Glenn Beck goes after LGF's Charles Johnson

Catfight!! At least Johnson is sane, but in this fight that may not work to his advantage. Video in question here.

Apparently he claimed that the woman in the video I posted who shouted “Burn the books!” was a leftist infiltrator. Leaving aside this claim (which is unsupported by any real evidence), I guess we’re supposed to ignore the fact that the audience at that “Glenn Beck tea party” actually applauded when she shouted this. And we’re supposed to ignore the speaker ranting about digital cable boxes being “brainwashing devices,” and spouting John Birch Society talking points. And we’re supposed to ignore the moderator, promoting the extreme right-wing/libertarian/Dominionist Constitution Party.

Never mind all that. Hey, look over there! It’s an infiltrator!

Shallow Thoughts: Sarah Palin calendar edition

By GottaLaff

You all remember that Grandma Palin has her very own 2009 calendar, don't you? So does Newsmax. The Motley Moose:

"Hot Sarah Palin Calendar Just Released"

Newsflash from Human Events doh't com. And, yes, that is the actual subject line of today's Newsmax spam.

Today's Shallow Thought, via Motley:

So glad to see the Far Right evolving. Way to honor the office of the Governor of Alaska that you respected so deeply only a few months ago.

That was today's Shallow Thought. Thank you for wading in.

Right-leaning media brace for shutout

Awww, the poor things. Now if they just reported the facts, they wouldn't have that problem now would they?

Since the Weekly Standard launched in 1995, there’s one scenario the conservative magazine hasn’t yet faced: Democrats in control of both the White House and Congress.

But that’s what lies ahead in just two months, leaving staffers there and at other media outlets on the right bracing for a period on the outside. looking in.

(snip)

Looking inward makes sense now that access will likely be reduced during an Obama administration. It’s doubtful that David Axelrod will answer the phone as quickly as Karl Rove, or that Joe Biden would provide a Weekly Standard writer with the exclusive access that Dick Cheney gave when he sat down with Stephen Hayes for his biography of the vice president.

Right-Wing Attack Group Funder Goes Bankrupt

By GottaLaff

Schadenfreude. July 2008:

Sheldon Adelson, the 74-year-old casino billionaire who has become the third richest man in America and who has strong ties to the hard-line Likud Party in Israel, has emerged this year a major benefactor of the American right. Past evidence suggests that Adelson will capitalize on his ascent to the top of the Republican money elite to try to build opposition in America to any Middle East peace settlement calling for the division of Israel into two states, one Jewish, the other Palestinian. [...]

Here in the US, Adelson is the single largest source of cash for two 501(c)4s: the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) and a sister organization, Freedom's Watch, an Iraq War advocacy group largely run by top officials of RJC. Freedom's Watch intends to spend substantially more than $30 million for "independent" ads and phone banks designed to undermine support for Democrats. ...

On top of that, Adelson, according to the National Journal, has begun channeling cash and fundraising support to Vets for Freedom, which is expected to use the influx of money to finance what it claims will be a multimillion dollar "Four Months For Victory" ad campaign.

November 2008:

Las Vegas Sands Corp., billionaire Sheldon Adelson's casino company, fell the most in New York trading since going public after saying it may default on debt and face bankruptcy. [...]

The reversal of fortune is a black eye for the 75-year-old Adelson, who was once America's third-richest man on the strength of his Las Vegas Sands holdings. The Las Vegas-based company's dwindling cash flow is threatening $16 billion worth of developments in Macau, China, and Singapore, where Las Vegas Sands is building resorts to cater to wealthy Asian gamblers.

It feels so good to be on the winning side after so long.

H/t: Ellen

VIDEO: Right Wingers Threaten Alaskan Women Over Anti-Palin Rally

By GottaLaff

Yesterday's anti-Palin rally got under some unhinged Republicans' skin, to say the least: