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

John Kerry’s Harm Offensive ~ SOS’s misguided “diplomatic” efforts prompted this response from the Israeli prime minister ~ Netanyahu slams proposed deal with Iran in harshest words to date ~ Things are definitely heating up in the Levant powder keg.

 
Kerry’s on the wrong side of this issue too ~
John Kerry throws freedom-seeking women under the bus ~ Refuses to speak out against Saudi Arabia’s archaic ban on female driving.
 
What difference do 20,000 shoulder-to-air fired missiles make? Allen West wants to know why the mainstream media refuses to report on the acquisition of shoulder- fired Man Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS), one of the world’s most deadly weapons – by Syrian rebels.
 

Christians in Syria Feel Forgotten as Mass Graves Found in Sadad ~ Speaking of Syria, I want to know why the mainstream media ignored this story! ~

The Oct. 21 Islamist rebel siege of Sadad, a small town of 15,000 mostly Syriac Orthodox Christians 160 kilometers (95 miles) north of Damascus, left 45 civilians dead, including several women and children; many were thrown into mass graves, reports the Fides News Agency. Archbishop Alnemeh, Syriac Orthodox Metropolitan of Homs and Hama, said other civilians were threatened and terrorized, with 30 wounded and 10 missing, and 1,500 families were held hostage as human shields for a week.

 
Get ready for Obamacare auto-enroll ~ Not to worry, Big Brother’s thought of everything ~

The plan to get everyone on Obamacare is to “automatically enroll people who are already known to be eligible,” including “us[ing] data from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to determine eligibility for Medicaid and CHIP,” and “connect[ing] eligible parents to coverage if their children are already enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP,” and “min[ing] existing databases to identify and enroll uninsured residents who are already known to be eligible for coverage programs.”

 
Population Control Activist Suggests America Should Have a One-Child Policy ~ You had to know this was coming. What’s really scary is that in ObamaCare, the progressives have the perfect vehicle for the enforcement of such a totalitarian policy. This article at LifeNews.com is a good one; it counters the distorted arguments of the this population control proponent with actual historical facts.
 
Good news: Iran only wants to kill millions of Americans, not all of them! ~ Bad news: If you support Israel, freedom and free markets you’re one of them ~

“When we say “Death to the US”, we mean death to those one percent who are arrogant, capitalist and Zionist Americans.”

 
There they go, re-writing history – again! ~ Either Northeastern Illinois University is ignorant, or they want their students to be so (more likely the later). This plaque was recently spotted on the college’s Jacob Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies:
 
 
The truth? Lincoln, never a Democrat, was the first REPUBLICAN president.

When you’re a leftist, some things never change…