Wind turbines kill hundreds of thousands of other birds each year in the US

SurvivalBlog Readers’ & Editors’ Snippets

Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters.

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Reader D.S.V. forwarded this: French court orders windfarm to cease operations for a year because the turbines caused the death of a golden eagle. JWRs Comments: Conservative estimates indicate that wind turbines kill hundreds of raptors and hundreds of thousands of other birds each year here in the United States, and there is hardly a murmur of complaint or concern from environmentalists. This is because pointing out an inconvenient truth doesn’t match their Green Energy Can Do No Wrong agenda. Oh, and tangentially, let’s not forget that electric cars are more likely to squash pedestrians than gas or diesel engine vehicles. But the same selective Greenie logic applies…

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The Techno-Utopians Who Want to Colonize the Sea.

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B.G. suggested this news article that illustrates the rampant corruption in national politics: Disgraced Former Democrat Senator Bob Menendez’ Wife Convicted in Bribery and Corruption Case. JWR’s Comment: Sadly, the Democrats do not have an exclusive on corruption.

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Reader Patrick A. offered these comments:

“‘Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night.’- Psalm 91:5

What is this terror? It may be the cry of fire, or the noise of thieves, or fancied appearances, or the shriek of sudden sickness or death.

We live in the world of death and sorrow, we may therefore look for ills as well in the night-watches as beneath the glare of the broiling sun. Nor should this alarm us, for be the terror what it may, the promise is that the believer shall not be afraid.

Why should he?

Let us put it more closely, why should we?

God our Father is here, and will be here all through the lonely hours; He is an almighty Watcher, a sleepless Guardian, a faithful Friend.

Nothing can happen without His direction, for even hell itself is under His control. Darkness is not dark to Him. He has promised to be a wall of fire around His people–and who can break through such a barrier?

Worldlings may well be afraid, for they have an angry God above them, a guilty conscience within them, and a yawning hell beneath them; but we who rest in Jesus are saved from all these through rich mercy. If we give way to foolish fear we shall dishonour our profession, and lead others to doubt the reality of godliness.

We ought to be afraid of being afraid, lest we should vex the Holy Spirit by foolish distrust. Down, then, dismal forebodings and groundless apprehensions, God has not forgotten to be gracious, nor shut up His tender mercies, it may be night in the soul, but there need be no terror, for the God of love changes not.

Though the night be dark and dreary,
Darkness cannot hide from You;
You are He, who is never weary,
Watches where Your people be.’

Children of light may walk in darkness, but they are not therefore cast away, no, they are now enabled to prove their adoption by trusting in their heavenly Father as hypocrites cannot do.”

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Lily spotted this news: Messianic School Faces Closure in Israel – Can We Save It?

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Reader F.J. spotted this interesting piece: Brothers Save Their Home from Massive Flood with Homemade Levee–Dad Who Taught Them ‘Would have liked that’.

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Reader D.S.V. sent this: Global Medical Tyranny Just Got Real — Daily Pulse.