Blog Heap of Links for the day 28 February 2015

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Wars and Rumors

"Just days ago, the generals were trumpeting plans to knock ISIS out of its most important stronghold in Iraq. Now, those plans are on indefinite hold."

6:36pm CST Sat 2015 Feb 28 :MW

Infrastructure Threat

"Cellphone, Internet, and telephone services across half of Arizona went dark on Wednesday after vandals sliced a sensitive fiber optic cable, according to those familiar with the situation…"

All too easy.

6:29pm CST Sat 2015 Feb 28 :MW
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Spiritual Matters

Okla Flag

While an American Muslim girl sang the "Star Spangled Banner" inside the statehouse in Oklahoma City, about two dozen anti-Islamic protesters outside hurled insults at the group, mostly students, as they visited the Capitol to speak with lawmakers. There were no reports of violence.

"If they had a sword, they'd cut your head off," protesters shouted. Some carried signs saying "Islam equals Death." …

The "Oklahoma Muslim Day at the Capitol" was organized by the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and supported by the Interfaith Alliance of Oklahoma, whose members helped escort attendees into the Capitol and past the protesters. …

A few lawmakers in the socially conservative state have previously made statements against Muslims, including Republican Representative John Bennett, who has said Islam is "a cancer in our nation that needs to be cut out."

6:40pm CST Sat 2015 Feb 28 :MW
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Citizenship

…Let’s put it this way.

This isn’t an effort to welcome immigrants to the US in order for them to assimilate into the American culture.

This is an invasion — orchestrated by radical amnesty organizations and facilitated by the Obama White House.

This is an invasion of foreign nationals who are being encouraged to come to the US — not to become Americans, but to avail themselves of US welfare programs. It’s Cloward & Piven on steroids. …

6:34pm CST Sat 2015 Feb 28 :MW

Breitbart is Here

Vic's rampage through the latest news starts here today.

"On this day in 1885 the American Telephone and Telegraph Company was incorporated in New York as the subsidiary of American Bell Telephone. The company was later illegally broken up by the communist government of the US using the BS unconstitutional monopoly laws pushed in by Teddy Roosevelt."

8:05am CST Sat 2015 Feb 28 :MW