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Ramsey County sheriff's deputies found weapons and devices to disable buses - among other items - in searches in the Twin Cities last night and today. Authorities said the items came from "key members of the RNC Welcoming Committee," a self-described anarchist group. Five people have been arrested and four properties have been searched, according to the sheriff's office. At 8 a.m. today, the sheriff's office executed search warrants at three Minneapolis homes - 2301 23rd Ave. S., 3500 Harriet Ave. and 3240 17th Ave. S. The FBI, Minneapolis police and the Hennepin County sheriff's office assisted them. "The 'Welcoming...

Spitting is classified as an Assault and Battery The left wing puke deserves a beating and go to jail. He got what he was asking for.

Obama campaign confronts WGN radio by John McCormick and Steve Schmadeke DENVER -- Sen. Barack Obama's campaign organized its supporters Wednesday night to confront Tribune-owned WGN-AM in Chicago for having a critic of the Illinois Democrat on its air. "WGN radio is giving right-wing hatchet man Stanley Kurtz a forum to air his baseless, fear-mongering terrorist smears," Obama's campaign wrote in an e-mail to supporters. "He's currently scheduled to spend a solid two-hour block from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. pushing lies, distortions, and manipulations about Barack and University of Illinois professor William Ayers." Kurtz, a conservative writer, recently wrote an...

THEY HELD A RIOT & NOBODY CAMEPosted: 5:54 am August 27, 2008 DENVER NEVER was so much hype created by so few to simulate the appearance of so many. The hard-core left vowed to turn out 50,000 protesters for the Democratic National Convention this week. They pledged to "Re-create '68" and cause the kind of tear-gas-infused revolutionary havoc that marked the DNC in Chicago four decades ago. Police prepared for the worst riots. Media from around the world anticipated the best pictures. But when rhetorical push came to real-life shove, the nostalgic, Marxadoring organizers of Re-create '68 seem to have...

Temporary holding area described for RNC arresteesPublished - Wednesday, August 27, 2008 ST. PAUL (AP) — Demonstrators arrested on misdemeanor charges at the Republican National Convention could end up in a temporary holding area near the county jail, where they would get food and drink and likely be processed in just a few hours, officials said Tuesday. The holding area will be on the first floor of Ramsey County’s Emergency Communications Center, where police vehicles are usually stored. Sheriff Bob Fletcher wouldn’t say whether holding cells were being set up inside. The center is near the jail and part of...

A 22-year-old Massachusetts man was arrested Monday after police saw him carrying a bottle filled with feces, according to a police report. Zachary Patrick Grey, a University of Massachusetts student from Marion, Ma., was arrested at 1:40 p.m. Monday following a foot chase, according to a Denver County Court complaint. He was the first known person to be charged with possessing bodily waste during the DNC, though the threat of its use has been rumored by police and protesters alike for weeks leading up to the event. "It's disgusting for anyone to throw that at anyone," said Denver Police Lt....

(photo of anarchists) Unstoppable force... (photo of police skirmish line) But wait: how did we get to this point? Word had disseminated among the protest crowd that there was to be an "Anti-capitalist march" as well as a "Meet-up for Fundraiser Disruption" jointly announced by Recreate 68 and DNC Disruption 08, two radical groups dedicated to causing problems at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. A notice online said, "Interested parties will gather at 6pm at civic center park" where "top-secret information on a couple of the choicest fundraisers and parties in Denver" was to be handed out. Then,...

Members of CodePINK, an organization opposed to the Iraq war, held aloft an effigy of Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks as they marched along Colfax Ave. today. Members of the group sang "We shall not be moved," an anthem of the Civil Rights movement, and chanted as they paraded on the second day of the Democratic National Convention. The group wants Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to pledge to end the occupation of Iraq, said Renay Davis, 58, a Code Pink member from San Francisco. "At this point I will vote for him. He is our last hope for change...

Word had disseminated among the protest crowd that there was to be an "Anti-capitalist march" as well as a "Meet-up for Fundraiser Disruption" jointly announced by Recreate 68 and DNC Disruption 08, two radical groups dedicated to causing problems at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. A notice online said, "Interested parties will gather at 6pm at civic center park" where "top-secret information on a couple of the choicest fundraisers and parties in Denver" was to be handed out. Then, "at the appointed time monday night, we'll emerge from the shadows to reconvene in downtown and get down and dirty."

A group of Democratic National Convention protesters have been gathering to block major arteries in downtown Denver, moving each time as police demand they disperse. First the marchers blocked traffic at the intersection of Broadway and Colfax Avenue and briefly refused to move. The protesters, chanting, "no more presidents, no more wars," disrupted traffic along both streets as police tried to move them into either Civic Center or Lincoln Park. After 10 minutes or so, police gave an order to disperse, and the group barely moved. Several officers on horseback arrived and began moving the crowd out of the street....

Moonbats say the darnedest things. And Hot Air special correspondent Jason Mattera is undercover at the Democrat convention in Denver to capture their rants and ramblings. He communed with pro-abortion activists at the Planned Parenthood mega-facility on Saturday morning (my coverage here). Hilarity, confusion, and — gulp — angry, Christofascist-bashing poetry, ensue. Thanks to the folks at the People’s Press Collective for their help. Jason is back in the field again today for the anti-war circus and will report back soon. Wish him luck. Enjoy:

They're coming in droves, masks and all. Griff Jenkins got in the middle of them and they started flipping off Griff and yelling, "F**k Fox News." Incredible.

GOP congressman pays price for opposing war By: Josh Kraushaar August 22, 2007 02:08 PM EST NEW BERN, N.C -- Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr. (R-N.C.) is a household name in this military-friendly district represented in Congress by his family -- first by his late father, a Democrat, and now by him -- for most of the past 40 years. Jones' folksy demeanor, commitment to constituent service and deeply Christian values made him virtually unbeatable since he won election to Congress in 1994. Until two years ago, Jones was probably best known nationally for championing "freedom fries" to replace "french...

Madrid, 2008 In 1936, during the great Socialist Terror of the early months of the Civil War, the large monument to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Cerro de los Ángeles, near Madrid, was attacked and demolished, a symbol of one of the harshest large-scale persecutions of the Church in History. From one of the stones of the demolished statue, a small sculpture of the Sacred Heart was sculpted and placed in the public garden outside the Parish Church of San Antonio de la Florida, in Madrid - otherwise a very famous building due to the extensive paintings of...

TAMPA, Fla. - The Super Bowl might be six months away from coming to town, but the celebrity rumors already are running rampant. The New York Post's Page Six reported on Tuesday that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform live at the Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 1 at Raymond James Stadium. Amanda Holt, the director of communications for the local Super Bowl Committee, said this is the first she has heard of it.

By see-dubya  •  August 8, 2008 01:54 AM Get a load of these guys: Nearly 10,000 of the biggest donors to Republican candidates and causes across the country will probably receive a foreboding “warning” letter in the mail next week. … Led by Tom Matzzie, a liberal political operative who has been involved with some prominent left-wing efforts in recent years, the newly formed nonprofit group, Accountable America, is planning to confront donors to conservative groups, hoping to create a chilling effect that will dry up contributions.“We want to stop the Swift Boating before it gets off the ground,” said Mr....

Federal Judge Rules In Favor Of City, Secret ServiceA federal judge said the city of Denver and the U.S. Secret Service can place restrictions on those who would protest at the Democratic National Convention and the restrictions in place do not violate First Amendment rights.The 71-page ruling was released Wednesday afternoon and only affects events at the Pepsi Center, where the first three days of the convention will be held.The final day's events will be held at Invesco Field at Mile High and a separate trial for protest restrictions is scheduled for Aug. 12. The American Civil Liberties Union, American...

A federal judge has ruled that the city and county of Denver and the U.S. Secret Service do not have to alter their security plans for the Pepsi Center portion of the Democratic National Convention.

The Denver City Council has passed an ordinance barring protesters from carrying buckets of feces during the Democratic National Convention.Three protest groups say they've already promised not to toss, smear or spray feces, and they call the new ordinance insulting and excessive. The council approved the ordinance 12-0 on Monday. It also bars protesters from possessing chains, locks or other materials they could use to create human barricades or cause other disruptions.

AUGUST 2, 2008: Demonstrate to Stop the War on Iran An Emergency Call to Action Actions in more than 87 cities - see growing list of activities here. http://stopwaroniran.org/ Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii Illinois | Indiana | Kentucky | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan Minnesota | Missouri | Montana | Nevada | New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Virginia Washington...