Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention:
Obama Frees USS Cole Bombing Terrorist ~ Because, as the last seven years have shown us, American lives don’t matter – at least not to our current commander-in-chief.
… according to the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), nearly 200 people have been arrested under the Sissi regime since late 2013 on charges of “debauchery.” A number have been sentenced to shockingly long prison terms.
On April 24, a court in the Cairo district of Agouza handed down prison terms ranging from three to 12 years to 11 individuals who, according to the EIPR, were variously charged with “inciting to and facilitating debauchery, habitual debauchery” and “the abuse of a communications medium” — that is, the Internet.
Wonder what would happen to transvestites using the women’s restroom?
Why is it that the Left only seems to “judge” the remnants of Judeo-Christian culture? Did you hear anyone condemn this ➡ Man stabs his 16-year-old sister to death in Pakistan ‘honour killing’ – because she was using a mobile phone ~
A Pakistani man used a kitchen knife to murder his sister after flying into a rage when he caught her using a mobile phone.
Hayat Khan, 20, attacked his 16-year-old sister Sumaira at their home in the Orangi Town neighbourhood of Karachi on Wednesday.(4-27)
EPA Shut Down Enough Coal Power in US to Blackout Great Britain ~ And that’s just last year ~
“This should come as no surprise to anyone paying attention. President Obama kept his promise to bankrupt coal plants, and his administration has impeded domestic natural gas, oil, and coal production at every turn,” Dan Simmons, vice president for policy of the IER(Institute For Energy Research), told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
“Research shows these plant closures will harm all of us by increasing electricity costs and making it more difficult to keep energy intensive businesses in the United States. The Obama administration has never been serious about economic growth, and that won’t change as long as the president continues to shut down affordable, reliable energy production.”
Cuban Police Arrest Dissident for Displaying U.S. Flag as Ship Docked in Havana ~ Like so many in the Hope&Change crowd, the poor chump actually believed Obama’s empty rhetoric ~
“As Obama said, if you want liberty, it’s the people who will have to make it happen,” he said, referring to a speech the president made while visiting Cuba. “I’m here to show Cubans and the world that yes, we can.” […]
As the Carnival cruise ship nears, the video shows police manhandling Llorente into a patrol cruiser as he gripped tightly to his American flag. The crowd cheered the arrest as the car pulled away.
Study: Trump-style tariffs on all imports would cost the average U.S. household $6,000 per year ~ Not just hyperbole ~
If you kill demand for American goods abroad, American manufacturers will have to cope with the loss of revenue by cutting costs somewhere. Guess where.
London’s East End ‘Like Baghdad’, As Cockney Culture Dies Out ~ As predicted nearly a decade ago by Melanie Phillips in “Londonistan” ~
“It’s hard to find somebody who speaks English in Newham. We’ve always been a country where immigration plays a part, but not on the scale you find now.”
Hijrah.
Quebec teen discovers ancient Mayan ruins by studying the stars ~ Wow! Teens like this remind one not to give up completely on today’s youth!
REPORT: PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIAN REFUGEES IN GERMANY ~ No safe haven. Christians flee to Europe to escape ISIS and find Islamists still won’t leave them alone! ~
Persecution (among Christian refugees in temporary accommodations in Germany) was suffered in the following ways (with the number of people affected in brackets):
• Insults (96)
• Bodily harm (86)
• Death threats – also towards family (73)
• Very loud religious music or prayer (62)In addition there were physical attacks in the form of punches, spitting, pushing and sexual abuse.
Gotta love that old Religion-of-Peace.
March of the Living: Bringing Resurrection from Holocaust Death ~
Thousands of young people meet in Poland and Israel each year to learn about the Holocaust from where it happened.
A truly effective way to teach the next generation about past horrors as a means to help ensure Never Again.
