Blog Heap of Links for the day 27 April 2016

Links in this view: 17
1

Sex can be... disturbing

…told police in an affidavit that he was in a restroom stall when he noticed a camera phone dangling from the stall next to his own…

And this isn't even a man in the little girls' room! Also not a first-time offender.
4:44pm CDT Wed 2016 Apr 27 :MW
2

Man and Woman

Poster of the M*A*S*H cross-dresser
4:52pm CDT Wed 2016 Apr 27 :MW

…Here are the top twenty sex crime reports from Target’s stores across the nation…

Just the top 20, that we know about.
4:45pm CDT Wed 2016 Apr 27 :MW

Sex -- always attractive

…now researchers say it's official - having lots of sex does make for a better relationship - but most of us either don't realise or won't admit it.…

Who would ever have suspected?
4:32pm CDT Wed 2016 Apr 27 :MW

Earth Science

…NASA space weather analyst Leila Mays told us that the 23 April readings weren't the result of normal fluctuations in any case, but rather a software glitch that led to erroneous simulations…

4:39pm CDT Wed 2016 Apr 27 :MW

Apr 23: A stunning and terrifying event has taken place in space surrounding our planet; for two hours today, earth's "Magnetosphere" COLLAPSED around the entire planet! …

Terrifying potential if true.
4:37pm CDT Wed 2016 Apr 27 :MW
3

Defending Ourselves

…School officials at KRESA West Campus in Kalamazoo, MI locked the campus down when a 4-year-old student’s father legally open carried his gun on campus. But when classes resumed, officials continued to lock down the daughter of the law-abiding gun owner, transferring the rest of the students to another class on a different campus – leaving her alone.…

4:42pm CDT Wed 2016 Apr 27 :MW

Breitbart is Here

…Iraq Army renews Mosul offensive…
…Female suicide bomber hits Turkey's Bursa…
…Hezbollah develops new skills in Syria…

News headline links
6:55pm CDT Wed 2016 Apr 27 :MW
Gates of Vienna Newsfeed

The Belgian justice minister Koen Geens told hearing in the European Parliament that Muslims will soon outnumber practicing Christians in Europe. Belgian Deputy Prime Minister Jan Jambon also told the MEPs, “The worst thing we can do is to make an enemy of Islam.”

In other news, the Austrian interior minister announced that beginning next month, his country will establish border controls with Italy in the Brenner Pass.…

News headline links and summaries
6:52pm CDT Wed 2016 Apr 27 :MW

…Danish Could Face “Red Meat” Tax…
…The Greening of Planet Earth…
…Re Hillary! White lies matter…

Colorful news and info links
6:50pm CDT Wed 2016 Apr 27 :MW
Posters and cartoons, mostly political
6:42pm CDT Wed 2016 Apr 27 :MW

…Genderless Bathrooms – It’s the Agenda, Stupid…
…City Installs In-Ground Traffic Lights For Pedestrians Using Cellphones…
…One in four young people would happily date a robot…

News headline links
5:16pm CDT Wed 2016 Apr 27 :MW

…U.S. stages 25 strikes in Iraq, Syria against Islamic State…
…Deadly ethnic strife convulses Ethiopia-South Sudan border…
…ISIS has secret cells in Europe, US spy chief claims…

News headline links
4:48pm CDT Wed 2016 Apr 27 :MW

…Apparently freedom of assembly is a one way street at Ha-vaaaard…
…TFG (That Funny Guy) interviewed by tough hitting Charlie Rose…
…Feel The Porn…

News headlines and puzzler links
9:55am CDT Wed 2016 Apr 27 :MW
Geezer

…On this day in 1861 Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus. During this period one sitting U.S. Congressman from the opposing party, as well the mayor, police chief, entire Board of Police, and the city council of Baltimore were arrested without charge and imprisoned indefinitely without trial. The Supreme Court ruled the order unconstitutional and illegal and ordered the release of prisoners. Lincoln ignored the order.

Vic's news links, comments, and history lesson for the day start on the Overnight again.
9:23am CDT Wed 2016 Apr 27 :MW

US Election 2016

…Carly Fiorina scores a second huge win this election cycle.

First she was a guest on the Ace of Spades podcast. She probably thought it could get no better than that.

But it did.…

Heh. Ace!
7:04pm CDT Wed 2016 Apr 27 :MW

The Teddinator showed once again that he’s the king of debate as an angry Trumpgendered woman accosted him on the campaign trail and spouted off all the Trump talking points she could as incoherently as possible. He patiently, graciously, and rationally explained to her that she’s full of it…

4:50pm CDT Wed 2016 Apr 27 :MW