Blog Heap of Links for the day 13 May 2016

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Wars and Rumors

Christians in Pakistan have been driven from their homes by a lynch mob of Muslim extremists after Imams issued a fatwa against one of their number over a Facebook video that appeared on his news feed.…

Another incendiary video - those poor Muslims just couldn't help themselves.
1:24pm CDT Fri 2016 May 13 :MW
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World Without Borders

Mosquito

A new study has allowed scientists to watch the Zika virus destroy nascent brain cells in mice fetuses, proving definitively the link between the virus and birth defects in humans as well as cementing suspicions that the strain of Zika spreading in Latin America is a more dangerous mutation than those seen previously.…

4:47pm CDT Fri 2016 May 13 :MW

People Die

The world’s [formerly] oldest living person, 116-year-old Susannah Mushatt Jones, died on Thursday in New York City… was born in the southern U.S. state of Alabama in 1899, was the daughter of sharecroppers and granddaughter of slaves.…

Citing Reuters
7:24pm CDT Fri 2016 May 13 :MW

People Live

…Emma Morano is now the oldest living person. …lives on her own in northern Italy. …“She was told this morning and she said ‘My word, I’m as old as the hills,’ but she was very pleased…” eats a raw egg each day, ever since a doctor's recommendation when she was diagnosed with anemia at the age of 20…

4:50pm CDT Fri 2016 May 13 :MW

Man and Woman

Texas Flag

…“I believe it is the biggest issue facing families and schools in America since prayer was taken out of public schools,” Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told reporters.

Obama’s policy “will divide the country not along political lines but along family values and school districts,” Patrick said.

“He says he’s going to withhold funding if schools do not follow the policy,” Patrick said, referring to the risk of schools losing federal funding if they do not adhere to the recommendations. “Well, in Texas, he can keep his 30 pieces of silver. We will not yield to blackmail from the president of the United States.”…

Quoting from Politico
4:54pm CDT Fri 2016 May 13 :MW

I don't call them 'trans' anymore, I call them 'Gender Appropriators.'

9:37am CDT Fri 2016 May 13 :MW
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Breitbart is Here

Gates of Vienna Newsfeed

Bar owners in Nørrebro, a heavily culturally enriched district of Copenhagen, are being harassed by “youths” who threaten them and their patrons for violating sharia law as it pertains to drinking, attire, etc. The young sharia-enforcers demand protection money — commonly known as jizya — and vandalize premises if their demands are not met. Proprietors are disappointed with the response of the police, who are often unable to find and arrest the perpetrators.

In other news, Carlie Marie Trent, the 9-year-old Tennessee girl who was abducted by her uncle, was rescued after being found safe and unharmed by two men who held her abductor at gunpoint until the police arrived.…

News headline links with summaries
7:37pm CDT Fri 2016 May 13 :MW

Four neuromyths that are still prevalent in schools – debunked…
Everyone I don't like is Hitler…
Lost Your Health Insurance? Obama's team is Laughing at You…

News and views headline links
7:19pm CDT Fri 2016 May 13 :MW

Economic Stagnation Is Least of Worries for Brazil's New President…
Personal data of Chinese elites purportedly leaked on Twitter…
Egypt 'suppressing truth' over hidden chambers in Tutankhamun’s tomb…

News headline links
1:36pm CDT Fri 2016 May 13 :MW
Nightmouse

7 lifehacks for strong conservative college students…
University offers counseling after pro-BLM whiteboard defaced…
Teacher To Be Prosecuted For Calling Mohammed Child Molester…

News headline links
1:21pm CDT Fri 2016 May 13 :MW

Blah, blah, blah, blah & blah…
Just what will they allow?…
We knew that. Morons are vindicated…

Real news disguised as riddles
9:12am CDT Fri 2016 May 13 :MW
Yes, they were communists ... financed by the Soviets...

…On this day in 1960 hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregated for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Thirty-one students were arrested, and the Free Speech Movement was born. …

Vic's news and views in the Overnight Morning
8:45am CDT Fri 2016 May 13 :MW