Snowden to Give UK Channel 4 ‘Alternative Christmas Address’
Edward Snowden will deliver the “Alternative Christmas Address” on Britain’s Channel 4. In the past, the address was given by figures such as Ali G and Sharon Osborne.
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Child of Promise: A Prayer for Christmas Morning
Who are you little baby? Who are you little Christchild, lying so quietly in manger straw? Who are you that angels should herald your presence and stars announce your birth? That wisemen and shepherds — the high and the low — should bow before you? Who are you, child of Bethlehem, son of David? What is your future? What is your promise?
Twitter Blocking Petition Supporting Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson
Twitter is blocking links to a website set up in support of “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson, who was suspended by the A&E network last week following an interview in which he was critical of homosexuality.
Susan Rice Calls Benghazi ‘A False Controversy’ (+video)
“I don’t have time to think about a false controversy,” National Security Adviser Susan Rice told CBS’ “60 Minutes” in an interview that aired Sunday.
Krauthammer: ‘Huge Gov’t Bailout’ of Health Insurance Industry at End of 2014
President Obama, by issuing new rules that erode Obamacare’s “financial structure,” is putting the health insurance industry — and taxpayers — at risk, author and conservative political analyst Charles Krauthammer said on Sunday.
Edward Snowden, after Months of NSA Revelations, Says his Mission’s Accomplished
Snowden is an orderly thinker, with an engineer’s approach to problem-solving. He had come to believe that a dangerous machine of mass surveillance was growing unchecked.
Duck Patriarch: Man-Man Sex ‘Not Logical’; CDC Data Concurs: ‘Highest Risk Sexual Behavior’
Although some liberal observers criticized Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson’s remarks about homosexual behavior as “disgusting” and “vile and extreme stereotypes,” the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), one of the federal government’s leading health voices, uses nearly identical and even more graphic language in describing some of the sexual practices of male homosexuals.
One Percent Pay Raise Latest Pinch for Troops, Veterans Struggling to Pay Bills
President Obama on Monday signed an executive order giving military personnel and civilian federal workers a 1 percent pay raise, the first raise for civilians in four years. But for military families, it was another hit.
NSA Panel Member Recommends Increased Data-Collection
Former CIA chief says controversial “bulk” collection of data should be expanded to include email, and could prevent the next 9/11.
CNN’s Jake Tapper Says Americans Prefer Security Over Freedom (+video)
During a recent broadcast on CNN about the NSA and its spying on Americans citizens, host Jake Tapper claimed that US citizens prefer security to liberty.