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

 
How Berlin has changed since the wall fell ~ It’s been 25 years since they tore the wall down, and for those of us who remember the stark totalitarian state of East Germany, it still seems amazing. This article features a very cool photo essay; “sliders” on each picture let you view now-and-then shots.
More pix from the commemoration this past week ~ 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

 
How To Tell A True Minister of God ~ I discovered this little gem of a site recently. In this post, blogger “Patricia” talks about the stark contrast between today’s two different types of clergy and more specifically, how the false prophets are able to lead astray large flocks of believers.

 
Scots war hero Sir Tommy Macpherson dies at 94 ~ Amazing man. We could use a few more like Tommy today! ~

A SCOT who became Britain’s most decorated soldier for his audacious exploits during the Second World War – which included single-handedly forcing a column of German troops and SS Panzer tanks to surrender – has died at the age 94

 
Howard Dean: Republicans ‘Authoritarian People Who Fundamentally Don’t Believe in Democracy’ ~ Pot, meet Kettle. Dean’s obviously been stranded on a dessert island for the last week or two and is totally oblivious to GruberGate.

 
Obama’s FCC turns blind eye to network TV porn of fisting, anal sex & penis jokes ~ Just when you think TV programming can’t get any more disgusting…

Now it’s network TV, in a bid for ratings, resorting to smut in prime time — all aided and abetted by the Obama administration’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that’s supposed to regulate the air waves […]
 
… nearly two months into TV’s fall season, the Big 5 networks are pushing new boundaries with jokes about anal sex, “fisting,” penises, never-heard-of sex positions, and teen masturbation, which Parents Television Council president Tim Winter says are “absolutely inappropriate for primetime broadcast television. The networks are able to do that with few, if any, fines from the FCC.

 
And at the same time, we’re being forced to remove every trace of God from the public sphere. As Michelle Malkin reports, seems we’re definitely becoming…
One nation under godlessness.

 
Remembering the last of the original Navajo Code Talkers ~ Another truly inspiring chapter in American history comes to an end.

 
UNICEF Denies Catholic Bishops’ Claim Kenyan Tetanus Vaccine Is Laced With Birth-Control Hormone ~ Sure. It’s not like the elite ruling class would ever lie to the “stupid people” for their own good or anything (Kenyan doctors find anti-fertility agent in UN tetanus vaccine).

 
When a Cashier Reminded Me My Son Has Down Syndrome ~ Mom “smacks down” rude check-out clerk. This is one lucky kid