Blog Heap of Links for the day 7 March 2016

…2015 was the “worst year in modern history for Christian persecution.” … 82 percent of the world’s persecution of Christians is being committed by Muslims… The difference between Muslim and non-Muslim persecution (e.g., communist) of Christians is that the latter is often rooted in a particular regime. Conversely, Muslim persecution of Christians is perennial, existential, and far transcends this or that regime or ruler. It is part and parcel of the history, doctrines, and socio-political makeup of Islam—hence its tenacity; hence its ubiquity.…

… the pastor of the Altar Church remains in critical, but stable condition after being shot up to six times in the back. Pastor Tim Remington had just left a service yesterday… one day after saying the invocation over a Ted Cruz rally. Mr. Remington, an outspoken advocate for conservative and Christian causes in the Gem State, delivered a prayer for Ted Cruz at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds on Saturday with 3,000 supporters.… Kyle Andrew Odom, who is 30 and comes from Coeur d’Alene, is now the suspect in this case. .…considered armed and dangerous. Odom was a Marine.…

Massive Wildfire Makes Way Across Washington, Osage County Ranchlands

Posted:
Sunday, March 6, 2016 9:21 PM EST
Updated:
Sunday, March 6, 2016 10:29 PM EST
BY: KATIERA WINFREY, NEWS ON 6EMAIL
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Oklahoma -
Thousands of acres burned through Osage and Washington counties on Sunday as crews from nearly a dozen agencies did their best to get the wildfire under control.

“It actually looks like a volcano; it doesn't look like a hill in Oklahoma…"

… Fan Stops Shattered Baseball Bat Moments Before It Hits A Child In The Stands…

The Mexican drug cartels are finally meeting their match as a wave of cannabis legalization efforts drastically reshapes the drug trafficking landscape in the United States. It turns out that as states legalize cannabis use and cultivation, the volume of weed brought across the border by Mexican drug cartels dramatically decreases — and is putting a dent in their cash flow.…

U.S. Navy SEALs are being forced to buy some of the gear they need in order to deploy. The Navy is short on rifles for the SEALs to use during deployment, and they are having to turn in their rifles at the end of deployment so they may be used by the next SEAL team to deploy.…

…Suddenly, I spotted a white ostrich on my left, then this beast jumped on the road from the right and started chasing my friends! It was a little scary at first, but then I thought I gonna fell of my bike from laughter. The ostrich didn't have any problem to keep up at 50km/h and apparently they do 70km/h with no sweat.…

• 14,000 Abandoned Wind Turbines Litter the United States
• What the haters miss about the joys of New York living
• Student Claims Sorority Rush Counts as Hazing Because it’s Stressful…

Miramax, one of the largest movie production and distribution companies in the world, has been acquired by a media group based in Doha in Qatar. The group is associated with Al Jazeera, and already owns some thirty TV channels.

In other news, some German cafés have stopped selling pork sausages to avoid offending newly-arrived migrants.…

…What Trump is saying is, if our enemy cuts the heads off of people or drowns people inside cages, then we need to cut the heads off of them or drown them in cages so that we can “compete.” We can’t win if we’re not playing by the same rules they use, and since they don’t have rules, we shouldn’t have rules.

I’m sorry. Does anyone else find this creepy?…

…this is what they're teaching …

Nancy Reagan has died at the age of 94, according to TMZ. Mrs. Ronald Reagan, as she wished to be known even when her husband died, was the 40th president’s closest confidant and a played a major role in his career and presidency.…

On March 4, the West Virginia House voted to override Governor Earl Ray Tomblin’s (D) veto of permitless carry legislation and on Saturday, March 5, the West Virginia Senate followed suit.… The override means persons 21-year-old or older who are not barred from gun possession will be able to carry a gun without permit and persons 18-20 years of age will be able to get a concealed carry permit to carry a gun.…

An eight-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by an unidentified “Asian” man in a bakery in Leeds. The unfortunate victim was targeted while her mother was checking out at the cash register.

In other news, migrants who have given up trying to cross over to Britain from Calais are relocating to other ports in Normandy to try their luck there.…