Headlines - Saturday July 9

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Casey Anthony Trial Coverage Gives Rush Limbaugh Great Abortion Joke

 

 

Your Wonkette has been fastidiously trying to ignore anything related to this bizarre, sad Casey Anthony case, not only here but in life, because once upon a time there was such a thing as an "OJ Simpson trial," which set everyone a very high bar for 24-hour reality crime shows that probably will never be touched. We are purists, sue us. But OKAY, we will weigh in, since bloated maggot Rush Limbaugh is humping America's face with slime about abortion again. Here is Rush's advice to the silly liberals who are upset about 2-year-old Caylee Anthony's death: "When does the death of a child bother them? …just tell yourselves that [Anthony] just waited a couple of years to get an abortion and you'll feel better." Aha! READ MORE »

 

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Portrait of a patriot

Posted by Gen. JC Christian, Patriot

Ken Myers was almost everything a patriot should be.

He loved Jesus:

He'd quote the Bible forward and back, and had talked about becoming a minister at one point.

He was "a faithful follower of Brother John Birch:"

Myers subscribed to the views and philosophy of the John Birch Society and regularly read its publication New American.

He loved the Second Amendment:

Myers' collection of firearms included SKS and AK-47 military-style assault rifles. He also had other rifles, including a 30.06 and a .303, along with at least two shotguns, two 9 mm handguns, a .22-caliber revolver and a .38-caliber snub-nose pistol. His rifles were equipped with night-vision scopes, and he had night-vision goggles and a Kevlar bullet-proof vest, McLeoud said. He bolted an older Kevlar vest to the inside of his truck for extra protection.

"He'd always carry that snub-nose in his pocket..."

He trained with the best:

Myers, a self-employed glazier, talked frequently about the "militia training'' he received in Michigan before moving to South Carolina about a decade ago...

And he was prepared for the big FEMA roundup:

On at least four of those trips, Myers took along waterproof, military ammunition cans stocked with survivalist supplies, including antibiotics.

"He'd bury them along the river bank or string them up with ropes in trees that would be used for deer stands,'' McLeoud said. "He'd tell me, 'This is how you prepare for things if the shit hits the fan.'''

With all that going for him, It's hard to believe he'd do something like this:

Myers fatally shot his 25-year-old wife, Angela Myers; her twin sister, Tabatha T. Brown; and their 50-year-old mother, Vicky May Hook Brown; about four miles from Wagener. He also fatally shot his ex-girlfriend, Esther Baldwin, at another location about four miles from the first murder scene.

As police responded, Myers steered his pickup at three officers. The officers, who weren't injured, were able to fire gunshots at the fleeing vehicle. After a brief chase, Myers drove back to the scene of the triple murders and killed himself with the same shotgun he used earlier, as the deputies arrived, Elwell said.

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The head of a North Carolina religious cult is under arrest for murdering a four year-old boy for his "gay behavior." The man is also charged with killing a woman for leaving his group marriage.

 

Prosecutors laid out evidence they believe justifies the death penalty against Peter Lucas Moses, 27, who faces two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Jadon Higganbothan, 4, and Antoinetta Yvonne McKoy, 28. Defense attorneys didn't speak in his behalf at a court hearing Friday. Prosecutors said the case came to police's attention in February when a young woman escaped from a house at 2109 Pear Tree Lane house.

 

More from WRAL.com:

 

Living with them, all in one were room, were Sisk's four children and Lavada Harris' five children, prosecutors said. Moses is the father of all the children, except for Jadon. Moses feared that Jadon might be gay because his father had left Sisk, and Moses told her to "get rid" of the child, prosecutors said. "In the religious belief of that organization, homosexuality was frowned on," Cline said. Sometime in October 2010, Smith told Moses that Jadon had hit another child's bottom, and Moses became angry and started walking around the house with a gun that belonged to Sisk, prosecutors said. "He starts screaming, 'I told you to get rid of him!'" and told Sisk, "'How am I going to do this?'" Cline recalled the witness' account. Moses ordered two of the women to set up computers and speakers in the garage, prosecutors said they were told by the witness. They said he started playing music with the Lord's Prayer in Hebrew, took Jadon in the garage and shut the door, and the women then heard a gunshot.

 

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U.S. House approves $649 bln for defense in 2012

 

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The budget deals of Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Obama, in one chart

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Via the Army Times: The Pentagon has ordered a halt to all separations of gay troops under "don't ask, don't tell" and will begin accepting applications from prospective recruits who identify themselves as homosexuals. 

 

 

So take that, homophobes. Especially you, Rep. Virginia Foxxxxxxxxx.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Gay marriage . It's Just like an attack on American soil.

God, Michele Bachmann really is fucking insane.

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Behold: The Undefecated trailer.

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Wisco: Note to GOP voters: you're being played for suckers

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The head of a North Carolina religious cult is under arrest for murdering a four year-old boy for his "gay behavior." The man is also charged with killing a woman for leaving his group marriage.

Prosecutors laid out evidence they believe justifies the death penalty against Peter Lucas Moses, 27, who faces two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Jadon Higganbothan, 4, and Antoinetta Yvonne McKoy, 28. Defense attorneys didn't speak in his behalf at a court hearing Friday. Prosecutors said the case came to police's attention in February when a young woman escaped from a house at 2109 Pear Tree Lane house.

More from WRAL.com:

 

Living with them, all in one were room, were Sisk's four children and Lavada Harris' five children, prosecutors said. Moses is the father of all the children, except for Jadon. Moses feared that Jadon might be gay because his father had left Sisk, and Moses told her to "get rid" of the child, prosecutors said. "In the religious belief of that organization, homosexuality was frowned on," Cline said. Sometime in October 2010, Smith told Moses that Jadon had hit another child's bottom, and Moses became angry and started walking around the house with a gun that belonged to Sisk, prosecutors said. "He starts screaming, 'I told you to get rid of him!'" and told Sisk, "'How am I going to do this?'" Cline recalled the witness' account. Moses ordered two of the women to set up computers and speakers in the garage, prosecutors said they were told by the witness. They said he started playing music with the Lord's Prayer in Hebrew, took Jadon in the garage and shut the door, and the women then heard a gunshot.

 

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Lou Engle: Abortion Causes Tornadoes

 

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This corporate farm handout should have been axed long ago.

 

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Rick 'I want to secede from the union' Perry Probably Joining 2012 Race; Celebrates By Killing A Mexican

 

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As long Big Energy is happy, that's all that matters anyway. More from ThinkProgress:

In a move that could be called anything but conservative, Republican lawmakers are set to bring a bill to the House floor next week that will repeal state and municipal rights to set efficiency standards for light bulbs. The bill would unravel a piece of federal legislation that was strongly supported by light bulb manufacturers and has spurred innovation in the lighting industry.

The bill, sponsored by Texas Republican Joe Barton, would strip away any "federal, state or local requirement or standard regarding energy efficient lighting" that uses light bulbs containing mercury. In other words, all compact fluorescent bulbs.

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Obama Failed To Create Jobs For All, On Twitter; Unemployment Soars

 

 

Unemployment shot up to an official 9.2% as Barack Obama failed to magically create millions of new jobs via Twitter the other day. The real rate, depending on which real rate you like, is somewhere between 11% and 25%. So, no jobs for anyone, ever. The stock markets reacted by briefly going into freefall, but then investors realized it doesn't much matter to them if one-tenth or even one-third of the workforce is unemployed forever, so stocks recovered most of the losses by afternoon. Twitter, meanwhile, is now valued at something like SEVEN BILLION DOLLARS, so hooray? READ MORE »

 

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That didn't take long.  The President endorsed the Republicans' agenda to cut Social Security and Medicare, and he cut back on his promised health care reform and stimulus package to woo Republican support, and now the President is being blamed for cutting Social Security, rising health care costs, and increased joblessness.

Typically, the President does this, endorses the GOP talking point, thinking it's going to woo him friends on the GOP side of the aisle and, more generally, force Republicans to be nicer to him.  Instead, Republicans attack him for doing what they told him to do.  Which is what most of us predicted would happen.  But the President keeps doing the same thing over and over, with the same, and increasingly, disastrous consequences.

As for the ad, it's made by a group tied to Karl Rove, among others.  It's not just some fly-by-night operation.  It's the Republicans doing this.

 

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Rising Hegemon: Yes, that's UK PM David Cameron in bed with Rupert Murdoch. Oh, that News of the World scandal is an ugly, sordid, corrupt affair that reaches to the very top of the political and media establishment.

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This must do wonders for the Catholic Church.

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Chaz Bono and Ann Coulter discuss therapy on Bill Maher's Real Time

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Michele Bachmann's Marriage Vow Will Destroy Porn & Sharia Forever

Put away your filthy magazines and Glee soundtrack! Because "culture war news" never gets old, America's future Screaming Banshee-in Chief signed another one of those dumb pledge things, this one called "The Marriage Vow," where she promises never to sex her husband and hate Islam and farm babies, and uh, what's that old favorite? Oh yeah, she'll ban porn, because the meth lab fun house that is her brain is having a seizure about the naked movies again. Wasn't this one of those 2010 things that Christine O'Donnell invented, about how she wanted to kill all the porn? Maybe you were lucky enough to have almost forgotten her, and now you have buried your face into your hands and begun to wail, because we have reminded you of her existence.

Michele Bachmann is now the first presidential candidate to sign this thing, created by The Family Leader and it's Chief Executive Officer of Funny-Sounding Names, Bob Vander Plaats.

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minnesota, quickly signed the pledge Thursday, while an aide to to former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman said he never signs any pledges. A spokesman for U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, said the congressman has reservations, while a representative of President Barack Obama's Democratic campaign committee declined comment.

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a Republican, is reviewing the pledge, a spokesman said Thursday night. Several other GOP presidential candidates didn't respond to requests for comment, including former Michigan Gov. Mitt Romney, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, and retired Georgia businessman Herman Cain.

Newt Gingrich obviously cannot sign this pledge, even if he wants to, because it might be retroactive, and then Jesus would come down from the Heavens and eat him alive. Herman Cain is also ineligible for The Marriage Vow, because a relationship between a man and his pizza is not sacred in the eyes of the Creator.

Presidential candidates who sign the pledge must agree to personal fidelity to his or her spouse, the appointment of "faithful constitutionalists" as judges, opposition to any redefinition of marriage, and prompt reform of uneconomic and anti-marriage aspects of welfare policy, tax policy and divorce law.

The Marriage Vow also outlines support for the legal advocacy for the federal Defense of Marriage Act, humane efforts to protect women and children, rejection of Sharia Islam, safeguards for all married and unmarried U.S. military service members, and commitment to downsizing government and the burden upon American families.

In addition, candidates are asked to recognize that "robust childrearing and reproduction is beneficial to U.S. demographic, economic, strategic and actuarial health and security."

Okay ladies, put your hijabs away and start pooping out all the babies you can fit inside you, for America. Here is Michele Bachmann in her new campaign ad, telling you how she wants to steal your voice and hide it in the White House, so that she can take this country back from whoever ran away with it.