Blog Heap of Links for the day 17 August 2016

A Tulsa Imam said Muslims in Tulsa are really trying to get the message out: extremists don't represent the Muslim religion. …"Just as the KKK is unrepresentative of historical Christianity… They were a big thorn in the side of America for some time." Ederer said that message seems to be getting drowned out lately. "So, they're just buying into all this terrible rhetoric that's going around right now," said Ederer.…

…The Palmdale School District initially told the seven-year-old student, identified as “C”, he could only share the Bible verses after the school bell rang and only at the school gate. After he and his family complied, the student was told he could only hand out notes on the public sidewalk far from the exit of the school.

Even though C and his family agreed to comply to the second directive, a Los Angeles Deputy Sheriff then came to the Zavalas family home and said C must stop sharing the notes because “someone might be offended,” according to Liberty Counsel, which agreed to represent the family against the school district.

…The censorship began after children at the Palmdale School District wanted C to share the Bible verses with them. Other children even begged C for copies of the verses, and even wanted his short Bible stories that provided contest (sic) for the verses. When one little girl told her teacher, “This is the most beautiful story I’ve ever seen,” school officials banned the notes from lunchtime distribution, citing separation of church and state.

Police in Arkansas were shocked by the physical condition of an abused four-year-old girl but they soon found that the child’s physical condition wasn’t the only damage the girl had sustained. There was mental abuse, too. The little one had withstood so much abuse she told police she thought her name was “idiot.”…

The Oklahoma House and Senate leadership dropped the ball repeatedly during the 2015-16 legislative session. They helped maintain the status quo and refused to stand up to Washington D.C. on a variety of fronts. The legislature effectively killed 21 bills that would have blocked the federal enforcement of unconstitutional policies. To make matters worse, the vast majority of the bills did not even receive a vote in their respective chambers.…

…X-Men: Apocalypse actress Sophie Turner states that if she had super powers…

JustOneMinute: The Positive Power Of Misunderestimation…
Shot In The Dark: Chanting Points Memo – Minnesota’s Wondrous Economy…
Weasel Zippers: Soros Paid Al Gore Millions To Hype Global Warming Fears…

I’m slowly regaining my sea legs (or do I mean “blogging legs”?) after a debilitating few days with a migraine. An excellent illustrated edition seems like a good way to get back into the swing of things…

George Soros a disgusting human being…
Silly criminal, You are not a Clinton…
Another reason not to eat cut bait…

…Today is Wednesday, August 17, 2016. On this day in 1585 the first group of English colonists to America were sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane. They landed in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina. The colony disappeared and its fate is unknown.…