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

 
Real-World Examples of How the Minimum Wage Harms Workers ~ Simply put, minimum wage laws destroy the jobs low-income workers need ~

If lawmakers pass a law mandating wages of $10 per hour, that is going to have a very bad effect on low-skilled workers who can only generate, say, $8 of revenue per hour […]
 
(B)usinesses aren’t charities. They hire workers to increase profits, so it’s unavoidable that we get bad results when government mandates result in some workers costing more than the revenue they generate.

 
Adopt An Illegal Alien ~ Here’s an exciting opportunity for the progressive open-borders crowd to practice what they preach 😀 ~

We want to place illegal aliens in the homes of loving, caring, compassionate Democrats. Racist Republicans care about the security of our country and the safety of our citizens! We need to fight this bigotry and start adopting illegal aliens!

Non-Functioning Bombs and Double Standards ~ Why do leftists refuse to own the violence on their side of the political aisle?

Remember that the Democratic National Committee has officially endorsed the violent Black Lives Matter movement and that more than a few Democrats support the Antifa terrorist movement. Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 running-mate, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), whose son Woody is an Antifa terrorist, said recently that Democrats need to “fight in the streets” against Republicans […]
 
Both Joe Biden and Robert DeNiro have said they want to beat Trump up physically […]
 
Since Trump announced he was seeking the presidency, there have been at least 600 violent incidents or incidents of harassment aimed at Trump and those associated with him, according to a running tally compiled by Breitbart News.

 
At Bill Signing, Trump Vows to Make ‘Extremely Big Dent’ in Opioid Crisis ~ Overshadowed by the bomber story, on Wednesday the president signed bipartisan legislation aimed at combating opioid abuse ~

Trump signed the bipartisan SUPPORT (Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment) for Patients and Communities Act, which passed the Senate this month on a vote of 98-1. The package of opioid-related measures expands access to substance-abuse care and improves oversight of opioid prescriptions.

An American Journalist Just Died After a Racist Beating, and the Washington Post Didn’t Even Report It ~ The mainstreams’ concern for the fellow journalists is awfully selective. Before the pipe-bombs showed up they were all over the Jamal Khashoggi murder. But this story was barely a blip on their radar ~

Jerry Wolkowitz, a longtime EMT, photojournalist and son of Jewish Holocaust survivors who was the victim of a vicious racially-motivated attack, has died at age 56 after nearly six months on life support […]
 
Wolkowitz was a freelance journalist and photographer for numerous publications including the Asbury Park Press. He was also an EMT and ambulance driver and volunteer with the Freehold First Aid and Rescue Squad.

 
Dr. Patrick Michaels on the truth about global warming ~ Very interesting transcript from Life, Liberty and Levin last Sunday when Mark spoke with Patrick Michaels, a senior fellow in environmental studies at the Cato Institute (Video). Key points: 1) the climate is warming at an infinitesimal rate; and 2) alarmists are using bad data in their computer modeling resulting in bad predictions ~

The computer models are making systematic, dramatic errors over the entire tropics which is 40 percent of the earth, and it’s where all our moisture comes from or almost all of it […]
 
There are 32 families of computer models that are used by the United Nations, each government sponsored. And all of them are predicting far, far too much warming.

Which essentially means, as Levin sums up ~

(W)e have a massive bit of public policy (EPA regulations) that has enormous effect on society that’s built on – I’ll use my words, phony models.

 
Iranians Caught Posing As Americans On Facebook To Hype Mueller Investigation, Slam Trump And Kavanaugh ~ While they’re censoring American conservatives, at least the social media giant is silencing some Islamists as well ~

Facebook on Friday deleted 82 pages, groups and accounts that it determined were part of an online influence operation located in Iran […]
 
The pages had over a combined 1 million followers and the groups had more than 25,000 members, Gleicher said.
 
Facebook provided several examples of the Iranian propaganda, which promoted former National Football League (NFL) quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s activism while criticizing President Donald Trump and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

 
‘Green’ Killing Fields: Wind Turbines Responsible for Massive & Unnecessary Bird Slaughter ~

Bird life across the globe could be facing its worst nightmare in the 21st century because of mankind’s ardent love for wind turbines. Despite the outright denial of renewable enthusiasts, data from across the globe suggests that bird life is in great peril due to wind factories.

 
Jim Jones & Harvey Milk: The Secret History ~ Hard to believe it’s been 40 years since the Jonestown mass suicide tragedy and Milk’s assassination. A new book from Daniel J. Flynn shatters the widely-accepted images of these two men and the narratives surrounding their deaths ~

Flynn reveals that Jones was in fact a socialist fanatic who, far from the theological and cultural fringes, was a key player in left-wing San Francisco politics. Flynn also shows that Milk was an opportunist and a showboater who was willing to use extremist rhetoric — and in one case, indulge in outing — to advance his political career. His assassin was not a homicidal homophobe, but a hotheaded former political ally furious over Milk’s political betrayal.
 
And, most bizarrely of all, Milk and Jones were friends and allies. That was the kind of place San Francisco was in the 1970s, says Flynn.

 
Dozens of Christians Killed in Muslim Attack on Market in Kaduna State, Nigeria ~ Religion of Peace strikes again in Nigeria ~

“A Muslim raised a false alarm about a thief in the market, which caused stampede, and then other Muslims started chanting ‘Allahu Akbar [the jihadist slogan, God is Greater],’ attacking Christians, burning houses and shops belonging to Christians in the town,” area resident Kefas Mallam told Morning Star News.

Support Coach Joe Kennedy ~ Washington state high school football coach Joe Kennedy was fired from his coaching job in 2015 for praying on the 50-yard line after games. The lower courts have sided with the school district so he’s now appealing to the Supreme Court ~

What’s happening to Coach Kennedy – and millions of people of faith – is the result of religious hostility unlike any we’ve seen before. Today, we live in a time when radical opponents – and even government officials – seek to silence, censor, and even punish religious expression.

Please sign THIS PETITION asking SCOTUS to take Kennedy’s case.