Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 11:13:15 am
Video Looks like today's the day; the Ferguson grand jury decision is expected to be announced soon. Here's a thread to keep up on news; I'll be very surprised if Darren Wilson faces charges for his killing of Michael Brown. I think the fix has been in from the start.

Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 3:05:17 pm
The incoming Republican speaker of the Nevada State Assembly, Ira Hansen, is stepping down from the post after the Reno News & Review brought to light his history of amazingly overt racism and bigotry. "Politics of personal destruction win. I need to step down," Hansen wrote in the email. "I ...

Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 1:03:14 pm
MSNBC In response to a question from Chuck Todd about the overwhelming prevalence of white police officers in black communities, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani hauled out one of the right wing's "but what about this?" non sequitur talking points -- the counter-charge that most violence against blacks is committed ...

Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 11:21:20 am
I knew things had swung to the radical right in Nevada, but the Reno News & Review has a jaw-dropper of a report today on the Republican picked by the GOP to be speaker of the state assembly, Ira Hansen -- a paleoconservative caveman who wrote a column for years ...

Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 12:21:39 pm
If the reports we've been getting about the Grand Jury in the Michael Brown case in Ferguson are accurate, it seems like a foregone conclusion that officer Darren Wilson is not going to be charged in Brown's killing. And now in preparation for the soon-to-be released decision of the Grand Jury, ...

Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 10:13:45 am
Another epidemic worse than Ebola. Also -- claims in the media that mass shootings aren't increasing are wrong. Check out this horrifying Harvard timeline graphic: Have mass shootings become more common? According to our statistical analysis of more than three decades of data, in 2011 the United States entered a new period in ...

Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 10:44:33 am
Despite DOJ requesting Ferguson PD wear ID in 2 separate letters, FPD officers not complying with DOJ or FPD regs http://t.co/rxCakw0WCA — lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 29, 2014 Two DOJ letters weren't enough. FPD regulations aren't enough. The FPD keeps flouting their own rules and regulations, let alone the DOJ letters requiring ...

Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 10:55:05 am
From Jeanne Devon at the Mudflats blog, new even-more-sordid details on the now famous Palin family drunken brawl: You Want the Palin Brawl? Here It Is. The Palins arrived at the party, but not just Sarah and Todd who were the only actual invitees from the clan - the whole ...

Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 10:58:57 am
File imageSince unarmed teenager Michael Brown was gunned down in a Ferguson street by police officer Darren Wilson, Gateway Pundit's Jim Hoft, aka the Dumbest Man on the Internet, has basically turned his blog into a non-stop hate and distortion machine, publishing one racially charged post after another, making up ...

Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 10:41:33 am
MSNBC Here's the full transcript of the President's interview with NBC dunderhead Chuck Todd, and if you want to know why I refer to Todd that way, here's a perfect example. Obama mentioned Syria specifically four times before Chuck Todd blurted out, "You've not said the word, 'Syria,' so far in our ...

Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 7:43:08 pm
In the days since Darren Wilson was named as the officer involved in the shooting of an unarmed Mike Brown, someone established a GoFundMe for raising funds for Wilson's likely defense fund. Other folks have already shown their true intentions in the hate filled comments supporting Wilson. People donated $25, $50, ...

Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 7:13:19 am
The law enforcement response to the shooting death of Michael Brown at the hands of Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson has been troubling in all aspects, but the local police (including Ferguson PD, St. Louis County Police, and other agencies) treatment of journalists is especially so. Journalists are being harassed at ...

Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 10:05:39 pm
Here's an open thread for folks to share info on what's happening in Ferguson, Missouri. So far it seems like the community is going to honor the curfew; let's hope it stays that way as the night goes on. 12:00 at Red's Barbeque. https://t.co/8HFXUgoCj1 — Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 17, 2014 ...

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 ...

Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 12:51:40 pm
witness to Brown killing

Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 12:57:03 pm
Here's a video from Fox 2 in St. Louis, with interviews with witnesses to the police shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. According to his friend Dorin Johnson, who was with Brown when the confrontation occurred, they were walking in the street to Brown's grandmother's apartment when a squad ...

Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 11:38:53 am
Eighteen-year old Michael Brown and a friend were walking in the street in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri when a policeman drove up and ordered them to get on the sidewalk. A verbal confrontation ensued, and then, according to witnesses, the police officer got out of the car ...

Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 1:08:28 pm
Last week Gabby Giffords co-authored an op-ed for CNN on Domestic Abuse and gun violence. Guns killing women: Time for Congress to act Basically, she is asking Congress to extend Federal gun laws that protect married women against abusive spouses to include single women who are abused and stalked. Seems, to me anyway, ...

Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 7:53:14 pm
Ted Nugent's scheduled show at a native American casino in Worley, Idaho, was recently canceled when the venue received numerous complaints about the crotch-rocker's long history of hateful racism and right wing extremism, and tonight he's lashing out at critics who are calling for his show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin to ...

Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 2:11:45 pm
When NBC News correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin was recently called home from Gaza where he had been reporting on the conflict, our good friend Glenn Greenwald immediately took to The Intercept to post one of his over-heated propaganda pieces, very strongly insinuating that Mohyeldin was pulled out because his reporting was ...

Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 11:58:53 am
The man in the photo below, Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, was born & raised in the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza. He studied hard and received a scholarship to study medicine in Cairo, then went on to earn a diploma in Obstetrics and Gynecology from the University of London. He subsequently ...

Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 11:35:44 am
Video In an interview with ABC News, Eric Holder had some words of truth about half-governor Sarah Palin and her ludicrous calls for impeaching President Obama. Asked about calls by Sarah Palin to impeach Obama over the administration's immigration policies, Holder said: "She wasn't a particularly good vice presidential candidate. She's ...

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, Jun 23, 2014 at 11:50:01 am
Here's a good lengthy article at the Washington Post on the Tea Party's all-out push in Mississippi to get out the vote for racist, homophobic neo-Confederate candidate Chris McDaniel: In Mississippi, Jenny Beth Martin and Tea Party Patriots Try to Prove Their Worth. I think this is my favorite part of ...

Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 6:56:35 pm
This guy just defeated Eric Cantor. Here we see the Bad Crazy. pic.twitter.com/50MhdN0NpB — Dave Brat VA 7th (@DaveBratVA7th) May 29, 2014 pic.twitter.com/8Rm7ESxnsW — Dave Brat VA 7th (@DaveBratVA7th) June 2, 2014 Unlike Eric Cantor, Dave is focused on the issues that are affecting Virginian's, not mud-slinging #tcot #tlot pic.twitter.com/PglwKALnkB — Dave Brat ...