Berlin Terrorist Was Under Surveillance for 6 months


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The Tunisian migrant/refugee Anis Amri hijacked the truck to kill people in Berlin in the Christmas market. He managed to escape Berlin and got through France and finally down to Milan. He was shot and killed in Milan early on December 23rd, 2016 when he was asked for identification only because he appeared suspicious. The 24-year-old shot a police officer in Italy before he was killed in a shootout.

berlin-chrismas-market-attackberlin-chrismas-market-terror-attackAmri got to Europe on a refugee boat in 2011. He ended up in a Sicilian prison but the Tunisians would not take Amri back. So the Italians simply released him in 2014. He made his way to Germany a year later and applied for asylum, which he was rejected. The Germans could not deport him, either, because he had no passport and the Tunisians simply refused accept him back.

One December 20th, Amri drove the hijacked truck into the Christmas market killing 12 and injuring nearly 50 people. What has emerged is the shocking fact that this 24-year-old was put under covert surveillance by German authorities for more than six months. They had a tip that he may be planning a terror attack.

This is the problem with many who have infiltrated Europe. They are single young males. It is one thing to help real families. It is entirely something different to accept young males especially when they are pretending to be children.

How Americans Spent Their Money In The Last 75 Years (In 1 Simple Chart)


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Consumer spending makes up a large percentage of the United States economy. We all have bills to pay and mouths to feed, but where do Americans spend their money? Here is a breakdown of how Americans spent their money in the last 75 years…

In the chart above, spending is broken into 12 categories: Reading, alcohol, tobacco, education, personal care, miscellaneous, recreation & entertainment, healthcare, clothing, food, transportation and housing. Each category is further broken down into spending by year, from 1941 to 2014, and each category is given a unique color. The data were collected from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is adjusted for inflation and measures median spending of all Americans.

Unsurprisingly, housing expenses have almost always been the largest area of spending in America for over 70 years. The only exception is 1941, when spending on food averaged $8,311, whereas spending on housing came to $7,537. However, in 1941 the government included alcohol in the food spending category, which inflates the food spending data for that year. In the other years, alcohol was given its own category. In every other year measured, spending on housing outpaced every other category.

Another interesting trend is the downward slope of spending on clothing. Americans spent the most on clothing in 1961 for an average of $4,157. In every year measured since 1961, spending on clothing fell, even when accounting for inflation.

At the same time, Americans began spending more on education, transportation and healthcare. Spending on education has increased far more than any other category, jumping from $242 in 1941 to $1,236 in 2014. Education spending increased at a particularly fast rate between 1984 and 1994 and onward. While spending on healthcare increased between 1941 and 2014, overall spending dipped between 1973 and 1984, but then began rising rapidly thereafter.

Between 1941 and 2014 Americans spent money on most of the same things, with a few changes. Housing has persisted as a large area of spending for Americans, as has the food category. However, spending on food and clothing has fallen when adjusting for inflation while spending on education and healthcare has risen quickly.

Source: HowMuch.net

How Great is Our God


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Silent Night, Holy Night


Reading 1 Is 9:1-6 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone. You have brought them abundant joy and great rejoicing, as…

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What’s Nice About Christmas


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What’s so nice about Christmas has always been the one time of the year when everyone is pleasant to one another for the most part (except in Washington [lol]). You do not have to be Christian to enjoy the season.  I have Jewish friends who still put up the Christmas Tree along sing of the Menorah. For one brief shining period, we tend to be pleasant. It would be nice if this were the way things really would be all year on.

Merry Christmas


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Happy Hanukkah


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