Cruel Yule: They hate Christianity. So of course they hate Christmas.

The perennial yuletide favorite “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” was introduced in the 1944 MGM film Meet Me in St. Louis. It’s a bittersweet song, sung by Esther Smith (Judy Garland) to her little sister Tootie (Margaret O’Brien) at a point in the story when they think that their family is about to move to New York from their beloved home in the Gateway City. The melody was by Ralph Blane; the lyric, by Hugh Martin, began: “Have yourself a merry little Christmas, / Let your heart be light. / Next year all our troubles will be out of sight.”

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Rule of Law Rejected as Canada Increasingly Embraces Racism

“Judge reduces sex criminal’s jail time because of his race,” reads the headline of one news report. “Nova Scotia First Nation bans premier from Indigenous land in wake of cannabis crackdown,” reads another.

Nigerian immigrant Omogbolahan Jegede, 25, a former university football player, was found guilty of assaulting two women in 2022 and 2023. One of the women was choked almost into unconsciousness, another was forced to perform oral sex while her movements were being forcefully controlled by him. He was sentenced to only two years in prison.

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Trump tells small child that his authorities track Father Christmas to make sure ‘We’re not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa’

This is the moment Donald Trump tells a child American authorities are tracking Father Christmas as he doesn’t want a ‘bad Santa infiltrating our country’.

He told the child from Oklahoma during the annual tradition of calling children all over the US: ‘We track Santa all over the world. We want to make sure that Santa is being good.

‘We want to make sure that he’s not infiltrated, that we’re not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa.

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Are Muslims Britain’s future?

Batley School Blasphemy Protest Islam Muslims UK

An assertive new generation puts faith first

“…That last figure strikes at the heart of the so-called “integration paradox”: the idea that as ethnic and religious minorities become more integrated into the economic and social mainstream over the generations, they will do away with their ancestral and faith-based identities. This optimistic theory has been blown to smithereens by the British Muslim experience. Just like Adnan Hussain, a former solicitor born in Burnley, younger Muslims are not only more likely to be born in the UK, educated at British universities, and work as white-collar professionals than their elders — they are also more inclined to identify with their faith.”

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Federal employment department disciplined 629 staff for misconduct last year

Canada’s federal employment department disciplined hundreds of workers last year for misconduct ranging from chronic absenteeism to fraud and theft, newly released records show, as Ottawa attempts to counter growing public skepticism about accountability in government.

Blacklock’s Reporter says according to the Department of Employment’s annual disclosure report, 629 employees were disciplined in 2024 for breaching the Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector.

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Should Jesus be a part of Christmas? Here’s what Canadians think

The poll’s most striking finding is the ‘ambiguity’ about why Christmas is celebrated in the first place: as a major Christian holy day, or as a major modern civic winter holiday

There are two kinds of Canadians whose unusual views about the importance of Jesus in Christmas celebration place them in quirky but significant minorities, according to a new poll.

First, there’s the 10 per cent of Canadians who do not believe in God at all but nevertheless think it is important to remember Jesus at Christmastime.

The second group is the 18 per cent of Canadians who affirm a belief in a god but do not think it is important to remember Jesus at the festival of his birth.

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Spars With Atheists Over Arkansas State Christmas Proclamation

Arkansas’s governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, is being praised by conservatives for her handling of a demand from an association of atheists and agnostics miffed by her decision to include a “theological account of the Christian story of Jesus’ birth” in her official proclamation closing state offices for Christmas.

The spat kicked off when Ms. Sanders — who served as White House press secretary during the first Trump administration — announced that state offices would be closed an extra day this year, December 26, “in celebration of Christmas.”

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‘Journalism’ Is Totally Broken

As we gnash our teeth about the corruption of the 60 Minutes “journalists” who are whining that they can’t spread propaganda without scrutiny anymore, let’s recall that the problem is not limited to a few bad apples.

Pretty much the entire barrel is rotten. If you pick through the apples in there, you will find a few that are still edible or even good; for the most part, the lot of them should just be thrown out.

One of the biggest stories of the past few years in our neighbor to the north is the fake scandal of the state-sponsored and church-run residential schools for the native population.

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Canada bill targeting refugees feared to signal new era of US-style border policy

Canada’s Liberal government is pushing through sweeping new legislation targeting refugees that observers fear will usher in a new era of US-style border policies, fueling xenophobia and the scapegoating of immigrants.

Bill C-12, or Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act, includes many changes around border security along with new ineligibility rules for refugee claimants.

It was fast-tracked and passed through a third reading in the House of Commons on 11 December before members of parliament rose for the holidays. If it receives Senate approval in February, the bill will become law.

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US carries out airstrikes against Islamic State ‘terrorist scum’ in Nigeria, Trump says

Donald Trump has said the US carried out airstrikes against Islamic State militants in north-west Nigeria on Thursday, after spending weeks decrying the group for targeting Christians.

The president said in a post on his Truth Social platform: “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries!

“I have previously warned these Terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay, and tonight, there was. The Department of War executed numerous perfect strikes, as only the United States is capable of doing.”

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Christmas: The Time for Hope

The world being what it is, there is always plenty of justification for pessimism. Christmas can be especially difficult if we are facing illness, divorce, or financial hardship. The season’s jollity taunts and rebukes us. Our thoughts may turn to those who, without expectation of return, supported us and believed in us, in the vague but civilization-sustaining hope that one day we would vindicate their faith. That these people are too often out of our minds, crowded as we are with the mere business of life, contributes to the moral drift of middle age. We find ourselves further and further from whatever we set out to become. And yet hope, whether it be for eternal salvation or something nearer to hand, must be embraced. We are an optimistic people. That is our signature strength.

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