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Max Blumenthal went on Morning Joe today to debate the nature of the unhinged rhetoric and behavior that's becoming part and parcel of the right-wing response to Obama's presidency.

Joe Scarborough often talks a good game about realizing what a huge mistake it is for Republicans to allow themselves to be dragged over the cliff like this, but like David Brooks, he has yet to come to grips with the dimension of the beast he's up against. Max tried to set him straight, but as you can see, this is a very slow process for recovering movement conservatives.

Both Joe and Mike disputed some of Max's facts, and as promised he's posted the substantiation for those facts at his blog. Yes, it's true that Jim DeMint believes that neither single pregnant women nor gays and lesbians -- moral reprobates all, apparently -- should be allowed to teach in public schools.

Incidentally, you can find these details and many more in Max's new book, Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement That Destroyed the Party. On bookshelves everywhere!

Northman on answering stupid neocon questions like "what would America's enemies like us to do in Iraq?" Stay, of course!

BTC News - Heath care in America is Un-American.

World Gone Mad - Catholic Church says No to Gay Sex and Yes To Beast Sex.

Simply Left Behind - The U.S. used to innovate for the world, now it can't even keep the lights on.

Night Light has a new term for your consideration - Antipartisanship.

The Democratic Daily on the day the law died.

Guest round up by Cernig @ The Newshoggers (newshog AT gmail DOT com) (a recovering linkaholic who is now on the John Amato 12-step program :-)

(Guest blogged by Logan Murphy)

Former Fox analyst and CIA Agent Larry Johnson, who we've covered here and here has put together a great round up of the crazy things Fox has put on their network and website.

No Quarter

I've been searching, so far without success, for the person/blog that took the time to create the following masterpiece. If you had any lingering doubt about the propaganda and disinformation that spews forth regularly from the demon child fathered by Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes, just take a look. These are not isolated, out of context, screen shots. These are reflective of a mindset and standard of practice that is truly evil.

As a former Fox News analyst I have some first hand experience of dealing with the beast and have the satisfaction of knowing that Rupert Murdoch had me removed from Fox air for daring to suggest that invading Iraq would be a diversion in the war on terrorism.

Keep reading....

(Update below) Here comes Matt "The Eggman" Drudge to (Mr. Predatorgate) Mark Foley's defense. He uses that age old "attack the messenger" conservative technique-only in a creepier way. He says the congressional pages are just as responsible because of Youtube and pop culture and how dare they egg him on like that. They are just 16 and 17 year old beasts after all and not innocent little babies who are engaged in a conspiracy against poor, old Foley. What kind of beast does that make the 52 year old Foley?

Download | play -MP3 They are 16 and 17 year old beasts... (31 seconds)

Download | play -MP3-It was two ways ladies and gentleman ( oh Matt, that's why we have Predator laws. To protect them from the Foley's. I just thought you should know) (40 seconds)

Download | play -MP3--He'd feel better if they were 8 or something....

Download | play -MP3- They will regulate the Internet now...That's really all this is.

(h/t Robert)

Update:

Jane's got the transcipts done of the audio:

I swear I am not making this up. Listen to it. Drudge is so f*&^king sick it's really, really disturbing, but to know he's doing it on behalf of the official Bush-Hastert-Boehner-Reynolds GOP coverup is the truly demented part. No limits to how low they will go. Absolutely no limits...read on

The Osterley Times: Torture in Iraq is worse than under Saddam. But then, torture is now officially an American 'value'...according to the Good Germans of the Right

Talk To Action: Blogging from the "2006 Value voters summit"...and here's some truly amazing Holy Crap: imagine politicians, right-wing Christian leaders and President George H.W. Bush all convened at a shadowy event hosted by Pat Boone in honor of Reverend Sun Myung Moon

Barrelhouse: A book George Allen would love! I'm not sure what my favorite part is: when the brown people take over the nice white family's entire house, or when the brown man is described as an evil murderer and "a follower of Darwinism."

Boregasm: Blogger Hart Williams spent two-and-a-half months writing this series on Howard Rich and his efforts to take the "local" out of local ballot initiatives and create them from afar. Williams was interviewed last night on the PBS show, NOW...and go listen to FAIR founder, Jeff Cohen on his adventures inside the belly of the corporate media beast while working at Fox, MSNBC, and CNN.

OFF THE BEATEN PATH: Intrepid Liberal Journal...Incongruous...The Arabist..
...MoxieGrrrl

Mayor: So, this is the inner sanctum. Faith tells me this is where you folks like to hang out, concoct your little schemes. I tell you, it's just nice to see that some young people are still interested in reading in this modern era. So, what are kids reading nowadays? "The beast will walk upon the earth and darkness will follow. The several races of man will be as one in their terror and destruction." Aw, that's kind of sweet. Different races coming together.

Buffy: You never get even a little tired of hearing yourself speak, do you?

Mayor: That's one spunky little girl you've raised. I'm gonna eat her.

Fun with the trade deficit

From via Blogenlust

Mark of the Beast

News item: Trade deficit hits record $665.9B in 2004

Why the .9?   Because otherwise the deficit, in round numbers, is $666 billion.

Could it be Satan?

DEAR ABBY: My husband has a long record of money problems. He runs up huge credit card bills and at the end of the month, if I try to pay them off, he shouts at me, saying I am stealing his money.  He says pay the minimum and let our kids worry about the rest, but already we can hardly keep up with the interest.

Also he has been so arrogant and abusive toward our neighbors that most of them no longer speak to us. The few that do are an odd bunch, to whom he has been giving a lot of expensive gifts, running up our bills even more.

Also, he has gotten religious in a big way, although I don't quite
understand it. One week he hangs out with Catholics and the next with people who say the Pope is the Anti-Christ. And now he has been going to the gym an awful lot and is into wearing uniforms and cowboy outfits, and I  hate to think what that means.

Finally, the last straw. He's demanding that before anyone can be in the
same room with him, they must sign a loyalty oath. It's just so horribly
creepy!  Can you help?

Signed, Lost in DC

Blogenlust

Mark of the Beast

News item: Trade deficit hits record $665.9B in 2004

Why the .9? Because otherwise the deficit, in round numbers, is $666 billion.

Could it be Satan?