Blog Heap of Links for the day 28 September 2016

Three priests with the Catholic Church have been kidnapped and murdered in Mexico in less than a week. The high profile murders mark the latest chapter in Mexico’s ongoing crime wave that continues to spread.…

Shimon Peres, the 93-year-old former president and prime minister of Israel, died in his sleep early Wednesday morning surrounded by family members… Over a seven-decade career, the elder statesman of Israeli politics and one of the country’s most admired symbols has held virtually every senior political office, including two stints as prime minister and extended terms as foreign, defense and finance minister. He won the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in reaching an interim peace agreement with the Palestinians.…

12 Things You Didn't Know About Sriracha…
‘Offensive’ Christian Cross Among Subjects Of Complaints To University’s Hate Response Team…
Trooper offers to drive grieving man 100 miles after traffic stop…

Syrian army, insurgents in fierce clashes in southwest Aleppo.…
Twelve Afghan soldiers killed in their sleep by fellow troops…
Swiss parliament votes to ban Muslim women from wearing the Burka in public…

It is possible that up to 20,000 migrants could be turned out of Italy’s shelters and left to fend for themselves. Tens of thousands of asylum-seekers have accumulated in reception centers, and the government is running out of money to pay for their accommodation.

In other news, three people were beaten up at a swimming center in Helsinki after they acknowledged to their attackers that they were Finns. Police are puzzled as to the motive for the assaults.…

The State Department has warned travelers who may be considering Turkey as a destination that it is currently considered unsafe for Americans. There are indications that terrorists are targeting hotels in Turkey that are indentified as part of American chains.

In other news, a lawyer reportedly dressed in a period Nazi uniform shot and wounded nine people in a Houston strip mall this morning before being shot dead by police.…

Twitchy: Howard Dean Hangs Tough (And Mostly Alone) On Charge That Trump Was On Coke During Debate…
Jammie Wearing Fools: Fresh Off Muslim Terror Attack, NYC Launches Ad Campaign To Fight “Anti-Muslim Rhetoric”…
This Ain’t Hell: A Few More “Private” E-Mail Facts Come To Light…

American Thinker: The Mark Of Soros – Charlotte, NC…
Power Line: Glenn Kessler Indicates Why Moderators Shouldn’t “Fact Check”…
Megan McArdle: FDA’s Dangerous Deals With Reporters…

'Bizarre' Donald Trump seemed 'dreadfully unprepared'…
KU bars gorillas from jungle-theme decoration due to 'masculine image'…
Rioting is great fun…

…Some of my blog friends have reported expensive, losing fights because they published political cartoons or other images that were obviously, or not so obviously, subject to copyright claims. To prevent that, I will no longer publish proprietorial political cartoons. Instead, you’ll just find here endless and wonderful political cartoons and social issue posters that creative people have freely released into the world.…

Unarmed Black Man Shot Dead by Cops in San Diego…
Tubby Riefenstahl Has the Sadz…
Busy Tampa Road Tagged with "Kill White People"…

…On this day in 1951 CBS made the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product was discontinued less than a month later. It was doomed to failure …

Growing Number Of Race Riots Leave A Dark Mark On Obama’s Legacy…
Germany: Refugees Brag ‘Africans Control The German Girls… We Are The Kings!’…
Black professor denounces segregated housing for black students; benefits ‘white liberals’…

Headline: Howard Dean REFUSES to back down on cocaine claim about Trump

A close analysis of the transcript of the first presidential debate on Monday night shows that moderator Lester Holt of NBC News asked 15 questions exclusively of Republican nominee Donald Trump, and only 2 questions exclusively of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.… Moreover, most of Holt’s questions prompts were overly friendly to Clinton’s point of view, while hostile to Trump.…