Blog Heap of Links for the day 30 June 2015

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Wars and Rumors

Yesterday there were three terrorist attacks, the worst of which in terms of loss of life (38 people) occurred on a beach in Sousse, Tunisia that is popular with European tourists. … The goal: to frighten the West and to harm the Tunisian tourist industry. Mission accomplished. … this incident reminds me very very much of the 1997 Luxor massacre in Egypt. … not much has changed except the scope of the problem….

8:14pm CDT Tue 2015 Jun 30 :MW

Disinformation Propaganda and Spin

Harvard professor Robert Putnam… "The obvious fact is that over the last 30 years, most organized religion has focused on issues regarding sexual morality, such as abortion, gay marriage… This is the most obvious point in the world. …not at all focused on issues of poverty. …

The president himself joined in the mendacious chorus: “Despite great caring and concern,” [Obama] said, “when it comes to what are you really going to the mat for… [blah blah blah] … [fighting poverty] is often times viewed as a 'nice to have' relative to an issue like abortion.” … Pat Fagan and Rob Schwarzwelder have the numbers for you: Broadly speaking, American churches are incredibly generous to the needs of a hurting world. …

8:26pm CDT Tue 2015 Jun 30 :MW

Know the Enemy

Dianne Feinstein: "If individuals are having nightmares and panic attacks about the atrocities they have committed over seas while following orders from a war criminal like former President George Bush, then quite honestly they deserve it. We shouldn't free them from their guilt any more then we should free a murderer or rapist from their prison cells."

This is People's Kube and there is no source link.
9:09pm CDT Tue 2015 Jun 30 :MW

Impeach Obama

Smug O

Remember all those times Barack Obama said it wasn’t appropriate to be seen spiking the football? Well, the SCOTUS discovery of the Gay Marriage Clause of the 14th Amendment clearly was not one of them. The White House’s decision to light up the People’s House in the gay pride rainbow flag is just the sort of passive/aggressive display of spiking the football we should expect from Barack Obama. No wonder Iran is pushing this pansy around.…

Another excellent graphic by Dianny.
9:10pm CDT Tue 2015 Jun 30 :MW
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Bartlesville - prairie frontier town

Price Tower

…One hundred singers from 24 states and several countries had gathered to rehearse for one week and to perform this work at the magnificent St. Patrick’s Chapel at Maynooth University outside of Dublin, Ireland. Our nametags indicated that we were both from Philadelphia. We began to chat and somehow, within a remarkably short time — maybe about one minute — we figured out that we were both from Bartlesville. Then rehearsal began.…"

We once flew from Chicago to Fairbanks, for a family meet-up, then drove north all the way to the Yukon. Standing there, by the side of the river, we encountered a most obnoxious couple — from Chicago.
8:55pm CDT Tue 2015 Jun 30 :MW

Marriage Today

…president of the American College of Pediatrics… Dr. Michelle Cretella, said [T]his is a tragic day for America’s children. The SCOTUS has just undermined the single greatest pro-child institution in the history of mankind: the natural family. Just as it did in the joint Roe v Wade and Doe v Bolton decisions, the SCOTUS has elevated and enshrined the wants of adults over the needs of children.” … Despite being certified by almost all major social science scholarly associations—indeed, in part because of this—the alleged scientific consensus that having two parents of the same sex has no effect on child well-being is almost wholly without basis. …

8:18pm CDT Tue 2015 Jun 30 :MW

What's In a Name?

The FRED Society was founded in 1984, and still appears to be going strong. It's a kind of support group for people (mostly men) named Fred, designed to address the negative connotations associated with the name. …

One of the greatest men in my life was my Uncle Fred.
8:31pm CDT Tue 2015 Jun 30 :MW

Belief and State

Okla Flag

In a 7-2 opinion the Supreme Court found the placement of the monument on the grounds of the state Capitol violate Article 2, Section 5, of the Oklahoma Constitution which prohibits the use of public money or property to directly or indirectly benefit a “church denomination or system of religion.”

In related news, a movement is afoot to impeach the entire Oklahoma Supreme Court.
8:58pm CDT Tue 2015 Jun 30 :MW
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US Military

US Flag

…It was taken 35 years ago. In the picture, an Army sergeant is on his belly, pinned down by enemy fire, looking grim and determined. In the foreground is a dead GI, in the background, a seriously wounded one. The person behind the lens that day was me: a skinny young civilian war photographer experiencing his most terrifying day in Vietnam… I decided to try to find him, see how his life had turned out. … "I know who that sergeant is in your photo," he said. "That's Sergeant Rock. Joe Musial." …

8:35pm CDT Tue 2015 Jun 30 :MW

Breitbart is Here

Geezer

…On this day in 1882 Charles J. Guiteau was hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield. Interesting man Mr Guiteau. His life was a litany of miserable failure and he was probably a mental case. He pleaded insanity as a defense but only during the shooting. In those days juries and courts were better.…

Vic's morning jolt is hidden again in the overnight jungle, but we've tracked it down.
7:14am CDT Tue 2015 Jun 30 :MW