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    Netroots UK: Good Luck Stormin’ The Castle

    January 9, 2011 - By 

    Hope this conference went well and didn’t get bogged down in “long-winded” discussions. This Saturday we’re hosting the first annual Netroots UK conference. It brings together the new generation of left activists, working and discussing politics online, with the veteran institutions of trade unions and many more in between. The hope is that we can begin to build a new infrastructure to bring together campaigners and activists so that they can learn from each other. Our plan isn’t to have long-winded discussions, but create useful spaces where people can discuss strategy drawing on their experience of local campaigns: what works…

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    Linkdump: January 9th

    January 9, 2011 - By 

    Make 3-D moving water in Second life The Giffords Shooting and the Palin Graphic: Almost Predictable — BagNews Giffords gestures that she is in the crosshairs Kuhner: "Republicans must wage an all-out assault on Mr. Obama’s presidency" | Media Matters for America These Are Not The Violent Extremists You Are Looking For | TBogg It doesn't matter whether Loughlan was a Tea Party activist or not; he was mentally disturbed with bizarre views he documented on YouTube. The violent rhetoric, and the Right's love of gun imagery, needs to stop. How many pictures of Sarah Palin with a gun menacing…

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    Sometimes A Nut Is Just A Nut, But Probably Not A Left-Wing Nut

    January 9, 2011 - By 

    Confusion at Daily Kos today in the swirling aftermath of the Giffords shooting – the right-wing commenters at Palin’s Facebook page, on Twitter, and on many, many blogs have pounced on the curious case of a Daily Kos diary that criticized Rep Giffords was deleted earlier today. They were quick to howl that the diarist, a low-level member named BlueBoy whose diary didn’t get very many comments or “recs,” must be the same person as Jared Lee Loughner, the accused shooter. Well, it appears he’s not, as he’s been posting in comments threads on Daily Kos tonight. He took the…

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    Refudiate This, Sarah Palin

    January 9, 2011 - By 

    That’s your signature on that “take back the twenty” graphic that was taken down from your site earlier today. Gabrielle Giffords knew she was one of the “targets” during the election: “We’re on Sarah Palin’s targeted list, but, the thing is, that the way that she has it depicted, has the crosshairs of a gunsight over our district. When people do that, they’ve got to realize there’s consequences to that action.” —Gabrielle Giffords on MSNBC Words matter, and so do symbols. To an unbalanced man with a gun, this is like a shopping list. Via: Flickr Title: Repudiate This, Sarah…

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    Target: Gabrielle Giffords

    January 8, 2011 - By 

    “Though hardly the worst offender in Congress when it comes to gun control, she does believe that restrictions should be placed on gun ownership and right-to-carry–“… Via: Flickr Title: Target: Gabrielle Giffords By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 8 Jan ’11, 3.17pm CST PST

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    Target: Gabrielle Giffords screenshot

    January 8, 2011 - By 

    This page from last August by a Palin supporter in Arizona was just taken down within the last hour after the horrific shooting in Tucson of Rep Giffords and others. The page uses violent rhetoric inspired by Sarah Palin’s "target" website which included Giffords in a list of 20 "targeted" Democrats. As a commenter noted after the news broke but before the takedown, "words matter." The pageholder defended himself and expressed sympathy, but also claimed that a political hit list is somehow different from a Mafia hit list. No, it’s exactly the same to any literal-minded right-wing nutjob who thinks…