Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 11:50:15 am
Alexandre Bissonnette, suspect in Quebec City mosque killings (source: Facebook) Six people were killed last night in a terrorist attack on a Quebec City mosque. Right wing blogs and media instantly jumped to the conclusion that Islamists were responsible for the shootings, as they always do. But today we're learning more about ...

Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 2:36:02 pm
Uncredited image: dailynous.com As I mentioned in my recent post, "How To Nussbaum a Trump", others have pointed out the relevance of Harry Frankfurt's analysis of bullshit to Trump's rhetoric, and a few have alluded to how he might be the first post-modern President. However, given how "truth-challenged" his administration appears ...

Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 5:55:50 pm
I'm pleased to announce that Little Green Footballs has made it onto a very prestigious list of news outlets: The Ultimate "Fake News" List by none other than deranged conspiracy-monger Alex Jones! The whack jobs who run Infowars are clearly stung by the absolutely accurate charge that they peddle fake news ...

Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 8:04:46 pm
YouTube With all the other awful stuff in the news about Donald Trump's impending takeover, you might have missed this disturbing sidenote: Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway went on Fox News today and issued a veiled threat of legal action against Harry Reid. And of course, when challenged she denied that's what she ...

Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 3:55:15 pm
The thing about white supremacist troll Chuck C. Johnson is that even other right wing loons can't stand him, because he's such -- not to put too fine a point on it -- a complete douchebag. And now, the Daily Beast's Olivia Nuzzi reports that the Rage Furby and Trump ...

Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 6:23:05 pm
The latest story about Donald Trump's grotesque history of sexual assault and excess, by Michael Gross, may be the worst yet: Inside Donald Trump’s One-Stop Parties: Attendees Recall Cocaine and Very Young Models. The girls were as young as 15, he says, and “over their heads, they had no idea, ...

Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 1:28:19 pm
Republican politicians are bailing out on Donald Trump like rats deserting a sinking ship today. Donald Trump should withdraw and Mike Pence should be our nominee effective immediately. — Senator John Thune (@SenJohnThune) October 8, 2016 ReplyReply w/ Quote If Donald Trump wishes to defeat Hillary Clinton, he should do the only thing ...

Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:30:15 am
Image via Gage Skidmore / Flickr (CC-BY-SA) As if we needed any more evidence that Donald Trump is running a massive con game on the American public, today he's continuing to hype those bogus online polls that anyone can vote in -- and Fox News is, of course, helping him run ...

Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 8:31:23 am
http://bobcesca.com/podcast/092216/BCS _092216.mp3 Today's program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob & Chez Show: Librarian from Outer Space: Ben Cohen from The Daily Banter fills in for Chez; The Terence Crutcher Shooting in Tulsa; Systemic issues behind police shootings; Tusla officer’s excuse; Instapundit Suspended from Twitter; The protest in Charlotte; Trump wants to ...

Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 11:47:03 am
Today we get a series of outright lies from the Republican candidate for president of the United States, in a self-aggrandizing statement about his history of promoting the grotesque right wing racist Birther conspiracy theory: "Hillary Clinton’s campaign first raised this issue to smear then-candidate Barack Obama in her very ...

Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 7:24:17 pm
YouTube And now for some beautiful music in 7/4 time featuring Malika Tirolien, a very talented artist from Guadeloupe, performing live with the always excellent Snarky Puppy. "Sew" from Snarky Puppy's live DVD/CD - "Family Dinner - Volume One" Buy It Here: http://ropeadope99.bandcamp.com/ album/family-dinner-volume-1 http://it unes.apple.com/us/album/family-dinner- vol.-1/id692332178 http://www.snarkyp uppy.com / http://www.facebook.com/snarkypuppy w ritten by Malika Tirolien arranged by Malika Tirolien & Michael League produced ...

Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 3:21:38 pm
A cartoon frog named "Pepe" has become a very well-known, quite ubiquitous symbol used by neo-Nazis and the racist "alt-right." So today, as Trump and his surrogates are pitching a huge fit of fake outrage that Hillary Clinton (correctly) called out many of his supporters as racists and bigots, close Trump ...

Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 7:19:54 pm
The New York Daily News has some very revealing information tonight about Donald Trump's new campaign CEO, Breitbart publisher Stephen Bannon, and as someone who's been sounding the alarm about the disgusting racism and antisemitism at Breitbart "News" for years, let me just say: I am not even remotely surprised. Trump ...

Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:28:13 am
YouTube At a press conference today, President Obama was asked about Donald Trump's qualifications for the presidency -- and he brought the hammer down in his strongest denunciation of the horrible talking yam yet. WASHINGTON — In his strongest denunciation of Donald J. Trump so far, President Obama on Tuesday said ...

Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 11:15:22 am
Albert H. Teich / Shutterstock.com So today, Donald Trump was so desperate for media attention after two days of the Democratic convention that he held a press conference (which in itself is pretty outrageous, since by tradition US parties don't campaign during each other's conventions), and actually encouraged Russia to spy ...

Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 11:39:19 am
And now, a "veteran's outreach" adviser to Donald Trump and delegate to the GOP convention, Al Baldasaro, has publicly called for Hillary Clinton to be "shot for treason." Here's the audio, via Andrew Kaczynski at Buzzfeed: SoundCloud The Daily Beast's Tim Mak contacted Baldasaro, and he proceeded to double down: "Anyone that ...

Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 8:43:58 pm
The Daily Show tweeted this a little while ago; yes, after Melania Trump's disastrous plagiarism incident last night, tonight Donald Trump Jr. also lifted whole passages from an article from the American Conservative for his speech, without attribution. I am now officially speechless. 👀 pic.twitter.com/QEftnTTwy3 — The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) July 20, 2016 ...

Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 9:01:35 pm
YouTube Compare the video above to the transcript below, and make up your own mind. I think the similarities are close enough to be more than coincidence. CORRECTION: Melania stole a whole graph from Michelle's speech. #GOPConvention WATCH: https://t.co/8BCOwXAHSy pic.twitter.com/zudpDznGng — Jarrett Hill (@JarrettHill) July 19, 2016 Melania's version: From my young age, ...

Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 11:33:58 am
What else is left to say on a day like this? Plenty. Cops were murdered just as surely as black men were murdered by cops. You can protest and demand justice in both without being cynical or hypocritical. Justice. Only justice shall thou pursue. Cops do dangerous work, and they ...

Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 5:44:28 pm
YouTube Time for some mid-week hot jazz, featuring Snarky Puppy with the great Lucy Woodward. Oh yeah. "He Got Away" from Snarky Puppy's live DVD/CD - "Family Dinner - Volume One" Buy It Here: http://ropeadope99.bandcamp.com/ album/family-dinner-volume-1 http://it unes.apple.com/us/album/family-dinner- vol.-1/id692332178 http://www.snarkyp uppy.com / http://www.facebook.com/snarkypuppy w ritten by Lucy Woodward arranged by Lucy Woodward & Michael League produced by Michael League co-produced by Snarky Puppy recorded and filmed ...

Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 9:17:12 pm
The Daily Beast has more information on Edward Perkowski, arrested Thursday in New York's Long Island suburb with a cache of weapons, bomb-making materials and instruction manuals, and Nazi paraphernalia; it turns out that Perkowski, his brother, and their father were also fans of, you guessed it, Donald Trump. The screenshot ...

Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 11:10:00 am
In today's right wing plot twist, Jim Hoft, the fabled Stupidest Man on the Internet, who has been spouting virulent anti-gay rhetoric for many years and openly associating with homophobic hate groups, has written a post for Breitbart "News" in which he comes out of the closet: After the Pulse ...

Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 1:23:43 pm
You may have heard that Gawker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today, but as part of their action they've also filed an "adversary" lawsuit naming Hulk Hogan, journalist Ashley Terrill, and our old pal, infamous cyberstalker and all around nasty douchebag Chuck C. Johnson. After filing for Chapter 11 ...

Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 11:29:40 am
There's a reason Donald Trump wanted people to pay attention to his nonsense about the veterans' donations yesterday. As a reminder for that nonstop train wreck, yesterday Trump finally provided a list that still fell short of the $6 million in donations raised he claimed back in January at a ...

Wed, May 25, 2016 at 6:34:28 pm
When President Obama was bothered by a fly during a speech recently, the entire religious right went into paroxysms of horror, declaring it was proof that the White House was infested by demons and yes, Lucifer himself, the dreaded Lord of the Flies. So today while Donald Trump was giving a ...