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

 
White House Announces Strong Opposition to Religious Freedom in Military ~ (C)hilling suppression of religious freedom is driving faith underground in our military and will eventually drive it out.
The O’Ministration is opposed to an amendment that would protect the religious freedoms of our military men and women. We ask the troops to defend our rights – with their lives if necessary – but don’t grant them those same rights?!
 
Infamous ‘Mesh Mask’ Bandit – Connected to 19 Bank Robberies – Is Top Immigrant Rights Activist ~ Laws? We don’t need no stinking laws! ~

Luis Delagarza, 59, of Farmers Branch, Texas was one of the top immigrants rights activists in northern Texas. This week he was arrested in connection with 19 bank robberies in the Dallas area.

 
Living Rich and Famous, Obama Style ~ The First Family’s “let-them-eat-cake” lifestyle ($100 MILLION Family Vacation) ~

“We have heard of the impious doctrine in the Old World, that the people were made for kings, not kings for the people. Is the same doctrine to be revived in the New, in another shape…?
~ James Madison (1788) ~

 
Speaking of the privileged elite, here’s a little egalitarian push-back from the enterprising bourgeois ~
Secret beaches of Malibu (and the woman who will show you how to reach them): War erupts over app that directs users past obstructive wealthy home owners and onto pristine sands.

 
WikiLeaks says Michael Hastings contacted it just before his death. Are they implying he was murdered? ~ If we actually had a government that was slightly trustworthy would legitimate news sources even need to speculate about occurrences like this?
 
New York Democrats Want to Ban Police From Describing Suspects By Race, Sex, or Age ~
In NYC, the inmates are officially running the asylum now.
The City Council is considering a bill that would let cops use little more than the color of a suspect’s clothing in descriptions — or risk being sued for profiling.
 
Leftus Ignoramus ~ Left-leaning politicians are increasingly historically and geographically challenged, and that’s just fine with their similarly challenged constituents.
Leftists need — indeed, leftism cannot survive without — true believers who know nothing but believe that their ideology is true and trumps all facts.

 
Chuckle for the day: Chelsea Clinton Laments: My Great Grandmother Did Not Have Access to Planned Parenthood ~ OK, I’ll avoid stating the obvious here 😀