Christmas

Note: This is based on this article I posted on April 21, 2012, with the exception that it was about the 99-year charter misinformation, and I have substituted 100-year, which is the alternative misinformation that some people were spreading in 2013 even after the 99-year charter claim had been shown to be false. There was […]

On 23rd of December 2013, Bethlehem Unwrapped festival opened with the unveiling of a 8m high life size replica of the separation wall that has been built by Israel in the WestBank. It has been constructed over 8 days in the church yard of St James’ near PiccadillyCircus in central London in a bid to bring some reality of what it is like to live in Bethlehem in 2013.

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“So this is Christmas     And what have you done?”

 
by Stuart Littlewood
Hello, the holly-decked halls of Westminster. Be of good cheer, all you chaps in your little festive bubble.

by NoahOK, Chanukah came a little early this year, but for those of you who feel that special joy of giving a gift for Christmas, here be this year’s prime suggestions. Special note: I am assuming that you have already graced all of your friends with last year's Jesus Grilled Cheese-maker or Jesus Toaster.

NYT caption: "Here Comes SantaCon (Despite the Snow and Rain): The annual costumed bar crawl, which has faced complaints from New York residents, went on despite the snow and cold temperatures.""For us, it's a tradition.

Brain Busting Bombs — News (faux, sic, err, persona non grata)
This is an experiment. Quickly, in tsunami like fashion, riffing with the junk of the day, picked up from mainstream madness newspaper news, and from the feeds on NPR, National Pediatric News. Other polluted pipelines from the crapper, like HuffPost, all the junk on line, etc. etc.