Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention:
Students Win First Amendment Lawsuit on Constitution Day ~ Chalk one up for free speech, Dixie State walks back unconstitutional approval process. College forced to rethink its restrictive “free speech zone” and Orwellian campus “speech code.” The Fire (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education) led the fight with their Stand Up For Speech Litigation Project.
Middle Class Lost In Obama’s ‘Middle Class Economics’ ~ Incomes are down, poverty is up. Hurray for “hope n’ change.”
Secure the Grid ~ Interesting site I recently clicked across, developed by ~
… an ad hoc group of policy, energy, and national security experts, legislators, and industry insiders who are dedicated to strengthening America’s electrical grid. The Coalition aims to raise awareness to the national and international threat of EMP as well as pass legislation to strengthen the grid.
Resources include regular updates, and informative reports such as this one from last December ~ Iran Has Hacked Our Critical Infrastructure Since 2012. (Aren’t you glad we’re letting them nuke up?)
Liberals Swear More On Twitter According to Study ~ Which should shock exactly no one. Researchers also concluded ~
… that liberals were more likely to use swear words because they tended to be more emotionally expressive than conservatives.
Translation: they’re more irrational. And further ~
Researchers said that the words that conservatives use typically reflect their religious and national identities, while liberals use language that focuses more on their individual identity.
Translation: libs are more self-centered.
Not sure whether the study happened to notice the leftist tendency toward hypocrisy ~ Hollywood lib Matt Damon’s “diversity” drama
Why Western Nations Should Only Accept Christian Refugees ~ There’s a Christian genocide going on in the Middle East, yet 97% of Syrian refugees admitted to US in 2015 are Muslims
Syrian Refugees Are a Special Case and Christian Syrians Most of All ~ Informative article at The Stream provides a succinct analysis of the crisis and offers solutions.
They invaded and now they demand change: Muslims File Petition To End OKTOBERFEST ~ Der liebe Gott! Don’t think they’re on a cultural jihad?
Colorado Peak Politics has been staying on top of developing news on the EPA toxic waste spill at the Gold King Mine (BTW – Have you noticed the total lack of mainstream media coverage?) ~ CRY US A CONTAMINATED RIVER: EPA Chief Takes a Beating at Senate Hearings ~ It’s been six weeks since the massive spill, yet ~
(Gina) McCarthy insisted that no one at her agency could be held responsible because the matter was still under investigation.
BUSTED! EPA Violated Endangered Species Law in Animas Spill ~
Turns out that it is very illegal, as in, criminal and civil charges illegal, when someone does not consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service prior to undertaking a project that poses a threat to endangered critters. In this case, downstream fish.
Not that there will be any accountability with this leftist O’ministration.
“There’s the rub,” said Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas. “Your agency is above the law.”
#BlackLivesMatter Activist Murders Kentucky Cop ~ Another tragic law-enforcement death that Obama “built.”
Connecticut Homeowners Fight to Prevent City From Taking Their Homes for Redevelopment ~ Remember the Pink House? Will the Nutmeg State’s collectivist tyrants win this battle thanks to judicial activism as well?
Bolshevik Bernie and the Communist Spy ~ Yes Sanders is a Marxist. If that’s your worldview, he’s your guy.
Sanders was a collaborator, if not a member, of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), the same group that backed Obama’s run for the presidency. DSA describes itself as the largest socialist organization in the United States and the principal U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International […]
One of the more interesting members of the DSA is Kurt Stand, a communist spy for the Soviet Union (and then Russia) and East Germany who was sentenced to prison in 1998 and released in 2012. He served over 17 years. He was convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage, attempted espionage, and illegally obtaining national defense documents.
Where is he now? Thanks to the DSA, we know that Stand has returned to the organization, which is campaigning hard for Sanders for president. Indeed, DSA has posted photos of Stand and his comrades promoting “socialist values” and the Sanders campaign at the Greenbelt (Maryland) Labor Day Festival.
Don’t doubt it ~ Kremlin TV Backing “Bolshevik Bernie” for President
