'Oath Keepers' Leader Arrested for Child Rape; Cops Find Stolen Grenade Launcher In His House

We first noticed Marine Sgt. Charles Dyer, aka "July4Patriot," back in March, when we ran one of the first reports on the "Oath Keepers" bloc of the Tea Party movement -- an organization devoted to recruiting military and police-force veterans into a Patriot-movement belief system predicated on a series of paranoid conspiracy theories, especially the notion that the federal government intends to begin rounding up citizens and putting them in concentration camps.

Dyer played a prominent role in connecting the Oath Keepers to the Tea Party movement, speaking at a July 4 Tea Party rally in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. And he's been involved in organizing militia "maneuvers" in Oklahoma.

Dyer cropped up again in the news -- this time in the police blotter for allegedly raping a 7-year-old girl:

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Meanwhile, unsurprisingly, the folks at American Resistance Movement -- a group Dyer was also prominently involved in -- are claiming that Dyer was set up, and the girl who accused him was "programmed" to do so. Accordingly, they've set up a "Free July4Patriot" fund, with a little button on their front page so you can donate.

Hail Fail (But Nice Try)

So someone sent in a photo purporting to be of large hail that hit his house.

Note that the 'hail' appears to be ice cubes.

Every time Tom writes that he's taking the A Train, I end up humming Duke Ellington.

Every time Tom writes that he's taking the A Train, I end up humming Duke Ellington.

Oh yeah. And when I lived on 107th, I was singing "Across 110th Street" every time I grocery shopped!

I was once walking past the corner of 53rd and 3rd when that Ramones song came up at random on my iPod. Didn't see any male prostitutes, though.

I love when stuff like that happens. I was walking in the Public Gardens the other day when I heard that Augustana song "Boston," and almost cried in public!

Hail Fail (But Nice Try)

Hah! That's kind of awesome.

I love when stuff like that happens. I was walking in the Public Gardens the other day when I heard that Augustana song "Boston," and almost cried in public!

Hmm. I can lay claim to the theme from WKRP, and that's about it.

Kinky Friedman's "Sold American" has the line "Once you heard the Opry crowd applaud/Now you're hanging round at 4th and Broad," which I think of every time I'm at 4th and Broad in Nashville, which happens at least a couple of times a year.

It Never Rains In Southern California better not come on. Though, thanks to the falseness of the subconscious it feels like every song is about the rain.

I think I have mentioned that there is some serious sketchiness going on at my job.

Well now one of the people involved in the non-business work that has been going on has resigned. He holds a sensitive position in the company, which would usually mean a quick departure, but he is hanging around for over a month! Also, his boss has not informed other of the resignation, but the resignee is talking about it openly today while boss is away. NOW, in addition, an employee of the resignee (this one is not involved in the non-business work that has been going on) has turned in a resignation. Resignee is talking about that openly and big boss doesn't even know yet. SO SKETCHY.