Blog Heap of Links for the day 9 May 2016
Political Theater
…Sarah Palin… said… Paul Ryan’s… “political career is over…”
Big Brother
“We believe most Americans would be stunned to learn the details of how these secret court opinions have interpreted…the Patriot Act.…"
Under Tyranny
Hillary’s rumored running mate, Housing Secretary Julian Castro, is cooking up a scheme to reallocate funding for Section 8 housing to punish suburbs for being too white and too wealthy.
The scheme involves super-sizing vouchers to help urban poor afford higher rents in pricey areas, such as Westchester County, while assigning them government real estate agents called “mobility counselors” to secure housing in the exurbs.…
Know the Enemy
On Friday, Secretary of State John Kerry took a shot at… Donald Trump, particularly for his proposed border wall, during his commencement address at Northeastern University in Boston.… argued walls are not a cure-all for United States’ security.… “There are no walls big enough to stop people from anywhere, tens of thousands of miles away, who are determined to take their own lives while they target others.… we will never come out on top if we… pretend the most powerful country on earth can remain great by looking inward and hiding behind walls…"
Kerry went on tell the grads to prepare for a “complex and borderless world.”…
Bad Parents
For years Donald Heathfield, Tracey Foley and their two children lived the American dream. Then an FBI raid revealed the truth: they were agents of Putin’s Russia. Their sons tell their story…
Untied States
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) said the federal government gave the state an "unrealistic" deadline to respond to a letter informing him that the state's bathroom law violates the Civil Rights Act. … "They gave the ninth-largest state in the United States ... three working days to respond to a pretty complex letter and to a pretty big threat… We don't think three working days is enough to respond to such a threat."… Justice Department agreed to give a one-week extension if the governor admits that the language in the bathroom law does discriminate.…
Obamanomics
…here is another way of showing the unprecedented transformation in the US labor pool: since December 2014, the US has added just under 450,000 waiters and bartenders, and no manufacturing workers.…
It's Only Money
Winning the lottery is exciting, but also exposes you to unique risks.…
One winning ticket matched the numbers drawn on Saturday night for the multi-state Powerball jackpot for a payout estimated at $429.6 million… purchased in New Jersey…
Animal Culture
Animal Companions
A [US Army] military dog has been hailed a hero after saving a team of British special forces from a group of ISIS fighters in northern Iraq.
The Alsatian reportedly attacked two jihadists during an ambush near the Kurdish frontline, forcing the terrorists to retreat. …
Anthropology
The evolutionary “out of Africa” theory—which holds that humans evolved in Africa and split off on different evolutionary paths as they migrated away from that continent—has been given yet another jolt by new DNA studies which have called the dating behind the belief into question.… involves measurements of the rate at which children show DNA changes not seen in their parents—the so-called “mutation rate”… authors calculate the last common ancestor for human mitochondrial lineages to around 160,000 years ago.…
People Die
…William Schallert has passed way at the age of 93 … played the beloved TV dad Martin Lane on The Patty Duke Show from 1963 to 1966… His Star Trek appearance is quite a valuable memory for fans of the "The Trouble With Tribbles" episode.…
Mystery
[Pakistani brothers] …Ages 9 and 13, the boys are normal active children during the day. But once the sun goes down, they both lapse into a vegetative state — unable to move or talk.…
Breitbart is Here
I have paying legal work I need to do over the next few hours but, fortuitously, I also have what seems like an unending number of political and silly cartoons (or “memes,” as all of them seem to be called today). I hope you enjoy them…
Louder With Crowder: Facebook Is Censoring This Conservative Website!…
Shark Tank: Obama Cuts Army Ranks To Historic Levels…
Joe For America: Obama Paves The Way For The Slaughter Of Thousands Of American Eagles…
Senior Islamic State official in Iraq killed in air strike: Pentagon…
Death toll rises to 73 in Afghanistan bus, fuel tanker accident…
Emails from Hillary Clinton’s IT director at State Department appear to be missing…
US intel agencies blocked from Twitter-linked service…
Syrian government forces battle rebels near Aleppo, city areas shelled…
Pakistani activist who condemned religious extremism slain…
Leader opposition party in Venezuela assassinated…
In a commencement speech at Northeastern University, Secretary of State John Kerry criticized the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for his proposed wall on the southern border. Mr. Kerry told his student audience that technology has changed the world, and they must be prepared for a future without borders.
In other news, the world-famous double-decker buses of London are being outfitted with advertising displays that exhort Muslims to give “Glory to Allah” and pay their zakat during Ramadan.…
Democrats ready to take on Trump…
Trump: I Think Taxes Will Go Up on the Wealthy Once I Negotiate With Democrats…
Prepare for blackouts: San Diego To Run 100 Percent On Renewable Energy By 2035…
Great-granny, 80, got a gun, kills a home intruder who attacked husband…
Toxic relationship habits most people think are normal…
25 Vintage Recipes That Are So Bad, They're Funny…
Canadian officials are concerned that the already massive wildfire in Alberta may double in size. 80,000 people in the Fort McMurray area have been evacuated, and 1,600 buildings have been destroyed. Tar sands oil production in the area has been halted due to the disaster.
In other news, several hundred youths protesting Austrian border controls at the Brenner Pass today threw rocks and smoke bombs at police, who responded with tear gas.…
Get Ready for Hollywood to Declare War on Trump…
Bathrooms Are Just The Beginning…
13 Things the Government Is Trying to Keep Secret From You…
What made the Fort McMurray fire so destructive?…
You need more public housing in your neighborhood…
Karma, or a reasonable facsimile of it…
Obama thinks money grows on trees…
Ouch…
…On this day in 1961 FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow gave his Wasteland Speech concerning TV programming.…