Blog Heap of Links for the day 9 September 2016

Jesus Christ is no longer welcome at a school district in Tipton, Missouri. And neither are prayers or a religious hymn.

The Tipton R-VI School District decided to cleanse itself of anything remotely affiliated with Christianity after they were bullied by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. They even pulled down a giant portrait of our Lord that was displayed in the grade school’s library.

The FFRF is a Wisconsin-based group of perpetually offended atheists, agnostics and free-thinkers. They fired off a nasty letter to the school board claiming to represent a “concerned attendee” of the annual high school awards program.…

…At an estimated 10 kilotons, it's thought to be the most powerful explosion yet.…

A stray pit bull has a new home a month after saving a Georgia woman from a knife attack — while getting stabbed himself.

The pooch was named 'Hero' after the July 22 incident in Baldwin, when he lunged toward a male attacker and saved a saved the female victim.

Hero was stabbed five times and was left for dead, until a pair of police officers found him and took him to a local veterinary.… In emergency surgery, Hero died twice but pulled through despite the odds.…

He has now been adopted by Sara and David Simpson, of Tennessee — and even has two doggy friends in his new home.…

…Wednesday… an asteroid… which NASA discovered just two days before it happened… …passed about 25,000 miles (40,000km) from our collective home, roughly one tenth the distance between the Earth and the moon.… NASA claims it’s the closest an asteroid will come to Earth for “at least the next half century.”…

…Barack Hussein Obama has appointed the first Muslim federal judge, a Pakistani immigrant who has practiced law in the United States for 10 years and was educated at American universities, but it’s his ties to Islamic jihadists, including those in the Saudi Arabian government, that should be enough to get the Senate to reject the nomination.…

BBC: North Korea's 'biggest' nuclear test sparks global outrage…
Iraq gears up for late-year push to retake Mosul from Islamic State…
Hajj 2016: More than a million Muslims head to Mecca…

Dear Media: It Is Not News When ‘Transgender Men’ Get Pregnant…
Hillary's Health Concerns Serious, Say Most Doctors Polled by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons…
China to Expand Military Reach with a Fleet of the World’s Largest Planes…

A total of seven people have now been arrested in connection with the car full of gas cylinders that was parked outside Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Three women were arrested today, and one of the three stabbed a police officer before being shot. She is said to be the daughter of the man who owned the car loaded with gas cylinders.

In other news, the FPÖ (Austrian Freedom Party) caused controversy by proposing to celebrate the 333rd anniversary of the breaking of the Siege of Vienna on September 12th.…

Democrats philosophy, "Two wrongs make a right"…
Is this a sign of things to come? Stay tuned we'll find out in November.…
A penny for your thoughts…

…On this day in 1965 the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development was established when one of the worst Presidents in history signed the "Housing and Urban Development Act" into law. This unconstitutional POS law was passed by an overwhelming Democrat majority in both the Senate and House. It immediately set off to become one of the most corrupt agencies in the Federal Government.…

…Donald J. Trump is almost certain to win Oklahoma's electoral votes.…
James Lankford is almost certain to retain his Senate seat.…