[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Centauri Dreams considers the likely cometary explanation for KIC 8462852.


• The Dragon's Gaze notes an enigmatic dark spot on a white dwarf.


• The Dragon's Tales reports on China's construction of a military base in Djibouti.


• Joe. My. God. notes that the man who promised to reduce the price of an HIV/AIDS medication that his company hiked has reneged.


• Lawyers, Gins and Money notes that Trump was lying about protesting Muslims in New Jersey after 9/11.


• pollotenchegg maps the distribution of ethnic minorities in Ukraine, now and in 1926.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer looks at how the right won in Argentina.


• Torontoist notes local initiatives to welcome Syrian refugees to Toronto.


• Towleroad notes a Vietnamese trans right bill.


• The Volokh Conspiracy observes that American states cannot ban Syrian refugees.


• Window on Eurasia looks on a new Chinese railway passing from Xinjiang through Central Asia to Iran, and looks at the odd Communist-Christian-Muslim mélange being favoured by some Russians.