Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention:
Students demand that university cancel Pence event ~ Today’s oh-so-tolerant young leftists. These naive kids actually claim to be Christian (The vice president is an evangelical who holds to traditional Christian values) ~
The petition declares that Pence’s political views are at odds with Christian values, accusing him of outright bigotry against “the working and poor classes,” the “LGBTQI+ community,” immigrants, and the black community.
Pentagon sending $200 million in nonlethal aid to Ukraine in move expected to rile Moscow ~ Excellent. And not exactly a move that will make Putin happy ~
The American military hardware being shipped to Ukraine includes “secure communications, military mobility, night vision, and military medical treatment, according to Maj. Sheryll Klinkel, a Pentagon spokesperson.
“This reaffirms the longstanding defense relationship between the United States and Ukraine and brings the total U.S. security sector assistance to Ukraine to more than $1 billion since 2014,” Klinkel said in a statement […]
Secretary of Defense James Mattis is also asking that Congress sign a waiver that would allow the U.S. to sell weapons to countries that also purchase arms from Russia. The idea is to make sure U.S. sanctions don’t push allies into the arms of Russia.
“Russia should suffer consequences for its aggressive, destabilizing behavior and its illegal occupation of Ukraine,” Mattis said in statment issued by the Pentagon.
Walls Close In On Sen. Bob Menendez, Could Be Unseated By GOP Challenger ~ Is New Jersey actually fed up with shady Bob’s antics? ~
New Jersey’s Democratic Senator, Bob Menendez, who walked away from a corruption indictment on a mistrial, may not be re-elected. According to a recent poll, the senator’s chances at keeping his seat in the upcoming mid-term have disintegrated.
“The Obama administration presided over a humanitarian and public safety nightmare in its handling of ‘unaccompanied alien children,’” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “The incident reports also support the Trump administration’s contention that the UAC crisis, which continues, includes murderers, rapists, drug smugglers and human traffickers being routinely allowed into the United States.”
China: Xinjiang’s children in orphanages as their parents held in re-education camps ~ Where’s the outcry for these kids? Not to mention their parents?
(A)n ongoing Chinese government crackdown on its Uyghur-people in Xinjiang province is tearing both Muslim and Christian families and communities apart […]
Hundreds of thousands – reports say it might be over a million – Uyghur and Kazakh men have been rounded up and taken to ‘re-education Centres’, also known as “study centres” or “mind-transformation centres”, where they are detained for weeks or even months […]
The Chinese government has denied the existence of the camps. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told Reuters in April: “Everyone can see that people of all ethnicities in Xinjiang live and work in peace and contentment, and enjoy peaceful and progressing lives.”
Do Immigrants Have a Human Right to Enter the US? How About Your Home? ~ OK, let’s try a little critical thinking here – courtesy of Dennis Teti at The Stream ~
Everyone knows that homeowners have the right to decide who may come into their (private) homes. In other words, no one has a “human right” to enter your house uninvited. Nor appeal to a police officer or a judge to let you in. Nor to consume or destroy your property — even if he pays you back with interest. An uninvited stranger who breaks and lives in your home violates justice, the natural law. If the owner asks the stranger in, it’s only because she judges it’s in the interest of her household.
The owner might deny entry fearing the stranger will harm her kids or assault her sick mother. Or the owner might let him in to model charity, or admire the stranger’s physical features or ideas, his skin color or religious beliefs. The stranger can’t claim a right. He can only ask. There’s only one human right in play: the owner’s right to close or open her door.
LGBTQ Totalitarianism in Boston: The Destruction of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade ~ The Gaystapo has officially co-opted the annual event ~
The shocking evolution of the parade from a celebration of Irish Catholic heritage to an overtly LGBTQ event should be a warning to those who advocate “inclusion” within their institutions. The infusion of LGBTQ sexuality will inevitably upend tried and true traditions and moral standards. We see this happening most clearly in our schools and churches.
FIFA World Cup and Climate Change: Shocking Exits and Shocking Retentions ~ Climate alarmists frequently use International sporting events as an opportunity to promote their climate change agenda, claiming that the huge gatherings release massive amounts of carbon dioxide. Vijay Jayaraj points out their faux science ~
Yet in the real world, as opposed to the make-believe world of computer models, carbon dioxide emissions from human activity failed to cause any significant rise in temperatures during the last 60 years.
It’s not that there’s been no warming. There has been. It’s that all the warming can be explained by variations in three natural causes: volcanic eruptions, energy from the sun, and ocean currents, especially the El Niño/La Niña Southern Oscillation and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation.
John Brennan Misses Communist Russia ~ Former CIA director is a national disgrace! ~
John Brennan, who supported the Soviet-controlled American Communist Party, meets the textbook definition of a useful idiot for the Russians. At the height of the Cold War, he was rooting for the Reds, casting his vote in 1976 for Gus Hall, the American Communist Party’s presidential candidate. If anyone is adept at serving as a dupe for the Russians, it is John Brennan. To paraphrase John Kerry, he was for them before he was against them.
Cattle as Conservationists ~ Good stewardship. Interesting article that explains how proper management of grazing lands is ecologically sound ~
In truth, one of the biggest long-term challenges facing this country is maintaining its food security as global population growth expands the markets for food exports across Asia, Latin America and elsewhere. It’s great that U.S. agriculture is helping feed the world, but not only must we as a nation maintain our domestic food chain, we must maintain the land needed to produce the crops needed to maintain that production chain, even if we’re talking about alt-meat products grown in what amounts to giant test tubes […]
I’m quoting from the Fish and Wildlife Service report: “Grazing benefits endangered wildlife, specifically by reducing the dominance of non-native grasses that suck up water and shorten the seasonal lifespan of pool breeding habitats.”
Swedish dental hygenist fired for revealing that 80% of ‘child migrants’ are actually adults ~ “In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ~ G. Orwell ~
Mr Bernt Herlitz shared this information with an immigration officer, who told him to file a report detailing his findings. However, as a result of Mr Herlitz exposing these lies, his employer decided to fire and fine him, under the dubious accusation of breaking “confidentiality”.
‘It Was a Miracle!’ Thai Soccer Players Relive Daring Rescue from Flooded Cave ~ CBN News shares some of the names and details behind the sensation headlines (w/ video)
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My favorite tweet of the week ~
After soccer World Cup final; a stark contrast in cultures ~
Croatia lose, their fans remain dignified & enjoy the moment.
Multicultural France win, they riot & loot shops. pic.twitter.com/1FkQFwZhVQ— Mark Collett (@MarkACollett) July 16, 2018
