Blog Heap of Links for the day 27 March 2018

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Obamanation

Michelle Obama admits her vegetable garden shtick was all a ruse…. "The garden was a subversive act," she said. "You can't go in with guns blazing until people trust you. … What's more innocent than a garden?"…

3:03pm CDT Tue 2018 Mar 27 :MW

Mass Media is Dead

Smiling Trump

CNN …gathered a panel of conservative Christian women who voted for President Donald Trump to watch porn star Stormy Daniels’ “60 Minutes” interview that aired Sunday night. …

“You can throw all that stuff up in our faces as many times as you want,” Dr. Lynette Bryant said, “but that means that we’ll work harder for Trump. Is that not so, ladies?”

“That’s correct,” replied Sylvia Guzman. “This is the media defining the narrative. The people — we, the people — are ready to define the narrative. And it’s not about tawdry sexual peccadilloes.”…

5:19pm CDT Tue 2018 Mar 27 :MW
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Now *That's* Funny!

ChiCom Flag

China Blocks Searches for ‘Fatty the Third’ as North Korean Mystery Guest Departs Beijing

Heh.
5:15pm CDT Tue 2018 Mar 27 :MW

Headline of the Day

Snake

Oklahoma man captures 6-foot rattlesnake, has heart attack 20 minutes later

He was just wrangling snakes for a festival, normal stuff, and had a heart attack.
From age, exertion, normal stuff. Yeah, so?
3:32pm CDT Tue 2018 Mar 27 :MW
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US Military

…In honor of National Medal of Honor Day on March 25, here are 13 stories of those who received the nation's highest honor…

3:22pm CDT Tue 2018 Mar 27 :MW
US Flag

…At one point, Williams mounted a pillbox, stuck the flamethrower’s nozzle through an air vent and killed the enemy within it.

Two of the Marines covering Williams died that day, but he never knew their names, and never knew where their remains rested until just a few months ago.

On Saturday, Williams, with the Medal of Honor hanging around his neck, stood over the Hawaii grave of Charles Fischer, one of those “guardian angels” who helped him survive that day and is buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, nicknamed the Punchbowl.

He saluted the Marine, who died a private first class that day, and then slowly bent down and placed a purple lei upon his headstone.

“I have always said I’m just the caretaker of it,” Williams said later of the Medal of Honor. “It belongs to them. They sacrificed for it. I didn’t.”…

3:07pm CDT Tue 2018 Mar 27 :MW

Defending Ourselves

Bookworm

More than a month after the Parkland shooting, the Left’s effort to destroy the Second Amendment is ramping up, not dying down — so here are more posters!…

5:29pm CDT Tue 2018 Mar 27 :MW

…Already, #RepealTheSecondAmendment is trending on Twitter. And loudmouth cranks with the brain wattage of a keychain flashlight are going all-in for it.

You thought gun sales and NRA memberships were off the charts before?

Just wait.…

2:56pm CDT Tue 2018 Mar 27 :MW

Breitbart is Here

The Stupidity of the 'March For Our Lives'
NY Times Unintentionally Exposes The Astroturfing Of The March For Taking People’s Guns Away
Sultan: Who Runs March for Our Lives?
Planned Parenthood Issues The Most Morally Blind Tweet Regarding 'March For Our Lives' - "Everyone has the right to lead a life that is healthy & free from violence."…

These links and more.
5:21pm CDT Tue 2018 Mar 27 :MW
Geezer

…On this day in 1884 a mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacked members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.…

Vic's news links and commentary for today start here.
10:02am CDT Tue 2018 Mar 27 :MW
Ace of Spades

…Since time immemorial, every totalitarian regime and tyranny has relied on corrupting the minds of the youth to either attain or maintain power. For those with even the slightest understanding of history will recognize what the so called "March for Our Lives" is all about. …

JJ's collection of hot links, salted with commentary. Totally kosher. Probably.
9:33am CDT Tue 2018 Mar 27 :MW