Blog Heap of Links for the day 14 May 2016

North Korean coast guards intercepted a Russian yacht in neutral waters and escorted it to a N. Korean port without giving an explanation on Friday. The Russian embassy in Pyongyang has demanded the immediate release of the Russian vessel and its crew.…

…On Friday afternoon, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education, regarding the advisory.

“We have reviewed the “significant guidance letter” issued today. Despite contending that it “does not add requirements to applicable law,” this letter most definitely changes the law in that it takes the unprecedented step of redefining “sex” to mean “gender identity.” Your citations to U.S. Supreme Court precedent and references to lower court cases and administrative action are disingenuous at best.…

PHOENIX, Ariz. (May 13, 2016) – Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey vetoed a bill that would have “legalized the Constitution” by defining gold and silver specie as legal tender and encouraging their use as currency.… “The language of the bill provides for a broad prohibition from state regulation of ‘legal tender’ as anything other than money. The provision is ambiguous and may have unintended consequences beyond the intent of the proponents.…”

I’ll be away all day tomorrow…. I therefore hope that this post gives you lots of interesting stuff to read on Saturday.…

First Evidence of Humans in North America Found Off Florida… 14,500 years ago…
Chicago Students Now Required To Adopt Transgender Newspeak…
Flight logs show Bill Clinton flew on sex offender's jet much more than previously known…

According to the latest estimates, 1.5 million more EU immigrants than previously acknowledged by the government arrived in Britain over the past five years. This fact has been used by opponents of British membership in the EU to bolster the case for a “Brexit”.

In other news, more than 800 migrants traveling in two boats were rescued by the Italian coast guard off the coast of Sicily.…

Clinton could be forced from race…
Schools reject Obama transgender decree…
Walgreens Now Provides Free Online Mental Illness Tests…

…On this day in 1607 Jamestown, Virginia was settled making it the oldest colony settled by the English in North America.…

…who needs the Washington Post digging up dirt and exposing Trump as a fraud when his own spokespeople seem to be doing all the heavy lifting for them?

Yesterday appearing on Wolf Biltzer’s program, Katrina Pierson argued that Trump’s temporary Muslim ban is just like Obama saying, “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.”…

Appearing on Erin Burnett’s “OutFront,” Trump spokesman Barry Bennett told former Romney Advisor Dan Senor “Oh please. This ‘words matter’ stuff, I mean, this is ridiculous!”…