EDWARD SNOWDEN'S CHRISTMAS APPEAL

     The heroic Edward Snowden, now a refugee in Russia, sent out a Christmas Day appeal to his followers on Twitter. Remembering the kindness shown him in China when he first escaped the clutches of the vindictive Obama, Snowden asked for charitable assistance for the refugee families in Hong Kong who'd helped him in his flight.

    A Filipino and a Sri Lankan family both sheltered Snowden in Hong Kong before he was granted asylum in Russia. The families are currently seeking asylum in Canada as China is bound by treaty with their native countries not to accept them as permanent refugees.

     Their Canadian attorney, Robert Tibbo, has been suffering bureaucratic stonewalling on this project---doubtless because of US pressure on Canada. Tibbo's clients not only aided Snowden, but Tibbo himself gave Snowden legal advice. But the cases suddenly became reactivated, about a month after Trump's election.

     Tibbo explained that his clients are nearly destitute in Hong Kong, being unable legally to work or apply for government assistance. Again we see the brutality of the American elites. Over and over again, they have displayed a ruthless savagery toward all who oppose them---even if it means starvation and death.

     Those who would like to make a Christmas (or New Years) contribution to Snowden's fellow-freedom fighters can find more information here:

     https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/snowdensguardians/

LIBERATED IRAQIS CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS

    At the beginning of the Battle of Mosul in October, Allied Forces liberated Bartella, a Mosul suburb which, prior to the civil war, was the largest Christian city in Iraq. Christians of Bartella celebrated their first Christmas Eve Mass since 2013 last night.

     There were a little over 100 people present at Mar Shimoni Cathedral, mostly survivors of ISIS' reign, along with a few of the returned refugees and their families. Nafal Hamadi, the provincial governor, and Iraqi General Abdulghani Assadi were also in attendance, as were a few soldiers of the Christian Brigade attached to Hezbollah.

     "I can never describe our happiness and everything," a female congregant told an Al-Manar News reporter, "We feel like life returned to us." The reporter learned that the woman's house had been destroyed by ISIS, but some of her family brought her to Bartella from a refugee camp. The local priest also arranged for a bus from the camp to bring refugees who wished to attend.

     Al-Manar stated that ISIS thugs had caused extensive damage to the church building, which they had converted for some of their own sinister uses. Before evacuating Bartella, the fiends set the building on fire. A group of volunteers worked to restore the church in time for Christmas.

     "We are sending the message that we are staying in this country and that these are our roots and our origins." Father Jacob Saadi, the priest at Mar Shimoni told the press.

      Iraq is home to one of the world's most ancient Christian communities. The first missionaries to the area were led by St. Thomas the Apostle who built the first church and founded Christian schools there sometime during the mid-1st Century.

      Though now liberated from ISIS, there is tremendous rebuilding work that needs to be done in Bartella and in Iraq in general. The Christian population of Iraq has suffered terribly since a US-backed 'regime change' overthrew Saddam Hussein in 2003. Not only were Christians ethnically cleansed by ISIS, but the Bush/Obama Occupation often turned a blind eye to local anti-Christian pogroms and persecutions. A government that considers Christmas greetings to be a form of harassment is unlikely to care much about what happens to Christians.

       But for the first time in over a decade, Iraqi Christians are seeing hope. With the imminent disappearance of both the Wahhabi Jihadists and the effete Obama Administration from Iraqi soil, there is reason to believe that Iraq will rise again as a regional power. Iraqi Christianity certainly didn't survive for 21 centuries because it was composed of weaklings.
 

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RED PILLS ATTACK GIRLS AGAIN ON CHRISTMAS EVE

    There's nothing like Postmodern America at Christmastime. Earlier this week, we saw a gang of out-of-state Soros-funded bullies forcing down a Nativity Scene in the village of Gig Harbor, Washington. On Christmas Eve, a group of out-of-state Manosphere bullies are going after some Jewish girls in the village of Whitefish, Montana.

    Andrew Anglin, a Red Pill Cult blogger, is celebrating Christmas Eve by ordering his disciples to attack a woman named Tanya Gersh, who criticized the negative publicity that a property owned by Nazi leader Richard Spencer's family was causing the town. Whitefish is a tourist spot catering to the ski industry, but Spencer uses his family's property as an address of record. Needless to say, this has become a public nuisance for the community.

     Tanya Gersh, who is Jewish, suggested to the Spencer Family that they sell the property; which in turn excited outrage among the Red Pills. Anglin---on Christmas Eve no less---published on his blog The Daily Stormer contact information and encouraged his disciples to troll Mrs. Gersh, her family, her business, organizations with which she's affiliated, etc. Anglin went even further and identified allegedly 'Jewish-owned businesses' in Whitefish as well.

      Anglin even threatened yesterday to organize an armed march in Whitefish, bussing in 200 Skinheads for the purpose. For those unfamiliar with The Daily Stormer blog, Anglin frequently runs a meme with Anne Frank's face photo-shopped on a lampshade. He has been praised by other Manosphere bloggers---most notably Vox Day and Roosh Valizdeh as a defender of Christian moral values.

     My intuition though tells me though that Jesus doesn't approve of such behavior; especially considering that His Mother was a Jewish girl who was often harassed by religious hypocrites.

       The story has gained enough notoriety that the Israeli Media is commenting on it.  Which brings up an interesting idea. 

      Instead of going to Whitefish and terrorizing a half-dozen Jewish families protected by the Flathead County Sheriff's Department, why not go straight on to Tel Aviv, and pit your Alpha skills against the Israeli Defense Force? Show the world what manly Alpha leaders you really are. I'm certain that Netanyahu and his Merry Men would be much more of an interesting challenge for a real Alpha-type. 

      But likely the Red Pills won't go quite that far. Talk is cheap, but it's the one thing they do best.

         

POPE FRANCIS' CHRISTMAS GIFT TO DONBAS

    Pope Francis announced yesterday that around $7 million dollars in humanitarian aid would be dispatched from the Vatican this Christmas to the beleaguered Donbas region. This sum is a part of a larger fund which will be distributed later in 2017. The Papal Christmas present is expected to reach 2 million people.

    Donbas is the common name of two independent countries: the Republic of Lughansk and the Donetsk Republic. Both are states created by Ukrainian patriots who seceded from the central regime in Kiev after a 2014 US-backed putsch overthrew the legal Ukrainian government.

    Pope Francis launched the relief project for Donbas last April throughout all European dioceses. The Pope learned from refugees the hardships that the newly-independent countries were facing; largely because of US/EU sanctions imposed by the brutal Obama. The Donbas Region is second only to Syria as a destination for Russian humanitarian aid as well. The Vatican stated that the overall plan will eventually encompass necessities such as food, housing, medicine, and hygiene on a reliable basis.

   "The Holy Father's 'Initiative for Ukraine' is intended to show the love and care of the Catholic Church to the war-weary population." reported the organizers of the plan "The Papal assistance should be their rays of joy; and instill hope that their brothers and sisters in Europe have not forgotten them."

    The Pope understands; and sees the bigger picture unlike the servile European presidents who bow slavishly to the Beltway and turn a blind eye to the sufferings of their fellow-man. Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, and John Kerry have been especially ruthless with their use of economic sanctions and trade embargoes as a political weapon. And worse still is the complicity of the US Corporate Media in these crimes---who diligently keep the humanitarian disasters our government has caused out of public sight.

     In fact, the Media Cartels are quick even to criticize relief efforts to Donbas. Russia has sent over 2,000 tons of aid to the region---which is always denounced by the MSM as a 'pretext for invasion' or with similar yellow-journalist smear-tactics. But this kind of behavior is to be expected in today's Corporate Media; where outlets like The New York Daily News praise the assassination of Russian diplomats, or Daily Kos, which gloats over the prospect of low-income Trump voters losing public assistance. The so-called Cultural Elite in the US has proven itself time and again to behave more callously than the most primitive savages.

       Christian leaders like Pope Francis and President Putin, however, are standing up for the values that American Elites once displayed. Because of their efforts, untold millions have not only been saved, but given hope for the future as well.
     
      The Papal Nuncio to Donbas, Archbishop Guggerati,  stated to the press that the Pope is considering a future visit to Donbas, possibly some time in 2017.

    

FEATURE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23rd EDITION

      Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are unable to review the film we'd intended to this week. However, thanks to a link from a regular reader, we instead have the text of the Presidential Christmas Message delivered via radio to the American people on December 24th, 1950. President Harry Truman's words are just as relevant now as they were then.

      Here is the speech in its entirety:

 { "My fellow-Americans: across this country, and in many parts of the world, men, women, and children are preparing to celebrate the Birthday of Christ. Never before has it seemed that a Christmas was so important. I'm not thinking of turkey dinners and stacks of gifts. I mean the quiet, reverent celebration of faith, hope, and love: born in a manger in Bethlehem.

    {"Across all the continents of the world, peace-loving peoples are feeling apprehension, and loneliness, and fear. Many have forgotten the humble surroundings of the Nativity; and how---from a straw-littered stable---shown a Light, which for nearly 20 centuries has given men strength, comfort, and peace. Peace of mind. At this Christmastime, we should renew our faith in God.

    {"We celebrate the Hour in which God came to man. It is fitting that we should turn to Him.

    {"Many of us are fortunate enough to celebrate Christmas at our own fireside. But there are many others who are away from their homes and loved ones on this day. Thousands of our boys are on the cold and dreary battlefields of Korea. But all of us: at home, at war, wherever we may be are within reach of God's Love and Power. We can all pray. All of us should pray. We should ask the fulfillment of God's Will. We should ask for courage, for wisdom, for the quietness of soul which comes alone to those who place their lives in His Hands.

    {"We should pray for a peace that is based on righteousness. Our land is already in the midst of a crusade of prayer. On the last Sunday of the old year, there will be special services devoted to a revival of faith in God. I call upon all of you to enlist in this common cause. I call upon all of you no matter what your spiritual allegiance may be.

    {"We're all joined in the fight against the tyranny of Communism. Communism is godless. Democracy has its foundation in Faith: faith in oneself, faith in one's neighbors, faith in God. Democracy's most powerful weapon is not a gun, a tank, or a bomb: it is Faith. Faith in the brotherhood and dignity of man under God.

     {"Let us pray at this Christmastime for the courage, the wisdom, and the humility to carry on in this Faith."}

     It is actually amazing to reflect that 66 years later, two generations of Americans have grown up hearing nothing other than neo-Communism being taught in public schools and colleges; and have never heard a US President calling upon Americans to pray and renew their faith in God at Christmastime. Older generations probably never imagined that the first quarter of the 21st Century would witness the re-emergence of Communism, Anarchism, and Naziism within our own borders during an election year.

     But Truman was right: Faith is the foundation of freedom. This Christmastime of 2016, we should heed his message of 1950; though Truman is but a dead white male to our so-called Cultural Elites, he "being dead, yet speaks." This is the time today---as it was then---to renew that Faith, and go forward with courage, wisdom, and humility.

    

BEFORE THE WHITE HOUSE WAS THE RAINBOW HOUSE

      There was a time in the United States when Christmas was a season of people coming together in fellowship, with the top leaders of our country setting the example with displays of national unity. Of course, times have radically changed.

       For example, the President-Elect's daughter Ivanka was travelling with her young children today when a pair of homosexuals went berserk on the airplane and caused an incident. Homosexuals are frequently prone to jealous and resentful outbursts against attractive females with children; and the sight of the famous Ivanka was too much. One of the perverts was dragged kicking and screaming off the plane, while the other celebrated the deed on social media in front of shocked passengers.

      But a few generations ago, the family of the president wasn't forgotten by grateful citizens. In 1923, a group of high school and college students collaborated with electrical engineering societies on a project that became an annual tradition---lighting of the White House Christmas Tree.

     Mrs. Grace Coolidge, the First Lady, organized the ceremony. Charitable organizations---in which the Coolidge Family were very involved were present---and a carol-singing was held on the North Portico of the White House. The only change was that President Coolidge insisted that the tree be placed on a lot adjacent to the White House so that the event could be enjoyed and shared by the community.

     In 1923, electrical technology was still fairly primitive, but the engineers solved the problem of powering the tree by installing a system of batteries. The President pushed a button and a new tradition was born.

     President Coolidge was a modest man by nature, and eschewed pomp and ceremony. He left the grounds to the festive citizens of Washington and his entourage retired to White House for a private Christmas celebration, though a photographer captured the Christmas Carol event on the Portico.

                             

        The President made a surprise visit to the Veterans' Hospital on Christmas Day, while the First Lady sent 500 Christmas packages to the Salvation Army to assist needy DC families.

        The 1923 event was such a success that it drew visitors almost immediately. In 1925, the news broadcast the ceremony over radio for the first time. President Coolidge greeted a group of Boy Scouts who had come to witness the new electrical technology (as well as the new marvels of radio). This was, of course, in an era before the Scouts became a grooming-stable for homosexuals. Thus, the President said:

       "There is a time for play as well as a time for work. But even in play, it is possible to cultivate the art of well-doing. Games are useful to train the eye, the hand and the muscles, and bring the body more under the control of the mind. When this is done, instead of being a waste of time, play becomes a means of education. It is in all these ways that boys and girls are learning to be men and women; to be respectful of their parents, to be patriotic to their country, and to be reverent to God. It is because of this great chance that American boys and girls have in all these directions that to them, more than to the youth of any other country, there should be a Merry Christmas."

      The youth that Coolidge addressed on the radio in 1925 would later prove their mettle as adults: this was the generation that would overcome the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War. Then-future President Ronald Reagan once stated that the Coolidge Administration left a lasting impression on him and that, in many ways, Coolidge served as a role model during his own term in office. Certainly they weren't the types who went into hysterical rages on public airlines against mothers and children at Christmas.

      

     

      

WHERE PUBLIC NATIVITY SCENES AREN'T BANNED...

    The once-great city of Santa Monica, California made headlines last year after a US Federal Court upheld the city's ban on Nativity Scenes. Nativity Scenes are becoming increasingly rare sights here in the Prozac Nation. Lawsuits and harassment from radical anti-Christians have made such displays a source of controversy even in communities that want them.

     Every December, the American Corporate Media has headlines of even the smallest towns being forced to bend to Political Correctness. This year, the so-called Freedom From Religion Foundation, with much encouragement from the Seattle-area media, went after and successfully removed an annual Nativity Scene in the small village of Gig Harbor, Washington. The town of 7,000 was hardly a match for the George Soros-funded FFRF and metro media pressure.

      But in the small village of Lintou, in Shanxi Province, China, a Nativity Scene is being welcomed as a symbol of hope for the struggling village. Shanxi was first visited by Christian missionaries in the early 1700s and Lintou was a village populated almost entirely by Catholics. Around 1910, Lintou erected the beautiful Immaculate Conception Church---which is still the center of worship in the village.

       However, like many villages in China, Lintou has suffered from a demographic shift. For economic reasons, young people have moved into the cities, living Lintou mostly a city of the elderly. But with the arrival of a new priest: 29 year-old Father Bosco Han Bo, hope is beginning to dawn in Lintou again. Father Han hopes to make this Christmas the center of a project to revitalize Lintou---with a Nativity Scene at the center of his plan.

       The Nativity Scene has attracted nationwide attention in China because of its artistic merit and the community effort involved in it. China's official Party news outlet, The Global Times, visited Lintou and praised the Nativity Scene in an article titled The True Meaning of Christmas.

       "Villagers used to put up the Nativity Scene inside the church, but Father Han decided to install it in the open air, right in the center of town. His first thought was to construct the Holy Family out of straw, but the villagers insisted that it look real. The young priest listened to his flock. He drove to town and bought some mannequins and made a Baby Jesus, Mary, and Joseph out of them. The villagers were impressed."

      The article goes on mention that a large celebration is planned in Lintou for Christmas, and the villagers who have emigrated are returning with their children for festivities including carols, prayers, food and a bonfire. "For certain, the children will know the story of the Nativity by heart while most of their peers in the cities know only Santa Claus." the Global Times said.

      So, when we compare Christmas in Lintou to Christmas in Gig Harbor, Americans should be hanging their heads in humiliated shame that the Communist Party of China is not only not removing Nativity Scenes but praising them in their official news organs---while Nativity Scenes in America are subject to witch-hunts not seen in China since the Maoist Era.

      What a testimony, too, to the cultural rot that's infested the US that the Seattle media applauds the events in Gig Harbor, while the state-run Chinese media actually understands what Christmas is all about.

      But leaving the bleak and gloomy nature of America's War on Christmas, Chinese Christians have reason to look forward to the future. A report submitted to the CPC Politburo earlier outlined and recommended a new policy of expanding religious freedoms in China---which has the endorsement of President Xi Jinping. Pope Francis has also been working to restore Vatican relations with the Chinese government all throughout 2016.

      At least it looks like Christmas in Lintou this year will be one worth remembering.

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