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FBI Arrests Oregon Militia Leader, Six Others; One Dead

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/27/2016 08:54 -0500

“They’re doing all the things that shows that they want to take some kinetic action against us,” Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, spokesperson for the militiamen occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge said on Monday, in an interview that would be his last.

Finicum was shot and killed on Tuesday in a deadly traffic stop some 70 miles north of Burns, Oregon where protests in support of two ranchers sentenced to prison for arson precipitated the occupation of a remote federal building by armed militiamen earlier this month.

The occupiers were led by Ammon Bundy, son of Cliven Bundy who became something of a folk hero after he secured the release of his cattle from federal authorities who had seized the herd for “trespassing” on government property.

The standoff involving the wildlife preserve had drug on for three weeks with Bundy and his men demanding the release of the jailed ranchers and a dialogue with the government about land use and states’ rights.

Many feared the confrontation would eventually turn violent and that is indeed what happened on Tuesday afternoon when the FBI stopped a vehicle carrying Bundy, his brother, Finicum, and others who were apparently en route to a nearby “public event.”

“The leaders were on the highway bound for John Day, where they were scheduled to participate in an evening community meeting set up by local residents,” The Oregonian reports. “A crowd of several hundred had gathered at the John Day Senior Center and were subsequently told the the ‘guest speakers’ would not be appearing.”

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The “Oregon Standoff” is a Modern-Day Western

Guest Post by Bill Bonner

PARIS – “Brutal”… “horrible”… “horrendous” – these are just a few of the hyperbolic adjectives used to describe last week’s stock market.

The S&P 500 is down 6% so far in 2016… and $1 trillion in investor wealth has gone up in smoke.

In fact, it was the worst opening week for global markets in history. But c’mon… look at the glass as half full. Wall Street’s decline was less than half of Shanghai’s 14% loss.

Ammon Bundy, the leader of the militia that is challenging the federal governments grip on land. There are important economic and political power reasons behind the fact that the government lays claim to huge swathes of land it refuses to privatize. Many people have probably never thought about this much, but is about a conflict that goes back to the time when the American States were still British crown colonies. Bundy is a modern-day representative of what was then the agricultural debtor class – which has drawn the short stick since forever.

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And on Monday morning, Chinese stocks were tumbling again. So, there will likely be more trouble ahead – on both sides of the globe. But hey, this is only the beginning, not the end. That’s still ahead!

Performance of Shanghai Composite (black line) vs. SPX (red line) since December 30 – click to enlarge.

A Modern Western

“It’s a modern Western,” said one of our sons, describing the standoff in Oregon between armed militia men and the feds.

“What do you mean?” we asked.

“In modern movies, you’re never quite sure who the good guys are.”

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The Plight of the Modern Rebel

Hat tip Francis Marion

Guest Post by Gavin McInnes

Ammon Bundy

This past Wednesday at 1:30 a.m. a Southern man who goes by the moniker “Saint Negro” tweeted, “We are doing the same thing Rosa Parks did,” under a fake Twitter account called @Ammon_Bundy. Ammon is obviously the son of rancher Cliven Bundy and he’s in Oregon right now fighting for his fellow ranchers the Hammonds, who are back in prison for daring to preserve their land. It’s an inspiring act of civil disobedience torn right out of the Constitution, but the media class doesn’t like it because the Hammonds are white. We want occupations to be done by cool black guys or American Indians. When a young Eric Holder took over an ROTC building with other armed black dudes in 1970, he wasn’t arrested. He became the attorney general and devoted his career to brainwashing the rest of us into giving up our guns. In 1969, a group of American Indians calling itself IOAT (Indians of All Tribes) took over Alcatraz and everyone thought it was totally badass. In both cases, the takeovers were about some loosely articulated idea of injustice. They weren’t very well organized and the Alcatraz occupation was plagued with drugged-out hippies and even the fatal accident of a child. So what? It fit the anti-patriarchy narrative.

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Constitutional argument for Oregon militia’s actions.

Hat tip KaD

About Krisanne Hall
KrisAnne Hall is an attorney and former prosecutor, fired after teaching the Constitution to TEA Party groups – she would not sacrifice liberty for a paycheck. She is a disabled veteran of the US Army, a Russian linguist, a mother, a pastor’s wife and a patriot. She now travels the country and teaches the Constitution and the history that gave us our founding documents. KrisAnne Hall does not just teach the Constitution, she lays the foundations that show how reliable and relevant our founding documents are today. She presents the “genealogy” of the Constitution – the 700 year history and five foundational documents that are the very roots of American Liberty. – See more at:

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