Subscribe (RSS)Blog Heap of Links for the day 6 July 2016
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Wars and Rumors
A map of every car bomb explosions in Baghdad since 2003…
Looks like it would be easier to map where there hadn't been car bombs.
7:36pm CDT Wed 2016 Jul 6 :MW
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Oh! The Irony!
…An anti-rape activist said she was even sexually assaulted by three men who were wearing 'don't grope' wristbands distributed by police in an effort to reduce such attacks.…
Well, that program worked as well as expected!
Business Culture
All-day breakfast places are not that unusual, but a new one that just opened in Tulsa is a little surreal…well, let’s make that “cereal.” …Bowl-n-Spoon, Oklahoma's first cereal bar. … Pajama-clad wait staff …30 kinds of cereal and 20 toppings.…
Recently reported that Millenials don't like breakfast cereal because cleaning up a bowl and spoon is too much work - what if they actually have to go out to eat? So much work!
7:09pm CDT Wed 2016 Jul 6 :MW
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Breitbart is Here
New book reveals Ice Age mariners from Europe were America’s first inhabitants…
Did Comey Actually Destroy Hillary Clinton by ‘Exonerating’ Her?…
nations lining up to sign trade pacts with post-Brexit Britain…
News and views headline links
7:42pm CDT Wed 2016 Jul 6 :MW
Iraq sees worst bombing since invasion with 250 deaths…
At least 26 killed in South Yemen army base attack…
Victims of gang violence in Central America flee homes to 'save their lives'…
News headline links
7:32pm CDT Wed 2016 Jul 6 :MW
FBI Director James Comey made a recommendation today that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton not be charged with any criminal offenses for her handling of classified emails on her private email server. Mr. Comey said that there had been irregularities and carelessness in her use of the server, but that he did not think it warranted any charges.
In other news, the cockpit voice recorder of the EgyptAir jet that crashed into the Mediterranean in May shows that the pilot and co-pilot had battled a fire in the plane before it went down.…
News summaries and links
7:26pm CDT Wed 2016 Jul 6 :MW
Would you upload your brain to a computer? Experts reveal what it would take to live forever digitally…
Dems Promise The Gov’t Will Run On 100% Green Energy…
Belgium Fines Catholic Nursing Home For Refusing To Kill People…
News headline links
7:25pm CDT Wed 2016 Jul 6 :MW
• Pat Condell, 66, from London, has 275,000 subscribers to his monologues
• His video called 'Welcome to a Saudi Britain' was removed from YouTube
• He has been called an 'old fart with a webcam'
• Biography on his website reads: 'I don't care if you are offended'
Nice to see Pat get a big write-up. His is one of the blog-heaper's always-watch commenters.
Don Surber: Heirs Bash The Kennedy Legacy…
JustOneMinute: The Tribe To End All Tribes…
The Jawa Report: Shocking News – Media Outlets Had “Hillary Is Cleared By FBI” Stories Ready To Go…
News and views headline links
7:13pm CDT Wed 2016 Jul 6 :MW
Super bacteria found near Rio…
Give it up Bernie…
It's bad crap, but worth shooting over?…
News headline links, more or less
9:51am CDT Wed 2016 Jul 6 :MW
…On this day in 1535 Sir Thomas More was executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England. So what was his treason? He was a devout Catholic and he refused to acknowledge Henry VIII as head of the Church in England.
Vic reports and derides
9:21am CDT Wed 2016 Jul 6 :MW