NEW YORK – Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed to act quickly to abolish horse-drawn carriages in the city.

“We are going to get rid of the horse carriages. Period,” de Blasio said in response to a question at his press conference announcing his schools chancellor pick Monday.
“It’s over,” he said.
De Blasio said he would work with existing drivers to set them up with alternative vehicles to ferry tourists around Central Park. (more…)

This post is NOT for the squeamish. We shall even protect a picture because it’s a little too much even for one of iron stomach.

Essentially here’s the story as can be gathered so far – and feel free to drop any insight into the comment section – according to CoCC this is not an isolated incident for the area in question:
In Ithaca New York, last Saturday night four black females jumped a white female in a racially driven attack. One of the black attackers took out a razor blade and cut the victim so badly she needed 47 stitches to her face. The cut runs from her hairline to her chin. Four black female suspects were arrested.
However, post-attack the story worsens.
The media has completely censored the crime; and even the local media will not report on the attack due to the horrific nature of the crime cast against the sensitivity toward what the crime represents.
If you were to reverse the races, and four white women were to have attacked a black woman, expressly intending to disfigure her, you can guarantee this would be 24/7 on NATIONAL TV.
The attack was originally spotlighted by a friend of the victim on a bodybuilding website.   It was deleted from that forum but still exists in GoogleCache – HERE – From that initial discussion you will find nothing noted, except at CoCC.
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT FOLLOWS – Here is a link to what the attack injury looked like before medical repair  CLICK HERE –  But don’t look if you are prone to normal sensitivities.   We provide only to show the level of hatred which must have been inherent in the mind of the attackers.
Updates continue HERE

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

From the Archdiocese of Washington tonight:

The Archdiocese of Washington is pleased that today the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued an injunction that prevents the Archdiocese and its affiliates from having to choose between paying crippling fines or facilitating the provision of abortion-inducing drugs, sterilizations, and contraceptives to their employees. The order prohibits the government from enforcing the HHS mandate’s objectionable requirements against the Archdiocese and its co-appellants pending further order from the court.   (link)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Catholic organizations made a last-minute effort Tuesday to get the Supreme Court to block portions of President Obama’s health care law that will force them to provide health insurance for students and employees that includes birth control.
Several organizations, including the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington, the Catholic Diocese of Nashville, Catholic University and the Michigan Catholic Conference, asked justices to block the law until their arguments are heard. Parts of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, go into effect on Wednesday. (more…)

ABC and USA Today have reports.     ABC Report HERE 
USA TODAY – Former first lady Barbara Bush has been hospitalized in Houston for treatment of a “respiratory related issue,” her husband’s office said Tuesday night.

The 88-year-old Bush was in stable condition at Methodist Hospital in Houston. KPRC-TV reported she was being treated for early signs of pneumonia.
In a statement released after the news broke, the office of former president George H. W. Bush said she was admitted Monday.
“She is in great spirits, has already received visits from her husband and family, and is receiving fantastic care. Updates will be issued when warranted,” the statement said.
Bush was first lady from 1989 to 1993. She is also the mother of former president George W. Bush and former Florida governor Jeb Bush.  (read more)

This year, 2013, saw over 12,000,000 visits to the Treehouse community discussion.
Standing alone that statistic is pretty neat, but there’s another milestone we passed quietly which brought a big smile to all of us.
A few days ago we passed 500,000 comments.   THAT’s AWESOME.   Over half a million times people have found their voice and joined in the conversation, your conversation….
…. because in the final analysis that’s all this is, a conversation; an ongoing conversation.
A misfit place on the internet to join with misfit guests from multiple countries and share perspectives surrounding events.
It is by listening we learn and formulate our own considerations about what all of this *stuff* means.  It is by asking questions that we enlarge our own understanding.
You see, in reality the Treehouse is a great place to visit, or not quite as good, because of you.  It is your participation which we work diligently to deserve.
Sharon, Ad rem, WeeWeed, Tilda, YTz4Me, Stella, Menagerie, Patriot Dreamer and myself are humbled by your gifts of wisdom, insight, and brilliant humor.   You are all patriots, all amazing, and we are proud to be of your acquaintance. (more…)

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According to CNN’s Mark Lamont Hill, Mitt Romney was “exploiting” his family members by having a family picture taken for Christmas – Therefore it is appropriate for MSNBC to mock the black baby, merely “exploiting” the race of the family being “exploited”…. or something.

At Least someone realized the broadcast was mocking !

I am sorry. Without reservation or qualification. I apologize to the Romney family. #MHPapology

— Melissa Harris-Perry (@MHarrisPerry) December 31, 2013

Bradenton, Florida – A 70-year-old man pushing his wife in a wheelchair with his granddaughter by his side says he was beaten for trying to slow a car down in his neighborhood.
[…]  All James Gorman wanted was for a car speeding down the road to slow down. That car ended up stopping, and what happened next would end up putting James Gorman in the hospital.
That’s when the car stopped and two men got out who proceeded to beat Gorman unconscious. (more…)