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Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 Witnesses say New York police officer refused to give CPR to dying 11-year-old Wisconsin sheriff hopes to restore trust as former sheriff awaits trial on federal drug charges Arizona cop is fired after threatening to arrest KFC employees over refund policy Iowa police officer fired after drug charges Illinois police sergeant had secret life as serial rapist Two years after being suspended for allegedly groping woman at traffic stop, Texas cop is finally arrested
Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 ♦ No, it's not true that the Obama administration's economic stimulus accomplished nothing. We've been through this before, here and here, and Lord knows we've routinely just rolled our eyes and ignored the lie, because, duh. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says the stimulus helped prevent the big recession from becoming even bigger, and the CBO is simply the non-partisan authority on such matters. So the stimulus helped, and politicians who claim it didn't are liars, and newspapers like the Washington Post, which pretend it's a matter of opinion and not a matter of fact, are lying too. An editorial comment, speaking as someone who's far less an expert than anyone at the CBO: Sure, the Obama administration's stimulus did some good, but it was far, far too small. And now, its utility has been largely spent and the economy (obviously) is getting worse, not better, and we rather desperately need another — much larger — stimulus to get the economy moving. President Obama, of course, keeps saying he won't even consider such a thing. That's an enormous mistake which is making many millions of Americans miserable. Politically, it's a mistake that seems likely to cost Democrats control of the House, possibly the Senate, and might make Obama a one-term President. #
Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 ♦ Fox News military analyst and retired three-star US General Thomas McInerney encourages American soldiers to disobey lawful orders until he sees Obama's birth certificate. ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck explains that his new website, The Blaze, is inspired by the writings of a slavery supporter. ♦ Rush Limbaugh tells radio audience of millions that President Obama is like "some" African-Americans who say "Fourth of July ain't no big deal to me, yo". ♦ Leading right-wing blogger Pamela Geller says she supports — and wants to bring to America — a violent UK English-only group. ♦ Right-wing radio host Michael Medved explains in writing that God would vote Republican. ♦ Conservative radio station polls listeners on whether the US should "register" Muslims in a "national database" during "a time of war". Don't miss Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 "What can Obama really do?" ... from Ian Welsh
Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 Wallace Hume Carothers Mystery links are offered with no implied endorsement of whatever's at the other end. You may be shocked or disgusted, but we don't care. Links in red are not safe for work, and links in pink include audio and/or video.
Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 Veteran Wisconsin cop, on paid leave for 14 months, remains "under investigation" for misconduct Florida deputies are demoted for sloppy police work that resulted in improper charges against two suspects More than $70,000 missing from Tennessee police department's bank account DC police officer pleads guilty in fatal robbery gone awry Cincinnati detective convicted of falsely arresting, jailing teen
Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 ♦ No, it's not true that "The Obama Health and Human Services Department is planning to compile a federal health record on all U.S. citizens by 2014," including "each individual’s Body Mass Index." It's yet another just plain bonkers claim from yet another Republican running for office — Ann Marie Buerkle, a Republican who wants a seat in Congress. PolitiFact.com's debunking is almost comically brief and to the point: "We checked the facts and found there were no such plans." #
Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck issues correction a year later: Obama's not a racist, he just believes in an "evil" theology. ♦ Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) says President Obama has "nationalized your skin and everything inside it". ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck says "Those churches that believe in collective salvation," "social justice," "are dangerous to the constitutional republic". Don't miss Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 "I want a sandwich." ... from brightestyoungthings.com
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Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010 Records show Indianapolis Police Chief was heavily involved in immediate response to cop's fatal wreck California deputy is charged with firing gun in home, filing false sex assault report against ex- Arts student sues over Pittsburgh police beating Suspended New Jersey State Police sergeant files whistleblower lawsuit Suit alleges on-duty sexual assault by Alabama cop Virginia cop is arrested on assault and firearm charges New Jersey sheriff's detective is suspended after domestic violence incident
Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010 ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck compares ABC News report to Nazi propaganda. ♦ Leading right-wing blogger Pamela Geller again spreads inflammatory hokum that "We have no paperwork on Obama ... you can't find anything". ♦ Senate candidate Sharron Angle (R-Nevada) twice refuses to disavow her claim that there are "domestic enemies" in Congress. ♦ Leading right-wing blogger Pamela Geller says President Obama's treaties "supersede the Constitution". Don't miss Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010 "I don’t know what it will take for Americans to get tired of all this supercrap that impoverishes us, makes us stupid, and leaves the field of government vacant for the most vicious among us to rule." ... from Dashiell
Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 Nevada deputy is charged with statutory sexual seduction California cop is arrested on hate crime charges Louisiana cop is charged with on-duty rape of student Police arrest California deputy in a domestic violence case Missouri cop is charged in shooting death of Arkansas man following a chase Nevada police officer is arrested for solicitation of prostitution
Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 ♦ Remember when Barack Obama was running for President, and the National Rifle Association spent millions of dollars on ads claiming that Obama would ban guns, outlaw ammunition, and repeal laws allowing home defense? It was, of course, horsesh*t, as we said at the time. It's always been obvious that gun control just flat-out isn't on Barack Obama's agenda, and now, going on two years after he won the election, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence gives the Obama administration a big fat "F". But the facts don't matter, in matters like this. Rest assured, you'll still hear panicked hysterical crapola about how Obama's going to confiscate everyone's guns, ammo, and right to self-defense. The lies will never end, because there's big money in keeping people ginned up on fear. #
Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 ♦ Being a birther isn't enough? Right-wing leader Cliff Kinkaid now wants proof of Obama's baptism. ♦ Leading right-wing blogger Pamela Geller says Obama's worldview is "distinctly anti-American". ♦ Fox's Sean Hannity says the "true agenda" behind global warming is to punish the U.S. and redistribute wealth. ♦ Musician and right-wing pundit Ted Nugent says President Obama only "says he’s a Christian so he can continue with his jihad of a America-destroying policies". ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck again implies that the President of the United States is a terrorist Manchurian candidate. ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck says Obama's religious teachings are "the antithesis to the Jesus message". ♦ Congressman Bobby Bright (D-Alabama) "jokes" about death of Rep Nancy Pelosi (D-California). Don't miss Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 "So, some guys burn a house down. Then they walk away." ... from Bob Cesca
Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 and roll the dice Mystery links are offered with no implied endorsement of whatever's at the other end. You may be shocked or disgusted, but we don't care. Links in red are not safe for work, and links in pink include audio and/or video.
Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 Oklahoma deputy is charged with sexual assaults of three women ACLU urges Los Angeles Sheriff's Department not to equip jailers with torture device Georgia cops are indicted in tazing of autistic teen New York county pays $25K to settle police brutality claim Ohio sheriff's deputy faces kidnapping, menacing charges Wisconsin cop gets prison time for years of sexually abusing girl
Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 ♦ Senate candidate Sharron Angle (R-Nevada) says America has "domestic enemies" within Congress. ♦ Congressman John Fleming (R-Louisiana) says midterm election will be a choice between "Godless society" and "Christian nation". ♦ Former Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pennsylvania) lies that leader of proposed Manhattan Muslim center is "a Jihadist". ♦ It's Obama's fault that people think he's a Muslim, say the guys who keep telling people that Obama is a Muslim.
Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 and the railroad ran through Mystery links are offered with no implied endorsement of whatever's at the other end. You may be shocked or disgusted, but we don't care. Links in red are not safe for work, and links in pink include audio and/or video.
Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 Tennessee cop is charged with sexual battery during traffic stop Wisconsin cop is placed on paid leave, probably for rape though officials won't say Oklahoma cop is charged with two counts of sexual battery, indecent exposure, kidnapping, and first degree rape by instrumentation Houston Police officer is charged with pulling over motorists, ripping them off Investigation finds North Carolina cops withheld or distorted evidence in more than 200 cases at the expense of potentially innocent men and women After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, cops were given hazy directives to "take back the city", and felt they could shoot to kill with impunity Don't miss Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 This f*cker's one idea is dismantling Social Security. ... from Paul Krugman at the New York Times
Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 Minneapolis pays $165K to settle lawsuit over false arrest of zombies Family of Atlanta woman killed in botched drug raid to receive $4.9 million Three top officers demoted in Indianapolis over botched internal investigation of officer Missouri town won't make payment it promised to man framed and jailed by cops Fired Virginia deputy gets twenty years for robbing same bank three times Indiana police officer is sentenced to 12 years for on-duty sex acts
Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 ♦ No, it's not true that 30,000 scientists are suing the US government or former Vice President Al Gore, claiming they've somehow been forbidden to debate the evidence of global climate change. It's just another bizarre and basically nutty claim made by science deniers, and swallowed whole by the stupid, the gullible, the ignorant, and the uneducated. Please, click the above link and let some truth battle the bull. In the real world, of course, the evidence of global climate change is compelling and conclusive, and it's about as proven as any widely accepted scientific knowledge, from atomic structure to basic genetics. #
Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 ♦ Right-wing pundit and lobbyist Frank Gaffney lies that President Obama "has exhibited a sympathy for the agenda" of the Muslim Brotherhood. ♦ Radio hatemonger Michael Savage bizarrely claims Obama "would eliminate the Marine Corps". ♦ Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) refuses to state clearly that President Obama is a Christian. ♦ WorldNetDaily again lies that President Obama is Muslim. ♦ Singer-pundit Pat Boone offers op-ed at WorldNetDaily, claiming that under Obama, the White House is a mosque. ♦ Right-wing leader and pundit Cliff Kincaid again equates homosexuality with treason. Don't miss Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 Researcher shows how electronic voting machines can be hacked; gets arrested for his trouble. ... from Electronic Frontier Foundation
Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 and Kurt Cobain, sigh, Mystery links are offered with no implied endorsement of whatever's at the other end. You may be shocked or disgusted, but we don't care. Links in red are not safe for work, and links in pink include audio and/or video.
Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 Florida cop is "punished for arson, inappropriate contact," says headline, though "punishment" turns out to be probation Philadelphia police officer is arrested for assaulting woman ACLU sues Illinois over absurd law forbiding recording of cops Airport cop charged with stealing laptop computers from "lost and found" Ohio cop is charged in beating of 17-year-old girl Texas guard is arrested, charged for allegedly groping female detainees
Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 ♦ No, it's not true that Judge Vaughn Walker is "openly gay", a claim widely made without question across right-wing media and even in some lesser lights of the mainstream media. Walker is the judge, appointed by the very Republican President Bush the Elder, who recently ruled in favor of gay marriage in California, and since there's nothing in his ruling that doesn't make legal sense, opponents have claimed that the Judge must be gay, or even "openly gay". He's not. Judge Walker has never married, so who knows, maybe he's gay. He's never announced that he's gay, though, so by the definition of the words he's literally and factually not "openly gay". And of course, as others have pointed out already, his own sexual preference is only his own business. #
Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck says President Obama's comments show "contempt for the Scriptures". ♦ Republican National Committee member Kim Lehman says President Obama "personally told the Muslims that he IS a Muslim". ♦ Fox's Eric Bolling says Islamic community center in Manhattan "may be a meeting place for some of the scariest minds — some of the biggest terrorist minds". ♦ New right-wing line: Pastors who vouch for Obama's Christian faith are just like churches that gave cover to Nazis. ♦ Congressional candidate Tom Ganley (R-Ohio) can't say whether Obama is a Muslim. ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck stokes Muslim terrorist rumors. ♦ “Strict Constitutionalists” call for a "Second Amendment solution" to the Tenth Amendment crisis. ♦ Evangelical nutjob Franklin Graham says Obama was born Muslim. Don't miss Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 Thank God global warming is a hoax, at San Francisco Chronicle.
Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 Remember Terri Schiavo, Mystery links are offered with no implied endorsement of whatever's at the other end. You may be shocked or disgusted, but we don't care. Links in red are not safe for work, and links in pink include audio and/or video.
Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 Oklahoma police chief gets deferred sentence for beating his wife Five cops arrested in murder of Mexican city's mayor Wisconsin police department investigates itself, finds no other police officers were involved after one officer is arrested on drug-related charges New York cop threatens citizen with jail and rape for being "disrespectful" Louisiana cop gets a year in jail for sexual assault in jail parking lot Maryland cop gets 20 months in prison for lying to colleagues, embezzling confidential-informant funds and pocketing jewelry from suspects Florida cop gets three years in jail for three counts of sexual activity with a minor
Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 ♦ Fox's Sarah Palin ratchets up her support over radio advisor Laura Schlessinger's "n*gger n*gger n*gger" broadcast, claims she and Schlessinger have been "shackled" by critics. ♦ Washington Times columnist Jeffrey Kuhner describes President Obama as a "cultural Muslim who is promoting an anti-American" agenda. ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck claims that President Obama is "a Christian that Christians don't recognize". ♦ Poll shows that, thanks to endless right-wing lies, more and more Americans believe Obama is Muslim. ♦ Right-wing musician and pundit Ted Nugent's shout-out to Iowa: "There's a lot of white people in this crowd -- I like that! [Dubuque] is a white town.". ♦ Fox News adds "persecuted Christian" meme to its demagoguery of Manhattan Islamic center. ♦ After right-wing radio star Laura Schlessinger advises against interracial marriage and says "n*gger" eleven times in one broadcast, Fox's Sarah Palin backs Schlessinger and tells her to "reload".
Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 ♦ No, it's still not true that President Obama is a Muslim, but thanks to a little photographic evidence (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13) collected by New York magazine, it's at least an amusing lie. # Don't miss Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 Follow the salmonella eggs to their source, at Grist.
Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 and we'll miss Mystery links are offered with no implied endorsement of whatever's at the other end. You may be shocked or disgusted, but we don't care. Links in red are not safe for work, and links in pink include audio and/or video.
Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 Marijuana, crack pipes, a digital scale, gas grenades, homemade silencers and guns found in Tennessee cop's home Hiring practices are investigated following series of crimes by Oregon deputies Illinois cop pleads not guilty to drug charges Fired Texas police officer convicted of doling out cocaine while on the force Missouri sheriff's deputy is charged with domestic assault Maryland cop is charged in shooting of dog Witnesses speak up about Denver police beatdown
Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 ♦ No, when Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) claims that he hasn't changed his positions on key policy issues, it's not true. McCain is widely portrayed in the media as a politician of principle — on TV newscasts you'd think "Maverick" is his first name — but when elections draw near McCain is just another flip-flopper, with political positions that change as the wind blows. #
Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 ♦ Senate Candidate David Malpass (R-New York) says President Obama and Senator Gillibrand are destroying your way of life. ♦ Radio hatemonger Rush Limbaugh describes President as "Imam Obama". ♦ Senate candidate Roy Blount (R-Missouri) uses ♦ Fox's Dick Morris says Islamic hall blocks from WTC would be a "command center for terrorism". ♦ Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio (R-New York) uses ♦ Congressional candidate Ron McNeil (R-Florida) says "Build the mosque underground so we can walk on it as Christians". Don't miss Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 Here's what happens as a result of security theater at the airport, from Seth Godin's Blog.
Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 and Percy Julian Mystery links are offered with no implied endorsement of whatever's at the other end. You may be shocked or disgusted, but we don't care. Links in red are not safe for work, and links in pink include audio and/or video.
Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 Utah cop gets "diversion" deal that makes ten counts of sexual exploitation of a minor disappear Massachusetts cop is charged in beating Oklahoma sheriff is arrested for doc-shopping for prescription pain killers Brooklyn deputy sheriff arrested for alleged embezzlement from police union Maryland school cop gets four years in jail for for sexually abusing 16-year-old student Pittsburgh cop is arrested for shoplifting at Florida theme park Don't miss Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 Obama helped unify the Republicans by pandering to them, at Uggabugga.
Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 and brake for Mystery links are offered with no implied endorsement of whatever's at the other end. You may be shocked or disgusted, but we don't care. Links in red are not safe for work, and links in pink include audio and/or video.
Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010 Texas police officer is charged with soliciting minor via text messages New Jersey police officer accused of domestic violence is still on duty Tennessee cop who arrested man rushing his wife to emergency room is placed on paid leave Indiana cop who's been honored by MADD four times is arrested for drunk driving Florida deputy is arrested for smuggling drugs into jail South Carolina deputy is fired for an un-explained "policy and procedure violation"
Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010 ♦ Top-rated radio propagandist Rush Limbaugh says Obama is "our first anti-American president". ♦ Syndicated columnist Walter Williams claims that the 2nd Amendment permits taking up arms against Congress. ♦ Evangelist-charlatan Pat Robertson's CBN correspondent says "The gay subculture is one of the most violent subcultures out there". ♦ Conservative media falsely warn of "racial quotas" in financial reform law. ♦ America's "religious right-wing" repeatedly argues that freedom of religion is only for Christians. ♦ After stoking fears about Muslim birth rate, Beck says we're on the "edge of the precipice," across which is "Dark Ages". Don't miss Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010 How the "ground zero mosque" fear mongering began, at Salon.
Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010 and Peter Paul Halajian Mystery links are offered with no implied endorsement of whatever's at the other end. You may be shocked or disgusted, but we don't care. Links in red are not safe for work, and links in pink include audio and/or video.
Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 Texas school cop is jailed for theft of students' fines Louisiana cop is indicted for rape and malfeasance in office New Jersey jail guard is arrested for sexual assault at the prison Customs officer in Texas charged with murder Indiana sheriff calls for change in law so a sheriff can be arrested by cops Florida cop gets a year in jail for falsifying records and official misconduct Texas cop gets serious jail time for strangling teenage boy (the strangling was on video)
Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 ♦ No, it's not true that the problem of illegal immigration to America is exploding. If you listen to any Republican who's running for federal office or visit just about any right-wing leaning website, you'll get the impression that illegal immigration is a super-colossal panic-problem that's gotten a whole heck of a lot worse since President Obama moved into the White House, and that it's largely Obama's fault because he has refused to secure America's borders and has instead weakened immigration regulations and reduced border patrols and eliminated anti-immigration endorsement, etc. That's pig snot. The Obama administration has altered the Bush-Cheney era priority of staging workplace raids, as they've figured out that arresting illegal immigrants at work and deporting them accomplishes little beyond breaking up families — after all, the deported workers are not replaced by Americans, they're replaced on the job by the next round of illegal immigrants. Instead of workplace raids the Obama administration has, rather smartly in my opinion, made it a priority to arrest and deport illegal immigrants who are dangerous criminals. The Obama administration has sent a large contingent of the National Guard to help patrol the border. The Obama administration has increased deportation of illegal immigrants.The Obama administration asked the Democratic-controlled Congress for a $500-million increase in border patrols, and Congress responded by authorizing $600-million. That's not including the $700-million that Obama administration has allocated to help Mexico beef up security on its side of the border. So in the real world (as opposed to right-wing world), the Obama administration has not opened the borders and invited illegal immigrants to make themselves at home. "The illegal immigration problem in America is not actually getting worse. It's just that the people who like to say it's getting worse (despite the facts) are complaining about it a lot louder now". They're complaining about it a lot louder, now that the President is Black and a Democrat. A lot of people believe with all their hearts that illegal immigration is getting worse, and that America's borders were somehow and suddenly opened wide when Barack Obama took the oath of office. By and large these believers are the same people who believe that President Obama is a Kenyan communist and a Muslim Marxist. #
Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 ♦ Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) panders to bigots, says Obama is "a Marxist" who "doesn’t have an American experience". ♦ Right-wing mouthpiece Rush Limbaugh says President Obama "will never acknowledge that this is a great country". ♦ American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer says New York Governor wants to impose Sharia law. ♦ Right-wing's violent rhetoric is increasingly common. ♦ Right-wing pundit Oliver North writes that if [humanists] fully understood the long-term threat to their civilization that our ideas post, would we wise to take steps to crush us. Don't miss Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 "You saw nothing in Hiroshima. Nothing," at The Guardian.
Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 and Philip K. Dick can remember Mystery links are offered with no implied endorsement of whatever's at the other end. You may be shocked or disgusted, but we don't care. Links in red are not safe for work, and links in pink include audio and/or video.
Monday, Aug. 16, 2010 Should a police officer caught on video tackling and beating a 23-year-old man who was doing nothing but talking on a telephone be disciplined? In Denver, that's a controversial question. West Virginia jail guard is charged with smuggling drugs, gun into jail Texas cop accused of on-duty sex with hooker Florida sheriff's deputy sentenced to jail on drug charges North Carolina cop pleads guilty to second degree murder, felony hit and run, causing personal injury and driving while impaired in the death Florida man sues over cops' warrantless search and assault Louisiana sheriff's deputy charged with rape
Monday, Aug. 16, 2010 ♦ No, it's not true that seventy (70) Democrats in Congress are members of the Socialist Party of America. The notion is ludicrous and laughable to anyone who knows what a socialist is. Click the link for an amusing deconstruction of the claim, but the short version is that words like "socialist" sound scary to most Americans, so Republicans love to describe Democrats as socialists. Is it scary? Sure. Is it factual? Nope. If facts matter, look up the word socialist in the dictionary. The only socialist in Congress is Senator Bernie Sanders, and he's not even a Democrat. #
Monday, Aug. 16, 2010 ♦ Conservative Internet shock jock Hal Turner is convicted of threatening to kill Chicago judges. ♦ CNN's Erick Erickson says "the President of the United States now supports jihad apparently". ♦ Usual right-wing sources claim Obama administration is trying to promote the spread of AIDS. ♦ Right-wing mouthpiece Rush Limbaugh says Democrats will bring "more of the Trotsky brand of Communism than the Stalinist brand"". ♦ Right-wing activist and WorldNetDaily columnist Larry Klayman says the federal judiciary "has broken away from 'We the People' and become a 'renegade' terrorist group". ♦ Democratic state legislator in New Hampshire makes "death joke" about Sarah Palin — so he promptly resigns. Don't miss Monday, Aug. 16, 2010 Right-wing Ideology in a nutshell, at Conceptual Guerilla.
Monday, Aug. 16, 2010 and the world needs more Mystery links are offered with no implied endorsement of whatever's at the other end. You may be shocked or disgusted, but we don't care. Links in red are not safe for work, and links in pink include audio and/or video.
Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 New York cop is arrested in off-duty shooting of lover ACLU wants probe of cops' alleged evidence tampering in Omaha NYPD sent a whistle-blowing cop to the pysch ward, and now he's suing Florida cops sued after firing 42 times at carjacked mom, kids Cop harasses videographer, then admits it was solely to “intimidate” him Minnesota cop, arrested for drunk driving, allegedly reaches for officer's gun Arizona corrections officer guilty of attempting to smuggle cocaine to inmate California police officer is charged with vandalizing business
Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 ♦ No, it's not true when Congressman John Carter (R-Texas) says that the United States is the only nation that affords citizenship to anyone born here, "whether you are here legally or illegally." Actually, what the right-wing calls "birthright citizenship" — you're a citizen if you're born inside a nation's borders — is the law in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Romania, Uruguay and Venezuela, and half a dozen other countries. But it is true, as Carter later clarified, that such automatic citizenship is uncommon in developed countries. If he'd said so in the first place it would have made his point without a falsehood, which would have been such a breath of fresh air. #
Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck declares a "season for awakening" and begs Americans to "do the hard things" and let "the system" "come down". ♦ WorldNetDaily columnist accuses President Obama of treason. ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck says America is "worshipping" a "golden calf," and "this is the moment that Moses comes back". ♦ Why is it that the standard right-wing response to votes in Congress or court decisions that they don't like is to threaten revolution against the US?. ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck is trying to "scare the bejeezus" out of people with "absurd" references to Weimar Germany, civil unrest.
Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 Mystery links are offered with no implied endorsement of whatever's at the other end. You may be shocked or disgusted, but we don't care. Links in red are not safe for work, and links in pink include audio and/or video.
Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010 California police officer arrested on grand theft charges Indiana sheriff is arrested in theft Brooklyn cops fake report in arrest of internal affairs officers Forty years after Los Angeles Times reporter Ruben Salazar was killed, Sheriff's Dept still stonewalls about what happened Oregon deputy under investigation for alleged relationship with criminal defendant Genuine jail time for guard in Rikers Island beatings Florida police officer arrested in domestic dispute
Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010 ♦ No, it's not true that Democrats are crafting a tax increase that would target Republican-leaning states. The kernel of truth, spun into lies, is that the Tax Equity Act would provide regional cost-of-living adjustments to individual income tax rates, so folks in poor areas would have somewhat lower tax rates than folks in wealthy areas. Sounds like a dumb idea to me, as money is money and income is income, and I'd be against it. But I'd be against it on the basis of what it is, not on the basis ofbullsh*t. The Tax Equity Act is emphatically not an attempt to target Republican areas with higher taxes. # ♦ It's been debunked before, but it's a persistent right-wing lie — no, it's still not true that Social Security is bankrupt or teetering toward bankruptcy or fiscally unsustainable oret cetera . Social Security is a remarkably successful and sound program that has kept countless millions of elderly Americans from dying in abject poverty. Its funding shortfall is minor, has been long predicted, and could be easily resolved by ending the rather boneheaded notion that Social Security taxes should abruptly stop after each individual reaches an annual income just beyond middle class. #
Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010 ♦ Right-wing pundit Chuck Colson begs people to "understand the severity of the threats to our first freedom" which are coming from all sides and "realize the kind of fight we're in and be prepared for what we may face in the coming months". ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck compares President Obama to Lucifer. ♦ White supremacist site Stormfront promotes Glenn Beck's deleted white power "fave" on Twitter.
Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010 and you want a hero? Mystery links are offered with no implied endorsement of whatever's at the other end. You may be shocked or disgusted, but we don't care. Links in red are not safe for work, and links in pink include audio and/or video.
Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 Texas cop's videotaped beating of black handcuffed man is ruled "reasonable" In two cities, questionable use of excessive force, questionable police policies, and racial discrimination, lawsuits and large pay-outs First member of disbanded Minneapolis "Strike Force" police unit is charged in beating of boy Former California jailer is arrested for domestic violence Pennsylvania cop who's charged with intimidation of witnesses and furnishing alcohol to minors says search warrant that led to his arrest was invalid Florida police officer charged in 7-Eleven confrontation
Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 ♦ No, it's not true that First Lady Michelle Obama wasted huge amounts of government money on an extravagant vacation for 40 friends in Spain. She did not attend a charity ball at their hotel hosted by Antonio Banderas and Eva Longoria. She vacationed with two (not 40) friends and their children, paid all her expenses (and her friends paid theirs), and she did nothing at all newsworthy. The argument could be made that it's inappropriate for her to vacation abroad while America is in economic tatters and her husband is doing next to nothing to address such problems. Or that it's inappropriate for the First Lady to vacation in Spain, period. If you're buying the coffee and willing to listen I can make arguments like that all day — but such fact- or philosophically-based arguments aren't being offered in right-wing or even mainstream media. Instead we get lies and more lies. # ♦ No, it's not true that the Democrats' "Ticking Tax Bomb" will mean tax hikes for 94% of American small businesses. All Democratic proposals carve substantial safe harbor for small businesses. #
Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 ♦ US Congressman Trent Franks (R-Arizona) says President Obama is the greatest threat to the United States Constitution, and one the nation's worst enemies. ♦ Nationally syndicated radio hatemonger Michael Savage says "The left will not stop until the country goes up in flames ... they want insurrection". ♦ Radio star Rush Limbaugh says "Secession" is "not the rantings of extreme kookism anymore," "some might say the civil war is already on". ♦ Talk of secession, a second civil war, and nullification increasingly common among right-wing leaders. ♦ #1 radio host Rush Limbaugh: "This is tyranny". ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck says The "patterns" of the Weimar Republic "are repeating". ♦ Right-wing media repeatedly and absurdly compare Michelle Obama to Marie Antoinette. Don't miss Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 One man's constitutional rights are trampled, and thousands of fans cheer, from David Sirota at Salon.
Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 Ladies and gentlemen, Mystery links are offered with no implied endorsement of whatever's at the other end. You may be shocked or disgusted, but we don't care. Links in red are not safe for work, and links in pink include audio and/or video.
Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 Texas police officer never identified himself before firing the fatal shot Colorado cops — curiously un-named — are in trouble for slashing tents, pepper-spraying homeless occupants Wisconsin police officer retires rather than face termination proceedings over excessive force and false reports Texas police officer is indicted for excessive force California city faces lawsuit after cops beat man suffering insulin shock Los Angeles Police investigate themselves over complaints of excessive force
Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 ♦ No, it's not true that global climate change (global warming) is caused by a decline in solar cycles. Such claims come from people like Alex Jones, who have no scientific qualifications and no understanding of the issues at play in climate change. #
Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 ♦ Breitbart blogger (and ex-Law & Order actor) Michael Moriarty writes that he'll feel "comfort" when President Obama is killed. ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck says Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is "a destroyer of the Constitution". ♦ Syndicated radio star Jordan Sekulow says supporters of so-called Ground Zero mosque are terrorists. ♦ Radio pundit Rush Limbaugh says media thinks Michelle Obama ‘deserves’ vacation due to our "slave past". ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck says mosque near Ground Zero is "Allah tells me to blow up America mosque". ♦ John Birch Society praises Fox's Glenn Beck for promoting their 'ideas'. ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck says that "violence is coming" and complains that "the left will blame it on me". ♦ Caller on Rush Limbaugh's radio program suggests "looking at secession, maybe another Civil War", and Limbaugh replies that this is "reasonable", and "not the rantings of extreme kookism any more". Don't miss Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 You have a funny definition of "victory", at Southern Beale.
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Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 New Jersey cop who abused and presumably raped drunk woman gets to remain a cop Ohio cop is charged in beating of ex-wife's boyfriend Maryland cop — curiously un-named — is charged with second-degree assault New York deputy is arrested for public lewdness, but the details are withheld because the October 2009 incident is still "under investigation" New Jersey police officer — curiously un-named — is arrested for domestic violence Why is ignorance of the law an excuse for cops?
Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 ♦ No, it's not true that the Obama administration marked this year's anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan by apologizing for the attack. I wish it was true — the attacks were war crimes by any sane definition, targeting major cities instead of military facilities — but President Obama is very much a middle of the road politician, and it'll probably be another century before any American leader apologizes for the atomic attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. # ♦ No, it's not true that President Obama nominated Elena Kagan for the US Supreme Court as a reward because she somehow got nine challenges to Obama's eligibility dismissed. It's an ordinary helping of right-wing horse-pucky. Kagan has never had anything to do with the endless flatulent challenges to President Obama's citizenship and qualifications. The lie comes from an infamous right-wing lie-spreading website, WorldNetDaily (WND), and the truth comes from the respected debunkery site Snopes, which we'll simply quote: "None of the nine docket items cited by WND is about 'whether Obama is legally qualified to be in the White House'. The WND article simply cites the results of a non-specific search on all Supreme Court docket items containing the names 'Obama' and 'Kagan' and misleadingly claims them all as 'involving Obama eligibility issues,' without regard for the real underlying issues of those cases. "The plain fact is that NONE of the nine entries cited by WND has anything at all to do with cases challenging Barack Obama's eligibility to hold the office of President of the United States, and most of them actually stem from cases which were originally filed against the federal government long before the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama..." #
Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 ♦ American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer says Gays are just like murderers, liars, thieves, and slave traders. ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck says Obama's presidency is "like the damn Planet of the Apes!" ♦ Alleged Christian leader Pat Robertson says homosexuals want to destroy the church and destroy marriage. ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck tells listeners they are "fighting a power" greater than elected officials, warns that the "gates of Hell will open up". ♦ Fox News website engages in gay baiting re Prop 8 decision. ♦ Syndicated columnist Cal Thomas suggests that Muslim mosque near Ground Zero is a terrorist plot. ♦ Right-wing radio rabblerouser Rush Limbaugh says "Everybody on the left wanted" oil spill "to advance their anti-capitalist agenda". Don't miss Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 Obama’s relentless abandonment of progressive nominees, at FiredogLake.
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Friday, Aug. 6, 2010 Illinois cop who admitted beating handcuffed man and lying about it gets probation and weekends in jail Utah cop is charged for demanding sexual favors in exchange for not filing criminal charges Administrative leave (a/k/a paid vacation) for Massachusetts cop facing domestic assault charges West Virginia jail guard is arrested for smuggling drugs and tobacco for inmates Indiana cop is arrested after shooting woman in squad car and fleeing the scene Paid leave for Ohio cop after video shows police brutality
Friday, Aug. 6, 2010 ♦ No, it's not true that Democrats or the Obama administration are proposing a massive, $26.7-trillion tax increase on the American people." That's a lie from Grover Norquist's big-money anti-tax group, Americans for Tax Reform. The basis for Norquist's shocking number, $26.7-trillion, is nothing. It's a number pulled out of his ass. As a recurring rule of thumb, when Norquist is involved, lies proliferate. As for Sarah Palin's lie that the Democrats are plotting a $3.8-trillion tax hike, which she calls "the largest tax increase in U.S. history," you'll be utterly un-shocked to learn that's not true either. #
Friday, Aug. 6, 2010 ♦ Top right-wing pundit Rush Limbaugh says "our own government has become the enemy". ♦ On Glenn Beck's Twitter feed, he "favorites" White Nationalist's post. ♦ Wildly successful right-wing blogger Pam Geller claims the Muslim Brotherhood has "infiltrated senior levels" of the Obama administration. ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck says Obama does not believe that all men are created equal. ♦ Senate candidate Sharon Angle (R-Nevada) says Democrats are idolators, in "violation of the First Commandment". ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck suggests that progressives think "the state" should "decide ... who lives and who dies". ♦ Dan Maes, Republican candidate for Governor in Colorado, says bike lanes are part of a plot to put Denver under United Nations rule. Don't miss Friday, Aug. 6, 2010 This is, as Lotus describes it, everything you need to know in two sentences. ... From Lotus
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Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010 Florida cop is fired for ignoring distress calls and falsifying records California deputy gets four years for trying to smuggle drugs into jail Justice Department threatens litigation if nutball Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio continues stonewalling federal investigators Two Tennessee police officers are arrested for nudity, intoxication Los Angeles County pays $2.2-million to settle lawsuit over man left paralyzed by police shooting Ohio cops justify arrest saying woman could have been holding a "cell-phone gun"
Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010 ♦ No, it's not true that Christine Amanpour, the new host of ABC's talking head show This Week, mourned the deaths of Taliban fighters on her debut telecast. It's a particularly vicious smear propagated by the Washington Post's Tom Shales, and it's another flat-out lie. But you can rest assured that it'll be echoed across the right-wing for as long as Amanpour is alive, and revived to run in her obituary even if she lives another fifty years. Shales, of course, knows it's a lie, and he would've been fired by now if the Post was even a shadow of the great newspaper it once was, but it ain't. #
Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010 ♦ Syndicated radio host G. Gordon Liddy says Obama "doesn't like the United States," is a "communist" and is "not one of us". ♦ After judge's decision against Arizona immigration law, radio star Rush Limbaugh predicts that "Muslim terrorists" will "have a field day in Arizona". ♦ The Washington Post's Tom Shales says ABC's This Week host Christiane Amanpour is a Taliban sympathizer. ♦ Radio millionaire Rush Limbaugh says Muslims "are planting the flag of victory" with mosque within walking distance of Ground Zero. ♦ Syndicated right-wing radio host Mark Levin says the Constitution is "in its last breath throes," and "we are living in a soft tyranny". ♦ Radio mouth Rush Limbaugh says Many liberals "believe we got what was coming to us on 9/11". ♦ Washington Examiner's Bob Owens says right-wing violence will be necessary, hopes we "feel threatened".
Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 Minneapolis cop who was involved in controversial 2006 killing is indicted for kicking kid in the head Ohio police captain accused of tampering with evidence North Carolina cop who quit is charged with sex crime on 13-year-old Kentucky sheriff is arrested for beating his girlfriend Connecticut cop is charged with assaulting his ex and another man Texas cop quits amid accusations of using traffic stops for harassment Florida deputy is fired for on-duty harassment
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Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010 California police officers violate 4th Amendment, make up lie to explain themselves Maryland man faces jail for videotaping crazed gun-waving cop Florida corrections deputy charged with sexual battery on teen Fired Oklahoma deputy sheriff gets 18 months in prison for assaulting three men Mississippi constable denies involvement in squad car theft or ex-girlfriend's drug use Un-named Florida deputy is allegedly fired after being charged with aggravated battery on a child and child neglect
Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2010 ♦ No, it's not true that "in what could be deemed an act of war against the sovereign borders of the United States, Mexican drug cartels have seized control of at least two American ranches inside the US territory near Laredo, Texas." It's been a week since this bogus story "broke" on right-wing blogs, and there's still no reliable evidence to support it — no captive ranch or rancher, no plausible details or proper nouns — and the story has been denounced and debunked by local media. So unless it's a top secret "act of war", it's just another helping of right-wing bull. If there's any consistent thread running through the right-wing bull buffet, it's that you ought to be frightened, angry, worried. Why is that? Why do you suppose the right-wing always wants people to be scared silly, furious, and looking over their shoulders? #
Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010 ♦ Notice a pattern? American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer against warns of "civil unrest" in response to federal "tyranny". ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck is still trying to prove that "we" are "executing" the Weather Underground "plan". ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck stands behind his lies about otherwise un-noted charity, lies which inspired would-be murderer in California. ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck suggests that a Weather Underground plan leading to "world communism" and a "dictator" has been initiated. ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck inanely claims that "We are on the verge of losing freedom of religion". ♦ Congressman and candidate for Governor Zach Wamp (R--Tennessee): If you love God, vote for me. ♦ Syndicated right-wing radio host Mark Levin says America is "not a representative republic anymore. It is a soft tyranny".
Monday, Aug. 2, 2010 Philadelphia cop, charged with theft and receiving stolen property, is committed to mental institution Presumably fired (article doesn't say) Philadelphia cop gets up to 23 months in prison for propositioning boy and undercover agent Police Commissioner vows to weed out bad officers from Philadelphia police Hundreds of FBI agents probed over cheating on surveillance test High-profile Oklahoma attorneys accused of bribing police officer Pennsylvania corrections officer is arrested and charged in fatal shooting
Monday, Aug. 2, 2010 ♦ No, it's still not true that when Barack Obama went to Pakistan in 1981 he could not have been traveling as a US citizen, it's still not true that some elusive college transcript proves that Obama isn't an American citizen, and it's still not true that the US Supreme Court has somehow secretly announced that it will hear a court case challenging Obama's citizenship. What's true is that President Obama's citizenship has been much, much more clearly and conclusively proven than your citizenship. What's true is that people remain remarkably stupid and gullible. What's true is that the President of the United States is a black man — and millions of stupid and gullible Americans have a really hard time with that fact. #
Monday, Aug. 2, 2010 ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck says "the trends that we're headed towards" is to "install a dictator". ♦ Right-wing media, led by Fox's Glenn Beck, continue to stoke dangerous fires with relentlessly incendiary rhetoric. ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck claims again that there are "radicals in the White House and around this president". ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck ludicrously links activist group Tides Foundation to 1960s radical group Weather Underground. ♦ Right-wingers stand by their excellent lie about Mexicans who raided American ranchers' property "in what could be deemed an act of war". ♦ Right-wing radio hatemonger Bill Cunningham gets a nationally syndicated television platform, too. ♦ Why is Simon & Schuster spreading the wild conspiracy theories of unhinged Islamophobe Pamela Geller? ♦ Fox's Dick Morris says Obama has "gotta ratchet up his rhetoric, particularly over racial issues" to energize base. ♦ Right-wing media repeatedly claim that Obama is trying to foment a "race war". ♦ WorldNetDaily won't retract false Obama "quote" that paints President as un-American. ♦ Syndicated right-wing radio talker Rose Tennent says "You can't vote for [Obama] and be a Christian". ♦ Syndicated right-wing radio talker Jim Quinn repeats long-debunked myth that "pedophilia is far more rampant among the gay community than it is among the straight community".
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Friday, July 30, 2010 Man is acquitted for self-defense killing of cop during illegal home raid — so city sues for reimbursement of expenses for cop's funeral, overtime and sick leave Tennessee deputy charged with theft Fired South Carolina cop is charged with criminal sexual conduct and lewd act on a child Tennessee cop is charged with killing his wife Pattern in New York: Time after time, cops who break the law aren't criminally charged Ohio cop is arrested on accusations of domestic violence
Friday, July 30, 2010 ♦ Ron Ramsey, Republican candidate for Governor of Tennessee, says he's not sure the constitutional freedom of religion includes Islam. ♦ Syndicated right-wing radio talker Jim Quinn says Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is "as much of an America-hater as anybody else on the left". ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck says Obama administration is motivated by ideas "in direct contradiction to what our founders wished". ♦ Talking heads on Fox News propose that low income Americans shouldn't be allowed to vote. ♦ Rush Limbaugh, America's most listened-to political pundit, says Obama and his supporters "have an active, ongoing, and increasing dislike of this country". ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck repeats antique, long-debunked claim that reformed 1960s radical Bill Ayers is in Obama administration's "policy circles". ♦ Iowa Republican Party officially endorses amendment to strip Obama’s citizenship because he won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Thursday, July 29, 2010 California police Taser autistic teen and then, after family complains, return and arrest teen Woman sues Oklahoma cops over being strip-searched twice after misdemeanor arrest "Who do you think you are?", the cop shouted. "Who do you think you're talking to? You can't talk to me that way!" West Virginia cop gets serious prison time for counterfeiting and child pornography Fired Hawaii cop gets 30 months for federal firearms charge Fired Pennsylvania cop is sentenced to 15 years for stealing, dealing cocaine
Thursday, July 29, 2010 ♦ On Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee's TV show, UberChristian author Tim LaHaye discusses how Obama is bringing about Armageddon. ♦ Former Congressman and inexplicably omnipresent Republican spokesman Newt Gingrich (R-Georgia) says supporters of religious freedom are "hostile to our civilization". ♦ Syndicated right-wing radio talker Jim Quinn compares health care reform to "what Hitler did". ♦ On Michael Savage's nationally syndicated radio program, arch-right smear man Andrew Breitbart says the Obama administration has a "clear cut strategy to use race". ♦ Fox Nation erupts in threats of violence over Arizona immigration ruling. ♦ Radio mouth Rush Limbaugh says "liberalism" is the sole cause of the economic crisis. ♦ Syndicated radio ranter Michael Savage says Obama administration is "the most racially divisive administration in history".
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Un-named Ohio cop pursuing public beer-drinker drives onto park grass and runs over and kills woman Georgia cop is convicted of witness tampering, obstruction of justice and possession of a motor vehicle with an altered vehicle identification number Former Virginia police chief pleads guilty to theft from municipality Michigan police clearly violate First Amendment in arrest of Christian missionaries Surveillance video shows Canadian police officer pushing disabled woman to the ground Federal court rules that police cannot arrest a man for peacefully videotaping a traffic stop
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck claims that 1960s era violent Weather Underground manifesto "sure sounds an awful lot like the things that we're doing". ♦ WorldNetDaily explains that President Obama is "a vengeful, spoiled little man-child" who "derives perverse pleasure by seeing America on her knees" and whose "entire Cabinet are a veritable Who's Who of political radicals, social engineers, Marxists, feminists, socialists, communists, fascists". ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck suggests that the Obama administration is governing from the Weathermen manifesto. ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck claims We have "really nasty communist Hispanic groups that are sowing the seeds of discontent". ♦ Fox News demands to know, When will American Blacks stop oppressing white people?. ♦ Pundit rocker Ted Nugent says "Those currently in charge want to destroy America and turn us into a Third World nation".
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 ♦ No, it's not true that the Obama White House supported the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi. It's not true, despite the Drudge Report's report. Imagine that. # ♦ No, it's still not true — no matter how often right-wing loons like Fox's Stuart Varney tell the lie — that tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans caused "gigantic increase in revenues". #
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010 Illinois police officer is charged with four counts of official misconduct, and promptly placed on paid leave Ohio police officer arrested, accused of domestic violence New York cop gets probation for theft from government fund Fired Utah cop is charged with multiple counts of distributing drugs Fired Virginia deputy is arrested for possession of stolen property Hearing held on Maryland cops' out-of-control behavior after off-duty cop is charged with fatally shooting a former Marine
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 ♦ Fox News reports, over and over again, that black people are coming to wreak havok on white people. ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck somehow links "this Sherrod thing" to imagined Obama administration plot to "take over the media". ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck compares nearly-toothless financial reform to "Big Brother," an "unprecedented assault on our economy". ♦ Latest rant from Fox's Glenn Beck: "What is wrong with us, America? Why are people not in the streets? Your republic is over." ♦ Obama orders an ice cream cone, and would-be pundits across the right-wing blogosphere see the sign over the ice cream shop as Obama's endorsement of "Black power". ♦ Rush Limbaugh claims Obama "regime" is "tribalizing this country" into "different racial tribes".
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Monday, July 26, 2010 Pennsylvania school cop faces ten counts of aggravated sexual assault Judge orders Iowa sheriff to attend college course on the First Amendment after finding "a tsunami, a maelstrom, an avalanche, of direct, uncontroverted evidence ... to conclude beyond all doubt that he unquestionably violated" citizen's rights Witness says Colorado cops shot and killed unarmed man in his home Homeland Security employee is charged with stealing astronaut Neil Armstrong's Customs paperwork Nevada cop loses on appeal; murder conviction stands Ohio police officer arrested, accused of domestic violence
Monday, July 26, 2010 ♦ No, it's not true that President Obama's dog Bo has his own private jet. The allegation is bonkers on its face. If you believed this viral email, congratulations, you're almost unfathomably stupid. # ♦ No, it's not true that Barack Obama violated the federal Logan Act by campaigning for Raila Odinga during a visit to Kenya in 2006. It's a another claim right-wingers have invented out of whole cloth and as usual, it's completely false. # ♦ No, it's not true and Congressman Mike Pence (R-Indiana) is lying when he says that "should Democrats get their way, every income tax bracket will increase on January 1, 2011. Every single one." The Democrats' proposal will allow tax cuts to expire, as originally intended when Republicans passed these tax cuts under the Bush-Cheney administration, but Democrats have consistently explained that tax cuts for workers making less than $200,000 for individuals and $250,000 for married couples filing jointly won't be allowed to expire. # ♦ No, it's not true that reporters on a private email list suggested that the government should shut down Fox News. Bow-tied right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson, whose Daily Caller website is dribbling out the emails that were never intended for publication, is putting outrageous and exaggerated headlines on each collection of emails he's publishing. As the Washington Post's Ezra Klein details, the credibility of Tucker Carlson is doubtful at best, and the emails themselves seem to be rather innocuous. Disregarding Carlson's intentionally misleading headlines, all I've ascertained from the 20 or so emails I've read is that a bunch of self-identified liberal or progressive journalists seem to be liberal or progressive. Film at 11, and lies at Daily Caller. I should add that, like the Post's Klein, I have long thought of Carlson as one of the last conservatives whose integrity seemed to have survived intact. The more he hypes these purloined private posts when there's just nothing incriminating in them, the more I suspect I've been mistaken in my judgment of Carlson. #
Monday, July 26, 2010 ♦ Congressman Zach Wamp (R-Tennessee) hopes that his state and others don't have to secede from the Union again. ♦ Former Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-Colorado) writes that "Mr. Obama is a more serious threat to America than al Qaeda". ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck sends a reliable anti-Semitic signal, claiming that the Jews killed Jesus. ♦ Radio's Rush Limbaugh says the "Democrat party" is the "white plantation holders". ♦ Celebrity anti-abortion activist Randall Terry launches tour to "burn, hang, or beat" Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) in effigy. ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck continues on-screen meltdown: "They control your life and your pursuit of happiness" and "they will have every bit of" liberty, too. ♦ Leading anti-separation of church and state activist David Barton says attacks on Tea Party groups are just likes attacks on Jesus.
Monday, July 26, 2010 and Jocelyn Bell Burnell Mystery links are offered with no implied endorsement of whatever's at the other end. You may be shocked or disgusted, but we don't care. Links in red are not safe for work, and links in pink include audio and/or video. Candle in the dark Monday, July 26, 2010 Here's an excellent interview (audio link) with Oliver Diaz, one of the victims of the purely-political prosecutions by the Justice Department during the Bush-Cheney administration. Diaz was prosecuted twice on trumped up and clearly phony charges, but nobody will be prosecuted for what he went through, due to the Obama administration's purely-political decision to "look forward, not back" regarding political crimes, war crimes, and crimes against humanity by the Bush-Cheney administration. Of course and obviously, this makes Barack Obama an accessory after the fact. ...
Friday, July 23, 2010 Florida prison guard gets 90 years in prison for trying to arrange murders behind bars Kentucky deputy jailer arrested, accused of bribery Police press release doesn't name officer, but says California cop has been placed on paid leave after being charged with welfare fraud Homophobic California cops are playing with themselves in public to entrap gay men, then charging men as sex offenders Six completely legal ways cops can screw you in the USA Cops' increasingly common defense against police misconduct: Arrest people for photographing police
Friday, July 23, 2010 ♦ Yes, it's true that Muslims sometimes gather together to pray, even in New York. And yes, there are photos showing a crowd of Muslims kneeling and praying in — brace yourself — New York City. Muslims, however, have been kneeling and praying, often in large numbers, for as long as there have been Muslims. The notion that this is some new Muslimification of America brought about by Barack Obama is only another figment of the right-wing's perpetual paranoia, and their need to always be scared silly of anyone and everyone who isn't a white straight Christian Republican. #
Friday, July 23, 2010 ♦ Republicans offer Operation Scared Sh*tless: Obama Hates White People. ♦ Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) claims again that Barack Obama's "whole presidency is becoming about race.". ♦ Prominent right-wing website NewsMax accepts ad from "pro-white" radio show. ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck says Weather Underground book is "manifesto for the President, or the people around him". ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck says Obama's going to murder Tea Partiers and Ron Paul supporters. ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck says "The policies that are being enacted in Washington" are "enemies of God". ♦ Right-wing media is fooled by three-year old Onion parody that "reveals" plans for martial law.
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Thursday, July 22, 2010 Lawsuit claims West Virginia cop who's already in prison for coerced sex sexually harassed another woman Connecticut cop is placed on paid leave after being charged with attempted larceny and second-degree harassment Another bloodied and bruised West Virginian complains about cop's police brutality Former corrections officer in Florida is convicted of child molestation Fired New Jersey cop gets five years for marijuana trafficking South Carolina cop is fired, faces drug charge Supporters of California killer-cop plan rally: "Enough is enough. It's time to stop throwing our officers under the bus."
Thurday, July 22, 2010 ♦ No, it's not true that Governor Rick Perry (R-Texas) has "frankly, never had a call from" the Obama administration. That's what Perry has claimed on the right-wing propaganda channel, Fox News, presumably because he knew his line wouldn't be challenged there, but the public record — including press releases from Gov Perry's office — is littered with records of phone calls from the Obama administration to Governor Perry's office. As Politifact says, "Pants on fire!" # ♦ No, it's not true, despite a seemingly orchestrated chorus of Republicans making the claim, that the deficit has more than tripled since Barack Obama took the Presidential oath. "Here's the reality: when Bush/Cheney left office, they left behind a $1.3 trillion deficit. We don't yet know exactly what this year's deficit will be, but most estimates point suggest it'll be about $1.4 trillion." # ♦ No, it's not true that allowing the Bush-Cheney era tax cuts to expire would be a crushing blow to small business in America. Far and away the vast majority of small business owners wouldn't feel a thing, because virtually all of the Bush-Cheney tax cuts were designed to benefit only the wealthiest of the wealthy. Also worth noting and debunking is the claim by many Republicans and right-wing sympathizers that allowing these ill-advised and deficit-building tax cuts to expire, as they're scheduled to expire, amounts to a Democratic tax increase. Sigh, and no. These tax cuts were proposed and passed by a Republican-controlled Congress, signed into law by a Republican President, and these Republican-written tax breaks for the rich included an expiration date — which is now. #
Thursday, July 22, 2010 ♦ Right-wing website WorldNetDaily repeats discredited lies about Obama, Kenya. ♦ Prominent spokesman for Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) appears on white supremacist program. ♦ Obama administration wants "race riot", says Fox's Glenn Beck. ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck says "We are being ruled now" by those who have "contempt for our Constitution, for religion".
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Arizona sheriff's spokesman apologizes "to anyone who may have been offended" by sheriff's invitation to white nationalist show's audience to join official "posse" Texas deputies accused of excessive force against 80-year-old man and his son Massachusetts trooper is reassigned after third victim complains of sexual harassment Fired Missouri jailer is charged with assaulting inmates and enlisting a violent inmate to assault others Indiana town pays $600K to settle lawsuit over cops' strip-search of three high school girls Indiana deputy may be suspended over videotaped beating of jail inmate Protesters cite police misconduct during protest over light sentence for California killer cop
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 ♦ No, it's not true that Shirley Sherrod, a black Georgia-based US Department of Agriculture bureaucrat, used her position to deny help to struggling white farmers. In fact, it's rather flamboyantly and obviously untrue, but she's been fired nonetheless by the Obama administration, and specifically by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, an unfairness which deserves more attention. Since the lies in this matter are rather routine for America's right-wing, let's take a moment to look at this mess. First, the damning video comes from Andrew Breitbart, who has a long and growing track record of distorting the truth. He is, for example, the key funder of video liar James O'Keefe, whose lies and misleadingly edited video brought down the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). Your second clue that you're being lied to is that Breitbart's video is heavily edited, which is always a red flag for anyone who cares about the truth. Breitbart's biggest lie, though, is the made-up story that in the video, Sherrod is describing her work for the Dept of Agriculture. That's a lie and Breitbart must know it's a lie. Sherrod's speech described events from more than two decades ago, when she was working for the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund, a group set up specifically to help struggling black farmers. She described her reaction when a struggling white farmer came pleading for help at this co-op set up to help struggling black farmers. She says she was taken aback at first, but came to see, more than two decades ago, that struggling farmers should be helped regardless of their color. "It’s not just about black people," she said, "it’s about poor people." Is that offensive to you? Is it hard to understand that she might be taken aback by a white guy asking for help? Are you shocked and outraged by the story? I'm sure not. To me it's an inspirational story about someone learning a worthwhile lesson, and obviously that was Shirley Sherrod's intent in telling it. Breitbart's intent, in editing and distorting her words and lying about the circumstances and her point, is pretty obvious, too. I'll close this entry by quoting someone smarter than me, SusieMadrik, aka the Suburban Guerrilla, who is spot on as usual: "I can’t do anything about the media, or the gutless administration, but I can remind you that whenever a scandal is ginned up like this by the right-wing attack machine, IT IS ALWAYS A LIE. It may be a lie wrapped around a minute speck of truth, but that only makes the lie more plausible. It is still a lie." # ♦ No, it's not true that Muslims are building a mosque at the site of the former World Trade Center in New York — it's two blocks away. It's not true that it will be a "13-storey mosque" — it's a mosque that will be one tenant in a long-standing 13-storey building. It's not true that it's part of a Muslim jihad against America — it's just another mosque in a nation that claims to cherish freedom of religion. There's very little truth in what Republican fearmongers are saying about this matter, and this advertisement, which was "paid for by National Republican Trust PAC", amounts to little more than a shameful hate video. Republicans who believe in freedom of religion — are there any? — should demand an apology. # ♦ No, it's not true that Democrats' proposals for clean energy legislation would "cost every family in this country about $4,000 more for utility bills." That's Congressman Dan Burton (R-Indiana), lying as he often does. According to estimates from people who are paid to do the math impartially, the proposals would cost the average American family about $83 per year. If you don't think the clean energy legislation is worth $83 per year, make your arguments. We're big fans of political arguments, and not at all enamored of this legislation, so why can't Congressman Burton make honest arguments against this bill, instead of pulling a ginormous number like $4,000 out of his ass? #
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck says that somehow financial reform legislation will let Obama take over Fox News. ♦ Right-wing Washington Times again runs doctored photo showing Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan in a turban to absurdly claim she will impose Islamic Shariah law on America. ♦ Right-wing rage machine unloads a frenzy of race-baiting. ♦ Fox's Glenn Beck claims President Obama "is about to have unstoppable power," adds: "You know who did this before? ... Augustus Ceasar". ♦ Arch-right Family Research Council claims President Obama is destroying our "Freedom of Religion". ♦ Fox News has hyped phony New Black Panthers scandal at least 95 times. ♦ Syndicated radio talker Jim Quinn says President Obama is "un-American", a "hater of Western civilization".
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