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

 
VICTORY: HHS Cancels FDA’s Contract with Organization Referred for Criminal Investigation to Supply Aborted Baby Parts to Create Humanized Mice ~ Great news on the pro-life front. Call it the Trump Effect ~

This victory is an incredible step forward in the pro-life fight, and one and shows just how important it is that we let our government know that we are not okay with our tax dollars being used in such appalling and shameful ways.
 
Further, not only is HHS canceling the contract with ABR, but it also has initiated an “audit of all acquisitions involving human fetal tissue,” a “comprehensive review of all research involving fetal tissue,” and “alternatives . . . to the use of human fetal tissue.” Each of these are major victories. Finally, in addition to legal and regulatory considerations, it is important to note that HHS is mandating that “moral and ethical considerations” be included in each of these reviews – a significant change in the valuing of unborn human life.

 
Jane Fonda: ‘Get in the Streets’ and ‘Shut Down the Country’ If Trump Fires Mueller ~ Because Hanoi Jane apparently didn’t subvert America enough during the Vietnam era ~

“People always say, ‘Was it worse in the ’60s and ’70s?’ It was not! This is the worst! This is an existential crisis. And if we don’t do what needs to be done–in terms of making our voices heard, and our votes heard–that’s it! We don’t have time,” said Fonda, who been doing a ton of press promoting the premiere of her HBO documentary film Jane Fonda In Five Acts.

In a way she’s correct. It very well could be “an existential crisis” – for the progressive Left. Brace for anarchy.
 
A Prophet Warned Us 50 Years Ago Of the Issues Facing the Church Today ~

Francis A. Schaeffer (1912-1984) was a Christian theologian, philosopher and prophetic voice. While others were trying to decipher the handwriting on the wall, he was reading it clearly, often decades before his time.

I highly recommend any/all of Schaeffer’s books especially “How Shall We Then Live” and “A Christian Manifesto.”

 
Liberal lunacy now interfering with MEDICINE: Children’s hospital removes gender designations from wristbands to appease delusional Leftists who don’t believe in biological reality ~ Shouldn’t a discipline that is forced to deal with the real world – cause and effect, disease and cure, injury and healing – refuse to play make-believe?

The transgender community is singing a chorus of praise to the god of LGBT after Children’s Hospital in Aurora, Colorado, announced that it will no longer be assigning gender wristbands to its child patients.
 
Young boys and girls will now be genderless in the eyes of hospital staff, who claim that the move fosters “equality” and the recognition of children’s “unique gender identity.”

 
Things like this are what happens in the brave new reality-free world that LGBTQers want to push us into ~ Male Rapist Who Identifies as “Female” Transfers to Women’s Jail ~

(West Yorkshire, England) Because Stephen claimed to identify as a woman he was sent to New Hall Prison, a jail for women. Stephen is biologically 100% male and has had no chemical or surgical modifications. Now the insanity of sending a convicted rapist who is biologically male to a women’s prison could only lead to one outcome. You guessed it—Stephen used this as an opportunity to sexually assault four women in the prison. After the sexual assaults, Stephen was transferred to an all-male prison in Leeds.
 
A Prison Service spokesman then issued a statement: “We apologise sincerely for the mistakes which were made in this case. While we work to manage all prisoners, including those who are transgender, sensitively and in line with the law, we are clear that the safety of all prisoners must be our absolute priority.”

Scientist Suspended, Put Under Investigation For Arguing Physics Isn’t Sexist ~ Alessandro Strumia’s presentation at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) last month was a bit too factually-based for the gathering ~

A physics professor who blamed “cultural Marxism” for punishing scientists if they challenge the idea that “microaggressions,” “gaslighting,” and “mansplaining” are preventing women from succeeding in STEM has been suspended and is under an ethics investigation.
 
“Physics is not sexist against women,” his presentation concluded. “However truth does not matter, because it’s part of a political battle coming from outside.”

 
Physics isn’t sexist. But what about climatists? ~ Climate Change’s #MeToo Movement: The Dark Secrets of Climate Saviors ~ Apparently the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have some sexual misconduct issues to deal with ~

The disturbing news about sexual harassment within the climate fraternity came to light during last year’s climate conference at Bonn. A reasonable number of women have testified of abuse they’ve suffered at UN climate change conferences.

 
Antifa Protesters Disrupt Cornwall Alliance Speaker at Eagle Council Meeting ~ Because they’ll lose in a fair debate of the facts, Antifa must resort to fascist tactics; shout down the opposition.

 
The Leftist Contempt for Middle-Class Values ~ Excellent observations from Dennis Prager ~

(Leftists) have thoroughly rejected middle-class, bourgeois and Judeo-Christian religious values. Leftists are the only source of their values. Leftists not only believe they know what is right — conservatives, too, believe they are right — but they also believe they are morally superior to all others. Leftists are Übermenschen — people on such a high moral plane that they do not consider themselves bound by the normal conventions of civics and decency. Leftists don’t need such guidelines; only the non-left — the “deplorables” — need them.

 
Americans Have Almost Entirely Forgotten Their History ~ Stunning how mis-educated Americans are, especially Gen Xers and Millennials ~

“Unfortunately, this study found the average American to be woefully uninformed regarding America’s history and incapable of passing the U.S. citizenship test. It would be an error to view these findings as merely an embarrassment. Knowledge of the history of our country is fundamental to maintaining a democratic society, which is imperiled today.”
 

• Only 24 percent knew the correct answer as to why the colonists fought the British;
• Twelve percent incorrectly thought WWII General Dwight Eisenhower led troops in the Civil War, while 6 percent thought he was a Vietnam War general;
• While most knew the cause of the Cold War, 2 percent said it was climate change.

 
Summary of Judiciary Committee Investigation of Allegations ~ This final document released by Sen. Chuck Grassley provides a detailed timeline of the committee’s actions regarding the allegations made and disputed during the Judge Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearing. Incidentally proving Sen. Feinstein’s deliberate subversion of the confirmation process by withholding Dr. Ford’s allegation of sexual assault for 6 weeks.

 
Claim: Judge Kavanaugh’s Adherence to Rule of Law Will Impede Climate Action ~ Who knew? The Kavanaugh confirmation is apparently second only to the Trump election as a portent of the apocalypse ~

“Judge Kavanaugh isn’t anti-environmental, but he tends to be anti-agency,” said Michael Gerrard, director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University. “He’s often struck down regulation that he didn’t think Congress had authorized explicitly enough. He reads statutory authority very narrowly and that is a major concern for things like the Clean Power Plan,” President Barack Obama’s signature climate initiative.
 
What a disaster for the green movement. How will activists regulators ever achieve anything, if they have to keep asking Congress to sanction their efforts?

 
Cow playing fetch ~ Smile!