1-9-19, Front Page -- Starbucks workers report finding blood and needles in bathrooms, as well as being pricked by improperly disposed-of needles, risking exposure to HIV and hepatitis. Since the 'open bathroom policy' has been in place, the coffee giant is exploring possible remedies after employees expressed fears about being pricked by uncapped discarded used needles and experiencing related health risks. Starbucks is testing solutions including installing sharps-disposal boxes, utilizing heavier-duty trash bags to prevent needle pokes and removing trash cans from certain bathrooms. More here

Starbucks baristas poked by discarded needles from drug users
Oct 2, 2018 - After three Starbucks employees were poked by needles while on the job in Seattle they told local news that hypodermic needles were found on the job nearly every day. They said they had to take antiviral medications to protect themselves from HIV and hepatitis. This is what working for a social justice company looks like.

1-9-19, Cal Thomas -- Before Trump became president most Democrat leaders were for strong border security and the wall including Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Chuck Schumer. When he was a senator from Illinois in 2006, Obama said: “Those who enter our country illegally and those who employ them disrespect the rule of law. And because we live in an age where terrorists are challenging our borders, we simply cannot allow people to pour into the United States undetected, undocumented, and unchecked. Americans are right to demand better border security and better enforcement of our immigration laws.” Those remarks are in line with what President Trump is now saying. Problem is they hate Trump more than they love America. More here

Genesis 1:14; Numbers 24:5,9

1-6-19,  In God's word we read that He created the heavenly bodies to serve -among other things - “as signs;” Genesis 1:14. In 2014 and 2015, the world witnessed four consecutive total eclipses of the moon, known as a tetrad. On July 27/28, 2018 a celestial double feature unlike anything seen in decades: Mars made its closest approach to Earth in 15 years—just as the full moon blushes red in the longest “blood moon” eclipse of the century happened. The eclipse this month, Jan 20/21, 2019 occurs on the same date of President Trump’s inauguration January 20, 2017.

Pastor Mark Biltz, discovered that such events historically have been accompanied by significant developments for the Jewish nation of Israel – the United States declaring Jerusalem the capitol of the Jewish state and moving its embassy to the capitol was pretty significant!

The the next lunar eclipse is called a “super blood wolf moon eclipse” because it will be a total lunar eclipse for parts of North America at a time when the full moon is at the closet point of its orbit to the Earth.

In Zechariah 1:14 we read that the LORD is very jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy and is displeased with the nations who curse the Jewish nation. More here and here 
 
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​United Nations condemns excessive Israeli force against Palestinians | More here
Jun 13, 2018 - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly condemned Israel again for excessive use of force in her retaliation against Islamic Palestinian attacks on the Jewish State ...

1-9-19, Canada Free Press -- The United Nations group United Nations Relief and Works Agency [aka UNWRA] is an anti-Semitic obscenity because it perpetuates the Islamic Palestinian conflict against the Jewish State of Israel. It has no intention of reforming itself to operate as other refugee agencies do, to reduce their number of refugees, and to address the fraud of Palestinian refugee status. 

Through UNWRA, the Palestinians have received 25 times more aid per capita than did the whole of Europe to rebuild their shattered countries after World War II and yet, many decades later, Palestinians still use the victimhood card of poverty and statelessness, even though massive funding flows through the hands of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas.


UNWRA is the only UN refugee agency dedicated to a single group of people - the Muslims [aka Palestinians] in Israel

They do not solve the refugee problem. They inflate it; it's an obscenity. Another obscenity is that 40% of the ‘refugee’ recipients are not refugees at all, having been given citizenship in Jordan. Syria, and Lebanon. Yet their numbers still appear in the UNWRA and Palestinian Authority ledgers. A fraud and a political obscenity. Saudi Arabia was the only Muslim country in the top ten international donor countries. All the rest were United States, EU, Japan, and European nations. Apart from the Saudis, the Islamic world nowhere to be seen, despite their pro-Palestinian rhetoric. ​More here
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U.S. and Israel Quit U.N. Cultural Agency UNESCO
1-1-19, Time.com -- The United States and Israel have officially quit the U.N.'s educational, scientific and cultural agency, accusing it of bias. The U.S. and Israel Have Quit the U.N.'s Cultural Agency UNESCO ...

Robocalls Increased Globally But Decreased In The U.S.
1-5-19, According to data collected by Truecaller, the number of robocalls worldwide increased by a staggering 300 percent in 2018, although they were down slightly in the U.S...

1 Thessalonians 5:1-6; Matthew 24:42-44
 
1-7-19, * -- Many people believe there is nothing that can be known about the timing of the Lord’s return because Jesus said He would return like a “thief in the night.” However, the Apostle Paul makes it clear that Jesus’ statement does not apply to believers. [1 Thess 5:4-6] He explained that we are not of ‘darkness.’ Paul is referring, of course, to the light of the Holy Spirit who indwells all true born again believers (John 3:3, 7; 1 John 2:27).
 
God never pours out His wrath without warning. (Revelation 19:11) He warned the world through Noah for 120 years. He warned Lot in Sodom and Gomorrah by two angels. He sent Jonah to warn the pagan city of Nineveh and He sent Nahum to the same city 150 years later. Likewise, God is warning the world today that His Son is about to return.

​We are given notice by key prophecies:

• Prophecies that were “sealed up” until the end times (Daniel 12:4,9) are now unsealed (Revelation 22:7-17).
• The re-establishment of the state of Israel which occurred on May 14, 1948. Jesus singled out this event as the one that would signal His soon return. Ezekiel 36:24; Amos 9:14-15; Zechariah 14:1; Joel 2:30-31, 3:1; Mark 13:14 [Dome of Rock]
• The Jewish re-occupation of the city of Jerusalem is proof positive that we are living in the season of the Lord’s return as it marks the end of the Gentile Age. In 70 A.D. Romans conquered Jerusalem and dispersed the Jews among the nations. Jerusalem remained under Gentile occupation for 1,897 years until June 7, 1967, when Israel won the city back during the Six Day War.  Luke 21:24 
• The Gospel has been preached to the whole world (Matthew 24:14), a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit (Joel 2:28-32), and spiritual illumination to understand.
• The great end time outpouring of people turning to Christ -  Joel called it “the latter rain” (Joel 2:23), and he said it would occur after the Jews had returned to their land.​

God is alerting believers by what are called “signs of the times.” Jesus says in Luke 21:28 that when these signs begin to happen, we should “straighten up and lift up our heads” because “our redemption is drawing near.” The Bible is full of these signs that have been fulfilled in this century as follows:
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1) Nature — We are told to watch for earthquakes, famine, pestilence, and signs in the heavens (see Matthew 24:7-8 and Luke 21:11). Historically there was warning for the great flood in the days of Noah (Genesis 6:3), locust invasion (Joel 1:3), drought, wind storms, mildew, locusts, famine and pestilence (Amos 4:6-10; Haggai 1:10-11).
 
2) Society — Mankind will become increasingly lawless and immoral as the time approaches for the Lord’s return; it will be as evil as it was in the days of Noah and Lot. (Matthew 24:12,37-39; 2 Timothy 3:1-5). It’ll characterized by three loves: self (Humanism), money (Materialism) and pleasure (Hedonism). Society will wallow in despair and their minds will become depraved (Romans 1:28), people will call evil good and good evil (Isaiah 5:20). They will love their sin so God will send a strong delusion (2 Thess 2:10-12).
 
3) Spiritual — the appearance of false Christs and their cults (Matthew 24:5,11,24), the apostasy of the professing church (2 Thessalonians 2:3), an outbreak of Satanism (1 Timothy 4:1), and the persecution of faithful Christians (Matthew 24:9). Mormonism, Jehovah’s Witnesses and others. True Christianity has come under increasing attack and Judeo-Christian values, once the foundation of Western Civilization, are now openly mocked. Those who  adhere to them are castigated as “intolerant haters bigoted fundamentalists.”

4) Israel — The Jewish people will be regathered from the “four corners of the earth” (Isaiah 11:10-12) and the re-establishment of the state of Israel (Isaiah 66:7-8). Once the Jews are back in their land, the land itself will experience a miracle of reclamation (Isaiah 35:3) and the desert will bloom. Another is the revival of the Hebrew language (Zephaniah 3:9); the Jews ceased to speak Hebrew when they were dispersed from their land in 70 A.D. In 1967 the Jews re-occupation of Jerusalem (Luke 21:24), the resurgence of Israeli military strength (Zechariah 12:6) and the re-focusing of world politics on Israel (Zechariah 12:3).

There is no way to escape the conclusion that we are living on borrowed time. The signs of the times are upon us, and they are shouting for our attention. Are you ready? If Jesus were to return today, would He be your “Blessed Hope” (Titus 2:11-14) or would He be your “Holy Terror” (Revelation 6:12-17)?
 
If you have never received Him as your Lord and Savior, now is the time to act. Repent of your sins, and call upon the name of the Lord that you might be saved (Luke 13:3; Acts 2:14-39).
 
*Excerpted and adapted full original message from Dr. David R. Reagan here

1-8-19, Thanks to the constitutional Amendment 4 that was approved by v65% of the vote during the midterm elections, convicted felons are now registering to vote in the swing state of Florida. The amendment restored the voting rights of convicted felons, with the exception of those who have committed rape and murder.

Registration started Tuesday, with many convicts lining up to once again participate in the democratic process. There are an estimated 1.5 million convicted felons in Florida, making up roughly 10 percent of the state’s population. All of them will now be able to vote and, if past trends hold, seven out of every ten of them will vote for Democrats.

Given Florida’s tendency to be decided by razor-thin margins, this could have implications for the 2020 presidential race. More here

Many states allow voting privileges restored to ex-convicts after they fulfill their time and parole. More here

U.S. and Israel Quit U.N. Cultural Agency UNESCO
1-1-19, Time.com -- The United States and Israel have officially quit the U.N.'s educational, scientific and cultural agency, accusing it of bias. The U.S. and Israel Have Quit the U.N.'s Cultural Agency UNESCO ...

Israeli Elections - Benjamin Netanyahu,Tzipi Livni 
1-9-19, Jerusalem Post -- The latest news from the Israeli election campaigns.The competing members of the Knesset, candidates, analysis and comentaries LOAD MORE Middle East

Genesis 1:1-2, 27; Psalm 33:6, 90:2, 121:1-2; Isaiah 40:28; Amos 9:6; Revelation 5:13
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Dr Jon Ahlquist is a molecular biologist, ornithologist and artist who before his retirement specialized in molecular phylogenetics. With a B.S. from Cornell University, M.S. and Ph.D. from Yale University (all in biology) he subsequently taught and researched at Yale. He taught ornithology, comparative vertebrate anatomy, avian biology, mammalogy, animal ecology, conservation biology, principles of systematic biology, systematic zoology, molecular evolution, and molecular systematics. He was a strong believer in evolution although claims he was never an atheist.

As an evolutionist, Dr Ahlquist agreed with creationists who pointed out that even at 98%, the genetic differences between apes and humans were still huge; tens of millions of DNA ‘letters.’ Great similarity of DNA is not surprising, given the similarity in form and function between the two. However, that similarity is not evidence for common ancestry.

At just 15 years of age, a mentor [who wore his faith on his sleeve] organized a one-man show of 30 of Jon's best paintings. Especially given his age, Jon’s efforts were seen as newsworthy. His now much higher profile helped him sell most of the paintings. His mentor was editor of the school’s weekly newspaper writing many editorials touching on spiritual matters. His valedictorian graduation speech was evangelical in a nutshell: "You are now going out into the world. What are you going to choose—God or mammon?" There were about a dozen direct references to Christ.

Despite espousing evolution, in 1988, he says he was not an atheist ... I was a ‘theistic evolutionist.’ I thought I could simply place the DNA evidence on a secular time scale. You could reasonably accuse me of ‘fence sitting’ and be correct. Molecular evidence of any sort proves nothing about evolution. We all have the same data, the difference is how we interpret it. ​Jon admits he did not think deeply about the ramifications of theistic evolution he said:

"Once it was pointed out to me that it meant the existence of evil and death before Adam and Eve, and was therefore biblically impossible, I felt quite stupid."

He was also challenged on the science by an astute Bible teacher who pointed out to Jon that the problem was not with the data, it was the interpretation forced upon it. 

"Once I got it into my thick skull that Darwinism is just one more humanistic philosophy from the "Enlightenment," designed to write God out of everything, the battle was over. It’s not even science, it’s political ideology and demagoguery—end of story. The Holy Spirit had forced me off the fence."

​Dr Jon Ahlquist is now a believer in the YOUNG EARTH creationism (YEC) a religious belief, which holds that the universe, Earth and all life on Earth, were created by direct acts of God less than 10,000 years ago about 4000 years old not millions. 

Jon now says the bottom line is:
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“It’s all a part of the Lord’s amazing design.” 

"For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—His eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse."
Romans 1:20 

​More here and here

The Biggest Jet Engines in History Are Finally Ready to Power
​1-7-19, Popular Mechanics -- In February 2019 Boeing is set to debut its biggest plane - the 777X  and it has been paired with the gargantuan GE9X engine. ​More here

The plane is currently housed in Boeing's Everett, Washington, assembly plant, where pictures show it looming over workers as they prepare it for its maiden flight. The GE9X engine is the biggest turbine engine in the world. At roughly the size of an entire Boeing 737's fuselage, it was subjected to test flights last March when a single turbine was hitched to a 747 testbed. More here and here

Emirates signs 777X GE GE9X engine services agreement ...
July 16, 2014 Emirates and GE have signed a 12 year support agreement for the airline’s 777XGE9X engines. The agreement is valued at more than US$13 billion (USD) over the life of the contract from when it starts in 2020.  GE Aviation’s largest ever commercial jet engine award from an airline.

1-4-19, A federal appeals court upheld President Trump’s military homosexual or  transgender ban, lifting an injunction that prevented the government from limiting their military service.

The appeals judges pointed out that “judges must give deference to military leaders when it comes to policy decisions about standards for service.”
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Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ review proposed a modified, but official policy to ban those with gender dysphoria diagnoses from serving in the military. Those diagnosed with gender dysphoria experience dangerous side effects such as suicide, anxiety, depression and drug addiction. Also their surgeries and therapies too often were not successful in alleviating these side effects.

The Supreme court is due to consider whether to hear three separate government appeals at its private conference on Jan. 11, 2019 as other federal courts issued injunctions against the policy, which applied nationwide. More here

​Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria Is 'Social Contagion' | More here
1-7-19, Breitbart -- Abigail Shrier writes  that the medical community is far too "affirmative" in its treatment of rapid onset gender dysphoria [ROGD] that's is a psychological affliction that begins in early childhood and is characterized by a severe and persistent feeling that one was born the wrong sex.  ROGD is “a social contagion that comes on suddenly in adolescence, afflicting teens who’d never exhibited any confusion about their sex.”Unlike other social contagions, such as cutting and bulimia, ROGD gets “full support from the medical community” instead of the treatment such contagions deserve, she contends. Shrier said: “The standard for dealing with teens who assert they are transgender is ‘affirmative care’— immediately granting the patient’s stated new identity. When the role of therapists should be to assist their patients in overcoming their unhealthy urges rather than pandering to them." [..snip]

In 2016, the American College of Pediatricians warned educators and legislators that “a life of chemical and surgical impersonation of the opposite sex” is dangerous for children, but there warning has gone largely unheeded. A statement by the group said that “a person’s belief that he or she is something they are not is, at best, a sign of confused thinking.” This problem exists in the mind and not the body and “it should be treated as such.”
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When Your Daughter Defies Biology | More here
1-6-19, WallStreetJourn -- OpEd: The burden of mothers whose children suffer from ‘rapid onset gender dysphoria [ROGD].’. ... She turned out to be a prominent Southern lawyer with a problem. Phenomenon Brown University public-health researcher Lisa Littman has identified as ...

Golden Globes Awards: Christian Bale Thanked Satan | More here 
1-7-19, American Thinker -- In Christian Bale's acceptance speech, he thanked "Satan" in his acknowledgments, apparently for inspiring his portrayal of former Republican vice president Dick Cheney in the movie "Vice" as the Hollywood crowd cheered.

Steve Cioccolanti & Discover Ministries
Published on Dec 19, 2018 - 🌿🌷Pastor Steve Cioccolanti has revelation about the immigration crisis in America & Europe and what it really means prophetically. He points to the men who are carrying their home country flags ... he asks the question ... 'what does it mean when an invader 'plants' their flag on a new nation? Conquered! Claimed!

​20 min video here

Exodus 20:3-17; Psalm 14:1

1-5-19, The Wisconsin based atheist group 'FREEDOM FROM RELIGION' works nationwide endeavoring to remove all Christian symbols from other states. It has succeeded in adding their ATHEIST flag to tower over God's Ten Commandment monument in Somersworth New Hampshire that has stood in the town square since 1958.

During Christmas, the atheist group erected a Winter Solstice sign outside the New Hampshire Capitol in Concord. The sign reads “religion is but myth and superstition ...”

A 2015 Gallup poll found that New Hampshire was the least religious state in the nation with just about 20 percent of the state saying they were very religious. In 2018, New Hampshire ranked behind Vermont and Maine as the least religious states in the country, with about 23 percent respondents from New Hampshire saying they are very religious. ​More here

Dec 25, 2011, Excerpt interview with Front Page Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff said: "Today, the city of Vienna [Austria] is completely different from the city I left in 1997, when I moved to Kuwait. Back then, there were hardly any women in hijabs whereas today they can be seen everywhere and in large numbers. I have seen too many young girls in hijabs, sometimes younger than my daughter. There are areas in Vienna where a non-Muslim Austrian would feel very unwelcome. The crime rate has soared, most often the perpetrators are of “Turkish” or “Tunisian” or “Bosnian” background. Whereas at first the media would not report the background, nowadays nearly all of them do so. And still, politicians still choose to ignore this situation, calling for even more integration (i.e. more tax money to be spent). The mantra is as follows: Integration can and must take place and the key to this is education. Only education will help these poor migrants. Only more understanding will help them. Only more Turkish language classes will help them. I envision a city that is governed by a Turkish mayor, where Austrians are a minority, and sharia law is strictly enforced. Current trends point in this direction, and the indifference of the indigenous population to the situation makes this scenario possible." More here
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1-5-19, Gatestone -- According to Islam’s most authoritative traditions, the leader of Islam, Muhammad, at the age of 50, married his third wife, Aisha, when she was six years old. Two or three years later, Aisha moved into Muhammad’s household and Muhammad consummated his marriage to Aisha. [Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips, Imam agrees here]

Nearly all orthodox Muslims believe this tradition and many consider it heresy to deny it. Muslims would argue that it is anachronistic to call Muhammad’s relationship with Aisha “pedophilia” because the ideal of childhood is a modern concept. In Muhammad’s day, child brides were common; because Ms Wolff disagreed, she was convicted of a hate crime fined appx $600.00 ultimately for hurting feelings of Muslims.

In the current political climate in Europe, where only the most courageous cartoonist would dare to make fun of the Prophet Muhammad, it is hard not to read the ECHR’s ruling as a concession to those who wouldn’t hesitate to interpret E.S.’s comments not just as offensive, but as deserving of a murderous retaliation. More here and here

France: Pres Macron Vows to Keep Radical Reforms Despite Nation's Freefall & Protests
1-4-19, NBC, Tucson -- Macron said “we must probably make further changes, be more radical,” in comments reported by government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux after the first Cabinet meeting of the year.
​MACRON ON THE BRINK: Macron's spin doctor, Sylvain Fort quits
1-3-19, France chaos continues as Mr. Sylvain Fort quits. He shaped Mr Macron's campaign messaging during his successful presidential campaign and penned some of the young leader's most memorable speeches...
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Source of Garrison Comics here

2 Corinthians 9:6

​1-5-19, As we enter a new year looking back and forward we see how we are blessed. The Lord God put each of here for a purpose; His mandate is that we share His good news. (Mark 16:15)  In Luke 12:47-48, 49-50 see how God will deal with faithful and unfaithful servants. Following is explanation from Benson's Commentary*:

" And that servant which knew his lord’s will, &c". — Lest the consideration of the strictness of the account, and the greatness of the punishment, described in the parable, might terrify men of honest dispositions, who are liable to err merely through weakness, Jesus showed them, that as offenses differ greatly in their circumstances and aggravations, so shall they differ in their punishments also. To understand this part of our Lord’s discourse, we must suppose that the steward here spoken of had received full instruction from his lord, either before his departure, or afterward by letters, how he was to employ himself and the servants under his care. Wherefore, if he neglected his duty, he was more to blame than the inferior servants, who had no knowledge of their lord’s will but from the steward, who might conceal it from them, if he had a mind to serve any by-end of his own. In this respect, how fitly does the parable describe the aggravations of the sin of the ministers and teachers of religion, who have such singular advantages for knowing Christ’s will. In this light, it shows the justice of the more severe punishments here denounced as to be inflicted on them for such wilful neglects and miscarriages, as they are found to be guilty of in the discharge of their office. 

The expressions, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his lord’s will, deserve particular attention; for here the sense rises above that of the foregoing verse. It is as if our Lord had said, Think not that I merely intend to forbid such gross immoralities as drunkenness, riot, oppression, &c.; but be assured that sins of omission, where there have been fair opportunities of learning your duty, will expose you to the divine correction: shall be beaten with many stripes — Shall have the sorest punishment inflicted on him. Scourging was a usual punishment for negligent servants. 

But he that knew not, &c. — The opposition between this and the preceding verse is, between a servant who receives an express message from his master, which he contradicts, and another who, though he received no such express message, yet falls into such instances of misbehavior as he cannot but know to be inconsistent with his duty and office in general; by which he exposes himself justly to some punishment, though, other things being equal, he is less criminal than the former. 

And did commit things worthy of stripes — Here our Lord’s words strongly intimate, that ignorance will not entirely excuse any who have neglected God’s service, since they might, in general, have known at least the main branches of their duty, as every servant may know, in the main, what kind of conduct his master will approve; though some may be much more fully instructed than others as to his particular pleasure. It may be further observed, that as rational creatures, it is as much our duty to cultivate our reason, and to inquire into, and know our duty, as it is to act agreeably to the knowledge we have. 

Unto whomsoever much is given, &c. — In the divine administration, the rule of judgment shall be observed which men themselves think just, and put in practice in their commerce one with another. The more advantages any one enjoys, the greater improvement will be expected of him, and the more severely will he be punished if he come short." -- More here

More scriptures on stewardship: Ecclesiastes 4:13; Proverbs 3:9, 21:20; Matthew 13:12; 25:21, 29; Luke 12:47-50, 16:11; 1 Peter 4:10​​

* Joseph Benson, England, Conservative Methodist, 1794 AD | More here

1-2-19, PJMedia -- In late December 2018, New York residents spotted a white and blue "Muslim Community Patrol" (MCP) vehicle that looks like an official NYPD vehicle. NYPD spokesperson, Sergeant Jessica McRorie said, "This is not an NYPD vehicle. The NYPD did not outfit or label this vehicle. This group is not officially sanctioned by the NYPD and they are subject to the law."

The New York Post reported on the Muslim Community Patrol vehicle on Christmas Eve last year. The Muslim Community Patrol joined the Jewish population's Shomrim and the Brooklyn Asian Safety Patrol, longstanding religious and racial community groups that provide security for local minorities.

The Post found the patrol car — a white Ford Taurus with the MCP insignia nearly identical to those of an NYPD patrol car with the words "Muslim Community Patrol" where an official police vehicle would read "Courtesy Professionalism Respect" — cruising on Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn's Bay Ridge, a local community with a growing Muslim population. More here

The Democrats’ ‘Culture of Corruption’
6-27-11, WeeklyStandard -- The sheer amount of Democrat scandal in the last few years is breathtaking short list:

1. Congressman Charlie Rangel has been reelected and is still in office after being censured by the House Ethics Committee as he was guilty of massive tax evasion.  
2. Anthony Weiner undoubtedly felt pressured to resign his House seat over his dishonesty and online sexual indiscretions. However, why should he as the Democrat leadership [Pelosi] has shown an amazing capacity to tolerate and even encourage corruption that far exceeds Weiner’s misdeeds.
3. Rep. Maxine Waters, House Ethics Committee charged the California Democrat with three violations for helping secure a $12 million TARP bailout for One United Bank, even though her husband was a former board member and had a substantial financial interest in the bank.
4. CA Democrat House minority leader Nancy Pelosi - in 2010 the former speaker  [2019 current Speaker] was ferrying around her grandchildren in military aircraft at taxpayer expense. More recently, it appears that she secured Obamacare waivers for businesses in her district. Much more here

Trial for teacher accused of feeding puppy to turtle
At the Franklin County Courthouse before judge David A. Hooste - Thursday, 1-3-19 trial of biology science teacher Robert Crosland - jury selection began Crosland - who on camera - fed a sick puppy to a snapping turtle in front of junior high students. 

A jury was finally selected around 5:30 p.m.; the trial will reconvene Friday. 1-4-19 at 9 a.m. More here and here
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Officials kill the snapping turtle that ate a puppy
Idaho: The snapping turtle at Preston Junior High School's science department was seized by the Idaho Dept of Agriculture and killed for doing what snapping turtles do. Eat stuff given to them. Reportedly the creature was “humanely” put down. A spokesperson for the department that enforces provisions of the Invasive Species Act, said the doomed turtle was put down for being a non-native species without a permit reported by the Salt Lake Tribune.  Is PETA outraged? It's the 'cute' factor ... the puppy is cute so there's outrage ... a snapping turtle is not cute. Disgusting.

"The president shapes the public character need to follow 'better angels'"
1-1-19, WashPost -- Romney Op Ed about Pres Trump: He said a president should unite us and inspire us to follow “our better angels...” [Romney is a RINO = Republican in name only]

Mitt Romney Transported Family Dog on roof of car - Yes True
In 1983 former Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney and family transported a their dog 'Seamus' atop their car. The Irish Setter's travel crate was strapped to the roof for a 12 hour high way trip...