There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.

Right-wing death threats rise: Republicans should condemn Rush Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh is now using his radio show to promote hatred and rage with language that could well incite physical violence from some of his listeners.

Man Jailed For Death Threats against NPR Hosts

MARCH 16--A Maine man has been jailed on federal charges that he threatened to kill or harm two of the hosts of "All Things Considered," the popular National Public Radio news program, The Smoking Gun has learned. The defendant in custody, John Crosby, was arrested in lat …

Right Wing Violence Threats Are On The Rise

-- Mentally unstable nutcases threatening liberal campaigners in Washington state, Illinois and Vermont. -- A swastika-laden white-powder-terrorism attack on a Democratic congressman's offices. -- Thugs hired by the Republican candidate in Alaska roughing up and handcuffi …

The Rise of Right-Wing Violence

When the Department of Homeland Security issued a report warning of potential violence by "right-wing extremists," the right-wingers of the internet were enraged.

President Obama has Failed Us

I haz a sad. When Barack Obama was elected, I thought he was a superhero.

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Anonymous to Release Document Proving Bank Of America Fraud -- Monday; Bank Scrambles for Damage Control

A member of the hacker collective Anonymous, which singlehandedly destroyed "hacker defense" firm HB Gary, who goes under the handle OperationLeakS "is claiming to be have emails and documents which prove "fraud" was committed by Bank of America employees, and the group says it'l …

Memo To Conservatives: Rick Snyder, Republican Governor, Creates CZAR Positions

For months now we have endured the breathless, outraged shrieking from Conservatives about how Barack Obama creates extra-constitutional "czar" positions, in blatant violation of some fictional version of the Constitution, disrespecting all Americans and freedom and God and the C …

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Sarah Palin Biggest Loser Ever; Trailing Charlie Sheen in Polls Now

What Happened to the Mamma Grizzly? Did she wear out her welcome?

Mitch McConnell: Cut Spending, Just Not Spending I Like

WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans prefer cutting defense spending to reduce the federal deficit rather than taking money from public retirement and health programs, a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday showed.

Rick "Der Fuehrer" Snyder Slashes Corporate Taxes 86%, Increases Middle Class Taxes by 31%

Business taxes would be cut by 86 percent from an estimated $2.1 billion in FY 2011 to $292.7 million in FY 2013, the first full year of the proposed tax changes.

Dear Conservatives: We Can File Lawsuits Too When Legislation is ACTUALLY Rammed Down Our Throats

Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne is asking judge to void Walker's anti-union bill that was "passed" last week in violation of the State's open meeting law.

One Threat, Two Threat, Red Threat . . . MORE and MORE and MORE FRight-Wing Violence

A California man accused of threatening to kill Seattle Congressman Jim McDermott has been arrested and charged in federal court.

How All Our Jobs Can Be Replaced

Factory jobs involving repetitive motion can always be replaced by robots. They complain less, cost less, and don't go on strike when they're not sufficiently oiled.

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Wherein I am Relieved to Figure Out that Right-Wingers are Just Really Confused

Whew! I am one relieved American. For MONTHS now, I have thought that the right-wing of our political theater here in America was profoundly hateful, racist, misogynist, prone to violence, intemperate, anti-democracy, and incapable of competent leadership or government.

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Bank that funded Scott Walker, Now Closed -- Firefighters and others withdraw all deposits.

Firefighters in Wisconsin marched to the M&I bank earlier today in Madison and withdrew their money. In total they took an estimated $192,000. They asked others to follow their lead. Apparently others did. Just updated:

I'm Shocked, SHOCKED I TELL YOU, To Find Violence-Tinged Rhetoric in our Political Discourse.

April 2009: the Department of Homeland Security, in the wake of the 2008 elections which gave complete control of the Federal government to the Democratic party, warns that the out-of-power right wing was growing more violent.

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About those unruly mobs

Seeding this as a counter to the ignorant bull@!$%# that is masquerading as today's right-wing frame. The question that right-wingers are trying to innocently pose is that if it were teabaggers overruning state capitols, what would us "leftists" have to say.

The Right-Wing's Credibility Gap

First, they told us they were just here to fix our budget mess. Then, they told us they were mad that the "left" wasn't compromising with them. Then, they told us they were a grassroots uprising.

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Daily Show Skewers GOP's Loosey-Goosey Re-definition of Rape

STEWART: What if the woman is unconscious? What, would they cover that? SCHAAL: Well, they'd like to, Jon, but it might not be rape. The woman might be having a rape-mare. The important thing is, Congress is redefining rape to protect us from the worst kind of rape.

GOP to Introduce Proboscis Removal Act

WASHINGTON - Having returned to prominence with a campaign dedicated to promoting job creation and cutting spending, Congressional Republicans have made repealing Health Care Reform and redefining the word "rape" their two most pressing issues since taking control of the House.  …

Republicans Continue To Splinter: Rubio Latest GOPer to ditch CPAC

Denying that the inclusion of GOProud, a gay Republican group, has anything to do with his decision, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has announced that he won't be attending this year's CPAC conference:

2009: Unruly Mobs of Conservatives Disrupt Healthcare Town Halls. 2011: "We don't need unruly mobs."

Back in the summer of 2009, as the healthcare debate was heating up, the right-wing of our political sphere decided to take a stand: Using a centralized, top-down set of tactics, protestors were organized to turn up at the "town hall" meetings Representatives were holding to dis …

Mobilizing the Jobless

Some more from Frances Piven, who rightly asks:

Turning Back Glenn Beck's Attacks on Frances Piven

The problem of how to bring people together is sometimes made easier by government service centers, as when in the 1960s poor mothers gathered in crowded welfare centers or when the jobless congregated in unemployment centers.

Glenn Beck Demonizes 78 Year Old For Paper She Wrote 45 Years Ago; Death Threats Follow

Seventy-eight-year-old Frances Piven, a City University of New York professor, has been receiving death threats.

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