Blog Heap of Links for the day 2 July 2016

A mosque in north Burma has been burned down by an out-of-control mob – the second attack on a Muslim place of worship in the predominantly Buddhist nation in just over a week. …in the town of Hpakant on Friday.…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Arizona Attorney General's Office have arrested an 18-year-old Tucson man they say conspired to carry out acts of terrorism against government buildings in Maricopa and Pima counties.…

…Iraqi hospital and police officials say 18 people were killed and 45 wounded when a car bomb exploded in central Baghdad.…

Commandos storm Dhaka restaurant, find 5 bodies; 12 rescued…

…posted a Facebook Live video in May under the name Collins Raderius in which he and two friends flashed stacks of money and boasted that "we got a safe." …blamed Facebook for "snitchin." …

RUSH CITY, Minn. (KARE) – …Jason Galvin… Army veteran, fought for his country in Afghanistan…saved an American Bald Eagle that was hanging from a rope high up in a tree, upside down. … His wife called everyone she could think of from the fire department to wildlife officials. But, the eagle was too high up in the tree to be rescued. … a conservation officer gave him the green light. It took Jason 150 shots to chip away at the limb with slow, precise shots. But, eventually his bullets brought down the limb and the eagle into some soft underbrush beneath the tree. … “Fourth of July, you know, that’s our bird, I can’t let it sit there,” said Jason.…

Doomestic dogs, cats, hamsters or budgerigars should be rebranded as “companion animals” while owners should be known as “human carers”… Even terms such as wildlife are dismissed as insulting to the animals concerned – who should instead be known as “free-living”, the academics including an Oxford professor suggest.

The call comes from the editors of the Journal of Animal Ethics, a new academic publication devoted to the issue.…

…A survivor of the Auschwitz and Buchenwald Nazi death camps, Wiesel dedicated much of his life to Holocaust education and promoting tolerance around the world.… Netanyahu said that “in the darkness of the Holocaust, in which our sisters and brothers were killed – six million – Elie Wiesel served as a ray of light and example of humanity who believed in the goodness in people.”…

Major League Baseball must permanently retire ‘God Bless America,’ a song that offends everyone…
Elite K-8 school teaches white students they’re born racist…
CNN Has A Sad That People Are Talking About Terrorism, Not ‘Climate Change’…

‘Make America Great Again’ whiteboard messages deemed ‘racial attack’ by campus bias response team…
Majority of Democrats want third term for Obama…
Hamas leader calls to drive all Jews out of Israel…

…On this day in 1776 the Continental Congress adopted the resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain. The wording of the formal Declaration of Independence was not approved until July 4 which is why we celebrate Independence day on July 4th.

The Austrian Constitutional Court has ruled that irregularities in May’s presidential election are of sufficient magnitude that the results are invalid, and a new election must be held. The vote is expected to occur sometime in late September.

In other news, an unofficial meeting between Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton caused controversy due to an appearance of impropriety, given that Ms. Lynch’s department is currently conducting a criminal investigation of Mr. Clinton’s wife. In response to all the furor, Ms. Lynch announced that she would implement the recommendations of the FBI and federal prosecutors about whether or not Mrs. Clinton should be indicted for criminal mishandling of top-secret government emails during her tenure as Secretary of State.…

U.N. expects residents to start returning to Falluja by August…
Mideast mediators questions Israel's commitment to 2 states…
Hillary Clinton scheduled to meet with FBI on Saturday…