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-Great Cultural Revolution
AOC slammed over Christmas message about Israel-Hamas war: ‘Jew hate'
[NY Post] Sooo much wrong. Hard to contain that much stoopid
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez likens Palestinians to Jesus while describing Israel as a violent occupying force in an online Christmas post, prompting critics to slam what they call her blatant "Jew hate."

In her Instagram story on Christmas Eve, the lefty New York Democrat shared a photo of a child in rubble in the Gaza Strip and said she is praying "for the peace and protection of the innocent in Gaza and the occupied territories.

"In the story of Christmas, Christ was born in modern-day Palestine under the threat of a government engaged in a massacre of innocents," she wrote.

"He was part of a targeted population being indiscriminately killed to protect an unjust leader’s power. Mary and Joseph, displaced by violence and forced to flee, became refugees in Egypt with a newborn waiting to one day return home.

"Thousands of years later, right-wing forces are violently occupying Bethlehem as similar stories unfold for today’s Palestinians, so much so that the Christian community in Bethlehem has canceled this year’s Christmas Eve celebrations out of both [fear for their] safety and respect," Ocasio-Cortez wrote.

"And yet, also today, holy children are still being born in a place of unspeakable violence — for every child born, of any identity and from any place, is sacred. Especially the children of Gaza," AOC said.

"The entire story of Christmas and Christ himself is about standing with the poor and powerless, the marginalized and maligned, the refugees and immigrants, the outcast and misunderstood without exception," she wrote.

"This high Christian holiday is about honoring the precious sanctity of a family that, if the story were to unfold today, would be Jewish Palestinians," the Democrat said.

"Merry Christmas. May there be peace on Earth, amen."

"AOC describes Israel as a ’violent, right wing occupying force’ in [a] Christmas post," he wrote. "No mention of Hamas terror, [or] the victims of [the] Oct. 7 attack."
Posted by: Frank G || 12/25/2023 11:50 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1 
Posted by: Frank G || 12/25/2023 11:55 Comments || Top||

#2  The old saying is two nickels to rub together. Or a couple Betz cells. She doesn't even have two e coli to work with...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/25/2023 11:57 Comments || Top||

#3  Stupid my a$$, she knows her constituency.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 12/25/2023 12:26 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Bill Barr Says Supremes Should Smack Down Colorado's Trump Ban
[Epoch Times] The U.S. Supreme Court "has to smack this down very quickly," Mr. Barr told Fox News last week, responding to the decision.

And Mr. Barr—who served in the Trump administration but has become a frequent critic of President Trump after leaving office and has disputed claims about 2020 election fraud—added that "the legal argument here for it is ridiculous."

"Even more importantly, it is highly destructive, and it’s exactly the kind of tactics by the left that created Donald Trump in the first place," he said.
Posted by: Bobby || 12/25/2023 07:09 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  No smart person accepts a single word that Barr says at face value. Parsing his words and dissecting the possible angles Barr might be playing, like he is dishing Willy Mosconi trick shots, is a waste of time and energy. Bill is only useful in negating the person who he is speaking to and the venue that provides him a platform to lie. Any entity that facilitates Bill Barr disinformation is handing you an invaded razor blade.
Posted by: Super Hose || 12/25/2023 9:05 Comments || Top||

#2  If Trump had come out and said "Leave. Go Home," the actual moment the protesters assembled, the left would still say he fomented it.

Fuck them.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/25/2023 9:07 Comments || Top||


Nightmare Before Christmas: Brandon Visits Children's Hospital, Requests Lap Time
[ZeroHedge] Ick.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/25/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under:

#1  There are a lot of these guys around. Joe hides it worst.
Posted by: Super Hose || 12/25/2023 8:52 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
As conflicts rage abroad, a fractured Congress tries to rally support for historic global challenges
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Senate wrapped up its work for the year, Sen. Michael Bennet took to the floor of the nearly empty chamber and made a late-night plea for Congress to redouble support for Ukraine: "Understand the stakes at this moment."

It was the third time in recent months the Colorado Democrat has kept the Senate working late by holding up unrelated legislation in a bid to cajole lawmakers to approve tens of billions of dollars in weaponry and economic aid for Ukraine. During a nearly hour-long, emotional speech, he called on senators to see the nearly 2-year-old conflict as a defining clash of authoritarianism against democracy and implored them to consider what it means "to be fighting on that freezing front line and not know whether we’re going to come through with the ammunition."

Yet Congress broke for the holidays and is not expected to return for two weeks while continued aid for Ukraine has nearly been exhausted. The Biden administration is planning to send one more aid package before the new year, but says it will be the last unless Congress approves more money.

With support slipping in Congress even as conflicts and unrest rattle global security, the United States is once again struggling to assert its role in the world. Under the influence of Donald Trump, the former president who is now the Republican Party front-runner, GOP lawmakers have increasingly taken a skeptical stance toward U.S. involvement abroad, particularly when it comes to aid to Ukraine.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/25/2023 07:46 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  How about concentrating your efforts on the "challenges" right here at home you bunch of globalist parasites ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/25/2023 7:51 Comments || Top||

#2  Yet Congress broke for the holidays and is not expected to return

Incredibly.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/25/2023 7:54 Comments || Top||

#3  I see very few Ukrainian flags these days. Ukrainian support has very heavy in the Cleveland area initially, but it has become more selective. If there is Palestinian support in NE Ohio, it must be exclusive to college campuses.
Posted by: Super Hose || 12/25/2023 9:13 Comments || Top||

#4  ...I'm sure if you send out a crack news team from the major networks they could find a 'sea' of flags.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/25/2023 16:11 Comments || Top||


Former Chicago Alderman Convicted of Corruption
[Townhall] Former Chicago alderman and prominent Democrat Edward Burke was convicted on 13 federal corruption charges, including racketeering, bribery, and attempted extortion.
"Chicago - The City That Works"
Burke was found guilty of 13 out of 14 charges following a six-week trial. The case against the Democrat involved corrupt transactions where he used his political position for bribes and kickbacks. He was indicted for using his position to bring business from private developers to his own law firm. According to the New York Post, Burke targeted the developer 601W Companies LLC of New York, working on a $600 million renovation to Chicago’s Old Post Office, a Burger King restaurant, and the liquor store chain Benny’s Beverage Depot.

Burke faces a minimum sentence of 110 years in federal prison. His developer, Charles Cui, and Peter Andrews, Burke’s political aide, were also tried alongside Burke. Andrews was found not guilty of all charges, while Cui was guilty of bribery.
Posted by: Bobby || 12/25/2023 07:19 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under:

#1  How could they tell?

Snark O'The Day
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/25/2023 7:43 Comments || Top||

#2  Corrupt politician found guilty in a corrupt federal court. Must have got uppity.
Posted by: Super Hose || 12/25/2023 9:09 Comments || Top||


#4  ^ LOL - just posted that ;-)
Posted by: Frank G || 12/25/2023 14:28 Comments || Top||

#5  Guess the check didn't clear, or he was too vocal about the amount "migrants" showing up.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/25/2023 16:14 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Chris Christie Gets More Bad News As Campaign Continues to Flounder
[Red State] Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's GOP presidential campaign has been sitting in Nowheresville ever since his longshot run for our nation's highest office breached began back in June.

Dubbed by one prominent conservative media commentator as the "kamikaze" candidate, Christie's polling numbers have remained at basement levels outside of New Hampshire, a primary basket where Christie is laying all of his eggs and where his campaign has admitted that they welcome crossover votes from Democrat voters who are looking to help Christie play spoiler in his bid to keep former President Donald Trump from winning the nomination.

On Thursday, though, Christie received some bad news from a Maine court, which rejected his appeal to get on the Maine presidential primary ballot:
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/25/2023 09:16 || Comments || Link || [19 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Bad news" for him possibly, but not for the rest of us.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/25/2023 9:20 Comments || Top||

#2  An absolute disgrace.

The RNC just continues flush itself down the toilet. And this Nikki Haley. And to think Trump appointed her to be UN Ambassador. Trump can sure pick 'em (assuming he really had a choice).
Posted by: DooDahMan || 12/25/2023 9:24 Comments || Top||

#3  Trump can sure pick 'em

Apologies to Ayn Rand...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/25/2023 9:30 Comments || Top||

#4  Nikki was appointed as a lying envoy to a conclave of thieves. She had no power. Leaving Nikki and Krispy out of the power mix were a few of the smart personnel choices Trump made.
Posted by: Super Hose || 12/25/2023 9:50 Comments || Top||

#5  His campaign was floating belly up from the beginning.
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 12/25/2023 10:40 Comments || Top||

#6  ^^ I might say beached whale from the beginning, but it's all semantics.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 12/25/2023 15:12 Comments || Top||

#7  ...and yet there were suckers to give him money on it.

"A fool and his money are soon parted." "Fools don't deserve money."
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/25/2023 16:09 Comments || Top||

#8  Never Trumpers. They wasted their money. What's NOT to like?

Soon: John Kasich V3.0
Posted by: Frank G || 12/25/2023 16:29 Comments || Top||

#9  He’s not just dead in the water- he’s a hazard to navigation.
Posted by: Ululating Platypus || 12/25/2023 17:25 Comments || Top||



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Mon 2023-12-25
  Merry Christmas!
Sun 2023-12-24
  Safieddine: We're the ones who decide the fate of the South
Sat 2023-12-23
  IDF has reported the first confirmed case of a Hamas suicide bomber in Gaza
Fri 2023-12-22
  Israel orders evacuation of UNRWA facilities
Thu 2023-12-21
  IDF uncovers Hamas 'nerve center' below opulent Gaza neighborhood
Wed 2023-12-20
  60 anti-Israel protesters arrested inside the Capitol Rotunda
Tue 2023-12-19
  Massive explosion at Iran's aviation and space force headquarters in Tehran
Mon 2023-12-18
  Yemen has reportedly struck a US destroyer near the port of Berbera, Somaliland
Sun 2023-12-17
  15 attack drones launched from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen shot down by US, UK warships: officials
Sat 2023-12-16
  President Abbas terms Gaza 'integral part' of Palestinian state
Fri 2023-12-15
  Suspected Hamas members arrested in Germany, Netherlands and Denmark for planning terrorist attacks
Thu 2023-12-14
  Army says hundreds arrested in ongoing Jenin raid
Wed 2023-12-13
  Several Hamas leaders have left Qatar for an unknown destination, turning off their phones and not accepting calls
Tue 2023-12-12
  Activists calling for Gaza ceasefire protest in US Senate office building
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  Netenyahu to Hamas: It's over. Don't die for Sinwar. Surrender - now


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