Blog Heap of Links for the day 10 March 2011
Playing Politics
PolitiFact Wisconsin has compiled promises that Scott Walker made during the 2010 campaign and is tracking their progress on our Walk-O-Meter.
WW2 - still with us
In the middle of a grueling campaign during World War II, the young soldier from Tulsa, desperate for food, had been searching a dead German's body in a foxhole he'd discovered. But when he heard it - the voice like his father's that he swore had called his name - Bell froze. Dropping an unopened can of rations, he quickly climbed out of the hole. Before he could ascertain what he'd heard, though, a deafening explosion knocked Bell off his feet.
Know the Enemy
Three Oklahoma lawmakers who advocate stricter immigration controls are among a dozen U.S. legislators targeted by the Southern Poverty Law Center for their "radical" beliefs. Republican state Reps. Sally Kern and Charles Key of Oklahoma City and Randy Terrill of Moore are highlighted in the "Attacking the Constitution: State Legislators for Legal Immigration & the Anti-Immigrant Movement" report. "It's astounding how far outside the mainstream they are," Heidi Beirich, research director for the center, said of the legislators. "These folks are flat-out extremists."
Art of
Oklahoma
The Oklahoma House has approved a measure barring abortions on fetuses more than 20 weeks after conception... Its author, Rep. Pam Peterson of Tulsa, said research indicates pain receptors exist in a fetus that is 16 weeks old, and nerves linking the receptors to the brain exist by 20 weeks. ... The bill exempts pregnant women whose life or health is threatened. The measure makes it a felony to perform an abortion in violation of the act....
Animal Companions
Graham Waspe's guide dog is not just aiding his owner to carry out everyday tasks, but also helping his previous one to get around in Stowmarket, Suffolk.
Transport Safety
Two teenage girls were arrested Wednesday after crashing a van into the Will Rogers Casino near Claremore... Deputies said the girls, both 15, had been huffing compressed air....
US Military
While mothers and fathers are away, serving in the military, some children are finding comfort in pillowlike dolls decorated with their photos. Operation Hug-A-Hero has provided thousands of the dolls to families of soldiers.
While mothers and fathers are away, serving in the military, some children are finding comfort in pillowlike dolls decorated with their photos. Operation Hug-A-Hero has provided thousands of the dolls to families of soldiers.