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Fathom the irony: the man who beats up Mexicans, had a school teaching how to beat/kill Mexicans & 'protected the border' of AZ and Mexico. ..fled TO Mexico with the teen girl he was previously arrested for iacts of pedophilia last spring. AZ Start news only talks of him as "former coach" . . not as a loud, proud, Minuteman for some strange reason.  " Sahar In the Morning ," referencing this C&L post.

If a majority of these Alaskan militia members were Muslim, how would the media treat this story?

Why do I say this? Because while people are threatening the lives of Congressmen/women and plotting to kill cops in order to start Armageddon, you find things like this : The Quinnipiac University poll found that 60 percent of Americans among both major political parties think raising income taxes on households making more than $250,000 should be a main tenet of the government's efforts to tame the deficit. More than 70 percent, including a majority of Republicans, say those making more than $1 million should pay more. But 80 percent say raising taxes on those making less than that should not be part of the government's approach. Moreover, most oppose touching Medicare and Social Security - two long-term drivers of the budget deficit over the coming decades. "Given those numbers, it's clear that those who want serious deficit reduction have their work cut out for them in convincing the public, which seems adamantly opposed to cutting the programs with the l...

Via TPM: " Operation Exodus ." Usually someone like Oliver Willis or jurrasicpork would comment on something like this. And to be honest, they'd probably have a better assessment than me. I will say this: for the X-Men fans, I think this puts us on the "US Government looks into mass Sentinel production" path that led to Days of Future Past.