Blog Heap of Links for the day 25 May 2016

Days after Hitler’s suicide a group of American soldiers, French prisoners, and, yes, German soldiers defended an Austrian castle against an SS division—the only time Germans and Allies fought together in World War II.…

…Couric can be heard in the interview asking activists from the group, “If there are no background checks for gun purchasers, how do you prevent felons or terrorists from purchasing a gun?”

The documentary then shows the activists sitting silently for nine awkward seconds, unable to provide an answer. It then cuts to the next scene.… However, raw audio of the interview between Katie Couric and the activists provided to the Washington Free Beacon shows the scene was deceptively edited. Instead of silence, Couric’s question is met immediately with answers from the activists. A back and forth between a number of the league’s members and Couric over the issue of background checks proceeds for more than four minutes after the original question is asked.…

A 10-year-old dog named Ollie is alive today thanks to a Portland, Oregon-based DoveLewis Animal Hospital intern who found a tick hidden in his ear, moments before the veterinarian was to euthanise the sick dog.…

The Trojan War was a grander event than even Homer would have us believe. The famous conflict may have been one of the final acts in what one archaeologist has controversially dubbed “World War Zero” – an event he claims brought the eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age world crashing down 3200 years ago.

And the catalyst for the war? A mysterious and arguably powerful civilisation almost entirely overlooked by archaeologists: the Luwians.…

Eleven states and state officials filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging he Obama administration over federal guidance directing schools to provide transgender students with facilities that match their gender identities.…

Michelle Malkin: Enough With Hollywood’s Pendulous Boobery…
Shot In The Dark: The World Is Their Safe Space…
Mark Steyn: Land Of The Middle-Aged Teen…

U.S.-backed group launches offensive north of ISIS capital in Syria…
Kenya military: 21 al-Shabab militants killed in ambush…
Trump, Clinton win Washington state's presidential primaries…

The latest evidence from the crash of EgyptAir Flight 804 indicates that the plane may have exploded before plunging into the Mediterranean. The body parts of passengers that have been recovered so far are in small pieces, and some show burn marks that suggest they were close to an explosion. A terrorist bomb is now considered the most likely reason for the crash.

In other news, more than 2,000 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya yesterday by the Italian coast guard in fifteen separate operations.…

Why Millennials are stuck in their parents’ basement…
Crocodiles and palm trees in the arctic…
20,642 New Regulations Added in the Obama Presidency…

Jerk…
Too little, too late & too damn expensive…
Here, hold my beer …

…On this day in 1895 the Victorian era playwright, poet, and novelist Oscar Wilde was convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison…

…Let’s be honest. Nothing makes regular Americans angrier than watching idiots behave like violent creeps on national television.

Richard Nixon owes his 1968 victory to the dipshits who rioted at the Democrat Convention in Chicago. While they chanted “The whole world is watching,” the whole world watched and the overall feeling was, “These little pukes need to be put in their place.”

When it comes to law and order, Republicans always win. And nothing does more to promote a need for law and order than watching the lawless disorder of violent idiots attacking police and rioting.…

More Than 400 Writers Sign Petition Protesting Donald Trump…