Blog Heap of Links for the day 9 March 2011

The bigotry in the video directed towards Jews seemed to alarm Williams the most. "...he is sitting there... buying into libel against Jewish people who have had success in the newspaper business but nothing illegitimate, nothing wrong about it, and he buys into the stereotyping and bigotry and then points the finger at others to say people like me are bigots. This is unbelievable." http://dailycaller.com/2011/03/08/fired-npr-analyst-juan-williams-respon... Good ear for the worst hypocrisy.

The highest-graded copy of Amazing Fantasy #15, featuring the debut of Spider-Man from Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, has sold in a private transaction for $1.1 million. This is by far the highest price paid for a Silver Age comic book, and is an almost one billion percent increase from the 12¢ cover price.

Oklahoma, with the 28th-largest population and the 29th-largest economy among the 50 states, accounts for more gambling revenue than all but three. An explosion of Indian casino gaming in the state has brought transformational opportunities for the tribes but hasn't been without social costs for everyone.

"The student found some information on the Internet on a person he thought was her, including photos, and printed it out at home and brought it in.... He asked her, 'Is this you?' And she said yes. Of course, she immediately realized this could have some implications...." [Well, I should say!]

Mr. Witzel was born at Wann, Oklahoma on May 18, 1924 the son of Laverne and Lena Witzel. He grew up and received his education in Bartlesville until entering the United States Navy at the age of 16 in 1941. He was a Pearl Harbor survivor who was a Gunner's Mate, shooting down two Japanese planes during the Pearl Harbor attack. He served continuously in the Navy until his Honorable Discharge on July 31, 1961. Mr. Witzel was married to Anna Lee Brunsteter on September 9, 1944 in Bartlesville. They made their home at various locations during Mr. Witzel's military career. Following his military discharge as a Chief Petty Officer, they came to Bartlesville to make their home in 1961 where he was Vice President of Home and Peoples Savings & Loan Association from 1961 until 1979.

Students at Jenks East Intermediate will observe a naturalization ceremony this morning... Thirty-six participants from 20 different countries will take the Oath of Allegiance to become new U.S. citizens...