Blog Heap of Links for the day 29 April 2016

BELGIUM: ALL residents are being issued iodine tablets for protection in case of a nuclear dirty bomb attack by ISIS terrorists…

Italian authorities arrested four people suspected of extremism on Thursday and issued arrest warrants for two more operating in Syria… one of the suspects is a Moroccan-born national living in Italy who had received orders from the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) to conduct an attack in Rome… and the Israeli embassy in Rome…

…When Bevin ran for governor, he positioned himself as a man who would stand up to federal overreach. He famously said the state should tell the EPA to “pound sand.” So signing a bill to implement an unconstitutional national ID system was not going to play well with the grassroots that supported his candidacy.

As momentum built against REAL ID, the Kentucky’s GOP held its state convention and nearly 600 delegates voted almost unanimously to tell Bevin to veto REAL ID.

Lo-and-behold, he did.

And it all started with a few blog posts and some aggressive social media campaigns.…

… toucan… found off of a highway in Brazil… half of his lower beak missing… After taking a mold of the bird’s beak, specialists reattached a 3D printed prosthetic during a two-hour surgery.…

Caterpillar said Thursday it will close five U.S. plants and shed about 820 positions as the construction-equipment maker continues to scale back its production and workforce in response to falling demand.

The cutbacks are part of a strategy outlined by the Peoria, Ill.-based company in September to trim its workforce by about 10,000 positions and close or consolidate about 20 facilities through 2018.…

Workers laying pipes in a park in Seville have unearthed a 600-kilogram trove of Roman coins…

In a stunning reversal, the U.S. Army decided late Thursday to retain a decorated Green Beret it had planned to kick out after he physically confronted a local Afghan commander accused of raping a boy over the course of many days.… Sgt 1st Class Charles Martland…

…Captain Mario Lopes, who is based in the Washington, D.C. area, agreed to pilot a military-chartered flight on April 14, taking his son’s unit back to the states—and the young solider had no idea his father was in the cockpit.

A video of the moment Lopes surprises his son, First Lieutenant Mario Lopes, is now going viral with over 300,000 views…

Texas' controversial voter identification law will remain in effect, possibly through November's elections, after the Supreme Court on Friday denied an emergency request from a coalition of Latino advocacy groups and Democratic lawmakers who say the measure is discriminatory.…

Democrat Pushes to Expand ‘Secret’ Gun Confiscations in California…
Amazon’s same-day shipping for Prime customers seen as ‘racist’…
ISIS stops drone spying by covering streets with sheets…

…Iran touts Israel invasion to recruit teenage boys to fight in Syria…
…India's sizzling heat wave claims more than 300 lives…
…Russia's nuclear nightmare flows down radioactive river…

The Belgian government has announced that it will distribute iodine pills to all Belgian citizens so that they will be prepared in the event of a nuclear emergency. Officials say the Fukushima disaster in 2011 prompted the new policy.

In other news, the Islamic State is now offering marriage counseling to couples in an effort to prevent so many jihad brides from attempting to escape their husbands and ISIS.…

…ravens are just as clever as chimps…
…The war on elephants…

The Obama Administration, to serve and protect. LMAO.…
Poor Huma…
This isn't rocket science…

On this day in 1992 we had the forerunner of the hands up don't shoot Michael Brown press outrageous lies and liberal propaganda resulting in riots event. There were riots in Los Angeles, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 53 people were killed and hundreds of buildings were destroyed. These riots were the direct outgrowth of the edited beating of King that was shown on TV news over and over. The video made it look like the police beat King for no reason at all. The jury saw the entire unedited video that showed he started the fight with the cops and that is why they acquitted. The press should have been charged for these riots and the riots over the Michael Brown shooting.…

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence Friday commended GOP front-runner Donald Trump for having "given voice to the frustration of millions" and said he's grateful for Trump's strong stand for jobs in his state, but said his vote and endorsement would be going to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who he praised as a stalwart conservative.…

…According to Philip Bump at the Washington Post, though he has yet to hit that mark of having the most primary votes in Republican history (George W. Bush holds that record), by the end of the 2016 primary season, Donald Trump probably will exceed Bush’s 2000 totals.

Now, here’s the other side of the coin.

Trump also will be another historic first. In addition to garnering the most primary votes in Republican history, Donald J. Trump will also hold the record for having the most primary votes against him.…

The media is working hard to convince you that they caught Ted Cruz in a lie about working with John Boehner. But they are lying, as usual.… “It is false and misleading to describe Ted Cruz as having been ‘John Boehner’s lawyer.’ When Cruz was a young lawyer, his boss (Mike Carvin) was hired to be Boehner’s lawyer in one case. Cruz worked as a junior associate on that case, but he doesn’t remember even meeting Boehner, much less ever having had a substantive conversation with him.”…

…On The O'Reilly factor tonight, Donald Trump said of Afghanistan: "That's one place frankly instead of going to Iraq we should have probably gone there first".…

US presidential hopeful Donald Trump has denied claims he raped a woman when she was a teenager.… accused of attacking the alleged victim with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.… alleged victim, who lodged her claim in the Central District Court of California on Tuesday, is suing for $100m.…

Authorities in Southern California said early Friday that at least 20 people were arrested as protesters created havoc after a Donald Trump rally.… Dozens of protesters were mostly peaceful… Trump supporter had his face bloodied in a scuffle as he tried to drive out of the area. One man jumped on top of a police car, leaving its front and rear windows smashed and the top dented in and other protesters sprayed graffiti on a police car and the venue’s marquee. Dozens of cars -- including those of Trump supporters trying to leave -- were stuck in the street as several hundred demonstrators blocked the road, waved Mexican flags and posed for selfies.…