Ah, Southern Baptists. You stay classy.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Nicely called, Nigel

http://www.inquisitr.com/892060/mommy-blogger-lied-about-pink-headband-bullying-baker-acted/

GOMI reports after the Katie Vyktoriah pink headband post went viral:

"Now removed from her site claims included having survived 3 failed kidnapping attempts and 1 successful one; claiming to be a stewardess for an airline and quitting just weeks before the flight crashed twice in three months; that she was 'meant to be in NYC on 9/11, but I cancelled last minute;' that she missed catching a train that later crashed... Other claims include suffering from Celiac disease, diabetes, lactose intolerance, BPD, manic depression, ADHD, and apparently her breasts are so spectacular they cause bar fights."

Pause for a second here to acknowledge everyone on the internet knows someone like this. Continue.

The Orlando Sentinel now reports the mommy blogger was "Baker acted," which we think has something to do with being put away in Florida so you don't do anything to harm yourself or others.

Perhaps most telling is after the mommy blogger (real name Kathleen Carpenter) was released, she told The Ledger that she "doesn't care whether deputies find proof in the Wal-Mart surveillance footage... I don't think it will do any good ... I just want it to go away."

Ah, thanks for posting this, Cain!

I have a pretty good bullshit detector, and all the little sirens were going off with this one. Good to have that validated.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

When Nigel is properly installed, bullshit cannot reach the rotating parts of the equipment.  Failure to install or improper installation of Nigel will result in bullshit reaching the internal components, as well as potentially lethal butthurt on the part of the operations department, heel-digging, and spurious claims of authority from random internet whackadoos.
- From the instruction manual.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Nicely called, Nigel

http://www.inquisitr.com/892060/mommy-blogger-lied-about-pink-headband-bullying-baker-acted/

GOMI reports after the Katie Vyktoriah pink headband post went viral:

"Now removed from her site claims included having survived 3 failed kidnapping attempts and 1 successful one; claiming to be a stewardess for an airline and quitting just weeks before the flight crashed twice in three months; that she was 'meant to be in NYC on 9/11, but I cancelled last minute;' that she missed catching a train that later crashed... Other claims include suffering from Celiac disease, diabetes, lactose intolerance, BPD, manic depression, ADHD, and apparently her breasts are so spectacular they cause bar fights."

Pause for a second here to acknowledge everyone on the internet knows someone like this. Continue.

The Orlando Sentinel now reports the mommy blogger was "Baker acted," which we think has something to do with being put away in Florida so you don't do anything to harm yourself or others.

Perhaps most telling is after the mommy blogger (real name Kathleen Carpenter) was released, she told The Ledger that she "doesn't care whether deputies find proof in the Wal-Mart surveillance footage... I don't think it will do any good ... I just want it to go away."

Now I REALLY feel bad for that kid. 

But Nigel has an ace bullshit detector.

If only my ability to judge character wasn't inversely proportionate to my ability to detect bullshit, I'd be SET.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Huffpo was deleting all comments that questioned the veracity of the story, and now the whole thing has been removed:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/p/editors-note-incident-blog-removed.html

Wonder what the odds are that they'll post a retraction after it's confirmed to have been false?

[Cain]

I was going to say none...but given the kind of ad revenue they could pull for such a statement, it could be quite possible that they'd do it.

[Ben Shapiro]

+1 Nigel!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I was going to say none...but given the kind of ad revenue they could pull for such a statement, it could be quite possible that they'd do it.

Hmmm, good point.

And then they can delete all the comments on the retraction that point out that they were deleting all the comments questioning the original article.

Fucking Huffpo.

[Cain]

And then they can post an apology for doing that.  Endless streams of revenue!

Best business model ever.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

I was going to say none...but given the kind of ad revenue they could pull for such a statement, it could be quite possible that they'd do it.

Hmmm, good point.

And then they can delete all the comments on the retraction that point out that they were deleting all the comments questioning the original article.

Fucking Huffpo.

Huffpo is skating uncomfortably close to TCC.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

And then they can post an apology for doing that.  Endless streams of revenue!

Best business model ever.

[Cain]

I was going to say none...but given the kind of ad revenue they could pull for such a statement, it could be quite possible that they'd do it.

Hmmm, good point.

And then they can delete all the comments on the retraction that point out that they were deleting all the comments questioning the original article.

Fucking Huffpo.

Huffpo is skating uncomfortably close to TCC.

Arianna is a New Age looney who has a distinct liking for authoritarian (and possibly murderous) cult leaders, and expects writers to work for her for no pay.

So the only difference is one of scale, really.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

The whole thing was a farce? That's hysterical.