Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention:

 
Who is John Kerry? ~ Will our latest Secretary of State embrace his Jewish roots? Entertaining read ~

“My Grandmother has a failsafe method for determining a man’s Jewishness. She stares at him. She claims every Jewish man is adorned with an invisible yarmulke on his head and…”

 
Duck Dynasty Breaks Cable Records: Robertson Family Moves Hearts with Authentic Christian Faith ~ OK – personally, I just can’t get past the beards, so haven’t really gotten into the show, but clearly their message is resonating with millions. And they’re certainly unabashed about their faith. Which is something cable TV could use a whole lot more of.
 
A Practicing Muslim Soldier Cannot Swear Allegiance to the U.S. Constitution ~ Kind of a no-brainer (Sharia is in direct conflict with the Preamble itself). The real question is; why does our military make such a concerted effort to pretend otherwise?
If the Pentagon brass had “any” – Ft. Hood never would have happened.
 
Conservative Professor Writes Devastating Response to Liberal Hater ~
Mike Adams, a criminology professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington recently received a note from a student informing him that he is “the biggest embarrassment to higher education in America.”
HERE is his Adam’s response; a short course in contemporary studies of perverse academia.

 
Self-driving carmakers will have to pry steering wheel from some cold, dead hands ~ It’s mostly old, cold, dead hands; those of us who still remember that sci-fi classic: 2001: A Space Odyssey. Seriously, what could go wrong?
 
You Hate “Poor People” If You Want Them To Be Financially Independent ~ Who knew? And I guess you hate your children if you want them to learn to walk, feed themselves and wipe their own butts.

 
EPA employee stole $886K from the agency ~ Time for the msm to find another rodeo clown distraction ~

“There appears to be corruption to the umpteenth degree,” said Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter. “I think it’s appalling that Administrator McCarthy and former acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe could claim that sequester is depriving the agency of important resources when in fact their own employees are stealing from the government ” taxpayers!

 
Americans Can Learn from ‘Baltic Way’ to Protest Big Government ~ Yesterday marked the 24th anniversary of the human “Chain of Freedom” organized to protest the the Soviet reoccupation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Inspiring!

[Hat-tip: Bobo]