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

 
Another Environmental Lie Exposed: Bees are Thriving ~

Soon the biggest threat to humans – and everything else on the planet – may very well be the EPA.

 
33 Meticulous Cleaning Tricks For The OCD Person Inside You ~ Some great time/$$-saving tips here – and not just for the obsessive-compulsive.
 
Veterans dying because of health care delays (!) ~ We’re losing war veterans due to unconscionable delays in simple medical screenings like colonoscopies or endoscopies!
This story is from CNN – not “those right-wingers at Fox News.” And they even include a 2007 quote from then-candidate Barack Obama ~

“When we fail to keep faith with our veterans, the bond between our nation and our nation’s heroes becomes frayed. When a veteran is denied care, we are all dishonored.”

What a disgrace.
And it’s only going to get worse ~
Sick Kids Denied Specialty Care Due to Obamacare in Washington State.
 
How Christian Small Business Owners Can Defeat Gay Activist Economic Terrorism ~ A simple, legal, win-win solution.

 
A closer look at the IDF’s field hospital for Syrian victims ~ Although Israel and Syria are still officially at war, the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) has treated hundreds of Syrians injured in that country’s current civil war. A hospital on the Golan Heights’ border with Syria …

… was set up by the IDF last year to treat an increasing flow of wounded Syrian civilians. Many of these refugees are in such bad condition that they might not have time to be transferred to a civilian hospital for treatment […]
 
In order to protect the patients, whose time in Israel may put their lives in added danger upon return to Syria, “the IDF takes painstaking measures to remove any indication that they received care in Israel.”

How many Arabic countries have ever done this for their friends – much less those sworn to wipe them off the map?
And yet ~
Palestinian Authority: No Jews Allowed to Stay in Our State, “not even a single one” ~ Which side is intolerant again? Pamela Geller (Atlas Shrugs) continues her efforts to get the truth out via mass transit advertising.
 
GOP Amnesty Plan Ignores Will of Republican Voters ~ Like I said.

A recent national poll conducted by Judicial Watch and Breitbart revealed that a full 71% of Republicans support enforcing immigration laws with just 21% in favor of changing them.

 
Unfortunately for we-the-people, the Washington elite occupy their own alternative universe ~

‘Homeland’ Secretary: ‘Illegals Have Earned Right to Be Citizens’ ~ Yes you read that right. Apparently flaunting U.S. immigration laws now “earns” you the right to U.S. citizenship. So what do I get for robbing a bank?

 
Flatulent cows start fire at German dairy farm ~ 😯
Now if we could just harness that energy.
 
Chick-fil-A feeds stranded drivers ~ [Birmingham, AL] Wow. You mean they didn’t even check first to see if the motorists were gay or straight?