Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 10:17:12 am
When asked today about Rick Perry's implied threat against Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, White House press secretary Jay Carney responded: "When you're president or you're running for president you have to think about what you're saying because your words have greater impact. President Obama and we take the independence of ...

Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 2:54:08 pm
Yesterday someone emailed a link to a Fox News article, with a note saying that I wouldn't believe the vile comments being posted by the Fox audience. The link: UN Says Cholera Epidemic in Somalia. You'll notice that today, all the comments for this article have been removed -- all of ...

Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 10:40:17 am
Shame on Whole Foods Markets for giving in to pressure from raving bigots like Debbie Schlussel, and canceling their promotion of Ramadan: Whole Foods: 'We Should Not Highlight Ramadan'. Under pressure from right-wing bloggers who blindly associate Ramadan and Muslims with terrorism and burqas, Whole Foods has sent an email ...

Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 2:08:53 pm
I'm posting this open thread as an LGF Page, to use it as the first test of the new "promotion" feature that will basically turn LGF into a group blog, by "promoting" LGF Pages. This new feature lets me convert LGF Pages that are especially noteworthy into front page articles, ...

Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 9:49:49 am
I strongly encourage any journalists writing about the no-longer anonymous blogger 'Fjordman' to actually read what this person has written, because you'll discover that his disavowals and deflections are designed to cover up not only far right opinions, but overt white supremacism. Over the years, Peder Jensen has become increasingly ...

Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 4:05:12 pm
Once again I'm traveling, rambling through the countryside, searching for the elusive Crocoduck. No sign of the Crocoduck yet, but here's a video featuring a whacked out creationist with the same name as another whacked out creationist who used to post comments at LGF before flouncing away in the Great LGF ...

Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 3:08:24 pm
Anti-Muslim demagogue Pamela Geller is one of the star writers at Andrew Breitbart's "Big Government" website, and I haven't been shy about pointing out that fact. So today I noticed that several of Breitbart's camp followers are attacking me in turn, by noting that I once linked to Fjordman's articles at ...

Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 10:53:01 am
Today we find that anti-Muslim lunatic Pamela Geller is editing her posts again, to remove evidence of blatant racism. In her despicable post from yesterday, in which she attacked the victims of Oslo terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, she copied an entire article from an anonymous far right blog, including this picture ...

Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 11:09:41 am
In June 2007, "counter-jihad" blogger Pamela Geller posted the following Email from Norway, from a reader who sounds a lot like the Oslo terrorist, Anders Behring Breivik. This is what the post looks like today: I am running an email I received from an Atlas reader in Norway. It is devastating ...

Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 4:47:32 pm
Øyvind Strømmen (known to LGF readers as "oslogin") tours the disturbing world of right wing "counter-jihad" blogs, following the terror attacks by Anders Behring Breivik: Journalist resource: Examples of extreme right reactions to terrorism in Norway. Reactions range from desperate attempts to avoid responsibility, to outright admiration and support for the ...

Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:18:46 am
One of the most hateful of the "counter-jihad" blogs is "Gates of Vienna," where anonymous white nationalist Fjordman continues to post his screeds: Gates of Vienna. This pit of bigotry is run by "Baron Bodissey," whose real name is Ned May. Gates of Vienna and May are featured today in this ...

Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:53:13 am
In the New York Times, Scott Shane looks at the undeniable influence of people like Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller on the Oslo terrorist: Killings in Norway Spotlight Anti-Muslim Thought in U.S. In the document he posted online, Anders Behring Breivik, who is accused of bombing government buildings and killing ...

Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 11:36:20 am
Here's an update from the right wing Swedish website "Tidningen Realisten," which reported yesterday that the Oslo terrorist may have been notorious white nationalist blogger "Fjordman." They acknowledge today that this isn't the case, but they say Anders Behring Breivik himself claimed to be "Fjordman:" Google Translation: Updated at. 03:37 Data ...

Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 4:44:26 pm
The latest reports coming in from Norwegian sources say the man arrested in the bombing and massacre in Oslo, Anders Behring Breivik, has ties to right wing extremism and does not appear to be linked to Islamic terrorism. UPDATE at 7/22/11 5:26:46 pm More updates on the situation from LGF reader ...

Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 5:33:58 pm
Michele Bachmann and her husband Marcus have been vehemently denying that they endorse the view that homosexuality can be "cured," but now evidence has emerged that Marcus Bachmann's clinics are deeply involved in the pseudo-science of "ex-gay therapy:" ‘God Has Created You for Heterosexuality’: Clinics Owned by Michele Bachmann’s ...

Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 5:53:25 pm
It's Wednesday, and you know what that means: Hump Day open thread time, with bonus open registration for a limited time. Here's why you might want to register an account at LGF: [Item List] Here's the link to register an account.

Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 4:55:08 pm
If you're a dyed in the wool Firesign Theatre mudhead like me, you'll want to see this -- a live mini-film festival, featuring Firesigners Peter Bergman and Phil Proctor, straight from the Everything Is Festival in Los Angeles. Video

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 ...

Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 6:17:11 pm
Here's a Tuesday night open thread, coinciding with a Tuesday night open registration (for a limited time). Benefits of registering at LGF include: [Item List] Here's the link to register an account. UPDATE at 6/28/11 8:19:21 pm And the window of opportunity swings shut for the evening.

Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 2:59:00 pm
Here's an afternoon art break, with a short sci-fi film by Artfx titled "The Archiver." (I'm also testing the "private" feature for this thread, so comments are not visible to unregistered viewers.) UPDATE at 6/27/11 4:59:12 pm (I'm now turning off the Private flag for this thread, since I've verified it works properly.) ...

Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 1:49:22 pm
Another day, another sign that Fox News is the media arm of the Republican Party. Gawker has discovered that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has a very interesting "confidential adviser" -- Fox chairman Roger Ailes. The reason why Christie is designating Ailes as an "adviser?" So their communications can remain ...

Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 7:14:50 pm
The Government Accountability Office released a report today showing that Andrew Breitbart and James O'Keefe got away with a gigantic hoax on the American public, resulting in the unjust demise of an organization that helped the poorest and most disenfranchised: GAO Finds Little to Support Congress' Abolition of ACORN. A ...

Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 9:58:29 am
One of the odd moments (out of many) at last night's Republican debate came when moderator John King asked Tim Pawlenty about his attacks on Mitt Romney's health care plan, using the term "Obamneycare." The question here on the campus of Saint Anselm University from CNN moderator John King was ...

Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 12:33:16 pm
I was going to ignore the latest claims of Andrew Breitbart's flying monkeys, as they desperately tried to pretend that they "totally discredited" my post fact-checking Breitbart's lies about the leaked Rep. Weiner photograph. I've learned that there's no point in engaging these people with arguments or logic; they just ...