Blog Heap of Links for the day 11 January 2016

…Never before has the government had such a convenient, all-encompassing tool to screw up individual lives by whim, ineptitude, or malicious intent. The cost in lost time, productivity (look who couldn't write Hope n' Change today?), and potential revenues is incalculable. But even that pales in comparison to the anguish, suffering and death which Obamacare is already causing and will continue to cause long after his actual administration is just a painful memory.

Two foster parents are suing the state Department of Human Services in Oklahoma City federal court over an agency rule they claim is unconstitutional because it prohibits foster and adoptive parents from legally possessing firearms for self-defense. …

A pair of culture-enriching rascals forced their way into a nightclub in Calgary and started shooting. Thanks to the action of two alert bouncers, who struggled with the miscreants and subdued them, no one was killed. One patron was wounded, and is in the hospital, while the alleged perpetrators are in police custody. The incident had a Mohammed Coefficient of 100%.

In other news, 55,000 civil servants employed by the European Union will get a 2.4% pay raise this year, which will translate into a cost of about €100 million.…

Just woke up so no news this morning.

…In One Year, Gun Owners Stopped Hundreds Of Criminals, Saved Countless Lives
Gun carrying, private citizens who used firearms to stop criminal attacks saved at least 283 potential victims in a period between July 2014 and July 2015, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis.…