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

Triple terror: Up to 60 killed, 80 wounded, 3 car bombs explode in Syrian Christian town ~ Since our feckless leaders refuse to stop this madness, it will continue indefinitely…

“[Islamic State militants] are killing innocent people… This is not Islam, this is irreligion… They have no compassion, no humanism and no feelings. They are barbarians and no single religion would accept them.”

 
But it really is Islam ~ Dispelling the ‘Few Extremists’ Myth – the Muslim World Is Overcome with Hate

 
Welcome To Barack Obama’s America ~ Great article from Ben Domenech at The Federalist, explains how a polarized, frustrated and distrustful electorate is simply the wages of progressivism ~

And Trump is a perfect personality to exploit these divides, offering the promise of an authoritarian who represents the people in place of an authoritarian who represented the elites.

Hospital Trying to Seize Guardianship of Disabled Patient From His Family in Order to Kill Him ~ Horrifying! This guy is conscious, begging to be kept alive!
 
Belgium: Doctors Call for End of Euthanasia of Patients Who are Mentally Disabled ~

(T)he current (Belgian 2002) law assumes wrongly that there are objective clinical criteria for psychological suffering that might justify euthanasia. It is for this reason that euthanasia on the grounds of mental suffering alone cannot be regulated by law.

The case of the vanished euthanasia files ~ Hmmm… Doesn’t the pro-death movement doesn’t want the facts to get out? The author of this article had previously accessed these now-disappered Euthanasia Society of America files, discovering ugly truths, like this one about “Dr. Death” ~

Jack Kevorkian, whose views on end-of-life care included the beliefs that experiments should be performed on dying persons and the mercy-killing of individuals whether or not they requested it was perfectly ethical […]

 
The Cure for College Student Narcissism: Work ~ What a concept eh? Alex Chediak at The Stream points out that among other benefits, working during college instills soul-expanding maturity, professionalism and emotional intelligence.
 
Abortionist Who Dismembers Babies in Late Abortions: “I’ll Do Whatever My Conscience Tells Me” ~

Chastine is the resident abortionist at South Wind Women’s Center, the Wichita abortion mill notorious late-term abortionist George Tiller operated.

Unfortunately for the unborn, her conscience is clearly dysfunctional.
 
Doctor Carson’s is in excellent shape though ~ Ben Carson: “Abortion is Murder and That’s Just Telling the Truth” ~

“Someone has tried to make this into an issue of women’s rights,” the former neurosurgeon told the pro-life crowd Monday. “What about the baby? You know, it’s one of the most sacred relationships in the universe, a mother and that child inside of her.

 
America’s Middle Class: Disappearing Down Obama’s Rabbit Hole ~ Collectivists always plot to destroy the middle class. The bourgeois is the biggest obstacle to the elite ruling class’s goal of establishing a totalitarian oligarchy (see the history of the Soviet Union.).

 
Geller: The Third Man ~ If you happened to be watching or listening to news coverage as the San Bernadino shooting was unfolding, you’ll recall several references to a third shooter. But suddenly – poof! – he vanished ~

Where is the third man? Is he still at large? Are people at risk? And why was the apartment opened up and the fingerprint evidence destroyed? Why was evidence strewn about?
 
Something is rotten in the state of California.

If the media wasn’t regularly spinning, under-reporting and covering up – we wouldn’t become immediately suspicious when inconsistencies like this surface.
 
Chicago Youth Protest Leader Calls for City’s Police Department to be Defunded ~ This chick is seriously disconnected from reality. MSNBC should be ashamed of giving an immature, illogical malcontent any airtime (- were they capable of actually feeling any shame that is) ~

Appearing on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports with guest host Peter Alexander, Breanna Champion of the Black Youth Project called it “unacceptable” that police receive 40 percent of the city’s budget.
 
“One of our major demands is that police be defunded and that that money used to fund police be used to fund black futures, and be used to fund our communities and things that we need,” Champion said.

 
Franklin Graham meets with President Putin ~ Not convinced this is such a great idea – but since President Hope ‘n Change can’t be bothered with Christian concerns, may as well appeal to those who are. Graham was also there to meet with representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church ~

Our visit was tremendously encouraging to the churches, and in many ways to me as well, and I pray that seeds were planted for future work and ministry between denominations. I believe God has more that He wants to do there.

And with Him – all things are possible.