Monthly Archives: December 2013

Photos | South Africa buries Mandela

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Sunday Open Thread | Praise and Worship

“What Child Is This?” is a popular Christmas carol written in 1865. At the age of twenty-nine, English writer William Chatterton Dix was struck with a sudden near-fatal illness and confined to bedrest for several months, during which he went … Continue reading

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Live Streaming: Nelson Mandela State Funeral

Hat tip: Yahtc Qunu, South Africa (CNN) — A funeral cortege carrying Nelson Mandela’s body arrived Saturday in his ancestral village of Qunu, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, where he’ll be buried Sunday amid the lush green hills of … Continue reading

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The Slow Motion Lynching of President Barack Obama by Frank Schaeffer

Rikyrah The Slow Motion Lynching of President Obama-By Frank Schaeffer SNIP: We’ve been watching a slow motion lynching of a moderate brilliant family man, a father, and faithful loving husband. The Republicans in Congress are so dedicated to lynching the … Continue reading

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Saturday Open Thread

“White Christmas“ is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the version sung by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single of all time, with estimated sales in excess of … Continue reading

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Friday Open Thread

“The Christmas Song”, commonly subtitled  “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire or, as it was originally subtitled, “Merry Christmas to You”, is a classic Christmas song written in 1944 by vocalist Mel Tormé and Bob Wells. According to Tormé, the … Continue reading

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Video| Santa Claus is a BLACK Man!

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Photos | Nelson Mandela lies in state as South Africa says goodbye

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Thursday Open Thread

Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), better known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. Ray was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm & … Continue reading

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Video |Vice President Biden & Cecilia Muñoz Answers Questions about Immigration

Cecilia Muñoz is the Assistant to the President and Director of the Domestic Policy Council, which coordinates the domestic policy-making process in the White.

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