It appears that the "brains", and I use that word very loosely, behind the Oregon bird sanctuary siege are now in federal custody. The Bundy brothers, along with several others other members of their merry band of misfits, were apprehended following a traffic stop that turned into a brief gunfight. Ryan Bundy was wounded, and militia spokesman Robert LaVoy Finicum was killed, during the exchange of gunfire. According to reports, the gang was driving to a community meeting when their cars were pulled over. It isn't clear whether they were deliberately courting a confrontation with law enforcement, by leaving the sanctuary, or if they were actually stupid enough to believe that they could come and go as they pleased. I'm going with the latter.

Will the arrest of their leaders convince the rest of this motley militia to lay down their arms and surrender? I guess we'll know the answer to that soon enough. The fear all along has been that any armed clash between the Bundy's, and law enforcement, might serve as the catalyst that generates support for the occupiers. Up until now, they have mostly been the objects of scorn and ridicule. But now their movement has a martyr in the person of the Robert LaVoy Finicum, the militia movement's answer to Baghdad Bob. And, if I'm not mistaken, Finicum is the one who recently had his foster children removed by the state because of his presence at the siege. Another one of these hypocrites who rails against the government, but is more than happy to cash those government checks every month.