Wed, May 20, 2015 at 2:46:32 pm
Chuck C. Johnson smiling next to Lee Harvey Oswald's sniper rifle at the JFK Museum in Dallas (Source: Twitter) Last month, our deranged stalker pal Chuck C. Johnson posted a couple of comments on Twitter that caught a lot of people's eyes: What is extortion? And should it be illegal? — Charles C. ...

Tue, May 19, 2015 at 6:11:02 pm
Attack plotter Robert Doggart Here's where the ceaseless anti-Muslim incitement of people like Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer and media outlets like Fox News and Breitbart "News" unsurprisingly leads: Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty to Plotting Attack on Muslims. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A man who ran for Congress last year in ...

Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 11:42:22 am
As reported yesterday by LGF contributor Philosophus Invidius, a Las Vegas man named Larry Pfeifer pulled quite a prank on right wing blogs, by claiming to have seen Harry Reid's brother at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting where he said he'd beaten up a relative -- implying that the relative was ...

Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 7:13:16 pm
I have to confess that I'm totally unsurprised by the latest news on James O'Keefe's creepy subterfuge: Ex-Staffer Slams James O'Keefe: He Crossed a Line With Vile 'Kill Cops' Stunt. Richard Valdes, the former director of special operations for O'Keefe's organization Project Veritas, told TPM on Thursday that the guerrilla ...

Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 6:43:33 pm
YouTube These NPR Tiny Desk Concerts highlight some of the best music in the world today, and this one is a real gem among gems. Spoiler alert: The Punch Brothers came to the Tiny Desk on Chris Thile's birthday. We made him a cake and gave him an NPR surprise! This ...

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 ...

Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 5:51:23 pm
The story of Justin Harris just keeps getting worse: State Rep. Justin Harris (R-West Fork) used photos of a foster child his family was planning to adopt during his 2012 re-election campaign. The state Department of Human Services expressly prohibits the public use of photos or any other media that ...

Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 3:35:24 pm
YouTube As a Todd Rundgren fan from way way back, I was ecstatic to find this absolutely amazing video of the full concert he performed in 2012 with Amsterdam's Metropole Orchestra. He does all of his greatest songs, and is in exceptionally good voice throughout, and the audio quality is outstanding. ...

Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 2:41:32 pm
When Ken Silverstein was hired by the Greenwald/Omidyar project First Look Media, he thought it would be his dream job; complete freedom to cover the stories he wanted to cover. But the dream turned into a nightmare almost immediately, with editorial incompetence, bureaucratic infighting, and an extreme libertarian/left ideological agenda that ...

Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 9:39:20 am
Today's example of a barely masked racist comment comes from former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who obviously knew he was about to say something disgusting but since he was among Republican friends, went ahead and said it anyway. "I do not believe, and I know this is a horrible ...

Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 12:26:39 pm
On January 26th, New York Times columnist Charles Blow posted an op-ed entitled Library Visit, Then Held at Gunpoint, where he wrote about his son being detained at gunpoint by a Yale University police officer. Right wing bloggers are certain they have "debunked" this story because Blow did not ...

Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 12:37:30 pm
I'm thinking back to all the climate trolls who used to throw this guy in my face when arguing with them... YouTube Richard Muller founded the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Project after declaring himself skeptical about climate change. He was funded in part by the Koch Brothers. He found out what ...

Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 1:36:14 pm
What a great idea -- a late night talk/variety show dedicated to science, hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson. I'll be eagerly looking forward to this one. "Cosmos allowed us to share the awesome power of the universe with a global audience in ways that we never thought possible," said Tyson. ...

Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 10:57:13 am
One of David Duke's right hand haters, Kenny Knight, is now trying to run interference for House Majority Whip Steve Scalise with a story that Scalise didn't actually attend that white supremacist conference after all. Knight says it was pure coincidence; Scalise just happened to give a speech at the ...

Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 11:50:54 am
Vimeo This is one of the most fun videos I have had the honor of working on, and was happy to be brought on to this project as a writer, director of photography and 3D animator. Here is the popular electronic music artist, Giraffage. The video chronicles the ...

Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 12:02:13 pm
This is no surprise to me since the most common question I get from xtians when stating my atheism is "But how do you tell right from wrong without God?" The real difference here is that there isn't any forgiveness and few if any rationalizations for torture in the atheist ...

Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 1:02:33 pm
Vimeo Here's some eye candy done without computer effects (the song's not bad, either), while I work on a coding project. Music and Lyrics by Emmy Curl Directed by Nuno Barbosa Body Paintings by João Tiago Fernandes One take, no post production, all in camera effects with projections.

Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 4:50:41 pm
YouTube When I posted the official video yesterday for this galactically funky song by the Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars project I had no idea they were scheduled to be on Saturday Night Live that night, but here's their great live performance to compare to the video. (This sounds so clean I suspect some ...

Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 12:32:15 pm
Wow. This is an extraordinary statement from Greenwald, Poitras, Scahill and Cook, throwing Matt Taibbi under the bus and backing it over him several times: The Inside Story of Matt Taibbi's Departure From First Look Media - the Intercept. In June, Taibbi, Greenwald, Poitras, and Scahill wrote a joint letter ...

Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:21:56 am
[Video moved to newer post...] Yes, it's that time of the year again; the time when religious fanatics, creationists, fundamentalists, homophobic bigots and social conservatives with raging persecution complexes gather to share their psychoses at the right wing loonfest known as the Values Voter Summit. Here's a live feed from this insane ...

Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 10:11:06 am
A huge demonstration is taking place today in midtown Manhattan, expected to draw up to 100,000 people: the People's Climate March, intended to focus the world's attention on the need for action on climate change, as the disaster clock is ticking. Here's a good post at Think Progress on this event ...

Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 6:54:08 am
I've written essentially the same opening each of the past few years. It's still appropriate to remember today, as it was when I first wrote this: September 11, 2001. New Yorkers were heading to the polls to vote in primary elections to determine the next mayor of the city. It ...

Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 3:00:47 pm
Here we go again, folks; you can see it coming already. During his press conference today, President Obama talked at length about the need to develop a strong, comprehensive regional strategy with US allies and partners to address the threat of ISIL. So what are the right wing blogs going to ...

Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 5:35:48 pm
YouTube Nickel Creek was made to sing and play around a single microphone, so a Tiny Desk Concert seemed inevitable. All it took was a reunion tour -- celebrating 25 years of Nickel Creek -- to make it happen. All three of the band's remarkably talented core members have been to ...

Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 1:30:40 pm
Have you noticed that for all the promotion and hype and promises, there hasn't been a lot of... journalism happening at Pierre Omidyar's very expensive journalism project, First Look? Not to mention the weeks that often go by before lonely articles appear at Greenwald's branch, The Intercept? Well, Pierre would like ...