ISIS claims responsibility for Berlin Christmas market attack

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[Yardstick]

Excellent statement from Trump. Finally some clarity.

[Netz]

Saw this coming, it’s so plain to see. The non-Muslims celebrate Christmas and must, therefore, die. Note that they do this at will in Western Europe, in Eastern Europe the countries are less tolerant and less PC...

[Honorary Serb]

Yeah! The Dims are “squeamish” about using “the C words”!!!!

Merry Christmas! Christ is born! Glorify Him!!!!

(it’s a little early, but appropriate under the circumstances!)

[lightman]

“Preserve, O God, our holy Orthodox Tsar....”

[Honorary Serb]

Especially since we are not in 19th century Russia, I like the version of the Troparion of the Holy Cross we use in the OCA:

Troparion of the Holy Cross, Tone I:

O Lord, save your people,
and bless your inheritance!
Grant victory to the Orthodox Christians
over their adversaries,
and by virtue of your cross,
preserve your habitation.

This is normally taken to refer to victory over the demons! However, in Trump’s last campaign ad, he says (pointing out from the screen) that the only force strong enough to stop the NWO is “YOU”!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vST61W4bGm8

At least, after 1/20/17, I will be able to pray for the President in Divine Liturgy. I don’t know if my Serbian Priest (who stopped this prayer after the NATO bombing) will be able to do so.

Christ is Born! Glorify Him!!!!

[Honorary Serb]

Fortunately, a lot has changed since then.

It’s a good thing that we used the Bomb when we did. If we had to invade Japan, their civilians would have been slaughtered in genocidal numbers (because of their government’s plan for what would have happened in the event of invasion).

And we would have lost about 100,000 men—who thus would not have returned home to father the next generation.

[mikeIII]

That is very informative. I guess, this is what makes Japan so intriguing. It is on my bucket-list. I’ve only transited thru Tokyo.

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

Fortunately, a lot has changed since then.

Has it? The Japanese put up a memorial to some idiot Indian judge who claimed that the Imperial Japanese were innocent of all war crimes. They put this up at their national shrine, where they keep the remains of their their war criminals too. Shinzo Abe paid his respects to that Indian idiot's family not too long ago.

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

I guess, this is what makes Japan so intriguing.

True, Japanese war crimes and their inhuman brutality are somewhat more interesting topics than Pamyu Pamyu, chikans in the subway, Hello Kitty, Penis Day, bunny rabbit island, anime, manga and the rest of the nonsense that Japanese call culture.

[Honorary Serb]

I know all about the Indians who are sympathetic to the Japanese WWII leaders—mainly for Indian reasons, not Japanese ones.

Despite all this, we have been at peace with Japan since 1945, trade and collaborate in research and culture with them, and Japan has never attempted to conquer any other countries since 1945.

And those 100,000 men of the Greatest Generation who would have died instead came home, helped build our country, and fathered many children. If you have a chance to thank a WWII veteran, do it—soon you won’t get another chance. I thanked one a few months ago—a man in a wheelchair with a WWII/Korea veteran’s cap!!!!

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

I know all about the Indians who are sympathetic to the Japanese WWII leaders—mainly for Indian reasons, not Japanese ones.

Yeah, reasons like bribery. But I bet Ernst Zundel has his reasons too. But the Germans did not erect a monument in his honor, instead they put him in prison.

[Honorary Serb]

Not bribery. It’s about this controversial Indian leader:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhas_Chandra_Bose

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

It’s about this controversial Indian leader:

Ah, so that's why the Japs erected a monument to a war-crimes denier at their national shrine. And that's why Shinzo Abe and other Japanese leaders paid their respects to the family. And Hirohito too.