Blog Heap of Links for the day 29 June 2015

The United States flag is never to be flown upside down except in times of great distress or emergency. I believe we are in both. We are in a perilous time in which the Supreme Court has decided on the one hand that the plain language of a law is not binding – that the Justices can read the minds of those who wrote the law, and that the will of the People is not binding upon them. In short, the United States Supreme Court has just announced that we are no longer a Constitutional Federal Republic, that we are not even a Representative Democracy. We are an oligarchy ruled ultimately by unelected, unaccountable judges who can now dictate law and ignore the Constitution and the will of the People.

ISIS Celebrates Gay Love by Tossing 4 Gays from Roof of Building

64-Yr-Old Bystander Struck … several groups of men – “unrelated” to Pride events – became involved in a verbal dispute. The situation escalated when one subject pulled out a gun and fired shots …

‘Black Lives Matter’ Protesters DISRUPT Chicago Gay Pride Parade!!

Washington DC -- Get ready for a complete redrawing of the States of the United States of America. Gone will be the old familiar State lines. These will be replaced with the new States of America.'

Professor: Why Nebraska, Oklahoma have a right to kill Colorado’s legal pot

A world-renowned banjo player, who brought joy to thousands of bluegrass fans is in need of your help. John Hickman, is a five string banjo picker who lives in Guthrie. After battling health problems, racking up medical bills and being forced to quit work, the Hickman’s house is falling apart with no funds for repairs. Now the community is coming together to raise the money. …

This morning in church, I was thinking about my column “The Rage of the Left” that I posted this morning. And I began to think of how I used to be. If you’ve read the About Dianny page here at Patriot Retort, you know that I was once a raging, screaming Leftist. I was lost in that blinding darkness of anger and hatred.

And now I’m not.

As I sat in church this morning, I considered how my life has gone from darkness to light. This is the Light from God. …

June 25, - A coalition of African-American pastors vowed this week that there will be massive civil disobedience if the U.S. Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage in a ruling on the matter expected this month.…

JOHN’S QUESTION:

I understand there is currently a debate between orthodox and progressive theologians on the doctrine of the atonement. I always considered this a cornerstone of Christian theology. Can you encapsulate the arguments?

THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER:

A tough one, and this mere journalist has long pondered how to reply. Tough because the meaning of Jesus’ crucifixion stands right at the heart of the Christian faith — indeed the cross is its universal symbol — and so is vitally important, sensitive, a highly complex concern of many great minds the past 2,000 years, and ultimately beyond human comprehension. But here’s a rough attempt at an answer.…

…So the Supreme Court decided that it could wave its hand and redefine marriage. Beyond the horrific precedent this sets, this is so flawed on its own (lack of) merits, that I find myself stunned in spite of the fact this is the exact outcome I was expecting. All over my FB timeline and in my personal life people I thought were sane are celebrating as though Christmas came early. I can’t call them “F*cking Idiots” to their faces, but perhaps I can explain, here, why this is so bad.…

Climastrology.

Why Oklahoma Had the Nation’s Highest Percentage Of Bee Deaths Last Year … “Bees are pretty heavily impacted by drought, and we’ve had a five-year drought here in Oklahoma,”

Since Oklahoma Legalized Cannabis Oil, These Two Children Have Been Seizure Free

On Thursday, Kansas District Court Judge Larry Hendricks blocked a Kansas law that that would have banned all dismemberment abortions, ruling that the law presented too big an obstacle for women looking to kill their children.

The law, which would have taken effect on July 1, was the first of its kind by banning an abortion procedure used in approximately 95 percent of all second-trimester abortions nationwide. Opponents to the law argued that it would force women to undergo riskier procedures.…

ASHEVILLE, NC (WYFF) - Hours after "Black Lives Matter" was spray-painted on a Confederate monument in Asheville, North Carolina, H.K. Edgerton stood with a Confederate flag, telling those passing by why he wanted it to continue to fly.

Edgerton, a former president of the North Carolina NAACP and one of few African-American members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, was outside the monument waving the Confederate flag soon after the graffiti was removed.

He said the graffiti artist protested incorrectly.…

A Dewey [Okla] residence designed by renowned architect Bruce Goff was recently placed on the National Register of Historic Places.…

Monster Attacks Church; The Left Attacks The Dukes of Hazzard

Timeline of the Fight for the 2nd Amendment…

Is it even imaginable that the “Justices” who just voted to:

1. Ignore the written text of a bill and all the collateral evidence that says “and we really mean it this way;”
2. Seize political control of the oldest and least political of all human institutions;

...don’t know what they’ve done?…

…Using the same “due process clause” argument as the Supreme Court just applied to gay marriage, my concealed carry permit must now be recognized as valid in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.“…

…On this day in 1956 the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 was signed, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.…