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An alarmist philippic in USA Today against nonexistent armed white militias in Vermont exhibits the hallmark hypocrisy — and toxicity — of social justice warriors who sow division using dehumanizing and alarmist stereotypes. Rather than resolve conflict, such dishonesty and poor character serve a narcissistic self-righteousness that perpetually searches out others' victimhood to weaponize for personal advancement. Author Michael Shank claims his "Masters and PhD degrees studied how societies not only thrive but peacefully coexist (a study needed more than ever)" and that he "believe[s] in building partnerships irrespective of political labels." Mr. Shank graciously "love[s] a good conversation with...

CIA Director John Brennan will tell Congress on Thursday that Islamic State militants are training and attempting to deploy operatives for further attacks on the West and will rely more on guerrilla-style tactics to compensate for their territorial losses. In remarks prepared for the Senate Intelligence Committee, Brennan says IS has been working to build an apparatus to direct and inspire attacks against its foreign enemies, as in the recent attacks in Paris and Brussels — ones the CIA believes were directed by IS leaders. "ISIL has a large cadre of Western fighters who could potentially serve as operatives for...

Professor Andrew Holt of Florida State College at Jacksonville has challenged the Obama Administration's contention that right-wing extremists pose a greater threat than Islamic terrorists. "If we look at all the casualties resulting from terrorist attacks over the last 15 years, the number of people killed by jihadis outnumber those killed by right-wingers by more than 60 to one," Holt said. Department of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson brushed off the professor's analysis as "a simplistic body count. Merely adding up the number killed assumes an unwarranted equivalence among those affected. All the victims of Islamic terrorists in the United States...

The nation’s law enforcement agencies, from local cops all the way to the Department of Homeland Security, are always on the lookout for terrorist threats, and that includes at home as well as in far flung deserts and mountains. And they’re collecting data on all sorts of groups. What may come as a surprise is that, if you’re a regular reader of Hot Air or many other similar outlets, you might be one of the people they are watching! A new report this summer from a group of university analysts has identified the chief concerns of law enforcement agents...

In February of 2008, NewsBusters first highlighted MSNBC’s Chris Matthews oozing “I felt this thrill going up my leg” while listening to a speech by Barack Obama. Conservatives reminding him of it has certainly annoyed Chris Matthews ever since, so much so that he lashed out at C-SPAN’s Steve Scully, sinking to including the non-profit cable network’s senior executive producer as amongst the “jackasses” who dare to ask him about his infamous Obamagasm moment. The confirmation of Matthews’ incredibly thin skin came Tuesday at a panel session during the National Cable and Telecommunications Association’s convention in Boston. “I hope you...

Matthews is tired of "horse's ass right wingers asking him about his thrill up his leg comment.

Has anyone heard about FBI raids conducted last night in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. Warrants are sealed so no public information is yet available. Rumor is the raids are related to last weeks DC anti health control rally.

Rather than waiting for your neighbors to turn you in at flag@whitehouse.gov, make it easy on yourself. This video shows Americans doing the right thing and turning themselves in. IF YOU OPPOSE OBAMA TURN YOURSELF IN

Right wingers trash Barack Obama's health reformsBy Staff July 18, 2009 This week, the Georgia Straight published an article by Donald Gutstein, which demonstrated how the right-wing, Vancouver-based Fraser Institute relied on the selective use of statistics to influence the U.S. health-care debate. U.S. President Barack Obama's attempt to introduce health-care reforms is also causing a conservative backlack south of the border, according to the latest bulletin issued by the media watchdog group Media Matters for America. Below is its most recent post on the issue. It's called "Charting a misleading course on health care": Nothing sends media conservatives off...

Ed Morrissey writes over at Hot Air: Of all the smears listed in the new DHS warning about "right-wing extremism," none are more dastardly and despicable than the insinuation that returning military veterans represent a security threat to the nation they willingly served. The Commander of the American Legion has sent the following letter to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano explaining to her that military veterans are not the enemy: Read the American Legion's letter here...

The ferocious fight over the Obama budget exposes some of the deepest differences between liberals and conservatives, contrasting not only their goals for the country but their desires for themselves. All human beings feel a drive for power, but leftists and right-wingers express that urge with opposing (and often irreconcilable) strategies. They employ very different means in pursuit of power in part because they seek distinctive ends: at the most basic level, liberals want enhanced control through political authority while conservatives crave greater sway through accumulation of personal wealth. Understanding the true nature of this distinction clarifies the most polarizing...

Ron Paul supporters have been harshly criticized on this forum. OK, I agree that some of them are a little bit nutty. Just about every far-right organization has endorsed Paul. They include militia members, unreconstructed neo-confederates, Conspiracy theorists, Birchers, anti-tax activists, Christian Reconstructionists, opponents of the CFR and the Federal reserve, anti-Black Helicopter conservatives, supporters of the Gold Standard, anti-immigration groups, etc. But one should accept that many of Paul's supporters are true patriots. They are the most outspoken opponents of the New World Order. They want the US out of the UN. They want the Southern border closed. They...

Many right-wingers I know can't stomach Jon Stewart, and I don't blame them for that, but I am more than happy to proclaim that I think this guy is extremely funny. Recently the little giant from New York City descended upon my own po-dunk Columbus, Ohio, where he proved out his comic genius to a devoted audience. He was hilarious from start to finish and had me slapping my knee more than once, even at the bits that ran counter to my own religious and political worldview. The man is naturally funny, a rapid-fire wit, as evidenced by his reactions...

NOTE: I am bringing this back for those who missed it. Unlike the DemocRATS, we are not afraid to let people know what we believe. The other side wants to fool people and are afraid that they will learn what the left believes. We are Middle Americans. Perhaps that is what we should be calling ourselves rather than their definitions like neo-con and right winger. ==================================================== When my daughter was growing up she asked me that same question that your children probably asked you. The answer was given during the Clinton times, but today the issues seem pretty much the...

It was sobering, on reading the recent flurry of letters in this newspaper under the heading “Balancing The US Debate”, to discover that it was this column that had single-handedly unbalanced it. “If Steyn represents the American right, where is the spokesperson for the American left?” demands Conor McCarthy of Dun Laoghaire. The hitherto perfectly poised seesaw of press coverage of the United States is apparently all out of whack because my corpulent column is weighing down one end while on the other up in the air are the massed ranks of Irish Times correspondents, RTE, the BBC and 97%...

"Dubyuh's Got Faith!!" (To be sung to Eric Clapton's "Running On Faith" One...two...three...four... Lately Right's been running on Faith... Searchin' fer Justice and Truth. But our World will be Right... When Dubyuh sings our tune. Lately, I've been wond'rin' why I FReep... Shrinkin' government's that fer which I pray. Protect the World from Left's slime... Please Dubyuh, join the fray!! Right's always been... Willin' to help thru taxes that we pay. Seems like by now... Right'd find a Prez who cares...fer Liberty!! Then we'd go running on faith All of Right's dreams shall come true!! All the world will be...

A large contingent of right-wing extremists led by activist Baruch Marzel protested Mordechai Vanunu's release Wednesday from Ashkelon's Shikma prison by attacking Arab MK Issam Mahoul (Hadash), screaming profanities at Vanunu supporters and interrupting their media interviews, and scuffling with police. Over 200 Vanunu supporters began assembling in the early morning hours chanting slogans and holding banners aloft. Soon after, right-wing anti-Vanunu demonstrators began arriving, holding banners of their own, and provoking other demonstrators. A large number of journalists and nearly 60 television camera crews were spread out to cover the release, which was transmitted live on all media outlets...

Do Right-Wingers Ever Defend Their Own? Did I miss the memo again? I am mystified by right-wing pundits’ reactions to the attempted lynching of Bill Bennett. Do these people ever defend their own? Ever? A few months back, right-wing pundits at National Review and The Weekly Standard began to pressure Trent Lott into resigning as Senate Majority Leader because he told an “offensive” joke at Strom Thurmond’s 100th birthday party. Almost no conservative journalists—save the excommunicated Pat Buchanan and Bob Novak—defended Lott from unfair, outrageous, and unproven charges of racism. Rather, they piled on and locked arms with Jesse Jackson,...