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

 
Profiles in Cowardice ~ Apparently, Catholic moral teaching in regard to marriage and sex is a foreign concept to Catholic high school students at Charlotte Catholic High School. When Sister Jane Dominic Laurel gave a speech on that very topic last month, students were incredulous. 😯 Then the local bishop, rather than enlightening the confused young people, just went all squishy and apologetic (Sure. I’ll defend God’s word – except when I won’t).
 
Harry Reid’s Connection to Bundy Ranch Siege ~ Interesting… the shifty senator from Nevada has been eyeing Bundy’s land for a long time. Coincidence? I think not.
 
Jeb Bush: Many illegal immigrants come out of an ‘act of love’ ~ Yes of course. “Love” transcends the rule of law. Yet another Bush shamelessly groveling for the Hispanic vote. Sorry, Jeb, we’re not feeling the love ~ Howie Carr, at the Boston Herald ~

Guess what, Jeb — it’s going to be an act of love for millions of Republicans and independents to vote against you in the Republican presidential primaries in 2016.
 
“A great country ought to know where those folks are and politely ask them to leave,” Jeb said Sunday.
 
You couldn’t pry these illegals out of here with the Jaws of Life. At least not as long as they’re collecting TANF, SNAP, Sect. 8, MassHealth — the full Tsarnaev, in other words.

Breitbart sarcastically lists 40 ‘Acts of Love’ (and counting) from illegals for old Jeb to ponder.

 
‘Extremist’ working as psychiatrist for NHS ~ The UK’s version of ObamaCare is working out really well. A consultant psychiatrist who specializes in the treatment of sexual dysfunction, post traumatic stress disorder, depression and obsessive compulsive disorders, as well as advising courts in criminal cases on potentially dangerous individuals, also happens to be a senior leader of a radical Islamist party banned in several countries. As a NHS psychiatrist, his salary is covered by taxpayers, yet…

Dr Waheed has previously advocated the setting up of an Islamic caliphate and claimed that Muslims in Britain are routinely treated as “terrorists” discriminated against by the courts, police and media.
 
(He’s) also called on supporters of HT to undertake ‘jihad’ against Israel, telling followers at a rally at London’s Marble Arch, in 2009, that there could be “no peace or negotiations with the illegitimate entity of Israel.”

 
And speaking of the Religion of Peace, this is certainly unsettling: PC persecution in Sweden ~ Muslims immigrants in Sweden are rapidly transforming that country, once a low crime, homogeneous, peaceful and prosperous land into a high unemployment, crime-ridden land with the world’s second highest rape rate. But anyone who dares to speak out about the glaringly obvious is labeled racist, fascist, even Nazi.
Isn’t it shocking how rapidly formerly-free western nations are devolving into no-free-speech zones? Dhimmitude.

 
Rasmussen poll: Boy Scouts’ Favorability Continues to Slide ~ Sad, but no surprise. And it’ll only get worse ~ Gay Boy Scout Troop Leader, Allegedly Kicked Out Of Organization. The Gay Gestapo can’t let that stand. Disney World, the latest staunch defender of sexual perversion, is vocal about their opposition ~ Disney to pull Boy Scouts funding by 2015 over policy banning gay leaders. Don’t be surprised if Goofy comes out of the closet any day now.

 
The National Disgrace of Fort Hood ~ Mark Steyn skewers Obama over his blatant hypocrisy and callous disregard for our troops.

 
Turn it Off – NSA’s Achille’s Heel ~ Join the movement to stop NSA snooping.