News and Links Digest (publ. 2024-12-30)

Biden commutes sentences of murderers and rapists

=> Biden Commutes Sentences Of Dozens Of Murderers Two Days Before Christmas | Biden’s death row commutations spared child killers, a rapist, and a drug kingpin from execution | Just The News | ‘Makes No Sense’: Trump Blasts Biden’s Decision To Commute Sentences Of 37 Murderers | ‘I Watched My Mother Be Murdered’: Family Reacts To Biden Commuting Killer’s Death Sentence | Woman Whose Daughter Was Raped, Murdered Rips Biden For Commuting Killer’s Death Sentence

The Value of Raking

Simply raking the ground (or, thatch, more accurately) helps wildflowers to grow.

=> An inexpensive fix for California's struggling wildflowers | ScienceDaily

Carbon at only 350 Ma after big bang

A brief article in Creation magazine highlights the troubling existence of carbon too early in the history of the universe.

Carbon at the dawn of the universe

Jonathan Sarfati

Creation 47(1) 2025

p. 55

Media Claims 5 Gaza Journalists Were Killed By Israel. They Were Terrorists.

=> Media Claims 5 Gaza Journalists Were Killed By Israel. They Were Terrorists.

Testimony of pro-lifer in prison

=> Pro-Lifer Spending Holidays In Prison Grateful For Opportunity: ‘A DOJ-Sponsored Mission Trip’

Evolutionists struggle to keep creation of moon at beginning of solar system

Secular dating of moon samples puts formation of the moon 200Ma after formation of the solar system. Remelting scenario is proposed as a solution.

=> A 'remelting' of lunar surface adds a wrinkle to mystery of Moon's true age | ScienceDaily