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

 
Twisting Intelligence Into Lies Is The Obama Way. Can’t Let America Know He’s Failing ~ Jim Emerson at Coach is Right on the latest revelations from CIA analysts ~

(Intelligence) reports on activities of the Islamic State (IS) have been intentionally watered down “to fit the Obama administration’s narrative that the U.S. is winning the war against the terror group.”

 
And if they won’t tell us the truth about ISIS, how can we trust the feds on domestic security? ~
Radical Islam Post 9/11: ‘They Have Tentacles Everywhere’ ~

Unlike in 2001, experts say the terror threat today is more pervasive, as terrorists — often operating in small cells or as lone-wolves like the Boston Marathon bombers — are driven to murder and mayhem in the name of Islam.

 
Why Isn’t the DC Police Chief in Jail For Not Issuing Gun Permits? ~ Typical Progressive double-standards. So much for equality under the law.
 
And then there’s this…
Secular leftists insist that Christian bakers, florists and photographers accommodate same sex marriage celebrations or be forced out of business, but it’s fine if Office Depot Stands By Employee’s Refusal to Make Copies of a Pro-Life Prayer
 
Police: Man Finds Wife Naked In Bed With Her Dad, Gets Stabbed By Father-In-Law (Pontiac, MI) ~ In our brave new world of moral relativism, when there are no boundaries… there are no boundaries.
 
Orthodox Rabbi . . . Says Pope Emeritus Benedict Should Speak Out Before Synod ~ Highly unlikely, but a great suggestion ~

Even Sodom, (Rabbi Yehuda Levin of Brooklyn, longtime pro-life, pro-family activist) added, “did not have the temerity and the chutzpah (as we say in Jewish) to codify same gender marriage. . . As bad as they were and they were — destroyed because of sodomy — they nevertheless never codified same gender ‘marriage’.”
 
God sends us messages and we should be paying attention, Rabbi Levin told LifeSiteNews, calling attention to current events he sees as warnings from Heaven: The FBI tells us there are terrorist groups ready to act in America; Planned Parenthood is busy almost in a Nazi-like way selling body parts; the U.S. economically is on the brink of crisis; there are numerous fires and floods.

 
Planned Profithood ~ Follow the money…
How corrupt is your congressman? This site will tell you whether your senator or representative is riding the Planned Parenthood gravy train.
 
‘McJobless in Seattle’ as order screens arrive: Labor Day reality check for $15 minimum wage ~ Why do these drones think wages can miraculously go up – without out any consequences? And why does the Left encourage their delusions?

 
Aren’t you glad Obama just made a nuclear “deal” with these dudes ~
Iranian Warships Confront U.S. Navy On ‘Daily Basis’ ~ Routinely photographed by Iranians for intelligence purposes
Khamenei: Israel won’t survive next 25 years ~ Taking to Twitter, Iranian leader says Zionists won’t find serenity until destruction, calls US ‘Great Satan’ and rejects any talks with Washington beyond nuke deal

 
Meanwhile, Senate Minority Abandons American Pastor Saeed Abedini. (Pastor Abedini has been imprisoned in an Iranian hellhole for close to three years now!)

 
‘Black Lives Matter’ Movement Getting Blacks Killed ~ Some inconvenient facts about who’s killing whom from Larry Elders ~

… over the past 45 years, per the Centers for Disease Control, police killings of blacks are down 75 percent. What are on the increase, year-to-year, are cop killings.

 
European Jews Fear Bringing Children to Synagogue on Rosh Hashanah ~ European leaders are falling all over themselves to prove how tolerant and multicultural they all are by accepting masses of Muslims. Jews aren’t exactly feeling the love ~

With the Jewish New Year fast approaching, a new survey reveals that 85 percent of European Jews will not bring their children to Rosh Hashanah services due to growing concerns for their safety […]
 
A joint poll conducted by RCE and the European Jewish Associations (EJA) in September 2014 revealed that 40 percent of European Jewry hid their religious affiliation and 70 percent do not attend High Holiday services.
 
Sharp increases in anti-Semitism and Muslim migration to Europe have contributed to the rise of European Jewry moving to Israel, an event known as “making aliya.”