Blog Heap of Links for the day 16 May 2016

Bangladesh… unprecedented upsurge in lightning strikes have resulted in then deaths of over 60 people across the nation in three days.…

CONCORD, N.H. (May 16, 2016) – Three years after New Hampshire voted to legalize medical marijuana, the first dispensaries have finally opened in Plymouth despite federal prohibition.…

A couple of divers in the ancient Israeli port of Caesarea brought up some items from the seabed last month, leading to the discovery of a treasure trove of bronze statues, coins and other artifacts that went down with a cargo ship 1,600 years ago. … Among the artifacts the divers recovered were a bronze lamp depicting the image of the sun god Sol; a figurine of the moon goddess Luna; a lamp in the image of the head of an African slave; fragments of three life-size bronze cast statues; objects fashioned in the shape of animals; a bronze faucet in the form of a wild boar with a swan on its head; and fragments of large jars that carried drinking water. All that and lots of money…

Da Tech Guy: Ted Cruz Writes About The Mullahs And Their Missiles…
Jammie Wearing Fools: Man Arrested After Two Shot During “Stop The Violence” Event…
Mark Steyn: A Se’ennight Of Steyn, May 9-15…

State Dept. says it can’t find emails from Clinton’s IT aide
The State Department has been unable to locate any emails that were sent to or from Hillary Clinton’s former IT aide at the department, according a Monday court filing.

Ted Cruz backers ready for fight at convention to make party platform conservative
When I tweeted that earlier, someone replied that they’re trying to protect the house’s foundation, not the wallpaper.…

Dung Beetles sentences to ponder…
Don’t want Obama to decide how your kids will be taught? Teach them yourself!…
WATCH: College Students Can’t Explain The Difference Between Man And Woman…

Islamic State on the defensive, territory shrinking in Syria and Iraq…
Pakistan could beat polio in months, says WHO…
Cuban immigrant surge on pace to more than triple 2015, 156,000 vs 43,000…

Pedophiles using drones to spy on kids…
Norway Will Decide On Kids’ Gender If Parents Disagree…
American Homegrown ‘Violent Extremists’ All Linked to Islamists…

Children should be seen and not heard…
A violent democrat? Nah, couldn't be…
He's the hairy handed gent, who ran amok in Kent…

… On this day in 1918 the Sedition Act of 1918 was passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It was repealed less than two years later in 1920. This law was blatantly unconstitutional but was ruled OK by the politicians in black robes.…