Blog Heap of Links for the day 17 October 2015

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Prison Sucks

Pig

The federal government put pork roast back on the menu at federal prisons without explanation after… Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) penned a letter to Bureau of Prisons Director Charles E. Samuels, Jr, inquiring about the government’s decision to ban bacon, pork chops, ham, and all other pork products from the menus at its 122 federal prisons. …

But they'll find a way to take it back off again quietly somehow. Because, Islam.
8:01am CDT Sat 2015 Oct 17 :MW

Disinformation Propaganda and Spin

Israel Flag

…A Palestinian terrorist impersonates a journalist by wearing an official "Press" vest, then takes out a knife and starts stabbing Jews. Soldiers luckily shoot the P dead.

But how does the SF Chronicle headline this incident?

Palestinian with 'press' logo on shirt shot dead in stabbing …

9:41am CDT Sat 2015 Oct 17 :MW
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Spiritual Matters

The group of religious sisters founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta is shutting down its thirty orphanages in India as a protest, rather than comply with new state regulations requiring that they place children with single parents. …

7:55am CDT Sat 2015 Oct 17 :MW
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Defending Ourselves

…The system, which is described as 'the first portable, accurate, rapid-to-use counter-weapon to stop suspicious or hostile drones in flight, providing critical security protection at home and abroad,' could be used by the US military as soon as next year.…

9:55am CDT Sat 2015 Oct 17 :MW

Citizenship

…It’s call “refugee resettlement” which is code for transplanting entire communities from hellholes in the Middle East to once beautiful towns and neighborhoods across America.…

10:01am CDT Sat 2015 Oct 17 :MW

Breitbart is Here

Geezer

…ON this day in 1933 Albert Einstein left Nazi Germany and moved to the United States.…

Vic's take on the news, headline links and assorted opinion.
7:41am CDT Sat 2015 Oct 17 :MW