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

 
Why Free Community College Is Anything But Free ~ Pretty darn “audacious” that a man who never actually earned a dime in his life is so magnanimous with our money.
 
Obama Encourages Poor Work Ethic with ‘Depend on Government’ Attitude ~ Excellent article from Charlie Daniels; we need more personal responsibility – not more government handouts.
 
What pit bull activism says about our culture ~ Hint: nothing good. Why are the savage statistics about this breed being ingnored? ~

This is the first time in the history of human-animal relations that a movement has formed, not to promote the well-known virtues of a beloved breed, but to promote denial of a beloved breed’s well-known vices.

 
Cantor: GOP focus on ObamaCare would be ‘disservice’ ~

Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said Monday that a GOP focus on highly politicized issues like ObamaCare and immigration in 2015 would be a “disservice to the American people.”
 
Cantor, who fell from power this summer after a shocking primary defeat, said Republicans needed to stop playing politics and instead focus on growing the economy if they wanted to keep the White House within reach in 2016.

Hey Eric: There’s a reason you’re the former House Majority Leader. Thank-you for your service. Now please just go away.

(Cantor) urged Republicans to act quickly on bipartisan policy initiatives like expanding charter schools, signing new trade deals or creating a permanent research and development tax credit. If they don’t, he warned the next race for the White House could be at stake.

And if they listen to you – the entire country is at stake!

 
N.Y. Mayor de Blasio Active Supporter of Brutal Communist Regime ~ Considering de Blasio’s past, his nasty totalitarian tendencies really come as no surprise ~

De Blasio was an active supporter of the communist Sandinista regime in Nicaragua in the 1980s. He was so enamored with Soviet-backed revolutionaries that he traveled to the capital city of the war-torn country, Managua, to aid their cause by participating in a relief mission. Upon de Blasio’s return to the United States, he joined the Nicaragua Solidarity Network of Greater New York (NSN).

Tribe’s Opinion That ‘EPA’s Clean Power Plan Is Unconstitutional’ Means More Than You Think ~ Ron Arnold recounts a very interesting episode from Obama’s years at Harvard Law School.

 
And speaking of Harvard ~
Harvard Faculty Revolts Over Obamacare Cost Increases ~ Waaaaaahh!

Harvard faculty members are apoplectic over changes to their university-provided health-care plans related to Obamacare — after Harvard researchers spent years promoting the Affordable Care Act.

Poetic justice.

 
That nagging question about Obama’s allegiance: warnings about ISIS rise were ignored ~ Allen West believes Obama’s actions tell us a whole lot more than his rhetoric ~

In the last year or so, we’ve seen our military might decimated by budget cuts, pink slips sent to troops while they’re on the battlefield and scores of generals fired, while military leadership deals with how best to integrate LGBT troops, makes sure no one is offended by nativity scenes in the chow hall, and worries about beards. In the meantime, the radical Islamists of ISIS make millions in oil dollars, slaughter, rape and pillage, and grow ever stronger…

 
Boehner Vows to Fight ‘Tooth and Nail’ Against Executive Amnesty He Funded ~ More deceitful demagoguery ~

“I said we’d fight it tooth and nail when we had two majorities in the House and Senate and I meant it,” Boehner said. “What is at risk is the rule of law and the sanctity of America’s Constitution. The president has taken action that is beyond the scope of his ability and the Congress cannot just sit here and look the other way. We have to take action.” 😯

I guess since crying doesn’t help, we may as well laugh.