Blog Heap of Links for the day 21 September 2016

At Least 12 Police Officers Injured In Riots In Charlotte, Media Van Trashed As Journalists Flee After Black Cop Shoot Armed Black Man…UPDATE: 3 Members Of Media Attacked, Rioters Block I-85, Pelt Civilian Cars With Rocks, Hackers Bring Down City Website…

A man in Australia has successfully patented, and started selling, the Hamdog - a combination of a hotdog and a burger in one bun.…

Thousands of years before cats came to dominate Internet culture, they swept through ancient Eurasia and Africa carried by early farmers, ancient mariners and even Vikings, finds the first large-scale look at ancient-cat DNA.…

Terance Crutcher Just Finished 9 Year Sentence For Drug Trafficking, Prior Convictions For Resisting Arrest and Had Active Warrants… Now, while a prior record doesn’t show whether the shooting in this case was right or wrong, what his background does show is that he had a habit of resisting the police when stopped. …

Syria conflict: Air strike kills five medical workers…
South Korea confirms it has military plan to remove Kim Jong Un…
Brexit has had 'no major effect' on UK economy so far…

…looking at virtue signaling theologically, it appears that, not only is the behavior lacking in actual virtue, it embodies two of the seven deadly sins: pride and sloth.…

According to a recent report, 80% of Sweden’s police officers are considering new careers, due to the dangers they face on the job. Meanwhile, four arrests have been made in Malmö in connection with the burning of cars. Thirty-two vehicles were set alight in the city over the weekend.

In other news, the latest opinion poll reveals that almost 50% of Australians want to shut down all Muslim immigration into the country.…

Clinton Foundation AIDS Program Delivered Third-Rate Drugs to Third World Victims…
The Lights Are Going Out All Over Europe…
Yes ICANN Rig the Election!…

…On this day in 1780 in the most infamous act of treason in American history, General Benedict Arnold attempted to turn the fort at West Point over to the British Army for a bribe consisting of a commission as a Brigadier General in the British Army and a cash reward of £20,000 (about $1.3M in 2009 dollars). However, Arnold's plot failed when British Major John André was captured as a spy by the Americans. John Andre was hanged; Benedict Arnold escaped and died in London in 1801.