Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 2:50:45 pm
The British government's former independent reviewer of terrorism legislation had some very critical words for Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald yesterday: Publishing Edward Snowden Security Secrets a 'Criminal' Act, Says Former Terrorism Watchdog. Lord Carlile said: "David Miranda, his partner Glenn Greenwald, Edward Snowden and the Guardian claim to be ...

Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 12:08:25 pm
This article is several days old, but I just recently happened upon it. I am struck by the desperate and totally cynical tone. Andrew McCarthy is saying in effect; Republicans can not win national elections. It is impossible. They have no choice but to shutdown government and hold the ...

Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 10:06:49 am
Let's go straight to the video tape. Video That's from This Week With George Stephanopoulos this past weekend (10/04/2013) - starting around the 3 minute mark. The transcript: STEPHANOPOULOS: But Mr. Speaker, he says -- and he said it publicly on many occasions, that you came to him back in July and offered ...

Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 1:41:22 pm
MP3 Audio NPR's Steve Inskeep interviewed President Obama on Monday about the looming government shutdown, the upcoming debt ceiling fight and more. A full transcript of the interview follows: STEVE INSKEEP: As you have watched what's happening in Congress, do you feel that House Republicans are coming any closer to anything ...

Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 4:11:50 pm
Photo: Brittany Randolph via Flickr.com This post originally appeared at NationalMemo.com. In the wake of a mass shooting, the National Rifle Association goes silent as its members and fans spew insults they learned from the movie Mean Girls at anyone who would dare talk about gun safety. This is typically followed in the ...

Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:05:07 pm
Here we go again in Texas, where reactionary Republican religious fanatics are trying once more to insert nutty creationist falsehoods into high school science textbooks. (And climate change denial too; they often go hand in hand.) AUSTIN -- Religious conservatives serving on state textbook review panels have criticized several proposed ...

Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 2:00:26 pm
Vimeo Time travel. Space Exploration. Violence. Drama. Love. Cats. Dreams. (c)2013 Katie Akana and Ryan Barger

Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 11:44:28 am
Let me start off by saying that for the GOP to lose the House of Representatives would require a meltdown worse than we're seeing in the Arctic. "The number of competitive districts is at its lowest since Cook first started the partisanship rating in the 1998 election cycle," the Cook Political ...

Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 11:30:05 am
The military's removal of President Mohammad Morsi opened up a can of worms from which the Egyptian polity is not likely to recover anytime soon. Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood had been busy attempting to impose its socio-political will on a nation that was largely unwilling to go along with their agenda. The ...

Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 10:49:25 am
YouTube In today's episode of "Dumbest Man in Congress," Louie "Terror Babies" Gohmert is parroting the standard nonsensical right wing line that President Obama is a racist trying to provoke a race war. "I tell you what though, in that release there was a great statement that I'm glad somebody in ...

Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 2:37:17 pm
Media Matters The relentless Fox News propaganda about Benghazi never stops, and as all of the allegations pushed by Fox and the GOP (they're pretty much the same thing, of course) have ended up thoroughly debunked, they're now reduced to the mindless repetition of blatant lies, simply trying to trick anyone ...

Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:26:24 am
Perhaps you've been flooded with reports from across the Pond that the Royals have a new progeny. The media outlets have been 24/7 with coverage about Princess Kate being in labor and giving birth to a baby boy. But that's not nearly as newsworthy as what happened in a dusty and ...

Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 10:46:31 am
This came to my attention via Wonkette, so credit is due for that, and also for her explanation of sizzurp, which is something I'm clueless about. NB: I have included links for purpose of citation. I do not recommend going to any of them, except Wonkette. As per an article released ...

Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 3:43:00 pm
On the far fringes of the Wingnutosphere is a growing meme about mobs of black youth randomly attacking white people, and the "media blackout" surrounding it. It's been going around for awhile now, but it's gaining momentum as the George Zimmerman trial has gone to the jury, and mainstream ...

Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:24:38 am
Text of letter from Home Office to Pamela Geller (Robert Spencer received a similar letter): The poisonous duoDear Ms. Geller I am writing to inform you about the British government's measures for excluding or deporting extremists under the Unacceptable Behaviour policy. The list of unacceptable behaviours covers any non-UK national whether ...

Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 1:09:43 pm
And now we have the definitive jump-the-shark moment for CNET's absurdly misleading NSA story, as raving demagogue Pamela Geller puts on her hate goggles and makes the connections between NSA spying and the SEKRIT MOSLEM CONSPIRACY: OBAMA ADMIN IS LISTENING IN ON YOUR PHONECALLS "SIMPLY BASED ON AN ANALYST DECIDING ...

Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 11:06:22 am
YouTube This video was proudly posted by Pamela Geller at her noxious hate site this morning, showing her speech to the mouth-breathing morons who disrupted the Tennessee townhall meeting the night of June 4th. It's easy to see why they were so worked up and hostile -- Geller even hints around ...

Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 6:48:18 pm
Youtube Video More: Muslim Group's TN Forum With Feds Disrupted by Heckling MANCHESTER -- Hundreds of people turned out at the Manchester Convention Center Tuesday evening for an event billed as a discussion of public discourse in a diverse society, with a particular focus on the Muslim religion. People were turned away ...

Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:26:58 am
Anti-Muslim demagogue Pamela Geller is featured at Breitbart.com, with another of her by-the-numbers rants spreading hatred against Muslims -- not to mention outright lies: Where Are the 'Moderate' Muslims? In the wake of the monstrous beheading of a young British man in broad daylight by Muslims who cited the Qur'an ...

Thu, May 23, 2013 at 10:09:44 am
EDL leader Stephen Lennon, who goes by the name Tommy Robinson, (left) with EDL supporters outside The Queens Arms pub in Woolwich The drunken racist British yahoos known as the English Defence League took to the streets and rioted yesterday following the attack on a soldier in London: Woolwich: Riot Police ...

Fri, May 17, 2013 at 7:26:40 pm
I'm about to sling some code at you here, so watch out. There's a new improved version of the LGF Pages bookmarklet, and if you have an LGF account you can install it by deleting the old one (if you already installed it) from your browser's bookmarks bar, then dragging ...

Sat, May 11, 2013 at 8:26:16 pm
Photo from havanatimes.org. Former Guatemalan dictator José Efraín Rios Montt was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity today at his trial in Guatemala City. He was immediately sentenced to 50 years imprisonment on the genocide charge, with an additional 30 years on the charge of crimes against humanity. "The ...

Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 5:39:43 pm
A curated selection of the hysterical hate speech being dispersed by anti-Muslim demagogue Pamela Geller tonight, just for the next time someone tries to tell you she doesn't hate all Muslims. These quotes are her own opinions, from the front page of her blog -- but it should be noted that ...

Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 6:45:49 am
UPDATE: Second suspect found, police respond. Live feed from MSNBC here wwhdtv.com Photo of Suspect from Convenience Store Security camera Photo from AP Two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing killed an MIT police officer, injured a transit officer in a firefight and threw explosive devices at police during their getaway attempt ...

Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 10:54:19 am
Scott Lemieux has a good piece at the American Prospect today, summing up the reasons why the right wing's huge fake outrage over Kermit Gosnell is hypocritical and deceptive, and why the case demonstrates the exact opposite of the right wing's hysterical narrative: Five Lessons From the Gosnell Abortion-Clinic Controversy. Far ...