Blog Heap of Links for the day 30 September 2016

A student has requested that his university (The University of Michigan) call him "His Majesty" to protest against a new policy that respects students’ pronouns of choice, including “they” and “ze”.…

…Top law enforcement officials in four states filed suit Wednesday to delay the Obama administration’s proposed transfer on October 1st of a critical Internet agency to an international authority, saying the grantee would have the power to “effectively enable or prohibit the exercise of free speech on the Internet.”…

…A Union Square Ventures and Y Combinator backed startup called Blockstack, just barely out of stealth mode, has been designing an alternative browser for what could be fairly described as another internet, one powered by the bitcoin blockchain.…

Earth is expected to be hit by a swarm of particles in the coming days… can affect satellites in orbit. The result could lead to a lack of GPS navigation, mobile phone signal and satellite TV…

Sep 28 - Dr. Everett Piper, president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University, announced today that OKWU will not participate in this year’s NAIA cross country championship unless it is returned to the state of North Carolina. Piper’s statement is in response to the decision made Monday by the NAIA Council of Presidents to pull the national meet out of North Carolina because of the state’s so called “bathroom bill”, which specifies that men and women should use the restrooms appropriate to their biological sex.…

…when a sound system broke down just as a high school volleyball game was set to begin, instead of ignoring the national anthem, the whole gym full of teenagers raised their voices to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner.”…

Da Tech Guy: Hyde Amendment Turns 40, Much To Hillary’s Annoyance…
Jammie Wearing Fools: The Media’s Not Even Pretending To Be “Objective” About Trump…
Power Line: FBI Director Comey Claims “I Am Not A Weasel”…

Pakistan calls emergency meeting amid 'deteriorating situation'…
Four Mexican soldiers killed as military convoy ambushed in Sinaloa…
After Islamic State, fears of a 'Shiite Crescent' in Mideast…

World War Two spy's row with wife 'almost ruined D-Day'…
Why Chicago is the murder capital…
Krautman: In 2016, Facts, Logic, and History Have Ceased to Matter…

Student columnist: ‘Pockets are sexist’…
Denmark to Become ‘Magnet for Child Brides’ After Amazing U-turn…
3-Time Deportee Arrested in Texas Shooting Spree — 2 Dead…

A small boy was gang-raped by four Pakistani teenagers in a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. The victim is also an immigrant from Pakistan.

In other news, a commuter train failed to slow down this morning when coming into the station in Hoboken, New Jersey. It rammed the barrier at the end, hit a wall and caused part of the station roof to collapse. One person was killed and more than a hundred were injured.…

Twitchy: Man Attempts To Steal Trump Sign, Gets Shocking Surprise…
American Thinker: How Opiates Devastated The Heartland…
Jammie Wearing Fools: Washington Mall Terrorist Wasn’t American Citizen, Still Voted Three Times…

With the white-hot heat of a thousands suns, the America people HATE the traditional news media. Because we’ve been betrayed… They’re supposed to be on OUR side!…

I expended most of my authorial energy today attacking PBS’s Frontline show The Choice 2016, which purported to delve into Hillary’s and Donald’s character to help inform people in advance of the election but which was, in fact, a Hillary hagiography and a Donald hit piece. Still, there are a few more election-related articles I’d like to share with you.…

Flashpoint in the Subcontinet: Indian Army Attacks Jihadis Inside Pakistan…
Pakistan Threatens Nuclear Retaliation…
Latest on Jersey Train Crash…

…On this day in 1927 Babe Ruth set the record number of home runs at 60 in a season. Some baseball purists maintain that this is still the record since the season was shorter then.

…Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson… I think — I think she is going to press the button.…