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

 
W. Washington wind farm canceled due to seabird ~ Energy Northwest spent $4 million on a wind power project only to be stopped in their tracks by a leftie dilemma – endangered species vs. mandated alternative energy. Bloated government bureaucracy, at loggerheads with itself.

 
DNA Study Contradicts Human/Chimp Common Ancestry ~ Forget the missing link, there’s not even a chain anymore.
 
#Occupy the Protestant Work Ethic ~ Excellent article at Chuck Colson’s Breakpoint schools OWS in the values of the free market;

…the real magic of economic freedom, better known by that widely derided term capitalism… richly rewards the many in the process of rewarding the few with riches.

 
Illegals are trashing America’s border areas ~ Southern Arizona invasion – “some of the trash was dead bodies.” 😯 Disgusting.
 
Dear Average American: It’s All Your Fault ~ Jonah Goldberg at National Review Online on Obama’s blame game.
 
How Congress Occupied Wall Street ~ Sarah Palin discussing Peter Schweizer’s new book, “Throw Them All Out;”

The tea party’s mission has always been opposition to waste and crony capitalism, and the Occupy protesters must realize that Washington politicians have been “Occupying Wall Street” long before anyone pitched a tent in Zuccotti Park.