Blog Heap of Links for the day 11 May 2016

The new Muslim mayor of London has issued a warning to Donald Trump: Moderate your stance on Muslims, or they will launch more attacks against America.…

A man believed to be America’s oldest veteran is celebrating his 110th birthday on Wednesday.

Richard Overton, of Austin, Texas, fought in the 1887th Engineer Aviation Battalion in World War II, and served as a corporal in Hawaii, Guam and Iwo Jima.…

“I feel good. A little old, but I’m getting around like everybody else…”

…second-grade teacher forced the boy and others in his class to stick their head in a toy bucket with urine.… teacher, Pamela Franklin, remains in the classroom, though officials claim “appropriate action has been taken to ensure that such conduct does not repeat itself.”

Germany: Muslim who stabbed four screamed “Infidel, you must die” “Allahu akbar” “I love Allah”…

Police chiefs have apologised after a ‘suicide bomber’ shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ just before a fake terrorist attack at the Trafford Centre .…

Social Justice: The Musical

During a red carpet interview for the premiere of his latest film, Johnny Depp suggested …

Bill Nye…

…I know it is long, but the truth is, this topic is so enormous and touches on so many aspects of life, that when I got done recording it I felt like I hadn’t really said anything. Which is why I will have to continue fleshing all of these concepts out in writing here. But now that the video is here and you all can get a general overview, we can really accelerate the discussion on specific manifestions of DN in the world today.…

…Timothy Morton, associate research scholar at Princeton University in New Jersey, said: "We have discovered 1,284 new planets - the most explanets ever announced at one time."

It more than doubles the previous amount of exoplanets found by the Kepler Telescope, taking the total number to 2,325.

It comes after NASA said they now also believe every star in space has at least one planet orbiting it, further increasing the chance of life evolving somewhere. …

The first reported case of a person with measles in the recent Memphis outbreak, which now numbers seven confirmed cases, was at a local mosque on April 15, according to the Shelby County Health Department.… outbreak could have originated with an unvaccinated for measles adult or child brought to Tennessee under the federal refugee resettlement program…

…The story of a mother’s concern that her son is becoming engrossed with things that aren’t healthy and real, so she buys him a present…

A Siamese cat… named by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living cat.… Scooter celebrated his 30th birthday on March 26. He lives in Mansfield, Texas.… Owner Gail Floyd attributes Scooter's longevity to staying active.… Some of his favorite activities include getting blow-dried after baths and snacking on chicken every other day.…

…Employees at the Domino’s were concerned after they hadn’t received an order from a regular customer in 11 days… “He orders every day, every other day…” After they realized the unusual gap in his orders, the manager sent one of the pizza delivery drivers to the customer’s home to check on him, knowing that the man has health issues.…

…Their analysis revealed that atmospheric pressure 2.7 billion years ago was at most only half of its present value—a result that flies in the face of our understanding of the Earth during the Archaean period. … Now, scientists have to figure out what it means. … suggests something dramatic took place about three billion years ago to reduce the size of the atmosphere. And Som has a hunch as to what that something might be. … Other geochemical evidence suggests that around 3.2 billion years ago, bacteria developed mechanisms for transforming atmospheric nitrogen (N2 gas) into ammonia (NH3), a biologically-useful form. … nitrogen fixation, was utterly essential to the evolution of complex life. Without it, plants and animals would have no way of accessing the nitrogen our cells need to build proteins and DNA. Essentially, Som and others suspect that the ability to strip-mine the atmosphere for nitrogen caused air pressure to take a temporary nosedive.…

Sixteen black West Point cadets who posed with raised fists for a pre-graduation picture that sparked debates on race and proper behavior in uniform won't be punished for the gesture, the U.S. Military Academy said Tuesday. … found they didn't violate military rules limiting political activity. … didn't plan to make a political statement… … showed "a lapse of awareness in how symbols and gestures can be misinterpreted and cause division," and they will receive instruction to address "their intent versus the impact of the photo.…"

Arizona Newspaper: Border Fence Too High, Illegals Can’t Cross Safely…

EBL: Was This A Hillary Clinton Psych-Op?…
American Power: Medieval Reenactor Brings Down Drone With Spear…
This Ain’t Hell: Military Times Poll – Trump 2:1 Over Clinton…
Mark Steyn: Is My Islamophobia The Root Cause Of Global Warming?…

Brazil's Senate opens session that will likely suspend Rousseff…
Suicide bomber strikes Yemen military convoy, kills eight…
Joe Biden: ‘I would have been the best President’…

A 27-year-old “German” man went on a rampage at a train station in Munich, stabbing four people. One of his victims has died, and the others are being treated in the hospital. Their alleged attacker is in police custody.

In other news, Italian police have arrested three men for planning terror attacks in Britain and Italy. One of the suspects is a Pakistani, and the other two are Afghans.…

Uncovering ancient Ashkenaz – the birthplace of Yiddish speakers…
How US academia became an authoritarian petri dish…
When the White House Lies to the Media, and Laughs Doing It…
Hillary Clinton is unraveling quickly…

Why is Google Hiding Elizabeth Warren’s Past Scandals?…
Lynch: States Can’t ‘Insist’ a Man is a Man and a Woman is a Woman…
Venezuelans Are Now Killing Cats, Dogs, and Birds For Food…
BLM thug threatens to kill Trump, wife, daughter in video…

Steven Crowder Officially Files Legal Motion Against Facebook…
American Thinker: Transgendered Bathrooms Are A Civil Right?…
Mark Steyn: Steyn, As Played By Steyn…

Wink, wink, nod, nod…
Will he bow and grovel?…
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah…

…On this day in 1310 in France, fifty-four members of the Knights Templar were burned at the stake as heretics. Their actual crime was being wealthy while the King of France was bankrupt and had borrowed large sums of money from them. They had accrued much wealth through establishing the first banking system in medieval times. …