Blog Heap of Links for the day 4 September 2016

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Disinformation Propaganda and Spin

Hot Mic – Reuters Intentionally Cuts Camera Feed During Positive Bishop Jackson Remarks To Trump in Detroit…

1:23pm CDT Sun 2016 Sep 4 :MW

1950s - less with us

Fred Hellerman, the last surviving member of the influential Fifties folk group the Weavers, died Thursday at his home in Weston, Connecticut. He was 89.… Hellerman, along with the Weavers' Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hays and Pete Seeger, helped spark the folk revolution of the 1960s thanks to their renditions of standards like "Kisses Sweeter than Wine," Woody Guthrie's "So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh" and Lead Belly's "Goodnight Irene." …

1:13am CDT Sun 2016 Sep 4 :MW
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Spiritual Matters

Pope Francis declared Mother Teresa of Calcutta a Saint on Sunday morning…

“Mother Teresa, in all aspects of her life, was a generous dispenser of divine mercy,” the Pope said in his homily before the more than 100,000 people overflowing Saint Peter’s Square, “making herself available for everyone through her welcome and defense of human life, those unborn and those abandoned and discarded.”…

1:34pm CDT Sun 2016 Sep 4 :MW

It's All in Your Mind

Brain

According to Neurologist Richard Saul who has written a book called “ADHD Does Not Exist: The Truth About Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder”, the amount of people who are suffering from Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder is zero.…

I was too distracted to finish the article.
1:28pm CDT Sun 2016 Sep 4 :MW

Animal Culture

Collection of pics of critters at work, some for humans, others not.
1:32pm CDT Sun 2016 Sep 4 :MW

What Th'...?

Egyptian member of parliament Elhamy Agina has encouraged women to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) to “reduce their sexual desires” to match that of Egypt’s “sexually weak” men, Parlmany reported.…

Not sure if that's a denigration of women, a sarcastic slap at Egyptian men, or what.
1:15am CDT Sun 2016 Sep 4 :MW
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Breitbart is Here

Gates of Vienna Newsfeed

Migrants near Calais have developed a new technique for stowing away on trucks bound for Britain: they throw large objects at cars on the highway, causing major accidents. Then, when gridlock results, they sneak into the back of trucks heading for the Channel Tunnel.

In other news, the latest polls predict that AfD (Alternative für Deutschland, Alternative for Germany) will make huge gains in tomorrow’s state elections in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.…

News summaries with links
12:17pm CDT Sun 2016 Sep 4 :MW
Nightmouse

Feds refuse to investigate Muslim Minnesota House candidate’s immigration fraud, marriage to brother…
CDC Giving Itself Unconstitutional Powers To Round Up And Detain Citizens En Masse Anytime, Anywhere…
Clinton Told FBI She Couldn’t Recall Key Details 26 Times…

News summaries with links
12:09pm CDT Sun 2016 Sep 4 :MW
Geezer

…On this day in 476 Romulus Augustulus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, was deposed when Odoacer proclaimed himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire. By this time the Romans had already lost the wheat fields in Northern Africa and were unable to pay the troops. Individual towns in Gaul and Briton were already forming their own little city/states for protection.

Vic's histories show everything old is new again.
10:04am CDT Sun 2016 Sep 4 :MW

US Election 2016

Hillary Faced

…here are the key findings that PROVE Hillary Clinton belongs in jail, not the Oval Office.…

2:02pm CDT Sun 2016 Sep 4 :MW
Trump, smiling

…Mr. Trump spoke briefly to those assembled at Bishop Jackson’s church. His remarks were respectful, honest, humble and uplifting.

See, I know this because I watched it.

Funny how your impression of Donald Trump changes when you actually take the time to hear what he says rather than simply listen to the “analysis” and “spin” burped out by the Enslaved Press.…

Analysis, links, video
1:44pm CDT Sun 2016 Sep 4 :MW

…Mr. Trump danced with the celebrants and sounded, well, presidential, when he addressed the congregation. Referencing disparities in education, employment and public safety he said “I fully understand the African-American community has suffered from discrimination,” and promised to bring prosperity to lower-income Americans. What a concept.…

Links, and pics
1:42pm CDT Sun 2016 Sep 4 :MW

…I wish with all my might that Trump would have a chance. The cynic in me says it will never happen.…

Several news stories and videos.
1:39pm CDT Sun 2016 Sep 4 :MW