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Pat Buchanan Calls for 'Southern Strategy' Against Latinos, Immigrants

Pat Buchanan has a plan to win more white voters for the GOP. In an article published by the website World Net Daily last week, Buchanan describes increased black voter turnout and Latino demographic growth as a "crisis for the Grand...Show More Summary

The Evidence for Climate Change Without Using Computer Models or the IPCC

YouTube SOURCES are listed in the next video, because of space constraints. Predictable posts are answered here. Please spend your time and effort in addressing the evidence presented in the video: "This is a straw man argument. Of course...Show More Summary

Former Defense Secretary Gates: Benghazi Critics Have "Cartoonish" View of Military

Video Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, a Bush appointee, said today on Face the Nation that some of the critics of the Obama administration's response to the Benghazi attack have a "cartoonish impression of military capabilities...Show More Summary

Former Guatemalan Dictator Rios Montt Found Guilty of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

Photo from havanatimes.org. Former Guatemalan dictator José Efraín Rios Montt was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity today at his trial in Guatemala City. He was immediately sentenced to 50 years imprisonment on the...Show More Summary

Saturday Jam: XTC Live on Rockpalast, 1982

YouTube A great YouTube discovery via Dangerous Minds, here's a 1982 performance on German TV's Rockpalast by XTC, a band that almost never plays live. It's a shame that Andy Partridge hated touring so much -- he's really a good performer...Show More Summary

Rachel Maddow Reviews the Right Wing Obsession With Benghazi, Mockery Ensues

MSNBC Video Also see: A Look at the Republican Benghazi Talking Points as They've Been Laid Out So Far - the Maddow Blog

Michele Bachmann (R-Mars): 9/11 and Benghazi Were God's Judgment

YouTube rightwingwatch.org On Wednesday, Religious Right activists and members of Congress gathered together for a prayer event held in Statuary Hall at the US Capitol called "Washington: A Man of Prayer." Among the speakers was Rep....Show More Summary

#Breitbart.com Exclusive Bombshell of the Day: Hitler Was Gay!

You may not have thought it possible, but Breitbart.com gets even creepier and more disgusting with the latest far right propaganda piece by psycho hack William Bigelow: NEW EVIDENCE FROM HIS DOCTORS SHOWS HITLER WAS GAY!!! (h/t: C&...

Stunning Abstract Short: The Clockmakers/Les Horlogers

Vimeo In this experimental animated short from Renaud Hallée, we travel inside a mysterious mechanism made up entirely of revolving gearwheels, triangles and lines. In this whirling, hypnotic world, dozens of tiny gymnasts leap, somersault and twist through the air. Show More Summary

Heritage Immigration Study Co-Author Resigns Over White Nationalist Connections

Jason Richwine, the Heritage Foundation analyst who published articles on a white nationalist website and was a co-author of Heritage's recent study on the economic impact of immigration, has resigned. Richwine also suggested in his Harvard thesis that America should discourage immigration by non-whites because their IQs are lower. Show More Summary

And Now, the Benghazi Talking Point Bombshell That Isn't

ABC News jumps into the shark tank and panders to the right wing base (hey, eyeballs are eyeballs) with an overheated report on the Benghazi talking points that emerged in the immediate aftermath of the attack on the CIA's outpost: Exclusive:...Show More Summary

Climate Change Landmark of 400 PPM of CO2: More Evidence From 3 Million Years Ago

In these days of continually streaming propaganda over nearly any politically sensitive issue, the subject of climate change has become so entangled with local and national political interests that it is good to step back and look at...Show More Summary

Thursday Night Jam: Ben Folds Five - Draw a Crowd

YouTube Damn I ordered something it took a while This morning something was on my doorstep What's this I'm holding? Time capsule order cause I'm a brand new man And I don't think I want it, I don't think I want it A row of flags Hanging...Show More Summary

Jon Stewart Scales Bullshit Mountain to Examine the Latest Wingnut Benghazi Fail

Jon Stewart takes another grueling hike up Bullshit Mountain, for a closer look at the now utterly ridiculous right wing Benghazi conspiracy theories. If you can't see the MP4 videos above, click the video links below for lower resolution versions. Comedy Central Comedy Central

The History of Typography in Paper-Letter Animation

Vimeo A paper-letter animation about the history of fonts and typography. 291 Paper Letters. 2,454 Photographs. 140 hours of work. Created by Ben Barrett-Forrest © Forrest Media - 2013 www.forrestmedia.org www.facebook.com/forrestmedia Information...Show More Summary

The Strange Saga of Glenn Beck's Bizarre Gift

YouTube Come closer. Let Glenn look into your eyes. Glenn has a gift. A bizarre gift. It doesn't matter if you're a stranger. He has the ability to take just one look at your face, and instantly feel your pain. But it's OK. Glenn will tell you it's OK, and then you will cry and cry, and hug Glenn, and know that it's OK. Everything is gonna be OK.

A Wild Interview With John McAfee at Slashdot

If you need something to clear the mental palate after that ridiculous Benghazi hearing, try this memorable interview with John McAfee, founder of McAfee Anti-Virus and genuine wildman: Interview: John McAfee Answers Your Questions. "Here...Show More Summary

Live Video: The House of Representatives Does the Benghazi Boogaloo

Tech Note: Hot Key Fever

Here's one of those new feature announcements that serves double duty as an open thread: we now have some new "hot keys" available to all site visitors. If you're currently viewing a page that has a list of articles, you can now useShow More Summary

Why Did the Military Tell a Special Forces Team Not to Fly to Benghazi? (For Good Reasons)

Yesterday the direction of the upcoming Benghazi testimony by State Department "whistle-blowers" became clear, as the most damaging accusation emerged -- that a four-man Special Forces was at the US embassy in Tripoli, but was denied permission to go to Benghazi. Show More Summary