Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention:
Iranian Supreme Leader Demands Americans Disarm ~ Oh, well there you go. The Left must love this tyrant ~
(Ayatollah Ali) Khamenei, who has instructed his government to spend billions of dollars on military hardware and ballistic missiles, lashed out at the United States over the weekend, calling on America to ban all guns in light of a series of domestic shootings.
Meanwhile ~ Defiant Iran says missile production has tripled ~
“In the past we had to explain our actions to various bodies, but not any more,” he said. “The law of the world is the hands of the United States, Britain, France and the Zionist regime and they have written these laws with arrogance. But if they want they change them.” ~ Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force
The worthless, fanboyish, clickservative culture of pitiful drama ~ While Donald Trump’s actions with regard to the economy, government regulations, judicial appointments and foreign relations have certainly been commendable from a conservative perspective, the downside with this president has been a crude coarsening of the culture. Chris Pandolfo at Conservative Review laments that…
… the movement has become driven by personality rather than by principle. Our leaders are fundraisers, managers, organizers, or hucksters — not statesmen. We are obsessed with the present and fail to put ourselves in perspective with the past and the future. And our movement is consumed by ambition, greed, and the self-serving desires of some to write the next vapid book and get the next shallow appearance on cable news, while others point, and scorn, and mock, and lecture from the ivory towers of their own inflated egos.
Unfortunately,
While the conservative movement is distracted by nonsense, Americans are losing their liberty (Too true!) […]
Should loyalty to the president take precedence over loyalty to the Constitution? Should conservatives permit the media and the Left to bully us into surrendering the liberties of our progeny?
[True conservatives instinctively know the answers.]
Why Turkey Wants to Invade the Greek Islands ~ Under Islamist President Erdoğan, the Turks believe that the Greek islands are occupied Turkish territory and must be reconquered ~
In 2016, Erdoğan said that Turkey “gave away” the islands that “used to be ours” and are “within shouting distance.” “There are still our mosques, our shrines there,” he said, referring to the Ottoman occupation of the islands.
Washington State Passes Bill Requiring Insurance Companies to Cover Abortion ~ Tyrannical actions like this – forcing people to pay for procedures that violate their deeply-held religious beliefs – is why I’m so grateful we switched, a couple years ago, to a non-insurance alternative: (Christian) healthcare sharing.
The Abolition of Manhood ~ An excellent article by a very wise young man. If only we had thousands more millennials like him ~
(T)he true crux of manliness lies in ones integrity to hold true to what he believes and stand firm in justice against the tyranny of relativism.
Targeted for Believing in Jesus, Russell Vought Barely Confirmed as Pence Casts Tie-Breaker ~ Castigated by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for having the temerity to hold to Christian values, Vought barely squeaked in as Deputy Director of the Office of Management ~
“I’m a Christian, and I believe in a Christian set of principles based on my faith,” Vought said at his confirmation hearing […]
“It was a shocking moment to watch a United States Senator (Sanders) declare that holding to a central tenet of Christianity that Jesus is the only way of salvation is enough to render a well-qualified nominee unfit for public service. Vought’s biblical view of salvation is no different than what Billy Graham preached for more than six decades.” ~ Tony Perkins, president, Family Research Council
A concerned local, Michael Walsh, said that Ireland has become a “slave state” of the EU.
Even worse is that residents are afraid to ask questions for fear of being accused of being “racist.” This pattern is everywhere: Westerners surrendering to indiscriminate immigration for fear of being called “racist” and “Islamophobic.” In the UK, that fear became irrational — in keeping with a real phobia — when girls were being sexually abused in large numbers by Muslim grooming gangs. The attacks were covered up by police, social workers, and politicians, all phobic about being called “racist.”
Meanwhile, Italians are fed up with the hijrah too ~ Italy stuns Euro establishment by voting for its own freedom and security ~
Italian voters have flocked to anti-establishment, Eurosceptic parties and rejected mainstream, traditional political parties, the latest predictions from the country’s election indicated on Monday.
The populist Five Star Movement, founded by stand-up comedian Beppe Grillo as a bombastic challenge to the established order, emerged as the big winner of the general election, in a result that will be viewed with trepidation in Brussels.
Everywhere in western countries now – regular citizens have had enough of being bossed around by their betters in the ruling class.
The Victor Marx Story ~ An amazing tale of transformation. “All things work together for good to them that love God.” ~ Romans 8:28 ~ All Things Possible Ministries
Hollywood Promotes Sex with a Minor ~ In this short video Dr. Michael Brown discusses the hypocrisy not just of the La-La Land culture, but of the Christian culture as well.
Why Did It Take Two Weeks To Discover Parkland Students’ Astroturfing? ~
In seemingly no time, the magical (Parkland) kids had organized events ranging from a national march to a mass school walkout, and they’d brought in a million dollars in donations from Oprah Winfrey and George Clooney.
It was all Social Justice Organizing 101 ~
Rep. Debbie Wassermann Schultz aiding in the lobbying in Tallahassee, a teacher’s union organizing the buses that got the kids there, Michael Bloomberg’s groups and the Women’s March working on the upcoming March For Our Lives, MoveOn.org doing social media promotion and (potentially) march logistics, and training for student activists provided by federally funded Planned Parenthood.
Former slave and two-time Olympian becomes an airman Wonderfully inspiring story about Guor Maker, who – having fled war and slavery in South Sudan almost 20 years ago – truly appreciates America’s freedoms and opportunities ~
“All of the things I’ve accomplished have derived from the opportunities the U.S. has afforded me,” said Maker. “When I first came to America, I didn’t have hardly anything, but with the support and opportunity this country has given me, I’ve been able to completely change my life.”
