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

 
5 Things Ann Coulter Got Wrong About Donald Trump ~ An excellent analysis from Dr. Michael Brown. Misplaced faith is bound to disappoint.

 
What has changed that Israel went from ecstasy over Trump to near-mourning? ~ It wasn’t just we gullible voters; Trump had the Israelis fooled as well. From Yaakov Katz at JPost ~

The truth is that Trump never really changed, since he never really had a formulated worldview to begin with.
 
Like most things in life, the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. Yes, Trump has an affinity for Israel, but he also has limitations like all presidents before him – the need to ensure the stability of the US’s other allies in the region and to appear fair in his handling of the conflict.

[Katz rightly asserts that it’s ultimately up to Israel to take control of the situation.]

 
Palestinian factions call for ‘A Day of Rage’ during Trump visit ~ Because nothing says “Religion of Peace” like a #DayofRage

 
SOLOGAMY: The Saddest Trend You’ve Ever Heard Of ~ Just the latest in marriage deconstruction ~

In the new, sad trend called “sologamy,” women are committing themselves to themselves with their own wedding ceremony. These women, such as self-styled “sologamist” Erika Anderson, throw on a white gown, invite their close friends and family and marry themselves in a legally nonbinding way.

 
Gay Organist Admits Painting ‘Fag Church’ and ‘Heil Trump’ on Church Walls ~ Because when you can’t find actual bigotry to support your victim narrative of prejudice and persecution, you gotta get creative.

 
WHITE HELMETS: Terrorist Whistleblower Exposes Staged Chemical Weapon Attacks ~ Another story the mainstream media ignored because it doesn’t reinforce their Assad-is-Satan fantasy ~

Aleppo, SANA – Terrorist, Walid Hendi confessed to taking part in fabricating videos and photos for a Turkish TV channel while working with the so-called “White Helmets” that depict neighborhoods and areas in Aleppo being attacked with chemical weapons in order to blame the Syrian Arab Army.

 
New Vatican Report: Global Decline in Priests; The decline is pronounced in Europe, while Africa is viewed as hub of future priests ~ Scriptural fidelity is one of the defining characteristics of most African churches, i.e, God’s Word is God’s Word, it’s not open to human revision. You’d think maybe Rome would get the message.
 
How Palestinians can kill their daughters, sisters and wives, and get away with it ~ Another “Womens March” is planned for next week in protest against this misogynistic practice… oh wait – no it’s not ~

Despite a series of reforms to the Palestinian legal code since 2011 aimed at preventing so-called “honor killings,” the law has continued to allow men who murder, assault and rape women in the Palestinian territories to receive significantly reduced sentences.

 
Largest US Solar Panel Maker Files for Bankruptcy After Receiving $206 Million in Subsidies ~ Blaming their woes on cheap Chinese imports another one bites the dust, taking our $$ with it ~

“China now has managed to circumvent and violate existing trade defense measures in several ways and again incited a ruinous price race to the bottom, destroying U.S. manufacturing jobs,” Stein said.
 
Not everyone in the solar industry agrees increased tariffs would be a good thing. The U.S. company Sunnova sent a letter to the U.S. trade commission arguing the “imposition of tariffs on solar cells and panels will significantly harm the U.S. economy by destroying jobs.”

 
When will we start listening to those who’ve been down this unfortunate road? ~ Former PM – John Howard Calls Australia’s Renewables Policy a ‘National Scandal’ ~

“It will be a policy scandal of the first order if those sorts of restriction¬s and the absolutely over-zealous growth of renewable energy targets … leads to massive increases in the cost of energy in different parts of the country,” he said.

 
Communists propel Chokwe Antar Lumumba towards Jackson, Mississippi mayoralty ~ Someday soon the South can replace the Civil War statues they’re tearing down with monuments to Chairman Mao ~

American Maoists’ plans to transform the Deep South got a major boost on May 2, when Chokwe Antar Lumumba won the Democratic primary in the Jackson Mississippi mayoralty with 55% of the vote.
 
In heavily Democratic Jackson, Lumumba will likely coast into the mayor’s seat at the general election on June 6.
 
Like his father Chokwe Lumumba before him, who won the mayoralty in 2013, but died a few months later, Chokwe Antar Lumumba owes his job to America’s largest Maoist grouping Freedom Road Socialist Organization and allied Marxists.

 
Bill Allowing Ontario Doctors to Reject Assisted Suicide Fails ~ Whatever happened to “First, do no harm?” Progressives aren’t just wrong, they’re evil ~

On Thursday, Ontario’s legislative assembly voted down Bill 129, which would’ve shielded doctors from having to refer suicidal patients to doctors, who would help kill them.
 
Writing what’s called an “effective referral” for a patient to receive doctor-assisted suicide is seen by many physicians in Ontario as writing a patient’s death warrant. One such doctor commented, “For many people, making a referral is being complicit in the act of killing a patient.” Another doctor remarked, “I can’t say I’m opposed to robbing a bank and then give a would-be thief the combination to the locks.”