Blog Heap of Links for the day 2 March 2015

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi recently appointed Rep. André Carson (D-IN) to a coveted position on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. This panel is charged with oversight of the United States’ most sensitive national intelligence capabilities and operations…. the Indiana congressman has an extensive record of involvement with, support of and support from a virtual Who’s Who of Brotherhood front organizations in America and leading figures in the jihad movement in this country.

On Friday, C.J. Pearson, a 12-year-old conservative from Georgia who posted a viral video supporting Rudy Giuliani, discovered that his personal Facebook page was locked. In an exclusive interview with Examiner.com on Saturday, Pearson said he received a message from someone about 6 a.m. Friday. That's when he learned his account and page had been locked for "suspicious activity." …

As is so often the case in these situations, Facebook did not respond to his requests for help. Nor would they tell him what the alleged suspicious activity was. We reached out to Facebook, but the social media giant has so far refused to respond to our request for comments.

"…'Music of Italy' will be the theme for this year’s festival set for June 6-13. The 2015 season, OKM’s 31st consecutive year, which makes it a legendary phenomenon in national music festival history…"

"Dick and Edna Lutz, 94 and 92, celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary on Jan. 27. The couple are a fixture at The Civic Center Music Hall, having spent about 33 years volunteering at the shows there. …"

Ted Cruz: "We must refocus our investment on the hard sciences, on getting men and women into space, on exploring low-Earth orbit and beyond, and not on political distractions that are extraneous to NASA’s mandate. I am excited to raise these issues in our subcommittee and look forward to producing legislation that confirms our shared commitment to this vital mission."

A Tulsa woman who was five-months pregnant when she was [accidentally] shot, died Sunday, March 1. …on life support since the shooting last June. …baby girl was born healthy and is doing great.

"Last week, an Oklahoma House committee passed a bill that would nullify in practice some Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules that prevent treatments from being used by terminally ill patients. …pushes back against the FDA and their controversial methodology of withholding experimental treatments from people on their deathbed."

…artist Nelson Shanks… [spoke] about a hidden secret in his portrait of President Clinton… "I put a shadow coming into the painting… literally represents a shadow from a blue dress that I had on a mannequin… [also] represents a shadow on the office he held, or on him." … And so the Clintons hate the portrait. They want it removed from the National Portrait Gallery.

Vic rolls out the links and acid commentary for the day starting here.

"On this day in 1983 Compact Discs and players were released for the first time in the United States and other markets."