Blog Heap of Links for the day 3 August 2016

I nearly shit a brick when I learned about the report that Barack Obama paid a ransom of four hundred million dollars to get our Americans released by Iran.… This was done by the man who just yesterday arrogantly declared Donald Trump unfit to be President and Commander-in-Chief.

Yeah. Okay.…

One woman has been killed and up to six people have been injured after a man with a knife reportedly attacked people in the busy area of Bloomsbury in Central London. …just before 10:30pm on Wednesday night. Police were called to the scene and tasered one individual before making an arrest.… terrorism is being investigated as a motive…

A jailhouse interview with a German man who joined the Islamic State reveals the workings of a unit whose lieutenants are empowered to plan attacks around the world.… members of the Islamic State’s secret service… came to inform him and his German friend that they no longer wanted Europeans to come to Syria. Where they were really needed was back home, to help carry out the group’s plan of waging terrorism across the globe. "…they have loads of people living in European countries and waiting for commands to attack the European people…”

…A Palestinian father, in front of a professional Palestinian videographer, pushed his young child towards Israeli Border Police, yelled at the son to throw rocks (which he did in a childish way), and then taunted the police to shoot the child… Palestinian television then promoted the video, but left out a crucial piece where the border policeman and the child exchange a “high five”…

During the stop, an officer noticed a "rock like substance" on the floor board of Rushing's car.
"I recognized, through my eleven years of training and experience as a law enforcement officer, the substance to be some sort of narcotic," the report said.… two separate field tests were performed and both came back positive for the presence of amphetamines… "I kept telling them, 'That's … glaze from a doughnut. … They tried to say it was crack cocaine at first, then they said, 'No, it's meth, crystal meth,'" he told the newspaper.…

Aug 3, 2016 – Last week, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a bill into law decriminalizing marijuana for adults and changing criminal penalties into civil infractions. The proposal not only decriminalizes marijuana in the Prairie State, it also takes a step toward nullifying federal cannabis prohibition in practice in Illinois.…

Trump’s ‘Excesses’ Are Sickening Says Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey Whose Streets Are Regularly Bathed In Citizen’s Blood

…The U.S. Air Force… arguing that the F-35A can perform close air support as well as the A-10 Warthog can do, is now claiming it cannot afford the A-10s because it needs the money to support the forthcoming F-35A…

Michelle Malkin: Not All US Muslim Soldiers Are Equal…
Power Line: Black Lives Matter – From A Lie To A Revolution…
Quinton Report: Baltimore – #10 Most Liberal City…

Obama admin denies $400M payment to Iran was ransom for hostages…
N. Korea fires mid-range missile toward waters near Japan…
Pope establishes commission to study female leadership in Church…

Academic Absurdity of the Week: Sexist Ski Slopes?…
Tax meat until it’s too expensive to eat, new UN report suggests…
US Marines Train Together with Israeli Navy to Fight ISIS…

Czech President Milos Zeman wants a total ban on refugees so that his country will not fall victim to “barbaric” acts like those that have taken place recently in Germany and France. He also says his countrymen should acquire firearms so that they can defend themselves in the event of a terrorist attack.

In other news, President Obama said that Donald Trump is unfit to be president, and advised Republicans to withdraw their support for their party’s nominee.…

Our government is nuts…
It's only money…
Cops, damned if you do, damned if you don't…

…On this day in 1852 the first American intercollegiate athletic event took place between Harvard and Yale. It was a boat race and Harvard won.…