Obama Meets with Eastern Christian Leaders. Hears of Plight of Persecuted Christians.

Last updated on: December 18, 2014 at 11:31 am By Rebecca Hamilton

President Obama “dropped by” National Security Adviser Susan Rice’s meeting with Eastern Christian leaders for a forty-minute discussion about the Christian genocide in Iraq. From Catholic News Service: WASHINGTON (CNS) — Eight Eastern Christian leaders spent 40 minutes talking to President Barack Obama about the situation of Christians and other minorities in the Middle East. “We felt how deeply moved he was by what was happening to the Christians there,” Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai, Maronite patriarch, said at a Mass... Read more

Send it Back: Surrogates and Killing Their Manufactured Babies

Last updated on: December 18, 2014 at 11:33 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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It’s the new hot trend. Go online and pick an egg donor from photos and order up a harvesting of her body in order to design a baby, made to your specifications. Then hire a “surrogate” (read that breeder) to carry the baby to term for you. And if the thing goes wrong, as biology is wont to do, why, then, order the surrogate to kill the baby for you. You know, like a Roman Pater discussing the upcoming birth... Read more

CIA says ISIS has 30000 Fighters. Turkey, Germany Won’t Join in USA-led Bombing.

Last updated on: December 18, 2014 at 11:34 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani places ISIS blame on Obama administration (IMAGE SOURCE: Monitor Mideast) Tweedle dee. And tweedle dum. The various nations are playing Say Whaaa? about the president’s plans to bomb ISIS into oblivion. Turkey — which is the geographic bridge between Europe and the Middle East and a next-door neighbor to Iraq — has decided that they are a no-go. Ditto for our friends in Germany. According to International Business Times: Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier questioned whether Obama’s plan of airstrikes... Read more

CIA says ISIS has 30000 Fighters. Turkey, Germany Won’t Join in USA-led Bombing. Britain Not Sure.

Last updated on: March 24, 2017 at 3:01 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani places ISIS blame on Obama administration (IMAGE SOURCE: Monitor Mideast) Tweedle dee. And tweedle dum. The various nations are playing Say Whaaa? about the president’s plans to bomb ISIS into oblivion. Turkey — which which is the geographic bridge way between Europe and the Middle East and a next-door neighbor to Iraq — has decided that they are a no-go. Ditto for our friends in Germany. According to International Business Times: Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier questioned... Read more

My Questions about President Obama’s Address on ISIS

Last updated on: December 18, 2014 at 11:34 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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It’s almost too ironic that the president announced this on the eve of the anniversary of 9/11, which was the beginning of this war that appears to have ever-changing targets and no end. I have several questions. First, it was around a year ago that President Obama wanted to bomb Syria because of allegations of the use of chemical weapons against ISIS. If we had gone ahead with that plan, it most likely would have destroyed the remaining infrastructure... Read more

ISIS and Genocide are Satan’s Delight

Last updated on: December 18, 2014 at 11:35 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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Oklahoma plans to execute a murderer in the next few months. This murderer raped an 11-month old baby to death. How does it make you feel when you read the sentence? Would you like to volunteer to dispatch this man yourself? That’s satan’s delight. The dark lord’s pay-back for atrocity is a triple hitter. First, there is the payback of the deed itself; the horror and suffering of the victim, the sadism and utter degradation of the perpetrator. Then,... Read more

Proportion and Reality in an Age of Mass Slaughter

Last updated on: December 18, 2014 at 11:36 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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I started to use the phrase “age of genocide” in the title for this post. But, on reflection, I decided that the word genocide, horrible as it is, is actually too small. Do we have a word to describe the organized mass slaughters of millions of people by governments, and in the case of ISIS, wannabe governments? It is not “just” genocide” because, in the case of some of these mass slaughterers, such as Stalin, Lenin, Pol Pot and Chairman... Read more

Pope Francis Plans November Trip to Turkey-Iraq Border

Last updated on: December 18, 2014 at 11:36 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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Pope Francis is planning a trip to the Turkish-Iraqi border in November of this year. The trip will give him the opportunity to visit with Christian and Yazidi refugees who have been driven from the homes by ISIS. If the trip does not fall through it will place the Holy Father in relatively close proximity to the fighting. Rumors were rife a few days ago that ISIS had targeted Pope Francis for assassination. The Vatican said there was “nothing... Read more

Snowballs in You Know Where: Libby Anne Cooks Up a Pastoral Chicken and I Agree (Mostly) with Her

Last updated on: December 18, 2014 at 11:37 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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I believe that there must be snowballs in the infernal regions. Today, I am going to applaud and link to a post on the Patheos Atheist Channel. Libby Anne who blogs at Love, Joy Feminism is a wee bit put off because a “pastor” of some indeterminate denomination (or not) has managed to insult both men and women by reducing men to their most talked about appendage and women to … I can’t even say it. Let’s just say that... Read more

TMZ Releases Surveillance Video of Ray Rice Attacking His Fiance. Ravens Finally Terminate His Contract

Last updated on: December 18, 2014 at 10:15 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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What does it take for a pro football player to be held accountable? Mistreatment of animals will get it done in a hurry. Just ask Michael Vick. But beating up a woman? Not so much. After months of dithering about the Ray Rice fiancé beating scandal the Ravens have finally terminated his contract. This follows the NFL’s earlier defense of a two-game suspension of the running back and a standing ovation of support for him from fans. Ray Rice fans... Read more

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