JEFF COLYER, NEW GOVERNOR OF KANSAS DECLARES IN ADDRESS BEFORE LEGISLATURE: “EVERYONE HAS A GOD GIVEN RIGHT TO LIFE”

February 9, 2018 John

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ABOVE: JEFF COLYER & SAM BROWNBACK

NEW GOVERNOR OF KANSAS DECLARES

IN ADDRESS BEFORE LEGISLATURE:

“EVERYONE HAS A GOD GIVEN RIGHT TO LIFE”

BY HEATHER CLARK

SEE: http://christiannews.net/2018/02/09/new-governor-of-kansas-declares-in-address-before-legislature-everyone-has-a-god-given-right-to-life/;

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 TOPEKA, Kan. — The new governor of the state of Kansas delivered his first

address to a joint session of the legislature on Wednesday, a speech that

included a declaration that everyone has a God-given right to life.

Jeff Colyer, who previously served as lieutenant governor, was sworn
in as governor on Jan. 31 after Gov. Sam Brownback accepted a position
to serve as the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious
Freedom. Both Colyer and Brownback identify as Roman Catholic and both
have spoken about their pro-life views publicly.

“Kansas was founded on the ideal that all people have value,” Colyer,
a surgeon in Johnson County, told those gathered for the address this
week. “Everyone has a God-given right to life and liberty.”

“And as a doctor, I’ve seen newborn babies who no one gave a chance
thrive. I’ve seen mothers frightened by a scary ultrasound only to
rejoice at their child’s wedding 20 years later,” he noted.

Colyer outlined that Kansas has historically opposed abortion.

“When Kansas first entered the Union, two of our first laws
emphasized basic human dignity. As a free state, Kansas prohibited
slavery, and the same founders whose names appear on these walls, they
passed laws prohibiting abortion,” he explained. “That same constitution
that prohibited slavery did not mention a right to an abortion.”

Colyer consequently lamented a 2016 ruling in which the Kansas Court
of Appeals—in a tie vote—stuck down the state’s ban on dismemberment
abortions, with half finding a right to an abortion in the Kansas
Constitution and the other half opining that there is no such right in
the state’s founding documents.

As previously reported,
SB 95, passed in 2015, banned the common second trimester practice of
“dismembering a living unborn child and extracting such unborn child one
piece at a time from the uterus through the use of clamps, grasping
forceps, tongs, scissors or similar instruments that, through the
convergence of two rigid levers, slice, crush or grasp a portion of the
unborn child’s body in order to cut or rip it off.”

However, the bill specifically noted that it did not ban “an abortion
which uses suction to dismember the body of the unborn child by sucking
fetal parts into a collection container,” also known as vacuum
aspiration abortions, which are common throughout the first trimester.

Shawnee County District Judge Larry Hendricks placed an injunction on
the dismemberment ban in June 2015, opining that a mother’s
“fundamental right to terminate a pregnancy [would] be unduly burdened”
if the law was allowed to stand. The ruling was appealed, and because
the appeals court ruling was a tie, Hendricks’ ruling was left
undisturbed.

“[A] Kansas court issued a ruling which argues that the framers of
the Kansas Constitution imagined abortion as a separate constitutional
state right. This is violence against the very basic facts, and this
cannot stand,” Colyer declared on Wednesday, drawing a standing ovation
from some in attendance.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the Republicans present stood to their feet in support, while Democrats sat still.

“We are a pro-life state, and on the issue of life, the stakes are so
high. The issue is so foundational. The people of Kansas must have the
final say,” he said.

View the speech in full here. Colyer’s remarks on abortion begin at approximately 19:30 into the recording.

The Kansas Supreme Court is currently considering an appeal of the
cited ruling, and lawmakers are also pondering the possibility of
introducing a constitutional amendment should the high court find that
state founders established a right to an abortion.

“A constitutional amendment … would just take this question out of
the hands of unelected judges in the future,” Rep. Chuck Weber,
R-Wichita, told local radio station KCUR. “It would really reflect the
will of the people.”

As previously reported,
the state’s ban on dilation and evacuation abortions had
been challenged by abortionist Herbert Hodes and his daughter, Traci
Nauser, who argued that it placed a burden on their “right” to perform
second trimester abortions. In court, the state presented other options
for ending the lives of the unborn.

“The state has offered three alternatives to the standard D & E
procedure: labor-induced abortion, inducing fetal demise with digoxin
injections, and inducing fetal demise by cutting the umbilical cord
(also known as transection),” the appeals court outlined in April 2016.

However, some believe that abortion, like slavery, should be
abolished altogether—just as Christians have declared in America
for more than 200 years.

Philadelphia legal writer, educator and Christian apologist Francis
Wharton penned an entire chapter on abortion in his 1855 book “American
Criminal Law.”

Wharton called abortionists “persons who are ready to degrade their
humanity to this occupation” and stated in regard to abortion in
general, “Such conduct cannot be too strongly condemned, and is the more
deserving of receiving the punishment awarded for the criminal offense
in question.”

In an introductory lecture to his course on obstetrics in 1854, Dr.
Hugh Lennox Hodge likewise explained that if a woman were to come to a
medical doctor in pursuit of an abortion, “he must, as it were, grasp
the conscience of his weak and erring patient and let her know in
language not to be misunderstood that she is responsible to her Creator
for the life of the being within her.”

“The procuring abortion is ‘a base and unmanly act,’” Hodge also
said, quoting in part text from a court ruling of his day. “It is a
crime against the natural feelings of man, against the welfare and
safety of females, against the peace and prosperity of society, against
the divine command ‘Thou shalt not kill.’ It is murder.”
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Surgeon Jeff Colyer talks about Culture of Life

in Kansas 2011

SEE OUR PREVIOUS POSTS ABOUT BROWNBACK:
https://ratherexposethem.org/2018/02/state-department-embraces-islamic.html
https://ratherexposethem.org/2016/05/planned-parenthood-sues-kansas-for.html
https://ratherexposethem.org/2016/05/kansas-defies-obama-on-syrian-refugees.html

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DEMOCRAT BALTIMORE COUNTY EXECUTIVE CUTS RIBBON AS HAMAS LINKED CAIR OPENS NEW MARYLAND OFFICE

February 9, 2018 John

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Zainab Chaudry

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DEMOCRAT BALTIMORE COUNTY EXECUTIVE

CUTS RIBBON AS HAMAS LINKED CAIR

OPENS NEW MARYLAND OFFICE

BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS

SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/02/democrat-baltimore-county-executive-cuts-ribbon-as-hamas-linked-cair-opens-new-maryland-office;

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

“We are excited to expand our services to the communities we serve,”
said Zainab Chaudry, “Maryland outreach manager for CAIR.” The CAIR
office in Catonsville “will be the hub of its work in Maryland.”
Democrat Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz declared that he was
“particularly impressed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations’
mission which emphasizes understanding, compassion and justice for all.”

With a world of information at Kamentz’s fingertips, it is difficult
to imagine that he is this clueless. Zainab Chaudry is very happy to
expand CAIR into the center of “far flung areas,” as she calls them, and
for good reason, given CAIR’s real identity and mission. Despite its public presentation of unity and fighting discrimination:

CAIR has strong ties to the terrorist group Hamas….as an
offshoot of the Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP)….Former chief of
the FBI’s counter terrorism section, Oliver Revell, called the IAP “a
front organization for Hamas that engages in propaganda for Islamic
militants.

CAIR’s head, Nihad Awad asserted at a 1994 meeting at Barry
University, “I am a supporter of the Hamas movement.” Former FBI counter
terrorism chief, Steven Pomerantz, stated publicly that, “CAIR, its
leaders and its activities effectively give aid to international
terrorist groups.

CAIR’s “radical Islamic vision” was revealed in a speech in Fremont,
California, when CAIR’s co-founder and longtime Board chairman, Omar Ahmad, proclaimed:

Islam isn’t in America to be equal to any other faith,
but to become dominant. The Koran…should be the highest authority in
America, and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth.

Even the United Arab Emirates listed CAIR as a terrorist group, “placing it in the company of Al Qaeda, Islamic State and others.”

Kevin Kamentz seems to be clueless about all this. He also stated
of the Trump temporary ban on Muslim countries that are jihad hotspots,
countries that were chosen by the previous Obama administration:

President Trump’s executive order imposing a Muslim ban
is an affront to the very values that make us proud to be Americans. Our
Founding Fathers were united in the belief that America’s pluralism
would be its north star….For nearly two hundred and fifty years,
generations of immigrants have arrived on our shores and built the
strongest nation in the world.

Kamenetz is mixed up. The United States — and other Western nations —
once opened its doors to responsible immigration. This was for the
protection of all citizens, including law-abiding immigrants. American
values are also built on battling the anti-pluralistic evils of
supremacism, such as Communism, Nazism and now Islamic supremacism, of
which the armed wing is jihad terrorism.

Congrats on the photo op, Mr Kamenetz. Leaders like him are to blame
for the Islamization of the West and the ongoing jihadist threat to
Israel and the rest of the free world. To embrace CAIR and its
affiliates is to embrace Hamas.

“Muslim civil rights group opens Catonsville office”, by Libby Soloman, Baltimore Sun, February 6, 2018:

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil
rights and advocacy group, opened an office in Catonsville at the end
of January that will be the hub of its work in Maryland.

“We are excited to expand our services to the communities we serve —
not only to Muslim communities but to any Americans who are targeted by
hate or discrimination,” said Zainab Chaudry, Maryland outreach manager
for CAIR.

Before moving into the office at 6120 Baltimore National Pike, CAIR
ran its Maryland outreach activities from the organization’s Washington
headquarters, Chaudry said.

The move will put the council’s office, which employs one staff
member and a host of volunteers, in the center of Maryland, accessible
to people in far-flung areas, she said.

“We wanted the location to be strategically located and accessible to diverse communities across the state,” Chaudry said.

At a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Baltimore County Executive Kamenetz
presented the organization with an executive citation, congratulating it
on the occasion.

“We are very pleased that this national organization selected
Baltimore County for their first local office in Maryland,” Kamenetz
said in an emailed statement. “I am particularly impressed by the
Council on American-Islamic Relations’ mission which emphasizes
understanding, compassion and justice for all.

The office is expected to host media events, training sessions and meetings with partners of the organization.

On Feb. 17, at 10 a.m., the office will host a bystander intervention
“training of trainers,” to teach people how to train someone to
intervene if they see an individual being subjected to a hate crime.

The office will also host client meetings for those who take
advantage of its free legal services, which are offered to those
targeted by hate crimes or subject to employment discrimination, Chaudry
said.

That work, she said, is growing each year, as reported incidents of hate crimes rise.

In 2016, Maryland State Police statistics show that Baltimore County
had 73 reported hate crimes, a jump from the 49 reported the previous
year. In Maryland, only Montgomery County had as many reported
incidents.

“In part, it’s undeniable that the hate we’re seeing has been
emboldened by the rhetoric coming from elected officials and people in
positions of authority,” Chaudry said. “In Maryland, we have not been
immune to the impacts of that.”

The new office will “help push forward the work that needs to be done….

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COTTBUS: BRITISH TOMMY ROBINSON VISITS OVER 2,000 GERMANS MARCHING AGAINST MASS MIGRATION IN CITY EXPERIENCING WAVE OF MUSLIM MIGRANT CRIME

February 9, 2018 John

COTTBUS: OVER 2,000 GERMANS MARCH AGAINST MASS MIGRATION IN CITY EXPERIENCING

WAVE OF MUSLIM MIGRANT CRIME

BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS

SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/02/over-2000-germans-march-against-mass-migration-in-city-experiencing-wave-of-muslim-migrant-crime;

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

Around 2,000 demonstrators gathered in the German city of
Cottbus over the weekend to protest mass migration after the city had
seen a rise in violence that often involved migrants

Meanwhile, a counter-march
by “Arab refugees and Germans carrying pro-immigrant and anti-fascism
placards marched in Cottbus to denounce what they say are attempts by
far-right groups to stoke tension in the eastern city after two knife
attacks by Syrian teenagers.”

It is now an ingrained habit on the left to blame the “far right” and
the “alt right” as it attempts to minimize the misdeeds of jihadist
thugs. Many areas in Germany are becoming dangerous and no-go zones are
developing, while mass sex attacks by Muslim migrants against women
continue.

Despite Germany’s chaos, a leaked document showed that the country plans to take in 300,000 more “refugees” per year, plus 12,000 through chain migration.

Now a clash between pro-migrant and anti-migrant camps is building,
with various locations in Germany closing their doors to new arrivals:

Cottbus joined a number of other German towns like
Delmenhorst, Wilhelmshaven, and Salzgitter in Lower Saxony which all
banned new arrivals last year.

Good luck to these towns in their efforts to keep new arrivals out.

“Over 2,000 Germans March Against Mass Migration in City Experiencing Wave of Migrant Crime”, by Chris Tomlinson, Breitbart, February 7, 2018:

Around 2,000 demonstrators gathered in the German city of
Cottbus over the weekend to protest mass migration after the city had
seen a rise in violence that often involved migrants.
The protest, organised by the group Zukunft Heimat or Future Homeland,
saw 2,000 individuals gather to protest the ongoing migrant violence in
the city, Deutsche Welle reports.
Among the protesters were everyday Germans, young and old, along with right-wing activists.
One of the most famous faces at the event was Dresden-based
anti-Islamisation movement PEGIDA founder Lutz Bachmann who gave a
speech to the crowd. Anti-mass migration Alternative for Germany (AfD)
politician Daniel Freiherr von Lutzow was also present but did not
speak.
A smaller group of counter-demonstrators, estimated to comprise of
around 600 individuals, was also present at the event but was
outnumbered by the anti-mass migration crowd.
The protests come after a series of high-profile violent clashes in
the city between locals and migrants. In one case, a Syrian migrant
became the first person to be banned from the city after he pulled out a
knife on a young local couple.
Shortly after announcing the ban, the city government released a
statement indicating that the city would not be taking in any new asylum
seekers. Cottbus joined a number of other German towns like
Delmenhorst, Wilhelmshaven, and Salzgitter in Lower Saxony which all
banned new arrivals last year.
The city is not the only city in Germany dealing with an explosion of
crime in which migrants are often suspects. In the German capital of
Berlin, the Alexanderplatz area has been turned into what some are
calling a no-go zone due to the influx of asylum seeker drug dealers and
petty thieves…..

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Tommy Robinson: Germany Fights Back!

The first in our three-part series in – where we document the resistance
coming from ordinary Germans who are fed up with what’s been happening
to their country.

We started out in Cottbus, where we heard about the fatal stabbing of a
15 year old girl called Mia in Kandel, by a ‘child’ migrant who was
taken in and looked after ‘like a son’ by her parents.

We also heard about a young boy who was stabbed in the face when trying
to protect his girlfriend from a Syrian migrant who was groping her as
they walked through a local park.

Keep your eyes on Germany, 2018 is the year when German women will lead
the way to speak out against the horrific crimes taking place across
Europe thanks to undocumented, mass migration.

TOMMY ROBINSON IN GERMANY WITH

PEGIDA LEADER LUTZ BACHMAN

Tommy Robinson In Germany Attending Anti-Islam Events

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MACY’S: A CLOTHING LINE TO DIE FOR: GEARED TOWARD MUSLIMS, INCLUDING HIJABS

February 9, 2018 John

A clothing line to die for: Macy’s to launch line geared toward Muslims, including hijabs

BY ROBERT SPENCER

SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/02/a-clothing-line-to-die-for-macys-to-launch-line-geared-toward-muslims-including-hijabs;

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

When is Macy’s launching its clothing line geared toward Jews? Christians? Hindus? Buddhists?

In any case, coming at a time when Iranian women are risking years in prison for daring to take off their hijabs,
for Macy’s to celebrate this emblem of oppression is grotesque. Untold
numbers of women have been brutalized and killed for not wearing the
hijab: a very small and partial list of some of them can be found here.
In recognition of that fact, Macy’s should drop this clothing line,
just as it would drop a clothing line inspired by, say, the KKK or the
Nazis. But it won’t.

“Macy’s to launch a clothing line geared toward Muslims,” Associated Press, February 7, 2018 (thanks to Joe):

NEW YORK (AP) – Macy’s is launching a women’s clothing
line aimed at Muslim shoppers. The department store chain says it teamed
up with a boutique called Verona Collection and plans to sell the
collection of modest dresses, tops, cardigans and hijabs online. The
clothing will launch on Macy’s website on Feb. 15.

The brand was developed by Lisa Vogl, a graduate of Macy’s minority-
and women-owned business development program, which aims to offer more
fashion diversity.

While Macy’s is the first major U.S. department store to sell hijabs, it joins other brands offering products aimed at Muslims….

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American Islamic Forum for Democracy Dr. Zuhdi Jasser questions the
motives behind Macy’s decision to launch a Muslim-inspired clothing
line.

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OKLAHOMA: DRAG QUEENS & CELEBRATIONS OF PERVERSION WELCOME AT UNIVERSITY; CREATIONISTS ARE NOT

February 9, 2018 John

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UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

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DRAG QUEENS & CELEBRATIONS OF PERVERSION WELCOME AT UNIVERSITY;

CREATIONISTS ARE NOT

SEE: http://the-trumpet-online.com/drag-queens-celebrations-perversion-welcome-university-creationists-not/;

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

The University of Central Oklahoma has opened its
arms to drag queen shows and safe sex carnivals but they draw the line
at Christians who believe God created the Heavens and the Earth in six days.

The university apparently has no problem with students tossing[vile devices] through cardboard [woman parts], but they draw the line at exposing impressionable young minds to the teachings of a creationist.

Ken Ham, president of Answers in Genesis and
founder of the popular Creation Museum and Ark Encounter, was
disinvited from speaking on the public university campus after an ugly
campaign of bullying by LGBT activists.

The Todd Starnes Radio Show obtained exclusive emails between the UCO Student Association and Answers in Genesis explaining why they had to rescind the invitation and opt out of a signed and legally binding contract.

“We are currently getting bombarded with complaints from our LGBT
community about Ken Ham speaking on our campus,” student body president
Stockton Duvall wrote on Jan 25. “I was going to request that Mr. Ham
refrains from talking on this issue, even if asked his views during the
Q&A.”

Ham was scheduled to deliver his remarks on March 5 in the university’s Constitution Hall.

“I find it highly ironic that after being booked to speak in the
school’s Constitution Hall, our constitutional right to free speech and
the exercise of religion, guaranteed under the First Amendment, have
been denied,” Ham said.

“While I know this looks awful censoring certain parts of Mr. Ham’s
views, I want to ensure that we stay on topic of the research Mr. Ham
and his team have done over creationism,” Duvall wrote.

For the record, Ham’s university lecture was titled, “Genesis and the State of the Culture.”

Paul Blair, the pastor of a local church that sponsors a student
ministry called “Valid Worldview,” told me Ham’s speech had nothing to
do with LGBT issues.

“The backlash we are already receiving is quite immense and I do not
want this event to be spoiled due to a topic that isn’t relative to Mr.
Ham’s research of creationism,” Duvall wrote.

On Jan. 27, the university’s student government group canceled the speaking engagement.

“A small but vocal group on campus put up a fuss about my talk and
the university caved in, tearing up the contract and contradicting its
policies of promoting ‘free inquiry’ and ‘inclusiveness’ on campus,” Ham
said.

Pastor Blair told me he does not fault the student government association president for caving in to the LGBT mob.

“I think this young man was bullied and intimidated,” Blair said. “I
think he succumbed to the bullying that these LGBTQ groups are known
for. Those that scream out and demand tolerance are in actuality the
least tolerant group of individuals on the planet.”

A university spokesman told me there had been no complaints of LGBT bullying.

“The UCO community is an inclusive environment that encourages the
civil expression of diverse thoughts and ideas, while also keeping the
safety of our students a top priority,” the spokesman said.

Blair, the pastor of Fairview Baptist Church, pointed out the
university’s blatant hypocrisy and what he called “the obvious
discrimination against Christianity on campus.”

“I am beside myself with frustration that our tax dollars go to
promote a drag queen show and safe sex events with carnival games that
are obscene and graphic,” he said. “Yet when it comes to something like
debating Darwinian evolution or talking about the literal Creation
account of Genesis – well that kind of speech must be censored.”

The pastor has a valid point.

If the University of Central Oklahoma expects Christian students to
be tolerant of LGBT-themed events, why aren’t they demanding that same
expectation from LGBT students when it comes to Christian events?

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NORTH KOREAN MILITARY PARADE SHOWCASES LATEST MISSILES AHEAD OF OLYMPICS IN SOUTH KOREA

February 9, 2018 John

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NORTH KOREAN MILITARY PARADE SHOWCASES LATEST MISSILES AHEAD OF OLYMPICS

IN SOUTH KOREA

In rare public speech, Kim Jong Un alleges Pyongyang becoming ‘world-class military power’

BY MIKAEL THALEN

SEE: https://www.infowars.com/north-korean-military-parade-showcases-latest-missiles-ahead-of-olympics/;

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

 North Korea showcased its latest missiles in a large military parade Thursday

on the eve of the Winter Olympics in South Korea.

Held at Kim Il Sung Square in the capital city of Pyongyang, the
parade included hundreds of soldiers and an assortment of military
hardware.
The event, attended by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife
Ri Sol Ju, who arrived together by limousine, marks the day Kim Il Sung
established the Korean People’s Army.

During a rare speech, Kim lambasted the United States and boasted of
North Korea’s development into “a world-class military power.”

“As long as imperialism is present on the Earth and US’s hostile
policy against North Korea continues, the mission of the Korea People’s
Army to be the strong sword that protects the country and people, and
peace can never change,” Kim said.

The North Korean leader also called for his military to remain combat
ready in order to keep the United States from infringing upon “the
republic’s sacred dignity and autonomy even by 0.001 millimeters.”
“The final victory lies to our party and people who is holding the gunstocks of revolution,” Kim said.
Following Kim’s address, numerous missiles were brought out including
the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), believed to
be capable of reaching any target on the U.S. mainland.

Several Hwasong-14 ICBMs, Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic
missiles (IRBMs) and Pukgukgsong-2 solid-fuelled IRBMs were also
observed.
No new weapons were revealed during the event and some experts
believe the parade, noticeably smaller than last year’s, was designed to
not provoke ahead of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchan, South Korea.
“They wanted to keep a low profile (so as) not to aggravate the current situation,” a witness to the parade told NK News. “Some Chinese tourists said the DPRK doesn’t want to cause trouble before the Olympics.”
While U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, who will lead the U.S.
delegation to the Olympics’ opening ceremony Friday, hinted during a press conference
in Japan Wednesday that the U.S. was not opposed to meeting with North
Korean officials during the games, Pyongyang stated Thursday that it was
uninterested.
“We have no intention to meet with the U.S. side during the stay in
South Korea,” a top Foreign Ministry official was quoted as saying. “We
are not going to use such a sports festival as the Winter Olympics as a
political lever. There is no need to do so.”
Pence also announced during the Tokyo press conference that the U.S.
was preparing to unveil the “most aggressive” sanctions ever against
North Korea.

“I’m announcing today that the United States of America will soon
unveil the toughest and most aggressive round of economic sanctions on
North Korea ever,” Pence said. “We will continue to isolate North Korea
until it abandons its nuclear and ballistic missile program once and for
all.”
On Wednesday North Korea accused U.S. President Donald Trump of being
“dolt-like” for planning a potential “bloody nose” strike against
Pyongyang.
The commentary appeared to be in response to Trump’s State of the
Union address in which he chastised “the cruel dictatorship in North
Korea.”
“North Korea’s reckless pursuit of nuclear missiles could very soon
threaten our homeland. We need only look at the depraved character of
the North Korean regime to understand the nature of the nuclear threat
it could pose to America and to our allies,” Trump said.
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North Korea Holds Military Parade Ahead Of Olympics Opening Ceremony | NBC Nightly News

Published on Feb 8, 2018

Kim
Jong Un is utilizing a strategy of both diplomacy and force, as the
annual military parade was moved up to coincide with the Olympics and
his sister Kim Yo Jong is in PyeongChang for the games.

N. Korea showcases missiles, jets at military parade marking Army’s 70th anniversary

North Korea held a massive military parade highlighted by
intercontinental ballistic missiles in its capital on Thursday, just one
day before South Korea hosts the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang
Winter Olympics. Kim Jong-un was shown walking on a red carpet with his
wife at the beginning of the event.

North Korea has staged a huge parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the
armistice that ended the Korean War. Soldiers and military hardware
paraded through Pyongyang in a carefully choreographed display. The
1950-53 Korean War ended in a truce, although the North and South remain
technically at war.

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“WE LOVE GOD”: PRESIDENT TRUMP ADDRESSES NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST~VIDEO WITH TRANSCRIPT

February 9, 2018 John

“WE LOVE GOD”: PRESIDENT TRUMP ADDRESSES NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST~

VIDEO WITH TRANSCRIPT

‘Our rights are not given to us by man;

our rights come from our Creator.’

SEE: https://www.infowars.com/we-love-god-president-trump-addresses-national-prayer-breakfast-video-transcript/;

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

President Trump delivered remarks at the 66th annual National Prayer Breakfast Thursday.

Read a transcript below:

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Charlie. (Applause.) Thank you
very much. And thank you, Randy, for that very kind introduction. I want
to thank you and Congressman Charlie Crist for serving as co-chairs
this year.
It’s an honor to be with so many faith leaders, members of Congress,
and dignitaries from all around the world as we continue this
extraordinary tradition. I’m very glad to be joined by many members of
my Cabinet. You’re doing a terrific job.

I want to extend our appreciation to the First Lady of Rwanda for
leading the opening prayer. Thank you. Thank you very much. (Applause.)

I also want to thank my two great friends, Mark Burnett and Roma
Downey. They’re some here. Where are they? They are two terrific people.
Stand up, Mark. You deserve it. Even though he comes from Hollywood.
(Applause.) Roma, thank you very much. Thank you for being here.

Major Scotty Smiley and Tiffany, we’re moved by your faith and
your courage, and inspired by your service and sacrifice. That was
really beautiful. Thank you very much. Thank you. (Applause.)

And to my friend, and everybody’s friend, Steve Scalise, we are
so glad to have you with us today. Your presence reminds us of Jesus’s
words in the Book of Matthew: “With God all things are possible.” You
are fantastic. You really are, Steve. (Applause.) Fantastic man.

America is a nation of believers, and together we are
strengthened by the power of prayer. This morning, our hearts are full
of gratitude as we come together for the 66th annual National Prayer
Breakfast.

But our hearts are also saddened by the absence of the co-founder
of this wonderful breakfast who passed away last year, Doug Coe, who
everybody loved. (Applause.) For 60 years, Doug devoted his time and
passion to this Prayer Breakfast and to many other wonderful causes.
Today, we are blessed to be joined by Doug’s wife Jan, and two of their
sons, David and Tim. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you very much. Great
man.

I want to thank you for carrying on Doug’s legacy also, and
bringing our nation together in prayer. You are indeed carrying on his
great legacy.

Each year, this event reminds us that faith is central to
American life and to liberty. Our founders invoked our Creator four
times in the Declaration of Independence. Our currency declares, “In God
We Trust.” (Applause.) And we place our hands on our hearts as we
recite the Pledge of Allegiance and proclaim we are “One Nation Under
God.” (Applause.)

Our rights are not given to us by man; our rights come from our
Creator. (Applause.) No matter what, no Earthly force can take those
rights away. (Applause.) That is why the words “Praise be to God” are
etched atop the Washington Monument, and those same words are etched
into the hearts of our people.

So today, we praise God for how truly blessed we are to be
American. (Applause.) Across our land, we see the splendor of God’s
creation. Throughout our history, we see the story of God’s providence.
And in every city and town, we see the Lord’s grace all around us,
through a million acts of kindness, courage and generosity. We love God.

We see the Lord’s grace in the servicemembers who risk their
lives for our freedom. We see it in the teachers who work tirelessly for
their students, and the police who sacrifice for our communities — and
sacrifice they do. (Applause.)

And we see the Lord’s grace in the moms and dads who work two and
three jobs to give their children the chance for a better and much more
prosperous and happier life.

As the Bible tells us, for we are God’s handiwork, created in
Jesus Christ to do good works. America’s heroes rise to this calling. In
their selfless deeds, they reveal the beauty and goodness of the human
soul.

When catastrophic hurricanes struck, first responders and
everyday citizens dove into rushing waters to save stranded families
from danger. And they saved them by the thousands. Neighbors opened
their homes to those in need of food, clothes, shelter. Firefighters
braved blinding smoke and flames to rescue children from devastating
wildfires.

During the horrific shootings, strangers shielded strangers, and
police officers ran into a hail of bullets to save the lives of their
fellow Americans, right in Las Vegas. A terrible day, a terrible night.
But such bravery.

Families have adopted babies orphaned by the opioid epidemic and
given them loving homes. Communities and churches have reached out to
those struggling with addiction, and shown them the path to a clean
life, a good job, and a renewed sense of purpose.

And soldiers, sailors, Coast Guardsmen, airmen, and Marines have
spent long months away from home defending our great American flag.
(Applause.)

All we have to do is open our eyes and look around us, and we can
see God’s hand. In the courage of our fellow citizens, we see the power
of God’s love at work in our souls, and the power of God’s will to
answer all of our prayers.

When Americans are able to live by their convictions, to speak
openly of their faith, and to teach their children what is right, our
families thrive, our communities flourish, and our nation can achieve
anything at all. (Applause.)

Together, as Americans, we are a tireless force for justice and for peace. We have witnessed this truth over the past year.

For years, ISIS had brutally tortured and murdered Christians, Jews, religious minorities, and countless Muslims.

Today, the coalition to defeat ISIS has liberated almost 100
percent of the territory just recently held by these killers in Iraq and
all throughout Syria. (Applause.)

Much work will always remain, but we will never rest until that
job is completely done. And we are really doing it like never before.
(Applause.)

We know that millions of people in Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, North
Korea, and other countries suffer under repressive and brutal regimes.
America stands with all people suffering oppression and religious
persecution.

Last week, during the State of the Union, the world was inspired
by the story of a North Korean defector, Mr. Ji Seong-ho, who is now
back in South Korea.

Before his escape, when Seong-ho was being tortured by North
Korean officials, there was one thing that kept him from losing hope:
Over and over again, he recited the Lord’s prayer. He prayed for peace,
and he prayed for freedom. And now, as you know, Seong-ho is free and a
symbol of hope to millions of people all around the world. (Applause.)

Here with us today is another symbol of hope, a very brave
9-year-old girl named Sophia Marie Campa Peters. Sophia suffers from a
rare disease that has caused her to have many strokes. At one point, the
doctors told Sophia that she would not be able to walk.

Sophia replied, “If you’re only going to talk about what I can’t
do, then I don’t want to hear it — (laughter) — just let me try to
walk.” (Applause.)

She tried, and she succeeded. And one of her doctors even told
her mom — and theyre right here in the front row where they should be —
“This little girl has God on her side.” (Applause.) Thank you, Sophia.
Thank you, mom. Great mom.

I said, Do you love your mom? She said, I have a great mom. I love my mom. (Laughter.) Right?

Just two weeks ago, Sophia needed to have a very high-risk
surgery. She decided to ask the whole world to pray for her, and she
hoped to reach 10,000 people.

On January 24th, as Sophia went into surgery, she far surpassed
her goal. Millions and millions of people lifted Sophia up in their
prayers.

Today, we thank God that Sophia is with us, and she’s recovering, and shes walking very well. (Applause.)

And I have to say this, Sophia: You may only be 9 years old, but
you are already a hero to all of us in this room, and all over the
world. Thank you, Sophia. (Applause).

Heroes like Sophia come from all across our country and from
every different background. But they all share one thing in common:
Through their love, their courage, their sacrifice, we glimpse the grace
of almighty God.

So today, inspired by our fellow citizens, let us resolve to find
the best within ourselves. Let us pray for that extra measure of
strength and that extra measure of devotion. And let us seek to build a
more just and peaceful world, where every child can grow up without
violence, worship without fear, and reach their God-given potential.

As long as we are true to America’s founding and the example that
all of these great founders have set, we can all be heroes to
everybody, and they can be heroes to us.

As long as we open our eyes to God’s grace and open our hearts to
God’s love, then America will forever be the land of the free, the home
of the brave, and a light unto all nations. (Applause.)

Thank you for this incredible event and to our wonderful hosts.
And thank you to all of our heroes for serving, protecting, and
inspiring America each and every day.

God bless you, and God bless America. Thank you very much. Thank you. (Applause.)

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SEE ALSO:

Trump More Comfortable With His Faith

at Prayer Breakfast

https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/28239-trump-more-comfortable-with-his-faith-at-prayer-breakfast

EXCERPTS:
“And then he treaded where the previous president feared to go: Trump unabashedly used the name of Jesus Christ:

As the Bible tells us, we are God’s
handiwork, created in Jesus Christ to do good works.… All we have to do
is open our eyes and look around us, and we can see God’s hand. In the
courage of our fellow citizens, we see the power of God’s love and work
in our souls, and the power of God’s will to answer all of our prayers.

It was in his insertion into his speech of part of the Apostle Paul’s
letter to the church in Ephesus that raised most eyebrows and gave the
most comfort to those still questioning the depth of Trump’s faith in
Christ. The full quote is:

For it is by grace you have been saved,
through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God —
not by works, so that no one can boast.

For we [who have been saved through
faith] are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works,
which God prepared in advance for us [believers] to do.

Somewhere along the line it seems that Trump may have discovered enough spiritual truth to embrace Jesus Christ as his savior.”
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THE DISCOURAGING PART: COMMON PRAYER WITH PAGANS, APOSTATES:

Trump, Pence Have Worshiped With Muslim, Buddhist & Sikhs And Pence Tweets Support For Open Sodomite

http://the-trumpet-online.com/trump-pence-attend-prayer-service-featuring-muslim-buddhist-sikh-invocations/

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research

purposes:

[Editor’s Note: In addition to “worshiping God” with Muhammadans,
etc. Pence also recently tweeted his support for an open sodomite
Olympic athlete, as shown in the attached image. Please don’t make the
mistake of assuming that because leaders such as Trump or Pence oppose
certain ungodly elements of society that it means they themselves are
righteous or godly.]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Vice
President Mike Pence attended the traditional National Prayer Service at
the Washington National Cathedral on [January 20th 2017], which
featured representatives from various religions, including Islam,
Sikhism and Buddhism.

The gathering featured a variety of music and speakers, with prayers
in the name of Jesus and songs such as “How Great Thou Art” by Marlana
VanHoose and “We’ve Come This Far By Faith” by Liberty University Praise
interspersed with prayers and readings from a rabbi, an imam, a Hindu
priest and others.

The event was opened by Mariann Edgar Budde, the female bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington.

“As we mark this moment of political transition, let us all draw
strength and courage from the sacred texts and songs … from the many
traditions of our land,” Budde declared.

A Navajo blessing was presented by Carlyle Begay, followed later by
Todd Christopherson of the Mormon Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, who
read from the Book of Common Prayer, as was done during a prayer service
for George Washington in 1783.

“Fill them with the love and truth of righteousness, and make them
ever mindful of their calling to serve this people, in thy fear through
Jesus Christ our Lord who lives and reigns with Thee, one God, world
without end,” Christopherson recited.

Cantor Mikhail Manevich from Washington Hebrew Congregation recited
the Jewish Sh’ma Yisrael (Hear O Israel) and the Viyahafta (You Shall
Love).

Also in the first half of the service, Narayanachar Digalakota from
the Sri Siva Vishnu Temple in Lanham, Maryland presented an invocation
on behalf of the Hindu religion, speaking in Sanskrit.

Sajid Tarar, the founder of Muslims for Trump, who delivered an Islamic prayer at
the Republican National Convention in July, read from the Koran in
Arabic, and Imam Mohamed Magid, executive director of the All Dulles
Area Muslim Society, presented a reading as well.

“O mankind, indeed we have created you from male and female and made
you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most
noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you,” Magid
recited.

Later in the event, Greg Laurie of Harvest Christian Fellowship and
the Harvest Crusades presented a prayer asking that the Armed Forces
have divine protection, that diplomats would be “ambassadors of hope,”
and that local governments would have the “spirit of wisdom and love,
and justice and compassion.”

He was followed by Jack Graham of Prestonwood Baptist Church in
Plano, Texas, who implored God to protect and give courage to the
nation’s first responders and police officers “that they may serve You
and their neighbor.”

David Jeremiah of Shadow Mountain Community Church also provided a
reading from Romans, and Ronnie Floyd, former president of the Southern
Baptist Convention, read from Psalm 23.

The men were followed by Jesse Singh, founder of American Sikhs for
Trump, who offered a prayer first delivered by Guru Gobind Singh, who is
considered the 10th Sikh master.

The event concluded with a recitation of the Lord’s Prayer, led by Ramiro Pena of Christ the King Baptist Church in Waco, Texas.

Others who spoke at the service included Ian McIlraith of the
Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai International; Alveda King, the niece
of the late Martin Luther King Jr.; Geron Demetrios of the Greek
Orthodox Archdiocese of America; Donald Wuerl, Roman Catholic Archbishop
of Washington, D.C.; and Cissie Graham Lynch, the granddaughter of
Billy Graham.

As previously reported, services at the Washington National Cathedral
following inaugural ceremonies have been a long-held American
tradition, spanning more than 100 years. Barack Obama and Joe Biden likewise attended ceremonies at the cathedral featuring a number of world religions following the 2009 and 2013 inaugurations.

In 2013, the Episcopalian Cathedral announced that it would begin hosting same-sex ceremonies.

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INTEL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN NUNES: “CLEAR LINK” FROM DNC/CLINTON CAMPAIGN “TO RUSSIA”

February 9, 2018 John

https://media.salon.com/2017/03/devin-nunes1.jpg

INTEL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN NUNES:

“CLEAR LINK” FROM DNC/CLINTON CAMPAIGN “TO RUSSIA”

BY C. MITCHELL SHAW

SEE: https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/congress/item/28231-intel-committee-chairman-nunes-clear-link-from-dnc-clinton-campaign-to-russia;

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.; shown)
says that there is evidence of collusion with Russia during the 2016
election — but it’s not with the Trump campaign. He told Fox News
there is a “clear link” between Democrats and Russia. Both recently
revealed facts and history show that he is correct in his assertion.

While Democrats, the mainstream liberal media, and others have
focused on unproven (and apparently unprovable) allegations that the
Trump campaign colluded with Russia to influence the results of the 2016
election and guarantee a Trump presidency, Nunes says the real evidence
points at “the Hillary Clinton campaign,” which “hired a law firm, who
hire Fusion GPS, who hired a foreign agent, who then got information
from the Russians on the other campaign.” Nunes said this is a “clear
link to Russia.”

Nunes made his remarks Monday, the same day his committee voted
unanimously to allow Democrats to release their memo rebutting the
Republican memo showing FISA abuses in the Trump/Russia investigation.
He said that Democrats have shown hypocrisy in their criticism of the
Republican memo, adding, “It seems like the counterintelligence
investigation should have been opened up against the Hillary campaign
when they got ahold of the dossier. But that didn’t happen, either.”

Nunes’ claim that Christopher Steele “got information from the
Russians” for his “dossier” is based on the so-called “second memo,”
which is actually a heavily redacted copy of the criminal referral
against Steele. That memo was released earlier this week by Senators
Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and shows that
Steele “gathered much of his information from Russian government sources
inside Russia.”

Wait. Isn’t this whole investigation (read: circus) about whether the
Trump campaign served as a conduit for Russia to influence the
election? But how about the DNC and the Clinton campaign? It seems
obvious that basing the “dossier” on “information from Russian
government sources inside Russia,” and then circulating that “dossier”
to investigators and leaking it to the media, is a great way to help
Russia attempt to influence the election.

It begins to look as though BuzzFeed, and not WikiLeaks (as the Left
has claimed), is the media instrument of the Kremlin in the West —
whether the folks over at the liberal screed-site know it or not.

Nunes’ remarks about the Clinton campaign hiring “a law firm, who
hire Fusion GPS, who hired a foreign agent, who then got information
from the Russians on the other campaign” bring up another interesting
point that this writer made in a previous article:
It was the DNC and Clinton campaign that worked with a foreign
operative (Steele) to influence the election by presenting a spurious
“dossier” (which has subsequently been entirely discredited) to
investigators as if it contained established fact. What Nunes’ remarks
and the Grassley/Graham memo add to that is that the foreign operative
(Steele) used information gathered from the very foreign power the
“dossier” purports to confront.

Hypocrisy does not seem like a strong enough word.

In what The New American’s William F. Jasper called the “Memo Wars,”
that “dossier,” as Jasper pointed out, “is now the subject of a
rehabilitation effort” by the very people who used it to launch the
investigation that has morphed into the Mueller probe.

It is increasingly obvious that the FBI and DOJ abused the readily
abusable FISA process to target the Trump campaign using — as an excuse,
a pretense — a “dossier” that was both fueled by the Russian government
and filled to the margins with utter fabrications. But considering the lengths that Democrats will go to defend and regurgitate their “Trump/Russia collusion” narrative, this is really no surprise.

So, the DNC and the Clinton campaign paid a foreign operative to
gather information from a foreign power that both the DNC and Clinton
campaign said is hostile to the United States. This spurious informtion
was then used to produce the “dossier” that was then both leaked it to
the media and used it to paint a picture of Donald Trump as “Putin’s
puppet.” Yet, it is Trump and not Clinton who is being investigated for
ties to Russia. No wonder Nunes said that “the counterintelligence
investigation should have been opened up against the Hillary campaign.”

And while Nunes’ remarks were limited to just the information related
to the memos, that information is merely the tip of the Clinton/Russia
iceberg. In fact, the connections between Clinton and Russia go far and
wide. As this writer reported in an article that originally appeared in
the February 20, 2017 print edition of The New American and was later published online,
there are enough damning connections between Clinton and Moscow to make
a good case for collusion. A sampling of those connections — as
revealed in the leaked Clinton/DNC e-mails published by WikiLeaks —
shows that:

• As secretary of state, Clinton “reset” relations with Putin’s
Russia, which helped the Clinton Foundation and its donors make millions
of dollars off a deal that sold the mining company Uranium One (and 25
percent of our strategic uranium production) to Russia.

• John Podesta, Clinton’s campaign manager, is involved in a huge
financial/national security scandal involving his position as an
executive board member of Joule Global Stichting, a company owned by
Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg and Putin’s state-owned RUSNANO
corporation.

• Secretary of State Clinton set up multi-billion dollar deals and
transfers of U.S. technology to help Vladimir Putin build Skolkovo,
Russia’s high-tech Silicon Valley, concerning which the FBI has issued
“an extraordinary warning” noting that Russia may use this cooperation
to obtain America’s “sensitive or classified research development
facilities and dual-use technologies.”

As this writer asserted at that time:

Considering what the e-mails show of
Clinton’s close ties to Russia and Putin, her assertion that Trump is
Putin’s “puppet” is a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black.
Furthermore, it boggles the mind that the woman who delivered U.S.
technology into the hands of Russia would then accuse Putin of directing
a hacking campaign to help her political opponent. Was it the
technology she helped supply that was used to do the hacking?

Although the new information coming out as a result of the “Memo
Wars” is not shocking to those who have been following the Clinton shell
game closely, it certainly adds to what is already known about
Clinton/Russian connections/collusion. Taken in parts or in whole, it is
obvious that this information backs up Nunes’ claims of a “clear link”
between Democrats and Russia.

The only question left, really, is what will be done about it. For
his part, Nunes seems prepared to tear down the Democrat house of cards.
And President Trump — having spent his first year in the White House
being accused of what the evidence increasingly shows his opponent
actually did — is likely to lend the full support of his administration.
If so, it may soon be all over for the Obama/Clinton/DNC cabal.

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TURKISH LEADER ERDOGAN DECLARES JIHAD ON KURDS, DISPATCHES SOLDIERS TO “DECIMATE” THEM

February 9, 2018 John

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https://journal-neo.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/kurds1.jpg

UPDATE:

Turkish leader declares jihad on Kurds,

dispatches soldiers to “decimate” them

BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS

SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/02/turkish-leader-declares-jihad-on-kurds-dispatches-soldiers-to-decimate-them;

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

Erdogan launched what Islamists are openly calling a jihad against the Kurdish

YPG faction. Thousands of Turkish soldiers, along with tanks and artillery, have

blasted their way across the Turkish border into Syria.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the model of a clever jihadist leader who
employs a combination of stealth and violent means to attain his
expansionist dreams of a revived Ottoman Empire.

After the fall of the Ottomans, and soon after the declaration of the
Republic of Turkey, Ankara’s goal became to destroy all non-Turkish
elements within the Republic, with a primary target being the Kurds and
the Armenians. Now Erdogan has taken up that effort once again. As he
aims to destroy the historic culture and identity of the Kurds, he has
deceptively (and cruelly) called his jihad invading death squads
“Operation Olive Branch.”

On January 20 and 21, 90,000 mosques prayed Qur’anic “conquest” prayers calling on Muslims to be “ruthless against unbelievers” and for victory against the Kurds, right before Erdogan’s thousands of soldiers were dispatched.

Yet despite Erdogan’s unsavoury record, he still manages to sell to
Western leaders the idea that he is “moderate.” Earlier this week, Pope
Francis rolled out the red carpet for him; Erdogan took opportunity to ask the Pope
to help lead a “concerted and continuous international effort to fight
Islamophobia.” He also deceitfully “discussed the plight” of Christians
in the Middle East and “promised to mobilize Turkish support to help
them in every possible way, just as the Ottomans did in their 600-year
history.”

There are a couple problems with his hollow “promise”: Christian persecution has dramatically increased in Turkey under his hardline rule. Erdogan has even brought changes to school curricula:
“Islamic law class and basic fundamental religion lectures will include
lessons on jihad.” Also, Christians were not supported under Ottoman
rule as Erdogan states. As Robert Spencer has noted: “In reality, the
Christians in the Ottoman Empire suffered the institutionalized
discrimination and harassment of dhimmitude, punctuated with occasional
open persecution.”

Erdogan has also declared that the European headscarf ban started a
battle between the Cross and the Crescent. He continues to deny the
atrocious Armenian genocide; has supported the Islamic State and the Muslim Brotherhood; and has long been on a global campaign to compel Western nations to criminalize “Islamophobia.”

All world leaders, especially the Pope, should be condemning Erdogan
and his unrighteous persecution of the Kurds, particularly now that
Erdogan has “dispatched his army into Syria to decimate them.”

“Turkey’s Erdogan Declares Jihad on Religious Minorities in Syria”, by Lela Gilbert, Newsmax, February 6, 2018:

Turkey’s irascible President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is
once again infuriated with a Kurdish group and has dispatched his army
into Syria to decimate them.

On January 20, Erdogan launched what Islamists are openly calling a
jihad against the Kurdish YPG faction. Thousands of Turkish soldiers,
along with tanks and artillery, have blasted their way across the
Turkish border into Syria.

With a cynical choice of words, the Turks have code-named their invasion, “Operation Olive Branch.”

Under Erdogan’s leadership, Turkey’s military is believed by some to
be a threat to Middle East peace. Perhaps more alarming is that
Erdogan’s troops also comprise NATO’s second largest army.

Since Operation Olive Branch was launched, Turkish soldiers have been
making their way toward Afrin City. But their progress has been slower
than expected.

Egypt’s Al-Ahram reported on Feb. 4, “Ankara is heightening the pitch
of its chauvinistic rhetoric on Kurdish militias and U.S. policies in
northern Syria, but is making painfully meagre progress in its ground
offensive….”

Afrin is a canton in Syria’s northwest, populated largely by Kurds.
Many in Afrin’s population belong to the YPK, a Kurdish militia that has
heroically fought alongside United States forces against the Islamic
State/ISIS.

In the complicated Middle East, however, one man’s hero is another
man’s terrorist. In Erdogan’s narrow-eyed view, the YPK (and several
other Kurdish groups) are terrorists.

So the Kurdish communities in the Afrin region — many of them
civilians alongside displaced minority families who fled the Syrian war —
are once again literally under the gun.

Since the fighting began on Jan. 20, Turkish fighters have
slaughtered over 900 soldiers and civilians, including Christians,
Yazidis, and other unarmed civilians.

Many of the displaced people in the region were originally from
Aleppo, a city that has historically had a Christian community of about
250,000. Aleppo used to be the largest city in Syria. But with the rise
of sectarian violence beginning in 2010, many displaced Christian
families were forced to flee to Afrin, Idlib, and other northern safe
havens. There they were joined by Yazidis and other minorities.

Tragically, those safe havens are now warzones.

According to UN figures, today 323,000 people are living in Afrin and
nearby areas under Kurdish control. Of them, 192,000 are in need of
humanitarian aid and 125,000 are what the UN terms “internally displaced
persons,” or IDPs, from other parts of Syria.

As this latest fighting began to heat up, Twitter was alight with
warnings from church groups in Afrin and nearby communities, pleading
for help.

Some refugee parents posted online photos of their children living in
tents, entirely unprotected as shells and shrapnel rained down on them.
Others were photographed hiding in caves, cringing at the sound of
incoming bombs and bullets.

Scores of appeals for help from trapped Christians have been tweeted
and retweeted. One message from a local Pastor Hanan pleaded for
international intervention and protection.

“As the Good Shepherd Church in Afrin city,” he wrote, “we demand
urgent international protection for the believers in Afrin and the cease
of this Turkish shelling….”

Pastor Hanan also pointed out the very real danger that the present
upheaval may help ISIS or al-Qaida to make a regional comeback.

Meanwhile, The New York Times reports that foreign fighters are joining the battle against Turkey in support of the YPG.

One volunteer posted online, “We have fought Daesh [ISIS] before in
Raqqa, in Deir ez-Zor, and now with the fascist Turkish state that we
are fighting here in Afrin.”

Unrepentantly, Erdogan has threated to extend Operation Olive Branch
further into Syria, and to remove all “terrorists,” so he can transport
some three million refugees, presently sheltering in Turkey, back in to
Syria for repatriation.

One Feb. 3 report quotes Erdogan saying that the fighting is about to
end. At the same time, Hurriyet, a Turkish news source, reports that
the Turkish army is getting close to the Afrin City Center. It also
reports that Erdogan’s AKP party is seeking approval from Parliament,
“for Turkey’s ongoing military operation into the Syrian district of
Afrin.…”

Will Erdogan’s ever-expanding ambitions succeed? Will anyone — NATO,
Russia, Iranian, Syrian, or any other force — stand in Erdogan’s way?

The Economist sums up the very volatile situation, and warns the conflict could spiral out of control…..

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WARNING: “CENTER FOR HUMAN TECHNOLOGY”: EARLY FACEBOOK AND GOOGLE EMPLOYEES FORM NON CHRISTIAN COALITION TO FIGHT WHAT THEY BUILT~”THE TRUTH ABOUT TECH”

February 9, 2018 John

NON CHRISTIAN MIND CONTROL BACKLASH CREATES ANOTHER PROBLEM

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our minds.
Since 2013, we’ve raised awareness of the problem
within tech companies and for millions of people through broad media
attention, convened top industry executives, and advised political
leaders. Building on this start, we are advancing thoughtful solutions
to change the system.
What we feel as addiction is part of something much bigger.

There’s an invisible problem that’s affecting all of society.
Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram, and Google have produced amazing products that have
benefited the world enormously. But these companies are also caught in a
zero-sum race for our finite attention, which they
need to make money. Constantly forced to outperform their competitors,
they must use increasingly persuasive techniques to keep us glued. They
point AI-driven news feeds, content, and notifications at our minds,
continually learning how to hook us more deeply—from our own behavior.
Unfortunately, what’s best for capturing our attention isn’t best for our well-being:

Snapchat turns conversations into streaks, redefining how our children measure friendship.
Instagram glorifies the picture-perfect life, eroding our self worth.
Facebook segregates us into echo chambers, fragmenting our communities.
YouTube autoplays the next video within seconds, even if it eats into our sleep.

These are not neutral products.
They are part of a system designed to addict us.

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EARLY FACEBOOK AND GOOGLE EMPLOYEES FORM COALITION TO FIGHT WHAT THEY BUILT

(Friday Church News Notes, February 9, 2018, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) –
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

The following is excerpted from “Early Facebook and Google,” New York Times,
Feb. 4, 2018: “A group of Silicon Valley technologists who were early
employees at Facebook and Google, alarmed over the ill effects of social
networks and smartphones, are banding together to challenge the
companies they helped build. The cohort is creating a union of concerned
experts called the Center for Humane Technology.
Along with the nonprofit media watchdog group Common Sense Media, it
also plans an anti-tech addiction lobbying effort and an ad campaign at
55,000 public schools in the United States. The
campaign, titled The Truth About Tech, will be funded with $7 million
from Common Sense and capital raised by the Center for Humane
Technology. Common Sense also has $50 million in donated media and
airtime from partners including Comcast and DirecTV. It will be aimed at
educating students, parents and teachers about the dangers of
technology, including the depression that can come from heavy use of
social media. ‘We were on the inside,’ said Tristan Harris, a former
in-house ethicist at Google who is heading the new group. ‘We know what
the companies measure. We know how they talk, and we know how the
engineering works.’ The effect of technology, especially on younger
minds, has become hotly debated in recent months. … Pediatric and
mental health experts called on Facebook last week to abandon a messaging service the company had introduced for children as young as 6. Parenting groups have also sounded the alarm about YouTube Kids, a product aimed at children that
sometimes features disturbing content. … The new Center for Humane
Technology includes an unprecedented alliance of former employees of
some of today’s biggest tech companies. Apart from Mr. Harris, the
center includes Sandy Parakilas, a former Facebook operations manager;
Lynn Fox, a former Apple and Google communications executive; Dave
Morin, a former Facebook executive; Justin Rosenstein, who created
Facebook’s Like button … Apple’s chief executive, Timothy D. Cook,
told The Guardian last month that he would not let his nephew on social media.” (For practical instruction on protecting young people from evil influences, see The Mobile Phone and the Christian Home and Church, available as a free eBook from www.wayoflife.org.)
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