Another senseless shooting at a synagogue on the last day of Passover in Poway, California. Attorney General William Barr might refuse to testify in front of Congress while the Left cannot get away from their dead narrative. And a sad, heroic story that should inspire all of us to be more selfless.

Chabad of Poway

A man entered the Chabad of Poway on Saturday as the congregation was celebrating the last day of Password. The man, who I will not identify because he deserves to be forgotten, walked into the synagogue at about 11:30 AM and started cursing and firing with a rifle. One woman was killed and three were injured.

The suspect was a nineteen year old man. He had a history of racist behavior and had threatened. Reportedly, he had said on 8chan, an alt-Right website, that he wanted to live stream a mass shooting like the nutjob at Christchurch in New Zealand. He is also being looked at as a suspect at another synagogue. There, someone attempted to burn down that synagogue. It is nine miles from Chabad of Poway.

The shooter was confronted by an unarmed war vet, Oscar Stewart, dropping his gun and running out of the synagogue. Stewart continued to chase but the shooter locked himself in his car. Stewart continue pounding on the car, trying to get in when the shooter grabbed another rifle. At this point, an off-duty border patrol agent was given a gun and yelled for Stewart to get down. He started shooting at the car.

The shooter drove away. But as he was driving, a police officer, called to the scene, recognized the suspects car and pulled him over. The suspect got out of the car, hands in the air, and surrendered peacefully.

I hate to get political but I’m going to anyway. The reason I am going to politicize this because it shouldn’t be politicized at all. People always take a tragedy, from both sides of the aisle, take the tragedy and make it part of their narrative. The Left will say this proves that we need gun control and that we are a country of white supremacy. The Right will point to the armed border patrol agent and say that guns prevented more deaths. Those are narratives. They twist facts. And, you know what, they don’t bring back the dead person.

What should be done here is mourning the fact that places of worship now have to worry about being vulnerable to attack. We should be mourning the dead woman and praying for the injured. We should be celebrating Oscar Stewart and the unidentified Border Patrol agents for the heroes they are. Without them, this could have been a lot worse.

But what really pisses me off is the initial reactions of our “fresh faces” in congress. The irony is almost intolerable. Let’s take a look from the Tweet from Ilhan Omar:

That’s rich! This woman couldn’t care less about those people being attacked. She hates Jews and is very sympathetic to to terrorists. She does not see a difference between Al-Qaeda and the U.S. military. She refers to the biggest radical Islamist attack on U.S. soil as “some people did some things.” She says the Jews have mesmerized the world. She thinks the Jews are buying political allies. Oh, there’s more. She’s a terrible human being and hates Jews. Period.

Then there was the intellectual democratic socialist, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She had no trouble Tweeting this:

She’s disgusting for a few reasons. Again, she doesn’t give a damn that someone was killed. She’s just happy it was a white supremacist that did it. If she really gave a damn about peace and human life, she would have said something about the Muslim terrorists that killed over 300 Christians on Easter in Sri Lanka.

But she goes for more than the love and peace BS. She brings up the HR8 bill. That’s the bill the requires background checks for all gun sales. It’s a worthless bill. There are universal background checks! She’s bringing this crap up before we even know what weapon he used or how he got it. But details aren’t important. And she’ll spin them if they do not turn out to meet her narrative.

I just wish this stuff would stop happening.

Will This Thing Just Go Away?

The Senate Democrats and Bill Barr are going at it again.

Barr is supposed to testify in front of congress on Thursday. About what who knows? Barr said he would honor the request even though he has nothing factual he can even testify about. But Jerry Nadler, the Dem that really wants to impeach Trump, decided to throw a curve ball and wants to change the format of the interview. Instead of the congresspeople asking questions of Barr, Nadler wants to allow the support staff from the congressmen to be able to ask questions of Barr, not just the congressmen themselves.

Now, this is not wholly unprecedented. You will remember the the Republicans hired a prosecuting attorney to interview Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who accused Matt Kavanaugh of rape. They did this because she would know how to interview a victim and would have the expertise to determine Kavanaugh’s innocence or guilt.

But things are different here. Barr does not want to have a bunch of lawyers interview him and said he would not show up if Nadler’s format is used.

But this is more than just another investigation. This just shows how much the Left cannot let this whole thing go. Collusion has been the narrative for over two years and, in just a week, it has been destroyed. But the Left does not have any new narrative and have not clue where to go with this. So they keep this up. The narrative of collusion and obstruction is still alive and well and it is still being used as an excuse for impeachment.

Listen to Adam Schiff while being interviewed on the Bill Maher show:

There are two parts to this interview that are important to point out. First, everything Schiff said was wrong. The Trump campaign had nothing to do with Russia. They even put sanctions on Russia when it was confirmed that Russia did hack and try to influence the elections. They did not “build” the Russian influence into the campaign, lie, cover up or obstruct. It’s in the report. Schiff is changing what is in the report to keep his narrative alive (albeit on life support).

But what’s interesting is what he leaves out. When all this stuff was supposedly happening, President Trump was not elected! All this that was supposedly done was while Obama was the President. Trump had no power to control anything. It was the Obama administration that did not do anything until Hilary lost the election.

But that’s not the real story here and Democrats don’t realize that Maher’s opinion is the opinion of most American’s including Democrats and Independents. People got the answers and want to move on. Now, it just looks like Trump is being harassed and “stalked”. It’s going to be a real turn off for regular voters. Because, here’s the reality: The far Left is a minority still. They are not going to be the majority by the next election or even the election after. Though they want impeachment, collusion and obstruction to be the narrative, most people from both sides don’t. We got Mueller’s report, we got the answers and people want to move on.

This stuff ain’t going to play well for the Democrats in 2020 if they try keeping all this up for the next year and a half. Let’s hope they do!

Heartbreaking

This is a sad story but one that must be celebrated. There is so much cynicism and narcissism is the world today that when we see an act of selflessness even when that person faces death.

Dana Scatton was 17 years old and pregnant. She belongs to a Christian family so abortion was not an option. Seven months into her pregnancy, it was discovered she had a cancerous brain tumor. The tumor was, most likely, terminal. She was given the option to extend her life by going through radiation. But she refused because the treatment would, most likely, harm her baby.

In January, a few days before her 18th birthday, she gave birth to a healthy baby girl name Aries.

Dana died today. Her family left the following post on Facebook:

This morning shortly before 4am, Dana left us to be with the lord.
We may never have the right things to say to truly honor the amazing,
smart, loving, caring, passionate, incredibly beautiful and free spirited mother, daughter, niece, sister, cousin, friend and independent woman Dana was every day.
(She) inspired us all to be better than who we are and to keep God in our focus at every moment
She faced the greatest fear of all, death, and smiled back with a grin only God can instill. She fought harder than the toughest warriors known to man and did it with grace and valor.

The post ended the Dana’s favorite Biblical quote from Isiah 41:10:

So do not fear, for I am your God;

Do not be dismayed, for I am with you,

I will strengthen you and help you;

I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

This is a very sad story. But it is also a very happy one. Her strength and courage guaranteed that her memory to live on through the life of that beautiful little girl.

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Resources:


https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/poway-synagogue-shooting-chabad-way-san-diego-sherrifs-department-509162631.html

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/barr-spars-with-nadler-threatens-not-to-testify-after-dispute-over-hearing-format

https://www.dailywire.com/news/46507/teen-who-refused-cancer-treatments-while-pregnant-amanda-prestigiacomo