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The Oregon militia is armed to the teeth with dildos

Militia leaders in Oregon want people responding to their plea for supplies to stop yanking their chain — by sending them sex toys.
The self-styled patriots who took over a national wildlife refuge in southeastern Oregon released a wish list with more than 85 items ranging from food, clothing and medications to hygiene products, underwear and tampons.
But it’s the gag shipments of dildos and other assorted bedroom items that really got a rise out of the militiamen.

“So we went and picked up some mail that came in from a lot of supporters,” Jon Ritzheimer says in a video posted on his Facebook page. “But along with that mail we got an abundance of hate mail.”

Standing by a table filled with kinky products, an incensed Ritzheimer adds: “It is really mind-blowing to me that people would spend their money … and buy this ridiculous stuff.”
He picks up a package and chuckles derisively.
“This one was really funny,” he grumbles. “It’s a bag of dicks.”
“Rather than going out and doing good, they spend all their money on hate, hate, hate!” he says before pushing everything off the table.
“We’re not going to be deterred. We’re not going to let all your junk and hate mail sidetrack us. We’re going to do what’s right for our country,” he says.
He then calls for “patriots” who want to take part in “history in the making” to join their ranks.
The band of armed agitators seeking to fight federal land management policies is under pressure from many locals to end the occupation that began Jan. 2.
The activists plan to hold a community meeting Friday in Burns, 30 miles from the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, to explain themselves and inform residents when they will leave, The Oregonian newspaper reported.
Ammon Bundy, the group’s leader, has said the group would not leave until a plan was in place to turn over federal lands to local authorities.
The group also wants the release of Dwight Hammond and his son, Steven, ranchers convicted of arson who returned to prison last week to serve longer sentences, the AP reported.