Blog Heap of Links for the day 6 June 2015

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Wars and Rumors

Saudi Arabia said it shot down a Scud missile fired by Yemen's Shiite rebels and their allies early Saturday at a Saudi city that is home to a large air base, marking a major escalation in the monthslong war.

On a scale of none-to-serious, SCUDs are serious.
10:56pm CDT Sat 2015 Jun 6 :MW

WW2 - still with us

An overview of the D-Day invasion, including a link (under the first photo) to a recording of a CBS radio broadcast covering news of the invasion.…

11:39pm CDT Sat 2015 Jun 6 :MW
Poster. Video. Be sure to see the comments.
11:32pm CDT Sat 2015 Jun 6 :MW

You are about to embark on the Great Crusade toward which we have striven these many months. …

11:05pm CDT Sat 2015 Jun 6 :MW

On June 6th, 2014 an 11-year-old boy wanted to say thank you to the soldiers who fought and died on Omaha beach on D-Day morning 70 years earlier. So his mother took him to Normandy, France.

11:05pm CDT Sat 2015 Jun 6 :MW
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Feeding Ourselves

Banana

Six decades after a banana-killing fungus all but wiped out plantations across Latin America, a new strain threatens to destroy global harvests.…

8:17am CDT Sat 2015 Jun 6 :MW
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Breitbart is Here

News headline links and posters

Reagan Brought Us Eight of the Best Damn Years this Country's Ever Seen- Yet We Learn NOTHING
With stupidity and ingratitude in fashion -and meritocracy out, who has time to hear about Reagan's towering success?

11:55pm CDT Sat 2015 Jun 6 :MW
Gates of Vienna Newsfeed

Nearly 2,000 migrants were rescued by EU maritime forces in the Mediterranean today. Italian, Irish, German, and Maltese vessels were among those that brought the refugees safely to shore.

In other news, Saudi Arabia says that it shot down a Scud missile fired at it by Houthi rebels in Yemen.

News headlines, summaries, and links.
11:46pm CDT Sat 2015 Jun 6 :MW
Nice Deb's Candle
Nice Deb's Saturday Selections

Rick Perry Presidential Campaign Announcement Full Speech
Dr. Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina enter presidential race
Neil Cavuto interviews Bobby Jindal
Trifecta: Not Even Close
Krauthammer : ‘We’re in for 17 Months of a Fake ISIS Strategy'
Mark Steyn On ‘American Irrelevance’ In The World
Chickens: Comedians suck up to Obama, Clinton and the Democrats
New Yorkers Tackle Mugger

11:19pm CDT Sat 2015 Jun 6 :MW
Reaganite's headline links list

With stupidity and ingratitude in fashion -and meritocracy out- who has time to hear about Reagan's towering success? …

7:59am CDT Sat 2015 Jun 6 :MW