Blog Heap of Links for the day 23 June 2015

AP: The images were not intended to portray Cruz in a negative light.
Zip: True. It was meant to send a message.

That’s right: the shooter of nine people was a “brony”—a male devotee of the children’s TV show.… complete fabrication… created out of thin air, …

…Who knew AP stood for Asshole Pinheads. Imagine if AP did this instead…

…So bad was this particular instance that the outlet in question — the Associated Press (AP) — has now scrubbed the photos from its site. Why the photos sparked outrage requires no explanation — take a look yourself.… Following the social media firestorm that ensued, the AP issued a feeble apology of sorts…

An Oklahoma woman is facing a manslaughter charge after police say she killed a man driving a 1920 Model A car.…

…Riggs was eight years old when Indian Territory and Oklahoma territory fused in 1907. Riggs’ mother was a Cherokee Indian and Blackburn said many of the songs in “Green Grow the Lilacs,” were Cherokee-inspired folk songs.

…As the rift over Indian Territory grew deeper, another rift developed. Cowboys felt threatened by farmers and the settling of territory, Blackburn said.

“In a way, ‘Green Grow the Lilacs’ and ‘Oklahoma!’ brings you this same story of the wild wild West with the free ranging cowboys who live off their whips, the gun on their hip and a bedroll on their horse. They control their destiny,” Blackburn said. “Suddenly the land is being broken up into these farms with fences that hem you in and keep you tied to the land, because once you farm it, you have to mortgage your land.”…

Why didn't [the Great Powers] drop bombs to stop Nazi concentration camp trains? … Arms manufactures who call themselves Christians hypocritical. [Paraphrased]

"What we've learned in this study is that the fluid injection responsible for most of the recent quakes in Oklahoma is due to production and subsequent injection of massive amounts of wastewater, and is unrelated to hydraulic fracturing," said Zoback, the Benjamin M. Page Professor in the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences.

…Starting next month, the e-commerce giant will pay independent authors based on the number of pages read, rather than the number of times their book has been borrowed.

The move is aimed at authors enrolled in Kindle Direct Publishing platform - which lets authors set list prices, decide rights and edit the book at any time - and is applicable to ebooks made available via the Kindle Unlimited and Kindle Owners' Lending Library programs.…

…Minnie Smith said she was gardening in her yard earlier this month when she dug up an old dog tag. The tag belonged to a Marine named Arthur Riva. Smith said she has no idea how the tag got in her backyard. …She wants to find the Marine's family. "I'm going to hold on to it just like my life depended on it…." Smith has lived in Onslow County all her life. She said growing up in the community has taught her to respect all military members. That's why she's determined to return the tag. …

WalletHub then broke down the data into four sets for ranking purposes: sociodemographic, housing, economic and education. All in, Oklahoma City came in at the 7th-most American city, and Tulsa came in at No. 16…

Two people in an open-cockpit glider were surprised when they noticed a four-legged friend had joined their trip.

A protestant pastor in Northern Ireland now faces up to six months in jail for having previously spoken out against Islam, denouncing the religion as a "satanic" heathen "spawned in hell." … "The logic of the decision to prosecute Pastor McConnell means that many clerics - including Catholic priests and other evangelical pastors - could now find themselves under investigation for preaching with passion," said Rice. "My client's remarks weren't addressed at individual Muslims but at Islam in generic terms." …

In 2014, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) urged the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to shut down computer systems which were operating without a current security authorization. OIG specifically warned the breach of some of the systems could have “national security implications.”…

…On this day in 1868 a new invention called the type writer was patented by Christopher Sholes and a new occupation for women was started.…