RationalWiki:What is going on in the blogosphere?/January 2013

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January 2013[edit]

14

Mercury thiocyanate igniting - enjoy the nightmares you'll have this evening!

14

“It’s awful. I mean, what else am I supposed to do with my life?”

19

The most pro-family values commercial you'll see this weekend. UPDATE: YouTube yanked (pun intended) the video file that most media sites are linking to.

16

Buy ALL the tissues.

19

More than 40 percent of American children are now born to single mothers. Two law professors/authors propose a new causal factor many right-wingers might disagree with: Working class Christian parents who are happy that their unmarried pregnant daughters (a) didn't have an abortion, and (b) didn't marry the no-good louts who knocked them up.

10

Never start a debate on a perpetual motion forum.

12

Andy Borowitz delivers an exceptionally powerful Poe.

20

Cracked on "5 Staples of the Legal System That Statistics Say Don't Work" -- numbers 5, 3 and 2 discuss types of crime woo; 4 and 1 are just disheartening.

3

Lawrence Krauss proposes that to match a demand for teachers of science and mathematics, (rather than going into research) we should consider paying them more than humanities teachers.

37

Cracked: The 8 Greatest Wars Ever Fought by Fox News. Prepare for Papa Bear "Pinhead" attack in 3...2...1...

10

VP Joe Biden versus Onion Joe Biden: FIGHT!

7

Zing!

8

The debt limit: The sound of someone hitting themselves...forever.

15

BoingBoing calls attention to a photo copyright watermark by the Daily Mail that's even more Not even wronger than usual.

20

Jazz, fucking over fundamentalism one day at a time.

4

(At the Daily Mail offices...) Britain is full, you darkies! Wait, you have money? Erm...

7

The sanest conservative statesman in the gun control debate. (Unfortunately, it's John Howard.)

20

Remember that passive-aggressive ad against same-sex marriage by the Iona Institute in Ireland? Someone decided it was time to respond, and crank up the snark.

7

Gilles-Eric Seralini, the professor behind the widely debunked "GMO gives cancer to rats" study, appears to be an ambassador to an alt-med company controlled by a New Age-style faith healing cult that sells homeopathic and detox products. You can't make this stuff up.

13

Jason Colavito explains why skeptics shouldn't ignore Ancient Aliens, pointing out the TV ratings of the show.

20

A righteous post by PalMD explaining why equating gun control to Nazism is really dumb

2

Steven Pinker on why to be skeptical about claims of lead removal reducing crime (PDF).

10

As a scientist your job is to bring new knowledge into the world. Hiding it behind a journal's paywall is immoral.

10

The best description of herbalism was — guess what — hidden in a 13-year-old Pokemon game.

12

After the endless banality of CNN's Belief blog, a New Atheist got her chance in the spotlight. Click the link for the reaction. (Also, it seems we are too way harsh on Comment is Free.)

9

If you've ever wondered why the Second Amendment was written the way it was...

9

I woke up to 20 emails asking for my opinion on pubic lice. How did your Monday Morning coffee go?

22

Dr Brooke Magnanti (or Belle de Jour, if you remember) lays into lame accusations of "trolling" and second-wave feminism.

20

No, you're not a welfare queen - you're just "living on the government plantation!"

23

The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gorilla is a good guy with a gorilla.

7

This blog post causes cancer.No, not the Daily Mail

9

Hey Kerry, maybe if you had such wit back in 2004 maybe we wouldn't be in this shithole in the first place.

20

Note to Alex Jones: when Glenn Beck calls you crazy, get help. Soon.

20

Rich person gives lowly peasant waitress a tip: rich people are assholes.

10

Mark Lynas gives a powerful speech about GM crops and anti-GMO sentiment in the environmental movement.

10

Lowest of the low: Congress is less likeable than Nickelback.

13

A nice infographic has been going viral - too bad it's a little misleading

13

Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly start a new anti-gun violence campaign: Americans for Responsible Solutions

15

Cue the hand-wringing.

16

The NRA of Counter-Earth.

1

Should American Catholics cheer for Notre Dame?

28

Yes, science takes sides. So stop asking scientists to not be partisan.

4

Why taking ideas seriously is probably a bad idea.

8

Race, class and vaccines

-13

The ongoing witch hunt against steroids in baseball isn't about justice — it's about an older generation preserving their favorite sports icons by attacking younger sports icons.

9

We're done with the Internets people. Shut everything down.

6

Michigan theologian-cum-social worker: Whaaaa! Nothing's being done to combat rape in Haiti!
Haitian women's rights lawyer: Um, actually, 2012 was a banner year for Haitian rape prosecutions.

10

Do-it-yourself abortions are coming back.

20

Old, but explains a lot: "a generation of men and women who literally don't understand what sexual consent looks like."

20

Civil War in the GOP.

12

2012 Wipe - about time, the wankers.

-1

Organic food and autism. Oh noes!