Blog Heap o'Links for December 2016

…On this day in 1983 the ATT Bell System was broken up by the United States Government.…

Beginning on Jan. 1, prostitution by minors will be legal in California. … SB 1322 bars law enforcement from arresting sex workers who are under the age of 18 for soliciting or engaging in prostitution, or loitering with the intent to do so. … written and passed by the progressive Democrats who control California's state government with a two-thirds "supermajority." …

…On this day in 1853 the US completed the Gadsden Purchase to get land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in a Southwest route to CA from New Mexico. It purchased approximately 30M acres of land, mostly desert, for $10M in gold. This was the last major addition of land to the continental US.

The penultimate day of 2016 is kind of slow.…
Drudge Goes Dark for 90 Minutes in Apparent Hacking…
Insanity: California Legalizes Child Prostitution…
Was It SCOAMF Who Hacked Hillary?…

…On this day in 1973 the Endangered Species Act was passed in the United States. This POS has been one of the most abused laws in history.…

Israel Vows to Continue Building Settlements…
Krauthammer: Trump Should Turn the UN Into Condos…
Feel Good Story of the Day: Girls of the IDF (Semi-NSFW)…

…The aerial bomb, which the city said the British dropped during World War II, was found last week during construction work… Police said the bomb did not present an immediate danger. …waited until Christmas Day to defuse it because there would be less traffic than usual, and thought many people might be able to stay with their relatives.…

…On this day in 537 the Hagia Sophia was originally built as a Christian Church by Emperor Justinian I. The original had burned in 532. This was the third church built on this site. The church was taken over by the muzzie death cult when they conquered Constantinople in 1453 and converted it to a muzzie death cult mosque. It is owned by the Turks now and is a museum.

…Things seem to be slowing down as 2016 ends. But there are a few items of note.…

…On this day in 1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill moving the Thanksgiving holiday to the fourth Thursday in November. It was another one of his useless schemes to boost the FDR depression. It didn't work.

…may the light from the menorah herald miracles and better days ahead. Have a better one and remain blessed…

…On this day in 1943 General Dwight D. Eisenhower was named Supreme Allied Commander for the upcoming Invasion of Normandy.…

…On this day in 1984 Bernhard Goetz shot four would-be muggers on an express train in Manhattan section NYC.…

Europe-wide Manhunt for Muzzy Christmas Market Mass Murderer…
Get Out Your Pitchforks: GOP Set to Delay Obamacare Repeal…
Socialist Paradise: NYC Child Services Responsible for 10 Kids' Deaths In 3 Months…

…this young female IDF Captain has just been decorated with the country's highest honor, the Medal of Valor, for her leadership and bravery in the face of an ambush by nearly two dozen terrorists near the Egyptian border.

According to The Tribunist, Captain Ben-Yehuda was in charge of the Caracal Battalion which was stationed near the Israeli / Egyptian border.…

…On this day in 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premiered at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Hollywood.…

Incompetent and Politically Correct Is No Way To Run a Police Dept., Ja?…
SCOAMF Flooding US with "Refugees" In Final Weeks…
How Will Russia React to the Assassination of Its Ambassador in Ankara?…

…On this day one year ago the big news was the Democrat Debate.…

Obama Heads to Golf Course After Receiving Reports on Berlin Attack and Russian Ambassador Death…
Lena Dunham: "I Haven't Had An Abortion, But I Wish I Had"…
Example #21,987 that Paul Krugman is delusional and a retard…

…On this day in 1828 Vice President John C. Calhoun penned the South Carolina Exposition and Protest, protesting the Tariff of 1828 known as the Tariff of Abominations. The South was being unfairly taxed to death over its exports of cotton and other farm materials primarily to support the federal government which was building railroads and canals in the North. This paper said that States had the right to nullify federal law. Both Jefferson and Madison had also advocated this position. And so do all of these so-called cities now who deem themselves "sanctuary" cities. Jackson threatened to invade SC. Obama helps the sanctuary cities.

Death Threats Against Electors? Charming.…
NYT's Sunday Sore Loser Edition…
"He was for the electoral process before he was against it"…

…On this day in 1972 President Richard Nixon announced that the United States would engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th.…

“Almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago.”
~ Barack Hussein Obama

For OPEC, there are few enemies more fearsome than the tiny Oklahoma town of Cushing.…

The Ohio doctor who invented the Heimlich maneuver has died at the age of 96.…

German legislators have proposed legislation that would force social media to act promptly to remove spurious news stories. Under the new law, Facebook and other prominent sites would be obliged to remove “fake news” items as soon as they were posted.

In other news, a fire at a migrant center near Paris killed one person and forced the evacuation of 300 people.…

What If Consumers Just Want to Buy Junk Food?…
Aging Is Reversible…
Vulnerable Democrats Suddenly Open To Replacing Ocare…

Thanks to my friends, I have an email box filled with links to fascinating, random politics. In keeping with that random spirit, I present to you this randomly organized post…

…On this day in 1903 the Wright brothers made the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.…

…On this day in 1902 Teddy Roosevelt sent the "Great White Fleet" to demonstrate the US's "big stick" in naval power. …

Left-wing documentary filmmaker and ’round-the-clock Donald Trump critic Michael Moore posted an essay to his personal Facebook page…

All new cars and light trucks would be able to talk wirelessly with each other, with traffic lights and with other roadway infrastructure under a proposal released Tuesday by the Transportation Department.

Officials say the technology holds the potential to dramatically reduce traffic deaths and transform driving.…

A priest in Italy has caused uproar after announcing there would be no Christmas nativity scene at the local cemetery this year because it could offend Muslims and atheists.… Fr Braggiè’s predecessor as local priest, Fr Oreste Mori, strongly criticised the decision, saying: “Seriously?…"

When “Riverdale” arrives on The CW next month, K.J. Apa’s Archie Andrews and his friends will bring life to the beloved cast of Archie Comics characters.…

…On this day in 1939 Gone with the Wind premiered at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. Allowing for inflation, it is still the highest grossing film of all time.…

…Between calling real news "fake news," intimidation of electors and the big lie about Putin sabotaging the vote, my blood is now simmering. And Harry Reid can go DIAF.…

…Abdulrahman al-Rashed, an acclaimed journalist and former editor-in-chief of London-based leading Arab daily Asharq Al-Awsat, said… the ones who are leading the fear-mongering campaign by “claiming Washington was willing to launch war on one billion Muslims” are radical Muslim groups and tyrannical regimes – including, chiefly, Iran – because Trump and his newly appointed officials have sworn to topple them.…

…Yes, ideas do have consequences, and the lousy ideas we have been teaching in our colleges and universities for the past several decades are bearing themselves out daily before our eyes.

But there is an answer to this absurdity. It is found in the historical liberal arts and the premise that there are certain moral and intellectual laws tested by time, defended by reason, validated by experience and endowed to us by our Creator.…

"Wow! A tree all covered with ribbons and kitty toys…"

…After just forty minutes of annoying my wife with intense practice, I finally mastered the skill that had eluded me since I was eight years old. Achievement unlocked!…

Donald (Don) Pleines Shaub was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1923. … He served in the U. S. Army in World War II in the European Theater. On December 24, 1944, Don was serving with the 66th Infantry Division and while being transported from Southampton, UK to Cherbourg, France survived the torpedoing of his transport ship, the SS Leopoldville, by jumping onto the deck of the HMS Brilliant, which had come to the aid of his sinking ship. That night 763 other soldiers on board lost their lives.… As recently as October of this year, he was still using the riding mower on the lawn and helping his daughter move into the home he and Pat vacated this summer to move into Green Country Village in Bartlesville.…

Alistair Urquhart, who has died aged 97, was a prisoner of the Japanese from 1942 to 1945, surviving both the infamous Death Railway and the atom bomb dropped on Nagasaki; his memoir, The Forgotten Highlander, became a bestseller in 2009.…

Have you ever wondered what St. Nicholas really looked like? … modern forensic reconstruction of Saint Nicholas' face … St. Nicholas' remains are buried in the crypt of the Basilica di San Nicola in Bari, Italy. These bones were temporarily removed when the crypt was repaired during the 1950s. At the Vatican's request, anatomy professor Luigi Martino from the University of Bari, took thousands of minutely-detailed measurements and x-ray photographs (roentgenography) of the skull and other bones.

Professor of forensic pathology at the University of Bari, Francesco Introna, knew advancements in diagnostic technique could yield much more from the data gathered in the 1950s. So in 2004 he engaged expert facial anthropologist, Caroline Wilkinson, then at the University of Manchester in England, to construct a model of the saint's head from the earlier measurements.…

For this episode… the only theme I could really think of was…. “Whew.”…

I’m tellin’ you— Donald Trump is a patriot. I am more impressed than ever. I have NEVER seen a politician sacrifice so much, take so much flack from ALL directions—-and continue to fight harder today, than he did yesterday.…

Of Course McConnell and Ryan Agree with Lying CIA About Russia Hack Hoax…
Ex-SEAL Team 6 Leader Zinke Tapped for Dept. of Interior…
PR Firm Tied Directly to Clinton and SCOAMF Behind "Faithless Electors" Drive…

…On this day in 1937 The city of Nanking, China was taken by the Japanese Army and the "Rape of Nanking" was on as Japanese troops raped and slaughtered hundreds of thousands of civilians in the city. A total of 7 officers were later convicted of war crimes and hanged.…

Good morning, kids. Not to put too fine a point on it but the Democrats and the institutional Left, aided and abetted by the GOP-wing of their uniparty, are attempting to overthrow the election and the will of the American people.…

…I am going to do something a little different this year, I am going to repeat last year's "On this day" because it has relevance.

On this day in 2000 Al Bore tried to steal the Presidential election by endless recounts in selected counties in FL. And SCOTUS finally stepped in and halted all recounts thus making the FL SOS's call final and Bush won. Oh how the Democrats screamed because their "steal" was halted by the Supreme Court. …

…this report of the GOP delaying the Obamacare repeal vote for three years is insanity. The GOP was, is and always will be Trump's and our greatest enemy. Prayers for the terrorist attack victims in Egypt and Turkey.…

Dear Dolly,

10040291_300x300I’ll be honest. I used to think you were a bimbo. I used to think you flaunted your big boobs, teased hair, tiny waist, and your syrupy-sweet southern accent just to sell yourself and your brand as a country singer. Granted, I was raised in the Midwest and lived as an adult for many years in the Northeast. I didn’t get you, much less the South.…

GA Sec. of State Claims Jeh Johnson/DHS Tried to Hack State's Voting Systems…
Obama Attempting to Trump-Proof the White House…
Prager U's "Born to Hate Jews" Reinstated on YouTube…

…the never-ending quest for new technologies has yielded a potentially revolutionary replacement or substitute for fracking: microwaving shale to extract oil and gas.…

…John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American aviator, engineer, astronaut, and United States Senator from Ohio. In 1962 he became the first American to orbit the earth, circling three times. Before joining NASA, he was a distinguished fighter pilot in both World War II and Korea, with five Distinguished Flying Crosses and eighteen clusters.

He was one of the "Mercury Seven" group of military test pilots selected in 1959 by NASA to become America's first astronauts. On February 20, 1962, Glenn flew the Friendship 7 mission and became the first American to orbit the Earth and the fifth person in space. Glenn received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978, and was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1990. Glenn was the last surviving member of the Mercury Seven after the death of Scott Carpenter.…

Today is St Nicholas Day. St. Nicholas was a real person who defended the divinity of Jesus at the council of Nicea. He argued against Arius who didn't think Jesus was divine and got so angry that he slapped Ariius. I like the idea that he slapped Arious not because I endorse violence-but that he had a temper. That humanizes him since Saints are often seems as having no faults Some forensic work was done on his skull and you can see what he probably looked like if you scroll down in this link:

http://tinyurl.com/ceswhh5

…His intention was to approximate the location of Yeshua’s house in old Nazareth. From the descriptions in The Urantia Book, he guessed roughly where the house might be. The descriptions were quite detailed. …

…There are a lot of myths, rumors, and conjecture about the US readiness at Pearl Harbor. Especially as to the reason the entire fleet, except the aircraft carriers, were tied up in port at cold iron when the word had gone out that the fleet should consider itself at "war warning". However, that warning contained exactly no instructions as to what level of readiness they should set. Of course lower level officers got the blame. …

…Hard to believe that one of the most pivotal moments in our history happened 75 years ago. My wife's dad was on board the U.S.S. Nevada at Pearl Harbor. As he recalled, if you dove off the starboard side, you lived. If you dove off of port, you died. He was presumed dead and eventually turned up the next day, after pulling bodies and parts of bodies out of the water. …

…On this day in 1884 the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., was completed.

…Another Tuesday and another day Hillary Clinton will never be president. First up, courtesy of Weasel Zippers, and breaking is the FBI reporting a credible threat against an LA Metrorail station.…

…On this day in 1933 they corrected the single biggest mistake ever made by Congress…

Good morning, kids. A new week, and another day Hillary Clinton will never be president. …

…On this day in 1829 in the face of fierce local opposition, British Governor-General Lord William Bentinck issued a regulation declaring that anyone who abets suttee in Bengal is guilty of culpable homicide. When local Hindu priests complained vigorously to a local official Charles Napier gave his famous quote…

…On this day one year ago the FBI hedged their bets and finally admitted that they were not "ruling out terrorism" as a motive for the muzzie killing of 14 and wounding 17 others in San Bernardino the day before.…

…On this day in 1942 during the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiated the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.…

…One thing that has my blood boiling is the unmitigated temerity of Clinton stooges Mook and Palmieri to rattle off that "racism" bromide right to Kellyanne Conway's face. She slapped them both down but I wish she would've called out the genocidal failure and racialist politics of the Democrat Party.…

…On this day in 1824 the US Presidential election was given to the House of Representatives for the election.…

…Wow, December already. Lots of items of interest and one in particular is worthy of note…