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…No matter how careful I think I am entering data over the year, I always discover so many mistakes when it’s time to make the report for her. Sigh. Anyway, it’s round-up time…
… On this day in 1836 Samuel Colt was granted a patent for the Colt revolver. The ironic thing about that was he made a rifle first before his first revolver.…
…On this day in 1917 U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom, Walter Hines Page, was given the Zimmermann Telegram. This telegram was instrumental in getting the US into WWI.…
Note to Blog-Heap reader(s), if any: Had a bunch of links ready to add last night, but lost my Internet connection, so I'll be getting to them today.
…On this day in 1455 the Gutenberg Bible was published; the first book printed with movable type.…
Happy Birthday, President Washington! Although much has changed since your time, we still have free speech, which I’m celebrating today with this illustrated round-up (and many thanks to Caped Crusader and Earl Aagaard for their contributions)…
A Hindu priest in Bangladesh was attacked and beheaded in his home, which is also the Hindu temple. Two other victims were reportedly wounded. Although the group responsible for the attack is not known, officials are certain that the incident had nothing to do with Islam.
In other news, 3,000 protesters gathered to protest the establishment of a refugee center near Kranja in Slovenia, fifteen miles north of the capital Ljubljana.…
A 12-year-old migrant boy in a Swedish asylum center was repeatedly raped by two full-grown men who had lied about their age — they said they were 15 — and were assigned to share a room with the unfortunate boy. Grown “refugee” men who pretend to be children are becoming increasingly common in Europe, since children get better benefits and are less likely to be deported than adult migrants.
In other news, the Italian birth rate in 2015 was the lowest annual rate that has been recorded since the unification of Italy in 1861.…
A suicide attack on a market in northeastern Cameroon killed nineteen people. A pair of female suicide bombers carried out the attack, which wounded an undetermined number of people. No group has claimed responsibility for the deed, but the Islamic activists of Boko Haram are the primary suspects.
In other news, the Greek government says that it wants other European countries to keep their borders open to migrants, or it will refuse to sign off to an accord designed to help keep Britain in the EU.…
On this day in 1819 the Adams-Onís Treaty was made in which Spain agreed to sell Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars ($78M today) and the settlement of the boundary between the US and New Spain (Mexico). The $5M was not to be paid to Spain but was to be used to pay American citizens' legal claims against Spain.…
…On this day in 1885 the newly completed Washington Monument was dedicated.…
There is no sense of normalcy in the world for me when a committed old communist and a reality TV star are the leading contenders in America’s upcoming presidential election. My round-up addresses some of the craziness, as well as lots of other stuff.…
…On this day in 1792 the Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, was signed by United States President George Washington.…
A car bomb that exploded in Ankara, killing 28 people, and a bomb that exploded at a Turkish cultural center in Stockholm (causing no injuries) may both be the work of Kurdish separatists, reacting to Turkey’s ongoing military offensive against the Kurds in both Turkey and Syria.
Meanwhile, European Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos has written to the Austrian interior minister, warning her that Austria’s decision to cap the number of migrants entering the country is forbidden under EU regulations and international law. …
… On this day in 1807 former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr was arrested for treason in Wakefield, Alabama and confined to Fort Stoddert. He was later acquitted…
I was going to apologize for a small round-up, only to realize that, thanks in large part to Caped Crusader, I have a wonderful collection of cartoons and political posters …
Donald Trump says that his pledge to the Republican Party not to run as anything but a Republican is now null and void, given the RNC’s packing of debate audiences with Republican donors and other party favorites. This announcement appears to clear the way for Mr. Trump to run as an independent.
In other news, a man has been arrested in Scotland for posting insulting messages on Facebook about Syrian refugees being resettled on the Scottish island of Bute.…
Why Americans Detest Politicians…
Two more suspects in the Paris terror massacres have been identified as having passed through Greece into Europe with the migrants. The two are “Frenchmen” of Algerian and Pakistani origin, and posed as Syrian refugees when they entered Greece using stolen Syrian passports provided by the Islamic State.
In other news, Austria has decided to set up border controls at twelve crossings on its southern border with Italy.…
It’s hard to believe, but five years have passed since the bluebird of bitterness was hatched.…
Monsignor Georges Abou Khazen, the Apostolic Vicar of Aleppo, says that the “moderate” Syrian “rebels” supported by the United States and the EU have been bombarding civilians and committing other atrocities in their pushback against the Assad regime in Syria. He maintains that there is no significant difference between these groups and the Islamic State and the al-Nusra Front.
In other news, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says that Greece has failed in its duty to intercept migrants arriving in the Schengen area, and that another line of defense is necessary in Macedonia and Bulgaria along their respective borders with Greece.…
Tommy Robinson, the former leader of the EDL and one of the current leaders of PEGIDA UK, was attacked and knocked unconscious in Luton. He is currently recovering, and is said to be “OK”. No further details are available at this point.
In other news, according to an analysis of 29 separate studies, there is a pay gap between lesbians and heterosexual women, with the latter earning significantly less than the former for the same type of job.…
• Venerable feminist icons want to guilt women into voting for Hillary Clinton.
• Bernie’s Adventures on a Stalinist Kibbutz
Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz says that as soon as Austria has admitted its quota of 37,000 “refugees”, Macedonia must close its borders to any further migrants. Austria will send troops to FYROM to facilitate this process.
In other news, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls warns that Europe must be prepared for future mass-scale Islamic terror attacks, which he says are a certainty.…
A Somali immigrant named Mohamed Barry entered a restaurant in Columbus, Ohio and began slashing at patrons with a machete, wounding four of them, one of them critically. He reportedly thought the restaurant was Jewish-owned, when it was in fact owned by an Israeli Arab Christian. After being vigorously resisted by customers and staff, the assailant fled. When he was stopped by police shortly afterwards, he lunged at the officers with a knife and a machete, and was shot to death. The incident had a Mohammed Coefficient of 100%.
In other news, three Pakistani “refugees” were arrested for allegedly raping a 19-year-old male compatriot at an asylum shelter where they all resided in Vicenza, Italy. …
During the trial of a culture-enricher in Hannover, Germany, a court heard that the alleged perpetrator cried “Allahu akhbar!” as he brutally raped a 25-year-old student. In possibly unrelated news, a culture-enriching prisoner cried “Allahu akhbar!” as he attacked a guard with the metal seat of a stool in a prison in Washington State. The guard suffered brain damage, and is still recovering from his injuries.
In other news, the precipitous drop in stock market prices has driven investors to buy precious metals. The prices of gold and silver are seeing a sudden increase as a result.…
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