Blog Heap of Links for the day 9 July 2016
Wars and Rumors
The Arabic name of the Dallas mass murder of the brave police officers (who ran towards the gunfire in order to save the people protesting them) was Fahed Hassen. according to Denver Police Department
How much was Fahed motivated by Islam, the Nation of Islam, ISIS and Black Liberation Theology? It’s all of a piece.…
A Catholic church in Lyon, France, has sold off statues of monks killed by Muslims, for fear they will provoke attacks.…
A Black Lives Matter protest led to mass arrests Friday night in Rochester, New York…
Minneapolis: Muslims screaming “JIHAD!” rampage through neighborhood, tell woman “We can KIDNAP you and RAPE you”…
Know the Enemy
Following the racist murder of white police officers by a black power fist-yielding shooter, Twitter decided to add three black fists to accompany #BlackLivesMatter Friday.
Emojis are offered in five skin tones total, yet Twitter chose the three darkest. As of Saturday the fists still accompany the hashtag.…
…New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that in the discussions after the shooting of police officers in Dallas, and the shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, “it doesn’t help that we have an American political debate with basically one all-white party.”…
Facebook has refused to remove a graphic image depicting a policeman having his throat slit…
Cosmology
Imagine a planet with triple sunrises and sunsets every day for part of the year, and nonstop daylight at other times.
Astronomers revealed such a place Thursday: a strange new world in the Constellation Centaurus that has not one, not two, but three suns. What's more, a year there lasts half a millennium from Earth's perspective.…
In the Line of Duty
Five law enforcement officers were killed Thursday in a sniper attack in downtown Dallas as they patrolled a protest against recent police-involved shootings. Here is what we know about the victims who have been identified as Dallas police officers Lorne Ahrens, Michael Krol, Patrick Zamarripa, Michael Smith and Dallas transit officer Brent Thompson.…
Breitbart is Here
A man named Lakeem Keon Scott went on a shooting rampage in Bristol, Tennessee, killing a newspaper carrier and wounding three other people, including a police officer. The alleged shooter was shot by police and is now being treated in the hospital. He is said to have been angry over recent incidents where black men were shot by white police officers. The shooting may have been racially motivated.
Meanwhile, the killing of five police officers in Dallas last night is now thought to be the work of a single sniper, a former soldier named Micah Xavier Johnson.
In other news, in Valdosta, Georgia, an Asian man named Stephen Paul Beck put in a fake 911 call about a robbery in order to lure police into an ambush. He exchanged fire with responding officers, was wounded, and is now recovering in the hospital. A police officer was also wounded, and is being treated.…
90 Miles From Tyranny: Why Does Hillary Clinton Dress Like Chairman Mao?…
Joe For America: Black Power Political Organization – “We Will Kill More Cops”…
Megan McArdle: Clinton’s College Plan Flunks The Economics Test…
Loretta Lynch Gives Shout-Out to Black Lives Matter: ‘Do Not Be Discouraged’…
Chuck Todd: Tough to Train ‘Prejudice and Hate’ Out of Police Hearts…
Congressional Black Caucus Uses Police Shootings As An Excuse To Call For New Gun Control Laws…
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News and views headline links
Hate Group Urges Gangs To Kill Cops After Dallas Shootings…
After importing thousands, Canadians now say Muslims have ‘fundamentally different values’…
Arizona: “American Jihadist” plotted to “take out marines and jews,” bomb DMV…
…On this day in 1981 Donkey Kong by Nintendo, was released. The game also marked the debut of Nintendo's future mascot, Mario.
US Election 2016
Oklahoma -
For the past two months, Gov Fallin's name has appeared on the VP watch list. She has met Trump four times and while they've talked issues such as Obamacare, Syrian refugees, and the economy and energy, there have been no specific conversations about joining the ticket.
Fallin said while their styles of communication are drastically different, “Well, we do have different personalities, but I think we share a common passion. And that is the love of America and wanting to see America do well, wanting to make sure that we are safe and secure.”
Even if she is not on the ticket, the Governor will have a vital role at the convention. She's the national co-chair for the party's platform, and the Republican Governor's Association. And she could be tapped to speak again at the convention.…
…former Bill Clinton aide, Dick Morris, revealed to Dennis Michael Lynch how Bill Clinton violently attacked him, and how the Clinton marriage is based on violence.…