Blog Heap of Links for the day 22 April 2015

Alabama …staff at the shelter, rather than simply accepting the cat, proceeded to demand that Lawrence show government issued identification.… shelter employees refused to accept his form of ID and called the police. Immediately upon arrival, the police began to force Lawrence to show his ID, eventually attempting to arrest him. In an apparent struggle, Lawrence was fatally shot by the officer… [Police] attempted to portray the victim in a negative light. They highlighted past run-ins with the law and labeled him a “Sovereign Citizen,” a claim which his family disputes.…

Pregnant mother-of-three FIRED from Popeyes because she couldn't afford to pay back the $400 stolen during her shift by an armed gunman …

A bill that would nullify in practice certain Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules that prevent terminally ill patients from accessing treatments was signed into law by Gov. Fallin today. Oklahoma is now the 15th state to pass such a bill into law.…

Gold had been discovered in Georgia in 1828, resulting in a Democrat-controlled Congress rushing through the Indian Removal Act, which passed by a single vote in 1830. …signed by Democrat President Andrew Jackson… carried out by Democrat President Martin Van Buren. … Over 12,000 Cherokees signed a petition in protest of the Indian Removal Act.

Condemning the federal government’s mandate were members of the National Republican and Whig Parties, including Congressman Abraham Lincoln (IL); Senator Theodore Frelinghuysen (NJ), Senator Daniel Webster (MA); and Senator Henry Clay (KY). Tennessee Congressmen Davy Crockett gave an impassioned speech in defense of the Indians. Christian missionaries, such as Jeremiah Evarts, led resistance to the government’s removal of the Indians, with many being arrested by the State of Georgia and sentenced to years of hard labor.…

Astronomers have discovered a curious empty section of space which is missing around 10,000 galaxies. … Although the Big Bang theory allows for areas that are cooler and hotter, the size of the void does not fit with predicted models. Simply put, it is too big to exist. …

Mary Doyle Keefe, the model for Norman Rockwell's iconic 1943 Rosie the Riveter painting that symbolized the millions of American women who went to work on the home front during World War II, has died. She was 92. …in Simsbury, Connecticut, after a brief illness, …not to be confused with a poster by a Pittsburgh artist [shown here] depicting a woman flexing her arm under the words "We Can Do It" — would later be used in a nationwide effort to sell war bonds.

[Here is the Norman Rockwell image, c/o BlazingCatFur]

The Oklahoma House has defeated legislation calling for a convention to consider amending the U.S. Constitution. … The measure’s House author, Republican Rep. Jon Echols of Oklahoma City, held the measure over for possible reconsideration of the vote.…

Today's collection of Pistol Pete vs the Tyrants. Pete's ahead, by a mile.

"…Once you understand how the game is played you can nearly always predict the outcome of any situation.…