Blog Heap of Links for the day 28 February 2016

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Wars and Rumors

Sunday… at least five members of Hamas’ military wing were injured when a tunnel they were in collapsed underneath the Gaza Strip… fifth time in recent weeks that a tunnel built by Islamist forces in the Gaza Strip crumbled.…

Oh, the irony! Or something.
8:48pm CST Sun 2016 Feb 28 :MW

Dozens of police officers in riot gear faced off against an angry crowd in downtown Salt Lake City late Saturday night, after police shot a black teenager who was attacking a man with a broomstick near a homeless shelter.…

So, mob upset that man beating another man was stopped by cops.
8:40pm CST Sun 2016 Feb 28 :MW

Digital Deception

Perhaps this is the reason: Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, who in 2011 invested $300 million in the social network, now owns 34.9 million shares of Twitter’s common stock, making him the second largest shareholder…

7:01pm CST Sun 2016 Feb 28 :MW

What’s more damaging to the ability to share politically incorrect news than “shadow bans” and shutting down accounts of right-wing bloggers? How about banning a blogger’s URL so nobody can share links to thought criminal bloggers’ posts on social media?

The counter-jihad blog BareNakedIslam has apparently been URL banned by Twitter…

6:59pm CST Sun 2016 Feb 28 :MW
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In the Line of Duty

A newly sworn-in police officer was shot dead only a few hours into her shift with a US police department in Virginia during a domestic violence call. Ashley Guindon, 28, was killed while two other officers were injured after responding to a call on Saturday evening relating to a "verbal argument" in Woodbridge.…suspect also shot and killed his wife… was arrested on murder and other charges…

8:44pm CST Sun 2016 Feb 28 :MW

Breitbart is Here

Gates of Vienna Newsfeed

The Belgian government is planning to establish “refugee” quotas for cities and towns. Belgian municipalities that fail to take in their designated allotments will be fined €75 per migrant per day.

In other news, two Christian women in Pakistan were abducted, forcibly converted to Islam, and then married off to their Muslim kidnappers.…

News headline links and summaries
8:51pm CST Sun 2016 Feb 28 :MW
Gates of Vienna Newsfeed

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven says that his government is bracing for chaos when the next wave of “refugees” arrive. Sweden is preparing a new backup plan, but the EU is not cooperating — making future chaos that much more likely.

In other news, Chris Christie, a former presidential candidate and current governor of New Jersey, has endorsed Donald Trump for president.…

News headline links and summaries
8:49pm CST Sun 2016 Feb 28 :MW
Political posters and cartoons
7:08pm CST Sun 2016 Feb 28 :MW

US Election 2016

…Trump had previously denounced Duke during a Q&A at a rally on Friday, and in another interview in August.

But Tapper insisted he do it on national television.

“I don’t know anything about what you’re even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists,” Trump responded, pleading ignorance. “So I don’t know. I don’t know — did he endorse me, or what’s going on? Because I know nothing about David Duke; I know nothing about white supremacists.”…

9:26pm CST Sun 2016 Feb 28 :MW

While on the “State of the Union,” Trump says he just can’t denounce the KKK’s support for him until he does more “research.”…

7:05pm CST Sun 2016 Feb 28 :MW