Monday, October 12, 2015

Links For Columbus Day

According to a certain rhyme, "In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue."  Today, as we celebrate, or maybe decry, the arrival of Christopher Columbus, a.k.a. Cristobal Colon, a.k.a. Cristoforo Columbo, on a small island in what is now the Bahamas, here are some things going on:

From The Washington Times, Emilio and Gloria Estefan, formerly of Miami Sound Machine, are taking their musical that celebrates immigrants to Broadway.

From One News Now, the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission announces "Every Living Thing Matters".

From Fox News, President Obama gives his opinion on his former Secretary of State's email server.

From the New York Post, a man in California sets off bombs on a golf course.

From The Blaze, at a tailgate outside an NFL stadium, a man shoots someone while being "egged on".

From CNN, the U.S. delivers 50 tons of ammunition to Syrian rebels.  (How much of it will eventually fall into ISIS hands is currently anyone's guess.)

From Townhall, legal scholars declare their opposition to the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell vs. Hodges.

From The Daily Star, Russia and Saudi Arabia discuss possible cooperation in Syria.  (via Albawaba)

From Zerohedge, Chinese stocks rally while U.S. markets have the day off.

From Wired, scientists can now predict intelligence from maps of people's brains.

From Medical Express, some discussion on whether to get a genetic test for breast cancer.

From CNS News, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says that he will not take in 200,000 Syrians "who could be ISIS".

From Louder With Crowder, deaths from guns have gone down.  (via Right Wing News)

From YNet News, Palestinians rioting in Gaza break through the border fence into Israel.  (Via Holger Awakens, whom I had the privilege of meeting in person almost four years ago.)

From ABC News, King Felipe VI of Spain presides over a parade celebrating his country's National Day.

From The Telegraph, Scotland Yard stops guarding the Ecuadorian Embassy, where Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been taking refuge.

From NewsBusters, how The New York Times covered the Justice or Else rally by omitting facts about its organizer Louis Farrakhan.

And while we Americans argue over the good and bad results of Columbus coming to America, Christian History provides some little-known facts, in an article published in 1992.

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