Blog Heap of Links for the day 5 September 2016

President Barack Obama called for a series of international agreements to regulate activity on the Internet, citing his preference not to start an arms race in cyberspace.…

Actor Hugh O’Brian, most known for playing Wyatt Earp on television, died Monday in his Beverly Hills home. He was 91.

O’Brian earned success in his role of titular lawman Earp in The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp from 1955 to 1961. During his time on the hit series, the performer founded the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) in 1958 to establish a new generation of leaders in the volunteer and service fields. To date, over 470,000 people have participated in the leadership programs the organization offers. …

…Four private security guards and police dogs were injured when they were confronted by hundreds of protesters outside of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. Tribal spokesman Sitting Bear reported that six protesters—including one child—had been bitten by security dogs. Sitting Bear also indicated that at least thirty protesters had been pepper-sprayed during the encounter. However, according to local law enforcement, no injuries of protesters had been reported, and no arrests were made.…

A Texas Supreme Court Justice has issued a dissenting opinion stating that while the U.S. Supreme Court has declared that same-sex couples may marry, the U.S. Constitution does not necessarily require cities to offer benefits to same-sex spouses of employees. While marriage may be a fundamental right, spousal benefits are not. He says that the same constitutional strict scrutiny does not apply to employment benefits.…

…a huge batch of wonderful cartoons and posters, with more to follow in the coming days.…

Like Hillary herself… in order to support Hillary, you must be a criminal or a dumbass. And if you’re not in her inner circle— that rules out criminal…

College Students Need Remedial Classes in How to Be Adults…
Why Now is the Right Time to Talk About Ethanol…
Here are a bunch of ways Hillary Clinton has avoided talking to journalists…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a severe electoral setback in her home state, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. In state elections today, AfD (Alternative für Deutschland, Alternative for Germany) came in second, ahead of Mrs. Merkel’s CDU. The SPD (Socialists) came in first.

In other news, five Afghan culture-enrichers were arrested in Austria on suspicion of sexually harassing women at a wine festival.…

13 mobile devices. 2 devices recovered. 11 devices still missing. Hillary Clinton was more than just “careless”…
Report: ‘British Muslim Male 170 Times More Likely to Be Part of a Sex Grooming Gang Than a Non-Muslim’…
Five Ways to Keep the Lights on When the Power Fails…

Kaine once blocked three potential jurors from hearing a case because they were white…
Google employees have enjoyed revolving door during Obama administration…
Child aged four receiving help to undergo sex change in Australia…

You don't need no stinking news.…

…On this day in 1891 Carnegie Hall (called The Music Hall at the time) first opened in New York City. Its first public performance included Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton suffered another coughing fit on the campaign trail, immediately after she took the stage during a rally in Cleveland.… After pausing for several seconds and reaching for some sort of medication she struggled through another sentence as her running mate Tim Kaine stood up and sat down awkwardly. Later it appeared that Kaine brought her some paper towels.…
An aide also stood up to give her something to assist her struggle with her cough.…