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Anti-Abortion Extremists Auction Lurid Prison Art On eBay To Raise Money For Tiller Murder Suspect
Anti-Abortion Extremists Auction Lurid Prison Art On eBay To Raise Money For Tiller Murder Suspect
Allies of the man charged with the May killing of Kansas abortion doctor George Tiller are raising money for his legal defense through an eBay auction on items including prison art glorifying the murder and a commissary cookbook by the woman who is serving time for shooting Tiller in both arms ...
EBay refuses benefit auction for Roeder
kansascity.com — An eBay auction planned by abortion opponents to raise money for the man accused of killing Wichita... abortion doctor George Tiller will not be permitted, company officials said Tuesday. (more) EBay refuses benefit auction for Roeder
eBay Auction For Scott Roeder's Legal Defense
eBay Auction For Scott Roeder's Legal Defense
talkingpointsmemo.com — | 1/11 | next | 1/11 | next November 2: Supporters of Scott Roeder , the accused... killer of Kansas abortion doctor George Tiller, are holding an eBay auction to raise money for his legal defense. Auction organizer David Leach, an anti-abortion ... (more) eBay Auction For Scott Roeder's Legal Defense
EBay auction to benefit Roeder defense proceeds
kansascity.com — An eBay auction to raise money for the man charged with killing a Wichita abortion doctor launched... Sunday night despite eBay’s pledge to nix it. (more) EBay auction to benefit Roeder defense proceeds
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EBay Removes Drawings That Glorify Slaying of Abortionist George Tiller
Politics Daily — ... the auction, and TPM Muckraker captured the series of images: a drawing of Tiller beheaded, and several of the grave stones of aborted babies. As of late Monday morning, ...

EBay Removes Drawings That Glorify Slaying of Abortion Doctor George Tiller
Politics Daily — ... the auction, and TPM Muckraker captured the series of images: a drawing of Tiller beheaded, and several of the grave stones of aborted babies. As of late Monday morning, ...

Strange Bake Sale
Talking Points Memo — ... Anti-abortion extremists are raising money for the defense of Scott Roeder, the accused murderer of George Tiller, with murder-glorifying art 'commissioned' by Roeder while in prison. The group is also auctioning a 'prison cookbook' from Shelley Shannon, who is currently serving time for shooting Tiller back in 1993. ...

Anti-Abortion Extremists' Auction Goes Online (Briefly)
Little Green Footballs — Last Wednesday we noted a report that eBay had rejected an auction by a radical anti-abortion group to raise money for alleged murderer Scott Roeder: EBay Says No to Scott Roeder Benefit Auction. According to TPM, however, the auction did go online for a brief time today, before being pulled down. But Google’s cache still has it here: Drawings Commissioned by Scott Roeder - eBay (item 200401118000 end time Nov-04-09 21:09:16 PST). And three of the disturbing drawings “commissioned” from a fellow prisoner by Scott Roeder ...

Anti-choice activists attempt to subvert eBay efforts to prevent Roeder auction.
Think Progress — ... eBay stated that it would “not permit the items in question to be posted to the eBay site,” adding that they would be “removed if they are posted.” But organizers temporarily subverted these restrictions by posting “less contentious” items and using “spellings that make searches difficult.” TPMMuckraker posted a slideshow of the items Roeder’s supporters planned to auction, but now reports that they have been removed from the eBay website. - Ryan Watkins

Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos — ... "I don't recall" title from Alberto Gonzales during Cheney's interview with the FBI over his role in the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame. According to a summary of the FBI’s interview with Dick Cheney regarding the Valerie Plame CIA leak scandal, on 72 occasions, the former vice president said "he could not be certain in his answers to questions about matters large and small." It took some time, but eBay has pulled the items: Supporters of the man charged with the May killing of Kansas ...

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kansascity.com 10/26/2009 — An Army of God manual. A prison cookbook compiled by a woman doing time for abortion clinic bombings and arsons. An autographed bullhorn. These are among the items that abortion foes plan to auction on eBay and other Web sites in a fundraiser for ...
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