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

 
Progressive heads exploding over gay marriage ban on tribal lands ~ Native Americans are supposed to stay on the Progressive reservation – so to speak. A Democrat pander class, they’re supposed to be compliant ~

…the U.S. Constitution (and the Supreme Court’s interpretation of it) does not apply to tribal lands, which theoretically are sovereign nations. It’s not just untaxed gasoline and casinos at issue; it is the latest inventions of the progressive mindset ratified by jurists not being enforced. And the progressive approach to the failure of its victim groups to unite in gratefully following the full program is, shall we say, delicate…

Multiple Eye Witnesses: Many New Jersey Muslims Celebrated The 9/11 Attacks ~ Hey, who ya gonna believe – the mainstream media propaganda machine – or your own lying eyes?

 
A Rape Survivor Speaks Out About Transgender Bathrooms ~ Why must we endanger all females simply to let a few sadly, dis-ordered individuals feel “normal?”

There’s no way to make everyone happy about transgender bathrooms and locker rooms. So the priority ought to be finding a way to keep everyone safe […]

 
Is it ironic to no one that being “progressive” actually sets women’s lib back about a century?

 
‘Cosmo’ Praises Incest ~ The slippery slope is getting steeper as society slides closer to the pit. Cosmopolitan Magazine featured an article ~

… celebrating the incestuous relationship of a brother and sister (half-siblings, they share the same father) who met for the first time as adults, Cosmopolitan magazine defies “the last taboo” and argues that, by virtue of shared genetics, a brother and sister coupling creates a “perfect storm” that others might be missing out on.[…]
 
Noting that incest is illegal and punishable by life in prison in their state, which is in the Great Lakes area, the two explain their plans to use a legal loophole to later marry. The man who raised Melissa is listed on her birth certificate, so legally she does not share a biological father with Brian.
 
Brian says of his plans to wed his sister: “Few human beings get to experience something at this level. And it’s not a taboo. It’s nothing wrong. This just feels like love, perfect love.”

 
Cosmo seems to agree with him: “Their unusual circumstances have created a perfect storm, an ideal 😯 mix that most people don’t get to experience.”

 
Our Brothers’ Keepers: Inside Haiti’s Child Hunger Crisis ~ Instead of trying to sterilize the third world, why doesn’t Bill Gates use his philanthropic donations for truly humanitarian projects like this?

 
How the UAW is selling out American auto workers ~ Pretending solidarity with the regular members while helping outsource jobs to Mexico; UAW leaders are cut from the same cloth as our Washington Cartel bosses ~

If the automakers could have moved their facilities to right to work states where labor costs are lower, pretty much all of the jobs could have stayed in the U.S. But that won’t do for the UAW, so they’ll get rid of the lower tier workers who were doing the complaining by shipping their jobs to Mexico. The old, loyal union hands can then stay on in Detroit and keep on collecting the big dollars. It’s a beautiful thing, isn’t it?

CPRC at Fox News: “The facts shoot holes in Obama’s claim that US is only host to mass killings” ~ CPRC, Crime Prevention Research Center aims to provide an objective and accurate scientific evaluation of both the costs and benefits of gun ownership as well as policing activities ~

In just 2015, France suffered more casualties – killings and injuries – from mass public shootings than the U.S. has suffered during Obama’s entire presidency (508 to 424). This number includes the San Bernandino massacre on Wednesday.

Settled science, Obama-style: US needs to give India $3 billion or else south Florida will be under water ~ It’s true: climate change hysteria is only being whipped up to facilitate massive global wealth redistribution.

 
AIDS/HIV 30 Years Later: What We Know Now ~

“It’s something that we pretty much know how to prevent transmission of, but getting people to stop sleeping with people they’re not married to and getting people to stop using intravenous drugs is easier said than done.”

 
And then there’s ~ The Return of Syphilis ~

Researchers are still trying to work out why these increases are happening now, but the CDC’s report offers a few clues. For one, syphilis isn’t the only sexually transmitted disease becoming more common. Syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea—the three STDs that comprised the focus of the report—rose simultaneously for the first time on record, which suggests an underlying cause that isn’t syphilis-specific.

Well, duh…

Some populations are especially at risk. Unlike the mainly heterosexual outbreak in the early 1990s, the majority of syphilis cases in 2014 appeared in men who have sex with men (though syphilis rates also rose among women by 22.7 percent). Kidd suggests that people might be less careful now that the threat of HIV/AIDS is less immediate than it was in the 1990s, or that partners might use strategies to prevent HIV transmission that aren’t as effective for other STDs.

God has a wonderful, safe, satisfying plan for human sexuality. Unfortunately – we’ve rejected it – and are now facing the consequences.
 

Fmr. FBI Counterterrorism Agent: ‘Vast Majority’ of US Mosques/Islamic Centers Part of ‘Jihadi Network’ Exclusive from Breitbart News, pretty frightening stuff ~

Guandolo said that even senior government officials have “no idea this is going on inside the United States because the people advising us are the leaders of the organizations—that per evidence in counterterrorism trials—have been identified organizations that are Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, al-Qaeda” who are “necessarily hostile to our system, our war fighting, our way of life. That’s the problem.”

And yet, we’re being intimidated into keeping quiet under the guise of faux “Islamaphobia” ~ The CAIR Effect: See something, do nothing.

 
Obama Says That All Faiths Share Same ‘Bedrock Values’ Taught by Jesus Christ ~ Really? I don’t remember the part in Christianity about murdering the infidels if they won’t convert… And the president’s version of the Bible seems to be missing the main message:
 

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

 
UK: Muslims attack convert from-Islam-to-Christianity with pickaxe ~ The Religion-of-Peace once again proves itself to be an oxymoron ~

A hadith depicts Muhammad saying: “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him” (Bukhari 9.84.57). The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law according to all the schools of Islamic jurisprudence.

 
More murder and mayhem from the Jihadi front ~
• Teenage Islamist ‘poster girl’ who fled Austria to join ISIS ‘is beaten to death by the terror group after trying to escape from Syria’ ~ The young and the tragically naive
• Terrorism Deaths Quadruple Under Obama ~ Wow! That “J.V. team” sure is impressive! ~

Deaths from terrorism increased 80 percent last year to an all-time-record of 32,658 people killed, compared to 18,111 in 2013. The number is up about 426 percent from the 7,654 killed by terrorists in 2008 under President Bush, according to the latest report from ‘Vision of Humanity.’

• Iconic rock at Youngstown State defaced with ISIS graffiti
• If you see something, say something. And get sued for $15 million ~ it wasn’t enough for “ClockBoy” to be celebrated by Obama, now he and his Islamist family are suing the city and school district of Irving, Texas for a cool $15 mill. We call this “Muslim Lawfare” -aka- extortion.

 
Star Wars goes to Illuminati Dark Side ~ Some interesting observations from Dr. Eowyn at Fellowship of the Minds about the promotional materials for the newest, heavily-hyped Star Wars installment.
 
If it’s freezing, it must be warming ~ As the seasons change, it’s always amusing to watch the weather fool with the climate science settlers ~

Beyond the humor of the (Al) Gore Effect is mounting evidence that the climate is cooling, not warming. No need to panic about global cooling, either. Based on Greenland ice cores, “[a]lternating climatic warming and cooling has occurred about every 27 years since 1470 AD, well before atmospheric CO2 began to increase.”

 
New Breastfeeding Studies: Mainstream Media Still Ignores the Obvious ~

Over five years ago, “while carrying out research into how breastfeeding can protect women from developing the killer disease [breast cancer],” scientists at the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka found that while “breastfeeding offered significant protection from cancer, they also noted that the highest reported risk factor in developing the disease was abortion.”
 
As researchers then found, the link between abortion and breast cancer “is caused by high levels of oestradiol, a hormone that stimulates breast growth during pregnancy. Its effects are minimized in women who take pregnancy to full term but it remains at dangerous levels in those who have abortions.”

We get faux-science to promote climate alarmism, but ignore real science when it comes to protecting women from breast cancer.

 
Will Smith: ‘Everybody Is Prejudiced,’ But ‘Racism Is Actually Rare’ ~ And simple truth-telling is refreshingly rare in a Hollywood celebrity! 🙂

 
Gates Foundation Suspected of Forcing Dangerous Contraceptive on African Nations

WHO’s (World Health Organization, one of Gates’ favorite “charities”) revised guidelines released October 21 now mirror those issued by Pfizer Pharmaceutical, Depo-Provera’s manufacturer. It states there is “no evidence of a causal association between DMPA use and an increase in women’s risk of HIV acquisition.” This reversal, says Hartmann, despite 25 years of scientific studies citing an increased risk of HIV transmission among women using it, raises questions about whether WHO abandoned caution due to “outside ‘encouragement’” by special interest groups […]
 
With 60% of women in sub-Saharan Africa using injectable contraceptives, and only half of the women in the region are literate, it was reported WHO would work on a communications strategy to reach users.

I’m firmly convinced that Bill and Melinda Gates are every bit as evil as Margaret Sanger was. Where do these people get the authority to deny reproductive rights – and health(!) – to women in developing nations?!

 
EU flags disappear from Polish government press briefings ~ Another step in the Right direction for Poland.

 
Being Thankful for the Left ~ I really enjoy the trademark satirical tone Sultan Knish (Daniel Greenfield) usually displays in his writing. But there’s none of that his uplifting and encouraging Thanksgiving reminder that ~

(The Left’s) evil teaches us to find the good within ourselves. Their strength teaches us to find our own strength. And their plots against what we have teach us how many treasures we have, not least of these being the full value of our freedom and our happiness that they wish to take from us.
 
Their war on America is teaching us to be better Americans. It may not feel that way right now, but we are privileged to have this opportunity and this fight.

I originally posted this two years ago. Re-reading it, it’s eerie to see how prescient it was. In fact we’re closer than ever to the Brave New World described in this narrative; the dates mentioned for the various future Orwellian “Acts” are overly optimistic. Considering the way the country is imploding, I’d predict they’ll be in place several years sooner.

 
But I’m still truly thankful… that it’s not this bad – yet ~
 

Hat-tip: UncleGlenn