Sarah Palin's favorite Navy Seal super sniper seems to have fibbed about the medals he won.

Courtesy of the Navy Times: 

The Navy has concluded there is no evidence that famed Navy SEAL Chris Kyle received two of the valor awards he had claimed in his best-selling memoir, including a second Silver Star. 

In an unusual move, the service has re-issued the DD-214 discharge paperwork to support the medals that the late Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Chris Kyle received during his 10-year Navy career, finding no records for two of six Bronze Stars with combat 'V' and the second Silver Star, two of which he had claimed in "American Sniper." However, the renowned SEAL sniper had earned the Silver Star and four Bronze Stars, the review confirmed. 

The Navy’s reissuing of the late Kyle's DD-214 adjusts his confirmed valor awards and continues to raise questions about other elements of Kyle's legendary story, including stories he told after he left the service in 2009. Already a combat hero, the second Silver Star would have made Kyle one of the Navy's most decorated service members in the post-9/11 era, which has drawn heavily on the skill and secrecy of special operations troops.

What? A person that Sarah Palin deified and all but drooled over was a lying piece of shit?

You could have knocked me over with a feather.

Does that mean that Kyle was also lying when he said this?

"Todd Palin is a badass!" 

Nah, obviously that part was true.

 My question would be, "Is there anybody that Sarah Palin admires who is NOT an habitual liar?"

Fans of American Sniper Chris Kyle threaten to rape and kill woman for criticizing him and the movie.

Photo courtesy of Death Squad Network.

Courtesy of Raw Story:

Fans of “American Sniper” Chris Kyle have threatened to rape and kill former RT anchor Abby Martin for criticizing the deceased Navy SEAL and creating a T-shirt they find offensive. 

“Some psychotic Chris Kyle fan just doxxed me & my family’s personal information on a bunch of sniper forums. If anything happens to me or them you know who to blame. These are the real f*cking terrorists,” she wrote on her Facebook page. 

Martin had criticized Kyle in the past for describing Iraqis as “savages” in his book. She also described the American Sniper movie as “dangerous propaganda that sanitizes a mass murdering psycho.” But it was her shirt that appears to have set off a campaign of harassment against her.

Courtesy of Abby Martin's Instagram account

That t-shirt seemed to have pushed some of the Chris Kyle supporters over the edge and they took to social media and made numerous threats. One suggested that they "put on our raping shoes and find this bitch."

Another was even more terrifying:

“F*cking c*nt. How dare you disgrace his name like that. He gave his life so you can have yours. F*cking b*tch. Don’t worry I know where you live thanks to your ip address. And don’t worry I’m a Marine,” said Jamie Lugo in a message shared by Martin. “So u won’t see me coming. I’m going to cause you pain beyond your imagination.” He later added: “Tic toc times running out.” 

So remember kids the message from certain folks on the Right is that the military fights for your right to say anything you want. However if you criticize one of their idols, well that's a raping.

And possibly even an execution.

University of Michigan cancels showing of "American Sniper" after 300 sign letter of protest. Update: I spoke too soon.

Courtesy of The College Fix:  

A scheduled movie screening of “American Sniper” at the University of Michigan was abruptly cancelled Tuesday after nearly 300 students and others complained the film perpetuates “negative and misleading stereotypes” against Muslims. 

“The movie American Sniper not only tolerates but promotes anti-Muslim … rhetoric and sympathizes with a mass killer,” according to an online letter circulated among the campus community via Google Docs that garnered the signatures. 

The signers were mostly students, but also some staff, as well as the Muslim Students’ Association and the president of Students Allied for Freedom and Equality, a Palestinian solidarity group at UMich. 

The online memo, titled a “collective letter from Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) and Muslim students on campus,” accused the public university of “tolerating dangerous anti-Muslim and anti-MENA propaganda” by showing the movie, the highest grossing film of 2014. 

It follows U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, who served four combat tours in Operation Iraqi Freedom and was awarded two Silver Stars, five Bronze Stars with Valor, two Navy and Marine Corp Achievement Medals, and one Navy and Marine Corps commendation, according to his official Facebook page. But the protestors see him differently. 

“Chris Kyle was a racist who took a disturbing stance on murdering Iraqi civilians,” the collective letter stated. “Middle Eastern characters in the film are not lent an ounce of humanity and watching this movie is provocative and unsafe to MENA and Muslim CollectiveLetter students who are too often reminded of how little the media and world values their lives. … The University of Michigan should not participate in further perpetuating these negative and misleading stereotypes.”

No wonder the Right Wing is always attacking institutions of higher learning, apparently these students are learning empathy and respect for people who are different from them and living in other countries.

How un-American of them.

Update: Well it looks like football trumps empathy at the University of Michigan. 

Michigan Football will watch "American Sniper"! Proud of Chris Kyle & Proud to be an American & if that offends anybody then so be it!
— Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) April 9, 2015

That tweet was from Michigan's head football coach Jim Harbaugh. And that seems to have changed everything: 

Shortly after that tweet was posted, the school announced they had backtracked on their original stance and will allow the film to be shown as scheduled. 

The school put out a statement at 10:45 Wednesday night announcing the decision. 

"The initial decision to cancel the movie was not consistent with the high value the University of Michigan places on freedom of expression and our respect for the right of students to make their own choices in such matters."

Well that is more than a little disappointing. 

Pastor dares to give sermon criticizing the "American Sniper" movie, loses his job. Just a coincidence of course.

Courtesy of Alternet:  

On February 10th, MidAmerica Nazarene University's (MNU) chaplain Randy Beckum gave his morning sermon, which wasn't unusual – it was his job. But what was different that day was the response to the sermon – as one student paper put it, the sermon sparked an “outcry” and a torrent of criticism particularly on social media. The criticism ranged from complaints that Beckum had politicized his sermons to the idea that he had insulted Christians who served in the military.

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Beckum's sermon that day was about America's addiction to violence, citing the film “American Sniper” as a symptom of that, and how this was problematic for Christianity, a religion founded on the ideals of nonviolence. Here's an excerpt: 

"As you know two movies came out recently. Selma, the story of one of the 20th century most influential Christian leaders, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who led a non-violent movement that changed the course of American History forever. And American Sniper, the story of the most deadly Navy SEAL sniper in American history. Selma has made 29-30 million so far. American Sniper made over 103 million in the first 4 days. Gives you an idea about who our heroes are. I don’t think it is an under-statement to say that our culture is addicted to violence, guns, war, revenge and retaliation. Unfortunately, so are a lot of Christians."

He went on to say that we have to “be very careful about equating patriotism with Christianity,” and implored his flock to be “controlled by love, compelled by love for everyone.” 

Shortly after Beckum's sermon, it was announced that he would no longer be the vice president of the university's Community Foundation.

Of course the university president claims that the sermon had nothing to do with Beckum's job loss, and that he was thinking of retiring from that position anyhow, but the pastor's daughter calls BS on that assertion.

Of course this should surprise none of us.

After all in this country you can suggest from the pulpit that Atheists are destroying the fabric of America, or suggest that Barack Obama is the antichrist, but when you dare to suggest that super duper sniper Chris Kyle was a violent thug, well then my friends THAT is when you cross the line!

While promoting his new show "Off the Grid" Jesse Ventura labels "American Sniper" Chris Kyle a liar, and pokes Sarah Palin with a sharp wit.

Courtesy of the Examiner:  

To open his show on Feb. 3, Ventura simply asks, "What do you get when you combine delusion, performance art, and a desperate need to remain relevant?" The former governor gives a quick response, "Sarah "the quitter" Palin, of course." 

The beef between Ventura and Palin started when Palin attacked Ventura over his recent lawsuit against the estate of Chris Kyle. Claiming in his book to have knocked Ventura out, the former Minnesota governor sued Kyle and the book company for slander and defamation. After the jury found that there was not enough credible evidence to back Kyle's claims, Ventura cleared his name and was awarded $1.8 million. Following the jury's decision, Palin defended Kyle, who she says is a hero, and criticized Ventura, calling him a "jacka**" for suing a "military widow and her fatherless children." 

When asked if he thought Kyle was a hero, Ventura didn't hold back. "My definition of a hero; a hero has to have honor. Unfortunately if you are a liar, you can't have honor," Ventura said. 

"I'll be blunt. Chris Kyle is a liar and I proved it in court. And so there for, he can't have honor, so it disqualifies him from being a hero." 

"Sarah Palin hinted at a 2016 run, trashed Michael Moore, and took aim at Hilary Clinton," Ventura points out, but questions what her motives really are. The former pro wrestler and actor noted that if Palin was to run and win the presidency in 2016, it would be important who her vice president was. Ventura brought up that Palin only served a half a term as governor of Alaska, after media scrutiny took a toll on her and her family.

I am not always a fan of Ventura's but I have to say that he is certainly in the catbird seat these days. 

With all of the controversy surrounding Chris Kyle Ventura is the one person who can say that he proved that the man was a liar in a court of law.

And as for Palin well by taking on Ventura she was clearly punching above her weight class again.

And that line about the importance of Palin's running mate if she were to run for President?

That line is gold.

Texas Governor to declare Feb. 2 as "Chris Kyle Day." Well of course he is.

I have declared Feb. 2 to be Chris Kyle Day in Texas. We honor our military heroes. @ChrisKyleFrog #txlege #tcot pic.twitter.com/rhLhIlevNM
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) January 30, 2015

Let's face it, a man famous for killing over a hundred men, women, and children with a gun, how could he not get a day named after him?

Add to that the fact that he is also a famous liar and to be honest I don't see how Texas had any choice.

I imagine that Florida will now have to declare a "George Zimmerman Day" just to save face.