Guns, race, religion, terror, wingnut thread

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Bill O'Reilly: Slaves who built White House were "well-fed and had decent lodgings provided by the government"

Gee. Just like the slave owners and pro-slavery interests said. Thanks, Fox News!

/s

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(Panama City Beach, Florida) Walmart’s 9/11-Themed Coke Display Is Capitalism At Its Worst
Sigh.




Mattress Shop Closes After Making Absurdly Offensive 9/11 Ad
After the ad sparked a backlash, the store owner announced Miracle Mattress in San Antonio will close “indefinitely.”


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZmM-2gj5Gc

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(Panama City Beach, Florida) Walmart’s 9/11-Themed Coke Display Is Capitalism At Its Worst
Sigh.




Mattress Shop Closes After Making Absurdly Offensive 9/11 Ad
After the ad sparked a backlash, the store owner announced Miracle Mattress in San Antonio will close “indefinitely.”


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZmM-2gj5Gc

At least they didn't say "these prices will come crashing down!"

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[Seth Milner]

(Panama City Beach, Florida) Walmart’s 9/11-Themed Coke Display Is Capitalism At Its Worst
Sigh.

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Mattress Shop Closes After Making Absurdly Offensive 9/11 Ad
After the ad sparked a backlash, the store owner announced Miracle Mattress in San Antonio will close “indefinitely.”

Ran out of town on a rail would have been more appropriate.

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Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin says bloodshed may be needed to protect conservatism

Notice that it's not called terrorism when a white Christian Republican says it.

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Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin should resign after misquoting Thomas Jefferson, saying violence and 'blood of tyrants' will be shed if Clinton wins election

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Or he should run for President in 2020, judging by Donald Trump's 2012 election night tweets calling for the same thing.

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Speaking of terrorism:

Florida Mosque Fire Arrest

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"I believe without a shadow of a doubt that this is the last election. This is it. This is the last election."
- Trump adviser and former Rep. Michele Bachmann

Bachmann added in the same interview that Trump was chosen by God to be the GOP nominee.

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9 wounded in Houston shooting; suspect dead, was a lawyer

Since they're not a protected class like religion is, can we deport the lawyers?

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Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin says bloodshed may be needed to protect conservatism

Notice that it's not called terrorism when a white Christian Republican says it.

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin should resign after misquoting Thomas Jefferson, saying violence and 'blood of tyrants' will be shed if Clinton wins election

Or he should run for President in 2020, judging by Donald Trump's 2012 election night tweets calling for the same thing.

Quick! Write y'all her a letter!

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Identities of students at Fort Benning can stay secret, court rules

In a major setback to the public's right to know "what their government is up to," a federal appeals court has ruled that the Pentagon can keep secret the identities of foreign soldiers trained at a controversial combat school at Fort Benning, Ga.

By a 2-1 margin, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit overturned a lower court ruling that had ordered the Pentagon to release the names of soldiers and instructors at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), formerly known as the School of the Americas (SOA). Some graduates of the U.S. Army school have been implicated in torture, assassinations and overthrowing democratic governments.

What's at stake is the public’s ability to know if its tax dollars are funding the training of human rights abusers, as well as the viability of SOA Watch, a human rights organization that has documented hundreds of atrocities committed by the school's graduates.

The appeals court's Sept. 30 ruling stems from a 2011 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit brought by two SOA Watch members, Theresa Cameranesi and the late Judy Liteky. Their request for the graduates' names had been granted by federal district court Judge Phyllis Hamilton. It was overturned by Circuit Judges Sandra Ikuta and Andrew Kleinfeld.

However, Circuit Justice Paul Watford wrote a strongly worded dissenting opinion, affirming the lower court's decision to uphold the public's right to know "what their government is up to."

Watford stated, "Without knowing the actual names of those allowed to attend the Institute, the public has no way of independently verifying if students are properly vetted before enrolling at the Institute, or whether after graduating they engage in human rights abuses in their home countries."

Now, he said, "the public must simply take the government's word for it that the reform measures mandated by Congress have been effective. This fox-guarding-the-henhouse notion is, of course, completely antithetical to the FOIA's core purpose." ...

Sandra Ikuta was nominated by President George W. Bush.
Andrew Kleinfeld was nominated by George H.W. Bush.
Paul Watford was nominated by Barack Obama.

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Update:

Reuters: Jury completes day one of deliberations in Oregon refuge trial

- At the conclusion of the trial the Bundy brothers face assault, conspiracy and other charges stemming from the 2014 armed standoff at Cliven Bundy's ranch.

- A second group of defendants are due to stand trial in February.

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Jury acquits leaders of Oregon standoff of federal charges

White rightwing terrorists skate in America.

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That's crazy. Hard to tell from the article who effed it up, but not to be able to convict them of something seems pretty incompetent. Charges looked pretty simple and straightforward. Maybe they should have just stuck with a firearms on federal property charge. Of just being assholes. Next time maybe they should just ummm, "mistake" them for black guys and shoot them.

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Meanwhile, in a Russian high school class...

No worries, though! The Left is busy teaching us about gender pronouns and the importance of same sex marriage -- we should do just fine.

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Suspect captured in 'ambush-style' killings of two Iowa cops

The suspect captured in connection with the early-morning "ambush-style" killing of two police officers in the Des Moines metro area Wednesday had been removed by police from a high school football stadium two weeks ago after he claimed his Confederate flag was stolen by other spectators, authorities said....

Greene, however, had had earlier run-ins with police, prior to the stadium incident.

... Greene was accused of approaching a man in the parking lot and shining a flashlight in his eyes. Greene, who lived in the apartments, called the man the N-word and told the man “I will kill you, (expletive) kill you,” according to the complaint. Greene pleaded guilty to a lesser harassment charge on June 30, 2014, and was sentenced to one year of probation....

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The Bundy Clan Is Now Calling for Revolution
Freeloaders for freedom.

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That's crazy. Hard to tell from the article who effed it up, but not to be able to convict them of something seems pretty incompetent. Charges looked pretty simple and straightforward. Maybe they should have just stuck with a firearms on federal property charge. Of just being assholes. Next time maybe they should just ummm, "mistake" them for black guys and shoot them.

One juror's view:

A ‘colossal failure’ by prosecutors: Juror defends verdict in Oregon standoff trial

There's also implied criticism of the LEOs for not being more assertive - not forcing a gunfight, but taking steps to make it more clear that the occupation was illegal from the get go.