Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 11:39:15 am
One of the most dim-witted right wing causes on the current political scene is their jihad against compact fluorescent lightbulbs. And just to drive the point home, one of the dimmest Republican congressmen, Texas Rep. Joe Barton (infamous for apologizing to BP after their gigantic Gulf oil spill), has introduced ...

Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 2:16:03 pm
I'm still waiting to see if the "Fast and Furious" scandal, in which ATF agents reportedly allowed guns to be transported across the border into Mexico, is a real scandal or yet another fake right wing outrage, but I'm currently leaning toward the latter option. And here's one reason why. Last ...

Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 8:28:32 pm
The first Republican candidate to sign the list of demands issued by Iowa's influential radical religious right group "The Family Leader" is, of course, Michele Bachmann: Update: Bachmann is first to sign Family Leader’s pro-marriage pledge. The pledge is entitled, “The Marriage Vow – A Declaration of Dependence upon Marriage ...

Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:52:35 am
Another front opens up in the Republican Party's total war on women's rights, as Kansas's religious fundamentalist Governor Sam Brownback appoints a lawyer for one of the nation's most hateful and extreme anti-abortion groups, Operation Rescue, to the state health board that oversees abortion providers: Brownback Taps Lawyer for Anti-Abortion ...

Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 6:45:37 pm
Related: Anti-Abortion Ohio Rep. Busted for DWI, with Viagra and a 26-Year Old Woman

Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 11:08:57 am
Republican Ohio State Rep. Robert Mecklenborg has been one of the biggest champions of the bizarre "heartbeat" bill, that would outlaw abortions as soon as the first heartbeat can be medically detected. Mecklenborg describes himself as a "Catholic boy from the west side of Cincinnati." This week we learned that two ...

Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 11:46:35 am
The "anti-jihad" (read: "anti-Muslim") blogosphere is in full nuclear meltdown today, after the shocking revelation that there are Nazis in the English Defence League. Who knew? Pamela "Shrieking Harpy" Geller and Robert Spencer are now under attack from the rest of the anti-Muslim gang, for posting a statement denouncing the EDL because ...

Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 8:53:08 am
Pamela Geller has released a ludicrous attempt to distance herself from the extreme right wing English Defence League, the violent gang of racists and neo-Nazis that she's been defending as "true patriots:" EDL Shake-up - Atlas Shrugs I was an early supporter of the EDL. I liked who they were ...

Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 5:48:15 pm
The two most visible "anti-jihad" bloggers in the United States are probably Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller. They both appear frequently on Fox News as "experts" on Islam; Geller writes for Andrew Breitbart's Big Government, Newsmax, and World Net Daily, and they've recently been touring the country showing their "Ground ...

Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 6:08:32 pm
Most of the GOP presidential contenders appeared at the annual National Right to Life convention today, to assure the religious fundamentalist base that the best way to create jobs is to make sure women don't have the right to choose an abortion. Magical thinking writ large, hyped by the highest ...

Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:11:19 am
In Indiana, one of the nation's most restrictive and backward anti-abortion laws has just been signed by Gov. Mitch Daniels, and a provision of the law that took effect this week also blocks Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. Note that Planned Parenthood is already prohibited from using federal funds for ...

Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 9:40:34 am
Dutch demagogue Geert Wilders, hero of the right wing "anti-jihad" loons, has been acquitted of hate speech in the Netherlands. The presiding judge said Wilders' remarks were sometimes "hurtful," "shocking" or "offensive," but that they were made in the context of a public debate about Muslim integration and multi-culturalism, and ...

Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 10:47:03 am
You almost have to feel a little bit sorry for Mitt Romney. In the past, he would have been a shoe-in for the Republican presidential nomination; he's from old money, has a pretty solid record of mainstream conservative positions, and was next in line after John McCain. In the natural ...

Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 2:31:00 pm
I have big differences with Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, but kudos to him for at least saying this much, at a time when most GOP politicians are full-on demonizers: Bobby Jindal warns against 'hating' Barack Obama. It's not exactly an olive branch, of course, because he followed it up with ... ...

Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 12:10:32 pm
Michele Bachmann (R-Mars), rising star of the 2012 GOP presidential contest, absolutely epitomizes the anti-science, theocratic wing of today's Republican Party. Not only does she totally reject the voluminous scientific evidence for climate change, she's also an open, unapologetic creationist. And she doesn't just want to teach creationism to her Quiverfull ...

Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 1:25:26 pm
Here's a classic example of the bizarre reality-denying cognitive dissonance of right wing climate change deniers. In the Minnesota State Senate, one of the loudest voices against accepting the scientific reality of climate change is Michael Jungbauer, who's known for making grand pronouncements about "not being convinced" by the science, and ...

Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 6:14:00 pm
Today the Republican governor of Alabama, Robert Bentley, signed a law outlawing abortion after 20 weeks -- the fifth red state this year to do so. Apparently this is the Republican plan to create jobs and get the economy back on track -- by forcing women into back alley coat hanger ...

Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 2:44:22 pm
I agree with Al Gore, and congratulate Mitt Romney on his refusal to be an ignorant jackass (like every other Republican candidate) on the vitally important issue of climate change: Al's Journal : Good for Mitt Romney -- though we've long passed the point where weak lip-service is enough on ...

Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:01:35 pm
What does it take to get Republicans and right wing bloggers to unite with far left congressman Dennis Kucinich, oppose a war, and come out in favor of leaving an Arab dictator in power? Simple: a black President. Lawmakers sue President Obama over Libya. A bipartisan group of House members announced ...

Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 12:25:00 pm
As the Republican candidates for President prepare for tonight's debate (at 8pm ET), CNN gives religious fanatic Tony Perkins a column to explain: Who social conservatives want for 2012. There's plenty of spinning, but Perkins eventually gets down to his real agenda; the ludicrous claim that "big government" can only be ...

Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 1:54:41 pm
Today at UCLA, a group of high profile climate change deniers are featured at a conference titled: "Big Footprint: Is Green the New Tyranny?" By itself this is nothing special; climate "skeptics" are always having these echo chamber conferences, to keep the deluded masses fully stocked up with hooey. But this ...

Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 11:15:27 am
MEGA-DERPThe King of Derp, Jim Hoft, is at it again, with another ludicrous post claiming that President Obama "screamed" the F-word at his staff after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: OBAMA SCREAMS AT STAFF: “What the F**k Was That?” After Netanyahu Meeting | The Gateway Pundit. Body language expert ...

Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 7:41:01 pm
Eric Bolling, the Fox Business host who often has genocide denier and anti-Muslim bigot Pamela Geller on his show, crossed a bright red line today into open racism. Media Matters was watching this nauseating display: Fox's Eric Bolling: Obama Is Hosting 'Hoodlums' In 'The Hizzouse'. Media Matters Pure racist hatred: they're not ...

Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 10:43:20 am
The new anti-immigration law just signed by Alabama's Republican governor Robert Bentley explicitly violates the Bill of Rights's provisions against unreasonable search and seizure, by requiring police to arrest anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally if they can't produce documentation -- when stopped for any reason: Alabama ...

Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 6:01:10 pm
You may recall our story from last year about fundamentalist Christian leader George Rekers, who founded the politically active and virulently anti-gay Family Research Council with Dr. James Dobson -- and then was caught on vacation with a "rent boy." It wasn't the first case of an anti-gay preacher busted doing ...