Crackpots

Via Raw Story: The armed militants who have taken over an Oregon wildlife refuge appear to be moving toward “indicting” county officials who they say mocked them by threatening to impose a $70,000-a-day bill for their ongoing occupation. Ammon Bundy said a bogus “grand jury” set up by the militants had served notices of intent Wednesday to various Harney County …

“It’s political correctness that rules the day. So when you’re part of a favored group, then you get special benefits that nobody else gets. That’s the very form of tyranny because when government supposedly gives something — government has nothing to give, they have to take it away from other people. So when they give it to that certain group, …

“Here we go again, coddling the enemy and implementing rules of engagement that prohibit our military from doing its job. Iran captures our warriors before forcing the U.S. to apologize for the ENEMY’S bullying and endangerment, all to send a (false) message that America is now so weak we’ve fallen insurmountably far under the enemy. As Sen. McCain just said …

Wearing one of her trademark Star Trek: The Next Generation pleather dresses, Prophetess Cindy Jacobs has revealed how she used the authority of White Jesus to order clouds over Jerusalem to dissipate during a photo shoot for Pat Robertson’s 700 Club. The Friendly Atheist has the transcript: A friend came to me and said, “Cindy, do something!” This is what …

Watch below. “When our Navy ships have problems, we don’t call Iran. We call the rest of the Navy, we can call the Air Force, the Army, the Marines, the Coast Guard. We don’t call Iran! For the Iranians to even issue a statement at all saying, ‘We are going to release them soon,’ tells you that they control whether …

Via Gawker: Oregon militia organizer Jon Ritzheimer really, really fuckin’ hates Uncle Sam. But what he hates even more is all of the obscene and generally unhelpful emails and packages that strangers from around the country and Gawker are sending to his band of armchair commandos. In a new Facebook post and accompanying video, Ritzheimer says he’s sick of this …

The Huffington Post reports: It’s been a mystery all day on Capitol Hill: Which member of Congress invited controversial Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis to the State of the Union address? Well, we finally have an answer. It was House Freedom Caucus Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). There’s a reason the secret was kept so well. Jordan did not know he …

Infamous Brazilian anti-gay activist Julio Severo today published a BarbWire column which denounces the leftists at Right Wing Watch for reporting on former BarbWire columnist Ted Shoebat’s incessant calls to execute all homosexuals. It’s so unfair! It not like Shoebat appears in a recent anti-LGBT documentary alongside leading evangelicals and GOP presidential candidates. Oh, wait. He writes: Shoebat has criticized …

Via Raw Story: Pastor Jim Bakker revealed on his Monday TV program that extreme weather plaguing the United States in recent months was the “spirit of ISIS.” While discussing on what God had in store for 2016, Bakker explained that the Lord told him that people needed to “wake up” and realize that extreme weather patterns — like floods, wildfires, …

JMG reader Jay tips us to this amusing clip: “An intimate glimpse into the life of one of the armed freedom fighters occupying Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.”

From the editorial board of the Birmingham News: Roy Moore is delusional about Roy Moore. The only bad thing that has happened since Alabama acquiesced to the ruling of America’s Supreme Court is that Moore hasn’t got enough attention, so once again he has “ordered” probate judges to not issue marriage licenses to gay couples. Over the past several months, …

Just in via email: CBS is now airing a Christian-bashing program titled “Angel From Hell,” about a “not so good” guardian angel starring Jane Lynch. The previews alone can make believers sick to their stomachs with the blasphemous content including crude humor, foul language and distasteful dialogue. The new show airs on Thursday evenings at 9:30 pm ET/8:30 pm CT …

“Look, I’m very proud of the conservative record I’ve put together. There’s no one who’s fought more on moral and cultural issues. I’m not a libertarian. There are people in this race that want the states to decide whether there should be same-sex marriage or polygamy or marijuana use. I don’t believe that. I don’t believe that the states have …

According to Franklin Graham, the answer to gun violence is not to remove guns from the shelves, it’s to remove video games and movies. Also: more Jesus, stat! From his Facebook page:  Mr. President, you’re looking at the wrong place when it comes to the root cause of gun violence. Your executive actions will do nothing to change this horrific …

Federal prosecutors are telling Alabama’s probate judges that they are not free to defy the US Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage despite the order issued yesterday by state Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore. AL.com reports: “The Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court has issued an administrative order, directing probate judges that they may not issue marriage licenses …

Ooh, papa toony! Via Right Wing Watch: Yesterday on “The Liberty Roundtable” radio program, Ammon Bundy defended his seizure of a federal building in Oregon, claiming that the Bible supports his militia’s actions. He explained that the federal government is wrongly prohibiting economic development on the property he seized, insisting that God would rather have the land be developed: “We …

And here we go again. AL.com reports: Chief Justice Roy Moore issued an order today saying that a ruling issued last March by the Alabama Supreme Court remains in effect and that probate judges “have a ministerial duty not to issue any marriage license contrary” to Alabama’s law and constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. In a four-page administrative order, Moore …

A 55-year old Mormon member of those Oregon militia nutjobs is sitting in a rocking chair under a blue tarp, apparently ready to kill any federal agents who point a weapon at him. Watch MSNBC’s report below and enjoy some of the mocking on Twitter. Members of the group claim that they fear violent reprisals from the feds at any …

“Obama wept. America is forced to weep over Obama’s release of violent criminals into our communities – like the 121 illegal aliens who committed murders after they were released from custody by the Obama administration instead of being deported. And that doesn’t take into account the others we don’t know about. “The whole world weeps waiting for American leadership in …

TMZ reports that 2011 Medal Of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer has sued Bristol Palin for the joint legal and physical custody of Sailor Grace, the baby girl Bristol allegedly gave birth to on December 23rd. Meyer is also asking for child support. We say “allegedly” because a Palin-watch blog contends that Bristol actually gave birth in November, raising the possibility …