Blog Heap of Links for the day 17 October 2016

Obama says that there needs to be a “curating function” on the news. He thinks the news needs to be “curated,” recalling the “News Curators” at Facebook who censored conservative perspectives. It’s Goebbelesque — leftists “curating” our news is why we are in the fix we are in.…

I’m convinced of the point these political posters make. I wonder, though, whether undecideds, if they saw these posters, would be convinced too. What do you think?

Skip that annual physical exam: Evidence increasingly suggests it’s useless…
Planned Parenthood: From eugenics to abortion on demand…
I'VE OD'ED ON HILLARY'S CRIMES…

Iraqis push toward IS-held Mosul in long-awaited operation…
Taliban offensives kill dozens, displace thousands in Afghanistan…
Two Danish airports, shopping centers evacuated after bomb threats…

Flying the flag of the Islamic State is now legal in Sweden. A Syrian migrant had been investigated for hate speech over his display of the ISIS flag, but the prosecutor determined that since the man is declaring his animosity towards everyone in the world, he is not being discriminatory, and therefore the flag does not rise to the level of “hate speech”.

In other Scandinavian news, crime committed by organized migrant gangs in Denmark has doubled in the past six years.…

Skankles' supporters were concerned about her phony charity…
Her supporters are also "concerned" about her health problems and taxes…
Popular vote to guarantee the "right" to hunt and fish in a State…

Podesta: The Tragedy of San Bernardino Was the Killer Wasn't White…
How Obama and Hillary Are Blundering Us Towards War With Russia…
Neat Trick: Washington Post Declares Clinton Winner 3 Weeks Before Election Day…

…On this day in 1781 British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrendered to American and French forces at the Siege of Yorktown. This effectively ended the British attempt to reign in the Americans and end the revolution.