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Vic, Ace of Spades • Fri 2016 Mar 25, 9:00am

…On this day in 1911 the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire killed 146 garment workers in NYC. Most of the people who died were young immigrant women. Many died from jumping from the windows because the exit doors had been locked by the management to keep them from taking breaks.

Vic had to drop his news links & commentary in the Overnight Thread again. But there's conflict with the new "no primaries discussion" rule on the ONT. At least Vic hasn't quit again.
Bookworm • Thu 2016 Mar 24, 11:50pm

Bush didn’t, Obama wouldn’t, but the next president should: Call into the Oval Office the leaders of Muslim communities throughout America to say…

Political and social llinks and summaries - lots of 'em
Bird Dog, Maggie's Farm • Thu 2016 Mar 24, 11:35pm

Donald Trump, Uber-American:

Trump knows psychology. He knows facts don’t matter. He knows people are irrational. So while his opponents are losing sleep trying to memorize the names of foreign leaders – in case someone asks – Trump knows that is a waste of time. No one ever voted for a president based on his or her ability to name heads of state. People vote based on emotion. Period.

News and other links
Bird Dog, Maggie's Farm • Thu 2016 Mar 24, 11:28pm

It would seem that modern progressives are exceedingly selective in what horrifies and terrifies them.

News headline and other links
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Baron Bodissey, Gates of Vienna • Thu 2016 Mar 24, 11:15pm

A man named Mohammed Bhutta was seen wearing a balaclava and brandishing two machetes (some reports say meat cleavers) outside a private school in Glasgow, Scotland. He reportedly chased after a man and threw a machete at him. It took two policeman to subdue the attacker. Mr. Bhutta is now in custody, and has appeared in court. The incident has a Mohammed Coefficient of 100%.

In other news, a record two million immigrants arrived in Germany in 2015, the largest number recorded in a single year since the founding of the Bundesrepublik.…

News headline links and summaries
Gates of Vienna Newsfeed
Baron Bodissey, Gates of Vienna • Thu 2016 Mar 24, 11:14pm

In response to this morning’s terror attacks in Brussels, a Flemish man named Ivar Mol tweeted to his fellow teachers: “How can you continue teaching when Muslims in your class are cheering?” In response, three policeman knocked on his door and asked him not to post any more tweets of that sort.

In other news, a 7-year-old girl was raped by “refugees” in an asylum center in Germany. The young victim, like her attackers, was an asylum-seeker.…

News headline links and summaries
Geezer
Vic, Ace of Spades • Thu 2016 Mar 24, 7:55am

…On this day in 1663 the Province of Carolina was granted by charter to eight Lords Proprietor in reward for their assistance in restoring Charles II of England to the throne. This became the States of North and South Carolina (it also included a number of other current States). The Carolina colony was the only one founded for strictly a profit motive. In order to facilitate as rapid a settlement as possible the Lords Proprietor invited settlers of all religions to come to the Carolinas. Their idea was to make money from the growing crops which had been successful in the Caribbean Islands.

Vic's early morning report in the early morning thread.
Geezer
Vic, Ace of Spades • Wed 2016 Mar 23, 9:22am

…On this day in 1775 Patrick Henry delivered his famous speech "Give me liberty, or give me death!" at St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia. Today what we have from our rabble rousers is give me free shit and keep your freedom. …

There was a morning thread, but too late for Vic, apparently, who posted his wit and links in the Overnight again.
Blazing Cat Fur • Tue 2016 Mar 22, 12:57pm
Blazing Cat Fur now has a regular headline links page.
Geezer
Vic, Ace of Spades • Tue 2016 Mar 22, 9:00am

On this day in 1638 Anne Hutchinson was expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent. So much for the myth that the Pilgrims came to the new world for religious freedom. Anne Hutchinson finally wound up in what is now NY, which was a Dutch colony at the time. She and her family were massacred by Indians in the end. Only one daughter survived.…

Vic's news near the start of an early morning thread. I'd say all's right with the world, except for, you know, the actual news.
Gates of Vienna Newsfeed
Baron Bodissey, Gates of Vienna • Mon 2016 Mar 21, 10:49pm

In defiance of French law, international NGOs are building makeshift towns for migrants on the Channel coast near Dunkirk. Among the participating organizations is Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF).

In other news, despite the latest agreement on migrants between the EU and Turkey, “refugees” continue to cross the Aegean in traffickers’ boats and land on the Greek islands. Hundreds of new migrants have arrived in the last few days, and, after registration, will theoretically be sent back to Turkey.…

News headline links and summaries
Gates of Vienna Newsfeed
Baron Bodissey, Gates of Vienna • Mon 2016 Mar 21, 10:48pm

Bulgaria is now deploying troops along its border with Macedonia, in case migrants whose route has been blocked attempt to find a new route through Bulgaria. Meanwhile, a brawl broke out between Afghans and Syrians at a migrant camp in the Greek port city of Piraeus. The conflict reportedly started with a disagreement over the use of a cell phone charger. Fifty people took part in the fight, and one man was injured.

In other news, a suicide bomber in Istanbul exploded himself in a busy shopping area, killing at least four people and wound an undetermined number.…

News headline links and summaries
Wombat-socho, The Other McCain • Mon 2016 Mar 21, 10:44pm
Adding The Other McCain's news headline blog, and other links,
Bird Dog, Maggie's Farm • Mon 2016 Mar 21, 8:33pm

Yale Grad Students Claim They Need More Therapists on Campus

American University candidates promise snowflakes 24-hour counseling, more ‘inclusion’

The school safety debate: Mollycoddle no more - There are two sides to the debate over school discipline, and the policy being pursued is wrong.…

These and more news headline links
Geezer
Vic, Ace of Spades • Mon 2016 Mar 21, 8:55am

On this day in 1963 Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, on an island in San Francisco Bay, closed. The building has been occupied off and on many times by political protestors since then. Today it is a museum and tourist attraction.…

After threatening to quit, Vic returns! Of course, there was no morning thread for his return, so he's stuck in the Overnight Thread again.
Bird Dog, Maggie's Farm • Sat 2016 Mar 19, 10:54am

The Role of Highways in American Poverty - They seemed like such a good idea in the 1950s.

Go-Getters, Gone?

How many jobs will the robots take? …

These and more headline links

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