Category: politics

Home-Grown, Right-Wing Terrorism: The Hate the GOP Refuses to See

Home-Grown, Right-Wing Terrorism: The Hate the GOP Refuses to See

right at the start of the Obama era, when then-Secretary of Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano issued a report (PDF) entitled: “Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment”? The report was truly prescient. It alerted us to the rise of right-wing extremism, such as from white supremacist groups, and warned that unchecked, it could lead to violence.

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‎’Slut’ is attacking women for their right to say yes. ‘Friend Zone’ is attacking women for their right to say no. And “bitch” is attacking women for their right to call you on it.  (via madgay)

Five haredi men indicted for attacking gay black man in Brooklyn

Five haredi men indicted for attacking gay black man in Brooklyn

he was walking through the heavily Orthodox neighborhood of Williamsburg on his way home to a nearby neighborhood when more than 12 Hasidic men attacked him while shouting anti-gay slurs.

If 12 members of a Muslim fundamentalist sect attacked a man this way, would it be covered differently? If the attacked man wasn’t gay, would it be covered differently?

Snowden Is The Kind of Guy I Used to Recruit—in Russia

Snowden Is The Kind of Guy I Used to Recruit—in Russia

As a former director of operations for the CIA, I see Snowden in a very different light. My colleagues and I in the agency spent our careers looking for people like him—on the other side, that is. We worked hard to locate the kind of person who could be persuaded to give up his country’s secrets: narcissistic, often delusional under-achievers whom we could hope to turn into loose-lipped sources in our enemies’ camps and other hostile locations. We understood just how valuable it was to every aspect of our foreign policy to know the plans and intentions of our enemies; the best way to do this was to look for a source and exploit people like Snowden, the National Security Agency leaker, ­ to target for this purpose.

Not totally convinced. Not sure if Snowden even fits the description “narcissistic, often delusional under-achievers” very well. He seems to be pretty well thought out. And despite being a high school drop out, he seems not to fit the bumbling under-achievers mold.

Militia Leader Lives Off Gov Disability Checks

Militia Leader Lives Off Gov Disability Checks

Democratic Underground user Kpete recalled a story in the Washington Post where it mentions Vanderboegh’s disability checks, while in the next breath, the militia leader speaks against what he perceives as President Obama’s ‘collectivism.’

When he gets a check, he is getting his money back. When other people get a check, they are taking his money.

Nevada Militia Sets Up Armed Checkpoints, Demands to See Drivers’ I.D.

Nevada Militia Sets Up Armed Checkpoints, Demands to See Drivers’ I.D.

apparently other rightful property owners in rural Nevada don’t feel terribly free under the security regime recently built around them by the militiamen protecting rancher Cliven Bundy.

So if I am stopped by these freedom loving patriots and asked for ID, they are totally not infringing on my freedom? And totally not aggression.

The Koch Attack on Solar Energy

The Koch Attack on Solar Energy

For the last few months, the Kochs and other big polluters have been spending heavily to fight incentives for renewable energy, which have been adopted by most states. They particularly dislike state laws that allow homeowners with solar panels to sell power they don’t need back to electric utilities. So they’ve been pushing legislatures to impose a surtax on this increasingly popular practice, hoping to make installing solar panels on houses less attractive.

Not surprised.