Blog Heap of Links for the day 28 August 2016

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Wars and Rumors

A suicide bomb attempt at a Catholic church in Medan, North Sumatra, Sunday morning (28/08) has left the suspect with minor injuries after the bomb failed to detonate correctly. … ran towards to pulpit and attempted to stab the priest. The bomb hidden in the suspect's vest failed to detonate, only creating sparks which injured the would-be attacker. The priest sustained only minor scratches to his arm.…

11:11am CDT Sun 2016 Aug 28 :MW

Disinformation Propaganda and Spin

Facebook F

Facebook has fired its Trending News team, responsible for curating the social media network’s “Trending News” list, after Breitbart Tech began to reveal their progressive biases last month. The team is set to be replaced by a team of engineers managing an algorithm.…

The new "algorithm management" team - will they make it even easier to program in Zuckerberg biases?
11:08am CDT Sun 2016 Aug 28 :MW
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Animal Culture

Claudia collects cuddling critters - cute!
9:30am CDT Sun 2016 Aug 28 :MW

Now *That's* Funny!

…Fun news out of Ireland this morning. A castle, lost for 250 years has been found at last! It was on Castle Street, by Castle House. The locals knew it was there all along, and had been using it as a convenient place to dump trash.

http://tinyurl.com/zwqj7ra

10:02am CDT Sun 2016 Aug 28 :MW
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Breitbart is Here

Political Hat

“Rigged system” crusader Bernie Sanders conveniently never got around to releasing his personal financial disclosure form…
Huma Abedin denies active role at radical Muslim journal…
153 Conservative Academics Come Out Of The Closet …

Lots of brief news summaries with links
10:04pm CDT Sun 2016 Aug 28 :MW
Geezer

…On this day in 1968 riots occurred in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention. While you hear a lot about unrestrained police in these riots what you do not hear from the MFM was that the riots occurred due to communist groups who were part of the anti-war demonstrators pushing the crowds into the riots. This was a strategy of these groups during the 60s. And it still carries forth to this day.…

Vic's like the powerful-armed paper boy who breaks your front screen door with the Sunday edition
9:40am CDT Sun 2016 Aug 28 :MW
Gates of Vienna Newsfeed

A Muslim mob set fire to a house in northern Nigeria, killing eight people. The attackers were reportedly enraged that a Muslim resident of the house had previously save the life of a Christian who was being attacked by a rampaging mob.

In other news, a Southwest Airlines flight from New Orleans to Orlando had to make an emergency landing in Pensacola after part of one of its engines was destroyed by an unknown cause. No one was injured in the incident.

To see the headline…

9:26am CDT Sun 2016 Aug 28 :MW
Nightmouse

Media Ignores The Violent Anti-Trump Brownshirts of the Left…
Islamic garb welcome in BC garden, but Victorian era clothing gets the boot…
Now the Czech Government Is Warning Citizens To Stockpile Food…

News summaries with links
9:18am CDT Sun 2016 Aug 28 :MW

US Election 2016

Add Barbra Streisand to the list of celebrities who will be moving out of the United States if Donald Trump is elected president in November.…

10:00pm CDT Sun 2016 Aug 28 :MW