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Ron Paul’s bill to audit the Federal Reserve has been approved. The House Financial Services Committee has approved Rep. Ron Paul’s measure to drastically expand the government’s power to audit the Federal Reserve. The measure, based on a Paul proposal that has attracted more than 300 co-sponsors, passed, 43-26, ...
People have been emailing, trying to get me to be outraged and upset about Dede Scozzafava. But I’m starting to just tune out on the Nontroversy of the Day, sorry. There’s only so much wingnut craziness I can be expected to pay attention to. UPDATE at 10/16/09 6:51:10 pm: Michelle ...
Cover your ears, dear readers, because the shrieking harpy is shrieking again! Newsmax contributor Pamela Geller’s latest illiterate rant accuses me of “demonizing the free men fighting the scourge of Jew hate, muhammadanism, sharia law and Islamic supremacism” (whew, that’s a mouthful). (Here are some more pictures of these courageous ...
Pamela Geller, Britain, English Defense League, British National Party, BNP, Fascism, Idiocy
Here’s the latest Republican/Fox News attempt to scare people out of cooperating with the census: Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) says “tens of thousands” of census takers may be rapists and child molesters. [Video]
Today’s headache-inducing episode of wingnut density is the revival of the rotting corpse of the “Bill Ayers wrote Obama’s books” conspiracy theory, after this blogger encountered Ayers at an airport and had a short, belligerent conversation with him — in which Ayers told her, “I wrote Dreams From My Father.” ...
bill ayers, Conspiracy Theories, Barack Obama, Right Wing, Idiocy
Dan “black kids fear me” Riehl is still continuing his obsessive campaign to smear murdered census worker Bill Sparkman. Now he’s latched onto a twisted fantasy that Sparkman was infected with teh ghey: Riehl World View: Bill ‘Fe Fe’ Sparkman Remembered For His Curls. What a pathetic, sick little human ...
Tim Blair tries to play “gotcha” by searching through LGF’s archives: CHANGE. Here’s his post, which he doesn’t seem to feel needs any further explanation: Then. Now. The problem with this kind of context-free smear job, Tim, is that you could just as easily have chosen this LGF ...
Dan Riehl continues spinning off his weird, creepy fantasies about murdered census worker Bill Sparkman. He’s actually had an email exchange with a trained investigator who agrees with him that Sparkman just might have been a child predator — and may not even have been hanged at all: Riehl World ...
Dan “black kids fear me” Riehl is speculating that Bill Sparkman, the census worker found murdered in Kentucky, was a child predator. Yes, really. His evidence? He don’t got to show you no steenking evidence! All he knows is that the murder wasn’t committed by anyone on his side — ...
Right wing blogger Dan Riehl takes a ride on the DC Metro after the tea party protest, and lapses into a reverie about putting a serious beatdown on some black children: Riehl World View: A 9/12 Experience: Dangerous Times. Riding out of DC on the Metro, 9/12, there were some ...
Ron Paul’s star continues to rise like a bad moon: Frank Said to Back Broader Fed Audits. Rep. Ron Paul said he has a commitment from the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Barney Frank, to advance the Texas Republican’s legislation opening the Federal Reserve to broader federal ...
Ron Paul, Idiocy, Conspiracies, kooks, GOP, Federal Reserve, Barney Frank
The mainstreaming of paleo-libertarian isolationist Ron Paul in the GOP continues apace, as wacky Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann announces she’s a convert to the Paulian cult, and has invited the crazy uncle to speak as an expert on monetary policy: Bachmann to host town hall with Rep. Ron Paul. ...
Ron Paul, Idiocy, Conspiracies, kooks, GOP, Federal Reserve, Michele Bachmann
On Friday, we noted that Dr. David McKalip (the Florida neurosurgeon who sent out that ugly image of Barack Obama as a witch doctor with a bone through his nose to a tea party mailing list) is deeply connected with the “Campaign for Liberty” organization founded by paleolibertarian Ron Paul. ...
Ron Paul, Idiocy, Conspiracies, kooks, GOP, NWO, 9/11 Conspiracies, Holocaust Denial, Neo-Nazis
Oh no. Republicans embrace Ron Paul on domestic policy.
An idiot from a “9/11 Truth” group cornered Ron Paul recently and asked why he hasn’t “come out about the truth about 9/11.” Paul’s answer: he has too much to do, and he can’t handle the controversy. This is the guy whose influence is growing in the GOP, to the ...
Ron Paul, Idiocy, Conspiracies, kooks, GOP, 9/11 Conspiracies, Truthers, Troofers
As if one Paul weren’t already more than enough: Ron Paul: Support My Son’s Senate Bid. Also see: Angry White Man - The bigoted past of Ron Paul Ron Paul and the John Birch Society Video: Napolitano with Alex Jones, Ron Paul, Lew Rockwell, Etc
Ron Paul, Idiocy, Conspiracies, kooks, John Birch Society, Racism, GOP
Given the sudden resurgence of the crazy uncle in GOP politics, here’s a new poll. [Poll]
Ron Paul, Idiocy, Conspiracies, kooks, John Birch Society, Racism, GOP
For the past couple of months I’ve been writing about the “mainstreaming” of paleo-libertarian Ron Paul; he’s been a regular guest on Fox News and other networks, and his drones have been heavily involved in organizing “tea party” demonstrations. Lots of LGF readers didn’t want to believe this was happening. ...
Ron Paul, Antisemitism, Idiocy, Conspiracies, kooks, John Birch Society, Racism, GOP, Michele Bachmann
Since people are still (amazingly!) showing up at LGF defending Ron Paul’s “honor,” please note: in October 2008, Ron Paul was the keynote speaker at the John Birch Society’s 50th anniversary. Madison - Former Republican presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas will keynote Saturday’s session of the 50th ...
Ron Paul, Antisemitism, Idiocy, Conspiracies, kooks, John Birch Society, Racism
As Ron Paul turns into a Fox News regular, sane writers like Timothy Sandefur are increasingly saying “WTF?” Freespace: Ron Paul’s secession lies on video. And meanwhile, Ron Paul’s “tea party” organizer in the Bay Area is using an ugly antisemitic graphic as a promotional tool: Response in GOP/tea party/anti-Semitism ...
Ron Paul, Antisemitism, Idiocy, Conspiracies, kooks, Secession
Currently being advertised on both the Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck radio shows: The Obama Deception, an Alex Jones film that rehashes every insane conspiracy theory about Barack Obama. The Ron Paul kooks are excited about their increasing legitimization.
Ron Paul, Antisemitism, Idiocy, Conspiracies, kooks, Alex Jones, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh
Proving once again that there’s nobody crazier on the Internet, a Paulian at The Daily Paul froths like a rabid dog about little old me. OMG! You really On April 13th, 2009 BigT says: didn’t look under that rock over at “Little Green Footballs”, did ya!? That is the ...
Now the troglodytes at the Ron Paul Forum are taking a few whacks at the LGF pinata: Blowback for putting Alex Jones on Freedom Watch - Liberty Forest. Among the testimonials to the brilliance of Alex Jones, we find this lovely comment from a Paulian who suspects the Jews are ...
The story of one of the most disgusting publicity stunts I think I’ve ever heard of: Chris Selley: How not to memorialize Aqsa Parvez. As the Toronto Sun’s Joe Warmington reported last week, the online campaign to properly memorialize Aqsa has been led by one Pamela Geller, proprietor of ...
Honor Killing, Aqsa Parvez, Publicity Stunt, Pamela Geller, Idiocy