Blog Heap of Links for the day 5 June 2015

A two-star Air Force general drew heavy fire for mentioning Christ at a National Day of Prayer event on May 7, when the shrewdly named Military Religious Freedom Foundation called for “Major General Craig S. Olson [to] be immediately, aggressively and very visibly brought to justice for his unforgivable crimes and transgressions via trial by General Courts Martial.” …

This is the last post on this blog. I am leaving Sweden for good shortly, and will no longer be following its descent from what was once the third most prosperous country in the world. Frankly, it’s just too damn depressing. … When I was a child, Sweden was a dull yet very safe place to live. … Today, it’s as if the inmates are running the asylum.…

Najeeb Michael is a Dominican monk who used to live in the Iraqi city of Mosul. His days at the monastery were spent digitising rare historical manuscripts. Less than a year ago, as the Islamic State group was about to take over Mosul, Najeeb knew that these artefacts would be destroyed if they fell into the jihadists’ hands. He tells us how he managed to smuggle thousands of the precious documents out of the city before fleeing himself. Some of them are now on display in Paris.…

I was actually on this flight on Friday evening from ORD to DCA. I have been a reader of this forum for a long time but seeing this all over the news made me sign up so I could tell you what really happened here and hopefully stop this liar in her tracks. I was sitting close enough to her to hear everything that was said…

…This at a time when the United Nations just reported that ISIS strength has grown 70 percent over the last nine months and they’re recruiting in 100 countries; at a time when our domestic law enforcement just shot dead an Islamic jihadist in Boston and foiled a beheading plot; at a time when the global Islamic jihadist movement extends from Nigeria to the Philippines – the Obama administration wants to release more of these barbarians — a lot more.…

Lennon used Gibson J-160E guitar for many early Beatles' songs… Lennon and fellow Beatle George Harrison both bought the same style Gibson guitars in 1962 at a music shop in Liverpool for £161, or about $245 at today's exchange rate.…

Dr. Paul R. McHugh, the former psychiatrist-in-chief for Johns Hopkins Hospital and its current Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry, said that transgenderism is a “mental disorder” that merits treatment, that sex change is “biologically impossible,” and that people who promote sexual reassignment surgery are collaborating with and promoting a mental disorder.…

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has returned images from its final close approach to Saturn's oddball moon Hyperion, upholding the moon's reputation as one of the most bizarre objects in the solar system. The views show Hyperion's deeply impact-scarred surface, with many craters displaying dark material on their floors.…

Sixty-eight illegal immigrants were discovered in cargo containers on a ferry from the Netherlands bound for Britain. The group of migrants included two pregnant women and fifteen children. Four Polish lorry drivers have been arrested on suspicion of people-trafficking.

In other news, the Islamic State has released a propaganda video calling on Muslims in the Balkans to either join the jihad in the Middle East, or kill infidels in Macedonia, Kosovo, Bosnia, and other Balkan countries. …

For premature.Not intended for viewing by anyone over the age of 13.…

…On this day in 1933 congress effectively nullified the gold standard in the US…