Blog Heap of Links for the day 30 January 2016
Wars and Rumors
The Times of Israel reports: An Israeli man was wounded Wednesday night in a terror stabbing at a gas station outside the West Bank settlement of Givat Ze’ev, north of Jerusalem. …stabbed in the upper body and moderately to severely wounded. …suspected terrorist attempted to flee the area, but was caught by civilians who alerted security personnel. …Palestinian terror suspect was subdued and arrested by security forces. …
Digital Threat
Internet anonymity should be banned and everyone required to carry the equivalent of a license plate when driving around online.
That's according to Erik Barnett, the US Department of Homeland Security's attaché to the European Union. …
It's Only Money
A bill prefiled in the Oklahoma House would create a state gold depository, an important first step toward establishing gold and silver as commonly used legal tender in the state.…
Israel Stands Alone
A memo issued earlier this month by the Obama administration directs the U.S. “trade community” and government partner agencies to explicitly label Israeli-made goods that have been produced in the West Bank.
The Jan. 23 directive states that it is “not acceptable” to label goods coming from Israeli companies in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as having been produced in “Israel.” …
Securing Our Borders
More than 50,000 Cubans have been airlifted and bused into the US from all over Central America over the last few months, driven by an anticipation that Washington may soon halt the “wet foot, dry foot” migration policy.…
Breitbart is Here
Just a few images to entertain you and make you think.
Four young female suicide bombers exploded themselves in a market in the Nigerian town of Chibok, killing thirteen people and wounding thirty others. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the kinetic activists of Boko Haram are the main suspects. The incident had nothing to do with Islam.
In other news, a schoolteacher in a northern Austrian town has caused controversy by rewriting the lyrics of a traditional song for a school performance, replacing the word “Gott” (God) with “Allah”. She said she did it because most of the 10-year-olds in her class are Muslims.…
A man who was carrying a backpack containing two handguns (one of them an automatic), ammunition, and a Koran was arrested when he attempted to enter the hotel at Disneyland Paris. Police are searching for a suspected accomplice, who is also the man’s lover. To the great relief of the residents of the hotel, authorities say that the incident had nothing to do with Islam.
In other news, the first photos of the 15-year-old Somali migrant who killed an asylum center worker in Sweden reveal that he is six feet tall and has what appears to be a thick (but shaven) beard. …
…No news today 'cause slept too late.…