Blog Heap of Links for the day 5 May 2016

Research has discovered that medical error is the third leading cause of death in the United States. With more than 250,000 deaths of this kind annually…

I am happy to report that @BoschFawstin’s Muhammad cartoon is back up on eBay. Apparently all the “technical” difficulties have been ironed out.

Thank you, eBay!…

On Thursday's Morning Joe on MSNBC, director Rob Reiner stopped by…

LAWTON, Okla. – An Oklahoma homeowner… found a “bomb” while mowing his backyard. …a large shell that was about one foot long.… investigators from Ft. Sill… believe it is a World War I 75 MM explosive ordnance.…

The Obama administration on Thursday commuted the prison sentences of 58 federal convicts, including 18 who were given life sentences.…

Charlie Dahu could not believe his 7-year-old daughter, Rosabella, was able to use a note with no parent signature and misspelled words to leave school on Monday…

The oldest living American World War II veteran, and oldest living man in the US, has passed away at the age of 110. Frank Levingston died Tuesday afternoon in Shreveport, Louisiana.…

…Intriguingly enough, Planetary Prince takes its name and spiritual theme from the popular “Urantia Book” — an unspoken bible to many outside Christian, church-going theology. Graves himself is a follower of sorts. “That's a really deep book. A lot of people might think it's sacrilegious, but it makes so much sense about the breakdown of the universe and deities and Earth and man,” the bandleader said in a recent DL Media press release.

“The Urantia Book” has been universally embraced by the non-religious as the true bible. Allegedly conveyed by aliens who came down to Earth to share truths, the book combines spirituality with science…

An American nation standing as one, is a force that the world's evils cannot defeat. You are that force. We are that force. Real Americans are not defeated. We are one.

Canadian wildfire explodes in size, forces more evacuations…
Israel says found second Hamas tunnel from Gaza since 2014 war…
Kenya: Woman found alive after 6 days in collapsed building…

After Donald Trump won the Republican primary in Indiana with a landslide last night, his rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich both dropped out of the race, leaving Mr. Trump as the only remaining Republican candidate. Even so, British Prime Minister David Cameron refuses to apologize for saying earlier that Mr. Trump was “divisive, stupid and wrong”.

In other news, the European Union is considering changes to EU asylum rules that would fine each country that refuses its refugee quota €250,000 per person not accepted.…

Twitchy: Hillary Clinton Suffers Convenient Memory Loss During Anderson Cooper Interview…
The Jawa Report: Sandcrawler PSA – What Communists Eat…
Megan McArdle: The Four Horsemen Of The Republican Apocalypse…

A Brief History of Drowning…
New administration rule would permit thousands of eagle deaths at wind farms…
Principal Bans Girls' Tackle Football Game, Suggests Bobbing for Apples Instead…

Iraq routed IS from Ramadi at a high cost: A city destroyed.…
Illegal immigrant numbers skyrocket at Mexican border…
Top U.S. intel official: ISIS can stage Europe-style attacks in U.S.…

Pro-ISIS Account Posts Suicide Vest Instructional Video…
US Still Not Prepared for Possible EMP Attack…
Why Do We Excuse Left-Wing Violence?…

Canadian fire forces entire town to evacuate. …
Take 2 of these and call me in the morning.…
Once again Congress abstains from their duties…

…On this day in 1925 a warrant was served on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act. This started the famous Scopes trial in TN portrayed by the movie Inherent the Wind.…

…right on the heels of Trump effectively sewing up the nomination, we read this:

Trump on Thursday named Steven Mnuchin, chairman and CEO of private investment firm Dune Capital Management LP, to serve as the national finance chairman for his presidential campaign.

Mnuchin, also a former partner at Goldman Sachs, will bring finance experience to the campaign’s fundraising operation, the statement said.

Mnuchin’s 17-year stint at Goldman Sachs is only the beginning. Get this:

He also worked at Soros Fund Management LLC, founded by liberal mega-donor George Soros.…

On the heels of clinching the GOP nomination for president, Donald Trump has hired John Mashburn as his Policy Director, praised by certain pro-life groups for his strong support of protecting the unborn.…