Failed Congressional Candidate Pleads Guilty to Plotting Attack on Muslims

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Attack plotter Robert Doggart

Here’s where the ceaseless anti-Muslim incitement of people like Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer and media outlets like Fox News and Breitbart “News” unsurprisingly leads: Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty to Plotting Attack on Muslims.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man who ran for Congress last year in East Tennessee has pleaded guilty to plotting an attack on a small Muslim enclave in New York.

Federal agents began investigating Robert Doggart of Signal Mountain following a Facebook posting in which he claimed a community outside of Hancock, New York, was planning a terrorist attack and “must be utterly destroyed,” according to the plea agreement entered last month.

This area in Delaware County is known as “Islamberg,” a self-named community consisting primarily of Muslims.

Via cellphone, Doggart also told unnamed people cooperating with the FBI that his plan involved killing residents and burning at least three buildings. He met with at least one source in Nashville.

“Those guys (have) to be killed,” Doggart said during one call. “Their buildings need to be burnt down.” During the same call, Doggart told the person on the phone that pistols couldn’t be carried from Tennessee to New York because the city doesn’t have carry permit reciprocity, but that “AR-15s, M-4s or M-16s” could be brought.

Doggart said he planned to bring his M-4 rifle with four magazines, according to the court document.

At TPM, Josh Marshall has more on the Fox News connection to this murder plot: The Engineered Ignorance of Fox News.

But there’s one element of this story buried in the piece. The supporting role of Fox News. Not long after the terror attacks in Paris at the beginning of the year, Fox News went on a tear about no-go zones in Paris, Birmingham and other places - a run of fabrications so extreme that the station was compelled to issue one of the only retractions and apologies the network has ever issued.

One of the guests who was part of this was Ryan Mauro, head of the ‘Clarion Project’, an anti-Muslim group best known for producing lurid anti-jihadist movies which are distributed to voters in the run-ups to US elections. Mauro told Fox that the FBI considered the Muslims of America community in Hancock to be a threat and he had videos of them “engaging in guerrilla warfare training.”

Ryan Mauro; there’s a name I remember. I had a run-in with this religious fanatic right wing hater back in January 2010, when he was working for the “Christian Action Network:” Ryan Mauro and the Christian Action Network.

Spreading hatred has very real consequences in the real world, and I’m glad Robert Doggart was caught before he could carry out his mass murder plan. But Fox News and people like Ryan Mauro and Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer continue to pump poison into the veins of American discourse every single day, and there are more Robert Doggarts out there soaking it all up.

And remember, this isn’t just a random right wing loon. It’s a guy who had the resources and connections to actually run for Congress.

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126 comments
1 Kragar  May 19, 2015 6:12:06pm

Obviously assembling a group of lone wolves…

2 Shiplord Kirel  May 19, 2015 6:19:38pm

Damn, there are a lot of these lone wolves out there.

Forty or fifty of these delusional types would be indistinguishable from a pack. A couple of million would be a civil war. This is only denied because the leaders, the media and political agitators, manage to to keep a pretense of distance from the real action. Geller, Spencer, and Hannity might as well be right at the front howling their orders and pointing out the prey.

3 wrenchwench  May 19, 2015 6:24:04pm

re: #2 Shiplord Kirel

Geller, Spencer, and Hannity might as well be right at the front howling their orders and pointing out the prey.

Geller showed how comfortable she is there, recently.

4 Eclectic Cyborg  May 19, 2015 6:24:27pm

Huge kudos to law enforcement for catching these guys. They’ve managed stop a lot of messes before they start.

5 b.d.  May 19, 2015 6:26:42pm

OBAMA WILL ARREST CHRISTIANS USING THEIR 1ST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO TALK ABOUT MUSLIMS BUT HE WON’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT MUSLIMS WHO WANT TO KILL CHRISTIANS!

6 Belafon  May 19, 2015 6:27:29pm

But remember, it’s OK to view others differently and treat them that way. At least that’s what Rick Perry says.

7 Great White Snark  May 19, 2015 6:28:14pm

Gotta feel for Muslims in this country. I can’t really imagine the feeling I would get about such a large group of haters tweeting and posting their hate every day, and producing a turd like this guy from time to time. I can only try and empathize as best I can, and think to myself that should anything like that come to my attention in my area, I’d happily call it in.

8 gwangung  May 19, 2015 6:29:03pm

re: #7 Great White Snark

Gotta feel for Muslims in this country. I can’t really imagine the feeling I would get about such a large group of haters tweeting and posting their hate every day, and producing a turd like this guy from time to time. I can only try and empathize as best I can, and think to myself that should anything like that come to my attention in my area, I’d happily call it in.

I just have to talk my Japanese American friends.

9 Charles Johnson  May 19, 2015 6:29:58pm

This kind of shit right here is why I renounced these people and have been exposing their hatred for years.

10 Shiplord Kirel  May 19, 2015 6:30:04pm

The FBI and law enforcement are doing a great job on these nuts. Sooner or later, though, one or more of these assassins is going to slip through the security screen and we are going to have a real massacre.
It is possible we can hold them off until the forces of reason and decency regain control in this country, but that could be decades away if it happens at all.

11 #FergusonFireside  May 19, 2015 6:32:58pm

re: #7 Great White Snark

Gotta feel for Muslims in this country. I can’t really imagine the feeling I would get about such a large group of haters tweeting and posting their hate every day, and producing a turd like this guy from time to time. I can only try and empathize as best I can, and think to myself that should anything like that come to my attention in my area, I’d happily call it in.

White silence = compliance.

Nothing will happen till the ones in power speak out.

12 team_fukit  May 19, 2015 6:33:12pm

re: #10 Shiplord Kirel

Ha I wonder how many RWNJ congressional candidates are on the FBI’s watch list?

13 psddluva4evah  May 19, 2015 6:34:39pm

Catching up on interwebs.

I’m reading along the #MalcolmX hashtag on twitter.

Today would have been his 90th birthday.

Its’ really interesting to read some of his quotes both known and obscure, and see how still today, the quotes are relevant.

#MalcolmXDay: 20 Quotes Relevant To The Movement Today

My fav that’s reference the media:

The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.”

This one is def, how I’ve come to feel alot more in the “age of Obama” and the “Black Lives Matter” movement.

“I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I’m not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn’t know how to return the treatment.”

“Concerning nonviolence, it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.”

14 RadicalModerate  May 19, 2015 6:36:06pm

The Gellers, Spencers, and Wilders types won’t be happy until they see a repeat of 1991-1995 Sarajevo.

15 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 19, 2015 6:36:46pm

re: #10 Shiplord Kirel

The FBI and law enforcement are doing a great job on these nuts. Sooner or later, though, one or more of these assassins is going to slip through the security screen and we are going to have a real massacre.
It is possible we can hold them off until the forces of reason and decency regain control in this country, but that could be decades away if it happens at all.

Public opinion can turn on a dime, relatively speaking (witness SSM lately), but it’s the “forces” part that’s going to be difficult to change. With GOP gerrymandering giving them solid control even where they’re a decisive minority vote-wise, coupled with voter suppression and intimidation, I’m afraid it’s going to take a revolution of sorts to change much—and the people doing the rebelling are not going to be the ones with the guns.

16 wrenchwench  May 19, 2015 6:36:49pm

re: #9 Charles Johnson

This kind of shit right here is why I renounced these people and have been exposing their hatred for years.

Seems to be an endless occupation.

17 Charles Johnson  May 19, 2015 6:36:52pm

re: #9 Charles Johnson

This kind of shit right here is why I renounced these people and have been exposing their hatred for years.

It’s also why there are a lot of right wingers dedicated to attacking and smearing me on a daily basis.

18 Targetpractice  May 19, 2015 6:37:33pm

Meanwhile, I sit here thinking that if this jackoff was a Muslim who had been conspiring with other Muslims to attack a Christian enclave, we’d already be hearing about his connections to ISIS and how it was proof that we’ve reason to fear “Islamic terrorists” in our midst. Geller would be screeching like a banshee about how she was right that we’re at “war” with Islam.

19 Great White Snark  May 19, 2015 6:40:47pm

re: #8 gwangung

Those from manzanar etc? Yes, but in the same thought could just talk to black families from the south.

20 LadyBehir  May 19, 2015 6:42:40pm

He seems nice….

21 Kragar  May 19, 2015 6:45:27pm

His photo practically screams: “I do not avoid women, but I do deny them my essence.”

22 RadicalModerate  May 19, 2015 6:47:01pm

re: #4 Eclectic Cyborg

Huge kudos to law enforcement for catching these guys. They’ve managed stop a lot of messes before they start.

What’s truly frightening is that there are parts of the country where local law enforcement would turn a blind eye toward this type of activity - and unfortunately the Feds don’t have nearly enough resources to identify all of the potential threats out there.

23 psddluva4evah  May 19, 2015 6:47:09pm

Claire McCaskill was barely willing to take a stand on the NON-FICTIONAL bullshit in Ferguson (and when she did, it was pitiful to say the least, she was more willing to defend her “friend” McCullough), but GoT…well, that FICTIONAL ACCOUNT was a bridge to far for her so she had to take a stand.

Claire McCaskill Dumps ‘Game Of Thrones’ Over ‘Gratuitous’ Rape Scene

Eyeroll…I don’t even watch GoT. Either way, she can miss me with this grandstanding.

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24 CuriousLurker  May 19, 2015 6:48:02pm

re: #18 Targetpractice

Meanwhile, I sit here thinking that if this jackoff was a Muslim who had been conspiring with other Muslims to attack a Christian enclave, we’d already be hearing about his connections to ISIS and how it was proof that we’ve reason to fear “Islamic terrorists” in our midst. Geller would be screeching like a banshee about how she was right that we’re at “war” with Islam.

What really chaps my hide is that he was released. Emphasis added:

A federal judge granted his release on bond over the government’s objections as long as Doggart agreed not to use alcohol or pain medication and to undergo psychiatric evaluation for depression and an unspecified personality disorder.

A spokesman for The Muslims of America, which operates Islamberg, called for the stiffest possible penalty for Doggart - who he described as a terrorist.

“This man plotted to mercilessly kill us, kill our children, and blow up our mosque and our school,” said the spokesman, Muhammad Matthew Gardner. “All would agree, if a Muslim did this, the perpetrator would be immediately identified as a terrorist then prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” […]

rawstory.com

You can bet your bottom dollar if it had been Muslims there sure as hell wouldn’t have been a release.

25 Charles Johnson  May 19, 2015 6:48:22pm

This isn’t just a random loony. It’s a guy who had the resources and connections to actually run for Congress.

26 Charles Johnson  May 19, 2015 6:54:18pm

LGF was often criticized for being anti-Islam in our early days, and looking back, some of that criticism was justified. Not all of it; I tried to keep the criticism of Islam on a rational plane. But some of it, yes. I was angry after the 9/11 attacks, and I can’t deny that.

But the right wing media and blogs and even the Republican Party to some extent have gone so far beyond anything that ever was posted at LGF, it’s extremely disturbing. It’s like a motor with the governor removed. The unbridled hatred is off the charts these days.

27 CuriousLurker  May 19, 2015 6:54:34pm

re: #11 #FergusonFireside

White silence = compliance.

Nothing will happen till the ones in power speak out.

It’s not just one demographic—it’s all over the place. But you’re right about the need for those in power to speak out. Apparently that’s not going to happen until someone successfully launches an attack on a mosque or school and the news shows the bloody bodies of innocent women, children and the elderly being brought out.

Even then, some will feel Muslims “deserve it” because none of us are truly innocent in their eyes..

28 aagcobb  May 19, 2015 6:57:49pm

Fascinating race in the Kentucky GOP gubernatorial primary tonight. With 100% of precincts reporting, Tea Party candidate Matt Bevin, who ran against McConnell for Senate last year, holds a lead of barely over 100 votes over establishment candidate Jamie Comer, whose campaign took a hit over the last couple of weeks by accusations of physical and emotional abuse made by an ex-girlfriend, while Louisville businessman Hal Heiner who spent a huge amount of his own money has finished third. McConnell will not be amused if Bevin wins the nomination.

29 Shiplord Kirel  May 19, 2015 6:59:27pm

re: #12 team_fukit

Ha I wonder how many RWNJ congressional candidates are on the FBI’s watch list?

All of them?

30 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 19, 2015 6:59:28pm

re: #28 aagcobb

Fascinating race in the Kentucky GOP gubernatorial primary tonight. With 100% of precincts reporting, Tea Party candidate Matt Bevin, who ran against McConnell for Senate last year, holds a lead of barely over 100 votes over establishment candidate Jamie Comer, whose campaign took a hit over the last couple of weeks by accusations of physical and emotional abuse made by an ex-girlfriend, while Louisville businessman Hal Heiner who spent a huge amount of his own money has finished third. McConnell will not be amused if Bevin wins the nomination.

Almost worth it, then.

31 CuriousLurker  May 19, 2015 7:02:18pm

re: #26 Charles Johnson

LGF was often criticized for being anti-Islam in our early days, and looking back, some of that criticism was justified. Not all of it; I tried to keep the criticism on a rational plane. But some of it, yes. I was angry after the 9/11 attacks, and I can’t deny that.

But the right wing media and blogs and even the Republican Party to some extent have gone so far beyond anything that ever was posted at LGF, it’s extremely disturbing. It’s like a motor with the governor removed. The unbridled hatred is off the charts these days.

To me, the worst part is that the GOP, Fox, Clarion, etc. are not doing it out of some misplaced anger—it’s opportunistic, coldly calculated and financially lucrative.

32 b.d.  May 19, 2015 7:02:19pm

re: #25 Charles Johnson

This isn’t just a random loony. It’s a guy who had the resources and connections to actually run for Congress.

If he admitted to this crime earlier he probably would have won the primary.

//

33 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 19, 2015 7:03:45pm

I assume whoever the GOP candidate for KY governor is, he’ll be running on a platform of taking Kynect away—how’s that going to go over?

34 nearly-headless smith25  May 19, 2015 7:05:01pm

No automatic recount in KY. Candidate must file for it.

35 CuriousLurker  May 19, 2015 7:10:00pm

re: #31 CuriousLurker

To me, the worst part, to me, is that the GOP, Fox, Clarion, etc. are not doing it out of some misplaced anger—it’s opportunistic, coldly calculated and financially lucrative.

Edited.

36 wrenchwench  May 19, 2015 7:10:24pm

re: #31 CuriousLurker

The worst part, to me, is that the GOP, Fox, Clarion, etc. are doing it out of some misplaced anger—it’s opportunistic, coldly calculated and financially lucrative.

People who support the dissemination of hatred are morally responsible for the resulting deaths, IMHO.

37 Charles Johnson  May 19, 2015 7:14:06pm

re: #31 CuriousLurker

The worst part, to me, is that the GOP, Fox, Clarion, etc. are doing it out of some misplaced anger—it’s opportunistic, coldly calculated and financially lucrative.

These are the same people who spread homophobia and racism. It’s all part of the right wing reactionary package.

38 aagcobb  May 19, 2015 7:14:14pm

re: #33 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I assume whoever the GOP candidate for KY governor is, he’ll be running on a platform of taking Kynect away—how’s that going to go over?

We’ll see. If the hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians who have gotten healthcare coverage through kynect come out and vote, the Democratic candidate Jack Conway should win easily.

39 Shiplord Kirel  May 19, 2015 7:15:22pm

Freeper madness update.

That merry gang has caught on to the story about the Kansas store owner who left town and posted a crazed sign denouncing the locals with RWNJ talking points and hate speech. Naturally, they are delirious in their approval.

Good for him. He’s gone Galt.

Lawrence is the home to the University of Kansas. College towns should be avoided like the plague. Even the counties containing them should be avoided.

Colleges ruin otherwise good towns.

The movie “Idiocracy” may apply to Lawrence and many other cities now a days. (“nowadays” is one word, you Idiocrat you)

Lawrence is the home to the University of Kansas. College towns should be avoided like the plague. Even the counties containing them should be avoided.

There is a voice of dissent however:

Is someone making a movie “Ignant Rednks”? That would be an excellent prop. Free speech does not mean insulation from being known as an over the top fool.

40 CuriousLurker  May 19, 2015 7:15:40pm

re: #36 wrenchwench

People who support the dissemination of hatred are morally responsible for the resulting deaths, IMHO.

I agree. While there may not be legal responsibility, IMO the free speech our Constitution provides us is a privilege not a right. We therefore have a moral obligation to use it wisely, for the general good, not for harm.

41 RealityBasedSteve  May 19, 2015 7:18:04pm

I haven’t heard every single Christian Minister, Preacher, Pastor and Priest explicitly denounce him. By RWNJ logic, this means that they must approve of and support his actions. ////

I agree with the others who point out, quite rightly so, that if were a Muslim who did this, the Short Attention Span Scare Merchants would be on it 150%. The harpy would be screeching, dim-jim would blame it on Obama, and upChuck would dox the wrong person.

One of these days you are going to get some person or a very small group that understands things like opsec (Operational Security) and comsec (Communications Security). That’s the danger, when they don’t post on facebook, avoid any discussions by email or phone, don’t brag about what they are planning.

RBS

42 psddluva4evah  May 19, 2015 7:18:14pm

No doubt about it Michelle Obama is a BADDASS!

She my spirit animal/workout inspiration!

Can you #GimmeFive, FLOTUS-style….
facebook.com

43 jaunte  May 19, 2015 7:19:04pm

re: #39 Shiplord Kirel

College towns should be avoided like the plague. Even the counties containing them should be avoided.

I hope they take that advice.

44 #FergusonFireside  May 19, 2015 7:19:18pm

re: #42 psddluva4evah

I want to click that link! didn’t work for me.

45 retired cynic  May 19, 2015 7:19:58pm

re: #44 #FergusonFireside

Remove the leading Br

46 #FergusonFireside  May 19, 2015 7:22:33pm

re: #45 retired cynic

Remove the leading Br

TY. Flotus is quite bad ass.

47 electrotek  May 19, 2015 7:23:14pm

And there are psycho white Christians who endorse this man’s plans:

48 Great White Snark  May 19, 2015 7:23:47pm

re: #40 CuriousLurker

I agree. While there may not be legal responsibility, IMO the free speech our Constitution provides us is a privilege not a right. We therefore have a moral obligation to use it wisely, for the general good, not for harm.

And a very real obligation to speak out against such hate speech. Right in and among our own circles and social networks.

49 electrotek  May 19, 2015 7:26:20pm

re: #37 Charles Johnson

These are the same people who spread homophobia and racism. It’s all part of the right wing reactionary package.

And yet pretend to be concerned about the plight of homosexuals in the Muslim world. Let’s be real, being gay AND Muslim is a double whammy for these Islamophobic folks who hold strong ties to the Christian Right. Would someone like the late Pim Fortyn been embraced by people like Bachmann or Santorum?

50 Great White Snark  May 19, 2015 7:26:40pm
51 psddluva4evah  May 19, 2015 7:28:23pm

re: #44 #FergusonFireside

I updated it.

52 electrotek  May 19, 2015 7:28:32pm

Her FB profile, definitely report it for advocating the murder of children

53 electrotek  May 19, 2015 7:34:27pm

Uh wow, total facepalm:

54 aagcobb  May 19, 2015 7:36:10pm

Listening to Matt Bevin, likely GOP candidate for governor of Kentucky. He just pledged to tell the federal government to keep our tax dollars we send to Washington that they want to return to us. Amazingly stupid if we elect this man governor.

55 Charles Johnson  May 19, 2015 7:36:35pm

This is a bad thing.

56 psddluva4evah  May 19, 2015 7:37:36pm

Here is the twitter link:

57 nearly-headless smith25  May 19, 2015 7:37:38pm

re: #38 aagcobb

We’ll see. If the hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians who have gotten healthcare coverage through kynect come out and vote, the Democratic candidate Jack Conway should win easily.

Peak Dumbass:

58 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 19, 2015 7:39:11pm

re: #55 Charles Johnson

Just another normal day in Australia, land of strange and dangerous wildlife,

where women glow and men plunder

59 SteelPH  May 19, 2015 7:43:04pm

re: #55 Charles Johnson

That sound you hear is millions of Australian residents screeching in terror.

60 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 19, 2015 7:45:11pm

UpChuck is now accusing the Amtrak engineer of being supportive of transgender people, as if that were something horrible. And he uses the word “tranny,” which I thought referred only to transvestites.

But I never lived in West Hollywood, so what do I know?

61 Targetpractice  May 19, 2015 7:46:04pm

re: #57 nearly-headless smith25

Peak Dumbass:

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Considering McConnell had to backtrack and spend most of his Senate campaign promising Kentuckians he wouldn’t touch Kynect, even if he managed to repeal the ACA, I don’t know how Bevin isn’t going to get savaged at the polls for such a pledge.

62 retired cynic  May 19, 2015 7:46:30pm

re: #60 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

UpChuck is now accusing the Amtrak engineer of being supportive of transgender people, as if that were something horrible. And he uses the word “tranny,” which I thought referred only to transvestites.

But I never lived in West Hollywood, so what do I know?

I thought it was short for transmission. Silly me.

63 Targetpractice  May 19, 2015 7:47:31pm

re: #55 Charles Johnson

This is a bad thing.

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You know, learning that the majority of the earliest settlers were convicts makes sense, because I can’t imagine anybody in their right mind took a look at the various flora and fauna of Australia and said “Yeah, there’s where I want to spend the rest of my days.”

64 CuriousLurker  May 19, 2015 7:50:18pm

re: #55 Charles Johnson

This is a bad thing.

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G’nite, lizards. ;-)

65 Charles Johnson  May 19, 2015 7:50:21pm

re: #60 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

UpChuck is now accusing the Amtrak engineer of being supportive of transgender people, as if that were something horrible. And he uses the word “tranny,” which I thought referred only to transvestites.

But I never lived in West Hollywood, so what do I know?

In his insane post, Chuck writes:

In the posting Bostian frets about Amtrak’s accommodations for transsexuals…

But Bostian doesn’t even mention Amtrak in his comment. Chuck just made this up.

66 aagcobb  May 19, 2015 7:51:54pm

re: #61 Targetpractice

Considering McConnell had to backtrack and spend most of his Senate campaign promising Kentuckians he wouldn’t touch Kynect, even if he managed to repeal the ACA, I don’t know how Bevin isn’t going to get savaged at the polls for such a pledge.

Conway has been leading his opponents in the polls, so I have some hope. The people who benefit from Obama’s policies, however, have to actually come out and vote when Obama isn’t on the ballot. We’ve seen what happens when they don’t. We definitely have a clear contrast; as a Tea Partier, Bevin is the most strident rightwinger to ever run for Governor of Kentucky.

67 RealityBasedSteve  May 19, 2015 7:53:10pm

re: #56 psddluva4evah

Here is the twitter link:

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I’m not sure that I could do that workout. :) And I’m pretty spry for a jr. geezer

RBS

68 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  May 19, 2015 8:00:54pm

h/t to Ann Laurie @ Balloon Juice:

69 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 19, 2015 8:03:52pm

re: #67 RealityBasedSteve

I’m not sure that I could do that workout. :) And I’m pretty spry for a jr. geezer

RBS

I showed Michelle’s Tuskegee address in class last week, and asked my students to guess how old she is. They were all surprised to learn she’s 51. She looks ten years younger.

Ming-na Wen, from Agents of SHIELD, is another example of someone who doesn’t look her age. I figured she was in her mid-30s.

70 Dark_Falcon  May 19, 2015 8:04:59pm

re: #47 electrotek

And there are psycho white Christians who endorse this man’s plans:

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71 syphonblue  May 19, 2015 8:07:00pm

These people are murderers! I must kill them first! Like Jesus would want!

72 Shiplord Kirel  May 19, 2015 8:18:46pm

This is the graphic Free Republic is using for the latest of its apparently continuous fund raising drives:

Note that Obama, Pelosi, and Biden are included with Stalin, Lenin, and Mao among the Marxist “rats.” There is also a nod to UN Agenda 21.

73 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 19, 2015 8:21:07pm

re: #72 Shiplord Kirel

This is the graphic Free Republic is using for the latest of its apparently continuous fund raising drives:

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Note that Obama, Pelosi, and Biden are included with Stalin, Lenin, and Mao among the Marxist “rats.” There is also a nod to UN Agenda 21.

Really lame graphic, too. Took a stock photo and used PS to add labels in garish colors

74 Charles Johnson  May 19, 2015 8:24:38pm

The Freshmaker.

75 RealityBasedSteve  May 19, 2015 8:28:32pm

re: #73 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Really lame graphic, too. Took a stock photo and used PS MS Paint to add labels poorly in garish colors

FIFY

76 RealityBasedSteve  May 19, 2015 8:33:48pm

re: #74 Charles Johnson

The Freshmaker.

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None of those people should be allowed to cross the street by themselves. (and especially not as a group). :)

RBS

77 Dark_Falcon  May 19, 2015 8:33:51pm

One thing, though: This dirtbag Doggart did not run for Congress as a Republican; He ran as an independent. The winner in TN-4 was the incumbent Republican, with the Democrat coming in second. Doggart came in third and only got 6% of the vote. And while that is bad, its far less than the actual Republican candidate ( Scott DesJarlais) got.

I would there request the ‘GOP’ in the story’s title be replaced with ‘far-right’, RWNJ, or something that more accurately reflects Doggart’s failed run for office. This dipshit didn’t even run in the 4th District’s primary and so he should not be called a “GOP congressional candidate”.

78 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 19, 2015 8:35:00pm

re: #75 RealityBasedSteve

FIFY

Point taken.

79 retired cynic  May 19, 2015 8:35:26pm

re: #77 Dark_Falcon

And he did that badly against Desjarlais! Good grief.

80 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 19, 2015 8:37:36pm

I poked my head into Twitter-land, and saw UpChuck ranting about Emma Sulkowicz. Then I left Twitter-land in disgust.

Also, Bill Shatner’s incessant live tweeting of TV shows has been muted until further notice.

That is all.

81 Dark_Falcon  May 19, 2015 8:38:22pm

re: #79 retired cynic

And he did that badly against Desjarlais! Good grief.

And to be clear: My post should not be read as being positive towards Scott DesJarlais. It’s point is to make clear that Robert Doggart was not a Republican candidate in 2014, either in the primary or in the general election.

82 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 19, 2015 8:40:40pm

re: #81 Dark_Falcon

And to be clear: My post should not be read as being positive towards Scott DesJarlais. It’s point is to make clear that Robert Doggart was not a Republican candidate in 2014, either in the primary or in the general election.

“Mr Doggart, are you now, or have you ever been a member of the Republican Party?”

/

83 RealityBasedSteve  May 19, 2015 8:42:24pm

Well gang, I’m off to bed. For your evening entertainment, may I present

Infinite Ants

84 Charles Johnson  May 19, 2015 8:44:12pm

re: #81 Dark_Falcon

And to be clear: My post should not be read as being positive towards Scott DesJarlais. It’s point is to make clear that Robert Doggart was not a Republican candidate in 2014, either in the primary or in the general election.

Was he running as a Republican? No. Was he running as a far right candidate, indistinguishable from a Tea Party Republican? Yes.

I took “GOP” out of the headline, because technically he wasn’t a Republican. But if there weren’t an incumbent GOP candidate to run against (who was also a far right loon, by the way) he would have been a Republican, obviously.

85 Higgs Boson's Mate  May 19, 2015 8:49:10pm

re: #72 Shiplord Kirel

This is the graphic Free Republic is using for the latest of its apparently continuous fund raising drives:

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Note that Obama, Pelosi, and Biden are included with Stalin, Lenin, and Mao among the Marxist “rats.” There is also a nod to UN Agenda 21.

That’s some high-caliber Photoshop work all right.

86 Charles Johnson  May 19, 2015 8:50:03pm

Scott DesJarlais, in case anyone didn’t know, is the “family values” Republican who cheated on his wife, then pressured his mistress to have an abortion.

This is the Republican Party.

87 Shiplord Kirel  May 19, 2015 8:52:12pm

Cops facing two front war?

An inflammatory article from a blog called “The Conservative Treehouse” has been posted at Free Republic and anti-law enforcement freepers are eating it up. This is apparently the Bundy Ranch faction of the far right, and includes Sandy Hook conspira-fools.

The article claims as a fact that all 9 dead and all 18 wounded at the biker brawl were hit by police gunfire. The cited source for this is nothing but another ammosexual blog, “Old Man Rebel,” that does not even make the claim cited.

There is no real information yet on how many of the victims were shot by police. Waco police have denied a “media report” that 4 of the dead were hit by police gunfire, saying they don’t know yet. I could not find a reliable source disputing this or confirming the original report.

I think it is likely that at least some of the victims were hit by police, who, after all, were armed with full auto AR-15s, but the freepers do not know the difference between speculation and confirmed fact.

88 Dark_Falcon  May 19, 2015 8:53:27pm

re: #84 Charles Johnson

Was he running as a Republican? No. Was he running as a far right candidate, indistinguishable from a Tea Party Republican? Yes.

I took “GOP” out of the headline, because technically he wasn’t a Republican. But if there weren’t an incumbent GOP candidate to run against (who was also a far right loon, by the way) he would have been a Republican, obviously.

That’s all I asked for, and as ever I thank you for your honesty and integrity.

89 RealityBasedSteve  May 19, 2015 8:54:15pm

FR could benefit from this fine series of videos “You Suck At Photoshop”. Funny as hell, and I actually learned some good tricks from them…. 10 in the series

Youtube Video

90 CuriousLurker  May 19, 2015 9:16:08pm

Someone upthread mentioned LGBT people, and since I was poking around Google I thought I’d point out another thread in the right-wing hate rug: Christian Action Network (CAN). Unsurprisingly, in addition to spreading the Islamberg fear (there is more than one Islamberg) this group is also involved in spreading homophobia. They’ve been classified as a hate group by the SPLC.

Here’s the CAN article from 2013 about the Islambergs (do not link), with breathless claims about the “camp” in Hancock, NY supposedly being the “headquarters” whence all the Muslim villainy is spread. If this concerted, bigoted scaremongering wasn’t so dangerous it would be laughable.

After midnight here now—gotta go hit the sack.

91 Amory Blaine  May 19, 2015 9:35:50pm

Pro-Scott Walker super PAC spells out perks for $1 million donors

Fuck The Brown Bag Chumps

Among the perks:

Twice-a-year retreats, members-only briefings, weekly email updates, members-only conference calls, a dedicated staff contact, two private dinners with “VIP Special Guest(s),” inclusion in “all public/regional fundraising events,” and a special “Executive Board Member” pin.

Those benefits are itemized in a handout from Unintimidated PAC, the committee launched by longtime Walker advisers, to people attending a private reception with the governor that was held by the PAC in Washington, D.C., Tuesday.

92 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  May 19, 2015 9:36:49pm

re: #84 Charles Johnson

Was he running as a Republican? No. Was he running as a far right candidate, indistinguishable from a Tea Party Republican? Yes.

I took “GOP” out of the headline, because technically he wasn’t a Republican. But if there weren’t an incumbent GOP candidate to run against (who was also a far right loon, by the way) he would have been a Republican, obviously.

Heh. When I refreshed, the GOP disappeared from the title, but in the title bar (?) where the full link is displayed, it still shows
littlegreenfootballs.com

93 Kragar  May 19, 2015 9:40:46pm

re: #91 Amory Blaine

You know if I’m shelling out a million bucks, hookers and blow had better be on the list of perks.

94 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 19, 2015 9:50:30pm

GotNwes asks the burning question:

BREAKING: Was Amtrak train engineer #BrandonBostian a tranny jack?

How can a tranny supporter drive a train? It has no arms!

The parody news site GotNewsDotCom has once again nailed another story to the wall by asking if Amtrak train engineer Brandon Bostian was not in fact a tranny supporter (see photo above), then wondering if it may have had something to do the recent derailment of Amtrak #188.

The National Transportation Safety Board is sure to want to know.

To address this burning question, GotNwes has obtained a posting written by Bostian, the engineer of that train.

In the posting Bostian frets about Amtrak’s accommodations for transmissions, raising the possibility that Bostian’s politics may have to been to blame for Amtrak denying equal employment for tranny jacks.

95 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  May 19, 2015 10:25:13pm

FWIW, if Elizabeth Warren were to run, I don’t think I’d support her. To this point, she does a good job of standing up for her issues, but I don’t know about how well that would translate to governing. I guess what I’m stumbling around towards is that she could paint herself into a corner

96 Kragar  May 19, 2015 10:32:04pm
97 Kragar  May 19, 2015 10:51:19pm

“Is there something about the left — and I am going to put the media in this category — that is obsessed with sex?” the Republican presidential candidate said after a fundraiser in Beaumont, Texas. “ISIS is executing homosexuals — you want to talk about gay rights? This week was a very bad week for gay rights because the expansion of ISIS, the expansion of radical, theocratic, Islamic zealots that crucify Christians, that behead children and that murder homosexuals.”

“You guys should be happy we just want to deny you basic rights and say you’re going to burn in hell! Well, ok, some Christians talk about how they want to kill all the gays, and we pander to them, but we’ll skip over that. Just be happy we haven’t gotten around to it yet!”

98 Shiplord Kirel  May 19, 2015 10:55:29pm

Just watching Quest for Fire on Netflix. The Republican party has sure come a long way in table manners and dress if nothing else.

99 Kragar  May 19, 2015 11:02:02pm

Speaking of cavemen…

100 Shiplord Kirel  May 19, 2015 11:04:33pm

re: #96 Kragar

Lindsey Graham: ‘I blame Obama for Iraq, not Bush’

I blame Lindsey Graham, not Jefferson Davis, for Fort Sumter.

Makes about as much sense.

101 BeachDem  May 19, 2015 11:11:00pm

re: #99 Kragar

Speaking of cavemen…

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I figured it was Lee (not so) Bright before I even looked at the article. And remember, this was the guy who was the “big threat” that made Lindsey Graham run to the right with his hair on fire for his primary last year.

102 Amory Blaine  May 19, 2015 11:11:51pm

103 freetoken  May 19, 2015 11:19:55pm

Why Do Some Doctors Reject Evolution?

Presidential hopeful Ben Carson isn’t the only practitioner who’s got some doubts.

[…]

All of the physicians Pacific Standard talked with, both on and off the record, had the same answer to “How is it possible?”: Although doctors use many insights from biology, many don’t actually need to understand or believe in evolution correctly to do their jobs.

“Most physicians are not scientists. This is not a knock, but they’re more akin to engineers,” Gorski says. “They take science that’s already known and they apply it to a problem, the problem being making patients better.”

[…]

104 GlutenFreeJesus  May 19, 2015 11:23:19pm

Triple overtime. HAWKS!

Nite nite. :))))

105 TedStriker  May 19, 2015 11:26:59pm

re: #86 Charles Johnson

Scott DesJarlais, in case anyone didn’t know, is the “family values” Republican who cheated on his wife, then pressured his mistress to have an abortion.

This is the Republican Party.

My state.

Yay, me.

106 EPR-radar  May 19, 2015 11:42:34pm

re: #99 Kragar

Every time a woman dies from an illegal abortion, a Republican gets horns, cloven hooves and bat wings.

107 Kragar  May 19, 2015 11:47:16pm

“You will witness real-life telekinetic extrasensory perceptive telepathic energisive psychokinesis… or key-bending.”

108 TedStriker  May 19, 2015 11:48:36pm

re: #106 EPR-radar

Every time a woman dies from an illegal abortion, a Republican gets horns, cloven hooves and bat wings.

And their cold, black hearts shrivel smaller and smaller until they become a diamond.

109 Mentis Fugit  May 19, 2015 11:57:07pm

re: #108 TedStriker

And their cold, black hearts shrivel smaller and smaller until they become a diamondsingularity.

Fixed.

110 Shiplord Kirel  May 20, 2015 12:11:06am

State of the World:

111 Kragar  May 20, 2015 12:11:20am

New project time:

Sicarrian Ruststalkers

The Ruststalkers of the Skitarii Legions fall upon their foes in a slashing, stabbing frenzy. Their transonic blades blur as they dart and cut like the weapons of gladiatorial knife-fighters, the deadly resonances they transmit bypassing armour as if it offered no more resistance than a hologram. The Ruststalkers were originally devised as cybernetic assassins, sent into the Red Planet’s wastes to hunt down feral servitors and other undesirables excommunicated from the Cult Mechanicus. They proved so effective at their task they were repurposed and militarised into groups known as killclades. Since that day they have fought on the front line of the Cult Mechanicus’ many wars.

112 teleskiguy  May 20, 2015 12:11:24am

Do you like dry humor? This Twitter account is a Sahara Desert: @EpcotCentre

113 teleskiguy  May 20, 2015 12:41:47am

This is directly related to the last thread, I must share.

Thanks Kragar. This cracked me up!

114 Shiplord Kirel  May 20, 2015 12:48:00am

re: #113 teleskiguy

This is directly related to the last thread, I must share.

Thanks Kragar. This cracked me up!

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Wow, I was just watching some cavemen on a quest, and you bring one in.
Synchronicity?

115 teleskiguy  May 20, 2015 12:58:56am

re: #114 Shiplord Kirel

Wow, I was just watching some cavemen on a quest, and you bring one in.
Synchronicity?

116 Kragar  May 20, 2015 12:59:59am
117 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  May 20, 2015 1:05:24am

re: #113 teleskiguy

Energy independence —boo yah!!

He maybe doesn’t know that any oil pulled from Texas ground will probably be sold abroad and never be used in America.

118 Timothy Watson  May 20, 2015 1:41:39am

re: #97 Kragar

Ted Cruz goes off the rails: ‘ISIS is executing homosexuals — you want to talk about gay rights?’

So are our “allies” Saudi Arabia and Iraq, and is he going to bother to do anything to stop all three of them from doing that?

119 teleskiguy  May 20, 2015 2:12:25am

So, I went to this concert in Las Vegas at the start of the month. The band did a set where the audience was given a number to text ideas, concepts, whatever, on their mobiles and their manager would get those texts on a computer. He picked the very best ones and they were displayed on a big screen behind the band, and the band had to play music based on the texts. I’m sure the curator of the texts (the band’s manager) received hundreds, if not thousands of texts (I texted exactly once “WHY ISN’T IT SNOWING IN CALIFORNIA?!?”). He picked 12 of them and it resulted in an almost 50 minute set of rock music that was truly wholly improvised. It was a very cool experience.

This one is “Dreaddy Zeppelin.”

120 freetoken  May 20, 2015 2:55:41am
121 Justanotherhuman  May 20, 2015 2:56:41am

Some people will never put 9/11 behind them.

No country attacked the US. No war was declared except the fatwa expressed by a rich Saudi who himself was “in hiding” and was radicalizing his adherents to do his bidding, based on his own interpretation of the Koran, a sick fundamentalism bin Laden’s adherents continue to this day.

Yet, how many Muslims have been killed, of any variety, in the 2 wars promulgated by the US in Afghanistan and Iraq in the aftermath? Those invasions ratcheted up the poison of Islamaphobia as well as radicalizing even more people to Al Qaeda and other groups jockeying for the hearts and minds of those in Muslim dominated countries.

This huge country, which has survived war after war, continues 14 yrs after those initial attacks by a handful of zealots, to demonize an entire religion by people who would make the rest of us descend to that level of thought, a blind, feral hatred matched only by those radicals who attacked the 9/11 targets. Even after this country fought a world war in which millions were killed, most in an unprecedented genocide on one front by those calling themselves the “master race”, we took no time in recovering from it. Is that because we identified with that “master race” too much ourselves? After all, we interned Japanese-Americans who suffered for their ethnicity, but did not do the same for those of German descent who were allowed to get on with their lives.

No radical will be a winner in this; radicals don’t allow reason, stability and understanding. And humans will continue to hate on the basis of ethnicity, man-made religions, and artificial borders.

122 S'latch  May 20, 2015 2:57:34am

For a short period of time in the 1980s, I lived on Signal Mountain where Robert Doggart lives.

I remember meeting a young man there who had lived there his whole life and this young man told me that there had never been any black people who lived there and that there still weren’t any.

I remember another day when I met an old man who had a pamphlet about how our country was great because our laws showed respect for the decisions of juries. I didn’t get it at first. Sure, I thought. I guess it is important to have juries and all. This old man was buying himself a six pack of Harp Lager beer. He told me how he loved it because it came from the “old country,” Ireland.

That old man’s name was Byron De La Beckwith. In 1964, at least one, maybe two, all-white juries had deadlocked and failed to find Byron De La Beckwith guilty of assassinating Medgar Evars, a black civil rights activist from Mississippi.

Byron was finally found guilty in 1994 when he was tried again on new evidence. That was probably as sad day to some on Signal Mountain.

123 Dave In Austin  May 20, 2015 3:15:54am
124 Amory Blaine  May 20, 2015 3:24:29am

I will never put 9/11 behind me. The right wing used my patriotism and told me to trust them. Then they took that trust and fucking lied to us all while they were telling us dissenters were traitors. If I live to be 100 I will curse these fuckers for the ruin they created.

125 Justanotherhuman  May 20, 2015 3:32:28am

re: #124 Amory Blaine

I will never put 9/11 behind me. The right wing used my patriotism and told me to trust them. Then they took that trust and fucking lied to us all while they were telling us dissenters were traitors. If I live to be 100 I will curse these fuckers for the ruin they created.

And the right wing is still getting rich on their fear and loathing.

126 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  May 20, 2015 3:49:19am

re: #124 Amory Blaine

I will never put 9/11 behind me. The right wing used my patriotism and told me to trust them. Then they took that trust and fucking lied to us all while they were telling us dissenters were traitors. If I live to be 100 I will curse these fuckers for the ruin they created.

No politician wanted to run the risk of being seen as soft on terrorism and most eveyone decided it was better to err on the side of cauthion.

Bush and his administration knew that and got away with murder.


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