Russia = God’s side. The West = Gomorrah.

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In his Kremlin defense of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Vladimir Putin, even before he began listing the battles where Russian blood had been shed on Crimean soil, spoke of an older deeper bond.

Crimea, said Putin, “is the location of ancient Khersones, where Prince Vladimir was baptized. His spiritual feat of adopting Orthodoxy predetermined the overall basis of the culture, civilization and human values that unite the peoples of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.”

Russia is a Christian country, Putin was saying.

This speech recalls last December’s address where the former KGB chief spoke of Russia as standing against a decadent West:

“Many Euro-Atlantic countries have moved away from their roots, including Christian values. Policies are being pursued that place on the same level a multi-child family and a same-sex partnership, a faith in God and a belief in Satan. This is the path to degradation.”

Heard any Western leader, say, Barack Obama, talk like that lately?

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Breitbart News says IRS targeted company for audit

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Naw, pure coincidence..........

The company that runs the conservative Breitbart.com news site says the IRS has selected the network for an audit, in a move company executives suggest is politically motivated.

Breitbart News Network, a California-based company which runs several conservative websites, says the IRS recently audited its 2012 financial information.

"The Obama administration's timing on this is exquisite, but try as they might through various methods to silence us, we will only get more emboldened,” Stephen K. Bannon, executive chairman of Breitbart News Network, said in a written statement.

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Holder Aide Accidentally Calls Issa Staff for Help Spinning IRS Scanda

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A senior communications aide to Attorney General Eric Holder seemingly called House oversight committee chairman Darrell Issa's staff by accident and asked for their help spinning new revelations about the IRS scandal, Issa said in a September 8 letter to Holder.

The aide, Brian Fallon, is a former senior aide to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and a well-known personality on Capitol Hill. The letter describes Fallon as “audibly shaken” when he realizes his request to leak documents to help get ahead of news stories about them was mistakenly made to the very office he was seeking to undermine. Issa believes the call was intended to be made to Democratic Rep. Elijah Cumming's staff, the ranking member on the oversight panel, the letter said.
According to the letter, Fallon – who is not named in the letter but confirmed he made the call – asked if the aides could release the IRS scandal documents to “selected reporters” to give Fallon an “opportunity to comment publicly on it.”

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Third “Sons Of Guns” Accuser May Come Forward. Daughter To Appear On Dr. Phil.

It’s hard to put into words that angst we feel in covering the implosion* of the Hayden family, who were the stars of the now-canceled Discovery Channel hit reality show “Sons of Guns.”

Recently, Will Hayden was arrested and charged with sex crimes against his 12-year-old daughter. He remains in jail awaiting trial.

His older daughter Stephanie Hayden Ford and her husband Kristafor Ford started making suggestions on Facebook last week that she had been molested as well, and she has now apparently intends to go to authorities to make those allegations official. Sources close to the family suggest that they believe the allegations by both daughters have merit, and that there is physical evidence to support the allegations.

But Fox is reporting that the second accuser isn’t Ford… yet:

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ATF To Unveil Model of Davidian Compound Where Feds Roasted Children Alive

 

It was defining all right, just like Ruby Ridge.  Guess they'll authorizes "combat" ribbons for the two next..........

The institutional stupidity of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms seems to be without limits.

The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is unveiling a detailed wooden re-creation of the Branch Davidian compound on Feb. 28, 1993, the start of a standoff in Waco that proved to be one of the agency’s defining moments.

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Ocala Florida: Treading on the Gadsden

NC: Tarheel Kills Shotgun-Toting Home Invader

A Timberlake, NC man did not respond kindly to the threats of an armed home invader:

A homeowner shot and killed a masked man early Sunday who had broken into the Timberlake home, aimed a shotgun and demanded money, authorities said.

Person County Sheriff Dewey Jones said the homeowner, whom he did not name, discovered Jonathan Ellias Ziminack, 25, in the bedroom at about 5 a.m. wearing a mask “like a hoodie (but) only his eyes were showing.”

The homeowner pulled a pistol from beside his bed and fired one shot at Ziminack, Jones said. The bullet hit the shotgun before striking Ziminack in the stomach, Jones said.

Ziminack was transported by medical helicopter to Duke University Medical Center where he died on the way to surgery, Jones said.

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Panera Bread Poll

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CNBC poll

Illegal Alien Children to Be Classified as 'Homeless' to Avoid School Enrollment Documentation Requirements

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In response to an inquiry about unaccompanied minors from one of its school divisions, Virginia’s Department of Education issued a memo this month reminding its 132 divisions about their obligation to educate all children.

“In light of the heightened media coverage of the issue of undocumented immigrant children, VDOE provides the following updated information for your use in responding to community questions or issues,” says the memo distributed to the commonwealth’s 132 school divisions and obtained by Breitbart News.

The memo to Virginia’s school divisions stressed the need to provide all children “equal access to an education” and highlighted the updated guidance from the Obama administration providing more flexibility on the documentation students need to enroll in public schools.

More with video @ Breitbart

Sheila Jackson Lee wears flip-flops on the House floor

 

SPOTTED: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee sporting a pair of white flip-flops with her pearls while on the House floor on Monday.

While the Texas Democrat was all business on top — wearing a red suit jacket with a black and white scarf and pearl necklace — she was ready to hit the beach on the bottom, with her toe-baring shoes.

The House feed on C-SPAN did not capture the summer recess-worthy thongs.

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