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

 
Jihadi terror manuals on how to use a car as a ‘tool of war’ for mass murder can be found in just two minutes on Google and Twitter ~ Online instructions for the discerning jihadi; how-to info on the latest trend for murdering infidels.

A day after the London attack, this guy read the manual, but must have missed a critical detail ~ TERROR IN BELGIUM: Terrorist Stopped Before Ramming Speeding Car Through Crowd

 
One man, close to the pope, responsible for so much evil in the Vatican ~ Rome is becoming a battleground for the soul of the Catholic church. Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, chancellor of two Vatican dicasteries: the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, is an elitist, globalist and proponent of population control. Life Site News interviewed Sorondo after a Feb. 27-March 1 conference on “Biological Extinction” that he hosted at the Vatican ~

… I want to say that also in the catechismos of the Church say, ‘the state has a responsibility for its citizens’ well-being. In this capacity, it is legitimate for the state to intervene to orient the demography of the population.’ This is also an idea of the Catholic Church.

Like Pope Francis, Sorondo is a native Argentinian, but you’d be forgiven for guessing he was a Notre Dame alumni, seems the university is post-Christian as well ~ Notre Dame Students Complain After Mike Pence Announced as Commencement Speaker ~

The university’s College Democrats organization expressed their concern over Pence’s stances on immigration, abortion, and healthcare, suggesting that his values contradict those of what the group would consider an appropriate commencement speaker.

 
Authorities raid cockfighting operation in southwest Detroit ~ Alternative headline: ICE shuts down cultural enrichment program 😀 ~

Feds say about 50 people were taken into custody on immigration law violations

Great. Now let’s send them back right? Well, that might be a little problematic ~ 30 Countries Are Refusing To Take Back Illegal Immigrants Convicted Of Serious Crimes

While these countries are refusing to accept the deportations of these criminals, the U.S. government is still issuing visas and student visas to citizens of those countries, according to the Texan congressman. There is already a law on the books which allows the U.S. to hold visas from a country that is not taking back its criminals, but according to (Texas Rep. Henry) Cuellar, the U.S. is not enforcing it.

 
GOOD TRUMP: Keystone XL Pipeline Approved ~ Some very good news that was rather lost in yesterday’s Obamacare replacement circus ~

The Keystone pipeline will stretch 875 miles from Alberta, Canada to Nebraska, where it will be connected to other pipelines already in place to deliver oil further south. It is expected to carry as many as 830,000 barrels of oil a day.
 
The pipeline is also expected to create 42,100 jobs, although only 35 will be permanent.
 
Still, it’s a common-sense move that will provide a temporary boost in jobs and increase the supply of oil.

Climate Change Caused Brexit Explains Al Gore… ~ Well who knew? Al’s theory goes like this ~

(T)he Brexit vote in Britain last summer was the result of “political instability” created by the “stress” caused by climate-change induced chaos in the Middle East.

It appears that “climate change” is now the catchall boogieman for all the world’s ills. James Dellingpole continues ~

This is almost certainly the first time climate change has been blamed for Brexit.
 
It comes only days after a study produced by the British Medical Journal linking climate change with diabetes.

 
Lawyer for Russian whistleblower’s family plummets from apartment ~ Putin just can’t shake his KGB past; unfortunately this seems to be the way he regularly deals with the opposition ~

“It is extremely suspicious,” (British businessman Bill) Browder told The AP by telephone from London, suggesting the fall could be related to Gorokhov’s work challenging President Vladimir Putin’s government. “Gorokhov is a serious problem for the Putin regime as he has spent the last seven years exposing their complicity in the death of Sergei Magnitsky.”
(Magnitsky died in a Moscow prison at the age of 37 after accusing officials of stealing $230 million via tax rebates.)

 
From Anti-Israel Boycott Warrior to Busted Tax Evader: The Rise and Fall of Omar Barghouti ~ What a stellar citizen. But ponder the irony here; the guy is allowed to live in Israel, advocate for that nation’s economic implosion, and travel around the world to raise funds for his cause from other western nations. The Islamists really are genius at using the West’s own institutions and philosophies against them ~

The arrest (in Israel) earlier this week of Omar Barghouti, a co-founder of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, for his alleged failure to pay taxes on $700,000 in income brings an end, or at least a halt, to the public face of his controversial campaign.
 
The BDS campaign, which Barghouti helped launch in 2005, attempts to delegitimize and isolate Israel in an effort to advance Palestinian interests. Many leaders of the campaign have publicly affirmed that they seek Israel’s destruction, with Barghouti saying in 2004, “We are witnessing the rapid demise of Zionism, and nothing can be done to save it … I, for one, support euthanasia.”

 
Your Marriage: You Have No Idea of the Good You Are Doing ~ An inspiring read for those days when you might be tempted to trade you spouse in for another model Healthy marriages make for a healthy society.