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

 
Harvard Takes A Bold Stand Against Slavery ~ A meaningless gesture in response to an imaginary problem. These people are nuts.
 
The Islands ~ From Full Measure, Sharyl Attkisson’s news site. China militarizes the South China Sea; the feckless O’Ministration and their media sock puppets yawn ~

March 6, 2016 — Halfway around the world there’s a big interest over a group of small islands. China is boosting its military presence in the South China Sea, creating bases on islands carved out of coral and sand. The concern is that they may threaten shipping lanes where trillions of dollars in cargo pass every year.

 
Trump Sides with The Council on Foreign Relations Against the U.S. Taxpayer ~ Yet another flip-flop; Trump opposed ending the Cuban embargo back in 1999 ~

“I would rather take a financial hit than become a financial backer of one of the world’s most-brutal dictators…thereal cause of misery of the Cuban people is Castro’s Marxist-Leninist economic system — not the U.S. embargo.” (Donald Trump June 25, 1999.)

Now he joins with with The Council on Foreign Relations, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, The Trilateral Commission, The Davos Group, The Organization of American States, The United Nations, the Congressional Black Caucus and The Congressional Hispanic Caucus in saying it was a great idea. It’s not.

 
Madness: Olympics to allow pre-op male-to-female ‘transgenders’ to compete as women ~ Won’t this should make for some thrilling TV this summer? Can’t wait for “womens'” gymnastics! ~

Reporting for Breitbart, Jan. 22, 2016, William Bigelow points out that the new IOC policy ignores evidence that male-to-female transgenders are larger, taller, and stronger in general than the women they compete against, because of the testosterone in their bodies since puberty.

 
Navy Changes Body Fat Rules To Allow Obese Male, Female Sailors To Stay In ~ So much for military discipline. Obviously self-control is not a prerequisite in today’s progressive navy ~

The Navy officially changed body fat regulations in January and is now extending a hand to sailors who have flunked fitness tests three or more times, despite frequent use of diet pills and liposuction…

 
The Air Force is in rapid decline as well ~ US Air Force Academy hostile to Christianity but funds witchcraft & voodoo ~

There’s something seriously amiss in the United States Air Force Academy. We received documents from the Air Force Academy revealing that in 2014 and 2015, the Academy used its “Chapel Tithes and Offering Fund” to pay for cadets to participate in worship services featuring witchcraft, “Faery Magick,” and voodoo. The records reveal that the Air Force Academy paid to send cadets to a Wiccan festival in Denver in May 2014 and a Denver Witches Ball in October of the same year.

 
Shot ‘by his own hostage’: Fugitive murder suspect ‘is gunned down by family while holding them captive in their own home’ ~ Is this is what the gun-grabbers hope to prevent?

 
Keep Calm and Carry On: Christians in a Darkening Culture ~ Eric Metaxas with an encouraging reminder for Christians everywhere; carry on until the King returns ~

We know the end of the story. We’re Christians and are called to act like Christians, whatever happens between now and then.