks , ” Maggie Cheng , boasting that she had facilitated delegation meetings , including the one with VP Biden .
Laura Ingraham on Fox News had a good segment on this , showing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the story .
George Stephanopoulos ’ s failure to ask Biden a single question about any of this should now be seen for what it is .
Likewise , David Ignatius , in WaPo ’ s “ The Truth Behind the Hunter Biden Non-Scandal , ” who said : “ Hunter Biden made a mistake getting involved with a dubious company like Burisma .
But the notion that the Burisma affair undermines Joe Biden ’ s case to be President is , as he would say , malarkey.
” If anyone has always @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s David Ignatius .
When Biden is asked anything at all about it , he just gets testy , calls it “ a smear campaign ” and refuses to answer .
Then it ’ s dropped .
But the dam is cracking , and not even all the media and social media giants can keep holding their fingers in it and smearing on spackle forever .
I ’ ll have more on Monday , since I assume even more will pour out by then .
Mike Huckabee is the former governor of Arkansas @ @ @ @ @ @ @ culture and current events .
A New York Times best-selling author , he hosts the weekly talk show Huckabee on TBN .

Like a cheap piñata full of rotten candy, the Hunter Biden laptop story just keeps dropping more disgusting stuff on our heads every time we touch it. There are so many fast-changing details that it’s hard to keep up. This is just a little of what’s been going on in the past two days, none of which you would know if you relied on the mainstream news or social media to hear about it:
As of now, the laptop has been corroborated to be Hunter Biden’s, and one of the people copied on one particularly damning email chain has verified the “big guy” message that appeared to give Joe Biden a 10 percent cut of a deal with a Chinese energy company. The “big guy” definitely is Joe Biden according to this source. (I think this dollar-distribution was from when Biden was no longer VP, so I assume his attorneys and apologists will argue it’s technically legal, no matter how bad it smells.)
Why Did the FBI Bury the Laptop During Impeachment?
Nineteen House Republicans led by Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs have written a letter to the FBI, asking why they would have held onto the laptop through Trump’s impeachment, knowing it contained information about Hunter Biden’s activities in Ukraine that would’ve been key to the President’s defense. Yeah, a lot of us are wondering about that.
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So, what will remarkably incurious FBI Director Christopher Wray do now to protect the Swamp rats? Trump himself needs to declassify whatever the FBI has on this and order them to comply immediately. If they were holding on to evidence that was exculpatory for Trump during his impeachment, that might be the worst thing yet!
“China, Inc.”: Chinese Able to Get Off-the-Books Meetings With Joe Biden
Also, there’s a big, related developing story about more emails being obtained, these from one of Biden’s business partners showing that the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese investors were able to get a private, off-the-books meeting with Joe Biden. This is separate from what the New York Post reported. Peter Schweizer (who wrote Secret Empires) is reporting this one; his source is Bevan Cooney (who used to be a business associate of Hunter Biden and Devon Archer and is now a jailbird.)
Schweizer reports that Cooney let him have his account name and Gmail password to allow direct access to all the messages. So Schweizer got a huge “window” into how business was conducted Biden-style as Hunter traded “established relationships” with the Chinese and got them access to the Obama-Biden White House. This business is referred to in the emails as “China, Inc.” One email from Cooney said that “Archer got the Chinese guys all taken care of in DC.”
This allegedly includes a high-level meeting with Joe Biden himself, though the official visitor logs make no mention of it. We know about it because of some obscure document by one of the “Chinese folks,” Maggie Cheng, boasting that she had facilitated delegation meetings, including the one with VP Biden.
Burying the Biden Dirt
Laura Ingraham on Fox News had a good segment on this, showing how the media are trying to soft-pedal the story. George Stephanopoulos’s failure to ask Biden a single question about any of this should now be seen for what it is. Likewise, David Ignatius, in WaPo’s “The Truth Behind the Hunter Biden Non-Scandal,” who said: “Hunter Biden made a mistake getting involved with a dubious company like Burisma. But the notion that the Burisma affair undermines Joe Biden’s case to be President is, as he would say, malarkey.”
If anyone has always been full of malarkey, it’s David Ignatius.
When Biden is asked anything at all about it, he just gets testy, calls it “a smear campaign” and refuses to answer. Then it’s dropped. But the dam is cracking, and not even all the media and social media giants can keep holding their fingers in it and smearing on spackle forever.
I’ll have more on Monday, since I assume even more will pour out by then.
Mike Huckabee is the former governor of Arkansas and longtime conservative commentator on issues in culture and current events. A New York Times best-selling author, he hosts the weekly talk show Huckabee on TBN.
Originally published at MikeHuckabee.com. Reprinted with permission.


thestream--2020-10-18--Mr. Biden, Do You Really Advocate Sterilizing Children?

Based on presidential candidate Joe Biden ’ s answer to a town hall question Thursday night on ABC , it is only fair to ask : “ Sir , do you advocating sterilizing children who identify as transgender ?
” During the Q & A time , Biden responded to a woman who stated , “ I ’ m the proud mom of two girls , 8 and 10 .
My youngest daughter is transgender.
” How , she asked , will the Biden administration protect her daughter from the Trump administration ’ s “ dangerous and discriminatory agenda and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ LGBTQ people are protected under U.S. law ?
” While not all of Biden ’ s response was totally lucid , his overall point was clear : he supports a child ’ s right to identify as transgender .
And , he stated plainly , “ There should be zero discrimination.
” This may sound compassionate , especially in the eyes of the mother .
But in the end , it is not compassionate at all .
It is basically saying that a child this young has the right to make a life-altering @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that one day could be deeply regretted .
Based on today ’ s “ science , ” if a child is diagnosed with gender dysphoria ( which does speak of a real condition ) , then the best course of action is this .
First , call them by a new name , use new pronouns , and have them dress and identify by their perceived sex .
( So , Jason would now be Jessica , called she/her , dressed as a girl , and using the girl ’ s bathroom at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get closer to puberty , put them on hormone blockers to delay the onset of puberty .
Third , once they are old enough , facilitate their “ gender reassignment ” surgery .
Fourth , put them on hormones for the rest of their lives .
The result of all this , even without the surgery , is often sterilization for life .
What child can possibly make such a decision for herself or himself ?
Peter Sprigg , Senior Fellow for Policy Studies at Family Research Council Action , wrote that , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gender transitions for 8-year-old children .
The implementation of invasive physiological gender transition procedures — puberty blockers , cross-sex hormones , and/or gender reassignment surgery — upon minors raises grave concerns.
” Indeed , “ Each of these procedures has serious negative side effects — up to and including permanent sterilization .
Despite claims to the contrary , these procedures are often not reversible , and they are not ‘ evidence-based , ’ because research has not shown that these procedures are effective in accomplishing their purpose , which is to improve the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violate the most fundamental principle of medical ethics — ‘ First , do no harm.
’ ” ( For Sprigg ’ s 19-page , well-documented analysis , titled , “ Do Not Sterilize Children : Why Physiological Gender Transition Procedures for Minors Should Be Prohibited , ” see here . )
What makes this all the more tragic is that studies indicate that the vast majority of children who identify as transgender no longer do so after going through puberty .
Yet so many never made it through this normal process of development @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
If you are moved by compassion and concern , take the time to read Abigail Shrier ’ s book Irreversible Damage : The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters .
The stories are truly heartbreaking .
( The book was apparently considered such a threat to the radical transgender agenda that Amazon would not allow the publisher , Regnery Publishing , to pay to advertise the book on its site . )
This past Tuesday , October 13 , I participated in a panel discussion following the advance preview of the important new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ releases on October 20 .
Click here for instructions for free online viewing . )
Sitting next to me was Laura Perry , author of the new book Transgender to Transformed : A Story of Transition That Will Truly Set You Free and featured in the documentary .
After years of struggling with her female identity , she became “ Jake , ” not only taking male hormones but also getting major surgery , first a total mastectomy , then a hysterectomy .
But after 10 years of living as a man , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ license and a complete male identity , her life was still in upheaval .
Laura was still not male .
By God ’ s grace , and through the persevering love of her mother ’ s prayer group , Laura had a life-transforming encounter with the Lord , followed by months of deep emotional healing .
Today , her smile lights up the room — but what a price she paid along the way .
If only she had found encountered God ’ s transforming love years earlier .
She could have saved @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But her story is far from unique .
There is now something called rapid onset gender dysphoria , increasingly common among teenage girls ( especially those with autism ) .
This is what these teens ’ parents have to say : “ We are a group of parents whose children have suddenly — seemingly out of the blue — decided they identify strongly with the opposite sex and are at various stages in transitioning .
This is a new phenomenon that has only recently been identified .
Researchers are calling it Rapid-Onset @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is epidemic among our most vulnerable youth .
“ Our children are young , naïve and impressionable , many of them are experiencing emotional or social difficulties .
They are strongly influenced by their peers and by the media , who are promoting the transgender lifestyle as popular , desirable and the solution to all of their problems .
And they are being misled by authority figures , such as teachers , doctors and counselors , who rush to ‘ affirm ’ their chosen gender without ever questioning why .
“ We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Care , the ‘ Affirmative Approach , ’ which only seems to confirm and solidify our children ’ s misguided , externally-influenced sense of self .
“ And we are horrified at the growing number of young people whose bodies have been disfigured , their physical and mental health destroyed by transitioning , only to discover — too late — that it did little to relieve their dysphoria.
” ( Take a moment to re-read this paragraph , and realize that this could be your children or grandchildren . )
“ Please read @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ See the devastating impact ROGD has had on our children and our families.
” Mr. Biden , I urge you to read these stories too — unless you really think that a child of 8 has the ability to make a decision to embark on a path that will result in sterilization for life .
Sir , is that really your view ?
Dr. Michael Brown ( www.askdrbrown.org ) is the host of the nationally syndicated Line of Fire radio program .
His latest book is Evangelicals at the Crossroads : Will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with him on Facebook , Twitter or YouTube .

Based on presidential candidate Joe Biden’s answer to a town hall question Thursday night on ABC, it is only fair to ask: “Sir, do you advocating sterilizing children who identify as transgender?”
During the Q & A time, Biden responded to a woman who stated, “I’m the proud mom of two girls, 8 and 10. My youngest daughter is transgender.” How, she asked, will the Biden administration protect her daughter from the Trump administration’s “dangerous and discriminatory agenda and ensure that the lives and rights of LGBTQ people are protected under U.S. law?”
While not all of Biden’s response was totally lucid, his overall point was clear: he supports a child’s right to identify as transgender. And, he stated plainly, “There should be zero discrimination.”
This may sound compassionate, especially in the eyes of the mother. But in the end, it is not compassionate at all.
It is basically saying that a child this young has the right to make a life-altering, likely non-reversable decision, a decision that one day could be deeply regretted.
Devastating Path to Sterilization
Based on today’s “science,” if a child is diagnosed with gender dysphoria (which does speak of a real condition), then the best course of action is this.
First, call them by a new name, use new pronouns, and have them dress and identify by their perceived sex. (So, Jason would now be Jessica, called she/her, dressed as a girl, and using the girl’s bathroom at school.)
Second, as they get closer to puberty, put them on hormone blockers to delay the onset of puberty.
Third, once they are old enough, facilitate their “gender reassignment” surgery.
Fourth, put them on hormones for the rest of their lives.
The result of all this, even without the surgery, is often sterilization for life. What child can possibly make such a decision for herself or himself?
Serious Negative Side Effects
Peter Sprigg, Senior Fellow for Policy Studies at Family Research Council Action, wrote that, “Joe Biden is wrong to encourage gender transitions for 8-year-old children. The implementation of invasive physiological gender transition procedures — puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and/or gender reassignment surgery — upon minors raises grave concerns.”
What makes this all the more tragic is that studies indicate that the vast majority of children who identify as transgender no longer do so after going through puberty.
Indeed, “Each of these procedures has serious negative side effects — up to and including permanent sterilization. Despite claims to the contrary, these procedures are often not reversible, and they are not ‘evidence-based,’ because research has not shown that these procedures are effective in accomplishing their purpose, which is to improve the patient’s mental health. They violate the most fundamental principle of medical ethics — ‘First, do no harm.’” (For Sprigg’s 19-page, well-documented analysis, titled, “Do Not Sterilize Children: Why Physiological Gender Transition Procedures for Minors Should Be Prohibited,” see here.)
What makes this all the more tragic is that studies indicate that the vast majority of children who identify as transgender no longer do so after going through puberty. Yet so many never made it through this normal process of development, thereby doing irreparable harm to themselves.
If you are moved by compassion and concern, take the time to read Abigail Shrier’s book Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters. The stories are truly heartbreaking. (The book was apparently considered such a threat to the radical transgender agenda that Amazon would not allow the publisher, Regnery Publishing, to pay to advertise the book on its site.)
Meet Laura Perry
This past Tuesday, October 13, I participated in a panel discussion following the advance preview of the important new documentary In His Image. (It releases on October 20. Click here for instructions for free online viewing.)
Sitting next to me was Laura Perry, author of the new book Transgender to Transformed: A Story of Transition That Will Truly Set You Free and featured in the documentary. After years of struggling with her female identity, she became “Jake,” not only taking male hormones but also getting major surgery, first a total mastectomy, then a hysterectomy.
But after 10 years of living as a man, complete with a male driver’s license and a complete male identity, her life was still in upheaval. Laura was still not male.
By God’s grace, and through the persevering love of her mother’s prayer group, Laura had a life-transforming encounter with the Lord, followed by months of deep emotional healing. Today, her smile lights up the room — but what a price she paid along the way.
If only she had found encountered God’s transforming love years earlier. She could have saved herself so much suffering and even self-harm.
Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria
But her story is far from unique. There is now something called rapid onset gender dysphoria, increasingly common among teenage girls (especially those with autism). This is what these teens’ parents have to say:
“We are a group of parents whose children have suddenly — seemingly out of the blue — decided they identify strongly with the opposite sex and are at various stages in transitioning. This is a new phenomenon that has only recently been identified. Researchers are calling it Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD), and it is epidemic among our most vulnerable youth.
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“Our children are young, naïve and impressionable, many of them are experiencing emotional or social difficulties. They are strongly influenced by their peers and by the media, who are promoting the transgender lifestyle as popular, desirable and the solution to all of their problems. And they are being misled by authority figures, such as teachers, doctors and counselors, who rush to ‘affirm’ their chosen gender without ever questioning why.
“We are skeptical of the current Standard of Care, the ‘Affirmative Approach,’ which only seems to confirm and solidify our children’s misguided, externally-influenced sense of self.
“And we are horrified at the growing number of young people whose bodies have been disfigured, their physical and mental health destroyed by transitioning, only to discover — too late — that it did little to relieve their dysphoria.” (Take a moment to re-read this paragraph, and realize that this could be your children or grandchildren.)
“Please read our stories,” they urge. “See the devastating impact ROGD has had on our children and our families.”
Mr. Biden, I urge you to read these stories too — unless you really think that a child of 8 has the ability to make a decision to embark on a path that will result in sterilization for life. Sir, is that really your view?
Dr. Michael Brown (www.askdrbrown.org) is the host of the nationally syndicated Line of Fire radio program. His latest book is Evangelicals at the Crossroads: Will We Pass the Trump Test? Connect with him on Facebook, Twitter or YouTube.


thestream--2020-10-18--GOP Senator Presses FBI Over Handling of Hunter Biden Laptop

• The chairman of a Senate committee pressed FBI Director Christopher Wray for details of the bureau ’ s handling of Hunter Biden ’ s laptop .
• Sen. Ron Johnson asked Wray whether the FBI has investigated both the contents of Biden ’ s laptop and the claims made by a Delaware computer shop owner who claims he turned the device over to investigators last year .
• Johnson ’ s committee met with the shop owner earlier this month .
• The Republican said the FBI has declined to inform the committee whether there are any inconsistencies in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if any foreign governments are involved in the Biden email saga .
Sen. Ron Johnson said in a letter on Saturday that the FBI has declined to provide insight into its handling of a laptop purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden .
Investigators on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee , which Johnson chairs , have met with a computer shop owner who says he obtained the laptop last year .
In a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray , Johnson asked whether the owner , John Paul Mac Isaac , provided @ @ @ @ @ @ @ computer and his interactions with the FBI .
The Wisconsin Republican is also asking whether the FBI has investigated the contents of the purported Biden laptop and whether investigators have found evidence of any criminal wrongdoing .
“ The committee must know whether the FBI has assessed the validity of materials the whistleblower has provided , and what , if any , actions the FBI has taken since obtaining this information , ” Johnson wrote .
Johnson said that the whistleblower contacted his office on Sept. 24 , a day after Republicans released @ @ @ @ @ @ @ business dealings .
Isaac “ informed my staff that he had possession of a laptop left in his business by Hunter Biden , ” Johnson wrote .
Investigators on Johnson ’ s committee reportedly met with Isaac on Oct. 5 .
“ He also informed us that he provided its contents to the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) in response to a December 9 , 2019 grand jury subpoena , ” the letter stated .
The New York Post began this week publishing some emails purportedly from the laptop .
Rudy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump , provided the Post with the documents last week .
Isaac has claimed that a man he believes to be Hunter Biden dropped off his laptop for repair in April 2019 but never came back to retrieve it .
He said he made a copy of the computer ’ s hard drive before turning the device over to investigators last year .
He shared a copy of the device with Giuliani , who fed the documents to the Post .
The documents published by the Post have raised questions about Hunter Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ China .
The newspaper has also published photos purportedly from Biden ’ s computer showing him in an apparent inebriated state .
Biden has been open about his struggles with drug addiction .
Johnson said in his letter that his committee staff contacted FBI officials about the laptop after meeting with Isaac in order to validate his claims .
He said the agency rebuffed the inquiry .
“ Unfortunately , several days later , the FBI responded that it would not confirm or deny any information identified by the committee even though several @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the possible existence of an ongoing grand jury investigation , ” Johnson wrote .
Johnson said he wants to find out whether Isaac ’ s claims “ could be fraudulent or not accurate.
” “ If any information offered to the committee was linked to a foreign adversary ’ s attempt to interfere in the election , I would expect the FBI to ensure the committee is protected and receives a defensive briefing , ” Johnson wrote to Wray .
Democrats have alleged that the Russian government may have been involved in some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s emails .
They have pointed to Giuliani ’ s past collaboration with a Ukrainian lawmaker who is sanctioned in the U.S. because of his ties to Russia .
The Associated Press also reported on Friday that the FBI is investigating whether foreign intelligence services played a role in obtaining or publishing the emails .
The Biden campaign and Hunter Biden have not disputed Isaac ’ s claim about how the computer ended up at his shop .
They have also not disputed the veracity of any of the emails published so far @ @ @ @ @ @ @ published by the New York Post has confirmed the accuracy of the document , Fox News reported on Friday .

The chairman of a Senate committee pressed FBI Director Christopher Wray for details of the bureau’s handling of Hunter Biden’s laptop.
Sen. Ron Johnson asked Wray whether the FBI has investigated both the contents of Biden’s laptop and the claims made by a Delaware computer shop owner who claims he turned the device over to investigators last year.
Johnson’s committee met with the shop owner earlier this month.
The Republican said the FBI has declined to inform the committee whether there are any inconsistencies in the shop owner’s story or if any foreign governments are involved in the Biden email saga.
Sen. Ron Johnson said in a letter on Saturday that the FBI has declined to provide insight into its handling of a laptop purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden.
Investigators on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, which Johnson chairs, have met with a computer shop owner who says he obtained the laptop last year.
In a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Johnson asked whether the owner, John Paul Mac Isaac, provided accurate information about his handling of the computer and his interactions with the FBI.
The Wisconsin Republican is also asking whether the FBI has investigated the contents of the purported Biden laptop and whether investigators have found evidence of any criminal wrongdoing.
“The committee must know whether the FBI has assessed the validity of materials the whistleblower has provided, and what, if any, actions the FBI has taken since obtaining this information,” Johnson wrote.
Shop Owner Gave Laptop to FBI
Johnson said that the whistleblower contacted his office on Sept. 24, a day after Republicans released a report on Hunter Biden’s business dealings.
Isaac “informed my staff that he had possession of a laptop left in his business by Hunter Biden,” Johnson wrote.
Investigators on Johnson’s committee reportedly met with Isaac on Oct. 5.
“He also informed us that he provided its contents to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in response to a December 9, 2019 grand jury subpoena,” the letter stated.
The New York Post began this week publishing some emails purportedly from the laptop. Rudy Giuliani, the personal lawyer for President Trump, provided the Post with the documents last week.
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Isaac has claimed that a man he believes to be Hunter Biden dropped off his laptop for repair in April 2019 but never came back to retrieve it. He said he made a copy of the computer’s hard drive before turning the device over to investigators last year. He shared a copy of the device with Giuliani, who fed the documents to the Post.
The documents published by the Post have raised questions about Hunter Biden’s business dealings in Ukraine and China. The newspaper has also published photos purportedly from Biden’s computer showing him in an apparent inebriated state. Biden has been open about his struggles with drug addiction.
FBI Won’t Tell Johnson Anything
Johnson said in his letter that his committee staff contacted FBI officials about the laptop after meeting with Isaac in order to validate his claims. He said the agency rebuffed the inquiry.
“Unfortunately, several days later, the FBI responded that it would not confirm or deny any information identified by the committee even though several of our questions were not related to the possible existence of an ongoing grand jury investigation,” Johnson wrote.
Johnson said he wants to find out whether Isaac’s claims “could be fraudulent or not accurate.”
“If any information offered to the committee was linked to a foreign adversary’s attempt to interfere in the election, I would expect the FBI to ensure the committee is protected and receives a defensive briefing,” Johnson wrote to Wray.
Democrats have alleged that the Russian government may have been involved in some way in the publication of Biden’s emails. They have pointed to Giuliani’s past collaboration with a Ukrainian lawmaker who is sanctioned in the U.S. because of his ties to Russia.
The Associated Press also reported on Friday that the FBI is investigating whether foreign intelligence services played a role in obtaining or publishing the emails.
The Biden campaign and Hunter Biden have not disputed Isaac’s claim about how the computer ended up at his shop. They have also not disputed the veracity of any of the emails published so far.
One person on an email chain published by the New York Post has confirmed the accuracy of the document, Fox News reported on Friday.
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thestream--2020-10-19--Kirk Cameron: God is Not Waiting for Christians to Eliminate the Opposition

Actor Kirk Cameron , famous for playing heartthrob Mike Seaver in the 80s sitcom Growing Pains and a faithful evangelical Christian , recently offered an interesting reflection on the culture wars and the state of repair and panic that has infected America .
Speaking to Rob McCoy at Godspeak Cavalry Chapel , Cameron , 49 , cited a passage from Second Chronicles : “ If my people , who are called by my name , will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways , then I will hear from heaven , and I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their land.
” Cameron explained that in his view this might be the best approach to the current political and spiritual battles roiling the nation ( at the 8:20 mark ) .
God is not waiting for Christians to eliminate the opposition or crush and trounce the other side .
There is an if/then proposition God is making here .
He ’ s saying my people .
He doesn ’ t say the other side of the political aisle .
Or if those who don ’ t believe would just believe .
If @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and pray turn from their wicked ways , then I ’ ll take care of everything else that bothers you .
I ’ ll heal your land , I ’ ll forgive your sin , I ’ ll take care of your enemies .
That ’ s what He did with Israel every time .
You put your eyes on me , you get your heart loyal to me , I ’ ll take care of them with the flick of a finger .
I think God is looking for righteousness in his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can pray .
If we do that then God will take care of the opposition ?
I think he will .
Many will no doubt have differing views on how to conduct spiritual warfare .
One recalls the priests in The Exorcist were engaged in a battle and didn ’ t have much time to humble themselves .
But Cameron is a believer with an impressive body of work serving the church .
He stars in faith-based movies like Fireproof and Saving Christmas , and is about to hold his second annual Revive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that asks the Lord to bring the healing to our confused and broken nation .
I can personally vouch that Cameron is a decent person , even away from cameras .
I interviewed the actor when he was about to host the first Revive Us .
At the time the interview was supposed to start I got a call from Cameron ’ s PR person .
He had been trying to call for several minutes .
But our phones were on the blink due to some electrical outage .
I told the PR @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to call Kirk directly .
This was an embarrassing situation .
Famous actors are understandably reluctant to give their numbers out .
It ’ s a particular concern for a man of faith like Cameron , who is reviled by the left .
Cameron could not have been nicer .
I got through to him and apologized .
I told him I felt embarrassed .
Cameron could have become irritated or blasted me — in other words , pulled a Harvey Weinstein .
But he was a genuine gentleman .
We were quickly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my Catholicism .
We even covered the fact ( mentioned in his memoir ) that he is named after James Tiberius Kirk of the starship Enterprise .
In short , when no one is looking , Kirk Cameron is a real Christian .
Cameron also said something I never forgot .
He said that America may be facing “ a Red Sea moment.
” It ’ s a phrase is inspired by the biblical story of Moses .
I visit churches all over the country teaching marriage conferences and I hear it all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ concerned about the future for their children .
Dads know that something broken , that the nation ’ s on the wrong track .
And they wonder if America is frankly in the last days of being a great nation .
And they ’ re very concerned .
I want to say to them , I think there ’ s never been a more exciting time in America to be a Christian , to be a person with deep faith in God .
Because it ’ s when hope seems lost that God @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s when he splits the Red Sea .
I think this could be a Red Sea moment for you , for me , for us in our American story.
” He continued : “ I challenged the smartest , wisest , most faithful friends I have to answer the question : At times like this , what can we do ?
Their answers literally inspired me .
They refreshed my mind , they revived my heart , they filled me with hope and optimism .
And I said , I ’ ve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people.
” Cameron has gotten the message out .
Whether it will be heard is another questions .
Mark Judge is a writer and filmmaker in Washington , D.C .

Actor Kirk Cameron, famous for playing heartthrob Mike Seaver in the 80s sitcom Growing Pains and a faithful evangelical Christian, recently offered an interesting reflection on the culture wars and the state of repair and panic that has infected America.
Speaking to Rob McCoy at Godspeak Cavalry Chapel, Cameron, 49, cited a passage from 2 Chronicles: “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
Revival Starts Within
Cameron explained that in his view this might be the best approach to the current political and spiritual battles roiling the nation (at the 8:20 mark).
Cameron continued:
God is not waiting for Christians to eliminate the opposition or crush and trounce the other side. There is an if/then proposition God is making here. He’s saying my people. He doesn’t say the other side of the political aisle. Or if those who don’t believe would just believe. If my people, Christians, humble themselves and pray turn from their wicked ways, then I’ll take care of everything else that bothers you. I’ll heal your land, I’ll forgive your sin, I’ll take care of your enemies. That’s what He did with Israel every time. You put your eyes on me, you get your heart loyal to me, I’ll take care of them with the flick of a finger. I think God is looking for righteousness in his people. I can repent, I can pray. If we do that then God will take care of the opposition? I think he will.
A National Camp Meeting
Many will no doubt have differing views on how to conduct spiritual warfare. One recalls the priests in The Exorcist were engaged in a battle and didn’t have much time to humble themselves. But Cameron is a believer with an impressive body of work serving the church. He stars in faith-based movies like Fireproof and Saving Christmas, and is about to hold his second annual Revive Us a national simulcast Christian camp meeting that asks the Lord to bring the healing to our confused and broken nation.
A Real Gentleman
I can personally vouch that Cameron is a decent person, even away from cameras. I interviewed the actor when he was about to host the first Revive Us. At the time the interview was supposed to start I got a call from Cameron’s PR person. He had been trying to call for several minutes. But our phones were on the blink due to some electrical outage.
I told the PR person that I was going to have to call Kirk directly. This was an embarrassing situation. Famous actors are understandably reluctant to give their numbers out. It’s a particular concern for a man of faith like Cameron, who is reviled by the left.
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Cameron could not have been nicer. I got through to him and apologized. I told him I felt embarrassed. Cameron could have become irritated or blasted me — in other words, pulled a Harvey Weinstein. But he was a genuine gentleman. We were quickly talking about Revive Us, faith, my Catholicism. We even covered the fact (mentioned in his memoir) that he is named after James Tiberius Kirk of the starship Enterprise. In short, when no one is looking, Kirk Cameron is a real Christian.
Our “Red Sea” Moment
Cameron also said something I never forgot. He said that America may be facing “a Red Sea moment.” It’s a phrase is inspired by the biblical story of Moses.
I visit churches all over the country teaching marriage conferences and I hear it all the time from couples. Moms are concerned about the future for their children. Dads know that something broken, that the nation’s on the wrong track. And they wonder if America is frankly in the last days of being a great nation. And they’re very concerned. I want to say to them, I think there’s never been a more exciting time in America to be a Christian, to be a person with deep faith in God. Because it’s when hope seems lost that God parts the waters, right? That’s when he splits the Red Sea. I think this could be a Red Sea moment for you, for me, for us in our American story.”
He continued: “I challenged the smartest, wisest, most faithful friends I have to answer the question: At times like this, what can we do? Their answers literally inspired me. They refreshed my mind, they revived my heart, they filled me with hope and optimism. And I said, I’ve got to get this out to other people.”
Cameron has gotten the message out. Whether it will be heard is another question.
Mark Judge is a writer and filmmaker in Washington, D.C.