Blog Heap of Links for the day 14 March 2016

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Disinformation Propaganda and Spin

…This is a Johnson ad in 1964 (back when ads were very long) that could easily be an ad in 2016.…

10:36pm CDT Mon 2016 Mar 14 :MW

Know the Enemy

…Behind all the mobs was the organized left – MoveOn.org, the public sector unions run by Sixties leftovers, and the cabal of anti-American billionaires led by George Soros. The mobs themselves were composed of the hate-filled foot soldiers of the political left. Now these forces have gathered in the campaign to elect the Vermont communist and are focusing their venom on Donald Trump. The obvious plan is to make Republicans toxic while driving a wedge through the Republican Party. The plan is defeat Republicans in November so that the destructive forces they have set in motion in the Democratic Party can finish the wrecking job that Obama started.…

8:25pm CDT Mon 2016 Mar 14 :MW
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Animal Culture

A new species of spider, Dolomedes briangreenei, which likes to swim and catch fish, has been discovered in Queensland. …about the size of the palm of a hand…

8:27pm CDT Mon 2016 Mar 14 :MW

Anthropology

…there remains hundreds of tribes cut off from global civilization, who, in many ways, live as our ancestors did thousands of years ago.… For decades, state and international policy has largely protected these tribes, granting them the right to live their lives in isolation.… In a recent issue of the journal PLoS ONE, Professor Robert Walker, Dr. Dylan Kesler, and Professor Kim Hill argue that no-contact policies should not ignore the well being of the very societies they are designed to protect.… "If populations are small and declining… then current policy approaches should be deemed ineffective…" The trio also insists that the desire to leave cultures isolated is misguided. "In our experiences from interviews with people after contact, there is a unanimous consensus that people stay isolated mostly because of fear of extermination and slavery. People want to trade, particularly for access to steel machetes and axes, and they crave exposure to new ideas and new opportunities. Humans are a gregarious species that intrinsically desire and benefit from outside interactions with other groups."

11:45pm CDT Mon 2016 Mar 14 :MW

Political World

1000 Years Time-Lapse Map of Europe (1000 - 2000 AD)…

Video: 10:59 - an incredible experience. Need to watch it several times, to get all the details on different areas, and possibly slow it down on much of it.
10:07pm CDT Mon 2016 Mar 14 :MW
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Breitbart is Here

Political Hat

Even Bernie Bros Are Upset With Sanders’ Comment On Poverty
“Just because I’m white doesn’t mean I have everything handed to me.”

Congress Committed to Stopping Obama From Handing Gitmo U.S. Naval Station to Cuba
President Obama is not only expected to close Guantanamo Bay, but rumor has it he is prepared to give our U.S. Naval Station in the region to Cuba.…

These and more headline links and summaries
11:12pm CDT Mon 2016 Mar 14 :MW

Don’t bother with zen — stress helps you perform better
Duh

What Happens When Walmart Dumps You
That's a Country song

The hacking of Ashley Madison and the fantasy of infidelity…

These and many more headline links - and a comic strip
10:32pm CDT Mon 2016 Mar 14 :MW
Gates of Vienna Newsfeed

The German EU-skeptical party Alternative für Deutschland (Alternative for Germany, AfD) did serious damage to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition in today’s regional elections in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Saxony-Anhalt. The party will have seats in all three state parliaments, and did especially well in Saxony, which is in the former communist East.

In other news, the Egyptian minister of justice was fired after he remarked on a TV show that he would arrest Mohammed himself if Mr. PBUH broke the law. The minister immediately corrected himself and apologized, but that was not enough to save his job.…

News headline links and summaries
10:24pm CDT Mon 2016 Mar 14 :MW
Gates of Vienna Newsfeed

A man in his fifties was raped by a teenager in a restroom stall in a major department store in Manchester, England. So far there is no information on the race, ethnicity, or religious affiliation of the young miscreant.

In other news, maps circulating among migrants in Greece show that one of the planned new routes for the migration may overwhelm popular tourist resorts on the coast of Croatia.…

News headline links and summaries
10:22pm CDT Mon 2016 Mar 14 :MW
Geezer

…On this day in 1794 Eli Whitney was granted a patent for the cotton gin. This invention had a major impact on the growth of cotton which had been a luxury item because of the labor needed to hand pick the seeds from the cotton.

Vic's news playing hide-and-seek on the Overnight Thread again. Use this link as your cheat to find him.
9:49am CDT Mon 2016 Mar 14 :MW

US Election 2016

Hilarious animated GIF
11:50pm CDT Mon 2016 Mar 14 :MW
Donald Trump

Yesterday, I stumbled across something Ben Carson said that brought me to a screeching halt.

In an interview with The Hill in which Carson defended his decision to endorse the guy who compared him to pathological pedophiles, Carson said:

“I needed to know that he could listen to other people, that he could change his opinions, and that some of the more outlandish things that he’s said, that he didn’t really believe those things,” Carson said.

When asked which statements Trump might back away from, Carson demurred.

“I’ll let him talk about that because I don’t think it’s fair for me to relay a private conversation,” he said.

Oh, really? So, Donald Trump really doesn’t believe some of the things he said, but you aren’t going to tell us which of the things he said that he doesn’t believe?!

That’s like saying, “Here’s a plate of cookies a friend of mine baked. Help yourself. He put poison in one of them and pointed it out to me, but because he pointed it out to me in private, I’m not going to tell you which one it is.”…

11:33pm CDT Mon 2016 Mar 14 :MW
Hillary Faced

Hillary Clinton:…"'Cause we're gonna put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business…”

Running for Obama's Third Term
10:05pm CDT Mon 2016 Mar 14 :MW

GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) announced endorsements from more than 100 Missouri and Florida pastors and faith leaders on Monday…

10:02pm CDT Mon 2016 Mar 14 :MW

Leading pro-life member of Congress, Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ), has endorsed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in the GOP race for the nomination… Franks… serves as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee’s Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee…

10:00pm CDT Mon 2016 Mar 14 :MW