Blog Heap of Links for the day 22 May 2015

Lots of luck, kids — you’re going to need it

[bob's excellent selections]

…inside the family’s 12th floor condo… sitting at her kitchen table breastfeeding her 15-month old daughter on Tuesday when she had a strange feeling… "of someone staring at me and I looked up and there was a robot staring at me…” hovered just a few feet from her window for about 15 seconds, flew away and then returned… she could see the lens on the drone. “It was staring straight at me…”

…She was the only dog to be registered as a prisoner of war during the Second World War.… [Read about her heroic service.]

[The sad state of the world reflected in political comics. Or is it, the comic state of the world reflected in political sadz?]

[Pete puts the posters and politics in place. (wipes mouth)]

…There are a lot of days where doing this post is a lot like having constipation.…

Ace forgot to post a morning thread, so Vic is found at the tail-end of the overnight.

"… On this day in 1964 LBJ announced his Great Society social reforms to bring an end to poverty and racial injustice in America.…