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Searched LGF articles for: cycle of violence (529 matches, in 22 pages)

Will Texas Become a Giant Bundy Ranch?

Tue, May 12, 2015 at 7:53:19 am
The short answer is no, not the entire state, but things really are getting freaky, I mean spring 1861 level freaky, here in Texas. Jade Helm is still 2 months away and the conspiracy industry's seditious insanity is spreading like a contagious disease in rural areas, small towns, and "white ...

Twitter Blocks Ads by Notorious White Supremacist "Weev"

Thu, May 7, 2015 at 10:44:44 am
Some people who use Twitter had a very unpleasant surprise recently, when they saw "promoted tweets" (read: advertisements) appearing in their timeline espousing overt white supremacism. These tweets were placed by a notorious troll named Andrew "weev" Auernheimer -- but he's not just trolling, he apparently really is a straight ...

Pamela Geller: Burmese Muslims Had It Coming

Wed, May 6, 2015 at 3:54:24 pm
In her recent Time magazine piece, Pamela Geller denies that she and her organization, American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), were "asking for it" when their "Draw the Prophet" contest was attacked by Muslim extremists on Sunday. She claims they were fighting for "freedom," but how does she feel about the ...

Chuck C. Johnson Says: "Blacks Are More Violent"

Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 11:03:05 am
Our stalker pal Chuck C. Johnson (who is NOT ME) got very worked up and excited when the violence broke out in Baltimore, and stayed up all night tweeting racist hatred like a noxious firehose. Among dozens and dozens of awful tweets, Chuck advocated: taking away EBT cards taking away welfare taking away ...

Video: President Obama's Statement on Baltimore Violence

Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 12:16:19 pm
YouTube Here's the statement President Obama gave earlier today on the violence in Baltimore; he appropriately called out the rioters and looters as criminals, but also made the very serious point that the violence distracted from "multiple days of peaceful protests" focused on "entirely legitimate concerns of these communities in Baltimore" ...

New Study: Nearly 9% of Americans Are Angry and Impulsive, and They Own Lots of Guns

Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 2:02:56 pm
I've been arguing for a while that the gun lobby's focus on mental illness as a primary cause of gun violence is nothing more than a diversion from the real issue -- the appalling prevalence of guns in the United States, where there are more than 290 million guns in ...

Todd Kincannon Threatened to Kill His Own Father

Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 2:41:06 pm
The more we learn, the crazier Todd Kincannon gets: Just before midnight on April 13, 2013, according to one incident report, an officer with the Simpsonville Police Department responded to a call from Kincannon's father, who said he wished to report an incident but did not want to press charges. ...

Awful Right Wing Twitter Troll Todd Kincannon Arrested for Domestic Violence

Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 5:57:37 pm
One of the most disgusting right wing racists ever to plague Twitter with his presence, Todd Kincannon, former executive director of the South Carolina Republican Party, has been arrested for criminal domestic violence, after an altercation with his wife last month turned very ugly. No story about this would be complete ...

Former SCGOP Head Todd Kincannon Accused of Threatening Wife

Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 11:18:29 am
Todd Kincannon, former executive director of the South Carolina Republican Party and unreconstructed hateful racist, was questioned by police last Thursday after threatening his wife and refusing to let her out of the car in a Chick-fil-A parking lot. Todd Kincannon, a Columbia attorney and former executive director of the ...

Reality Check: Terrorism Cases Involving Muslim-Americans, 2014

Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 11:59:33 am
Since the 2016 race for the presidency is already heating up at this early stage, I thought it might be a good idea to post the most recent report--published on February 9, 2015, by the University of North Carolina and the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security--regarding homegrown terrorism. ...

American Family Association's Bryan Fischer: Atoning for Abortion Will Mean "American Blood in the Streets"

Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 2:53:00 pm
Folks, we haven't written about the American Family Association's resident Old Testament loon Bryan Fischer recently, because he's like a broken record repeating the same idiotic hate speech over and over. But today he posted a video that breaks new ground for him. Because in response to a call from a ...

Did James O'Keefe Try to Plant an Undercover Operative in Ferguson to Incite Protesters to Violence?

Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 8:18:07 pm
I don't trust any of the people involved in this story, neither the James O'Keefe associates nor the New York Post, but if true this could be the end of James O'Keefe's creepy business: Activist Allegedly Tried to Bait Protesters With 'Kill Cops' Script. A controversial conservative activist is being ...

Rudy Giuliani Enters the "Non-Apology Apology" Phase of the Wingnut Cycle

Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 11:03:51 am
Rudy Giuliani is now doing the well-known Wingnut Walk-Back, after his ugly statements that President Obama doesn't love America; he's already gone through the initial hate speech eruption and the denial stage, and now it's time for the non-apology apology. Obviously, I cannot read President Obama's mind or heart, and ...

Horrible Right Wing Tweet of the Day

Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 12:24:04 pm
Dinesh D'Souza's racist tweets temporarily dethroned the usual winner of the Horrible Right Wing Tweet of the Day award, Chuck C. Johnson, but with this absolutely disgusting comment Chuck is back on the bottom. And if you want to be even more disgusted, check out who retweeted this: white supremacists and ...

Glenn Greenwald Will Speak to a Koch-Funded Event Named After a Pro-Lynching Racist Dixiecrat Congressman

Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 6:39:05 pm
"Only a short time ago... their [black] ancestors roamed the jungles of Africa in absolute savagery...[Y]ou do not know where the beast is among them. Somewhere in that black mass of people is the man who would outrage your wife or your child, and every man who lives in the ...

Right Wing Media Already Misleading About Obama's Prayer Breakfast Comments

Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 11:10:22 am
Right wing media are already taking President Obama's comments at this morning's prayer breakfast out of context in order to play into the hateful attack that our President is a terrorist sympathizer who hates Christians. Hot Air accused the President of comparing Christianity to ISIS: Drudge went with the single out ...

Guess Who's Been Arrested Again

Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 12:06:20 pm
George Zimmerman is currently in jail in Seminole County Florida on aggravated assault charges, with domestic violence and weapon enhancements. Also, he's not eligible for bail, which on top of the weapon and domestic violence upgrades is a really bad sign. Edit, Update 1: Zimmerman has now seen the judge ...

Rudy Giuliani on Brooklyn Police Shootings: It's Obama's Fault

Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 10:40:53 am
How can you tell Rudy Giuliani is considering another run at the Presidency? When he starts saying really stupid things to appeal to the knuckle-dragging Tea Party base: Obama's 'Propaganda' Pushed People to 'Hate the Police,' Giuliani Says. President Obama has engaged in "propaganda" encouraging people to "hate the police," ...

Chuck Todd Has a New 'Meet the Press' Panelist: Breitbart "News" Crackpot John Nolte

Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 2:45:52 pm
MSNBC If you've followed his career as a flame-throwing right wing demagogue and one of the most unhinged writers at Breitbart "News," it's an unpleasant surprise to see John Nolte now being invited by Chuck Todd to sit on the panel of Meet the Press. He may not sound too crazed in ...

[Updated] Kansas City: Muslim Teen Intentionally Struck by SUV Dies

Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 4:38:30 pm
And so it begins. Where's the wall-to-wall news coverage that would be happening if the driver had been a Muslim who intentionally plowed into a teen coming out of a church or synagogue? Where's the outrage over a murdered innocent? There's video at the source, but I can't embed it because ...

Racism, Discrimination and Privilege

Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 10:23:03 am
I have known and seen racism and discrimination. I have known and experienced privilege. And I have the common sense to distinguish between the two. Ferguson is a place that is riddled with racism and discrimination. The police are known by all to engage in discrimination and racism. The state has disbanded ...

Rudy Giuliani: "White Police Officers Wouldn't Be There if You [Blacks] Weren't Killing Each Other"

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 ...

Audio Recordings Show Police/FAA Shut Down Airspace Over Ferguson to Keep Media Out

Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 2:58:14 pm
Weapons safety rule #2: "Never point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot." http://t.co/tAtnqaOvW5 pic.twitter.com/Y3mdBsuiWZ — Paul Szoldra (@PaulSzoldra) August 12, 2014 You may remember this LGF post from last August, when Ferguson, Missouri, erupted in street protests after the shooting death of Michael Brown: FAA Shuts Down ...

Saturday Acoustic: Michael Chapdelaine - the Harp of the Warrior (El Arpa Del Guerrero)

Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 1:18:34 pm
YouTube This one's a bit different from most of the acoustic guitar videos I've been posting -- a pure modern classical guitar piece by Cuban composer Leo Brouwer, beautifully performed by Michael Chapdelaine on a steel string guitar instead of a traditional gut string classical guitar. "Harp of the Warrior" This tune ...

Mid-Term Elections Are Incredibly Close - and Incredibly Important

Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 2:59:11 pm
The Senate and Governor races this year are incredibly close, according to the polling: Look How Close Democrats Are to Winning ... and Losing. Using the poll aggregator at the Huffington Post, I've compiled the current state of the hottest races this cycle, as well as what would happen if ...

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