Gawker | by John Cook | Tue, Jul 28
Tue, Jul 28
But Aita, who claims he's no longer affiliated with the Brigades and doesn't like the idea of being seen paling around with an Austrian gay man in a feature film, is threatening a lawsuit:
Islamist nutjobs complaining to right-wing nutjobs about a Jewish comedian.
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