Blog Heap of Links for the day 12 June 2016

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Wars and Rumors

Santa Monica police report that a heavily armed man with a weapons cache of firearms, ammunition and bomb making materials has been arrested ahead of the L.A. Gay Pride parade. It’s unclear what the Indiana man’s intentions were or if they are related in any way to the Orlando massacre at a gay club early Sunday morning.…

7:37pm CDT Sun 2016 Jun 12 :MW

At least 50 people are dead and 53 injured, many critically, in an Orlando night club mass shooting that is the worst in U.S. history. …Omar Mateen had been on the FBI’s radar at least twice for his links to terrorism… shooter’s father claims that Mateen was not a terrorist and that the shooting was not about religion, but rather, about his disgust in seeing two gay men kiss each other… Except it had everything to do with Mateen’s religion, which actively calls for the execution of gays, Christians and other non-Muslims… The gunman who opened fire at a gay Florida nightclub early Sunday, shooting over 100 people, had called 911 moments before to pledge allegiance to the leader of ISIS…

7:36pm CDT Sun 2016 Jun 12 :MW

OKLAHOMA CITY - A metro man is behind bars after allegedly posting terroristic threats to a social media site.… post by 28-year-old Brian Carey led to several people being concerned about their safety at a pair of Oklahoma City malls.… "Judgement day will come this week at the Penn Square Mall and outlet mall. May Allah be with those who believe and there will be mass bloodshed and horror as I Allah will take vengeance on the scumdogs of the western world," the post read.…

Considering Orlando on Saturday, such threats should never be taken lightly.
3:14pm CDT Sun 2016 Jun 12 :MW

Threats

While a growing community of individuals is set out to prepare for a collapse of society, and become known sometimes dismissively as “preppers,” the real preppers are in the highest levels of government, and they are ready to evacuate and continue the government even in the event of an all-out breakdown of society.

Not only is this secret continuity of government activity happening but it is accelerating rapidly. “They” are absolutely getting ready for something on a grand scale, and have invested billions of dollars allotted in secret to agencies for national security to create a hidden infrastructure for survival and subtlety.

The elite are increasingly investing in prepping contingencies – at both a personal and institutional level…

4:40pm CDT Sun 2016 Jun 12 :MW

Political Theater

Victoria Claflin Woodhull, later Victoria Woodhull Martin (September 23, 1838 – June 9, 1927) was an American leader of the woman’s suffrage movement. In 1872, Woodhull was the first female to run for President of the United States.…

3:19pm CDT Sun 2016 Jun 12 :MW
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Art of

…The album is a Frankenstein's monster of sorts, stitched together from material originally written decades ago as well as new songs… And it's good!… Why are The Monkees, on the road in support of their signature show's 50th anniversary, suddenly hitmakers when they should be cashing their Social Security checks?…

Four reasons
4:35pm CDT Sun 2016 Jun 12 :MW

Policing Ourselves

…a cowboy on a horse lassoed a fleeing bicycle thief in a WalMart parking lot in East Point, Oregon.
“I didn’t really think about nothin’ until after I caught him, and then I was like, ‘Gotcha!' …I don’t know about ‘Hero,’ but … I just did the right thing…”

3:28pm CDT Sun 2016 Jun 12 :MW

Man and Woman

Legislation that keeps men out of women’s bathrooms is directly contrary to American values, according to assistant attorney general Vanita Gupta, who heads up the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division.…

Obams's American Values - not actual American values. - Quoting Daily Caller
3:16pm CDT Sun 2016 Jun 12 :MW
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US Military

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The funeral for 91-year-old Serina Vine, a formerly homeless veteran with no known relatives, was supposed to be attended by only four people.
Rather than the expected four, an estimated 200 showed up to pay tribute to Vine, who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, courtesy of a social media campaign organized by veterans’ groups…

3:10pm CDT Sun 2016 Jun 12 :MW

Defending Ourselves

General David Petraeus is forming a gun control group with Gabby Gifford’s husband Mark Kelly.…

7:59pm CDT Sun 2016 Jun 12 :MW

Breitbart is Here

Gates of Vienna Newsfeed

When a would-be bicycle thief attempted to steal a woman’s bicycle in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart in Oregon, the owner screamed to attract bystanders’ attention. One of the bystanders, a local cattle rancher, saw the thief getting away and responded by climbing on his horse and chasing after him. When the rancher closed in on the young miscreant, he lassoed him with his rope and held him until the police arrived a few minutes later.

In other news, a Dutch woman in Qatar who was arrested in March after she reported being raped will appear in court on a charge of having sex outside of marriage.…

News headline links and summaries
9:12pm CDT Sun 2016 Jun 12 :MW

Domestic drudgery is over and blogging begins. Yay!…
The establishment is very afraid of Donald Trump.…
Ann Coulter takes on those accusing Trump of racism…
Obama administration continues to shred the Constitution…

Analysis and links
9:05pm CDT Sun 2016 Jun 12 :MW
Nightmouse

Clinton promises Planned Parenthood to prioritize abortion rights…
In Bangladesh, 3,000 arrested in crackdown against Islamists…
Romney: Trump will cause ‘trickle-down racism’…

News summaries and links
7:50pm CDT Sun 2016 Jun 12 :MW
Geezer

…Today is Sunday, June 12, 2016. On this day in 1978 David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam" killer in New York City, was sentenced to 365 years in prison for six killings. At the time of his conviction there was no death penalty in NY. It was later reinstated but was again struck down by the NY Supreme Court in 2004 based on BS.…

Vic rounds up the news and puts his brand on it.
8:08am CDT Sun 2016 Jun 12 :MW