Blog Heap of Links for the day 17 May 2016

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Wars and Rumors

The Islamic State reportedly buried alive dozens of its own fighters accused of cowardice. Those who refuse to submit are "apostates."…

7:57pm CDT Tue 2016 May 17 :MW

Two bombings hit Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 44 people and wounding more than 90…

I don't blog every instance of war and threat; it would overwhelm all other articles. Today's entries are just some samples reflecting what goes on every week in the world.
7:51pm CDT Tue 2016 May 17 :MW

More Christians are being targeted and slaughtered by an Islamic terror group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a predominantly Christian nation in Africa.

This May alone, about 50 Christians have been mercilessly killed by Islamic jihadists…

7:49pm CDT Tue 2016 May 17 :MW

Sex can be Dangerous

…Short of a moral and radical revolution in gay culture—the milieu in which most gay men’s sexual and social socialization takes place today—the moral gay minority will have its hopes and aspirations for traditional marriage obliterated by larger cultural forces within contemporary nihilistic gay culture.…

12:04pm CDT Tue 2016 May 17 :MW
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It's Only Money

…we took a look at some of the weird and wonderful things that have been used as alternatives to money around the world, some of which are still in use today.…

7:41pm CDT Tue 2016 May 17 :MW

World Without Borders

Biohazard

One of every five refugees resettled in Minnesota by the federal government tested positive for latent tuberculosis in 2014, according to the state’s Department of Health.…

7:48pm CDT Tue 2016 May 17 :MW

Animal Companions

Dog

…Ball said that he and his wife, who live in Chickamauga, Georgia, have never had a dog throughout their 15-year marriage. He told his son that it was "his responsibility to learn how to train the dog," so he suggested looking up YouTube tutorials.

"He got the video all lined up," Ball recalled, "and then he called the dog over and started playing it directly to the dog."…

7:59pm CDT Tue 2016 May 17 :MW

Transport Business

Plane

…airlines report that some 4,000 passengers have missed flights at O’Hare Airport because of the long wait times since February, and there have been reports of screening hold-ups, delayed baggage transport, and difficulties at many other airports.… TSA executives got fairly hefty pay bonuses for their hard work..… guess who the TSA blames for their boobery? You.…

7:55pm CDT Tue 2016 May 17 :MW

Now *That's* Funny!

Radioactive

…The fact that these signs needed to be posted is only further proof that our species is devolving……

Unless, of course, some of them were a joke! Funny pix.
1:58pm CDT Tue 2016 May 17 :MW
More funny punny posters from Bluebird
1:53pm CDT Tue 2016 May 17 :MW
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Breitbart is Here

Trying to work, but the interruptions never stop! Still, here are pictures…

Posters and cartoons
8:50pm CDT Tue 2016 May 17 :MW

Shark Tank: Clay County School Superintendent Opposes Obama’s Transgender Mandate…
Don Surber: Muslims Had Inside Help In Bataclan Attack…
This Ain’t Hell: Pentagon’s Transgender Acceptance Plan Hits Snags…

News and opinion links
8:48pm CDT Tue 2016 May 17 :MW

US still has leverage in Syria, Kerry asserts…
Planning a North Korea trip? Don't, says the State Dept…
Bolivian leader Morales' estranged son 'does not exist'…

News headline links
2:14pm CDT Tue 2016 May 17 :MW

Princeton Professor: ‘There Are Few Superstitious Beliefs As Absurd As’ Transgenderism…
Careerism and Psychopathy in the US Military leadership…
Brexit Can Only Be Good for the United Kingdom…

News and info links
12:24pm CDT Tue 2016 May 17 :MW
Nightmouse

Mother knows best when it comes to Muslim taxis…
FBI Tracking 1,000+ Islamic Terror Cases & Growing…
Military Innovation: Exosuits, Robot Arms & Mini Subs…

News headline links
12:21pm CDT Tue 2016 May 17 :MW
Gates of Vienna Newsfeed

The German government is planning to spend €93.6 billion over the next four years on costs related to the “refugees” who arrive in Germany. Meanwhile, the federal chief of police in Germany has expressed concern over rising anti-refugee violence, especially the torching of asylum centers.

In other news, an elderly Buddhist monk was hacked to death inside a Buddhist temple in Bangladesh. No group has claimed responsibility yet for the murder.…

News headline links and summaries
12:05pm CDT Tue 2016 May 17 :MW

Ontario green or goofy?…
Green cars not so green after all…
What took you so long TX?…

Frequently mysterious "headlines" link to real news
10:33am CDT Tue 2016 May 17 :MW
Geezer

…On this day in 1987 an Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet fired two missiles into the U.S. Navy warship USS Stark, killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew. Amazingly the Stark's captain had allowed these jets with 22 miles of the ship under a hostile flight path AND had ignored warnings. The Stark never did do anything to defend itself. This was under Ronald Reagan so I am sure there were no BS rules of engagement like we have now under the choom. A board of inquiry recommended that he be relieved of command and court-martialed. Instead he was relieved of command and retired.…

Vic's early-morning news and opinions begin in the overnight thread again
10:02am CDT Tue 2016 May 17 :MW

US Election 2016

Hillary Guzzling

…Hillary Rodham Clinton, a Yale educated attorney, does not seem to know what the word “Incentive” means.

Check out this tweet.

We’ve got to stop giving companies incentives to move jobs overseas. https://t.co/ma8QY5STT6 #MadeInAmerica pic.twitter.com/WD37SnqXM3

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) May 16, 2016

We’ve got to stop giving companies incentives to move jobs overseas?

Incentives?!

Sweet merciful Zeus.…

9:04pm CDT Tue 2016 May 17 :MW