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

 
Doctors took a baby girl from her mother’s womb, performed surgery, and put her back. This proves just how insane abortion is ~ It certainly does. Insane – and selfish ~

(UK)A mum-to-be has undergone a groundbreaking operation which saw her unborn baby removed from her womb for treatment – before being put back in. The astonishing procedure was done to treat Bethan Simpson’s child after tests revealed the infant had spina bifida.

 
Pioneer GPS inventor laments the lost art of map reading ~ If the satellites ever go down they won’t be able to find their way out of a paper bag ~

Bradford Parkinson, the pioneer inventor of the navigation system relied upon by billions of people, said that he ‘worries’ about what impact its failure could have.

 
Angel Mom: Kamala Harris’ Staff Threatened to Call Police When Angel Families Visited Her Office ~ Just more evidence that leftists like Harris care more about illegals than regular American citizens ~

Harris and other elected Democrat lawmakers are “absolutely not” working on behalf of illegal alien crime victims, Maureen Maloney (whose 23 year-old son was killed by an illegal alien drunk driver) said, noting that she and other Angel Families have been unable to meet with Democrats about the immigration issue for years.

 
Not ‘All Americans’ Are ‘Proud That We Have More Women in the Workforce Than Ever Before’~ President Trump touted the increase in working women during the last week’s State of the Union address. It’s not necessarily a good thing ~

Whatever the reason, both the fact that there are more women in the workforce than ever before and the fact that Trump thought mentioning it would bring credit to his administration constitute a victory for the feminist left. Getting women to leave home for the workplace has been one of the central goals of modern feminism.

 
Hungary has a much better vision for society – strengthening families ~ Hungary’s abortion rate plummets as new family policies are brought in: No income taxes for women with 4 kids ~

Measures announced included waivers on personal income tax for women raising at least four children for the rest of their lives and subsidies for large families to buy larger cars. The ‘action plan’ also extended a loan program to help families with at least two children to buy homes. Every woman under 40 will also be eligible for a preferential loan when she first gets married.
 
The government has also said it will spend more on Hungary’s heathcare system and will create 21,000 creche places. In addition, grandparents will be eligible to receive a childcare fee if they look after young children instead of the parents, Orban said.

American progressives would never allow any innovative policies like this. Stronger familes man less dependence on government.

 
Washington State Implementing “Eco-Friendly” Accelerated Composting of Dead People, to Reduce Carbon Emissions ~ Next stop: Soylent Green ~

“Recomposition,” which will be the first law of its kind in the U.S. and possibly the world, has an output of about a cubic yard of soil, indistinguishable from other soil.

 
Student banned from passing out ‘Jesus Loves You’ valentines speaks out (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO) ~ No tolerance Jesus at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

Wanting to keep alive a Valentine’s tradition started by her late mother, Olsen was informed by university officials that the religious valentines violated the school’s ban on soliciting, a term that implies the selling of something, which Olsen was not doing.

Judge dismisses wall lawsuit brought by butterfly conservationists, who vow to keep fighting ~ Because of course butterflies can’t fly over walls ~

Judge Richard Leon said the constitutional arguments made by the North American Butterfly Association didn’t hold up. The association’s flagship facility is a 100-acre wildlife center — the National Butterfly Center — just north of the US border in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.
 
“Unfortunately for the Plaintiff, The Fourth Amendment offers little refuge for unenclosed land near one of the country’s external borders,” wrote the judge. He also said it was “preemptive” to claim that the government deprived the group of property.

New Bible translation technology by Wycliffe spreading Gospel faster than ever before ~ And bringing us nearer to the end times (Mark 13:10) ~

(T)his new technology fundamentally changes the role of Westerners coming into foreign lands to do Bible translation. Instead, the natives are increasingly able to take part in the process.
 
“And that’s the exciting thing that we’re seeing is this shift over the last seven to 10 years where nationals, indigenous people are wanting to do the work themselves. They are beginning to say instead of just us helping you white Westerners do this we want to do it, help us learn how to do it,” Hennum said.

 
And… my favorite tweet of the week (in response to the Amazon-pulls-out-of-New-York fiasco) ~

Amazon’s decision to flee NYC because of the liberal backlash is a warning to those pushing socialism: hostility to business is bad for your state. Texas is #1 for business and jobs because we promote opportunity not hostility. #txlege https://t.co/SwYiVWIqbu

— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) February 14, 2019