Little Big Town pictures from Gawker

American Police Force Leader? A Liar. [Scandal]

Perhaps we were too hasty in calling "American Police Force" a militia. Now it appears to be just a big fucking scam against a poor little town. The man behind APF, Michael Hilton, claimed he was a military expert, but he's actually just a huge, enormous liar who has done jail time and should be turned into a pariah: His criminal record goes back to at least 1988, when Hilton was arrested in Santa Ana, Calif. for writing bad checks. Beginning in 1993, Hilton spent six years in prison in Califor

Published: 2009-10-01 Provider: Gawker Keywords: Scandal

CNBC Asks Teabaggers to Provide a Riot [Journalismism]

"Tea Party Patriots" National Coordinator Jenny Beth Martin got a friendly little "media request" from CNBC: could you crazies maybe go crazy up a town hall somewhere? Sure, a 'Bagger says: how bout the guy who got the swastika? Martin emailed the Tea Party listserve explaining that CNBC needed "lots of energy and lots of anger." She asked: "where are the big events this week and where can TPP best be represented on the news?" Patriot and Teabagger Pat Wayman responded with a great suggestion: l

Published: 2009-08-12 Provider: Gawker Keywords: journalismism

Greedy Danes Attack American Mermaid Art [Usa]

As if small-town America didn't have its hands full dealing with the death of manufacturing jobs and the crystal meth epidemic, now it has to worry about some money-grubbing Danes demanding payment for big-breasted mermaid statue knockoffs. Where's the outrage? Several Midwestern towns with Danish heritage have seen fit, over the years, to use a portion of their municipal budgets to construct replicas of Copenhagen's famous "Little Mermaid" statue. Now the ancestors of the sculptor are going aft

Published: 2009-07-27 Provider: Gawker Keywords: Usa