Blog Heap of Links for the day 19 May 2016

Seventy-one years after meeting for the first time, ninety-four-year-old Sid Shafner and ninety-year-old Marcel Levy were reunited for the first time in over twenty years.…

… found in present-day Utah. …new species of dinosaur— a large, horned, herbivorous creature that could have been anywhere from 19 to 26 feet long and weighed in at one to two tons. …named Machairoceratops cronusi, … thought to have lived about 77 million years ago.…

A U.S. federal judge on Thursday upheld a 2013 Virginia law requiring prospective voters to show an approved photo identification before they cast their ballots.

The state’s Democratic Party had challenged the law…

Report: Genetically modified crops are safe, healthy, and good for the environment…
Baby Boomers' Retirement Woes Summed Up in 5 Statistics…
Story About Hispanic Reporter Booted From Trump Interview Was All a Hoax…

This is a good, long post. Mix a martini or make yourself some hot chocolate, find a quiet place, settle back, and read away!…

Is this the wreckage of Flight MS804? Images emerge as debris from EgyptAir jet is found off Greek island after it went into 'sharp spin' and fell 22,000ft in what was 'almost certainly a terror attack'…

More than a hundred police officers staged a demonstration in Calais about the deteriorating situation concerning illegal immigrants. They were protesting a lack of police resources and the presence of cop-hating leftist activists who interfere with their efforts to control crime in “The Jungle” migrant camp.

In other news, a man who became belligerent and lunged at a police officer was shot dead by other policemen in midtown Manhattan early this morning.…

An unidentified man drove his truck onto the National Mall near the Capitol building in Washington D.C., causing several nearby streets to be shut down by authorities. The man claimed he had been exposed to anthrax on a Virginia farm, and said he came to D.C. to seek help and warn people about the anthrax. Initial tests for the disease came back negative, and authorities said there was no danger to the public.

In other news, hundreds of Caribbean migrants are said to be abandoning their attempts to enter the United States, and are instead flying to Turkey where they pose as refugees seeking entrance to Europe.…

American Power: The Sick Mind Of Noam Chomsky…
The Lonely Conservative: The Venezuelan Health Care Crisis, Brought To You By Socialism…
Mark Steyn: Priority Boarding On The Lolita Express…

My friend Caped Crusader has been sending me wonderful cartoons, ranging from the politically profound to the completely ridiculous. They deserve a post of their own . . . and this is that post…

EgyptAir flight disappears from radar…
NAACP sues MI over Flint water ordeal…
Ecuador hit by earthquake…

…On this day in 1986 the Firearm Owners Protection Act was signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan. This act was intended to somewhat ease some of the gun control provisions of the unconstitutional 1968 act and to prevent ATF harassment of gun shops with endless audits. …