Blog Heap of Links for the day 4 February 2016

…3 Palestinians killed as daily violence grinds on …At the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City, border police approached the three Muslim Arabs - two of them them twenty-years-old and one of them twenty-one-years old - with suspicion. After asking them for identification cards, the Muslim Arabs attacked - one of them opened fire, and another used a knife - wounding two female border police officers. One victim is listed as being in critical condition [who later died], the other is in serious condition.…

…What they discovered was that celebrities who had bored or annoyed looks were showing underlying levels of emotions that are not seen in people who don't have RBF.…

…The airliner that landed yesterday in Somalia with a big hole in the side was, in fact, attacked by a bomb. …one person was sucked out through the hole in the plane. …the Islamic terror bomber himself, who authorities believe was Abdullahi Abdisalam Borleh. …Aside from the bomber, only two other people were injured and on one else was killed.…

A top Border Patrol agent revealed Thursday that if border agents follow the law and ask illegal aliens why they are coming to the U.S. they will be terminated. …

The tens of thousands of illegal immigrants Border Patrol intercepts each month is a fraction of the overall traffic crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, according to the president of a union representing Border Patrol agents.

“A safe estimate from the Border Patrol agents would be that we arrest about 40 percent of what actually crosses”…

A government report leaked to the French newspaper Le Figaro says that more than 8,000 “French” Muslims have been radicalized and now support violent extremism. Hundreds of those are thought to have left France to join the jihad in Syria.

In other news, the High Court in Australia has ruled that the policy of detaining illegal immigrants in offshore migration centers does not violate the country’s constitution.…

According to Swedish state radio, around forty children have left Sweden with their parents and traveled to Syria to live in the Islamic State. Dozens of “Swedes” who joined the jihad took their wives and children with them when they made hijra to the Caliphate.

In other news, the European Central Bank is considering abolishing the €500 note, whose high value and portability is thought to facilitate corruption, organized crime, and the financing of terrorism.…

…On this day in 1789 George Washington was elected the First President of the United States under the new Constitution.…

…Judge Napolitano… on whether Trump’s claim that he has a legal case against Ted Cruz for fraud… “There’s no legal basis for that – he’s making a political observation.”…

…“I think I would choose Trump (over Cruz), which may surprise some of you,” he said.

“The reason is, Trump has proven already he’s completely malleable. I don’t think he has any fixed (positions) he’d go the White House and fight for. On the other hand, Ted Cruz is not malleable. He has far right wing policies he’d pursue if he became president,” Carter concluded.…