Subscribe (RSS)Blog Heap of Links for the day 13 September 2015
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Theory of Education
…one day last week, the bus took several unfamiliar turns that scared students and led parents to start driving to find it and get their children. …
6:29pm CDT Sun 2015 Sep 13 :MW
Disinformation Propaganda and Spin
The father of a three-year-old Syrian boy whose body washed up on a Turkish beach is denying allegations that he was the captain of the vessel that capsized killing at least 12 people, including his family.
An Iraqi couple who lost two of their three children in the tragedy have alleged that after the accident, Abdullah Kurdi begged them not to tell Turkish police that he was operating the boat.
Know the Enemy
ISIS threatens to send 500,000 migrants to Europe as a 'psychological weapon' in chilling echo of Gaddafi's prophecy that the Mediterranean 'will become a sea of chaos' …
6:32pm CDT Sun 2015 Sep 13 :MW
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Animal Culture
Another classic Claudia collection of critter culture. Overdose of d'aawww warning.
6:23pm CDT Sun 2015 Sep 13 :MW
Anthropology
Meet Homo naledi, the newest member of the human family. Its physical traits are weird, its circumstances are unique and its age is totally unknown… engaged in surprisingly sophisticated behavior for its brain size…
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Family Patterns
A new study finds that the happiest parents are those who have four or more kids.…
I'm curious if this is a bell curve; will five make you happier? does happiness fall off after twelve? nineteen?
7:44pm CDT Sun 2015 Sep 13 :MW
Breitbart is Here
ESPN: 30 for 30 Shorts: First Pitch
PJ Media, Trifecta: An Anniversary Memorial: Where Were You on 9/11?
Amazing 9/11 Survival Story: Man “Surfs” Down 15 Stories of Debris as Tower Collapses
much more
Deb's collection of vids for the weekend. Emphasis on 9/11 anniversary and the 2016 election.
5:24pm CDT Sun 2015 Sep 13 :MW
Needless to say, the European “migration crisis” dominates tonight’s news. Mass rallies in support of the “refugees” took place in Britain, Denmark, Germany, and Austria. Mass rallies opposed to immigration took place in Slovakia, Hungary, and several cities in Poland. The new Iron Curtain, or so it seems.
Meanwhile, Hungary has completed its fence along the Serbian border, Austria has stopped the flow of refugees coming in from Hungary, and a Turk rammed his car into a crowd of Kurds in Bern, killing two people and injuring an unknown number (that last one is not in the feed, but Vlad gave me some video links).
In other news, an engineer from the Bin Laden Group says that there was no technical fault responsible for yesterday’s crane collapse in Mecca. He insists that the tragedy can only be described as an act of Allah.…
News headline links and summaries
7:55am CDT Sun 2015 Sep 13 :MW
Panels humorous and political.
7:12am CDT Sun 2015 Sep 13 :MW