Blog Heap of Links for the day 18 June 2016

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Wars and Rumors

A Muslim couple in Arkansas has been arrested on terror charges after threatening a waitress in a local diner.

“People like you are the reason we kill,” the wife reportedly said to the victim. She further threatened the waitress on social media by posting a picture of her husband in “Muslim attire” kneeling with an assault rifle. This was not the first time the couple attracted the attention of law enforcement…

…The Muslim couple waitress got angry at the waitress because they felt she was “slamming the door from the dining room to the kitchen.” Then they went ballistic, claiming the restaurant charged too much and it took too long for their food to arrive.

Real reasons to kill people.…

4:11pm CDT Sat 2016 Jun 18 :MW
Stupid

Mateen Warning Signs Were Flashing With Neon and Sparkles… With Explosions… and an Air Horn

11:38am CDT Sat 2016 Jun 18 :MW

Disinformation Propaganda and Spin

…A coalition of Republican attorney generals sent a letter to the Schneiderman group warning that the prosecution of climate skeptics will be met with a prosecution of climate alarmists.…

3:42pm CDT Sat 2016 Jun 18 :MW

Know the Enemy

…If you don’t know your enemy, you can’t hope to defeat him. Our enlightened Washington theologians tell us that non-Muslims have no right to speculate as to the nature of Islam—but they simultaneously declare Islam a religion of peace that has been hijacked and perverted by nihilists.

Perhaps we should put less stock in politically correct Islamic exegesis and listen instead to Ayaan Hirsi Ali.…

3:39pm CDT Sat 2016 Jun 18 :MW

Mass Media is Dead

Religious illiteracy among journalists is reaching crisis levels.…

Amusing list of matters Christian that the media have mangled.
11:17am CDT Sat 2016 Jun 18 :MW
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Animal Culture

Cat, Excited
Fine Feline Fatherhood Fotos
3:45pm CDT Sat 2016 Jun 18 :MW

Nature can be Dangerous

…Twelve hours earlier, she had been picking mushrooms in the remote Canadian wilderness when she had heard a growl behind her. She turned around and saw Joey, her faithful mutt, locked in a snarling standoff with a skinny black wolf.…

And then there was the mama bear and her cub!
11:15am CDT Sat 2016 Jun 18 :MW

History - still with us

About a century and a half ago, some Native American tribes of the Southwest used facial tattoos as spiritual rites of passage. Through a series of strange tragedies (and some possible triumphs), a white Mormon teenager who was traveling with her family through the area in the mid-19th century ended up sporting one too, a symbol of a complicated dual life she could never quite shake.…

Amazing story of a woman who lived in different cultures
4:04pm CDT Sat 2016 Jun 18 :MW

Business Wisdom

…A U.S. used car dealership in New Hampshire is offering an unconventional bundle with the purchase of a vehicle: a free assault rifle.

Hagan’s Motor Pool in Rochester, New Hampshire is running a “Buy a Car, Get an AR” promotion for select vehicles, offering AR-15 semi-automatic rifles as a bonus.…

Citing Tech Times
8:49pm CDT Sat 2016 Jun 18 :MW
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Defending Ourselves

…Patti Sumner, with the civil rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice, told the crowd that while hate crimes across the nation decreased from 2013-14, there was an uptick or increase in hate crimes involving religious bias during that period. … During the panel discussion, local spiritual leaders discussed how they approach security measures at their houses of worship.…

Article focuses on protecting mosques, and against "white supremacists." (Does touch on protection at Jewish temples.)

…“If they are acting strange, acting out, I would discourage someone taking that on personally,” Citty said. “Best thing to do is call 911.”…

Because when seconds count, the police are only minutes away, riiight.
8:45pm CDT Sat 2016 Jun 18 :MW

Military Culture

A Guardsman faints at Horseguards Parade for the annual Trooping the Colour ceremony in central London, Britain. June 11…

Yet, noticably, still at rigid attention. Image: Reuters
11:22am CDT Sat 2016 Jun 18 :MW

Breitbart is Here

Gates of Vienna Newsfeed

The Islamic terrorist Omar Mateen, who murdered 49 people at a gay bar in Orlando before being killed by police, transferred the deed to his house to his sister and brother-in-law just two months before his deadly attack. He charged his relatives a nominal $10 for the house, and his wife acted as a witness. His actions seem to indicate that he planned his jihad attack well in advance.

In other news, former Polish President Lech Walesa said the EU is falling apart because it has no shared values.…

News summaries with links
4:12pm CDT Sat 2016 Jun 18 :MW

Olive Oatman, the Pioneer Girl Who Became a Marked Woman…
Garrison Keillor does not like small town people…
Poll Finds Americans’ Greatest Fear Is Waitress Forgetting About Them…

News and info headline links
4:02pm CDT Sat 2016 Jun 18 :MW
Nightmouse

Kansas Board of Education votes districts will make decisions regarding transgender students…
Facebook Accused Of ‘Shadowbanning’ Page Mapping Migrant Crimes…
Sharia Advisors – Barack Obama’s Muslim Appointees in High Security Positions…

News summaries and links
12:30pm CDT Sat 2016 Jun 18 :MW

US Election 2016

…A flyer for Lion’s Guard Arizona says it will be “providing a safe environment for Trump supporters this Saturday” at the Coliseum. Lion’s Guard members will be wearing American Flag bandanas “so supporters needing our assistance can easily find us.”

“We are a PEACEFUL group comprised of veterans and former law enforcement, as well as Trump supporters,” said a Lion’s Guard organizer via text message. “We are attending ONLY to escort Trump supporters into and out of the rally to their vehicles. We have been informed by DPS of our boundary and expectations.”…

Citing Red Flag News
8:47pm CDT Sat 2016 Jun 18 :MW