Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention:
Why Easter Brings Out the Worst in Islam ~ Clashing worldviews; ultimately only one can be true. Islamists think they can kill Christianity by killing Christians ~
While almost anything can provoke Muslims around the world to attack churches, there is a reason that the animus can reach a fever pitch during Easter: more than any other Christian holiday, Resurrection Sunday commemorates and celebrates three central Christian doctrines that Islam manifestly rejects: that Christ was crucified and died; that he was resurrected; and that by especial virtue of the latter, he is the Son of God.
Ironically, Muslims who believe they’ll go directly to paradise – and 72 virgins – if they die in the act of killing infidels, are making martyrs of Christians, thus sending them directly to heaven.
Preventing ‘Back Alley’ Suicides in San Francisco ~ Jeannie DeAngelis at the American Thinker exposes a glaring inconsistency in leftie’ values with a bit of satire
(B)y erecting suicide barriers on the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco liberals, who, for the unborn denounce the right to life, and, for the sick and dying support the right to die, want to inflict life on those who prefer death.
And then there’s this ~
Assisted Suicide Activist Pushing to Euthanize Mentally Ill Patients ~ The very slippery slope of human termination ~
Euthanasia/assisted suicide is NOT about terminal illness. The issue is about normalizing killing as a response to human suffering.
Sure, the initial sales pitch would restrict doctor-administered or prescribed death to the dying. But that’s just to get people comfortable with the concept. Once a society accepts the principle, logic quickly takes it to a broad euthanasia license […]
This ever-broadening death license is only logical. If killing is indeed an acceptable answer to suffering, how can it be strictly limited to people diagnosed with a terminal illness? After all, many people suffer far more severely and for a far longer time than the imminently dying.
Bathed in blood: Possessed Haitian voodoo worshippers sacrifice goats and dance in sacred water over Easter weekend ~ This UK Daily Mail article is sprinkled throughout with the word “Easter” – almost as if the author is deliberately trying to conflate this sort of frenzied, fanatical ritual with Christian celebrations of the resurrection. These pagan ceremonies may have borrowed certain elements from Christianity, but they have nothing at all to do with the joy found in our risen Lord and Savior.
Union of Concerned Scientists Hates Truth About Global Warming ~ Flawed models = flawed results ~
The key purpose of any scientific theory is to make skillful predictions of reality. Any theory that cannot do so, is a false or flawed theory. And we should not rely on false or flawed theories to make decisions about the world, especially ones that greatly influence all people.
Awash In Millions In Government Subsidies, Solar Company Still Shuttered Michigan Plant ~ Solar tech manufacturer Suniva opened in 2014, scooped up millions in government grants and tax credits, and went bust last month. We-the-taxpayers lose again. “Happy Earth Day” 
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Three months before closing, federal government boasted ‘Future So Bright, You Got To Wear Shades’ […]
According to state and federal documents, Suniva received three federal grants worth $8.8 million from 2014 to 2016. It also received a $5.7 million tax credit in 2010 to develop and produce solar cells and accompanying technologies.
At least 100 people dead as a suicide car bomb hits convoy of buses evacuating residents from the clutches of ISIS to safe havens in Syria ~ More proof of which side is truly evil in the Syrian conflict. Not only have the anti-government rebels essentially held these people hostage as pawns for months – they’re killing them even as relief efforts are underway. But since the MSM can’t spin the tragedy to paint Assad as the perp, why bother reporting on another 100 dead souls? The “gas attack” was all over the news. This one? Not so much ~
The lethal blast happened at a transit point for Syrians leaving the clutches of ISIS for the safe havens on the outskirts of the city.
New York Times Publishes Op-Ed by Convicted Terrorist, Describes Him as a ‘Palestinian Leader’ ~ Not a total shock considering the NYT whitewashed the holocaust(!)- even while it was taking place ~
The New York Times published an op-ed Monday written by a convicted terrorist, without informing readers that he is serving five life sentences in prison for helping murder five people and launch a failed suicide bombing.
UN Puts Saudi Arabia on Commission Responsible for ‘Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women’ ~ Yeah. That Saudi Arabia. The country that rates 134 out of 145 when it comes to gender equality. How can you be “empowered” when you aren’t even allowed to drive?
The Leader Of The Resurrected Beast With Two Horns Will Soon Be Sitting In The White House ~ 😈 Theodore Shoebat certainly has a gift for hyperbole doesn’t he? Still, it is damn unsettling to see U.S. legitimize this Islamic totalitarian by inviting him to the White House ~
Erdoğan’s victory to cement his autocratic rule over Turkey had received calls of approval from only Qatar, Djibouti, Guinea, the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas and the U.S. President Donald Trump. And now to cement his support for Erdogan, Trump just announced that he will host president Erdoğan on May 16-17 at the White House, in the first meeting between the two leaders.
When Bill O’Reilly Fought for Kate Steinle ~ Bill O was never my favorite talking head on the Fox News channel but, given that he’s largely responsible for the station’s impressive success, he certainly didn’t deserve to be ushered into obscurity in such a shoddy fashion ~
He is the latest conservative target of a liberal left that also targeted the likes of Herman Cain and even Donald Trump himself while excusing arguably the greatest sexual predator to hold a position of power, one William Jefferson Clinton […]
(S)exual abuse of power is always our business, whether it is in the Oval Office or the corridors of a news conglomerate. At this point, the credibility of the charges against Bill O’Reilly are not known, but the left’s hypocrisy on this subject is.
Iraqi Christians return to ransacked town with fear and hope ~ Some encouraging news from the war torn middle east ~
With Islamic State expelled, Iraqi Christians are trickling back to the ransacked town of Qaraqosh, beset by anxiety for their security and yet hopeful they can live in friendship with Muslims of all persuasions.
The town, about 20 km (12 miles) from the battlefront with Islamic State in the northern city of Mosul, shows why Christians have mixed feelings about the future of their ancient community.
