Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 2:19:17 pm
Today Breitbart's "Big Hollywood" section has an opinion piece from "Johnny Carson's head writer", Raymond Siller. Amidst polemical nonsense like: With his pen and phone, our selfie-absorbed president is one whacked uncle away from appointing himself Supreme Leader. Siller asserts that Leno was the only comedian on late night ...

Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 1:56:57 pm
In the same vein as the previous post by Gus about the ludicrous GOP Texas Lt. Governor candidate debates, we turn to South Carolina, where the Tea Party candidates for Senate are also having what they're optimistically calling a debate. On Planet Tea, however, they basically agree on everything (they ...

Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 9:10:24 am
Submitted without comment other than to notice how several of the candidates refer to evolution in schools as being part of a "politically correct" conspiracy. From left: Sen. Dan Patrick, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples and Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson Texas GOP Lt. Gov. Candidates Agree: More Religion Needed ...

Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 10:31:18 am
Say what you want about Fox News, but they do know their target audience: Fundamentalist Christian pastor Robert Jeffress appeared Monday night on The O'Reilly Factor to discuss his new book, Perfect Ending, which suggests the president's policies were conditioning Americans to rely on the government and make them vulnerable ...

Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 12:08:05 pm
The right wing narrative on the attacks against the American diplomatic mission in Benghazi is now well-established. It goes something like this: The Obama administration lied when they initially said the attack was provoked by an American-made anti-Islam video. Actually, it was a well-planned Al Qaeda terror attack that had ...

Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 11:07:03 am
One of the biggest reasons why I renounced the right wing: because this kind of sheer insanity driven by religious fanaticism is nearly universal in the Republican Party: Texas Lt. Gov. Hopefuls Voice Support for Creationism. It's important to point out that these lunatics are not happy with simply ruining their ...

Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 11:06:39 am
I mentioned in a comment to LGF Reader Randall Gross' page on the religious right and Nelson Mandela that the late Jerry Falwell stuck his foot in his mouth big time back in 1985 when he urged Congress to block sanctions against the Apartheid regime and called Bishop Desmond Tutu ...

Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:22:26 am
This woman is pure evil. Pamela Geller is telling her fellow anti-Muslim activists to convince Congress to reject a resolution "urging the Government of Burma to end the persecution of the Rohingya people and respect internationally recognized human rights for all ethnic and religious minority groups within Burma." The Rohingya minority ...

Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 1:03:53 pm
I have to admit I've never been a big fan of Martin Bashir's hyperbolic style, but it's more than a little pathetic to see MSNBC caving in to the right wing shriek machine, even after Bashir apologized and Sarah Palin accepted it: Martin Bashir Resigns From MSNBC. Note that Bashir's comment ...

Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 5:06:43 pm
Political map of Africa (2012) courtesy of UT Perry-Castañeda LibraryYes, Angola again. I know you might be tired of hearing about it by now, but I despise yellow journalism, so I tend to be like a dog with a bone when ridiculous fake stories make the rounds on the internet. ...

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 ...

Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 10:28:26 am
Here we go again in Kansas, where Republicans are trying to use the "religious freedom" ploy to get their creationist nonsense into public school science classes: Anti-Evolution Group Sues to Block Kansas School Science Standards. This is the Republican Party in 2013: ignorant, reactionary anti-science religious fanatics, and proud of it. ...

Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 11:14:55 am
YouTube This post originally appeared at NationalMemo.com. At the "Exempt America" rally on Tuesday, Rep. Louis Gohmert managed to spread every tired lie about the Affordable Care Act in about two minutes. In call-and-reponse mode, he asked the crowd a series of (mis)leading questions that the assemblage answered with a shrill "Yes!" Here ...

Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 11:03:06 am
Declared goals and specific limits are what past policy has been missing. Well, here it is. Whereas, on August 21, 2013, the Syrian government carried out a chemical weapons attack in the suburbs of Damascus, Syria, killing more than 1,000 innocent Syrians; Whereas these flagrant actions were in violation of international ...

Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:13:26 pm
Today we have news that Julian Assange's idol, Ron Paul, will be joining the president of the John Birch Society to address one of the most virulent antisemitic groups in North America: Ron Paul, Birch President to Speak at Anti-Semitic Conference. Beyond the obvious, what do a far-right Italian politician, ...

Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 7:24:40 pm
A story today in the Wall Street Journal, Edward Snowden Talks With His Father, reveals that Wikileaks has opened a store which also includes Edward Snowden merchandise. WikiLeaks also recently began selling Edward Snowden merchandise, including T-shirts and coffee mugs, via its online store. WikiLeaks didn't respond to questions about ...

Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 10:46:48 am
PHOENIX -- A northern Arizona family that was lost at sea for weeks in an ill-fated attempt to leave the U.S. over what they consider government interference in religion will fly back home Sunday. Hannah Gastonguay, 26, said Saturday that she and her husband "decided to take a leap of ...

Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 5:04:04 pm
Is the NYT Editorial Page going to demand the extradition of their sources, too, or just other newspapers' sources? http://t.co/2jyIPoDz7W — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) August 7, 2013 Has NYT Editorial Page once condemned the USG for refusing to extradite, or is it only bad when others do it? ...

Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 12:55:53 pm
On one level this is great news because everyone wants to see a resolution of some kind. But it's a bit difficult to get very hopeful after the last, oh, two decades or so: US Says Israeli-Palestinian Talks to Start Monday. WASHINGTON (AP) -- The State Department says Israeli and ...

Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 7:57:20 am
More: Rand Paul Stands by His 'Southern Avenger' WASHINGTON –- In an interview with The Huffington Post, Sen. Rand Paul stoutly defended an aide who, as a radio shock jock in South Carolina, praised John Wilkes Booth, heaped scorn on Abraham Lincoln and wore a ski mask emblazoned with the ...

Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 3:58:39 pm
Twitter gossip, not earth-shaking but pretty revealing: as Glenn Greenwald was lashing out tonight at everyone who expressed even the mildest criticism, he reacted to a tweet from Daniel Serwer of peacefare.net in his customary way. @DanielSerwer @wikileaks Edward Snowden has done far more for the world in the last 2 ...

Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 3:23:38 pm
MSNBC Video Not only do Jim DeMint and Ralph Reed say they're in favor of forcing women who request abortions to have ultrasound probes, they say women want this. It's an amazingly revealing moment. DeMint: She's forgetting about the thousands of women who want an informed choice, who want the opportunity to ...

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, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:15:22 am
"Breitbart News" consists of rewriting real news reports to be as biased to the right as possible, and today at the hate site that Andrew built they're stirring up the rage again, after President Obama announced the appointment of Susan Rice as National Security Advisor: 'LIAR' REPLACES 'LEAKER': DONILON TO RESIGN, ...

Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 1:24:10 pm
Anti-Muslim hate group leader Robert Spencer got very upset at my post pointing out that his partner in bigotry Pamela Geller had simply lied in a recent piece for Breitbart.com, and dashed off a quick rant about me with the usual dark hints of conspiracies and a massive load of ...