Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention:
The 2013 Moore Oklahoma Tornado – a synopsis ~ An informative, non-politicized analysis of the May 20th storm ~
Unfortunately, EF-5 tornadoes occur only too frequently. This latest is the 59th recorded since 1950, so on average about one every year.
Sadly, Loony Left California Senator Barbara Boxer can’t be bothered by the facts ~ Boxer blames tornadoes on global warming — Plugs her carbon tax bill to fix bad weather. Sure thing Babs. If we just pay higher taxes, we can appease the weather gods.
Why the IRS Went After the Tea Party Instead of Establishment Republicans ~ Well duh. They know the GOP is impotent. Why waste ammo.
Still, as Craig Shirley at Breitbart ponders ~
Many questions are begged. Did outside liberal groups conspire with the IRS against the Tea Party? Did Republican Establishment types conspire with the IRS to censor the Tea Party? If so, how high up did the conspiracy go inside the two major parties, both of which had something to gain with the marginalization and/or destruction of the Tea Party movement?
As far as the Tea Party and it sympathizers are concerned, nearly everybody in Washington is a suspect. The Tea Party has found the enemy, and it is the Washington Establishment.
Black Panther, Mikhail Shareef Muhammad, Who Offered Bounty For “Dead or Alive” Zimmerman Arrested in Jacksonville For “False Imprisonment” ~ File under “Shocking Developments.” Lawless is as lawless does.
California to ban fire (editorial) – Enjoying the pleasures of life is just not good for you ~ Devolution.
10,000 B.C. – humans discover fire; 2013 A.D. – humans outlaw fire.
Man’s taming of fire enabled him to cook his food, bring light to the darkness, make stronger tools and survive the harshest of winters. It’s the one discovery upon which all civilizations are built.
The assault on bonfires, fireplaces and stoves undermines one of the cornerstones of society. It’s what happens when government gets big enough to snuff out man’s greatest achievement.
And this while many Europeans actually seem to be waking up to the climate change ruse ~ Green Energy: The worm turns.
When did we vote to become Mexico? Ann Coulter at her best ~
Why can’t the country be more or less the ethnic composition that it always was? The 50-1 Latin American-to-European ratio isn’t a natural phenomenon that might result from, say, Europeans losing interest in coming here and poor Latin Americans providing some unique skill desperately needed in our modern, technology-based economy…
… Teddy Kennedy’s 1965 Immigration Act was designed to artificially inflate the number of immigrants from the Third World, while making it virtually impossible for anyone from the nations that historically provided our immigrants to come here.
Heroism, Humility and Leadership:The Janitor and the Medal of Honor ~ Wonderful true-life story for Memorial Day by Mark Alexander at the Patriot Post.
