Blog Heap of Links for the day 29 December 2015

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Criminally Stupid

…Tahlequah [Oklahoma] grocery store… found something inside a banana box, besides fruit. … 12 kilos of drugs. …said to be worth around $1 million. …either meth or cocaine.…

5:24pm CST Tue 2015 Dec 29 :MW

Know the Enemy

…founder of the Brazilian chapter of the international radical feminist group Femen has publicly renounced feminism and apologized for her offensive behavior toward Christians. She has also published a book detailing the abuse she suffered at the hands of fellow feminists, and exposing the hatred underlying radical feminism. … “For the feminist sect women are not the inspiration, they are prime matter in the worst sense of the term. They are convenient objects useful for the purpose of inflaming hatred against the Christian religion, hatred against men, hatred against the beauty of women, hatred against the equilibrium of families. That’s what feminism is, and I can guarantee it is like that because I was on the inside!”…

8:36pm CST Tue 2015 Dec 29 :MW
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Spiritual Matters

A Biblical scholar claims that due to a mistranslation the original scripture actually says that Eve was made from Adam's penis not his rib. The professor states that man is the only mammal without a penis bone. Guess that's where it went.

6:16am CST Tue 2015 Dec 29 :MW

Marriage Today

Wedding Rings, Interlocked

…In every age, people say and believe things that aren’t true but somehow become accepted as “conventional wisdom.”

The statement “I’m not ready to get married” is a current example. Said by more and more Americans between the ages of 21 and 40 (and some who are older than that), it usually qualifies as both meaningless and untrue. And it is one reason a smaller percentage of Americans are marrying than ever before.

So, here’s a truth that young Americans need to hear…

8:38pm CST Tue 2015 Dec 29 :MW
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US Military

US Flag

…Jimmy Hatch, a Navy SEAL senior chief who led a platoon into a fierce battle to try to rescue Bergdahl, was shot and badly wounded on that mission. Beside him, service dog Remco lay mortally wounded, after running through a hail of bullets at two Taliban fighters hiding in a ditch, exposing their whereabouts. …

5:20pm CST Tue 2015 Dec 29 :MW

Breitbart is Here

…we're more than pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 Fabulous 50 Blog Awards, the most prestigious new media awards in the conservative blogosphere. …

Blog Heap o' Links, surprisingly, did not make the cut.
5:18pm CST Tue 2015 Dec 29 :MW
Gates of Vienna Newsfeed

Under a new deal reached by Central American countries, thousands of Cuban migrants stranded in Costa Rica will be allowed to continue their journey northwards to the United States. Under the terms of the deal, the migrants will be flown to El Salvador, where they will board buses to travel to Mexico, and ultimately to the USA.

In other news, a German man was killed by flying shrapnel after he and two accomplices blew up a condom machine in the town of Schoeppingen. …

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6:14am CST Tue 2015 Dec 29 :MW
Gates of Vienna Newsfeed

One miner was killed and four escaped when a gypsum mine in Shandong Province in China collapsed. Two days later, seventeen miners remain trapped underground as rescuers attempt to reach them. The mine’s owner committed suicide earlier today by jumping into a well at the mine.

In other news, forty-three propane tanks of various sizes were stolen from an industrial facility in northeastern Philadelphia.…

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6:13am CST Tue 2015 Dec 29 :MW