Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention:
Libertarian economics professor: ‘Ten Things Millennials Should Know About Socialism’ ~ Hey kids – ignorance is not bliss!
And even if they refuse to study history, there’s a tragic example in Venezuela happening in real-time that they can learn from right now.
This might even make them sick ➡ Socialist medicine on parade in Venezuela: Here’s what happens when government runs health care ~
(A new documentary exposes) rampant filth, lack of resources and medicine, grossly underpaid doctors, and all-around chaos at public health clinics and hospitals throughout this South American oil-exporting nation.
Established using some of the massive wealth accumulated from its $1.9 trillion in oil exports, Venezuela’s public health system is a product of the late Hugo Chavez’ visionary goals for ending poverty. Since his death, though, the system has deteriorated into Third World squalor, where even basic sanitation practices are no longer followed, putting everyone at risk.
Not that Venezuela’s bleak reality will “trump” our latest fantasy of “hope & change” ~ The triumph of old-school socialism: Trump’s massive new welfare plan ~ Sorry folks. We’re not going to Make America Great Again with socialism… Trump’s GOP: Make the New Deal great again ~
What team Trump doesn’t understand is that so called Keynesian “demand side” economics has failed spectacularly. It doesn’t need to be tried again, especially in some effort to “make America great again.” This is something that American’s know, and it is why by overwhelming numbers they consider “big government” to be one of the greatest threats to the US, according to a Gallup poll taken in December of 2015.
“I Carry A Gun” ~ Excellent source for pro-Second Amendment facts and stats. Very useful in countering anti-gun propaganda!
[Hat-tip: Turning Point]
Professors tell students: Drop class if you dispute man-made climate change ~ Indoctrination U. Believe or leave? Hmmm… almost sounds like a religion ~
Some students who hunger for knowledge,
Trust Professors to guide them through college,
Must from courses opt out,
If they climate-change doubt,
Or not dogma of warming acknowledge.
– Ruairi
[Limerick via JoNova]
ACLU Loses Attempt to Force Catholic Hospital to Refer Patients for Abortions ~ Great to see the good guys win one of these atheist battles ~
A Catholic hospital in Michigan will not be forced to recommend abortions to patients after a federal court rejected a woman’s lawsuit on Thursday.
In May, the ACLU published an advocacy report titled “Health Care Denied,” attacking Catholic hospitals that refuse to do abortions and other medical procedures that violate their faith. The publication highlighted how many hospitals in the U.S. are Catholic (one in six), and then accused them of jeopardizing women’s lives because they do not do abortions, sterilizations and other “reproductive health” procedures.
Grazie Pozo Christie, a Miami-area radiologist and a Catholic, told the Baptist Press that the ACLU’s claims are false.
Families attacked in southern France as ‘women were wearing shorts’ ~ Isn’t cultural enrichment swell?
Let’s see… we’ve got this ➡ Pay for Play: Where did DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson Get Five Hundred Grand to Donate to the DNC? ~
A career civil servant with that kind of money ought to be surprising, especially in lieu of his subsequent outreach efforts to proven Muslim Brotherhood outfits.
And this ➡ Why Did the Obama Administration Funnel Millions to Secretary of State John Kerry’s Daughter’s Nonprofit? ~
As reported in the Daily Caller, millions of dollars have been funneled through the Peace Corps to a nonprofit foundation created and directed by Secretary of State John Kerry’s daughter. In a scheme that demands an honest and detailed explanation, the Department of State funded a Peace Corps program and then the Peace Corps awarded the money without competitive bids to a nonprofit established by Dr. Vanessa Kerry, who created the program.
Any wonder we call D.C. the District of Corruption? But oh well, business as usual.
Covering up bird mortality at wind farms ~ This is how progressives advance every one of their leftist causes: If the mainstream media ignores it it’s not happening ~
Throughout the world, ever since shocking mortality statistics at wind farms made the news 15-20 years ago, efforts have been made by the wind industry and complicit governments to hide the numbers.
“Once Upon a Time in America We Lost Our Courage, and Madness Reigned” ~ If we want to avoid this catastrophe, Jennifer Hartline says we need to stop being cowards and return to sanity ~
Shame on us if we abandon our children to face this tyrannical bully for themselves while we cave in to try and save ourselves some grief. Shame on us if we don’t fight for their bodily, intellectual and spiritual integrity. Woe to us if we leave them to be deformed by a demonic ideology.
Why God Has Blessed the United States ~ (Note the past tense though)
There is one abiding and overarching principle God uses in deciding whether to release his favor over a nation or withhold it. That one principle is whether that nation is a friend or a foe to the sons of Abraham […]
God made a profound promise to the father of the Jewish people, a promise which he has never revoked and which is still in effect today. “I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse” (Genesis 12:3).
