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

 
Progressive heads exploding over gay marriage ban on tribal lands ~ Native Americans are supposed to stay on the Progressive reservation – so to speak. A Democrat pander class, they’re supposed to be compliant ~

…the U.S. Constitution (and the Supreme Court’s interpretation of it) does not apply to tribal lands, which theoretically are sovereign nations. It’s not just untaxed gasoline and casinos at issue; it is the latest inventions of the progressive mindset ratified by jurists not being enforced. And the progressive approach to the failure of its victim groups to unite in gratefully following the full program is, shall we say, delicate…

Multiple Eye Witnesses: Many New Jersey Muslims Celebrated The 9/11 Attacks ~ Hey, who ya gonna believe – the mainstream media propaganda machine – or your own lying eyes?

 
A Rape Survivor Speaks Out About Transgender Bathrooms ~ Why must we endanger all females simply to let a few sadly, dis-ordered individuals feel “normal?”

There’s no way to make everyone happy about transgender bathrooms and locker rooms. So the priority ought to be finding a way to keep everyone safe […]

 
Is it ironic to no one that being “progressive” actually sets women’s lib back about a century?

 
‘Cosmo’ Praises Incest ~ The slippery slope is getting steeper as society slides closer to the pit. Cosmopolitan Magazine featured an article ~

… celebrating the incestuous relationship of a brother and sister (half-siblings, they share the same father) who met for the first time as adults, Cosmopolitan magazine defies “the last taboo” and argues that, by virtue of shared genetics, a brother and sister coupling creates a “perfect storm” that others might be missing out on.[…]
 
Noting that incest is illegal and punishable by life in prison in their state, which is in the Great Lakes area, the two explain their plans to use a legal loophole to later marry. The man who raised Melissa is listed on her birth certificate, so legally she does not share a biological father with Brian.
 
Brian says of his plans to wed his sister: “Few human beings get to experience something at this level. And it’s not a taboo. It’s nothing wrong. This just feels like love, perfect love.”

 
Cosmo seems to agree with him: “Their unusual circumstances have created a perfect storm, an ideal 😯 mix that most people don’t get to experience.”

 
Our Brothers’ Keepers: Inside Haiti’s Child Hunger Crisis ~ Instead of trying to sterilize the third world, why doesn’t Bill Gates use his philanthropic donations for truly humanitarian projects like this?

 
How the UAW is selling out American auto workers ~ Pretending solidarity with the regular members while helping outsource jobs to Mexico; UAW leaders are cut from the same cloth as our Washington Cartel bosses ~

If the automakers could have moved their facilities to right to work states where labor costs are lower, pretty much all of the jobs could have stayed in the U.S. But that won’t do for the UAW, so they’ll get rid of the lower tier workers who were doing the complaining by shipping their jobs to Mexico. The old, loyal union hands can then stay on in Detroit and keep on collecting the big dollars. It’s a beautiful thing, isn’t it?

CPRC at Fox News: “The facts shoot holes in Obama’s claim that US is only host to mass killings” ~ CPRC, Crime Prevention Research Center aims to provide an objective and accurate scientific evaluation of both the costs and benefits of gun ownership as well as policing activities ~

In just 2015, France suffered more casualties – killings and injuries – from mass public shootings than the U.S. has suffered during Obama’s entire presidency (508 to 424). This number includes the San Bernandino massacre on Wednesday.

Settled science, Obama-style: US needs to give India $3 billion or else south Florida will be under water ~ It’s true: climate change hysteria is only being whipped up to facilitate massive global wealth redistribution.

 
AIDS/HIV 30 Years Later: What We Know Now ~

“It’s something that we pretty much know how to prevent transmission of, but getting people to stop sleeping with people they’re not married to and getting people to stop using intravenous drugs is easier said than done.”

 
And then there’s ~ The Return of Syphilis ~

Researchers are still trying to work out why these increases are happening now, but the CDC’s report offers a few clues. For one, syphilis isn’t the only sexually transmitted disease becoming more common. Syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea—the three STDs that comprised the focus of the report—rose simultaneously for the first time on record, which suggests an underlying cause that isn’t syphilis-specific.

Well, duh…

Some populations are especially at risk. Unlike the mainly heterosexual outbreak in the early 1990s, the majority of syphilis cases in 2014 appeared in men who have sex with men (though syphilis rates also rose among women by 22.7 percent). Kidd suggests that people might be less careful now that the threat of HIV/AIDS is less immediate than it was in the 1990s, or that partners might use strategies to prevent HIV transmission that aren’t as effective for other STDs.

God has a wonderful, safe, satisfying plan for human sexuality. Unfortunately – we’ve rejected it – and are now facing the consequences.
 

Fmr. FBI Counterterrorism Agent: ‘Vast Majority’ of US Mosques/Islamic Centers Part of ‘Jihadi Network’ Exclusive from Breitbart News, pretty frightening stuff ~

Guandolo said that even senior government officials have “no idea this is going on inside the United States because the people advising us are the leaders of the organizations—that per evidence in counterterrorism trials—have been identified organizations that are Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, al-Qaeda” who are “necessarily hostile to our system, our war fighting, our way of life. That’s the problem.”

And yet, we’re being intimidated into keeping quiet under the guise of faux “Islamaphobia” ~ The CAIR Effect: See something, do nothing.

 
Obama Says That All Faiths Share Same ‘Bedrock Values’ Taught by Jesus Christ ~ Really? I don’t remember the part in Christianity about murdering the infidels if they won’t convert… And the president’s version of the Bible seems to be missing the main message: