Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention:
Media Owes An Apology For Dividing Country With Collusion Hate ~ But don’t hold your breath. They wasted our time, our money and our patience ~
“[T]he American people… did not receive the full attention of their government while political points were being scored [and] were not told of important world events because they were crowded out of the news by the persistent insistence that Trump was working for Russia.” – Sharyl Attkisson
Americans also deserve an apology for the way that the aforementioned biased media coverage stoked the hate that turned us against one another.
For the past two years, while the media criticized the president for his alleged proliferation of intolerance and hatred, the media self-righteously spewed endless vitriol at the president and his supporters.
Related: The Media’s Russia ‘Bombshells’ Look Even Worse Now That Mueller Found No Collusion ~ The Daily Caller lists 16 different occasions that the mainstreams were gleefully convinced Trump was finally going down, while they cheered from the sidelines. Pathetic.
Muslim Asylum Seeker Imprisoned For Killing Wife Who Converted To Christianity ~ Religion-of-Peace strikes again ~
Iranian asylum seeker Dana Abdullah stabbed Avan Najmadiein, his estranged wife and 32-year-old mother of four, 50 times in October and left her to die after discovering that she refused to support his application to stay in the U.K., according to the BBC.
Abdullah, 35, returned illegally to the U.K. after being deported in 2013 for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl and he previously threatened to kill his wife because she “dishonored” him by converting to Christianity, authorities said.
Coexist? California man threatens to kill First Baptist Dallas pastor ‘in the name of Allah’ ~
A federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment Thursday against a California man accused of mailing threats across the country, including a letter to First Baptist Dallas threatening to assassinate pastor Robert Jeffress […]
“I will assassinate your pastor in the name of Allah,” said a portion of the letter quoted in federal court documents. “I will burn down Christian churches … this is a threat.”
Meanwhile, in France ~ Macron’s France: Average of Three Church Attacks Per Day
A report from the Central Criminal Intelligence Service (SCRC) of the gendarmerie noted that from 2016 to 2018 there had been thousands of cases of church vandalism, peaking in 2017 with 1,045 cases, Le Figaro reports […]
Last September, French authorities arrested a pair of Romanian migrants who were suspected to be behind a number of church thefts in both Paris and the suburbs of the city. The pair had allegedly stolen up to 70,000 euros worth of property.
Some have actively spoken out against the rise in anti-Christian acts in France, such as Cardinal Robert Sarah, who said: “They are the sad reflection of a sick civilisation that lets itself be swept away in the nets of evil. The bishops, priests, and the faithful must keep up their strength and courage.”
Unfortunately, anti-Christian sentiment is growing right here in America ~ Yale Law School Yanks Stipends From Students Who Work For Christian Firms ~ More collegiate intolerance in the name of tolerance. Yale is punishing conservatives (Yale Federalist Society) for having the nerve to invite…
… an attorney from Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a prominent Christian legal group, to speak about the Masterpiece Cakeshop case […]
Yale has already caved to one progressive demand by restricting financial support for conservative students. Who is to say that the school will not cave again and start denying admission to conservative applicants? There were certainly calls among the student body to do so. Progressive students are attempting to shrink the Overton Window of reasonable public discourse, and Yale seems all too willing to comply.
Baltimore Auditor Quits After Officials Pressured Her To Cook The Books ~ Wow. Good to know there’s at least public official in that city with some integrity! ~
The Baltimore Brew has learned that Baltimore City auditor Audrey Askew resigned from her post after officials told her to cook the books.
The numbers in question are federal grants to city agencies as well as cash and investments, which Askew pressed officials for a “qualified” opinion to the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR).
We Have A Crisis Of Civics. Start Teaching The Constitution In Elementary School ~ I honestly don’t believe people who don’t understand and appreciate how our form of government is supposed to function should even be allowed to vote. There, I said it.
If conservatives, who properly cherish the unique governing structure that the U.S. Constitution provides, wish to have any sincere hope for salvaging the republic from a century of sustained leftist assault, then it is indispensable that we work to turn the tide on the crisis of civics afflicting the nation. With anti-free speech activists wreaking havoc on public universities — where the First Amendment governs — across the nation, it is abundantly obvious that pro-Constitution education must begin far, far sooner than when 18-year-old freshmen first set foot on campus. There is no compelling reason not to begin civics education as early as elementary school.
Second Child Sex Offender Unmasked at Drag Queen Story Time ~ Seems to be a bit of “intersectionality” between drag queens and pedophiles ~
According to local MassResistance leader Tracy Shannon, a drag performer with many aliases has sexually assaulted children and publicly recounted his history as a transgender dominatrix and prostitute for hire. His name has been redacted here because he was allegedly convicted for sexual assault against children at age 16, so his record has been sealed.
Related: Organizers announce they’re abandoning Houston “Drag Queen Story Hour” after MassResistance exposé
Catholic Priests Burn Harry Potter Books in Poland ~ A bit drastic, but ~
Fr. Chad Ripperger, FSSP, a theologian and exorcist in the United States, has said “the spells in the [Harry Potter] books [apparently] are actual spells,” and that many of the names in the books reportedly are the names of actual demons expelled during real exorcisms.
“So, I tell people, avoid it” the books, he said. “All the other exorcists I know that are experienced, are very clear, stay away from it.”
Trump Foe Turkey’s Erdogan Loses Big in Local Elections ~ Finally some good news out of Turkey. Lori Lowenthal Marcus at SaraACarter.com provides a good recap of what’s been happening in that country for the last several years ~
Local elections took place in Turkey on Sunday (March 31st). There was a stunning change in the political landscape which bodes well for Turkey’s citizens, for U.S. relations with Turkey and maybe even for the rest of the world.
Stephen Moore’s Nomination to Federal Reserve Board Challenges Beltway Groupthink ~ John Fund explains why Stephen Moore is an excellent Trump pick by for the Federal Reserve Board ~
Moore would be an “independent” voice challenging the Fed bureaucracy. He has certainly not kowtowed to it in the past, as so many bankers have. “Donald Trump wanted to drain the swamp. The Fed is the swamp,” Moore has said.
Stellar Superflare Reminder: Our Sun Is Special ~ Our sun does not behave like similar stars in the observable universe. Maybe that’s because it was uniquely created by God?
Astronomer Galen Gisler (Los Alamos National Laboratory), who was interviewed for the New Scientist article, said, “I think a consensus is emerging that our Sun is extraordinarily stable.”3 Astronomer Donald Brownlee concurs: “People say the Sun is a typical star…That’s not true…. Almost all environments in the universe are terrible for life. It’s only Garden of Eden places like Earth where it can exist.”
