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Orcinus: Seattle and the NBA: Time to Just Walk Away
Chris Hansen's problem is that he isn't a big enough scumbag.You see, the reason the NBA this week turned away Hansen's bid to buy the Sacramento Kings and move them to Seattle was that he was honest about his intentions. If he had followed the establishe...
Dateline: 2013-05-16 12:16pm -07:00T (1047 words)
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Orcinus: A Note on the Provenance of the 'Tyranny' Meme
Have you noticed how many right-wingers are decrying the "tyranny" of the Obama administration these days?It's particularly rife on the Tea Partying far right, where it's extremely common to hear Obama being portrayed as a "tyrant," particularly regarding...
Dateline: 2013-05-10 9:31am -07:00T (915 words)
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Orcinus: Ho Hum. Another Right-Wing Terrorist, Another Media Yawn
The FBI arrests a right-wing extremist in Minnesota for a planned domestic-terrorism attack:The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced on Monday that it had arrested a Minnesota man for plotting a “localized terror attack.â€A press release f...
Dateline: 2013-05-08 11:31am -07:00T (983 words)
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Orcinus: WSJ's Taranto Whitewashes Away the Reality of Hate Crimes
There are probably fewer pundits more consistent at their intellectual dishonesty than James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal. This week he topped himself -- no easy task.The headline, responding to the recent reports of a woman in Wyoming who perpet...
Dateline: 2013-05-08 11:31am -07:00T (685 words)
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Orcinus: Eulogy for Paul
One of the ways I always used to chat up potential sources -- especially if they were participants or attendees at militia gatherings in the 1990s -- was by smoking with them. That's what I was doing when I met Paul deArmond the first time.It was in Maltb...
Dateline: 2013-04-30 2:01pm -07:00T (1403 words)
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Orcinus: Right-Wingers Use Boston Bombing to Paper Over Their Own Extremist Terror
The right-wingers have been in full-on gloat mode since the capture of the Boston Marathon bombers -- not because it turned out that they were right about the nature of the perpetrators (they weren't), but because speculation that they might be right-w...
Dateline: 2013-04-23 5:16pm -07:00T (2587 words)
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Orcinus: An orca video from last summer
I don't think I ever had the opportunity to post this video here from last summer. I prefer to let them speak for themselves. Hope you enjoy....
Dateline: 2013-04-07 10:31pm -07:00T (27 words)
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Orcinus: Here come the reviews
OK, it helps that some of these really nice reviews that are coming in are from friends of mine. But my friends are also brutally honest people who would tell me if And Hell Followed With Her sucked. Here's what they're saying instead:Rick Perlstein at Th...
Dateline: 2013-04-04 11:31am -07:00T (348 words)
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Orcinus: 'A Tragic, Dark and Sadly Crazy American Story': Why You Will Want to Read 'And Hell Followed'
The reviews for my new book, And Hell Followed With Her: Crossing the Dark Side of the American Border, are rolling in, and the praise is flowing -- especially from Susan G at Daily Kos: Neiwert's insights after covering right-wing extremism movements, hi...
Dateline: 2013-04-01 2:46pm -07:00T (222 words)
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Orcinus: 'And Hell Followed With Her': The West Coast Tour (so far)
Announcing the 'And Hell Followed' Spring Tour! Coming soon to a bookstore near you (if you happen to live on West Coast) ... http://www.amazon.com/And-Hell-Followed-With-Her/dp/1568587252/ My book about the Minutemen and Shawna Forde will be released ...
Dateline: 2013-03-25 5:46pm -07:00T (279 words)
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Orcinus: A nice review for 'And Hell Followed'
David Takami has written a nice review of my new book, And Hell Followed With Her: Crossing the Dark Side of the American Border, for the Seattle Times:David Neiwert’s new book is a taut true-crime story told with a measure of gravitas, gripping as muc...
Dateline: 2013-03-24 9:16pm -07:00T (254 words)
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Orcinus: Arizona Republicans Stand Up to Fight Evil UN Enviro Plot
Oooh, look out, people. The United Nations is coming to destroy your freedoms and take away your way of life.Fortunately, we have the far-right Republicans of the Arizona Legislature out there on the front lines protecting us.The same woman -- Republican ...
Dateline: 2013-03-21 10:31pm -07:00T (526 words)
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Orcinus: Announcing 'And Hell Followed With Her: Crossing the Dark Side of the American Border'
Longtime Orcinus readers are already familiar with the tragic case of Brisenia Flores and her killer, the Minuteman movement figure Shawna Forde.Soon they will be able to read the full account of the story. It's titled And Hell Followed With Her: Crossin...
Dateline: 2013-03-21 10:31pm -07:00T (546 words)
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Orcinus: Where did Dave go?
-- by Dave Hi all. It's been awhile, hasn't it? As many of whatever few readers I have remaining are probably aware, I've been running John Amato's blog Crooks and Liars for most of the past four years or so. Initially I cross-posted all my C&L work over...
Dateline: 2013-03-20 11:16am -07:00T (342 words)
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