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While the racism is real, it is given coherence by right-wing fanatics like David Horowitz, Frank Gaffney, William Kristol, Michelle Malkin, Gary Bauer, Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin, who support and in some cases organize and fund the anti- Muslim campaign. Mom, Apple Pie and Islamophobia By Arun Gupta * ... [Link] [Cache]

by escapedtowisconsin Well, the old man is a classic Jew-hater, so I guess you could say Franklin’s a chip off the ol’ block. Rev. Franklin Graham, the son of Rev. Billy Graham, called Islam “wicked” and “evil” on Sunday during a televised town hall-style discussion about American’s feelings about the ... [Link] [Cache]

Welcome David Callahan, and Host Stanley Greenberg. [As a courtesy to our guests, please keep comments to the book. Please take other conversations to a previous thread. - bev] Fortunes of Change: The Rise of the Liberal Rich and Remaking of America Stanley Greenberg, Host: Shortly after the 2008 election, ... [Link] [Cache]

A couple of weeks ago, AOL News had some questions about Christine O’Donnell’s LinkedIn profile… Did Sarah Palin-backed tea party heroine Christine O’Donnell really study at Oxford? A public LinkedIn profile under her name appears to claim as much. Under the education heading, it lists “Post Modernism in the New ... [Link] [Cache]

Annoying, impossible to eradicate and embarrassing to have in our American home, Karl Rove is a bedbug. The New York Times is reporting this morning that Rove is back in charge of the Republican campaign war machine. Everyone thinks that “master strategists” – as the Times called Rove – earn ... [Link] [Cache]

September 25, 2010 posted by Gordon Duff · FIND OUT WHO IS FINANCING AMERICA’S EXTREMIST “PATRIOTIC REVOLT?“By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor“However, an investigation of site ownership and client lists funding the “Patriotic Revolt” were not what we expected. The “patriots” that were going to replace the armed militia’s of ... [Link] [Cache]

I do so enjoy reading our new buddy, Michael Knox Beran, who waxes philosophical every time he gets a boner over each and every Tea Bagger FemBot who wanders down the pike. One imagines him sitting in a large comfy leather chair in his book-lined study, idly flipping through many ... [Link] [Cache]

Tea Party rallies like this one give voice to anti-government sentiments. photo: ragesoss via Flickr Conservatives, including those of the Tea Party variety, aren’t “anti-government.” In most respects they are pro-government to the point of authoritarianism. What they really oppose is any form of cooperative or collective solution to the ... [Link] [Cache]

I am just about fed up with all the Tea Party triumphalism coming out of the primary elections. Yes, a whole bunch of highly-motivated teabaggers turned out in droves in a bunch of places and managed to win Shocking Upset Victories in Nevada, Delaware, Kentucky, Alaska, Utah, etc. But as ... [Link] [Cache]

"Flying high, Palin visits Iowa as star of fund-raiserDES MOINES — Sarah Palin is on a roll as she reaches Iowa, the state that has made and broken more than its share of presidential dreams. Endorsements by the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee have helped propel a number of upstart ... [Link] [Cache]

All the votes are in:"Ayotte tops N.H. conservatives’ battle; Backers figured in close contest" by Norma Love, Associated Press | September 16, 2010MANCHESTER, N.H. — In the last significant turn of a tumultuous primary season nationally, Kelly Ayotte, a former New Hampshire attorney general, was declared the winner yesterday in ... [Link] [Cache]

And the end of America...."The Common may go corporate; Group hires consultant who secured funds for NYC park" by Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff | September 16, 2010The cracked concrete, missing bricks, and growing patches of bald earth on Boston Common have pushed boosters to consider a new initiative: tapping corporations ... [Link] [Cache]

Credit where credit is due: the Tea Party’s crop of malevolent clowns makes Stephen King wet with envy. There’s Nevada’s Sharron Angle, the candidate who thinks reporters should only ask questions that she likes, also enjoys using death metaphors when describing her opponent. Colorado boasts Ken Buck, who believes that ... [Link] [Cache]

TREASON, BETRAYAL AND DECEIT: THE ROAD TO 9/11 AND BEYOND 20. Sep, 2010The 9/11 issue is increasingly being framed as not “a conspiracy theory,” but “a legitimate controversy,” based on several unanswered questions and important scientific evidence emerging showing the official story line the American public has been fed about ... [Link] [Cache]

By Nick Egnatz | Online Journal | September 20, 2010 A self-described representative democracy in which the only two political parties are both funded and controlled by elite corporate interests is a contradiction in terms. Control of the population through government propaganda and a monopoly corporate media have made the ... [Link] [Cache]

Fickle Values Voters! At their Tony Perkins confab in DeeCee this weekend, Value Voters picked a new favorite for President. That they also picked the same guy for Vice President does not — it does not! — belie a fundamental misunderstanding of the constitutional system of choosing our leaders. It ... [Link] [Cache]

Christine O’Donnell says she dabbled in witchery and attended a midnight picnic on a Satanic altar. Meanwhile, Kenyan witch-hunter Thomas Muthee prayed over Sarah Palin to “protect her from the spirit of witchcraft,” proving the point that the Tea Party’s cartoon covens want to have their hell-broth and drink it ... [Link] [Cache]

A couple weeks ago I noticed Glenn Greenwald, one of my favorite voices on constitutional law, had the following post up on Twitter: Tweet from @ggreenwald Now I was probably not having a good day but it seemed to me that if people like Glenn Greenwald and Jane Hamsher are ... [Link] [Cache]

Oh sure, I could post a few more wisecracks about Christine O’Donnell and how she thinks evolution isn’t true because we would have developed oven-mitts for hands speaking of mittens . However, all the good masturbation jokes always get used up in the first ten to fifteen minutes and then ... [Link] [Cache]

Last week, we questioned whether Sarah Palin may have violated Facebook's terms of use by using a ghostwriter to update her profile. We also criticized Facebook's attempts to enforce those terms with state and federal computer crime laws — which carry both civil and criminal penalties — in Facebook v. ... [Link] [Cache]

ADL starts interfaith coalition to help US Muslims Jordana Horn, JPost, Sep 14 2010 One month after taking a stand against construction of the proposed Islamic Cultural Center near the destroyed World Trade Center site in Manhattan, the ADL has started an interfaith coalition meant to help US Muslim communities ... [Link] [Cache]

ShareThisInsurgent Republican Wins in Delaware 15 Sep 2010 The Tea Party movement scored another victory on Tuesday, helping to propel a dissident Republican, Christine O’Donnell, to a stunning upset win over Representative Michael N. Castle in the race for the United States Senate nomination in Delaware. Mr. Castle, a moderate ... [Link] [Cache]

photo: Josh Thompson Today effectively marks the end of the primary election season and the true beginning of the general elections. It’s not only one of the last primary days, but one of the biggest including Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Wisconsin. [Ed. ... [Link] [Cache]

I'm not feeling all that festive."Super PACs drive campaign spending; Corporate giving surges after ruling by Supreme Court" by Jonathan D. Salant and Kristin Jensen, Bloomberg News | September 10, 2010WASHINGTON — At least 25 “super PACS,’’ including one linked to Karl Rove, are fueling a surge in money for ... [Link] [Cache]

I never changed the registration after voting for Ron Paul in the 2008 presidential primary."Bay State GOP ranks shrink, data indicate" by Stephanie Ebbert, Globe Staff | September 9, 2010They may have ignited sparks after US Senator Scott Brown’s January surprise, but Massachusetts Republicans are still bleeding voters. The latest ... [Link] [Cache]

So, comrades, what did we learn from the Death Fetish/Monster Rascal Scooter Rally Weekend ‘10? I don’t know about you, but I walked away from the experience with my suspicions confirmed that this country is in some seriously deep shit if the level of media-driven, anti-Muslim, xenophobic — and markedly ... [Link] [Cache]

The Islamic cleric supporting the proposed Islamic centre and mosque near Ground Zero in New York, Feisal Abdul Rauf, has accused former Alaska governor, Sarah Palin, of being “disingenuous” and fuelling a “growing Islamophobia” in the United States, which led to the burning of Qurans on the ninth anniversary of ... [Link] [Cache]

by watertiger So The Quitter and Glenn Beck celebrated the deaths of 3,000 Americans on Saturday by selling tickets to hear them speak at an event in Alaska. There, the rubes stupid enough to fork over the dough up to $225 per ticket learned this historical factoid. “This Statue of ... [Link] [Cache]

Nobody expects the USAian inquisition! Pepe Escobar, Asia Times, Sep 10 2010 A hat tip to Monty Python’s legendary Spanish Inquisition sketch. [The White House Oval Office] Biden [anxiously pacing the room]: Mr President. Mullah Omar, you know, the one-eyed Taliban leader, he just said we have to get the ... [Link] [Cache]

Does the world really believe it is not OK to kill the Message, but definitely OK to kill the messenger? Image by Steve Bell Today is the day….. 9/11 is here! Today is the day a small group of approximately 50 people will gather in a small town in Florida ... [Link] [Cache]