Blog Heap of Links for the day 22 September 2016

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Policing Ourselves

…Prosecutors in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have filed first-degree manslaughter charges against the white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man on a city street.…

Citing AP
5:48pm CDT Thu 2016 Sep 22 :MW

…Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was troubled by the controversial shooting of Terence Crutcher, 40, by Tulsa police officer Betty Shelby last Friday because he looked like he did "everything he was supposed to do" but was killed anyway.

"I must tell you I watched the shooting in particular in Tulsa and that man was hands up. That man went to the car, hands up, put his hands on the car, I mean to me it looked like he did everything he was supposed to do," said Trump in remarks at a town hall style event addressing African-American issues in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.…

Ill-informed, thoughtless pandering
3:27pm CDT Thu 2016 Sep 22 :MW

Now *That's* Funny!

BoB
Increase your bust size, lose weight, and ingest tape worms. Whut?
6:17pm CDT Thu 2016 Sep 22 :MW

Man and Woman

Man and Woman

…Socially indoctrinating young children toward accepting transgenderism is rampant today in public schools. …By infiltrating the curriculum in our nation’s public schools, LGBT activists can groom the next generation of participants. …The problem with taking the steps to transition physically—cross-gender hormones and surgeries—is that physical changes are likely permanent, but the feelings driving the desire may change, especially for young people.…

3:24pm CDT Thu 2016 Sep 22 :MW
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Free Expression

…Stephen Miller, Donald Trump’s chief policy adviser, said in a Wednesday statement:

Donald J. Trump is committed to preserving Internet freedom for the American people and citizens all over the world. The U.S. should not turn control of the Internet over to the United Nations and the international community.…

5:31pm CDT Thu 2016 Sep 22 :MW

Post-Racist World

Why is the brother of guy who was killed by a BLACK cop giving interviews yelling that all whites are, "fucking devils!"
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Because the black suspect shot by the black cop who works under the supervision of a black police chief in a congressional district represented by a black congresswoman in a country with a black Attorney General and a black president was clearly the victim of institutional raaaaaaacism in a country where black folks just can't get any power!

5:24pm CDT Thu 2016 Sep 22 :MW

Breitbart is Here

American Power: Trump Derangement Syndrome Is Crippling The Left…
Don Surber: Hillary Spent $33 Million On Ads In August, and Trump’s Chances Rose From 3% To 48%…
Power Line: Triumph Of The Witless…

News and views headline links
9:27pm CDT Thu 2016 Sep 22 :MW
Bookworm

I hope blogging helps me vent my spleen. Otherwise, if you read tomorrow that a woman suffered a deadly attack of spontaneous combustion during the night . . . well, that just might be me.…

News analysis with links
6:07pm CDT Thu 2016 Sep 22 :MW
Bookworm

…Rather than viewing Trump as Satan in the Church of Leftism, Joshua Mitchell, a Georgetown professor looked at Trump’s actual platform and came up with some surprising conclusions.…

News analysis with links
6:04pm CDT Thu 2016 Sep 22 :MW

Twitchy: Need More Proof That Team Hillary’s Clearly Panicking? This Ought To Do It…
Joe For America: Gay CNN Host Tweets Support For Sharia Law, Immediately Regrets It…
Megan McArdle: Public Pensions Are Being Overly Optimistic…

News and views headline links
5:54pm CDT Thu 2016 Sep 22 :MW

Your dog can make you feel better, and here’s why…
Colleges turn to coloring books to de-stress students…
Soros Announces He’s Spending $500 Million To Help Settle Muslim “Refugees”…

News, views, and info headline links
5:52pm CDT Thu 2016 Sep 22 :MW

18 Healthy Beers…
'Deplorables' and the Myth of the Single-Issue Vote…
Reddit Users Break HUGE Clinton Email Story – Proving Hillary ORDERED Emails to Be Stripped…

News, views, and info headline links
5:49pm CDT Thu 2016 Sep 22 :MW
Gates of Vienna Newsfeed

A Chinese tourist in Germany who lost his wallet ended up spending two weeks in a refugee camp. The poor man tried to report the loss to police, but spoke only Mandarin, so he ended up signing an asylum application form. After two weeks in a refugee camp, someone had the bright idea of asking an employee at a local Chinese restaurant to interpret, and the mistake was resolved and rectified.

In other news, according to the latest polls, the wealthiest Americans are abandoning the Republican Party to vote for Hillary Clinton. Voters from households making over $100,000 favor Mrs. Clinton over Donald Trump by 46% to 42%.…

News summaries with links
5:45pm CDT Thu 2016 Sep 22 :MW

UN resumes aid as bombing of besieged city of Aleppo intensifies…
US tests for mustard agent after rocket attack near Iraq base…
Puerto Rico: Huge blackout after power plant fire. Most of Puerto Rico's 3.5 million people without power…

News headline links
5:44pm CDT Thu 2016 Sep 22 :MW
Nightmouse

Charlotte agitators throw rocks off highway overpass, strike motorists…
Keith Scott’s Family Apparently Made Up The Story About How He Died…
Rioters Attack Truck Drivers, Loot Walmart…

News summaries with links
5:28pm CDT Thu 2016 Sep 22 :MW

Charlotte Under State of Emergency…
Once Again, Gregg Abbott Leads the Way…
Will Weiner Be Arrested For Sexting a Minor?…

JJ's little roundup of headline news links
8:03am CDT Thu 2016 Sep 22 :MW
Geezer

…On this day in 1888 the first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published. Now teenage boys all over America could be titillated by looking at pictures of bare breasted native women from around the world.

Looking for Vic's Morning Report can be tricky sometimes. Follow this link.
7:54am CDT Thu 2016 Sep 22 :MW

US Election 2016

…NC, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-NY) said Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is wrong in calling to increase the police tactic of “stop and frisk…”

5:32pm CDT Thu 2016 Sep 22 :MW