Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention:
What Are The Off-White Boxes That Are Going Up On Utility Poles All Over Seattle? ~ (O)ther major U.S. cities have been installing vast networks of surveillance cameras and listening devices. No problem. Just Big Brother watching every single move you make.
First a building, then a bridge and now… Man marries tree in Argentina’s capital 😯 ~ Since “marriage” has been essentially rendered meaningless, anything goes now.
“…such perversions of marriage only appear less shocking as they become more frequent.”
Bros and hos: Obamacare’s bread and circuses ~ Pandering to the lowest common denominator. And transforming our young people into a bunch of horny robots.
Thus Spake Obama ~ Yet another excellent commentary on the incompetence of our neo-monarchy by the incomparable Mark Steyn ~
The most telling line, the one that encapsulates the gulf between the boundless fantasies of the faculty-lounge utopian and the messiness of reality, was this: “What we’re also discovering is that insurance is complicated to buy.” Gee, thanks for sharing, genius. Maybe you should have thought of that before you governmentalized one-sixth of the economy[…]
It’s Barry’s world; we just live in it.
Pittsburgh bishop won’t comply with HHS mandate, even if it shuts down Catholic schools ~ Amen. Here’s one bishop willing to put God first – where he belongs – before government ~
In 2012, (Bishop) Zubik described the mandate as “’a slap in the face’ that says ‘To Hell with you!’ to Catholics and religious freedom.”
If more Christians were loyal to a “Higher Authority,” we could collectively shut down Obamacare.
America once banned slavery and segregation; now it bans trans fats and light bulbs ~ Yes, once upon a time we had our priorities straight. And acted on the courage of our convictions. Now we just let ourselves be bullied into doing whatever the oligarchy demands.
Report: Businesses Cut Full-time Workers to Meet Obamacare Mandate ~
New sign at the border:
Welcome to America: the “Part-time Nation”
Illegal immigrants – please turn around
We can no longer afford to feed ourselves – let alone you!
Kirsten Powers slams White House Obamacare excuses: ‘My blood pressure goes up’ ~ Story at the Daily Caller (with video) ~
If I want to keep the same health insurance, it’s going to cost twice is as much. There’s nothing substandard about my plan. All of the things they say that are not in my plan are in my plan[…]
… there’s no explanation for the doubling of my premiums other than the fact it’s subsidizing other people.
They need to be honest about that — that that’s the reason they don’t want to change it,” she continued. “It’s because they’re basically taking the people who are responsible enough to get health insurance in the individual market and asking them to subsidize other people.
Great that Power’s is finally seeing the light; too bad it took so long. We could have used her on our side before the last election.
Minister defends adoption stance ~ Irish politician not afraid to speak the truth ~
“The natural order, whether one believes in God or whether one believes in evolution, the natural order is for a man and a woman to have a child and therefore that has made my views on adoption very, very clear and on raising children very, very clear.”
The Return of the Chimney Sweep ~ An interesting irony; the evolution of progressivism has come full circle.
