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

 
Mouse Study Shows ‘Junk DNA’ Is Actually Required ~ For years Darwinists have posited a corollary theory about what they called “Junk DNA,” claiming that it was basically just evolutionary leftovers. This new study says otherwise.
 
Ex-NFL Great Dryer: GOP Establishment Afraid MSM Will Call Them Bigots ~ How refreshing; a rare voice for truth from Hollywood ~

Dryer, echoing Reagan, said freedom can be lost in a generation and that Americans who do not understand the country’s fundamental principles are losing the country. He was upset that the Republican establishment is doing nothing about it.

 
Satanic Monument Unveiled ~ If you’re a pseudo-Christian, agnostic or atheist, you can just laugh this one off. If you’re a Christian – it’s time to wake the (pardon me) hell up!
 
Penis pumps draining Medicare of millions ~ Ever since the the perfectly natural winding-down of the male body’s sexual clock was given the misnomer “erectile dysfunction,” not only have we been subjected to a proliferation of nauseating Viagra commercials, but Big Pharma and medical device manufacturers have discovered a whole new market: aging baby boomers who think geriatric sex is somehow guaranteed under the constitution. And guess who gets to pay?

“Considering the strain retiring baby boomers will soon be placing on Medicare’s budget, shouldn’t we be focusing this entitlement program on real, life-saving treatment and equipment to serve the health needs of seniors – instead of subsidizing penis pump purchases?” Benjamin Domenech of the Heartland Institute think tank said in an email statement.

Voter fraud? What voter fraud? ~

Barack Obama’s election not only caused the oceans to recede, but the dead to rise from the grave.

 
How Democrats Kill Jobs ~ Stuck on stupid; government interference only makes matters worse ~

It is just fantasy to think that the addition of any new constraint to labor markets will make matters better than they are. Efforts to make workers better off by making employers worse off will not have their desired effect.

 
Obama is ‘chronically incapable’ of military strategy and ‘clueless about what he wants to do in the world’ according to top UK defense adviser ~ Oxford University professor, Sir Hew Strachan – one of the UK’s most respected and senior military advisers – offers some advice for Captain Incompetent ~

‘The concern about the military speaking out shows a lack of democratic and political maturity. We’re not facing the danger of a military coup.
 
‘The professional experts, who deal with war all the time, should be able to express their views all the time, openly and coherently, just as you would expect a doctor or a teacher to express their views coherently about how you run medical policy or teaching policy,’ he said.

 
Kansas Middle School: Poster Listing Sex Acts Part of ‘Health and Science’ Curriculum ~ Whatever happened to reading, writing and arithmetic? Maybe they’re trying to encourage more of this (?!) ~ Dishonor Roll: 10 Most Notorious Teacher Sex Scandals Of 2013. Sick
 
The Fix Is In in the IRS Abuse Scandal ~ And when the federal government can get away with shutting up any political opposition, we can kiss our Constitutional Republic good-bye.
 
Doomsday Clock Set at 5 ‘Til Midnight ~ I’d put it at 11:59:30…

 
Extreme couple who pitch their tents off cliff faces 3,000 FEET in the air ~ “Extreme” is definitely the right word (!) but check out the awesome pix.