Ep.209 Dear Democrats Across The Trenches: A Prayer for Truth and Freedom in 2022

In this episode of The Scalpel, Dr. Rose reflects upon an event that happened in 1914 between British and German soldiers. In the days leading up to Christmas, British troops heard German soldiers singing "Silent Night." They joined in. What followed was a truly unique and unexpected moment in the middle of a war.

In the political war of our current day, can we apply any lessons learned from 1914?

Do we want freedom enough to stop attacking each other and seek truth and freedom?

There are a number of sources of information that recount the Christmas Truce of 1914.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-real-story-of-the-christmas-truce

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

https://www.britannica.com/event/The-Christmas-Truce

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-story-of-the-wwi-christmas-truce-11972213/

https://time.com/3643889/christmas-truce-1914/

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/christmas-truce-of-1914

 

There are even songs - like this one.

 

Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwyFTRGiIUU

Trump: ‘On Behalf of the Entire Trump Family We Wish Everyone a Joyous and Merry Christmas’

https://grabien.com/story.php?id=266129

 

Summary

Date

Source

Ugly, bloody scenes in San Jose as protesters attack Trump

06/03/2016

The Washington Post

Police: Clinton Supporter Lights Flag on Fire, Attacks Trump Supporter

07/31/2016

CBS2 Pittsburgh

Trump Supporter in NJ Attacked with Crowbar on Street, Police Say

08/09/2016

New Jersey 101.5

Tennessee Man Attacked at Garage Sale for Being Trump Supporter

08/18/2016

The Daily Caller

Some protesters got aggressive at the end of the night as Trump supporters left Minneapolis fundraiser

08/19/2016

Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Leftist MOB Beats, Kicks, Pummels TRUMP Supporter for Wearing #MAGA Hat

09/28/2016

The Gateway Pundit

Republican headquarters in N. Carolina firebombed: ‘Nazi Republicans leave town or else’

10/17/2016

New York Daily News

Vandals throw bricks through windows at Delaware County Republican Party office

10/18/2016

Fox 59 Indianapolis

Twitter Erupts with Calls for Donald Trump To Be Assassinated

11/09/2016

The Daily Caller

Student Trump supporter attacked at Woodside High School

11/10/2016

KTVU Fox2

Police: Florida student punches classmate carrying Trump sign

11/11/2016

Palm Beach Post

Female anti-bullying ambassador, 23, arrested at Trump Tower protest for pushing man, 74, to the ground in fight over Trump

11/11/2016

Daily Mail

11-Year-Old Boy Badly Beat up for Voting Trump in Mock Election

11/11/2016

The Daily Caller

'You voted Trump' yelled at man while he's beaten in Chicago streets

11/12/2016

CBS News

2 Men Attack Trump Supporter in Meriden, Conn.: Police

11/13/2016

NBC Connecticut

Student attacked for wearing 'Make America Great Again' hat at anti-Trump protest

11/16/2016

WUSA 9

Cornell College Republicans president assaulted, called ‘racist bitch’

12/15/2016

The College Fix

Four anti-Trump activists in custody after mentally disabled man tied up, tortured on Facebook Live

01/05/2017

Fox32 Chicago

Shocking moment Trump fan is attacked after putting out fire sparked by inauguration protesters

01/24/2017

The Sun

Protesters block streets, attack Trump supporter's car in Eugene after peaceful rally

01/29/2017

The Oregonian

Trump Supporter Knocked Unconscious After Being Hit by Airport Protesters

01/31/2017

The Washington Free Beacon

Riot Forces Cancellation Of Yiannopoulos Talk At UC Berkeley

02/01/2017

KPIX 5, CBS San Francisco

Anti-Trump Protesters Block Ambulance Rushing to Hospital

02/06/2017

Lifezette

Rohrabacher Staffer, 71, Knocked Unconscious By Protesters Delivering Cards

02/15/2017

CBS Los Angeles

‘Bell Curve’ author attacked by protesters at Middlebury College

03/05/2017

The Boson Globe

Ann Coulter speech at UC Berkeley canceled, again, amid fears for safety

04/26/2017

The Washington Post

Portland Rose Parade canceled after ‘antifascists’ threaten GOP marchers

04/27/2017

The Washington Post

Prosecutors file new charges against inauguration protesters who rioted, torched immigrant's limo

04/28/2017

The Washington Post

Message to GOP Rep.: 'This is how we're going to kill your wife'

05/10/2017

Politico

Police: Woman followed then threatened Congressman David Kustoff

05/11/2017

WREG CBS 3

Two tossed from rowdy town hall in Mandan

05/11/2017

The Bismarck Tribune

FBI arrests Tucson man over threats to U.S. Rep. Martha McSally

05/15/2017

Arizona Daily Star

Former professor suspected in Berkeley bike-lock attack enters plea in Oakland court

05/29/2017

East Bay Times

Congressman Steve Scalise Gravely Wounded in Alexandria Baseball Field Ambush

06/04/2017

New York Times

'One down, 216 to go': New York representative receives threatening message after congressman shooting

06/14/2017

New York Daily News

Several shots fired at truck flying ‘Make America Great Again’ flag on I-465

06/15/2017

FOX 59 Indianapolis

Anti-Donald Trump campaigner 'shoots Republican neighbour twice in the head'

08/16/2017

The Independent

Missouri Senator: 'I Hope Trump Is Assassinated'

08/17/2017

The Daily Caller

Threats Against EPA Employees Up 50% Under Trump Admin.

10/06/2017

NBC Washington

Trump supporter attacked by 2 women at DC restaurant, police say

04/02/2018

FOXNew.com

Trump supporter says she was attacked by two women at a DC restaurant over her political views

04/03/2018

DailyMail.com

Here are some of the death threats made against EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt

04/11/2018

CBS News

Climate skeptic Marc Morano details his career of death threats

04/25/2018

ClimateDepot

Stuart man charged with threatening Rep. Brian Mast's children over Trump policy

06/19/2018

TCPalm (USA Today)

Increasing threats to Homeland Security include burned animal carcass left on staffer’s porch

06/25/2018

WTOP.com

Dem Party Volunteer Charged With Threatening to Kill GOP Rep's Kids

06/27/2018

Townhall

California man arrested for threatening to kill FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s family over net neutrality

06/29/2018

The Verge

Man allegedly threatens to chop up Rand Paul and his family with an ax

07/02/2018

Courier Journal

‘ABOLISH ICE’: Nebraska vandals cause $1,200 in property damage at state GOP headquarters

07/03/2018

Conservative Review

Random Stranger Takes Kid's MAGA Hat, Tosses Drink on Him

07/04/2018

Daily Caller

‘Irate’ man arrested for threats against Trump supporters, Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.)

07/07/2018

New York Post

Someone untied Betsy DeVos’s yacht in Ohio. Damage ensued.

07/26/2018

The Washington Post

Hit & Run Victim Says He Was Targeted Because Of Trump Bumper Sticker

08/01/2018

CBS 4 Boston

Anarchy Breaks Out in Portland, With the Mayor’s Blessing

08/03/2018

Wall Street Journal

Cambridge man facing charges for cash offer to kill ICE agent

08/09/2018

boston Herald

Trump Backer Claims Social Distortion Singer Punched Him Over Politics

08/15/2018

CBS13 Sacramento

Student Who Took Classmate’s MAGA Hat Says She Was Making Political Statement

08/27/2018

CBS 13 Sacramento

Castro Valley Man Accused Of Switchblade Assault On GOP Congressional Candidate

09/11/2018

CBS San Francisco

'Threats of Rape and Strangling' Force D.C. McAllister Into Hiding After Anti-Abortion Tweet

09/11/2018

pjmedia.com

Las Vegas professor shot himself in arm to protest Trump

09/11/2018

Las Vegas Review Journal

Secret Service looking into ‘Where is John Wilkes Booth’ comment by Broadway actress

09/12/2018

MSN.com

Georgetown Professor Says White Republicans Should Be Castrated, Fed To Swine

10/01/2018

The Daily Caller

A man sent letters with ricin to Pentagon, and suspicious letters to Pentagon, Ted Cruz

10/02/2018

NBC News

Antifa Arsonists Vandalize Pro-Trump Truck — Then Torch It

10/09/2018

KPTV

Antifa vandalizes New York GOP headquarters

10/14/2018

ABC7 NY

Dem Operative Arrested in Nevada After Assaulting Female GOP Staffer

10/17/2018

The Washington Free Beacon

Two GOP Candidates Assaulted in Minnesota

10/17/2018

The Washington Free Beacon

Man arrested for threatening Kavanaugh-supporting senators

10/19/2018

NY Post

Left-wing Wisc. man accused of attempting to buy radioactive material with intent to kill

10/24/2018

WTMJ

Democrat arrested after threatening to assault black GOP campaign worker

10/25/2018

WBTV

Trump-Hating Former Porn Star Engages In Shootout With Cops

10/25/2018

The Daily Wire

Federal authorities offer reward for Wyoming suspect who set fire to local GOP headquarters

10/25/2018

Associated Press

Four shots fired into Volusia County Republican Headquarters, police say

10/29/2018

WFTV

Seattle City Council Candidate Drops Out Of Race, Citing Left-Wing Harassment Of His Wife

11/14/2018

The Daily Caller

Trump supporter assaulted while wearing MAGA hat

11/16/2018

The Hill

Vandals Throw Giant Boulder Through Rep. McCarthy’s Office Window

11/22/2018

The Daily Caller

A North Dakota Man Pleaded Guilty To Planning To Flip Trump’s Limo With A Forklift

12/01/2018

BuzzFeed

Antifa activist facing assault charges was tied to Democratic policymakers

02/11/2019

Fox News

Man accused of pulling gun on victim wearing MAGA hat

02/17/2019

WBKO

Man says he was attacked for wearing MAGA hat in Manhattan

08/01/2019

NY Post

Antifa protester who attacked Trump supporter pleads guilty to assault

10/05/2019

NY Post

Felony charge filed in punching of man leaving Trump rally in Minneapolis

10/24/2019

Star Tribune

Florida Man Arrested After Allegedly Spitting on a Man and Slapping His MAGA Hat

10/29/2019

Newsweek

Florida man in Trump costume punched in face by 14-year-old girl: cops

10/29/2019

NY Post

Child hospitalized after beating on school bus for wearing Trump hat

11/21/2019

NY Post

 

 

Summary

Date

Source

At the DoJ, Comey relentlessly pursued a banker for financial charges; when he couldn't find any criminality, he charged him with obstruction of justice "because of a single ambiguous email" (a conviction later overturned)

09/01/2000

The Federalist

Despite knowing who leaked Valerie Plame's identity to a reporter, Comey tasked a special counsel to investigate the Bush Administration for years, eventually ensaring a non-leaker with a process charge

09/26/2003

The Federalist

During the Valerie Plame leak investigation, Comey demanded AG Ashcroft recuse himself for conflict of interest; he instead chose the godfather of his daughter, Patrick Fitzgerald, to run the probe

09/26/2003

The Wall Street Journal

As Bush's deputy AG, Comey schemed to become the AG himself when Ashcroft was hospitalized; he did so to stop an NSA counterterror program and set himself up for future political career

03/01/2004

The Federalist

As deputy AG, Comey badly bungled the anthrax investigation, largely destroying the life of an innocent man (who later won a large settlement against the feds)

03/01/2004

RealClearPolitics

After Comey assumed for himself the role of attorney general, he did not tell President Bush

03/02/2004

The Federalist

Comey aggressively targeted Martha Stewart for insider trading; when he couldn't find wrongdoing, he charged her for “having misled people by denying having committed a crime with which she was not charged"

07/16/2004

CATO Institute

As deputy AG, Comey used "bogus 'secret' information to entrap two lobbyists for the pro-Israel group" AIPAC; the case was later dropped, but not before two reputations were destroyed

08/27/2004

The Wall Street Journal

During Comey's probe Valerie Plame probe, reporter Judith Miller was jailed for 85 days for refusing to divulge sources; she says crucial information was withheld from her

06/27/2005

The Wall Street Journal

During a 2007 hearing into the firings of U.S. attorneys, Comey coordinated with Sen. Schumer and Preet Bharara to make a surprise appearance and attack Gonzales with a (disputed) account

05/24/2007

The Federalist

After the NSA scandal exploded in 2013, Comey's FBI was exposed conducting its own data mining on innocent Americans; the agency retains that material for decades (even if no wrongdoing is found)

06/30/2013

Bloomberg

The father of the radical Islamist who detonated a backpack bomb in New York City in 2016 alerted the FBI to his son's radicalization but the FBI let him go

08/28/2013

NJ.com

Comey's FBI was warned about the Boston bomber but let him go

03/25/2014

NBC News

In 2015, Comey's FBI conducted a controversial raid on a Texas political meeting, finger printing, photographing, and seizing phones from attendees

03/01/2015

World Net Daily

Comey created diplomatic chaos with Poland after saying the country was an "accomplice" during the Holocaust.

04/21/2015

The Daily Mail

Comey was forced to apologize after an error in the FBI's background check system allowed Dylann Roof to buy his gun

07/10/2015

The Atlantic

During the FBI's Hillary probe, "A technician who destroyed evidence lied to FBI investigators even after he received immunity, and Comey did nothing"

04/01/2016

The Federalist; The Wall Street Journal

Comey promised transparency into the investigation into the Pulse Night Club terrorist, but almost immediately redacted from transcript the killer's reference to Islam

06/12/2016

The Federalist

Comey's FBI twice interviewed the Pulse Night Club terrorist but let him go

06/13/2016

The New York Times

Under Comey, the FBI blew its highest profile corruption investigations (into Sen. Ted Stevens); a federal judge blamed the "worst prosecutorial misconduct" he'd ever seen

07/01/2016

The Federalist

Under Comey, the FBI authorized informants to break the law 22,800 times in just four years

08/23/2016

The Daily Dot

During its investigation into Hillary Clinton's mishandling of classified material, the FBI made an unusual deal in which Clinton aides were both given immunity and allowed to destroy their laptops.

10/03/2016

Fox News

Comey's FBI was embedded with the ISIS-affiliated terrorists who struck the 'Draw Mohammad' event but failed to act

03/26/2017

CBS News

Comey claimed in Senate testimony he didn't feel compelled to memorialize his meetings with presidents besides Trump; however, that's untrue

06/10/2017

Powerline

James Comey's Trump memos contained classified information, likely meaning he violated his own agencies security protocols

07/09/2017

The Hill

Comey drafted an exoneration statement for Hillary Clinton months before the FBI even investigated her

10/16/2017

Newsweek

Under Comey, the FBI's database for gun buyers lost millions of records

11/10/2017

The Washington Post

Under Comey, the FBI's case against Cliven Bundy was destroyed after the feds were caught deliberately withholding evidence

12/21/2017

The Oregonian

Sexual misconduct was rampant at the FBI under Comey's watch, with at least 14 agents sanctioned

02/25/2018

The Daily Caller

Comey's FBI blew its case against Omar Mateen's wife due to agents' misconduct

04/03/2018

USA Today

Agent Peter Strzok was considered so hostile to Trump, Robert Mueller dropped him from the Russia probe; Comey, however, found him fit to lead the Clinton probe

04/17/2018

RealClearPolitics

On the FBI's Hillary probe, Comey claimed there was no coordination between the DoJ and FBI, but texts and emails later showed that to be untrue

04/19/2018

The Washington Examiner

The memos Comey leaked contained classified material, prompting the DoJ inspector general to investigate his illegal leak

04/20/2018

The Wall Street Journal

Comey's memos reveal that he briefed Trump on the Steele dossier specifically so it would leak to the media

04/20/2018

The Federalist

During the Hillary probe, the FBI lost track of Hillary's server for months

05/05/2018

Jack Posobiec

During his book tour, Comey claimed he didn't know the FBI thought Michael Flynn believed he was telling the truth

 

 

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