Blog Heap of Links for the day 28 July 2016

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Wars and Rumors

A teen who threatened to “shoot one of these” cops at the Port Authority Bus Terminal Wednesday was arrested after a homeless man turned him in, sources said.

Florida resident Hunter Lee Taylor, 18, was allegedly smoking marijuana with George Pugh in the terminal at about 4 p.m. when Taylor motioned toward a PAPD cop and said, “I’d like to off that guy…”

10:40pm CDT Thu 2016 Jul 28 :MW

CAIR, Council of American Islamic Relations, has issued guide lines on how not to talk about jihad. Do not blame all Muslims for terrorism, but there is no need to blame any Muslims. The blame is the Islamic jihad doctrine. But there is something that all Muslims share – the same doctrine, the same Koran and the same Sunna of Mohammed.…

Video: 2:11
10:38pm CDT Thu 2016 Jul 28 :MW

Morocco’s interior ministry yesterday announced that police had arrested 52 people suspected of having links to Daesh and who had planned several attacks in the kingdom.

The operation which took place on 19 July followed an investigation into 143 suspects throughout the country.…

10:34pm CDT Thu 2016 Jul 28 :MW

…At a press conference Angela Merkel expressed her sorrow about the recent killings in Germany and elsewhere, but stood by her policy on accepting Muslim asylum seekers…

3:31pm CDT Thu 2016 Jul 28 :MW

Teen JIHADI arrested as police FOIL major terror attack in Stuttgart, Germany…

3:30pm CDT Thu 2016 Jul 28 :MW

EU President: No Matter How Bad Migrant Crisis, Terrorism Gets, We’ll Never Give Up On Open Borders…

2:33pm CDT Thu 2016 Jul 28 :MW

A suicide bomber riding an empty livestock truck laden with explosives blew himself up Wednesday in a crowded district in the predominantly Kurdish town of Qamishli in northern Syria, causing massive destruction and killing 44 people in a new attack claimed by the Islamic State group.…

9:30am CDT Thu 2016 Jul 28 :MW
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Art of

This is the nerve center of my home, the coffee station. It is where I spend my first conscious moments every day. Above the coffee pot is an original drawing by Jack Davis. Its subject, Alfred E. Newman, and his words are familiar, but this particular rendering has been seen by few. I will tell you its story.…

A nice personal reflection
10:30pm CDT Thu 2016 Jul 28 :MW

The Rocketeer is ready to blast off once again.

Walt Disney Studios is developing a reboot of the 1991 action adventure movie, hiring Max Winkler and Matt Spicer to pen the script, which is being titled The Rocketeers.

The project, in the early development stages, is considered a sequel-reboot and, in a modern-day twist, will be headlined by a black female character.…

In serious danger of messing with perfection here.
3:36pm CDT Thu 2016 Jul 28 :MW

Actor Jerry Doyle, best known for his role in the sci-fi series Babylon 5, has died at the age of 60.

Doyle appeared in all five series of the 1990s show as Chief Warrant Officer Michael Garibaldi.

He also made guest appearances on other popular shows, such as Beverly Hills 90210, NYPD Blue and Martial Law, and was the host of a nationally-syndicated daily radio show in the US.
A spokesman for Doyle's family said the cause of his death was not yet known.…

Links and WNU comment
3:35pm CDT Thu 2016 Jul 28 :MW

Oh! The Irony!

Protesters at the Democratic National Convention grew even rowdier than on previous nights and a U.S. flag was lit on fire — and a protester attempting to dance on the burning flag ended up on fire.…

Dem Convention protester trying to keep up with Rep Con protester who did the same.
8:57am CDT Thu 2016 Jul 28 :MW

Now *That's* Funny!

BoB
Fun puns and wordplay
3:33pm CDT Thu 2016 Jul 28 :MW

Digital Tech

…Our smartphone batteries are bad because they barely last a day.

But it's partially our fault because we've been charging them wrong this whole time.…

10:42pm CDT Thu 2016 Jul 28 :MW
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US Military

A mysterious substance leak at an Air Force Base has sparked a mass evacuation and has hospitalised 14 people.… Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington.…

10:36pm CDT Thu 2016 Jul 28 :MW

Breitbart is Here

I know, I know — I’ve been remiss about illustrated editions. I’ve got a nice collection here, though, about Hillary, the convention, and a few related issues…

10:49pm CDT Thu 2016 Jul 28 :MW

Twitchy: “Then Take It From Me, Commie!” Black Trump Supporter Defends The Flag At #DemsInPhilly…
American Thinker: Creeping Sharia In Healthcare…
Megan McArdle: How Obama Learned To Speak Republican…

News and views headline links
10:48pm CDT Thu 2016 Jul 28 :MW

Vegans Rip Doughnut Shop for Expecting Employees To Be Able To Eat Doughnuts…
The tragic likelihood that trans men are being deprived of their reproductive rights…
Another Day, Another Allahu Akbar…

News and views headline links
1:50pm CDT Thu 2016 Jul 28 :MW
Gates of Vienna Newsfeed

Turkey has closed down 130 media outlets as part of a continuing crackdown in the wake of the failed military coup. Among the outlets closed down are 45 newspapers and 16 television stations.

In other news, police in the German city of Bremen have acknowledged that at least 24 women were sexually assaulted by young migrant men at a recent music festival.…

News summaries and links
9:37am CDT Thu 2016 Jul 28 :MW

Twitchy: Wikileaks Releases Hacked DNC Voicemails During Primetime Of #DemsInPhilly…
Adam Piggott: It’s Time To Sue Activists…
Don Surber: Obama Enters Trump’s Spider Web…

News and views headline links
9:36am CDT Thu 2016 Jul 28 :MW
Nightmouse

Bill’s desperate bid to humanize Hillary shows fear she might lose…
That Jihad Attack on the Orlando Gay Nightclub Never Happened, Says President Obama…
Sign The Petition To Remove Air Conditioning From All US State Department Property…

News summaries and links
9:32am CDT Thu 2016 Jul 28 :MW

Iran doesn't care for television…
Which moron will they hire?…
Another liberal snafu…

Headlines which lead to news
7:41am CDT Thu 2016 Jul 28 :MW
Geezer

…On this day in 1932 Herbert Hoover ordered the Army under General McArthur to forcibly evict the so-called "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans, their wives, and children gathered in Washington, D.C. So McArthur hit them with troops and tanks which was a clear violation of the Posse Comitatus Act. Congress eventually gave in and paid their bonuses early.…

Vic BBQs the news and marinates it in his views
7:17am CDT Thu 2016 Jul 28 :MW

US Election 2016

…As so many have pointed out already, Trump’s joke was masterful for another reason. He backed Team Clinton into a corner and managed to get them to inadvertently acknowledge that those “non-work-related emails about yoga routines and wedding plans” in the hands of the Russians would be a threat to national security.

That is genius.…

3:32pm CDT Thu 2016 Jul 28 :MW