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

 
24 days to Al Gore’s ’10 years to save the planet’ and ‘point of no return’ planetary emergency deadline ~ Flashback to 2006 ~

(U)nless drastic measures to reduce greenhouse gases are taken within the next 10 years, the world will reach a point of no return, Gore said.

How inconvenient for Al. His global warming hysteria really wasn’t the truth ~

So, the big warming events of the last 10 years have been El Niño related, a natural event, and even they haven’t reached catastrophic levels of global temperature.

How To Stop Sexualizing Everything ~ Insightful article by D.C. McAllister at The Federalist explains how the idea that love=sex has so corrupted our culture ~

Our society needs a phileo resurgence so we can express ourselves with the nonsexual passion and love we really feel.

 
Migrants rampage in Calais, steal from trucks, threaten motorists, storm Eurotunnel on Christmas Day ~ Gotta love the wonderful “diversity” those Muslim migrants are inflicting on Europeans ~

Astonishing footage from Calais has captured the moment hundreds of migrants stormed the streets in an attempt to break into the Eurotunnel on Christmas Day.

 
Obama’s Cuba Policy Makes Life Worse for Cubans ~ Because of course, it never really was about freedom and democracy ~

As a candidate for president, Obama promised a Cuba policy that would “be guided by one word: Libertad.” If the regime in Havana wanted the benefits of normalization, he vowed, it would first have to accept democratic reforms. But Obama’s foreign policy toward Cuba, like his policies toward Iran and Russia and Syria, turned out to be far more about accommodating despots, far less about upholding Western norms. His years in office have coincided with a worldwide retreat of democratic freedoms; why would Cuba be an exception?
 

Last week, 126 former Cuban dissidents wrote a letter pleading with Obama to reconsider his approach. Showering the Castro regime with so many benefits, they warned, will “prolong the life of the dictatorship,” even as it “marginaliz[es] the democratic opposition.” Alas, that doesn’t trouble the president nearly as much as it troubles them. He’s on his way out, and no longer has to pretend to care about the fate of beleaguered democrats.

 
Catholics Protest Oklahoma Satanic Sacrilege ~ As the Satanists grow bolder, many of the faithful are standing firm. (Some unsettling video footage at Church Militant)
 
Phyllis Schlafly: GOP In Open Revolt Over Big-Spending Budget ~ As Republicans spend like drunken liberals…

It’s no wonder that betrayed Republican voters have adopted a throw-the-bums-out attitude that supports the presidential campaigns of Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Ben Carson.

 
This is encouraging ~ House rebels crusade for Cruz ~ Most senators can’t stand him, but a collection of House conservatives is going all out for Ted Cruz in 2016.
Time for regular Americans to take on the Washington Cartel.

Christian convert arrested in Iran during holiday season ~ Although western society is growing increasingly hostile to Christmas, at least they aren’t throwing Christians in prison yet ~

A Christian man was attacked and arrested in Iran just before Christmas, a time when Iranian officials have been cracking down on those celebrating or observing the holiday, according to an Iranian news agency […]
 
The officers inspected Hojjati’s home, confiscating Bibles, a Christmas tree, all cell phones, a computer and other personal belongings, while assaulting him in front of family members, the report said.

 
Whistleblower: Islamic Groups Control Narrative Of American Law Enforcement ~ Retired DHS employee Philip Haney believes the San Bernadino massacre may have thwarted if DHS – under pressure from Muslim groups – hadn’t tied the hands of intelligence personnel like himself ~

Last week, the retired DHS employee issued an open letter to Congress explaining the inadequacy of government vetting, saying, “the Obama administration had a deadly blind spot when it comes to Islamic terrorism,” while calling on Congress to step in to ensure better protection of Americans with improved vetting.

 
Ultra-feminist founder of Femen Brazil declares herself pro-life, apologizes to Christians ~ Now that she no longer believes their destructive lies, Sara Fernanda Giromini is exposing the the dark paths followed by radical feminists.