Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 6:12:10 pm
Here's an open thread to follow what's going on tonight in Ferguson, Missouri, with a fervent hope that peace will be restored. But you can almost smell Jim Hoft's eagerness for more violence in #Ferguson. The right wing blogosphere has been disgusting beyond belief today, validating once again my decision to ...

Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 8:13:25 pm
Ersula Ore. Photo from Phoenix New Times. A jaywalking rarely makes national news, but the arrest of Arizona professor Ersula Ore has done just that. What began as a walk home from classes at Arizona State University ended with police charging the professor with assault. The English professor was walking in the ...

Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 11:32:45 am
Yesterday the officer who gunned down black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri was identified as Darren Wilson, and today Yahoo News has discovered photos of Wilson posted at the Facebook page of his father, John Wilson. The photos were taken six months before the shooting, when Darren Wilson received a ...

Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 1:52:24 pm
Governor Jay Nixon announced minutes ago at a press conference that the St. Louis County police department is being relieved, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol will now take control of security operations in Ferguson. Capt. Ron John of the Highway Patrol said, "I grew up here, and I understand ...

Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 2:35:04 pm
I'm trying to decide which is more hilarious: that the National Counterterrorism Center tipped off the Associated Press, or that the Greenwaldians flew into a rage about it: Spy Agency Stole Scoop From Media Outlet and Handed It to the AP. WASHINGTON -- The Associated Press dropped a significant scoop ...

Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 2:06:56 pm
The New York Times has details on a statement made today by the CIA, summarizing the Inspector General's report on the CIA's snooping on a computer network used by the Sentate Intelligence Committee. WASHINGTON -- An internal investigation by the Central Intelligence Agency has found that its officers improperly penetrated ...

Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 2:39:41 pm
Enough has been written on the "who is who in Holocaust denial" edition of the Reason magazine: Awful: Reason Magazine’s 1976 Holocaust Denial “Special Issue” Reason Magazine Addresses That 1976 “Holocaust Denial Edition” What follows is just a little footnote to that story. On p.53 of that issue we see an ad for "The ...

Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 11:04:44 am
After being exposed as a serial plagiarist, Buzzfeed writer Benny Johnson has been fired; here's the post by Ben Smith: Editor's Note: An Apology to Our Readers. Starting this Wednesday, Twitter users began pointing out instances in which a BuzzFeed writer, Benny Johnson, had lifted phrases and sentences from other ...

Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 11:14:35 am
Via Haaretz, here are the terms of the Israel-Hamas cease-fire proposal from US Secretary of State John Kerry. Kerry's initiative stipulates the following terms: 1. A one-week, temporary cease-fire, starting Sunday, during which Israel Defense Forces troops will not leave the Gaza Strip entirely and will continue to locate and destroy ...

Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 10:33:03 am
In 2008, in an ill-advised fit of uncharacteristic empathy, George W. Bush signed a law that prevented children who enter the US from countries that do not border the US from being immediately deported. Today, the Republican Party is proposing a "plan" to deal with the current influx of migrant ...

Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 12:15:00 pm
YouTube This is filed in our "Humor" category, and there is humor in it, but it's of a decidedly dark nature.

Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 8:20:20 am
An open letter to Jim Hoft (aka The Gateway Pundit) and his loyal sidekick Kristinn Taylor, Dear Messrs Hoft and Taylor, I have read Mr Taylor's demand for apologies and retractions from those writers who found fault with your reporting abilities regarding the now canceled Weslaco project. I am referring to this ...

Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 9:02:25 pm
Funny Or Die Cashier bonuses just make rich people richer.

Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 3:07:40 pm
YouTube Here's an epic live performance of "Ocean," by American-born Australian musician John Butler. And yes, his guitar only has eleven strings -- the G string is not paired as it usually is on a 12-string guitar. This special re-recording was captured in 'The Compound', John Butler's studio in his hometown ...

Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 2:33:45 pm
YouTube John Oliver's show is turning into one of the best politically-oriented comedy shows on cable; the latest episode goes into great depth on America's disastrous income gap. And it's funny, too.

Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 10:45:10 am
At the Washington Post, Erik Wemple fact checks one of the more inflammatory claims in the latest Glenn Greenwald article about alleged NSA/FBI spying on American Muslim leaders: that the Justice Department went around to Muslim groups before the story was even written, warning them Greenwald's article was full of ...

Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 3:06:36 pm
Just when you think it's impossible for the Republican Party's obstructionism to get any more absurd and ridiculous, John Boehner releases the details of his plan to sue President Obama. The GOP have spent the last couple of years demonizing the Affordable Care Act as the most nightmarish socialist scheme ever ...

Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 2:25:21 pm
Anti-Muslim hate group leader Pamela Geller (one of the main inspirations for Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik) recently tried to export her deranged views to Canada, purchasing bus advertisements to sow division and discord, but the transit company pulled the ads after receiving numerous complaints. Now, as she's done several times ...

Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 12:51:21 pm
The Republican National Committee needs to hire Breitbart "News" editor John Nolte right away -- he's bringing a message that's a sure winner for the GOP in 2016! Unmarried left-wing women as a whole seem to be a needy, entitled, spoiled, crybaby, helpless lot. — John Nolte (@NolteNC) July 7, 2014 How ...

Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 2:06:50 pm
YouTube Yes, the United States has made huge progress in gay rights in an amazingly short period of time, but our religious fanatics are doing incredible damage in places like Uganda.

Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 8:31:23 pm
So a bad photoshop has been making the rounds on the internet: MAKE THIS GO VIRAL.... a UN truck in Georgia, and it says "weapons enforcement " on the hood. WTF? #tcot #III% pic.twitter.com/E2mxzpuFhO — Chip Woods (@chipwoods) June 19, 2014 Here is the original photo: The photo was uploaded to Facebook by a ...

Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 3:20:53 pm
Image via Shutterstock Today the NSA disclosed statistics on their surveillance activities, and they've been spying willy nilly on an incredible number of people in America. That's if you consider 248 people to be an "incredible number." The National Security Agency was interested in the phone data of fewer than 250 people ...

Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 10:23:34 am
Dr. Ben Carson (Young Earth Creationist, Birther) recently cited a book called The Naked Communist by W. Cleon Skousen, in a speech against marriage equality: If you look at the writings of a lot of the neo-Marxists, when they talk about the New World Order, they say there's only one ...

Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 11:47:48 am
In Wisconsin, a "John Doe" probe into the recall election has apparently uncovered evidence that Gov. Scott Walker ran "a criminal scheme" to bypass state election laws, by illegally coordinating the efforts of 12 conservative groups. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports: Madison -- Prosecutors allege that Gov. Scott Walker was ...

Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 10:42:46 am
YouTube As the entire right wing world unites to defend the blatantly racist name "Washington Redskins," here's John Oliver's brilliant piece from this week on the controversy. Oliver is really finding his voice with this show.