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Dentist Who Killed Cecil Hires Armed Security Guards After Vandals Sack Vacation Home

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Americans are generally apathetic to real news, like say the fact that there’s a bloody, four-year civil war raging in Syria or the fact that the monetary Politburo housed in the Eccles Building has plunged the world into the darkest imaginable recesses of fiat money insanity by printing $3.5 trillion over the course of just seven years, but some stories do manage to capture the public’s child-like imagination, and the tale of Cecil the lion is one of them. 

For those who haven’t turned on a television in the past three weeks, all you really need to know is that a Minnesota dentist "accidentally" shot a protected lion while on safari in Zimbabwe.

It turns out that Cecil is (or "was") a tourist favorite and once word got out that Walter Palmer (the dentist) had killed him, the backlash came fast and furious as former patients papered Palmer’s office with threats and people across the country rallied around a petition to have him extradicted to Africa to face lion murder charges.

If this all seems surreal to you, you’re not alone but just to demonstrate how truly enthralled the American public has become with the Walter witch hunt, consider the following from NBC who reports that the dentist’s South Florida vacation home (specifically the garage door) was tagged with the words "Lion Killer!" while marinated pigs’ feet were left in the driveway to roast in the hot Florida sun.

The South Florida vacation home of the dentist who killed Cecil the lion was the target of vandals, police said, after someone spray-painted "Lion Killer!" on the garage door last week.

 

Marco Island police are investigating who tagged the home of Walter James Palmer on Friday and also left a trail of pigs feet covered in a red substance on the driveway, NBC station WBBH reported. A jar of lion-shaped cookies was also left outside the home.

The situation has reportedly become so bad that Palmer felt it necessary to hire a private security firm to protect his interests. Here’s NBC again:

The American dentist who shot Cecil the lion has reportedly hired a private security firm staffed by armed ex-cops to protect his home.

 

Walter Palmer contacted the Global Investigative Group after his Florida vacation home was spray-painted with the words "lion killer," and what appeared to be marinated pig's feet were scattered in the driveway, The Associated Press and New York Post reported.

 

"We have armed investigators on the property, we're setting up covert cameras, we're documenting all license plates," Walter Zalisko, who heads the firm, told the News York Post. "Every investigator is a former police officer. They are all highly trained, armed with handguns and are all licensed by the state of Florida."

So now apparently, Cecil protesters will be shot just like Cecil if the step on Palmer’s vacation home lawn. 

Because this story largely speaks for itself and in fact is quite illuminating when it comes to explaining why the American public is so easy to manipulate, we’ll simply close with what we said on Sunday regarding the petition to have Palmer exported to Zimbabwe: 

So in the end, we suppose the only question for Obama will be how to explain the fact that, as we reported on Thursday, the death of Cecil, as well as countless other lions, elephants, rhinos and other animals, is solely as a result of the Zimbabwe government's corruption. A corruption, which the US government knew all about, and despite the fact that Washington knew US hunters were killing not only elephants but lions, the government's only real concern was the "serious risks that Americans could be implicated in smuggling and poaching operations."

 

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Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:51 | 6397517 Bank_sters
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HOw about an article on the crushing defaults in the pipeline- puerto rico, ukraine, brazil,greece, portugal, spain, energy, miners,etc..

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:53 | 6397551 B2u
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I am more interested  in Dancing With the Stars.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:09 | 6397671 froze25
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I am more interested in Planned Parent hood butchering babies and selling the organs and the media implying that the group of people that did the investigative report are some how "violent extremist"

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:34 | 6397817 Citxmech
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There are all kinds of anti-abortion and pro-abortion rights sites where you can post your opinions and actually have them be relevant. 

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:42 | 6397879 The Wedge
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Thanks relevancy police. How would we know whats relevant if you were not around.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:20 | 6398095 Headbanger
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Let's see now... Connect the dots here..

Lion...  Dentist.... Vandals.... Vacation Home...

I SEE A PATTERN !!

Maybe..

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:32 | 6398160 MalteseFalcon
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Somebody needs to deal with these rabid anti-dentites.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:46 | 6398217 Never One Roach
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I heard the lions' protest over there has turned ugly and they are now Looting an place.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:52 | 6398253 0b1knob
Thu, 08/06/2015 - 15:22 | 6398634 Benjamin123
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"Married" male lions dont hunt. Cecil was "married". His kids are dead now, his former wives pregnant with the descendants of a rival lion.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 15:33 | 6398677 0b1knob
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He was "married" with multiple wives?

So he was a Mormon lion?

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 15:37 | 6398694 Benjamin123
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"Married", not married. Lions dont actually marry. Its a figure of speech.

Cecil had a harem of lionesses that hunted for him and raised his kids. Those cubs are dead now, killed by whoever replaced Cecil.

Male lions dont hunt, they just protect their harem against rival lions. If they lose, their kids die.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:50 | 6398240 Fahque Imuhnutjahb
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This a damn shame!!  Wasting good pig feet like this.  "I want the one with the nail in it."

https://youtu.be/eybZtDx6tAU?t=3m44s

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 15:30 | 6398658 SFopolis
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Lions... Dentist... Vandals...Vacation Home... ABORTION!!!!!  Very clear...

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:20 | 6398096 Antifaschistische
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when I was a kid I burned hundreds of ants with my magnifying glass.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 15:05 | 6398570 Vullsain
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May You Rot In Hell!!!

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 15:31 | 6398667 Benjamin123
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Sort of sadist actually. I saved a few dying insects as a kid.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:05 | 6398003 What you talkin...
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There are also plenty of website that teach and showcase various douching products/techniques.  Might help with your irritations Citx

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:31 | 6398155 Citxmech
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Hey, I'm not the one searching out "Free John Corzine" articles and then bitching in the comment section about there not being a big enough movement to protest Cecil's poaching. 

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:13 | 6397696 Sanity Bear
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I am more interested in noting the developing pattern that as soon as the media focuses on something as the evil-of-the-day, political mob violence follows swiftly, like the old union boss method of designating a target to be beaten up and letting the faceless low-level mooks carry it out "independently".

 

Who's next on the list?

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:16 | 6398072 TBT or not TBT
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Cat juggling!

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:53 | 6398256 ebear
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Bonsai Kittens!

no wait... that's been done already.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 14:06 | 6398320 Citxmech
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Are you sure it's media driven and not media reacting in this case?  

This story as well as this one regarding a vet who shot some neighbor's cat with a crossbow prior to Cecil (http://wgntv.com/2015/04/18/veterinarian-fired-after-killing-cat-with-ar...) started to steamroll after the perpetrator's own social media postings about their trophies recieved huge negative commentary from the public at large. 

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 14:45 | 6398502 Vullsain
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What a self absorbed little bitch. Serves her right if she never works as a vet for being so stupid.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 15:17 | 6398611 Citxmech
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Yeah - I particularly like the part where she posted that she'd never get fired because she was "so awesome" just before she got fired.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 16:27 | 6398867 BarkingCat
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I own a cat. Someone does that to him I will beat that individual to within an inch of their miserable sadistic life.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 19:25 | 6399379 redd_green
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Dancing with the porn stars! 

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:56 | 6397573 ShorTed
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If they involve a lion, then by all means.  Otherwise nobody gives a shit.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:01 | 6397611 Citxmech
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We just had one of those yesterday.  Feel free to keep visiting it until the next one is posted tomorrow.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 16:21 | 6398727 Vullsain
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Bank_sters...There are numerous articles posted here everyday covering the topics you referred to. 

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:48 | 6397520 Trick Shroadé
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No sympathy.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:52 | 6397547 nuubee
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If you put "Don't Care" I wouldn't have voted you down. "No Sympathy" tells me you care more about one lions life, and what one single dentist in the world does with his free time more than what our oligarchs are doing and getting away with.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:56 | 6397571 viahj
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bullshit logic there

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:59 | 6397590 fightthepower
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I'm going to kill three lions just because you posted that.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:06 | 6398013 MalteseFalcon
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Dude, I doubt you could kill 3 animal crackers even if you had a glass of milk.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:01 | 6397597 PGR88
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The fake "outrage" is sickening, and the media storm shows a good portion of americans to be entertainment-adled, emotional, reactionary sheep

 

Yes, I don't care about the lion

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:02 | 6397618 Citxmech
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I don't think there's anything "fake" about the outrage folks are feeling.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:11 | 6397684 froze25
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I don't give a rats ass about this.  Total distraction story.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:23 | 6397718 Citxmech
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You apparently give a rat's ass enough to post your dislike of the story though.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:20 | 6398097 MalteseFalcon
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Speaking of not giving a rat's ass about something: Rand Paul.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:33 | 6398133 Citxmech
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And you guys think we don't need some relevancy police. . . 

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:36 | 6398173 Fahque Imuhnutjahb
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Well this is an economics and finance open forum, and since the heading mentions hiring and 

vacation homes (real estate)  and vandals (JPM, GS, etc.) it probably qualifies.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:56 | 6398274 ebear
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Well, if Zimbabwe had a functioning economy they wouldn't need lion hunting to bring in revenue, so there's that.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 14:01 | 6398304 Fahque Imuhnutjahb
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Agreed, ultimately all subject relate either directly or tangentially to economics.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:35 | 6397825 Chump
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That's kinda what makes it so sad to watch.  These people truly have strong feelings over something that has precious little fuck-all to do with them.  Ask any of these protestors about TPP or the Fed and watch their eyes glaze over.  They're screaming foul about a lion in the midst of being sexually assaulted.

Also, where did they get the pig feet?  3D printer, I'm assuming?

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:37 | 6397844 The Wedge
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 Human hypocrisy is absolutely real and knows no bounds.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:17 | 6398080 44magnum
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Did they outrage about the toasted Palestinian baby ? What the fuck the Palestinians don't have a protected reserve to live in so why bitch about a toasted 18 month old?

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 15:30 | 6398659 Benjamin123
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Didnt you read about the 118 people the police killed in the US in one month alone?

The same amount of people they kill in a day in Venezuela or south africa? Daily.

You can be selective about your outrage too.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 17:55 | 6399163 Sokhmate
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Palestinians do live on a reserve alas not a protected one, and poaching is allowed

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:35 | 6397827 Sanity Bear
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I'm firmly against the mob violence and media hysteria, but this character deserves no sympathy.

 

A person who destroys life for entertainment is a psychopath.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 15:35 | 6398686 Benjamin123
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How do you logically infer from a lack of simpathy for the dentist a lack of care for the oligarchs mischiefs?

How are both issues connected?

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 17:06 | 6398989 Vullsain
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We gots some real simple minded folk around these parts..

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:10 | 6397676 caconhma
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I like to see this  dentist send to Zimbabwe and executed. The sooner the better.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 20:37 | 6399580 Abbie Normal
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Or just leave him in the game preserve without any weapons...see how long he lasts without hunting guides that do everything for the "great white hunter" except pull the trigger.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:50 | 6397530 One And Only
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So the people protesting the lion killer left murdered pigs feet at his house? 

Isn't this like fucking for virginity?

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:08 | 6397655 spastic_colon
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meanwhile...."Dictator who genocided millions enjoys palace Extravaganza"

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:19 | 6398087 TBT or not TBT
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Racist!   Mugabe is African-African.   

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:44 | 6397853 Winston Smith 2009
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"So the people protesting the lion killer left murdered pigs feet at his house?"

Exactly. So you know it wasn't PETA. ;-)

Although I don't personally see the attraction of hunting for anything you don't NEED to eat, ignorant dweebs get all upset about the killing of cute/popular animals while downing that bacon covered burger or bucket of fried chicken.

Someone should parade in front of these idiots with signs containing big color photos of little kid pieces-parts due to the collateral damage of drone strikes with the text "But YOU did THIS. Which should you be more upset about?"

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:00 | 6397985 Citxmech
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Don't advocate for the false dilemma - you can be pissed about ALL of these things.  Just because somebody is vocal about one issue doesn't mean they dont' respect or even join in your embrace of another issue. 

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 14:26 | 6398405 ZeroIntelligence
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Thanks for your trolling.  Really added a lot to the comments here.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 14:33 | 6398441 Citxmech
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How is posting a comment that folks can be pissed-off about something other than your pet outrage without it meaning that they don't appreciate or agree with your outrage, trolling?

Fri, 08/07/2015 - 01:01 | 6400232 Winston Smith 2009
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Because a dead lion isn't even remotely comparable to dead children that, even worse, are the result of tragic and highly counterproductive foreign ploicy that has cost TRILLIONS of mostly borrowed dollars. That's how.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 14:54 | 6398524 Vullsain
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I did not know that pigs or chicken and cattle were endangered and protected species. What a fuckin brilliant analogy you surmised and brought to our attention.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:43 | 6397889 Big Corked Boots
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Personally, I kinda like pig's trotters.

Although fucking for virginity sounds kinda interesting, too.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 14:27 | 6398413 Freddie
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Something tells me this story is BS and Palmer had his retired rent a cops due this crap.

The dentist is a dirtbag.  Killing for the thrill and to mount a head on the wall is BS.  Killing babies for baby parts while being paid by the Fed govt is also insane BS.

There is an older doctor who is even worse than Palmer.  This shit killed elephants as well.  Oddly enough, I think he is a gynocologist or baby doctor.  Palmer is bush league compared to this older doc.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:51 | 6397531 Ignatius
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Pretty successful dentist:  vacation homes, $50,000 safaris, private security.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:56 | 6397569 pods
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I heard he used a crossbow.  

He could have used that $50k instead to enlarge his meat pencil.

pods

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:59 | 6397594 Ignatius
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I think when we finally get our 'justice' with this man he should be made to drop his shorts and confirm your theory about size.  I'm all about evidence, ya know...

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:17 | 6397720 Fat Sam
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Seasonally adjusted johnson

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:04 | 6397631 oddjob
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He could have went for the soft kill and given the lion mercury fillings.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:05 | 6397638 Ignatius
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Touche'

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:09 | 6397669 spastic_colon
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+102 for meat pencil

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:03 | 6397624 Citxmech
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 Formerly successful dentist.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:06 | 6397644 Miss Expectations
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Rich wife (white, too)

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:22 | 6397749 oddjob
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She fucked every cock on the block when he was away on his killing spree, because of his extremely small penis and all.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:26 | 6397768 Miffed Microbio...
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Looks like her alpha male husband is finished. She must be scouting out new game before the money is gone.

Miffed;-)

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:12 | 6398053 rodocostarica
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Could be that this dentist gets a shitload of new customers from the 15 minutes of fame. Lots of hunters in Minnesota

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:35 | 6398168 Citxmech
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Most hunters I know are concervationists at heart and don't appreciate folks who poach for trophies.  

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:42 | 6398198 dogbreath
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If he's alpha he has unlimited options,  there is probably a waiting list in fact.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 17:01 | 6398599 Vullsain
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She was the one with money. She better be careful alimony and everything..She tries anything he can get half her money and bag a new trophy wife. If you got money trophy wives are easier to bag than luring a protected half domesticated big cat off of a reserve and and nailing it from the top of a jeep with two other rifles pointed at it, in case anything were to go wrong.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:08 | 6397657 robertocarlos
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It's the system. They failed Medical school and still they think they deserve 500k a year. That's hockey player money! 

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 14:33 | 6398442 Freddie
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Hopefully his patients realize he has been ripping them off and his practice is finished.  Hunting for a thrill and for heads to mount on the wall is retarded.  Just like killing babies to resell baby parts.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:50 | 6397532 Ramesees
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Be nice if instead the vandals targeted the homes of people that kill humans.  

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:53 | 6397550 FireBrander
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Hunter kills a lion...public outcry and violence...bankers steal trillions...ruin millions of lives...FED to rescue steals trillions from savers...no one goes to jail...minimal public outcry.

We're a bunch of seriously fucked up people.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:06 | 6397583 FireBrander
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Interesting that Biden "decides" to run for President..even though it appears a hands down for Hillary...then shortly thereafter, the FBI starts a criminal probe of Hillary...someone high up in DC does not want President Hillary...

Still can't figure out/see how the Republicans are going to get rid of Trump...POW's are not hero's...Mexicans are Murders/Rapists...Trumps children are Lion Killers...yet he's still in the lead...Sounds like another FBI criminal probe may be necessary...I wonder if Trump would still be in the lead if he were behind bars...now that would be hillarious!

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:13 | 6397706 froze25
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It will be intresting but I doubt anything will come from it other than a "We investigated her and she's clean".  Personally I would love to see that criminal in Jail but we can only hope.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:22 | 6398118 TBT or not TBT
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Huma helps to keep her motor clean.  

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:32 | 6397794 Winston Smith 2009
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FB: You had it right about screwed up priorities and attention paid by the proles and I agree. They key in on totally BS "news" while being absolutely ignorant mostly due to their own laziness and inattention on topics that cost them a fortune financially.

Then, you went on to mention the dog and pony show farce that is the two-party duopoly power game. Give that topic the priority it deserves: NONE. It's gotten to the point that when that farce inevitably comes up on TV over and over and over again, whether in satire or news, I instantly change the channel. It deserves ZERO attention as it is even less important than the latest score between two of the games and circuses sports teams.

Why? Because considering the mostly willful abject ignorance of the typical voter, voting is never going to change the system and by voting or even paying attention to it you validate it and reinforce the illusion of voter control on the money-related topics that are the ONLY topics of interest to the oligarchy. Guns, gays, god, flags, abortion - those are the hot button NON-FINANCIAL topics which are allowed to be determined by voters and used to bring the dweebs to the voting both to ALSO "validate" with their votes the bought and paid for, oligarchy-vetted empty suits who will then pass legislation which financially screws them blind daily.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:13 | 6397707 spastic_colon
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"hunter"?...........big difference between hunting and shooting

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 15:17 | 6398614 Vullsain
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Being against the illegal poaching of a protected lion and the theft of trillions from savers and the elderly are not mutually exclusive positions.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:56 | 6397575 Ness.
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We call those drive-by's here in Chicago.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:04 | 6397630 Citxmech
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People target the houses of suspected killers and child molesters all the time.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:08 | 6397659 FireBrander
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"Getting Fired" originated from people targeting your home for a burning in order to send a strong message to GET THE FUCK OUT OF TOWN AND DON'T COME BACK...

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:19 | 6397732 Fat Sam
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That would involve them going to an entirely different neighborhood, in an entirely different part of town.  

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:50 | 6397533 Kaiser Sousa
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i love animals...

but the fact that u cant get mother fuckers to march over to Eccles and ramsack and murder the mother fuckers responsible for all the misery thats been unleashed for a 100 plus years and counting is all u need to know about this nation of fucking idiots...

DEATH TO THE MONEYCHANGERS.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:50 | 6397534 JustObserving
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After having the big brass balls to shoot an unarmed lion with a high-powered rifle from a safe distance, one would think he could easily protect himself.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:52 | 6397544 Ignatius
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I think he used a bow and arrow, still...

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:00 | 6397603 ParkAveFlasher
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How many guys with rifles accompanied him on his heroic shot?  Just sayin' ... IMO clearly an overreaction over a dead lion. 

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 17:08 | 6398951 Vullsain
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"Oh No" I can't be believe that the macho Trophy Hunter had his guides aiming rifles at the half domesticated big cat in case things did not go according to plan. It was dangerous safari hunting and everything, just like in the old jungle/safari movies I watched when I was a kid. "Thats what it was like you shoulda been there"

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:08 | 6397660 Joebloinvestor
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He used both.

He couldn't get a permit to use an RPG.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:11 | 6398045 GoldSilverBitcoinBug
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No he used an high powered laser from Martin Lockheed...

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:53 | 6397552 saints51
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Maybe guns are banned in his freedom loving community with HOA fees sky high.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:56 | 6397568 clade7
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He initially shot it with a bow, so theres that to consider...look what happened to the Apaches?...

I'da killed Cecil with my 2 iron just to be a sport and double up on two disciplines..plus, that hide with a zipper up front woulda made for a great Halloween costume, or at the next Furry Convention...

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:08 | 6397613 FireBrander
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If you want my respect for killing anything...do it with a knife or a sharp stick..that's hunting!

High powered rifles through a scope is corwardice. You might as well just pay someone to kill it for you and hang it on your wall.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:33 | 6397809 Cruel Aid
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Unless you want to eat healthy meat and minimize the animals suffering.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:25 | 6397762 tmosley
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You just wear your ignorance and your worthless judgement on your sleeve, don't you?

Why do you idiots (and mean YOU, members of the human race) think that a lion's life is worth more than a pig's, or a cow's? Where's the outrage for people with leather seats, or who eat pork chops?

This incident really makes me think less of people in general. So much so that I'm actually starting to hate most of you.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:39 | 6397846 Citxmech
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Because there is little chance of your grandchildren not being able to see pigs or cows, unlike lions, tigers, rhinos, elephants, gorrilas, etc. etc.  The extinction of a species is a big deal for a lot of folks. 

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 14:08 | 6398328 pods
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I can certainly agree with your argument over extinction of species, and how critical Apex predators are, but most of the problems with these species are ones of governments and the people native to those lands.

There is always going to be people who value their own worth by the things they have, and those with money tend to look for exclusive things.  Say, rare cars.  

As long as you have third world governments you are going to have these situations.

pods

 

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 14:41 | 6398482 Citxmech
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I completely agree.  

 

But for every transaction there needs to be a buyer in addition to a seller.

What I find intriguing about this whole debacle is finding out how social media-facilitated public shaming ends up affecting the demand for rare animal trophies.

You've got to wonder how many second thoughts are going through the next Teddy Roosevelt wanna-be's head about posting their future trophy on facebook.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 15:07 | 6398577 pods
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Anything that destroys facebook is good in my book.

I can't read the comments section of my local news station. 
Everything is emotional.  Fake empathy. Sure, you FEEL bad about whatever event you have just read about, but please don't make any type of argument while you are "feeling."
I cringe when I see people posing with apex predators they have killed though.  Cougars are hunted here in the US.  Nobody bitching about that?

I have always loved wildlife. Bowhunting caused me to stop hunting. You could see interactions then that you never see during gun season.  Eventually what I got out of it was not worth what it cost me.

I figured all guys with a small thingie just got a sports car. I didn't realize they still did safaris like Commander McBragg.

pods 

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 15:32 | 6398671 Citxmech
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I betcha if a story was posted here about folks who hunt cougars by treeing them with dogs you'd get a bunch of poster willing to pipe-up regarding how fucked-up they think that is too.  Same with state-sanctioned wolf hunts. etc. etc.  Hell - factory farming and over-fishing piss folks off too.   

It's not just about animals though - it's more a symptom of the greater evil of a minority of short-sighted self-indulgent motherfuckers who think their need to self-aggrandize and take from the commons trumps everybody else's right to enjoy a modest life.  Look at how pissed folks get about polluted ground water, Fed-induced inflation Fukushima, Israel/Palestine, GMOs, endless wars/the MIC, Corporate greed, corruption, manipulated markets, etc. etc. etc.  People are pissed generally about getting it from all angles - Hell, every story here on the Hedge is basically just a catalyst for a subset of despicable behavior.

 

 

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 16:03 | 6398780 Vullsain
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Hey so there actually may be some benefit to facebook after all..

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:51 | 6397539 saints51
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Good job America!!!!! Priorites are inline.....fucking idiots

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 17:04 | 6398967 Vullsain
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Yeah, peoples houses and property are broken into and vandalized everyday. What do I care if some douch bag Trophy Hunter has  his house tagged. BAWAWA

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:51 | 6397541 B2u
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So what happens if he is lured out of his protective habitat (like he did with Cecil)?

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:03 | 6397627 Mr. Bones
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I believe his guides did that.  I haven't actually read a story that made it clear what his involvement was other than loosing a crossbow bolt.  It certainly would be a shocker to learn that Zimbabweans lie for profit.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:56 | 6397546 Dr. Engali
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"So now apparently, Cecil protesters will be shot just like Cecil if the step on Palmer’s vacation home lawn". 

 

Good, and rightfully so. These fuckers are on his private property and they didn't give a damn about lion hunts prior to .gov and the MSM convincing them they should be outraged. Anything to distract us from reality and to cover up the sound of crunchy baby parts being sold for profit.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:59 | 6397580 saints51
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my comment words went goofy. Fuck it. Fucking windows. My computer skills likely the cause

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:02 | 6397617 Dr. Engali
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Been there, but usually with my phone and auto correct. I didn't say duck it!

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:03 | 6397619 viahj
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so, we're only allowed one moral outrage at a time?

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:08 | 6397662 Dr. Engali
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Yeah, because everyone has an end the fed icon on their Farcebook page.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 14:03 | 6398316 pods
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I have a rainbow lion as my avatar on facebook.  With a bucket of ice above his head.  

With his balls tucked underneath him, and he has a tattoo of 'Courage" on his/her navel.

pods

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:06 | 6397646 Citxmech
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Oh, I bet you the folks doing the vandalizing thought poaching sucked before Dr. Asshole went looking for his trophy.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:12 | 6397687 Dr. Engali
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Yeah, lion hunting was the talk of the town prior to the MSM telling the sheep it should be.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 16:23 | 6397743 Citxmech
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Actually is was if you travel in those circles - although the topics of poaching of Rhinos, Gorillas, whales, and Elephants, was much more prevelant becuase of their more dire circumstances.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:28 | 6397775 clade7
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Imagine the outrage if this dentist woulda killed an otter in his 330 conibear beaver sets like any and sundry normal Minnesotan does?..We all deservedly hate dentists, but also have to appreciate the logistics involved...Take note beaver trappers!  'First they came for the lion hunting dentists, and I said nothing'

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:53 | 6397555 pods
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I'd sit and wait and cut the motherfucker in half that decides to destroy my property.

Let's be straight about this whole fucking circus. The act of killing a lion is not what this about. This is about killing a lion that he did not have a permit to kill.

Do I agree with what he did?  No, I have a large enough penis and have no need to fix my Little Man Syndrome by hanging dead heads on my wall.  If I shoot it, it is because it tastes good. I don't hunt much anymore, mainly because it is so much work after you shoot them. (I gut,drag, skin, butcher and pack my own meat)

This is another fucking facebook matrix contrived emotional drain on people who could really not give a fuck about a lion halfway across the world.

How many fucking hashtags have been created about this?

Maybe we can all dump a bucket of ice water over our heads in support?

pods

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:08 | 6397664 neuronius
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yeah, icebucket challenge.  

except instead of pouring a bucket of icewater over their heads, protesters will shoot themselves once with a high powered rifle, and then have an associate behead them and take a selfie and post on FaceFuckBook.

i could get behind that.   

seriously, these people don't have anything else to be outraged about?

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:22 | 6397750 Citxmech
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Everybody gets to pick their own hot button issues.  Yours apparently is folks who don't pick yours.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 20:45 | 6399604 neuronius
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apparently.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:29 | 6397781 Mike Honcho
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#+1

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:40 | 6398182 One of these is...
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"I'd sit and wait and cut the motherfucker in half that decides to destroy my property" Is currently worth 23 up votes and no downvotes!

Am I the only one who sees this as a tiny bit of an overreaction? What if it's your neighbours mythical teenage son who damages your property, is "cutting him in half" really the right response to jerk-like behaviour?

I'm going to down vote you although I know I'm going to be unpopular, because it's the right thing to do..

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 14:01 | 6398300 pods
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It's all good. Certainly it is hyperbole, and although I reside in NC, I was not just arrested for being an idiot.

So my idiotic comments are sort of just that, comments.

I certainly would confront whoever decided to destroy my property with Mr. Ithaca aimed at them.  

I just can't see how people who are so upset over destruction of property, fix it by destroying property.

Let me explain:

Man killed an illegal lion.  Meaning he did not have a permit from the Z gov to do so.  

Z gov issues permits to kill lions to help them with finances. So in effect they are selling their property to fund the government, ie, they own the lions.

And if they do not own the lions, then where is the outrage with the Z government about them issuing death sentences for cash to begin with?  

Very little critical thinking about this whole situation. And when I actually try and think about it, it makes my ass twitch.

Hence, I say stuff like "cut people in half (a shotgun reference)" instead of opening an honest debate because this is purely emotional.

pods

(not going to downvote you, its refreshing to actually see arguments around here)

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 15:27 | 6398649 Benjamin123
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Zerohedgers dont even know what property means.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 15:24 | 6398637 Benjamin123
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Zerohedgers get in a frenzy when are promised blood.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 15:25 | 6398643 Benjamin123
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Zerohedgers get in a frenzy when are promised blood.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:01 | 6397586 Dr. Engali
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I'm personally outraged by the Porky pig mudering protestors!  #pigslivesmatter

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:13 | 6397703 exi1ed0ne
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Didn't you know only the majestic and cuddly animals matter?  Who want's to get a steak after we ransack this guy?

/sarc

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:06 | 6398018 flyingcaveman
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Only if they're water buffalo steaks.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:58 | 6397587 clade7
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I wonder if a guy killed a lion with a drone that would be better?  That way, a guy wouldnt have to leave the house and get all dirty and shit..no passport either....

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:59 | 6397591 Laughinggrizzley
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It wasn't like he was selling baby parts, after they were aborted. Talk about backward ass this country has become...

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:06 | 6397647 grunk
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What does he do with all those teeth he pulls?

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:07 | 6397653 Citxmech
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You act like nobody is pissed about that.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:40 | 6397868 Laughinggrizzley
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I just haven't seen the moral outrage fromt FACISTS on the Left. But I am sure the DOJ will get on this after they prosecute FIFA!

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 16:11 | 6398807 Vullsain
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I for sure did not even know that their is a Right to Life movement. Funny the dots that people connect and then quote like scripture.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:13 | 6397702 Miss Expectations
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I bet that the consent form for Planned Parenthood patients didn't say anything about taking your baby's heart and implanting it into a rat.  I'd like to see the consent form.  I'm a bit worried about the amnio I had done.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:27 | 6397773 Mike Honcho
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But they make Pepsi taste oh soo good.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:02 | 6397614 Professor Blunt
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I would agree with what they did if they attacked him for being a leech.  I dont think a glorified cosmetic surgeon should desrve such compensation. Especialy while the "unskiled" profesion of a cook/field worker desrves a shack that you cant even afford and have to rent.  If those jobs are so unskilled I challenge you to work on par with a person with 4 years experience, let alone 10.  So which is more skilled? A job that can be learned in a book or a job that actualy has to be done to be learned.  I think I could match a dentists "skills" of stabbing gums and scraping teeth, sticking people with needles and drilling a hole then squirting some cement in it.  let alone telling the patient to brush more. I could match all that faster than he/she could match any field worker/insert most "unskilled" low paying jobs here. If people weren't so ignorant and defeatist they would realize the connection between the litteral meat bags that the universities manufacture and the actuall difficulty of the "skills" these graduates posses.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:49 | 6398233 laser
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You better hope your dentist doesn't read that comment.

 

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:04 | 6397632 Ms No
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This story and the way it is being covered ties in nicely the rest of the anti-gun agenda because it makes hunters look like depraved POS.  There is a "cop killer" on the loose down south this story is hitting the wires as we speak, these stories are coming out constantly now.  The public is getting hammered left and right: theatre incidents, Farrakhan, cop killers and mass shootings.  Lions, tigers and bears... oh my.

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