Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 10:35:00 am
Amazing. The right wing media are still shrieking about Joe Biden's "chains" comment, even though not a single one of these demagogues honestly believes there was a racial intent to it: Gibbs: Biden Remark No More Racial Than Boehner Saying 'Unshackle Wall Street'. Senior Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs on ...

Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 12:27:43 pm
This is a consequence of anti-government militias operating across the nation with unfettered access to firearms. Two Louisiana sheriff deputies assassinated and two others were injured outside New Orleans. Five people are now in custody in relation to the actions: A gunman shot and wounded a St. John Parish deputy ...

Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:38:22 pm
Video Here's a report from KPRC in Texas with details on 35-year old Thomas Caffall, killed yesterday in a shootout with police in College Station near Texas A&M, after killing two people and severely wounding another: Family: College Station Shooter Was 'Ticking Time Bomb'. KPRC Local 2 investigative reporter Robert ...

Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 7:08:20 pm
[Link: www.alternet.org...] The ads, which were rejected in New York by the Metropolitan Transit Authority before a judge ruled that the decision violated free speech rights, send a strident pro-Israel message. They read: "In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man." Then, between two ...

Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 7:03:03 pm
Sarah Palin puts a brave face on it: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will not speak at the Republican nominating convention in Tampa later this month, she said in statement on Sunday. "This year is a good opportunity for other voices to speak at the convention and ...

Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 1:57:17 pm
Drought via Shutterstock Environmental scientist Robert J. Brulle has an op-ed in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, calling for the environmental movement to redouble its efforts to move climate change onto the presidential agenda, and criticizing the irresponsible behavior of both candidates as the climate continues to heat up: Conspiracy of ...

Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:54:19 am
In the span of just a few years, Berkeley Prof. Richard Muller went from being a climate change skeptic to a believer that humans are responsible for climate change. The reason: overwhelming evidence. My total turnaround, in such a short time, is the result of careful and objective analysis by ...

Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:08:21 am
Former Florida Republican Party chairman Jim Greer is accusing party officials of scheming to suppress black votes, which is only a surprise if you haven't paid attention to the dozens of Voter ID laws being pushed by the GOP across the country: Jim Greer Denounces Florida Republican Party Officials as ...

Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 3:29:14 pm
A group of scientific and engineering organizations is trying to get the presidential candidates to commit to a debate on science in America: Quest for Science Debate Continues. As CJR points out, in the last election both John McCain and Barack Obama gave fairly detailed written responses. I have no doubt ...

Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:30:20 pm
Oh yeah, and also ... Michele Bachmann (R-Mars) came out of storage this week and launched a McCarthy-like crusade against a nonexistent Muslim Brotherhood infiltration of the upper echelons of the US government, targeting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's aide Huma Abedin in particular. This crackpot anti-Muslim conspiracy theory has been ...

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 6:21:18 pm
In a way, Tim Pawlenty is the perfect running mate for Mitt Romney; he's a fundamentalist Christian, a creationist, and a climate change denier, but he somehow manages to project a bland non-threatening persona. In other words, a reactionary nut who doesn't look like a reactionary nut. Perfect. It was four ...

Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 12:11:01 pm
Ned May from the anti-Muslim blog Gates of Vienna spoke to a "counter-jihad" conference at the European Parliament a few days ago, desperately spinning the outright bigotry and hate speech in which he traffics in an attempt to distance himself from Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik, and he brought up ...

Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 7:14:49 pm
Would someone please let Breitbart.com writer Laura Rubenfeld know that Pamela Geller has no "constitutional right" to demand that the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles give her a venue to spread hate speech? Proving, once again, that those who scream loudest about constitutional rights are often those who know the least ...

Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 10:52:31 am
This is the moron whose ex-wife is suing him for more than $100,000 in unpaid child support, now attacking a veteran who lost both her legs in Iraq: Rep. Joe Walsh Blasts Double Amputee's Military Service, Says She's Not a 'True Hero'. YouTube Video Though he never joined the military himself, ...

Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 3:08:02 pm
[Link: www.splcenter.org...] Is Robert Stacy McCain's neo-Nazi friend really having a breakdown, or is he trying to get committed to a mental institution to avoid going to prison? Bill White, the Virginia neo-Nazi and convicted felon who was arrested in Mexico earlier this month and faces federal charges of violating the ...

Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:39:01 am
Remember how, just a few weeks ago, the National Review was forced to fire not one, but two overt white nationalists from their staff? Our posts on these disgusting episodes: National Review's John Derbyshire Publishes Stunningly Racist Article at White Nationalist Site John Derbyshire Is Just a Little Too Openly Racist for ...

Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 11:08:04 am
Today at PJ Media, hate group leader Robert Spencer turns in another exercise in blatant bigotry: PJ Media » Is Michael Bloomberg Secretly a Muslim? He's only "kidding," of course. He doesn't really think Michael Bloomberg is a secret Muslim. He just thinks Bloomberg is acting like a Muslim, and we know ...

Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 12:51:56 pm
Gulag via Shutterstock The right wing persecution fantasy known as #TwitterGulag is still raging today, as the conspiracy theories and suspected masterminds keep multiplying and getting more ridiculous. They've now started adding a slash to any suspected mastermind's Twitter username, to avoid what they think is the DREADED REPLY TRAP that ...

Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:55:14 am
When I worked for PJ Media several years back, anti-Muslim hateblogger Robert Spencer used to frequently email me, begging to be included in PJ Media's advertising program and have his articles published at the site. At the time, Roger Simon and the real decision maker of PJ Media, investor Aubrey Chernick, ...

Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 9:39:58 am
Note: This is a press release from the hate group Stop Islamization of Nations. Worldwide Counter-Jihad Alliance to Launch with Stockholm Demonstration on August 4 By Stop Islamization of Nations Published: Tuesday, Jun. 12, 2012 - 2:46 am NEW YORK, June 12, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The first worldwide counter-jihad initiative ...

Thu, May 17, 2012 at 9:23:53 am
Booga boogaProving that right wing attack memes never die, they just get eternally recycled, another super-rich wingnut is funding a campaign to try to tie Barack Obama to Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Yes, again. G.O.P. 'Super PAC' Weighs Hard-Line Attack on Obama. WASHINGTON — A group of high-profile Republican strategists is working with ...

Fri, May 4, 2012 at 11:17:24 am
YouTube Video Wow. Rarely are we privileged to witness such a moronic convergence of right wing bigotry, as Lou Engle of The Call says the religious right should model themselves after the Confederacy to fight "the homosexual agenda." Very bad craziness indeed. During his speech at the Christian Broadcasting Network’s “Week of ...

Wed, May 2, 2012 at 1:34:07 pm
In the wake of CNN contributer Dana Loesch's latest conspiracy-mongering about LGF owner Charles Johnson, I thought this would be a good opportunity to review Dana and Chris Loesch's long history of using movement conservatives for their own personal gain. Roughly four years ago, Chris and Dana Loesch voted for Mitt ...

Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:23:51 am
As a Mormon, it's an uphill climb for Mitt Romney to get the religious right on his side; many of the most influential right wing religious leaders are not shy at all about calling Mormonism a "cult." One tactic Romney is using to get over this problem: promising to appoint far ...

Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 8:56:32 am
Documents obtained from Guidestar reveal that John O'Sullivan -- former editor and current staff writer and "editor-at-large" for National Review -- is listed on the board of directors for the white nationalist organization Lexington Research Institute Limited (aka The VDare Foundation) most commonly known as VDare. Form 990s obtained from Guidestar ...