Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 9:36:58 am
Jeffrey Goldberg, whose credentials as an opponent of Hamas are pretty unimpeachable, gives a shout-out to LGF today with a link to our post about the developers of the Cordoba House renouncing Hamas: Cordoba Mosque: Hamas is Not Us. Little Green Footballs has been doing a lot of Cordoba-related heavy ...

Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 6:28:39 pm
The latest claim circulating about Imam Feisal Rauf, started at Pajamas Media by Madeline Brooks, is that he attended a “Hizb-ut Tahrir Conference” in 2007, with a “feeling of celebration.” It's just the latest in a long string of false allegations, and Jeffrey Imm of R.E.A.L. completely destroys it here: NYC ...

Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 2:17:36 pm
Hatemonger Pamela Geller has apparently founded an "umbrella" group called the American Freedom Defense Initiative for her anti-Muslim activities, with an attorney named David Yerushalmi, and they are going to be allowed to put their misleading anti-Cordoba billboard on MTA buses in New York. Geller and Yerushalmi are using the ...

Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:48:20 am
In Pennsylvania, two correction officers have been charged in connection with stolen weapons intended to be used to overthrow the government. Raymond Franklin Peake III told investigators that "he would kill to defend his country and he was stealing weapons to defend his country," court documents read. The Hampden Township man ...

Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 9:49:30 am
Anti-Muslim bloggers Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller used to frequently cite stories about radical Islamists forwarded to them by Jeffrey Imm; you’ll find hundreds of posts at their sites that refer to Mr. Imm. Well, their increasingly open bigotry and their outrageously paranoid, un-American group “Stop the Islamization of America” have ...

Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 3:57:08 pm
In Oakland, police have announced that Byron Williams, who was injured in a shootout with police on Sunday, was on his way to commit mass murder at offices of the ACLU and the Tides Foundation. OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) ― Police say a California man who engaged in a freeway shootout ...

Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:32:28 am
In Oakland yesterday, Highway Patrol officers stopped a car being driven erratically by a 45-year old man — who promptly opened fire on them with several weapons, including a handgun, a rifle, and a shotgun. He was wounded by return fire from the officers, but survived because he was wearing ...

Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 2:46:56 pm
ONN panelists debate what can be done about the scourge of truck-canyon-rafter violence — and more importantly, who to blame. [Video]

Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 2:02:36 pm
Neo-Nazi Bill White, a truly evil and disgusting individual currently serving 2½ years in federal prison, and who once threatened me and tried to find my address and the addresses of my family members to post them on his hate site, may be facing another jury intimidation trial. Former neo-Nazi ...

Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 9:26:22 am
This should come as no surprise after the deranged anti-census agitation from people like Michele Bachmann, Glenn Beck, and Redstate.com CEO Erick Erickson (who publicly threatened to use a shotgun on census workers): threats and violence against census workers this year have more than doubled compared to 2000. So far, ...

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 10:07:08 am
The IDF is now releasing more of the video confiscated from the “peace activists” aboard the Gaza flotilla; here’s a recording made on the Mavi Marmara on May 30, 2010, in which IHH leader Bulent Yildirim gives a speech laden with jihadist symbology, telling the assembled activists not to be ...

Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 2:03:03 pm
Here’s an excellent essay by Phil Plait on a timely subject, as the Christian right pushes harder than ever before on many fronts to erase the line of separation between church and state: Are the Ten Commandments really the basis for our laws? As we ramp up to the mid-term ...

Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 9:59:21 am
Here’s the aerial footage released today by the IDF, showing Israeli soldiers boarding the Rachel Corrie and taking control of the vessel. There was no violence and no one was killed or injured. Of course, there was no ambush by violent radical Islamists either. Funny how those two factors seem to ...

Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 11:52:14 pm
Tim Blair thinks people have only started leaving anti-Israel comments at LGF since my new “leftish conversion.” He says these are my “new friends.” Blair, you ignorant slut. People have been leaving anti-Israel comments at LGF for many years. It happens every time there’s a phony international incident like this. The ...

Mon, May 31, 2010 at 9:29:36 am
The Israeli Navy boarded a flotilla headed toward Gaza yesterday, leading to a wild melee that ended in several deaths. The IDF is reporting that the “peace activists” planned the violence in advance, and released the following video — clearly showing the “peace activists” attacking the IDF boarding party with ...

Fri, May 28, 2010 at 11:02:26 am
Amanda Robb at Ms Magazine points out a simple fact about anti-abortion murderer Scott Roeder: he did not act alone. He had an extensive support network of Christian anti-abortion extremists, many of whom are quite open about their belief that murdering abortion doctors is “justifiable homicide.” Roeder wasn’t the first ...

Fri, May 21, 2010 at 12:13:42 pm
A member of the far right sovereign citizen movement (and quack mortgage adviser) and his son were shot to death yesterday in Memphis in a gun battle with police, in which two police officers were also killed: Relatives ID West Memphis suspects. A background search using the information from the ...

Sat, May 8, 2010 at 11:08:50 am
The National Academy of Sciences has published an open letter signed by 255 members, strongly denouncing the recent attacks and “McCarthy-like threats” against climate scientists by global warming denial groups and individuals: Open letter: Climate change and the integrity of science. We are deeply disturbed by the recent escalation of ...

Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 11:04:53 am
Sarah Palin is now speaking at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, and of course Fox News is carrying it live. Some quotes: “What’s wrong with being the Party of No?” “We’re the party of Hell No!” “My favorite saying — Don’t Retreat, Reload!” [Crowd goes nuts.] “Oh that’s not a call for violence! Oh no ...

Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 10:53:15 am
The FBI has issued an intelligence note about a letter received by more than 30 US governors, telling them to resign within three days. Washington (CNN) — A domestic extremist group has sent letters to more than 30 U.S. governors demanding they resign, the Department of Homeland Security and the ...

Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 11:12:15 am
A lot of people seem to believe that because I parted ways with the GOP and the right wing, that automatically makes me a left winger or a Democrat now. So here’s an article that shows why I concluded long ago that both parties are full of opportunistic weasels: RNC rejects ...

Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 11:56:34 am
After my last encounter with Stephen Green, in which he put his reputation on the line to defend white supremacist blogger Robert Stacy McCain, it’s not surprising to see Green being called out by TPM for advocating bringing back tarring and feathering. And possibly more. In the post, titled “Put ...

Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:25:58 am
Fox News reports that someone took a shot at Republican Rep. Eric Cantor’s Richmond campaign office last night. TPM has more details on the story. House Minority Whip Eric Cantor just gave a brief speech accusing Democrats of using reports of recent threats of violence for political gain, and saying someone ...

Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 10:16:00 am
Right here. These signs were at yesterday’s sparsely attended demonstration in Washington DC. And yes, that’s Barack Obama with a Hitler mustache emerging from a donkey’s ass. (Hat tip: Gus 802.)

Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 1:04:01 pm
I’ve had serious differences of opinion with Media Matters blogger Eric Boehlert in the past, but his latest piece on the desperately absurd efforts of the right wing blogosphere to label Pentagon shooter John Patrick Bedell as a “left winger” is right on the money: The Pentagon shooter, insurrectionism, and ...