Blog Heap of Links for the day 15 March 2015
Wars and Rumors
ISIS has blown up a 10th century Chaldean Catholic church north of Mosul. The building that was located in the Ba’werah neighborhood on a hill north of Mosul. ISIS also bulldozed a nearby graveyard. … building was founded by the Assyrian Church of the East in the 10th century. The building was converted into a seminary by the Chaldean Catholic Church in 1846.
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A pair of suicide bombers detonated themselves near two churches in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday as worshippers were gathered inside — killing 15 people, officials said, in the latest attack against religious minorities in the increasingly fractured country.
In the tense aftermath of the blasts, an angry Christian mob turned violent — blocking a major highway, burning cars, ransacking a bus terminal setting two people on fire who the mob suspected of involvement in the attacks. Christian demonstrators blocked roads in other major Pakistani cities as well.
International Incidents
Vladimir Putin is 'alive' but 'neutralised' as shadowy security chiefs stage a stealthy coup in Moscow, it was claimed last night.
Former FSB chief Nikolai Patrushev was behind the plot, claimed chairman of the pro-Kremlin national Islamic Committee, Geydar Dzhemal.
There have been no confirmed sightings of Putin for nine days, while in the febrile atmosphere engulfing Moscow a convoy of large trucks parked outside the Kremlin fueled rumours of a flit by the president. …
Know the Enemy
Internet gaffe by US government as UK extremist's sharia law photo used in free speech ad
• US government posted a British Muslim extremist's photograph online
• Picture showed veiled women calling for sharia law during London protest
• State Department used photo as an inspirational example of free speech
• But the banner was also used in an extremist campaign for strict sharia law
It's Only Money
…Jackson’s detractors often claim that he was a bloodthirsty Indian hater, who really embraced removal because he wanted to wipe out American Indians to please avaricious white frontiersmen. However, this one-dimensional view of Jackson as a Satanic butcher is an incredibly unfair characterization of a man who did not possess the virulent racial animus frequently ascribed to him. …
Life and Death
…The waitress, Claire Hudson, was serving a couple at Mac’s Grub Shak. The couple’s bill came to $28.12. Hudson was startled when she realized they left her a 130 percent tip accompanied by this note. …
Breitbart is Here
[Joe Dan Gorman's latest construction deconstructs candidate Hillary.
"The Clintons are like cockroaches… You can’t get rid of them."
Vic daily battle vs the World begins here.
"On this day in 1956 Lerner and Lowe's musical My Fair Lady began its long time run on Broadway…."
US Election 2016
…Sen. Ted Cruz, a likely GOP frontrunner, recently released this ad titled “A Time For Truth,” and I’ve got to say, I’m digging it. It’s not a bunch of mumbo jumbo. I’ve heard him harp on these same points in some of his live speeches over the past couple of years. …