[The] man of sin [shall] be revealed, the son of perdition, who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped, so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 KJV)
Jesus saith, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (John 14:6 KJV)
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Romans 10:13 KJV)
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October 30, 2017
Anthony Rapp Reveals Kevin Spacey Made Sexual Advance on Him at 14; Corey Feldman Threatens to Release Names of Hollywood Pedophiles
[Gossip Cop] - Celebrities are reacting to Anthony Rapp revealing that when he was 14 years old, Kevin Spacey made a sexual advance on the then-teenaged Broadway star.
After Rapp’s allegations were published on Sunday, Spacey apologized to him and also came out as gay. See Hollywood stars’ reactions here to Rapp bravely sharing his harrowing experience, as well as to Spacey seemingly pivoting from his inexcusable behavior to instead acknowledge he’s gay.
Earlier, Rapp shared with Buzzfeed that in 1986, when he was a 14-year-old actor on Broadway, he was invited to a party at Spacey’s New York apartment. At the end of the evening, Rapp recalled Spacey lifted him “like a groom picks up the bride over the threshold,” and put him down on a bed, where he laid on top of the young boy against his will.
Rapp noted that he was encouraged to come forward now because of the sexual assault and harassment scandal surrounding Harvey Weinstein.
He later added on Twitter:
“I came forward with my story, standing on the shoulders of the many courageous women and men who have been speaking out to shine a light and hopefully make a difference, as they have done for me.”
In the wake of Rapp’s allegation, Spacey issued a statement in which he both came out of the closest and apologized to the “Star Trek: Discovery” star for his “deeply inappropriate drunken behavior” that he claims he doesn’t remember from more than three decades ago. After noting that he has “a lot of respect and admiration” for Rapp as an actor, Spacey said, “I am sorry,” and claimed it “encouraged” him to publicly admit, “I have loved and had romantic encounters with men throughout my life, and I choose now to live as a gay man.”
Since Spacey’s statement, a number of celebrities have shared their reactions to both Rapp’s revelation and Spacey’s response. Rose McGowan, who has been vocal about having been sexually assaulted by Weinstein, tweeted:
“Dear fellow media: Keep focus on #AnthonyRapp BE THE VICTIM’S VOICE. Help us level the playing field.” She continued in another message, “Bye bye, Spacey goodbye, it’s your turn to cry, that’s why we’ve gotta say goodbye. #ROSEARMY.” Meanwhile, Debra Messing wrote to Rapp, “You are brave, and my heart breaks for that 14 year old.”
Noting how Spacey pivoted from apologizing to Rapp for the hurt he caused him, and instead the opportunity to come out as gay, Billy Eichner wrote:
“That Kevin Spacey statement. Nope. Absolutely not. Nope.”
He added:
“Kevin Spacey has just invented something that has never existed before: a bad time to come out.”
Some Democrats Returning Money They Received from Harvey Weinstein After Revelation of Sexual Harassment Lawsuits
Gay Child Molesters Caught on Tape! Hidden Cam. Explicit Content! By Journalist Ryan Sorba
Corey Feldman charges that the “number one problem in Hollywood was, and is, and always will be, pedophilia.” Hollywood elites abandoned the township of Hollywood a very long time ago. You no longer see stars out in person on the boulevards like you did in the old days. These elite now live all over the world on their private islands, jets, and yachts. I say leave the sign up as a reminder that all that glitters these days is rarely gold. [b0yzero]
Rose McGowan (center) poses with director and then-boyfriend Robert Rodriguez (left) and Harvey Weinstein (right) in 2007.
October 7, 2017
(AP) — Congressional Democrats, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and potential 2020 presidential contender Sen. Elizabeth Warren among them, are starting to give charities thousands of dollars in donations they had received from disgraced Hollywood titan Harvey Weinstein.
Weinstein and his family have given more than $1.4 million in political contributions since the 1992 election cycle, virtually all of it to Democratic lawmakers, candidates and their allies, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.
The party's effort to distance itself from the 65-year-old film executive came after The New York Times reported that he settled sexual harassment lawsuits with at least eight women.
Weinstein's contributions are tiny compared with those who donate tens of millions of dollars during a two-year election cycle, easily leaving him out of the top 100 funders, the center's figures show. But he's been a fixture among Democratic supporters and close to party luminaries for decades, making the revelations especially embarrassing for a party that touts itself as pushing progressive policies for women.
The biggest beneficiary of funds from Weinstein and his family was the Democratic National Committee, which received about $800,000 in several of its accounts, according to the center, which analyzes political spending.
Democratic National Committee spokeswoman Xochitl Hinojosa said the party plans to give more than $30,000 to Emily's List, Emerge America and Higher Heights. All three groups work to elect women to office. Hinojosa said the amount was for the funds Weinstein himself donated to the party during the 2016 campaign.
Other major beneficiaries of the Weinstein family's largesse included almost $200,000 to the party's Senate campaign accounts, $23,200 to its House campaign arm senatorial and $46,350 to Hillary Clinton, the 2016 presidential candidate, and to HILLPAC, a committee Clinton used to support other Democrats while senator. The figures include contributions attributed to Weinstein, first wife Eve Chilton and current spouse Georgina Chapman.
Weinstein and Chapman also contributed $10,000 to President Barack Obama.
Weinstein visited the White House during the Obama presidency and helped put on a film workshop in 2013, where then-first lady Michelle Obama described him as a "wonderful human being, a good friend and just a powerhouse."
Aides to Clinton and Obama did not immediately return requests for comment.
NYPD Blows Whistle on New Hillary Emails: Money Laundering, Sex Crimes with Children, Child Trafficking, Pay to Play, Perjury
Pedo Brothers. Smoking Gun: The Podesta Brothers & Madeleine McCann
November 2, 2016
True Pundit - New
York Police Department detectives and prosecutors working an alleged
underage sexting case against former Congressman Anthony Weiner have
turned over a newly-found laptop he shared with wife Huma Abedin to the
FBI with enough evidence “to put Hillary (Clinton) and her crew away for
life,” NYPD sources told True Pundit.
NYPD sources said Clinton’s “crew” also included several unnamed yet
implicated members of Congress in addition to her aides and insiders.
The NYPD seized the computer from Weiner during a search warrant and
detectives discovered a trove of over 500,000 emails to and from Hillary
Clinton, Abedin and other insiders during her tenure as secretary of
state. The content of those emails sparked the FBI to reopen its defunct
email investigation into Clinton on Friday.
But new revelations on the contents of that laptop, according to law
enforcement sources, implicate the Democratic presidential candidate,
her subordinates, and even select elected officials in far more alleged
serious crimes than mishandling classified and top secret emails,
sources said. NYPD sources said these new emails include evidence
linking Clinton herself and associates to:
Money laundering
Child exploitation
Sex crimes with minors (children)
Perjury
Pay to play through Clinton Foundation
Obstruction of justice
Other felony crimes
NYPD detectives and a NYPD Chief, the department’s highest rank under
Commissioner, said openly that if the FBI and Justice Department fail
to garner timely indictments against Clinton and co- conspirators, NYPD
will go public with the damaging emails now in the hands of FBI Director
James Comey and many FBI field offices.
“What’s in the emails is staggering and as a father, it turned my
stomach,” the NYPD Chief said. “There is not going to be any
Houdini-like escape from what we found. We have copies of everything. We
will ship them to Wikileaks or I will personally hold my own press
conference if it comes to that.”
The NYPD Chief said once Comey saw the alarming contents of the emails he was forced to reopen a criminal probe against Clinton.
“People are going to prison,” he said.
Meanwhile, FBI sources said Abedin and Weiner were cooperating with
federal agents, who have taken over the non-sexting portions of the case
from NYPD. The husband-and-wife Clinton insiders are both shopping for
separate immunity deals, sources said.
“If they don’t cooperate they are going to see long sentences,” a federal law enforcement source said.
NYPD sources said Weiner or Abedin stored all the emails in a massive
Microsoft Outlook program on the laptop.The emails implicate other
current and former members of Congress and one high-ranking Democratic
Senator as having possibly engaged in criminal activity too, sources
said.
Prosecutors in the office of US Attorney Preet Bharara have issued a
subpoena for Weiner’s cell phones and travel records, law enforcement
sources confirmed. NYPD said it planned to order the same phone and
travel records on Clinton and Abedin, however, the FBI said it was in
the process of requesting the identical records. Law enforcement sources
are particularly interested in cell phone activity and travel to the
Bahamas, U.S. Virgin Islands and other locations that sources would not
divulge.
The new emails contain travel documents and itineraries indicating
Hillary Clinton, President Bill Clinton, Weiner and multiple members of
Congress and other government officials accompanied convicted pedophile
billionaire Jeffrey Epstein on his Boeing 727 on multiple occasions to
his private island in the U.S Virgin Islands, sources said. Epstein’s
island has also been dubbed Orgy Island or Sex Slave Island where Epstein allegedly pimps out underage girls and boys to international dignitaries.
Both NYPD and FBI sources confirm based on the new emails they now
believe Hillary Clinton traveled as Epstein’s guest on at least six
occasions, probably more when all the evidence is combed, sources said.
Bill Clinton, it has been confirmed in media reports spanning recent
years, too traveled with Epstein over 20 times to the island.
U.S. Issued Sealed Indictment Against Julian Assange
STRATFOR EMAILS: US HAS ISSUED SEALED INDICTMENT AGAINST JULIAN ASSANGE
February 28, 2012
WIKILEAKS - Confidential emails obtained from the US private intelligence firm
Stratfor show that the United States Government has had a secret
indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for more than 12
months.
Fred Burton, Stratfor’s Vice-President for Counterterrorism and
Corporate Security, is a former Deputy Chief of the Department of
State’s (DoS) counterterrorism division for the Diplomatic Security
Service (DSS).
In early 2011, Burton revealed in internal Stratfor correspondence
that a secret Grand Jury had already issued a sealed indictment for
Assange: "Not for Pub — We have a sealed indictment on Assange. Pls
protect." (375123)
According to Burton: "Assange is going to make a nice bride in prison.
Screw the terrorist. He’ll be eating cat food forever." (1056988)
A few weeks earlier, following Julian Assange’s release from a London
jail, where he had been remanded as a result of a Swedish prosecutor’s
arrest warrant, Fred Burton told SkyNews: "extradition [to the US is]
more and more likely". (373862).
Emails from Fred Burton reveal that the US Government employs the
same counterterrorism strategy against Julian Assange and WikiLeaks as
against Al Qaeda: "Take down the money. Go after his infrastructure. The
tools we are using to nail and de-construct Wiki are the same tools
used to dismantle and track aQ [Al Qaeda]. Thank Cheney & 43 [former
US President George W. Bush]. Big Brother owns his liberal terrorist
arse." (1067796)
Ten days after the CIA reportedly assassinated Osama bin Laden,
Burton writes in an email sent to Stratfor’s "Secure" mailing list that
he "can get access to the materials seized from the OBL [Osama bin
Laden] safe house." (1660854)
Burton states: "Ferreting out [Julian Assange’s] confederates is also
key. Find out what other disgruntled rogues inside the tent or outside
[sic]. Pile on. Move him from country to country to face various charges
for the next 25 years. But, seize everything he and his family own, to
include every person linked to Wiki." (1056763)
Along with the FBI, the Diplomatic Security Service and the
Department of Defense (DoD) form a multi-agency US Government outfit
seeking to criminally indict and prosecute WikiLeaks and Julian Assange.
According to the Department of State, the DSS handles the investigation
of all leads that involve the DoS and assists the DoD in forensic
analysis of hard drives seized by the US Government in its ongoing
criminal investigation.
Burton also says he "would pursue [c]onspiracy and [p]olitical
[t]errorism charges and declassify the death of a source someone which
[he] could link to Wiki" (1074383). Burton’s strategy is to: "[b]ankrupt the arsehole first," Burton states, "ruin his life. Give him 7-12 yrs for conspiracy." (1057220)
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said: "For over a year now, the US
Attorney General Eric Holder has been conducting a "secret" Grand Jury
investigation into WikiLeaks. This neo-McCarthyist witch hunt against
WikiLeaks may be Mr Holder’s defining legacy. Any student of American
history knows that secret justice is no justice at all. Justice must be
seen to be done. Legitimate authority arises out of the informed consent
of the governed, not Eric Holder’s press secretary. Secret Grand Juries
with secret indictments are apparently Eric Holder’s preferred method
of dealing with publishers who hold his administration to account. Eric
Holder has betrayed the legacy of Madison and Jefferson. He should drop
the case or resign. Should he continue, however, the Obama
administration may not — Democrats and Republicans alike believe in the
right to tell the truth."
As early as June 2010, after the release of the Collateral Murder
video but prior to the Afghan War Diaries release, the emails talk of a
sealed indictment. In an email conversation between Shane Harris, a
National Security journalist, and Burton, Harris is surprised that
Assange was reporteded to be attending a Las Vegas Investigative
Reporters and Editors (IRE) conference. Burton remarks: "As a foreign
national, we could revoke [Julian Assange’s] travel status and deport.
Could also be taken into custody as a material witness. We COULD have a
sealed indictment and lock him up. Depends upon how far along the
military case is" (391504). Julian Assange cancelled his appearance at the IRE conference due to security concerns.
In another email to Stephen Feldhaus, Stratfor legal counsel, about
Ronald Kessler, a "pro-FBI journalist", Burton remarks: “I look forward
to Manning and Assange facing a bajillion-thousand counts [of
espionage]." (1035283)
In July 2010 alleged WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning was moved from
Camp Arifjan, Kuwait to the Quantico Brig in the Military District of
Washington at the request of Maj. Gen. Terry Wolff, then Commanding
General of the 1st Armored Division/US Division – Center in Iraq.
Wolff requested Manning’s move, the Pentagon reported, "due to a
potentially lengthy pre-trial confinement because of the complexity of
the charges and an ongoing investigation.” Three days before Manning
arrived at Quantico Brig, Burton wrote to George Friedman, Stratfor CEO
and founder:
“We probably asked the ASIS [Australian Secret Intelligence Service]
to monitor Wiki coms and email, after the soldier from Potomac was
nabbed. So, it’s reasonable to assume we probably already know who has
done it. The delay could be figuring out how to declassify and use the
Aussie intel on Wiki... The owner [Julian Assange] is a peacenik. He
needs his head dunked in a full toilet bowl at Gitmo.” (402168)
WikiLeaks – Kristinn Hrafnsson, Official WikiLeaks representative: +35 4821 7121 Julian Burnside, Australian barrister and Human Rights expert: +61 412 157 230 or +61 03 9225 7488, burnside@vicbar.com.au Scott Ludlam, Australian Senator: +61 6277 3467 John Pilger, Australian-born journalist / writer / documentary filmmaker: +61 2 9719 2535, jpilger2003@yahoo.co.uk Geoffrey
Robertson, Australian-born Human Rights barrister, academic, author:
+44 020 7404 1313, g.robertson@doughtystreet.co.uk Jennifer Robinson, Legal adviser in Australia and available for interviews now: +61423871773 Michael Ratner, President, Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR): +1 2126146449, press@ccrjustice.org Frank La Rue, United Nations Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Opinion and Expression +502 23 680-021 Glenn Greenwald (salon.com), Columnist/blogger/Constitutional lawyer: +1 (646) 400-5600, ggreenwald@salon.com Ben Wizner, Litigation Director at ACLU’s National Security Project: +1 (212) 519 7860, bwizner@aclu.org Oliver Spencer, Article 19, Global Campaign for Free Expression: +44 (0)20 7324 2517 John Perry Barlow, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): +1 415 436 9333 and +1 202 797 9009, barlow@eff.org Cindy Cohn, Legal Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation: +1 415 436 9333 x108, cindy@eff.org Tala Dowlatshahi, Reporters without Borders (US): +1 917-239-0653
Illuminati playing card from 1995 (Steve Jackson's Illuminati: The Game of Conspiracy was released in 1995, well before many of the shocking moments it predicts):
- Apr 16th: John Jones QC, Assange's U.N. Lawyer, dies jumping in front of a train.
- May 11th: Michael Ratner, WikiLeaks' chief counsel, dies of cancer.
-
Jul 10th: Seth Rich, DNC staffer who supposedly leaked DNC documents to
Wikileaks, is shot in the back and dies. Nothing is stolen from his
body.
- Aug 5th: Edward Snowden (source of leaks on surveillance by the NSA) tweets 64 bit code (potential dead man's switch).
- Aug 10th: Wikileaks offers $20k reward for information on murder of Seth Rich.
- Oct 7th: Podestamails leaks first batch.
- Oct 14th: John Podesta tweets "I bet the lobster risotto is better than the food at the Ecuadorian Embassy”.
- Oct 16th/17th: John Kerry visits the UK, personally pressures Equador to stop Assange from publishing documents about Clinton.
- Oct 16th: Wikileaks tweets SHA-256 prerelease keys.
- Oct 18th: Equadorian Embassy cuts off Assange's internet access.
- Oct 18th: Pamela Anderson visits Assange and feeds him a vegan sandwich.
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Oct 18th: Witnesses photograph and report heavily armed police and vans
outside Equadorian Embassy, are barred from approaching and have
cellphones confiscated. Live feeds are cut off.
- Oct 18th: Fox News reports Assange will be arrested in a matter of hours.
- Oct 18th: https://file.wikileaks.org/file made publicly visible, file dates/timestamps changed to 1984 (Orwell reference).
- Oct 18th: London Airport evacuated due to "chemical attack", potentially used as cover to fly Assange out of country.
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Oct 20th: /r/wikileaks, /r/dncleaks, /r/wikileakstaskforce and
/r/nsaleaks add 21 new moderators and remove previous mods, all threads
about Assange going missing deleted since.
- Oct 20th/21st:
Wikileaks tweets 5 tweets with misspelled words. The incorrect letters
spell "HELP HIM". The Wikileaks twitter has never made a spelling error,
let alone 5 in two days.
- Oct 21st: Massive DDoS attack on US
internet. Wikileaks tweets to imply the attack originates from its
supporters, asking them to stop, no evidence supports claim.
- Oct 22nd: Gavin MacFadyen (mentor to Assange and key player in Wikileaks) dies of lung cancer.
-
Oct 23rd: Wikileaks Tweets poll asking how best to prove Assange is
alive (he still hasn't appeared on video or at the window since).
- Oct 24th: Wikileaks Tweets video of Assange and Michael Moore recorded in June.
-
Oct 26th: 4chan users successfully decode their first
message in Wikileak's blockchain. Threads are instantly flooded by
shills saying that it's not worth looking into. The blockchain is
blocked with fees and 43000 unconfirmed transactions appear in the
mempool.
- Nov 6th: Huge DDoS takes down Wikileaks for first time in years.
- Nov 7th: Various entities notice hundreds of Podesta and DNC emails are missing from recent leaks, accessed with direct entry.
- Nov 8th: Trump wins.
-
Nov 12th: Assange meets with Swedish prosecutor regarding rape
allegations, lawyers barred from attending, meeting conducted via an
Equadorian ambassador (not face to face)
- Nov 14th: Wikileaks releases insurance files, SHA-256 hashes do not match those tweeted in October.
Hollywood (Entertainment Industry) is Owned (Shareholders) by the Same Corporations and Financial Institutions That Own the Energy, Health and Food Industry
Institutions like Fidelity Investments, the Vanguard group and the State
Street Corporation. They own Disney and the major corporations that
govern Hollywood, they also own Big Oil, Big Food and Big Pharma!
Actress Roseanne Barr: 'MK Ultra Rules in Hollywood'
November 13, 2016
Humans Are Free - For those of you that don’t know, Roseanne Barr is a well known actress, comedian, writer, television producer and director. She has won several awards which include Emmy awards, Golden Globe awards, People’s Choice awards and more.
She has been in the industry for over twenty years and has gained much
respect from many of her Hollywood colleagues who she is now speaking on
behalf of.
I just want to make it clear how long she has been inside the industry, and the connections she has to others within it.
Industry insiders are feeling the need to share inspirational words and
food for thought to the millions of people that pay attention to them as
of late.
We saw this recently with Ashton Kutcher.
Celebrities have a voice that can reach a large sum of people, they can
be a threat to corporate interests and the controlling elite and as
Roseanne states, many celebrities bite their tongue and live in a
culture of fear.
Not long ago, Roseanne made some shocking statements, alluding that Hollywood and the entertainment industry is dominated by MK Ultra. MK Ultra was the name for a previously classified research program through the CIA’s scientific intelligence division.
It was the CIA’s program of research in behavioral modification and perception manipulation of human beings (1).
It was previously known as Operation Paperclip(2).
Roseanne is suggesting that Hollywood is a tool used in the
manipulation of human consciousness, used as a tool for behavior
modification and perception control in human beings.
"Hollywood is the one that keeps all of
this power structure. They perpetuate the culture of racism, sexism,
classism, genderism and keep it all in place.
"They continue to feed it, and they make a lot of money doing it. They do it at the behest of their masters, who run everything.
"I speak on behalf of Hollywood. I go to
parties, Oscar parties and things like that and big stars pull me
aside, take my arm and whisper: “I just want to thank you for the things
you say.” And it blows my mind, but that’s the culture, it’s a culture
of fear.
"It’s a big culture of mind control, MK Ultra rules in Hollywood."
It’s funny that ancient Druid ‘wizards’ and ‘magicians’ used to make
their wands specific for casting spells from the Holly Wood tree.
Maybe “Hollywood” is used to cast spells on the masses, because at the very least it can sure seem that way. Everything we do is so systematic, so robotic in nature.
We go to school, get a job, have a family and chase materialistic gains
only to find out that it is not what our soul truly desires. We are told
what to wear, what’s popular, what to buy, what truth is and how life
is through television.
It keeps us occupied, ignorant and blind to what is really happening on our planet.
Roseanne’s public remark that the CIA’s MK Ultra program rules in Hollywood is an educated statement, and not just an opinion.
Dave Chappelle Defends Trump, Rips Clinton: ‘She’s Not Right and We All Know It’
Comedian shocks NY crowd at surprise gig by devoting much of his show to slamming the Democratic presidential nominee
November 5, 2016
The Observer - Comedian Dave Chappelle has been prepping for his November 12 hosting slot on Saturday Night Live
with a series of surprise shows at The Cutting Room in New York. On
Friday night, he shocked the crowd with a 60-minute set largely devoted
to slamming Hillary Clinton.
He was particularly agitated about what he believes was Clinton’s
role in leaking a surreptitiously recorded conversation between
Republican nominee Donald J. Trump and TV personality Billy Bush. “What I
heard on that tape was gross,” Chappelle said. “But the way I got to
hear it was even more gross. You know that came directly from Hillary.”
He stated this had put him off a candidate he had already known was “not
right.”
He likened voting for her to a hypothetical situation of
actress Halle Berry breaking wind in his face during sexual relations.
“I’m still going to go for it,” he said. “But I wish she hadn’t done
that thing.”
Chappelle further shocked the New York crowd by defending Trump. He
took issue with the media stating as fact that Trump had admitted
committing sexual assault in the recorded conversation. “Sexual assault?
It wasn’t. He said, ‘And when you’re a star, they let you do it.’ That
phrase implies consent. I just don’t like the way the media twisted that
whole thing. Nobody questioned it.”
The comedian stated that Trump’s resilience in the face of the leak
had impressed him. Comparing Trump to The Terminator, Chappelle said,
“That would have devastated anybody else.” Chappelle added that Trump’s
handling of the debate immediately following the controversy had won him
over. Referring to Anderson Cooper and Martha Raddatz’s hostile
questioning, he said, “Something about this was backward. A gay white
man and a white woman asking a multi-billionaire how he knows the system
is rigged and insisting it’s not. Does that sound right to you? It
didn’t seem right to me. And here’s how you know Trump is the most
gangsta candidate ever. They asked him how he knows the system is rigged
and he said, ‘Because I take advantage of it.’ He may as well have
flashed his membership card for the Illuminati right then.”
Noting that he voted early in rural Yellow Springs, Ohio before
heading to New York, Chappelle said he “didn’t feel good” about voting
for Clinton. “She’s going to be on a coin someday. And her behavior has
not been coin-worthy,” he said. “She’s not right and we all know she’s
not right.”
Chappelle noted that he’d been present at a late October going-away
party at the White House, sponsored by BET. “Everyone there was black –
everyone except Bradley Cooper,” he said. Chappelle listed attendees
including Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayer, singer Usher, DNC
chairwoman Donna Brazile, and DJ D-Nice, who performed at the hush-hush
soiree. He claimed that, at the end of the night, he grabbed the mic and
waxed lyrical about Frederick Douglass, concluding that even though the
current election has been “gross,” he still loves the United States of
America.
The comedian wasn’t feeling so much love for women’s rights, gay
rights, and transgender rights activists, saying, “They should not be
having that conversation in front of black people. You go ahead and feel
something about your rights. But if you’re putting sexism and
homophobia and transphobia in front of racism, you should be ashamed of
yourself.” Chappelle still slammed North Carolina legislation stating
that transgender people must use the public restroom that aligns with
the sex stated on their respective birth certificates. “If you need to
show your birth certificate to take a dump at a Wal-Mart in North
Carolina, that’s insane.” Chappelle noted he would rather not have “a
woman with a dick” stand next to him at a urinal. He also said he wasn’t
happy about rumors that Caitlyn Jenner would pose nude for Sports Illustrated. “Sometimes I just want to read some stats.”
Kay Griggs, Former Marine Colonel's Wife, Talks Again About Military Assassin Squads, Drug Running, Illegal Weapon Deals And Sexual Perversion Deep Within The Highest Levels Of U.S. Military And Government
Katharine 'Kay' Griggs knows what it's like to have a gun pointed in her face. She knows what it's like to have her face slapped, her bones broken and her nose bloodied by her former bully of a husband, an active Marine Colonel and a man who she claims is "above the law and literally gets away with murder."
Virginia court documents and photos of her battered arms and legs tell the sad and brutal physical story of her failed marriage, a tumultuous 11 year roller coaster ride ending in 1999.
But the real story for public consumption isn't the private divorce court details. It is the secret military information about drug running, weapon sales, sexual perversion and assassination squads she learned firsthand from her husband, U.S. Marine Corps Col. George Raymond Griggs, now remarried and living in Mirror Lake, NH.
This isn't the first time Griggs is going public with her story about government mob-like hit squads and the sexually perverted secret "cap and gown and skull and bone society" her husband belonged to along with other high-ranking Marine officers and pubic officials.
She first went public in 1996 after receiving death threats, being rescued by Sarah McClendon, former senior member of the White House press corps, who believed her story and took Griggs under her wing, giving her a place to stay and important advice about how to stay alive when dealing with military operatives.
"I became a whistle blower and received death threats," said Griggs this week in an extended telephone conversation from her Tidewater, VA. home. "I finally wound up living for safety reasons with Sarah, the dean of the White House Press Corps, who had been with every president since FDR and was in Army intelligence and also an attorney's daughter from Texas."
Advised by McClendon to go public without being able to get the mainstream media to listen, she traveled to Adrian, MI on the advice of a friend to do a long extended taped interview with Pastor Rick Strawcutter, a preacher and owner of a 500 watt pirate FM station at 99.3 on the dial in Lenawee County.
(The False Prophet) Pope Francis Wants to Decentralize the Catholic Church to Pave the Way for the One-world Religion of One-world Government (Kingdom of Antichrist)
Maybe Pope Francis will be the one who establishes the "One World Religion" under the guise of peaceful resolutions for all nations. Prophesies in the Book of Revelation must be fulfilled...period! Those who are not well-versed in biblical scriptures will be easily deceived.
In July 2009, Pope Benedict XVI called for world government by stating that we needed a “true world political authority.” In December 2009, the Pope made the following statement: "It is important to acknowledge that among the causes of the present ecological crisis is the historical responsibility of the industrialized countries." The Pope continued by saying: "This means that technologically advanced societies must be prepared to encourage more sober lifestyles, while reducing their energy consumption and improving its efficiency." The Pope should understand that “climate change” is a lie, it’s not
something man has caused; rather, it’s the natural cycles of the sun and
its effect on our planet. This is all being done under the guise of “climate change;” let the world unite as one to stop this disaster, we are told. [Source]
IceCap.US - This statement was written by Paul Driessen as a message to EIR’s
September 22, 2015 press conference in Manhattan, announcing the release
of the special report, “‘Global Warming’ Scare is Population Reduction,
Not Science.” The report features a lengthy interview with Driessen.
One of the dark undersides of the extreme environmental movement is its
long obsession with population control. Once linked to alleged resource
depletion and global famine, human population control is now tied to the
assertion that our Earth cannot possibly meet everyone’s aspirations
for modern housing, transportation, energy and living standards ...
without causing irreversible climate change and sustainability
disasters.
It is also driven by claims that human populations must be reduced and then limited to some arbitrary “carrying capacity.” President Obama’s Science Adviser John Holdren and Pope Francis’
senior climate change adviser Hans Joachim Schellnhuber both say our
planet’s maximum carrying capacity is a mere one billion people. (See the special report on the unholy alliance that has been advising Pope Francis on the environment and climate change here.)
Naturally, they are carefully and deliberately vague about exactly HOW
we are supposed to “progress” from 7.2 billion men, women and children
on our planet today - or a projected 9.6 billion people in 2050 - to
just one billion some years from now.
They prefer not to discuss how six to 8.5 billion people are to be
removed from the human gene pool...which billions must perish...and who
gets to decide. It’s all cloaked in pious, ecological, euphemistic
language. However, statements by prominent environmentalists offer solid
clues.
Mr. Holdren and Population Bomb author Paul Ehrlich have written: “We
need to de-develop the United States” and other developed countries, “to
bring our economic system into line with the realities of ecology and
the global resource situation.” We must then address the “ecologically
feasible development of the underdeveloped countries.” [emphasis added -
from their Human Ecology book]
Ehrlich also said: “Giving society cheap energy is like giving an idiot
child a machine gun.” Even more outrageous, he claimed that the “instant
death control” provided by DDT was “responsible for the drastic
lowering of death rates” in poor countries. Since those people were not
practicing birth control, certainly not at the level he deems necessary,
they need to have a “death rate solution” imposed on them.
And so radical environmentalists have waged campaigns against using DDT
as a powerful insect repellant to prevent malaria. They oppose modern
fertilizers and biotech foods that feed more people from less land,
using less water, and even during floods or droughts.
They are also viscerally against all forms of carbon-based and nuclear
energy, which yield far more reliable and affordable energy, and far
more energy per acre than wind, solar and biofuel alternatives.
These statements and policies make several things abundantly clear.
In the view of population control advocates - mostly less educated,
darker skinned people in mostly poor, underdeveloped countries are less
desirable, and less worth saving, than people in richer, mostly
Caucasian countries. People in the political, ruling classes must be
exempt from decisions about population control, resource allocation,
housing, travel and living standards.
And someone must decide how many people, having which skills, will be
needed to feed and clothe - and provide energy, raw materials and
technologies for whatever portion of that remaining one billion people
are not in those ruling classes.
From my perspective, it is a crime against humanity to impose policies
that pretend to protect the world’s most energy-deprived masses from
hypothetical, computer-generated climate, resource depletion and other
catastrophes decades from now - by perpetuating energy deprivation,
poverty, malnutrition and disease that now kill millions of people every
year.
These are all fascinating issues. One has to wonder how the vast
majority of the world’s people feel about them - and who will ask
President Obama, Pope Francis, Ban Ki Moon and UN climate director
Christiana Figueres some of these very troubling and inconvenient
questions.
AP - Pope Francis
called Saturday for a Catholic Church that is far more decentralized,
where the laity play a greater role, bishops conferences take care of
certain problems, and even the papacy is rethought.
Francis issued
the call during a ceremony Saturday to mark the 50th anniversary of the
institution of the Synod of Bishops, a consultative body formed during
the Second Vatican Council that was intended precisely to encourage more
collegiality in the running of the church by inviting bishops to offer
their advice to Rome.
Over the past five decades, the synod has
been little more than a talk-fest. But Francis has sought to re-energize
it, and the contentious meeting under way at the Vatican, in which
conservative and progressive bishops are squaring off over ministering
to families, has been the result.
Francis noted that he launched
the family synod process two years ago by sending out a questionnaire to
Catholic families around the world asking for their input — a strong
sign that ordinary lay Catholics have an important role to play in the
governance of the church and spreading the faith.
"How would it
have been possible to talk about the family without engaging families,
listening to their joys and hopes, their pain and anxieties?" he said.
One
of the main themes running through the current synod is whether
individual bishops' conferences can take on greater responsibility in
charting pastoral strategies to deal with issues like ministering to
gays and divorced and civilly remarried couples. Conservatives insist
that only Rome can offer such doctrinal guidelines; progressives say the
local churches know better what individual circumstances require.
In his speech, Francis said the church needed to reflect
further on "intermediate types of collegiality" involving bishops, even
going back to some aspects of the greatly decentralized church of the
past.
Finally, he said a
truly collegial church has implications for the papacy — and therefore
relations with other Christian churches that split from Rome precisely
over the primacy of the pope.
Francis has been keen to insist that he is perhaps first and foremost the bishop of Rome.
"The
pope is not, all by himself, above the church but rather inside it as a
baptized Catholic among other baptized Catholics, and inside the
episcopal college as a bishop among bishops," he said.
At the same time,
he added, the pope is called "to guide the church of Rome that presides
in the love of all the churches."
Comments at Yahoo!
There is no doubt at all that the Catholic Church has been taken over
by the "gay lobby" which was evidently involved in the shooting of JPII
and the wrestling takedown of B16. The result is Francis and his
alliance as with J23 with the Communist establishment to create the
proletariat and to then take over the "means of production". Capitalism
is through and the "entitled" will rule the earth.
I am very concerned. The world is rejecting natural law at a pace
unlike that in human history, and Pope Francis wants to shrink? Man is
becoming mechanical in all things, and the Pope wants Rome to cease and
desist?
She
then goes on -- unprompted! -- to say "You know Michelle is a tranny."
When the reporter attempts to clarify, she responds: "A transgender. We
all know."
Click over to Vincent Paolo Villano's 2012 op-ed for The Advocate,
should you need a reminder of why calling cisgender women trans (even
without the use of slurs) "only furthers the marginalization of women
and transgender people."
Vigilant Citizen - ...This article is not against transgender people who decide to make a
change because it makes them happy. It is against the exploitation of
transgender people to push an Agenda.
Jenner’s transformation was not intimate nor personal. It was a grand, ceremonial, ritualistic event that symbolizes a change in society as a whole.
An important part of the elite’s agenda is to debase, confuse and mix up the natural, harmonious order of things. It is about steering away from what is real, pure and authentic to move towards to the fake, artificial and the constructed.
For this reason, there is one aspect of the Agenda that is becoming increasingly apparent: the feminization of the male and the masculinization of the female. Under the guise of “empowerment,” men who act like females and females who act like men are not only accepted, but celebrated. I personally do not have a problem with that. I DO have a problem with the other side of this agenda: men who act like traditional men (and do not feel the need to apologize for it) are now portrayed as evil and wrong. And, all of a sudden, portraying a stay-at-home mom who takes pride in cooking for her family is considered “sexist.”
In other words, it is about a complete reversal of gender roles.
The Lookout - Floyd Lee Corkins II, the suspect in Wednesday's shooting at the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the Family Research Council, was carrying 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches in a bag when he opened fire, according to the criminal complaint filed by the Justice Department on Thursday.
Corkins, 28, of Herndon, Va., was charged with "interstate transportation of a firearm and ammunition"—a federal offense—along with the "intent to kill while armed." The offenses carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison for transportation of a weapon, and 30 years for intent to kill. Corkins is expected to make an initial court appearance later Thursday.
According to the FBI affidavit, Corkins' parents said their son "has strong opinions with respect to those he believes do not treat homosexuals in a fair manner." According to The Associated Press, Corkins "had been volunteering recently at a community center for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people."
Corkins legally purchased the handgun he used in the shooting—a Sig Sauer 9mm pistol—in Virginia last week, the FBI said.
A spokesman for the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department said Corkins entered the lobby of the FRC building in downtown Washington at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday. He was confronted by a security guard and opened fire.
The guard, Leo Johnson, was shot in the left arm, police said. Corkins was tackled and then taken into custody. Johnson was taken to a local hospital and is expected to make a full recovery, an FRC spokesman said.
"As far as I'm concerned, the security officer here is a hero," Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier said Wednesday.
The FBI said it found Corkins with "two additional magazines loaded with ammunition and an additional box of 50 rounds of ammunition," according to Talking Points Memo.
The Family Research Council is a Christian organization and conservative lobbying group that "promotes the traditional family unit and the Judeo-Christian value system." Its motto is "advancing faith, family and freedom." The group, which was founded in 1981, opposes abortion and gay marriage.
Chick-fil-A's president sparked a controversy after his public comments against same-sex marriage were published in July.
"Federal authorities say [Corkins] told a guard at the Family Research Council, 'I don't like your politics,'" the AP said.
Several Washington-based conservative groups tightened security in the wake of Wednesday's shooting.
The leaders of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organizations released a joint statement condemning the shooter's actions.
"The motivation and circumstances behind today's tragedy are still unknown," the statement read, "but regardless of what emerges as the reason for this shooting, we utterly reject and condemn such violence."
The FRC shooting came a little more than a week after seven people, including the gunman, were killed in a mass shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis.
August 3, 2012
Chick-fil-A Supporters Turn Out in Droves for ‘Appreciation Day’; Lesbian Couple Misrepresents CEO's Statement and Labels Him a Supporter of 'Anti-gay Hate Groups', Thereby Spreading Hate Against Christians and Their Support of God's Definition of Marriage; the Corporate Media with the Government's Backing is Fanning the Flames for Christian Persecution (Gay Activists are Promoting Hate Against Christians - They Are Stirring Up Hate and Then Pointing the Finger)
"We are very grateful and humbled by the incredible turnout of loyal Chick-fil-A customers on August 1 at Chick-fil-A restaurants around the country," Chick-fil-A vice president Steve Robinson said in a statement. The privately held company declined to give specific sales figures but released a statement to the Los Angeles Times confirming that frenzied sales of chicken sandwiches and cross-cut waffle fries had made for a record-setting day. The Atlanta-based company, which started in 1946 and now has more than 1,615 locations nationwide, recorded annual sales of more than $4.1 billion last year. Customers often waited in long lines, many weathering the blistering summer sun, just to get in the front door. The company, which proudly abides by Bible-based principles and closes its doors to sales on Sundays, stressed in its statement that Chick-fil-A did not promote Wednesday's turnout. It also stressed that its employees abide by a service tradition to "treat every person with honor, dignity and respect -- regardless of their belief, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender."
Robinson's statement alluded to rumors that another protest (including "kiss-ins") will be staged at Chick-fil-As on Friday by same-sex marriage supporters, which in turn has led to rumors of counter-counter-protests ... you get the idea. The company says Friday will just be another day, and another opportunity: "We understand from news reports that Friday may present yet another opportunity for us to serve with genuine hospitality, superior service and great food." The current uproar over Chick-fil-A dates to mid-July, when Cathy was quoted about his dedication to traditional family values. His comments reignited long-standing tensions between the company and the LGBT community, which called for a boycott.
"It is everything I thought it would be; being the Olympic champion, it definitely is an amazing feeling. I give all the glory to God. It's kind of a win win situation. The glory goes up to Him and the blessings fall down on me," said Gabby Douglas, after winning the 2012 Olympic All-Around Gold Medal in gymnastics on August 2, 2012.
After Gabby Douglas clinched her spot to compete in the All-Around finals, a reporter asked her on camera (broadcast during NBC's coverage) how she deals with the pressure and the nerves of being a gymnast on the biggest stage in the world. She said “I’ve been meditating on scriptures saying be confident in this. And, you know, the Bible really helps me so I was very confident.” Prior to the start of competition, Gabby sent out this message to her supporters: "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord will be with you wherever you go!"
Before winning the gold, Gabby tweeted: "I believe in God. He is the secret of my success. He gives people talent." After winning the gold, Gabby tweeted: "Let all that I am praise the LORD; may I never forget the good things he does for me" and "but seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."
"Openly giving thanks and credit to God could expose her to a hate campaign from the liberal cult. This could reduce the amount of money she makes endorsing products. I'm sure that occurred to her and she doesn't care, because pleasing God is a lot more valuable than anything that can come from Man, especially pagan men. So this nice girl is on the right track, and she has the love and respect of everyone whose opinion matters." [deprogramming services, CNS News, August 3, 2012]
When Gabby talks, her faith is hard to miss. It is interesting to note that some leading secular publications print what she has been saying in reference to God, praying, and praise. However, stories in USA Today, the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times usually do not include those remarks.
Oddly enough, in glancing through the sports pages, I saw many Gabby quotes about believing in yourself and working hard and all that stuff but, for some reason, none seemed to mention the fact that she gave all the glory to God after every victory she achieved. Maybe they were hoping no one would notice. Well, I noticed and I’m sure many others did as well and I take my hat off to this young lady for letting her light so shine when the attention of the world was on her. [The Mad Monarchist]
Gabrielle Douglas is the first American gymnast to win both the all-around and team gold medals in the same Olympics.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/08/02/4687915/womens-gymnastics-individual-all.html?mi_rss=Sports%20Galleries#storylink=cpy
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/08/02/4687915/womens-gymnastics-individual-all.html?mi_rss=Sports%20Galleries#storylink=cpy
"She has already been dissed by a sports commentator. But I predict she will escape any high profile attacks because she's black and not a conservative politician. Tim Tebow got nailed right and left; he's a white man. The Thought Police have equated any criticism of a black American with racism. I highly recommend a book by Tammy Bruce entitled, 'The New Thought Police'. It is an inside look of how liberals have changed the narrative of American society. It is why, now, if you are a Christian, you supposedly hate homosexuals. If you criticize an inept President, you are a racist. Listen to some of the members of the Congressional Black Caucus: a week does not go by when one of them does not accuse over 40 million Americans of being racist." [Les Dtom Godbold, CNS News, August 3, 2012]
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." - Galatians 6:7
You can't cram religion down someone's throat: only by the grace of God (and not by our own effort) do we receive faith; it is the gift of God (Ephesians 2:8).
"No man can come to the Son except the Father draw him" - John 6:44
We are all sinners: some have been found while others remain lost. A lost sinner must be drawn by God to want to know Christ. God says to us, "Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee (Jeremiah 31:3)." Our Creator, knowing the hearts and minds of men, has the sovereign right to choose who He will draw near to Him and when. It's all according to His will and in His time.
When God draws someone near, Christians are the vessels that He uses to reveal the truth about His Word to lost sinners. When we are saved, we desire to proclaim the good news in every place, and we should be prepared to explain the hope we have through the faith of Christ with love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control (the nine "fruit of the Holy Spirit," Galatians 5:22).
"And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved." - Acts 2:21
A Christian should be a striking likeness of Christ in all ways and by all means so that all may say of him, "He has been with Jesus." A penitent believer has his sins already laid on Christ: he obeys the commandments of God and follows the footsteps of Christ, teaching repentance and forgiveness and helping the Lord save those who are still lost, for it brings the Lord glory when we help Him find His lost sheep.
Christ says that the first and greatest commandment is to love God with all our heart, mind, soul and strength. Jesus tells us that the second greatest commandment is to love others as we love ourselves and as He loves us. This includes everyone, whether they believe as we do or not. And Jesus says that we should pray for our enemies and do good to them rather than hate them. But we should take care not to unequally yoke ourselves to unbelievers (in marriage or otherwise), for this will lead to lives of misery.
"Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever." - Hebrews 13:8
We deserve no rewards, no merit, no crowns that we may boast, for it is all of God. Any faith we have more than another is because God dealt that measure to us, and not because of ourselves. Any work we do greater than any other is because God worked within us more than another. Rather than ask, “What rewards will we get,” we should ask, “What does God will for us to do.” And when we have done it, say, “We are unprofitable servants.” Abandon pride and, as the certain poor widow who threw in two mites, surrender all to our Lord. Everlasting life is all the reward we need.
According to gay activists, the Marriage & Family Foundation and the National Institute of Marriage are "anti-gay hate groups."
August 2, 2012
ABC News - After hundreds of thousands of people ate dinner at his restaurants on Wednesday for Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, one Georgia family, a same-sex couple and their two daughters, has invited Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy to have dinner at their house.
But the dinner invitation from Marci Alt and wife Marlysa, who live near Chick-fil-A’s Atlanta headquarters, is no paltry piece of paper, it is backed by an online petition sponsored by Change.org, an online organizing platforms for activists, and GLAAD, a gay rights advocacy group.
“I hope Mr. Cathy will join my family for dinner, where we can share a respectful dialogue about our faith, work and families here in Georgia,” Alt said in a statement. “It’s important that Mr. Cathy meet the people his company is donating millions to stand against.”
“I’ll even make chicken,” Alt added.
The invite comes on the heels of national outrage from the LGBT community after Cathy said that he was “guilty as charged” for supporting the “biblical definition of the family unit.”
Alt, along with gay rights advocates across the country, plan to protest those comments and the company’s anti-gay marriage stance with National Same-Sex Kiss Day on Friday. Nearly 12,000 people have said on Facebook that they will head to Chick-fil-A restaurants around the country and pucker up with their same-sex partners.
GLAAD President Herndon Graddick said the protest stems not from Cathy’s comments, but from the millions of dollars his company has poured into “anti-gay hate groups.”
In 2010, WinShape, the non-profit foundation created by Cathy and largely supported by Chick-fil-A, gave more than $1 million to the Marriage & Family Foundation and $37,000 to the National Institute of Marriage, both of which promote defining marriage as between one man and one woman.
“Without question, Dan Cathy has every right to voice his opinions and beliefs,” Graddick said in a statement. “But he should meet and get to know the people that he’s speaking out against — the people who are harmed by his company’s multi-million dollar donations to anti-gay hate groups working to hurt everyday LGBT Americans and break apart loving families.”
LA Times - Hey, Chick-fil-A, are you feeling appreciated?
The fast-food chain was overrun on Wednesday by men, women and children wanting chicken sandwiches, cross-cut fries -- and to voice their support for the company that finds itself under fire for taking a position against same-sex marriage.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee declared Wednesday to be Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, and urged Americans to show their appreciation with their wallets.
Now, we can't tell you that we personally checked with each and every one of Chick-fil-A's 1,615 locations in 39 states and Washington, D.C.
But we can point out this growing photo collection on Huckabee's Facebook page of people in Illinois, Colorado, South Carolina and elsewhere mobbing Chick-fil-A outlets. Some lined up in the summer heat to get inside a store, while others waited in cars as far as the eye (or the camera) could see for a chance to place their orders at the drive-through window.
Interest in Chick-fil-A was just as intense in the online world. For much of the day, "Chick-fil-A" was a trending topic on Twitter and the most-searched-for term on Google.
A representative for Chick-fil-A declined to discuss sales figures, but issued the following statement to the Los Angeles Times:
"Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day was not created by Chick-fil-A. We appreciate all of our customers and are glad to serve them at any time. Our goal is simple: to provide great food, genuine hospitality and to have a positive influence on all who come into contact with Chick-fil-A."
Huckabee's declaration was intended to counter the fury recently directed at the company. The outcry began when Dan Cathy, president of the fast-food chain, spoke out publicly about how the company proudly abides by Bible-based principles and, as a result, opposes same-sex marriage.
"Guilty as charged," Cathy said, adding that Chick-fil-A supports "the biblical definition of the family unit."
This wasn't exactly news to the LGBT community, which has long criticized the fast-food chain for donations to campaigns and causes it sees as opposing gay rights. But Cathy's comments landed at a time when the country is more fractured than ever about the issue of same-sex marriage.
The flap seems unlikely to end soon. Fox News is reporting that supporters of same-sex marriage plan protests -- including "kiss-ins" -- at Chick-fil-A restaurants nationwide on Friday.
Government officials in the cities of Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia are abusing their power by trying to stop Chick-fil-A, a private American company, from opening new stores
August 1, 2012
The Lookout - After several weeks of protests and mayoral catcalls stemming from Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy's controversial public comments against same-sex marriage, supporters of the fast-food chain--and traditional marriage--turned out in droves on Wednesday, jamming many of Chick-fil-A's 1,600 U.S. stores. And protesters, for the most part, stayed away.
In Englewood, Colo., an overcapacity lunch crowd spilled into the Chick-fil-A parking lot while dozens queued up inside.
By 11 a.m., 14 cars filled the drive-thru lane. A half hour later, the back-up had tripled: At one point, 37 vehicles slowly pushed through the parking lot in serpentine fashion, transforming the lot into a makeshift drive-thru. Three employees clad in neon-green parking vests directed traffic and took orders.
"As far as Chick-fil-A is concerned, it's business as usual," Vicki Getz, a supervising employee, told Yahoo News, declining further comment.
At a table outside, Evelyn Walker, 26, and her husband, Tim, 27, ate spicy chicken sandwiches and waffle fries in support of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day."
"Every company and owners have a right to say what they want to say," Tim Walker said. "Chick-fil-A has always been known to have a Christian basis, so I guess it's nice to see them stand up and show that--in more than just not being open on Sundays."
The couple, who live in nearby Littleton, said they don't eat fast food often, but supporting the chain was part and parcel to their faith.
"We believe that scripturally, in the Bible, the Lord states that marriage is between a man and a woman," Evelyn said. "And marriage between two women together, two men together is detestable to him."
More than 500,000 people RSVP'd to Huckabee's event on Facebook.
For those like John Mohler, 50, of Thornton, Colo., eating at Chick-fil-A on Wednesday was about defending free speech. Mohler said he doesn't share Cathy's belief--only his rights to air them.
"I'm not sure I agree with his position on gay marriage," said Mohler, who drove to Englewood from downtown Denver on his lunch break. "But I applaud the owner for speaking his mind, and that's why I'm here."
In Chicago, throngs of supporters flocked to the lone Chick-fil-A, where the line of customers snaked through the entrance and around the corner.
Linda Madden, 45, said that, though she and her co-workers regularly eat at Chick-fil-A, they "specifically chose Wednesday to drum up support." Steve Lolufs, 32, said he supports the company because "they always give back." Lolufs, originally from Atlanta, said that Chick-fil-A paid for him to attend high school, building a private school and offering scholarships.
Further up the line, Jessica Cather, 29, Dana Haskins, 42, and Sarah Touhy, 43, all stressed that though they support same-sex marriage, they also support the right to believe what anyone wants to believe.
"We support tolerance on both sides," Haskins said.
"Just because they don't support gay marriage, it doesn't make them a bad company," Touhy said.
Another patron solicited donations to buy lunch for Alderman Joe Moreno, who made headlines last month for opposing a Chick-fil-A in his ward.
Linda Smith, 54, didn't have time for the line. Instead, she gave someone else in line her money to spend to show her support. Smith said,
"It doesn't matter what the president of the company's views are, as long as they don't discriminate in hiring," Smith said.
While there were no protestors, some supporters couldn't get away from work long enough to buy their meals. Deborah Irvine, 28, and Nicte Leeg, 27, wanted to support the company, but the line was too long. Irvine said she'd likely donate to the corporation instead.
"It's about freedom of speech and people being entitled to their own opinion," Leeg said.
The Chick-fil-A restaurant on the Univ. of Southern Mississippi's Hattiesburg campus was packed with area families. But few, if any, students turned out to support or protest Chick-fil-A.
"It's a shame that the gay community that asks for tolerance is so intolerant of other opinions," Josh Walker said as he ate lunch. "It's nice to have a company that stands by its morals."
"Since the company isn't doing anything illegal, I think the whole thing has been blown out of proportion," a patron who wished to remain anonymous, said. "I like the food, and that's what's important."
Desiree Ortega, a customer in the drive-thru lane in Englewood, agreed.
"They have good food," she said. "They're making up for the idiotic things they said."
In Missouri City, Texas, hundreds of customers descended on the Chick-fil-A despite 100-degree heat. (A Chick-fil-A employee who did not want to be identified said the company wanted to convey honor, dignity, and respect for all customers and "to glorify God.")
At 10:15 a.m. at the Chick-fil-A in Chandler, Ariz., the parking lot was relatively empty. Dan Thomas, 72, said he wasn't aware it was Appreciation Day.
"Are they giving anything away?" Thomas asked.
By noon, though, there were more than 30 vehicles in the drive-thru line, and the restaurant was over capacity.
At the Chick-fil-A in the Glenbrook Square Mall in Fort Wayne, Ind., a line of about 300 people stretched past the relatively empty Panda Express and Taco Bell. There weren't any protestors in sight.
"The Bible says marriage is between one man and one woman," Beth, a patron who declined to give her last name, said. "But the debate is not about the Bible. It is about whether the CEO of a private business has the right to voice his own opinions. If you say no, that's pretty darn scary."
"Does it really matter what he believes in?" Beth's friend Shannon added.
There was a similar scene at the Chick-fil-A at the Jefferson Pointe Mall in Fort Wayne. Cars were backed up in several directions, waiting for the drive-through, while TV reporters and cameramen camped out nearby. One customer held a large handmade sign with the Pledge of Allegiance--highlighting the words "liberty" and "justice."
In Port Charlotte, Fla., more than 50 customers lined up outside to enter the region's only Chick-fil-A.
"Chick-fil-A is a Christian-based company that stands on biblical principles," Amy McNamara, a mother of two from nearby Punta Gorda, said. "In one article I read, it suggested they are preaching hate. I disagree. They are standing for what they believe and I stand with them."
"[Chick-fil-A has] a right to express their own opinion," Jennifer Hoyt, 37, who dined at a Chick-fil-A in St. Petersburg, Fla., said. "Don't we all? Besides, I come here for the sandwiches, not the politics."
August 1, 2012 is Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day; Opponents are Planning 'Kiss Mor Chiks' for August 3, When They Are Encouraging People of the Same Sex to Show Up at Chick-fil-A Restaurants Around the Country and Kiss Each Other
Chick-fil-A's CEO Dan Cathy told the Baptist Press that he was "guilty as charged" for supporting "the biblical definition of the family unit." In response to the backlash, conservative commentator Mike Huckabee organized a Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, calling on people who support the company's Christian values to eat at Chick-fil-A next Wednesday. "Let's affirm a business that operates on Christian principles and whose executives are willing to take a stand for the Godly values we espouse by simply showing up and eating at Chick-Fil-A on Wednesday, August 1," Huckabee wrote on the Facebook page created for the event. So far nearly 300,000 people have signed on to attend the event. [Source]
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." - Galatians 6:7
"Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever." - Hebrews 13:8
AP - Supporters of Chick-fil-A are planning to eat at restaurants in the chicken chain as the company continues to be criticized for an executive's comments about gay marriage.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Baptist minister, declared Wednesday national "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day."
Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy told the Baptist Press last month that the Atlanta-based company was "guilty as charged" for backing "the biblical definition of a family." That unleashed a torrent of criticism from gay rights groups and others, who have called for boycotts and efforts to block the chain from opening new stores.
Opponents of the company's stance are planning "Kiss Mor Chiks" for Friday, when they are encouraging people of the same sex to show up at Chick-fil-A restaurants around the country and kiss each other.
Washington Post - If all goes according to plan, Billy Graham will be eating chicken on Wednesday.
“As the son of a dairy farmer who milked many a cow, I plan to ‘Eat Mor Chikin’ and show my support by visiting Chick-fil-A,” he said in a statement from his Montreat, N.C., home.
After stepping away from speaking out when politics meets faith, letting his son Franklin take over that often contentious role, the 93-year-old Billy Graham is back in the spotlight, by signing on to a call from former Arkansas governor and Baptist minister Mike Huckabee for an Aug. 1 Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day. His vocal support for the “biblical definition of marriage” and opposition to same-sex marriage have put him there.
Graham is vowing to let his appetite do the talking to support Chick-fil-A’s founder Truett Cathy and his son and company president Dan Cathy, who, after publicly confirming beliefs that echo Graham’s, has been denounced and praised.
While big-city mayors Rahm Emanuel of Chicago and Thomas Menino of Boston pulled the welcome mat out from under the fast-food chain, Graham stood up for “my good friends” and “for their strong stand for the Christian faith.” He said,
“Each generation faces different issues and challenges, but our standard must always be measured by God's word. I appreciate the Cathy family's public support for God's definition of marriage.”
This follows Graham’s outspokenness on a primary ballot measure that in May added an amendment to the North Carolina’s constitution declaring marriage between one man and one woman the only valid domestic legal union. He strongly supported the measure in full-page newspaper ads across the state.
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Franklin Graham’s statement on the Chick-fil-A controversy is notably more heated than his father’s:
“The restaurant chain has been, and continues to be, under a concerted attack from same-sex marriage advocates,” he said. “In the words of the bold, biblical prophet Daniel who refused to bow to the evil culture of his day: ‘The people who know their God will display strength and take action.’”
But while the tone may differ, father and son have found an issue that unites them in public and private. On same-sex marriage, Billy Graham is once again culture warrior, and he’s leaving no doubt where he stands.
AFP – A celebration of free healthcare, the trade union struggle, the battle for women's rights and a fleeting lesbian kiss: the Olympics opening ceremony Friday did not shy away from weighty social issues.
Unsurprisingly, the show devised by Oscar-winning British director Danny Boyle drew accusations from the British political right that it had strayed into "leftie" issues.
Aidan Burley, a lawmaker from Prime Minister David Cameron's ruling Conservative party, tweeted:
"The most leftie opening ceremony I have ever seen -- more than Beijing, the capital of a communist state! Welfare tribute next?"
He followed that with:
"Thank God the athletes have arrived! Now we can move on from leftie multi-cultural crap."
Several people tweeted their support for his comments.
Alastair Campbell, former British Labour prime minister Tony Blair's communications chief, retorted on Twitter:
"Brilliant that we got a socialist to do the opening ceremony."
Cameron's Downing Street office distanced itself from Burley's comments, tweeting a message from the premier reading:
"The opening ceremony has been a great showcase for this country. It's more proof Britain can deliver."
Burley was removed from his job as aide to the transport minister last month after attending a Nazi-themed stag party in a French ski resort.
Ahead of the show, Boyle -- whose film "Slumdog Millionaire" won eight Oscars in 2009 -- denied he was pushing a political agenda.
"The sensibility of the show is very personal," he said.
"A group of us have created it, but we had no agenda other than... values that we feel are true.
"Not everybody will love that but people will be able to recognise as being honest and truthful really. I felt that very strongly. There is no b(expletive) in it, and there is no point-making either."
The show bringing the curtain up on the London Olympics began with sections showing idyllic rural Britain being overtaken by the Industrial Revolution,before moving on to a 10-minute sequence celebrating the state-run National Health Service (NHS).
Britain's first televised lesbian kiss -- from a 1993 episode of soap opera "Brookside" -- was shown in a fast-moving montage of flim and TV clips.
Later in the ceremony, dancers formed the shape of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament badge and other performers represented the struggle of trade union movements.
When we lose our economic security, we also lose our freedom and are forced to survive any way we can. The subliminal, one-world religion is self-preservation — the survival instinct. It's basic to human nature. The Bible shows a coming world leader who will exploit this self-preservation instinct and will bring this religion to its logical conclusion. And, if possible, even some of the very elect will be deceived by this appeal to their pocketbook and personal security.
“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.” (1 John 4:1 KJV)
"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (John 8:32 KJV)
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." (Ephesians 6:12 KJV)
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