Blog Heap of Links for the day 18 September 2016

Law Enforcement Source Saying NYC And NJ Bombings Done By Same Person…UPDATE: Devices In NJ And NY Used Flip Phones…

…A possible secondary device has been located @ 27th Street, 6th – 7th Avenues. #NYPD nvestigations are ongoing. Avoid the area @NYPD13Pct

UPDATE: Fox News reporting that sources have said the second device is a pressure cooker. And that it, too, was found in a dumpster.

Mayor de Blasio speaking now. There is “no threat against NYC from any terror organization.” And yet he’s calls it “an intentional act.”…

Jihad Knife Rampage at St. Cloud Mall, 8 Stabbed… St. Cloud mall stabbing attack suspect referenced Allah during attack, asked at least one victim if they were Muslim before assault. …one jihadi is dead and another is in custody… first suspect was shot dead by a civilian with a conceal and carry permit… all 8 victims are expected to survive…

Mohamed Elibiary, Former Obama Advisor On Homeland Security, Speculates Trump Behind NYC Bombing…

…CNN covered for Hillary Clinton when it edited a statement made by the former secretary of state in response to an explosion that rocked a Manhattan Chelsea neighborhood Saturday night.

In her actual statement, the Democratic presidential nominee called the explosion a “bombing,” while at the same time chastising Donald Trump for calling it the same. Oops.…

Pope Francis has urged Europeans to take in more refugees…that authentic hospitality “is our greatest security against hateful acts of terrorism.”…

Charmian Carr will always be 16 going on 17 for fans of "The Sound of Music." In the movie… she played the rebellious Liesl von Trapp… Carr died Saturday in Woodland Hills of complications from a rare form of dementia, according to a statement from her family. She was 73.…

…I might have to make an exception to my pop-opera aversion or at least an exception to one song. I am lost in delight for the way in which Trump and his supporters have taken Hillary’s “Basket of Deplorables” insult and turned it into the identifier for a political revolution. …

…On this day in 1793 the first cornerstone of the US Capitol building was laid by George Washington along with 8 other Freemasons all dressed in Masonic Regalia. This version of the capitol was partially destroyed by the British when they burned it in 1814.

This morning a pipe bomb exploded in a garbage can along the route of a USMC marathon run in New Jersey. This evening a bomb went off in a garbage can in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. The first explosion caused no injuries; the second injured at least 25 people. Neither incident had anything to do with Islam.

In other news, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that she will no longer use “Wir schaffen Das” (“We can do it”) as her immigration slogan.…

Wait What? Gary Johnson: “Thankful No One Got Hurt” In NYC, NJ Bombings, MN Mass Stabbing … Dude, put down the weed. While no one got hurt in N.J., 29 people were injured in New York City and 9 people were injured in Minnesota.…