Blog Heap of Links for the day 5 March 2016

…George Mattar of The Intelligencer interviewed Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center… “Domestic terrorism like the attack in San Bernardino last year during which 14 people were killed by two Muslim extremists are the propaganda work of anti-Muslim ideologues like Pamela Geller, the most visible and flamboyant person in the anti-Muslim movement, and the injection of hatred against Muslims, Potok said…"

BARTLESVILLE, Oklahoma - A Bartlesville conservation organization responsible for saving the southern bald eagle from extinction is now facing extinction itself.

The George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center found out this week that because of state budget cuts, close to a million dollars in funding from the University of Oklahoma is stopping on June 30. That's at least 80 percent of the Sutton Center's budget.

That means most staff positions would go, along with Sutton's popular traveling wild bird show that has brought eagles, owls and hawks to hundreds of local schools. …

It was like that when I got here…

• A Gentleman’s Club That Turns Boys Into Men
• I will be Helen Mirren when I am 70, goddammit.
• Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar Is Getting a Makeover …

Gov. Scott Walker… Reforming the Criminal Justice System… Rep. Jim Jordan… Fighting for Victory Against Radicial Islamism… Sen. Tim Scott (SC)… Amb. John Bolton… Reince Priebus & Sean Hannity… Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX)… Religious Liberty and Marriage… Dana Loesch… Mark Levin… Michelle Malkin… Sen. Ted Cruz… Dr. Ben Carson… Marco Rubio…

…On this day in 1770 the Boston Massacre occurred in which five colonists were fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War five years later. Most school children are not taught that the crowd that the British troops shot into instigated the event.