Blog Heap of Links for the day 29 September 2016

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Theory of Education

…More than 500 school districts around the country have taken a pledge to pronounce each and every student’s name correctly because a host of leftist education groups has decided that mispronouncing students’ names amounts to a “microaggression.”…

Citing Daily Caller.
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Life mocks art - did they get the idea from the Key & Peele Substitute Teacher sketch?
7:49pm CDT Thu 2016 Sep 29 :MW

Digital Threat

On Wednesday’s “Sean Hannity Show,” FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai (R) stated that the plan to “essentially give up the US oversight role…of the Internet” to ICANN is something that should worry anyone who cherishes “free expression, and free speech rights generally,” and could potentially cede oversight of the Internet to “foreign governments who might not share our values.” He further stated that such a move is “irreversible.”…

10:37am CDT Thu 2016 Sep 29 :MW

President Barack Obama’s drive to hand off control of Internet domains to a foreign multi-national operation will give some very unpleasant regimes equal say over the future of online speech and commerce… Here’s a look at some of the regimes that will begin shaping the future of the Internet in just a few days, if President Obama gets his way…

Ah, Internet, we hardly knew ye
10:30am CDT Thu 2016 Sep 29 :MW

Transport Tragedy

…commuter train… crashed into a station in Hoboken, New Jersey.… "We have a 100 plus injuries. Most of them are critical."…

Cause unknown so far. Rumor of something on the tracks.
10:33am CDT Thu 2016 Sep 29 :MW
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What Th'...?

…the ADL has become a cartoonish image of what it once was. Witness its list of "hate" symbols, such as the numbers 1, 2, 12, 13, and 18.…

And worst of all, 42!
11:19am CDT Thu 2016 Sep 29 :MW

Modern Family Life

Scientists say the first baby has been born from a new technique that combines DNA from three people.

The goal is to prevent the child from inheriting a fatal genetic disease from the mother.…

When it comes down to it, we're all carrying DNA from untold generations. Citing New Boston Post
12:35am CDT Thu 2016 Sep 29 :MW

Business Culture

Somali Muslims lose religious discrimination lawsuit against JBS Swift Meat Packing plant in Omaha…

12:42am CDT Thu 2016 Sep 29 :MW

Mystery

…Lyle Blackburn… cryptozoologist… says there have been numerous bigfoot sightings in Oklahoma… “I put Oklahoma way at the top of the list of places that could truly be a habitat for an animal like this,” said Blackburn.…

I'm pretty sure I saw Bigfoot at the Wal-Mart just last week!
7:59pm CDT Thu 2016 Sep 29 :MW
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US Congress

The Senate acted decisively Wednesday to override President Barack Obama’s veto of Sept. 11 legislation, setting the stage for the contentious bill to become law despite flaws that Obama and top Pentagon officials warn could put U.S. troops and interests at risk.…

12:29am CDT Thu 2016 Sep 29 :MW

Post-Racist World

…“Many black people who become police officers become blue, not black…” said an NAACP representative…

Defining black culturally means blacks can't be Republicans, cops, capitalists, or anti-racists like the NAACP. Citing Downtrend
12:41am CDT Thu 2016 Sep 29 :MW

Breitbart is Here

Former Navy SEAL commanders explain why they still wake up before dawn every day — and why you should, too…
Hillary to working-class voters: I worked hard for my money…
North Korea’s Nuke Program Is Way More Sophisticated Than You Think…

News, views, and info headline links
10:53am CDT Thu 2016 Sep 29 :MW
Gates of Vienna Newsfeed

For the first time during the presidency of Barack Hussein Obama, the Senate has overridden one of Mr. Obama’s vetoes. Congress had passed a bill that would allow the families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi officials, and Mr. Obama had vetoed it. But now the bill will become law.

In other news, the leader of Catalonia says that his region will hold a referendum on independence, with or without the approval of the Spanish government.…

News summaries with links
10:40am CDT Thu 2016 Sep 29 :MW

Warplanes knock out Aleppo hospitals as Russian-backed assault intensifies…
ISIS no longer controls any Iraqi oil…
Forbes: Trump’s fortune down $800M…

News headline links
10:28am CDT Thu 2016 Sep 29 :MW

Adam Piggott: Fathers Guilty Until Proven Innocent…
Power Line: Lester Holt’s Blatantly Biased Performance…
This Ain’t Hell: Nailing The Networks…

News and views headline links
10:23am CDT Thu 2016 Sep 29 :MW
Ace of Spades

Congress Finally Slaps Down Imperial Tyrant…
…But His Internet Surrender Is Just Days Away…
Told He'd Never Stand Again, Teen Rises for the National Anthem. Suck It Kapernick!…

Sefton's morning report of news highlight links
10:03am CDT Thu 2016 Sep 29 :MW
Geezer

…On this day in 1960 Nikita Khrushchev, really impressed a lot of folks world-wide at the a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly with a number of angry outbursts and pounding his shoe on the Russian desk there while screaming. It was this, among some other things that caused the communist Party in Russia to determine he was too unstable and removed him from power.…

Vic scrapes the news off his shoe and delivers it to your door, still fresh
9:50am CDT Thu 2016 Sep 29 :MW
Bookwormk

Bibi Netanyahu gave an amazing speech to the UN in which, after cheerfully castigating the UN for its biased and reprehensible behavior, he equally cheerfully assured the UN that Israel is a thriving, dynamic culture making strong new alliances all over the world.

News analysis with links.
Blog-Heaper is still getting caught up, still battling technical difficulties
12:45am CDT Thu 2016 Sep 29 :MW

US Election 2016

Hillary Faced

Hillary’s Podium Was a Thing of Interest For Some Sneaky Looking People… I’m going to detail facts, you can draw your own conclusions.…

They're just behaving like Democrats.
7:55pm CDT Thu 2016 Sep 29 :MW

…Thomas Sowell, has announced he’s voting for Donald Trump.… I’m not linking. Trust me, the story is true.…

10:25am CDT Thu 2016 Sep 29 :MW