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THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS
My Plymouth Pilgrimage – It was a worthwhile visit, despite the best efforts of the guardians of political correctness.
https://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NWYzZWRhZjZjODYyMDI1NTJiYzc0OGZjMGQyNDUwNzM=
Celebrating What Doesn’t Change – The familiar rituals of Thanksgiving are beyond the reach of Leviathan — at least for now.
https://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YzFiNGYxNjdjNTM3ZjU5Njc1YTgzMGNkZGZhY2NhNmM=
Big Lies about the US that Poison Thanksgiving and Subvert Our Sense of Honor by Michael Medved
https://townhall.com/columnists/MichaelMedved/2008/11/26/big_lies_that_poison_thanksgiving_and_subvert_our_sense_of_honor
Merry Tossmas 2008 – Let retailers know you care how they treat Christmas – excellent short video
https://www.citizenlink.org/videofeatures/A000008654.cfm
Florida university bans Christmas decor
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2008/11/26/Florida_university_bans_Christmas_decor/UPI-47131227682548/
What Time of Year Is It? (Following 4 Years of Media Use of ‘Holidays’ vs. ‘Christmas’ – Part 1)
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2008/11/25/what-time-year-it-following-4-years-media-using-christmas-vs-holidays-pa
Christmas Wars On: Thomas More Law Center Asks Christians to Retake the Public Square for Christmas
https://www.thomasmore.org/qry/page.taf?id=19
LIFE ISSUES
The miracle of Haleigh Poutre – By Michelle Malkin
https://michellemalkin.com/2008/11/20/the-miracle-of-haleigh-poutre/
Are pro-lifers ‘cooperating with the enemy’? – Some pro-life groups have decided to stop trying to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, and to work with pro-abortion groups to reduce the number of abortions. This new approach does not settle well with Joe Scheidler
https://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=332372
The Abortion Museum
https://www.nbc15online.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=02f21b8c-2df4-4fcc-b536-3c702ccf94a5
Abortionist with long record of injuring women blames ‘anti-abortion network’ for his prosecution and imprisonment in death of Riverside County woman
https://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=93b844fc-98c1-47a5-8399-b93f882f7024
More mothers reject abortion to have babies with Down’s syndrome
https://thescotsman.scotsman.com/health?articleid=4722957
Ireland facing ‘Roe v. Wade’ of Europe?
https://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=329110
Women Beginning to Reject Eugenic Abortion
https://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2008/11/women-beginning-to-reject-eugenic.html
Abortionist with long record of injuring women blames ‘anti-abortion network’ for his prosecution and imprisonment in death of Riverside County woman
https://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=93b844fc-98c1-47a5-8399-b93f882f7024
Five years in prison for a 2007 drunken-driving crash in Clifton that resulted in a baby’s premature birth and subsequent death. charges stemmed from injuries the baby suffered while still in the womb.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/crimeandcourts/34860484.html
I Blow My Top at Princeton for Appointing Peter Singer – Wesley Smith
https://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2008/11/i-blow-my-top-at-princeton-for.html
China’s demographic doom – Amazing economic growth and a massive recession rescue package cannot save China from the drastic effects of its one child policy.
https://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/chinas_demographic_doom/
Australia Allows Family With a Child With Down Permanent Residency
https://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2008/11/australia-allows-family-with-child-with.html
Student Support for Cystic Fibrosis Charity Dropped Because Disease is too “White”
https://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2008/11/student-support-for-cystic-fibrosis.html
The Illiberalism of the Left’s Eugenics Prejudices
https://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2008/11/illiberalism-of-lefts-eugenics.html
US POLITICS
Pro-abortion religious groups and denominations have written president-elect Obama, urging him to promote abortion.
https://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=329586
Obama’s Small Donor Juggernaut More Myth than Reality, Report Shows
https://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=39951
Obama’s campaign was a master class on mobilizing support in an election without locking oneself into specific policies.
https://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_flexibility_challenge/
Why the Barack Obama Birth Certificate Issue Is Legitimate
https://www.americanthinker.com/2008/11/why_the_barack_obama_birth_cer.html
Obama skips church, heads to gym
https://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15902.html
Emperor Obama’s Clothes are Visible and Scary
https://townhall.com/columnists/JaniceShawCrouse/2008/11/21/emperor_obamas_clothes_are_visible_and_scary
Barack Obama is the Best Thing to Ever Happen to Expose Black Genocide
https://www.christiannewswire.com/news/980498699.html
Sen. Biden’s Conscience Hurting Him? Don’t let that quote fool you – Deal W. Hudson
https://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Sen.-Biden-s-Conscience-Hurting-Him-.html&Itemid=127
A Warning to the GOP – Something was missing from the campaign to draw out the more religiously observant.” McCain’s reticence on social issues contributed to the fact that 4.1 million religiously-active voters did not go to the polls on Nov. 4 – by Deal W. Hudson
https://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4954&Itemid=48
RELIGION
Pope: if it rejects the kingdom of God, the world cannot help but go to ruin
https://new.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=13828
Shocking News: A Cardinal Sings the Praises of Orthodoxy
https://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/209817?eng=y
Catholic Bullies and the Unraveling of the Seamless Garment
https://www.thecatholicthing.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=815&Itemid=2
Conservative groups urge Catholics not to give to Catholic Campaign for Human Development, but bishop pleads for faithful “to continue to give generously”
https://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=309f42a9-557d-45c3-b754-207248d08b28
Jesuit Superior General says give more time to Liberation Theology
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=14395
S. Carolina councilwoman apologizes for describing Catholic beliefs as ‘hate’
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=14401
The Deadly Convenience of Christianity Without Culture By Richard John Neuhaus
https://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=1227
‘The mainstream media are utterly clueless as to how to cover religious issues.’ Election News Coverage Largely Ignored Religion
https://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000008775.cfm
We seek to engage a culture, when there is no culture to engage. In this time—a postcultural time of mediocrity and drabness—the Church like a dragon snores upon her hoard of riches.
https://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4958&Itemid=48
Sisters of Mother Teresa collect aid for children of Orissa
https://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=13849&size=A
20,000 Muslims Attack a Church in Cairo
https://www.aina.org/news/20081126035704.htm
The Mosque and the Imam – Washington’s Islamic Center is riven by scandal and lawsuits.
https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/850orgbk.asp
“The evidence has long suggested that CAIR is a criminal organization set up by the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas to further its aims of stealth Jihad in the U.S.,”
https://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=81863
HOMOSEXUALITY
The Insane Rage of the Same-Sex Marriage Mob
https://townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2008/11/19/the_insane_rage_of_the_same-sex_marriage_mob
Spanish woman shows homosexuality can be overcome
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=14425
In a move that may make gay-rights supporters’ heads spin, the incident is being investigated as a hate crime.
https://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTU5MjZmMDIyMDU3NjRiMjBlNjcxYTlmOGQ2ODA5NjA=
Why Prop 8 Won: TV Commercials Based on Reason, not Fear
https://www.godspy.com/opinion/why-prop-8-won-tv-commercials-based-on-reason-not-fear/
Keith Olbermann’s rant about Prop 8 – this vote is horrible. Horrible… It’s “About The Human Heart” (VIDEO)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/10/keith-olbermanns-prop-8-s_n_142862.html
Religious Leaders: Churches Should be ‘Nonjudgmental’ about Behavior That Transmits HIV
https://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=39962
MISCELLANEOUS
Scientists urge caution on global warming
https://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15938.html
Self-esteem movement creates ‘arrogant’ teens
https://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=327710
The Home School Legal Defense Association has lost a case in Vermont.
https://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=333408
‘Narcissistic Sovereignty’ Has Kept U.S. from Ratifying U.N. Treaty on Children’s Rights
https://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=39799
Ga. High Court Sponsors Billboards Pushing Marriage to Fight Crime
https://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202426226804
The Bailout Economy: A House Built on Sand
https://catholicexchange.com/2008/11/22/114508/
Citibail: Another in an endless series of doomed, late-night bailouts; 1 am Eastern update: Citicorp to receive $306 billion fed backing + $20 billion more from Crap Sandwich
By Michelle Malkin TM
https://michellemalkin.com/2008/11/23/another-in-an-endless-series-of-late-night-bailouts/
California Proposition 11, which passed with the narrowest of margins (50.8 percent), could mark the most serious challenge to the political class by voters since the foiled term limit movement of the 1990s.
https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/854xppnl.asp