Blog Heap of Links for the day 10 April 2016

This is strange… for a southern New Yorker.

Andrew Moore lived alone and died alone. He was raised in an orphanage, never married and outlived his friends. For his last 40 years, the World War II veteran slept on a couch in a rent-­controlled efficiency apartment in the nation’s capital. …died in December with no will, no instructions and no next of kin.… destined for a nameless pauper’s grave. Instead… given a hero’s sendoff at Arlington National Cemetery.… the work of a family Moore may not have known he had: the residents of State House, a post-WWII apartment building at the edge of Washington’s Embassy Row.…

The Air Force squadron commander killed Friday in a murder-suicide at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland’s Medina Annex “went out swinging” after a confrontation in his office, sacrificing himself to save a non-commissioned officer… Lt. Col. William “Bill” Schroeder, commander of the 342nd Training Squadron, was killed in Forbes Hall by a “disgruntled” technical sergeant who was facing a disciplinary hearing. … “an amazing airman, father and husband…”

Recently the House Judiciary Committee passed HR 3892 that would declare the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), something Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and even Syria have already done. This would allow the bill to come to the floor for a vote.
Even contemplating the passage of it gives the well-informed American a reason to hope that there still might be some sign of life left in the bodies of those occupying political office in Washington D.C. The positives of passing this bill are innumerable, and the negatives are like finding someone without an opinion on Donald Trump…there simply are none.…

Speech Restriction Stories I Have Read in Just the Last 24 Hours…

Last week Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed Supreme Court merits brief against Obama’s executive orders on immigration. This was filed on behalf of a majority of states – 26 – who are standing against “the illegal and unconstitutional actions taken by the Obama administration on illegal immigration.”…

• Gun control discussions won’t change ‘neo-anarchist’ Republican party
• Group reveals why it hacked student to death in street
• EU trying to introduce mandatory classes about the bloc into curriculum…

It’s silly stuff, designed to make you smile, and wise thoughts to make you think…

The European Commission announced that the EU will provide Tunisia with €250 million in aid during 2016. The money will be used to help reduce unemployment, and also to build and renovate health care centers throughout the country.

In other news, the president of Belarus has announced that government officials in his country will from now on drive Greely cars, which are made in China and assembled in Belarus. The new measure was adopted with an eye towards cost-containment. An exception will be made for the prime minister and other high government officials, who will continue to ride in European luxury cars.…

The European Commission announced that the EU will provide Tunisia with €250 million in aid during 2016. The money will be used to help reduce unemployment, and also to build and renovate health care centers throughout the country.

In other news, the president of Belarus has announced that government officials in his country will from now on drive Greely cars, which are made in China and assembled in Belarus. The new measure was adopted with an eye towards cost-containment. An exception will be made for the prime minister and other high government officials, who will continue to ride in European luxury cars.…

…On this day in 1821 Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople was hanged by the muzzie Ottoman government from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body was thrown into the Bosphorus.

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has swept the Colorado GOP convention, winning all 13 of the state’s at-large delegates. And after also winning all 21 delegates awarded at the congressional district conventions throughout the week, the Texas senator leaves Colorado with a complete shutout of his opponents.…

Two of Donald Trump’s staunchest campaigners, his daughter Ivanka and son Eric won’t be voting for their Dad in New York’s upcoming primary.

No, they’re not closet Cruz supporters.

They’re just not Republicans.

Oops.

I’d say I’m shocked, but really, I’m not.…