Opposing Tyranny

Greek government officials are concerned about the legal delays that have prevented the construction of a mosque in Athens. It is feared that the absence of a mosque in the Greek capital could encourage the spread of Islamic extremism.

In other news, violence broke out at the border crossing between Italy and Austria in the Brenner Pass, where pro-immigrant demonstrators gathered to protest the new border controls imposed by Austria. Activists among the protesters threw stones and flares at the Austrian police, injuring five of them.…

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The theft of 7,000 pounds of copper from electric pylons at a water treatment plant in Italy almost left Rome without drinking water. If the plant had not switched to emergency generators, water service would have been suspended. After a police chase, four Albanians were arrested on suspicion of stealing the copper.

In other news, gunmen boarded a ship off the coast of Sabah in Borneo and abducted four Malaysian crew members. The identity of the kidnappers has not been established, but Islamic militants from Abu Sayyaf are the principal suspects.…

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…On this day in 1818 Congress adopted the flag of the United States as it exists now with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (then 20).

Archaeologists believe they may have discovered a second Viking settlement in North America. The site at Point Rosee in southwestern Newfoundland was first identified using satellite imagery. Subsequent excavation uncovered what is tentatively identified as a Norse settlement dated somewhere between 800 AD and 1300 AD. The new site is more than 400 miles southwest of L’Anse aux Meadows in northern Newfoundland, the only other Viking site in North America.

In other news, after a brush fire broke out last week next to a power line in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, emergency workers discovered incendiary devices resembling pipe bombs attached to the line. The police and the FBI investigated. Today a man named Danny Kelly was arrested in Chelmsford and charged with placing the devices on the power line.…

…On this day in 1922 Uncle Joe Stalin took control of Russia and immediately began killing his opponents and consolidating power. His tinkering with the economy resulted in destroying most of the farms and produced a famine that killed millions.…

Police at Brussels Airport say that at least fifty supporters of ISIS have jobs at the airport, despite background checks that are intended to keep extremists out. The police are threatening to go on strike if more is not done to deal with such security problems.

In other news, an Illinois man shot and killed a state trooper at the bus station in Richmond, Virginia, before being shot and killed by other troopers. No motive has yet been adduced for the perp’s murderous actions.…

I’m sitting on a huge collection of silly cartoons, of the type that should make most of us laugh, and on an equally huge collection of wise sayings, of the type that should make most of us think. Today seemed like an appropriate day to share them. I’ll start with the laughs, and then we’ll get serious…

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