Blog Heap of Links for the day 8 March 2015
Wars and Rumors
Two Brothers Charged In Murder Of Philly Cop…Do You See What I See?
"ISIL elements have today blown up the historical 600-year-old Virgin Mary Church in Tal Kaif, angering citizens who considered it to be the identity of their town and part of their heritage," Ninawa tribal council deputy head Ibrahim al-Hassan told Al-Shorfa.
The church was detonated after ISIL elements looted its contents…
Five people have been killed in a machine-gun and grenade attack on a bar in Mali's capital, Bamako. … witness said an attacker shouted… "Allahu Akbar"… first attack of its kind in the capital. …not clear who carried out the attack, but al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militants have been fighting the army in northern Mali for a number of years.
… occurred over four hours in locations from a busy fish market to a crowded bus station… fifth explosion from a car bomb at a military checkpoint 75 kilometers (50 miles) outside the city wounded a soldier and two members of a civilian self-defense unit. … No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks but they bear the hallmarks of the Boko Haram Islamic extremist group. …
"Officials in the northern city of Mosul, which is under the control of the terror group, reported jihadists have begun destroying the archaeological site of Hatra in northern Iraq. …"
Do you see what I see? Both brothers look like they have Muslim ‘prayer bump’ impact on their heads, particularly Hipps on the left. Not been able to verify this yet, as there is no mention of it in media.
Meanwhile there’s a good officer, Robert Wilson, who protected the lives of store patrons, who will not be going home to his family.
Threats
…new series of interviews conducted by Dale Hurd, a senior reporter for CBN News. …collectively entitled “Warnings,” feature people who are confronting Europe’s Islamic future. …begins with George Igler of the Discourse Institute in the UK. …recorded in London in January, a week after the Charlie Hebdo and kosher supermarket massacres in Paris.
Nuclear is Nasty
"…Nuclear weapons seems like an old issue, from a previous generation and time. Plus, we have our own causes and as the argument often goes, 'no one is ever going to use one anyways, right?'…"
Transport
"I dispatched the scissors-jack altogether, and got a 2 ton hydraulic bottle jack which you simply place under the lift bracket along the frame and pump up and down. 16 bucks at evil walmart. 4-5 ton rated ones are only 29."
You know those scissor jacks that most cars come with? They have that articulated crank thingy that invariably leads to scraped bloody knuckles? Takes forever to get the car high enough to remove the tire?
Toss the crank thingy, and use a cordless impact wrench, and suitably sized socket instead. (Those universal sockets, with all the pins inside, work rather well).
Even at home, when rotating, or swapping winter/summer tires, it works better than my hydraulic floor jack.
Pop Culture
A typical show opens with a six-canary choir accompanying Mrs. Hansen (on the vibra-harp) in "The Star-Spangled Banner," while an oriole pulls a string that hoists a flag on a tiny pole and a parakeet shinnies to the pole top to pose as an American eagle…Amazingly, Hansen was able to continue putting on his Bible Birds show for 60 years…
Breitbart is Here
Vic jumps right into the news with guns blazing.
"Today is International Woman's Day. And lest you think this a good thing, remember this. It was developed in 1911 International Women's Day and was launched on this day in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women's Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany. IOW a hard left Marxist/Communist."
US Election 2016
Gowdy: "There are gaps of months and months and months" in the emails Hillary turned over to Congress. "There are huge gaps."