Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 7:12:02 pm
For the most part, the right wing blogs have been desperately trying to ignore Romney's amazing gaffeage in Britain, but one wingnut among them ventured fearlessly into the fray. Another classic outburst from proud Internet caveman Dan Riehl, who clearly doesn't appreciate our shared "Anglo-Saxon heritage:" A Limp Wrist-Ed David Cameron Hits ...

Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 12:46:29 pm
Rachel Maddow had a segment on at the end of her show last night that made me facepalm into a headdesk worthy of Olympic gold. Apparently the people of Egypt protested Hillary Clinton (and the U.S.), believing that the U.S. was responsible for the Muslim Brotherhood winning the election for ...

Sun, May 6, 2012 at 11:33:09 am
If you haven't already, be sure to read STLActivist's devastating LGF article on the cynical self-promoting tactics of CNN contributor/Breitbart editor Dana Loesch: How Dana and Chris Loesch Exploited the Conservative Movement ... Again. As we've seen before, Loesch and husband Chris do not respond well to criticism; their usual reaction ...

Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 1:41:51 pm
Breitbart.com editor-in-chief John Nolte apparently got very upset about something he saw on the HBO shock comedy show Angry Boys recently: HBO Broadcasts Young Girl Sucking on Huge Plastic Penis Cup. Nolte's post now reads: The Left is so far gone that we can't even find agreement on the basis that ...

Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 5:38:26 pm
At practically every right wing blog and news site, commenters are retching up unbelievably racist comments about Trayvon Martin today; if it seemed at first like they were going to restrain themselves, that illusion has been thoroughly shattered in the past few days. At the site run by Andrew Breitbart's heirs, ...

Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 6:28:55 pm
Only one veteran Navajo code talker remains of the original 29 Navajo Marines who used their native language to devise an unbreakable code during World War II. Growing up in New Mexico, Chester Nez and many of his fellow Navajo were punished for speaking their language. In the 1920s, Nez ...

Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 9:42:58 am
Everyone knew the right wing would do this, but it's disgusting to see how low they'll stoop to attack women accusing Herman Cain of sexual misconduct. Cain's lawyer is actually threatening any other women who might want to come forth and tell their stories: Cain's Lawyer On Accusing - 'Think ...

Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 10:10:41 pm
Pappy with the Khaki sweatband Bowed goat potbellied barnyard that only he noticed The old fart was smart The old gold cloth madonna Dancin' t' the fiddle 'n saw He ran down behind the knoll 'n slipped on his wooden fishhead The mouth worked 'n snapped all the bees Back t' the bungalow -- Captain Beefheart, "Old Fart At ...

Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 3:29:04 pm
You can already see that Michele Bachmann's presidential run will be an epic wingnut saga of far right dimmitude; her first campaign hire would reportedly be a Birther. Classic. Earlier this week, reports came out that Bachmann was planning to set up an exploratory committee in June or earlier. CNN ...

Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 11:52:37 am
Alaskan politician Andrew Halcro has a very interesting post on the appeal of Sarah Palin. In April of 2006, the morning after a debate at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Palin and I were sharing a cup of coffee at the Captain Cook. "I hear you spout off facts and ...

Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 1:24:05 pm
The New York Times has some details from the federal complaint filed against Jared Lee Loughner, showing clear evidence of premeditation. In a search of Mr. Loughner's home, authorities found a note in a safe with a handwritten note saying, "I planned ahead," "My assassination," and "Giffords," as well as ...

Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:29:28 am
As expected, the Republican Party has placed Ron Paul, a pseudo-libertarian far right kook with an openly stated desire to destroy the Federal Reserve and return the US economy to the gold standard, in charge of overseeing the Federal Reserve. Also see: Ron Paul Wants to End the Fed, So the GOP ...

Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 5:46:27 pm
The latest freakish fantasy to sweep through the right wing blogs like a forest fire of stupid is the out-of-nowhere rumor that President Obama is planning to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens by executive order! Ahhh! Ahhh! We’re doomed! [Run around screaming…] The source for this latest outrageous outrage is ...

Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 10:41:11 am
The Kansas City Star’s Jason Whitlock gets it exactly right in this commentary on Rand Paul’s Civil Rights Act dust-up: Commentary: Rand Paul’s calculated Civil Rights faux pas. Rand Paul is not as politically unsophisticated as the media, tea party organizers and Republican strategists would like you to believe. In the ...

Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 10:30:25 am
Here’s a disturbing article by Frank Schaeffer on the extreme apocalyptic ideology that drives groups like the “Hutaree” militia; keep in mind as you read that Schaeffer was once part of the inner circle of the religious right, and knew many of these people personally: The Evangelical ‘Mainstream’ Insanity Behind ...

Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 3:21:45 pm
South Carolina State Rep. Mike Pitts wants to ban money. South Carolina will no longer recognize U.S. currency as legal tender, if State Rep. Mike Pitts has his way. Pitts, a fourth-term Republican from Laurens, introduced legislation earlier this month that would ban what he calls “the unconstitutional substitution of Federal ...

Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 6:08:53 pm
Testifying at his war crimes trial in the Hague last week, former Liberian President Charles Taylor said (paraphrasing), “Pat Robertson was my man in Washington.” The revelations came in the midst of a U.N.-backed trial of Taylor at The Hague on 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity ...