Archive for 2019

YOU CAN SEE THE INSTAWIFE ON “VENGEANCE: KILLER LOVERS,” TONIGHT ON HLN AT 11 PM EASTERN. It’s about a case of self-defense.

ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY. Rep. Rashida Tlaib makes stunning accusation about Democratic Party leadership:

Amid controversy between President Donald Trump and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) — stemming from the president criticizing remarks Omar made recently when she refused to denounce the 9/11 attackers as terrorists — Tlaib launched a broadside at her party’s leadership.

The Michigan lawmaker is seemingly upset over what she believes is a failure by Democratic leadership to properly condemn Omar’s critics.

“They put us in photos when they want to show our party is diverse. However, when we ask to be at the table, or speak up about issues that impact who we are, what we fight for & why we ran in the first place, we are ignored,” Tlaib charged. “To truly honor our diversity is to never silence us.”

As Stephen Miller tweets in response, “You mean Democrats are just using people of color and ethnic minorities as props? GTFO!”

SEEN ON FACEBOOK: “The news that Austin, Texas, Mayor Steve Adler will endose fellow college-town Mayor Pete Buttigieg at the latter’s presidential-campaign kickoff event affirms that Buttigieg has dethroned Beto O’Rourke as the 2020 Stuff White People Like candidate.”

Even Larry Tribe says Buttigieg is too white.

OPEN THREAD: Sad about the weekend ending.

SHORT ON ELECTRICITY, FOOD AND WATER, VENEZUELANS RETURN TO RELIGION. Give the Washington Post journalists who wrote this article published by the Alton Illinois Telegraph credit for at least mentioning the S-word:

Venezuela’s socialist government has a complicated history with faith.

Hugo Chávez, who launched the revolution two decades ago, saw potential in using Christianity as a tool of the state, and invoked its imagery as part of his public appeal.

Early on, some religious leaders were open to his promise to improve the lives of the poor. Now, many are critical.

The Pentecostal televangelist Javier Bertucci, who leads a 16,000-member megachurch in the city of Valencia, ran for president last year as an alternative to both Maduro and the opposition – and managed nearly 1 million votes.

Venezuela’s Catholic Church, the largest and most powerful faith group here, has been vocal in opposing Maduro.

Godoy helps connect people on the streets with jobs, housing, food, social workers and psychologists. He sees his ministry as an essentially political project.

“We comfort them, but we also must denounce evil when we see it,” he said. “We cannot be an accomplice to injustice.”

Pentecostal pastor Carlos Vielma has watched attendance in his Caracas congregation explode in the past 18 months to nearly 3,000 at three services each week. He preaches regularly about discernment to combat disinformation and propaganda.

“It’s impossible not to talk about the situation from the pulpit,” Vielma said. “We are all living the same thing. We can’t avoid it, but we are encouraging, empowering and comforting them in the process.”

Comforting the Venezuelan people through the disaster caused by, as Lee Edwards wrote last month at the American Thinker, The God that Failed…Over and Over Again.”