Blog Heap of Links for the day 20 August 2016

ISIS Turkey wedding bombing: 22 killed and 94 injured after suicide bomb attack… in the city of Gaziantep, which is located 40 miles from the Syrian border…

…One eyewitness stated that the MUSLIM suspect “had the knife in his right hand and he just walked off – he didn’t even run away after brutally stabbing 18-year-old, Lance Scott Walker, to death multiple times.”…

The Commerce Department is finalizing the transition of control of the internet from U.S. hands to a "multi-stakeholder" model that includes Russia and China.

None of this was approved by Congress. The administration is acting unilaterally to strip U.S. control of the internet and give it to totalitarians and religious fanatics.…

[Headline:] Gawker had its problems, but its death is worrying for all watchdog journalists…

[Headline:] Terror-Tied CAIR To Donald Trump: The Constitution Says Government Can’t Study Or Criticize Islam…

"I’d ask for everyone here, including the children, when you grow up, I want to ask you to pledge to finish school, learn a trade, a skilled trade, get a college education, start a business, do something useful and produce something in your society so you don’t have to live off others. Thank you.” [Austin City Council member Don] Zimmerman said.

Shortly after he made this comment boos could be heard reverberating throughout the audience.…

What began as an Army vs. Navy argument in Oklahoma City turned dangerous when one of the participants left the verbal exchange and returned with firearms… The men had been drinking, per the report.…

The NSA Leak Is Real, Snowden Documents Confirm…
The Top Ten Emerging Technologies of 2016 (Half of that list is stupid. The other half would be useless if it were practical)…
98 personal data points that Facebook uses to target ads to you…

New Gun Control Idea: Take Guns from Senior Citizens…
Macmillan geography textbook filled with anti-Israel lies…
The end of the internet as we know it…

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump visited flood-stricken areas of Louisiana, declaring his support for the locals in their resolve to rebuild. President Barack Obama, despite the legacy of opprobrium heaped on his predecessor George W. Bush for neglecting flood-stricken areas of Louisiana, stayed away from the state and remained on vacation at Martha’s Vineyard. Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s whereabouts were not reported, but she is thought to be resting on pillows while being supported by several aides at an undisclosed location.

OK, I admit it: I made that last part up.

In other news, with an eye on the Muslim tourist trade, New Zealand’s official tourist board has released a halal food guide for travelers.…

…Donald Trump fundraiser in Minneapolis on Friday night. …protesters banging on the doors of the Minneapolis Convention Center where Trump was speaking to attendees. …Trump supporters were forced to run a “gauntlet,” with many, including elderly women, being punched and pelted with garbage.…

Progressive activists attacked Donald Trump’s motorcade and supporters in Minneapolis late Friday night, but the local media downplayed the unprecedented attack against an American presidential candidate.…