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Fantastic Four #52, July 1966: Introducing the Black Panther
Since the New Black Panther Party has been the race-baiting rage lately, here’s a related cover image from the Lizard Collection: issue #52 of Fantastic Four, a classic released in July 1966, an arguably more innocent and open time. This book featured the first appearance of African superhero Black Panther, ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1axc4kkx3mtkMyaQV3Kq7N6puNg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1axc4kkx3mtkMyaQV3Kq7N6puNg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1axc4kkx3mtkMyaQV3Kq7N6puNg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1axc4kkx3mtkMyaQV3Kq7N6puNg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Jon Stewart: Leader's Digest
Some funny riffs from Jon Stewart on several recent Obama-related stories. [Video] <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4-_2-UFu3JeE8gJb4R5ecCt_-5Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4-_2-UFu3JeE8gJb4R5ecCt_-5Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4-_2-UFu3JeE8gJb4R5ecCt_-5Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4-_2-UFu3JeE8gJb4R5ecCt_-5Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

ADL Opposes Park51 Community Center
Today the Anti-Defamation League surprisingly and inexplicably released a statement opposing the Park51 community center: Statement On Islamic Community Center Near Ground Zero. Proponents of the Islamic Center may have every right to build at this site, and may even have chosen the site to send a positive message about ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FQtD87Vtc6uPJC-HTuD1sGGPOi0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FQtD87Vtc6uPJC-HTuD1sGGPOi0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FQtD87Vtc6uPJC-HTuD1sGGPOi0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FQtD87Vtc6uPJC-HTuD1sGGPOi0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Right Wing Bloggers on Race
Confirming everything I’ve written about them, the delightfully vindictive John Hawkins of RightWingNews.com takes a poll of the right wing blogosphere on their attitudes toward race. It’s bad as you might imagine. Get a load of Hawkins’s title: Polling Conservative Bloggers On Race, Jesse Jackson, the NAACP, & False Accusations of ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kgtgKLQexYUa-RAmvhyJvel2fBo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kgtgKLQexYUa-RAmvhyJvel2fBo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kgtgKLQexYUa-RAmvhyJvel2fBo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kgtgKLQexYUa-RAmvhyJvel2fBo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Fox News Admits 'Breakdown' on Sherrod Story
This is classic. The wingnut blogs are still ranting that Fox never aired a story about the Sherrod case until she had already resigned, pretending not to be aware that Fox did run stories on their websites, FoxNews.com and TheFoxNation.com. Today Fox suit Michael Clemente admitted there was ‘a breakdown’. ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7VxVR5-r3-yGtStabAao5WGLjqU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7VxVR5-r3-yGtStabAao5WGLjqU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7VxVR5-r3-yGtStabAao5WGLjqU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7VxVR5-r3-yGtStabAao5WGLjqU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Lindsey Graham: Illegals Come Here to 'Drop a Child'
If you thought the recent right wing push to repeal part of the US Constitution’s 14th amendment and take away automatic birthright citizenship was just a wacky idea from the Rand Paul fringe, think again. Lindsey Graham eyes ‘birthright citizenship’. And in his statement on Fox News (where else?), Graham resorted ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mjVGIejQ95V693x8BtQ19kNHrLI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mjVGIejQ95V693x8BtQ19kNHrLI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mjVGIejQ95V693x8BtQ19kNHrLI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mjVGIejQ95V693x8BtQ19kNHrLI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

NOAA Study: All Indicators Show Climate Change is Undeniable
A new study from the US National Oceans and Atmospheric Administration shows that climate change is ‘undeniable’ — but does anyone really believe that will silence the deniers? The NOAA study drew on up to 11 different indicators of climate, and found that each one pointed to a world that ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NOgsbxcJ8rNMs7BdVfUqeopC2ow/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NOgsbxcJ8rNMs7BdVfUqeopC2ow/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NOgsbxcJ8rNMs7BdVfUqeopC2ow/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NOgsbxcJ8rNMs7BdVfUqeopC2ow/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Sherrod Will Sue Breitbart
At the annual convention of the National Association of Black Journalists, Shirley Sherrod said she is going to sue Andrew Breitbart. Breitbart, meanwhile, is continuing the smear campaign, and today at his “Big Government” site, Greg Gutfeld actually whines that somebody needs to apologize to the Tea Party movement. It’s the ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YeoXlMSpLHs2CHfLVccK3anb6Ik/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YeoXlMSpLHs2CHfLVccK3anb6Ik/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YeoXlMSpLHs2CHfLVccK3anb6Ik/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YeoXlMSpLHs2CHfLVccK3anb6Ik/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Gingrich: Park51 Community Center is 'Hostile to Our Civilization'
Oh, brother. According to Newt Gingrich, we should refuse to let Muslims build mosques in America until they let us build “our” churches in Mecca. Sounds like a good solid Republican position — make the US more like Saudi Arabia! Yeah! [Video] <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CGbc_UN00ugsW8MaNg5vzl4fB8Y/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CGbc_UN00ugsW8MaNg5vzl4fB8Y/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CGbc_UN00ugsW8MaNg5vzl4fB8Y/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CGbc_UN00ugsW8MaNg5vzl4fB8Y/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Video: Heatwave
The latest Climate Denial Crock of the Week video from environmentalist Peter Sinclair comes in two parts. [Video] [Video] <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MLtNqR8x_-VkNVPmWxDEUTaKwgw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MLtNqR8x_-VkNVPmWxDEUTaKwgw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MLtNqR8x_-VkNVPmWxDEUTaKwgw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MLtNqR8x_-VkNVPmWxDEUTaKwgw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Christian Fanatic Group Plans 'International Burn A Quran Day'
For the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Dove World Outreach Center in Florida is planning a special celebration: a good old-fashioned book burning. (RNS) A Florida church with “Islam is of the devil” signs in its front lawn plans to host an “International Burn A Quran Day,” on ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X-zAel9eyNDuJpI1jcAPxcJ-Cbg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X-zAel9eyNDuJpI1jcAPxcJ-Cbg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X-zAel9eyNDuJpI1jcAPxcJ-Cbg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X-zAel9eyNDuJpI1jcAPxcJ-Cbg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Federal Judge Blocks Parts of AZ Immigration Law
US District Judge Susan Bolton has blocked parts of Arizona’s SB1070 immigration law. And of course, the wingnuts go crazy at Hot Air. These days, practically any story at all provokes ranting about “civil war” from Hot Air commenters: Let's see, Judges overturning the will of the states….executive moratoriums on drilling, ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ymPUVPZHii5IoKiD3S0_u_LlCak/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ymPUVPZHii5IoKiD3S0_u_LlCak/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ymPUVPZHii5IoKiD3S0_u_LlCak/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ymPUVPZHii5IoKiD3S0_u_LlCak/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Glenn Beck's 9.12 Project Graduates to Book Banning
Glenn Beck’s homophobic, atavistic 9.12 Project has apparently succeeded in getting a library in New Jersey to remove a book for gay high school students, even though no formal challenge to the book was ever filed: NJ Library, Citing Child Pornography, Removes GLBT Book. A New Jersey public library has ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KW385skEu8AkadicM634qHNLSRM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KW385skEu8AkadicM634qHNLSRM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KW385skEu8AkadicM634qHNLSRM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KW385skEu8AkadicM634qHNLSRM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Overnight Video: Dancing Pigeons, Ritalin
Here’s a music video that may cause you to ask, “What did I just see?!” [Video] <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MBNlM_6MX7ZXjI1aTTDRNdW-bmI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MBNlM_6MX7ZXjI1aTTDRNdW-bmI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MBNlM_6MX7ZXjI1aTTDRNdW-bmI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MBNlM_6MX7ZXjI1aTTDRNdW-bmI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

The Sacred Hallowed Ground of Temecula
The big right wing talking point against the proposed community center near Ground Zero in Manhattan (I refuse to call it a “Ground Zero Mega-Mosque!”) is that Ground Zero is sacred. Hallowed ground. It’s a deadly offense to think of a mosque on that sacred, hallowed ground, a “stab in ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZkUKekxcNarjEsJGkTEbjMB9gxk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZkUKekxcNarjEsJGkTEbjMB9gxk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZkUKekxcNarjEsJGkTEbjMB9gxk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZkUKekxcNarjEsJGkTEbjMB9gxk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Three Americans Held Captive By Iran for a Year
The Iranian government has been holding three American activists for an entire year, accusing them of espionage. Barrett Brown has more details: Iran Has Detained Three Americans for a Year. This Friday a demonstration is planned in New York City to bring more attention to these US citizens held captive by ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SACtSC6ftXuPT3i4CQGYh7lJkqU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SACtSC6ftXuPT3i4CQGYh7lJkqU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SACtSC6ftXuPT3i4CQGYh7lJkqU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SACtSC6ftXuPT3i4CQGYh7lJkqU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Breitbart: Obama is Trying to Destroy Me
On the Michael Savage clown show, Andrew Breitbart now claims President Obama ‘is orchestrating the campaign to destroy’ him and his ‘reputation’. Video <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N4awpcSXt3Sy8YuVCeAi06v6CBo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N4awpcSXt3Sy8YuVCeAi06v6CBo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N4awpcSXt3Sy8YuVCeAi06v6CBo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N4awpcSXt3Sy8YuVCeAi06v6CBo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

The Terrible Secret of LGF
Oh noes! The wingnut stalkers are on to me. Is Charles Johnson of LGF a secret Muslim? The “reasoning” behind this plaintive question is that only a sekrit Moslem enemy could possibly believe Muslim Americans deserve constitutional rights and protections. Yep, really. This is what the bigotry virus looks like in an advanced ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GOzi8xKSBi4UCj1ER487EEcyuww/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GOzi8xKSBi4UCj1ER487EEcyuww/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GOzi8xKSBi4UCj1ER487EEcyuww/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GOzi8xKSBi4UCj1ER487EEcyuww/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Jon Stewart on the Breitbart Race-Baiting Scandal
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American Spectator's Lord: 'Three People Are Not a Mob'
Remember Jeffrey Lord’s rank piece of race-baiting at the American Spectator saying that Shirley Sherrod’s story of the lynching of a black man was a lie, because the man wasn’t hanged? Well, that disgusting little rationalization brought some heavy criticism down on Lord, as you might imagine. So today he’s moving ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BZbi-sfEy3n1wNTx_-y5aPD_c58/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BZbi-sfEy3n1wNTx_-y5aPD_c58/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BZbi-sfEy3n1wNTx_-y5aPD_c58/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BZbi-sfEy3n1wNTx_-y5aPD_c58/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Van Jones on the Sherrod Debacle
Obama’s former “green jobs” adviser Van Jones (another person who was forced to resign after a dishonest right wing smear campaign) has an op-ed in the New York Times about the zero-sum politics of personal destruction: Shirley Sherrod and Me. UNDERSTAND how Shirley Sherrod, the Agriculture Department official who was ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vaWXHLOQtEeUKvawsoDDOooO3Ww/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vaWXHLOQtEeUKvawsoDDOooO3Ww/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vaWXHLOQtEeUKvawsoDDOooO3Ww/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vaWXHLOQtEeUKvawsoDDOooO3Ww/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Fox News Has No Black Viewers to Alienate
One thing that has always seemed odd about Fox News’s continual race-baiting: if you look at it strictly from a business angle, why would Fox risk alienating a large segment of their viewing audience by pushing all these “reverse racism” nontroversies? Well, now we have the answer. They’re not worried about ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/md6onoKWnhJpeWKP9O-VGe-3phg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/md6onoKWnhJpeWKP9O-VGe-3phg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/md6onoKWnhJpeWKP9O-VGe-3phg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/md6onoKWnhJpeWKP9O-VGe-3phg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

We Got Mail!
Here’s an email of a type I don’t get to feature too often; not a rant full of creepy insults or a smug gloat over some imagined right wing victory, but an actual email of support. Shocking, I know. I’ll admit that I veered away from LGF when the ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SFIfTXzua_k8RpCSoqrLKgjeyd0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SFIfTXzua_k8RpCSoqrLKgjeyd0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SFIfTXzua_k8RpCSoqrLKgjeyd0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SFIfTXzua_k8RpCSoqrLKgjeyd0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Monday Afternoon Music: Gareth Pearson, 'Billie Jean'
For today’s insanity break, Gareth Pearson plays bass line, accompanying chords, and melody all at once, on a tune you may recognize. From Gareth’s album Urban Echoes Vol. 1. [Video] <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RgZCkdoVkSIzHwdExIYk-e5moeA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RgZCkdoVkSIzHwdExIYk-e5moeA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RgZCkdoVkSIzHwdExIYk-e5moeA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RgZCkdoVkSIzHwdExIYk-e5moeA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

TN Lt. Gov. Ramsey: Religious Freedom Doesn't Apply to Muslims
The Lt. Governor of Tennessee, Ron Ramsey, is running for governor. And he thinks America’s constitutionally guaranteed freedom of religion may not apply to Muslims. At a recent event in Hamilton County, Ramsey was asked by a man in the audience about the “threat that’s invading our country from the ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jEMOzrz1bAq44Rlvnm6eKys6pY4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jEMOzrz1bAq44Rlvnm6eKys6pY4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jEMOzrz1bAq44Rlvnm6eKys6pY4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jEMOzrz1bAq44Rlvnm6eKys6pY4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

American Spectator Publishes Another Dishonest Sherrod Hit Piece
It should be no surprise to find American Spectator, the magazine that plays host to white supremacist blogger Robert Stacy McCain, running an absolutely vile 4000-word attack piece on Shirley Sherrod today. Jeffrey Lord says Sherrod lied in her speech to the NAACP when she talked about the murder of a ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6C4Dd0gJZAlJ262oP4Pj4nSZD5Y/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6C4Dd0gJZAlJ262oP4Pj4nSZD5Y/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6C4Dd0gJZAlJ262oP4Pj4nSZD5Y/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6C4Dd0gJZAlJ262oP4Pj4nSZD5Y/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

RNC Fundraiser to Feature Andrew Breitbart
Coming up in August, a very special Republican National Committee fundraising event featuring right wing hero Andrew Breitbart. Unbelievable. Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has a party fundraising event coming up in August that is scheduled to feature a very special guest: Conservative media activist Andrew Breitbart, according to ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4NK9uxWPG3cYSMuwUPjeBh1hEq0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4NK9uxWPG3cYSMuwUPjeBh1hEq0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4NK9uxWPG3cYSMuwUPjeBh1hEq0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4NK9uxWPG3cYSMuwUPjeBh1hEq0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

CO Tea Party Candidate: 'Tell Those Tea Party Dumbasses to Stop Asking About Birth Certificates When I'm On Camera'
Ken Buck, the Colorado Tea Party candidate for the US Senate, thinks the Tea Partiers are “dumbasses.” Of course, he didn’t say that in public. He was caught on tape by a Democratic Party worker in an unguarded moment. In other words, when he was telling the truth. KUSA - U.S. ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MIk8EGeaVfDBBwlS8OX5Pb1fpCs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MIk8EGeaVfDBBwlS8OX5Pb1fpCs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MIk8EGeaVfDBBwlS8OX5Pb1fpCs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MIk8EGeaVfDBBwlS8OX5Pb1fpCs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>