Blog Heap of Links for the day 22 November 2015

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Know the Enemy

Left-wing cable news network CNN has been caught red-handed selectively editing Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s comments about a “Muslim registry,” and doing so in order to make it sound as though he is agreeing to this registry. He is not.…

9:38pm CST Sun 2015 Nov 22 :MW

…“I think on the one hand, non-Muslims cannot stereotype. But I also think the Muslim community has to think about how we make sure that children are not being infected with this twisted notion that somehow they can kill innocent people and that is justified…”

C-Span wants to know if Obama admitted he was Muslim. It sure sounds like it.…

I'd note this was immediately remarked upon during the speech by several commenters on Ace of Spades blog.
9:35pm CST Sun 2015 Nov 22 :MW

In 2013, Campbell’s Soup Company went Halal with approval from Hamas-linked ISNA.
For those unfamiliar, ISNA, The Islamic Society of North America is one of many American Islamic organizations that front for the Muslim Brotherhood… Speaking only for myself (and my family) – being aware of how Campbell’s has chosen to conduct business by inadvertently (I hope) sponsoring terror and the demise of traditional American values, I have for some time avoided purchasing Campbell’s products.…

9:31pm CST Sun 2015 Nov 22 :MW
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Language Culture

Electric Smiley

It has been a tradition of Oxford Dictionaries to choose the most popular word once a year.

Casper Grathwohl, president of Oxford Dictionaries, said conventional words have been having a tough time fulfilling the surging needs of visual communication in recent years. The tech company quickly found that the “Face with Tears of Joy” emoji is by far the most popular.…

9:28pm CST Sun 2015 Nov 22 :MW