Criminologist: Six Things You Should Know About Mass Shootings

There's a difference between mass shootings and terrorism, for starters...
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/criminologist-six-things-you-should-know-about-mass-shootings

Secret donors fuel pro-Democratic Party campaign powerhouse

“It’s part of the reason why we need to fight to change the rules,” Gilbert continued, noting that her group has supported a push for the IRS to adopt more stringent rules on how much electoral activity such nonprofits can engage in. “Until we do so, money will flow in the directions it can.”
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/11/18/secret-donors-fuel-democratic-political-powerhouse.html

#130 Debate - Michael Shermer vs Jeffrey Schwartz - Nature of Science and Spirituality - 2004

Interview
https://youtu.be/VAl0eGiMQsg

Climate Change Puts Food Security At Risk, USDA Warns (ThinkProgress)

“It got so hot that we had a lot of problems with seeds not germinating,” said Jack, who grows lettuce, cauliflower, broccoli, and other crops in a California desert region known for producing more than two-thirds of the vegetables consumed in the United States during the winter.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/12/04/3728124/climate-change-puts-food-security-at-risk/

Sandy Hook Senator Blasts Congress For Inaction: ‘We Are Facilitating The Mass Murder Of Americans’ (ThinkProgress)

Your "thoughts" should be about steps to take to stop this carnage. Your "prayers" should be for forgiveness if you do nothing - again.

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/12/04/3728420/chris-murphy-interview/

Time for Pols to Ditch the Hate Speech (The Daily Beast)

Trump is the worst, but he’s just the leader of a pack of political candidates who don’t seem to understand that hateful speech can trigger horrible effects...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/12/04/politicians-need-to-ditch-their-inflammatory-rhetoric.html

Make Guns As Hard to Get As Abortions (The Daily Beast)

It’s not just an abstract idea. It’s a bill going through the state house in Missouri. Mandatory evaluations. Mandatory talks with local leaders. Mandatory accountability. One state rep wants it to happen—and soon...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/12/04/want-to-make-buying-guns-hard-make-it-as-tough-as-getting-an-abortion.html

Pro-Life Lawyer: ‘Hang Abortion Doctors’ (The Daily Beast)

In a video shot by convicted terrorist Michael Bray, a pro-life attorney says abortion providers should ‘hang by their necks.’
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/12/04/pro-life-attorney-we-need-a-nuremberg-for-abortion-doctors.html

America's massive decline in gun violence - CSMonitor.com

This week’s mass shooting in San Bernandino, which killed 14 innocents and wounded another 21, seems sadly routine. We’ve had so many of these incidents in recent years that they flow together. And yet, as Max Ehrenfreund notes at the Washington Post, we’ve actually had a “massive decline” in gun violence over the last two decades...
http://m.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/Politics-Voices/2015/1204/America-s-massive-decline-in-gun-violence

Why Congress, at last, is acting on roads, schools - CSMonitor.com

Both houses overwhelmingly passed the first long-term highway bill in a decade. Next week, a long-disputed education bill is expected to clear Congress, as well.
http://m.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2015/1204/Why-Congress-at-last-is-acting-on-roads-schools

Is this strange, three-horned extinct creature a giraffe cousin? - CSMonitor.com

Scientists classify the Eurasian Miocene ruminant Palaeomerycid in the same clade as giraffes in new research.
http://m.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/1204/Is-this-strange-three-horned-extinct-creature-a-giraffe-cousin

Historic summit green lights embryonic gene editing, with some reservations - CSMonitor.com

The Gene Summit in Washington concluded Wednesday that it is too early for human application of gene editing, but urged the international community to continue discussions over the ethics of the process.
http://m.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/1204/Historic-summit-green-lights-embryonic-gene-editing-with-some-reservations

Sunset. Half Dome. Yosemite. [OC] [2000x1395]

https://i.imgur.com/roXEKvY.jpg

If You Feel Like There Is A Mass Shooting Every Day, That’s Because There Basically Is (ThinkProgress)

In 2015, the longest America has gone without a mass shooting happening somewhere was eight days. The country has gone three or more days without a mass shooting just 14 times so far this year, according to ThinkProgress analysis of the data collected by ShootingTracker.com.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/12/02/3727632/mass-shootings-every-day-calendar/

The BBC’s Distressingly Accurate Intro To The San Bernardino Shooting (ThinkProgress)

The BBC opened its coverage of the ongoing San Bernardino mass shooting Wednesday evening by acknowledging a fairly alarming reality: “Just another day in the United States of America, another day of gunfire, panic, and fear.”...
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/12/02/3727706/san-bernadino-bbc-mass-shootings/

Three Virginia men indicted for planning attacks on synagogues and black churches - CSMonitor.com

A grand jury indicted three Virginia men who tried to buy an automatic weapon, explosives and a pistol with a silencer from three undercover FBI agents posing as gun dealers.
http://m.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2015/1202/Three-Virginia-men-indicted-for-planning-attacks-on-synagogues-and-black-churches

Iowa GOPer: Execute Those Who Commit Felony And Repeatedly Enter US Illegally

An Iowa Republican lawmaker this week suggested that the federal government consider executing some undocumented immigrants who try to re-enter the United States after being deported for committing a felony.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mark-chelgren-execute-undocumented-immigrants

House GOP Keeps Alive The Prospect Of A Govt Shutdown Over Syrian Refugees

According to a senior Democratic aide familiar with the negotiations, leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) rejected the opening offer from Republicans for a variety of reasons because it "included more than 30 poison pill riders: numerous anti-environment, anti-worker, anti-Dodd-Frank riders as well as the House Syria refugee legislation."...
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/pelosi-won-t-accept-gop-spending-bill-that-includes-enhanced-refugee-screening

Al Jazeera America: Gitmo detainee held for 13 years is victim of mistaken identity, says US

Yemeni Mustafa al-Aziz al-Shamiri was foot soldier, not high-ranking Al-Qaeda member, officials say.
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/12/2/us-guantanamo-prisoner-was-victim-of-mistaken-identity.html

Climate Scientist James Hansen Warns World is on Wrong Track to Prevent Runaway Global Warming

In 1988, James Hansen first warned about the dangers of climate change when he testified before Congress. At the time he was NASA’s top climate scientist. He would go on to become the nation’s most influential climate scientist. This year he is making his first appearance at a U.N. climate change summit. He has come to Paris to warn world leaders that they are on the wrong track to prevent dangerous global warming.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/oQDxXFp8_vA

U.S. Accused of Shifting Responsibility of Climate Crisis Despite Role as Largest Historic Polluter

The first week of U.N. climate talks is wrapping up. On Monday, nearly 150 world leaders, including President Obama, gathered in Paris on the first day of the talks. Obama praised fellow world leaders for submitting voluntary pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but others criticize what they see as empty promises. "President Obama said that the developed world and the United States will assume its responsibility and will do something about it to combat climate change," says Meena Raman, climate change coordinator for the Third World etwork. "However, that is quite rhetorical. If you look at the way the negotiations are going, the United States negotiators and their positions in the talks are far away from assuming any responsibility. What they’re doing is shifting the responsibility to the developing world… So what President Obama says is ringing hollow."
Interview:
https://youtu.be/HP-EoLAMh5I

Alex McFarland Says God Didn't Prevent CA Shooting Because Of Abortion & Gay Marriage (RWW News)

Alex McFarland says that the terrorist shooting in California was God's judgment for the sins of abortion and gay marriage.
https://youtu.be/jf9eM14PjN4

The GOP Is Full Of Climate-Change Deniers

Climate change seems to be finally on the world's radar as world leaders met in Paris to tackle the issue. Meanwhile, back in the U.S., Republicans – like Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and the House GOP – keep turning back the clock on progress.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/gPVk2lYzkvw

Popular Evangelical Joshua Feuerstein Incites Violence Against Planned Parenthood

The popular evangelical, Joshua Feuerstein—the guy most known for his outrage over Starbucks' holiday cups—created a video in the summer wherein he directly incites violence against Planned Parenthood by telling his 1.8 million followers to "punish them." The video has since been deleted, but it reemerged after the right-wing attack on Planned Parenthood occurred.
https://youtu.be/8Z62VivvGVI

Top U.S. and World News Headlines for Friday, December 4

https://youtu.be/eiVXByL011A

Website helpfulpeeps connects willing helpers with those in need - CSMonitor.com

“Our vision is to build a global community with millions of people helping each other every day,” he says.
http://m.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/Change-Agent/2015/1202/Website-helpfulpeeps-connects-willing-helpers-with-those-in-need

Leaked Documents Reveal Dothan Police Department Planted Drugs on Young Black Men For Years, District Attorney Doug Valeska Complicit | The Henry County Report

Members of a narcotics investigation squad for the police department in Dothan, Alabama planted drugs and weapons on young black men since the mid-1990s with the approval of their superiors — one of whom is currently the state’s Assistant Director of Homeland Security.
The shorter version:
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/12/bombshell-alabama-cops-systematically-framed-blacks-by-planting-drugs-and-guns-for-decades/

The long version:
http://henrycountyreport.com/blog/2015/12/01/leaked-documents-reveal-dothan-police-department-planted-drugs-on-young-black-men-for-years-district-attorney-doug-valeska-complicit/

What's the San Bernadino shooters' Saudi connection? - CSMonitor.com

Farook traveled to Saudi Arabia in 2013 for the Islamic Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, according to government officials. It was there that he met Malik, a native of Pakistan. She returned to the US with him under a "fiancée visa." The two have been married for two years, and neither was ever documented as a potentially radicalized person. But Farook had "overseas communications and associations" with people suspected of ties to terrorism, one official said...
http://m.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2015/1203/What-s-the-San-Bernadino-shooters-Saudi-connection

The Dumbest Way to Fund America's Infrastructure

As Mark Twain observed, “Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself …”
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-12-02/the-dumbest-way-to-fund-america-s-infrastructure

Reid Calls NRA A 'Quasi-Militant Wing Of The Republican Party' (All TPM News)

"Those who choose to do the NRA's bidding will be held accountable by our constituents," Reid added. "Something has to be done. We must take a stand. The American people are desperately looking for help, some help, any help."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/reid-nra-militant-wing-gop

WH: We'd Have Stricter Gun Laws If Congress Weren't 'Terrified' Of NRA

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Thursday that some members of Congress are too "terrified" of the National Rifle Association to pass stricter gun legislation.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/josh-earnest-congress-terrified-nra

Police Arrest 5 New Jersey Fifth-Graders Over Plot To Bomb High School

Still, Clifton Police spokesman Robert Bracken insisted “it wasn’t a prank” and while the children didn’t have the right equipment, “the intent was there.”
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/clifton-nj-students-arrested-bomb-plot

NRA still wields real, if misunderstood, political power (The Center for Public Integrity)

This week’s tragic shooting in San Bernardino will no doubt result in a sadly familiar Washington debate about the prospects — likely dreary — of new gun control legislation. Much of the back-and-forth will focus on the supposed stranglehold that the National Rifle Association holds over Congress. The group’s fundraising prowess and political power is real, but as this 2013 Center investigation by Alan Berlow revealed, it is somewhat misunderstood.
http://www.publicintegrity.org/node/18910

Where do ads shaping state politics come from? Increasingly, these outside players (The Center for Public Integrity)

1 in 4 political TV ads came from groups unaffiliated with 2015 candidates.
http://www.publicintegrity.org/node/18903

To Defeat ISIS, Trump Openly Suggests Committing War Crimes (ThinkProgress)

The purposeful murder of civilians during wartime is widely considered a crime against humanity. Specifically, under the U.S.-signed Hague Conventions, the U.S. has agreed not to intentionally use violence against civilian non-combatants during wartime.
http://thinkprogress.org/world/2015/12/03/3727303/donald-trump-kill-isis-family-members/

Cruz Says All Christian Terrorist Attacks Were Centuries Ago, Forgets About The One Last Week | ThinkProgress

“President Obama gave a speech in which he said, ‘Yes ISIS commits terrorist attacks, but so do Christians and so do Jews,'” Cruz said, referring to Obama’s recent remarks on ISIS murdering a Jordanian pilot. “And he then invoked the crusades and the inquisition. Now the last I checked, those ended about 900 years ago and I don’t think it’s asking too much for the President of the United States to stay in the current millennium.”
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/12/03/3727768/ted-cruz-christian-terrorism/

'No respite': Record downpours flood south India with more rain predicted (Al Jazeera America)

Scores killed since rain set in last month; 200 critically injured in country's fourth largest city in last 24 hours
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/12/2/record-downpours-flood-south-india.html

Week In The News: San Bernardino Shooting, Chicago Protests, Paris Climate Talks (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Then came San Bernadino. A shocking death toll. A shocking store of ammunition. The shock of a husband/wife killer squad, Sayed and Tashfeen. Of a young mother blazing away. And terrible new questions this week about guns and death and terror in the USA. On the campaign trail, talk of war and prayer and action. In Chicago, a police chief out and Rahm Emanuel in trouble. In Paris, it’s down to tough negotiation on who will do what on the climate. In Washington, all positions open to women in the US military. This hour On Point, our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines. — Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/12/04/week-in-the-news-san-bernardino-shooting-chicago-protests-paris-climate-talks

Friday News Roundup – Domestic (Diane Rehm Show 2015-12-04)

Officials release the names of the 14 victims from this week’s shooting in San Bernardino. The F.B.I. is treating the attack as possible terrorism. The Pentagon announces it is opening all combat roles in the military to women. The U.S. economy added 211,000 jobs in November, bolstering the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates later this month. Congress passes the longest-term highway bill in a decade. And Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel rejects calls for his resignation over a police shooting and a video. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week’s top national news stories.
Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-12-04/friday-news-roundup-domestic

Friday News Roundup – International (Diane Rehm Show 2015-12-04)

German’s parliament today approves sending aircraft and other non-combat support to aid the U.S. coalition in the fight against ISIS. Britain begins airstrikes in Syria, targeting oil infrastructure held by the Islamic State. NATO invites a small Balkan nation to become the first new member of the military alliance in six years, drawing rebukes from Russia. The foreign ministers of Turkey and Russia meet for the first time since the Turkish military downed a Russian warplane. And the UN’s nuclear watchdog submits a mixed report on Iran’s past nuclear activity. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week’s top international news stories.
Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-12-04/friday-news-roundup-international

Portraits Of Every Black Professor At Harvard Law Were Covered In Black Tape | ThinkProgress

Photos tweeted by Harvard PhD candidate Clint Smith show the portraits of tenured African American law professors, which are displayed in the law school’s main building, marked by black slashes of tape across their faces.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/11/19/3723998/black-professors-harvard-defaced/

Christian Terrorism (WOTM)

Is Christian Terrorism about to expand its frontier?
http://youtu.be/U26yRd0u8iw

SNL’s Hysterical Reenactment Of ‘Young Ben Carson’ Is Absolute Perfection (VIDEO)

"It seems ridiculous and over-the-top, but SNL’s version is only following exactly what Carson has described as his earlier years..."
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/11/15/snls-hysterical-reenactment-of-young-ben-carson-is-absolute-perfection-video/

Ben Carson says Hillary Clinton gave conflicting accounts about Benghazi | PolitiFact

Says Hillary Clinton told her daughter and a government official that Benghazi "was a terrorist attack, and then tells everybody else that it was a video."
Carson is oversimplifying and distorting Clinton’s comments to portray a complex situation in the worst possible light. We rate his statement Mostly False."
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/nov/11/ben-carson/ben-carson-says-hillary-clinton-gave-conflicting-a/

Take a Wild Guess About Why Koch Brothers Got So Interested in 'Criminal Justice' Reform

A high-profile bipartisan effort contains fine print for helping corporate America face even less legal scrutiny.
http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/124016490/0/alternet~Take-a-Wild-Guess-About-Why-Koch-Brothers-Got-So-Interested-in-Criminal-Justice-Reform

Fox News Brings Back One of the Stupidest, Most Harmful Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories

Most conspiracy theories rarely die, so much as slumber, ready to be woken fresh anew when political or social circumstances arouse the paranoid. So it is with birtherism, the theory that holds that President Obama is lying about his native-born citizenship. Or that he’s secretly Muslim and just pretending to be Christian. Or maybe he’s not actually Muslim, but still secretly has a big, loving heart for terrorist organizations pushing radical Islamic ideas. Or some combination of the above. Conspiracy theories work like that, with many branches and offshoots and every theorist combining the disparate ideas into their own puzzle of how it all works...
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/fox-news-brings-back-one-stupidest-most-harmful-right-wing-conspiracy-theories

Ted Cruz Says Majority of Violent Criminals are Democrats, Authors of Study He Cited Say He's Wrong - ABC News

“[Cruz] implied that being a felon makes someone more Democratic. But the data suggest that the prevalence of Democrats among ex-felons may have to do with basic demographics, not their criminal record,” they wrote in the piece.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ted-cruz-majority-violent-criminals-democrats-authors-study/story?id=35539824

The Worst Moral Argument for God.

Morality to prove God? I don't think so, Mr. Kreeft. Kreeft is a professor at Boston College, which is a Christian institution, so it's no surprise that his argument is bad, but I was surprised by just HOW bad it is.
https://youtu.be/rDbPWDnoKt4

'Daily News' provokes with cover on Calif. shooting: 'God isn't fixing this'

"As latest batch of innocent Americans are left lying in pools of blood, cowards who could truly end gun scourge continue to hide behind meaningless platitudes," the cover reads...
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/12/02/ny-daily-news-provokes-cover-calif-shooting-god-isnt-fixing/76703060/

Anti-Planned Parenthood Videos Designed To Destroy The Group (RWW News: Newman)

https://youtu.be/7-tl8jS9ikA

Top U.S. & World Headlines — December 3, 2015

https://youtu.be/ZZpiSvf-UzQ

Thoughts and prayers are cheap unless you're the NRA

Because nothing fails like prayer, and nothing talks like money...
America deserves better than a Congress that thinks and prays every time a mass shooting occurs. It's long past time for action on gun safety.
https://youtu.be/NdpIFfh43Sw

Scientific American Reader: Faith and Toilets

Even when people in developing countries have access to proper sanitation, they don't always use it—but prominent religious leaders want to change that.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/faith-and-toilets/

Proof Atheism Uses Less Brain Function?

https://youtu.be/Ni5iYBDPRrI?t=27s

ISIS Attempts to Shoot Down Russian Jet - See What Happens!

http://youtu.be/nRTqjfr5yqY

Canadian CEO's $1.5 million helps Syrian refugees 'build a new life'

Jim Estill's donation will help 50 families adjust to life in Canada, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's new government welcomes 25,000 Syrian refugees. The plan relies on the generosity of private sponsors and volunteers across the country...
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2015/1202/Canadian-CEO-s-1.5-million-helps-Syrian-refugees-build-a-new-life

The Presidential Candidates Are Responding To The San Bernardino Shooting | ThinkProgress

...And nothing fails like prayer...
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/12/02/3727573/san-bernardino-candidates/

'Haters Can Suck It': Star GOP Tweenage Boy Done With Conservativism

C.J. Pearson is a young man who expressed strong Conservative views on video, garnering a good deal of attention. It turns out that it was just a phase, and now he wants anyone that has a problem with that to "suck it," because he's back to normal tweendom.
https://youtu.be/6EenywB16U8

Physicians Demand End To 20-Year-Old Ban On Gun Violence Research | ThinkProgress

“Gun violence is among the most difficult public health challenges we face as a country, but because of the deeply misguided ban on research, we know very little about it,” said Rep. David Price, vice chair to the House of Representatives’ Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. “Regardless of where we stand in the debate over gun violence, we should all be able to agree that this debate should be informed by objective data and robust scientific research.”...
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/12/02/3727406/doctors-gun-violence-research/

ExxonMobil Accuses Columbia Of Journalistic Misconduct In Light Of Climate Reports

...Exxon accused Columbia journalists involved in the project of cherry-picking and distorting information from the company to create “inaccurate and deliberately misleading reports about ExxonMobil’s climate change research.”...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/12/02/3727294/exxon-columbia-climate-change-conflict/

Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National: Ted Cruz: "Here’s the simple and undeniable fact: The overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats."

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/dec/01/ted-cruz/are-overwhelming-majority-violent-criminals-democr/

Ben Carson incorrect that a government agency considers Family Research Council a terrorist group | PolitiFact

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/dec/01/ben-carson/ben-carson-incorrect-government-agency-considers-f/

Failing phytoplankton, failing oxygen: Global warming disaster could suffocate life on planet Earth -- ScienceDaily

Falling oxygen levels caused by global warming could be a greater threat to the survival of life on planet Earth than flooding, according to new research.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151201094120.htm

Planned Parenthood Head On Shooting: 'Hateful Rhetoric' Has Real Implications

"This is an issue that I think has created a lot of hysteria by these incredibly highly edited videos and unfortunately, created the kind of climate that we are now seeing that leads to the harassment of doctors and the violence at clinics which really just has to stop," Richards told Mitchell...
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/cecile-richards-planned-parenthood-shooting

Viral Conservative YouTube Star Renounces Conservatism

"I was tired of being a champion of a party that turned a blind eye to racial discrimination," Pearson told CNN. "Tired of being a champion of any cause that denies equal rights to every American. Tired of being a champion of a party that doesn't care about the issues important to young people."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/cj-pearson-renounces-conservatism

They Said What? (FFRF)

The secular school system is a puppet of atheists even though they claim to be neutral. Christian free speech is being attacked as most educators are trained at universities that have put God on the shelf and have accepted different forms of Marxism without God. How- ever, many Christian teachers have not bought into the system.
4 WINDS President Steve McConkey
Christian NewsWire, 11-2-15
The Bible means a lot to me, but I don’t want to get into speci cs. ... I wouldn’t want to get into it because to me that’s very personal. You know, when I talk about the Bible, it’s very personal, so I don’t want to get into verses. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, when asked by a Bloomberg Television reporter about his favorite passages in what he has said is his favorite book, the bible.
The Daily Beast, 10-30-15
We recognize the shortness of the hour, and that’s why we as a remnant want to be faithful in these days and do what it is that the Holy Spirit is speaking to each one of us, to be faithful in the Kingdom and to help bring in as many as we can — even among the Jews — share Jesus Christ with everyone that we possibly can because, again, He’s coming soon.
Michele Bachmann, the former pres- idential candidate and former con- gresswoman from Minnesota, trying to get Jews to convert to Christianity during a trip to Israel
New York Daily News, 11-8-15

On an eHarmony pro le reportedly belonging to Harpham, he described himself as a Christian, insurance sales- man and recovered alcoholic. He listed his family as the rst thing he’s “passionate about.” The second thing: “the incessant and endless task of ego destruction and working to seek, un- derstand, submit to, and apply God’s will in my life.”
Noah Jacob Harpham, who killed three people in Colorado Springs before be- ing killed by police on Oct. 31
New York Daily News, 11-2-15
I refuse. I at refuse, in America, to be forced into hiding as a Christian! Pastor Mike Welch of Bistineau Baptist Church,whowasupsetbecauseonSept. 24, the American Civil Liberties Union sent a warning to the Bossier Parish School Board stating that Airline High School principal Jason Rowland had en- gaged in a “pattern of religious prosely- tization.” Among other things, Rowland had sent out newsletters with religious messages and, over the school’s inter- com, urged students to “pray to the al- mighty God.” Airline High is a public school in Bossier Parish, La.
Slate.com, 11-2-15
The Court’s awed wall-of-separation jurisprudence has kept religion out of the public square and fed the idea that religion is a private matter to be practiced within the con nes of one’s church or home. Legal and social pres- sure have taken their toll, and the re- sults are stark:

No new Ten Commandments dis- plays — or even Christmas or Ha- nukkah displays — unless carefully secularized;
A widespread prejudice in many quarters against public of cials talking about God or about their beliefs in public;
And even the crusade every Decem- ber to replace the phrase Merry Christ- mas with Happy Holidays.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah
A speech given on 11-4-15
Any president who doesn’t begin every day on his knees isn’t t to be com- mander-in-chief of this nation. Presidential candidate Ted Cruz, when asked if religion was an important quality for a president
11-9-15 from “Freedom 2015: National Re- ligious Liberties Conference”

“For tens of millions of parents it would be better that a millstone be hung around their children’s neck and they be drowned at the bottom of the sea” than reading JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books.
Pastor Kevin Swanson, speaking at the National Religious Liberties Conference 11-7-15
People of faith make better leaders. Faith gives us humility.
Presidential aspirant Carly Fiorina, speaking at the Presidential Family Fo- rum, Des Moines, Iowa
11-20-15
There is no meaningful risk of Chris- tians committing acts of terror.
Ted Cruz, on possibly allowing Syrian refugees into the U.S. as long as they are Christian and not Muslim
11-15-15
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Arrest Pastor Kevin Swanson?

I believe that the words of Colorado Pastor Kevin Swanson at last weekend's so-called National Religious Liberties Conference, and on many previous occasions, may well meet the definition of incitement to illegal action and that he should be arrested under available federal statutes, in order to determine whether his speech legally qualifies as incitement.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marc-leandro/arrest-pastor-kevin-swans_b_8534488.html

Ben Carson Can't Name Any Of Our Allies For His International Coalition

As you'll see, Ben had trouble naming our allies so he continued on with his word salad ISIS plan which forced Wallace to repeatedly ask him the same question over and over...
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/ben-carson-cant-name-any-our-allies-his

Kasich Tries To Justify Turning Away Refugees In Need | ThinkProgress

"...I don’t think we have the means to find out who these folks are, as we have had in the past.”
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/11/19/3724160/kasich-syrian-refugees/