Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention:
Britain Squanders £7bn a Year on Stone Age Wind Power ~ Wind will never be a viable source of energy for our present or future needs, and throwing more $$ at the industry is certainly not the answer ~
(T)he endgame is pretty simple: separate taxpayers and/or power consumers from billions of their hard-earned currency and transfer it to the operators of a power source abandoned centuries ago, for pretty obvious reasons. (Known to kite flyers and sailors, since the beginning of time).
Not to mention, the adverse environmental impact: Germans Rue Wave of ‘Green’ Destruction: Wind Turbines Driving Critters From Natural Habitats
Michelle Obama: America’s ‘forever first lady’ ~ Please, make her go away ~
During her keynote speech (at a Reach Higher 2018 College Signing Day event at Temple University in Philadelphia), the former FLOTUS paused in all the right places and used ghetto-talk and hip-hop hand gestures to keep with the flow of her sing-songy exhortation to 8,000 high school students signing up for college. After sharing sad experiences from her childhood, the former first lady officially announced that despite the discouragement of “haters,” she became America’s “forever first lady.”
Maxine Waters: Kanye Talking ‘Out of Turn,’ ‘Should Think Twice About Politics’ ~ Whoa. “Get back on the plantation son!” ~
“Kanye West is a very creative young man who has presented some of the most revolutionary material in the African-American community. … But we also think that sometimes Kanye West talks out of turn and perhaps sometimes he needs some assistance in helping him to formulate some of his thoughts,” Waters reportedly told Politico at an Oakland event with members of the Congressional Black Caucus that pushed for more diversity in Silicon Valley.
Just when you think California can’t sink any lower, we have this ~
Knowingly exposing others to HIV is no longer a felony in California ~
California lawmakers have passed legislation to reduce the penalty for those who knowingly or intentionally expose others to HIV without their knowledge, rolling back a law that mostly affected sex workers […]
“Good grief,” wrote the National Review’s Wesley J. Smith. “Leave it to California to make a declining and decadent culture even more declining and decadent.”
And this ~
California highway workers face ‘buckets of human feces,’ needles as homeless crisis worsens ~
In the past year alone, Caltrans estimated the cleanup costs in 2016-17 topped $10 million, a 34 percent increase over the previous year across all 12 regional districts. Maintenance crews encountered about 7,000 homeless camps on rights of way of the state’s 254 highways.
At least it hasn’t gotten this bad in the Golden State yet (Dear Lord!) ~
Hundreds of Dead Babies Found in Trash in Pakistan: 99 Percent Are Girls ~
The Edhi Foundation found 355 dead newborns in garbage dumps across the country in 2017, and 99 percent of them were identified as girls. Edhi found 180 such cases in Karachi alone in 2017. The group also found 72 dead girls buried in the first four months of 2018.
Michigan: Muslim Pharmacists, Doctor, and Patient Recruiter Charged in $5M Insurance Fraud, Opioid Racket ~ Even though we live in southeast Michigan – where these crimes were committed – I had to wait for Creeping Sharia to report this story ~
The indictment alleges that all four pharmacies fraudulently billed Medicare, Medicaid, and Blue Cross Blue Shield for controlled substances, that were dispensed, and high-priced medications that were not dispensed […]
The fraudulent billings netted the pharmacies combined profits in excess of five million dollars, which the co-owners then converted to their own personal use.
Pennsylvania: Muslim disrupts church service, screams “You press on Muslims’ nerves. You’re going straight to Hell.” ~ Religion-of-Peace adherent confronts infidels. But don’t go getting all Islamaphobic or anything.
On the bright side ~
Islamic Clerics Warn Against Spread of Christianity in the Most Islamic City in Iran ~ Another reason for us to dismantle the nuclear deal and support the Iranians who want freedom from the theocratic regime ~
This high rate of conversion of Iranian youth to Christianity is in spite of rigorous Islamic indoctrination of the youth in their families and educational system. The Islamic government of Iran dedicates massive budgets to the support of Islamic organizations that promote Islam among the youth within and without Iran’s borders. Such efforts to attract Iranian youth is much more noticeable in Islamic cities such as Mashhad and Qom. Regardless of such efforts, Iranian youth seem to become increasingly distant from Islam, which is a cause of great concern for the Iranian Islamic government.
KELA, the Finnish social security agency, has failed to secure the funding it needs to extend its universal basic income (UBI) experiment beyond this year {…]
(I)t was clear from the start that a basic income, even such a low one, is an extremely expensive way to boost precarious forms of employment.
Marxists Around the World Celebrate May Day with Violent Protests~ Pretty much what you’d expect from a worldview that’s responsible for the deaths of millions ~
Traditionally an ancient northern hemisphere spring festival, May Day was co-opted by 20th-century communists as “International Workers’ Day” to commemorate the 1886 Haymarket riots in Chicago that saw dozens of laborers killed and injured by police while demonstrating for employment rights.
Governments and trade unions today use the event as an opportunity to demand higher wages and employment benefits. Communist nations used the holiday to promote their own elite.
March of the Malcontents; Bernie-approved ~
Every day we must strive for a just and moral economy with decent wages, decent benefits and decent working conditions for all workers. That is a struggle that must be carried on by every generation. #MayDay
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) May 1, 2018
Face facts: The LGBTQ movement wants to destroy Christianity ~ Lloyd Marcus warns that the Gaystapo really does want to punish our belief in a Higher Authority
Christians are passively allowing LGBTQ activists to steal the hearts and minds of their children, drive followers of Christ out of business, and threaten pastors with jail time for quoting the Bible. Deceived by the LGBTQ movement, Christians are passively marching to the death of Christianity.
Nevada bank robber, FBI agent who arrested him, pray at White House ~ An amazing story of redemption that President Trump shared at Thursday’s National Day of Prayer
