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

 
No! Sharyl Attkisson’s computer breached? Get OUT! ~ Seems there are definitely consequences for straying off the network news reservation ~

People at CBS — the news network that brought us Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather and Katie Couric — seemed to feel that asking questions of the Obama administration was edging dangerously close to advocacy.

Now might be the time to consider this advice ~ ‘Quit Google, Facebook’ suggests tech expert as surveillance scandal deepens.
 
Syria Militants Massacre Christian Village Population (Graphic Images) ~ Oh look! These are the guys Obama wants to help fund with our tax dollars. Apparently he’s ready to actively support the Global Assault on Christians. Which shouldn’t surprise us considering the Commander-in-Chief’s hostility toward ‘anything religious’ in the U.S. Air Force and reports of Christian Soldiers Being Singled out for Punishment.
 
Liberals Prepare to Sell Out America’s Working Class ~ Ultimately, the Gang-of-Eight bill is anti-American; it will create a permanent underclass ~

The grand plans of business interests for a large increase in immigration may indeed increase the businesses’ income, but it will further expand the wealth gap as incomes for struggling workers will decline.

 
Ohio Shows ObamaCare Is Working As Intended ~ Less choice; higher cost.

The law forces insurers to provide more generous benefits than most do today. It limits co-payments and deductibles, bans lifetime limits, guarantees coverage no matter what, and requires the young and healthy to subsidize the old and sick.
 
The idea that you can do all this without raising insurance costs defies common sense and fundamental economic principles.

 
The Muslim hate preacher and the T-shirt salesman: a bizarre study in double standards ~ Sean Thomas at the UK Telegraph. Interesting contrast in worldviews. Speech is only “free” for some, here at the sunset of Western Civilization.
 
And finally, here’s a timely story ~ Feds Spending $800,000 to Teach Responsible Fatherhood – Doubly sad. First, that men have forgotten how to be fathers. And second, that the government – who has run the country nearly $17 trillion into debt – apparently feels spending $800,000 more to teach them how to be responsible (?!) will be an effective use of taxpayer funds.
 

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

First, this week’s ORWELLIAN round-up; because it seems we get closer to 1984 every day
[It can't be "paranoia" when it's really happening] ~

 
Is Obama waging psychological warfare on Americans? ~ Short answer: “Yes.” Some extremely astute observations by Fox News’s Dr. Keith Ablow ~

…the president, with the help of his administration, is attempting to conduct psychological warfare on Americans who value autonomy and free will and free markets and small government, by convincing them that they are wrong-minded, prejudiced and pathological and should deeply question their beliefs—including some ensconced in the Constitution.

 
A Government’s Targeting of Conservatives and Pregnant Women ~ J. Christian Adams writing at P.J.Media. It’s not just happening at the federal level, the D.C. Public Employee Relations Board is engaging in discrimination, hostility and intimidation as well.
 
Obama’s Secret Invisible Government ~ Electronic spying, secret email accounts, ignoring FoIA requests; President Obama himself set the anti-transparency tone for his administration from the very beginning.
 
Obama DHS Purchases 2,700 Light-Armored Tanks to Go With Their 1.6 Billion Bullet Stockpile ~ from Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit. This is from March but it fits the theme so thought I’d throw it in here.
 
Will Electronic Tattoos Replace Internet Passwords And All Other Forms Of Identification? ~ We’ve been hearing about this more and more lately ~ ‘Human barcode’ could make society more organized, but invades privacy, civil liberties. They’ll sell it under the guise of security…

Technology is advancing at a faster pace than we have ever seen before, but at the same time the world is becoming an increasingly unstable place.
 
Could technology that enables us to interact with our environment using our minds actually be turned around and used to control our minds by a future tyrannical government?
 
Could technology that helps us identify one another on the Internet someday be used to brand us all like cattle and force all of humanity into a dark system of control and enslavement?

Nah…

And in other news ~

 
Bishop tells hostile crowd at gay marriage debate: my secretary was murdered by a gay activist ~ A 2002 tragedy that the media couldn’t be bothered with; didn’t fit the heterophobic LGBT narrative.
 
Genetic Recombination Study Defies Human-Chimp Evolution ~ Demolishing Darwinism one scientific discovery at a time.
 
Egyptian Activist Convicted Of Insulting Egyptian President; Similar Cases Skyrocket Under Morsi Rule ~ As the Muslim Brotherhood form of totalitarianism tightens it grip on the throat of freedom.
 
The Stunning Tornado Videos of Storm Chaser Tim Samaras ~ Short tribute (with videos) at National Geographic ~

A week before he died, he submitted what may have been the best, most complete video of a tornado being ‘born,’ in which he describes the formation as it’s happening.