Blog Heap of Links for the day 27 January 2016

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Disturbing Family Patterns

A Texas father has been found not guilty of theft after he took his 12-year-old daughter's phone away as punishment. Ronald Jackson, 36, had been charged with theft of property… after taking his daughter's iPhone 4 when he found an inappropriate text in September 2013… A judge ordered for Jackson to be found not guilty on Tuesday citing insufficient evidence to continue the case.…

9:16pm CST Wed 2016 Jan 27 :MW
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Theory of Justice

Authorities say shots were fired Tuesday during the arrest of members of an armed group that has occupied a national wildlife refuge in Oregon for more than three weeks. …one individual “who was a subject of a federal probable cause arrest is deceased.” No other information about the deceased was immediately released. …authorities arrested Ammon Bundy, 40, his brother Ryan Bundy, 43, Brian Cavalier, 44, Shawna Cox, 59, and Ryan Payne, 32, during a traffic stop on U.S. Highway 395 Tuesday afternoon. …another person, Joseph Donald O’Shaughnessy, 45, was arrested in Burns. …

9:09pm CST Wed 2016 Jan 27 :MW

…4 Arrested In Oregon Occupation, Including Ammon Bundy… Occupier, Ryan Paine, Shot Multiple Times… Dead, Six Arrested…

8:46pm CST Wed 2016 Jan 27 :MW
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Defending Ourselves

… A second bill prefiled in the Oklahoma House for the 2016 legislative session would prohibit state cooperation with the enforcement all future federal gun control measures, effectively nullifying them in practice within the state.…

9:34pm CST Wed 2016 Jan 27 :MW

Breitbart is Here

Posters and cartoons, heavily but not entirely political
9:28pm CST Wed 2016 Jan 27 :MW

…if you’re tired and just want the fun and easy (but still thought-provoking) stuff, I’ve got good posters for you right here…

Informational, humorous, political
8:44pm CST Wed 2016 Jan 27 :MW
Geezer

…On this day in 1973 the Paris Peace Accords were signed officially ending the Vietnam war. However the North never abided by them and continued action. The US cut and run and the Senate under control of the Democrats never ratified the treaty. The congress also refused to allow the US to supply more military equipment to South Vietnam.…

Vic delivers his daily dose of news links and acid opinion
10:03am CST Wed 2016 Jan 27 :MW

US Election 2016

…see Donald Trump tell Megyn Kelly that he could “never” be as good a moderator as her and that she’s “done a great job” … On candidates not attending a debate that Mr. Trump might moderate because of his tough questions, he responded, “We’re not seeing a lot of courage here, are we? Not lots of courage. You know, these Republicans, they’re supposed to be brave.”…

Links to Fox News video
9:11pm CST Wed 2016 Jan 27 :MW